The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-23 00:00:00

CORONER'S COURT,

The Coroner held the following inquests yesterday :—On
the body of a boy, named Newell, aged five years, who died
in the Northern Hospital. On Saturday the boy was in
S'rand street, when, by some accident, he fell under the
wheel of a lorry, which wiped over his legs, and broke
them in pieces. He died shortly after. Verdict,
accidental death. In reference to this death, the Coroner
said he wished to ;make a few observations, as he saw
the gentlemen of the press present, they would, no
doubt, send forth his remarks to the public—for the
multitude now read the papers, and, he trusted, profited by
them. A practice had grown up along the line of docks,
and the line where other omnibuses ran, of boys following
the vehicles for the purpose of catching halfpence thrown
to them by persons on the top of the 'bus. This was a
most dangerous practice, and one that should in some way
be dealt with. He did not think, however, that
there was any law to meet it; but, if people
refrained from throwing halfpence to boys, of course
no boys would tollow the 'busses. They all knew
how throng the thoroughfare of the line of docks
was always with every sort of vehicle, and when a person
on the top of a 'bus threw down a halfpenny, the boys ran
the utmost risk of being trampled on and driven over by
lorrys, floats, and cabs, either coming in the same, or dif-
ferent directions. He did not say that people threw half-
pence to create danger, but it led to it. He trusted, in
future, that persons would not act so. It had another bad
effect, also—it took away boys from other pursuits, and
laid the foundation for idleness, for when boys got halfpence
in such a manner, they would be drawn from honest exer-
tions. He trusted that when these remarks went to the
public that the practice would be discontinued, and that, in
future, none would lthrow halfpence to boys running after
'busses. A gentleman present mentioned that he saw one
of the dock omnibus conductors act in the most improper
manner a few evenings ago, by flinging 'halfpence on the
carriage way to boys, and thus endangering the lives of the
lads ; and, besides, he made them fight for the coin. It
was only a short time since when an inquest was held on a
boy, who was killed in Brunswick road, by
" tumbling " after a 'bus for halfpence. The jury
said they agreed in the observations of the Coroner,
and trusted that, through the means of the Press,
the desired effect would be produced, as it was a most
dangerous practice to allow boys to run " tumbling " as
described. Some remedy should be applied to put a stop
to it, and they heartily hoped the observations of the
Coroner would be the means of ending the evil complained
of.—On the body of Joseph Waugh, a ship carpenter,
a red 31 years. The deceased had been engaged at work at
a ship called the California, in the Queen's Dock, when, by
accident, he fell into the dock, and, although every exertion
was made to save him, he was drowned. Verdict accord-
ingly.—On the body of Patrick Cairnes, aged 21 years. On
Saturday the deceased was engaged in the rigging of the
ship Parsons, and from some cause he fell and lest
his life. It was purely an accident, and the jury found
accordingly.

THE "DAILY NEWS" ON GOLD
ACCUMULATIONS.

Our cotemporary the Daily News, in its issue of yesterday,
thus writes on the influence and effects of gold accumula•
tions : —The Times seems to forget, moreover, that as the
general wealth increases there is a constantly increasing
consumption of the precious metals in the arts, and from
the wear and tear of a more extensive currency. The
absorption of silver for the East is a case in point. Have
the millions that have been exported within the last few
years reduced the price of the article there so as to effect
the demand ? Have, in other words, the prices of Indian
produce and labour risen as regards silver, or has the
increasing wealth of the community enabled it to absorb it
all for various purposes, as it has absorbed any other
article of necessity or luxury ? The simple fact is, that the
population of the world is constantly increasing, their wants
are increasing, and among those wants are gold and silver ;
and until each nation, and every individual in each nation,
has all that it or he requires, it is clear that every ounce of
gold produced by the labour of a digger in Australia adds
to the wealth of the community as certainly as the produc-
tion of a ton of iron in Wales does. When the price of the
gold will not repay the labourer, he will cease to get it,
just as the ironmaster blows out his furnace when it will
not pay him to produce pig iron.

