The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1867.

TUE

AND

AI F.: I: CON,TITI•I:ST:i.

A public meeting was held on Monday night, at
the Town-ball, Brighton, which the borough members
attended, to deliver their :tunnel aillressea. The brie
upper room of the Town-hall wax densely crowded.
blv. ,Uderman AL.:k:K WAS called to tile chair.

P.,t 1. ni ather. Living -lookeit

Alr. tt. TATII %It moved the following vote of thanks :
" This meeting, having heard an exposition of public
allaitA by James White, Esq., 111. P., and Professor
F.tweett, otters to them its best thanks for their
ea-test uncompromidlig advmacy of these
ooinions A•llich first won fur theta the confidence
this constituency, and which they have so ably
sast.timd awing the last session of parliament in
suppoit of the people's right to an extended enfram
elmethent : awl this meeting whilst recordit.g its
Cwt.. hgh confidence in their p event members. would re-
ie.a the assurance that, in the event of a iliv.dlutioa, the
best efforts of the united lilkr.l party of this huiougl.
=g.sitt 14.:311e their trithople iit es,
ve .1 to mem. tot tl3lile tht..l to support such lova.
nut ‘.l idorm as this constituency :tad thu country
re. sire."

..1. SV!TIf ,rorleil, and in doing P
Wdite. spire... to live ei,0141,, would lean 143.1t0
iu the 1•" UP, hit pai..ed by 'Tuxtla]
would earn the lasting gr.ti lulu of labouring won, by
lo,soin leg t.. reduce the t of the country. Yro.
f,-.nor !". wcett, h.• lit into I.tlimm•nt with ct
c.i.riet,r. t. :ently litated 1111. Denham. which he h.nl
stptaineil, with a political cti.‘eil which he had faithfully
kept ; and with it great capacity, which he hal aa faith
-
f ;'ly used. dtppl. ;toe.)

The resolution aas curled without a dissentient kand
being held up.
Mr. WHITE, in returning his thanks, said that from
what he had done in the past they might infer he would
do in the futuse. and he would take that opportunity of
mama king that. perhaps. they would very soon have the
privilege of ecercising that right of choice alluded to in
the temlution, because he hell it to he utterly impossible
that a reform hill which would satisfy the country could
be obtaiord without an appeal to the country—(laughter)
alal he thought they might count upon having the
pleasure of having hint and his hon. colleague 'soliciting
their sun rages about the beginning of the spring, when, if
r. aslutioa carried out, they would be returned
spin ~ the representatives of Brighton. (Applause.)

1.1 v 4•5,01 WCETT said that, at that late hour of the
ht, he would simply thank the meeting most sincerely
and ; and would only add that :hen that happy
time came in the spring to which his hon. colleague
lau.;lti —he believed that their tort' opponents
would nod th.d. they had given them an additional illus-
tration of the truth of the old maxim, that " Union is
strength." (Applause.)

A vote of than to the chairman (moved by Mr. lIAR-
-31,,i and seconded by Mr. TilumrsuN) closed the pro-
medings.

THE WEATHER AY D THE PARKS.

The frost during Monday night and Tuesday
lam Mug, though 'severe, was not so intense as on Sunday
and Monday. At midnight on Monday and up to an early
hour yesterday morning the thermometer at the receiving-
hoese in Hyde-pork stood at 19 deg., or 13 below freezing
point, with the wind from the north-west. At noon yes-
teed ty it had risen 11/ high as 30, but at 6 o'clock last even-
ing it had fallen to Lt.',' and was still falling rapidly. The
ice on the Round Pond and the Long Water in Kensing-
tomprdens was very good anti firm ; that on the Semen-
tine in pinny parts very dangerous.
The ice on the Serpentine, which was crowded with peo-
ple during the day, was very weak in many places, owing
to the springs which abound there, and no less than 40
inuuersious took place, lAA none attended with fats! con-
sequences. About :; o'cleck, a Misr Walter fell through in
the centre and was for mane minutes in great danger of
losing her life. When rescued by the icemen she was taken
into the receising-house iva must exhausk.d state, and at
once placed in bed, and the usual restoratives applied. She
was able to leave for home in the course of the evening.
Four other serious cases of immersion were also attended
to, viz., F. Dun, 3, Watfonl-street —W. Stevens, G. Lin-
coln and G. Smith. The other accidents reported were
three remains suffering from concussion of the brain, and
12 from cut heath., Levels eil tin ough falls. The three first
cases were taken to St. George's Hospital.
The Long Water in Kensington-gardens and the Round
Poud were visited, the former by 10,000 and the latter by
7,1510 persons during the day, without a single accident
being reported. At both these places there were large
number% of ladies skating, and in several :instances qua-
drille figures were gone through by the ladies and gentle-
men of the Skating Club. The ice in both the above
pLteei was good, being fully three inches in thickness.
In St. James's-park an immense number of persons
were upon the ice during the day, and some immersions
took place. (hue portion of the water near the Fowl Is-
land is but partially frozen m er, and Perry, the foreman
iceman, in endeavouring to keep the people away from this
tiam,eroui spot, vita laosAy attacked and maltreated by a
gang of roughs and idle lads. No police-constable was
there to rendo Lim aid, and he was compelled to run fur
his life.

