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service , the former himself rescuing- one of the boys found clinging to a fender hanging" from the boAvs , though the flames Avere scorching his jacket , and the foreyard Avas dangling over the boAv , and threatening every moment to fall . It is more than possible that of those missing , sundry
may never be heard of again . It is believed that several arc droAvned , but nearly the whole of them could SAviui , and it is quite possible that some may make for their homes . To us it seems strange that an oil , admittedly
dangerous , unless the greatest care is taken Avith it , should he used on board ship , but " my Lords , " perhaps , are governed by a sense of economy , and are readier to risk the loss of a slr ' p than to grant annually a few more pounds in the purchase of a more expensive oil .
Further experiments have recentl y been made at Chatham Avith the NCAV Flying Machines invented by Mr . Simmonds , and meant for use in military operations by an army in the field . A high wind prevailed at the time , and it was therefore impossible to obtain any trustworthy
results , as one of the long poles or arms had , in workingit , become injured . Tho experiments Avere made under the superintendence of Mr . Simmonds himself , by a number of Sappers and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Engineers .
The question of widening London Bridge formed the subject of a very interesting paper , by M . S . F . Walmisley , at the meeting , on Thursday evening , of the Civil and Mechanical Engineers' Society , in Westminster Chambers . Mr . Walmisley pointed out that the whole question
resolved itself into one simply of expense . A neAv bridge could be built , a new tunnel bored , aneAv ferry established , or the present structure itself could be widened . There Avere no ^ eng ineering difficulties in the way of either
proposal . It Avas simply for the authorities Avhom it mi ght concern to determine Avhat amount of money should be laid out in affording additional transit across the Thames at this point .
The official inquiry into the loss of tho DeuLicliland , oil the Kentish Knock , is not yet completed . A mass of evidence has been taken , but the charge of Avrecking has been abandoned . Of course , the excitement in German y has not yet cooled CIOAVU , but the bulk of Germans have faith in
the impartiality of our English tribunals . Moreover , there have been published lately a number of statistics as regards German vessels lost , or in difficulties off our English coast , and from these it is shoAvn that a very considerable number of lives have been saved by English life boats , tug boats , and
luggers . The charge against the directors of the London SaAV Mills and Sliort Length Timber Company , Limited , has been dismissed by Alderman Sir R . Lu . sk , before Avhen it was heard , at Guildhall . Mr . George Lewis had taken up the
case out of pure charity , and had succeeded in obtaining a sum of £ 8 oO from the accused , in compensation to the thirty men , mostly retired soldiers and clerks , in a humble position , AVIIO had iiiA'cstod about £ 1 , 030 in the Company . Mr . Lewis did not retract any of the statements he had made on tlie first occasion Avhcn it had come before the
court ; but he thought he Avas acting best in the interests of his clients by accepting for them the sum offered . Under these circumstances , the Avorthy Alderman having
complimented Mr . Lewis on Ins conduct of the case , had no option but to alloAv the case to be withdrawn . The defendants left the court , amid very strong demonstrations of ill-feeling on the part of the complainants .
Ihe relations between acrobats and their apprentices have been recently a matter for investigation before the Lambeth Police Court . A Mr . Brown , the master , appears to have taken two youngsters , a boy and a girl , under his charge , with a view to training them as acrobats . They
seem tu have got on , for a time , pretty , vell together , bul tlie boy was not unfrcqucntly thrashed . It is not , perhaps , very strange that a boy of eleven or tAvelve should occasionally stand in need of a little corporal punishment , but it Avas urged that a greater amount of severity Avas
exhibited than was proper . A considerable amount of Avrangling and jangling among the several parties interested in the quarrel appeal's to have prevailed , and the unfortunate magistrate Avas apparently non-plussed as to how to deal Avitli the matter . HoAvever , ifc Avas
finally arranged that the hoy should be sent to an industrial school , that the girl should stiil remain in the charge of the acrobat , Avho , hoAvever , Avas to send her to school for three months , and , further , that the mother , who had been in receipt of a pound per month for the use of the chil-
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dren , should be alloAved to visit her daughter occasionally . Both the youngsters appear to have been Avell cared for , and Avell nourished b y Mr . BroAvn , and the boy had attained a considerable degree of skill , so far , indeed , as to be able to perform on the flying trapeze blindfold . Both boy and girl
evinced a strong indisposition to return to their mother , nor is this Avholly surprising Avhen Ave consider that they fared very indifferently at home , and that her maternal instructs could not have been very strong , or she Avould not have hired them out for so insignificant a sum .
