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ASDOVtSL WORKHOUSE ABOMINATIONS . ( Con _cludedfrom iur seventh page . ) -what court of law would entertain the charge , or hear Mr "SI'DoncaVs answer 1 " Your proposal to me of prosecuting at my own expense Mr . M'Dougal is extraordinary and strange . His conviction would , I admit , be followed by the loss of _y . situation , bnt his acquittal of any legal offence fin _i * _jCll he might be indicted would leave him still nni the _char-e of toss drunkenness , of indecent and s » _^ _jaious attempts upon the women in tie wortehou _,- * Cj and of fraudulent conduct in his office . In that event , therefore , the fitness or unfitness of retaining ' aim _p 3 master of the Andover Union Workhouse woul a stui remain to be determined hy some suchinquiry as the present . " I must , therefore , most _respectfrolly request tlat you will direct the _Assistant-Commissioner to hear the defence of Mr . M'Dougal against the very strong case proved agpinst him ; and also hear the new charges which I have to make , and which you promised should he
beard . "I bare the honour to remain , gentlemen , _"Yosr most obedient servant , _•*« Andover . Sept . 12 . "J . C . _Westlam :. " In accordance _wta the "Instructions" in tlie letter to Dr . AVcstiake from the commissioners , Mr . _Tarker-did " suspend" the inquiry . At tbe close of the . _proceedinga on Tuesday , tlie Oth , be regularly adjourned bis "« ourt" till Thursday tbe _Hth , at half--pastnine : but on the counsel and attowicy in support of tlte _charges repairing to the Ucard-room at thc appointed time , tlicy found that Mr . Assistant-• Comniissioner Parker bad absconded , // one oif , without ever apprizing them of his intcntic _o . The letter of Mr . Westiake , however , and the burst of public indignation that has greeted the a et , bas caused the _comniissionei-s to retrace their - steps : aud Mr . Parker un Monday last apprized D r . Westiake , by letter , tbat on Wednesday lie should ' , -resuine the in-Tcstigafcon .
THE _BOXE KN . WISG A . THOCITY . "Respecting this horrible aftair t ' je Reporter of the Times , finding that there was n _> j intention on the part ofthe assistant-commissioner -to inquire into the _lone-picking business , but on tl" r ? contrary , a desire to hush up the affair , commenced ., in conjunction with tbe correspondent of the Horn jug Chronicle , an _inquiry into it , and coliected the JohWing statements , tbe persons making them being _examined apait fi _* om each other . Aaron Astriteh _' s _statement : —I left the workhouse about three weeks or a month . before last Christmas . I was in the bouse ei _^ bt wei -ks . Most of tiiat time I worked at bone-crusbin » . _« Semerally seven or eight men were at work with me ; . -sometimes nine . Thc
fcones were horse bones , be ef bones , mutton bones , and pig bones . 1 saw nohui _aau bones there . I bave sees some of tbe men , five * , ov six , gnaw the gristle otf the bones , and take the mrirrow oot oi them after tbey were broken . Tbey -w _« re not particular what bones they gnawed , as long ; -as there was anything on -them . Some of these _Ivjacs had been above four months in tbe store . The other men who bad been there a long time told n ie so . They were in a Tery bad state ; tbey-smelt "wery badly . "When the door was opened in -the nioi alng it _vas enough to knock you back . The gristle was of a . very dark colour , sometimes green , and all kinds of colours ; it was ¦ quite rotten . The roarr _<>* w was Tery often in the same state . __ 1 should say th aia , good many dogs would not touch it . The men atf : it for want . _Tlwvhadnot
enough to eat from tlie -workhouse . They had their allowance . -It might be the proper allowance ; but we never had it wcigl _icil before us . What we had allowed us _iras nut _en-ongh to support an able-bodied man ; not enough to support nature . I don't find fault with-the qnali fcy but the quantity . I have had more in quantity out of the house . -I have not lived so short out of tbe Iw _^ ise . I got a belly full when I was in work . I went inte the house _ijecause I was out of employ . 1 did not mention this subject to the master , neither did _fiie-other men . After I came out of the liouse , Mr . _Bneh Mundy asked nieliou * I liked the workhouse . I told Mm that 1 did not dislike the place , but the fooil was very short . He then _asked me if itwas true thafi some of tke men picked the bones ? I told h ' uu thev did . What bad stuff thev
got from the bones was not fit for a man to eat . Tbey _atcot almost every tlay 1 was there . They would look the uoues over , aud when they found wliat they called a nice bone , they would sometimes put it by , to pick at the first opportunity . They were obliged to keep moving at their work till it was done . If tkey found marr-ow while they were breaking their bones , they took it out directly and ate it . 1 never ate any myself . I was not tiierc Tcry long . A man must be there a good while to e ome to-it . A man must be Tery . hard drove to eat i fc . The -smell was enough for mc . The men were always saying they had not enough to eat . When , tbey were put to dig in the garden , after tbe potfito -crop-was taken up , if they ; found a potato tbey _uould eatitraw . . _Tuey"woulu
eat anything they could -get at . Mr . Parker , tlie a 5 sistaut-eouiiuissioiH : r , eame here to my master ' s liouse rather snore '; han three -weeks ago and examined me . 1 told bim all this about tlie bones and ab _iut thc potatoes . He asked meM I had food enough _Tvir _. _-n 1 was-in the workhouse , and 1 told bim Iliad not ; 1 said-tiierc _lYftsnot-Tictuals enough for the meu . Be swore mc 1 am j > ot _«« roni-now , but I speak the truth just -the same . Wc had ' a quart of " skilly " and six ounces of bread for breakfast in the morning . "We bad to break three bushels of bones , wliich would make one-bushel aud a . half of bone dost . It-was Strained through a sieve before it would do . We worked from eight in the morning until four in tlie afternoon . The men were . not ill ,-but when they-had been a long time they . got very weak . I think tbat ¦ was for want of food . Two children , a man , and a
-woman died while 1 was -in the house . . No inquest _ivas held . If a man did not do his quantity of bones by four o _' eloek be _mnst keep on until he had done it . lie was _Tiept without his supper until it was done . That- was-the order , but I don't remember that any -one was Jate while 1 was in -the house . The same mile applied to tbe women -. when picking oakum . Aly wife hadayoungeMkl . -She _w-is put to hemp-picking , and has been keptwithout her supper until she picked her quantity , 'i'ba oalium . was pieces of hard rope , which they picked out with their fingers . It made their hands wry --ore . The r & tnmer I used for - crushing fcones weighed JGlib . A man came in with a sack , ef bones , ~ _-aau be and . a steel-balance and weighed it . It would make anybody ' s shoulders ; acbe . 1 have heard this statement read over , and it Js all-true .
The statement cf Thomas Turton , . aged 7 S last May : —I was in the house about two months . I -think I left it last April . While I was there I was put to work at thc pump . At first * they put me to garden work . I-eauld not do it . The pump is opposite the place in which the men were at work breaking bones in the _^ ame yard . I have seen them _jrnaw . _thcbones aud suck the . marrow out of them . They were . picked outf rom among the stinking boiics . Thc place smelt very badly . 1 asked the men how -rthey could stomach it ? They said that if 1 was as Jiungry as they , and as hard at work , I should do the same / Isaidldid not think I Bhould . 33 ut tbey were able-bodied men , and 1 am an old _mssa . They were always saving that tbey bad not _enough to er . i .
