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that I have been relieved at the Derby Union !" , the chief magistrates of a large number of cities and
The notion seemed to tickle his fancy for the moment; towns, is the desire which the Lord Mayor has evinced
and the kind-hearted, confiding governor, no doubt in promoting the intended Exhibition of the Industry of
thought it was a " curious coincidence." However, all Nations:—Aberystwith, Ashton-under-Line, Barn-
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Berwick-upon-Two
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the easy confidence of an unsuspecting man,
the governor sent a boy with the "large builder
from IVhitby," to lead him to the Nag's Head, Buckingham,
Bridgewater,uri Badmin, Brighton, Bristol,
mundsigßoasinto'n (Lnigo'lnßsthiriiye) (Lancashire
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there to refresh tired nature with balmy sleep. Se
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Bat alas ! the ingrate turned upon his benefactor. Cardiff; Carlisle, Carmartho Carnarvogn; Cheltenham,
No sooner had the man of many sorrows gone a con- Ct ester, Chichester, Colchester, Cough ton, Coventry,
venient distance from the workhouse, than he changed Darlington, Dartmouth, Daventry, la a', Derby, De-
his tone, and ordered the boy to leave him. Bent, vonport, Devizes, Doncaster, Dove r, Dudley, Durham,
however, upon a faithful discharge of his duties, the
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boy persisted in " ellowing him the way " to comfort-
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assailed with threats and epithets which cannot•
be repeated to ears polite, and the boy
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returned to the union to astonish his master
with the tidings. Nothing more was heard of the Manchester, Monmouth). Margate, Merthyr TYcriel,
fellow until Friday afternoon, when a man fell as if Newark, Newcastle on-Tyne, Newcastle-under-Lyne,
dead in front of Mr. Hefford's shop in Queen- Newport (Isle of Wight), Newport (Monmouthshire),
street. Many good Samaritans were speedily at- Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Oldham, Oeforo,
tracted to his assistance. He was in a fit ; and Pere tuce, Plymouth, Pontefract, Portsmouth, Preston,
many doubted whether he would ever get out of Rsrusgate, Reeding, Ripon, Rochdale, Rochester, Sal-
it with life. Mr. Webster's boy happened to be
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Pure. With foot fleet as a galloway the boy ran to
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every attention had been bestowed upon the man,
who was kindly conveyed to the house of Mr. Evans, Scotland—Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Greenock,
surgeon, where, on recovering, he was supplied Glasgow, Inverness, Kilmarnock, Kirkcaldy, Paisley,
with coffee, two half-sovereigns, and some silver. Leith, Montrose, Perth, Stirling. Ireland—Belfast,
We understand the impostor was in the act Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Waterford, Wexford, Cole-
of relating his eventful history to his kind rain°, Drogheds.
benefactor, when two policemen entered, and much KILDRICICEN SILVER-LEAD MINING Corereisr.—
to Mr. Evans's surprise " walked him off" to the Yesterday the winding•up of this company's affairs was
police office. Only one half-sovereign could, how- proceeled with before the Master in Chancery Richards.
ever, he found upon him, and it is supposed he According to the petition of Mr. Henry Crockford, of
swallowed the other. On Saturday,Flint, g e-tasted in 1846 to work the Kilbricken mines, near
master builder from Whitby" was taken before the Enuis, county of Clare. The proposed
capital was
Mayor, and be was very properly consigned to 13 0001., in 1,300 shares of 101. each, of which petitioner
three months prison fare, with daily exercise on the had lal allotted to him 650 free shares, the deposit to
tread-wheel. When that period has expired, the Lei- be in two instalments f 51. each, and the company to be
cestershire police will be in readiness to escort hint to conducted on the cost-book system of Cornwall. Soon
Thrumpstone, where he obtained a suit of clothes and after the establishment cf the undertaking it eas discc-
other things in a manner which the law does not re- vered that no company, unless formed for working mines
cognise as legitimate, and. for, which it provides a in Cornwell, could be carried on under the cost-book
fitting recompense.—Derby Reporter. system, and the Court of Stannaries could have fro juris-
diction over a company in Ireland. The calls made a ere
not paid, and the concern became embarrassed. Mr.
Crockford, in his examication, stated that after two
calls had been made the directors found they hal no
pc:leer to enforce them. Was the owner of the mines
and the machinery. After it had been agreed to wind
up the concern, he bought it for 2,2704 there being some
intention of creating the company anew. The property
was more unsalable now than 'editing property in ge-
neral, being in Ireland. Gave to Evans 100 free shares
on stet Ling the company, and to his brother, Frederick
