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INAUGURATION OP THE Ii.ROTRERTON

METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT
AMEN .D M.EIV T.

11TEMORIAL.

agitaerreatnlTl cahief pro visi
7end
the
11Ines t of pt oh lei snLlVOCaealndMiamo--
ageraent Act (1855), and to extend the powers of the Metro-
politan Board of Works for the purification of the Thames
poTrthaeutfohlelotwtoin
and the main drainage of the metropolis :-
1. The Metropolitan Board shall cause to be commenced
as soon as may be Ar the passing of this act, and to be
carried on and completed with all convenient speed, accord-
ing to such plan as to them may seem proper, the necessary
sewers and works fur the improvement of the main drainage
of the metropolis, and for preventing, as far as may be prac-
ticable, the sewage of the metropolis from passing into the
river Thames within the metropolis.
The Metropolitan Board of Works for the purposes of
this act may construct any work through, along, over, or
under the bed and soil and banks and shores of the river

MANCHESTER, THIIIISDAY.

This morning, at 11 o'clock, the statue to the memory of
the late Mr. J. Brotherton, M.P., was publicly 'inaugurated
in the Peel-park, Salford, in the presence of the corpora-
tions of Manchester and Salford, and a large number of
spectators, among whom were many ladies.
The company assembled in the reading-room of the
Museum, and the Lord Bishop of Manchester there de-
livered the inaugural address; but owing to the situation
in which the reporters were placed by the wisdom of the
Salford Corporation, his lordship was by them only very
imperfectly heard.
After the Mayor of SALFORD (Mr. E. R. Langworthy),
who presided, had briefly addressed the audience as to the
excellent worth and character of the late member for Sal-
ford.

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Thames, ranking compensation to all persons having any
interest in any wharves, jetties, or other property damaged
by such works, as provided by the said act of the 18th and
19th years of her Majesty in respect of property injured
uncler the powers of such act.

The Bishop of MANCHESTER spoke in substance as fol-
lows, as near as our reporter could gather. Hite had trusted
to his own feelings in the matter he would rather not have
made a speech on the present occasion, but would simply
have uncovered the statue and there addressed a few words
to those assembled. They were met in that room to inau-
gurate the statue of a man who had done much good
through life both in his private and public capacity. He
believed Mr. Brotherton's life throughout was unosten-
tatious, and that his sole aim was to benefit others.
There were several points in Mr. Brotherton's character
which were prominent above all others, and on them for a
moment he might dwell. He was one of and among the
operative dassee, and appeared to have devoted himself
throughout his career to their cause. He had retired, it ap-
peared, from the business of life just at a period when men
are the most anxious for gain—and solely for the cause of
Medlars* *hies he-belonged. He devoted himself unre-
mittingly to his duties ever. Most wisely and justly had the
electors of Salford sent him to represent them in Parlia-
ment. A contest, in the first instance, took place, but after-
wards gave way when all went well. No one would say
the last 40 years had not been remarkable for the
changes that had taken place not only in our legislative, but
in our municipal institutions, our poor laws, and in an in-
creased education among the people ; and to these Mr.
Brotherton had lent his aid and assistance. He (the Bishop)
had a little looked over the circumstances of Mr. Brother-
ton's Parliamentary career, and it was almost all that could
be wished for. He was modestly unobtrusive, and mildly took
part in every measure that was for the public good. He pos-
sessed an eloquence of the most persuasive kind, for it was the
deep study of conviction and thorough honesty. His talents
were rare. Great as were the public services rendered by Mr.
Brotberton, and of which be bad spoken, there were greater
still which he could mention. Many there were only little
aware of the nature of private Acts of Parliament, but he could
tell them that they were such that no department required
greater experience, sounder judgment, wisdom, more bold-
ness, and at the same time greater scrupulosity. In this
department Mr. Brotherton was unrivalled. There was no
other person within the walls of the House of Commons to
whose voice is such matters the house deferred. After
touching upon the religious opinions of Mr. Brotherten, in
which his lordship said he did not entirely concur, and
after reading a paragraph from one of his addresses to the
electors of Salford, and some further remarks on the career
of the late lamented member in connection with the
borough and as a public man, he proceeded to congra-
tulate he committee on what they had done. They had
done wisely in placing the statue where it was : there
it would be seen near to the place of which he was primarily
the originator. I' was not in the Town-hall, to be seen by
a few ; it was not in a thoroughfare, where relple would
forget it; but it was there in Peel-park, and would re-
main a monument to the memory and fame of Joseph
Brotberton for ever. After some further observations his
lordship concluded amid cheers.
On leaving the reading-room and proceeding to the statue
it was uncovered and presented by Sir J. Potter, M.P., to
the ilayor of Salford, who said, he had much pleasure in
accepting it.
Sir JOHN POTTER, M.P., Mr. THORNELY, M.P.,
Wolverhampton, and Mr. JAMES BROTHERTON then
briefly addressed the audience; after which the proceedings
terminated.

