The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-24 00:00:00

of Surrey. The City of Lead= don't interfere enough is
the drain of Southwark is my opinion. There are three
court lasts held in the borough. The steward Fluid..: he
is a barrider, and appointed by the Court of Aldermen.
There are four semione is the year in the flemisee Court,
but they ere mere tome. The Lord Mayer, sidemen, and
Recorder merely appear to open the emus end &Nadia the
grand jury. They do no Waimea.
Mr. Lewle—le there suy ether tater/nesse ea the pert of
the City with the borough of Southwark ?
Witness—They claim the right of meter of corn end
fruit.

Mr. Lewls—That is not peculiar to Southwark. It ex-
tends over the whole metropolis. Is thus any other inter-
ference peculiar to Southwark ?

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Waness—Tes, is respect to the Borough Court. That
court is, I think, • meld court. The judge is appointed
by the corporation. The City appoints the Coroner : his
jurisdiction extends only over that part of the borough to
which the jurisdiction of the City Woods, not over the
other portions. These is also • nominal aldermen fee the
borough of Southwark. The inhabitants frequently applied
for incorporation. I think there is a vast difference of
opinion now on the 'object. The liverymen and freemen
are anxious for incorporation. The rerarsieg dear for
the borough is appointed by the Cowman Conseil. The
only prison we have is a City one, but it is n used now,
I think the whole of Southwark might he divided• into
wards and added to the City.
The Clairmaii.—ln that case the addition would be
greater than the original corporation.
Witness.—Yea, but even with Southwark incorporated
with the City it would still not be so large as the Tower
Hamlets. The population of Southwark is about 166,000,
and that of Leaden about 127,000, making altogether about
283,000, whereas the population of the Tower Hamlets is
about 400,000. I think 4imaliwark as • whole closely re-
sembles the City of London as • whole.
The commission then adjourned till twelve o'clock this
day.

SOCIETY OF ARTS
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Yesterday evening the second meeting for the
present season wee held at the society's house, Adelphi.
Mr. TKOs. ROSLYN, F.lt S., presided.
Mr. STANBORY proceeded to give the announced lecture
an the subject of auriferous ores mad Mr. Borden's recent
inventions for crushing them. The lecturer devoted the
earlier portion of his lecture to the • history of gold disco-
very, from the gold fields of Scripture down to thaw of
California and Australia, prophesying at the same time that
these countries might soon find rivals In Devonshire and
Wales, respecting which the lecturer read the results of
recent experiments, showing that gold could be produced In
some cases in the quantities of 6 oz. 6 dust. 17 p. per to of
ore. A specimen of Cornish or. had even yielded at the meg
of 11 es. 13 dwt. 8 grains to the ton. The Pontius*
gooses has yielded from 17 dwt. to Id dwt. to the too, sad
other Devonshire ore 9 oz. to the These results had been
Mesiesol wit is the last nee* set west to show that the
hl!:111.16111 dream of kaki geld fa profitable good-
treltegirei was about to be reelleed. The experiments
had all been mile at an Imputes not exceeding de. the ton
for tke missiles. The WM ores bad bees smelted at •
mot of lOs.la tem The ktilassr presoak' ts dee:tribe the
MOOMila erelbleg eaddidge eel dos le eamineset•
OM elllselege of Mr. Berlea's oppeiles.
AS lb* etelieden of the lecture a thietelsonoisa sewed
as to the a. .1 the machine, is OM moms et whisk
Prehaeste Tarre•or masiseel the Vilest the
hope of Maw a seemed Callionda or Wales.
tie believed shot even posad'e worth of Meshed in
England weal cost 40s. in the pridectios. As to the ma-
chine under modderation, he dlefined giving an opinion, as
he had on as yet seen it in full operatic at the works fa
the City-read.
Mr. H. Mooroan begged to inform the learned professor
that the experiments made in the Pohl:sore mines in the
production of gold had been eminently succesehd.. One
thing which seriously interfered with theft. experiments was
tho claim made by tin crown of a royahy ell mime of
the precious metals. In the we: fase bads be Mom*
that all such feudal claims shield beatified.,
Mr. Pauses found fault with the medblee as ensuing a
injurious amount of vibration sad Medea is addition to
the, • portion of it was an intelligentsia of a patent taken
out by him (Mr. Pukes) three maths Mess the arrival of
the American machine in thin sormisp.
Mr. Commas could not with Prehesse Tenasat.
Ik. Wootmsz announced that the Armlet Ogre
dompany in Devonshire were ready to seed up 10 teas el
Boma for the purpose of heft crushed and analysed.
Mr. Fumes accepted the Wm at ones.
Mr. CALVIULT gave his emilleat opinion that England
would shortly be found to Moen& in quarts capable of
yielding from one to six omen a odd per ton.
Oa the motion of Mr. H. Clammy Mk Beedan's inven.
II Ilse WO referred to the standing a the society
~Mr isvoidgate and report.
Ilmenuar, for Mr. Darden, at ease emeitli le the
erangament, and the proceedings towlentel.

