July 20,1 



T HE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



Ma jetty bad been pleased to spare bis life on the above 

 conditions. Mr. Keene was also said to have informed 

 Daimas of the determination of the Government relative 

 to his fate, and it was added that the convict was ex- 

 tremely cheerful, and expressed himself satisfied. It is, 

 however, stated by the Ministerial papers that nothing 

 certain is known with respect to the ultimate fate o the 

 convict. It is true that, by order of the Home Secretary, 

 Daimas was removed to the Millbank Penitentiary, and 

 instructions were forwarded to the governor to keep > tne 

 convict for one month, and allow medical men to attend 

 him during that period. On the result of . i month s 

 inquiry and examination will depend whether Daimas is 

 sent to Bethlem, as an insane prisoner, or transported to 

 one of the penal settlement* for life. No order has yet 

 been issued for his transportation. 



The Convict Barber.-Sir J. Graham ha s intima ted 



that he can see no ground whatever "JJ^iTta 

 the conviction of Barber ; and the ship A^ncourt in 

 which the convict and his accomplice, Fletcner, are 

 passengers, is on her way to her destination It is said 

 that, if «ny confirmation of the propriety of the verdict 

 had been considered necessary, that confirmation was 

 furnished in the ingenious struggle to appear an innocent 

 man made by Barber after his condemnation, which 

 showed how impossible it was that so clever a person 

 could have been made the dupe of one so far his interior. 

 The Boy Jones.— k letter from an OfiVer of **•»•&• 

 Warspite, in a Leeds Paper, dated off Gibraltar, loth 

 June, mentions that while cruising between 1 unis and 

 Algiers, the boy Jones, who obtained notoriety some time 

 bade by secreting himself in the private apartments of 

 the Queen at Buckingham Palace, and was afterwards 

 sent to sea in that ship, fell overboard in the night during 

 the first watch. The life-buoy was lowered with the 

 cutters, and on the latter pulling towards the life-buoy, 

 the port-fire of which was blazing away with a steady 

 light, they found no less a person than Master Jones, 

 who was holding on with one hand, and dashing the 

 sparks of the port-fire from his face with the other. As 

 they approached he sung out— 1 ' Here I am, look lively. 

 They quickly succeeded in getting him into one of the 

 boats, the other taking the buoy in tow. \Y hen brought 

 on board he was questioned by the Lieutenant of the 

 Watch, and stated that he had fallen out of the mizen 

 rigging accidentally ; but the ship's crew were of opinion 

 that if it had been a rough night Jones would not 

 have gone overboard at all ; they all thought that he 

 jumped overboard, and that for no other purpose than to 

 see] the life-buoy light burning, and this is m some 

 measure confirmed by the fact of his crving out when 

 falling, " A man overboard," and again when immersed, 

 «• Let go the life-buoy." " However," adds the writer, 

 « he is a singular character, and the thing is not at all 



unlikely." " . . 



St. /Catherine's Docks.— At the half-yearly meeting of 



the St. Katherine Dock Company, held on Tuesday, a 

 dividend of 2\ per cent, was declared. The statement of 

 ships entered inwards for the last six months showed, 

 compared with the same period of last year, an increase 

 of 60 ships, and 6930 tons-the respective numbers 

 being 375 ships and 75,997 tons, and 435 ships and 

 82 927 tons. The goods landed during the same period 

 showed an increase of 424 tons, the deliveries an increase 

 of 1569 tons, and the goods warehoused an increase ot 



354 tons. ,. 



Railway Bridge across the Thames.— According to 

 the Times, another bridge across the metropolitan por- 

 tion of the Thames is proposed. It states that among 

 the speculations of the day is a plan of a metropolitan 

 junction railway, one of the most conspicuous schemes 



ing 



for oike^innifcg minnow for char, or bobbing for morning, on the premi.es of Messrs. W|bon and Co., 



Jh She one dav hooked no less than 26 fine pike. machine makers engineers, &c, m Garden-lane, which, 



P ToUofi -CoLidLbie in the course of an hour, were completely gutted ; and 

 in consequence o" a threatened turn-out of the operative 



Three weeks ago the 

 spinners of Bolton gave notice to their employers that 

 rhev would leave work at the end of a month unless their 



The term of notice 



maenme ma&ei», cugmccia, «v», in udiucu-ianc, wmcb 



in the course of an hour, were completely gutted ; and 

 the fire also communicated with the extensive sizing 



cotton-spinners in the district. 



