Nov. 



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THE NEWSPAPER. 



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clothes was what they had on. The coroner summed up 

 and said it was evident that if it had not been for the 

 repugnance of deceased and hia daughter to enter the 

 workhouse, in all probability he would have been alive at 

 this time. Verdict of Natural Death from Berous apo- 

 pli . The unfortunate lady subsequent v stated that 

 she should be most thankful if any kind individual could 

 obtain her a situation as a governess, or some other suit- 

 able occupation in order that she might be able to quit 

 the workhouse, which she again stated was as repugnant 

 to her feelings as to those of her deceased parent. 



Jioyal Exchange.— The rental of the Royal Exchange 

 is estimated at about 11,0007. per annum. The Royal 

 Exchange Assurance Company is rented at 2400/. ; 

 Lloyd's at 2000/. ; and the London Assurance at 1400/. 



The Wellington Statue.— The final meeting of the 

 general committee appointed for superintending the 

 erection of the statue was held on Thursday. Mr. 

 Masterman, M.P., treasurer of the fund, laid his accounts 

 before the committee, and it was resolved that the 

 trustees discharge all bills and claims upon the com- 

 mittee, and pay the balance to the exors. of the late Sir 

 1'. Chantrey, and tint the minute-book be signed by the 

 memi s and presented to the city library. It was also 

 resohed that the trustees be requested to get the inscrip- 

 tion immediately put upon the pedestal — viz., " Wel- 

 lington," on each side, and "Erected June 18, 1041," on 

 each end. Thanks were voted to the trustees and 

 Officers, when the committee was dissolved. 



City Improvements. — A plan is at present in 

 contemplation in the City, to form an avenue, or colon- 

 nade, from near the end of L irtholoniew-lane, Throg- 

 morton-street, to London-wall and Finsbury-pavement 

 South, forming a colonnade term iting near London- 

 wall and Finsburj -circus. T i the intended alter- 

 ations do not extend a very great distance, yet the various 

 avenues pass through no fewer than six parishes, namely, 

 St. Christopher-le-Stocks, St. Bartholomew, St. Mar- 

 garet, Lothbury, St. Peter-le-Poor, St. Stephen Coleman, 

 and Allhallows, London-wall. Application will be made 

 to Parliament for the powers necessary to form the 

 * mded improvement, which will go through a very 

 wded neighbourhood. 

 St. George's, Hanover-square.— It is intended to take 

 advantage of the present vacancy in the rectory of 

 this exieu.ive parish, and to break it up into several 

 smaller parishes. Within the last few days two have 

 been forced, and thus the out-wards of St. George's 

 have been taken a.vay from the superintendence of & the 

 rector. The parishes newly formed are those of St. 

 Peter s, L'imlico, aud St. Paul's, Kui-htsbridge. Of the 

 former the Rev. T. Fuller will be the rector ; and of the 

 Utter the Pvev. W. J. E. Bennett, late student of Christ 

 Church. Each of these new parishes has a handsome 

 el a, and all the m is fur fully and efficiently carry- 

 ing out the parochial system. Other changes will take 

 place, and no appointment to the vacant rectory of St 

 George s will be made until all the arrangements have 

 been eom; Lied. 



J t-Ojjlcc^li is understood that the Lords of the 

 Treasury, m accordance with the recommendation of the 

 Postmas-er-Gcneral, have sanctioned an increase ol 

 salary, to t.e amount of os. a week, to GO letter-carriers 

 m the London District Department. This gratuity is 

 jjrcadjr given to 80 letter-carriers of the longest stand- 



leucVd to 140 tLC nCW arrau S emeilfc il » lIi be ex- 



C mrffouie Frauds.-The discovery of another 

 fraud has recently been made at the Custom-house. It is 

 well known that a duty of Is. M. per ounce is paid on 

 all silver j : e stamped at Goldsmiths' Hall ; and that, 

 should such plate be afterwards entered for exportation 

 the ex p.. r * may demand from the Customs a draw- 

 back ot duty ; mother words, they may claim the repay- 

 ment of tae Is. 0d. an ounce paid to the Goldsmiths' 

