The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-14 00:00:00

MARCH 14, 1850

he had a gun in his possession, asked what he was doing
with it? Fie replied he was taking it to a person at
Saltney, which not sati-fying the officers, and being
seen to leave the park, he was told that he must consi-
der himself in custody and give up the gun. He re-
plied he should not do thnt. When the constables at-
tempted to take it from him, two men, apparently the
deceased's companions, rushed out of a plantation and
defended him, saying he should not be taken or his gun.
This led to a violent conflict, and blows were struckby both parties, the officers using the sticks which
they carry about them when on duty. The three men
were knocked down one after another, and even-
tually they were secured and taken into custody.
The deceased was missing for a few moments, but a toll-
collector coming up with a light, he was discovered lying
in a hole. They were than removed to the police station
in the city and locked up. At four o'clock in the morn-
ing deceased was found to be seriously ill in the cell.
At first the constable on duty thought it was a ruse to
escape, but tet a more advanced period of the morning,
Mr. Jones, a surgeon, saw him, and before aiything
could be done fur him ho expired. The temple-bone
was fractured, as if from a blow or fall, and a fl :sv of
blood to the brain was the cause of death. The jury found
that the deceased came by his death in consequence of
a blow from a stick, given by John Hughes in aischargc
of his duty and in his own defence.
EMIGRATION..--PLTMOUTLI, Maacrs 12.—Yester-
day there w a,-; a dinner given t) the ernig, ants who were
about to proceed in the British Sovereign, 500 tons,
Captain Harris, chartered by Messrs. Marshall and
Edridge, e f London, which had put into this poi t t i re-
ceive a portion of her emigrants. The dinner took
place at the Navy IR tel, and was presided over by Mr.
J. 13: Wilcocks, the agent to the Colonial Land and Emi-
gration Commissioner,, and the proceedings were of a
very gratifying description. After a series e f toasts had
been proposed, M. Lusignan, one of the cabin passen-
gers, presented an address to the chairman, in which the
passengers expressed their entire satisfaction as regards
the provisions made for their health and happiness dur-
ing the voyage. The chairman, in the course of some
observations he addressed to the meeting, referred to
the ship Aden, about which there had been a great deal
of complaint at Adelaide, and which had, like all the
other ships chartered by Messrs. Marshall and Edridge,
touched at this port on her way down Channel. One of
the complaints made by the emigrants at Adelaide was
that they had had bad provisions on their way down
Channel, and that they had had no fresh provisions
while the ship was in the port cf Plymouth. With re-
gard to the first statement, it was very singular that not
a singe complaint was ever made to him during the time
the ship was lying in this port by any one of the pas-
sengers, and as to the statement that they had bad no
fresh provisions while the ship was in this port, it was
untrue, as he should prove by his tradesmen's bills for
supplies rendered to that ship while she was here. Mr.
Wilcocks further stated that he had full power to order
for all those ships that had been chartered by Messrs
Marshall and Edridge whatever he might deem ne,
cessary.

SHOCKING DEATH.—On Monday afternoon last, a
fearful occurrence, resulting in the death of a child
named Edward Hineson, six ycars of age, son of Jamey
Hinee.on, sawyer, took place at a bone-crushing manu-
factory on the Quay, belonging to Mr. Greens,H. It ap-
pears that the machine is turned by a horse with a long
wooden shaft, which revolvei about four or five feet from

the ground. The mill is managed by a boy, who acts
as " feeder," and a an named Gardner, who has the
superintendence of the building. The latter states that
he left the mill for not more than a minute and a half,
for the purpose of softening the oil which had become
congealed. During this interval, the unfortunate child
had run in, and climbing on a stone, about three feet in
height, to overlook the hopper or grinding process, and
not perceiving the shaft turning round, it struck him on
the head, completely crushing one side of it. He was
picked up in a very mangled state, and conveyed home,
where he lingered only a few hours. Had the child re-
mained on the ground, the shaft would have passed ov.r
him, but the stone just elevated him to the height of its
revolution. An inquest was held on Wednesday, before
Mr. Gardner, at the Custom-house Tavern. It was