_I-can sav that tbey liad not enough to support a man . I have told many of the gentlemen so when tbey have asked me how I liked the workhouse . I have tdd some ofthe guardians that what I had was good , but there was nos enough for me . I told Mr . Lilwot > d so . He is a guardian . I _wss bis shepherd . He discharged _me-b-jeause he said I was an old man and -could not attend to his flock in the winter . I Lad been a year aud a half iu his service . He sent me into the workhouse until my parish was found out . J . have seen tke meu snatch the bones from one -anothev _* - I said , " I eaut think how _ _you ean -eat it . " 'They said , " Hunger _is-sharp _. " I have mentioned : _^ his * matter to Mr . GoodalL I am now his -sheph et d . This statement has been read over to me ,
-and it is all true . I was never examined about this by the ¦ board . I wish to add , that the master of the Louse i _luist have known this , because a man named Eaton i _ised to steal the hones . He was not a bonecrusher . On meat-days , if there were any bones , thev wei * e put on his plate , and Mr . M'Dougal used to say , " There ' s a bone for you . The men took notice of it , and we thought it was because Eaton stole the bones . I never ate any myself . I could not do it . The _statement of John "Wells : —I left the workhouse about July last . I was nearly twelve months there . 1 w _nrked at bone-crushing from the first time I went in n- _gnlariy until about three months before I left the wi _arkhouse . 1 Lave seen the men gnaw the
Junes . The r broke the pig chap-bones to : pick the fat and _grist- ' _eont . I bave seen them eat the marrow out of the hones . Some of the bones were stinking bones . "Tier were got very high sometimes . The men were very glad to get hold ef them , they were so hungry . 1 have seen the men quarrel , _almost fight for _ruese bones sometimes . They would snatch them out of each other ' s allowance of bones put down to crush- Some of the marrow was stinking ; and sumc not , according to tbe time the bones Lad been in . ldtd not tb ' _nik itwas fit food for a man , but hunger will make a-man eat anything . I Lave eaten the marrow and gristle a good many -times . I did so because I was Jiungry . The workj iouse allowance was not enough for able-bodied men who worked at bone-crushing . It was no use to 1
grumble ; you would only get it fa . * en back and made less . We have lost by grumbling . The allowances were not sufficient to support nature . The men complained amongst themselves thatthey had not enough to eat . The breakfast gruel was some times so thin that a complaint was made to the board . It was reduced from a quart to three half-pints , biit it was no better . I have lived better out of the hou . se than in it when I have been iu work . I got a little beer and more meat . They were bones of all kinds . I saw aa under jaw-bone there . I don't know whether it was a man s or a woman s , but it was one or the other . The teeth w xe ill solid in it . It was hcing _*> P in the bonehouse for - « vo or three days , and atlaAt _Ane of the young m n t ok it down and broke it up I * itb the rest . Wheu me bones were brought into * J » e yard t . _'iemen would pick out bones and hide them WW * : their clothes . or pat ' em away in the dusthole _,
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for fear the _master should see . them . They ate ' em when they ha _^ an opportunity . The master has known it . " _£ _<> _j _^ ca ugUt men at it , and talked to them ab _^ _ut it a good many times . I recollect Mr _Hngl _* . Mundy coming to the workhouse to ask about tu ' j bone-eating . Some gentlemen were with him , Mr . F . Loscombe was there . He called all the men that were then employed in crushing bones into the men s day hall . He asked the men if they had not victuals enough without picking those bones ? We all told him we had not . He asked us if wc had any bones then , and one or two of the men went and fetched some from the bonehouse . They were concealed between the wall and the crushing-box . Some
of thc bones were better than others . Somo - f the men were not particular . Some would cat stronger bones than others . They were glad tr _, get hold of ' em . I have heard old Thomas Turton say , hecouldnotthinakhowwe could stomach them , a good many times . I have seen the men , a _* nd women too , eat raw potatoes when they were at work in the garden . Hunger made them do it . 1 could not stomach a raw potatoe myself . I thcught that was worse than the bones . I could havo eaten tlie potatoes had they been cooked . I havo never been examined by Mr . Parker or any one else before this about the bones . 1 have heard the statement read over , aud it is all true .
Richard Smith ' s statement : — 'I left the Andover Union workhouse on thc 17 th of May last . 1 was there about five months . I was at work at bonecrushing during thc three weeks immediately belore 1 left . I have seen thc men , twelve in number , pnaw the gristle off hones , and eat the marrow they found on breaking them . I have done so myself . Some of thc bones were brought from Winchester , from thc barracks there , two or three tons at a time . The days on which they came were regular feast days for us . The bones were horse bones , cow bones , and all sorts . "There were fresh .-and stale , all mixed . Sometimes thc marrow was vary stale , and smelt . We would some of us wrap it up in a bituf paper , and putitintoenr breakfast gruel next morning . The bones woukl bc sometimes six weeks or a month old .
The bits _« _? meat along the bones was green , and all colours , a ' most turned . "fousty" and rotten . Wo just wiped it with a bit of rag , or anything , and then ate it . This bone-picking oontinuca all the time I was at work there . Before that I was in tlie sick ward with a broken leg ; but I used to walk into the yard oj < crutches , and _ha-ve then seen the men eat this bail stuff . It was not fit for any one to eat , but we did it through hunger . We had not food enough . We had our allowance , but it was not sufficient to support us . "We were still hungry after we had our allowance . I have felt very hungry , and had a hankering after food very much . It was no use to complain , because they would not give us more . 1 told Mr . Hugh Mundy , a guardian , of it . He said he would do the best he could to get it altered , but he could not alter it himself . The roaster knew tlie bones were picked -fey the men . They used to hide them away behind the boxes an d in the dust-bole . As much as half a bushel " were h idden at one time in
the dust-hole . Tbey had meat and marrow & bout thorn , If we had not got these bones to pick , we should have suffered very much from hunger . I have seen the men and women eat raw potf itoes when they have dug them up in the garden . " 1 knew Thomas Turton . He has said in my hearing to the men -who worked at boiie-crushing be fore I went to the samo work— "I wonder how you can cat that !* ' I said so too ; but afterl got "well , and was put to work , I was soon glad to eat it as well us the rest . I remember Mr . Hugh _Munoy coming to inquire about the bones . I think itwas in January . Heaskec _* . the men if tfeey gnawed the bones . They said tlicy did , and some-of the bones were fetched ; some that they had hid . He said they were not fit for any one to have . Besides Mr . Mundy , there were Mr . F . Loscombe , Mr . Holloway , Mr . Payne ( a docter ) , and two or three other gentlemen , guardians . Wells was not in thebonehouse white " I was t-here : he-was my nurse while 5 was in tho sick ward . I have heard this statement read , and it is all true .