 Company. It appears that after the articles of plate had 

 been stamped they were enlarged by the fraudulent par- 

 ties by the addition of silver which had not been stamped 

 and which had therefore not paid duty; vet when the 

 article* were sent to the Customs for exportation, draw- 

 back of duty was claimed on the whole weight. This 

 fraud has been carried onto a great extent in silver 

 kmfe-handles, to which a large fenule was fraudulently 

 attached alter the handles had been stamped 



Slcain-boat Explosion at Blackball.— About 5 o'clock 

 on Tue*day afternoon a frightful and fatal accident, 

 involving the death of seven persons, occurred on board 

 the = steam-boat Gypsey Queen, Iving at one of the Black- 

 wall buoys off the Brunswick-pier. Besides this loss of 

 li e five persons were more or less injured, and conveyed 

 to the Lonuun victual, one or tr.o with slight hopes of 

 recovery. It appears that the unfortunate vessel is a 



hn?I, ?h! °<f lu0 f h ? rse -P<>™r each. She is the fi rst 

 • ky the firm of Jacob and Joseph Samuda, who, 

 within the ast two years, have taken premises in Bow- 

 creek, ior the purpose of carrying out their intention of 

 building steam-boats. The e'ngiues with which she is 

 fitted are upon a new construction, being what are called 

 bell-crank engines- At 3 in the afternoon the vessel 

 left the en. for an experimental trip, having on board 

 about *0 persons, including Mr. Jacob Samuda, the prin- 

 cipal of the firm. She went down the river below Wool 

 wich, answering all the expectations of her constructors" 

 On her return to BJackwali she was moored to one of 

 the buoys, where it was intended she should remain all 

 night, and be got ready for another trip the following 

 day. In a short time after the vessel had been made 

 fast, an explosion wa, heard by persons on the Bruns- 



afterwards cries for boats aceededfrom the same quarter. 

 Not a moment was lost in making towards the steamer, 

 When the most heart-reading sight presented itself. 

 Five persons were there found, apparently in a state of 

 madness, running about the deck, screaming with 

 anguish. With all speed they were conveyed on shore, 

 aod met with every attention that could be afforded by 

 the managing director of the Blackwall Railway. The 

 agonising cries of these unfortunate persons were said to 

 be dreadful. They begged for cold water to quell the 

 scalding heat they were suffering in their throats, and 

 wheu it was applied to the mouths of one or two, the 

 skin from their lips peeled off as though under the in- 

 fluence of a searing-iron. The above five were not the 

 only sufferers, but the others had no means of escape ; 

 they were in the engine-room, which was so filled with 

 steam, that to get them out were impossible until the 

 scalding vapour had escaped. In order, therefore, to 

 facilitate their release, the decks was cut up with pick- 

 axes, crowbars, and every sort of implement at hand. 

 As soon as the engine-room was sufficiently clear, a 

 descent was made, and seven persons scalded to death 

 were there discovered, with features contorted with 

 agony, some bleeding from the nose, ears, and mouth, 

 and their flesh peeling from the bones at the touch. In 

 fact, it may be s aid the clothing alone kept flesh and 

 bone together. The bodies were taken ashore, and 

 placed in one of the Railway warehouses, where six of 

 them were shortly afterwards recognised, and proved to 

 be Mr. Jacob Samuda, the head of the firm ; Dodds, 

 engineer ; James Saunders, also an engineer, appointed 

 to the Gypsy Queen, and who only went on board a few 

 hours before he lost his life; Mr. Scofleld, engine-fitter 

 at the factory of Messrs. Samuda; Thomas Nugent, an 

 apprentice ; John Newman, stoker ; and a man whose 

 name is not yet known, having been employed only a few 

 hours by the firm. Those who were taken to the hospital 

 are — Mr. \V. Ryley, foreman to Messrs. Samuda; a 

 boiler-maker, and three stokers. The inquest was held 

 on Tuesday, at which several witnesses were examined. 

 The most important evidence was that of Mr. Low, the 

 engineer, who stated that the pressure of steam lifted 

 the pipe out of the socket of the cylinder, although it was 

 guarded, and caned in, in the usual way with the gas- 

 ket and hemp. Eow that could be effected puzzled 

 many, but on the pipe being examined, it was found that 

 it had no beading or flange to resist the force ; the con- 

 sequence was, that as soon as the steam had increased 

 after the vessel was moored on her return, the pressure 

 was too great for the joint, and its immediate displacing 

 was the result. After a long sitting the inquiry was 

 adjourned to yesterday, when the jury returned a verdict 

 of Accidental Death. 



