The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-11-15 00:00:00

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A GOLDISN WINDPALL.—The largest nugget of amid'
gamated gold ever produced has recently been dis-
covered, and is a favourable augury for quarts-crushing-
It was the result of • portion of 60 tons of the first
quartz crushed from the Corfu Reel; it weighs 1,040
ounces. All the following night the lucky owners of the
claim kept watch and ward over it, armed to the teeth.
A sixth share of the claim, a few months ago, could
have been purchased for • score of pounds. Even after
gold was struck. EIO,OUO would have bought the claim,
a splendid purchase, considering that the first 60 tons
will yield fully half the amount.

THE AMSTERDAM CRYSTAL PALACE.—This building
is to be completed and opened in the year 1861; it will
be 400 feet in Length by 280 feet in width. and the cen-
tral dome will be 200 feet in height, at the junction of
which will be a transept and the nave of the edifice.
The structure is to be of iron and glass, but as Holland
is not famous for iron it will be supplied by England.
The contractors are Messrs. Van
.Heel
.and Holtzman,

;r-Am—ste—nla. o-7,-and Messrs. Smith and Sons, of Bit:-
mingham. The engineer is Mr. C. M. Moorish; the
erection of the palace is intrusted to the superintendence
of Mr. J. P. Ashton, whose practice and experience at
the Hyde Park Crystal Palace of 1851, as well as at the
Crystal Palate at Sydenhain, is well known. The de-
sign of the palace is by Fan C. OudaLoom.
LONA ON THE FELLS.—The following distressing cir-
cumstance will give an idea of the fearfully inclement
weather that prevailed in the northern part of the
kingdom lut week. On Friday evening a drover left
Allende/a town fair, which is held in Om bill district
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dividing Northumberland from Cuuiberland with •
drove of cattle. His coigne lay across the Fells, which
stretch between the two northern rivers, the Allan and
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the Derwent, his destination being towards the latter
roped stream. The night was one ri the roughest that
has been known in the bill districts for many years.
The rain descended in torrents, and the wind howled
dismally over the hills which skirt the dreary waste.
It is thought that the drove on getting ont among the
Fells had broken up into parties, some taking one
direction and some another, and that the drover at-
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tempted to collect them until he fell from sheer ex-
haustion. He was found en Saturday morning lying
out on the Fells quite dead.
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HORRIBLE DEATH.—OR Monday an inquest was held
at Cambridge touching the death of Hester Borbon, who
was burnt to death on the previous Saturday night. De-
ceased was • married woman, and was in the habit of
getting intoxicated. She had been " charing," but her
son stated that she was "getting on" at 2o'clock, and so
disposed to drink that she had been known to take quer-
tern loaves out of the house to get beer with. Between
6 and 7 deceased was seen standing, all in flames, be-
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;wee; the door opening from one to-The other of the two
rooms of their wretched habitation. She fell on the en-
trance of the first spectator.a neighbour with whom she
had been drinking, and never spoke afterwards. The
body presented a sad spectacle. There is every reason to
believe deceased had been seized with a fit, or in a state
of drunkenness had fallen forwards on the fire. The
jury added to their verdict of accidental death
their opinion that she was drunk at the time of her
death.

JoURNEYINGI4 OF A LETTFR.—Mr. Jackson, of Or-
pington, has a grandson who has been engaged with his
regiment in India during the whole period of the
late revolt, and chiefly in those districts where the con-
test was moot severe, and where, as a matter of course,
every appearance of civilized life was for the time being
held completely in abeyance. It is, then, no matter of
surprise that a letter sent to the young officer should
never have found its destination in India during this
time. The regiment boa recently returned to England,
where our young friend has, with several others, ob-
tained three years' leave of absence. On Wednesday
morning last he arrived on a visit to his friends at Maid-
stone, and, singular to relate, on the same morning
the postman brought to him at the house of his grand-
father, *letter which had been posted for him in Lon-
don in May, 1857, and which has been following him
two years and a half. It being directed as • soldier's
letter there has been no necessity for the postmaster. s
any place to open it, and the seal is intact.
