Oct. 19,] 



THE newspaper: 



Annual Dinner of tin* friends of the Allotment System and 

 Cricket Club took place on Saturday, Mr. Ferrand in the 

 chair. Previous to the meeting the Cricket Club had a 

 match, at which Lord J. Manners joined the labourers, 

 and entered fully into the spirit of the game. After 

 dinner the meeting was addressed by his lordship, and by 

 Mr. D'Israeli, Mr. Ferrand, and other gentlemen. Lord 

 J. Manners returned thanks for the agriculturists of 

 England, and said — 



" It is a matter of sincere congratulation to find that agricul- 

 ture still sits enthroned in the hearts and affections of the 

 people — that it is now the theme of every tongue, and is re- 

 ceived at every meeting with the same applause with which, 

 coupled with commerce, it has been received here to-night. It 

 is not to be wondered at that at a place like this, which may be 

 called the neutral ground, no antagonism is recognised between 

 them ; and that here the farmer, who feeds the clothier, and 

 the manufacturer, who clothes the farmer, should be aware of 

 that most important truth sometimes elsewhere forgotten, that 

 their interests are mutual and inseparable. I may safely, and 

 without fear of failing in my predictions, con^rrarulate the 

 owners of the Bingley allotments on the benefits I believe they 

 will derive from them; and I will go further, and state my 

 sincere and strong opinion, that the time is not Jar distant when 

 throughout the whole of England the great truth will he felt, 

 acknowledged, and acted upon, that the peasant who s a 

 stake In the hedge is more likely to be a better man, a better 

 citizen, and a better member of society, than he who merelv 

 works for another. I believe, gentlemen, that this allotment 

 system, to celebrate which we are here this evening, will go 

 far to rectify what I cannot help looking upon as a serious and 

 jrrowing evil — I mean the extinction or every agricultural class 

 between that of the rich tenant farmer and that of the day 

 labourer. Many years ago now, that great and good man. Dr. 

 Sou they, pointed out in most graphic terms his sense of the 

 danger about to arise from the gradual extinction of nil that 

 were called small farms. I am not unaware of the advantages 

 derived from the system of large farms; all that I contend for 

 is, that they should not swallow up all farms of smaller dimen- 

 sions ; and I look to the allotment tern, as I trust it will be 

 hereafter developed, as (to a certain ric at any rate) a cor- 



rective of that melancholy state of things— I call it melancholy, 

 because we all know that contentment must spring from hope ; 

 and because no one can pretend to say where there are no hold- 

 ings hut large farms, that there the peasant can ever entertain a 

 hope of rising out of that condition in which he has been placed. 

