The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-09-19 00:00:00

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t orresOmbent. window, being her
soon suffocated by th metically closed, the mosquitoes are
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forca lc,mlise
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the
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LveloiFe%:hvat metig
, o nb en,
thought they heard a thunder peal u
. The darkness of the
Amongst the hall-yearly meetings of Public COM- 1 night, the heavy rain that was (Idling., and a arlight cirrve
• ' li the Majl train was making Me wayentest have'
.s• deem It right to state that we do not at all times panics which have just been hel that of the Lo on uvnedn* the two- Levers from seeing each others ligkts
Identity ourselves with our Cerrespondent's opinions.) General Omnibus, dem4ils a 1 ' not! . , the lit ins we ' ose together. How th say be can
t Mi. nthe of 1574 num rof yes ig on- , velt. nown, e taw pods fellows i maimed
wmoti nd could elotie WO' ess, were
?eople have passelim he Thamelthlt first .•ed eir vehicles went -four . *o d a led in ornent thdriveis were eliewri in their
till. hav ver failed imprestbi it" the this walpssan e re" this o ling. rior, th driver of the Mail, was a fine,
htalwart
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tof wt ill ed the Po London. millions as compared with the corresponding half of 1.17 .of remarkable nerve and skill. Tere
who declare that he had turned the lever for shutting •
Miles. of d .ks, hundreds of ships, and a
.number of 1873. mi. is not far from a million for each week—a off the steam, alai that the screw of the brake showed it
peopaa emp oyed uvon them which would make quite Temarkalile total when we reckon all the other means
iii
must have been in the act of being applied ;.but the engines
were mt much knocked aiwut, and each ucalwet hthisma
a :4esfects
~ e army ! The total extent of district 0,1 e"liveYanee in London.
tltmau.emtlettOttrigli'Ltihelteut p'roblernaatValr It
lie. urviii as the port comprises 88 miles; there are
eight sets of docks, and the daily average of gaps in ai re w time for driver or Mem. to think, men of
. —CaNON . ' •
their expe 'ence must have known that when the two
port is a thousand. One of the dock companies alone AT 1 ~I.E. trains were within an short a distance of, each other.
—the St. Katherine's—has expended two millions The following are some o f the perttetitere of the Aottolog thnstinct,y coul
ledd ,do would be of any jvall, and the'
wu.wl i ,pf wouhr have thew
sterling on its capital account, met on a busy day ejf . faleeleamidept whillie yeemereeli op the Gust Eastern rennin ioff. ism tsedwremavatioshe other hand, if the driver 111111 HA.
1 infgerliUil iSITV-ESIN 671.11i-a...,5, taw thousand lals liters i I-' way Thm u lay night in last Week, and which ; 111 All id the express had jumped when they Sete the Mad Game'
b!siltristy this by r: 4 t and see s hat an iminenlie 1 wits Onekof the most appalling aveiderits that ever I would probehly have jumped into the water. It is impose
611.16 lioWtVer, Ell dil utore Gum surmise on this, potter... The
floating population there is at the waterside end of the I happened in the Eastern Counties :---
wd an hare been Me a likfitfibig both, for the two-7ciror .ere approaching each other at tae rate conjointly of
Neavneff, Saturday, marry 60 miles an hour, and it is by no means certain th.
This morning Mr. E. Press, ceroner for the county of Nor- drivers or firemen had time to know anything or do anytaillir
alk,-eunnuended his official inquiry on the death of Thomas L for their OSVII safety or the protectiou of the passengers.
Aerie, °lmo/ the engine &Wert' who was killed hi Use fatal ! - -"
The results of a collisien so memorable in railway
collision on the Great Eriatern RON:4Y on Thnewlaf night. i annals must always he of interest, but they are also very re-
!The Inquiry also extended to several other sufferels--.1
I ...Ark able in thernselve.. It is singular, for instance, that the
IJames Light, fireman : Mary Ann Elizabeth MurrayN, Siniele .ii neelualieat Wsa -ohould have suffered little on no injury.
Woman ; hoistrt Ward, sergeant., in the West otfolk
The rills were slightly beet and eight chairs broken. Nine of
laiilitia; Frederick Cassell, sergeant in the West Norfolk tbe sleepers were disturbed Mr. Blue inspector of permanent
'Militia ; Mr. Russell William Skinner, Newnlarketeroad“ . ipb, for the Great Eastern Cow pany in this district, says he
Notwich ; Sarah Gilding, niatried woman, of Wlrsidtons has no experience of anything like so serious a collision result-
treet, Mile-end, tendon; Laura Harriet Gilding, her ig la such slight damage to the, permanent way. The
ehild, about foun.years• old; Sudan iLlniebthe niakfuervant:' wrneck of the rolling stock could not well be more complete
the Rev. Henry Stacey, Congregationalist mhiister , Mary The heavier eugient drawing the mail was not turned
Ann Stacey, his wife; Mary Aim Taylor, forewoman to Mr. 1, treim its coarse. It -had left the rails, but was still upon
piley, draper, Norwich ; Frederick esiwell, fireman ; Eliza- the four-foot way. and, with that exception, seemed to
both Bette, wife of Bette, a seeker ;:—Betta, her extant .; John 1 have-stood Mut (only still, just where it bad received the
irrior, engine driver; sod one also un " inown. de leak- mighty blow dealt it by the en rest. The down,ougepe had
petnuol„ittfletea baftpapri ptleekeBeaeditedo Jajetaeitl:e.et.. ieeee J rpetpurtatellib..hcidlc, anti Ahmed helm ege Metals. to the
reVkaattlit'NeA PaTllneeiVX.erarin*gfrri..Pliis 'fse'et Ve'l Iteta"igee n,‘l','-lient,lialre„ngee'l
end esti:tit:B.ldr: rehiwile
sleiaesazroanmd,
Small, and his boots are 'oe a gobe 'clesti';' 1111 C chalet* Was, 7
, Piele, 4 is rook Ihat ii heartiest*, been caries! or Mucked sway
owevmegreatey tone andeltigether there appears a probe-
flit's( considerable difficulty attestable.; therecognition Of i y
k.
........ _ . , piecemeal. The butlers ware snapped all from both legu-
me Ives, The massive cylinder td the mall engine was
brehen an ; and iron plates inch and a quarter thick tarn like
Mr. G. A. Stevens, solicitor, appeared for Miss Taylor ll' rthands. The piston-rod was displiced and bent, massive