A very serious charge Avas made on Thursday against a Mr . Henry POAVCII , a captain in the merchant navy , for that he , being master of the good ship Oberon , Avhich came into collision Avith an Italian barque , Chiavari , did not stand by and render such assistance to the latter as Avas in her
power , without clanger to his OAvn ship , as required by the Merchants' Shipping Act of 1873 . The prosecution Avas conducted by Mr . Poland , under instructions from the Treasury , Aviiile Mr . Hill defended . The latter raised a preliminary objection , on the ground that the prosecution
should have been instituted immediately after the occurrence in November 1873 , and that so long an interval should not have been permitted to elapse . Sir Thomas Henry , hoAvever , decided against this objection . After hearing a considerable amount of evidence , the case was adjourned till yesterday .
A verdict of Avilful murder has been given in the terrible tragedy at Norwich , by Avhich the lives of three boys Avere taken by a lunatic , those of two others being yet in danger
from the dreadful Avounds inflicted by the murderer . A Miss Winifred Wales appears to have committed suicide by taking a quantity of opium , being it is . said , induced to commit the fatal act throusrh love for an actor at the
Britannia Theatre . A great conflagration occurred on Thursday morning at tho East of London , the steam flour mills of Messrs . Huskinson being burnt doAvn . The flames
rapidly attained a complete mastery over the building , and all tho engines could do Avas to direct their efforts to saving the adjoining premises , Avhich happily they succeeded in doino-.
Pantomime before Christmas seems an anomaly , but at the Crystal Palace , " Jack in Wonderland ; or , The Magic Beanstalk , the Great Giant , and the Merry Pranks of the Good Little People , " Avritten by Mr . Blanchard , has appeared , and g iven considerable satisfaction to those AVIIO
have had the good fortune to Avitness it . Nor is this to be Avondered at when we bear in mind that the acting was good , the dancing magnificent , and the dresses and ap ] 3 ointments in the highest degree effective . But for an accident which Mr . G . Conquest experienced , the Pantomime , at
the Alexandra Palace . Avould have appeared , as announced , on Tuesday . Owing to this circumstance its appearance Avas delayed till yesterday . The title is , " Harlequin and YCIIOAV Dwarf , or the King of the Gold Mines , " and it has been Avritten expressly , by the Brothers Grinn—a very appropriate
name , as it happens—for Mr . George Conquest , AVIIO , Avith his son , takes the most prominent part in the action . Wc shall defer details till next week . For Boxing Day , a great circus entertainment is announced to take place , and if the Aveather be at all seasonable , there is every chance of there being a very considerable attendance .
On Thursday was g iven , at St . James ' s Hall , a " Christmas Concert , " though there appears to have been nothing particularly Christmas in the programme , beyond the fact of its being held tAvo days before Christmas Day , and that
a few carols wero effectively snug by tho Albert Hall Choral Society . HoAvever , tho performance Avas a good one , and the attendance Avas in every Avay Avorthy of the entertainment afforded .
We cannot compliment the clerk of the Aveather on his recent conduct . He has been mighty fickle of late . We have had a dose of mud and mngginess , during the last feAv days , Avhich has hardly been surpassed even within the memory of " the oldest inhabitant . " Last year ,
wo had , about this time , a very genial frost , and it is possible , of course , Avhen these lines appear , that Father Christmas mnj appear in his usual seasonable toggery . At the moment of Avriting , hoAvever , there is nothing particular to Avarrant this belief . At the same time , let us hope
the Avinter will not pass aAvay without giving us a chance of enjoying something Avintry at least . But snoAV or rain , mngginess or genial frost , Ave doubt not that , someliOAV , the world Avill contrive to enjoy itself as much as it has enjoyed itself in firmer yea ^ s . Tlie youngsters , in particular , if they cannot display their skill on the ice , will ,
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Our Weekly Budget.
