THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 22, 
the parish consist of a town and liberty, they recommend a 
division between two medical men. ‘Those points applied 
to Alverstoke. Then as to the positive numbers requiring 
relief; 74 had been attended in a day, during the last six 
months. That would give 27,010 cases in a year. These 
at 1d. each would amount to 112/. 10s. The proposal of 
1002. a year would therefore be 12). 10s. below granting 
Id. a day for each case. Now the only way in which any 
medical practitioner could afford to attend the parish poor 
was, by having wealthier patients in the same neighbour- 
hood, who could pay him for his visits to the locality. 
But as no one man could see 74 poor patients in a day and 
also attend a private practice, it would be requisite to 
divide the parish between two. He felt that the sum pro- 
posed was the lowest humanity could allow. There could, 
he said, be no better citizen than the poor man struggling 
with misfortune and striving to keep his children from the 
poor-house. Itis the poor sick man in his garret-—the 
man who has been labouring in your shops or in your 
fields, but whom the visitation of God’s hand has laid on 
a bed of sickness—who is willing to work from morning 
to night, but who is laid up, not by his own neglect or 
fault, but by God’s providence,—it was this man whom 
the meeting had to consider; and he trusted they would 
not be misled into refusing that to which such a man is 
entitled by the law of the land, and by a much higher law 
—the law of Christian charity: And this would be the 
truest economy as well as the best charity. If aman be 
neglected in his sickness, he will be longer in recovery ; 
and it would be miserable economy if you have to keep a 
family for three months because you have beat down from 
three halfpence to three farthings the remuneration to the 
medical man for that which under God’s blessing would 
have recovered the health of the head of that family in a 
shorter period. Besides this, you may lead to a man’s 
death, and you would thns have to keep the family 
because you had stinted the father of that which would 
soon have sent him back to maintain his family. He 
then moved that there should be two medical men, one for 
the town, and one for the liberty of the parish, at a 
salary of 502. each: labours and fractures to be paid for 
extra, according to the rule and scale of the’ Poor-law 
Commissioners. Dr. Quarrier entirely concurred in the 
views and arguments of the Archdeacon, and cordially 
seconded the motion. An amendment was proposed by 
Mr. Hoskins that the 100/. a year should include every 
charge, but after a long discussion it was withdrawn, and 
the motion of Archdeacon Wilberforce was carried. 
Barnsley.—On Friday last, shortly after the miners 
(40 in number) had descended the coal pit at Darley 
Maine, near this town, an explosion of a serious nature 
took place. The alarm was very great, as it was feared 
that a great number of lives must have been sacrificed. 
Fortunately, however, the miners almost entirely escaped 
injury, with the,exception of two, who were so severely 
purnt that one of them has since died. It appears that 
the pit has not been in a working state for some weeks 
past, in consequence of having been filled with water 5 and 
this was the first morning of the colliers resuming their 
Jabour. The accident was occasioned by one of the men 
fastening an open candle against one of the props ; he was 
in the act of taking off his jacket, when the draught of air 
produced by this movement disturbed and ignited the gas 
which had lodged near the top of the pit. 
Bedford.—A woman residing at Wrestlingworth, called 
Sarah Dazely, was recently committed to the county gaol 
on a charge of having murdered her second husband, Wil- 
liam Dazely, by administering arsenic in his food. In 
1 of some cir which have transpired, 
the bodies of her first husband and child were exhumed 
Jast week, and conveyed from Tadlow to Wrestlingworth, 
to undergo a medical examination. By direction of the 
coroner for Bedfordshire, a jury was impannelled to inves- 
tigate the circumstances attending the deaths of the de. 
ceased ; but the inquiry was merely preliminary, very little 
evidence having been adduced, when the inquest was ad- 
journed, to give the surgeons an opportunity of analysing 
the contents of the stomachs. 
Carmarthen.—The local papers state that Rebecca and 
her Daughters are still at work in the lower part of the 
county, notwithstanding the exertions of the authorities 
to discover the parties impli 1 in their p dings. 
