The Express. — London, England, 1853-10-19 00:00:00

.......--------- MI dmaging hie awn bilk position. (Hoer, beet.) U. but ibis be brow. Aug He etestitutfes of die elks required very i kiu ,„ i t !hi], seldom interfered with clean hands. much reformation. Having alluded to the eirenlaues of LI,: t .a t was so reason why they should nut make a begin- bribery tickets in Guildhall during an election, Mr. Jones glee iif in terfering with clean bands. Then Mr. Cobden exhorted the • itMens not to deplore the absence of hankers and as ,,it:.at they were not bound by treaty to interfere on be. , Bret clam merchants from theireorporation. From what he 1 4 ,;( al Turkey. Adm itti ng that to be so, it was no reason ! had seen of those claws he did not think there was any spo, .ti ii r. it they had a part to play in the East, far their ;thing to regret in their absence. Corporations were intended go . ~,,,esrust (Hear, hear) No oat would deny the 1 to represent the poem's of handicraft men not Is rrrrr try, ' ,il l ul war. but there were greater evils still. ,Ileer, hear.) and therelore he would advise his fellow eitiz , no to look to j j % ore wee unhappily to be a war, he could only hope that titernselvis, to see that tradesmen suprorted their own nutc as/lit b the last, and put an end fur ever to the struggle ; peadeuee, and did not sell false jewellery by mistake—(e im „„,,, d e oputisna anilditierty—beteesMtyranny sad dcmc- I laugh)—and then they might tit pend upon it that London y, (Omen) would resume its proper position, when the opinion ul' Lin. Ur. Eel' seconded the resolution. He denied that Ido would be the opinion of England. lark,; was i n a state of decay as had been stated. Ile , Mr. WALTER (spectacle m iker) advocated the extension Waved dist Turkey would be able to meet the dilfizulttes 1 of municipal regulations and control to the suhurtion dies 04 dawn by which she was surrounded if she h. l fair trice. Ho condi not take a ride for Ws miles from the , i i,, , alio it was the duty of this country to see that she , bridges wit'out paying two or three shillings toll. lie also Bail fair play. (Hear.) He thought they wire hound to ' complained that within the city, drainage hail nut been at. Moist Turkey Bast as they were bused to assist a man who I tended to, baths and washhouses had not been erected, nor was as the point of being robbed by souther. But it was , had libraries Men established f..r the ben, fit of the poor. psid they should be all men of peace. To be sure they . Where were their parks also fur the promotion of the public should Ise all mea of peace and cb r i s t ia o s else. But there' health? (Hear, hear.) He acknowledged the former me lees • gr. at thtfereace between pear and submitting to - vices of the Landon corporation, but of late yea.. tetra had „miry. The mistake which the Peace Conference made `barn sad shortcomings. For three reasons he gave was i n suppasing that all the world were Christians. If , his hearty support to the inquiry, and hoped that the sh e y were all Christians there would be no w er, but so long 1 livery of Loudon would give the commi.siouers e t h e y wire not all Christians there woul Ibe war. Ile , every a.sis'aoce in their power. (Cheers.) lie hoped dc.,,u i gut it would be better for the Turks it Eneland lad not i further, that the inquiry would be a searching one, and laterteted at all, fur then the people of Turkey would have that metros would be taken to adapt the corporation to a sista is defence of their rights, and would have eiv, n as- I railroa I age. II it took twenty years to In Ike a wide sistar.c., to the people of Hungary and the reop!e ut Poland street, there must surely be something wrong in the system. esh i were ready to rise on Weil( of their litre . (::leers.) ! (Hear, hear.) Ile wanted to see tor: yor fifty millions ci lia Citticitent said that the meeting, he observed. i pealed in the metropolis, so as to make it a city of which lustily ewer, d when allusion had been made by the lest `they might all be proud, and in which they might live er Aker to Hungary and Poland. But who let the liras !se theist injury to their health, and nut to have the great sans into ilungory ? Their own government. ("True " towns—such as Manchester and Liverpool, surpusing and 01 ii true.") Who let the Russians into Poland ? Their over-riding the metropolis of the country. can government was the aseessio of Poland. (Hear, hear! Mr. G. S. CAUMIN (cutler) was rejoiced that the electing Woo let the Ituotians into the Danubian Principalities: hod been called, and hoped that it would he attended The English government. (Hear, bear.) And why was with beneficial results. With respect to the administration Ur It was because of the system of secret diplomacy of justice he believed that the corporation would come out seder which the public affairs of this country were con. of the inquiry