stated that the child had been frequently sent out of the
mill before this occurrence. The boy who was charged
with the " feeding " of the machine, the jury did not
think fit to call on account of his youth. A verdict in
accordance with the above facts was returned.
ROYAL LITERARY FUND.—The annual general
meeting of this corporation was held yesterday, at 73,
Great Russell-street, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart.,
M.P., in the chair. There were also present, Sir R. P.
Jodrell, Bart., Sir Henry Ellis, K.H.; Mr. Cabbell,
M.P., Mr. James, Mr. Hawkins, Rev. Dr. Russell, Mr.
Dilke, Mr. Crofton Cruker, Rev. Dr. Croly, Mr. Brocke-
don, Mr. Robert Bell, Mr. Pepye, Dr. Beattie, Mr.
Prior, Mr. Tooke, Mr. Gandy, Mr. Harrison, Mr. KO.
nig, Rev. T. 11. Horne, Mr. Lovell, Mr. Birch, Mr.
Griffin, Rev. Dr. Major, Dr. Fraser, Dr. Forbes, and
other gentlemen connected with literature. The report
of the auditors stated that the sum of 1,325/. had been

distributed during the past year among 41 applicants,
making the total of 37,865/. applied to the relief of dis-
tressed authors, their widows and orphans, since the in-
stitution of the society. The treasurers' report stated
that the permanent fund at present amounts to 20,C00/.;
the fund bequeathed by Mr. Thomas Newton, to 8,1671.;
and that the Newton esta'e, at Whitechapel, produces an
annual rent of 2031. The Marquis of Lansdowne was
re -elected president, the vice-presidents were re-elected,
and also the council, with the addition of Sir George
Thomas Staunton, Bart., Lard Leigh, Sir Frederick
Beilby Watson, and Mr. Charles Baldwin. The general
eommitt,e were re-elected, with the addition cf Mr.
John Newman, Sir R. P. Jodrell, Bart., and Mr. John
Bruce, Mr. John Griffin, Mr. John Murray, and Mr.
John Gough Nichols, were appointed trustees of the
Newton estate. It was announced that the anniversary
dinner is t) take place on the 15th of May, under the
presidency of Mr. Justice Talfourd.
GRAND BALL AND SUPPER AT THE MANSION-
HOUSE. Last night tl e Lord Mayor and Lady
Mayoress gave a splendid ball and supper to the younger
branches of the families of the members of the Court of
Common Council. It was the third ball of the present
mayoralty, and all the arrangements were admirably
adapted t) the occasion. The company, which began:to
assemble at nine o'clock, consisted of between 600 and
700 young persons. Mr. Gilbert officiated as master of
the ceremonies, and Barnard's band struck up soon after
nine with great animation, commencing with country
dances, and introducing, as they proceeded, all the
varieties of " the poetry of motion." At twelve o'clock

supper was announced, and the company ascended to
the old ball-room, which was magnificently fitted up for
the entertainment, in successive parties of 200 each, so
that all chance of confusion in that important part of the
business of the night was completely avoided. It was
quite impossible that greater enjoyment could have been
felt tha❑ was expressed by the delighted young guests,
during the night, at the elegant welcome with which
their presence was hailed. As might be expected, the
dawn appeared before they separated.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT A NAPHTHA MANUFACTORY.
—On Monday evening an explosion and fire occurred
at a naphtha manufactory, belonging to Mr. James Bapty,
manufacturing chemist, New Wortley,and severely injured
four persons, one of whom is since dead, besides doing
considerable damage to property. It appears, that in order
to prevent the nuisance arising from the vapour generated
in the process of making naphtha, Mr. Bapty had a pipe
fixed by which the offensive fumes were conveyed from
the still into a tall chimney; the pipe was defective,