Crockford, sixty. Mr. Wry ghte, and his solicitor Mr. H.
Harris, report that there will be a call of about 1/. per
share to defray outstanding liabilities.
ENGLISH HOMCEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION.—The an-
nual general meeting of the friends and supporters of
the homeopathic system of medicine was held on Tues-
day at the Freemasons' Tavern, Lord Robert Grosvenor,
M.P., in the chair. The Noble Chairman, in addressing
the meeting, stated the objects of it to be to protect
their medical advisers from legal and other sorts of op-
pression; to place the truths t f the system on such a
basis that men would he compelled to examine the facts
they had collected and systematised; and by examina-
tions of medical practitioners, to ascertain and certify to
the public whether homoeopathic practitioners were fit
to discharge their important duties. The means by
which they proposed to accomplish these objects were the
establishment of an hospital on a bread and catholic
basis, with a medical school attached. The association
hal already served its purpose, by keeping the principles
of the system before the public, and by publishing and
distributing the volumes of Mr. Sampson and the
lecture; of Dr. Epps. The report read by the secretary
stated that 1561. 2s. 53. had been collected for the estab-
lishment of en hospital; that the committee had de-
termined not to proceed with that building until 600/.
had been raised; that the pamphlet on the symptoms
and treatment of the cholera had been ex'ensively
sought for, and distributed with good effect; and that
the receipts during the year had been, by Dr. Epps'
lectures 311. 10s.,
.from the "Pearce fund" 1901. 14s ,
and the general account 981. 18s. 101 The Rsv. Mr.
Kennavvay, Mr. Ashurst, Mr. Case, Dr. Epps and other
gentlemen addressed the meeting. The report was
adopted; the committee and office-bearers appoien el;
and a petition to Parliament, praying for compensation
to Mr. Pearce, on account of illegal imprisonment on a
charge of manslaughter ltnt year, during the prevalence
of cholera, was read and approved. After a vote of thanks
to the chairman, the meeting separated.
REDUCTION IN THE ARMY.—The following circular
memorandum, issued from the Horse Guards respecting
the reduction in the army,comes into operation on the3lst
inst.:—The sth, 20th, 36th, 42nd, 44:11, 45th, 56th, 67th,
69th, 76th, and 2d battalion of Rifle Brigade, are to be
converted into regiments of one battalion of 1,000 rank
and file each, wi,h a recruiting depot, similar to regi-
ments serving in India. The 11th, 58th, and 65th Regi-
ments (now serving in New Zealand and Australia), are
to bo reduced to 750 each, and to be thus divided:—
Service companies, 540; depot, 210; total rank and file,
750. I; may be added with regard to the regiments in
New Zealand and Australia to be reduced, the men are
to be discharged on the spot, so as to allow such as desire
it t.) colonise, but such as desire to return home will be
obliged to pay their own passage. The 6th Foot (hi-
therto 1,200 rank and tile), is to be reduced to 750. The
following depots of regiments serving in the colonies are
to be reduced 20 rank and file each—viz., Ist battalion
Ist Foot, 7th, 16th, 19th, 34th, 38th, 54th, 66th, 72d,
73d, 79th, 88th, 95th, and lit battalion Rills Brigade.
The above will give a reduction of 3,680 rank and file.
With respect to officers, the lieutenant-colonels, cap-
tains, and subalterns are to remain in full pay on the
strength of their regiments (en second) until their ser-
vices are actually required; but the quartermasters and
medical officers are t ho placed upon half-pay from the
Ist of April next. The saving to the country by this
reduction will bo about 120,000/. for the present year.
THE EXPLOSION AT HOUNSLOW.—A corre-
spondent at Brighton informs us that the late fatal ex-
plosion at Hounslow was distinctly felt and heard in
Sussex, at a distance from Hounslow of between 50 and
60 miles. At Petarorth, upwards of 40 miles off, three
reports were distinctly heard, and a corresponding num-
ber of shocks were fAt, so that the inhabitants ran out
cf their houses, imagining that they had felt shocks of an
earthquake. At Brighton, Mr. Heslop, a teacher of
languages, while walking near the mansion of Sir Isaac
Lyon Goldsmid, at Hoye, near Brighton, heard a noise
as of distant thunder, but as the sky was clear, he ima-
gined that he must have heard a roar of artillery. It
was then 25 minutes to four by his watch. Mr. Smith,
a gardener and nurseryman at the north part of Brighton,
also distinctly heard the noise. The most conclusive
evidence, however, that the explosion was fslt between
50 and 60 miles from the spot is furnished by the follow-
ing paragraph, copied from the Susses: Advertiser ( f
Tuesday, a paper which was printed and in town before
the news of the explosion reached Lewes:—" Accounts
have reached this office from several persons living in
different parts of Lewes, who depose to having expe-
rienced a slight shock, as if of an earthquake, at about
20 minutes to four o'clock on Monday afternoon. There
was no train passing through the tunnel at that hour.
Moreover, the shock was felt in parts of the town not
