The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1862.

to give whatever aid we opal& The remark which his wor-
ship made as to their claims was unanswerable—the noble
bearing of the meo. (Hear, hear.) These men were now
brought to the lowest possible state of existence ; they had
withdrawn their savings from the banks, and were dependent
IC Peid, t:I:7:111 pittance which
wwas hich
mires delved out to thuepil i
every Englishman to come forward and do his best, and join I I
with others in resisting this awful national calamity. Speak-
' log, as he wan, in an agricultural district—and he was sure I I
if it had nut been fora great fair occurring in their neigh-
bonrhood toasty more would have been present that day— I
where they knew none of this suffering, he was sure they ;
would be pleased to give some contribution, inasmuch as I
God bad given them fine weather sod a good harvest— I ;
D108;6148 which they did not expect six weeks ego. A
question bad been raised as to whether we should not wait i
till the pressure was at its height. He did not think so.
11 they looked at the Birmingham report they would find
that those men who took the pains to visit the districts and
inquire into all the details advised instantaneous relief •
and he thought it would be unwise in them not to reepoori
to it. But if relief did not come, noble as ban been the
bearing of these men, wonderful as their patience was,
it might be exhausted. And he bad heard it said that
there was a feeling arising in the minds of the men that
they were forgotten. Now if that suspicion were to
take bold of the hearts of these noble men, and they
were to take the law into their own hands, the consequences
would be horrible, and would reach every one of them. He i
thought that was a very good reason in confirmation of the
judgment of the Birmingham deputation that the relief should
be given instantaneously. There was another argument in
favour of this judgment, although he must be understood not
to offer any opinion upon it one way or the other, and that
was the question as to whether the manufacturers bad been
forward or backward in giving relief. Be thought they
could not come to any conclusion upon that, as they could
not know what the manufacturers had really done for their
men. The report spoke of one manufacturer who advanced
3,000/. for the relief of his men ; but, then, if they had not
been forward to aid, why the forwardness of that meeting
would provoke them to come forward also. Another ques-
tion wee, how we were to give that relief ? The report
said we ought to give it through the central committee at
Manchester; and he considered it by far the best way.
He therefore thought that anything they collected should
be forwarded to that committee. (Hear, hear.) He most
DOW say one word for himself. A bishop bad one mode of
appealing to the clew and laity of his diocese, and that was
by issuing a pastoral letter. He would now satisfy them
why be had not done so. A gestural letter would result in
collections being made in churches ; and his fear wads, that if
he issued that letter it might interfere with a Lirgeoollection
of money otherwise, se many people who gave tote offertory
would decline to give again to any Urge amount to the
special subscriptions. His wisest course, he thought, would
be first to encourage public meetings, and then, should it
Dot please God to take off this distress, to come forward and
ask his clergy and laity to give in their churches to their
poorer brethren. He trusted that Wiltshire and Dorset-
shire would give some good proof of what they desired to do
in this matter. He would not hesitate to appeal again to
them himself if the fearful distress which was Dow raging
became greater. His lordship concluded by moving the
following resolution :—" That this meeting being of opinion
that the greatest distress not only now prevails but is likely
to continue in the manufacturing districts of England,
pledgee itself to do all in its power to assist in affording the
relief which is required."
The Ven. Archdeacon Hotly had great pleasure in second-
ing the resolution. When they met together to raise sub-
' scriptions for the sufferers by some great calamity, such as
, a fire or an accident, the thing could be done at once, the
relief could be afforded, and the distress alleviated. But in
this case they must look forward, for they could not expect
' the melancholy war in America soon to terminate, and the
' distress existing amongst the operatives would last for some
considerable time. He would suggest, therefore, that some
machinery should be organised, so that there might be pe-
riodical collections. (Hear, bear.) That would be far better,
he thought, than putting down a considerable sum at once.
and would meet the case more fully and surely. He hoped
to be able to act upon that suggestion himself in his own
' more immediate sphere. (Applause.)
The resolution was unanimously agreed to, and a com-
mittee was appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting.
The Rev. A. EARLE suggested to the meeting the de-
sirability of employing the female operatives as servants.
lie had done so -himself, and he could recommend others to
do the same.

The Rev. R. MARTINDALE approved of the suggestion
made by the previous speaker, and could bear his testimony
to the many excellent qualities possessed by these girls,
having bad one in his service for some time.
The Bishop of SALISBURY briefly proposed a vote of thanks
to the mayor for presiding.
Hie WORSHIP returned thanks, and the meeting then
terminated. _ _ .

