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A up
John Pursord, Esq., 7, York. J. Stirling Taylor, Esq ,
I terrace, Regent's-park. l4, Upper Gloucester-place,
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DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL STATISTICS—WiIIiam Farr, Esq.,
General Register Office.
ACTUARY—F. G. P. Neison, Esq.
This Office is provided with very accurately constructed tables,
by which it can assure unsound lives on equitable terms.
Similar tables enable the Society to grant increased annuities on
unsound lives, the amount varying with the particular disease.
Members of consumptive families assured at equitable rates.
Healthy lives are assured on lower terns than at most ether
offices.
The first Life Assurance Society commenced business in 1705,
and the principles of life contingencies, understood at that time to
a very limited extent only, have repeatedly undergone important
changes and improvements; but till the establishment of this So-
ciety in 1841 no attempt had ever been made to assure the lives of
persons who suffer from disease.
The science of statistics has only within a recent period been
successfully applied to the duration and mortality of disease, and
hence tables on the probability of these results could not have been
formed ; and it would evidently have been unsafe and hazardous
for any society to have undertaken the risk of assuring the lives of
persons afflicted with any particular malady. The statistical in-
formation, however, now collected, and in possession of this office,
is of so great an extent as fully to warrant the extension of life
assurance to such cases, and, in fact, to place the application of life
assurance on diseased lives on a more secure basis than even that
on healthy lives.
It is hoped that while kept clearly in view that this Society, in
common with other offices, will assure the lives of healthy persons,
it is as yet the only one established to assure the lives of persons
labouring under disease; and to this latter feature particular atten.
tion is directed.
In the first place, because it opens a larger field for business than
all other offices can have unitedly; and in the
Second place, because that branch of assurance must, from its
own nature, be less hazardous, and its principles rest on a more
permanent foundation.
These are two highly important facts, and we shall enter into an
explanation of each ; and first, as to the prevalence of disease.
The period of life most important to an assurance office is that be-
tween 15-60 years of age, and in the following remarks we refer
exclusively to this period of life.
It will be found that the deaths in the metropolis for the two
years preceding 1842 were, from all causes, 30,518 ; and from
consumption alone, 10,688 • showing that more than one-third of
the total deaths in that period of life takes place from the preva.
lence of a single disease; and If the same inquiry were instituted
with respect to other diseases, such as asthma, dropsy, diseases) f
the head, heart, &c., it would be found that more than one-half
of the whole population would, on medical examination, be refused
admission into an assurance office. If the inquiry be carried to
the principal towns in England, like facts are elicited—ln Bir-
minghim, Liverpool and Manchester, the deaths from all causes,
per annum, are about 5,023, while those from consumption are
1,988, forming considerably more than one.third of the whole. The
same thing will be found to hold good in the large towns In Scot-
land, in six of which the deaths in a given period, from all causes,
amounted to 23,078, those from consumption alone to 6,959, and
from six important diseases, 9,754; in the latter case forming more
than 42 per cent- of the deaths from all causes. On reference to
the returns from the city of Glasgow for 1836-1840 It will be
found that the deaths in that period, from all causes, were 14,107,
from consumption 4,087, and a list of five diseases, 6,423, being
more than 45 per cent. of the deaths from all causes.
The diseases here alluded to are such as exist in general in a
chronic form, frequently for many years prior to death, but which,
en a strict medical examination, would effectually exclude the
persons so affected from the benefits of life assurance ; and since
it thus appears that a majority of the population is included in this
class, the value and importance of the new feature of this society
cannot fail to be justly appreciated.
The second point to be explained is the fact that there is
much less risk in assuring diseased lives. This is a feature of
paramount and vital importance to the interests of this society, and
deserves to be carefully considered.
