The Press.
London, England, 1856-08-09 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA has been
held at Cowes this week. Prince Albert's Cup was
won by Sir Percy Shelley's yacht Extravaganza.
Her Majesty's Vase remains to be decided.
THE VEGETARIAN SOCIETY held their ninth annual
banquet last week in the City-hall, Glasgow. The
company were served with a most sumptuous repast,
consisting of a great variety of savory dishes, all
prepared without the flesh or fat of any animal,
followed by a service of coffee and fancy breads, and
concluding with a dessert of the most delicious fruits
of the season. Several gentleman from various parts
of Great Britain, Ireland, and America, addressed
the meeting. Some of the speakers had not tasted
animal food for upwards of forty years.
THE SCHEME FOR AN EXHIBITION OF ART TREA-
SURES at Manchester next year progresses favorably.
A deputation from the committee have had an inter-
view with the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and his
Excellency has promised his support, public and
private, to the scheme. The building is progressing
rapidly, and the executive are indefatigable in their
efforts to induce noblemen and gentlmen to lend
their support by permitting the exhibition of their
collections on the occasion. _

MAJOR GOODLAKE, of the Coldstream Guards, met
with a warm reception yesterday week from the neigh-
bours and tenantry of his father, Mr. T. M. Good-
lake, of Wadley-park, Berks. Major Goodlake left
England with the first portion of the army. He was
present at the Alma, in command of the sharp-
shooters. In the battles of Inkermann and Bala
klava he took part with his regiment, and fought
most gallantly with the Zouaves at the Tschernaya,
for which service he received from the Emperor of
the French the distinction of the Legion of Honour.
From the commencement of the campaign until the
close he was not absent from duty one single day
from sickness, or any other cause. This gallant
officer was entertained on the Ist instant at a public
dinner, presided over by Sir R. G. Tnrockmorton.
THE BISHOP OF EXETER has offered a compro
mise to the Torrington Burial Board. His secretary
has informed the burial board that the bishop would
consecrate the ground in accordance with the report
of the select committee of the House of Lords on
the Burials Act, and dated the 4th ult., recommend-
ing a railing as a line of demarcation (between the
space for dissenters and the part allotted to church-
men), but the board, with but oue dissentient, de-
clined the terms, and preferred waiting till the next
session, in the hopes that an effectual and general
alteration will be made in the law, rendering the con-
sent of the bishops as to the finished state of the
ground before consecration unnecessary.
ANOTHER TERRIBLE DEATH BY MACHINERY occurred
on Monday at Messrs. Hatton's silver-plating estab-
lishment, Sheffield. The young women employed in
silver polishing stand at a workboard, about four feet
apart, and underneath each board, at about eighteen
inches from the floor, runs the shaft from the steam-
engine by which the polishing spindles are propelled.
An iron bar is fixed on a level with the front of each
workbench, to protect the clothes of the young women
from the shaft. This precautionary measure, how-
ever, proved ineffectual in the case of the deceased,
Emma Memmott, for while she was at work her
clothes, from some unknown cause, became entangled
with the coupling-box of the shaft. Feeling the
drag at her clothes, she screamed out for assistance,
and a man named Birks, under whom she worked,
ran to her assistance, and, seizing her under the
arms, endeavoured to drag her from the spot, both
he and she screaming all the while to the persons in
care of the engine in a lower room to stop it. The
engine was not stopped, and the machinery gradually
wound up the poor girl's clothes, dragging her
down at every moment, despite the efforts of Birks,
who, finding it useless further to contend against
the force of the machinery, himself ran into the
lower room and instantly stopped the engine. When
be returned be found all the deceased's clothes torn
of, and her body mutilated in the most shocking
manner ; literally] crushed to pieces. It is supposed
that the iron bar connected with the shaft was loose,
and caused the accident, for, so great was the force of
the machinery, the bar, though of considerable
thickness, was found wrapped round the shaft as
though it had been a piece of cord. A verdict of
" Accidental death " was returned by the jury at the
coroner's inquest. The jury also expressed a strong
opinion that where women are employed engine
shafts should be boarded off. Messrs. Hutton have
since ordered the shafting in every workroom to be
completely boxed off.
THE EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL during the
past month amounted to 11,702 persons for Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Canada, and the United States.