The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-04 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

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STATISTICS OF THE DISTRICT OF VAUXHALL.

The district of Vauxhall recently separated by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to form a new parish in this town, is in some respects the most remarkable in the diocese.
In size it is above the average of the divisions of the parish by about one-fifth, and while the population of the districts in the parish averages about 7000, and those of the
borough about-5000, the population of this district is 13,000. On the simplest grounds of comparison, therefore, it presents unusual difficulties; and the series of facts brought
to light in the annexed table will astonish our readers. The design is that of the Rev. A. Hume, L.L.D , the minister of the district, who has examined in person all the streets
and courts marked with an asterisk, the others were in general examined by some of the young men at Birkenhead College, except those marked thus f, for which they are
jointly responsible. We have never seen such a statement before ; but it is not likely that many will be at the pains to enter upon such a minute investigation, though it places
the clergyman in such an advantageous position in respect to the knowledge of his people.
It appears by the table that the district embraces 27 streets, and 226 courts connected with these ; and when it is stated that most of the streets are private, i. e., leading
only to the houses that are in them, the nature of the inhabitants will be better understood. No fewer than 152 cellars are inhabited, and in 515 instances morn than one family
occupy each house. There are more than 2300 families belonging to the labouring class, and of these 1383, containing probably 6223 individuals, are supported by casual and
ill-paid labour. There are 76 public-houses, and 51 beer-shops in the district, too many of them spreading immorality in every direction around them. One of the most start-
ling facts in the whole, however, is that there is the awful number of 9099 who attend neither church nor chapel, who use the name of God in blasphemy and impiety,
but who know neither prayer, nor preaching, nor Sabbath bell. Of these 4635 still claim a connexion with the Church, but unless something be done and that speedily, these will
all be sunk in irrecoverable infidelity. Among the members of the church alone, there are 258 bibles wanting, and 325 books of common prayer ; in a large number of cases
there is neither of them in the same family. Of the adult population, 932 parents are unable to read ; and of the juvenile population, there are more than 2000 children of
suitable age to attend school, who attend nn school ! There are 226 cases of sickness in the district, of which 77 are fever cases ' • and, at the present moment, notwithstanding
the numerous removals, to the country, for want of employment, there are still 13,028 of a population !! For these.the Queen has appointed a minister, and the law has pro-
vided a stipend, but there is no church or licensed ehapelry in all the district, and the only dissenting chapel has Wesh services. There is, probably, not in all England such a
lamentable case of destitution.

One is ready to ask what can a single clergyman do among so many ? Our own decided impression is, that the ecclesiastical commissioners did not know what a multitude
they were handing over to the charge of one man. or they would surely have divided it into two. There should be at least three clergymen for all this extent of population, two
of whom could probably find a suitable residence in the district. Where is the Pastoral Aid Society, or others for similar purposes ? Surely, they would help to wipe away
such a disgrace from our town. We have heard that the incumbent proposes to erect a temporary church, capable of containing 600, as soon as he can get a site for it. We do
e, but this really looks like bringing a pail of water to quench a burning house. A church for 600 people, when there are
are to be assisted and instructed. In our opinion there should be church accommodation for 1800 or 2000, and a vigorous
There is not a school in the district except that connected with St. Mary's Roman Catholic chapel, yet there are 2000 waiting
recently, there is still money enough for all these purposes, and spirit to give it. The people of Liverpool, and the public
;s exists ; and, when they know it, we have no doubt that the sympathies of other districts, as well as of this, will be awakened.
ict, on whom the missionary and monetary labours will mainly fall, is not dismayed by the task before him. He has met with
enters, as well as of Churchmen, who are extremely anxious to have a church and schools beside them, before it be too late for
it spoken too, they afforded every facility for the enquiry which has just been completed ; and, in the most immoral localities
adness, or injury of any sort.

not wish to disparage any efforts that may be mad,
9000 to be civilized and christianised, and 4000 me
effort made to implant good habits in the people.
to be educated. Much as the town has suffered
generally, do not suspect that such a state of thing
We are glad to find that the minister of the distri
large numbers both of Roman Catholics and Dissr
themselves and their families. To their credit be
there was not the slightest attempt at insult, unkir

DWELL-
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RELIGIC
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SUPPORT. IRALSI

Labourer

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*Carruthers-st 1 10
*5 courts l4

7 1
9 6
8 14
63 67
22145
35 ;128
26 28

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Chartres-street
*l4 courts ...
'Chisenhale-st..
*36 courts ...