About midnight of Friday, Rebecca and a numerous party 
of her daughters proceeded to Pwlltrap, near St. Clear’s, 
and in less than ten minutes there was not a vestige of the 
gate or posts remaining. Rebecca and her children im- 
mediately disappeared, and the London police, who were 
in the neighbourhood at the time, had no intimation of 
what was going forward until their services could be of 
no avail. A second attack was made about 2 a.m. on 
Thursday, on the Prendergast toll-gate, near Haverford- 
west, bya party of about 24 men, who came down in abody 
from the Fishguard road. The first movement on ar riving 
at the toll-gate was to appoint guards at the doors of the 
cottages near the gate, to prevent anybody from coming 
out to interrupt the operations. The mob did net desist 
till they had demolished the gate-posts and signboard to 
splinters; they then told the toll-keeper that they had 
fixed on that night for doing the work because it was 
bright moonlight, which would prevent them injuring 
their hatchets. On leaving they gave a hearty cheer, aud 
carried away a portion of one of the posts in token of their 
triumph. 
Deal.—On Monday afternoon the Goodwin Sands were 
the scene of another shipwreck, that of a fine American 
ship, the Hewes, belonging to New York, and bound for 
Hull. It appears that shortly after one o’clock the ship 
was observed by the Deal boatmen bearing down channel, 
with sails close reefed, the wind blowing a strong gale. 
By the colours flying at her mainmast, she could be dis- 
éeined ag an American trader, apparently running between M.P., Mr. Pusey, M.P., the Mayor, ANY 
six and seven knots an hour. 
about 3 o'clock, just as she had got abreast of Deal, inside 
the Sands, when it commenced snowing heavily. ‘This for 
a time hid the ship from the shore ; but when it cleared in 
the course of an hour, the vessel was discovered on the 
Goodwin Sands, with signals of distress hoisted. Several 
boats were launched to render assistance, and a smack 
belonging to Dover took the crew safely on board their 
|, and safely landed them at Deal. Efforts were 
made to save the ship, but during the night the wind got 
up, causing a heavy sea on the sands, sweeping every 
obstacle before it, and by daylight on the following morn- 
ing the ship had disappeared. 
Kendal.—tt is stated by the local papers, that a Mr. 
Bird is now laying claim to Brougham-Hall and the ad- 
joining property, which, until it came into the possession 
of Lord Brougham, was known by the name of ‘ Bird’s 
Nest.” Mr. Bird is a gentleman from Ashton-under- 
Lyne, who says that he is the direct male descendant of 
the former possessors of Brougham-Hall. Notice had 
been given to the tenants some time previously, that no 
rent should be paid to any person except the claimant. 
Mr. Bird then left the neighbourhood for Ashton, and 
promised, if Lord Brougham took no notice of his pro- 
ceedings, to return and sell up all the property on the 
farm for the rent, which he contends is due to him, as 
the legal heir to the estate, which was entailed, and could 
not be diverted by sale or otherwise from the heir-at-law. 
Melton Mowbray.—The late robbery at the Earl of 
Wilton’s at this place, during the race week, has been dis- 
covered; and a man called Bailey, formerly in his lord- 
ship’s service, has been committed to take his trial for the 
offence. When apprehended at Sutton Bonnington on 
Monday, he had the gold watch and several of the jewels 
in his possession. 
Oxford.—The Rev. Dr. Warneford, Rector of Bour- 
ton-on-the-Hill, and Honorary Canon of Gloucester and 
Bristol, has conveyed by deed, to trustees, an estate in 
the parish of Hellingley, in the county of Sussex, con- 
taining 737a. 7p., called the Broad Estate, and also his 
Impropriate Rectory of the parish of Hellingley, and his 
Manor of Warlington, (altogether yielding a net income 
in fature of 1,1002. per annum,) for promoting the special 
objects of the Radcliffe Lunatic Asylum, and for enabling 
the managers to admit a greater number of patients. Dr. 