Upon being questioned as to how it was he had hadone leg brokenfour times , and the other twice , Smith said both thighs were broken by a waggon going over them . Ho was 15 years of -age only then , and his legs were always weak , Uo -never was tipsy on'those occasions . Re had a little -drop of beer on tiro last occasion , but was not tipsy . 'As the employment of the women at oakum-pioking has never been mentioned tliroughouttbe inquiry , we thought it advisa oleto takctke « tatenient of Mary Ann Astrit _«; h _, wife of Aaron Astritch _^—I was in the house with my husband -and two children . I'was not allowed io see my husband . I had one child with me and one away . I was put to oakumpicking everyday while I was there . I had to pick a pound and a half of old hard ropes a-day . Itwas
very hard , like bones . It almost took the flesh off my _' fingers t © -do it . T had a young child to attend to , and if 1 did . not finish the oakum before four-o ' clock I was compelled to keep at it until it was finished . 1 and two others kept at it until later than that . If 1 had not finished at-prayer-time , at six o clock , Host my supper-and got a good scolding . I lost my supper twice .. All the women that had the use of their _hani _' is _weremads to pick oakum , unless they were _oiig- _' . ged " in _washicg , needlework , or other work . I cou . d not-drink the breakfast gruel . It always disagr eed with me . Two or threo times on Sunday mornings when I went into chapel I changed my gri _icl fora bit of any husband ' s bread , which he saved for the child . My * children were almost starved ; _th-jy cried for bread almost ) ill daylong . So did the
re it of the children . The master detected nie one Si _mday-morning changing my gruel for my husband ' s hr cad , -and be -told me before all thc people that if I did -it again I should be sent to Winchester g- _» ol for-six-months . I spoke to Mr . Loscombe , a guardian , about it ; and he said , "A _' e-ver mind . _YTLen the food is given to you it is your own ; but y ou _must-not-rake it out of the house . " I have seen l he women-eat pockets after pockets full of raw potatoes . Two-or three women used to be sent into the _washhonse to boil potatoes for the pigs , and then they took some ofthe raw ones and hid them in their p ockcts or-bosoms , or where tbey could . When they g ot back into the day-hallthey ate them . The other women would beg— "Give me one ! give me one !" The children in the _dayJiall would beg also . The
p cople were as glad of a -raw potato as some would h B of a mellow apple . I-eould not eat raw potatoes . I was starved enough to do it , but my stomach could not bear it . I have never enjoyed a good state of li _< ialth from a child up . Sometimes thc people would st eal a carrot out of tho barrow when tlie man was w heeling a load in for tlie horse . Sometimes the man Wi _> uld throw in a bit slyly . The children would pick up bits of turnip Tinj or anything that appeared eatable . The women and children did this because th ey had not enough to live upon . They were starved , * * _- _'I was nearly starved . I was suckling my child , but . many an hour it would cry for thc breast , I h ad no milk . I was allowed no beer , nor a drop of liot water when anybod y was kind enough to send me a bit of tea . I have asked the mistress for hot wat cr more than a dozen times , and she has refused
it . I could only get it when it was given out gene--rally , which was about three times in a week . I could tell a _igreat deal more about the ill-usage I . and others suffered in that workhouse . I was at _harvest worklast week , or I should have been examined at tlie workhouse . _Fourchildrendiedwhilelwasan inmate . The childreu who eame in pretty healthy soon got worse- There was nothing for them to grow upon . I tried to make my escape three times from the workhouse by getting over the petty ; but I could not manage it with my young child in my arms . I tried to escape because of the starvation of myself and my child . I declare most solemnly that . sooner than I would suffer the same again I would throw myself and my children into the barge riv-er . What I have stated is all true .
John Cole , aged 54 : —I left the workhouse about a fortn ight or three weeks ago . I was there five weeks before- that . I worked at bone-crushing four of those weeks ,, er a day or two more- The bones were of all kinds . There were horse bones and cattlo bones . There might have been human bones among them without- my knowing it . I did not examine them _particularly . 1 have seen the men gnaw the bits of meat , or Lard gristic , and eat the marrow out of thc bones . I " have done so myself . They were very dirty , being tumbled about with the rest . I have seen some of the men eat tainted gristle and marrow . When I got a bad bone I gave it to some one else who was not so particular . This lasted all the time I was there . Generally speaking , all the bones were stale . I bave seen a cart come with bones . They
were not fresh . I Baw the men quarrel many times for the bones . They would hide them away from each other . I have hidden them till I got an opportunity to pick them . It required a good stomach to pick them . The stuff was not fit for men to eat . Hunger made them do it . Wc had not food enough to _s'upport us in a proper way . We were worked very hard . On Tuesdays , Thursdays , and Saturdays we had no bread at dinner time . They complained anions * themselves about want of sufficient food . We did uot let tho master see us picking the bones , if we coulJ help it , for fear he should blow us up . lie must have known it . I have worked jobbing about the g . irden . I havo picked up raw potatoes , turnips , and carrots , and eaten them . I ate part of » raw cabbage once . I was told about it , and the master scolded me
for it . I have seen men , women and children eat raw potatoes when they were engaged in getting them in . We rubbed the dirt off on our clothes . We ate the potatoes to moisten our mouths and hel p to fill up our stomachs . Hunger and thirst made us eat raw potatoes . I remember on one occasion being very thirsty , and sneking apiece of marrow ; but it was so bad I could not get on with it . I was in the house last winter and the winter before . The bonepicking was going on at both those times . I was a rate-payer at U pper _Clatford ten years . I was a fanner , and a tenant under Mr . Rawlinson , the magistrate of Marylebone _police-office . My farm was under 200 acres . When _nij lease expired , I wanted it at a lower rate , but another person gave . more and I was compelled to sell off to pay up sa . me _airfare . I have paid £ 300 or £ 400 poor-rates . Jj was . *• * long time out of business . I made _application I
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to the overseers to allow me oUt-door relief . The gentlemen generally were n \ favour of my application , but Mr . John Liewood o _* | ip 0 sed it > aru it was ,. efuse ( i . He is a guardian ot U _ppr Clatford . I have no outdoor relief . I tva , y el about with lucifer-boxe _? , blacking , and « pp _* - ; . i travelled nearly twenty miles yesterday , oop ' . etimes I make a profit of a groat , sometimes 6 ' ,. or 9 d ,, and sometimes nothing . I can't live r ; ur ] . a . day ; but I am pretty well known , aud get- crust given to me now and then . While 1 was a farmer I served the officers of surveyor , _highcon ' _dtable , overseer , and churchwarden . 1 was not F" quired to break so great a quantity of bones as others , being cripp led in one hand . 1 have heard this statement read over , and it is all true . William Fruuien ' s statement :-About two years ¦ _tuiuukm
I 14111111 * . JL u u > v _...... . ago this coming winter my wife was confined , and 11 was out of work at the time . I app lied for relief , and was ordered into the liouse ; but , as my wife ! could not be removed , I had out-door relief , in return for which I was ordered to go to the workhouse and work at bone-crushing . I did so threo weeks and four days . I never was in the liouse before that time . I am a labourer , and am now in the employ of Mr . II . Mundy . While I was employed at bone-crushing the men were in the habit of picking the bones an d eating the marrow out of them . The bones wore gencrally . of all sorts , horse bones and cattle bo _* , _ies They ' cam $ from Salisbury and Winchester wh ' ile i was at work _fupon them . When they were uvou"hfc there in a _waggon-, they were thrown into t > _ae store altogether ina li ' eap ; They were stale , " vir . my" and
"fousty . _Somefofthe marrow I _havfj seen the men eat was rca ; _-black , purple , and all manner of colours . It smelt ; very badly , enough to knock me down . It made , nie quite ill ; so that I could not stomach my victuals when I got home . It made me sick when I thought of it . I never picked any of the bones myself , nor did I eat any of the marrow _. When the quantity of bones was given out to cacia man in tho morning to break , they usod to look them over , and hide those that had anything on them till they left oft" work . . They _locked pretty sharp over the lots . What they ate was not fit for a man to eat , nor for a _' dog hardly ; Very few dogs would « at it . This was going on all the time I was working at bone-crushing , —every , day , sometimes more and sometimes less . I' believe that the cause of the
men eating the bad stuff was hunger . I _siud'to them , " I can't think . how you can eat it . " They said I should if 1 bided :, there ' long . I said , " _** I hope I . shan't . " _They-saiCitho allowance they got was not ' _siihicicEt to supp _$ & _$ liehi . I have not boon examined " _, by Mr . _ParkernoWahybody else before on this subject . I am not swern ; , if 1 were I would not alter this statement . I have ' seen the men . take a pieoeof stick or something , and " prick" out the soft stuff in the chinks inside the bones , and 'eat it . Thcmen would sometimes gnaw the gristle from the bones , and sometimes-cut it off and put it into their pockets . 1 don't- know whether there _werciJiuman bones-among the rest , but there might have been , because I did not examine them particularly . I bave beard this statement read . It is all true . I would confirm it with my oa _$ i , if necessary .