33
137
91
161

210 407
84 430
188 771
160 116
118 14
97 72
25 39
28 9
93 208
146 110
109 40

9 1.. 20 130
2 28 6.. 44 609
5 14 .. go '443
16 30 .. 180.926
27 16 6'.. 40 ,285
1 13 120
8 • • 76 101
20 .. 37 47
.. 31 6
4 9.. 20 1294

*Clement-street
*9 courts

Cockspur-street

3 courts ....
Dickson-street
*Eaton-street
*ll courts ..
*Eccles-street

29
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10 253
30 138
5 4 2.. 4 114
24 2 .. 44 374
63 2 10.. 60 550
66 31 8.. 314 371
23 5 .. .. 68 68
4 7 .. 47 68
34 14
55 12 2
176 280
30 .. .. 4 138 287
. . 14
14 30 22
5 .. .. 62 81
9 .. .. 34 47
28 7 .. 166 96
5 .. 7 47 1140
15 11 7 3 60 305
24 .. .. 79 169
57 .. 11 12 224 170
34 24 .. 10 111 147
I 2 .. .. 44 16

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ADULT
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*7 courts

3
1 9
19 46
25 31

45 85
8 15
8 11
2 6
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JUVENILE

EDUCATION

18 24
41 105
45 76
50 274
42 48
10 26

*Gascoyne-street. 68
*l6 courts .. ,135
Highfield-street 'llO
6 courts
Key-street 2l
2 courts
tLeeds-street
tl3 courts .
M`Viccar-street
2 courts
Milk-street
3 courts
Northampton-st.. 33
10 courts 39
Pall-Mall
14 courts... .
tPlumbe-street
112 courts
Pownall-square ll
3 courts
Prussia-street
6 courts
*Pump-fields 5
Ray-street 42
13 courts
Smithfield-street. 66
12 courts 5l
Tithebarn-street . 28
2 courts
Upper Milk-street 39
8 courts
tVeuxhall-road 54
3 courts
Westmorland-st 5O
11 courts 6O
*Wigan-street
*2 courts 6
Worfield-street
3 courts

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13 74
14 52
20 35
17 9
46 74
79 108

21 38
18 26
6 4 55
14 12 26
9 19 120
24 30 187
8 11 137
1 4 29
1 6 40
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7 10 115 25 90 9
10 16 120 37 83 6
11 15 38 16 22 ..
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5 8 30 11 19 3
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17 22 62 19 43 12
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27 streets
226 courts,
152 cellars,

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419 116
[336 244

51 57
30 74
11 37
301 86
310 81
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8 30
38 100
13 59
77 49
116 59
215 114
148 76
198 116
164 26
17 41
4 90
112 84
145 20

23 16
184 65
268 125
98 262
60 130
78 35
27 48
77 169
95 86
132 80
21 48
189 203
1131 90
8 24
129 13

187
97
123
124
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6 19 2 95 134
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181 204
.. 3 106 106
.. 3 25 105
.. 34 41
.. 119 180
3 .. .. 95 103
30 .. .. 126 123
28 41
.. 15 171 249
6 .. 8 83 171
19 .. .. 14 37
2 .. 65 ,102
.. 24 133

THE TYNE.—The river is crammed with shipping ;
the oldest inhabitant" new saw so many.

Patrick Reid, the Mirfield murderer, will suffer the ex-
treme penalty of the law on Saturday, at York.
On Sunday a beggar died from starvation on the Leeds
and Tadcaster road. -

RETURN OF ESPARTERO TO SPAIN.—The Duke de la
Victoria, with his family, left London on Thursday, on
his return to Spain.
A prize of one hundred guineas has been offered for the
best essay " On the use of Alcoholic Liquors in Health
and Disease."

According to the latest returns of the average price of
Wheat, it appears that on Dec. 24, wheat was eleven shil-
lings and eight pence a quarter lower than at the corre-
sponding period last year.
The Emperor of Russia has presented through Baron
Brunow, the Russian Ambassador, a very superb diamond
ring to Mr. Nasmyth, of Patricroft, the inventor of the
steam hammer and pile-driving machine.
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A PITHY REPLY.—Lord John Russell's reply to the
Dean of Hereford's letter is as follows :—" Sir, I have had
the honor to receive your letter of the 22nd inst., in which
you intimate to me your intention of violating the law."
It is calculated that nearly three tons weight of Leices-
tershire pork pies are made weekly in Melton Mowbray,
and forwarded to London, Liverpool, Manchester, Shef-
field, and other large towns.
The Art Union Journal states that legal proceedings
have been instituted to arrest the progress of art-lotte-
ries ; writs having been issued for penalties in the form of
actions for debt and costs.

