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THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1901. later all their beer which was on cunnlv in thirtr -JrtPBODUCB MARKET. wtmiX, 5 3flp.ii. number of years and be enabled to carry out their in ARSENIC IN Committee to be held at the close of tho adjourned Council meeting, which is fixed for Wednesday next. Lancashire towns was brought back and got rid of.

market remains tentions, and so subject individuals to very considerable hardship. Tho Lands Clauses Act provided that where an undertaking was intended to be carried into Tho Citv Hnnrnil irill most on Wednesday to discuss to nothing offering several propositions which are to be brought forward INQUESTS IN SALF0RD. lintertss nun aaolMieH fl we MS enect by means ot a capital to be subscribed by tne promoters of tho undertaking, the whole of the capital ur. lattorsali, medical officer of health, spoke to obtaining Eamphs of all the articles used in the brewing of beer at Threlfall's Brewery in Kovem-hcr last. These included hops, invert sugar, gypsum, phyrax (preservative), isinglass, and malt.

He had obtained samples from other breweries, and in the samples of six breweries arsenic was found. by members of the These include tho resolu arc 1 wn or estimated 6um tor Uetrnymg tho expenses ot tne tion moved by Mr. Alderman Uibson on uecemoer to tbo effect that the present system of subsidising tho rates out of the profits of the gas undertaking is wrong LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, 1 Tho demand can advices, tho eaai Amer'-firmness, holder. W0miketJ.hu Ioet m1 ol Irelalt flange in Som "tt-w fellfre- Tllere ll the lower BidrS't mEat 'd to Shoulders alio favour buyers, suppties, and both extremely limited request at firm rat. Ham8'J'i moderate consumptive shortcut, unchanged, though Lard: A quiet trade t.1'1 per cwt wa'y-rates quotation, jSt' lower flt: for rellued.

Chcrae Tnme wem sn1 only a moderate SSSJS with renVies. 1 fa, tlTOl-v at CUr' moderate tatffiy. Continental, with previous qStoUonB Prk meet dul1 Ml flt INTERESTING MEDICAL EVIDENCE. THE CITY COUNCIL. THE PROPOSED MAHKET-STREET AREA IMPROVEMENT.

CRITICISM OF THE SCHEME, A meeting of the General Purposes Committea of the City Council was held yesterday at the Town Hall. The Lord Mayor (Mr. Thomas Briggs) presided. The Parliamentary Sub-committeo presented a report which contained a print of extracts from the Manchester (Sfarfcet-street Area) Improvements Bill, and A Juror suggested that the names should so given, but the Coroner pointed out that the doctor could not be asked to give the names, aa the jury were 3p.ni. call d.

3 9 3 9 4v 9 5 9 6 9 8Jjv Quiet, nothing doing. 9,3 11 9 3'5 9 Jji'v 9 i 9 6 9 S'J Quiet- Mr. Arthur Holmes, borough coroner, resumed the inquest yesterday, at the Manor Hotel, Salford, ftMiuu- lliv in principle ana ougnt io oe THE CHURCHES. Tim Archbislion of Canterbury has anpointed Thurs xow concerned witn tne death ot a woman wno, so far as they knew, had drunk only Threlfall's beer. No doubt the other names would come- out in the course of other inquiries now being conducted.

Dr. Tattersall added that seventy samples of beer had been obtained from different places, and none concerning the deaths of two womeu who, it was presumed, had fallen victims to the drinking of arsenical beer. The inquest in the first instance was Limited, Liw tert 1 tuntv Tate una Sons, 1 IK 91.. small No. Us.

ei, coirs flfS unaertasmg snould bo subscribed beforo the special Act or any Act incorporated therewith in relation to compulsory taking of land should be put into force. The projected company wished to bo permitted to go on with the powers of their Act of Parliament when they had one-fifth of tho money subscribed. That, to his mind, was a very eerious matter. The Sub-committee listened to what the representatives of the Company had to say, and it would be found that that point was raised during the discussion and was referred to in the report. Mr.

IV. H. Vaudrey, who was one of the promoters, said, reply on the point, that the 200,000 could he increased, if necessary, to 500,000, which would be one-half of the subscribed capital required by the Lands Clauses Act. The next point that occurred to the Committee was whether the new street from Marki-t-sircet to Cannon-street should bo made of a udtb of 14 yards, and there were other poinls with reference to the width upon the body of Maria Weaver. It was opened on the 14th of December last, and adjourned to allow or them contained arsenic in sufficient quantities to be harmful.

He believed that all the sugar which Hsef. pet JNlb. 1121b. e. Indian mM.

2. iJU tl. MI li, per Ml. i no Silvaand Co. for the 1 fit January.

65 0 stated that the following letter from Messrs. Gunson the medical and other experts to make full investiga Pork, dct 2C0ih had been found contaminated had coma from one firm. Tlie sugars supplied by Bostock's looked equally good and were very similar in colour to those of other rnmoWMlem 28 0 Amer.reunul, palls 19 0 Uo.lirlilns 3a 3 and Son, on behalf the promoters, bad been under day, May 2, for the annual meeting of tho Church of England Waifs and Strays Society. Tho examination of the students at tho Manchester Theological Institution has been conducted by the Revs. A.

L. Humphries, A. Lattimer, W. Johnson, and W. Bowe.

Of the first year's students two were ill, and the remaining 32 passed, the highest position being taken by L. Kemish with 491 marks out of a possible SOO. Of tho 25 second year's men one was ill and 24 piwsed, T. Gallon taking the premier position with 525 marks oat of a possible 550. In the BiiDtist Church the Rev.

W. E. Davies, of Prime mem West. (SOU Bacon, per 1121b. tion of the probablo cujses of the death.

Dr. Atkinson, barrister, appeared on behalf of the Man 1893. 13S9. their consideration: ii'. 66 uBinriora 62 Continental co nerimu Ilnesi Buttr, per 1121b.

51 0 E5 0 '10, Mnrsden-street, Manchester, December 20, 13,005 23,009 213.0CO UOM Z7.0W Sj.04 firms, and there was nothing in their appearance to suggest to tho brewers that there was anything wrong with them. Caiad'naliiB'd sill's Am'rlc'nlonff clear 41 chester Brewery Company. Tlie deceased woman was a widow, aged 42, and had resided at 11, Back Crookall-strect, Salford. 1900. Dear sir, Manchester (Market-street Area) Short Dr.

Coutts, of Owens College, who made analyses Implements. Our client desire us to make cl. ilanlsh 12S 01K Do. 123 cm States, line. 0 100 Canad creamer's linen 18 0 112 1H 0113 Mwlhms 42 0 65 Low 22 0 40 the following communication to yon on tho same, aoonriD Cumberland cut Stafford cut Clsar tallies Short clear huclc.

of the proposed streets runtiing diagonally across the area, the provision of itrcades, and facilities for tenants relaining possession of their premises till others were provided. There wore many occunviiur shonkeencrs in uisea of the articles mentioned by Dr. Tatteriall, laid he found traces of arsenic in several of the substances, hut the only article in which he found a substantia rlorence Howell stated that Mrs. eaver had not had any beer for about six weeks before her death. What beer she had she usually got from the Globe Inn, Regent Road.

She used to take two or three glasses of "fourpenny" beer as a rule, Dr. Taylor, of Oldfield Road, who attended the and to say that they wilt he pleased to confer with yon at any time on the bill. The Corporation may think Hail Wrestoit, will enter on the pastorate at Kimbolton on March the Rev. H. S.

Smith, for twenty years paster of the Spurgeon Memorial Church, Fenny Stratford, baa accented the nastorate at Potter's Bar: the Hams, per 11216. 13.0CO 3f500 27,000 7,092 18.310 116,200 3.CC0 6.C03 5.533 13.2J0 75.700 cH- Market-street who would be rather seriously touched by a scheme of this kind. The oroiected conmanv JAKlgCUl Shortcut Do. skinless Shoulden.N.iT.cut 0 49 60 6 51 3B 10 that it is desirable while the property is dealt with under, the bill to take the opportunity of widening amount ot arsenic was a sampio ot invert sugar, which l.e was told had come from Bostock's. Ha found arsenic in a sample of Threlfall's "fourpenny" beer to the extent of over one-seventh and lees than one-third of a grain to a gallon-- quantity which per m.

