The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-07 00:00:00

PHILANTHROPIC ISOCIETY.-.
RMIORATION
THE CAPE

We nem.
DESTRUCTION OF • LACE WAREUOUSE AT NOT-
TINOIIast. - Yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the
werehouse belonging to Messrs. Hill sad Bwaswick, situate
near the parish church of Bt. Mary, Nettiogham. The
doors of the warehouse were soon bunt open, when ft was
ascertained that the fire was raging in every room of the
buileiog, which clot- irked • very large quantity of 1 cc
pieces, fancy edgings, and other goods. Be the side of the
I weals en aperture descending through each floor, made for
I the purposr of hoisting goods from one room to moth, r. It
appears as though the fire bad originated in the upper room,
' and that some burning substance had fallen down the
" hoist " and communicated the flames to the lower rooms.
The fire wee not extieguisbed before it had reduced the
building to a mere shell. The damsge cannot at present be
' accurately stated, but it will 03t tall short cf 1,5001. Messrs.
Mill and Swans ick were insured in the Nottingham and
Derby office, but, it is feared, not to the full motto of the
loss.
" CALLING OVER "IN BANES.—A clerk must also
be taught to "call over." When be first comes into the
hank he will call thi. sum, 3151. 10s. 6d., three
wildshundre and
fifteen pounds ten shillings and eixpenn, but he
learn that more than hat these mores may be suppressed,
and will MT three. fifteen, ten, six. And so in the larged
r
amount, 4,7851. 130. 4d., instead of saying four thousan
seven hundred and eighty five pounds seventeen shillings
and fourpence, he will
doll, forty-seven, eighty-five, thir-
teen. four. By proceeding ia this way, and speaking
qukkly and yet distiorly, a column of figures may be
tolled over and checked in a vi ry short epees of time
He will, how, Yee, take care to avoid ambigui'l. Thus, if
the stun be 401. ss. 6d., be will not say forty, five, six, as
that would mean forty-fins pounds six shillirgs ; but be will
say, in this nse, forty pounds, five and six. In Wes where
the pounds consist of five figures, the two first denoting the
theusands are expressed separately ; thus 25,3471 Br. 6d , is
sailed over teent-fiee, three, forty-seven, eight, six; and
six fiittals, say 461,3791. 8'.6.1., is eallsd over, toot sixty-
eight, three a .vnty-nine, eight six.—Gilbart's Practical
Treatise on Beaching.
VALUE OF LAND IN IRELAND.—TIIE CONNEMARA
ESTATZ6.—From the Mayo Constiruficti, a ennierestive
journal, we ccpy the following es to the reel value of the
property, and the prices brought at the sales already had of
Ur se scans: " We perceive that some of our contempors.
ries who Lave copied the bill of sale, complein loudly of the
hardness of Its times, end the very low figure at v Inch land
is Connaught is selling. Now, we apprehend they are under
a mi,t_ke in • double point of view. In the first place, the
land of Conn. more is not that class of land which could he
expected to bring a lo: g price—it is principallythe moor,
had
and
in, tunable mountain ; and, in the neat place, price
was a very fait one, taking futon uct the depression o
ft nf the
times. The valuation, it appewas made in 1847,
the rents:, teen made, and if we assume, as we may fairly
do, that the rents then paid had been agreed for p. to the
famine,
ciae, ant wh.n a competit:on for land existed, wr may
calculate that they are about the average yearly value.
Taki.tg this view of it, 1.1 us now see what the sales have
tizen. We take ahem almost in order as they were put up,
Ili eying out the lots that were bought in by valuators.
Bid or Equal to
Lot& Yearly re t. Sold for. Year's purchase.