An Edinburgh paper states that a woman lately stole a
can of milk, and pawned it for threepence, telling the
pawnbroker that as she wanted threepence, she would
leave the milk in pledge until the cream rose upon it.
Such was the effect produced by Christmas puddings on
the price of suet, in London, that it was sold last week at
rntes varying from is. to is 3d. per pound, while it can
now be purchased at 7d. per pound.
A CONTRAST.-The imports of this country in 1803
were in amount, calculated at the official rates of valua-
tion, £26,622,696, and the exports £28,541,405. In
1845 the imports were £85,281,958, and the exports
£150,877,902.

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110 36
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THE MIRFIELD MURDER.—A reprieve has been sent
for Michael M`Cabe, who was convicted with Patrick
Reid, at the late assizes held at York, of the murder of
Caroline Ellis, at Mirfield. The law is left to take its
course on the convict Reid.
Lord George Bentinck has declined to become a vice-
president of an association for altering the right of repre-
sentation, as he considers " the Reform Bill to have been
a measure calculated to fulfil all the rational wants of the
country for at least half a century from its enactment."

A WHOLESALE BIGAMIST.—It is stated, as a fact, that
an excavator, either at present or recently, working in
the neighbourhood of Sheffield, has thirteen wives living
in various parts of the country ! None of them look
after him, probably because he is not worth following.
The tradesmen of London complain strongly and very
generally that persons who are in no way affected by the
present monetary crisis, most inconsiderately withhold
the payment of their accounts, to the injury and ruin of
many persons.
The two children of a man named Blake, residing in
Golden-lane, London, have been strangled by a woman
with whom their father cohabited. The murder was com-
mitted deliberately, in revenge for Blake having abused
her and cohabited with another woman.
At the anniversary dinner of the Master Ironfounders'
Association, in Glasgow, on Wednesday last, Mr. J. B.
Neilson stated that since the introduction of his hot-blast
process, the quantity of iron yearly made in Scotland had
,sed from 48,000 tons, which it was in 1828, to nearly
) tons.

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68 21 4

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The Queen Dowager is not forgetful of home duties
though so far away. On Christmas-day, nearly a thou-
sand families at Hampton were regaled with beef and
bread by her Majesty's munificence. The royal bounty,
in this and various articles of warm winter clothing, was
distributed by the vicar of the parish.
Mr. Elihu Burritt delivered a lecture in the Town-hall,
Newport, Monmouthshire, on Wednesday last, upon the
philosophy of tabour: It was .tatcd that- +l.l 41mo
last lecture of the sort he would deliver in England. We
should have thought, indeed, that there is too much plain
matter of fact about work to render it susceptible of phi-
losophical disquisition.
ELECTIONS FOR MARRIAGE PORTIONS.—On Monday,
three young women, educated in the schools founded by
Mr. Rainey, the celebrated brewer, in St. George's-in-
the-East, London, were elected to the marriage portions
of £lOO each for good and virtuous conduct since leaving
the establishment. These marriage portions are annu-
ally given by order of the benevolent founder of these
schools. . .

SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—On Christmas eve, the
Duke of Marlborough distributed among the poor of the
parishes surrounding his princely domain, Blenheim Pa-
lace, his annual gift of venison ; 125 prime fat does were
killed and given away among about 600 families, who
each received, on an average, from ten to twelve pounds
of prime meat.
A CONFUSION OF HATS AND PRONOUNS.—A corres-
pondent of the Suffolk Chronicle says that on the break-
ing-up of a tithe-feast at Halesworth, there was a confu-
sion of hats. Next day the following note was received :
—" Mr. T's compliments to Mr. W., and I have got a
hat which is not his—if he he have got a hat which is not
your's, no doubt they are the expected ones."
On Monday, whilst a letter carrier in London was de-
livering letters, at half-past eight in the evening, he was
attacked, whilst in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, (one of the
most public streets) by three women, who threw a sack
over over him and robbed him of 21s. in silver and es-
caped. The money was the harvest of the man's Christ-
mas boxes.