service , the former himself rescuing- one of the boys found clinging to a fender hanging" from the boAvs , though the flames Avere scorching his jacket , and the foreyard Avas dangling over the boAv , and threatening every moment to fall . It is more than possible that of those missing , sundry
may never be heard of again . It is believed that several arc droAvned , but nearly the whole of them could SAviui , and it is quite possible that some may make for their homes . To us it seems strange that an oil , admittedly
dangerous , unless the greatest care is taken Avith it , should he used on board ship , but " my Lords , " perhaps , are governed by a sense of economy , and are readier to risk the loss of a slr ' p than to grant annually a few more pounds in the purchase of a more expensive oil .
Further experiments have recentl y been made at Chatham Avith the NCAV Flying Machines invented by Mr . Simmonds , and meant for use in military operations by an army in the field . A high wind prevailed at the time , and it was therefore impossible to obtain any trustworthy
results , as one of the long poles or arms had , in workingit , become injured . Tho experiments Avere made under the superintendence of Mr . Simmonds himself , by a number of Sappers and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Engineers .
The question of widening London Bridge formed the subject of a very interesting paper , by M . S . F . Walmisley , at the meeting , on Thursday evening , of the Civil and Mechanical Engineers' Society , in Westminster Chambers . Mr . Walmisley pointed out that the whole question
resolved itself into one simply of expense . A neAv bridge could be built , a new tunnel bored , aneAv ferry established , or the present structure itself could be widened . There Avere no ^ eng ineering difficulties in the way of either
proposal . It Avas simply for the authorities Avhom it mi ght concern to determine Avhat amount of money should be laid out in affording additional transit across the Thames at this point .
The official inquiry into the loss of tho DeuLicliland , oil the Kentish Knock , is not yet completed . A mass of evidence has been taken , but the charge of Avrecking has been abandoned . Of course , the excitement in German y has not yet cooled CIOAVU , but the bulk of Germans have faith in
the impartiality of our English tribunals . Moreover , there have been published lately a number of statistics as regards German vessels lost , or in difficulties off our English coast , and from these it is shoAvn that a very considerable number of lives have been saved by English life boats , tug boats , and
luggers . The charge against the directors of the London SaAV Mills and Sliort Length Timber Company , Limited , has been dismissed by Alderman Sir R . Lu . sk , before Avhen it was heard , at Guildhall . Mr . George Lewis had taken up the
case out of pure charity , and had succeeded in obtaining a sum of £ 8 oO from the accused , in compensation to the thirty men , mostly retired soldiers and clerks , in a humble position , AVIIO had iiiA'cstod about £ 1 , 030 in the Company . Mr . Lewis did not retract any of the statements he had made on tlie first occasion Avhcn it had come before the
court ; but he thought he Avas acting best in the interests of his clients by accepting for them the sum offered . Under these circumstances , the Avorthy Alderman having
complimented Mr . Lewis on Ins conduct of the case , had no option but to alloAv the case to be withdrawn . The defendants left the court , amid very strong demonstrations of ill-feeling on the part of the complainants .
Ihe relations between acrobats and their apprentices have been recently a matter for investigation before the Lambeth Police Court . A Mr . Brown , the master , appears to have taken two youngsters , a boy and a girl , under his charge , with a view to training them as acrobats . They
seem tu have got on , for a time , pretty , vell together , bul tlie boy was not unfrcqucntly thrashed . It is not , perhaps , very strange that a boy of eleven or tAvelve should occasionally stand in need of a little corporal punishment , but it Avas urged that a greater amount of severity Avas
exhibited than was proper . A considerable amount of Avrangling and jangling among the several parties interested in the quarrel appeal's to have prevailed , and the unfortunate magistrate Avas apparently non-plussed as to how to deal Avitli the matter . HoAvever , ifc Avas
finally arranged that the hoy should be sent to an industrial school , that the girl should stiil remain in the charge of the acrobat , Avho , hoAvever , Avas to send her to school for three months , and , further , that the mother , who had been in receipt of a pound per month for the use of the chil-
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dren , should be alloAved to visit her daughter occasionally . Both the youngsters appear to have been Avell cared for , and Avell nourished b y Mr . BroAvn , and the boy had attained a considerable degree of skill , so far , indeed , as to be able to perform on the flying trapeze blindfold . Both boy and girl
evinced a strong indisposition to return to their mother , nor is this Avholly surprising Avhen Ave consider that they fared very indifferently at home , and that her maternal instructs could not have been very strong , or she Avould not have hired them out for so insignificant a sum .
