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The Week.
services by the payment of twopence per day . Some jurymen it appeal's , are dissatisfied with this liberal scale , and one of Shem has gone so far as to suggest that all fines should be divided among the jury in return for their services . There are manifest objections to this plan , but it Avould be better not to go through the farce of paying these gentlemen at all than dole out to them the miserable fee which they now receive
from the court . The Dane steamer bas unfortunately been wrecked near Algoa Bay ; and the Simla , an East Indiaman , destroyed by fire at sea . In both instances the passengers ancl crew were saved . Thesnoiv disappeared from London and the district around it , on Saturday , in a very short time . Early in the morning the thiuv set in , and by night almost every trace of
snoAV had disappeared . Naturally , this rapid melting did considerable damage . Streams were swollen so that they burst their banks and inundated fche country round . Especially was this the case at Lewisham , where the usually harmless Ravensbourne sivelled into a big river , drove its waters up the streets of the place , and inundated the houses , doing great damage . But a
more serious result of the rapid thaw Avas seen in a very serious accident Avhich happened on the London , Chatham , and Dover main line on Saturday morning . That line near to Beckenbam crosses a streamlet on a bridge about 40 ft . in length . The brook was greatly sivollen , and the foundations of one at least of the piers of the bridge appear to have been sapped . A passenger
train passed safely over the bridge at midnight on Saturday ; but an hour afterwards , while a goods train Ai-as crossing , a pier of the bridge gave way , and the Avhole of the train was precipitated into the stream or the fields beyond . The driver escaped almost miraculously , but the fireman Avas jammed to death , and all the efforts thafc could be made on Saturday last failed until a pate hour to extricate his crushed body .
The guards of the train Avere , fortunately , but little hurt . In the Court of Common Pleas , on Saturday , an application was made for a rule for a new trial in the case of Berry o . Da Costa , for breach of promise of marriage , in ivhich a verdict Avas returned for the plaintiff wifch £ 2 , 500 damages . The application for a new trial was based on the grounds that the damages ivere
excessive , and that the judge misdirected the jury . The court , however , decided against the application , and the rule Avas refused . In another case of breach of promise—Rumbelow 11 Nicholson—ivhere the verdict ivenfc for tbe plaintiff ' , a rule for a neiv trial Avas granted . Another censure has been passed by a coroner ' s jury upon the Bethnal-greeu workhouse
authorities . On Saturday an inquest was held on the body of Robert Scolley , who bad died in the workhouse . The evidence clearly shoAved that the deceased had died chiefly through want of proper attention and food in the workhouse . The jury found a verdict to that effect . Twelve more lives have been lost in a brave endeavour to save shipwrecked men . A
ship was seen in the offing at Yarmouth on Saturday in sore distress . Two lifeboats pufc out fco her assistance . One of them had her rudder unshipped Avhile crossing the bar . At thafc moment a sea struck her , and as she touched the ground at the same time she was capsized , and her crew Avere turned underneath her . They Avere sixteen in number . Four struggled
out , but the other tAvelve Avere unhappily drowned . A man named Crane is in custody , charged Avith having caused the death of his paramour—a woman named Carr . They lived in a room in George-street , Kent-street . Last week the woman was lying drunk on fche bed , ivhen Crane came in and kicked and beat her very much . She died the next day . The Coroner for the district held an inquest on the body . The jury found a verdict of wilful murder against Crane . A brutal murder has been committed near Lancaster . Elizabeth Kelson , a
young woman living in service at a house near to Lancaster , visited the city one evening the week before last . The next morning her body was found in a lane . She had evidently been criminally assaulted and beaten and then strangled . A deputation from the National Eeform League waited upon Earl Russell on Tuesday to point out the necessity thafc the Reform
Bill should be comprehensive . Mr . Edmond Beales introduced the deputation , and some capital speeches ivere made by working men who Avere present . Replying to these addresses , Earl Russell said the Government had determined upon bringing in a Reform Bill , and by that bill they would stand or fall . The inundations in the valley of the Thames still continue ,
and , among other places , the grounds afc Eaton College are partially under Avater . The trial of Captain "Wade for the loss of her Majesty ' s gunboat JBulldog , which it Avill be remembered Avas wrecked at Cape Haytien Avhile in the act of firing upon the rebel batteries , in retaliation for an alleged insult offered by the insurgents , was opened at Devonport on