NEW ZEALAND.—A correspondent of the Austrahow
Mail, writing from Auckland, mentions that Dr. Sel-
wyn, Bishop of New Zealand, has taken his departure in
his little yacht, the Southern Cross, on a tour through •
number of the Melanesian Islands. "It is, I believe, his
Lordship's intention to pay a first visit to sonic new
groups for the purpose of conveying to the natives ' the
glad tidings of the Gospel,' and to endeavour to induce
sonic of them to accept the advantages of an education
in the college of Mt. John. so as to fit them to become in
their turn instructors of their fellow men. He is ex-
pected also to call at Norfolk Island. To record that
the indefatigable exertions of the Bishop, and those of
his excellent and gifted coadjutor and chaplain, the Bev.
J. C. Patteson, in this extensive field of labour, are ex-
ceedingly encouraging, is a pleasing duty; for not only
can these gentlemen now land on the shores of islands,
the natives of which until recently were hostile, bat
such advances have they made in the good opinion of the
natives and in their languages that they are now able to
penetrate into their inland villages and hold intercourse
with them."

EXPLOYMEST or Wouic.—A society has been estab-
lished for prompting the employment of women. The
committee includes several ladies of title. Viscount
Raynhaw, M.P., lathe treasurer, and the society seems
to be organized so as to be likely to promote the excel-
lent object in view. A statement has been published in
which various objections to the employment of women
are answered. It appeals also from this statement that
it is the intention of the society to establish a tarp
school for girls and young women, where they may be
specially trained to wait in shops, by being thoroughly
well instructed in accounts, bookkeeping, dux; be taught
to fold and tie up parcels, and perform many other little
acts which &retired shopwoman could teach them. The
necessity of politeness towards customers, and • con-
stant self-command, will also be duly impressed upon
them. Girls educated in this school would be capable of
bottoming clerks, cashiers, and ticket-sellers at railway
stations. It is also contemplated to establish workshops
in connection with the school, where the girls might be
taught other trades —trades well suited to women, but no w
almost exclusively in the hands of men, such as printing
and hairdressing, for instance. As the means of the so-
ciety increased so would the number of workshops and
the variety of trades taught. No girl would be admitted
to either school or workshop who did not bear • good
character; nor, on leaving, would she he recommended
for employment till she had passed such examinations as
proved her to be competent for it.
Tuc ACCIDINT AT EARL GRAIKVILLR'S COLLIERY.—
The adjourned inquest was held on Tuesday at the
Mason's Arms, Far-green, Hanley. After the men who
were killed had been identified some evidence was given
as to the cause of the accident. Mr. Thomas Wynne,
Government Inspector, said that he examined the
engine at the deep pit, and had it worked in his pre-
sence, and had the rope let down and drawn up several
times by Griffiths, the other engineer. The engine was
in every respect a proper one for the work it had to do.
The handles of the engine were 63 feet from the pit
mouth. That is • very short distance. The height of
the pulleys was 39 feet; the last stroke of the engine
would raise the skip about 150 feet ; lie took very par-
ticular notice of the two indicators in the engine-home;
they worked well, and he did not know of any better
ones; there was only one recommendation lie would
make, that the engine should be worked regularly with
the break, although he did not think it would have
been of avail in this case. In reply to the coroner lie
said the only way lie could account for the accident was
that the engineer did not begin soon enough to slacken
speed : perhaps one second would hare done it. He con-
sidered that the head gearing was quite high enough.
The jury, after consulting for a quarter of an hour, re-
turned • verdict of manslaughter against Gallard, the
engine tenter. The jury said they were of opinion that
if the two men had not gone into him and diverted his
attention in all probability the accident would not have
happened. Collard was in charge of the police, and
was committed to Stafford for trial. He bears a most
excellent character.
AN UNrucAs.tsr JOURNET.—On the evening of
Thuisday last one of our citizens. accompanied by •
male and female friend, entered • Ba:ond-class carriage
at the Canterbury station, for the purpose of proceed-
ing to London. In the same carriage, at one corner,
sat • man evidently under the influence of drink. The
train started, and the strangers began to "char' each
other, and then to quarrel. At length the tipsy mac
took off his coat, turned up his sieves, and prepared to
do battle with his antagonist, who appeared to be in the
same mood. This scene so alarmed the woman that she
went off in hysterics, and on reaching Wye our citizen
and his two companions went into the next carriage.