No. 2 t 129 6 Bid £2,750 21
3 197 0 t Bid 2,100 14
6 5d 0 Sold 800 lie
7 26 5 Ditto 400 15
9 60 9 Ditto SOO 131
11 15 12 Ditto 300 20
12 76 0 Ditto 1,800 21
13 3:11 Ditto 600 25
14 11 15 Ditto 400 40
It will be said, no daub , that there b ridings were made
in the hope that on the falling in of leases the value would
Veers's. but that it is which it-dunces all purchasers, and in
there cues much of the land it let On lease for lives. Oa the
whole, we think there is no 'moon to despair so far as these
biddicgs give earnest of the future; and we think the wort.
gooses col well not to allow their property to he sold on low
terms. At the same time, we must soy the bidden are either
very king sighted or 101 l hardy, who would venture to make
such °lien in the teeth of the enormous poor-rates, county
ems, and low price of produce."—Banker's Magasuse.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.—On Tuesday an inquest
was held at Towcester e n William Memel- and Funoes, hie
wife, who lied been found deed in their house in th it town.
' The evidence before the Gerona, went to show that the
deceased man had been jealous of his wife, and that he had
shot her as she was lacing her before the fire, and that
he had afterwards fir a pistobootsl into his own mouth.—
Verdict accordingly.

A special general court of the governors of this in-
stitution was neld yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE in the chair.
The Rev. SYDNEY TURNER, the chaplain, read the
minutes of the last court, and of the committee meetings,
from which it appeared that there were now 55 boys in the
farmers' school at Redhill. Before hearing of the late agi-
tation at the Cape of Good Hope, the committee had taken
steps for getting some more of the boys sent out to Pert Eli
sibeth, and had written to Sir Harry Smith on the subject ;
but this matter had of course been since abandoned, in con-
sequence of the agitation in the colony. At their last
meeting the committee had received from the clergyman of
Redbill his sanction to the licensing of the chapel in con-
nexion with the institution. In answer to arm, remarks in
• Cape Town paper, a letter bad been address(' to the
committee by the clergy and principal inhabitan's of Reigate
(among whom was Mr. Paul Foekett). ezpres,ing their high
satis!aetion with the institution, and contradicting the insi-
nuations of the Cape Town journal. The committee had had
no corms:ion with the government in the matter of
sending out their boys to the Cape, the only assistance re-
ceived Iron government being in tensest of some boys con-
victed at the amines, who were admitted to the society's
schools, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State,
with the hope of their being Telormed. The committee had
been indoeml to send their boys to the Cape because it was
not a penal colony ; aid was take! from the emigraloa com-
missioner*, but they only agreed to pay the passage money
of 17 out of 35 boys.
A-tatter from Mr. Turner, in reply to the attacks of the
Cape journals, was read and approved, as was one from Mr.
Munn, superintendent of the boys at the Caps, dated sth of
Septesh r last, recommending that in the present excited
state of the oolooy the emigration should be suspended. He
stated that, of the boys already sent out, eight had conducted
i into
crime.
most unexceptionably disposition of ine
bad turned out unfavourable, and five had relapsed into
crime.
It was resolved that the memorial of the inhabitants of
K. igste should be entered on the minutes, be communicated
officially to Sir Harry Smith, and be advertised in the Cape
Town journals.
It was also resolved that the Earl of Carlisle should be
sleeted • vice-president of the institution.
The CHAIRMAN then, addressing the Rev. Dr. Rice,
late preacher of the institution, presented to him • testimo-
nial, consisting of an elegant silver centre-piece, which had
haw prepared in seem dance with the resolution of a former
enestiog. He highly complimented Dr. Rice on the active
intermit which he had taken in the institution as a member
a the eassisittes. and the benefits which had resulted from
hie geamazion with it.
I The Dr. RICE earressed his Renee of the kindness of
the committee during his 23 years connexion with the inert.
tution es morning and evening preacher. He was highly
gratified by the change which had taken place in the
removal of the institution to Reigate, confident that its use-
(alma would thereby be greatly increased. Were it not
for his coons :ion with Christ's Hospital, he should have
been glad still to take • part in the management of the insti-
tution. (Applause.) He felt that be had been abundantly
repaid f..• Ass services he might have rendered the irstitu
don ; ar.d he needed not this additional sssurrance of the
commi regard. (lieu, hear.)
