The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-24 00:00:00

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT

RA.WMARSH.

RAWMARSII, NEAR Ro THERHAM, TUESDAY.—AII
coroner's inquest was impeemelled this morning by
Thomas Badger, Esq., of Rotherham, coroner, to in-
quire into the circumstance !s connected with the awful
explosion at the Warren Vt de Colliery, near this place,
on Saturday morning. 'The inquiry took place at
the Star Inn, in two cham hers connected with which
appeared the appalling spectacle of forty-three disfi-
gured corpses, lying side by side, attired in their tat-
tered working dress, in the precise state in which they
had been brought out of the pit.
The CORONER having addressed the jury, they pro-
ceeded to view the bodies. On their again assembling
the following evidence was taken. Some of the wit-
nesses who were called first were absent in at-
tendance at one or another of the funerals :
John Roebuck, of Rose am engine tenter
at the Warren Vale Colliery. I went to attend to
my duty at the pit about five o'clock on last Saturday
morning. I was the first at the pit hill. I lowered
the whole of the men and boys into the pit, with the
exception of two who did not come that morning,
down as soon as possible after. The greater part were
down before a quarter past six. As near as 1 can say, I
1,1 down men and boys to the number of 70. It was, the
duty of Sylvester, the fire-trier of the nine feet bed, to
go down the first to see that the works were all safe. I
was never cautioned not to let others down till he had
reported that the pit was safe. It was not his duty
to report as to the state of the pit. I did not know
whether the pit was safe or not. The practice at this
pit was, that as soon as Sylvester had gone down, any
other man could follow without waiting for any re-
port as to the state of the pit. No notice has ever
been given to me as to the men going down, except-
ing that I was not to let any one down till after
Sylvester. I have regularly let the colliers down
along with or after Sylvester. Ido not recollect that
he ever went down alone the first thing in the morn-
ing. It has not been considered the duty of Sylves-
ter or Kay, the underground steward, or any other
person, to go down into this pit before the workmen
to report as to its safety. Sylvester made it a practice
to go down every morning at half-past five, but he
was later that usual. I was in the engine-house when
the explosion took place. It was about five minutes
to seven o'clock. Ido not know the cause of the
explosion, nor can I form any opinion. I worked the
engine from Saturday morning till to-day at ten
o'clock, and brought up the whole of the bodies. I
think the whole of those in the pit have been got out.
I never left the engine from Saturday morning till
ordered this morning to attend the inquest. The
men at the pit are not furnished with Davy's lamps,
the pit being considered safe to work with the naked
candle. The last body was got out late on Sunday
night or on Monday morning.
The examination was proceeding when our parcel
was dispatched.

ANOTHER COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
THIRTEEN LIVES LOST.

Oa Monday morning a dreadful explosion of fire-
damp occurred near Wigan, Lancashire, by which
thirteen lives were lost. The colliery is that of Mr.
A. F. Halliburton, at Ince, near Wigan ; and the
explosion took place in what is called the "Deep
Pit " or " Arly Mine," the shaft of which is upwards
of 900 feet deep. The workings are very extensive,
and run south• east and north-west from the bottom
of the shaft. Hitherto they have been so free from
the explosive gas, which is such a scourge to people
in this kind of employment, that the coal-getters
worked with naked candles. There has not been an
explosion of any consequence before, though there
have been what the colliers term " flushes," by which
men have been slightly burnt. Firemen, however, are
employed to examine the workings with lamps before
the coal-getters are allowed to work every morning,
and on Monday morning these men proceeded down the
shaft as early as four to half-past four o'clock in the
morning. They reported all safe, and at five to half-past
five nearly one hundred men and boys proceeded to
work, descending the shaft, and proceeding to their
places of destination in the workings. Seventeen men
proceeded to their destinations in the south-east levels,
and the remainder took the opposite direction, to a
very remote part from the others. About six o'clock
the report of a terrific explosion was heard, and the
greatest consternation was created among the topmen
and people about the surface of the pit, who, not
knowing the extent of injury inflicted, became anxi-
ous as to the best course to be pursued under the
circumstances. The signal, however, was soon
received by the engine-tender to draw up some of
the workmen, and the greatest haste was used in
extricating them. It was ultimately ascertained that
the explosion had occurred in the south-east workings
and that the whole of the people in the other portion s
of the mine had escaped all injury except what was

