The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-26 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

Yesterday Mr. Archer Ryland, barrister-at-law-, held
his court at the Sessions-house, St. Mary, Newington, to
revise the list Of voters for several parishes in' the borough
of Lambeth. • ,

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Mr. Percy Hart, of No. 4, Studley-terrace, in, the
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stated, it had been omitted. The _Barrister entertained
some doubt whether he could comply with the applica-
tion, as pteTious notice had not been givenfto the over"-
seers, nor had the claimant appearedin person to support
his application. The legal gentlemen present offered
their aid to solve:the difficulty, and, after some friendly
discussion and reference, made to legal authorities, the
Barrister was' about to give his, decision on the point,
wheli he was forestalled by a rate collector calling out,
" Why, he resides in my district, and the name is in the
list, quite right ;"' and on reference being made to the
list, it was found toloe;so. -

The list contains the names of /Aleut '9,000 voters,
and there were but six claims made, four of which were
allowed.

APPALLING _ACCIDENT AT A GRINDING

WHEEL AT. SHEFFIELD.

SHEFFIELD, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.---Abollt 2 o'clock
this afternoon, a portion of an extensive grindine,wheel,
known by the name of the " tower wheel," suddenly fell
in and buried eight of the workmen in the -debris. The
tower wheel is situate in Blonk-street, Wicker, and is a
most conspicuous object to the visitor to Sheffield, being
seen from the railway termini' to rise with lofty castel-
lated towers above the surrounding buildings. That
portion of the building which has fallen was used by the
file and table-blade grinders, and
-was situate at the rear
of the most extensive portion of the building. The
ground floor,contained the boilers, and the floors of the
upper storey were formed of brick arches, of which the
outer wall formed' one abutment, and the inner wall
rested on cast-iron pillars. The building was girt toge-
ther by iron rods running from front to back of the build-
ing, and underneath the arches or floor of the second
storey. It is conjectured that the vibration 'of the ma-
chinery constantly at work had loosened these rods from
their fastenings, and so deprived the outer wall of the
support necessary to preserve it. However that may be,
the outer wall about two o'clock suddenly fell out, letting
down the arches, and the whole of the rooms above also
fell with a tremendous crash, burying eight men, who at the
time were at work in the rooms, in the ruins. Being
Saturday afternoon, many of the hands were absent who
otherwise would have been at work. The crash of the
falling buildings alarmed the whole neighbourhood, and
speedily drew to the spot an immense crowd of persons.
A large force of workmen were immediately set to work
to search the ruins for the unfortunate men who were
entombed, and in the course of half an hour the whole of
them were extricated and removed to the infirmary.
They were George Tingle, Park, 30, table blade-grinder,
seriously injured in various parts of his body ; John
Mitchell, 16, table blade-grinder, Park, large wound on
the front of the leg ; William Ileadley,•l6, fork-grinder,
Andrew-street, Wicker, compound fracture of the left
leg, and injuries on the face ; John Ibbotson; 18, ivory-
cutter, Fir.view, fractured leg ; Albert Berry, 13, file-
grinder, New-street, cuts on the head andsleg, and frac-
tured foot ; Charles Hukin, file-grinder, Sergeant's-row;
John Ridge, fork-grinder, Wicker ; and a young man
named Ibbotson, were all bruised, but escaped without
fractured limbs. One young lad, when the place was
falling, clung to a window sill, and escaped without a
scratch. A portion of the outer wall fell upon a horse, i
juring it so much as to render its destruction necessary.
The damage done to the building is variously' estimated
at from 1,0001. to 3,0001. The extent of the calamity
has been greatly exa.werated, the reports being that 19
men were killed, aid. '3O buried in'the ruins. No life
has been sacrificed:,
sEighe men and lads have been in-
jured, some of therp yery,stri,ou§ly;

REDUCTION OF ITHg DITTIES ON WINE

AND SPIRITS.