 I no not say that it ever was the custom, or that it ever 

 will become the custom for many of the peasantry of England 

 to rise from their condition and to become farmers; but this I 

 do say, that that system must be wnmsr which denies the pos- 

 sibility of such a picture being realised ; and I again say I look 

 to the allotment system for a correction of that abuse. With 

 the other and more immediate benefits which are derived from 

 allotments I will not detain you. You all know and feel, and 

 practically understand how it has increased the comforts of 

 home, how it has increased sobriety, and how it gives a prac- 

 tical and wholesome education in agriculture to your children • 

 you all know and can appreciate how these obvious good pur- 

 poses are subserved by it. I will not detain you, therefore, to 

 dilate upon them. But I may say, in another point of view, 

 perhaps le • immediate but not less important, that I anticipate 

 great good from the spread of these societies— I allude to the 

 increased production which will be derived from the soil of 

 England. The time, I think, has gone by when the fallacy 

 could be maintained that the plough, as a productive engine, 

 can compete with the spade ; and I confess that I know not why 

 we should not anticipate at least a million more of people easily 

 aappor from the soil of England and Ireland by the introduction 

 of spade labour and science applied to the cultivation of waste 

 lands than bow we can support. I may speak with some con- 

 fidence on this subject, because it was only a short time ago 

 that I had the pleasure of going over a barren moor, 1500 acres 

 in extent, now being cultivated by the exertions of working men 

 in its neighbourhood; and my father, who has the best interests 

 of the people ever at heart, is this year about to try the prac- 

 tical experiment, whether an acre of land dug will not repay by 

 increased production the increased expenditure in wages 

 There is another subject which has brought us together to-day 

 —I allude to the celebration of the opening of the Bingley 

 Cricket Club. This is a subject on which I feel with the chair- 

 man a great deal may be said, for the time was when kings of 

 England did not think it beneath them to apply their talents 

 and devote their time to regulate and encourage the manly 

 sports and pastimes of their people. No man, however elevated 

 iu those da>s ever thought of an amusement selfish and apart 

 from the peasants and artisans of his country. I will not men- 

 tion the names of many of those pastimes— many of them have 

 died out; but I may say that cricket, the game to which you 

 have devoted your attention, is manly, bracing, and brines 

 together m harmonious contact the various classes of society 

 and therefore I say you do right well to establish coniointlv 

 with the allotment system a cricket club. May the two ever 

 flourish and go together, and may their united effects be pro- 

 ductive of that good which, in my conscience I believe will be 

 derived from them to the parish of Bingley. The same system 

 which had decreed the peasant should never rise out of the rank 

 he was born in, also denied him any amusement but the ale 

 house, any rest but on a Sunday; what wonder, then that 

 the old landmarks were beginning to disappear, and a* new 

 and strange antipathy to be seen between the employer and 

 the employed? That estrangement, then, which unfortu- 

 nately has undoubtedly taken place between the various 

 classes of society, where your good example is followed will 

 give place to cordial sympathy, to the performance of duties 

 and responsibilities on the part of the rich, and to contentment 

 and loyalty on the part of their less fortunate fellow countrymen. 

 You then will have the* satisfaction of thinking that the parish 

 of Bingley was not the last to follow this example, but rather 

 among the foremost to see it ; and I trust that the anticipations 

 which I nave ventured to indulge in to-night will come true, 

 and that I shall be a good prophet when I say, that these insti- 

 tutions, the inauguration of which wc celebrate this evening, 

 will be found to work for the good of all assembled here, for 

 the good of your children, and of your children's children j and 

 ti£tner U kT»h ? VC ^J"*"**** of thinking that at no dis- 



le?L P r In st m mo" 6 ™i C ,° me when we shaI1 be Wended alto- 

 gether instil more cordial and closer bonds of union." 



Mr. D Israeli in his speech thus alluded to the well- 

 known title conferred upon his party • 



" We accept the title of Young England ; we believe there is 

 ^*iy^7J2fe5iVM or * «*. to whichihi? name 



any spirit of conceit or arrogance-we don't" Mttidthrt'm 

 are better than others-hue this we do say, that we are anxious 

 to do our duty; and if we are anxious to do our dutv we think 

 we have a right to call on others, whether they be rich or noor 

 poor or rich, to do theirs also. Gentlemen, if that principle of 



every man. feeling the position in which he was placed, did his 

 duty, encouraged by the conviction that, if entitled to rise from 

 the sphere of a workman by talent, the law permitted him to 

 rise. That gate of hope, which my noble friend has so properly 

 and right: aid is the only passage ot communication, is open; 

 it is by the allotment system we want to see a bold peasantry! I 



our country's pride. Would any man ten years ago, nay, ten 

 months ago, have talked of England's peasantry being ' a bold 

 peasantry, their country's pride?' Not a man would have had 

 the audacity. Yet that was a phrase in everybody's mouth. We 

 are asked what we want ? we have no mystery in telling what 

 we want. We want to put an end to that political and social 

 exclusiveness which we believe to be the bane of the country. 