!fete sat two dragoons—a sergeant and a private; the
former was enjoying • nap in the corner, but the other
was looking wildly about him. The movements of this
man were most extraorlinary end alarming. A few
moments after the new comers had taken their seats lie
plunged Ins arm under the seat occupied by the sergeant
and brought forth a forage bag. This he carefully
examined, and at length drew out a razor, which lie
proceeded to strop, to the terror of the other passen-
gers, who could not possibly imagine what the fellow
was going to do, his countenance being anything but
prepmessing, and his three of • maniac. Having
well stropped the razor, he helped himself to a lump of
bread and meat, which he cut with the razor and masti-
cated with great rapidity. His hunger appeased, the
remainder of the bread and meat was deposited in the
bag, and the man again deliberately set about sharpen-
ing the dangerous instrument. At this juncture the
terror of the woman was extremely painful to witness,
while that of her companions was hardly ler intense;
but there was no escape. Fortunately, the light at the
top of the carriage enabled them to watch—with breath-
less silence—the extraordinary manceuvres of their sin-
gular travelling colleague, but did not tend in the slight-
est degree to calm the intense excitement wed fear which
they had produced. At length the sergeant awoke from
his sluuibers, and no sooner did he open his eyes than
he immediately grasped the dragoon by the throat, and
forcibly took the razor from his grasp, which he imme-
diately deposited in a place of safety. The fact was then
elicited that the man who had been playingeueli antics,
with the razor was • maniac, and that he h ad been sent
from one of the transports in charge of the sergeant
who was taking him to head-quarters prior to his dis-
missal from the service. The passengers loudly com-
plained of the conduct of the sergeant, in having gone
to sleep while having such a dangerous character under
his cart; but he excused himself by saying that lie had
been up with him the whole of the previcitumight, and
could not keep his eyes open any longer.

Pt RIFT OF nit's-inst.—On Wednesday some extraor• I
dinary proceedings took plice in the Norwich town cann-
ot. The meeting excited great interest, as the appoint-
ment of eight aldermen hid to be made, and until they
were chm.en the Liberal e.sd Conservative sections of the
council were exactly Inhumed, 2$ on each side. As the
aldermen are elected for sle years, the balance of power
would have been decided la the council for that period;
and, of Mine, under theiseireunuitances every member
was " whipped" upon boa sides. After Mr. J. H. Tit-
lett (Liberal) had been dieted Mayor, and Mr. J. Under-
wood (liberal) had been amointed Sheriff, the Conserva-
tives in • bcdy quitted the council chamber, and eight
Liberal aldermen were elected. The attention of the
Council was called to an ideinpt to bribe one of the Li-
beral councillors. 90 an to secure a casting vote for the
election of Conservative adernien. It was affirmed that
Mr. Joel Fox, the coutcillor in question, had been
offered CM with this obect ; and Mr. Fox held up in
support of the assertion tie halves of three £lOO notes,
which he alleged had bees given him as an instalment.
The scene of course, produced great excitement, and •
committee, wu afterwards appointed to inquire into the
circumstances, with • vier to the vindication of the cha-
racter and dignity of the council. It is fair to add, that
the Conservatives argue Hat they are entitled to a share
of the aldermen, as they hive a majority of elected coun-
cillors. They also complan that they ought to have had
in rotation a Conservative Mayor, in accordance with an
understanding entered inta some years since. The Guild-
hall was densely crowded on Wednesday, and the pro-
ceedings had all the eicitement of a Parliamentary
struggle.