Monday . Captain Wade ' s defence entered very minutely into all the circumstances of the accident , as well as of the antecedent occurrences . ——The six seamen charged with mutiny on board fche Scotland , were brought before Sir Thomas Henry , at BoAv-streefc , on Tuesday . Ifc appeared that the vessel had not yet arrived , and another adjournment Avas ordered . ——Bethnal Green AVorkhouse is being dragged into unfortunate
notoriety again . There have been , it seems , numerous irregularities in the house , which , in two cases afc least , have , in the opinion of coroner's juries , led to loss of life . The Poor-law Board has caused an inquiry to be instituted into these matters , and Mr . Farnall has held an open court at the workhouse . The case of James Flowers was gone into , aud great laxity of practice iu the management of the hospital wards was shown . The
inquiry was adjourned . Sir J . Kaye Shufctleworth has been urging the Government to adopt his plan of national insurance for cattle ivhich may die of the plague or be slaughtered by order of the inspectors . He suggests that Government should advance money to pay for losses , and levy premiums for ifcs repayment on every farmer in the kingdom , according to the
number of cattle he keeps , extending the repayment , however , over a number of years . The Treasury does not approve of the scheme for national assurance . It rather thinks that local societies ivould work much better . If , hoAvei'er , ifc can be shown that there is great and pressing need , the Government Avill recommend Parliament to make loans to these district
associations the repayment to be spread over a series of years . ——A meeting of gentlemen connected with the mercantile marine Avas held afc the London Tavern on Wednesday . Mr . Crawford , M . P ., presided . A good deal of dissatisfaction has been created , ifc seems , by the recent act of the Board of Trade in setting aside the finding of the court of inquiry into fche loss
of the Duncar Dunbar . Resolutions Avere passed afc the meeting on Wednesday condemnatory of this action of the Board , and in favour of substituting a jury of nautical men for the tivo assessors Avho now assist the magistrates afc these inquiries . Mr . Torrens , MP ., and Mr . Ayrton , M . P ., were present , and took part in fche proceedings . The cheek blanches afc the
brief telegraphic story told on Wednesday of the going doivn in deep water of the London , with over tivo hundred souls on board . Happily the number at first reported as lost is in excess of the truth . The telegram said 270 lives had been lost . There Avas a rumour current 011 Wednesday that Dr . Lushington , one of the most able and distinguished of our judges , is about to retire from the bench . Mr . Farnell has continued his inquiry into the alleged acts of neglect of duty on the part of the Bethnal Green Workhouse officials . The evidence showed
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The Week.
services by the payment of twopence per day . Some jurymen it appeal's , are dissatisfied with this liberal scale , and one of Shem has gone so far as to suggest that all fines should be divided among the jury in return for their services . There are manifest objections to this plan , but it Avould be better not to go through the farce of paying these gentlemen at all than dole out to them the miserable fee which they now receive
from the court . The Dane steamer bas unfortunately been wrecked near Algoa Bay ; and the Simla , an East Indiaman , destroyed by fire at sea . In both instances the passengers ancl crew were saved . Thesnoiv disappeared from London and the district around it , on Saturday , in a very short time . Early in the morning the thiuv set in , and by night almost every trace of
snoAV had disappeared . Naturally , this rapid melting did considerable damage . Streams were swollen so that they burst their banks and inundated fche country round . Especially was this the case at Lewisham , where the usually harmless Ravensbourne sivelled into a big river , drove its waters up the streets of the place , and inundated the houses , doing great damage . But a
more serious result of the rapid thaw Avas seen in a very serious accident Avhich happened on the London , Chatham , and Dover main line on Saturday morning . That line near to Beckenbam crosses a streamlet on a bridge about 40 ft . in length . The brook was greatly sivollen , and the foundations of one at least of the piers of the bridge appear to have been sapped . A passenger
train passed safely over the bridge at midnight on Saturday ; but an hour afterwards , while a goods train Ai-as crossing , a pier of the bridge gave way , and the Avhole of the train was precipitated into the stream or the fields beyond . The driver escaped almost miraculously , but the fireman Avas jammed to death , and all the efforts thafc could be made on Saturday last failed until a pate hour to extricate his crushed body .