111. The powers of taking land given by the said act of
the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty, and all other powers
in such act and this act in relation to sewerage works, shall
extend and be applicable as well to works for deodorising
sewage as to all other works under this act, either within or
beyond the limits of the metropolis, and all such works shall
be deemed works for the purpose of the sewerage or drainage
of the metropolis.
IV. The Metropolitan Board of Works may, with the
consent of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury,
from time to time after the passing of this act, but not later
than the 31st day of December, 1864, borrow on such bonds,
debentures, or other securities, and at such rate of interest
and upon such terms as to the time of repayment and other-
wise as such commissioners may approve, any sum or sums
of money not saceeding in the whole the sum of £3,000,000
for the purpose of this act.
IX. it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of her Ma-
jesty's Treasury from time to time to appoint an engineer
or engineers to inspect the works to be constructed under
this act, and to report to such commissioners in relation to
the expenditure thereon ; and such engineer or engineers
shalt have full power and authority at all reasonable times
to enter upon such works, and survey and inspect the same,
and to inspect the accounts of the said Metropolitan Board
in relation thereto, for the purpose of reporting as aforesaid.
X. The Metropolitan Board of Works shall during forty
years from the time of the passing of this act assess and
cause to be raised in each year, upon the City of Lyndon and
other parts of the metropolis, for the purposes of the act,
such sums as in their judgment will be equivalent to a rate
of 3d. in the pound upon the annual value of the property
in the said City and other parts respectively, estimated
according to the estimate or basis on which the county rate
is assessed, or according to a like estimate ' • and the sums to
be so assessed in each year may be assessed at one time or at
several times, as the said board may think fit.
XI. In the assessments of the said Metropolitan Board under
this act, and in their precepts and in the orders of vestries and
district boards to be made in respect of such assessments, such

sums shall be distinguished as being assessed fur "the Metro-
polis main drainage rate," and all such sums assessed upon
the City of London shall be reimbursed to Ilia Chamberlain

of the said City by means of a separate tate to be called " the
metropolis main drainage rate," to be levied under the di-
rection of the Commissioners of Sewers of the said City, in
like manner and subject to the like provisions as any rate
which such commissioners are authorised to direct to be
made under any such act relating to the sewerage of the
said City, and all such sums assessed on other parts of the
metropolis shall be levied by means of a separate rate to be
called "the metropolis main drainage rate," in like inannr.,r
and subject to the like provisions as the sewers rate tr, be
made under the said act of the 18th and 19th years of her
Majesty; and the assessments of the said Met-.opolitan
Board under this act shall include the places mentioned in
schedule (C) to the said Get of the 18th and, 19th years of
her Majesty, and the sums to be assessed thereon shall be
raised by means of rates to be made ani:t levied as therein
provided in respect of the raising of waneys assessed by the
said board.