GOWN AND TOWN RIOIR AT OXFORD. The fire-
works in honour of the hi-oday of the Prince of Wales
were a most magnificent display,—the very best ever
witnessed at Oxford; a better situation for letting
them off could not possibly be found, and we have no
hesitation in saying they were witnessed by 25,000 peo-
ple, and ten times that munber would not have filled
the immense space in frcnt of the spot selected. Dur-
ing the display which lasted about an hour and a
quarter, everything pseud off in • quiet and peaceful
manner; but immediately it was over symptouis of
a quarrelsome nature were exhibited by the under
graduates, who when in the streets gave the signal of
" Gown, gown," for all of them to muster, and before 9
o'clock about 600 were parading the streets in a most
defiant manner. Shortly afterwards the cry of "Town,
town," was heard, and an immense number of mechan-
ics and others showed • bold front., and • regular row
earned which it is impossible to describe. The newly-
elected Mayor, the late Mayor, and Alderman Sadler,
as well as the proctors and other University authorities,
endeavoured to keep order, but for some time that was
impossible ; the gownstnen showed no respect for per-
sons. The Mayor received • blow on the head: the ex-
Mayor and Alderman Sadler were pushed and jostled;
and such was the determination evinced by the under-
graduates for fighting that the special constables were
compelled to use their staves, which they did to some
effect upon the beads and shoulders of those University
men who came in contact with them. In the High-
street, a gownsman, who was lodging there, opened his
window for the purpose of harranguing the townspeople,
but on his Disking use of insulting words a volley of
stones smashed nearly the whole of his three windows.
'Several college windows were also broken. There has
not been so much fighting between town and gown for
the last twenty years as there was on Thursday. Inde-
pendently of caps being broken, hate knocked off, and
gowns torn, many of the gownsman were injured, and
some, we fear rather seriously, as in several cases medi-
cal attendance was required. Whatever amount of
injury they may have received was brought on them-
selves by their beginning an unprovoked row with the
townsmen, who, until insulted showed no symptoms of
fighting. We understand that many of the latter are
also injured. It was expected that the sauie scene
would be enacted on Friday night unless the collegians

were "gated."
EXTRAORDINARY CARR Or FORGlERT.—Hereford.
Tuesday—For souse days past the usually quiet city of
Hereford has been thrown into • state of the most pain-
ful excitement, in consequence of the apprehension of
Mr. Thomas Hancon, • large timber merchant, and one
of the deacons of the Baptist church of that place, on
• charge of forgery. It would appear from what has
transpired that in the course of business the prisoner
had resorted to the practice of uttering forged bills of
payment to bankers, and taking them up before they
became due, by which the offence remained a secret.
l'n'ortunately, for him, one drawn in May last upon
Messrs. Hanbury and Co., of London, for the sum of
£2.37 35., was, either from neglect or inability to do so,
not taken up, and, the fact having conic out that the
bill in question was a forgery, the prisoner was quietly
apprehended at his residence a few evenings since, and
from the position of the prisoner, and the respect for
those connected with him, the matter was kept as secret
as possible. In fact, it only became known to • few of
his most intimate friends. The prisoner was also
secretly admitted to bail by • magistrate, who, it would
appear, is • friend, the prisoner, himself in £4OO and
two sureties in the persons of Mr. John Hall and Mr
Edward Bigglestone, respectable tradesmen in the
grocery line of business, in 1.100 each. As all efforts to
hush up the affair proved futile, the hearing of the case
at the Guildhall in this city was fixed on luesday last,
at 11 o'clock, when the mayor, Mr. E. Able'', and the
whole of the magistrates of the city made their appear-
ance upon the bench. The prisoner, however, failed to
appear, and it subsequently transpired that he had left
the neighbourhood. Mr. Fitter, of the firm of Fitter
and Warder, of Birmingham, appeared for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Smith, of the same place, for the prisoner.
A long discussion having taken place as to the mode of
procedure in such a case, the magistrates' clerk ulti-
mately read the charge as follows:—" 1 hat whereas
Thomas Minton did, at Hereford, on the 11th day of
May, 18M1, feloniously utter, offer, and dispose of • cer-
tain forged bill of exchange, purporting to be • bill of
exchange drawn by the said 'Thomas Hancon upon the
said 11th day of May, payable to his order at Mesas.
Hanbury and Williams, London, at three months', for
£2:37 3e., and purporting to be accepted by James Wil-
limns and Co., ironinsaters, Whittington Ironworks,
Staffordshire," lie. Mr. Fitter, in opening the case,
stated that at the request of the prisoner they had con-
sented to postpone the hearing of the case from time to
time until their patience had now become quite ex-
hausted. He therefore pressed that the hearing might
be proceeded with. During Mr. Fitter's remarks a
telegraphic message was received by Mr. Smith, the pri-
soner's attorney. It proved to be from Mr. H. James,
of Birmingham, who said Hanson bad requested him to
say that he bad met with an accident and could not
attend, but that he should proceed to London to secure
the services ci &dean!. Parry and Ballantine. The
clerk o/ the magistrates having called upon the de-
fendant three several times to appear, his bail was
estreated.

