New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-27
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S""hhet general faanct OF lnefeete eSfAotishs
| py tfe Reform Bill would Rot DO disturbed. Up,n
| nt subject Of property qnaliscaion for members
ReItattd ne opinion he hat last year. AMI he haf
tt o,etJ clause u tue ol repeating al the acts
81 &c We ses Of Ann, by which property qualhcs-
.toi .t'e y. qeirto IL sp0ea,ed TO him. also that
OF the oeths tsken the table OF the House
ret Ic' srcA as ous5 Dc consistently maintained
ltls bill, Therefore, proposed 10 alter these osthx
sIc IN ure OF them ee bad no, inherited me vorXs
"oL he true faith Of a Chi sslan -
Ire oil would fuTtner provide that upon A
chsrse o. oiiices held under the Crown, va alton OF
the seat and reelection s6ou d OF he REQUIRED ina
noble o,d sta ed the few sight alterations he con-
| 'smpiated with r.spsct ID Scotland ana ireland.
Although he cid Lot pr pose 10 alter the county
fsI chjse In the later VCuatry, he did propose To
re6ucs that for cities ard torou rs from IS 10 c5
In conclusion, he OBSERVED. that the question Of
faDehse WIS not elsa so,iitec with that Of she in
siruction and educaiion Ct the people, AMI no wac
convinced that, II 10 another SESSION Of Parliament
the House should take into Iteration the means
OF establishing really rational system OF educa-
tcn Il would confer ons OF the greatest blessings
the country could receive.
The Radical members Of the House
we're not pie sed with this bill; and nobody seems
to have embraced it with much artor.
-Sixty-two bodies have been recovered
of those who persisted by the inurdation a, Holm
6rih above fifty were yet missing The folio xinr
are the particulars OF the disaster:
AT the village Of Holmarth, near Huddersfs,i.
a reservoir used for supplying the woolea milf
and number of the dwellings In the ne saborhood
With water, and kno wn the Ho me Reseryoir ON
! THURSDAY morning, February StD, about o'clock
burst with Tremendous roar, and the water rushed
down the valley with ierI'nc fJrce, canyiss away
an immense mill, built of stone, wiIh ali is heavy
machinery, &c, several out-o1ilclngs, two Of
rev buildings az Bolmhith, and pAt OF the village
| OF HiDchcllfc Mills. Nearly all the innsonsns
/ were asleep a. the time, and were swept " con-
sicerahle distance, n1moer o, bodies hasias OSsa
| issen from the river fifteen miles ron the spA
In TIE neightorh0od OF Holnarth, upward Of $ ny
hfelets bodies we been fou.c, and IL IS likely tA1
! MANY more will y o. be discovered shen .he xa.eI
| further subside Ia one ros OF hoEsssswept Ayy
| there we're fny-io1r persons. Homhrh preseas q
scene OF ruin and deSoleior such as MS seldom bt.n
| witrs ssed in this country The number of hves ,.c-
rfctG by the food In the neighooi hood OF io.AE
! is ROW asceItsned 10 be upward OF 100 Add he
damage sustained is estimated at the enornoss san
| OF f60o,000 One family. said to De Nor t20,0n
the day pre- yous to the bursting Of the embi aAmeu
has bee left ptnless, their eniire property having
| been swept away by the devastating celnss which
poured upon IL. EMPLOY meat has been ,nrcaed, az
II were from the working classes OF the district and,
in addition 10 their other calanies, they are threat
enec " it'll distress.
Along the river Holre, spinning and weayng mills
and cottages were entirely inundated or ssept away.
Al Holmebrdge, little further down the river the
church was inundated, the pews being lifted iron
the IL position and thrown tsnsyersely Ia rows across
the aisle the walls inclosing the yard were throsr
down erayestones were torn up, and e0hns and
coTpses ca'ed out OF the graves down the river.
Near the center of HolmfIth. at Upper Bridge. the
Good burst through the Elephant and Castle public
houfe and made complete wreck Of the furniture;
but the inhabitants escaped The battements OF The
bridge were carried away. three-story house adj
JoiIng the bridge, with Its owner Mr.. Hanef Bsy,
tailor, and his wife and Two children were All swept
away. AIR. Bailey atterward rescued, bit his
family preTished.
