The Press.
London, England, 1857-11-28 00:00:00

THE PRESS, NOVEMBER 28, 1857.

Messrs. Bosanquet were appointed agents to the City
Militia, and much routine business transacted.

„, •
LHE BOARD OH WORKS continue to ” discuss " the
main drainage scheme. One gentleman proposes
a motion on the main question, which not being
seconded falls to the ground ; then another moves a
second resolution on a principle, and is defeated by
the previous question being carried. Another hon.
member, differing from the previous speaker in some
points of detail, but agreeing with him as a whole,
proposes another resolution ; to that an amendment
is moved, and not being seconded, falls to the ground.
A second amendment follows, and being seconded,
leads to discussion and ultimate rejection, when the
original motion, referring the whole question of the
drainage scheme to referees, is carried, and after
a few further remarks the meeting adjourns.

EXETER-HALL has fallen into the hands of the
Dissenters. Last Sunday evening the first of a series
of religious services was commenced. We quote a
contemporary, who appears to have been represented
on the platform :

Mr. Brock took his seat on the platform shortly after s►x,
accompanied by Mr. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. S. Morley,
and several other gentlemen, and the service commenced
at the half hour. It is a noteworthy circumstance, and
creditable to the minister and all concerned in the arrange-
ments—as indicating a desire to divest these ministrations
as much as possible of everything like sectarian feeling,
and to make them a substantial continuation of those
which had gone before—that the hymns and ritual used in
the service were precisely those adopted at the Sunday
evening services of the Church of England held there in
the present year. It is, perhaps, the first occasion on
which a Nonconformist minister—except among the Wes.
leyans, where the practice is not uncommon—has used the
Litany of the Church of England, and several of the
prayers contained in its ritual, in conducting a religious
service.

THE UNEMPLOYED SILK-WEAVERS of Bethnal-Green
held a meeting on Tuesday, to consider the great
distress now prevailing in the district. From the
statement of one of the leading men, it appeared that
great destitution existed among the weavers, some
3,000 looms having stopped, owing to the present
commercial crisis. The speaker detailed many
instances where whole families were starving. A
committee of weavers was appointed to collect sub-

-
scriptions.
THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURNS show a de-
cidedly unfavourable state of the public health. The
deaths have risen trom an average of 1,000 a week
in October, to 1,382 last week. This increase is con-
fined principally to persons above the age of sixty.
The births of 1,750 children were registered for the
same period.

1159

Mr. Hawke was thrown over the rails, while the
horse turned a complete summersault, and fell upon
him. The hon. gentleman when taken up was
bleeding profusely from his mouth and nostrils, and
a carriage was procured for the purpose of °Away-
ing him to Doncaster, but on the road the hon. gen-
tleman was found unable to sustain the journey, and
was taken to Mr. Newsome's, Barmby Dun, where
every accommodation was afforded him. Several
ribs were found to be broken into the lungs, and
serious internal injuries had been sustained. The
hon. gentleman grew worse, and expired during the
same day.
NORFOLK has subscribed to the Indian Relief
Fund a sum exceeding 6,0001. The Norwich com-
mittee's fund alone amounts to about 4,1001. At
Woodbridge, Suffolk, nearly 3001. has been collected,
and at Ipswich the subscription has increased to
1,1701. In Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire the
fund continues slowly to increase. The eastern
counties' return is altogether satisfactory.