The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-23 00:00:00

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partments ei tie aryls ed
Sew thilmallehen.7l;rll7lll lie awe Oa
" lagerevessasts Whoa Inalellai a oldie
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in
yeses ago. there was en hals he shfly
Se' :IA in ; boys slept two in • bed, OW, praltal it
• am; the breakfasts were sour beer and bud ; one thaw
• ato week ass milk and water called "sky blue," and'
teed.. —ad "tam The iafirmary was a nasty low ill.vend.
wag plus,. sad then were many other things which,
watk the t enemas positive abominations.
.ge • •ee now ineroved. The sanitary regulations
aneeftallsat Tkr row* moealigwl the boas
by the extinction of separate ward for
spat aoye,Tba—vaed ta be the moral le et of the school.
gossadar of sorters bee ban automated. French is
greizid ifGoassa Is cast, it welt to be. In a desire
. prunes ter B=lM to hewn these improve-
whatever may be in the constitutional
ZleiNwer_sog adult there are some—still we
• giet WR WOO It credit for these =ena-
mel.: and I quite agree with your
Alfred, that the credit of nothing
d this met be attributed to the city influence in the
. shOd TMerapaalke connexion with the hospital is •
loge drybann Maul of the old times. When the school
imp gaisdat by Edward VI., the corporation was a reality,
=
athearat eminent men in the City, but now the
plasm of the City do not aspire to the old effete
• lemeitra The City do nothing, and for aas tu7 and
mos hoes doe nothing for Christ's Hospital. It retains its
pdegeges and jobs them. Whatever Christ's Hospital is,
omits merits and defects, it is such from influences ax-
ioms to the citizen influence*. Doubtless the infusion of
opinion paying 6001. for the governorship, has changed
Ihnuntitution of the school. So much the better. This
t, and the amount collected from this source, at least,
me rearantees that there is a certain public interest for the
owl. The citizens manifest no interest far it, but are only
wady atter its emoluments. I suspect halt the jobs in
ragiet'e liospit.il could be shown to be someway connected
a* City indiums. What is most wanting at Christ's Hos-
Ohl is a better mode of electing the committee, and the
aesdoing that body a real representative of the governors at
Inge Any reformer should work at that point if he would
biannual good.—AN OLD BLDII.
. • THE OPPRESSIVE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY.—The
Abiplald rinses says " A person may advertise in omni-
bus —coeer the walls with placards—ocupy the streets
dit nab din fact, use every means which his ingenu.
ilgr an devise for the
_purpose of making known his wares—
Zary no duty. But if he put a lone in • newspaper,
doubly taxed, he imme*ately. pays to government
au shilling and aixpence. If a poor girl wants a situation—
al& time when every farthing is of importance to her—she
per the same amount of duty as a noblemen would do for
~ege~mg an meats valued at 10,0001. And this is justice."
—We ( Wilts Sheaderd) fully agree with the remarks of our
esalsoyeary, sad keg to en the time when the govern-
ors% of this great wintry shall no longer require support
wrung from the neeenihes of the needy ; for it is indeed
bird that those who seek dostiess, and consequently want
the means whereby hey may procure their daily bread—
that these poor needy trestans should be used ea means of
crewing Is. 6d. out of sash general application for employ-
feet ! Advertisement duty must ever be oppressive.
A ItEW AND CHEAP DEODORISER--The Man-
chester Guardian of Saturday says, " & discovery, which
rltto be of great value, has just been announced
ar. Young, a chemist, of this town, who, instead of
ranual"fraisiAgytlitme knowledge
partedl f
to cli.relip4ulteedilil sual adithemntataaZhahaave
is. used for the pupae of removing the offensive odour
of sight soil and of other decomposing matter, but to all
Uo& commonly in nee some objection may be urged. Some,
sash ss chlorine sad enlphureous acid, along with the im-
plement smell, destroy the fertilising properties ; others,
nab as nitrate of lead and chloride of zinc, are expensive ;
bet the one now proposed is free from either objection. The
sew deodoriser is a watts product from the manufacture
of chlorine; it consists principally of a solution of chloride
dmangutese, with a variable quantity of chloride of iron,
sad generally a little hydrochloric acid and free chlorine. It
h produced in very large quantities; one house throws away
fi6 tons of the solution daily, and the total quantity
.11
believed to exceed 110 tons a-day, not any of which is,
at present, usefully
,employed. Experiments have been made
which have satisfied Mr. Young that this solution ham, in a
high degree, the property of preventing decomposition in
organic matter. Cesspools, and other places, giving out the
most offensive odours, have been immediately sweetened by
, it The immediate effect of adding this subdues
to offensive matter is the conversion of the hydro.
eslphoret of ammonia, which is the mod offensive
of the gases of decomposition, into the sulphuret
of manganese and aturiate of ammonia, or, as it is
eta called. chloride of ammonium. The latter is a valuable
manure, and the former, though of less value, is not injuri-
ous to vegetation. Manganese, like iron, possesses ne acrid
metallic qualities, and is, like it, used by nature as a food for
pleats. Dr. R. Amos Smith is subjecting this new deodoriser
to the test of exparlosat ea ea extensive scale, and we shall
ionisers whether ha oaks issaelly se great as it now appears
„ to he. The iatrodatithe staabariemalse removing din gustlng
• add* though • gnat eanuedeseeJenetetunnued sdven-
, tee, or rather, it maiabiresm yodel by a danger if not
. guarded &phut—the at tadadag us to tolerate the
existence of decomposing di, If Its haaediete disagreeable
effects are prevented. Thou glt it fa sand probable that the
removal of the offensive pees set degamgesition very con-
siderably diminishes their door, It Is swain that it is not
• by these means entirely avoided. If, timbre, the use of a
• deodoriser were to induce us to omit of the retention in
the town of filthy matter injury. rather than good would be
the result. The only true security is the entire and imme-
diate removal of all Douce* of impurity to the air from the
anWeboontarod. of our
ar pools siidi;entase,..th, ea:l7.am
soon as
itr
the universal introduction of water closets in their place.