The real risk incurred in all assurance transactions consists in
the chance to which an office is liable of experiencing a different
degree of mortality from that expected by the tables on which its
caculations are founded. This difference is termed the fluctuation
of mortality, and will be found to be much less among diseased
lives than over the general population, and among selected lives.
The deaths from consumption in the metropolis per annum are
sufficiently near the annual number which takes place in Glasgow,
from all causes, to admit of a comparison, and by reducing the
matter to figures it is found that while the fluctuation per annum
in the latter case is as high as 45 per cent., in the former it is only
9 per cent., or, in other words, the fluctuation of mortality in
consumption was only one-fifth of the other; and in Manchester,
Liverpool, and Birmingham, even with the disadvantage of
smaller numbers, the fluctuation does not exceed , 3 per cent.,
showing a remarkable uniformity in the law which determines the
mortality of this disease, and that it is more positive and absolute
in its results than that which regulates the general population.
Consumption has here been selected, not because it was consi-
dered more favourable in its results, but simply on account of the
larger numbers affbrding a more satisfactory proof of the question
under consideration; but the same test has been applied to a great
number of other diseases, and like results obtained. Among nine
diseases in the metropolis, including asthma, dropsy, rheumatism,
disease of the liver, of the heart, of the nervous system, &c., the
fluctuation was only 71 per cent., and in five diseases in a different
district the fluctuation was about 7 per cent., while among eleven
in another locality, and even with small numbers, the fluctuation
did not exceed 6.2 per cent. ; and taking the principal towns fat
England, including Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds,
Sheffield, &c., the fluctuation over eleven of the more important
diseases was 6•4 per cent.
The remarkable uniformity in these results cannot fail to pro.
duce a conviction of the positive character of the law of mortality
in disease; indeed, there seems to be nothing within the whole
range of the doctrine of probabilities so well defined as the mor.
tality of diseased lives. The mortality of the general population
has frequently been referred to by writers as an example of the cer-
tainty of common events, but the preceding remarks must show with
how much greater certainty the mortality of diseased lives can be
depended on.
It is perhaps right to state, that, in applying the test of
fluctuation to disease, it has not been confined to one place or
class of lives, but has been extended to the principal towns in
England and Scotland, as well as to many rural districts in Eng-
land, and included the experience of one or two large societies of
select lives. This has afforded an opportunity of judging of the
effects of locality and its sanatory condition on the duration of
life, and a remarkable fact has thus been developed, viz.,
that the value of life generally is much greater in the coun.
try districts than in large cities; but that of these persons
who suffer from disease the value of life is nearly the same. As
an example of this—the expectation at the age of 30 in the country
districts is 36.7 years; in cities (viz., Glasgow) 27.6 years—diffe-
rence 33 per cent. nearly; but take the case of persons of that
age in whom the consumptive tendency is developed, and who will
ultimately die of consumption, and their expectation of life in the
counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, will be found to be 14'5,
in cities (Glasgow) 14'4, and in the metropolis, Manchester, Bir-
mingham, 13'9 ; difference 'Ol7 per cent. (or 1.57 per cent.) It
therefore appears that while the difference between country and
town life in the former case is about 33 per cent., that in the latter
instance (consumption) the difference is almost nothing, and the
results nearly uniform. The same thing holds good with some
other diseases, which have been investigated in this manner. This
fact, although not generally understood, is only what might have
been expected by a careful consideration of the conclusion formerly,
arrived at—that the fluctuation of the law of mortality in disease
is confined within a very narrow limit, and consequently little In.
fluenced by external circumstances.
Ithence appears that the fluctuation in the mortality of diseased
lives is much less than among select lives and the population gene.
rally, and therefore the risk of assuring diseased lives must also be
less.