and a new one was order-eel, but had not been got
ready. Meanwhile the old pipe had been repaired, and
all went on safely till about ten minutes before six
o'clock on Monday evening, when, in discharging the
still, a quantity of the gaseons product escaped through
chinks in the pipe, and as the fire, through mistake, had
only been partially extinguished, in an instant a violent
explosion took place, resembling one of fire damp in a coal
mine. The roof of the building was lifted up perpendicu-
larly, one of its sides, adjoining a yard, was driven down, and
when the roof fell the flames were forced out laterally for
several yards, and Mr. Bapty, Mr. John Brook, and
two persons, named Joseph Wrigley and John Wil-
liamson, were completely enveloped in a sheet of fire,
and had to make their way out of it as best they
could. They bad been standing outside the building,
about three or four yards from the door at the side
which was forced down. They were all severely
burnt and scorched, and Mr. Bapty and Mr. Brook
were conveyed to a house a short distance, and
the other two to the infirmary. A larger building, to
which that in which the explosion took place forms a
wing, was also set on fire, and there being on the pre
raises a considerable quantity of highly combustible
material, including about three tons of naphtha, or
asphaltum, which was destroyed by the fire, the
flames raged for a considerable time with great fury,
and it was a full hour before they were extin-
guished. The building was a new one, and we under-
stand that the entire damage will amount to between
400(. and 5001. Neither the building nor the stock is
insured. Mr. Brook, one of the injured parties, expired
on Wednesday morning. He was 49 years of age, and
in independent circumstances ; he formerly kept the
Fountain Inn, Wortley. He had no interest in the
naphtha-manufactury, but was there merely as the friend
of Mr. Bapty.—Leeds Intelligencer.

SECURING A LODGING RENT FREE.—.111 t the po-
lice station of the Gorbals, Glasgow, a female, in great
distress, implored the officer to give her a night's lodg-
ing, which he refused, when she went outside and
so ached the door lamp. The next day she was brought
before the magistrate, who adjudged her sixty days'
confinement, which greatly pleased the poor creature.
DUTIES ON BRICKS.—It appears, from a return
of the duties paid on bricks in the several excise dis-
tricts in the year 1849, that the amount was 448,8261.
VESTRIES AND VESTRY CLERKS.—The Bill pre-
sentede by Mr. Wood, entitled "A Bill tohprcevheunrtchth
Churches.
holding of Vestry and other Meetings
i
provides sectionurch that
upon an application
and for Regulating the Appointment o fVestry Clerks,
has been printed." The first
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pat ish where the
.populationofthe churchwardens
, CoO O
rmLd by a resolution of the vestry, the Poor-law Corn-
mlssioners may grant an order to the effect that the pur-
poses of the whole or any part of this Bill should Le
put in force in that parish. 13y sections 2,3, and 4, all
procetdings of vestry or other meetings held in
churcl e 3 or vestry-rooms, except for ecclesiastical,
charitable, or other purposes approved by the bishop
of the diocese, are proposed to be rendered null and
void, while such meetings held in any other place
within the parish would be considered valid in law.
Sections 5 and 6 provide for the power to purchase and
hold land on the part of the churchwardens and
overseers for the purposes of the proposed Act, and
fur the borrowing a money for the same purposes,
under an order cf. the Poor•law Commissioners when
authorized by a resolution of the vestry. The
7th, Bth, 9th, and 10th sections relate to the appoint.
ment of a vestry•clerk to transact the business of the
parish. It is proposed that he should be elected by a
meeting of the vestry, snd hold his office until removed
by A TOO o such meeting, with the consul Vf the 139er-