r. S. Linay, solicited., also. appeared on behalf of the relit- iron framing was doubled up as though it was fashioned of
yes of John Prior arid James Light. the driver and fireman pewter. A fragment of the cylinder weighing about half
'the- combined mail train from Great Yarmouth, and ter a hundredweight was projected twenty or thirty yards
NE parents of Miss Mary Ann Murray, Red for the relatives into a neighbouring garden, where it crashed through
the Rev. 11. Stacey and his wife, the roof of an outhouse as though it had been projected
Mr. W. IL Shaw, law clerk Of the Great Eastern Railway from a theft The mail engine is now back in the station-
.impany, was in attendance. Mr. Swarbriek, general yard, but whether it is worth repairing is doubtful. The
athweer, and Mr. J. Robertson, superintendent Of the line, tender of the express was piled up on the mail engine, that
Were also present, of the mail was thrown to the right of the metals, and half
turned oared, as if going back a. Five of the 27 ear-
Mr. So express, on behalf of the
lieges composing the two trains 12, igainncluding the horse-box
(iumphaw said he desired t
any, the deep regret of the directors at the lamentable - •
ane s six ore so i,
oecurrenth which had called the coroner and jiery Weather.
I fish truck> wer
maged that they will need v cemplettdy
ery extensive mashed,
repairs w
if, tricke dd,
lie desired also to externs the comniiseration of the Company
they are tit tor the rails any more, while nine lia've escaped
With the relatives of the deeeased, audio inform the coroner witlc injuries more or less Might It will be seen that
ttat the Company weuli I afford every facility to secured fall
the passengers to or from Yarmouth were in the front
e ucidation of the facts of the thee. of each train, and, therefore, euffered most The fish
i Lieutenant-Colonel Black, chief constable of Norfolk, said truck in the front of the mail was smashed to atoms, and
he appeared on behalf of the public, the fish were scattered in every direction. The brake van
Before the jury proceeded to view the bodies of the de- following it was broken into pieces not much larger, and
ceased, which lay in a lower room at the "'three Tolls" these pieces were thrown down on embankment twelve feet
Timm, at Thorpe, in which the inquest was held, deep, followed by the second and the open third-class car.
The Coroner said he was rather glad that he had delayed riages which were in the front part of the down train, while
the inquiry, as otherwise more of the betties might not have ou the top of all was a composite carriage, which stood No. 5
been identified. The inquiry might, perhaps, raise the old in the up-train from Yarmouth. It was underneath a portion
question of railway unpunctuality, and whether something of this pile that Mr White, dentist, of Norwich, was jammed,
must not be done to deal with that subject. The hours of and there lie remained for three hours anti a half till he
women and children were regulated by Act of Parliament, could be dug out. Fortunately a beam relieved the
but the hours of railway servants appeared to be sometimes pressure from him, and stimulants kept him from
practically unlimited and beyond what human nature could fainting. His injuries, though severe, are not dangerous.
stand. Railways had outgrown their early arrangements, The horse.box contained a mule of a peculiarly line breed;
and perhaps the Government would have to take the matter of course, it was killed. The reason why the passengers in
In hand. Ile proposed, after the bodies had been identified, the down express suffered less than those in the mail no
to telegraph to the Monte Office or to the Board of Trade, as doubt is partly explained by the horse.box and three empty
the jury might think best, and to :ask that some one might carriages which interposed between the engine and the
by sent down on behalf of the public to attend the adjourned other portion of the train. These empty carriages were un-
nquest lighted, and were most fortunately put on by the Norwich
The Identification of the bodies of the deceased was then stationmaster for the accommodation of expected traffic at
proceeded with, Mr. It. I. Colley, deputy-coroner, assistieg Yarmouth. Two of them, as 1 Imee said, went down the
the coroner in taking the evidence.—Elizabeth Brazier, embarkment. and any passengers ritimg in them would have
married woman, of Thorpe St. Andrew, and sister of been exposed to immanent peril.
Thorium Clark, identified the remains of her brother, who, "Susie of the passenger carriages had their ends knocked
she stated, resided at Lowestoft, and was 40 years of age,— out, and were forced into the carriages preceding, as though
Andrew Prior, clothier's assistant, and son of John Prior, the train was being closed up like a telescope. One passenger
Identified the remains of his father, who resided in Syna- carriage had its roof taken elf as clean as though it had been
gogue-street, Norwich, and was 41) years of age—Richard cut with a knife, and a carriage went one way while the roof.
Light, fireman, Identified the remains of his brother, James turning over on the other side of the metals, stood up on end
Light, who was 25 years of age, and who resided at Wilder- against the telegraph wires, and remained there supported
nees-place, King-street, Norwich—James Murray, of Marl-by them. The guard in the mail van heard the whistle,
nor's-lane, Norwich, Identified the remains of Ids daughter, which must have been blown by the driver as he neared
Mary Ann Elizabeth Murray. She was his only daughter, Norwich, and, jumping down to put his mail bags together,
and resided with him ; she was 27 years of age and was un. he found himself in a few seconds hurled into a ditch
merriest —Frederick Mills, Quartermaidersergerint in the at the bottom of a slight embankment. One end of the
West Norfolk Militia, identified the body of Robert Waol, mail van had been torn away, and he was thrown
colour-sergeant in the same regiment. The deceased was through the opening with the result just stated. The shock
about 60 years of age, and was returning from a tithing Was great, and his escape with life was providential, line