l
On Wedne!day afternoon an important meeting of ship.
onet s,
and
seamen
was held
blut'eshilneaststohfethBemeeting, r
eat
tine's Dock Hotel, in furtherance of the Mercantile Marine
Service Associatioe ; Mr. Stewart in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening h
said that he tcek the warmest possible interest in the welfare
of the association, calculated as it was to promote the
welfare of all persons engaged in the mercantile marine of
England. Had such an association existed in former times
the Mercantile Marine Act would not now be upon the
statute-book. If a law so nilicting the mercantile marine
were now to be proposed, it would be gone through and
thoroughly sifted by the committee of the association, and
would be so improved that instead of proving preju-
dicial to any particular interest of the community,
it would, on their representations, be so modified
as to advance the general prosperity of the country.
Ile thoroughly objected to Government interference
in private matters, and he die not sec what right the Admi-
nistration of the country bad to step in between him and
the men whom he wished to employ in the management of
his ships any more than they had to dictate to the owner of
a cotton mill what hands be should engage in his business.
(Hear, hear.) The system of fees for the examination of
cap.aies was highly objectionable' but still more objection-
able was the practice of exacting fees from the poor seamen
both upon shipping themselves and upon their being paid
off. These were transactions which should be entirely be-
tween the men and their employers, and Government inter-
ference was altogether uncalled for. There were at present
in the mercantile marine of this country commanders who
had been in every part of the world—men of great nautical
experience, and who had neveryet subjected the underwriters
to the least loss. Yet under the present iniquitous systeee
not one of these men could take charge of a vessel engreeed
in the transport service without submitting to an exareena-
tien by officers appointed by the Board of Trade ti and,
what was still worse, they had not only to pay for being
allowed to be examined, but had also to bear the Eurden of
a second charge on taking out their certificate of compe-
tence. It might be all very well to impose the ordeal of
an examination upon young lads fresh from school, hut to
do so in the case of men of 55 or GO years of age, who had
grown old at sea, was, to say the least of it, preposteroret
and unjust. (Hear, hear.) If there was no other obje,e,
tion to such a system it was sufficient that it was cony lie'.
sory. And the grievance of which the mercantile redieiee
bad to complain was that whenever an accident toole place
at sea the officer in command of the vessel injury,) or lost
had to render an account of his conduct to the. "Joard of
Trade. To that he by no means objected, belt he did
claim for the captains in charge of the mermiems shipping
of Great Britain that they should have a flex; trial before a
competent tribunal. This was a state of things which
required an effectual remedy; but that reeeeee.
could only be
secured by their own united action; and eheretere it was with
pleasure he saw such men as Richer-et cireen joining them
in the objects which they had in view- eljec,e which, while
they tended to establish the indepeee'lerice of the mercantile
marine, added to the respectability Weedl engaged in it from
the highest to the lowest, and we Lee calculated to advance
the national character abroad, as et too often happened that
foreigners took their opinion cf 41-is country from the con-
duct of our sailors. If they yee to improve the settees,
and imbue them with a feelinge of self-respect, and of their
responsibility in upholding flee national character, the com-
merce of the country vi,orld be greatly extended and
ad, anced.
Capt. TOOK ER, in m'Ar'.ng tke first resolution, to the
effect "That the meeti sag, approve of the course pursued by
the council since the ferenatien of the association, and espe-
cially of its advocacy. .at its public meetings of questions in
the interests of shieoswners, as well as of masters and mari-
ners, and consideeee it essential to the permanent usefulness
of the associatio4 that it should constitute a hearty union of
shipowners awe mariners, whose interests arc the same, and
who must preF.per or decay together," said that be had no
doubt many eetliculties would -be thrown in their way in the
path of usefulness which they had sketched out for them-
selves, ',net they should, by presenting a united front,
ender tear to overcome them. Since the passing of the
elerewetile Marine Act upwards of 18,000 certificates of
eerapetency had been issued by the Board of Trade,
a ad he would venture to say that more ships had of late
fears been lost by men in possession of such certificates
, than by the men of old service. The association was a step
in the right direction, and as such had his cordial support,
and he hoped that branch associations wuuld sprieg up in
every trading port in the United Kingdom.
Capt. Wax. STEPHENS seconded the resolution.
Capt. BREAKWOOD inquired if the captains having cer-
tificates of competency were not more numerous than the
long service captains ?
The CHAIRMAN replied that be thought the fact lay the
other way.
Capt. GRIBBLE, in supporting the resolution, said he
considered one-half of the young men holding these certifi-
cates were unworthy of being put in charge of vessels,
as in all practical matters they had to rely upon the skill
not only of their first and second officers, but even upon
that of the common sailors.