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likely to result from the sulphur or choke-damp which
succeeds these terrible catastrophes. From the south-
east levels only four persons escaped, and these were
so exhausted with choke-damp that it was with diffi-
culty they could give any idea of what bad occurred.
From the account given by a boy employed as a
draw, it is probable that the explosion occurred in a
bay at the face of the coal, about 1,650 feet under
ground to the south-east of the shaft. This youth
said he descended, with a coaler named Robert Davies,
at a quarter past five o'clock, and soon after getting to
the far end of the level where Davies worked, he was
despatched towards the shaft with a tub of coals that he
had filled. He and his little brother had reached a
shunt about 450 feet from where they left Davies
and some other colliers and drawers, when they
stopped to rest, and two other drawers joined them.
They had sat talking about ten minutes when an
explosion was heard, and terrible gusts of air
came past them with such force that the
rails on which the carriages ran were torn
up, and driven past them with great violence. A piece
of iron went so close to him that it struck the edge of
his ear and wounded it. Small pieces of coal were
carried along by these blasts and great numbers of
these small particles struck his back with such force
as to enter the skin. lie started immediately after
for the shaft; but, recollecting his little brother, he
turned back, and, as well as the sulphur would per-
mit, shouted for him. His brother was suffocating
almost from the sulphur, and could not reply, but
laid hold of him as he was passing, and he raised the
boy up and assisted him to the shaft, which they
reached much exhausted. After these boys were
rescued, search was made for the other workpeople,
but it was near 11 o'clock before they were found, 13
of them dead.

The following are the names of the killed :—Ro-
bert Davies, a married man, who leaves a widow and
four small children ; Joseph Topping, married; John
Topping, son of the last-named collier ; Henry Top-
ping, also a son of Joseph Topping ; Henry Mea-
dows, John Hiram, Elisha Hiram, John Whittle,
married ; Wright SJuthern, Matthew Edge, Thomas
Bushell, James Jolley, George Pigott, in all seven
men and six boys.
Some of these unfortunate men have been dread-
fully burnt, especially Whittle, who bad been one of
the earliest to descend the mine.

The only conjecture that can be formed of the
cause of the explosion—all the parties having been
killed who were near the scene of the catastrophe—is
from the statement of the youth we have already
mentioned as having rescued bis brother by so mere
a chance. He says that when he left Davies he had
heard Davies tell Whittle that he should want a road
dressing, and that he directed Whittle to do it. He
said that Whittle replied that it could not be done, or
at least that it would take the whole day to get the
necessary props ; and that Davies then directed Pigott
and a workman named Barnett to go into an
old bay close by, whence all the coal had been
taken. Supposing them to have done this it would
probably cause some of the loose earth from the roof
to fall in, thus displacing and driving into the other
workings some of the fire-damp which usually settles
in these old roofings, where the naked candles of the
workmen would fire it, and cause the explosion much
as that was occasioned which took place so recently
near Rotherham.

George Pigott, one of the sufferers, was the fireman
for that part of the pit, who had gone to examine the
state of the air in the morning, and had returned to
give some directions to the colliers when the explo-
sion took place. A good many of the sufferers are
a good deal burnt, and some have had their limbs
broken or dislocated, and been much injured with the
force of the blast, as well as burnt.

Mrs. Colonel. Bloomer is said to be so gratified al
the slight progress Bloomerism has made in England, that
she intends visiting us in the spring, accompanied by the
gallant colonel and a brilliant suite of ladies who have
adopted the new costume. A magnificent performance, en-
titled, " Every day and every hour" (illustrative of the in-
numerable advantages of dress reform), will, most probably,
be acted by the dazzling corps in one of the London and
several of our principal provincial theatres, and the:admis-
sion will be very considerable.—Bristol Paper.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.
—The season having arrived wherein by exchange of pre-
sents we confirm the stability of friendship, all classes of
the community who would successfully cultivate regard by
acceptable offerings will avail themselves of Rowland's
Toilet Articles, the Macassar Oil, Kalydor, and Odonto, eaeh
'of infallible attributes.. In creating and sustaining luxuriant
silken tresses, Rowland's Macassar Oil is highly appreciated
birank and fashion, and patronized by all the sovereigns of
Europe ; Rowlands'Kalydor is a preparation of unparalleled
efficacy in purifying the skin, protecting it from the baneful
effects of inclement weather, and suffusing the complexion
with transcendent brilliancy ; and Rowlands' Odonto or
Pearl Dentifrice is invaluable for its preservative and beauti-
fying effects on the teeth and gums. ' No presents can be
more worthy of recommendation, or in more general use.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.—At the usual
quarterly meeting of the Comitia Majora, held on Monday,
December, 22, the following gentlemen, having
undergone
the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted
members of the College :—Dr. Garrod, Harley-street ; Dr.
Bethell-place, Camberwell; Dr. i 'shop, Albion-
! street, Hyde Park; Dr. Hassell, ark-street, Grosvenor-
! square!