Coxyrucr.—On Sunday night (6th inst.)
the brig Policy, timber laden, from Quebec, which had
been observed riding very heavily in Cady Roads
throughout the day, parted her eables during a heavy
gale from W.S.W., and was seen by the Coastguard
lookout at 930 p.m., drifting fast towards the shore ;
shortly afterwards • blue light and other signals of dis-
tress were made from her. The lifeboat was promptly
launched, and with the Hon. R. F. Boyle, Lieutenant,
R.N., the coxwain R. Parriott, and • crew of 10 men
proceeded to her assistance;i the vessel was found by
them on shore in the midst of the breakers, which were
rolling in frightfully ; the lifeboat dropped ber anchor
and veered away cable until sufficiently near to enable
them to communicate with those on board, when they
found that four of the crew had gained the shore by
taking the vessel's boat, but had been unable to render
any assistance to the five men remaining on board. ,
Just as the lifeboat was about to veer still nearer the ,
vessel her cable parted, and she was for some time in
great danger; however, having by great exertions, ex-
tricated her from the tremendous surf, and finding it im-
practicable to render any help in the disabled state
of the lifeboat, and as the brig was rolling so heavily
among the breakers, they returned to Tenby, and with
the greatest despatch this gallant little band proceeded
with the rocket apparatus over the cliffs (a distance of
between two and three miles) until they arrived over
the spot where the brig was still labouring in the surf.
The cliffs being high and rugged, and in a very slippery
state from the rain and spray of the sea, they had great
difficulty in getting down (having to elide upon their
haunches and hold on by every slight projection) and
placing the rocket apparatus in a proper position. The
first rocket was so admirably directed that the line fell
directly on the brig's forecastle, and being secured by
the men on board, the five men (among whom was the
captain) were hauled on shore through the surf, the
whole party reaching Tenby between four and five
o'clock on Monday morning, thoroughly drenched, and
in a very exhausted state. Lieutenant Boyle speaks
very highly of all the men who were with him both in
the lifeboat and with the rockets on shore - their real
could not be surpassed ; and he particularly mentions
the excellent cJnduct of R. Parrott, coxswain of the
boat (a chief boatman in the Coastguard service), who
nobly exerted himself throughout this gallant affair,
and has been instrumental in the saving of many lives
from drowning upon different occasions, in addition to
many other acts of great merit.
THE ROYAL CHABTEIL—TIM lUMIHT, Or lifting appa-
ratus, for which Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., had
sent to Liverpool in the early part of last week, arrived
on Saturday. The lutuper is in appearance something
like • fishing smack. She has a powerful heaving
machine on board, which is worked from the deck, and
with which large portions of the wreck are sure to be
hoisted from the position ill which they now lie. Some
additional divers were brought from Liverpool with the
tampers, and descents were made on Sunday forenoon.
The divers say that the wreck lies in a very intricate
and, to them, dangerous heap. They walk beneath
some of the heavy machinery of the ship, and have to
grope their way amid ironwork. One of them wet with
corpse on Sunday but was unable to remove it from
the mass of timber and wood in which it was entangled.
The Royal Charter was steered with a patent steering
apparatus. This the divers succeeded in attaching to
the chains of the lumper, and it was hauled up in an
almost perfect state, • segment of the wheel being the
only part broken away. The framework to which the
patent steerer was attached when it stood in its place in
the ship was subsequently got up. No gold was die-
covered by the divers on Sunday. The bullion-room of
the Royal Charter was about 18 feet up from the keel.