law Commissioners, and that he should have the right
to appear before justices of the peace and conduct-pro-
ceedings on the part of the parish, although not an at-
torney or solicitor. His salary would be fixed by the
Poor-levy Commissioners, and chargeable on the poor-
rates. Persons now performing the functions of a vestry-
clerk would cot be affected by the measure, nor would
it exempt or discharge any churchwarden or overseer
from his duty, or oblige him to avail himself of the as-
eistenee of a vestry clerk, unless disposed to do so.
CANNIBALISM.—Our benevolent and humane Mis-
sionary and other Christian societies are continually
exerting themselves to the utmost in sending out into
barbarous places good men as missionaries, to teach the
savages Christianity and to " love one another." With-
out in the least detracting from the praiseworthy inten-
tion of the promoters c f these societies, we would beg to
call their attention to the state of things at home. Wilier
or more uncultivated savages do not exist in any part of
Africa than are to be found within a few miles of cur
own homes. We are led into these remarks in conse-
quence of a case which was heard bcf;re the magistrates
on Tuesday last, which, although it is the first of the
kind that has been brought before the bench, it is only
one among the many similar brutal scenes which are
constantly occurring in other localities around this dis-
trict. A man named William Lae ton summoned Ri-
chard Senior for assaulting him without provocation.
The parties reside at Cumberworth half, and on the
2Gth of January Lawton was in Eerteood'e beer-house,
in that vil!ago. lie had only been there ten minutes
before Senior " clicked" him by the hair of the head,
and shook him violently, before a word had been *poker'
by either of them. He then seized Lawton by the right
cheek with his teeth, and tore his cheek down about four
inches in length ! Not content with this, he bit him se-
verely on the nose! On being questioned by the defend.
ant, Lawton denied ever biting the nose off Joseph
Woodhead's face (brother-in-law of defendant). The
defendant exhibited severe marks of bites on various
parts of his body. The brute was fined 55., and expenses
285., or one month to hard labour. In this case the de-
fendant had been bitten in many places, the complainant
had lost his nose, and a severe laceration of the cheek,
one witness had lost his ear, and others had vatious
wounds from the same brutalizing practice of worrying
each other like so many wolves.—Halifax Guardian.
PURCHASE OF LAND BY THE NATIONAL FREEHOLD
LAND SOCIETY.—This society has concluded its first
purchase in East Surrey. The estate is distant from
London about nine miles, and consists of nearly sixty
acres of very eligible building land, adjoining the Malden
station on the South-Western Railway. It is bounded on
two sides by good roads, on a third side by the railway,
and on the fourth by the estate of the Duke of Cam-
bridge. The terms of the purchase are, we understand,
very favourable to the society, and it is probable that a
largo proportion of the allotments will cost the members
less than 301., including all expenses. It is said that
some of the lots will be set aside for those members who
are prepared to pay for th©m at once, and that the re-
mainder will be offered to the subscribing members in
order to be determined by lot; and the system of drawing
for priority has been so devised that every member will
have exactly his fair proportion of chances with reference
to the length of time for which he has subscribed. The
site is admirably adapted for the erection of small villas,
worth to let from 30/. to 401. per annum, and it is calcu-
lated that the cheapest lots will each be worth from
21. 10s. to 31. a year for building on. Of course, nothing
is known of the political tendencies of individual mem•
bers of this society, but from the general character of
the men who are using this means to acquire the ft an-
chite, it may be confidently assumed that this Malden
estate will in a short time be the means of adding several
hundred votes to the large majority of reformers in East
Surrey.
ROYAL MARINES.—The corps of Royal Marines is
to consist of 102 divisional and 10 artillery companies;
each divisional company to consist of 1 captain, 2 subal-
terns, 5 sergeants, 5 corporals, 3 drummers, and 76
privates; total, 92. Each artillery company to consist
of 1 captain, 4 subalterns, 7 sergeants, 7 corporals, 3
bombardiers, 3 drummers, 125 gunners; total 150:
making the whole establishment 9,384 men; divisional
companies, 1,500; ditto, artillery and staff, 70; total,
10,954 men. The 102 divisional companies to he thus
distributed:—Chatham, Ist division, 25 companies ;
Portsmouth, 2d division, 27 companies, and 10 artillery,
ditto; Plymouth, 3d division, 25 companies; and Wool-
wich, 4th division, 25 companies Royal Marines.
acadamized streets are the worst that possibly can
be made. In such a street the soft absorbent material
becomes soaked with liquid filth, which, putrifying, sends
its noxious exhalations into the atmosphere. Where
there is a great traffic, the read wears so fast as to be
constantly under repair, while, by every indentation of
the surface, and the laying on of loose materials, the
friction is immensely increasd. In wet weather it is
covered with mud, and in dry weather the air is loaded
with the dust 'of the disintegrated stones mingled with
the filth caused by the traffi e producing disease of the
respiratory organs, and rapidly deteriorating food and
clothing in the houses, and the articles exposed for sale
in the neighbouring shops. If to these evils it is added,
that a macadamized road is the most expensive to keep
in repair, and costs four times as much to cleanse as a
paved road, I shall be borne out in saying, that such a
road in a town is an expensive nuisance which should be
done away with as soon as possible.—Builder.
THE CULLODEN MONUMENT. -- The Inverness
Courier says :—" This monument has now progressed
to some height, but the fund receives accessions so
slowly, that the possibility is anticipated of seeing the
monument stuck in a half-finished state, and so left
soon to become a shapeless heap of rubbish, not much
to the credit of that eathusiasm out of which the pro-
p )sal arose."
CONVICTION OF A COFFEEHOUSE KEEPER —Yee-
t rdey, at the Court et Inland Revenue, Emanuel
Nathan, proprietor of a coffee-house, known as the
Waterloo Supper-rooms, No. 7, Jermyn-street, St.
James's, was fined 25/. for retailing spirituous liquors
without being duly licensed.—John J titter, of 21, Hone-
shoe-place, St. Luke's, was convicted in the penalty of
NU for working an illicit still.
POOR RELIEF IN CITIES AND TOWNS.—A Bill
has been brought into the House of Commons, having
for its object to provide for the more equitable distribu-
tion of the charge for the relief of the poor in certain
cities and towns. Its leading provisions are, that unities
of more than one parish, with a population of 20,000
persons, are to be combined for the relief of the poor, and
that warrants of removal and appeals are to be made to
guardians instead cf overseers.