So accidents aro reported from the waters in the
suburban ',Arks and commons.
The navigation on the I:iver Thames was totally sus-
pen,:e.l yesterday, owing to the immense quantities
of in.• coating in the river.
. . . .

Ti,e works on the Thames embankment, at New Black-
friar,•bri.lge, awl at most of the large buildings ii. the
utL:rol olis, are at a complete standstill.

THE WEATHER IX SCOTLAND.

EDlNiCUitt.:4„ TUESDAY NIGHT.

The 'mail has come in to-nigla from Inveniess,
howing that the Highland line is now clear. There has as
3.3 been lie cousiiiuuication with Aberdeen. The trains
from the border are belated with snowfalls, but the routes
are open. The weather is still frosty, with a tendency to
snow. The grand curling match between North and South
of Scotland took place to-day at Carsebreck, the first time
tor three years. The South scored 1,8&i, beating the North
by

ABERDEEN, TUE.I)AT.NIGHT.

Very little snow has fallen during the past '24 hours, and
the hope is indulged that the storm has spent itself. There
has Leen, however. no railway communication in any direc-
tion since last night's telegram, and it is impossible to say
when the northern and Dania.: lines may be clear. The
train with the London and south mail, despatched yester-
day afternoon, stuck, as reported, about eleven miles from
Aberdeen, and still rents there ; the passengers made their
way as est they could to Stonehaven, five miles further
on. Two London and four Edinburgh mails are now due
here, and all have coins to a stand at the same place--
Laurencekirk, some forty miles distant. Business men
are touch put out by the existing deadlock. No news.
papers whatever of the present week have reached Aber-
iloen, and there is consequently a sort of news' famine,
the only public intelligence between this and London con-
sisting of the morning telegraphic extracts from the London
papers. The weather to-night inclines to • thaw, and
there is no wind.

THE POOR-LAW BOARD AND THE CLERKENWELL
CASUAL W.eaua.—At the weekly meeting of the guardians
of the Clerkenwell Union, held bad evening, the following
communication from the Poor-law Board was read by the
clerk :—" Poor-law Board, Whitehall, Jan. 12, 1867.—Sir,
I am directed by the Poor-law Board to inform the guar-
dians of the pour of the parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell,
that the board have received front their inspector, M.
Corbett, a report of the inquiry held by him on the 2nd
inst. into the complaint preferred by Mr. John White 1
against William Taylor, night porter at the casual wards
of the parish, of having, on the Zird ult., refused admis-
sion to two poor persons. The board have also received a
copy of the evidcuce taken at the inquiry. The porter
st ,tes that he refused admission to the persons referred to
because he considered that they were not sober at the time
when they applied for admiasion; and the fact that he called
them in and examined them by the gas-light appears to show
that he did not refuse them admission until he had
taken steps to satisfy himself
.on this point. He seems
to have been satisfied by his inspection that they were in-
toxicated, and to have refused them admission on that
ground. The board further observe that the police
constable who was present when Mr. White brought the
men Lack for admission states in his evidence, • I then
thought and still think that the two men had been drink-
ing, and that WAS my reason for not supporting Mr.
Wuate's application.' The board considers that the tenor
of the whole evidence is such as to admit of very little
doubt that the men were not sober when they applied for
reed, and if they were intoxicated, the porter is not
censurable for basing refused to admit them. The board,
at the same time that they express this opinion, desire to
impress upon the guardians the necessity of representing to
Mr. Tayluellow necessary it is that he should WO the
utmost caution before refusing applicants, and as to the
manner in which be conducts himself towards persons who
may apply to hint for the admission of such applicants.
The board would urge upon the guardians the pro
?ratty of requiring the officer in charge of the
casual wards to keep a book in which to enter
• the i,-rouutl of refusal' in every case in which admission
is refused, together with the mime and description of each
such paupr, and the place whence he or shelest caane,and
the pia', to which such person may he going. A sum-
mary of the particulars should be !Rid before the board of
gnartlians at each weekly meeting, and if, in the mean-
time, no persons have been refused admission the fact
should be stated in the book referred to. The board learn
that this practice is pursued in other places, and is
found to be of advantage both in preventing com-
plaints and in facilitating inquiry into complaints
when mad-•.-1 am, Sc., Raise A. EARLE. Mr. H.
Scargill, clerk to the guardians of the Clerkenwelltinion."
—A guardian said it was satisfactory to And that the
Poor-law Board bad for once given the guardians their
due. He thought from what they had seen of the
tory government that the longer they in office
the better. The clerk was directed to place the letter on
the minutes.