XII. For the purposes of the assessments under this
act, all the parts of the metropolis shall be deemed to be
e o
and
dperson
in
stiet:
n pay
n r thei t.r amount equally benefited by the expenditure under this act.
XV. The said Metropolitan Board may, in case of any
default or neglect of any 'vestry, district board, or other
body
of the said board, or any part of such amount, within such
time
asmouanytberetnquenirteidonbeyd ainnysep,_.rhepee.pet.
.ept in
..6o ~.:d kt-3- laUllt) I Ltiu.r‘d by
the said board fur the purposes of this act in any parish, dis-
trict, or part, and for that purpose may make and levy a
rate of sach amount in the pound on the annual value of the
property rateable as will, in their judgment, having regard
to all circumstar.e.es, be sufficient to raise the money so re-
quired as aforesaid; and such rate shall be leviid on
the persons and in respect of the property rateable
to the relief of the poor in such parish, district,
or part, subject to the provisions of the said act
of the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty contained
concerning the levying of moneys by overseers in pursuance
of order made upon them by vestries under the said act,
and shall be assessed upon the net annual value of such pro-
perty ascertained by the rate fur the time being for the
relief of the poor; and the said board may appoint one or more
collectors for levying any such rate, and pay him or them any
salary, pound age, or allowance in respect of their employment
under this enactment which such board may deem just
and reasonable, and shall take such security from every such
collector for the due execution of his duty r.s they shall think
reasonable and proper; and the said board, and the collector
or collectors to be appointed by them, shall have the same
powers, remedies, and privileges as for levying money for
the relief elthe pcor ; and all such rates shall he allowed in
the same manner, and be subject to the same provisions in
relation to appeals and to excusing persons from payment on
account of poverty and otherwise, as the rate for the
relief of the poor; and all the expenses of end incidental
to the preparing, making, collecting, and levying any
such rate shall be raised and levied by the said Metropo-
litan Board in addition to, but as part ef, the
said rate; and after deduction by the said board of the ex-
penses, all moneys levied or received under or in respect of
the said rate shall be paid by the said board into the Bank of
England to the same account and for the same purposes as
hereinafter mentioned concerning moneys pay alf c under she
precepts of the said board in respect of the metropolis main
drainage rate; provided also, that the provisions of sectien
163,161, and 169 of the said act of the 18th and 19th yents

Mr. CALDWELL also supported the resolution, and
strongly insisted upon united action between all classes,
both old and young, engaged in the mercantile marine.
w:y aLfendcd the young captains f om
the coat ge of incompetency, and showed that they were a
decided improvement upon the old ells; of illiterate,
drunken, and brutal ceatnen who formerly comtnanied in
the mercantile marine.
The objects of the association having been fully and ela-
borately explained by Mr. Moonn, the resolution was
unanimously agreed to.
The thanks of the meeting were then voted to Mr. Wrat-
ton for the gratuiteus use of the room, and the proceedings
terminated in the usual manner.

PRESERVATION of LIFE from SHIPWRECK.

A meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institution
was held yesterday at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Capt.
Lambert Perrott in the chair. We also observed several
other members present.
Mr. LEwts, the secretary, having read the minutee of
the previous meeting,

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

The second-service clasp was voted to Mr. Henry A.
Hamilton, of Ballriggan, to whom the silver medal of the
institution was presented for previous exertions in saving
life from shipwreck, in admiration of hi- gallant conduct in
rescuinr, at the immenent risk of his own life, a lady who,
with himself and three other persons, had been thrown out
of a boat off Kingstown en the 21st ult. when a fishing
smack came into coll'sion with the boat. The lady whose
life was thus mercifully saved being desirous of recordit•g
her gratitude to God, has offered £3OO to the National Life-
boat Institution to station an additional life-hoat on the
Irish coast. The society has already life-boats on that coast
at the following places :—Groom: port, rear Belfast, Drog-
heda, Sherries, Wicklow, Arklow, Cahove, Ardmore,
Youghal, Ballycotton, and Westport. There are 23 other
dangerous places in Ireland which require life-boats, but to
provide which the limited resources of the society are quite
inadequate. Last year 173 vessels were wrecked on the
Irish coast, accompanied with the usual great loss of life.
A reward of £0 10s. was also voted to the crew of the

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

We are authorised to state that the accounts of the Great
Western Railway for the half-year to the 30th June, show
that a dividend of per cent. per annum could he paid,
leaving a small balance over, but the directors will recom-
mend that no dividend be declared, and that the balance of
£37,000 be carried over to the next half-year.

of her present Majesty shall be applicable to every rate under
this act.
XXII. If the whole amount raisable under this act shall
have been raised and paid off by means of the rates levied
under this act before the expiration of the said period of 40
years, the Metropolitan Board of Works, with the consent
of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, shall discon-
tinue the assessment for the metropolis main drainage rate,
and any surplus of the moneys arising from the rates levied
under this act which may remain after such payment shall
be applicable towards defraying the expensesof the said board.
XXVII. The Metropolitan Beard of Works in the mean-
time, and until the works required by this act fur the puri-
fication of the river Thames are completed, tray do all such
works and apply all such means as they may deem proper
for deodorising such sewage or otherwise protecting the
public health from any injurious consequences therefrom,
and may defray the expenses incurred for this purpose as the
expenses incurred by the said board under the said act of
the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty arc therein directed
to be defrayed.
XXIV. The said Metropolitan Board shall cause all works
to be executed under this act to be constructed and kept so as
not to be a nuisance, and shall, in deodorising any sewage
and in disposing of any sewage or refuse from sewers, act in
such manner a, not to create a nuisance.
XXV. Section 136 of the said act, and so much of section
144 of the said act as provides " that before the Metropo-
litan Board of Works commence any such works the esti-
mated expense whereof shall exceed £50,000, the plan of
such works, together with an estimate of the cost of carry-
ing the same into execution, shall be submitted by such
board to the Commissioners of far Majesty's Works and
Public Buildings, and no such plan shall be carried into
effect until the same has been approved by such commis-
sioners, and no such works shall be commenced in cases
where the estimated expense thereof shall exceed the sum
of £lOO,OOO, without the previous sanction of Parliament,"
shall be repealed.
XXVI. The time limited by section 135 of the said act of
the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty, for the completion
of the sewers and works necessary for preventing the sew-
age of the metropolis from passing into the river Thames
in or near the metropolis, shall be extended to the 31st day
of December. 1E63.
XXVII. No works upon the bcd or shares of the said river
Thames below high water mark, which may interfere with
the navigation of that river, shall at any time be commencer.
or executed under the provisions of this act without the
same having been previously approved of by the Lord high
Admiral, or the commissioners for executing the office of
Lord High Admiral, such approval to be from time to time
specified in writing under the hand of the Secretary to the
Admiralty.
XXVIII. In order to preserve the navigation of the river
Thames the plans of any work to be constructed under the
authority of this act upon the banks, bet), or shore of the
river Thames, which may interfere with the free navigation
of the said river, shall be approved by the conservators of
the river Thames in writing, signed by their secretary,
before such works are commenced, certifying that the works
according to such plans will not interfere with the naviga-
tion of the river Thames.
XXIX. Nothing in this act contained shall extend or be
construed to extend to prejudice or derogate front the rights
of the conservators of the river Thames, cr to prohibit, de-
feat, alter, or diminish ally power, authority, or jurisdiction
which at the tune of passing of this act the said conservators
did or might lawfully claim, use, or exercise, so far as such
rights, power, authority, or jurisdiction may be exercised
for preserving the free navigation of the river Thames.
XXX. No works under or over the main navigable chan-
nel of the river Lea shall at any time be commenced or
executed under the provisions of this act without leaving
the top of any work under the navigation not less than 12
feet below high water, Trinity standard, and for any work
over any part of the navigation without leaving the soffit of
such work not less titan eight feet six inches above high
water, Trinity standard, wi'h a clear span over the said
river, inclusive of the towing path thereof, of not less than
54 feet ; provided it shall be lawful fur the trustees of the
river Lea, by writing under their common seal, on the ap-
plication of the Metropolitan Board of Works, to consent to
an alteration or variation of the said dimensions or either of
them.
XXXI. It shall be lawful for one of her Majesty's princi-
pal Secretaries of State, at his discretion, on representation
or complaint made to him of any nuisancecoinmitted in exe-
cution of any works, or in deodorising any sewage, or in dis-
posing of any sewage or refuse from sewers, or in any ether
manner under this act, to cause inquiry to be made into the
matter represented or complained of to him, and to direct
such prosecution or prosecutions, or to take such other pro
ceedings as he may think fit, is order to ensure the preven-
tion or abatement of such nuisance as aforesaid.
XXXII. In the construction of this act the expression
" deod Jise" shall be deemed to include any process where-
by the solid suspended maters in sewaee may be precipi-
tated or separated from the liquid before the discharge
thereof, or whereby the noxious or offensive properties of
sewage may be neutralised; and the expression " sewage"
shall mean and include the contents of the sewers before the
employment of such process..