excursion :he resided in Cherry-street, Lakeitham, Nor- the guard, whose name is Ellis, pulled himsslf together, col-
wich.—Sergeant Mills abut identified the hotly of Frederick lected his mail logs, nod came into Norwich with them. I
Cassell, who he stated was alwut 46 years of age, and who regret, however, to acid that tel his case aiel thst of some
was sergeant-n:o,r in the West Norfolk Militia : the de- other nelsons who were in the train, and even some who
ceased resided at the Militia Barracka, Norwich—Charles felt little hurt at the time, the shock to the nt•rvous system
Chaplin Identified the toady of sarali Gilding. This witness has since developed unfathurable symptoms. I fear also that
stated that he resided hi St. Stephen-street, Norwich, and the list of the dead is Oct yet elosed. The lives of three at
was a hoot and shoe manufacturer. Ile knew :Weal. Gilding lewd of the wounded are sow in great danger.
sill; she wits the wife of Mr. Gilding, of 40, Grafton-street, "Sergeant-Major Cassell sal Sergeant Went, of the West
Milt -end-road, Loudon Mr. Gilding was an insurance Norfolk Militia, who were killed in the mail train, were re-
agent. The deceased was about 38 years of age. —Mr. turning front a fishing excursion. They were hurled toalay
Chaplin also identilled tire body of the child, Laura Harriet with military honours, the former at the Cemetery, the latter
Gilding, or, to Ins more precise, Laura Harriet Curteen in the churchyard of New Lakenham. Mrs. Betts and her
Offense. Mr. Chaplin ended that the deceased child baby were also buried at New Lakehltain ; Mr. Page,
was the daughter ot Sarah Gilding, and WAS oboist four currier, of Norwich, and Miss Taylor at the cemetery, and
years of age—Sir. John Downing parser, of mount Pleas Clarke, the engineelriver, at Thorpe. Crowds of people
aunt, Norwich, identified the hotly of Mr Russell. William attended the funerals, and every mark of sympathy was
Skinne, of Newmarket-road, Norwich, gentleman. Witness shown to the bereaved families. Special allusion
was a personal friend of the deceased, who was about 40 was made to the catastrophe on Suliday by the
years of age —Mr. Arthur Coyte, of Thorpe Hamlet, Nor- Rev. Cillloll Ormesby at the Cathedral, and by several
wich, gentleman, identified the hotly of sneer' Lincoln, his ministers in other places of worship. Mr. George
servant. The deceased, Mr. Coyte stated, had been in his England, of Freethorpe, has presented the Norfolk
service 13 years; she was 35 years of age—Mr James lioll, and Norwich Hospital with £lOO, as a thank-offering for his
ot 7, Park-lane, ileighara, Norwich, gentleman, identifiedthe escape M. S. L. Slade, whose body was identified on
hotly of the Rev. H. Stacey, who was aboet 56 years of age. The Saturday, was a member of the firm of Ackerman and Slade,
deceased resided at 12, Upper St Gilereatreet, Norwich; he was architects anti surveyors, of 8, Regent-street, London. He
a Congregationalizt minister—Mr. Hall also identified the was staying at Yarmouth for a holyday. Mr. Upton, who
hotly of Mary Ann Stacey, wife of the deceased Rev. 11. -Misery; made the twentieth victim, was a harness-maker, living at
the deceased was about 52 years of age—William Gibits, shoe- Yarmouth. He leaves a widow and faintly. 1 need only add
maker. of Norwich, identified the body of Elizabeth Betts, here that all trace of the collision has now been removed
his married dalighter ; the deetheed's husband, John Setts, from the point where it occurred. The fragments of iron
of Mariners-lane, Norwich, was a fireman in the employ of and woodwork, cushious, autl wreckage of all sorts filled 14 or
the Great Eaatern Railway Company. The age of the de- 15 trucks,
ceased was 29. -.William Gibbs also identified the body of ~ The President of the Board of Trade (Sir Charles
the infant child of Mrs. Bette. lhia poor child waa only Atblerley) has ordered CaMain Tyler with Mr. Ravenhill
six weeks old at the time of its death, and had not received as legal asseesor, to bold a fennel intUdry. ender Seaton 7
any Christian name ; it was a male child and wan Mired of the Regulations of Railways A et,•irito the circumstances
lying in ita mother's arm. - Mr. Joseph Nightingale. of Elm- attending the collimion 'rho un Wry will commence at Nor-
nilL Norwich. identified the body of Mr. aim y Arm Taylor. with on Di l t imashq th -E e t "I'
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This witness is a nierchant's clerk, sal was a nephew of the ,
deceased, who was 40 years of age. The deceased was fore-
woman at Mr. Caley's, draper and silk-mercer, London-street,
Norwich ; she hail been in the establishment 23 years.—
Richard Light, the fireman previouly examined, identified
she body of Frederick Sewell, who was also a fireman in the
employ of the Great Eastern Company. The deceased was
about 95 years of age, and resided at Lowestoft. William
Hardy, bricklayer, Thorpe St. Andrew, stated that Inc was
parish-constable. There was one more body which had not
yet been idetified ; every effort had been made to ascertain
the mune of the deceased, but in vain. l'he deceased ap-
peared to be about 40 years of age. The linen was marked
'5 Sit,"
The norager directed the witness to postpone the inter-
ment of this unknowit victim as long as possible, in order to
afford every facility for reeognition.
Captain Douglas, retired Militia officer, residing at Thorpe
St. Andrew, said he was on the spot five minutes after the
collision occurred Ile and other persials assisted in rescuing
several bodies from the wreck of Vie trains which had run
Into each other. Witness was on the scene of the collision
until half-past two o clock in the morning. He had Been the
body of Thomas Clark, and he had no doubt that the body
s is one ofthose which he assisted in removing from the wrecked
trains. Witness had no doubt that the other bodies which
had been identified were bodies of persons who were killed
by the colliaion. Ile did not know of his own knowledge that
some of the bodies were taken to the Thorpe Station at
Norwich.
The Coroner then consulted with the jury (of whom Mr.
W. Birbeck, of the firm of Messrs. Gurneys, Birbecks,
Berekty, and Buxton, was foreman) as to the most con-
venient period of adjournment, Ultimately Thursday was
the date selected.