MR. cW.lntEs nteri;N:rs

Ite..edings by Mr. Dii hers sass •tow
fur as a matter of course at this season of the year, and
were they not forthcoming, there is no doubt that a large
section of the public would be ;th:vortsly disappointed.
For it cannot be denied that there is a strange fascination
in hearing an author give dramatic life and form to his
own Cr-and the fa.:cirr.o.lon is e•rtainly not dim!.
uisheil when the author occupies such a high position in
general favour as Mt. Charles Dickens. '• Mugby
JUGC-
Lion; flout which his selections were made last night at
the St. danied'sduell, is hut a miller contribution to the
literature of the l'lu•istmas orison, Let it is the latest pro-
auction to which his name is appended, it is fresh in the
recollection of the public. and it is still the subject of coin.
',sent and of conversation in the domestic circle. It was
-cur. therefore, to eNcite interest, and to be listened to
with as touch attention and as keen a sympathy as the
author's most popular works could have Al OtISA. Mr.
Dickens dindieidrs his nailing into two parts. The first in.
dudes the ch. ptera in " Mugby Junction" headed'' lisr•
boa Brothers " Broth.. • and Co.'• The
second consists merely of the narrative it• which the exlw•
riences of the Boy it Mugby an• related. To my tha:. Mr.
Dickens reads these production, id, however, to convey a
very imperfect lieu of the ir.t.apretation they reccive at
his bands. It would be snore to the purpose to s:* that
he recites them with dramatic intent...or and in a dramatic
dpi. it. Nay, so careful Uhe that nothing shall be wanting
to give them full effect, that he learns every• word
beforehand, and seems to regard his book merely as a
resource only to be rqqmiled to should memory fail. He
is thus enabled to impart to hei embodiments of chime.
ter the f..cial expression and the gestures which give them
a inure instinct individuality and a more vital significance.
The power of doing this he evidently possesses in such
abundance that had he not been a populat author there
can be but little doubt he would have chosen the stage for
hid profession and become one of its brightest illustrations.
In his reading of "lkirbo% Brothers," the character which
stood out compicuons from the rest was unquestionably
the honest. sitriple.hearted " Lamps " of Mugby
Junction. As in his literary portrayals so in
his dramatic, Mr. Dickens is thoroughly at home with
eccentricity in humble life. "Limps," with his poetical
tendencie-, his cheerful philosophy, and his tendency
when agitated to give himself a " rounder,' that is, to
rub his face with his oily handkerchief, was brought so
to speak visibly before the audience. Every little feature
which the author had delineated was reproduced by the
reader, and had Mr. Diclsens put on fustian and really
greased hid face, the portrait could scarcely have been
more complete. The corair.encement of the second divi-
sion of the first narrative, where Barbel Brothers holds
the dialogue with himself at the inn window and
recalls the experiences of his past life, was
given with much impressiveness, and the inno-
cent prattle of the lost child Polly was ren.
dered with admirable effect. In the level passages of mere
description Mr. Dickens's voice sometimes failed of its
effect, from being pitched in too low a key. Some of the
best passages in the work were thus only imperfectly
beard by those who sat remote front the platform, a cir-
cumstance all the more to be regretted, because those
who had seats more favourably situated were evidently
favourably impressed by what they heard. Fortunately
all were alike able to appreciate the concluding
portion of the entertainment, " The Boy at
Mugby." This was given with a distinctness of
utterance and a breadth of hormone which directly
appealed to every one present. As sentence followed
sentence, laughter followed laughter, the whole room
joining so heartily and with such good temper in the
merriment, that the truth underlying the Mugby Boy's
rather highly seasoned satire obviously met with general
recognition.

The hall, we may add in conclusion, was crowded in
every' part, and throughout the evening Mr. Dickens
received the most enthusiastic applause.

THE HEALTH OF LONDON.—It appears from the
return issued by authority of the Reg6trar-General
that in the week that ended on Saturday, January 12,
the births registered in Loudon and twelve other large
toys= of Dm United Kingdom were 4,519; the deaths
registered, .;,843. The annual rate of mortality was .12 per
1,0110 persons living. In London the births of 1,229 boys
and 1,153 girls, in all 2,382 children, were registered in
the week. In the oorresponiing weeks of ten years,
1857.66, tho average number, corrected for increase of
population, was 2,086. The deaths registered in London
during the week were 1,891. It was the second week of
the year ; and the average number of deaths for that week
is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,720. The
deaths exceeded the average by 171. The ezoess is due to
the cold weather. South-west winds prevailed during the
two last weeks of the year, with variable intensity, and
the temperature was unusually mild ; a calm set in and
fogs spread over the whole face of the country for three
or four d ; then on New Year's Day the north wind
sprang up after a calm, and on the following days min-
gled with the west, math, and east winds ; ten inches of
snow fell on Wednesday (Jan. 2). and intense cold brought
the temperature of the air down at night within a few
degrees of zero at Greenwich, and lower elsewhere at the
end of that week. The slow moving temperature of the
Thames fell in six days from 43 deg. to 35 deg. in the day,
and from 41 deg. to :11 deg. at night ; so that on January
sth its waters were below the freezing point, and there re-
mained until January 7th, after which they gradually rose
to 36 deg. on Saturday last. The effects of the cold are
now visible in the returns, for instead of 1,436, and 1,437
deaths, as in the two preceding weeks, there appear on
the registers of last week (.ffill death'. The change of
temperature has killed about 453 people in London. Few
were directly frozen to death ; the majority having vital
force enough to struggle against the freezing cold, but not
enough to prevent them from succumbing under bronchitis
and other affections. The mortality varied with the powers
of resistance, which is greatest about the age of puberty,
and least in old age, when the lamp of life is fliekering.
Thus the deaths above those in the last week of 1866 were
48 at the ages under 20; and 46 at the age 20.40;
113 at 40-60 ; 204 at 60-80 ; and 41 at the age of 80
and upwards, making in all 455. In inch weather
to give tiro, food, and clothing is to give life.
The annual rate of mortality last week wan 32 per
1,000 in London, and 33 in Edinburgh ; 23 in Bristol, 23
in Birmineharn. 36 in Liverpool, :et in Manchester, 39 in
Salford, 32 in Sheffield, 31 in Lea's, 2/ in Hull, 42 in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 73 in Glasgow. The rate in
Vienna was 30 per 1,000 during the week ending the 29th
ult., when the mean temperature was 17-4 deg. Fahren-
heit lower than in the same week in London, where
the rate was 24 per 1,000. At the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week
was 29.144 in. The barometrical reading decreased from
29.63 in. at the beginning of the week to 28.54 in. on Tues-
day. The mean temperature of the air in the week was
39.3 deg., which is 3.4 deg. below the average of the same
week in 50 years (as determined by ltir. Welsher). The
highest day temperature was 54.4 deg. on Monday. The
lowest night temperature was deg. on Saturday.
The entire range of temperature in the week was, there-
fore, 31.9 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of
the water of the Thames was 366 dew. ; that of the lowest
was 33.3 deg. The difference between the mean dew.
point temperature and air temperature was 4.1 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 83, complete
saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the
amount of 1.28 in. Snow fell on Saturday. The general
direction of the wind was S.S.W. and N.W.