Mr . Hugh Muudy ' s statement : —I _am-a , guardiau of the Andover union , and a magistrate of the borough . In consequence * of something that I had heard with regard to the-practice of the -men in the workhouse working at 'bone-crushing , picking the bones , about four ov _nve-months ago , I » made a statement to the board of what I had heard . The Rev . C . Dodson presided on that occasion . I proposed that -same of the guardians _should _^ o with me and examine the men with a view to ascertain the truth of my report . My proposition was agreed to , and Mr . F . Loscombe , . Major Payne { a . medical gentleman ) , and Mi * . Westiake , ( the medical officer of tho union ) accompanied mc for that purpose . We desired the master of tho workhouse to bring before us eight or ten of tiie men employed at the time at
bene crushing . Ten men wore brought before us indiscriminately , and I told thorn I had a few _qucstiors to put to-Hiem , and that they should not bo at all afraid to -speak the truth . If they spoke tho truth they should be protected , but that if any one spoke falsely I would bc tlic first to have him punished . I then asked them if they were in the habit of eating the marrow they found in the bones they had to crush , and if they gnawed the bones . Eight out of the ten men admitted at once that they had done so . Thc other two stated that they had seen the others do s - , but had never done so themselves . They also stated that as soon as they discovered a bone in which theyfancicd thero was a little moisture they were read y to fight over it , They said further , that they were frequently obliged
to hide such bones that they might eat them alone without fear of their companions taking them . I then asked as to whether they were the bones collected by people in Andover , and fresh bones , or whether tliey were taken from the general store . It appeared that all bones brought there for crushing were thrown in a heap in the store . They stated that bones were also brought from Winchester and Salisbury two or three months old , and mixed with the Andover bones . I asked them if they picked the horse bonps as well as the others . Tbey said in reply , that if they knew they were horse bones they did not , but that Reeves ( an agricultural labourer ) , ono ot their companions , was in the habit of picking horse bones as well as other bones , even when lie knew tlicy were so . Reeves was present : he did not deny that ,
but admitted it . Some of the gentlemen who accompanied me said to the men , " Good God ! it is too horrible to be believed . Surely you did not do so ?" The men said they did , and that the bones were in a bad state—in a state of decomposition . I said to the gentlemen it would be no wonder after , if they ate each other . A young child would not be safe . I asked them why they did it . They answered that it was in consequence of not having sufficient food . I asked them if they did so as soon as tlicy came into tke house . They replied no ; not until they had been there some three or four weeks , and were brought to it by hunger . In consequence ofthe other gentlemen doubting the statement of the men , I asked them again if is was true , and if they were ready to state it upon oath . They answered in the affirmative . I
and those who accompanied me then left the house . I had not proceeded far , however , before I thought of the propriety of asking tho men as to whether they had hid any bones that day , the gentlemen with mo having expressed a doubt upon that point . I returned t © the workhouse , but they would not go with me . I liad the same ten men called forth , _* _i ain in tho presence of the master as before . I then ashed them if they had hidden any bones that day ? Oncol the men said he had , and could produce them . I directed him to do so . lie went , nnd returned with two bones which were blackened with wet ashes , having been concealed in the ash heap , upon wliich the contents of the slop pails are thrown . I said , " Why , where could you have put these ? " lie told me , and I remarked , " Everything is thrown there ; but it is no
worse than the bones themselves , " or words to that effect . I then held the bones up to the master ' s nose , observing , " Smell those bones . It is too'horrible to think of . " He said he had no ideaof the men having doue such a thing before , but he was then quite convinced that they had . I then left the house . On the following board-day I made a _proposition to the effect that the same men should be examined again upon the subject before the board , and that their statement should be forwarded to the Poor Law Com , aiissioners , with a request that they should inquire into the case . My proposition was not agreed to . Two or three of the guardians stated that it was a matter of taste , and if the men enjoyed the picking ofthe bones they should not be prohibited from it . 1 then said at once I was determined that the matter
should go before the public . I then sent a petition , addiessed to the House of fJommons , stating the facts and praying an inquiry . That petition was not presented by Mr . Etwall , who had charge of it . The reason he gave me for not presenting it was that the railway business occupied the attention of members so much at ibat time that he was unable to get a favourable opportunity , but that he would present it when Sir James Graham ' s bill , -on the Law of Settlement , eame under discussion , which it never did . Mr . Wakley having mentioned thc subject in tho ilouse of Commons , on the Saturday previous to tlie prorogation of Parliament , Mr . Parker , tiie assistant-commissioner , was sent down on the following Monday to Andover , to make inquiry into the circumstances , lie called at my
bouse , and took ray sworn statcnicut down in writing , in respect to what transpired at the workhouse when I questioned the ten men who worked at bonecrushing . I wished him to examine some men in the workhouse , but he said he was compelled to go to London that night . I next saw him on the first day ofthe recent inquiry into the conduct of the master . He then expressed his regret that I was not present at the workhouse on the Tuesday after the Monday on which he had called on mc , and also on the next day , Wednesday , for on those days he had examined witnesses concerning the bone-picking . I told him I was not at all aware that he was at the workhouse on those days , or of any inquiry having been instituted , as ho had told me on the Monday evenimr that
he was going to London that ni ght . He said he did return , but came down tlio next morning . I told him I had never heard that he had held any inquiry until after it was over . I said , " As a matter of course , your inquiry will be followed up by a public one ?" He replied , " I do not see the necessity for it ; for we admit the whole of it . Some of tho witnesses I examined even go further than your statement . " During the last summer , at a period when the season was very hot , the stench ofthe bones was so dreadful , that Mr . P . Loscombe , one of the guardians , upon liis own responsibility , directed thc master to suspend the bone-crushing for a week or a fortnight , lest the putrifying bones should breed somo disease among the unfortunate men at work amongst 1 hem .
According to a parliamentary return , moved for by Captain Pechell , M . P . for Brighton , in February last , ** of all union workhouses under the Poor Law Amendment Act , in which the pauper inmates thereof are or have been , employed in grinding or crushing bones , the system commenced here in September 1841 . The cost ofthe bones , including all carriage and incidental expenses , was £ l perten . Theamount which they produced when sold in a manufactured State was , from 18 s . to 26 s . per quarter ; and they were ,
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professedly sold atthe market price . But the real manner in which they were sold ¦ _rfaB this , —when there was a quantity ready for di poaa i SOme one or two of the guardians would besp _'^ _k them , and an understanding existed that no or _^ j was to bid , _eac , ' n guardian having his turn , a * ; this advantage when he wished . A sort of mock a _uction was then conducted by the chairman in tlie ' _joavd-room _, andtheiot was knocked down to the . _ndorstood bidder , generally at a loss to the union . In almost every case the labour was entirely ; lost . T _» , chairman himself , the Rev , 0 . Dodson , is r _eported to have been a purchaser in this way . T . cie pvactice was put a stop to by Mr . H . Mundy , _wlao so _, d he would lay informations against those who , _repeated it for acting thus illegally .
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8 THE NQRT _' _jIERN STAR . . - _ September go _^ _ig- _^ .