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FRASER'S

To apply this conclusion t• the affairs of an assurance office, it
may be stated, that supposing the number of lives in a society,
taking only select lives, was such that the table of mortality would
indicate 100 deaths per annum, it would be necessary to have
always sufficient funds at immediate command to meet 145 deaths;
on the other hand, an office assuring only diseased lives need not
provide for more than 109 deaths per annum ; that is to say, the
risk of assuring diseased lives is to that of average lives as 9 to 45,
or only one fifth. This fact if highly important to the interests of
this Society, and establishes beyond doubt the safety and correctness
of the principles on which it is founded.
For further information, reference is made to the prospectuses
and other published docum,2nts of the Society, which may be ob-
tained on application at the Society's offices.
F. C. P. NEISON, Actuary.

Yesterday morning a woman named Charlotte Hall, the
wife of -a plasterer, was found dead in bed, at her house in
Church-street, Wimbledon, and from the appearances pre- •
sented by the body, there is too much reason to fear that
she met her death unnaturally, recourse having been had to
strangulation. The husband of the deceased has absconded.
It was well known in the neighbourhood that the deceased
and her husband passed a very quarrelsome time, and the
neighbours have on more than one occasion had to interfere
between them. Me was in the habit of getting drunk, and
deceased occasionally indulged herself. The inmates of the
house where the alleged murder has taken place were the
man Hall and the deceased, and Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith,
sisters, who slept in the next room to deceased and her hus-
band, the child, a little boy, two years of age, sleeping in abed
by himself in Mrs. Hall's room.
On Monday night the man Hall came home very drunk,
and was exceedingly violent in his language, not merely to
his wife, but the other inmates of the house. He went to
work the next morning (Tuesday), and returned about a
quarter to ten o'clock again, in a drunken state. The deceased
was gone to bed, and he proceeded directly up stairs. Words
ensued immediately after he entered the bed-room, and in a
few minutes afterwards Mrs. Brown heard the deceased cry
" Murder." She opened her door, and asked what was the
matter, but received no answer. She shut and locked it, and
got into bed. The cry did not alarm her, as they were in
the constant habit of quarrelling. After that time she heard
nothing more, and fell asleep. About a quarter to five o'clock
yesterday morning Mrs. Brown states that she was
awoke by the man Hall going down stairs. At half-
past eight o'clock yesterday morning the woman Brown went
to the door of the deceased's bed-room to call her up, and,
.having knocked at the door several times without receiving-
any answer, she opened it. The deceased appeared to be in
a sound sleep, but when Mrs. Brown went to the bedside for
the purpose of awakening her she was horror-struck at find-
ing her dead, with her face and neck dreadfully discoloured,
as if she had died in strong convulsions. This person was
too much affrighted to remain longer in the room, and im-
mediately ran for Mrs. Veal, the deceased's sister-in-law,
who lives opposite. Mrs. Veal, after having seen the de
ceased, ran instantly for Dr. Bright, who with his partner,
Mr. Fennell, immediately attended.
Dr. Bright stated that he found the deceased lying on her
right side in the middle of the bed, apparently in a deep
slumber. The bed had not been lain on on either side of her,
nor had the clothes, so far as he could judge, been disar-
ranged. The deceased had her left arm resting on her cheek,
her eyes were closed, and her mouth was only partly open.
There was no distortion of any of the features, but the face
and neck were of a livid appearance. Such appearances
would be produced by strangulation, and also by natural
causes, such as an attack of apoplexy. Dr. Bright thinks
that if the deceased was murdered it was by strangulation,
by means of a pillow placed over her face, and pressed tightly
down, and not by the grasping of or compressing the throat
with the hand. It is extremely probable that the instrument
of death was a pillow, as one was found lying by her side.
Dr. Bright says that he cannot give a decided opinion as to
the cause of death, until he has made a post mortem exami-
nation of the body.
It is a somewhat singular circumstance, that the child who
slept in the room was never heard to cry during the night,
.and was found fast asleep yesterday morning.
A labouring man, named Penner, who lives next door to
deceased, said that, between ten and eleven o'clock on Tues-
day night, he heard her scream " Murder" several times, but
thought nothing of it, as deceased and her husband were
constantly quarrelling.
Sergeant Golding, 13 V, who is the acting inspector for
the district, has been most assiduous in his inquiries amongst
the surrounding neighbourhood, but he has only been enabled
to trace out one person who saw him—a man of the name of
Booth, who states that he met him about five o'clock, near to
the South-Western Railway station. He did not stop there,
however, but turned off into the Mitcham road ; he had his
basket of tools slung to his back. Booth, who knew that
Hall was employed at Garnard-lodge, Putney-park, thought
it a singular circumstance that he should be going in an op-
posite direction, and apparently to work. The presumed
criminal had often spoken of its being his intention to go
to France ; and, it is supposed, that when met by Booth,
he was making his way to the Croydon station of the Dover
Railway.
The most active exertions are being made to trace out the
alleged murderer, and Inspector Pearce, of the Detective, is
especially employed. Information has been forwarded to Mr.
Carter, the coroner.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. MINN

The presentation of the piece of plate subscribed for
by the friends and admirers of Mr. Bunn in his pri-
vate and public career, took place last night, or to
speak more correctly, this morning, in the saloon of
Drury-lane Theatre, after a large company assembled
on the occasion had partaken of an elegant supper pro-
vided for their entertainment.
The chair on this occasion was to have been taken
by Lord Chesterfield, but that nobleman was unfor-
tunately prevented from being present by indisposi-
tion, which was notified to the company by Mr.
Benjamin Bond Cabbell, who took his place after an
apology for his insufficiency to fill the office originally
assigned to the Noble Lord.
The healths of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the
other members of the Royal Family, having been
drunk, aad followed by " God save the Queen" and
an appropriate glee by the vocalists present,
The CHAIRMAN, in a short speech, explained the
object for which the company were convened, and
pronounced a panegyric on Mr. Bunn's character as
the manager of the theatre.
Mr. B. B. CABBELL then presented the piece of
plate, which was placed before him, to Mr. Bunn, ob-
serving that it was but a slight testimony of the re-
spect which he felt, in common with many others,
for his talents and for his exertions in the cause of the
drama.