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
—An accident of • serious nature occurred on Monday
evening last to the up Manchester express which is due into
London at 8 p.m. Soon after the train passed the Clay-
pole-station, between Newark and Grantham, one of the
axles of the tender snapped in twain, thereby causing the
engine to leave the rails, together with several of the suc-
ceeding carriages. The guard's break-van and one car-
rier were overturned, and rolled down the embankment.
Te.egraphie information was at once forwarded to Grant-
ham and Peterborough for assistance, and break-ilomn
gangs immediately proceeded to the irpot. The up line
was of course completely blocked, so that the officials were
compelled to work all trains on the down line ; this wag
successfully accomplished with but moderate delay to
both up and down trains. In the meantime •
special was despatched from Granthan. under the
superintendence of Mr. Walker, station master, who
was aocompanied ,by Dr. Shipman, the company's medical
officer there, and upon examination it was discovered that
one gentleman had got his leg broken and was otherwise
severely brttioyi in endeavouring to make his escape from
the carriage which was overturned. The guard, whose
name is Bradley, was also much shaken and rather injured
in the back, but not sufficient to preclude his removal by
the next train to London. Several other passengers were
shaken, but they proceeded on their journey. The gen-
tleman hurt, whose name we could not ascertain, was duly
attended by Dr. Shipman and assistant, but was unable to
proceed. It is presumed the intense treat, acting upon the
metal of the axle, was the cause of the accident. Both
driver and fireman escaped unhurt.
CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DA Y.
TuEsDAT, JAN. 15. Admissions on payment, 2,378 ;
ditto, by season tickets, 2,052. Total visitors, 4,430.

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rout: rows SCHOOLS.

Yesterday aftn 'fetal a large deputation from the
of the Auociatiou for the Promotion of
Social Science waited ou the Luke of Buckingham, to urge
the claims of poor town schools upon the government for
.ssistauce. Amon; those pre.ent were the II on. Arthur
Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. H. Culling Haabury, M.P., Mr.
Gorst, M.P., Mr. James Heywood, F.R.S., Mr. deorge
Gotlinn, F.lt.S., Rev. Charles Carr, Mr. G. W. Hastings,
Rev. Brooke Lanhert, Rev. J. Ll. 13.,vies, 11ev. W. L
Clay, 11ev. A. H. M`Gill, Rev. R. H. Hart, Mr. Seymour
Toulon, Mr. Janie* Blarsball, Mr. Charles Hateliff, Rev.
J. R. Green, :,nd many others.
The lion. i:;•11 KINSAIRD having briefly introduced
the deputation,
Mr. HASTINUS read the following memorial :