Irish hen Continental Canadian Slates 10 0 7 9 Rev. W. Travis, late of Chester, has been recognised woman in her last illness, said the symptoms were those of peripheral neuritis, Examining the body O-SM 3." as paslor of Tabernacle Church, tno nev, Market-slrcet, Corporation-street, Cannon-street, and iresh 7 8 James Smith this week closed his nastorate at Wimble iplculo, J4 6 15 Preserved in ft after death, he found the organs healthy. Certain V' JmKi. January 1 to January 12.

awi New Brown-street-, or some of those streets; should don; and Mr. Hamilton Watts, of Regent's Park Cob cauiu only oe iouna ny persons loosing upeaiuiy ior He found minute trace of arsenic in the sample impos-vs ol Provisions. portions of the viscera were reserved for analysis. Testcnky. they wish this, clauses can be inserted in the bill to Ttih week.

lege, has been invited Stratfojd Hew Town, Replying to Dr. Atkinson, the witness said he re bnxaa 558 M.697 82,655 GW71 carry this out. It is suggested that the priw to be paid a6 of hops, Iu answer to Mr. Moulten, witness said the gypsum wns, be believed, used for hardening the Manchester water, which wax too soft for good browing. Barton In tho Congregational Church the Rev.

Owen Enoch, Bacon ISuUer Cheeso Hams 1'ork lime ilim aiw maciivo fused to certify the cause of death, but he formed the opinion that tho death was due to peripheral neuritis. Dr. J. Dixon Mann, Professor of Forensic Medicine at boxes boxet barrels This year. 133 6,821 B.iCB HP 1.SKJ soa 311 94 Last year.

IQM 2,784 8,223 mm 10,21 793 numiiial and uiiclunKetl in 4)5 3,124 1,913 411 755 all late of Sandford, Devon, has accepted the pastorate at Knscoe, New York; the Rev. V. R. Hunter, of Bradford, has been invited to take temnorary charge K.C.- Owens College, said ho received portions of the body i oiriTiiv ii wii.il inn 1-L EI1.1 Mfwan-Bt. nreWhcto.

of Altercliffe Church, Sheffield, owing to the illness water was, he believed, a hard water. The Coroner said that it was open to the jury fo. adjourn the inquiry until after the Manchester inquest was ever, or return a verdict in accordance with the evidence and leave tho police to take tor analysis, in tne liver lie touna an amount ot arsenic equal to about one-eightieth part of a grain of white arsenic. Arsenic was present in an unweizh- 1'rev. day's stated that, as far as possible, the present tenants having shops in Market-street rnl Corporation-street would ba retained and havo substituted premises provided in the intended new buildings.

Tluit was their own suggestion, mid it was one which tbo Corporation would do well to observe. The question of probable congestion of the new streets was alr.o considered. Another suggestion was m.ide that the Company should bo allowed to raise their buildings to a height of 100 feet. The Improvement and Buildings Committee allowed a building to be erected two-and-a-half times as high as the width of the street, aud if the street were made 40 feet wide that would permit them to erect their buildings 100 feet iu height. He did not know that they should allow any clause in on Act of Parliament which would interfere wiih the customary regulations of the city, jlo thought they should object to any special prnvisiv.o being put into the Act of Parliament.

The Committee would take care to protect the interests of I I.i- public, but the suggestions made in tun scheme were well worthy of their serious consideration, anil it was one which, of Ihe Itey. W. A. Guttridgc; Mr. H.

T. Parry, of the THE BUTTER MARKET. College, has accepted act invitation to the Rev. J. Morcan Jones, of Mansfield Col able amount iu the kiduey and spleen, aud there was a trace of arsenic in tho stomach.

A medicinal dose TBOMDAl. by the Corporation for the land to be laid to any such street should bo calculated on tho basis of tho cost price of the. land bid to the street as a proportion of the cost of each' plot from which such land so laid to the street is taken. Iu case of difference, the price to be settled by the president of the Surveyors' Institute for the time being. Tho bill will contain an obligation on the part of our clients to make, pave, sewer, and hand over to the Corporation tho two new streets witliin an agreed time after the passing of the Act.

It is intended that each street should have a culvert or underground passage to contain tho sewer, gas aud water nines, The area of the streets. tnioms-. feff. 33F. 40F.

MKf. Steady. what course they wished oil the completion of the Manchester investigation. 40f. dC'j'f.

fresh butter: A 1 W. 0 lege, has been ordained minister of the English Church oi arsenic would be- a twelfth or fourteenth part of firkins 23 nuinoer oi 40f. IrrCRHtir, at Aoenlaro; tho Rev. B. J.

iJaker, formerly ot tage Hill, Liverpool, has accepted the pastorate of the new a- grain. The Coroner: Would the amount found be suffi tela- Th CornxuAttzy, TnrnsD.iy. ine Dan sli inn cnurcli al 1'alrnerstou riew win to Mr- Christianaco! cient to account for death? JB icuucli an kroner. lop Is now 103 kroner per 50 kilos, or about 116s. 3d.

per cwt. Mr. Fletcher uouiton remattcd umc tae discovery of arsenic in beer had been a terrible surprise to the brewers, and the latter had done all that was possible to remedy tho evil. The jury found that death was due to cardiac failure, caused by peripheral neuritis, accelerated by arsenical poisoning. (lay.

The annual meeting of tho congregation of Cavendish Chapel. Manchester, was held on Wednesday. Tho Dr, Mann This is chronic poisoning when the patient lives considerable time after taking poison Re7. Dr. Leach pre-iided.

During the year 1,250 bad T-ln-. 32J-i 3.1 Qui'it. 33 3311 Kinn. a great portion of it is eliminated, and you do not i. it.

tilrtW IRON, COAL, AND STEEL TRADES. BinumoiuB, TaoESDit. courts, and passages at present witliin the boundary of the four street (some of which are claimed as private property) is about 4,000 square yards. The area of the proposed new streets is about 4.700 yards. The area of xi.u ii uiiriori meennr.

n.nci. without pledging the rales of the ciiy, would effect a great public improvement. (Hear, hear,) The Lord Mayor said the promoters proposed to make two business arcades through each of the triangles gee any amount wuica wouiu cause ucatu. j.ma wiuu not account for death, but what may have passed through would. If a person dies from alcohol you won't find any quantity of alcohol afterwards which would account for death.

imeration of many orders of value, and the tone to-dav rras very I'm i ai iltk- indent lUnf, with liu'iiJfsf, ami no sales havu (i iiuci ui ireacni. itiere are a few more in.nitri,.. mi ci.i,,in,. account but the liomc demand is of a liand-io-nioulh cliarau- the land of these new streets being in excess of the area oi tlie uresent existimr sueuts anil rxissnsres. am! wmcn tor purposes of business would be open during been raised, which was sufficient to meet every liability and enable the treasurer to close the year's accounts free of debt.

The membership of tho church had in-crcafcd, and was now larger than for many years past. As illustrating the difficulty of keeping a mid-town church stroig. the following figures were given: Four years ago, when the Rev. Dr. Leach accepted the call to the, pastorate, there were on the books nominal and actual 347 seatholdcrs, Of these 434 are dead, removed, or lapsed.

During the last four years there have been added 150 new seatholders, and some hun it tan ''Hi in llii" niarkft fur Is it not common for people to take arsenic with mis miucuua in prices Has checked outside cwn- tho fact that thesi two new stvnels when laid out will ouijuwuat. A statement liae been saitw hv thi. ineii their It is said to be so in some countnes. i toe tlay and closed atter business hours. They would be 3ft.

6in. to 9ft, wide. Mr. Fletcher Moss aid be had been asked by people who were tenants and owners in I he scheduled area to without doubt lie a great relief lo traffic in Market-street, should, in the opinion of our clients, be con but I think it is exceptional in this country, and have received tho evidence with certain reserve. ini; in i tmiicu, uui.

MtlliT fjrr.1 i ars riiiirtl whuit sidered a sufficient consideration on the part of our i.1 is said, and accented, that a person may get accus tiiiiiii nt-ttL-teil, owins to Chamber of Commerce which throws a great deal of light "lion tins question. It shows that durini; last vear ilio steel from the Uulted States "into tlio United kimjdom amounted to tons, as cninpared with ilWtaat from other countries, in this previous year Ihe imports from the United Slates were only 59,375 tons ami from other countries 17,915, whilst in 1895 the Inures were fnr (i I' Sill I rtai.i i liimiii-s Miiimers. tomed to arsenic, but this beer epidemic snows that oppase the scheme. He could dp so because he could see no good in the scheme, and ho improvement. Tho new streets as proposed wore loo narrow.