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DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE . On Monday afternoon , between the hours of one and two a fire of a most fearful character , attended with , a large destruction of property and fatal consequences to one , if not several persons , broke out upon ttie well-known premises belonging to Siv _ C navies Price and Co ., oil and colour merchants , situate in William-street , Blackfriars . The premises were of immense extent , and spreading from William-street to thc water side , they were bounded on the west b . y Messrs . Hoppe ' s the Pigs' Quay Coal wharf . The fire originated , from some cause at present unknown , on thc premises termed the turpentine warehouse , a large brick building , about sixty feet long and fifty feet wide , situate on the western side of thc
works and adjoining Messrs . Hoppe ' s property , i'igB ' Quay Wharf . At the time the alarm was given the men employed * on the works had gone to dinner . The only party in _Che yard appears to have been one of the ¦ ostlers : he informed the reporter that for some time previously he had experienced a strong smell of burning , which he imagined rose from a foul chimney in tho neighbourhood , and therefore took no particular notice of it . The first intimation lie received of the premises being on fire was by noticing a large body < jf black smoke ; « wuing from the upper floor of the building befbro alluded to ; he immediately ran up the yard shouting " Fire , " but _before he had time to get to the counting-house a powerful body of flame shot through the same
past of the premises . Owing to the combustible nature of thc stock in the building , it at once became apparent that the fire could not by any possibility be subdued without the aid of engines ; information was therefore sent to tke different stations belonging to the city parishes , the London brigade , West of England , and County offices . With as little delay as possible the engines of St . Bride ' s parish , with those from the London establishment in Farringdon-street , reached 'the spot . At that time , that part of the premises _* here the flames began were completely enveloped _in'one broad sheet of fire , and the distance between the'oppositc buildings , used as bagging houses and general stores , not being more than thirty feet , the Farringdon-street engines were taken down the yard-to the water ' s edge , and were instantly set to work : ; Mr . Coif , the foreman , being in hopes , by that
means , the men would be able to save the opposite buildings , and confine the fire to the turpentine store . Thc West of England engine , with the company ' s firemen and Mr . Connorton , followed soon afterwards , as well as several others from the brigade stations , with Mr . Braiciwood , the superintendent , and the County engine from Regent-street . The New River ¦ mains in thc neighbourhood yielded a good supply of water , and the different land engines at once took advantage of it and threw vast streams of water upon and into the burning property ; in spite the firemen were unable to make the least impression upon the flames . Meanwhile they _processed most fearfully , and being perceivable from thc different bridges thc large floating engine was brought up the river , and , being manned by upwards of 150 men , itwas also brought into action .
For some time the firemen continued working without meeting with any great obstacle , with the exception of sundry explosions , caused by the bursting of oil and turpentine casks ; but towards three o ' clock a most fearful noiso was heard to proceed from the premises on fire , the joint result no doubt of the falling of the upper floor of the warehouse and the ignition of tho contents of one of the turpentine vats , which causing tlie vessel to burst , the lighted spirit rushed through the various windows and doors with the swiftness of lightning , and mounted several feet into the air . At that time about thirty men were employed working one of the brigade engines alongside the fire , and to escape from the devouring element many of the men had no alternative but to
jump into the Thames . The turpentine and oil mixed together flowed out of the building from every aperture in huge streams ot liquid fire , spreading over the space between the two warehouses where the engine stood , and which an instant before . had been covered with men working the engine and firemen . One or two firemen still lingered , hoping to quench the flames with the water that flowed so copiously from these branches ; but the fire irresistibly spread across the whole space , and in a moment broke thc windows of the opposite warehouses , ascended through every opening , and poured into it in brilliant sheets of flame . Tbe precautions that had been taken to have buckets of water in this last named wavehouse ready to dash upon any appearance of fire
Avas evidently at once useless .. " The warehouse was full of oil and other inflammable matters , and so rapid was tho devouring element that it was with difficulty many who were in the warehouse escaped from this second devastation . To every appearance the whole of that extensive range of building , which terminated with the counting-house , and which it was at first hoped might have escaped , seemed devoted to the flames . At the end of the wharf , near the river , nosv covered with a burning stream of imflammablc matter , a general rush was made to the water-side , and into the river many people precipitated themselves ; but the burning turpentine ran in the same direction , and on falling into the water it floated along the surface , setting in flames six or seven barges . The scene at that moment was of a most agonising character . At a moderate calculation , there must have been nearly 100 persons standing upon the different craft in the
river , aud to escape from being devoured by the flames , they also leaped into the river , but they even then became surrounded with flames . A number of small boats quickly put off to render assistance to the poor fellows , and several were rescued and conveyed in safety to the shore . The boat belonging to one of the watermen who put off speedily became surrounded by fire , and was set in a blaze . The scene from Blackfriai' 3-bridge can be better imagined than described , the foot-paths being litoraUy studded with human beings , witnesses of their fellow men being obliged to rush into the deep , in order to save themselves from being burnt to death . Whether or not any persons perished in this extremity , it would bo _dlHicult to speak with anything like accuracy ; one thing is certainly known , that one of the city police found two or three hats , and was unable to find the ownersof them . It is , however , to be hoped that the whole of the persons who thus risked their lives were saved .
The progress of tho fire was now so great , that the engine before spoken of ( as standing beside the blazing building ) , the firemen were uuable to draw away , and on tho flames receding a little the once valuable machine was found a perfect wreck , every portion of it except the iron work being consumed ; and near 'the wreck was found tho body of a man literally burnt to ashes . There is little doubt that the poor fellow was one of thoso who were working at the ill-fated engine , aud missing liis way had , instead of jumping into the river , become fixed against a wooden gate , and in that situation was compelled to remain until death terminated his sufferings .
During the whole time tho engines in the outer streets continued to work most vigorously , and kept up a constant and powerful stream of water . The County and West of England engines worked by means of what is technically termed a breeching into each other , and by that means an incessant stream of water was discharged in the right quarter . The hose of some of the engines was also carried up ladders at the warehouse last ignited , and the flames began io yield to tho able exertions of the brigade .