 Where there is exclusiveness there cannotbe sympathy; where 

 there is no sympathy we hold no society can be safe. This is 

 what we want ; perhaps we want much more ; that is enough at 

 present to communicate to the public. We do not care to talk poli- 

 tics, or to say that we can remedy every evil ; we have our opinion 

 on great public subjects, and whenever these are brought out in 

 the senate, we will, with all fairness and moderation, express those 

 opinions, and if they are true they will be adopted. But we are 

 profoundly impressed with this conviction, tbat it is not so 

 much by law as by manners, that we must look to the influence 

 of manners and not law, to remedy many of the grievances 

 and much of the injury of our people. We believe, then, in the 

 influence of manners; but how are they to influence men if 

 they are divided into classes, and the population of the country 

 becomes a body of sects, and are never brought together? We 

 believe that when the farmer and the manufacturer, the land 

 proprietor and the great mill-owner— when he who employs 

 and he who is employed are brought together ; when they 

 communicate their opinions, when they express their feelings, 

 if there is a sympathy of intelligent sentiment, not only would 

 better feeling pervade all classes, but we believe that many will 

 discover that really they are rather differing about phrases 

 than facts. For this reason, there is another thing we desire, 

 which I will venture to express; we have little hope for this 

 country so long as that spirit of faction which has by circum- 

 stances been raised, and which has been rampant of late years, 

 is fostered and encouraged." 



The Hon. and Rev. P. Savile proposed the health of 

 the occupiers of the allotments, upon which the Chair- 

 man called upon one of the allotment tenants to respond 

 to the toast: — 



Edward s.Mimsaid the allotment system had been one of the 

 best things for the inhabitants of Bingley that ever happened. 

 Before it was commenced, they had to fetch their vegetables a 

 distance of from twenty to thirty miles ; and it was very diffi- 

 cult to get them fresh, as the time consumed in their carriage 

 was very long. During the present summer, the occupiers, 

 and not only them, but the whole parish, had the pleasure of 

 having fresh vegetables daily, and as they went through the 

 town carrying the produce of their allotments, people cried 

 out, " Why, you're loaded like bees again." He had been mar- 

 ried twenty-six years, and never till last summer had fruit 

 earlier than October ; and before the allotment system was 

 commenced, although born and bred in Yorkshire, he had never 

 seen a potato cither cut or set. He was an operative, and never 

 had the chance of following any agricultural operations, but 

 now he understood a good deal about them. When trade was 

 good, they were supplied with wholesome vegetables ; and if it 

 slackened, as he thought it was doing, they had enough laid by 

 to keep them and their families till spring. 



Several other persons addressed the meeting, which 

 passed off to the satisfaction of all present. 



Bishop's Stortford. — A. young man, called Alfred 

 Yardley, son of Mr. Yardley, pawnbroker, in this town, 

 was committed for trial last week on the charge of hav- 

 ing set fire to his father's house on the 5th Sept. last. 

 A short time before the fire, the father had been fined 

 by the magistrates for taking excessive interest, and 

 during his subsequent absence at Gravesend the premises 

 were fired and the pledges burnt. The house was in- 

 sured for 1400/., which Mr. Yardley had claimed ; but 

 the suspicions of the inhabitants were roused, and an 

 inquiry set on foot by the county police, which has led 

 to the above result. 



Bolton.— The local papers state that Lord Ashley is 

 making a tour through Lancashire, to inquire into the 

 operation of the Factory Act. On Monday he visited 

 several of the establishments in Bolton, and then pro- 

 ceeded to the other manufacturing towns of the district. 

 Cambridge University. — The following gentlemen 

 have been appointed the Caput for the ensuing year :— 

 Vice-Chancellor: The Rev. W. Hodgson, D.D., Master 

 of St. Peter's College. The Rev. W. Whewell, D.D., 

 Master of Trinity, Divinity ; the Rev. G. Spence, 

 LL.D., Jesus College, Law ; J. Haviland, M.D., St. 

 John's, Physic ; the Rev. J. W. Blakesley, Trinity, 

 Senior Non-Regent ; the Rev. B. Smith, St. Peter's, 

 Non-Regent. 