THE "LANCET" ON THE ROYAL COMMISSION. Tho "Lancet," in a leading article, says: We that ihe Uovormnent hare already an ample supply of facts at band in order to give tho question fair discussion, with the view to the introduction of a short bill to prevent arEcnic poisoning by means of beer. We care not whether such a bill is directed to tho interdiction of malt substitutes or whether it forbids tlie sale of all food and drinks except nndcr their proper name, so long as it meets with an urgent requirement of public health. We do not suppose for a moment Parliament will over decide that only a cer hut with about they do not get accustomed to it. li'irir-' jn-f rtferi" ideas, aud notliing The Lord Mayor: I imty say at this point that wo expect to get the streets widened.

Mr. Moss said that was an expectation, and he did insula tiuaiiij; wm uj.151.u1g streets ano passages. The streets as set out in the deposited plans are 40ft. wide. The Corporation may think that these streets are not wide enough, and that one or both, of them should bo made wider.

If 60, our clients will bo willing to fall in with the wishes of the Corporation as io ony increased widening in these two irucls. but suggest that such inerettsed widenintr (if nui-l should hn firm Imt rruitc iillf, with Is the arsenic more virulent when in beer man alone? No, we have no evidence of that so far, but this present epidemic has given lis a great deal of information, and I am rathor disposed to say that it dreds besides who are not seatholders. Of the newcomers some 200 aro dead, removed, or lapsed. During ihe last four years there has been an average annual loss of about 87 persons, owing to deaths and workmen having to follow their employment. After allowing for all this, the actual membership of the church has increased by about 60 per cent, and tho subscribing scfilholders by about 50 pec ceut.

It was announced tlin.fc the pastor and the workers wore now considering ium au or omcr countnes Since last week meclin; Hie coach ailc tree inakers hive met la consider the question of a reduction in pricea in view of the slackening of inquiries. With fuel rr.lt rtfifciiig to ctttr for. tjii' are iianinally un. not want to sny any more about it al present. The Improvement Committee had met anJ lixed a new -r- 'ftl fw l.roiiiifn-r-.fniiiiry sliipmeni and at their present high rates, it was decided net to make anv is as you suggest, tupecinlly if people have taken alcohol before.

Possibly it would then produce more jhintni'iii. building line which would li.no the effect of widening Market-street. Many thought that was the onlv desir ii effect than arsenic taken alone. li: Jtar.i Dr. Atkinson questioned the witness as to tho timo able thing to be done, and it could be done independent r.

In -iln', jii'l tliu saies include 250 Sfjiiifr liiim-t fjir enrteut at 23 cuange ior me present, and this meeting was adjourned. Lnuling marked bar inakers have still a lair proportion of orders on hand, hut their experience is by no mums general. The ttondard remains at 9. 10s. For nnniarked iron there is a widening margin.

It has leen suggested Unit steps Bhould be taken to bring the selling rales more into harmony with the Assrciation llgure, but in ihe present condition of demand the time is stated lo be inuioortune. (luolations that arsenic would remain in the system. The witness said his opinion previous to the occurrence of these il. an" niiprriCT geeoucl.s at mbcr simmer shipment i ri, iii p.nd for by the Corporation in the same maimer as it fiiggesled tlie Corporation should pay in tho event of being decided to widen Market-street ur any one of the other slrects surrounding the property. There are other points which, in the view of our clients, tho Corporation might concur in.viz.: a) That the height of tlie buildings facing into thnse two new streets should be not more than 100 feet, (ft) That should our clients desire they may put a cover over tho pathways of the new streets.

As far ns it is possible, tho present tenants having shops in Market- cases wouiu nave been founded on Known cases ot poisonina. "In those cases," ho added, "you don't ot tuis scheme. Another misleading si.i lenient was that in which it was stated tiiat the tenants would be provided for. If men of business were turned out of llleir shops and places of business probaliiy for two or three ycar3, they could not be provided "fur, and he knew from his own experience that the would be considerable, and in many cases it would be a man's ruin. That was another verv eood "round onnosinc '1 fu the.

WK at 9U, find nrsenic after longer than fourteen days." "Supposing," said Dr. Atkinson, she had taken no arsenic 1U' -irnl an- noiv held for 23 m'1 "-iriU i' atl1' rfr. tci Nearer ir.YiT. -i ijnoiatioa ana mm'. 'Wl'm'- the scheme.

It was stated bv Mr. Alderman Southern iiinuirv on this tor three weeks, you would not nave expected to find it?" Witness replied' that he would not before the present epidemic, but experience had shown that arsenic might remain longer than three weeks. He had in mind the case of a woman who bad been in hospital for three weeks, aud had no access to beer, yet tain fluid of a certain composition may be legally called beer, or will commit itself lo any narrowly protective measure but without doing cither of these things tho introduction of arsenic into beer can be stopped. The list instruction to tbo Commission provides that "if it is found that exceptional sickness and death have been due to arsenic in beer or in any article of fnod or drink, to ascertain by what safeguards tho introduction of arsenic therein can bo prevented." There need he no if." Exceptional sickness and death have hecu traced indubitably to arsenic in beer. Why, then, await the report of a Royal Commission to iutcrdict by law tho recurrence of "such tragedies? We doubt the expediency or even necessity of this Royal Com mission.

It is an excellently composed body, hut we c.ttinot help feeling that it is being asked to answer questions that no longer need be put, and to suggest remedies which could bo appUed without its interven a plan for regular, systematic visitation of from 2,000 tii 3,000 houses every week. This is to ho done by moans of the deaconesses, members of the congregation, and bvrgely by the members of tho yigorous Christian Endeavour Society of Cavendish Chapel. St. Jamks's, The three-manual organ which bar. bcoa built iu St.

James's Church, Rusholms, to replace the old and worn-out instrument, w.is dedicated at a special service held on Wednesday evening. The Rector (the Rev. F. G. Duller) clficiated.

After the service recital was given by Mr. W. Mullineiix, wlio is organist at the Town Hull, Bolton. The new instrument which is hlcwn by mechanical power will be played upon at a series of Sunday evening recitals, after service, by other musicians. Mr.

W. H. Barker is the organist of the church. Natiowl Frotesta.vt Leaotb. A lecture was given last night at tho Coal Exchange, Market Place, in connection with the local branch of fhe National Protestant League, bv the Rev.

T. A. Howard, of Liver Mrtwak, and valuw are un- that the Corporation should insist upon Ihe whole million of money being paid before operations were commenced. A million was no uso in connection with such in ,1 the Taiilalus ami It. sircei, ami iorporittion-streol will be retained, and have substituted promises provided iu the intended new buildings.

The property within the four streets is assessed to-day al about 30,003. the new buildings are erected this assessment will, in the oDinion of nur 3) t'n' are from 7 upwards. The reduction in the output of sheets caused by Uio recent failures is assisting those who are left in tlio trade, and they ore receiving a few more inquiries. It is thought that, there are orders to he given out, hut that they are beinj; held Inck in anticipation of further reductions. Makers this ailernoon, however, were rather firmer in tbeir demands, anil from B.

5s. to 8. 10s. was asked for double). Oalvanisers still require 12 for corrugated sheets delivered in Liverpool.

Sot so much American steei is being consumed in the district, as a lew weeks ago, but prices are unaltered at 5. 7s. od. to 5. 10s.

for Ueesemer billets, 5 12s. oil. to 5. 15s. for Siemens, and 7.

10s. tn 8 for mild steel birs. Supplies of pig iron are ahundant, and stocks are increasing. Quotations are without inueh change at 50s. for cinder; part-mine is 50s.

to 52s. all-mine 57s. 6tl. to cold-blast and Northamptonshire 61s. to 53s.

There baa been no giving way in manufacturing coal during the week. in whom arsenic was found. it Ha. per cwt. Although previous to this epidemic you would have Fii -Tin l' 'Jie ii.iisn h.u bwn quiet.

Tlio line met with rally a poor clients, he very considerably increased. It is submitted said the arsenic had been taken within fourteen days, now you think it might have been taken lor a longer period? Yes, one is chronic poisoning, where a patient snj Jii-i t. the elife hcin? 12s. btL to t-nat me proposal ot our elientu, it carried out in accordance with the deposited plans, will be a distinct improvement in tho city. We bee to remain.

it. M. 11'- 94 rer yours respectfully, W. Tm'OiiD Gcssrw Son. -The 1'j'o ur'" ius rall)cr sn(1 ik ibriK tlie et The f.ilcj will total 80 has taken small doses for an indefinite period.