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The following, article of the Debafs on the de-
cree reducing- -the import duties on foreign wines
and spirits will bee-read with interest :
" The news which we receive frem the most ecuthern
of the wine-producing departments, where the vintage
hes commenced show to what extent the recent de-
cree allowing foreign wines to be imported into France,
until otherwise ordered, was called for. The yield of
wine presents itself under a sad aspect. Providence who
has shown us the unexampled mercy of giving us a good
corn crop, after a season which seemed but little pro-
pitious, has not accorded to us the same favour in wine.
Assuredly, if men had the choice, they would
without hesitation prefer a good corn harvest. The corn
harvest is worth in an average year two milliards ; but
the wine crop is far from attaining that enormous sum ;
besides, though the populations could, strictly speaking,
do without wine, they would be reduced to the most
frightful misery if they had no bread. It cannot be
denied, however, that the vintage is also of great im-
portance. In an average year it amounts to several
hundred millions, and if wine be not absolutely indis-
pensable to the subsistence of the populations it is
extremely useful. In the southern departments in par-
ticular,
where wine is produced and sold at a very
low price, it occupies a great place in the food of
the people. In the region bathed by the Mediterra-
nean, wine, which is there remarkable for its qua-
lity, is sold by retail, in ordinary times, at from 10
to 15 centimes the quart ; that is to say, that in these
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parts it is within reach of all purses ; the meanest la-
bourer, in fact, can take it at all his meals, and it is from
it that he derives great part of his strength. At present
in those parts, a wine inferior to the ordinary quality
costs more than treble, namely, from 40 to 60 centimes
the quart. At that price, it is an article which ceases
to be within reach of the poorer classes. Hence it
causes great perturbation in the customary regimen
of the populations. Under those circumstances, the
Government, justly anxious to maintain, so far as
depends on it, food at a cheap rate, could not have
done better than to remove the barrier which pre-
vented the free admission of ordinary wines from
abroad. We will frankly state that our opinion is that
the taking off of the customs duties on ordinary wines
cannot be of short duration, because the cause which,
led to this measure seems unfortunately not likely to be
temporary. The malady in the grapes, which has
made wine so dear, has not yet reached its period of
decline, especially in the departments in which the
production is greatest. Every year it extends its ra-
vages. We believe, indeed, that for the future the
yield of wine will be less bad than that which is being
prepared at this moment—as in this year the vines have
not only had to suffer from the oidium, but the season
has been so bad that, even without the oidium, the
yield would have been a failure. But it is not
less true that the oidium is spreading and becoming
generalised. The science of our learned Academies
and the industrious activity of our farmers will triumph
over this pest—indeed, they are already in the way of
discovering a curing process. But in order that the
vines may be completely preserved and recover all
their fecundity time is required. This opinion is so
accredited amongst a certain number of farmers, that
in some localities they have already begun to pull up
the vines with the intention of substituting other
crops for them. This is the case for example in the
canton of Lunel, one of the corners of the world in
which the vines gave the greatest yield, but also
one in which they have most suffered. Before the
oidium appeared, as much as 300 hectolitres the
hectare were obtained ; and now this marvellous pro-
duction has fallen to nothing. Even, however, should
the oidium be very shortly destroyed, which is a thing
we wish for with all our heart, that would not be a reason
for repealing the decree which admits the free import of
foreign ordinary wines. It is fitting that this decree
should be definitive for many reasons. It was a chimerical
idea in 1816 to impose heavy duties on foreign wines,
in order to protect our production. That produc.
tion protects itself unaided. We may say of the
ordinary wines of France, as well as of her finer
sorts, that they are unequalled. They are so not
only by the quality, the flavour, the just proportion of
spirit they contain, but also by the abundance of their
production, and the lowness of their price. This is
especially true of the wines in the departments near the
Mediterranean. The departmenl, of the ll4rault, which
is the most remarkhble of all in this respect, generally
produces 4,000,000 hectolitres. That is the tenth of they
production of France. The wholesale price for wire a
year old is, under ordinary circumstances, 7fr. the hec-
tolitre, or 7c. the litre ; and if kept for an additional
year, the wine is much more agreeable and healthy than
the wines charged at Paris, in restaurants 1 fr. 50c. or
generally 2fr. Even the wine called St. George is ' sold
in the country at 7c. the litre, or thereabouts. Now it
is absolutely impossible to import into Franceat that rate
wine which is worth anytbin
r* at all, on account of the
expense of conveyance, of
which the importer desires to make. Such a fact suffices
commissions, and of the profit
to prove that the pretended protection which it was
thought right to accord to ordinary wines, by
n imposing
customs duties on foreign wines,
is a fiction.

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steamers are wooden ones, are propelled by paddle.
ThenEsENTATIoN OF FnomE.—The Ballot Society, it 1 wheels, and_have lightning conductors. All the Channel
is said, intend soliciting the votes of the electors on be. Island, the Panama, and General Screw Companies, and
half of Major-General Perronet Thompson. A member I the greater portion of the Oriental Company's steanliniv
of the Thynne family is spoken of as a candidate on ~are iron ones. All the General Screw Company's, and
High Church principles, None of the candidates has also a considerable number of the Oriental C01aP434
yet personally yisitod the eleotorl. : stc mern are fiCreWg.