The testimonial, whic', is of very elegant workmanship,
bears the lolowiog inscription:
A token of respect and r,gard from the Philanthropic
Society to the Rev. Edward Rice, D.D., twenty -three years
preacher to the Society.—Novetabet; 1819.
A cenverlation arose as to Wotan, on which boys should
be admitted to the institution who .were not couviAsd crimi-
nls, and who therefore might be supposed not to come
within the society's act. The matter was ultimately referred
to a committee.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly
general meeting, held yesterday at the society's house in
1111110M•Plpafe, Lord Arthur Hay, MajcrHoneral
Mr. H. Huth, and Mr. 0. L. Neighbour were elected fel-
lows. Toe secretary announced that at the meeting on Tues.
day evening nest Professor Owen would communicate the
first part of a paper on the anatomy of the rhinoceros.
A Vicrtm or MORMONISM.—An inquest was held
on Tuesday, at Barnet's-grove, in the parish of Leighton,
near Buildwas, on the body of Thomas Vend (a Mormonite
or letterrday saint), who was found in the river Severn, at
Le ighton, by J. Howlett, of Buildwas, on Monday. It ap-
peared that on Saturday, the 3rd of N'ovember, the deceased,
who was only 23 years old, was engaged in baptising a young
woman, at her own request, by moonlight, and tout in so
doing, he got out of his depth, although he had Devised
several there before, and was drowned. Thee omen herself
was with difficulty saved.—Verdict, Aecidental death.—
Hereford Journal.
SCALDED TO DEATH IN BEER.—Yeatertley an in-
quest was held at E ssm, on tee lady of John Hoe.y, aged
60, who, on Mond .y last, Ell into a copper of boiling beer,
on the 'remises of Mr. R. Deane, candlemaker, of Epsom.
Verdict. " Accidental death."
DEATH FROM CHLOROFORM AT SHREWBBURY.-0a
Wednesday ermine an inquest waa at Shrewsbury,
upon the body of a poor Welsh Biel, named Jones, from the
sleight), urh..ol of the Craven Arm., between Church Suet-
ton and La :low, who died on the lame day. It appeared
that it was nemetry for her to uncle-ego a very painful ope-
ration, that of the removal of the eyeball, and, with het own
fall consent, Mr. W. J. Clement, the surgeon under whose
care she war, administered about one-third of the quantity
which be has given other patients. It had, however, suota
an eB-et u'u.n her that she was seix :d with apoplexy, and,
a Aloe in We:,k at the time, exp.red instantantou ly, if
ste had ea:towel penult acid. Tile jury returned a a
ver-dict of "Died by apoplexy, caused by inhaling one drachm
of ehlsroform."— Flerefor• Journal.
A WELSH GmosT STORY,—A short time sioce, at
a term la:aae in Killian, near Mold, the landlord had left a
bailiff in pose-es...ion of the furniture and stock, for rent ar-
rears. The man of law put in his son, a green led, as his de-
puty, the latter being inordinat ly afraid of ghosts, which
circumstance. as the sequel proved, was known to the "
tressed fuser." Tee) .ung bailiff wee put to ides? is the
same 'tad with the flnnteS son, and the moon being about
the full, the heoroom was tolerably light. Toey had not
been long in bed before there was a terrible clanking of
abeam with groans and other " eldritch" sounds heard on
the stairs and lar.ding. The farmer's son exclaimed, " 0
Lord! the ghost, the ghost." He jumped out of bed, fol-
lowed ha the young bailiff in a fretsy of terror, wbo seised
him round *he waist for rroteetaors against the stiyiruil in-
truder, which ralkei aro the ream, arrayed in white. H -
soon deparerd, however, leaving the two youths in posses-
sion of the field; but when they were about to step into hod
again, to! it had vanished apparently in the train of the
ghost. Not only that, but the whole of the familiars and
the outdoor stock seemed to have likewise followed the same
track, and the landlord's claims for rout were met by an
empty house.—Carnarvon Herald.