What evidence have you that she had been taking it in a chronic way Tlie fact bat I found it after such a scheme. (Hear, hear.) The Company would, in his opinion, lose a million nud stick fast, and very likely lose another million on the lop of it. Mr. Gunson bad estimated that the land could be bought at an average of 51 a yard, including, he presumed, the 10 por cent for compulsory sale. It was ridiculous to suppose that it could he bought at such a figure.

Tho promoters would not get the land in two of the streets for three times the money they were prepared, tn put Already the scheme was causing a gooa deal of perturbation and loss to the tenants, Ono of licm had been asked for a contribution of 30 towards a fund for opposing it. and this gentleman had said he did it 94.. Piitrcfiiifi at 3s. 7ii. w.

li. Talbot, Town Clerk, Manchester. The report proceeded to slate that" In consenuenro li 2f. a. re." lb.

In other descap 4 UnrJiia. ir- pjckicp of Manicobii nep-ohoails pool, on "Parliament, the Prelates, and the Protestant Position." Mr. Herbert T. Birch, who presided, said a long interval, it is an enlargement of our knowledge. We have learnt a great ileal from this.

There was never such a thing before this. i I'ifr aiirtmii cniellv at if. id. to if. of the above communication, an interview without ptojudice) took place on the 3rd January instant ot the Town ITall, when the following representatives attended that tne appointment of the successor to the late Bishop of London the members of that League had a ir'riM nhrM a-ltmei1; 26 casen of Peruvian tut at h- SJd-1ri '2S- fjIln Vernvlan ri'i-l.

if I'lruvisu fine at 3s. and ami gave explanations on bohalt of the promoters, TkW. Freston. Mr. T.

L. Murcatrcvd, Mr. i.i me, ri I'enirjui entmuip. at 2.. per lb.

There oisuuct part. Tney snould earnestly pray that the Prime Minister might he guided to mike a wise and 11. Guthrie, Mr. Robert Smith. Mr.

Jolui Wainwririit. in lie Atriean market, anil the Mr. W. H. Vaudrey, Mr.

W. T. Gnnson, Mr. E. Gunson, METAL MARKETS.

MMilXK, flat at 71 rash and 71 12s. 6d. three months. Tin easier: Straits 119 cash and SU8. 5s.

three months Enclish ingots, 123 to 125. Spelter, 18. 12s. 61 Spanish lead, 16. 5s.

spot; English ditto, 16. 10s. Scotch pig iron, 53s. 9d. GLASGOW, Thursday.

Market steady, and a small business done at 53s. 9d. rash and 53s. l'Od. one month, buyers 53s.

3d. cash anil month; sellers 53s. 10(1. cash and month. Cleveland done at 4Ss.

Id. ciuli. buyers 48s. cash and 47i. 10(d.

month, sellers IBs. 2d. c.a;h. Hematite done al, 61s. cash and month, buyers 60s.

Oil. cash and month, sellers 60s. lid. cash. ii kiJ'iM if it ii'e 'Jrs.

W''1 ejeeption ol flno sni li. uliirti S'lrjnep of about Id. per auu Mr ttenton. it may be stated that at such interview the deputation were informed by the Sub-com-aitteo that they were not in a position at present to tion. THE MANCHESTER TRADES COUNCIL AND PURE BEER.

At tho monthly meeting of tho Manchester Trades and Labour Couucil held in the St. James's Schoolroom, Major-street, last night tho fallowing resolution with regard to tho presence of arsenic in beer was moved hy Mr. G. D. Kclley, secretary, on behalf of the Executive Committee: "That, in view of tho serious consequences which have resulted front the sale of unwholesome and poisonous beer, this Council is of opinion that it is absolutely essential in the interests of the public that tho Government should at the earliest possible moment promote such measures in Parliament as will ensuro that only pure and wholesome beer shall in future bo sold to the public throughout tho country.

This Council is further of opinion that, as the health and lives of the public are involved in this question, it proper choice. Ho hoped Lord Salisbury's eye would be cast towards India, because he believed the occupant of the Metropolitan See of India was the best man who could be called upon to preside over the diocese of London, The great dangers to Protestantism at the present time were indifference amongst the people and want of cohesion amongst themselves. If the Evan lou think it possible, trom your recent experience, to find traces of arsenic six weeks after it was taken? Yea, it is quite possible. And the fact that it was there leads you to think it was chronic Yos. Supposing she had taken the amount you found two or three days before she became ill.

and she had never taken any before, would you have found tho same symptoms in this case? I should not have found it. It would have been eliminated. The elimination of arsenic begins half an hour after it is taken. If you are constantly taking it a certain amount is kept in reserve. Supposing it be true, as you havo heard, that she was taken ill on the Saturday, and had taken no beer for three weeks beforo that day, would you expect her to ho quite well during thoso three weeks and then suddenly lo become ill? I have listened to the evidence, and I think the witness ii confused.

I think the express an opinion as regards the proposals ot the bill. The following points were raised during the discussion, namely: 1. That the bill did not appear to offer adequate security for the completion of the works. 2. That it should be considered whether New Brown- not see why ho should be called upon to defend himself against company promoters.

He moved as an amendment that, having regard to the enormous loss and anxiety that would be caused to the tenants and owners of property in the scheduled area if the bill becamo law, it Wiis tho duty of the Manchester Corporation to oppose it. Mr. Smcthnrst seconded the amendment. He said ho was quite aware that in passing Ihe minutes of the Parliamentary Sub-committee's proceedings they did not commit the Committee with regard to the scheme, but he held with Mr. Mobs that Ihey should be very careful indeed before they in any way lent themselves to the proposals of this company, who were people whoso main object was to make an advantageous speculation.

(Hear, hear.) Tlio Corporation should not encourage that sort of Hung. If tlin tenants of property were going to be interfered wilh and injured gelicals of fho Church of England were as completely organised as the Ritualistic and extreme High Church party they would sweep everything before them. The Rev. T. A.

Howard said that although the last election was fought practically nnon the oucstion of the war. Tlie tl.iv iv.rn aaiDuni in du wua, iiuiuuiiik m1 jri-fl nblicr, inaipnse Sierra Leone nigcere at Til. r'iirra Lfitir taiftf al 2s. ljd. to 2s.

lha tl 2f. ItiiH-li nisi." at Is. 7il. to 2s. lw.f inn.

If-1'. Dl'l fmhar I'imp at If. fjlitor luli ijnu'l Hisfain nijuera at Is. ElMim i-'b tiaJi it 1 3il. t.i Is.

BMata and nit. I.naiicn hall at is. 2d. to 2.1. 2d j-n it H-.

l' at 2s. Benin lump 1' "1. iVl'l, wO CM t'oaal lump at Is. 6Jd. to i.t aimffri.t.-Thp Burbi reimiits very ffpady in tone, but tiif q-i'itation for Turkish on ii os.

jier according aitjliir. ytini'i'il l'ik-At (he aacfirii! 2:0 of reruvian -il at tie 'fin', wrl with all hulls, at 5. 17s. 6d. If.

street from Market-street to Cannon-ftrcet should be made fourteen yurds wide. 3. That the width of the proposed new streets running diagonally across the area should be considerably increased. 4. That the prevision of an arcade between Market-street and Cannon-street for the convenience of foot passengers through the centre of the area should he considered.

5. That facilities should be afforded'for tenants retain CATTLE MARKETS. lilltMlNGHAM, Thursday. A quiet demand, and' supplies moderate. Hereford heifers, 6Jd.

to 6d. shorthorns, 6tl. to bulls aud cors, W. to ful. calves, 6d, to wether sheep.

7d. to 8Jd. ewes and rams, 5d. lo 6Jd. per lb.

bacon pigs, pcrkctt, 10s. to ltis. 6d. sows, 8s, 6d. per score.

DUillilS, Thursday. Best fieifer and ox beef. 54b. 3d. to 57s.

