The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-09 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OT THE EXPREsq.

Sts,—As many of your readers may feel anxious
to know the result of the corn averages for the seven years
to Christmas, 0466, published in the le, f:nalte of this
day, viz. : —Wheat, 6s. 00. per imperial t usbol ; barley,
4.. 3d. per imperial bushel ; oats, 2s per imperial
bushel--I beg to state for their informatim. that each 1001.
of tithe rentwbarge will for the year 1e47 amount to
911/. 13s. or about 14 per cent. more than last year.
The following statement from toy " Annual Tithe Com-
mutation Tables" will show the worth of 1001. of tithe
reut-charge fur each of the following years:
1)461
1962
1863
0464
I sti.l
1866
14017 l's 13 3

If we imlude the whole period of :;1 yews elapsed since
the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act, it will be found
that the general average value of 10u/. tithe rent-oharge
amounts to DV. ilia. 24,L-1 am, &c.,
CHARLES M. WILLICH,
Late Actuary University Life Assar.nce Society.
2, Montrwlier•square, ltutland•gnte, Jun. h.

WHIR INO MEN.N A•4NocIATI..N.— A general meet.
deg of the member. of this emaciation was ht !I last evening
at the Sussex Hotel, liouverie-street, Fleet-street, Mr. G.
Potter in the chair. Mr. Troop, the tra..surer, reported
that at present there was no probability of a termination
to the strike of the northern ironworker+. The support
which the trade. of the metropolis had been „iving to the
men bud materially fallen off since the al: it.(.:.stration of
the 3rd December, aid owing to the distr. es which pre-
veiled in the eastern districts of London it had been found
useless to convene meetings there on the eubject of the
strike. His opinion was that strikes and locks- •at amongst the
ironworkers were useless, and that the oily remedy now
left for the working men was to become cap talista them-
selves, on the limited liability principle. Unfortunately
the working urea did not stand by each other with suffi-
cient firmness to enable them to carry on these
contests, and it had been found impossible for
them to coutend successfully with great capitalists.
Mr. Brookes, in the course of some observations,
considered the advice in favour of the strike given to the
ironworkers to have been exceedingly impolitic, and
looking at the present state of trade and the price of pro-
visions, it would, in his opinion, be suicidal on the part of
the men to adhere to their determination to remain on
strike. Mr. Viridian moved the following resolution—" That
in the canting circumstances of the iron trade, not only
in the north of England, but in Stafforilehimit is desirable
that the existing efforts in behalf of the ironworker he
continued." Mr. Squire seconded the resolution, which
was carried, there being three dissentients. The following
resolution was then put and carried unanimously—" That
the thanks of this association be given to Mr. Ernest Jones
for his eloquent vinilization of democracy in the recent
controversy with Professor Blackie at Edinburgh." With
reganl to the proposed demonstration by the Reform
league on the Alonaley following the opening of partia-
1, ^tit, Mr. Brookes cautioned the association against actin;
in conpuiction with the league in their proceedinp. He
raid the trades, unlike the Reform League, had held rd
demonstration which was legal and constitutional, and
therefore if they wished to maintain their prestige they
should avoid all commuuication with that body. After the
disposal of some routine business the meeting adjourned.
BRIT/9H ORPHAN ASYLUM —Yesterday the an-
nual court of the governors and subscribers to this valuable
institution was held at the London Tavern, under the
presidency of the Lord Mayor, for the eke :on of twelve
children hoar an approved list of 61 canaliilutes, and for
the reception of the report for the year ending the 3lst of
Deoember last. After the election, Mr. A. Mackenzie
Obe secretary) read the report, which spoke of the satis-
factory health of the children during the past year, as
afforduag a continued assurance of the salubmy of Slough,
and of the domestic care and supervision genera: ly exercised.
During the years:, pupils had been admitted to the testi-
tutan, 24 by the votes of the governors and subscribers,
seven by purchase, and two on the nomination of Ur.
E,lward Mackenzie. The number of children in the
asylum after yesterday's election, was stated at 160. The
expenses incurred by the directors in resistieg the claim
for pour-rates amounted to 117/.16e. 11.1., towards defray-
lug which contributions were made by other kindred insti-
tutions, and an earnest hope was expressed that her
Majesty's government might devise some eremites to re-
medy the anomalous position of the law, whereby
charitable institutions dependent on fluctuating voluntary
support had recently been held liable for local and other
taxation. Legacies amounting to 1,200/. had been re-
ceived. The visitation of cholera arid cattle-plague
and local disasters, such as the Indian famine, the
Quebec tire, and the more recent melancholy explosions in
the coal districts, hail brought almost unprecedented
claims upon the sympathy of the benevolent aiming the
year, sod this hail led to an impoverishment of the re-
sources of long established institutions like the British
Orphan Asylum. At the same time several of these cala-
mities hail concurred with the ruin caused try recent diem.
Irons commercial failures in desolating many once pros-
perous homes, and leaving widows and orphans in unfore-
seen and fearful ilerititution. It could hardly therefore be
matter of surprise that the directors of this institution
found themselves in a position which it was feared might
compel them to sell out a portion of the email funded
capital of the charity to meet present difficulties, and
under these circumstances an urgent appeal was made for
increase I support The report having been adopted, an
alteration in the roles, to the effect that not more than
two children of the same parents abould be admitted to
the benefit of the institution, was proposed by the Rev.
T. J. Ross sell, and carried. Pecuniary rewards were pre-
seated by the chairman to a small number of former
who attended with satisfactory testimonials from
their employers ; rafter which the officers for the year were
elected. rind a cordial vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for
presidia; brought the proceedings to a close.
FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN STAFF
A serious colliery accident, resulting in the loos of two
lives, ocmrred at the Sytch Colliery, Luralem, on Monday
morning. This colliery is of somewhat small dimensions,
and is the property of Mr. Wood. There are only six
men employed in getting what is termed the" red shag"
mine, consisting of coal and ironstone, there being an
upper :awl a lower level, approached by two shafts, 80
yards aril .k) yards deep. Early on Monday morning four
miners, named James Yates, Isaac Mandielil, Samuel
Yates. and George Simeock, began to work in the bottom
level drift, about seven yards from the downcast shaft. At
snout eleven o'clock they had made a bole in the mineral
for the negation of gunpowder previous to a blast, when the
roof suddenly fell in, burying the two men, Janie. Yates and
law Mansfield, beneath some 8 or 10 tons of the fallen
material, and killing them instantly. The other two men
escaped unhurt, and made the best of their way to the pit's
mouth, which they reached with some difficulty, as they
happened to be farthest from the shaft, and had to re-
move some of the fallen material, Mr. Amor end Mr.
Jones, neighbouring colliery lessees, with Charles Han
grams and John Steele, miners, immediately volunteered
to descend the mine to recover the dead bodice. The first
discovered was that of Mansfield, who was crushed in a
fearful manner, his head slightly protruding from the
fallen masa. In the course of half an hour the body was
brought to the surface, but owing to the large quantity of
the material which required removing, and the accumula-
tion of water, the second body was not sent up until near
3 o'clock in the afternoon.

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