, 1875-09-03
GREAT BRITAIN.
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| 1Ioapos, Sept 2-lnte!ltgenco was received
th[s.uoon Of a collision In HE Ghnunc. botwccn
lior Na1esty's wa1-yosso1A tho Iron Duke ausl
tho Vanguard, resulting in llla sinking OF tle
| IRtter. No !iSca woro lohk Uotl, kro double.
aero Y iron slips, nrmor-platoi and OF i, OIL tons
| each.
ANOTHER rA1LrnE.
LONDON, Sept. vi 4. m.--E2dwell Il WAtroD
East India merchants. haya failed, Liabilities
entlmatad to be 5i0t,10U.
THE LONDON raL1CR
...... tew loIE Horia,
LONDON. Aug. l9.~-Tho annual report OF sho
commissioner Of Pclro Ut tho Sictrn oii:, y
iaa lust bue1i lsaue<1. Tho Metropolitan rulice,
0f which Jul. Henderson ia tllu lcsd, diucuarges
tue alty Of kheplnH order throughout that Yart
apmnin known NJ l.nIduu. exclusive Of shat
HI'4ll bHs Important 4uaiteE. tho city proper,
Which has II p0lipa Ut i.H uSt. Tia ayaiabll,
stronR1a OF tho Metropolitan Police, ut tho cIu.su
q lahs year, WAS 44a4 man-that il. twsnty-oue
aud y. lai donslublcH. Tlero weso alao a.; ulli-
oorA and 11f1n utnl,loYsl an duty in tho lock-
yards, Ita forca waa i,scteAaeA du1iuK tho
year by thu addition Of Hosenty-six oiileurg
u1.i H,vn; but t.!s addition ucareely kept pacc
WltA sle NraWtll or tI!o MstEppnlis, for during
thp yoar thora worn no less than ~ n!oa as4L SG1
yaiul OF ntW utlcntn anl squares built. TAu
n1nalhr pf new atreota '7aH 11H. md pn t},eul
z 16l Aew lotlsos were eEvstcsl. Duslng tiso laat
t7outY.tive yeara Tho n,etrnpuH has had III icaa
tARii !, ,lBl niles Of nes styeets atinl to iL-an
hTeraRe VI moro than II tlilua q ynar, Tho
Commissioner gayB tl.at 't,ara ttaea INT appear
to he Ruy Immediate prospugt Of n cessation of
gruwtl. nt buildings: tho tantouuy III ratlsr tho
Qttct way" THIS IN rattsr al a'arsniug nta.e-
1net--tor, untaeB it Htu,a glnE,lE, l.outvn HllI
~ tl;no BpraaA over ata thu Hlai,l 1,.l 4ure will
hp nothing lnk rows Of houses fsnm EuHtun
blpRsa to Liverpool. and i!u,u FicLursa 10 Do.
fur.
notwithstanding their lnoroaao III numbers,
tho l3AAhiinutn of tA9nIetrppoila behaved ttenl-
helrcs butter In l374 than ln 1919. No lcaa than
G1lDa Of thaln, Il IL trna, Waro arrossoa by tho
police, and ~. l5a u t&&ea1 were drunk aud dis-
orderly but this waa u dscruaso Of G,l5l p.rsn,Ia
~ compared With tAe prrvialls yeaT. The drunk
aud ulauEJarly persona lectuasad 3GUD, tic yn.
Ernllts Nl"t Suspicious Ferbous diminished Ly
l,2ll, alld tim putty t4 ipvas W 64o The dangers
q tho AlIoots in Lunlpn ara grozt, for tic pu-
l'co durlnl: the yaar tpol 10 tiu l1asptalY 3.t7a
psrHolta "Vla Nnrt pNIEarlu,, frusn Arcplants u
otlIor cPuscs."''. Hut tlip 1tumher If "n,iaanx
people "aa htlll gfeater No loss thar. "9.i95
Of shom 7,lp4 "o.e e!l!Ltea nu.lsr ~ years Of
hgo.' What became Of tlsan wasta sixty
h'1't of them committed suieip, a.573 children
Md d94 adults weta lo.tNd by The police, i, vG4
Nos9 found by thaIr friends ar Voluntarily To-
turned lotlo, aad u adults aud II ehildran ato
hi usiEti lug.
i.onaen. howoynr, growa better rathos than
Vatae: lhera Eers less lnlIctah!o pllspvs1 rou,-
aas.ei ~ It !" IBID than ~ HapY p1eyiouH year
2t4
SUCH el1u!esi i'll 1aIl tAcru wero only III 1885,
~ 1sb1 tAsEs wsso l.1l0 casaa Ut burglary,
hanee- -ospakn.s anl graud laseuily; in 1874 lllura
were oa4y o3a such crimes Wh,Ie robbery mud
esseuaPta toEnb llAYn decreased from lIB tu 1865
10 ntty-sefeA IN la7l. Cul!slde,ing the im-
mense lncteasa iu tho growth If Iordot, Iurinr
t4a !+st ten yuats. this lec1uaso iu cslmo iH ~
maIkshle,
During tho year l2l pesaous wc,e killed in thu
htTecta, beins run over by rAaa1us yciI,cIos. And
A. t3Ga pcITDEs Hsrc injured III tl.a aaulu WAY trha
tr@fo in tho stEegtu, sa5s 81 Eun4!ussanee, i,1-
qtossca ALMOST daily. If 1t w,su not for tic
constant care nf the police thu 4eci,luu,H uo,,iJ
be much mora humorous. TAt iiolboru Dsttict
IL tho Inost fatal, hut y largo proportion of tho
fatal accidents occurred iu thu crowded .l1btrcta
Of stsrnuy. 1vl!ngsuu. aud Chsubs1we!. Trv
apparent morality Of the 1nessopolis Ass boa4
improved by tho Closing of the rcfrehluuons.
houses At mldulKht. aud "the vicinity Ut tho
Asymarast ws4rs q yury di6eront aspect to
that which formerly ohsractasizcl L." 1t il,
howeycr, quite bad enough yek. THO excel
ieuce Of tho police. however, leaaa to carclcss-
ness un tho part Of the cltixeAB, fur "uo lea4
thsn u. 40 doo1a and D,2u7 windows wero found
open bJ the police. and tue occupeta cAlled up
aud TaEaedH Instead of bciug properly ttlauk-
fQl fot thiS cate, tho occlpiers " generally
Wesu ct!fhs 1t bsipg list4rbeu and "tflu noss
!eeelsed acaat thsnks fof tAc'r pains." 1'esllca
lest huu,Ap hoipgH, tho police found TO- 409 ntray
dogs IN tho ssrccts, OF xllcL II 354 we're so4n To
tho uone for Lost aud Starving Dogs, suu Li.o