nue of the National Awociatiou for the Trosn.ition 01
0,1,11 sets:sive desires totailernit to your gra', the pr priety of
s:doostat relaxing tin. reptirentents of the ifcciseBl Code in the I
,•.1-, sit arlsas, m.lO obi Intended for eery poor ehflarets. llsey
psi ols8•C ti ..etilie their SchOola as " t..wn sellools its wllich the
f...• • in the aggregate do not amount to mot e than one-ninth ta
the toted someal This detiniCon would kma,,lown ths 1
ntyments to ad aver stte of abut lei a we,: !A M.% ,:b1.•1
ha, Iwo° a,...soossiatrol wisseis proves that a sely projnOti
of the elsildsess now ?assent from the schwas alsiml by the Atats•
Arr amt ot! ly lit., inatalitv of their parent- to pay the schwa I
be.. It, oNtal t that Rdi..i• tor thin thaw .4 , 1111.11'0,
1•.• 111 ,•11 1,.•• by hoe -Of t•• -. 0
•sest•lels a, t • ••• At). :Is .. et elolueol.slj ~ •
hale t. b• 21.0111 011,111101 .4 the amiss,: iso oh, ,
the thilstreo lee- asisi the goveci,ls.vist tnal.t• farnhating tin•
r. st : but it. the-,• the fees mime from wahine to atmat otte•
:hot the total e,.-r. while experience has shown that man N.l.
11124illellte/1 i theehddr u poeerty.st 'eel,. 8, parents: even if
the conditi maul tht Ilevissl code were eosalshell with, must
always fall I saes the at enter standard, awl consequently obtain,
on the itreawt terns:, very Entail assistance Irons governineut.
The Colitis il, tlietefrre, earnestly lien your fairmtrabk
consideration for a relaxation of the code In the
case of these schwas, in the three following particulars, -
1. That a certelleated teacher 110 not tiveelSal ily required. Thu
existing minim:meat places pone schools at 11 great diaa.lvaie
tam. It is evil known that the Mere efficient ce'rtiticate-
laders will not take charge of aschool for destitute ',Ultimo in
a squalid iseiiiitsollitsiOal, unless blued to do so by a high
salary. The managers therefore have to accept the alternative
•of unusual expense, or comparatively inellicient teaching.
were they loft Ire hi their choice, however, tiny could procure
masters and salistirtwr mane suitable for such schools, at a mo-
derate salary. than the lower grade of those who lead certiliewtes
are likely t., prove, their to not havieg Mt en tin, Later
any special nualification fur the management of children of the
olt.titote etas, 2. That supplementary rule -J he not euforeml •
that the gr.sitt for average attrodalkee Ise raised -'except in infant
11.11010 from is. 45 ss. • and the grant after exruitinatton fro.
Fa to iso. by thee slightly lowering the standar'', soot at the
cure time flu:rt.:1011g the grout for attaining It, the Connell Is,
litre that the schwas in question st-wilst sm mud', or
awry as much, assistance asotherst .1.0. For 1: .re t hey do not ask.
3. That whin:vet additional expense he haltered for hollintrial
teaching is grant In aid be give,,. For thisconcedtism the Council
submit that there are ten adequate reasons. flowerer desimme
industrial teaching may be In other elementary schools, In those
for -neglected and destitute children" it is afhtmt a necessity:
partly because from their habits they are unfit to
bear long mental exertion, sod pertly because thefuLadys
In
to 18e taught school to earn their llve
The council are convinced that these relaxations might
he made without Munger of abuse. The contlitlon that
the fees. which a- redly reach oise.thirsi, shell not exceed one-
until of the annual cat, mink, too lei these Nehs•sla so horsiest
to their supporters as ettectna.ly tot event their establish-
went where 110 real necessity exists.

The Rev. W. L CLAY, one of the Lon. secretaries of the
association, stated that the council wished it to be clearly
understood that they regarded what they asked for in the
memorial merely as a smell measure of temporary relief to
meet urgent wants until some thorough and complete
measure could he carried. Under the present system,
there was only cue standard of schools for all the labouring
classes, for the prosperous nrti•an and the man who had
to pink up a precarious livelihood by chance work. Con•
inclining that fully one-third of the cost of education was
thrown on the parents, this was obviously hard. The
poor children could not pay the fees. The Revised Code
was making the matter worse. Since 1861 the annual
grants had lessened by 70,0U0/., while the children
in school Lad increased by upwards of 200,000.
The deficiency was made up partly by larger subscrip-
tions, chiefly by charging higher fees. Since
1861 the attendance at school had increased :at per cent.,
the subscriptions 2.1 per omit., and the fees per cent.
In all quarters fees were rising, and it bad become neces-
sary for the government to be able to say to a certain
number of schools, "Do not raise your fees ;" but to have
the right to say so they must offer exceptional help to these
schools. He then proceeded to show that the relaxations
asked for in the memorial might be granted without any
danger of inducing existing schools to lower their standard
to get the relaxations, or of tempting away children able
to pay from the higher class schools.
Mr. SRLaNetr, honorary secretary to the Manchester
Education Aid Society, said he could confirm the
fact that the present system as administered under
the Revised Code failed to renal the lower sections
of the manual labour class. The experience of
the Education Aid Society proved that a great
proportion of the children were not at school in COll-
- luence of parents being unable to pay school fees. In a
recent visitation among such families in Manchester and
the sister borough, out of 8,427 children between three and
12 years of age not attending school, 4,021 were so front in-
ability of parents to pay the fees. The net average income
of such families, after deducting rent, did not exceed 2s.
per head per week, many being Is. rel. or la. per head.
But scanty and precarious though the income was moat of
these families /ere not so low as to be classed among
vagrants and criminals. The numbers in this condition
must be large. In Manchester and Salford there were
fully 100,000 children of the school age. After making
every allowance for those at work, kc., there remained not
less than 20,900 to 40,000 wholly uneducated. A great pro-
portion of these belonged to the lower sections of the opera-
tive class, whose income was too small anti un-
certain to afford the cost of school. It was
to be feared this was no recent matter. In
confimation the educational condition of parent. and young
people from 12 to 20 years showed the following results :
Among 1,672 fathers, 465 were unable to read ; among
1,n57 mothers, 815 were unable to read ; among 1,660
young persons from 12 to 20 years of age, 752 were unable
to read.