_ _
the THe

number of shipa.cening Pp the rivr. A change of
wind works wodierifor them; either for 'good or for
A-favuura,ble—brioaa will being iep--seAbeet of.
liners which require every available hand for the
discharge of this taugiies ; an unfavourable one
keeps them beating about in the Channel, while
the host of exPectant wirkii iii 'tih docks
stand idle. Go to the docks in the foremen, ind
you 4411 +sea that tlivise g4rscriiii wbb ite uliable to
hi.Jythç 9ce.tAtiou to Whick they have been tiained,
caft,obtaim a living there with, coniparatile. viton.
mien het eroveneous onillectien of eallingi
I It tel Thke
kefilieens
01 .Ai, es, sup, ,seguatsa, tailors, Tolisla efugeve,-
liodwevdmego; igentlemeat disteskged —lawgerif
eletk:,.-sniviebiled Government writers, alinsinen,
The docks, indeed,' afford.
an opening for- ill'WhO Want a lost and are willing to
earn it. Their are jilacea, _of which indeed there are
veggiew in the metrypolie,whersoneaaanget employ-
ment without either tiliaracterer recommendation. Of
cousseethe-work is lieeting and uncertain in its nature.
A 'bard frost, such as that which laid its icy grasp upon
the river in the winter of 1870, and again in that of
18711,pu,taki rad to, work -of iwery kind in the docks,
an inflict/5 an incalculable SMOUIA of misery. But in
ordinary weather the dock gates are thronged of a
inorningby thousands ef men imiousto be taken on at
half a-cr64rll f6r the day. If they come on in the after-
noon the rate of remuneration is four-pence an hour, and
it is a curious sight tepee them waitifigin the hope that
the who'. may blow them some stray ship, in order that
themeney earn the odd eightpence or a shilling-which
wig* then fall to them. In what are called the wait-
ing yards there they sit, ranged upon long benches,
some in sullen silence regarding not their neighbours,
some telling their miseries and their miafortunes, while
others again doze away their time. Whether the sur-
face of the stream he brilliant with the flashing sun-
light, or dotted with the drops of a pitiless downpour
of rain, is all the same to this incongruous army. It
has been estimated that a single day's east wind, by
preventing vessels coming up the river, sometimes
deprives ten thousand dock labourers of a day's living.
And this is only one out of many contingents of the
London people who perpetually live upon the verge of
starvation. Yet at no single place in the capital, not
even at the Bank itself, could so vivid an impression
of dee vest wealth of England be obtained as at the
Docks.

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There are many in this country who take almost as
lively an interest in the artistic treasures of the
Louvre as the Parisians themselves. The Louvre, it
will be remembered, was miraculously saved when the
Communists set fire to the public buildings of the
French capital on the 24th of May, 1871. With the
Palace of the Tuileries it formed an enormous quad-
rangle, but while the interior of the Palace was
utterly destroyed, the priceless art treasures of the
Louvre and the structure itself, were spared. The
collection had been the work of centuries, and neither
effort nor money could have replaced it if it had been
swept away. It is therefore a matter of general con-
gratulation that the new galleries which have been
some time in preparation, are now about to be opened
to the public, and that an opportunity will speedily be
given for considering many valuable works of art too
long hidden from view.

A curious paper has just been published, showing
the rata at which we make our laws. Every year we
reckon carefully the aggregate result of the Parlia-
mentary session's labours, and very often there is a dis-
position to call the session barren which does not swell
the list of public statutes by at least a hundred new
laws. The document to which I refer shows that
in the 656 years between the passing of the
Statutes of Merton (20 Henry III.) to the end
of 1972, no less than 18,110 public Acts received the
Royal assent. This limes of laws occupies 36,300
quarto. and 2,109 octavo pages of printed matter. In
the same period, 23.223 local, private, or personal
Acts were sanctioned. The growth of the latter de-
scription of legislation since the time of George 111.
has been enormous ; bat with the extension of busituas
f all kinds, and the increasing importance of railways
and other undertakings coming under Parliamentary
cognizance, this is only what might have been ex-
pected. In comparing our own necessities in the way
of I,ublie legislation with those of our ancestors, some
singular results are arrived at. Edward I. reigned
35 years, just LIA long as our own Sovereign had at the
end of 1872; yet during that period of the reign of
Victoria 3,991 public acts were pazsed, while the
subjects of Edward required in the same time only
221. In the time of Henry VIII. the yearly average
of public Acts did not reach eleven, and in the long
reign of Elizabeth it had dropped to sir. The statutes
of William and Mary averaged about six-and-twenty
per annum, and those of George 11. were on an average
47 yearly.

In The Times of Monday the name of Mr. Thomas R.
Etheridge was mentioned among tile sufferers of this accident
as " injured in the back." Mr. Etheridge was in London at
the time, and the person referred to is probably meant for
his late assistant, Mr. Rands, of London-street, Horn ich,
whose name was among the list of those first published as
injured,

Another of the sufferers—Susan Browne—died on Tuesday
afternoon front internal injuries. This is the twenty-first
death from the collision.

Amongst the many ways of spending a holiday
which are now pursued, that of 'the reading party "
is not the least remarkable. Half a dozen young men,
acquainted with each other, unwilling to waste a
vacation in idleness, have impressed upon their
relatives the necessity of betaking themselves to some
rural retreat where, while enjoying the beauties of
nature, they can at the same time pursue theirfavounte
studies. They are under the supervision of a tutor
whose duty is to see that the young fellows really
work and keep out of mischief generally. To some
extent he is responsible for their success in the mevend
examinations f r which they are reading, but he has no
absolute authority over them. They are not boys,
who may be commanded, nor are they sensible men
who can be reasoned with; but they belong to that
middle state between boyhood and manhood, without
the impressibility of the one or the solidity of the
other. Still, whether or not reading parties really
accomplish everything at which they aim, there can
be no doubt that illlCh gatherings are highly agreeable.
'They help a young man to lay up a large stock of
pleasant reminiscences, they form and cement friend-
ships, they lead to long walks and much exercise in the
open air, and do much to strengthen the physical
powers and to develop the muscles. Walking tours
and rowing parties may be safely placed in the same
category.