spini 



they 



wages were advanced ten per cent 



expired on Saturday, and as no satisfactory arrangement 

 had been come to, most of the operatives left work at 

 the time fixed. The consequence is that many ot the 

 mills are now stopped for want of hands, whilst some of 

 the masters have readily complied with the demand ot 

 their workpeople, and agreed to give the advance re- 

 quired Most of these masters have made a condition 

 that, unless the advance be made general, they will come 

 down to the price paid by their neighbours. There are 

 other masters, however, who declare their determination 

 not to give any advance whatever, and in this state things 

 remain at present. The operatives have called an extra- 

 ordinary meeting of delegates from all the mills in Lan- 

 cashire, to be held in Manchester, where it is said some 

 definitive course will be adopted, not only as regards 

 Bolton, but other towns in the manufacturing districts. 



Briqhhm.—kn experiment illustrative of the powers 

 of Captain Warner's invisible shells was to have been 

 exhibited off" Brighton on Saturday morning. An emi- 

 nent shipowner ot London had presented Captain Warner 

 with a stout barque of 300 tons, for the purpose of proving 

 that no ship could chase a vessel furnished with Captain 

 Warner's implements of warfare without herself being 

 certainly destroyed. The experiment was to have been 

 exhibited between noon and 2 p.m., but unfortunately 

 the ship, which left the Downs on Wednesday on her 

 passage for Brighton, was caught by the S.W. wind 

 which suddenly sprung up, and was obliged to put back 

 to the Downs. A large party of noblemen and gentle- 

 men went down to Brighton specially to witness the 

 spectacle, and were much disappointed at its unavoidable 

 postponement. Lords Brougham, Southampton, In- 

 gestre Worsley, John Beresford, Longford ; Captains 

 Dickinson, Henderson, Tracy, R.N., and Messrs. Hutt 

 and Masterman, M.P., &c., were among the visitors. 

 It was however, announced that the experiment will be 

 performed, either in the Downs or off Brighton, in the 

 course of the week, according as weather permits. 



Bury St. Edmunds.— Lord Wodehouse has addressed 

 the following letter to the Editor of the Times, m re- 

 ference to the attack he made on that paper m the 

 House of Lords on Monday week :-" Sir-The remarks 

 which I made in the House of Lords on Monday in re- 

 ference to your Norfolk and Suffolk correspondent were 

 made under a misapprehension of the nature of his state- 

 ments respecting the gentleman alluded to. 1 much re- 

 gret this misconception, and the strong and hasty ex- 

 pressions into which it led me ; and I feel bound to 

 apologise to your correspondent, and to withdraw my 

 observations respecting him. I am Sir, your obedient 

 servant, Wodehouse. Albyns, near Romford, July 1 1. 



Dover.— A melancholy accident happened in Dover 

 Bay on Monday, by the upsetting of a small punt 12 ft. 

 lon<% and of a class not adapted to carry sail. She had 

 been hired by Mrs. Bennett, the wife of Mr. Bennett a 

 woollen manufacturer of Frome, who arrived with his 

 family about a week since for the benefit of their health. 

 On Monday, Mrs. Bennett, with her two daughters and 

 her nephew, Mr. H. Rawlings, went out in the boat for 

 a sail, accompanied by two seamen, who were not, how- 

 ever, licensed boatmen. It appears that the boat was 

 under sail and tacking, about a mile ofT the land, when 

 she was observed to upset, a brisk breeze blowing at the 



junction railway, one of the most conspicuous scneme, ™~- q„ observing the accident, several boats were 

 of which is the formation of a railway bridge across the tune. On owning ^ ^ ^^ 



River Thames at Batter&ea. 