It was, as is usual in similar ships, formed out of a por-
tion of the stern, to which an iron deck, iron sides, and
an iron door were attached. In this room the ingots,
specie, and dust consigned to persons in this country
were deposited. The gold consigned to the captain was
placed in small cubical mahogany boxes, on which were
affixed the seal of the captain and that of the person
who committed the gold to his custody. Those boxes
were deposited in the bullion-room. That the bullion.
room is not intact, but has been knocked to pieces, is
proved beyond a doubt by the fact that fragments of the
cubical mahogany boxes, with seals on them, have with-
in the last few days been found along the beach. Never-
theless, the professional gentlemen who watch the
operations of the divers are very sanguine as to the
recovery of the ingots and specie. Of the recovery of
the golddust the same hopes are not entertained. The
subscription towards the relief of the sufferers by the
Royal Charter progresses satisfactorily. Subscriptions
are received in Liverpool by Arthur Heywood. Sous.
and Co. This day (Tuesday) was fixed for the offi-
cial inquiry at Liverpool into the circumstances at-
tending the loss of the above vessel. The inquiry
will take place before Mr. Mansfield, stipendiary
magistrate, assisted by Captain Harris, as nautical
&senor to the Board of Trade. Mr. O'Dowd is appoin-
ted to conduct the inquiry. In connexion with the
melancholy facts attending this wreck, it may by stated
that Lord Boston, as Lori of the manor of the d strict
near which the disaster took place has uth_t lii adaim
to
all property or treasure that may be miaow anon.

AIIIIXIT.—A correspondent of the Wolverhasiplos
Chronicle writes :—A few miles from Stevenage, and
not snore than 30 from the Metropolis, there is living a
hermit. Visiting a friend in the above locality not
many days ago, I was invited to see this extraordinary
character. Indeed, hermits are no common mortals
in
the 1911 century. I XIII familiar with hermits, as
ople ale, only by name. I have doubted if ever mll,ll
beings existed, but to be told that such sone was exist-
ing at a short distance acted like electricity upon my
nerves. As I walked through Dome delightful scenery
of various tints and hues, amid the falling leaves it
autoo.o. I came at last within sight of the spot which
hailted my curiosity. I had pictured to my mind a
rimer aile old man, with • beard as white as slow, a
massive girdle, and • profusion of books, and hour glass,
in • cell of picturesque beauty and neatness. Ala!, how
soon was I to experience that imagination is one
thing and reality another. I shall not venture in future
to speculate upon objects so unearthly. At the termi-
nation of the road • mansion of no ordinary sin met my
view, but better and happier times had reigned within;
without all was desolation and ruin; time, that de-
stroyer of all things, had done its work here; every
inlet was barricaded by the rude axe and hammer; its
portals no mortal had passed for 11 long years; the inte-
rior, which was ones rich in design and comfort, is now
mouldering to decay; no cheering voice is heard within
its walla, only that of rats and vermin. In tracing my
steps to the scene of the hermit's cell, which is situated
at the back of the building, and looking through the
weoden bars of • window devoid of glass, I perceived a
dismal, black, and dirty cellar, with an earth floor; not
one vestige of furniture, except a wooden bench and a
few bottle*, with the remnants of • fire. It was with
difficulty, by the faint rays of light admitted into this
loathsome den, that I could trace • human form clothed
only in a horserug, leaving his arms, legs, and feet
perfectly bare; his lair was prodigiously long, with •
beard tangled and matted. On my addressing him he
came forward with readiness. I found him • gentleman
by education and birth, and most courteous in his
manner; be anxiously inquired after several aristo-
cratic families in Staffordshire; and adjoining counties.
it evident he had at one period mixed in the first
circles, but the secret of his desolate retirement is, and
probably ever will remain, a mystery to his neighbours
and tenantry, by whom he is supplied with food (chiefly
bread and milk). Already 11 weary winters has he
passed in this dreary abode, his only bed being two
sheepskins, and his sole companion the rats, which may
be seen miming two and fro,with all the ease of perfect
safety. During the whole of his seclusion he haa
strictly abstained from ablution, consequently his coun-
tenance is perfectly black. How much it is to be re-
gretted that • man with such high intellectual powers.
in the prime of manhood, and possessed with such amphs
means, should spend his days in filth and seclusion, in
waste of time and In misery !"

MARRIAGE AND DRATH.--011 Wednesday an inquest
was held at the Railway Inn, Peekirk, on the body of
Mr. Henry Lawson, butcher, of Werrington, who had
died suddenly on the previous day. It appeared that
the deceased was married on Monday week to the
daughter of Mr. Cole, farmer of Peakirk, and In I the
day was passed comfortably at his father-in-law's house.