A LUCKY DISCOVERY.—Among the collection of paint-
ings, the property of Mr. John Wilson, of Stratford,
Essex, he has discovered " A Sleeping Venus," executed
by the celebrated Titian. The fortunate owner has sold
it within the last two or three days for five hundred
guineas.
CURIOUS ERRATUM.—A vendor of quack medicines,
who makes a fortune by spending a fortune in advertising,
was surprised to find at the top of his advertisement the
words " The greatest curse of any medicine in the world."
The compositor had only set up curse instead of " cures,"
but it made all the difference.
THE SWEETS OF OFFICE.—The chairman of a railway
board of directors received, during the past week, by way
of presents, among other items, 140 turkeys, 50 geese,
and 56 hares. We understand most of the parcels were
re-directed, and sent among his friends, and, strange to
say, in nine instances out of ten the presents were unin-
tentionally returned.—Essex Standard.
A few days since, while a sawyer at Carmarthen was
sawing an elm tree, he discovered in its centre a bird's
nest, containing the remains of a bird and three eggs, the
shells of which were rather bruised, but otherwise per-
fectly sound. The nest must have remained there for
some years, as but scanty remains of the feathers and
bones of the bird were found.
Loss OF LIFE IN THE NORTH.—The John o' Groat
Journal contains a melancholy catalogue of the loss of
life on the northern coasts during the last month, the
total number being 36 ; namely, in the county of Caith-
ness, 14 ; in Orkney, 14 ; and in Zetland, 8. Of these,
28 were drowned in consequence of the wreck of the
boats in which they were either hands or passengers.
THIRTY-FIVE SHEEP DESTROYED.—The Rev. A.
Packe (brother of Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P.), of Walton-
on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire, has just had a serious loss
by the destruction of thirty-five sheep. On Wednesday
a shepherd went into the meadow, where 40 sheep had been
left the previous evening, when he found eight of the
flock drowned in a brook, and twenty-seven so severely
worried as to render it necessary to kill them on the spot.
It is conjectured that while the sad havoc was being
made amongst the sheep the eight ran precipitately into
the water and thus lost their lives.

Mary Anne Hunt, who was sentenced to death for the
murder of a woman named Stowell, and who was declared
by a jury of matrons not to be enceinte, was on Tuesday
morning delivered of a fine male seven months' child.
The mother and infant are both doing well. It will be
recollected that her sentence was some time since com-
muted to transportation for life.
LORD WILLIAM PAGET OUTLAWED.—The list of per-
sons lately outlawed contains the name of Lord William
Paget, a captain in the royal navy, for whose apprehension
on a charge of ataining money under false pretences a
reward is offered. A letter from the admiralty has been
addressed to Lord William, requiring a satisfactory ex-
planation of the charges preferred, otherwise his name
will not be suffered to remain on the navy list.

The lord mayor of London has published several letters,
showing that some of the parties who are offering to sup-
ply The Times, Herald, kc., at low prices, are swindlers.
They receive the money, supply one or two of the papers
ordered, and never supply another. It also appears that
fellows in London are raising money by pretending that
they are going to bring out a periodical, which periodical
is never destined to see an existence.

1 33 33
2 41 109
13 192 434

WHOLESALE DESERTION OF WIVES AND FAMILIES.
—On Friday the parochial authorities of Saint Luke's,
Chelsea, and Saint Leonard's, Shoreditch, issued de-
scriptions and rewards for the apprehension of 54 men,
charged with deserting their wives and families, leaving
no fewer than 217 individuals a burthen to those parishes.
The men are described as good mechanics, and able to
earn from 255. to 30s. per week.
WELL OF Mns. SAREL.—The Crown will receive be-
tween £70.000 and £BO,OOO from the estate of this widow
lady, Mrs. Louisa Sarel, late of Grove House, Enfield
Highway, Middlesex, and of Henger House, in Cornwall,
who died on the 7th September last, having made her
will in the month of June preceding, but without dis-
posing of her personal estate, and there being no rela-
tives to claim the same.
The Flax-growing Society of Scotland bas now been
formed in Aberdeen. The prospects of the society may be
estimated from the consideration that, of the 17,000 tons
of flax annually imported into the country, 4,500 tons are
landed at Aberdeen, the value being £lBO,OOO. The
freightage of flax along the east coast of Scotland amounts
to £120,000, which would give the home-grown an advan-

tage to £2 an acre.
SINGULAR DEATH OF HUSBAND AND WIFE IN ONE
DAY.—On the 13th instant, at Rudston Walk, near
Newbald, Mr. Daniel Foster, farmer, aged 77, and Fran-
ces, his wife, aged 70, both expired within a very short
time of each other. The latter died about eight o'clock
in the morning, and her husband, on sending for the un-
dertaker, observed, " You may as well take measure for
me at the same time." He died about one o'clock in the
afternoon. .•