SUGGESTIONS TOWARDS A SIMPLE AND
COMMEEIENSIVE MEASURE OF " CHAN-
CERY REFORM." BY A BARRISTER.

1. That the distinction of " bills" and "claims'
shall cease.
2. That whereas written "interrogatories," as at
present framed, are unintelligible (and inexplicable)
to the party required to answer them, and the
"answer" is, consequently, the ans wer of the "drafts-
man" and not of the defendant, (the "stating part"
and "charging part" of the " bill" being likewise
prolix, perplexing and unnecessary); and whereas a
complete "discovery" may be most effectually ob-
tained by the viva voce examination of the defendant
at the trial of the cause, it is expedient that " bills
and answers," " demurrers," "exceptions," " pleas,"
"replications," and whatever is comprehended by the
term " pleading," shall be entirely abolished.
3. That every suit shall be commenced. by a
"plaint," in the nature of
a "claim," consisting of a
statement of the relation between the parties together
with a summary of the object of the proceeding (as
iu the "prayer" of a "bill"), and of nothing more.
4. That no subpoena shall be served or issued.
5. That printed forms shall be provided applicable plicable
to the utmost variety of cases, and that one
such
printed forms, adapted, if need shall be, to the parti-
cular circumstances of the case in hand, but with ex-
press restriction to the object of the suit, and signed
by the plaintiff or his solicitor, shall be served
o
n
the
defendant, or his solicitor; such " plaint" ha • ring
been previously filed of record.
6. That the fee payable on filing such "plaint"
shall be two shillings and sixpence.
7. That within fourteen days from the service of
such plaint there shall be delivered to the defendant
or his solicitor a paper headed—
A B Plaintiff }" Facts proposed for admission,"
C D Defendant
containing—each numbered separately—the main
facts on which the plaintiff's claim is grounded, and
that such paper shall be returned with the word " ad-
mitted" subscribed to each separate " fact" which the
defendant may choose to admit; the "facts" not so
subscribed being taken to be denied, and_ to require
proof by evidence.
8. That the plaintiffs shall be at liberty to set
down his cause for " hearing" on the expiration of one
fortnight from service of the " plaint" provided that
such " hearing" (unless by consent) shall not take
place in less than a month from the time of setting
down.

9. That the plaintiff may set down the cause for
hearing at the assizes for the county in which, or
nearest to which, the matters involved therein have
occurred, or in which or nearest to which the princi-
pal witnesses requisite for the support of his case may
be resident.

10. That notice of setting down the cause shall be
given on the same day ; but that no " subpcena to
hear judgment" shall be served or issued.
11. That if a cause shall not be set down for bear-
ing within three months 'of serving the plaint therein,
it shall, on the expiration of that period, stand dis-
missed for want of prosecution, without any notice
or application whatever • and the costs, as against the
plaintiff, shall be taxed forthwith.
12. That the plaintiff shall sustain his case at the
" hearing" (in default of sufficient admissions) by the
viva voce examination of witnesses, the plaintiff and
defendant being, respectively, competent witnesses,
and that either party may demand a jury for the de-
cision of any disputed matter of fact.
13. That not less than fourteen days prior to the
"hearing" the plaintiff shall make known to the de-
fendant whether he purposes to subject him to exa-
mination, and shall also furnish the names and resi-
dences of the witnesses whom be designs to produce.
14. That a " cross cause" shall be regulated, in all
respects, in like manner as the original cause ; and
that no postponement of the original cause shall take
place in regard to any matter connected with the
" cross cause."
15. That no " court fees" shall be payable.
16. That " affidavits" shall not be filed or read,
except on a motion for an injunction, or for the ap-
pointment of a "receiver."