The guards of the train Avere , fortunately , but little hurt . In the Court of Common Pleas , on Saturday , an application was made for a rule for a new trial in the case of Berry o . Da Costa , for breach of promise of marriage , in ivhich a verdict Avas returned for the plaintiff wifch £ 2 , 500 damages . The application for a new trial was based on the grounds that the damages ivere
excessive , and that the judge misdirected the jury . The court , however , decided against the application , and the rule Avas refused . In another case of breach of promise—Rumbelow 11 Nicholson—ivhere the verdict ivenfc for tbe plaintiff ' , a rule for a neiv trial Avas granted . Another censure has been passed by a coroner ' s jury upon the Bethnal-greeu workhouse
authorities . On Saturday an inquest was held on the body of Robert Scolley , who bad died in the workhouse . The evidence clearly shoAved that the deceased had died chiefly through want of proper attention and food in the workhouse . The jury found a verdict to that effect . Twelve more lives have been lost in a brave endeavour to save shipwrecked men . A
ship was seen in the offing at Yarmouth on Saturday in sore distress . Two lifeboats pufc out fco her assistance . One of them had her rudder unshipped Avhile crossing the bar . At thafc moment a sea struck her , and as she touched the ground at the same time she was capsized , and her crew Avere turned underneath her . They Avere sixteen in number . Four struggled
out , but the other tAvelve Avere unhappily drowned . A man named Crane is in custody , charged Avith having caused the death of his paramour—a woman named Carr . They lived in a room in George-street , Kent-street . Last week the woman was lying drunk on fche bed , ivhen Crane came in and kicked and beat her very much . She died the next day . The Coroner for the district held an inquest on the body . The jury found a verdict of wilful murder against Crane . A brutal murder has been committed near Lancaster . Elizabeth Kelson , a
young woman living in service at a house near to Lancaster , visited the city one evening the week before last . The next morning her body was found in a lane . She had evidently been criminally assaulted and beaten and then strangled . A deputation from the National Eeform League waited upon Earl Russell on Tuesday to point out the necessity thafc the Reform
Bill should be comprehensive . Mr . Edmond Beales introduced the deputation , and some capital speeches ivere made by working men who Avere present . Replying to these addresses , Earl Russell said the Government had determined upon bringing in a Reform Bill , and by that bill they would stand or fall . The inundations in the valley of the Thames still continue ,
and , among other places , the grounds afc Eaton College are partially under Avater . The trial of Captain "Wade for the loss of her Majesty ' s gunboat JBulldog , which it Avill be remembered Avas wrecked at Cape Haytien Avhile in the act of firing upon the rebel batteries , in retaliation for an alleged insult offered by the insurgents , was opened at Devonport on
Monday . Captain Wade ' s defence entered very minutely into all the circumstances of the accident , as well as of the antecedent occurrences . ——The six seamen charged with mutiny on board fche Scotland , were brought before Sir Thomas Henry , at BoAv-streefc , on Tuesday . Ifc appeared that the vessel had not yet arrived , and another adjournment Avas ordered . ——Bethnal Green AVorkhouse is being dragged into unfortunate
notoriety again . There have been , it seems , numerous irregularities in the house , which , in two cases afc least , have , in the opinion of coroner's juries , led to loss of life . The Poor-law Board has caused an inquiry to be instituted into these matters , and Mr . Farnall has held an open court at the workhouse . The case of James Flowers was gone into , aud great laxity of practice iu the management of the hospital wards was shown . The
inquiry was adjourned . Sir J . Kaye Shufctleworth has been urging the Government to adopt his plan of national insurance for cattle ivhich may die of the plague or be slaughtered by order of the inspectors . He suggests that Government should advance money to pay for losses , and levy premiums for ifcs repayment on every farmer in the kingdom , according to the
number of cattle he keeps , extending the repayment , however , over a number of years . The Treasury does not approve of the scheme for national assurance . It rather thinks that local societies ivould work much better . If , hoAvei'er , ifc can be shown that there is great and pressing need , the Government Avill recommend Parliament to make loans to these district
associations the repayment to be spread over a series of years . ——A meeting of gentlemen connected with the mercantile marine Avas held afc the London Tavern on Wednesday . Mr . Crawford , M . P ., presided . A good deal of dissatisfaction has been created , ifc seems , by the recent act of the Board of Trade in setting aside the finding of the court of inquiry into fche loss
of the Duncar Dunbar . Resolutions Avere passed afc the meeting on Wednesday condemnatory of this action of the Board , and in favour of substituting a jury of nautical men for the tivo assessors Avho now assist the magistrates afc these inquiries . Mr . Torrens , MP ., and Mr . Ayrton , M . P ., were present , and took part in fche proceedings . The cheek blanches afc the
brief telegraphic story told on Wednesday of the going doivn in deep water of the London , with over tivo hundred souls on board . Happily the number at first reported as lost is in excess of the truth . The telegram said 270 lives had been lost . There Avas a rumour current 011 Wednesday that Dr . Lushington , one of the most able and distinguished of our judges , is about to retire from the bench . Mr . Farnell has continued his inquiry into the alleged acts of neglect of duty on the part of the Bethnal Green Workhouse officials . The evidence showed