An unprecedented surgical operation was successfully
performed in London on Monday, by Mr. Waklev, jun.
on a man who had inhaled chloroform. The operation
consisted in dissecting out the two chief bones of the leg
which formed the inner and outer ankles. The bones
were dissected out in less than six minutes, and the re-
maining portion of the foot having been adjusted in its
new position by a bandage, the patient declared that he
had not felt the slightest pain.
IRISH CRIME.--A barrister on the Northern Circuit
says, in a letter to the Times, that it has been proved
from facts furnished by the Governor of York Castle, that
about 25 per cent. of all the crime committed in York-
shire, and tried at the last winter assizes, was committed
by Irishmen. About 66 per cent. of the crimes of vio-
lence in Yorkshire tried at the York last assizes were
committed. by Irishmen. Of these crimes of violence
eight resulted in death—in murder or manslaughter; and
of these eight crimes, six were committed by Irishmen ;
or 75 per cent. of the murders and manslaughters in
Yorkshire tried last assizes were committed by Irishmen.
He adds, that be has been informed by barristers attend-
ing at the late Liverpool assizes, that the proportion of
Irish crime in Lancashire is much greater, nearly one-
half of the whole offences being committed by Irishmen.

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Jan. 4, 1848,

STAMPS ON BILLS OF EXCHANGE.—A return of the
amount of duties received in the several years between
1810 and 1846 both inclusive, for stamps on bills of ex-
change,lhfBx(liofvBes
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or promissory-notes, and bank-notes, shews that
the largest amount of duty was paid in the year 1818,
when it amounted to £845,749 155., and the smallest in
suinxteydeators
451097,11 9.
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At the inquest on the accident on the York and North
Midland, of the 4th ult., the foreman of the jury declared
a verdict finding all the directors of the company guilty
of manslaughter ! The jury had framed their verdict in-
culpating the directors as guilty of negligence ; and, though
impressed by the coroner as to the informality of the
finding, the foreman persisted in the verdict he had de-
livered in. Ultimately the inquisitions were filled up
" accidental death," and were signed by the whole of the
jury except the foreman.
A painful instance of the uncertainty of lifehas occurred
at the railway station in Bath. The Rev. John Hampden,
rector of Hinton Martel, Dorsetshire, who had been visit-
ing Mr. Caddell, of the Crescent, arrived at the station
about eleven o'clock, a.m., on Wednesday, accompanied
by his lady and Mrs. Caddell, intending to proceed to
Clifton by the train which leaves Bath at that hour.
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a fit terminating fatally after a very short interval.
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A LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS.—Mr. J. Dearden, of Pres-
ton, whose assiduity in collecting remarkable documents
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locality of York will at once recognise the mercer and his
good lady's commands. The following are the terms of
the communication :
" Mrs. Preston will be obliged to Mr. Hudson to send her
per post 2 skeins of purse twist, exactly the colour and size as
the pattern green which was got at his shop the other day.
They had better be enclosed as in a letter.—Moreby Hall,
Thursday night.
" Messrs. Nicholson and Hudson, College-street."
PLAIN ENOUGH, ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.—May-
wood, one of the sanitary reporters on the state of Sheffield,
narrates a conversation which may give some idea of the
carelessness respecting noxious effluvia shown-by many of
the humbler classes. " Do you not perceive an unpleasant
smell from that place behind your house?"—" No, nowt
as I know on. ' What I does not that wet which runs
down your wall smell bad sometimes !"—Sometimes I It
does a bit of a mornin', but nowt to mean aught." "Have
you lived here long ,"—" About sixteen years." "Pretty
good health since you came ?"—" Pretty middling,. consi-
dering." " What family have you had ?"—" Wye had
fourteen childer." " Have they had pretty good health
as well as yourself?"—" Nay, o've buried 'em all but
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tackedstreet, attended her, and administered the usual remedies,
Pope stated, that, from the symptoms of the child, he
form. The Coroner.—Do you mean, when you say'
cholera of a malignant form, the Asiatic cholera. ? Wit-
ness.—Decidedly not, but a malignant form of English
cholera, a disease not at all infectious. The Jury re-
turned a verdict that "The deceased had died from En-