On Tuesday morning, after breakfast, the deceased and
a friend who had been invited to the wedding (Mr.
William Allen, of Loddington. Leicestershire) went out
to call upon Mr. Bodger, • neighbour, but he not being
at home they proceeded to the railway crossing. Mr.
Allen, who was • witness at the inquest, said, "We
had gone as far as Mr. Giles's, about 100 yards from
Mr. Rodgers. when deceased exclaimed, 'I have got
such a pain in my lett leg that I am afraid lam going
to have • bad leg, and be added that he had had it four
or five days. About a minute after, while walking and
conversing by my side, be staggered, and I caught hint
in 107 arms. I obtained Gilises assistance, and placed
him in a chair, and he seemed to rally • little. By his
request he was taken to • clewed, and after • while he
put his hand on his chest, saying he felt • pain there.
He immediately after drew his breath hardly, and ex-
pired in my arms." The witness also stated that a week
befoie the deceased visited him at Loddington, when his
complained of a bad cold and stuffing at the chest (he
was subject to a dry cough in the winter season), and
left to consult Dr. Walker. Dr. Walker and Mr.
Kelley, who made a post-mortem examination of the
deceased, found congestion of the lungs, and were of
orinion that some embarrassment of the breathing pro-
duced epeeist of the heart and stoppage of the circulation.
Verdict accordingly. The marriage and death took
place within 24 hours.

NON-INFLAMMABLE FABRICS FOR LADIES' GARMENTS.
—lt has long been known that a material of cotton or
thread could be in a great measure preserved from the
effects of flame by soaking in a solution of alum or com-
mon salt. The expedient is a simple one ; but in practice
is liable to objections which, more than any wilful disre-
gard or carelessness, have prevented its general employ.-
meet. The fabric which is soaked in common salt be-
comes crisp) and harsh to the touch, while that which is
saturated with alum is seriously injured by the process,
losing its strength by reason of the action of the salt
upon tie fibre. The chyinist was therefore called upon
to discover • substitute which would exert no injurious
effect upon the colour, the appearance, or the strength of
the material to be rendered non-inflaunnable. The in-
vestigation—one of considerable research and some diffi-
culty—was undertaken by Meears. Versmann and Op-
penheim, to whom the thanks of the ladies are due for
a long series of experiments made in their behalf. It was
found that borax exerted a powerful preservative effect;
but that the combination of the chymical ingredient itn-
paired in some degree the strength of the material ope-
rated upon. The effect of more than 40 different salts was
then tested in the laboratory, the Royal laundry, and
various muslin manufactories; and a re-agent was at length
discovered answering in every respect the requirements
of the manufacturer, who, it is to be observed, finishes
Lis muslin without the application of a hot iron. But
more was yet required of the chymist. The amount
of the re-agent in question—namely, the phosphate
of ammonia required for a perfect preservative effect
was very considerable; and, moreover, the salt
decomposes under the iron of the laundress, rendering
the operation of ironing after its employment a matter
of some difficulty. The sulphate of ammonia,—• salt
only one-fourth the price of the phosphate.—was found
advantageously to replace the latter for the purposes of
the manufacturer, • similar preservative action being
obtained with a much smaller amount of the re-agent.
Both salts, however, are soluable in water, requiring
renewal after washing; and both are liable to the same
objection with regard to the ironing process. A sub-
stance was therefore required to answer a domestic
purpose, and which, while allowing the hot iron to pas
smoothly over the surface of the prepared material,
would afford • perfect guarantee against the effects of
flame, without injuring in any degree the strength or
appearence of the fabric. A salt fulfilling thew con-
ditions was ultimately discovered by the above mentioned
chymists in the tungstate of soda. This salt is now in
constant use in Her Majesty's laundry at Richmond;
and it is to be hoped that this application may quickly
become general. It remains only for the wearers of
light summer fabrics to require that their goods shall
have undergone the preparation through which their
wearers will be preserved from the dangers resulting
from accidental ignition, and that the laundress also
shall employ the tungetate solution of the domestic
difficulty in obtaining the same desirable result of safety
wpinst fire.