- 17. That the " order" or " decree" of the Court
shall be taken down verbatim, as pronounced, and
having been revised, and signed by the Judge, shall
be read aloud by the Registrar in court; and that the
said " decree" shall undergo no subsequent alteration
whatever.

18_ That an " office copy" of such " decree" shall
be delivered to the parties on payment of ten shil-
lings ; and that no other "office copy" shall be in use.
19. That it is expedient that the Court shall, in all
cases, as far as may be practicable, enforce its own
decrees ; and that, in pursuance of this object, in
every case in which an "accou❑t" is directed—elecu-
tors and administrators, trustees, partners, surviving
partners, &c.—shall, on the requisition of the plaintiff,
and without any warrant or other process, render a
complete account, with yearly or other periodical re-
sults or balances, verified on oath ; a❑d that on non-
compliance with such requisition, within a prescribed
time, the defendant shall be Rabb-. to certain pecuniary
penalties, or to cons. quences in the nature of " judg-
ment by default," in the came.

20. That the plaintiff may, at his option, adopt the
account so rendered as the basis of a final decree, or
subject it to the test of a minute investigation under
the superintendence of the Court.
21. That, in the latter case, the books and all ne-
cessary documents shall be placed in the hands of an
official accountant of the Court, who shall, at a time
prescribed, furnish a " report," as in bankruptcy, and
that such official accountant shall have power to ex-
amine the defendant personally before the Master,
with a view to the explanation of any portion of such
books and documents.

22. That such investigation by the official accoun-
tant of the Court shall, at the option of the plaintiff,
take place immediately on a decree for an account
being obtained.

23. That there shall be no "hearing" when the
facts in admission clearly afford a ground for a "ju-
dicial administration," or other inquiry sought.
24. That every cause, with any appeal therein,
shall be fully determined and disposed of in twelve
months from its commencement, according to the
practice now in operation in several of the United
States of America, and established in the Prussian
dominions upwards of a century ago.
25. That the " Rules of Practice" shall be posi-
tive, concise, and intelligible; clear, that is to the
apprehension of suitors themselves, who shall be en-
titled, as of right, to information respecting the ne-
cessary steps of process from the proper functionaries
of the Court, a salutary usage existing in several other
countries.

26. That no departure from the "Rules of Prac-

tice" sanctioned or excused—under express circum-
stances, by a judge—shall be cited as an authority or
precedent; it being manifest that, under such a sys-
tem, rules can have no definite import or significance
whatever.

27. That the costs of procedure, and of all profes-
sional employment incidental thereto, shall be pre-
cisely defined; that the rules as to "costs" shall be
imperative, and that the distinction of "costs as
between parties" and " costs as between attorney and
client," shall be abolished.

28. That " Term fees" shall not be charged. 1
29. That all " bills of costs" shall be exhibited
during three days, in a conspicuous place in the pur-
lieus of the Court ; that the " taxation of costs" shall
be a public proceeding, and that the taxing-master
shall report to the Court any case of excessive charge.
30. That Latin terms (pro con fesse, &c.), and all
merely technical language, shall be disused.
31. That, insomuch as "Equity" is supposed to
be an ingredient of "Law," and "Courts of Equity"
are bound by established rules of law, and are, in no
sense, tribunals of arbitration, the phrase "questions
of Law or Equity" should be exploded—the notion in-
volved therein being obviously incompatible with
anything like fixity of le.gal doctrine.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, D=c. 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was active to-day,
and prices higher. The transactions reported were—Great
Western (Original Shares), >`6—York and North Mid-
land, 221,E—Taff Vale, 149.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 23.
STOCK Excusstan.—The transactions to-day were as
follow :—Caledonian, 161,x—Eastern Counties, 6%—East
Lancashire, Preference, Fifths, b%—Lancashire and York-
shire, 591,4—Ditto, Fifths, 8 1-16—London and North-
Western, New Quarters, 3 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 32%—Ditto, 61. New Preference, 9-16 p.—
Midlands, b7l,fi—South-Eastern and Dover, 21—York and
North Midland, 22%.
14
BIRMINGHAM, Dn. 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened firm this
morning, but does not close quite :so strong. The only
transactions reported were—Midland Stock, 57—London
and North-Western, Quarters, 3% p.