Mr. Upton, of Great YarmoutlL died late on Friday night,
making with the dead man unidentified, the twentieth
victim. Mr. Upton suffered from a fractured iikulL The
wife and daughters of Mr. G. A. Stevens had a narrow
escape—indeed, almost a miraculous one ; they were
knocked down by the force of the collision, but they
managed somehow to crawl out of the windows of the car-
riage in which they were riding. Mr. Dimmock, of London-
street. Norwich, was greatly shaken, bruised, and slightly
burnt by falling upon the f lof one of the engines he
was knocked across the carriage in which he was travelling,
and the carriage then collapsed, leaving him in darkness.
When he extricated himself his hand came in contact with
the hot engine funnel, and his wrist was burnt. Prior, one
of the drivers killed, was much scalded; he also sustained a
terrible blow on the head. Another of the engine men was
crushed until his limbs protruded through his clothes. Miss
Ramsdale, of Church-street, Heigham, Norwich, had one of
1,,T feet taken off. Mr. 11 B. Cocksedge, of Tottenham, Mid-
dlesex, was injured about the legs Mr. Etheridge, of Nor-
wich, was injured in the back ; and Mrs. W. Vincent, of
Castle Meadow, Norwich, was badly injured in the face
Mid legs."
Of those most seriously hurt Miss Ramsdale has undergone
two amputations of the leg, the first below and the second
above the knee. Betts, the stoker, who now lies at the
hospital, and Mr. Francis, a surgeon, who was conveyed to
his residence at Norwich, are also in a critical condition.
Betts was not on duty. He had received half a day's leave,
and was with Ills wife and two children in the Norwich
train. /Hs wife had not been confined more than a
few weeks. She was killed with her baby in her
arms. The other child, a little boy, three years old,
received a scalp wound, and is now in the hospital. The
father's skull was fractured, it is supposed, by a blow
from a large piece of coat In his delirium the poor fellow
thought he had been struck while on his engine by a stone
thrown by a mischievous boy. The shock to both trains was
so sudden and so tremendous that those who were struck
down hardly knew what had happened to them. In the
Yarmouth train were a married couple who had been mare.'
the day previously. The bride thought the train had been
struck by a thanderbolL Ind in a moment both found thorn-
sevi s piled on a ,reek of carriages Nit or 30ft. high. For.
tuneely, they were rescued without serious injury. The
night was dark, the rain was pouring down, and the shock
put out every light in both trains. To adil to the horrors of
the situation, five or six carriages of the down train
remained upon the bridge crossing the river, and as
this bridge was undergoing alteration, the sides were
quite unprotected. The passengers in these carriages
were almost wild with fear. They did not know
what had happened, and their screams added to the dreadful
confusion of the hour. They were entreated to keep their
seats, but it was against human nature to do so. It is mira-
culous that some did not fall into the stream. One man did
fall in, and was pulled out. But it is not thought certain
that some deaths have not occurred from drowning. The
river has been dragged hi this belief,

It has long been a prevalent idea in this country
that famines such as those which devastated India
,Lrly this year, were caused by a deficiency of water
supply. But Colonel Corbett, el the Bengal Stall
Corps, who has just published a pamphlet on this
question, is of iipinion that the cause is not a deficiency,
but an excess of water. Ile points out that irrigation,
by hardening the soil of the fields on to which it is
carried, renders them less pervious to and retentive of
rain. He also considers that Indian cultivators, having
once acquired the habit of trusting entirely to irriga-
tion for their water supply, are apt to neglect the pre-
servation of rain water. Without expressing any
opinion upon the soundness of Colonel Corbett's theory,
I may say that the parts of Bengal most threatened
by famine were Hooded to a greater depth than usual
as lately as the 15th of August last year. Yet,
although the rainfall during the twelve months
amounted to thirty out of the thirty-six inches esti-
mated by Sir Arthur Cotton as sufficient for rice culti-
vation, there were indications of approaching famine
an early as the middle of October. Still the proposi-
tion is rather a startling one that Indian famines are
generally attributable to an excess of water supply.

We are now in the midst of what is called "The
Long Vacation," or that part of the year during which
the courts of justice are aaid to be closed to the people-.
As a matter of fact this is true only to a certain ex-
tent. In the equity department of our jurisprudence
there is always a vacation judge, to whom suitors
whose cases are urgent may apply at any time. When
the Judicature Act comes into operation next year,
there will not only be a judge of first instance in town
during the vacation, but a court of appeal as
The legal holiday will also be shortened to some ex-
tent, and this, with the re-arrangement of the tri-
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bunals, will conduce very materially to the dispatch of
business.

The mosquito panic, which was rather prevalent in
London two or three weeks ago, has now subsided, and
it is admitted that, after all, there was no such very great
cause for alarm. The fart that this troublesome insect
is such an unfrequent visitor to these latitudes explains
much of the ignorance which prevails respecting its
habits. Those, however, who have paid a visit to the
United States know full well that the mosquito con-
ceals itself during the day, and emerges only after
dark, so that its extirpation, when once it has obtained
a settlement, is an extremely difficult task. It avoids,
as a rule, the crowded city, and prefers marshy ground
. . . _

..r the banks of rivers for its location. In India this
insect is often very irritating and annoying, and in
order to rid a room of such a pest a simple plan is re-
sorted to. On a brazier containing lighted charcoal,
zed pepper is plentifully strewed; and, all doors and

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the 1,, .ndo, but pretended that he had found them in I quarter of the year 1874 —there were 56 convictions— '
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neveraeen Faath, but it WEIS pr, ' 1 very clearly that 1.,t,' A, ndment Act of 1871 ;41 in England and
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verdict .4 it is stated the sentence inelu herd labour. 'The
vuilty itiiiiiiiiiirdmitAitollkiteripliiir eizetteustadOk. ' ttto toisterrtonvicted of tbrea and intimiaatio(il
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TRAllio AVR;#T #LbERSHOTT.
i 7TittT AL
iSt ttlaneo
IC'aptain D int/20p Amara, -wet tilloctoy I BOW e'OREIGN, AND COLONIAL
man Li 's 'own op, _named Thomas Sinith; at
Ableraiatite Sittaaday—nesapiata-4a apposite—that
the rden 3"D fro.p, wITChi Captain- Dirol—corn-
Mended, are at present engaged in going through their
Cnnuar col4se, s nilesketry insthittion at the Cainp
Aldershott,whert the regiment is stationed, About
Six ie,dleek oh Sitiirday motninethe iiquad"th Which
Rrivate i4mitl. j.jmjige arijcxeded trona_ tke,West
qavalry Barwick' to the dile rangea in the vicinity
elf the Royal Pavilion, for the purissie of firing
a certain number of rounds of ball cartridge at
Various ranges. The party arrived at the firing
around about 9 30, udder the commlind of Captain
Bird, and at once commenced practice at the 250 yards
range, where they fired five roimds per man. As sopu
ais the firing bad been completed at this distance the
squad was marched back to the 300 yards range, for
the purpose of firing another five rounds. Having"
halted a few paces behind the mark indicating the dies
nce, Captain Bird stood on one of the flanks as the
ing was about to con:menace., Pdvate Smith was st
'the same noment noticed fo move on one side. Indite-
:cfliately afterwards he brought his carbine to the
ready position" and shot Captain Bird through the
body, the bullet entering under the right shoulder
and passing old clOse th 4 left bteast. Captain Bird
fell to the ground and died almost immediately.
Smith was at once arrested, conveyed to the rep-
'mental guard room, and placed jp close confinement.
When the unfortunate officer was seen to fall it was at
first thought that he had fainted, but, in reply to a
question as to what was the matter with him, he
pointed tio his breast. The sergeant who had charge of
the party having perceived that his captain had been
mot, said to his men, "Who did that? " when Smith
replied, "1 done it," and at the same time throwing
down his carbine and taking off his belt and pooch.
The deceased was conveyed to the barracks on a
stretcher.