A letter of apology far absence was reosived by the chair-
man from Lieutenant-Geueral Buckley, 2d.P., who cor-
dially sympathised with the object of the meeting.—Solis-
bury Journal.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT A RAILWAY STATION.—A
very respectable citizen met his death under lamentable
circumstances at the railway station, Bath, on Saturday
morning. Amongst a large number of excnrsionista to
Loudon assembled on the up platform was Mr. Hopkins,
of Bethwick, formerly connected with the Pcst-oftice,
who was, it is behaved, on his way to town to
fetch home his wife. As the train from Bristol ran
into the station, as is usually the case, there was a push-
ing amongst the crowd towards the carriages. Mr. Hop-
kins was either forced against the train, or caught
hold of one of the handles and was dragged along as the
train moved. The result was that he was thrown down
and fell between the platform and the wheels, and sustained
• serious injury by one of hi legs being crumbed above the
ankle. As soon as the train could be stopped the unfor-
tunate man was taken out insensible from beneath the
train, and conveyed to the United Hospital, where it was
found necessary to amputate the injured limb, though from
Mr. Hopkins's advanced age—he having reached the three-
score you, and ten allotted to man—it was hardly appre-
hended
that this precaution would have the effect of pre-
venting • fatal termination to the case. The sufferer lin-
gered
in much pain till • few minutes before two, when
death ensued. The sad end of Mr. Hopkinsis a matter of
general regret, for he was well known and much respected
in Bath.—Western Daily Press.
THE RECENT RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT MARKET
HAHBOHOUGH.—A paragraph having "gone the round "
attributing to Captain Yolland an opinion unfavourable to
the London and North Western Company, a comspondeooe
has taken place on the subject, and the gallant captain has
addressed the following letter to Mr. Cawkwell, the general
manager of the company :—" Railway Department. Board
of Trade, Whitehall, Sept. 12. 1862.—Dear Sir —I beg to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday, en-
closing • paragraph which has reference to my inquiry into
the circumstances connected with the million which
occurred at Market Harbormigh on the 28th ult., and to
state that the parsgraph is totally incorrect as to the fact
of my having expressed an opinion that the signals were not
in safe working order on the night of the accident, or that
the breaks of the train were put on in time to prevent the
accident. I have not yet completed my inquiry. You are
at liberty to make any use of this communication which von
may think proper.—l remain, dear sir, yours faithfully,
W. YOLLAND."

ANOTHER DREADFUL ACCIDENT TO WORKMEN.—
About half-past six o'clock on Saturday morning, while 1
several masons were engaged in hoisting two beams of wood ,1
by means of • crane to the top of a house which is at pre-
sent
in course of erection at Hope-park-end, Edinburgh, the
chain suddenly slipped, sod the beams fell to the ground
from a height of about twenty-five feet. Three of the men,
named Adam Robertson, John Cramb, and James Hume,
were standing below the crane at the moment, and were
struck with great violence by the falling beams. They were
all three rendered insensible by the injuries they received,
and Hume died shortly after being taken to the infirmary.
Pramb was found to have bad his right leg broken, and
Robertson also sustained severe injuries.—Scolasion.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO A CRlLD.—Yeetertiay an
inquest was held before Dr. Larikester, at Paddington,
touching the death of Sarah Jane Firmer, aged three years,
the infant daughter of a waiter, lodging at 66, Hampden-
street, Harrow-road. The evidence of • printer's boy
named Webb was to the effect that on Wednesday, about
5 p.m., as he was passing on the opposite side of the street,
he saw the deceased leaning half way over the balcony ou
the first floor. In another instant she fall on to the iron
railings. The coroner thought there was no evidence to
show that any one was to blame, and the jury returned •
verdict according.
ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FllLlL—Yesterday morn-
ing, at about half past 3 o'clock, • fire of a very alarming
character took place in the premises belonging to Misers.
Kellard and Sons, known as the City Saw Mills, situate in
Wentworth-street, WhitechapeL The premise' ni question
were of considerable extent, and comprised sundry erec-
tions ; the one in which the misfortune commenced was the
boiler-house, a building about 40 feet long. From that part
of the premises the flames seized upon the veneer-house,
which contained • valuable stock of cut veneers.
In leer than five minutes both buildings presented
two great sheets of flame Information of the
disaster was sent off to the Royal Society's fire
stations, and also to the parish and London Der=
station,. In the course of a few minutes the escapes sod
engines arrived, including two steam fire-engines by Shand
and Mason. The mains of the East London Company having
been drawn, the firemen, under the command of Captain
Shaw, went to work, and with the aid of 28 hired
auxiliaries they managed to prevent the fire from reaching
other buildings belouging to the firm, but the boiler house
and the veneer house were both burned out and the roofs
destroyed. The origin of the fire is enveloped in obscurity.
The lose is considerable, but the sufferers were fortunately
insured in the Royal Fire-office. Mr. Danubian sad Mr.
H. White, of that office, were early in attendance to ascer-
tain, if possible, the cause of the fire, but they could learn
nothing of • satisfactory character.
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