The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1875-08-06 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

BOARD. Mr. Sparrow thought,that the ste ;Irainage wax executed on an 'WO The usual fortnightly meeting, of the Wide esb l ury b'ing • eb fore on it would , ; ouniiiisionera to School Board was held at the Public Offices, in the consider wghether the tress Isiieuldl be continued olt Holyhead-road, out Tuesday evening, Mr. Wilson that expensive scale or not. Lloyd in the chair. There were also present the The Chairman moved, and it was seconded ant Rev. S. Bathurst, and Messrs. J. Belcher, J. carried. "That the general drainage rate. under Me Griffiths, and J. linowleo. t2rid Section of the South Staffonlohire Mine The initiates of the last meeting were read and Drainage Act. 117, for one year. from the Mh die or confirmed. August, 1876. shall be assessed and levied upon. all occupiers of mines within the drainage area, after the rate of one penny upon every tea of shad. Ade, limestone, ironstone. fire-clay, clay. coal. Os Ulltr mineral raised, or gotten by suck the drainage area, and that the ...ant theret able by each occupier be assessed upon the basis and in accordance with the provix.iono of the miri Act." Several crones mentioned in the schedule ame ordered to be paid.  A prisoner, while being tried by the Crev,Te police magistrates, on Wednesday, for burglary, attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a piece of broken glass. -The scene was so painful that the clerk of the court fainted. The prisoner stated his intention to destroy himself by some means or other to avoid his , trial.  From the evidence given at the inquest upon ' the young man named Maud, whose body was found on the top of a railway carriage between Huddersfield and Bradley, it would seem that, finding the door of thecarriage locked wken he wanted to enter, deceased dinned on to the roof and was killed while passing under a bridge at Bradley. In a return, issued on Tuesday, of vessels ordered to be surveyed by the Board of Trade ; between August 5, 1873. and June 30. 1875, I the total number reported for survey for alleged defects is stated at 550. Of these 515 were found unseaworthy. There were also 58 I cases of overloading, in all of which the vessels were found to be unseaworthy. The Marquis of Salisbury, replying on Tuesday to a deputation from the Aborigines Protection Society, said he regarded the immigiation of coolie labour to our West Indian colonies as advantageous to all concerned, if conducted under proper regulations. It was the intention of the Government to take steps to remedy the evils arising out of the existing system. The forty-third annual meeting of the British Medical Association, opened in Edinburgh on Tuesday. The members attended a special service in St. Giles's Cathedral, where a sermon was preached by Dr. Lindsay Alexander. The general meeting was held in the Free Church Assembly Hall; Sir R. Chestisou presiding. In the miming the president held a reception, at which 1,500 persons were present. The Registrar-General's returns for the week ending last Saturday shows the number of deaths per thousand to have been :--In Edinburgh, 31; Glasgow, 25; Dublin, 22; Portsmouth. 11; Sunderland, 17; Norwich, 18; Birmingham, 20; Wolverhampton. 21; London, 22; Hull. 24: Oldham, 24; Leeds, 24; Bradford, 24; Sheffield, 25; Manchester, 25; Nottingham, 26 ; Liverpool, 26; Bristol. 28; Salford, 31; Newea,stle-on-Tyne, 32; and Lgcester, 32. Average rate, 23.