LAMBETH.—The parishioners of Lambeth enter-
tained yesterday, at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, Mr.
Robert Taylor, one of their churchwardens, at a dinner,
on which occasion they presented to that gentleman
three splendid silver salvers, beautifully wrought, as a
testimony of their high regard for the zeal and tin-

wearied assiduity at all times displayed by that gentle-
man for the best interests of the parish, for his success-

ful exertions in recovering the amounts long and justly
due upon the accounts of the parochial officers of 1839-
40, amounting to 2,3501. Ils. 2d., and for his humane
efforts in suggesting and raising a large fund fur the
benefit of the sufferers by cholera in 1849. Mr. John
Hunt, one of the churchwardens, presided on the occa-
sion, and was supported by upwards of 150 of the most
respectable inhabitants of the pariAr.

We learn that Mr. Disraeli's illness is likely to
prevent, for some time, a resumption of his Parliamentary
duties.

PREJUDICE AGAINST CHLOROFORM.—We observe it
stated that chloroform has been employed in Edinburgh,
in from 80,000 to 100,000 cases, without a single acci-
dent or bad effect of any kind traceable to its use. Mr.
Carmichael, a surgeon of that city, commenting on the
fact, says—" Would 80,000 or 100,000 full doses of
opium, or antimony, or Epsom salts, or any other potent
medicine, have been followed with as great impunity?"
Chloroform is now habitually used in Edinburgh in all
kinds of surgical operations, down to tooth-drawing.
It saves many lives which otherwise would sink undor
the nervous shock which is experienced from a severe

operation undergone in a state of consciousness. Such
is the published opinion of the discoverer of its use as
an anaesthetic, the now celebrated D. J. Y. Simpson;
and this opinion has not been gainsaid by any bf the
profession in Edinburgh. At the same time chloroform
has received the sanction and recommendation of the
most authoritative bodies in France and the Unite&
States. Nevertheless, the public of London is almost
wholly denied the vast benefit of this agent, purely
through the prejudices of the profession. This forms a
curious illustration of the condition of medicine and of
the medical mind in the metropolis, but it is not a new
one. Not only is there a distaste amongst scientific men
in England for everything that comes from the north,
but there is a general benightedness in the London me-
dical world. They opposed vaccination while it was em-
braced in the provinces; and to the indelible disgrace of
all concerned, inoculation with small-pox maintained its
ground in a London hospital devoted to the purpose a
quarter of a century after Jenner's discovery. The Lon-
don public should take this matter into their own hands.
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change of 25.55; and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 25.474, it follows that gold is 0.29 per
cult. dearer in Paris than in London. By advicea from
Hamburgh the price of gold is 4364 per mark, which,
at the English Mint price of 31. 17e. 104 d. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.104; and the ex-
change at Ilamburgh on London at short being 13.114,
it follows that gold is 0.46 per cent. dearer in London
than in Hamburgh.

At the Oundle County Court on the 27th ult., the
i p nt was suggested to the Judge whether a plaintiff
could, on the eve of trial, withdraw the action without
paying the hearing f• es: his Honour's attention was
called to the decision of the Judge of the Lincoln
County Com t, reported in the Mercury of the 22d tilt.
Mr. Wing said ho saw no reason to alter the practice cf
his circuit, which was that tho plaintiff could withdraw
the cause without paying the fees of hearing, if in fact
no part of the cause was heard. If the plaintiff did not
appear, the cause was struck out by the words of the
Act. If he did [veal:, and the cause was called on,
and he then chose to withdraw it, he would have to pay
the withdrawal fee to the clerk, and the bailiff's fee
I for calling it on, but no other foes.—Stamford Mercury.