The heat thrown out being so intense , and the city gas-works being so close , at ono period it was feared that the gasometer would explode . A messenger was therefore sent to most of the large establishments in the city , requesting tike proprietors to light their burners , and thereby exhaust all the gas they possibly could . The different firemen , under the command of their several officers , exerted themselves to the utmo * t , and by dint of extraordinary exertion they succeeded in arresting thc further progress of the flames just as they had laid hold of Messrs . Hoppe ' s premises . Mr . Hodgson , the newly appointed superintendent , with a strong body ofthe city police , were early in arriving , and were of great assistance in keeping the immense crowd out of the reach of danger , As 80011
as the fire was sufficiently subdued a shell was procured , and tbe body of the unfortunate sufferer was removed to St . Barthlomew ' s Hospital , where it remains to be identified , and await the coroner ' s inquest . Who the poor fellow is could not be learned : the only partofhisapparclthathadescapedclestruction was his cap ; this appeared to have been a blue cloth one , with a leather peak . Several persons who have since seen thc body are of opinion that it is that of a person who lived in Bear-lane , Farringdon-street By seven o clock the five was salely extinguished nevertheless it was found advisable to keep a number ofthe engines at work during the night , lest another outbreak should occur . The amount of property destroyed was very considerable ; at a moderate estimate it must extend to several thousand pounds
Mr . Payne the deputy-coroner , Mr . Alderman Humphery , Mr . Anderton , the _Common-Couuoil member lor the ward , and other influential citizens were early in arriving at the scene of conflagration , and they rendered themselves very active in directin _g the firemen . ° Upon an examination being made by the firemen they found that the building m which the lire originated , together with its contents , was entirely destroyed : lhe _loposite premises , used as oil stores ,
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are _likewise extensively injured , and so are the buildin ? _„ belonging to the Messrs . Hoppe , coal _merchants . _Several barges belonging to tlie same firm , and two the property of Mr . Nowell , of Paul ' s-cbain , are greatly damaged , and the floating engine has likewise received extensive injury . APPEARANCE OF THE FIRE _FHOu BLACKFniAnS _URIDOE . This destructive fire , as . viewed from the bridge , _presanted an appearance whicli is perhaps without a parallel . At its first _outbreak- the appearance of the flame was but slight , and , comparatively speaking , a very small number < jf spectators were on the bridge . As soon , however ,, as the flame increased , so as to show that it had taken some hold of the building , and the _engines were seen playing upon it from every
direction , the bridge became crowded on each side , and , in spit © of tlie rain , which descended heavily at the time , avery oue seemed anxious to secure a place , as some apprehensions were entertained that the fire would communicate to Hoppe ' s , which is next to it . In spite of tho exertions of the firemen , it became evident that the fla . n . _ws were , gaining vapMly . Suddenly a dull roaring sound was heard , and the flames , whicli had never risen more than ten feet above the building , suddenly ascended to tho height of 100 feet , creating a heat so intense as to be distinctly felt on the bridge , and to cause the firemen who were working an engine in the space between the warehouses of Sir Charles Price to make a hasty retreat , leaving their engine behind . Their promptitude was
probably the cause of saving their lives , as the large doors opening from the ignited buiiding into the wharf were burst with a loud report , and a stream of liquid fire rushed out in an immense volume , destroying the engine in little more than a minute . Tho most painful part of the scene remains to be described . The large floating engine , which was playing in front ofthe premises , was densely crowded , as were also several barges and small boats . A jet ef blazing turpentine suddenly ran from one of the windows , setting fire to tbe barges and to the floating engine , which were instantly abandoned . One barge , however , whicli contained about sixty people , had unfortunately no means of communication with the shore , and , as it was instantaneously ignited from stem to stern , all i
the surrounding craft made a hasty retreat . The situation of the people on board the barge now became one of extreme danger—lying within ten yards of the front of the blazing pile ; the barge itself blazing furiously , and surrounded by patches of blazing turpentine and oil that had begun to float down thc river . The shrieks of the unhappy persons were of the most agonising description , the fire gaining momentarily on them , and no boat venturing to approach nearer than thirty yards . The spectators on the bridge were horrified at tho sight , aud shouted loudly to the boats to approach and save the unfortunate men , and the horror of the scene was aggravated by the cries of some women , who recognised their relatives on board thc burning barge . Tho
heat at length became insupportable to those on board , and one by one they threw themselves into thc river , and were picked up b y the surrounding craft , A rope was then thrown from the shore to the barge , and several persons succeeded in gaining the land by that means . The boats being now stimulated by the hisses of thc spectators and the terrible danger of the persons in the barge , approached close to it and took the remaining persons on board . One man , in the dress of a coalheavcr , jumped from thc barge , but , missing the boat , struck his head against the stern with great violence . It was impossible to ascertain whether he was picked up , as the greatest confusion prevailed , but it was the general impression that he perished . A similar impression existed with regard to a man who , while in the water , came in contact with a patch of blazing turpentine , and instantly dived , and was not observed to rise again . The fire had by this time communicated with Capcl ' s wharf
on one side , and _Honpe ' s wharf on the other , and both were much damaged before the firemen could extinguish the { lames . Tho large floating engine , which had ignited at the same time with the barge , was at once played upon by the other engines , and on the flames being got under it was found that it was still fit to be worked . It was again manned , and contributed materially to tlie safety of the surrounding buildings by the body of water which it kept playing upon the roof ' s . After burning for about half an hour with great fury the flames seemed to be exhausted by their own violence , and gradually decreased until lhe engines could approach sufficiently near to play on the _buildinu , when the fire was rapidly subdued , and by 7 o ' clock was totally extinguisheil . So intense and huge were the flames , that tlicy could easily bo seen from London-bridge , and the smoke at one time was conveyed by the wind into Flcct-strcct and Chancery-lane * in such dense masses as to occasion much inconvenience .
_Additional Particulars . —From an early hour on Wednesday in thc morning till late in the _evt'iiing . a crowd of people continued to assemble in Williamstreet , the scenco of the late dreadful lire . It is now generally believed that every man who was immersed was afterwards rescued . Two hats only remain at the police-station , wliich have not been owned . Between twelve and one on Wednesday a male and female called at the Bridewell hospital , and requested to see the remains of the man who had perished , as they had lost a brother , and knowingthat he was assisting in working one ofthe engines they were fearful that he was burned . That request was immediately complied with , when they identified the remains as being those of their relative , a yoongman named George Spencer ,
of Back Boar-alley , FarWngdou-strect . The feelings of these poor people , upon seeing the blackened mass of all that remained of their brother , can be more easily imagined than described . Tho poor fellow , it appears , was one of the many who occasionally eavn a few shillings by calling the firemen , and working the engines at fires . A man named Wilford , who was working at tbe samo engine , said that he was talking to thc unfortunate fellow , when , all of a sudden , the fire rushed out ofthe windows and through the doorway , completely enveloping the whole of tlie men who were then working . Such was tho fury ofthe blazing turpentine , that before they had let go their hold of the engine the machine became ignited and they were forced to jump into thc _stream to escape being burnt to death , lie noticed Spencer running at the same moment with himself , but the passage
was not sufficiently wide for all to pass . At the same time the deceased must have b'jen driven by the flames into the corner where the remains were found . Some idea of the extent of the fire may bc formed , _w'hen it is stated that at one time there were above forty puncheons of turpentine , from eight to : ten tuns of cod oil , and a quantity of otlier oils , ii i a thorough state of ignition . The former article was kept in large wooden vessels lined with lead , and thero is no doubt that , as the fire reached those compartments they exploded , and to that cause may be attributed the vapid progress of the flames . * The total damage done it is at present impossible to tell , but it is believed to bc under £ 10 , 000 . The engine of the Farringdon-street station , wliich was completely consumed , was quite a new ono , and was termed a " crack" one among the brigade , it was worth
. - £ 2-50 . _IrvquissT Oif the Man _Bi'Kxkd to Death . — On Thursday morning , at eleven o ' clock ' , a highly respectable jury assembled at the Bridewell Hosp ital , Bridge-street , Blackfriars , before Mr . Joseph Payne , Deputy Coroner I ' or the City , to inquire as to ' the death of George Spencer , aged 21 , who perished at the above conflagration . George Preedy _, one of thc fire brigade-men , said—I was present at the fire which took place on Monday afternoon , about three o clock at Sir Charles Price ' s , in William-street , Blackfriars
A very severe explosion took place of casks of turpentine and other combustible materials , which occrsioncd a number of persons who were working at the engines to rush towards the water-side . I observed the deceased , who , in the confusion , ran in the contrary direction , from whence he could not effect his escape . Shortly afterwards I saw the remains of the deceased , whicli presented the same appearance as when seen by thejury . The deceased had been working at one ofthe engines . Other evidence was heard after which the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Thc deceased was a greengrocer
The Exn . osiON at Woolwich . — -Inques t on the Bodies . —At thc adjourned inquest on the bodies of the seven sufferers who perished by the late explosion m the Laboratory department of the lloval _Aisenal held on Friday , thejury returned a verdict , " That the deceased were killed by the explosion of combustible materials , but from what cause the explosion took place there is no evidence to show . " _SmrWRECK WITH Loss OF Life ox the Coast of SussKx .-Diinng a very heavy gale of wind from the south-west en luesday night , at about midnight , the bngantine Sole , laden with dyewood , currants , Ac , bound from Cephalonia to Hamburg , was driven ashore a short distance to the east of live harbour . _Several of the crew , including both thc captain and mate , perished .