Until this can be accomplished, however, as a temporary
expedient, and as a remedy for partial, though serious,
nuachiefs, we think it highly probable that the deodoriser,.
discovered by Mr. Young will be of great value."
SHIPWRECK, WITH Loss OP LITE.—The Pbcenix
steam ship has just arrived at Bristol, bringing a portion of
the crew of the Lord Canterbury, which was wrecked anise
the following circumstances :—The Lord Canterbury was •
very fine timber ship, and was bound for this port from
Quebec, which she left with a full cargo, and a crew of 20
men and boys, having encountered a succession of tremendous
gabs. She on the sth instant became waterlogged and to-
tally unmanageable, in which condition she floated until the
16th when she was fallen in with by the John, of Bideford,
from Brunswick. The captain and crew of the John,
bj their exertions, fortunately succeeded is taking the mate,
Yams Merchant, and twelve others of the crew off than
wreck, anclloonveying them in safetfon board the John, bat
owing to the increasing violence of the gate, and the night
setting in very dark and hazy, they lost sight of her, sad
were obliged to leave the wreck with the captain, Bruce, and
six of the crew—via., John Thomas, of Cardigan ; an old
seaman named George ; James a Scotchman, who lay dead
from fatigue and want of food. Two other boys named
Charles and William. but whose other names are not known,
were unfortunately abandoned to their fate with the easel,
and no doubt they all perished shortly afterwards. The
captain of the John treated the portion of the crew that was
preserved with the greatest kindness, and having conveyed
them to Milford, they were brought to Bristol by the
Phatnix.
FIRES.—Iii HOLLAND-STREET.—L•et night about
a quarter Ware 10 Wade* • ire Oahe out upon the exten-
sive range dpieniessbsimisk. to Men% Alfred Bennett
sad Henry Maim Itmba, ad millwrights,
Carrying on bailees is Ht, Blackftiaremad,
mar Bleckfriarotieldge. The Isms, when first perceived,
had obtained a One 10 eithei and pattern shops,
a continuoue line of bads. needy MI het long, and duo
stories high. The lemma the eseralsewe discover, was
Made, an alarm was sounded In the yeast way, and in the
course of a few minutes the belesghte to the Royal
tociveral for the protection of Ilk tie
wind, and also
manes of Leadest-belgals. Upon reaching the
spot the whole of the pelleat imp mad fitting rooms were
enveloped in a rowel RIMIS of Ilan% and for some time it
was feared that the while Of die property would have fallen
a prey to the fury of the dasO . -element. The engines
as they severally arrived were desire up in front of the bust-
ing property, but nabehmately • lath of water retarded for
some time We opentlue *the flessea, sad the thaws, ou
restrained, continued to make meet foetal program The
firemen, however, the beta[ they maid obtain an adequate
supply of water, bad their mashies* In operation, and the
flames were safely subdued by half-Mat II o'clock, but not
behest the pattern Idle and OM turnery wen soar
pletely gutted. The dames has mast base Una
great. The origin of the dkanke le unknown.
INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—NUMEROUS DEATHS IN
TIN MILBANK PRIBO/I.—By Mr. Bedford, in the =beak
poison, on the bodies of William Bowers, aged 22, esateesed
to seven years' transportation, for stealing some eider;
- James Brooks, aged 22, a soldier, under sentence of trans-
. portetion for 21 years, far insubordination and striking the
• Peutenant-colonel of the regiment ; and Matthew Thomson,
sired 30, described as a weaver, sentenced to seven
' transportation, for theft. The two former died in the
nfirmary On Saturday, and the latter yesterday afternoon.
The father of the deceased Bowers, also a prisoner, and a
patient in the infirmary, was examined respecting the treat-
ment his son had received. He said that both himself and
his eon were attended to with the utmost kindness, and that
they were treated far better than they would have been at
home.—The, jury returned verdicts of " Natural I)eath."
There were three deaths in the prison last week, and there
an so many of the prisoners unwell that some of the wards
adjoining the infirmary have had to be appropriated to the
reception of patients. It may be stated that neither of the
above deaths were from the
_prevailing epidemic.
Tier CAMVAL WARD AT Sr. PANCZAB WORKHOUSE.—
Before Mr. G. Mills, at the Elephant and Castle, Old Saint
Pancraeroad, on W. Lane, aged 42, late a casual pauper in
St. Pancras workhouse—Last Saturday night deceased ob-
tained admission to the casual ward, when he complained of
Illness. During the night other camel paupers called the
watchman's attention to deceased, who was then lying on
the floor in a state of partial insensibility. At seven o'clock
on Sunday morning the watchman found hint still on the
floor in a precarious state, when he induced him to leave the
door for the sleeping bench, and informed the porter of de-
ceased's dangerous state. Mr. Robinson, the surgeon, called
as anal at ten o'clock, but was not informed of the au-
dition of deceased, who was found dead between one and two
edock. The coroner and jury visited the usual ward,
which consists of a small room, in which there is a raised
bench covered with straw, on which the paupers sleep in
their clothes, and opposite'the bench, and in the same ward,
l'eoPen cempeoh. Upon entering the 'Mavis was so offen-
sive, although some Man had elapsed gum its inhabitants
left, that it completelyovereame those who were bold enough
lb visit it, The jury :exproned their determination to ra-
tan a verdict of "manslaughter" against theauthorities, but