The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-25 00:00:00

.„ adopted, we believe, unaninati oily oiling for
0. tne case of the ',jab.
- ENTION OF TUE OVERLAND MAIL Nu' MALTA.
inefficiency of the packets employed for the Gonvey-
sees of bindian Overland Mail from Marseilles to Melts,
subject of complaint. Yesterday the Pest-
bildfieeonagemorities aprised_ the
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with that the Orients!,
„Alia oiled on the 25th of October the mails for India,
Chinaand Egypt, vin Southampton, left Malta on the Bth
lest without the mails despatched from London on the 27th
of weber via Marseilles, the paeket conveying these mails
Marseilles to Malta not having reached that island till
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tae 11th inst.
To SEWAGE COMPANY AND THE CITY AIITIIO-
m, Sir .—lt is not accessary here to enter into the practicability
pia of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company, winch ia
te
questiy on for scientific men, further than by remarking that
considering the m hence of the eminent engineers
...yd. the select committee decided upon the plans of the cam-
Cr reference to the other schemes submitted ; but I may be
Ode, ask your correspondent "A. T. 8.," when and where the
its laying the pipes of the company in the shore, " were care-
Constand by the Navigation Canunittee I" There is, however, one
yisisgagrat whgb must tot be permitted to pass uarchited, as it
spa swifts committee which could scarcely have been more
etMasimmantra. The rals-ststenumt is—that amongst the
threit.Prorrtustotalone riroot one moteri
nf
o
untouniled
riarZeirljrs committee was ever so regi'stered on ; not e.
sw dor perrowdly at pecuniarily interested in the company itself,
er it is &Kw wean to say he would have been disqualitied to act
cs, me emmittee. The sole motive that influenced the more active
bars of the committee in promoting its objects, being a sincere
aosviction of their importime to the public at large ; and most lade-
ana generously did they discharge their duties.—A eosins:qt.
bly
Itgaer.a—Nor. 24. •
INDIA SALT MONOPOLY.--We understand that no
fewer than nine memorials have been forwarded to the
Indian authorities against the salt monopoly. They emanate
from commercial bodies in Cheater, Worcester, Blackburn,
Manchester, and Liverpool.
GREstLtM COLLEGE—Sir,—A late article in the
Egress, on the scientific lectures in the Metropolis,
finishes by saying, "in addition to these, there are the
chimera professorships of Gresham College." I have had
an opportunity of inspecting the book, in which are regu-
larly registered the numbers of persons present at each lec-
ture in that college ; and I find that, up to this morning, the
verge attendance' during the present term, has been 84
to each class.
A MACHINE FOR PRINTING TWELVE THOUSAND
SEEETS Hot:R.—We Were yesterday shown the model
of a printing machine, which we have little hesitation in
designating a stride in the already wonderful progress
that has been made in the printing art during the last five
and tweet' years. The steam press by which the Express
is printea is, we believe, the fastest because the
newest, and, consequently, provided with the latest im-
provements—at present in existence; yet, the average
number of copies it produces within the hour is .5,000.
The improved machine is calculated to print upwards of
12.000 per hour m;
and after a careful examination of the
model, we have every reason to believe that the calculation
is correct. —To persons unacquainted with the detail of
printing machinery it will be next to impossible to
convey a complete idea of the improvement, simple as
is the principle on which it has been effected : a general
notion mar, however, be given. For the benefit of the
uninitiated, we must premise that the present printing ma-
chines consist of two principal parts; first, of a sliding
table, the middle of which is occupied by the type, each
end having a surface on which the ink is distributed,
and from which it is taken up by soft elastic rollers,
and imparted to the type ; secondly, of cylinders con-
stantly. revolving, to which the sheets are conveyed by
tapes, impreied by the periodical sinking of the cylinders
upon the type, and conveyed away again by the tapes, By
the present plan, as the impressing cylinders revolve in one
direction, an impression can only be taken at each forward tran-
sit of the t)pe ; the cylinders being lifted, to clear the type as it
travels back again. In other words, the type posses under each
cylinder twice to produce one impression. The new, or, as
it is aptly termed, "The Double-action Machine," takes
advantage of bath passages of the type under its cylinders,
printing a sheet as the type passes backward as well as when
it goes forward. This is managed by reversing the revolu-
tions of the cylinders at each stroke, simply by means or
straight rocks placed upon the long edges of the table,
in which work cog wheels attached to the axles of the cylin-
ders. In this double action resides the main ft ature of im-
provement. It not only shows of two sheets being printed
for one, but—by disencumbering the steam-press of the
machinery necessary fur lifting the cylinders that they
may clear the table at each return—admits of the
introduction of eight cylinders into the machine instead
of four, the present maximum number. By this ac-
cession seven sheets arc printed in the time of four
—the natural supposition would be eight sheets; hut a pecu-
liarity it would be impossible to explain in this paragraph
prevents the double action being imparted to the
two outside cylinders, which constantly revolve us
of old, in the same direction ; and which reduces the
ratio of production ono sheet per stroke of the
machine. There are many minor advantages derived from
the application of the new principle, that would, if described,
involve the general reader in a maze of technicalitiess which
would not be, to him, very. interesting. The inventor and
patentee is Mr. 'William Little, publisher of the Illustrated
London News. We are told that his first draught of the
invention was so correct, that in making the modelf
not
the
the
minutest alteration was found necessary—a proo
soundness of the mechanical principle from which he started.