6d. extra quality, 59s. 6d. per cwt. Wether mutton, 6jd.

to 7id. ewe, 5il. to fid. prime veal, 7d. to 8d.

rough sorts, 41d. to 6id. per lb. LOSHOS, Thursilay. The beast eupply compared with Thurj-iljf Initt.

shownil a decrease of 110 head, hut did not include is tne auty ot tno uovernment to proceed with legisla the Protestant question was not altogether shelved. It was impossible for any liviug man to prophesy with any degree of certainty what would take place in tho House of Commons during the next few months, but they might be quite sure that something of very considerable importance would be done with regard to Church matters. Two measures would be introduced. The first was the Church Discipline Bill, with its five points. There was another measure which was receiv i Bombay have changed bawls la Sul A fiiRher 5GJb: il rrr m.

ing possession of premises until other new premises are erected. 6. A question was also raised as to the probability of a congestion of traffic at tho centre of all arrivals. Few fat beasts. Sorfolks found buyers at about tion at once upon me sudjcce, without waiting tor any report of any Royal Commission, as there is already amplo evidence that very many people have of late been injured and a number already killed through drinking poisoned beer, and the protection of the public demands immediate legislation without the delay which attends the proceedings of a Royal Commission." Mr.

Kelley said that beer had always been the national beverage of England, but there was a Ume.when beer-drinking did not exercise tie same maddening the Corporation should bold their ImntU. With regard to the bringing of tenants hack lo tlie new buildings they knew that if they did hack it would be ai. very largely increased rent. Ib'itr, hear.) He looked upon the scheme with a great di-al of hesitation, not lo say suspicion. Mimiliiv'a rates.

Trade for biilchcrini; cows and bulls ex- trnnielv rltill and dracsfinir at less inonev. ITie number ing the support of almost the entire section of Parliament who were supporters of the Government ha penned In the sheep market was 360 lees, consisting almost deceased must have taken arsenic during the six weeks before she died. The longest case recorded in which a person lived after a certain dose of arsenic is fourteen days, and then no arsenic was found in the organs. Mr. Benjamin Smith, manager of the Manchester Brewery Company, Ardwick, said his firm supplied beer to the Globe Inn, Regent Road.

One quality was supplied to all their houses. Personally, he had no knowledge of the brewing or Ihe materials tisedu and owing to tho shortness of the notice he wag only summoned on Wednesday ho had not been able to bring hooks or witnesses. The head brewer was in Berkshire, and ho had not been able to coimmucato with him. Tlie Coroner, desiring to hear what the head brewej had fo say, and to see from tho books what materials had been used in tho brewing process, decided to entirely or uowns anu lrauu ior uulu ntniiv. auu ewea was verv slow, there being a slack demand, but Mon the proposed cross roads.

7. It is to be understood thai no tcagles or loading arrangements would be allowed in either of the proposed new street or in the streets immediately surrounding the area. Before proceeding further in tho matter, your Sub-committee consider it desirable that the cartoon of the proposed scheme which has been prepared by the City Surveyor day's rates ai a rule governed all transaction! Calf trade dull, but best quality dearer, making 6s. per 81b. Less demand for pigs.

Quotations Beasts, 2a. 4d. to 4s. 6d. Bhecp, umuencB una it, am K-aay.

reopio wno adulterated, pepper, sugar, or flour were promptly prosecuted, although the adulteration in those cases wa con-mam. meant the Church Reform League Bill. That bill would be brought in, as most people knew, in order to checkmate the pernicious effects that it was anticipated would result from the Church Discipljne Bill. There was not the least donbt that those who said the Church Reform League Bill was to bo brought in as a red herring across the path of Parliament in order to pre iirstaii-Lenortl anrl fustic both stnailv In tone, 1 i wAm hi at lormer eurrtricies. ate still siven at 31s.

i I iii r.Fr ct'. jiearl, hut hu'iuess rcniaina jipjI -us. ISfrras; Pfiin yi'll, are still quoted at LJ'- U. t.i OMalitv, but there is Ci til: Hp re ii wily a limited qnintity in.cii Cilritu cltoir tlie spot, anil holilere viz 3 in with email sales, 'rtfil ibi'Ki, ao'i- oUcrj under the latter mrtd Frwefc uaalirTed at 3il. per lb i- fttatfc fcr jjareh-Hav a a-16 1..

THii iwl.rr lun-prs at the price for ij FAniirr-April, mid ffllers still quot- Krij ItfriorlVbtMsrv shipment. Cuteh rniy tpin tisi tte, mr ttln Sa at cffti ii- fV-v- Blrl'k Inqnirctl alter, i 'ith small talea at jg, jj, i-yv taut t0 and 3s 2d. to 5s. lOd. calves, 4s.

6d. to 6s. pigs, is. on. to 4a.

per 81b. Total supply. UcasU, 130 ebtep, 690; calVes, 30; pigs, 130. tively harmless. Here, however, they hod a beverage man itaM.l mn.11..

1 .1 shonlil he placed hetore tho General rupioses Uom-mittco and tlie City Council, together with the pro-Tiosiils made on behalf of the promoters, after which nun uacu uivautj uj wirir class, mppiing many tor life, and in not a few cases resulting in hear.) Tho appointment of a Royal Commission was vent any real and draBtic legislation were correct in that your Sub-committee would hold further conference with sir J. Harwooti said the schemo was altogether too crude. The Committee had a plan before ihum, and before it was 48 hours old they had the Lord Mayor bringing an addition to it. The Lord Mayor said he had received information that morning as to tho arcades. Thej were not upon the plan.

Sir J. Harwood said the arcade were a very important matter, and they were not upon the plan. He supposed on the morrow they would h.ive something else which was not on the plan, and in a few days the plan would not be recognisable when additions bad been made io it. It was the duty of the Corporation to safeguard the public interest in every case; Ho had in his mind the very serious anxiety and discontent which was caused in tli.it Council at Ihe lime of the building of the Victoria Hoiel. Thev MANX LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

THE LICENSING BILL. statement. They must be on their guard. That bill was intended, in its tmtin provisions, to take the control of the Church entirely from the hands of Parliament. simply a sublerlugc-fCaeere.) An inquiry into the adulteration of the three hundred articles schnliilnl them ami report thereon.

It is, of course, intended that a petition shall be presented by the Corporation which will effectually maintain their status and rights in regard to this bill, and enable such action to be taken as may hereafter be determined." in the Food and Drugs Act would take years, and in ino meantime uio warncrs would go on being poisoned. Some would say, Why not stop drinking beer? Such a course was an unwarrant Tlie Manx legislative Council met nt Douglas yesterday under the presidency of the Lieutenant Governor, Lord Hotmiker. Tho Companies Bill was further -considered, and a clause was proposed by Deemster Kneen empowering tlie Governor to appoint imninl nnrlilnrs of nuhlic coiimanics from time to time, urunenti at IDs. 9d. uer cwt.

The following extracts from nroceedinis of the Im "11,7 4 flllirl ilpninT able interference with the liberty each man provement and Buildings Committee on the 10th January, 1901, were read: possessed to decide for himself. If the tnelnl.aller- tii i il ohMieo. Nitrate nl foda: Business in "fi W7 scale, but, holders tW i 6l1- iw vt accortliiig to 1-. ls nominally unaltered at 7s. New Buildinir Line.Mnrket-strcet.

Resolved (by the and necessarily, therefore, of fhe people, and place it under sacerdotal supremacy. It was their duty, therefore, to see that their representatives supported tho Church Discipline Bill and not the Reform League Bill. There was danger in the fact that the Reform League Bill bore the name3 of men like the present Bishop of Liverpool, Sir J. Kennnway, and Mr. Eugene Stock, and so it went out that a large number of Evangelicals were supporting it.

It was a most specious measure, because while it professed lo give full rights to the laity it did nothing of the kind. With regard to the prelates, they had been asked to trust but could they do so? Certain of the bishops had betrayed the expended their energies to the securing of pure beverages instead of trying to stop people from drinking altogether but after consideration the clause was postponed to wauled further details and careful consideration in this aujourn tno inquest, lie dm not, ho said, intend to go any further into the cause of death, because that evidence was being gone into fully by the Manchester coroner. By mutual arrangement the Lancashire coroners would accept the result of the Manchester inquiry as to who was liable, and Mr. Smelt had not yet quite finished his investigation. The inquiry was accordingly adjourned until Wednesday afternoon next at two o'clock.

At a later period tho inquest upon the body of Alice Booker, a widow, aged 54, who died at 34, Ash-street, Secdlcy, Pendleton, on the 27th November, was resumed in the Manor Hotel, before Mr. nolmes and a jury. At this inquest Mr. Fletcher Monlton, Q.C., appeared on behalf of the brewers. Tho first witness was a daughter of Mrs.