In the course of further conversation, the Rev. G. H.
WOW, the Rev. Charles Carr, and others instanced facts
from their own experience, showing that there was a large
Chin in London quite unable to pay even 2.1. a week for
their children's schooling.
His LoaDvmr, in dismissing the deputation, promised
that although he and his colleagues were unable then to
give any definite answer, yet that the memorial should
receive their full consideration.

CRYSTAL PA LACR COMPANY.—The following
statement has been sent to the shareholder.' with the war-
rants for the past year's dividend :—" The directors sin-
cerely regret to have to make a statement to the proprie-
tors in reference to the recent disaster, by which a portion
of the Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire, on Sunday,
Dec. 30. The portion destroyed lay entirely north of the
screen dividing the Tropical Department from the main
building, and consisted of the north end and north trim-
sept of the Palace—containing the Queen's apartments, the
Nineveh Court, the tropical plants, the Library, the col-
lection of naval and engineering models, and Indian ob-
jects. South of the north transept, also, a large pan of
the Alhambra and Byzantine Courts were, unfortunately,
much injured. The remaining eight of the Fine Art
Courts, with the whole of that part of the Palace occupied
by the exhibitors, and that in which the concerts and
amusements take place, are entirely uninjured, and
remain in their fanner state of safety arid efficiency.
The directors have hail frequent meetings since
the fire, and they now beg to acquaint the pro-
prietors that, acting under the advice of Mr. Edwin
Clark, the eminent engineer, the most careful additional
precautions have been taken to insure the safety of the
entire building. In order to fortify and protect the
northern end of the nave against the wind and weather,
the existing canvas curtain has been strengthened by
struts and cross-braces, and a solid timber screen is being
rapidly erected a few feet north of it, which, when com-
pleted, will form an effectual protection to the building,
pending the reconstruction of the portion destroyed. The
Alhambra end Byzantine courts will be immediately
closed in and protected from the effects of the winter
till the time arrives for their repair. The whole of the
damaged portion is undergoing careful investigation by
Mr. Clark and all parts which can be preserved will be
made good out of the debris, which will be carefully col-
lected and tested for that parpme. It will take some
weeks to effect this, and to remove thetueless fragmentauf
the building, so as to leave the ground clear for the work of
reconstruction. It must be highly gratifying to the pro-
priettre to notion the deep and wide-spread feeling of
sympathy with the palace which the recent misfortune
has called forth from all classes of the community, from
her Majesty downwards ; a sympathy which has not con-
fined itself to words, but has already brought many otters
of objects to replace those destroyed, offers which, it is
unnecessary to eiy, are gratefully received. The board
fully concur in the public desire to re-erect the fabric,
leaving the mode of filling the interior for later consider-
ation. It is probable that the re-erection will cost from
50,001/4 to 60,00 q/. The mode of providing for this out-
lay, and for that which may hereafter be considered advis-
able in respect of the restitution of the interior, is occu-
pying the anxious attention of the directors. Thebuilding
end its contents are insured for a sum of 30,000 i., the corn-
I pany's claim on which, in respect of thedestmyed portion,
amounts to over 33,0010. The proprietors will be pleased
to know that the building has passed through the recent
severe gales and fall of snow (the heaviest which it has yet
experienced) in the most satisfactory manner, and without
suffering any damage whatever."

ERROR 4 AND A err.m.a. —The appeal. of the
Court of Queen's Bench will be taken on the Ist and 511
of Fehntary ; of the Common Pleat; on the 4th, sth, and
6th of the month ; sod of the Exchequer on the two fol-
lowing days.

[Aareitisement.]--HoLLowaY's Pmts.—For all
Ages.—Such testimony to the merits of this mediclue as that
contained in a letter lately received from a lady by Profes or
Holloway should be impressed all aged sufferers: What in-
duced me principally to apply to you was, that say mother, who
is over sO years of Age, found very great benefit from the use of
your remedies." The cake of such disinterested evidence Is
enhanced by the consideration that medicine usually' falls to 'rive
any relief at such an advanced period of life. Holloway's Pigs
are both safe and certain in their action the stomach, liver,
kidneys, bowels, andfakin. They act without violence, and do
not irritate the nerves or shock the syaiaa.

lido fittelltgence.

EQUITY COURTS.—JAN. 13.
(Before the Lords Justices.)
11AXWILLL C. HuGO—HOOO V. MAIWILL.