Railway Collision . —On Wednesday another railway collision occurred on the North Midland line , at the Oakenshaw ( Wakefield ) station . Tlie train from Leeds to Derby , whicli was ducat half-past ten , A . M ., did not arrive till twenty minutes after its time , and there being a great number of passengers going from Oakenshaw to S winton ( Doncaster ) station , on account of tbe races , at least twenty minutes more elapsed without any immediate appearance of moving on . At this moment the train from Hull came up , following on the same line of rails , and dashed into the carriages of the Derby train . Most providentially several of the other _carriages of the Derby train
had been drawn back from the main body to a _' dmit ol others being placed intermediate . These carriages received the blow ; but having some space to Tbe driven forward before they struck the other portion of the tram , the severity of the collision was materially checked . However the shock in the carriages most removed was severely felt . Had it been the express , instead of the Hull train , which was to follow shortly afterwards , and which does not stop at Oakenshaw , but dashes through like a flash of _lightning , every soul must have perished . As it was , several persons sustained severe cuts and bruises and the greatest alarm was occasioned to all . '
Spiting Intelligence
_Spiting _intelligence
Doncaster Races. • -* * The " Great St. ...
DONCASTER RACES . - _* _* The " Great St . Leger , " after a series of fluctir _»* mystifications , and scrateliings almost witlio _^ r * " * B 9 , has at _length been brought to an issue , but under i _!* e _*' stances that sadly lessened its attractions to _tiioso i _* " " interest in it lacked thc impulse of speculation Tl so miseof the morning was wretchedly unfavounbl . ro rain fell steadily , and the prospects of t ' ie "» _r-m . i ' i _*** were of the gloomiest description . This , _bevoilfl li / ' had an effect upon the attendance still those _ah-e-i ' the spot , and vast numbers who came b y Hie n ' f _. rj , * !' , I ** from London , York , Liverpool , Manchester , _"Jinnu M _^ 1 and otlier distant places , and tlic thousands at Shell * _n _* whom no weather can daunt , were not to be di ' saimi _, _; ,,. ' and the streets , long before midday , were almost bl , „ _-i ,- , ' up . Of equipages of a higher class the display \ vk _t from " imposinir , " unless we take the word with _tln-Ti _. ficution attached by those who may be ancient _enoii- ' li _'l' " _icuis'iiber the golden days of the turf . There ui . several utiprcteiidiner carriages nnd pair , and -i r "fours ; " but of "display" in its true _nieaiihi- tlie w K . inl tlifi _hpltoi- ° - * - '
Busiress commenced between ten and eleven nVlnni this liioi'iiing , una in the midst of an almost _impelled crowd was kept up with " more cry than wool" fur couple of hours . The most important item j „ the ,, n ceedimjs was a declaration by Air . Gully that Old l ' _,,,, " land would not st . _a-t . This was a thunderbolt to ui , ?* who but to-i minutes before hail invested at IS ami _liiti _. i It was also stated that Red Robin would not nu . !„ _,, „' official announcement was made . ° By one o ' clock the room was closed , nnd the _*< . «>„„ shitted to thc rcce-course . ua The Municipal and Selling Stakes got over , tlic hell n _„« for saddling for the only event that possessed anv inn .., ' -,. !? -the St . Leger ; and shortly after three o ' clock , tlic li ,, _^ . having taken their preliminary canters , were _paratM _w the post and started by Lord George Beiitiuck . Tim I ' _oi lowing was thc result : — The Cheat St . Lecer Stakes , of 50 sovs . each , h . ft fba . yr old colts , Sst . 71 b . ' ; iillies , Sst . - . 'lb . Tlie nwnJi- of thc second horse to receive 'JOO sovs . out of the _si-ikus and the third to save his stake . The winner to par Iu ' q sovs . towards expenses . St . Leger course , ( lol ' snl . scribers . ) " *
Mr . Watt ' s The Baron ( F . liutler ) I Major Yarburgh ' s Miss Sarah .. .. ( Holme .- ) ' > Mr . Mostyn's 1 ' aulasa ( Mai-low ) 3 The following also started , hut were not placed : — Major Yarburgh ' s lied llobiii ( Tciliplcui _. 'ili ) . Sir U . I _' ulkclcy ' s Chcrtscy ( Cartwright ) . Lord Chesterfield ' s Tnig ( Simpson ) . Mr . Gully ' s U ' _cathc-rbit ( . Vat ) . IIr . Ferguson ' s Clear-thc-Way _(/ lobinsuii ) . Mr . Lane Fun ' s June ( Joy ) . Mr . St . l _' ai _* . ' ' _' s Mentor ( Lye ) . Mr . A . Johnstone ' s Amiandalo ( Mai-son ) . - Mr . Ilamsay ' s . Miil-Lothian ( ll . Bell ) . Mr . Painter ' s Tin ) Pasha ( White-house ) . Mr . _Ilesseltine ' s FitzaJlHii ( J ' uiijljyj . Lord Miltowii ' s Duc-an-Durras ( G . Edwards ) . Won by a length . Annantlale a good fourth . A very fast race .
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ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . LESSEE MR , JOHN DOUGLASS — _1 'CUlt PIECES EACH EVENING ! TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS of the SEA CAPTAIN _„ MllS . CAUDLE'S CUItTAIN LECTURES Last week of llr . _George W island , who will nppear in his favourite character of the Monkey Lover ou M onday evening , and during : the week . To commence with the Sea Captain . Characters by Messrs . Neville , ltavner Tyrrell , Vf . Phillips , II . D . Lewis , Doughty , LieUl _' ohf Sniithers , Marcbant , 1 _' otaly ; and Mesdames Campbell and Pearce . Singing aud dancing by Misses Laporte and _Jlassnlj _, —After which , Mrs . Caudle ' s Curtain Lectures . Mr Caudle , Mr . Vf . Phillips ; Mrs . Caudle , Mr . T . Lee . To bo followed by the Monkey Lover : The Monkey Lover , Mr , George Wieland . To conclude with the farce of Hoetor O'Tool ' e . Doctor O'Toole , Mr . T . Lee .
Ma11tleboxe Theatre.
MA 11 TLEBOXE THEATRE .
"Wc Paid A Second Visit To This Theatre ...