THE MODERN JACK SEIBPPARD.--A letter from
New York states that there can be no doubt of the identity
of the notorious George Hackett with the person who on
the 27th of June last broke into the stores of Mr. Williams,
of Newark, New Jersey, and stole from thence watches and
jewellery to the value of 5,000 dollars. Re was subsequently
arrested in a house in New York, known as the Five Points,
in company with another Englishman, and all the stolen Pro-
perty found in his possession. The thieves, who passed un.deetf
the names of Shields and Thomas, made a desperateurt
ance, wounding the officers severely
ackett
ultimately secured, and committed to prison.
pel3a astonished the
made a most daring attempt to
esca- Pf
and
he seemed to
turnkeys by the never-ending supply _
of
to remove
have in his Possession. It with cluibisetrebm resist-
ance,
him to a new cell every day, so being brought up for
his attempts to break from P r iir LT!. 1 a
ry,
and was sentenced to
trial he pleaded guilty fignouennt and ingenious were
more
'hiasnsdenttweoncme
ten years' imprisonment
for the attempt to ee
judgecaPto " put on the other eight, so as
coolly requested the
~
His accomplice was sentenced
fhtiliete.h e
OuSneateheParriinsgon
to make the even twenty.
to eleven years. quarters, " which the gaoler guarantees will " hold
in ~ snug
it
and both are now, writes our correspondent,
It was rumoured yesterday at the
THE ARMY.--It
if necessary."
the death of General Paul
clubs that .
ld in all probability be conferred upon Lieute-
Anderson .wou regiment vacant by
them to eternity,
rt
laut..Gejaeral John lkitChkol2.

1 i HEALTHOF LONDON DURING THE WEEK
(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The present return shows that the mortality in
1 London, by which recent weeks have been distin-
-1 guisbed, still maintains a position which indicates an
unfavourable state of the public health. Since the
middle of November the weekly deaths have been in
succession 1,132, 1,279, 1,316, 1,
In the
d 194, and in the
week ending last
weeeaktheandinintolnBdtohnDthecll4b6er;,l44t7if itpnhflaerurien,o)nzr.:
Saturday 1,206.
theraiseddtality of that week be excluded from the cotu
it appears that the average number of deaths in the
corresponding weeks of 1841.50 was I,OGO, whichp if
corrected for increase of population, is 1,166. on
this corrected average the return of last week shows
an excess of 40.
It will be seen on inspection of the table of fatal
causes that two classes of disease, the zymotic or epi-
c-It-ink, and that which comprises affections of the
respiratory organs (exclusive of phthisis and hooping_
cough), proctced last week almost the same amount
of mortality, the deaths enumerated in the former
being 251, those in the latter 252. Bronchitis was
fatal in 105 cases, pneumonia in 110 ; in the three
corresponding weeks of 184 S-50 the former di,ease
ranged from 68 to 110, the latter from 81 to 117.
Asthma carried off 18 persons last week, laryngitis
and laryngismus stridulus 5, and plearisy 5. Phthisis
was recorded
than has been usualordedasthecauseof
a
death
the )
same period, hit 150 cases,rio7l., hich
is '
more the
weeks not having aver,e,g, d
1112coor.responding
nnliouirlebethrsani

Diseases of the respiratory organs show collectively
a gradual decrease during the last three weeks, is
which the deaths attributed to them were 333, 284,
and 95'). On the other hand, zymotic diseases taken
together have maintained a more uniform rate of
mortality, and are now more fatal than usual at this
time ; the deaths from these in the last three weeks
were 249, 243,
In the present return the deaths of 33 children and
3 adults are ascribed to small-pox, those of 22 chil-
dren to measles, of
25 to 'looping-cough, of 1 i to
croup, of 5 to thrush, of 3 to remittent fever, of 2 to
infantile fever, of 1 to
syphilis, of 41 persons to scar-
latina, of 19 to diarrhoea
and dysentery, of 6 to influ-
enza, of 1 to intermittent fever,
of 50 to typhus, con-
tinued fever, &c., of I to rheumatic fever, of 7 to
erysipelas, and of 13 women to puerperal eral fever 00o-
sides the deaths of 6 other women
puerperal
disease).
Of the 38 cases of small-pox, 27 occurred to males
and 11 to females. In three cases it is stated that
the sufferers bad been previously vaccinated, in 19
that they had not been vaccinated, and in 16 the feet
of vaccination is omitted in the registration, either
from neglect, or because it could not be ascertained.
Three were registered in. the Small-pox Hospital,
as follows :
On the 12th December a tallow-chandler from
Wootten-street, Lambeth, aged 23 years, died of
small-pox (13 days) confluent, unmodified, died
(4 days). He was vaccinated at the age of 9 nacriths.
On 13th December a labourer from Qneen-street,
Southwark, aged 19 years, small-pox (15 days), con_
fluent, unprotected.