Warneford has charged his donation with the annual pay- 
ment of two sums, one not exceeding 50/., as a stipend to 
the Chaplain of the asylum, and the other of 20/. for the 
support of a Sunday-school at Hellingley. In 1813, when 
the undertaking was in its infancy, Dr. Warneford and 
his sister contributed 2002. each towards its support; in 
1826, 300/. each; and in 1838 their donations altogether 
amounted to 7,2502.—On Wednesday, the 12th, an appeal 
came before Mr. Serjeant Manning, the Recorder, at the 
Borough Sessions, in which Mr. Hunt, a parishioner of 
St. Michael’s, was the appellant, and the churchwardens 
and overseers of that parish the respondents. The cir- 
cumstances under which the appeal arose were these :— 
the churchwardens had been directed by the guar E 
of the poor acting under the provisions of the Oxford 
Local Act to rate two colleges; viz., Exeter and Jesus. 
One of the churchwardens, however, being the cook, and 
the other an officer to the colleges, they went to the Prin- 
cipals and Fellows, and asked if the rating would be 
agreeable to them, and if the rate should be passed by the 
justices, as the guardians had directed. The heads of the 
colleges objected to the proposition, and they were omitted 
from the rate. The appellant therefore contended, through 
his counsel, that he had been overrated, inasmuch as Je- 
sus and Exeter Colleges had been excluded from the rate, 
or greatly underrated. ‘The college authorities now pul 
in various papers, stating the grounds on which they con- 
sidered that the Recorder had no jurisdiction; the case, 
notwithstanding, was proceeded with, and the rate was 
amended in accordance with the evidence. An application 
was made on behalf of the appellant for costs against the 
respondents, which the Recorder granted, and directed 
the Town-clerk to tax the same. The sum of 3041. 4s. 
was ultimately ordered by the court to be paid on ac- 
count ; and this will come out of the pockets of the church- 
wardens, unless they are indemnified by the University. 
It is expected that upon a distress being issued against 
the college property, to enforce the rate, some important 
proceedings will ensue, 
Tunbridge. —The inhabitants of Tunbridge were 
alarmed on Friday, the 7th inst., by hearing a loud report, 
which was soon known to have been caused by the explo- 
sion of the gunpowder mills belonging to Mr. Burton, near 
this town. It appears that one of a double mill exploded 
at that time, and on the following morning, about 7 
o’clock, the other mill exploded. No lives were lost, 
nor any serious mischief done, except the destruction of 
the mills. 
Wallingford.—On Thursday afternoon the dinner of 
the agriculturists of Wallingford and the neighbourhood, 
which has excited some interest in the county of Berks 
for some days past, took place in this town. The recent 
county meeting held at Aylesbury had given a great 1m- 
pulse to the agriculturists, and it being well understood 
that the object of the present dinner was to gather the 
opinion of the agriculturists in the district upon the sub- 
ject of the Corn Law, the attendance was more than usu- 
ally numerous. The Town-hall was completely filled, as 
were also some of the adjoining rooms; an any of 
the visitors, being unable to procure accommodation, were 
compelled to dine at neighbouring inns, and were admitted 
after dinner was over. The member for the Borough, 
Mr. Blackstone, was in the chair, supported by Earl 
Stanhope, Viscount Barrington, Mr. Bailie Cochrane, 
. Dick, M.P. 
Nothing occurred until | H. Willoughby, Bart., and many other supporters of full 
protection to agriculture. About 120 persons sat down 
to dinner, and several speeches were delivered, but the 
length to which the proceedings extended renders it im- 
possible for us to give an abstract. The meeting is said 
to have been the largest which has taken place for many 
years in this district of Berkshire. 