le

The sad occurrence, as may be imagined, has cast a
gloom over the whole regiment. Captain Bird, who
was a most courteous and amiable gentleman, was
highly esteemed by his brother officers. He entered
the army as cornet in 1869, was promoted lieutenant in
1860, and captain in 1871. He was a widower, with
one child, a boy, who i at present at school in Ger-
many, and he had applied for and obtained leave of
absence from the 16th instant, for the purpose of pro-
ceeding to Germany to !etch his son to England.

Smith entered the army in the Bth Hussars some 16
years ago, being transferred to the 20th Hussars in
1863. His character has been described up to the last
two or three years as fairly good, and at one time be
was in possession of three good conduct badges. He
was tried by court-martial about two years since in
India, and lost one badge.
About one o'clock on Saturday Smith was handed
over to the civil authorities, and taken by twoof the Hants
Constabulary to the Aldershott Police-station. On the
previous day, while at target practice, he fell out of
the ranks of his squad without permission to do so, and
for this breach of discipline was sentenced by the de-
ceased to seven days' confinement to barracks.
The tragic circumstance, as may be supposed, caused
a profound sensation throughout both town and camp,
and special mention was made on Sunday morning in
nearly all the churches, particulaaly in the All Saints
military church, where the Rev. Air. Ritchie, chaplain
to the cavalry brigade, preached a most impressive
sermon from the Second Lesson for the day—" For we
must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ"
(2 Cor. v. 2).

mew Books.—Po neoh.

On Monday afternoon, an inquest was held at the
" Queens" Hotel, Hiklestreet, Aldershott, by Mr.
W. E. Foster, Deputy Coroner for North Hants, as
to the death of Captain John Dent Bird.
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A BATTLE or BEES. —An American paper
, gives an interesting account of a very dis_aateous.bee.
'conflict which took plac'e in Virginia. 'A'stirib of
bees resident there, having exhausted their,supply of
*hie- food, with a sadden instinct made a predatory
attack upon a neighbouring community. The " peace
party" seems to haee had but small influence in either
hive, for a fierce conflict ensued, in which from 500 to
1,000 bees were slain.. The battle, like thitt described
by Virgil, began in the air; but the seat of war was
afterwards removed to the hives, where the fighting
was earned on Uritlfterrible effect.

The Foreman, on behalf of his brother jurymen, in-
formed the Coroner that it was the wish of the jury
to have the accused present, in order to give him an
opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses.
'The Coroner replied that he had not the power to
order the attendance of the prisoner without the
authority of the Secretary of State.

William John Irwin deposed that he was a lieutenant in
the 20th Hussars, also musketry instructor. Ile was at ball
practice on Saturday morning last, between nine and
ten o'clock. Captain Bird was in cosnmand of the
party. Ii troop. It marched to tile ranges at nine o'clock.
Witness's duty was to superintend the practice. When a
man tires he is a little in Innt of the thing party. Each
man fired live shuts at the range they were at, and the party
were prepared to go to the next (300 yards) range. The
sergeant marched in front of Captain Bird_ Witness was
about ten yards behind. The carbines were not loaded at
this thue. When the party got to the 300 yards range they
faced about in front of the target. Each man loads inde-
pendently, and then steps about two paces to the front.
Witness gave the order to commence firing from the
right. Each man is allowed to take aim according to his own
judgment. Three shots were fired at the 300 yards range,
when witness heard a report behind him, and saw Captain
Bird fall. The shot could not have been a proper shot at
the target. Ile ran to Captain Bird, who said, " How did
that happen ?" Witness opened his eat, and sent a man for
the doctor. The bullet produced fell front under Captain
Bird's shirt. lie was in the rear of the two squads (about 20
men). The men wino were properly firing could not bit the
Captain without hitting seine one else, as lie was behind the
rear rank. Smith fired his fifth round at the first, or 230yards*
range. If he loaded before it came to his turn to lire again it
would be contrary to orders, which are well known to every
old soldier. Smith was standing by himself. Witnesa asked him
how it happened. Ile said, "1 did it by aCeidillt." Ile accused
to take no concern in what had occurred. Witness ordered
Sergeant Fox to march hint to the guard-roem under escort,
and the resy the squad to march home..Witntss remarked,
"