On 15th December a female servant from DenLett-
street, Fitzroy-square, aged 14 years, small. pox 'B4
days) confluent, unprotected, convulsions (5 days).
In the south sub-district of St. Giles-in-the-Fields
three children died of small-pox, one at 36, Short's-
gardens, on 10th December ; another at 2, Parker-
street, on 11th December ; and the third at 1, Lin-
coln-court, on 14th December. Mr. Faulkner says,
with regard to the first :—"lt was not 'face in ateS
_ _

in consequence of a prejudice which the father enter-
tained against vaccination. It is remarkable how
many amongst the poor object to vaccination, princi-
pally from th.e want of a proper information with
respect to its efficacy. I saw the child that died in
Parker-street about a week before its death; it was
then in a very bad state, and I suggested that aid
should be immediately applied for,
which, however,
was not obtained till four or five days later."
In St. James, Bermondsey, at 4, Pleasant-place on
15th December, the daughter of a stonemason,
aged
5 years, died of " scarlatina (6 days)." This (saya
Mr. Martin) is the third death from scarlatina in
the same house within thirteen days. The dead
body of the first child was kept for twelve
days, notwithstanding repeated remonstrances, within
a few feet of other children, who sickened and died ;
a fourth child is now labouring under the disease.
The house, consisting of two rooms and an outhouse,
is ill-drained and ventilated ; the supply of water is
insufficient, and flows into a butt close to a privy,
which overflows.

In Camberwell, at 61, Waterloo-street, on 10th
December, the daughter of a carpenter, aged 8 years,
died of "scarlatina maligns (14 days)." Mr. Searle
states that "an open sewer runs within a few yards
of this house, and the effluvium from it is faid to be
most offensive. The mother believes that this was
the cause of the disease." In the sub-district f Hack-
ney-road, at 6 Boundary-street, on the 14th Dec., the
daughter of a sawyer, aged 5 years, died of "scar-
latina angino3a (3 weeks);" and at No. 1, in the
same street, on 10th Decemb-er, the vi if.e of a et rd-
wainer, aged 33 years, died of "puerperal fever; 18
(Ilya after childbirth." The street is deectibed by
Mr. Murray, the registrar, us " close, crowded, and
undrained." In the same Pub-district, at Pond-
cottage, on 12th December, the wife of a commercial
traveller, aged 26 years, died of "uterine i aamorr-
hage (14 hours), cause unknown." The house stands
in front of Banker's-pond, which emits a fetid smell.
In the sub-district of City-road, at 3, Pouna's•
passage, on 18th December, the daughter of a coal-
porter, aged 8 years, died of " typhus (one month".)
This (says Mr. Hamlin) is a small house, consisting
of two rooms, badly ventilated, and having defective
drainage. In Bloomsbury, at 16, Coram-place, a
child died of " typhus gravior (3 wee4).l Mr.
Yardley was told that several cases of typhus
have occurred in this place and Russell-place ad-
joining, both of which places are built in a pit some
ten or twelve feet below the neighbouring streets.
Last week the deaths of four persons were ascribed
directly to intemperance, and that of one person to
burns received in consequence of intoxication. One
person died from exposure to cold ; 8 children from
want of breast-milk. The deaths of 7 children were
caused by suffocation in bed ; one died from drinking
hot water. A boy, aged 3 years, died of " croup ("13
days), tracheotomy (9 hours)." The son of a labourer,
aged 3 years, died of " varicella (23 days), erysipe-
las." Two children, aged 3 years and 1 year, the
daughters of a carpenter, died on the 16th and 17th
December respectively, at Deptford, of " influenza,
bronchitis, convulsions," after two weeks' and three
weeks' illness. Two children, aged 2 years and 1
year, the daughters of a cheesemonger, died on the
11th December, and at the same hour, of hooping-
cough. On the Ist December, at Charles- place, Prince
of Wales-road, Kentish-town, the wife of a labourer,
aged 39 years, was "found dead from exhaustion,
caused by want of proper nourishment." An inquest
and post mortem examination were held. On 3
December, in the same sub-district, a butcher died of
a wound inflicted by the horn of art