Booker. Sho slated that her mother had been in low spirits owing to the death of her husband. When her mother could not teko load it was her habit to take beer, which sho got from the Langwortiiv Hotel, in Lane- matter. to (duality, with verv be redrafted, itirllier consideration oi one uiu was VoW nvorv The Clerk of the Rolls reported on be- Improvement aud Buildings Committee) 'That the new building line on the north-easterly side of Market-street (between Corporation-street and New Brown- Mr. Alderman Rawson said that in addition to the Vi.ilf nf llin flommittce appointed as to the Manorials objection raised by Sir John Harwood, he hud on "n'rmwr? onlva lunilod demand atW given at 76s.

irilitir" JmPH-Wnt-ir tint fully maintained objection to the fundamental pans ot the scheme. It was, in his view, a great mistake that the streets BUI which, he pointed out, relieved landed proprietors of serious obligations. The bill was deferred in order that the Bishop's Barony.miglit be brought within the scope of ihe measure. Tho Licensing Bill from the ln tnf" Ameriea. am! sellers street) shown upon I tie plnn now submitted be and the same is hereby prescribed as that in any house to be hereafter built or taken 'down tor the purpose of being rebuilt or altered in that portion of the said street shall be l'u ff-il at Od.

to 3Ss. 9d. wore not arranged to run at right angles. Ho feared there would ba in the centre a serious obstruction of trust, reposou in inera. two years naa neen allowed them in which to put their house order.

Some of traffic. Kew Building Line, New Brown-street. Resolved Keys was next consiucrcu. iw uirtuoc uia4uitMjib in the linuor traffic from silting on them had, ho believed, been endeavouring in some way Mr. i'ildes said tho scheme wa3 one of exceeding 11 1 bi "'Li.

15 lw on th spfit or lo Wulri' "ii-acfens reporti-d in i totrtrt. but the drmand "Jte oil remiins quiet in tone, iff! .1 without aJtentioii. the licensing oencn was auereu so as iu uiaiumj sum magnitude. It would not have tho effect of relieving iu in uieir uigu-sicijpiug iuiuaicst-ic louowers, taking them as a whole, Ihey had done nothing to get 1,. mi i.i,..

worthy Road, Pendleton. Sometimes she got the beer persons from sitting only in cases in which they are intnrosldil. The discussion of tlie question of the in- (by the Improvement and Buildings Committee) That the new building line on the westerly iiide of New Brown-street (between Market-street and" Caunon-strccf) shown upon the plan now submitted be and the same is hereby proscribed as that in which any me same is iiereuy prosonijeu ua will, in which miy Market-street, but would, in f.ict, result in traffic be-in poured into that thoroughfare at a point where nu ul iiuiniimiui. xnu nut; wua rupiuiy ana before long it would have so risen that either the Protestant section of the Church ot Eneland would have nf lieenee duties was positioned. The clause wns already severely congested.

Be condemned t. -i v.ii i-ivtrpnci manes in elsewhere, net mower was not addicted to drink; sho took a drink now and then the same as any body else," but she was not a drunkard. Dr. Fergusson deposed to attending Mrs. Booker and finding her suffering from peripheral neuritis.

i- -i providing far the separa of np'. bouse to be hereafter built or taken down for the businesses postponed, Deemster Kneen Sa.tr sir. per scccrnm X. to ijj. ner ewt.

fn nr.iu.1 ai. im; r- to ner ewt. for been submerged or there must be a split in some way or other. Tho lecturer gave details to prove the statement from other was nicy wouiu nave secured mucn more, even trom their own point of view, than they 'Much of the business connected with trade unions was necessarily transacted in public-houses, and they protested against being exploited by tbo use of deleterious substances in beer. They were not finding fault wilh the Government, but they did want people to know what they were drinking.

(Cheers.) The motion was seconded by Mr. Harrison, of the Electrical Engineers' Union. An amendment calling upon workmen to discontinue tbj use of beer and to boycott "public-house patronage and support" was moved by Mr. F. Lawlcr (Saddlers' Union).

He said it was no use appealing to Parliament. As a secretary of a friendly society, he knew-that medical men had attributed a large proportion of the sickness in working-class families to beer-drink. ing long before the present scare was heard of. Mr. J.

F. Thompson (Insurance Agents' Society), in seconding the amendment, said trade uniam'im would be immensely strengthened if tho workers were more sober. It was not necessary to be a teetotaller, but iu his opinion much of tho jvant of progress and cohesion in trade union circles was due to the consumption of alcoholic liquors in large quantities. Mr. Hunt (Typographical Society) would rather the resolution had gone straight for the murddpaJisatioa of the trade, and end the matter once and for all.

The resolution was carried by a large majority. the proposed arcades as being loo narrow. Tlie plan should certainly go back, before the Committee, to his mind, gave it the slightest consideration Hear, hear," and cries of pose of being rebuilt or altered in that portion tho said street, shall be erectci' stating his intention to propose a large increase i diilv nn this cblSS Of llCCUCC Willi tlie O0ect OI She had the usual symptoms of that disease, and there was considerable pigmentation of the skin. He was that the ruling of the Archbishops with regard to tho use of incense and processional lights bad been evaded by dodgery." As to their position as Protestants, it was at present, he would not say of discouragement, but shutting out small traders in back streets. Itie clause Sir Bosdiu Leech said there was no doubt that 'tea ltlfi 'Pot meets taSil; 1M for recent eurren- W7 i improvement, 29s.

6d. moderate Tl Trtiluii on a lair ''J it re lined oils at a loss to account for the peripheral neuritis, until he heard about tna presence ot arsenic beer. Death Manchester n.ia very much behind in regard to her streets and and he should hail with pleasure extending ihe hours during which public-nouses are to remain closed and that curtailing the privileges of Ilia lifnft- traveller were struck out. A new ot great danger, especially irom tne supinencss of those who called themselves Evangelicals. (Hear, hear.) Upon tho motion of Mr.

R. Heaton Smith, seconded by Mr. T. Hnyward, a resolution was passed calling upon was due to heart failure caused by the peripheral neuritis. Dr.

Rav described the result of a- post-mortem ex elantn onabliii? a nub lean to closo tils premises ano- any tiling that would improve tho city. To his mind, however, the streets laid out in Ihe plan before them were not wide enough, and, if the scheme were to carried out, to have streets 13 yards wide in the "ether on Sundays was inserted on the casting vote Your Sub-committee recommend that the approval of the City Council to the above proceedings should bo deferred until further communications have been had with the promoters." The Lord Mayor proposed the adoption of the proceedings of the Sub-committee. Mr. Alderman Southern seconded the motion. He said the first matter referred to in the report was thai reference to the proposed improvement in the neighbourhood of Market-street, a.

plan of which was suspended in the Council Chamber. The sctieme was a private scheme for improvement, and in Irirtt it was perhaps unique in the history of Man amination which he had made. His opinion was that the Prime Minister, in the interests of the Church and of the Governor. The clause granting me ngni ot JX PRODrCK MARKET. TiirjnsDAT.

tn iinsueeessfu opponents or licences was thi nation, to appoint to the See of London a man of Wrlet r.r,nP, AM hA Jl'l'lirr SJ 1.1-4 V.t OI.I passed with slight modification, and further considera l-'te-ac known attachment to Reformation principles. .11. tion ot tlie mil was puaipuucu. 'I. JlirCll if.

tri O. Sri Mne centre of the city would be a very great mistake. This particular part of the city va: very capable of improvement, and he should bo delighted to see an improvement carried out, but he did not quite see his way to adopt the scheme before them. At the sumo death was due mainly to peripheral neuritis, but the diseased condition of the lungs, which might have been affected by arsenic, would have had something to do with it. The external marks on the body pointed to arsenic.

By Mr. Houlton: The internal symptoms were in themselves sufficient to account for death, to9 Aitsmst ii. Bid. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. M-picnihtr sellers 9s.

rlHtVltlV-fr O. VI K.n-nr. t'tt liinii 'I'tlP- liElt chester. Jt was Drouglio ociore i-no ounou oy a bodv of well-known and substantial Manchester RELiASra Matose LisuitASCB direc- unuv- By a Juror: The symptoms, except the discolouration 1 -J time he should keep an open mind. We hid no Haussmanu to complete schemes for us, and we must try to help other people who were trying to do something to effect improvement.

rurogn uuiii-s ri "Pf 13 Tiitv 13s. AXV' Us- M-' Pc nhirp jnnk- Citizens, Wno proposuu Ul uiu nuio ui urns ffj fasL 10 limd bo'tinded "by Market-street, Cannon-street, New of the skin, coulu be caused by alcohol without arsenic. Poison was the cause of the pigmentation. The condi i a email scale; lire's i Vf. SL.