OXIETHING LIKE A " BAG. "—The Government
"bag "for 1872-73 in Madras is reported to consist of
186 tigers, 893 panthers, 117 bears, 34 wolves, 203
hyenas, to say nothing of cheetas and alligators, whose
.nunibers are not given, because, we suppose, they were
so nunierous as to defy arithmetic. Kurnool, Ganjam,
Vizagapatam, and kistna are the districts in which
the general clearance has chiefly taken place.
AN ENGLISH FARM IN SOUTH RUSSIA.—An
Englishman named Hobham has taken from the
Government the immense barren plateau of Sardar
Abzul, with a view of irrigating it by means of the
Arpatchai, an affluent of the Araxes. The works for
turning this -stream into the desert have been already
commenced, and it is said that the speculator is about
to spend five millions of roubles on the work, and ex-
pects to intim* 100,000 emigrants, partly Irish and
partly German, to settle on the land.
FENCING WITH HIM.—" have you got a
licence to sell!" said a constable on the alert. "No,"
coolly replied the itinerant vendor of pots and pans,
"1 hasen't." He was summoned and brought before
the magistrate, who said, You told the constable
you had no licence?" "No, I didn't," quietly replied
the pedlar. "I say you did," vociferated the con-
stable. "I swear I didn't," still persisted the pedlar.
" Well, what did you tell me then ? " "You asked
me if I had a licence to sell, and I told you I hadn't;
and I haven't a licence to sell, for I want to keep it
to peddle with."
A REAL SEA-SIDE PLEASURE. —" What !
Miss Matilda You in this pouring rain, and without
either waterproof or umbrella! !!"—" 0, yes. Capital
plan—get wet through, you know, and then you must
change all your clothes when you go in, and that helps
to pass the time, you know."—Punch.

. .
FRENCH EGGS.—" The English," says the
Journal de Rouen, "continue to remain tributary to
France for eggs, having in 18-3 imported more than
500 millions. In spite of all their efforts to have ood
laying hens in their Poultry-yards they have not yet
succeeded. The cause is attributed to the absolute
dearth of silex in England ; and proof is said to have
been given that the districts of France which have the
greatest quantity of it are also those which furnish the
largest supply of eggs."
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"I am afraid thisis no accident " The deceased was about
32 years of age. Witness had known him for about three
years and eight months. Ile did not see the shot fired by
Thomas Smith. Captain Bird was not in the line of fire in
any way. Smith must have stepped to the rear and then
turned to the tight. In reply to the foreman, witness said
he thought it was Tom Smith because he was punished on
the day before. He had been in Captain Bird's troop since
he had been in the regiment. Smith was punished on the
previous day for falling out of the ranks without orders.
Ile had asked to fall out of the ranks and was refused.
Sergeant Fairhead, 20th Hussars, deposed that he belonged
to the I) Troop, commanded by Captain Bird, On Saturday
he was with the left squad, under the orders of the deceased.
At target practice, when each man fired five rounds at 250
yards range, the squads were marched to the 300 yards.
No man in the ranks should load until lie steps to the front
previously to firing. Smith fired five rounds at the first
range. In the morning witness served him with ten rounds
of service ammunition. When they got to the 300 yards
range witness formed the men in two ranks and fronted
towards the targets. Thomas Smith was in witness's alined ;
he formed the second tile of the rear rank. Witness stepped
to the front and fired at the target. Immediately after-
wards lie heard another shot fired, and on turning round
saw Captain Bird lying on the ground. There was an in-
terval of about three yards between the two squads, and the
captain was algiut a yard in rear of the interval, near the
rear rank, and out of the line of fire. Ascertaining that he
was abet, witness asked the squad if any one saw the shot
fired Smith was removing his belt, and witness asked him
if he fired. Ile said, " Who else do you think did ill" In
the breech of his carbine there was an empty cartridge, and
his pouch contained only four rounds instead.of five. Wit-
ness gave him in charge of a corporal, andaMr. Irvine ordered
him to be escorted to the guard-room. The shot nmst have
been fired intentionally. Smith could have loaded without
being perceived. Smith was sentenced on the previous
day to seven days' confinement to barracks by Captain Bird.
It was possible that Smith could have turned round and
shot the Captain without being seen by the rest of the men,
whose attention would be drawn to the man fining at the
. .

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FEMALE KottoSTlON.—During the visit of the
Social Science Congress to Plymouth a strong effort
was made by the friends of higher female education to
establish schools in Devon and Cornwall which would
afford for girls of the middle classes a first-class educa-
tion at a reasonable cost. A company was formed for
carrying out the project, the Bishop of Exeter accept-
ing the office of ehairman of the council. The capital
was soon subscribed, commodious premises on the out-
skirts of Plymouth engaged, and every means taken
to provide efficient teachers. On Monday the Bishop
formally opened the school, and addressed the seventy
Pupils whose parents have already appreciated the
advantages offered them by the opening of the esta-
blishment. His lordship impressed on the girls the
fact that on them would greatly depend the success of
the school, urged them to persevere in their studies,
and stated that the main object of the promoters of
tie- school would be carried out in the course of in-
struction, viz., an endeavour to make all who attended
Christian young women. The school is called the
Plymouth High School for Girls, and it is hoped ere
long to establish others.
SANITARY LAWS AMENDMENT-One of the
last Acts of the late Session was to amend and extend
the Sanitary Laws. There are '59 sections to explain
and amend the laws on the subject. Among the pro-
visions is the following :—"Every Sanitary Authority
may make bye-laws, to be confirmed by the Local
Government Board, for regulating the lodging and
other treatment of persons engaged in hop-picking in
the district of such Authority." The Local Govern-
ment Board may make regulations as to the ventila-
tion of common lodging-houses, the separation of the
sexes, and precautions are to be taken to prevent
diseases. On representation to a Nuisance Authority
that water in a cistern or other place is polluted, and
likely to be used for domestic purposes, a summons
may be issued and a portion of the water analysed.
This provision extends to wells, cisterns, &c., public
or private, the water in which is suspected of being
injuri ins to health.

SAD—VERY.—The destination of Temple
Bar must at last be Hanwell. The poor old thing
has been authoritatively pronounced cracked."--
Punch.

PAUPER LUNATICS. —A circular letter has this
week been sent out by the Local Government Board to
the clerks of the various unions throughout the country
with reference to the applications boards of guardians
are now entitled to make for parliamentary grants in
respect to the maintenance of pauper lunatics. In those
cases in which a contribution in aid of the maintenance
of a pauper lunatic is recovered or 'recoverable by the
guardians from the relatives, or from any other source
than the parliamentary grant, no repayment is to be
claimed unless the net charge on the rates equals or
exceeds 4s. per week. It is further observed that no
claim is to be made in respect of the fractional part of
a week. The Local Government Board impress
guardians that the arrangements for the repayment
under the present grant is not intended in any way to
relieve them from the duty of enforcing payment by
the relatives of lunatics, when the same are in a posi-
tion to contribute, and if it should appear that in any
case guardians have failed to take proper measures for
the recovery of such contributions the board would
have to consider whether all repayments from the
grant should not be withheld from the union. The re-
payments now to be made will be for the six months
ending Michaelmas next, and all future payments will
be made annually at the same period of the year, but a
separate return has to be made at the end of each
quarter.