Wesleyan Missions. — On Monday evening a meeting 

 of the friends of Wesleyan missions was held at the Wes- 

 leyan Chapel, Southwark, Alderman Challis in the chair. 

 It was stated that misrepresentations of a serious nature 

 had within the Lst few days been made with respect to 

 the missions in the Times, by a person who was formerly 

 engaged by the Wesleyans, but had been been discharged, 

 and that Mr. T. B. Freeman, a missionary from the 

 Gold Coast, was present for the purpose of showing their 

 want of foundation. Alderman Challis opened the busi- 

 ness of the evening by giving a brief outline of the mis- 

 sionary enterprise in which the Wesleyans had long been 

 successfully engaged, and referred especially to the pro- 

 ceedings oi ths last 50 years. The Alderman concluded 

 by urging on the meeting the necessity of renewed exer- 

 tions. Several resolutions having been passed, Mr, Free- 

 man addressed the meeting at considerable length. He 

 spoke of the state of Africa in times past, contrasting it 

 with its present condition. Although numerous obsta- 

 cles still stood in the way of missionary exertions, yet 

 much had been done, and their prospects were daily 

 brightening. Religious instruction was extensively dif- 

 fused, and the influence exercised on the minds of the 

 powerful chieftains was extraordinary. E?en haughty 

 kings took the humble missionary by the hand, and in- 

 vited him as a friend to the royal palace. Several chiefs 

 had been converted through the instrumentality of the 

 missionaries. Mr. Freeman proceeded to show that suc- 

 cess was certain, and defended the missionaries against 

 the aspersious that had been cast upon them. 



The Scottish Hospital.— On Monday a special court 

 of the governors of this Corporation was held, for the 

 purpose of considering the propriety of removing the 

 hall from Crane-court, Fleet-street, which premises have 

 been in the possession of the Corporation since 1C65, 

 when it received its first charter Irom Charles II. Pro- 

 fessor Donaldson stated that a committee had been ap- 

 pointed to consider the expediency of the removal of the 

 hall; but they were unwilling to take any measures 

 without the consent of the Court. They had ascertained, 

 however, that there were several sites now vacant in the 

 new line of street from Holborn to Long Acre, and that 

 the tee-simple couid be obtained from the Woods and 

 Forests. Ihe Fleet Prison had also been suggested. 

 A long conversation ensued upon the propriety of re- 

 moving, when Mr. Noble moved a resolution, •« That it 

 was necessary, for many reasons, to remove the offices of 

 the corporation to another site, and to have a new hall 

 in some eligible and conspicuous situation." Mr. Morris 

 seconded the resolution, observing that it would be for 

 the benefit of the Institution. It was now in an obscure 

 situation, and he had known many noblemen complain 

 of the difficulties they have met with in trying to find 

 the hall. Several governors expressed a wish to know the 

 expenses likely to be incurred in the sale of the estate at 

 Craue-court, upon which an amendment was agreed to: 



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propriety of removing the ScottishllaiTlr^nrUslr^e^t 

 situation, and report to a future Court. Present 



Suicide of a Sergeant-at-Law.—A. rumour was cur 

 rent throughout Friday and Saturday last at WeTt* 

 minster Hall that Mr. Sergeant Andrews had made an 

 attempt at self-destruction, which unfortunately prove, 

 but too true. It appears that the learned Sergeant had 

 been for some time past depressed in spiritsf and had 

 passed most of his time m his library. On Thursday he 

 seemed unusually depressed, and after breakfast had re- 

 tired to the library, where, in the course of the morninz 

 Mrs. Andrews was horror-struck at beholding him 

 deluged in blood. A surgeon was immediately sent for 

 and rendered every assistance which the emergency of 

 the case required. The unfortunate gentleman lingered 

 until Wednesday morning, when he expired at his resi 

 dence at Hampstead. He was in his 73d year, was the 

 senior sergeant-at-law, and held his appointment by 

 virtue of a patent granted in the reign of George III 

 The learned gentleman, it is stated, had lately been ex- 

 ceedingly melancholy, more particularly since the ap- 

 pointment of Mr. Sergeant Adams to the newly-created 

 Assistant-Judgeship. He had frequently adverted to 

 that subject, and appeared, it is stated, to think that he 

 himself had some prior claims to the appointment. 



