be Vrobintes.
We understand it is intended to erect batteries at the mouth of Wey- mouth harbour, and also on the Nothe: the necessary surveys have already been made.— Wilts Herald.
Meetings in repudiation of Lord John Russell's notion of the popular sentiment on the question of Reform are held throughout the country.
At Rochester. Mr. Cobb, hitherto a supporter of Lord John, now felt hotuld to leave him; and Dr. Steel thought that if any man was charge- able with exciting anarchy and confusion it was Lord John himself; whose vain bravado against reform was compared to the stout but fruitless efforts or the Widow Partington with her mop against the advancing tide of the Atlantic. At Nottingham, the meeting was very numerous, and was convened to form a branch of the People's League. It was attended by most members of the Corporation. The veteran Lord Rancliffe presided, and raised much en- thusiasm by the heartiness of his speaking. The himal resolution proposed at the People's League meetings—claiming universal suffrage simply—was carried without a dissentient voice. Afterwards, a substantive Chartist re- solution was proposed, and advocated amidst some confusion; and the meet- ing at last separated without agreeing to any petition. At Liverpool, the meeting was convened by the Reform Committee, and all the Reform notabilities were present. Long speeches were delivered by Mr. John Smith, Mr. G. V. Robinson, Mr. William Rushton, Mr. R. Fer- rer, and Mr. Lawrence Ileyworth. On the proposal of a resolution in sym- pathy with Mr. Hume's Parliamentary efforts, a Chartist amendment was moved. The chairman—a member of the Reform Committee—called for three shows of hands before he could decide the majority; which at last, on his conscience, he gave to the Chartists. He then abdicated; his party withdrew; the Chartists elected their own chairman, and finished the pro- ceedings in their own way.
In the wholesale shoe-trade, we are informed that most of our manufac- turers have received sufficient orders to keep their workmen in employ- ment for some time. One manufacturer could find work for double the number of his present hands.—Norwich Paper.
A boiler at the cotton-mill of Mr. Hollis, at Preston, exploded on Saturday, killed six persons and dangerously scalded a number more. Durham, the engi- neer, did not die till Sunday morning: shortly before his death he declared that he bad some time thought the boiler dangerous; three plates of it, in particular, were faulty and leaked. One of these plates is the one that burst.
Evan Evans and Elizabeth Lowe are now added to those who have died. The insufficiency of water was again proved to have ceased the explosion; and verdicts of "Accidental death" were returned.
A fourth body has been exhumed at Bristol, on suspicion of death having been caused by poison administered by the deceased man Hill,—that of an old lady, Mrs. Michael, who died four years since. It was surmised that Hill had murdered her to prevent the alteration of a will. Only mercury could be traced in the re- mains; and it was proved that calomel had been administered as a medicine. In the case of the elder of the children, who died from arsenic, a verdict of" Wilful murder" was returned against the father.
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