PRICE OF LAN D.—Yesterday, by an order from the
Court of Chancery, a piece of land, known as the Gospel
Oak and Five-acre fields, lying between Kentish-town and
Hampstead, so called inconsequence of the bishops preaching
the Reformation at that locality, beneath an oak, which is
at present standing there in the last stage of decay, was put
up to auction at the Gray'a-inn Coffee-house,for the purpose of
the erection of villas. The land was exonerated from land-tax
and tithe free, save a payment of 4d. mr acre, end a pay-
ment of 4s. yearly rent to the lord of the manor of Totten-
ham ; it formerly being copy} old of inheritance of the manor
of Tottenham. There were but little more than two acres,
which sold for 1,4001., or 7001. an acre.
THE FIRE IN CLEBEENWELL. The factory
destroyed by the fire noticed in our paper of yesterday was
upwards of 120 feet long by GO or 70 feet wide, It was filled
with goods, some finished and others partially. Although
the firemen laboured most incessantly, they were un ible to
get the fire entirely extinguished until nearly six o'clock.
Te save the contiguous dwelling., the firemen were forced
to mount the roofs at the time the flames were playing
around them, and eo direct the branches of their engines as
to let the water run over the fronts and tops of the build-
ings. Although diligent search has been made, nothing
teuding to throw any light as to the cause of the disaster
could be ascertained. When the factory was closed the pre-
vious night everything appeared perfectly safe. We are
given to understand that upwards or 100 men will be thrown
out of employment by the calamity. The following is Mr.
Braidwood's official report of the damage done : Meters.
Palmer's factory, in Allen-street, burned down, and contents
destroyed—insured in the Phoenix ; Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4,
C,omptoneourt, let out in tenements—fronts scorched, and
window-ell, demolished. Nos. 5,6, and 7, several squares
of glass broken in buildings and damage to furniture by
removal. No. GI, Compton-street, J. Holland, engineer's-
tool maker, back front scorched. N 0.62, ditto, Mr. S. Hill,
watch and cluckmaker, similar damage. No. 63, ditto, like
damage. No. 64, G. W. Young, licensed victualler, damage
to stock by removal and some glass broken. Messrs.
Hooper, blacklcad-mills, roof damaged by fire and cutting
away, insured in the Norwich Union office.
ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY.—EmiIy White, aged 18
months, whose parents reside at No. 12. Bermondsey-street,
Southwark, had been placed in a chair by its mother, and
during her temporary absence, a saucepan of boiling water
fell from the fire over her face, arms, and neck, whereby she
was frightfully scalded. She was removed to Guy's Hospital,
whither she was conveyed in a blanket, in dreadful agony :
and Rebecca North, aged five years, residing at No 1, Grange-
walk, Bermondsey, whilst standing on the fender, set fire to
her clothes, and, before the flames were extinguished, she
was sheckingly burned : she was taken to the same hospital.
Sht hopes are entertained of the recovery of either.
INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—DEATII FROM APOPLEXY.
—By Mr. W. Payne, at the Red Lion, Aldersgate-street,
on the body of James Wring, a hawker, aged 48. The
body, when viewed by the coroner, lay in a damp under-
ground kitchen, at No. 2, Barbican-court, which in do.
fiance of the new Building Act, had been let to the deceased
and his wife for a sleeping apartment. Deceased, early en
Sunday morning, paid a visit to a person named Carr, resid-
ing in Bullock-court, Whitecros.s-street. Whilst there he
was taken seriously ill, and became insensible. He was
taken home, hut medical aid was not procured until seven
o'clock at night, when Mr. Cross, surgeon, of Aldersgate,
taw him and sent him an emetic, supposing from the dis-
tended state of his stomach that he had been drinking. This
he could not swallow, and about half-past nine o'clock the
surgeon again saw him, and then bled him, declaring, how-
ever, that the case was hopeless.. Mr. Cross attributed
death to apoplexy. Verdict, " Died from natural
muses," the
the
regretting that so much time was
lost before the deceased received medical aid.--
DEATH lay A BAG OP Hors.—By Mr. Payne, at St. Bar-
tholomew's Hospital, on the body of Benjamin Gunter, a
porter at the White Horse, Friday-street. Deceased, on
Thursday morning last, was walking up the yard, when a
pocket of hops, which was being lowered from one of the
warehouses, struck against a beam, on account of being
pushed nut too far, and fell upon the deceased, knocking
him down. Ile was picked up, and brought to the hospital,
where he died on Monday, from compound fracture of the
left leg. Mr. Mansell, deceased's late master, said be was a
most faithful servant, and had been with him upwards of 25
Tome Verdict, "Accidental death."—DEATH WHILE
OLEEPtNG.—By Mr. Bedford, at the Coach and Horses,
york.strect, Westminster, on the body of Ann Taylor, aged
66. Deceased was an inmate of some almshousesbelongtng
to the pariih, situated adjacent to the above tavern. She was
last seen alive on Thursday, the 19th inst. She was disco-
!creel lying outside the bed, with her clothes on, and quite
dead. Her countenance was placid. and it is supposed she
had died in her sleep. Verdict, " Natural death."---Seo-
!JEN DEATH OF A SOLICITOIL.-1/ Mr. Carter, at the Bull
17, Barnes, upon the body of r. W. H. Cross, aged 66,
" .-inat°rnres' of No 28, Surrey-street, Strand, and the Terrace,
at .
. Catherine Brooks, cook in the service of the
deceased, deposed that on Sunday morning, about 10 o'clock,
she was called by her mistress into her master's bed-room,
and she there found him lying in bed in an apparent fit, his
rice had turned black, and his eyes closed Before the arrival '
of a medical man her master was dead. He came home on
Saturday night apparently well, and in excellent spiri—ts.—
tff Rohkrt Willis said he had lately attended the deceased
Lore?, acute gout and a very bad chronic convulsive cough.
slo:Ztihilmninot present at deceased's dissolution, but be under-
Mrs. Cross that he was seized with a violent
it, and that he never recovered his breath, the conse-
quence was that he died of spasms in the glottis or windpipe.
—Verdict, " Died from natural causes."