.Fire in the Docks. — Considerable alarm was excited 

 on Saturday morning in the neighbourhood of the \\ est 

 India Docks, by the outbreak of a fire in the forecastle 

 of the barque Hand, 150 tons burden, laden with a cargo 

 of guano. When first discovered it was raging with 

 fearful violence, and before the arrival of assistance, the 

 •destruction of the ship, and ignition of other craft, ap- 

 peared inevitable. Fortunately the fire was prevented 

 from communicating with the rigging, but a quantity ot 

 cordage in the hold having ignited, and the guano being 

 on fire, the stench was almost Stirling, and the duty of the 

 firemen was thereby rendered one of no ordinary diffi- 

 culty. By three o'clock the mastery of the flames was 

 complete, but the forecastle was burned out, and all the 

 contents completely destroyed. It is fortunate that at 

 the time of the outbreak no one was sleeping m the fore- 

 castle, as, from the peculiarly suffocating nature of the 

 cargo during the process of combustion, the disaster 

 might have been attended with loss of l>fe. It is sup- 

 posed that the guano spontaneously ignited, and the cur- 

 rent of air rushing down the forecastle, fanned the 

 -Smouldering materials into a blaze. 



Mortality of the Metropolis.— The following is the 

 number of Deaths registered in the week ending July 

 13th :— West Districts, 113 ; Northern, 170 ; Central, 

 145 ; Eastern, 169; Southern 234 ; Total, 831. Weekly 

 average for the last five years, 946. 



IBrobiiuial Xctos. 



*~ Ambleside.— The company at the Lakes during the last 

 few weeks has been very numerous. The inns at Bow- 

 ness, Ambleside, Low Wood, and the Ferry, have been 

 crowded, as well as the different lodging-houses, and 

 amoDg the company are many distinguished visitors. 

 Amongst the anglers to be seen on Windermere, is a 

 lady who is busily engaged from morning till night troll- 



immediately launched from the beach ; but before they 

 could get out, a fishing-smack that was about half-a-mile 

 to windward bore down, and sent her boat to the spot. 

 The fishermen picked up Mrs. Bennett and the two 

 men ; but the gentleman and the two young ladies had 

 disappeared. The boatmen saved themselves by swim- 

 ming, and it is supposed that Mrs. Bennett's clothes 

 kept her above water. Mrs. Bennett was brought on 

 shore almost lifeless, but was placed in a warm bath ; 

 and by the application of the means recommended by the 

 Humane Society was fortunately recovered. Mr. Ben- 

 nett had gone to Folkstone, and did not hear of the acci- 

 dent until his return. The bodies of the youngest daugh- 

 ter and of Mr. Rawlings have been found. 



Liverpool.— S\x W. Stanley, of Hooton-hall, having 

 recently erected a new hotel at Eastham Ferry, on the 

 Cheshire side of the Mersey, a regatta was got up to 

 give eclat to the new establishment. This regatta (con- 

 >is.ting of sailing-matches, boat-races, and the usual 

 varieties of such diversions) came off on Tuesday. The 

 sports were scarcely at their height, when an accident 

 occurred which threw a damp on all the subsequent pro- 

 ceedings. Three light boats started to compete for one 

 of the prizes, and two of them having pulled round the 

 flag- vessel, the other followed at some distance ; but the 

 water was too Tough to render it safe for so fragile a 

 craft to be thrown into the trough of a sea, and the 

 danger was rendered more imminent by the fact that a 

 youth about 14 years of age, the son of Mr. Brown, late 

 Mayor of Chester, was steersman. The result was 

 disastrous in the extreme ; the boat swamped, and all on 

 board, five in number, were in the next instant struggling 

 in the water. The Eastham Ferry steamer promptly 

 stood towards them, and picked up four persons in an 

 exhausted state ; but Master Brown, the helmsman, sank 

 before he could be reached, and the body has not yet 

 been recovered. 



Salford. — An extensive fire broke out on Sunday 



works of Messrs. Lavino and Co., with which there was 

 a communication by a wooden stage across the street, 

 and which were speedily levelled with the ground. Tae 

 loss of property is stated to exceed 10,000/., the principal 

 part of which is covered by insurances. Several cottages 

 of poor people in the neighbourhood were also injured. 



Windsor. — On Friday afternoon a fire broke out in 

 the new houses nearly completed in Upton Park. The 

 military immediately turned out with their engine, and 

 were preceded by several others ; but by the time the 

 first engine arrived the fire had taken such hold that *he 

 flames could not be subdued until the buildings, three in 

 number, were completely gutted. The houses were in a 

 state of completion, on the left of the road leading from 

 Slough, in a picturesque spot, commanding a fine view 

 of the Castle. It appears that the workmen were 

 engaged in dressing the flooring boards of the houses, 

 and it is conjectured that the fire in one of the rooms 

 communicated with the shavings, where nearly 2000/. 

 worth of materials were being seasoned for finishing 

 the buildings, the whole of which, with the carpenters' 

 tools, were consumed. The property is insured. 