Arthur Spooner, a private in the 20th Hussars, gave evb
dance substantially the same as that of the previous wit-
nesses, except that he saw the captain falling. Captain Bird
was reading a newspaper when he was shot, and when Mr.
Irvine asked who did it, the prisoner Smith replied, "I did
It." Ile was sober on Saturday rimming.
Private Bear, 10th Hussars, stated that he was at the
musketry shooting on Saturday last, under the command of
Captain Bird. Witness's duty was to collect the empty cart-
ridge casea. At the 300 yard's range he was five yards in
rear of the squad. Ile heard a report, and on looking up
saw Thomas smith taking his carbine from his shoulder and
coming to the loading position. Smith was then about live
yards In rear of the left squad. The bullet whizzed past
witness, anti immediately afterwards the Captain, who was
about a yard from witness, lea Witness did not think the
shot went Id accidentally.
Sergeant Righard Charles Fox, 20th Hussars, saint he had
known Captain Bird almut nine years, and Smith about ten
years. Captain Bird was not overbowing to the linen. 4)11
the previous (lay smith asked permission of Captain Bird to
fall out of the ranks. Captain Bird said, "You cannot fall
out." Smith then fell out of the ranks, and for this breach
of discipline was sentenced to seven days' drill.
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Private Samuel lave, 20th Hussars, said that on the way
to the guardroom Smith voluntary remarked, -lie would
give no more seven days' drill, and it would be a warning to
others."

Surgeon Andrews said he was the medical officer on duty
for the week at the rangea. On Saturday morning he was
sent for to see the deceased, who lived about ten minutes
after being shot. The ball entered the back and came out at
the breast.

Sergeant Dargan, Ilants Constabulary, produced the rifle,
pouch, and belt that had been worn by Smith, also the serge
and braces of the deceased.

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AMERICAN "CHILD."—" Now, Sammy,
tell me, have you read the story of Joseph ?" "Oh,
yes, uncle." " Well, then, what wrong did they do
when they sold their brother ?" "They sold him too
cheap, I think."

The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Allude?'
against Thomas Smith.

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SCOTCH FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. —The report of
the Registrar of Friendly Societies in Scotland for the
year 1873 states that during the year 60 new friendly
societies were registered, and 62 societies receia ed cer-
tificates of alteration of rules. 39 new industrial and
provident (co-operative) societies were registered, 22 re-
ceived certificates of alteration rules, and one of change
of name. Eleven new•benefit building societies were
registered, and seven received certificates of alterati,m
of rules. One scientific society, the Glasgow Chemists
and Drugvi, sts' Association, received a certificate under
6 and 7 Vic., c. 36. Only twenty-four literary and
scientific societies in all have availed themselves f the
benefit of this Act, which exempts such societies from
certain rates on their obtaining a certificate of regis-
tration from the Registrar of Friendly Societies.
Twelve trades unions were registered during the year,
and one received a certificate of alteration of rules.

PROVERB FOR DISCONTENTED TOURIST.—
"A bed in a house is worth two in the 13u!'—
Punch.

"BIG BEN !"—What may be done by sticking
to business is iHustrated in the career of Big Ben, the
Westminster clock. Everything about this clock is
gigantic. The dials are twenty-two feet and a half
across, and each of them consequently presents to the
world a surface of nearly four hundred snare feet.
The figures on them are two feet long and the minute
spaces afo d square. In going once round the face,
therefore, each of the minute hands traverses a ,fis-
tame of sixty feet, and in the course of a year passes
over nearly a hundred miles. Thus, since the clock
was started, about fourteen years ago, each of these
points must have travelled little less than fourteen
hundred miles—not a bad illustration of what may be
done by sticking to business.

Smith was brought before the Aldershott magis-
trates on Tuesday, charged with the murder of Cap-
tain Bird. The evidence which was given at the
inquest was repeated, and the prisoner was fully com-
mitted to take his trial at the next Winchester Assizes.

CERES IN THE CITY. OR ThUTSday IRPt
Harvest Festival was held in the City—a thanksgiving
service for the harvest being perforated in the church
of St. Edmund, Lombard-street. An appropriate
place for an harvest festival. Lombard-street is very
near Cornhill.—Punch.

RAILWAY BOOKING. —The City Press men-
tions with relation to Mr. De Keyser's new Royal
Hotel at Blackfriars, London, that an arrangement has
been made in connexion with the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway Company, by which the company
will issue tickets in the hotel at suitable hours for the
departure of trains for the Continent. Visitors will
thus he able to dine in comfort while their luggage is
registered in the hotel for the Continent and forwarded
to the trains; having also taken their tickets in the
hotel, visitcrs will thus have nothing to do but to go
over to the station. It may be mentioned on this
subject f railway booking that the Brighton Railway
some time past set the good example of opening an
office at which its tickets can at any time be obtained
in advance, without passengers being compelled to go
through the vexatious hurry of scrambling for tickets
a few minutes before the train starts.

MORE ADELTERATION.—Mater of the House
(the Man has called to look at the Meter). Dear me !
Well, I wouldn't have believed it ! Actually watering
the Gas now !"--Panch.

CoNstrierrioN OF SPIRITS.—In the first half of
the year 1874 duty was paid on 13,887,923 gallons of
home-made spirits retained for consumption in the
United Kingdom as beverage. being 662,639 gallons
more than in the corresponding half of the previous
year. The quantity so retained in England was
7,832,320 gallons, an increase of 58h,449 gallons; in
Scotland, 3.131,597 gallons, an increase of 182,655 gal-
lons; in Ireland, 2,924,006, presenting the unusual re-
turn of a decrease amounting to 106,465 gallons. The
quantity of foreign and colonial spirits, not sweetened
or mixed, entered for consumption in the United
Kingdom In the half-year was 4,515,927 proof gallons,
being 87,422 gallons more than in the corresponding
half of the preceding year.