A very serious charge Avas made on Thursday against a Mr . Henry POAVCII , a captain in the merchant navy , for that he , being master of the good ship Oberon , Avhich came into collision Avith an Italian barque , Chiavari , did not stand by and render such assistance to the latter as Avas in her
power , without clanger to his OAvn ship , as required by the Merchants' Shipping Act of 1873 . The prosecution Avas conducted by Mr . Poland , under instructions from the Treasury , Aviiile Mr . Hill defended . The latter raised a preliminary objection , on the ground that the prosecution
should have been instituted immediately after the occurrence in November 1873 , and that so long an interval should not have been permitted to elapse . Sir Thomas Henry , hoAvever , decided against this objection . After hearing a considerable amount of evidence , the case was adjourned till yesterday .
A verdict of Avilful murder has been given in the terrible tragedy at Norwich , by Avhich the lives of three boys Avere taken by a lunatic , those of two others being yet in danger
from the dreadful Avounds inflicted by the murderer . A Miss Winifred Wales appears to have committed suicide by taking a quantity of opium , being it is . said , induced to commit the fatal act throusrh love for an actor at the
Britannia Theatre . A great conflagration occurred on Thursday morning at tho East of London , the steam flour mills of Messrs . Huskinson being burnt doAvn . The flames
rapidly attained a complete mastery over the building , and all tho engines could do Avas to direct their efforts to saving the adjoining premises , Avhich happily they succeeded in doino-.
Pantomime before Christmas seems an anomaly , but at the Crystal Palace , " Jack in Wonderland ; or , The Magic Beanstalk , the Great Giant , and the Merry Pranks of the Good Little People , " Avritten by Mr . Blanchard , has appeared , and g iven considerable satisfaction to those AVIIO
have had the good fortune to Avitness it . Nor is this to be Avondered at when we bear in mind that the acting was good , the dancing magnificent , and the dresses and ap ] 3 ointments in the highest degree effective . But for an accident which Mr . G . Conquest experienced , the Pantomime , at
the Alexandra Palace . Avould have appeared , as announced , on Tuesday . Owing to this circumstance its appearance Avas delayed till yesterday . The title is , " Harlequin and YCIIOAV Dwarf , or the King of the Gold Mines , " and it has been Avritten expressly , by the Brothers Grinn—a very appropriate
name , as it happens—for Mr . George Conquest , AVIIO , Avith his son , takes the most prominent part in the action . Wc shall defer details till next week . For Boxing Day , a great circus entertainment is announced to take place , and if the Aveather be at all seasonable , there is every chance of there being a very considerable attendance .
On Thursday was g iven , at St . James ' s Hall , a " Christmas Concert , " though there appears to have been nothing particularly Christmas in the programme , beyond the fact of its being held tAvo days before Christmas Day , and that
a few carols wero effectively snug by tho Albert Hall Choral Society . HoAvever , tho performance Avas a good one , and the attendance Avas in every Avay Avorthy of the entertainment afforded .
We cannot compliment the clerk of the Aveather on his recent conduct . He has been mighty fickle of late . We have had a dose of mud and mngginess , during the last feAv days , Avhich has hardly been surpassed even within the memory of " the oldest inhabitant . " Last year ,
wo had , about this time , a very genial frost , and it is possible , of course , Avhen these lines appear , that Father Christmas mnj appear in his usual seasonable toggery . At the moment of Avriting , hoAvever , there is nothing particular to Avarrant this belief . At the same time , let us hope
the Avinter will not pass aAvay without giving us a chance of enjoying something Avintry at least . But snoAV or rain , mngginess or genial frost , Ave doubt not that , someliOAV , the world Avill contrive to enjoy itself as much as it has enjoyed itself in firmer yea ^ s . Tlie youngsters , in particular , if they cannot display their skill on the ice , will ,