Lytham life-boat, which belongs to the institution, for put-
ting off in her with the view of rescuing the crew of the
schooner Mineral, of Barrow, which during a heavy gale of
wind was wrecked off Southport on the 25th ult. Fortu-
nately her crew, who had been all night in the rigging, bad
been previettsly rescued by the Southport lite-boat.
A reward of £6 was likewise granted to a boat's crew of
six men, for putting offand rescuing, at considerable risk ef
life, three out of five persons, whose curragh, during
squally weather, bad been capsized off the coast of Donegal.
The curragh was engaged at the time in taking the men
across an arm of the sea, when a sudden squall came on
and capsized her. Two of the men were unfortunately
drowned before succour could renzh them, but the two
others were saved from a similar fate by the promptitude and
gallantry of the koat's crew.
A reward of £6 10v. was also voted to the crew of the
tubular lifeboat of the institution stationed at Rhyl, for
putting oil in her with the view.of rendering nssistance to a
smack which was observed to have sunk some distance from
the station, nod to have her crew of two old men in the
rigging. The lifeboat was with much promptitude launched,
and proceeded to the wreck, but before her arrival the
so ack's crew had been taken off by another boat.
A rewind of £2 was likewise granted to Alexander Flett,
a fisherman, in testimony of his gallant conduct in rescuing,
at the peril of his own life, a boy, who with his father and
another man,
had been upset from their fishing-boat during
a gale of wind, off Findectity, on the coast of Banff. It
appeared that they had been out all day in a small boat
fisSing. They core returning to the sho r under sail when
stegmllapitled"pset the boat. One man swam ashore,
ta do so, but uutim tunately sunk to rise
n
(id a thirir, a boy 10 years of age, clung to the
baanoo mutasot.h:edrreen aR
Alexandert Flat, having observed the accident, ran
nearly a mile till he came opposite the drifted boat. Ile
then undressed himself and swam eff to it.
The meeting decided to 'sting into connection with the In•
stitution the three life-boats under the superintendence of
she Tees Bay Life Boat Society. Local life-boat commitdees
derive considerable advantages by connecting themselves
with the national institution, inasmuch as the efficiency of
each life•boat station is secural, and a uniform system of
management established.
Acknowledgments were read from the Duke of Malakoff
and other foreign Ministers for drawings which the institu-
tion had presented throui_h them to their respective countries
of the life-boat and transporting carriages now successfully
used by the society on the coast of the United Kingdom.
Some intrresting reports were also reed from the Bou-
lognewhich a tnhde ourDidkir i kc
-iofep.ebr°aßtito nan ofd St p
he Nw raetci
oknSa
locLi eitfiee-sb,
Life-boat
Institution of Great Britain was acknowledged. The de-
signer and inspector of its life-boats had acme time since
visited both societies, which had given them a hearty recep-
tion, and which bad decided that some of their life-boats
should forthwith be altered to Mr. Penke's plan. Additional
good life-boats are much needed on the French coact, where,