TIID roa, OF I'IIE3DAI 41W 7B.SThRDAY.

It is probably several years sines the metropolis
was visited by so severe a fog an that of Tuesday, which
led to an almost total cessation from business. The diffi-
culties of traffic may be conceived by persons at a distance
when it is stated that no vehicle could proceed along the
streets with any chant* of safety unless the hone were
led by a link-boy on either side- Unfortunately,
neither this precaution nor the incessant shooting which
took the place of the usual hum of London was subject
'to prevent a number of very sad accidents. The first that
calls for mention is the cue of the poor woman who, as
stated in the Daily News of yesterday, was run over by a
Great Western Railway van in ffisarle-street,
Lincoln's ian-
fields, and whose head, falling under the wheel, was NW
rally smashed. She has been recognised as Mira Fray of
N 0.6, Hertford-plate, Drury-lane, aged 30. At St. Tho-
nias's Hospital two other sufferers have been received. The
bat is William Reddle, if Henley, whose waggon was
drawn off the road by the horses, and fen against a paw
This threw hies of the shafts, and the wheels passing over

his thighs, produced • compound fracture. The ;mond
cue is that of dn. Smith, of Lewisham, who lost her way
ea Blackheath, cad fell down • gravel pit 12 feet deep. Both
her thighs were broken, and she has sustained other injuries.
A youth named Edward Field has also bees admitted into
the Leadaa HospitaL His father was driving ammo Bow-
commas • vaa drawn by two homes sad heavily ladea with
Umber, the property of Mr. Rigby, of Westniiniter. The lad
was carrying • liak, bat be slipped ad the footpath late the
road, and was immediately rut over by the off hind wheel.
His right thigh boss was found to be fractured and the eagle
smashed. It bleared that his aosident will tureinate fatally.
Several other widest, have also conuired la different parts
of the suburbs. The csesatice of bushier ea the river
was eves more complete they is the streets. A great sum-
bet of %Balm have takes place, but sons as yet known
upper to be of a very swims altimeter. It is, however, of
wens iimpsedble So say what the river casualties have been.
Tosterdim *s kg still continued to bang over the isetropo-
lis, and it bosom eager as the hours advaased, until by
ems Ode* the ladle on the railways sad the Thames was
Naha brought alma at • stead, and buslasse It the dll-
remnit shops end sisseiber• esuld only be carried on by the
Al et pi light Tawas 9 o'clock the atmosphere gradu-
ally dazed.

LEEDS hu for the past three days been enveloped
la a dense kg, whisk has readmed it sawassay te light up
Kit:of bushier during the day. Oa night
so dame that it mused a sessatka of Wilk
the artets, obkets being uaditlingekbahle vials a
of yards. We regret to add that mew aesideak
to paeans missing their way, but in no ease was T rfa
very serious astute.

WITHDRAWAL OF RELIEF BT A POOR LAW
Ortnez.—An inquest was held at Maachester on Tuesday,
before Mr. Herten, the coroner for that dty, en the body
of Ellen Swindells, aged 76, widow of Daniel Swindells, a
soldier. Deceased wu deserted by her husband about 60
yun ago, and heard anything of him till after hie
death. She supported he by hawking small wares
about the streets, but hai el late bean much
piaehed lot food. She had ,alp see dud, a mar-
ried daughter, born several run eller her husband
lift her, and who was too peer W gin her any
auistanee. She had received 2s. wseh hem the gnu-
dims for several monytizatdthe states that about
en months ago Mr. , des often clapped
her relief, because she set go hies the workhouse.
Her daughter went to Mr. Whitney Monday morning
to ask him to give her mother some relief, sad waited
three hours to see him, but the application was =success.
fel, and on her return home she found her mother was
desd. The immediate cause of death, however, appears to
have been a fall against the edge of a foot pavement about
therm weeks ago. The jury found a verdict of "Died from
theeffsets of an accidental fall." The jury requested the
coroner to forward a copy of the depositions to the Poor
Law Board, in order that inquiry might be made into the
correetaus of the statements as to the withdrawal of the
woman!' relief.

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE HOUSES OP PARLIAMENT.
—The ventilating shaft is to Le raised twelve feet higher.
It now presents a light and ornamental appearance, quite in
keeping with the general features of the elegant octagonal
tower adjoining, which as well as the central and clock
towers, are proceeding with great rapidity. On the area
called the Star Chamber Court, which is adjacent to the on-
tapes: tower, considerable progress has been made with
the orramentai carvings, and the laying down upon a sur-
face or concrete the patent elude pavement, as in use in
other courts and areas of this edifice. The Lords' front ap-
pears b keep pace with the rest of the works, and will very
ehortl3 be visible above the hoarding from the west side of
Abingdon-street. At the end of this front and adjoining the
Victora Tower, the Peers' entrance is being constructed,
and will be ready for the use of their lordships at the com-
mencement of the ensuing session of Parliament.