Drotioatnito •ND EMBANKING THE THAMIL—From
a return just Muted to an order of the House of Cow-
semis, on the motion of Sir Morton Peto, we learn that
between the 10th of April, and the 9th of July in the
present year—a period of three months these were
poured into the principal metropolitan sewers and sluices
discharging themselves into the Thames 94 tons and 7
quarters of chloride of lime, 185 yards of chalk lime
ground, and 2,778 yards and 11 bushels of chalk lime, at
a total cost of close upon £3,000 for labour and materi-
als, but exclusive of the necessary water supply. In
1868 and half of 1859 the Chelsea Waterworks Comrlir
"delivered," daily, from upwards of 6,000,000 ons
to upwards of 7,000,000 gallons ; the East London
Waterworks from 100,000,000 to 123,000,000 gallons
weekly; the Kent Waterworks from 2,753,000 to
3,870,000 gallons daily; the Lambeth Water-
works between 6,000,000 and 7,000,000 gallons
daily; the New River Company in 1858 20,877,598
gallons daily on an average, and in 1859
' 20,220,915 gallons daily ; the Southwark and Vauxhall
Water Company upwards of 10,000,000 gallons daily;
and the West Middlesex Waterworks Company between
5,000,000 and 7,000,00 D gallons daily. The return em-
bodies a correspondent*, with what result scarcely ap-
pears, entered into on the part of the Metropolitan
Board of Works during the present year, for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the quantity of water passing
through London by the Thames during dry weather,
with a view to determine at what periods means should
be employed for its purification during the summer heat.
Sir George C. Lewis, the Home Secretary, on the Bth of
July requested the Conservators of the Thauies to fur-
nish a return of the daily or other ascertained quantities
of fresh water which had named into the tideway of the
river from the weir at Teddington-lock, and from other
principal streams which discharge into the tideway be-
tween that place and Chelsea bridge in the years 18-V
and 18.19; but the reply of the conservators was that no
observations had been taken from which such a return
could be made. On the question of embanking the river
Mr. Flows, early in January, 1858, moved in the Metro-
touts BoArd of Works that a communication be ad-
dres-ed to the Thames Conservancy Commission, solicit-
ing their co-operation with the Board in obtaining Par-
liamentary powers for effecting the embankment within
the Metropolitan area ; but that motion was negatived
by • majority of 17 against 13. The project of embank-
ing has been discussed in an incidental way by the Board
on several subsequent occasions, but with no practical
tesult, unless the reception by the Board can be so called
of a communication, in August, 1858, from Mr. Samuel
Peyton, architect, of a plan of embankment, the novelty
of which was that it proposed to give the space aground
recovered from the river between the buildings and a
certain elation line to the owners of the wend wharfs,
in consideration of their undertaking the execution of
their respective portions of the embankment.

TH r GOV RR RR XT AND THII LIVERPOOL POBl'-
01410 E. --After lengthy and wearisome negotiations be-
tween the government and the Liverpool corporation,
respecting the erection of • new post-office in
street, adjacent adjacent to the new public offices, the Lords of
the Treasury have at last declined to erect • now post-
adios in Livetpool. They state that they have at pre-
sent ample room for the pod-office requirements in the
buildinp they now occupy adjoining the Custom
House.

RAILWAY TRAYPIC RECEIPTIL—The traffic returns of
railways in the United Kingdom for the week ending
November 5 amounted to £488,760, and for the cor-
responding week of 1858 to £450,710, showing an in-
crease of P 01,050. The gross receipts of the eight rail-
ways having their termini in the metropolis anioruited
to £213.548. and for the corresponding period of last
year to £197,694, showing an increase of £15,t161. The
mamas on the Eastern Counties Railway amounted to
£412; on the Great Northern to i'1,779; on Lhe
Great Western to £715 ; on the London and North.
Western to £10,274; on the London and Blackwell to
£241; on the London, Brighton, and South Coast to
£262; OD the London and South-Western to £266;
and on the South-Eastern to £l,s; total, £15,854,
The receipts on the other lines in the United Kingdom
amounted to £275,212. mid for the eorrelponabli week
of last year to £253,016, showing an increase of =,1611,
which, added to the increase on the metropolitan lines,
wakes the total increase 08,050, as oolnAssed with the
corresponding week at nae.