'r 1 ,1,.. u. V. 1U2, WUU bUV. Brown-street, and Corporation-street.

He did not 1' -'ni tnr i.hn venr. carrvina forward 2,743. Sir John HarwsSd Intimated that he had another iii-iji ii i ij Ri'nnrutn that anyone wouiu care no arsue inui. me A Roumanian ex-officer named Goorgo Msnr lesco, who has been visiting all tho capitals of the Continent and figuring in the highest society under the name and title of Prince George de Lahorari, has been arrested at Genoa, at the instance of tho Berlin police, under suspicion of being concerned in numerous frauds. Athekum Graphic Cktr At a meeting of the Manchester Athenaeum Graphic Club last night Mi.

iUlUTIHB IKSOiUMB. All luwriiiii I il( cnnf lUlUTIllB ISSOHASCB. amendment if that of Mr. Moss waB not accepted. Mr.

Wilson said evervone except Mr. Alderman tion of pigmentation led me to believe arsenic had been used. Dr. Dixon Mann said he had analysed portions of the bodv of the deceased woman. He Bent, as far as possible.

cent was declared on 11th June Int. ana the directors prope character suitable for the locality, 7 Xa 2 13s. cl Sl 1 "TiMi 13s. K' 'M-. So.

2 12,. A fr.v fcr Iiromnt. hut iirijiiuiL. lime of a Southern had spoken against the scheme In his own now recommend a further dividend of 5 per cent, uiak- I- 11- Tl I DANGEROUS FIRE AT AN IRISH DISTILLERY. At two o'clock yesterday morning a serious fire broke out in tho grain stores of the Phoenix Park Distillery, at Chapelizod, county Dublin.

The distillery buildings, covering five acres of ground, stood in close proximity to the burning stores, and the efforts of the fire brigade, which arrived quickly on the scene, were directed principally to preventing the (lames extending. Fortunately there was not a breath of wind, and though sparks were falling in all directions the fire was confined fo the building in which it It was known to the villagers that there were some large vats filled with aicohol near, and auring the progress of tho fire they were in terror that every moment there would be an explosion. Their alarm continued long after the fire brigade were able to assure them that all danger had passed. The fiames were got well under control at five o'clock, but not before the store had been eomnletelv inV-i roh distribution of 10 per cnit tV the pwt year to us proximity 5 inga total uistnouuu i i mnortant streets of the city. No one mv.u nf fbn fVininanv.

Thev further equal portions to Dr. Stevenson, who was acting on behalf of the brewers, so that there might be two inde t.i 1 1 1.r I- H. srlii at. 1 1 li ii. 5.H awai'c of the burdens upon the city would Civ cum nf fio'tm he transferred who was view the scheme was a good one.

One of its best points was that it would widen Market-street. Mr. Edwyn Holt urged that more advantageous conditions must be offered before tho scheme could be considered acceptable. IK 3, Fehmirv sellers Han-h. m.i recuruniujiu unuu li.

1 i cuuiuiuium iu 11 Mint, the uorMration snouiu uuy mac largo pendent analyses and the result placed beyond doubt. In cisilit ounces of the liver he found as much arsenic Hugh Paten gave an interesting lantern lecture on "Etching and Etchers," in the coarse of which ha T' I 1 tl Tkl-1 1 lji from profit and loss accoui.e lD xuuu, am oal ascheme of public intprovement 120.000. airt 11. Mrl. I.k -111 ir.

as would be equal to about one-thirtieth part of a grain art. I- like that before them. The geiillenen who, he snowea many imgusu, rrenai, ami uuiai examples: 'il 1 A.S.R. and W.S.H. ut-ro mrie Tv.

istks. Tlie directors have declared understood, had formed themselves into a syndicate, e.h. arain slrw. Crsli Iliea dull, hut nn interim dividend at the rate of 74. per cent per annum in respect of tbo ordinary shares for the half a mid had subscribed a sum of 10,000 with the object of obtaining an Act of Parliament, proposed to form Mr.

Brocklehurst asked whether the Parliamentary Committee could give the Committee some idea as to the cost of widening Market-street and of improving tho facilities of transit between Market-street and Cnnnon-street, altogether apart from this scheme. of the etchers creative art. Tne lecture merited, a much larger audience than it bad even if there had been nothing but the illustrations, which were representative in number and in character. The Failure of Pattibons, Limited. The wfto in.

1.046 year ended Uecember ai. Dim Afrawo and Railway Compaxt. Tlio to'ei. coinoany with a capital or one minion sterling, wiin r. J.

.1.1 i I pen riftrt brown li In JSi ss m. tn Uhl 71s. io lino directors havo declared a dividend at the rate of Is, powers to uorrow on ucucnturca an uuuiiiuuui nroaoscd then to absorb the whole of the pas With, that information they would be enabled to form gnttcd. Tlie fire is supposed to have originated in a creditors of Robert P. Pattison, of Pattisons, Limited, ai-, vr." I' Iran eolourv a better judgment on toe merits the scheme before of white arsenic in the whole of the liver.

He found arsenic in the kidney and the spleen, but not in the brain. The Coroner Is arsenic a cumulative poison The Witness If you had asked me- that before the present epidemic I should have said it was not, but we have found out by this epidemic that to a certain extent it is cumulative in cases of chronic poisoning, and that where it is taken continually in small doses a certain portion remains in the system. Dr. Mann went on to say that the peripheral neuritis which caused death would be due to either alcohol or arsenic, or both. Seeing that there was so much arsenic found in the body, it was evident that this poison had some Uttt PnnpurRTAiiv: CoiiPAST.

The half- dynamo room, it is esiimateu mat 10,000 worth of property has been destroyed. sage's winch were thoroughfares or semi-thoroughfares l'nlhft urea, and which amounted to about 4,000 square them. X- il 111 fPl sold, "--'l sclil. fine ordi. yearly statement for the six months ending -30th November lias been isstied, showing a profit for the six months vards, and in lieu of that tn construct two new streets Mr.

Alderman Southern said the statement had been marie by Mr. Wilson lhat ho was tho onlv member Lcith, in liquidation, at a meeting on Wednesday instructed the trustee on this bankrupt's estate to compromise two claims which had been made upon it by the liquidators of Pattisons, Limited. These, as arranged, will amount to 112,305. The first, of 70,135, was in respect of dividends paid out of capital by Pattisons, running directly irom eacn comer across tne plot, Liberal Meeting at Pendlebchy. A meeting organised by the members of the Gladstone Liberal 267 bus Columhian tf.

''iiry to low middling arc pcabr-rry Ms. lo which would contain an ag.Tregate ot 4,700 square present who had supported the scheme. He did not vnrds. so that tltrv proposed to give to advocate it, nut he tneu to be impartial. He pointed out tliat thj Parliamentary Coiamitteo had ntn, com- I'-, 10 ij'l- essier.

Sales a(iff'jjr. has been expended in construction during the belt jear. for the half year is set down tit Vhp city sonn 100 square yards of land. Club was held last evening; in the Pendlebury Town. Hall, the chair being occupied hy Mr.

J. H. Swallow. Several addresses were given. Mr.

J. P. Fry, president ami December I3s. M. mitted themselves to anything, their recommendation zr-j They proposed to make those streets and not to ask that the Corporation should be compelled 40,953.

This includes 12,000, book value of Urce thing to do with the cause of death. There was mora 'f its Rangoon Februarv sold being" Before proceeding further in the matter your 111-- 1.1- 11. oi tne ciud, wnu was iue Mineral canaiaate tor the Eccles division at the recent general election, speaking of our national condition, said that the first fhinc pprw M.vrh-Ma.T515-32d. to sewer or flag tuem, and tuey were tnrtb.er.more prepared, as they explained to the Parliamentary Subcommittee, to widen either tho existing streets which lamiteu ana tne omer was tor oiiuri. ueuvery oi assets by the vendors of Pattison, Elder, and Co.

to the limited liability firm on its formation. It appears that the total claims made against this bankrupt's estate amount to 750,000, and that a dividend of 8d. per 1 is likely to be paid to the creditors. Haif-Timkks is Blackbubn. The triennial report of the Blackburn School 'Board issued yesterday contains an interesting return, showing the great i -1.