The...e causes ',rune on upon two apnea IMinions from a
decision of the Vice-Chancellor Stuart, and also upon
motions for decree.
The bill in the first mentioned cause stated that Mr.
]llnswell on the 11th of June, 18'd, registered at the
Stationers'-ball his proprietorship of the magazine called
Fkforaria, and in contemplation of the publication of that
magazine he had made arrangements with Miss Brandon
to conduct the editorial duties connected therewith. The
intended publication was advertised, in the Ipercich
Express of the 31st July, to appear in October. It was
also advertised in the Times of September 13, and succeed-
ing days. The defendants, Messrs. Hogg, carry on
business as publishers, at No. 9, St. bride's.-avenue, Fleet-
street, where they produce two monthly magazines, called
L9to/oa Society, and r.r Mafia:inc.
In the I:, 'lilt,/ Slawlor.l of September 91 there was an.
nounced a publication by Messrs. Hogg bearing the name of
" Itilwaria, a Magazineof Fashion and Amusement, illus.
trate') ; the first number just published. prhx.l s. Office, 9, St.
Bride's-avenue, Fleet- tn'et, E.C." No previous announcc-
'tient of their intention to publish the magazine called
Bilorario had been issued. On the 2.lth of September,
bade;, they published the liret 'neither of it, calling it
Alyral.;,,. The bill tlim po. ayrel for all injunction to re-
strain the defendants (Mere's. llogg) from publishing their
magazine as they had proposed, on the ground that it
would do irreparable injury to the magazine intended to
he published by the plaintiff'. The bill In the second cause
stated that James Hogg. the younger son of the plaintiff
in the suit of Hogg r. Maxwell, and one of the defend.
ante in the first suit, caused his sister, E. H. Hogg, to be
registered at Stationers'-hall as the proprietor of the copy.
right, and himself as the publisher, of a work by
the title of Belgroria, the copyright of which
was then vested in the Messrs. Hogg, and
asked for an injunction to restrain Mr. Maxwell from
publishing, advertising for sale, or selling any magazine
under the name of /3doro, in. The tirat number of
Mr. Maxwell's magazine was published in October. Each
of the registrations stated the day of publication to be the
same as the day of registration, and each party admitted
that, in that respect, his registration was inaccurate. It
also appeared that Mr. Maxwell's publication was adver-
tised by the Messrs. Hogg in the most conspicuous part of
the advertisements prefixed to the October number of the
magazine called Loacto. Societe, and which was produced
by them on the 26th of September. The Vice-Chancellor
refused both motions on the ground that the registrations
were false. From that decision the plaintiff. appealed.
Mr. Dickinson, Q.C.„ and Mr. Swanston appftred an
behalf of Mr. Maxwell ; and Mr. Greene, Q. C.; and Mr.
Morris for the Messrs. Hogg.
Their lot iships dismissed each bill with oasts.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—JAN. 13.
Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lonl Chief Justice Bovill and
Justices Willes, Keating; and Smith.)
RIGBY AND ANOTHER C. PAKINGTON,

The plaintiffs in this case were printers, and the defen-
dant was the son of the Hight Hon. Sir John Pakington.
The defendant, in order to serve a friend, had consented
to become a director of a company for covering some glebe
land of the Vicar of Hampton with villa residences, and he
was now sued for the cost of printing prospectuses of the
company. The jury at the trial before Mr. Justice Keat-
ing found a verdict for the plaintiffs.
Mr. Field, Q.C., in moving for a rule for a new trial,
ounvnitdheence, sta'tivnhatat tlereerltetd be'e'ann aanisntintett the
weight
arrange-
ment that the directors should not he liable for anything
on account of the preliminary expenses, which were to be
defrayed by Mr.l hitehead,tbe prornoterof the scheme. He
also contended that the defendant had done nothing
which would render him personally liable ; and that in-
deed there was no evidence at all to go to the jury to
fix the defendant with liability.

The Lord Chief Justice said that if there was any evi-
dence for the jury there could be no doubt in a case of this
kind which way the verdict would he on a second trial,
and therefore it would be useless to grant a rule upon the
ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence.
Upon the question of law, whether there was any evidence
for the jury, there would, however, be a rule.
Rule granted.

az ,inst ",e company, wLo would have Lein put t ) an
enormous expense to move it was his own fault. How-
ever, a. be }nut been sufficiently punished, the company
Iwould not take any tut I her proceedings a,;:taist biro.
The prisoner was then discharged, and he immediately
quitted the court with his Meade.

PROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

[SAM ES OF SOLICITORS AND FURTHER PARTICULARS TO REI
OBTAINED AT THE OFFICE OP THE CHIEF REGISTRAR,
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. BASIXORALL-STRIRT.I
BANKRUPTS.