Durham — Mr. H. G. Surtees has become the pur- 

 chaser of the estates and manor of Dinsdale, with the 

 Hotel and Spa, from the trustees of the Earl of Durham, 

 for the sum of 40,000/. It was from this estate on the 

 banks of the Tees that this ancient family derived their 

 name, swr-Tees, in the time of the Norman conquest. 



Eton — The examinations for his Royal Highness 

 Prince Albert's Prize terminated on Thursday, and the 

 names of the scholars who were successful are as follow: 

 --In the aggregate, for French and Italian.— Beamont, 

 1 ; Boileau, ma., 2. In French only.— Boileau, ma., 1 ; 

 Beamont, 2 ; Stratton, ma., 3 ; Barton, 4 ; Peek 5 ; 

 Foster, 6. In Italian only.-Beamont, 1 ; Boileau,™*., 

 2 ; Barton, 3 ; Close and Stratton, equal. The prizes 

 are thus appropriated :— To Beamont, 15/. in books, and 

 ZW. m money ; to Boileau, ma., 10/. in books. The ex- 

 ammerswereM.de Vericour and Signor Panizzi, who 

 expressed themselves highly gratified. 



Farnham.--.Lovd Ashley, the Dowager Duchess of 

 Beaufort, Lady Charlotte Penrhyn, the Bishop of Salis- 

 bury, Dowager Lady Carnegie, Sir Edward Parry, Sir 

 R. C. Glyn, Bart ; the Hon. G. Ryder, M.P., and other 

 persons, have liberally contributed to a fund for the 

 formation of a gipsy school establishment at Farnham, 

 Dorset, with the object of educating that neglected race 

 of people Lord Ashley has taken very active measures 

 to estaolish this novel school, where the children are to 

 be instructed in the religion of the Established Church. 



Gravesend.— A correspondent of the Times has sent 

 to that paper an official return of the number of pas- 

 sengers landed and embarked at the Town and Terrace- 

 piers, Gravesend, from the 1st of June to Sept. 30, 

 1844, from which it appears the number amounts to— 

 1,275,923 persons ; to which must be added about 

 1000 landed, &c, at the Rum Puncheon Pier ; 210 000 

 ditto at the Rosherville pier; 5000 ditto at Gray's 

 pier; 9000 ditto at Greenhithe pier, 45,000 ditto 



[1844. 



dible toti of 1,546,923 P^^^h.%^ 



Th P f Ur n m > nthS w 6 tr T 1Iedb ytbe Gravesend bo P aU 

 The favourite packets are known to have carried as man " 



as 1200 and even 1500 persons at one ^trip and yeTthe 

 whole mass have been carried without one single ac*! 

 dent occurring to human life. 5 



„/J V l^ L ~°\ W / dBe t daj Week ' duriQ S the heavy 

 gale which prevailed in the Mersey and Irish Channel 



the Iron Duke steamer, from this port to Dublin ^ 



down a boat containing six persons, all of whom were 



drowned. There was a good look-out at the time on 



board the steamer, and the accident is attributed to the 



darknessof the night. Another boat from the Glasgow 



an American ship, was also run down or swamped on 



?i *A^n *£*' aDd aU hand8 l08t — 0n Saturday, a man 

 called M'Gaffey, an inferior officer in the CustomsT- 



tempted to murder Mr. Arkle, the landing surveyor at 

 the Prince s Dock, in open day. He met that K entle- 

 man near the dock gate, and presenting a loaded pistol 

 to his breast pulled the trigger ; but the cap being too 

 large fell to the ground, and the pistol missed fire The 

 man was at once apprehended, and on his own confes- 

 sion that he intended to take Mr. Arkle's life, has been 

 committed for trial—The local papers state that the late 

 James Hey worth, Esq., of Everton, has bequeathed the 

 munificent legacy of 10,000/. to his principal clerk, as a 

 testimony of the value which he placed on that gentle- 

 man's faithful services for a number of years The day 



for the laying of the first stone of the Birkenhead docks, 

 is said to be definitively fixed for Wednesday, the 23d 

 inst, when Sir Philip Egerton, M.P. for South Cheshire, 

 will officiate. 