Mr. Henry F. Stephenson, who arrived recently
with the Earl of Fife, at Duff House, died there on the
afternoon of Friday last, atter a short illness. Mr. Ste-
phenson was at the dinner of the Banffshire Agricultural
Association on Tuesday last. He continued in his
usual apparently excellent health up to the morning of
Friday. The preceding day and evening he was in
excellent spirits, and retired to rest apparently quite well.
On Friday morning he had an attack of indigestion, for
which he had medical advice, and took the usual reme-
dies. At about half-past two p.m., he was seizes with
pain in the chest, and expired. Disease of the hei.rt was
the directly fatal cause. Mr. Stepheiroa married in
18:26, Lady Mary Keppel, daughter of the late and sister
of the present Earl of Albemarle. By his lady, who survives
him, Mr. Stephenson leaves a family of five eons and five
daughters. He wtis iu his Mk nu.

notwithstanding its great extent, hardly any life-boats are
to be found. Surely such a state of things only requires to
be properly represented to the Emperor of the French.
It was reported that the institution had, during the cur-
rent year, paid nearly £5,000 in founding new life-boat
establishments and maiu•aining others in a state of effi-
ciency. The committee, therefore, earncs•ly appealed for
additional support to enable them to continue successfully
their humane operations, and the proceedings then closed.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—Yes-
terday the admissions on payment were 5,867; do. by season
ticliCtsa 671; total, 6,538.

MURDER OF Two CHILDREN BY THEIR MOTHER.—

Two children have been drowned by their mother at Cle-
vedon, Sornersetshire.—Their dead bodies were washed up
by the tide on the beech in a small bay called the Little
Harp. The eldest child is a girl, abut two years and a ba'f
old, and the other a boy about 12 months. There were
no marks of violence, except a few bruises on their
faces, occasioned by the rolling of the bodies against
the shingle, which is very sharp near the spot. A woman's
bonnet, trimmed with white riband, was also washed on
shore. It appears that the mother surrendered herself at
tho police-office at Flax &Juana, about eight miles from
Bristol, and conre scel her crime. She stated her name to
be Williams, and that she was the wife of a very quiet re-
spectable man, a painter, living at Upper Easton, one of
the suburbs of Bristol. From information gained since,
she lei', Bristol by the 3 o'clock down-train, on Tuesday,
brine ing the two chi:d.en, one in arms, and had been seen
by inany_in the village, but no particular notice ww, taken
of them, neither was there anything to excite suspicion of
anything, unusual. She was seen late in the evening near
‘Fte-herearthissean many per-
st
oh
ne
sb
‘evaectlet
sdoNle' an
jt
gt‘ltere it :is be-
lieved she must have loitered about until between 10 and 12
o'clock, waiting her oppartuni
nedgthee a breeze, and
y (the tide being then about
half ebb), and then deliberately walked near a shelving
rock into the sea with a child mewl] arm, and there drowned
thew ' • at the same time losing her own bonnet, which floated
with the children, and was found with them when washed on
shore. After the commission of the deed she seems to have
made her way by road
towards Bristol, passing through the
villages of Nailsea and Wraxail, where she was remarked
eat ly in the morning bonnetless, her dress thrown over her
head, and her chthes as if saturated with water. According
to report the woman is of intemperate and passionate habits
and her husband a hind and mildly-disposed man. The
bodies of the children were removed to a neighbouring
h)tol for A coronceo inquest.