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MAGAZINE
Price 2s. Gd., contains :
, . Oxford Professors of Poetry—CoPleston and Keble,
2. An Episode of the Times of Philip V. of Spain. Part 11.
3. Of the Red Indian. By Morgan Rattler.
4. The Ferrandiad. A Ditty of Four Days' Doings among the

for JUN

Mighty.
Animal Magnetism and Neurhypnotism.
May Gambols ; or, Titmarsh In the Picture Galleries.
Napoleon and the Poet De Lille.
A Dream. •
The Luck of Barry Lyndon ; a Romance of the Last Century.

The health of Mr. Bunn was then drank with the
honours, after which that gentleman returned thanks
in a very appropriate manner for the honour con-
ferred upon him, and contrasted the success of the
theatre under his management with the failure and
losses sustained by those who assumed the title of
legitimatists. Mr. Bunn having concluded amidst long
and loud cheering, a glee, adapted to the occasion,
was sung; after which several other toasts were
given and drunk, the company keeping up the fes-
tivity till what is termed a late hour. The piece of
plate was manufactured by Messrs. Catchpole and
Williams, of Regent-street, and weighs upwards of
500 ounces. The following is the description of it,
handed to the guests at the supper :
" This testimonial consists of a massive and elabo-
rately chased candelabrum and Epergne united, com-
posed of a column richly ornamented with foliage and
over-shadowing a group of emblematical figures, viz.,
a full-length of Apollo and Sylvan Nymphs, executed
in frosted silver, intended to represent those delight-
ful arts which Mr. Bunn has so successfully pro-
moted. The base, which supports this design, is a
sexagon—the three smaller angles being chased into
scrolls to receive the names of those noblemen and
gentlemen, and members of the theatrical and musical
profession, who are contributors to this testimonial.
The three grand sides of the base consist of bold pan-
nels, in which are engraved the following : in the first
the armorial bearings of Mr. Bunn—the second is a
composition of scrolls and foliage, entwining the
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harbour-master, attended at the
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.jade for the government of the
(or sale in the port of London, his
it necessary to exercise his
Rivet Thames in such a manner-
the manoeuvring upon the part
ants to keep up the price of the
article. The harbour-master, in conformity with his Lord-
ship's orders, presented the following accounts of the dates of
the arrivals of the ships, the number detained in sections, the
number of cargoes sold in the market, and the prices of the
best since the Ist inst.

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"27th of May, on the last market day, three colliers ar-
rived,lo9 sail detained in sections, 32 ships' cargoes sold, and
the price of best coals varying from 245; to 255., or about 345.
per ton to the consumer.
"29th May.—Market-day, 79 sail of colliers detained in
sections unsold. 9 A.M.
" CHARLES ROWLAND, Harbour-master's office,
Greenwich, May 29, 1844.
" HARBOUR SERVICE.—NUMERICAL ORDER.

Entry at Days of
Gravesend. Colliers. Masters. Arrived. Sold. delay.
2,361 Crepinus Watson . 7 April 27 May 50
2,438 Eliza ' Aleldrum -.— 50
,522 Liberia Hudson 11 ' 46
2,571 Filey Rogers ]2 --7. . 45

2,654 Bofdon Clough 23 44
" A further account was added of 10 colliers, which arrived
at Gravesend on the 13th of April, and the cargoes of which
were not sold this morning, being a detention of the captains
and crews for 46 days.
"CHARLES ROWLAND, Harbour-master."
The LORD MAYOR said the account supplied by the har-
bour-master very clearly showed how completely the plan for
keeping up the price of coals, by withholding the sale of the
article, was acted upon by the owners and their agents, who
cared nothing about the bad consequences to the public or to
the crews they employad, so that they succeeded in their ob-
ject of increasing the price. He should meet them with a
plan calculated to defeat their exertions. There were three
market days allowed, and every ship which refused to sell
within the specified time—namely, the duration of the three
market days—should be compelled to move out of the sections
and below Gravesend, altogether out of the mayoralty juris-
diction.