A new police-station is about to be erected within
Hyde-park, near Albert-gate, and the Commissioners
.of
Police are to defray the expenses.
THE RECORDERSHIP OF
a letter to the
Phinn, Esq , Recorder of Portsmouth,
oleetngnon Monday, sent
PoNTiOUTH —Thomas
council of that borough, read
eat laving
by the
appointed to the
the transfce• of Mr.
t solicitorship of the Treasury.
Greenwood, Q. C., to theassis an
irne choirsd ersh resignationi
EXPENDITURE ON PUILIC BUILDIN6S.—In the
pofDoet
Commissioners of Woods and Forests just issued
report of the . vtohnaptoorT,tciabcant b
of considerable sums expended on public
an account is given
buildings voted
in the two last sessions of Parliament. By
a late Act public buildings will be separate from the Woods
and Forests. On public buildings and palaces, 98,7111. 16a
Ordnance-office, Pall-mall, 7,000/. 21. 2d.; Buckingham
Palace improvements, 5,175/. 19s. 7d. ; ditto, the inclosure of
arch, &c., 5,649!. 18s. 6d. ; New limes of Parliament,
113,825/. 2s. 6d. ; Holyhead Harbour, 7,930 i. is. 41 ;
British Museum buildings, 25,0961. 14s, 7d. ; geologcal sur-
vey, 17,296/. ss. 5d.; Nelson Monument, 1,3164 is. 10d. ;
metropolitan improvements, 22,626/. los. 2d. ; ditto, lades
street from the docks to Shoredltch, 46,432/. ; Battersea
Park, 22.505/. 14s. 7d.; blenai and Conway Bridges, 2,81 Qt.
18s. 3d ; Windsor town improvements, 21,7811. 9a. 961. ; situ
New Forest drainage. 1,1181.95. 2d.
•
AECADEACONEr or COVIINTET.—The &way far
Promoting Church Accommodation within the Arekdea:
conry of Coventry has been in operation for steasenhYelers at
The first meeting for the formation of the °
°°°l
ttirwas resolved
Lichfield on the 23d of January, 183 h, wllen 1 At that time
to fort* a Diocesan Church Building Y
od martlo
i the diocese of
the Archdeacon of Coventry fo.P-33.,
5,3 a the archdsaeonry was
Lichfield ; but in November,
_,l, - -
, den to the diocese of Wor-
separated from Lichfield, 'Lu
became attached to this archdea-
cester, and the society
tirrOmoting Church Accommodation.
conry as its Society for Promoting
t the society all the grants have been
Since the formsti?rn bounty was extended, Kenilworth only
paid to which their bounty
amount of money granted by the society
excepted. ir
Tx irthe total number of sittings provided has
has been B'34d numbers, about 20,000; number of free sit-
tings,rout]been, in
Ilan Sixteen new churches have been built, ant
12,--
have been enlarged ; the cost of each sibting
sixteen churches
--- • society has bees 14s. 3V. Of the total sum expended
to the socie .
ved 1,9001., Birmingham, 1,800/ A,,th
Coventry has re",
~ .. er-
st e, 900/. Aston (near Birmingham), 7001., Foitihill 6804
Nounneaton 250/., and Sutton Colddeld SOU
A NUT FOR GEOLOGISTS.—EIirarn de Witt, of this
town,th who has recently returned from California, brought
wi him a piece of the auriferous quartz rock, of abort the
size of a man'sbition fist. On Thanksgiving-day it was brought
for e
the floor and split o xhi to a
en.,friend when it accidentally dropped
upon Near the centre of Man
was discovered, firmly embedded in the quartz and slight)/
corroded, a cut iron nail, of the size of a sixpenny nail. It
was entirely straight, and had a perfect head.
By whey
was that nail made ? At what period was it planted is the
yet uncrystallized quartz? How came it in California? If
the head of that nail could talk, we should know something
more of American history than we are ever likely t• Jan•w.
Spring field (U.S.) Republican.
The prevalent impression regarding the probabilitya the of a continued influx of specie steadily opertaste;rorni English market, and prevents political
.v;rnom the amount
exerci-
sing more than a subordinate influence.
the next Bank ro-
of the late arrivals, it is believed that
____ bac 1
ow use
°l9 will show a total larger than bee "K
°l9 exiitinoe of the establohnisat