Railways. The following are the returns for the past 



wee k . Birmingham and Gloucester, 2836/. ; Eastern 



Counties, 4775/. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow. 2296/. ; Great 

 Western, 16,993/.; Grand Junction, 8728/.; Glasgow, 

 Paisley, and Ayr, 1532/.; Great North of England, 

 1742/.; London and Birmingham, 18,285/.; South 

 Western, 7675/.; Black wall, 1336/. ; Greenwich, 8081.; 

 Brighton, 4157/.; Croydon, 500/. ; Liverpool and Man- 

 chester, 5294/.; Manchester, Leeds, and Hull, asso- 

 ciated, 7493/.; Manchester and Birmingham, 666W.; 

 Midland, 9877/. ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 1888/. ; New- 

 castle and Darlington, 688/. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 

 5012/. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 603/. ; York and 

 North Midland, with Leeds and Selby, 2478/. At the 

 special meeting of the Grand Junction Company last 

 week, resolutions were passed for raising the necessary 

 funds in shares of 12/. 10*. each, agreed to be sub- 

 scribed towards the Lancaster and Carlisle line. At this 

 meeting the chairman of the Grand Junction Company 

 announced the satisfactory conclusion of the points in 

 dispute between the Grand Junction and Birmingham 

 boards, observing that the general relations of the two 

 companies would, by the arrangements in progress, be 

 placed permanently on a greatly improved footing; 

 whilst the result so far as the public were concerned was, 

 that the two bodies, by working together cordially, 

 would enable them to give increased accommodation, 

 and on reduced terms, suph as it would be out of the power 

 of any other party to offer. The following is published 

 as the outline of the terms on which these companies 

 have settled their differences, though it appears that no 

 official account of the matter has yet been issued by 

 either party :-l. An alliance, offensive and defensive, 

 against all competing lines.-2. The Holyhead to be left 

 to the London and Birmingham ; and, if made, the 

 Grand Junction not to oppose them by any alliance with 

 steamboats or otherwise, and to give every facility m the 

 conduct of the traffic as they would to any other line 

 joining them.— 3. The Shrewsbury lines both to be M 

 abeyance for the present, with an understanding that it 

 will be carried out by the Grand Junction, commencing 

 at or near Wolverhampton.-4. The Trent Valley to be 

 carried out something on the same plan as at first pro- 

 posed, the terms being agreed by the deputation, subjec 

 to the assent of the Manchester and Birmingham Trent 

 Valley Company.— 5. The Grand Junction to withdraw 

 all connexion with the London and York schemes.--At 

 the Ulster Railway meeting of the 3d mat. , the share- 

 holders resolved to complete the original plan of tne 

 Company by carrying on the line from Portadown to 

 Armagh The engineer stated that the expense would be 

 abooUO.OOO/. per mile, including the cost ; o the bridge 

 across the river Baun. Traffic appears to be expected 

 from the adjoining districts, and *^*} n ***™£ 

 greater population than Portadown, it has been though 

 more desirable to make the terminus there. An ex n 

 sion as far as Monaghan was spoken of by wme^i 

 but this did not meet with the approbation o the meet 

 ing.-A meeting of the inhabitants of Banbury was hehl 

 on Friday to discuss the merits ot lour projects of ran 

 way, which have been submitted as ad.ant.geon. H* thrf 

 town, and the one selected by a large ^"3°»ty w«^ 

 Great Western frnn Oxford to Rugby Tether ^ 

 were the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton hue , 

 the London and Birmingham, from Weedon to M. 

 cester; and the Birmingham, Bnnbnr, .and 0^ U 



ruination 60 to mouuj "~.—-„— gt- Tb e 



r, way unexceptionable to the ra,l*"y >« «* 



Jure -ill now pass through P«1»"'« D ' Tmembei of 



every 



measure 



smon, and'wi'lT pr r ove, in the language of *^™ " w 

 the deputation, who has hitherto taken a ' J^j^. a3 

 opposition to the Bill, •• a good Bill tor tne P 



^ppOBltlO 



well as tor the shareholders" 



Dublin. 



HUExceK^^a-Lieutenantanathe 