Captain ROWLAND said the ships were presumed to be in
the market the moment they arrived, and their papers were
all regularly given in at the time.
The LORD MAYOR—And yet they refuse to sell unless at
an enormous price, and they detain these poor men without
paying them for the unreasonable period of their detention,
to the serious injury of their families. Of this unfair and
improper conduct I shall certainly do all I can to
prevent the continuance. The colliers shall not make
a warehouse of the Thames. It is quite absurd to suppose
that they would remain forty or fifty days in the ricer with-
out meaning to remunerate themselves for the delay by
drawing upon the public. It is my instruction to 3'ou,
Captain Rowland, to intimate to the captains of all colliers
which come into London, that. if they refuse to sell within
the three market days, they must remove out of the bounds,
of my jurisdiction altogether.

WRECK OF THE RESOLUTIOII.—Captain Rowland,
the harbour-master :of Greenwich, reported to the Lord
Mayor, that according to orders from his Lordship, through
Captain Fisher, he had raised the wreck of the Resolution,
and landed her safely on Bankam's Hard, at Gravesend. On
Saturday last the work was completed, and the Government
stores and lighters returned to the officers at Woolwich dock-
yard. The vessel was loaded with 200 tons of coal, and sank
in the river, about a mile and a half below Tilbury Fort, in
four fathoms water, in February, 1843, directly in the course
of all vessels navigating, both on the flood and ebb against
tide, and on which the Jane Sheriff, Vigilant, Dorset, and
many other vessels, have struck and been injured. His Lord-
ship observed, that the wreck of the Resolution had been re-
moved in a most masterly and satisfactory manner, and he
hoped for the future that all sunken vessels would be weighed
and entirely removed from the navigable water-way, and
not be blown into fragments, injurious to the anchorages and
to the nets of the poor fishermen.