affected by the passage of trains. All the persons
alluded to experienced the shock at the same period of
time." From various other places there are similar ac-
counts, all agreeing as to time, but varyirbee a little in
description. Some heard a noise, others felt a shock,
while still ethers both heard and felt the effects of the
explosion.
ST. HELEN'S SAVINGS-BANK.—The trustees of the
St. Helen's savings-bank are preparing to ray a first
dividend cf 6s. Bd. in the pound. It is expected that
there will be funds to pay all legal demands in full; per-
sons who had deposited money beyond the legal amount
can only claim the surplus, if there is any money re-
maining from the property of the Johnsons after the
legal claims ate sctisfied.—Sheffield Times.
JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.
—The anniversary dinner of this charity took place last
night at the London Tavern, and was remarkably well at-
tended. About 250 guests assembled on the occasion,
and the festivities of the evening were presided over by
Sir De Lacy Evans, who was supported by his colleague
in the representation of Westminster, Mr. Lushington,
and other gentlemen. The proceedings differed in no
respect from the usual routine on similar occasions, the
secretary announcing a long list of subscriptions, amount-
ing altogether to a sum of 1,154/. This includes a le-
gacy of 5001., duty free, left by Mrs. Anstey, of George-
street, Hanover-square. By the rules of the institution
its benefits are open to all journeymen tailors incapa-
citated from labour who have subscribed for three years
to the funds. It appears that 101 pensioners have been
placed on the funds of the charity sinco its establishment,
and that 57 aro now enjoying an allowance of 20/. 16s.
a year, with coals, medicine, and medical a'tendance.
The dinner, provided by Mr. Bathe, was excellent, and
the musical and other arrangements were unexception-
able. Mr. Harker was toastmaster.
ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE.—A meeting of the
members of the College of the Freemasons of the Church
(a society • founded for the recovery, maintenance, and
furtherance of the true principles and practice of archi-
tecture) was held on Tuesday evening at the College
House, 10, Carlisle-street, Soho-square. Mr. G. R.
French, grand master, occupied the chair. The object
of the meeting was to propose a series of resolutions in
support of the intended Exposition in 1851, which were
unanimously alopted. The Rev. Mr. Pocock, Mr. 11.
Rogers, Mr. J. W. Archer, and other gentlemen, in sup-
porting the resolution, strongly urged the advantages to
the people of an extended cultivation of the arts, on the
ground that if they could but be "imbued with a tone of
the good and the pure, they would thereby be weaned
from that which wes gross and corrupt." Sir Walter
Jame, Bart., after the passing of the resolutions, read an
able paper "On the use and abuse of the imaginative
faculty with reference to the arts." The meeting then
adjourned.
A POACHER KILLED.—CHESTER, MARCH 12.
A fatal poaching affray occupied the attention of Mr.
Hostage, the city coroner, and a respectable jury, seve-
ral hours yesterday. Owing to the alarming rumours
that had been circulated in repect to tl,e death of the
unfortunate man, the proceedings excited the deepest
interest. Mr. Roberts, a solicitor, attended to watch the
evidence on behalf of the friends of the deceased. It
appeared from the testimony of several witnesses, that
on Wednesday night hist, between eleven and twelve,' a
police-sfficer in the Chester force, named Hughes, ac-
companied by a brother constable, came up with a men
named William Jones, on a road leading from Curzon
r ark, la the outskirts of the city. The constable seeing

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATIIS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED iR

TUE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1550.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases *133
Diseases of Uncertain Seat 50
Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ••• ... 149
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 141
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 33
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... "' ... 171
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... •••
Diseases cf the Kidneys, &C.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, 8.2.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c. •••
Alalformations—
Premature Birth
Atropny- •••
Old Ago •••
Violence. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified

••• ••• 50
••• ••• 15

... ... ... ... ••• 18
... ... ... ... •• • 42

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ...

Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated, spondina Week in the
1841. of 1849. Week.
West Districts... 301,189 . . 151 ... 123
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 168 ... 160
Central Districts 374,199 ... 170 ... 160
East Districts ... 393,067 ••• 255 ... 186
South Districts.. 503,346 ... 303 ... 246

Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,047 ... 875
Malea ••• ••• ... 433
Females ••• ••• ... 442