glish cholera."
Mr. Hyde Clarke suggests the application of the electric-
telegraph to musical purposes. He remarks that if a suf-
ficient number of wires were used, a set of chimes might
be as easily rung as two bells—indeed, that the chimes in
York Minster, if there are any, might be rung from Lon-
don as well as York. Where bells are placed in a high
tower, as some carillons or • chimes in Flanders are, he
suggests that they might by telegraph be played with
much more convenience from the bottom of the tower
than at the top. By a proper application of wires, two
organs or two apollonicans, he observes, might be played
at any distance apart, by one performer, thus realizing by
electric telegraph what Professor Wheatstone is said to
contemplate by acoustic telegraph,—conveying musical
sounds and compositions. We may yet, he thinks, have
electrical organs in our churches as well as electrical
clocks in our houses, and worked almost as cheaply.
PEDESTRIANISM.—FOUR-MILE RACE FOR TWENTY-
FIVE SOVS. A-SlDE.—This match for the above-named
sum and distance between the celebrated W. Jackson, the
American Deer, and J. Hayes, of Halshaw Moor, a youth-
ful aspirant, was decided on Wednesday at Peckham. The
course, measuring 648 yards 2 feet in circumference, re-
quired eleven circuits, minus 80 yards, to make the sti-
pulated measure of four miles. For the first two rounds
ARTIFICIAL HATCHING OF CHICKENS.—An invention Jackson led ;in the third and fourth the men,who seemed,
for hatching chickens by artificial heat is exhibited at the especially the Deer, straining every muscle, passed and
Cosmorama rooms in Regent-street, London. The hatch- re-passed each other repeatedly. At this point, having
ing is performed by top contact heat, radiated through a gone rather more than a third of the distance, Hayes,
sheet of vulcanized caoutchouc, over which flows a stream whose stride was truly wonderful, fairly ran away from his
of water of 100 degrees of heat. The rearing of the rival. He continued to increase the interval between
chickens is performed by pipes ; the chickens nestle under them, and finally ran by the goal 200 yards, honest mea-
and between the pipes. There is a continual circulation sure, the phenomenon. Some persons calling to
~f rho owk.saaupho.... of *ha- ....... orlauml-4.1.... -a, ___ 13.1a1a that- ha Karl smother eirenit to finish- th. littla.fallow---
FOOT RACE FOR £lOO A-SIDE.—On Tuesday last, the' ran on, but his time at completing the eleventh turn to
much-talked-of foot race, for £lOO a-side, distance one the winning-post was 21 minutes 8 seconds.
mile, between James Sherdon, of Sheffield, and John FUTURE ELECTIONS OF POOR-LAW GUARDIANS.—The
Tetlow, of Hollingwood, near Manchester, came off on new Commissioners have issued several fresh instructions
the Race-ground, Doncaster. After three false starts to the various parishes and unions. Among these the
they both went off at a rattling pace, Sherdon taking a election of guardians is in future to take place between
slight lead, which he gradually increased with the great- the 15th and 26th of March, and the polling papers are to
est ease, and came in a gallant winner by more than 20 commence being cast up on the 9th of April and succeed-
yards. The race was run in 4 minutes 25 seconds. ing days, while the first meeting is not to take place until
FATAL FIGHT.—On Sunday week, a quarryman named after the 15th of April. In all cases where the per--
Watson, and some others, collected on Lindrick Com- manent pauper obtains medical relief, the guardians
mon, Nottinghamshire. They were afterwards joined by shall once at least in every year cause to be prepared'
a " navvy" named Thomas Kay, whose dog was set to by the clerk or relieving officer a list of all such aged and
fight with Watson's. A dispute arose on the matter, and infirm persons permanently sick or disabled as may. be
Watson and Kay proceeded to strip, and carried on a actually receiving relief, and such list to be furnished from,
combat even after it had become dark. Kay had the time to time to each district medical officer. The clerk 1
worst of it, and died next morning. At the inquest a is twice a year—namely, four weeks at least before the
verdict of manslaughter was returned against Watson, 25th of March and on the 29th of September respectively
who has absconded.. . in each year, to ascertain the cost of the relief of the poor:
TRIUMPH OF ART.—On Wednesday the brig Viscount for the purpose of laying before the overseers the amount
Canning, of 180 tons, new measurement, which was of money that will be required for the relief and mainte•
wrecked and driven on the top of Dymchurch wall, about nance of the poor.—New regulations as to the admission