The Polish Ball.— Lord D. Stuart has obtained per- 

 mission from the Corporation to hold another ball and 

 concert at Guildhall for the benefit of the Polish Refugees 

 The day fixed for the festival is the 19th inst., and it is 

 said that it will take place under the patronage of the 

 Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, 

 Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Lord and Lady Stanley, 

 Lord and Lady J. Russell, and Sir R. and Lady Sale. 



Late Hours of Business.— A numerous meeting of 

 persons engaged in the various branches of the whole- 

 sale drapery trade was held on Wednesday night, for the 

 purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of dis- 

 continuing business at an earlier hour on every Saturday 

 than that at which warehouses close under the existing 

 system. A resolution was proposed, expressing the 

 opinion of the meeting, that a restriction of the hours 

 of occupation in drapery warehouses on Saturday even- 

 ings would be highly advantageous to those employed in 

 them. The resolution was carried unanimously, with 

 another, that as the system of restricting hours of occu- 

 pation in wholesale drapery warehouses succeeded so well 

 in Manchester, it ought to be adopted in London. 



Mortality of the Metropolis. — The following is the 

 number of deaths registered in the week ending Nov. 9 ; 

 West Districts, 159; Northern, 175; Central, 152; 

 Eastern, 218; Southern, 285 ; Total, 1)89. Weekly 



average for the last five years, 94G. 



Bedford. 

 paragraph : 

 tenants to 



t d had sown the seed which was branching out 

 uuw -1Ilw .g them, as in other directions, to the recall .qi 

 whatever was pure and imaginative, whatever was 

 merely utilitarian, to the service of both church and sia *- 



wiek-nierinthedire^ Carmarthen.-The local papers announce thatw 



wick intrmtnednectionoi the steamer, and immediately! "That the committee continue their inquiry into the L health of their gallant townsman, Sir William Nott, has 80 



IJrobfacial Ttiztos. 



—The Bedford Mercury has the following 

 — 4< The Duke of Bedford has ordered his 



deal with rabbits as rats, and clear their 



farms of these destructive animals, which only go to 

 gamekeepers, who take care to pursue rabbit poachers, 

 to preserve their privileges at the cost of the farmer." 



Birmingham. — The firm of Messrs. Joseph and 

 Charles Sturge, corn-factors in this town, have adopted 

 the resolution not to sell barley for malting. In a letter 

 to a friend on the subject, Mr. Joseph Sturge states why 

 this course has been taken. " Intemperance," he says, 

 " produces such an incalculable amount of vice and 

 misery, that I consider it right to use my influence to 

 promote the principles of total abstinence. This I feel 

 the more bound to do, as nearly 20 years' personal expe- 

 rience, and much observation in this and other parts of 

 the world, have convinced me that fermented liquors arc 

 not necessary to health, and that those who refrain even 

 from what is termed the moderate use of them, are in 

 consequence capable of more bodily and mental exertion, 

 and exempt from many maladies which afflict others. In 

 accordance with these views, our firm has long altogether 

 declined the sale of malt, or the supply of any grain to 

 distilleries, and converted to other uses cellars which 

 many years ago we let to wine and spirit merchants. Our 

 continuing to take commissions for the sale and purchase 

 of barley for the purpose of malting has for some years 

 caused me much uneasiness ; and I have recently been 

 so fully convinced that it is wrong to do so, that I must 

 have withdrawn from our concern had it not been relin- 

 quished. The belief that we are responsible for the 

 means of acquiring, as well as for the use we make of our 

 property, and that we cannot exercise too rigid watcn- 

 fulness over our own conduct, is compatible with perfect 

 charity towards those who differ from us in opinion. 



Cambridge. --Dvtmg the reading of a Paper on Archi- 

 tectural Drawing considered as the handmaid to he 

 study of Ecclesiclogy, at a meeting <* th *> mb "X 

 Camden Society, on Thursday last, Mr. \\ ords worth, 

 the poet, who is also an honorary member of the Society, 

 entered the room on the arm of the Master of Irinity, 

 with whom he is at present on a visit. Immediately all 

 the members rose, and remained standing until the pre- 

 sident, Archdeacon Thorpe, who had also risen to receive 

 him, conducted the venerable Laureat to a seat, ana 

 resumed the chair. The reading of the Paper was then 

 continued ; and the President having subsequently ad- 

 verted to the presence of their distinguished honorary 

 member, said that he was one of the founders of tne 

 Society, and had sown the seed which wasbran<^'«* ° ul 



w among them, as in other directions, to the^ ^^ 