UHARLis Lakin. Brook-atm:4 Upper &Upton, gicdener, to
pum,alt.r Jan. 2s, at 11.
Eng Mu, DtERAXT tun Er., K William.strret, City, and AL
LeonariEs-terrace. Chelsea, financial agent, Jan. 2,, at 11.
JAXF4 UaILiCIXT Llttlehamplon, Susses, (rank agent.
Jan. 2.1, at 12.
Wittian NlOoltg CIIAMBEns, Marlborough-road, Peckham, en.
Kilmer in her P,,,) al \avy, Jan. 24, at 12.
JAMES trot/Wog and HuBEIT 11 uTTON, Ililgay, Nortolk, fanner,
Jan. 24, at 12.
UH.LIAM 11/.1.V.X, Plaistow. Usees, beerseller..l.m. 2.. at 1.
HEN MILLIAX KAN PALL, lkal, Kent, bootinaker, Jan. ti, at 1.
1:o/IT:kT ALLAY 'num., Woolwich, shipwriAht, Jan. 31. at 12.
ituan JgisefirFr tiaggassi on. Greenwich, baksw, Jan. :41,m. tt.
IVtway Janntatz Gut% ar,, chestnut-road, Tottenlmni, sign
writer, Jan. 31, at 12.
logo*: Jacuni, f :rent Covent-carder, fruit Wes-
males assistant, Jan. 3!, at 12.
EDWAP.D Fr.emictu JosgPii KAPRAaL Fgagqs SAVEII:I4I WIL-
LIAM (414,147A•DE.MARTANo, Moore kirk-road,
toad. teacher of laieJaaac... ~on. 31. at 1.
111EPEttIcit Tit,,MAs iItAhrIELD, mirliton-hill, and
K Maslow-on-1 Mimes. boil,. r, Jua. tS, at 11.
HENRY BY.I GLoegn. lia.Maludi.stivel, and II all court,
accountant, Jan. 2S, at 2.
TIMM AS NIL nen T, brarcl. lane. St. George. iii-the• List, grocer,
Jan. 30, at 2.
THOMAS PHILIP DEXTER. Finchley. schoalnutster, Fen 4, at 11.
laolits citoult, Upper tlienies.nlews, Iledfonl.wmare, cab pro-
prietor, Feb, 4, at It
JOSEPH BARER? Formoss, P.oicras.lane. Cheapaidc, commission
agent, Feb. 4, at 12.
linage hexing, Hound, Hampshire, grocer, Feb. 4, at 12.
GLOM= PITT, Dudley and Kiddertninater, currier, Jan. IS, at 12.
JOSE R.UII,IL, Birmingham. jeweller, Jan. 2S. at It
Jona WILLIAM Itmaxsoy, Derby, victualler, Jan. 29, at 11.
HENRY 1.110W.H Leicester, machinist Jan. 29 at 11.

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WILUAN MICE, Devonport. butcher, Jan. fit at 12,.
WALTER NUM, Chesterfield, draper, Jan. 30, at 12.
ElAs AND CAS.M, Choliton•upoo•Medlock, Lancashire, confec-
tioner, Jan. V. at 11.
HENRY IlltibibitErli aml EDWARD CLAY, Manchester, saw manu-
facturers, Jan. 221, at 12.
Jolin Wittlan Meson and Jolla FeattriCif Sneeron, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, ale brewers. Jan. %, at 111,
WILLIAM RICNARDsoN, Nerthurabetiand, miller, Jan. 25, at 12.
31101A111. II liana, Jarrow, Durham, clothier, Jan. at It
JANE. 11•EalIALL, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, contractor, and High
Nursery Quarry, near flateshra.l, quarryman, Feb. 4, at It
Jinn PESTIOREW Old swan, near Liverpool, commission agent,

Jan. 21, st 3.
MAXIM. N•COLLOOOH, Liverpool, prmision dealer, Jan. 33, at 3.
Thomas BEMIS, Beading, !leeks, timekeeper, Jan. 36, at 11.
JA se Jon►s, Aberdare, Clanionainshire, widow, Jan. 21., at 12.
BEVANIN Treforest, Glamoripuishire, shoemaker,

Jan. Al, at 11.
CHARLES rowitrs, Nottingham, milliner, Feb. 6, at 11.
SAMUEL ALDRIDGE, Bill Quay, Durham, farmer, Jan. 28, at 11.
JOBS GRARAH. Stoke Fogls. Bucks, carpenter. Jan. Al, at 11.
JAMES BIKE, Burton-upumTrent, grocer, Jam. El, at I.
JAMES TURNIR, Bedterd, mintractor, Jan. 24, at 11.
MATTHEW ROSSMAR DAVEY and WILLIAM ALLEN, St. Tenth.
Cornwall, coal merchants, Jon. 25, at 10.
THOMAS EstwinnOn, I logsthorpe, Lincoln& ,butcher,Jan. 24,at
RICHARD BOCIMHOOD, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire,
earthenware dealer, Jan. 25, at 11.
FREDERICK WILLCOX, 311dallehox, noinenetah.,baker,Jan.3o,at 10.
DAVID JACK, Oldham. letterpress printer. Jan. 3e, at 12.
WILLIAM BOOTH, Burden. Mannish., late grocer, Jan. 16 at IL
ALFRED 0110110 Z BALKER, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, draper,

Jan. 30, at 11.
WILLIAM BrarfoßD, IClrknythore, Westmorkunl, gnaw watcher,

Jan. JO. at 12.
JOBS &SWUM OLDHAW, Leigh, Worcestcultre, bander, Jan.

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at 11.
EDWIN Link!: GOlnoalti, Higher Traninere, (lieshlre, mer-
chant's clerk. Jan. at 10.
.10311101 EnWaaDs, Charlton Adam, Somersetshire, farmer,
Feb. 11. at 10.
THOMAS LANGFORD, Ludlow, innkeeper, Jan. n. at 10.
WILLIAM ACSTIS, Marspite, plumber, Jan. 26, at It.
GioRGI NITDROLIT BoOT `SMITH, Rochester. painter.Jari %int!.
A NnItEW W n. 1.1.4.11 BA Drighton,commindon agent,J an.0(1,141L
WILLIAM Deuce, juo., Lewes, bookseller, Jan. 30, at IL