1 A.i n. AWh' 7.164 arsenic in the ueceaseu may man in sny otaer ot tne six cases he bad had to do with in Manchester and Salford. By Mr, Moulton: He had seen Dr. Stevenson since that gentleman had completed his analyses, and found ouu-cutuiiiuiue L-unamer acira-oie teat me cartoon Ot the proposed scheme which has been prepared by the City Surveyor should be placed before the General Purposes Committee and the City Council, toitether with tlie proposals made on behalf of the promoters. surrovraded tbc plot or the proposed streets sad beeswax essential in our struggle with other countries was to have the individuals composing the nation as strong and healthy and well grown as possible.

Were our people what they ought to be, and were we as a nation through it; but- if they widened, after giving the, 700 ys-ds they proposed to eive, they sub that Dr. Stevenson's results coincided with his own, old plants dismantlcri entirely wrn.i turn provision has been made or the refundmg of abo.it 6,000 in respect to inconi3-tax. appeal. JtowW of nrs raised shows a material increase over tie past halfei? CIrnounl of ore milled by the plant la been 210,808 tons at a reduced cost. Fatal Accident at Reddish day the Manchester City Coroner, Mr.

an inquest as to the death of Francis Hall, 34, a railway servant, of Lever-street, Queen's Road, Gorton, who servant, in -JiaZ nn Monday night. 'r if- om. mitted that the Corporation should nav for aay addi 91. line Duccas Dtctm- Uotial land which was required in the interests of the city for such widening. They proposed that it should be 'paid for on this plan that it should be chprged to the Corporation not on the cost of the frontage part Mf.

e'irrent November sold decrease wnicri uiia uikuh pjaue ju leujuti ytrant luu number of half-timers employed locally. -In 1875 they numbered 37 per cent or tlio children attending elementary schools in tho town, and at tho present time they constitute only 9'3 per cent of the school population. The birth rate of tho borough has also steadily decreased There was considerable elimination going on in chrome poisoning. The body was unhealthy, but pigmcnta ion was indicative of arsenic. Mr.

R. G. H. Thompson, manager of Threlfali's Brewery, said that his firm supplied all the beers and stout to the Langworthy Hotel, and the quality was the same as that supplied everywhere else. In making thp Wr thev used two sorts of invert sugar, one being but prices were with- I A was ti From 'o Februarv- ilk on Monday evening, and reached i -'it- W-H supplied by Garten, Hill, and Cq.and the other by Boi- 1,1 tltmrl i I of it, but on ihe average of what they would have paid for tho whole of the plot.

In the Act they were seeking to obtain there were certain powers asked for which contravenes the present law. That was point upon which the Corporation should be particularly careful beforo they gave their acquiescence to it. So far as private intercsls were concerned, it was to be presumed that the Legislature would take care that those in fJ. after which your Siib-committoe would hold further conference with them and report thereon. It is, of course, intended that a petition 6hall bo presented by the Corporation which will effectually maintain their status and rights in regard to this bill, and enabhi sich action'to be taken as may hereafter be determined." The Committee was not asked that morning to approve the schomf.

It was the duty of the Sub-committeo to bring it bffore them, and he endeavoured to discharge that duty as fairly as possible. (Hear, hear.) Upon the amendment moved by Mr. Moss being submitted to the meeting it was rejected, nine members voting for it and 20 against it. Sir J. Harwood then submitted second amendment, to the effect that the report of the Parliamentary Subcommittee be entered upon the minutes, and fiat tho General Purposes Committee should reserve their decision until further report had been presented.

Mr. Baity seconded the amendment, which was accepted by the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Ift Via 6il. ZSok at Keddish just as the 10 30 train rtart-n. They Itad not time to get t.ckets, bat -tried board the train after tho starting signa ba dbecngi ven.

Sm E. Da.leywer.thegu.ard,said hat the man tOCt Ot liverpooi, iue quwiv mo usi mey couja buy in each case. They used no glucose, but had used invert for ckbteen years. He had been in mm: Ameri- doing wuit ougnt to db aouer ae believed not. When we saw how much overcrowding there was in town and country could wo wonder that there was so much excessive drinking, with the inevitable attendants in the shape of disease and lunacy.

We could afford 100,000,000 to fight the Boers, but begrudged 10,000,000 for old-age pensions, while we did nothing or next to nothing for the overcrowded poor. Intemperance was an evil which was increasing so much that it ought to be dealt with by the Government. The trade," with its various associations and interests, was getting such a tremendous hold of our national life, and it had such an influence upon elections, that it was almost impossible to get fair-play. It wag almost hopeless to expect to obtain any remedy from the present Conservative Government after the reply which had just been given by Mr. Ritchie to a deputation.

The state of uie trade of the country was a question which called for immediate attention. Thousands of pounds were wasted upon strikes and disputes which could easily he avoided bv the establishment of a competent govern l. lfti' 3d. to 23,. the brewery trade all his life, and until lately had never of the possibility of arsenic getting into beer.

All tho inverts were tested when they came in. Garten mutton, terests would have to he fnliy compensated for and satisfied in any change that might be made. Tlie Corporation, however, had the public interest to preserve and protect. One of the proposals of these eBj.T'lK Farii il and Hill's was the dearer invert, and was used for the better beers. Its chief recommendation was that it since 1671 to.

the present time, wnen it is cniytnree-fourths of what it was twenty years Ago. Five thousand fewer births in the past seven years, says the report, easily explains why the number of children at school has not increased in the last biennial period. The Asti-GambiinoLeaoue and the Stoddart Coupoh Case. At the Court of Common Council, London, yesterday afternoon the Lord Mayor presiding, a petition was presented by Mr. John Hawke, on behalf of the Anti-Gamblin; League, that the sum of 25 be banded to him, it heir; half of the 50 fine inflicted on Mrs.

Ada Jane Stoddart, proprietress of the Sporting Luck," at the Central Criminal Court in November hut for offences in connection with coupon gambling. Mr. Hawke on the ground that the Anti-Gambling League, although awarded costs, were not reimbursed for the heavy expenditure they had incurred in performing a great public service, After some discission it was decided, to refer thai ditto waB lighter in colour. Tn i-pnlv to a iuror. Mr.

Thompson repelled the sug lu lfS up in Iff- 'lino up i PraaVf'l 12s. 6d i it ii ul ill, iu. ou ditto gentlemen was that it should be provided, when any sum not less than 200,000 nf the capital of the Company should have been subscribed under contract binding the parties thereto for the payment of the several sums in such portion of canital subscribed by them. I'B'." m.n 3il. lo Hall was tembly injured.

He was r0u fc Chester in the 'n, but d. eo in Coroner pe a train after the signal tt a do it at their own risk. We ai to blame the Company of acfidentd thepracticc-The jury returned tera mm i.i' Aft, m. laieneian large gestion that beer was given away on the occasion of the opening of the Langworthy Hotel last autumn. On the contrary, they kept the opening very quiet, and not a single pint of beer was given away that be knew of.

Questioned vrith regard to the, destruction of the i t--i Kaai. tlio wftneiH sstid thev at once dp EifEf. Hi. tier ha--. -IV'v'' that it should be lawful for the Company to put in force -lr t'l per ton.

Carrots, southern and agreed to. Tho remaining business contained in the Parliamentary Sub-committee's minutes related to tho action to bo recommended with regard to Parliamentary bills promoted by the Great Northern and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Companies, It was resolved that these matters, should be discussed at a meeting of the ment, department. A better between the employer and the employed was necessary, and as soon as that was established and the two parlies were united England would be well able to maintain trade supremacy in competition with other nations. A vole of thanks, was passed to Mr. Fry for his address.

riZ ay Market me powers ot their Act in relation to tne compulsory Inking of lnnd. Clearly, it would be a monstrous thing for any company of speculators to interfere with existing businesses which had been there lor a large Will oinr-v nt. thn LanewDttbv Hotel on hesr- death, and xecommenoea tl s-rss'-i" Sfteen minuteB late at Beatusa. T' "lull ami steady. The matter to the Law and City Courts Committee, 1 ing that it was under suspicion.

Two or three days.