On the ME ht OF the occurrence 1t is said that up
ward OF fifty people were on the emoankment
watching the result amid the driving storm, Of the
constant influx Of water Had II not been that some
Of these parties rushed down the valley and reused
tie psope from their slumbers, many more lives
would have been sacrificed. The rushing torrent Of
water however, overlook them little hey 0nd the
entrance Of the popuIous TO Tn OF HolmhrA.
-Feargus O'Conner, the Chartist Men,
Der OF Parliament has been sent to prison for seven
days, by Bow st. Police Magistrate, for assautnx
Police Constable. FeaTsus we supposesO be crazy.
"A dispatch is published, which Lord
Granville, the new Foreign Secretary, has addressed
to Foreign Courts, in reference to the Revolutionary
proceedings of refugees in England. He says the
Government CAM expel them, but will restrain
them BY all legal mears and that it would be very
unfair If the Continental governments should modest
honest English travellers because their sxies receive
hospitality In England
The London Times gives the follow.
ing summary of the returns OF p,upsrism:
There never was more important or more graf
flying return than that which comprised In q SIN
gle slip OF paper just published, being summary
OF the expenditure for maintenance and outdoor
relief during the half year ending Michaelmas 1850
and 1851 the total number of psupen IN receipt
OF relief on New Years Day, 1851 and 1882 aud IN
a separate table, the number OF adult aD esodiet
psuptrs, male and female In receipt Of relief at the
two aforementioned dates. The last table, SO far as
regards the rates OF decrease and increais In the
several counties, app ared IN our yesterdays pr
per, and the results are very stirling. For all
the districts OF England and Wales included,
abebodied pauper a. the dates January !, 1850,
1871 and 1852 have been Is T. IA T. and III per cent
VI course, the manufacturing and metropolitan coun-
ties lake the lead IL this decrease but mary Of the
asnenliuTsi counties occupy very respectable
places. In Hsnts the decresse is 400 Dorset, IT'S;
Devon, 1911 Norfolk, 1879, Buckingham, las;
Wits, III Hertford. II 4 Bucks II 3 Northamp-
tor, 10 8; and Ia Suffolk. 81. In Lincolnshire Col
onel slbhr0p will End tbs decrease 81 Ia War
wicksbire Mr. Ne sdegate Will ind 1t 2i6 In Lei
cesiersbre the Marquis Of Cranky will fBd it 2ls;
in Essex, Sir J. Tyre will find it 3 and, In Here
foTdshire. Mr.. Booker viii md 1t 254 In the whos
area included IN the return there were 1910 fewer
adult abebOdied paupeTs IN receipt OF relief the
ist OF January, lo9s, tnsn on tne LIST OF January,
1884, though OF course the population OF the ccun-
Try had increased In the interval
A decisive step toward the rene we'd
search for Sir John Franklin and his companions
has at length been taken, by the appointment Of Sir
Ed EaId Belcher 10 the command OF the Arctic Ex-
pediiio9. II is understood that the nominations
nave McIuceu tapIa!n helleu as the second ID
command ard Captain A'Clintock, and Lieutenant
sherard Oso1rn late Of The Pioneer, to one Of the
t,esm tenders. There has been already sufficient
proof OF the ability, intrsptlty. and perseverance,
OF all these gallant officers, and have, therefore,
every reason to regard their appointment with salts
faction.
1t is to Re hoped also that Captain Penny, 70
whom 4. is owing that tho course Sir John Franklin
must have taken is ~ least discovered, will also
have bis allotted portion Of the great work TO DO
done since II viii appear a lamentabe omission,
a1reSsrcs the object In view, II experience sucn 40
his De dispensed with, and the exclusion would Be
most unjust TO q nan whose services receive no
ether reward His NO vessels, unit for any other
serVlce, are row lying uieess.
M. Theirs has taken mansion IN
Park ST., Grosyenor-squaIe, which is now being IT,
ted Up for his reception.
FRANCE.