three weeks ago, while on her voyage from London to the of paupers into the workhouse, hours of work, &c., &c.,
coast of Africa, was at length got off from her position on have been made.
the wall, though her removal was thought a task which FATAL ACCIDENT FROM NAPTHA.—A correspondent
was beyond the power of human art to accomplish. of the John o' Groat Journal, writing from Stromness,
Through extraordinary skill the vessel was launched again gives an account of a singular and fatal accident. It ap-
on Wednesday.—Dover Chronicle. pears that some individuals of the town had commenced
THE LATE HORRIBLE CASE OF HOMICIDE IN GGLASGOW.ntheess; burningand a f o
jar of thatnapth dangerousaintheishop mo shops and
wasof
ih ateusiii,
—Our readers will probably recollect that, in Septemberlast, a woman was discovered in a closet of a house in brought from Leith. On the evening of the 11th ult.:
Glasgow, where she had been immured for many months the persons concerned met, for the purpose of having the
by her husband, George Fay, a shoemaker. The unhappy said article divided ; and, as it was in the dusk of the
creature was in a horrible state of dirt and disease, and evening, they thoughtlessly availedthemselves of alighted
died soon after in the hospital. At the Glasgow assizes, candle, which unfortunately coming in contact with the
on Monday, Fay was indicted for culpable homicide, was gas issuing from the liquid, the contents of the jar in-
found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for life. The stantly exploded. The persons, three in number, were in
only defence made by this detestable being was that his a moment enveloped in flames, from head to foot, and
wife was not in her right mind; that she was a drinker, were seen hurrying hither and thither distractedly. The
and that her habits were dirty. neighbours were of course not backward in affording their
CHRISTMAS BOXES.—The tradesmen of Pembroke aid.; but, from the inflammable nature of the substance:
Dock having determined to abolish the custom of giving the flames could not be extinguished, till nearly every rag
Christmas boxes to their customers, and having had a of clothing on the bodies of the sufferers was consumed,
meeting and issued an address to that effect, a very amu- and their bodies burned in a frightful manner. Mrs,
sing degree of excitement was created. Placards were Dunnet, wife of Mr. •Dunnet, merchant, after enduring
posted up of "No Monopoly !" " Down with Combina- the most excruciating sufferings, expired two days after,
tion !" &c. ; and by public requisition a meeting was Mr. Dunnet, whilst endeavouring to extinguish the ele-
held in the Temperance-hall, a spacious building kindly ments, had his hands and face severely burned, and is not
lent for the purpose, when certain regulations were yet wholly recovered. Miss Inkster, aunt to Mrs. Dennet,
adopted for obtaining groceries and other articles direct also suffered fatally. She was destined to be a long suf-
from Bristol, Liverpool, and London markets. The local ferer, as it was only on Sabbath last that death came 10
paper states that " orders to the amount of £3O were sent her relief.
off this week, and the sum to be transmitted during the Giesy FESTIVAL.—On Tuesday, the annual gathering
ensuing will reach nearly .£100." of the reclaimed and wandering members of the Gyps}
THE KIRTON MURDER.—The inquest was resumed race, took place at Spring-hill House, Southampton, the
yesterday week, when the investigation was brought to a residence of the Rev. James Crabb. This was the nine'
close, the jury returning a verdict of " Wilful murder " teenth anniversary, and though the proceedings at each
against Joseph Travis. The prisoner, it appears, is very successive meeting have varied but little, additional inte'
respectably connected. His father is a farmer, but the rest has been manifested, year by year, in the condition
prisoner himself is a joiner and cabinet-maker, and only and welfare of this interesting section of the hums')
completed his apprenticeship afewmonths ago. Heis about family. The large school-room was filled with a higblY
twenty-four years of age. It appears that for some years respectable assembly of ladies and gentlemen, and th°
past he has led a most dissipated life, and he has acknow- swarthy visitors occupied one end of the room to the%
ledged that he has been addicted to card-playing, and selves. The absence, from severe indisposition of tP,
that he has lost considerable sums of money. It now ap- venerable man through whose labours public ettentiot
pears that deceased had gone to Kirton for the purpose was first awakened to this long-neglected class, was,mucP,
of purchasing some articles at the market, but had un- regretted by all present, and by none more than those'',