Manchester.— At a meeting of the inhabitants of Man- 

 chester the following resolution has been adopted :— 

 "That it is desirable that a simple and suitable memorial 

 should be placed in the cemetery at Ardwick, over the 

 remains of that illustrious philosopher and exemplary 

 Christian, Dr. Dalton : and that it is desirable to found a 

 professorship of chemistry in some public institution in 

 Manchester, to be named the ' Daltonian Professorship,' 

 one object of which shall be to illustrate the atomic 

 theory, and the discoveries of Dalton, in connection with 

 other branches of physical science." 



Newcastle-upon-Tyne. — Another colliery explosion 

 has occurred in this district, by which five persons have 

 been injured, two of whom are not expected to live. The 

 explosion took place at Coxlodge colliery, about two 

 miles from this town, on Monday night, during what is 

 called the "shift." The colliery belongs to Messrs. 

 Bell, Brandling, and Co., and the uudergroand workings 

 are extensive. As fortunately no lives have yet been 

 lost, the circumstances under which it occurred have 

 been ascertained to be accidental, one of the men having 

 allowed his candle to ignite the gas. The same account 

 states that this is the third time this pit has fired within 

 a month, and on each occasion has proved fatal to a few. 



Portsmouth. — A distressing accident happened on the 

 King's bastion on Monday, while the troops were salut- 

 ing in honour of Her Majesty and the King of the 

 French. One of the guns went off while the two 

 artillerymen were ramming home the charge. One of 

 the unfortunate men was literally blown to atoms at the 

 cannon's mouth, and when attempted to be gathered up 

 presented an appearance too horrible to describe. The 

 other was carried to the hospital, but died shortly after. 

 The Jury at the inquest returned a verdict of Accidental 

 Death. — About the. same time a French seaman on board 

 His Majesty's brig La Favori had an arm shot off by a 

 similar accident. There being no surgeon on board that 

 vessel, the man was conveyed on board the Victory, 

 where every assistance and relief that humanity and 

 medical skill could suggest was given to him. Ampu- 

 tation of the remaining portion of the shattered limb 

 was resorted to, and hopes are entertained of the poor 



fellow's recovery. 



Sunderland.— The protracted inquest on the bodies of 

 the 95 colliers who lost their lives by the explosion in 

 the Has well pit terminated on Friday, after the colliery 

 had been examined by Professor Faraday, and Mr. Lyell 

 the geologist, who had been sent down by Government 

 for the purpose. The Jury found that they were acci- 

 dentally killed, and that no blame is attributable to any 

 one connected with the pit. A subscription has been set 

 on foot for the benefit of the relatives of the sufferers, 

 which already approaches to nearly 2000/. The owners 

 of the Haswell Colliery have contributed the sum of 750/. 



Windsor.— The ponies ridden by Her Majesty, Prince 

 Albert, and the Princess Royal, during their sojourn at 

 Blair Atbol, have arrived at the Royal Mews, with the 

 other ponies of Her Majesty, having been presented to 

 the Queen by Lord Glenlyon. Five roe deer have also 

 been brought from Scotland, presents from the same no- 

 bleman to his royal visitors. 



The following are the returns for the 



Railways. 



past week : — Birmingham and Gloucester, 3140/. ; 

 Bristol and Gloucester, 1227/. ; Eastern Counties, 

 4629/. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 2536/. ; Great Western, 

 17,477/.; Grand Junction, 8835/.; Glasgow, Paisley, 

 and Ayr, 1546/.; Great North of England, 22/3/. J 

 London and Birmingham, 17,298/.; South Western, 

 7306/.; Blackwall, 985/.; Greenwich, 826/.; Brighton, 

 6203/.; Croydon, 1464/.; Liverpool and Manchester, 



r. : Manchester. Leeds. anil Hull, associated, 8045/. J 



with Leeds and Selby, 3183/. 