ALLSOP'S WAX- WORK EXHIBITION, TEUTONIC-HALL,
LIMB-STREET, LIVERPOOL.—DOVE, THE MURDERER.—The
only correct likeness of this criminal is to be seen at the
above exhibition, and is placed by the side of Palmer. Both
these poisoners are full-length, and are acknowledged by all
to be perfect likenesses. They are surrounded by upwards
of 100 wax figures, large as life; together with 500 statues,
busts, casts of heads, &c.. &c. ; also a great number of
Stereoscopic and other views. The proprietor begs to state
that the likeness of Dove and Palmer are most positively
the only true ones taken. Palmer was modelled by Mr.
George Ewing, of London, during his trial at the Old
Bailey; and a sketch of Dove was taken by Mr. John
Storey, of York, and afterwards modelled expressly for Mr.
Allsop, by Mr. William Leland, of Liverpool. Open from
ten, a.m., till ten, p.m. Admission, Sixpence. A quadrille
band in attendance. Observe the name of Allsop's Wax-
work on the two lamps over the entrance.
CURIOUS MrETING IN PARIS.--The rag-gatherers (chif-
fonniers) of Paris have long possessed a mutual benefit
society, and they recently demanded and obtained permission
from the police to hold a meeting for the purpose of
examining its accounts, and revising its statutes. The
meeting was held a few days ago at a public-house bearing
the sign of the Vieux Drapeau, in the Quartier Saint Mar-
cel. Forty-eight delegates, nominated by the whole of the
rag-gathering fraternity were present, and each of them
on entering deposited twenty cents., which were disbursed
in paying for the room and for sundry bottles of yin ordi-
naire. The senior delegate was pro tem. called to the
chair, which was half of a cask turned bottom upwards, and
six delegates who knew how to read, and five who knew
how to write, were proposed as candidates for the posts of
president and secretary. An election of these two dignitaries
having been made, the senior resigned his seat to the
elected president. Taking possession of the cask, the latter
embraced the senior, and then delivered a speech, in which,
after expatiating on the honesty of the rag-gatherers as a
body—proved, he said, by their always giving up anything of
value they might happen to find, and by their rarely figuring
before the tribunals for robberies or other offences. He
gave an account of the operations of the benefit society since
the last meeting, and exhorted his " dear brethren" to be
friendly to each other and united. The secretary then read,
one by one, the statutes of the society, which are fifty-two
in number, and asked if any delegate had any alteration to
propose in them. Only two were subjected to discussion ;
the 17th, which provides for the " fraternal division"
amongst the rag-gatherers of particular districts of the
heaps of rubbish and filth that may be deposited in them ;
and 52nd, relating to the conti•ibutian to be paid per month
to the society, and the amount to be allowed to sick mem-
bers. The first-mentioned article, after due debate, was
modified to the effect that not only should the heaps
aforesaid be reserved to the rag-gatherers of the districts,
but that on no account should one rag-gatherer presume to
encroach on the heap of another; and the second was, on
account of the present dearness of food, modified so as to
make the monthly contributions of members 50c. instead of
25c., and the daily allowance to the sick 60c. instead of
30c. The statutes having being formally approved of, a
resolution adopted in previous meetings, declaring that the
oldest member of the rag-gathering fraternity, one S--,
aged 85, called " the General," should for the rest of his
life be freed from any monthly payments to the society, but
should enjoy all its advantagfs, that he should besides be
allowed 250 grammes of tobacco a month, should have a
seat of honour at all meetings and banquets, and should at
the latter be entertained gratis, was passed unanimously
with loud applause. The treasurer was then called on to
produce his accounts and cash. The accounts having been
examined were declared correct, and the balance in hand,
which consisted of 77f. 95c., and was deposited in an earthen
pot, was counted, and was also found exact. The delegates
then removed to a public house called the Pot Tricolor, at
the Barriere Fontainebleau, where a banquet was provided
them. The place has always been the grand rendezvous of
the rag-gathering fraternity, and formerly it was divided
into three parts—one, called the " Chamber of Peers," for
the elite of the calling, that is those who possessed a good
basket, a good lantern, and a crotchet with the handle
ornamented in copper ; the second, called the " Chamber of
Deputies," for those who possessed such things of an inferior
quality or in a delapidated state ; and the third, which was
called the " Saloon of the True Pi oletaires " for the
lower orders," who had neither basket, nor lantern, nor
crochet, and who, consequently, were obliged to pick up
rags with their fingers, and carry them in bags. But on
the present occasion it was determined that, in accordance
with the progress of democratic ideas of late years, and as
a mark of friendly feeling, all distinctions of rank should be
broken down, and that the aristocracy, middle class, and
lower orders of the profession should meet at the same
table. The chairman, on taking the chair, proposed that
henceforth this determination should he rigorously adhered
to as a fundamental rule of the rag-gathering community,
and his proposition was adopted with acclamations. The
guests then proceeded to attack the good things provided
for them, The dish of honour was a gigantic ella podrida ;
the wine was ordinaire, and was contained in a high earthen
jug called the Petit Pere, which was constantly being
replenished from a cask called the Afauricaud ; and the
dessert was composed of the strong cheese Girarme, of
radishes, and of a petit verre of a horrible sort of brandy.
The banquet was very gay, and at the dessert several toasts
were drunk—one of them to the " Press," which, said the
president, enlightened the world, and, by its large con-
sumption of paper, caused rag-gatherers to live. A
collection made for the poor cloned the banquet ; it amounted
to 9f. 75c. At former gatherings the utensils of the table
were chained to it ; but on this occasion they were left free.
The guests, however, were required to deposit the value of
them, and when they gave them up en leaving the deposit
was restored.