fortunately gone to the Red Lion public-house.—Lincoln whom he is so generally and deservedly known as "irlie,
Chronicle. Gipsies' Advocate." Amongst those who were presetP
A man named John Wall, has died at Backwell, near were several clergymen. The proceedings commenced"
Bristol, from the shot of a gun deliberately fired at him usual with singing and prayer, after which the Rev. Yrii
called attention to the
by a youth named Charles Manfield, aged only sixteen. Coney gave a brief addresswGthloyicnthheisginposwiesr,eaanddy
it appears that Wall whilst sitting in his house was by reading a farewell address to them, from.the Revq't;
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Manfield coolly looking through the window, with the and the assembly, retired to the playground,, whilst prep°,
muzzle of a gun inserted in the broken pane. Before he rations were being made in the schoolroom for supplyln°
had time to speak, the gun was again cocked and dis- the gipsies with dinner. After being regaled with a pleei
charged, the contents lodging in Wall's thigh. Had the tiful supply of roast beef, plum pudding, &c., flannel en
gun been discharged, as intended, when first cocked, there clothing were presented to the heads of the families.
_.,,,
is little doubt that Wall would have been shot through ANECDOTE OF D. CHALMERS.—Studious persons eta
the heart. Wall, on finding he was shot, cried " You sometimes surprisingly ignorant how to act on ordine',',
havn't done for me yet," or some words to that effect, occasions. Dr. Chalmers came home one evening of
and Manfield, who was still standing at the window, to horseback, and as neither the man who had the charge ~e
see the effect of his fire, on hearing him speak, took to his horse, nor the key of the stable could be found, '4
his heels. He was, however, captured, and there is little was for some time puzzled where to find a temporoflo
doubt that he intended to kill the man and then rob his residence for the animal. At last he fixed on the garde,i
cottage, as he was a notorious thief, though so young. as the fittest place he could think of for the purpose ; peg
EXPENSE OF USING HARD WATER.—Mr. Wrightson, having led the horse thither, he placed it on the garde,
after pointing out the extreme hardness of the water used walk. When his sister, who had also been from, hoiolif
in Birmingham, has been showing the good people how returned, and was told that the key of the stable col,
much this costs them. He says :—" Taking twelve of not be found, she inquired what had been done with t" i,
Professor Clark's degrees of hardness to be the average of horse ? " I took it to the garden," said the doet° f
the entire quantity of water consumed in Birmingham, "To the garden !", she exclaimed, " then all our liole
and taking 100,000 gallons as the average daily consump- and vegetable beds will be destroyed." " Don't of
tion in washing the person alone—which must certainly afraid of that," said the doctor, " for I took
,partieij
be below the mark, not being four pints to each person (I care to place the horse on the garden walk." ' And Al
believe the population is over 200,000)—as 100,000 gallons you really imagine," rejoined his sister, " that he wale
at sixteen degrees, would require 32,000 gallons, 24,000 remain there ? " " I have no doubt of it," said '0
gallons of soap solution (or its equivalent in soap) would doctor, " for so sagacious an animal as the horse coo,o
be required for the same quantity at twelve degrees, in not but be aware of the propriety of refraining frr:'
order to remove the lime it contains before the detergent injuring the products of the garden. "I am afrawhe
property of the soap can have any effect. Now, this soap said Miss Chalmers, " that you will think less favourok?
solution contains as near as possible about 1k oz. of soap of the discretion of the horse when you have seen 'a
in each gallon, therefore 24,000 gallons=27,ooo oz., or garden." To decide the controversy by an appeal4t,
1 ,6871b5. This for one day's waste, is 615,755 lbs. for the facts, they went to the garden, and found, from 'Ol
year, which, at 4d. per pound, is £10,262 ; no trifling sum ruthless devastation which the trampling and rolling he
to be wasted among the inhabitants of a town in washing the animal had spread over every part of it, that '.,11
the person alone. The further waste in washing linen, natural philosophy of the horse was a subject with whist
&c., must of course he proportionately great, to say the lady was far more accurately acquainted than bill
nothing of the extra wear and tear, for it is well known learned brother. " I never could have imagined," 1,/
how destructive hard water is to linen, notwitlisteuding , the doctor, " that horses were such senseless animals
the copious use of soap and soda, 1 llogg's Weekly Instructor.