A circular is in private circulation, entittled a
" Proposed Equitable Tax on the Transfer oißeal Property
in place of the Income-tax." The writer estimates the en-
tire property of England at 6,186,000,0001., and proposes
that all real property should be taxed with the probate and
legacy duty. The produce of such duty would, he thinks, be
about 12,000,0001. annually. Were his idea adopted, he says
that Sir Robert Peel might dispense with the income-tax,
and still have a much larger revenue than he has at present.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUADRANT,REGENT- STREET.
—Our readers may have perceived the special constables, or
beadle, in handsome green uniform, in the Quadrant for the
last two months. We are credibly informed that a great deal of
good has been effected by the Quadrant Improvement Society
in removing the outward nuisances that existed in an intole-
rable degree in that beautiful street. The inhabitants themselves
have come forward in a very liberal manner with the means for
effecting so desirable an object. The carriages of the nobility
and gentry can now stop in the Quadrant without the owners
being annoyed by dog-fanciers, flower-girls, &c., and ladies
may now pass up and down the Quadrant without being
shocked at the vicious conduct and disgusting language
that it was hardly possible to avoid seeing and hearing dur-
ing any part of the day. The special constables have autho-
rity to take any one into custody who are found in the
Quadrant using bad language, vending flowers, dogs, and
knives. The Society are determined to remove the owners of
all objectionable businesses in the Quadrant, agreeable to the
tenure of the leases from the Woods and Forests.
ACCIDENT TO THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT.—A ru-
mour reached us yesterday evening that his Grace the Duke
of Beaufort had met with an accident of a nature so serious
as to give 'cause for alarm as to its consequences among his
Grace's numerous personal and political friends. On in-
quiry we learned that while enjoying his usual ride yesterday
afternoon in Hyde-park, his Grace was suddenly thrown
from his horse, and fell upon his head. Though much
stunned and shaken by the fall his Grace was assisted by
the Honourable Captain Forrester, M.P., who witnessed the
accident, into the carriage of Dr. James B. Thompson, who
was passing at the time, and conveyed to his mansion in Ar-
lington-street. His Grace was immediately, as well as sub-
sequently, attended by Dr. Thompson, when it was found
that no serious injury had been sustained. At a late hour
last night the patient, though of course much bruised, was
going on favourably.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT THE ETON MONTEM.—
In consequence of the accidents which have occurred at pre-
vious Montems, from the careless use which had been made
of the swords worn by several of the boys, it has been con-
templated by the authorities to interdict their being used
altogether, or to compel those who furnish them to prbvide
them with wooden blades. Had this salutary precaution
been adopted on Tuesday last, the painful and lamentable
accident to which we are about to refer would have been
avoided. On the morning of the Montem, between 9 and 10
o'clock, two boys, pupils in the establishment of the Rev.
W. L. Elliot, one of the assistant-masters, amused them-
selves by fencing with their dress -swords ; when, •by an
unlucky movement, one of them named Fox, a fine lad about
17 years of age, received the point of the sword of his fellow-
pupil in his right eye. Mr. Chapman, surgeon, of Windsor,
was immediately in attendance, who, from the dangerous
nature of the wound, lost no time in proceeding by Mb rail-
way to London with the sufferer to consult with Mr. Tyrrell,
the eminent surgeon, on the case. We regret to state that
the sight was found to be totally and irrecoverably destroyed.
the sword having completely divided the iris. The unfortu •
nate youth is still suffering the greatest pain ; but it js con-
fidently hoped that the sight of the other eye, which is much
affected, will, through the skilful care and attention of his
medical adviser, Mr. G. Chapman, be preserved. •
ONE LONDON WATERMAN AGAINST A FOUR-
OARED FLEMISH CREW.—The boat-race on Monday between
Robert Newell, of Battle-bridge-stairs, and four Flemish
watermen, with a coxswain, terminated, contrary to general
expectation, in favour of the latter. It will be remembered
that the same parties contended about a month since, when
Newell was declared the winner by a very considerable dis-
tance, but as the opposing party attributed their defeat to the
size of their boat, and were desirous of having another trial,
a match was made for 401. aside. The former race had been
rowed from Ostend to Bruges, a distance of twelve miles, but
on the present occasion the starting and winning posts were
reversed. When Newell could contrive to keep under the
shelter of the land he made good way, but otherwise he was
much tossed about to stand a chance, and ultimately lost by
two minutes, the Flemish crew performing the distance in
one hour and fifty-three minutes. Robert Coombes, the
champion, as before, ran along the towing-path, and kept
pace with his companion, in order to be of assistance to him
at the coming in. Immediately after the race, an English
gentleman offered to back Newell again for 1001. - -but the
offer was not accepted. It is but justice to the Flemish men
to state that they behaved with great kindness to the two
Londoners, and made them a present on their departure.
THE PITMEN'S STRIKB.—We understand that up-
wards of forty men have left the Pitmen's Union, at South
Hetton and Murton Collieries, and that twenty-one men have
done the same at Oakwellgate Colliery. These facts, for
which we have good authority, show that the sensible por-
tion of the pitmen are becoming Convinced of the hopeless-
ness of the present strike : indeed, if the interested leaders in
their pay were put out from amongst them, there cannot be
a doubt that this deluded body of men would immediately
resume their employment, on the liberal terms proposed by
the coal-owners. A proposition has, we learn, emanated
from a gentleman connected with the Legislature of the
country, to bring over Irish labourers, who are found most
ready to exchange sixpence a day, potatoes, and a mud cabin,
for the high wages, comfortable dwellings, and Cheviot
mutton of the oppressed pitmen! Matters have, indeed, gone
so far, that we are informed a positive offer has been made
to bring a large number (from 5,000 to 10,000) of Irish
workmen to Newcastle, the expense of doing which would
be extremely moderate, the steam-boat fare being only 2s. 6d.
per passenger across the Channel, and the workmen would
be landed within five hours' distance of the coal district. We
trust, however, that the coal-owners will not yet have re-
course to this severe alternative, which nothing but extreme
urgency can justify.—Teee Mercury.
Goon RESOLUTION.—We hear that 60 strong #
sense of remorse and self-degradation has been excited ie.
the House of Commons by reflection on its late tergiversation
on the factory question, that a resolution is to be moved, at
its next sitting, to the effect that it be forthwith summoned
before its own bar to answer to itself for bringing itself intc
contempt.—Punch.
FACTS FOR LORD DEVON..--The Tuam Herald of
Monday states that the police, under the command of C
Kearn, Esq., stipendiary magistrate, dispossossed thirteen
wretched families in the village of Clashone and their hold'
ings, and handed over the possession to the landlord, the
Rev. John O'Rocke. The journalist desgribes the scene 53
the most heartrending ever witnessed. The Evening Mat.
announces that the Landlord and Tenant Commission will not
make any report during the present session.