Windsor.—For a long time past the defective state of 
the drainage of Windsor has frequently occupied the atten~ 
tion of the local authorities, and also of the Commissioners 
of Woods and Forests, in order that some plan might be 
carried into effect to remedy the existing evils, of which 
her Majesty, during the residence of the Court at Windsor, 
has had just cause to complain. In the immediate vicinity 
of the town are several stagnant pools and extensive 
ditches (not unfrequently filled with dead dogs and other 
animals,) which emit their noxious exhalations around 
some of the most populous portions of the neighbourhood, 
to the serious injury of the health and comfort of the in- 
habitants. At a late meeting of the town council, a com- 
mittee was appointed to inquire into the subject, and to 
report accordingly. Ata meeting of the council, held a 
few days ago, Mr. Bedborough, an extensive builder of 
Windsor, stated that he had been requested by that com- 
mittee to employ a competent professional person to sur- 
vey the town, and report thereon ; but, finding that the 
expense of doing so would be considerable, he thought 
it best to engage persons in his own employ, and then to 
make a report, which report would have been presented 
had he not ascertained that Government would send down 
their own engineers to survey the Crown property; and 
he thought it, therefore, better to defer his report until 
the nature of the steps the Government intended to pur- 
sue could be ascertained. The Commissioners of Woods 
and Forests having obtained an order from the Lords of 
the Treasury for the employment of surveyors, have de- 
termined that the necessary survey shall take place and be 
concluded at the earliest possible period ; and Captain 
Tucker, of the Royal Engineers (in pursuance of the 
Treasury minute,) with Serjeant Smith, and a party of the 
Royal Sappers and Miners under his command, has ar- 
rived at Windsor and commenced operations. ‘Their 
general instructions are, to prepare a map upon a large 
scale, with level lines, as a basis for an improved system 
of drainage for the Castle and town. In order to obtain. 
sirable information, it is expected that the time to 
be occupied by the survey will necessarily extend over a 
period of between one and two months. The result of 
this survey will, no doubt, cause seme exte F 
tions to be effected by the Woods and Forests, 
the local authorities, so as to add materially to th 
fort and convenience of the Royal inmates of the Castle, 
and to the-improvement of the general healt: and pros- 
perity of the town. 
York.—A short time since we copied a paragraph from 
the local papers, stating that Mrs. Wood, the vocalist, 
formerly Miss Paton, had retired into a convent near 
York. The Wakefield Gavelte announced last week that 
they were ‘‘ authorized to state, that on Tuesday evening 
residence, at 
and child being greater than her re . 
Railways.—A return to an order of the House of Com- 
mons, on the subject of railway taxation has just been 
printed, and contains some curious details. The return 
embraces a period of ten years, ending th 5th of January 
last. The total amount of tax paid on I sh railways 
in 1832 was only 6392, namely, 18/. by the Leicester and 
Swannington Company, and 6217. by the Liverpool and 
Manchester; whereas, during last year, one company 
alone (the London and Birmingham) paid 25,9401. ; 
another (the Great Western), 25,8041. ; a third (the Grand 
Junction), 13,545/.; and a fourth (the South-Western), 
12,0432, being upwards of 77,0000. from fou® of the prin- 
cipal companies. In 1833 the Liverpool and Manchester 
tax had risen to 5,646/., and in the following year to 
6,2597., between which amount and 8,105/. it has since 
fluctuated, In 1837 we find the Greenwich Railway 
paying 858/., and the Grand Junction and London and 
Birmingham, then appearing for the fir time, the former 
at. 5,0052., and the latter at 1,2822. They have since been 
as high as—Grand Junction (1840), 15,0307, and London 
and Birmingham (1841), 26,227/. The following figures, 
taken from the returns, exhibit a serious falling off in the 
a 
oo 1841. 1842. 
Birmingham and Derby. . . ah 
Birmingham and Gloucester 
Grand Junction “ . 
Liverpool and Manchester 
London and Birmingham 
Midland Counties 9. 
Manchester and Leeds . 
NorthMidiand 4)... 4-.. 983697 9 6, 
Most of the minor companies have suffered in a similar 
way. The diminution in the amount of tax is mainly 
ascribed to the commercial distress of the country during 
the past year. The only lines on which there was an 
increase in the amount of duty paid during the last year 
are these :— 
1841. 
y tern Counties é 1,750L. 
Great Western zs S 21,814 
London and Blackwall 
London and South-Western 
Newcastle and Carlisle 
York and North Midland 
. . . 300 
The returns for Scotland show a similar falling off in 
Jast year. Thus :— 5 
Edinburgh and Dalkeith. 
Garnkirk and Glasgow 
Glasgow and Ayr 
‘he only increase is in the 1840. 
+ + 6131. 
343 
2,765 
841 
1841. 842. 
Glasgow anid Greenock . . . 4040 2,9287, 39,4197 