"Wc paid a second visit to this theatre oh Thursday evening , Thc pieces were , The Sea Captain , in which tho acting of Mi * . J . llayncr , as George _illliert ; Mi- . . _Veril-o ( from the Surrey ) , as Russell , thc pirate captain -, Mr . Sraithers , as Jackall ; Mr . D . Lewis , asY « 'u V _/ _wic ' i ' . - auj _ilrs . Campbell , as / _-. ' _iia'Ji / Sergeant , elicited the well _im-ritcd applause of the audience . "We were next favoured with tho £ ' : ' io Song , by Miss I . apovtc ; after which Mr . ' ; _Smithi-rs and Miss Masscll danced thc eternal , never ii _> _-m » PMa , Next came Mrs . Caudle ' s Curtain lecture ? . That very popular low comedian Lee played Mrs . Cuudle , and Mr , W . _l'UiUtps , the r > oorhen . pecl ; cd oilier _hlllfof that allli . _iUe lady . The audience testified their delight by _s-crc ' . _uns oi laughter , and at the conclusion Mrs . Caudle obtained
permission to repeat her lecture on thc following evening without a dissentient voice . The entertainment *; concluded with the very amusing farce of Flip-flap J ' ootmni , in whicli the " illimitable _Mtelaiid _, " to use the language Of the " bill , " went through the whole of his astonishing performances , treating us to imitations of old Saunders , the shoivmau ; the late Andrew Due-row ; the immortal Widdicombe ; and T . P . Cook , as dancing the celebrated sailor ' s hornpipe , lie was most rapturously ai _.- , il ;» ided . The house was well attended , and at half-price was < _imto crowded . K . OYAL _rc-LYTEcnNic I _.-vsTiTtmo . w—In addition to the great number of models of carriages and _niaehiiirrv cminected with railways , and with steam-power , and - _-io'iiiI . sion locomotive engines , itc , in the museum at ' this imlile institution , the committee of directors have procured the
model of a novel invention ot' a Mr . Coleman , recently brought by that gentleman from the United -Slates , whicli is exceedingl y in jcuhms , and calculated ( o he of much scr * vice iii _enabling trains to ascend acclivities for sleep gradients on railroads . It has an archimcdiuii screff between the axles ofthe carriage , whicli comes in contact when required with a scries of ' friction-rollers placed between thc rails , and by thc means of this _cuntrivaiu-e the carriage and train attached to it are forced up tlie incline . The _apparatuses _brought into action without dchyor stoppage , and iii the model mounts a gradient of about one inch in six . It is worth the inspection of thc public , i ' _. nd particularly of scientific men . It is in daily operation ;
and , hy the numbers of people who are anxious t .. inspect it , and hear the explanations by thc engineer of liu * _establishment , we should augur that the visitors duly :: i > pre . eiate the great advantages it possesses . Vr . Haciiholliicr Still continues his admirable lectures on natural _pliilusn . ph . v ; and , by his agreeable and comprehensive iiiauuiTOf delivery , completely rivets the attention of his auditors , so that it is quite impossible to misunderstand him . The art of swimming is still exhibited in tho tank ofthe institution , by a boy of only eight years old , who is s » " of Capt Stevens , whose swimming and diving is really extraordinary . One word , before we close this nolicT , in favour of the musical department , which is conducted by Br . Wallis ; it is certainly very meritorious .
The Corn Trade. (From The Mark-Iane Expr...
THE CORN TRADE . ( From the Mark-iane Express . J With the exception of afeiv partial elioircrs in different parts of the country , the weather has continued uninterruptedly tine ; harvest operations have consccpieiitly been rapidly proceeded with , and iu most of the southern couaties the bulk of the corn has been carried . In the north of England there is still a _considci-ablo quantity of grain abroad ; but the lately experienced sunny days luva brought the crops forward amazingly , and iu situations where a month back it was fearod the corn would never arrive at maturity the sickle has lately been _ai-iivcii
employed . On the whole , our prospects as to the future hava undergone an immense improvement since the iiitlioi August , but to supposr that the evil eiieots of a _th-cr-faH _*' net summer have been entirely remedied would lie altogether unreasonable . That a great proportion of i _'' wheat of this yeai ' s growth will be of inferior quality anJ light weight is unqueitionable , nor is it-possible (/ ml _ikdificiencyfrom , the defeclivs set of the ear , so geuendly W ' plained of , can have been made good ; we must _thvrdete adhere to thc opinion already expressed on _loiiiii-r i " _-casions _, viz ., that besides the _faMng off in _wicu ! i , t i _« _wt * ofthe loans of weight and otherwise inferior Mvbuy p roperties of Ihe berry ,-mi : ackeaiilk _cuodl-ce will be rocso
suoitT ov an AVEiiiGE . It is yet too early 'o 1 " 1-m _n" 5 " thing like an accurate astimatu an to the _«"•' - _•«' - _ut uie _^' ficiency . Many parties rate it much above what we aM inclined to do , and others deny that tha crop will lall _ajj all below an average ; in this state of _unccrtaini . _'' we feel inclined to reserve our opinion until sonicUm'S _nwredfl . finite shall have been ascertained by the test i . _filiiaJiii'l ' than is at present known ; but that " then * is ii ( lvfeh _' ' ' . ' ' _* to a great or less aiteut , we feel perfectly coiiriiicetji Public opinion has lately been jo much occupied in in * '** tisating the result ofthe wheat harvest _thau-miil''"" _- _" ' 1 ' 1 ? little is said of spring corn or pulse , hut in the ab _.-etir _t 0 ' complaints it is fair to infer that there is not much a "" * either _« s regards Quality or quantity . 1
In judging of the probable value of wheat liuti ' iif ' ensuing winter , the injury which potatoes have _su '' _'" _* in many of those districts where this article is uw _= i _* _tensivel y grown must not be overlooked . Until _lau-l > *| blight , or to whatever else the failure is attributable , > ' » = supposed to have extended no further than the _sonlli Ot England and the Channel Islands . Williiiiiln' ! _" _* _" ' . ' however , complaints have reached us from _I-inculnsiurC j Cambridgeshire , and Yorkshire , from which it _woitiil' _^ pear that the extent ofthe ruvages made by the _diM-- _' _* lS not yet ascertained . Considering how large : _t puriion o ihe food of all classes consists of potatoes , so i . _vii- " _-- ' * fa-lure must be regarded as a great calamity . Alrw ' . prices have risen considerabl yami it _isci' " '" tIiat ' _'_ !
, mischief should prove anything like so extensive as it ' represented to be , the consumption of bread sum ' s illUS ' be increased enormously . These considerations hail the conclusion , that though no material advance raft occur in quotations of wheat immediately , thc _articlen 1 _** hereafter rise in value . In speaking of potatoes , v _** omitted to mention one important fact , viz ., _tbtit oi »< hare bceu received Inwu from Holland and _Mclghim for " | purchase ofthe article at very high rates , whilst their _export has heen prohibited by ihe Government of tli _" - _' _' ' '* named country . We have heard it reported , on good a " _UlOl'ity , that a contract has already been closed at l _' " to ship 1 , 600 tons to Holland . The export of _agrii-ult _> " _" produce from England to the continent is ceruiiuly a new
ieature . Ey letters from Scotland it appears that the weatM * had continued auspicious for bringing the crops _low- _^ turity in tliebaclnrard disti icts , and _security those in •' more forward localities . There , as with ns , the wheat ' _^ stated to be short in quantity and indilK rent in _ouuli' )» but _complaints as to potatoes arc , wc arc happy to *» . comparatively rare . The advices from Ireland are also , happily , silent 0 Q the subject of the potato blight .
Printed By Dougal M'Goivan, Of 17, Tfrcat Whiinnluj Street, Haymarket, In The City Of Westmin Sr At
Printed by DOUGAL _M'GOiVAN , of 17 , tfrcat _Whiinnluj street , Haymarket , in the City of Westmin _sr at
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Ottice m tne same Street and l ' arisn , 'ul '" . ' prietor , FBAUGUS O'CONNOR , Esij ., and pub 'S '' ?/ Vfmwf Hewitt , of No . 18 , _Clmrles-stae t , B' _** " _^" stroet , _IV ' aUvMth , in the Pariah of St . Mary , _*™' _$ , ton , in the County of Surrey , at thc _Oii'ee , _. "¦< Strand , in the Parish o St . _Mary-lc-strand . a " ¦ City of Wi'utminRter . iuturday , September 20 , 1845 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 20, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20091845/page/8/
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