unscathed, as he could not imagine anything ducted Let but this system le put an end to, and the leAter than the manner in which the aldermen as unpaid people of England would no longer %omit to such a state magistrates administered justice at the city police offices. of things. Many false statements had been made few ct• He duo thought that the presence of the same aldermen on ism turkey. Turkey was a rising and a powerful etate. the beech at the O.d Bailey acted as au admit:able check on iVithin the het 21 years she more than qu torupled her the judgee, sad be only wished that the system was more commerce and doubled for revenue. (Hear, Mar.) That generally emended. There was another branch of the was more thou could be said of any other country. inquiry, however, in which much reform might be Turkey was more thou a match fur 'Wear*, it erected—he meant the City revenues arid their mode she was left alone. Hut her steam was kept down of oulleetion. A great deal of money was collected and by England till the boiler was at bursting point. (Cheers.) very little was dune, but he fear, d that they It was nut from the weakness of 'turkey, but trotn het could not hope fur great or important results from stn oath, that she was iii her press at position. The Rus the lab toe of the commissioners, secieg that their Oililf occupied the Danubian Principalities fifty times he- commission was only for a year, and wuald be fore, but it was only because the Turks were now felt ul eiheusted in June nest, while, in as tar as he vigour and strength that she could not do so now with jut- knew, no active steps had as yet been taken. So much posit; any lung: r. (Hear, hear.) It was said that 'turkey . was there to be done, that he feared the shortness of time qrse only waiting fur the assistance of England. Ile should would render practical results unatteinahle. lilt to know when England had waisted Turkey ? It was The resolution was then put and agreed to with one a i.. to say that England had ever assisted Turkey. (Hear, dissentient. hest) It was a lie to say that England ever assisted any Mr. MASTORS moved, and Mr. SMITH seconded a resolu nano'. (Hear, hear.) Talk of England's clean bands. It thin, adopting a requisition to the Lord Mayor to convene wood take an ocean to wash them clean. Ile would give a common hall, to see how beet the commissioners could be thaw a piece of news which be had received only within the assisted in their inquiries. lest two hours, namely that the Sultan re fused their Atter a few observations from Mr. CAlinnT in opposition, peuteetion. (Cheers. A Voice called oat for—" Three this motion was also carried ; alter which thanks were voted deers for the Sultan," which was heartily responded to.) by acclamation to the chairman, and the proceedings ter- Me wished that cheer could be heard by use Sultan on the Initiated. beaks of the Bosphorus. A great ueal of lb• evil which arose In reference to the Eastern amities was in coosequeoce of the ignorance Ts whieb they were kept as to their important interests. If they kept interfering as they had done in the east, the fault would be that they would be at war with France Le k,e one year. (No, no.) Ile would entreat of them to thine of their position and their responsibilities. 'airy should recast themselves as a nation, for the evils cf slavery would fall on themselves it they were not eapabie of accept ing the oesaltir aof freemen. (Cheers.) The eneiltnesr then milled on Mr. Cartwright to ad dregs the meeting, but a all was also . made by • I age part of the audience for Mr. Bronterre O'Brien, which was the serasion tor a great deal of uproar, and led to an interrup, lion of the proceedings for a consider...l:4e time. Mr. was at length allowed to address the meet-' jar. sad pat tirward sentiments similar to those which he pee utterance to in the Notional Hall on the previous nicht. The Floatation was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. G. H. MutsiA proposed the Lem resolution, to the effect that thr mutant end iq stigmatic aggregates, of Russia ▪ bet neighbours were sot only a matter of mucous as Europe, but to Engliusd, and required the greatest vigilance es the ;Art of this country. Mr. JULIAN HAIIMIT liatelidttd the resolution, which wed. Mr e . Cosserr proposed the next resolution, to the effect that ibe system of secret diplomacy was calculated to mil ks,' the people, and only enabled the cabinet to assist foreign despots, whilst professing seal fur liberty at Isom, Mr. ELT sec.inded the resolution, which passed. Mr. SAVAGE prop/red the adoption of an address to Lord Clarendon, which embodied the 'pita of the foregoing rim- Latium, which was a:ao carried. The inciting then 'operated, after passing a rote cf thanks to the chairman. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 19, 1853. this period, which was only nominal, it h.•ing undent•wd that Meant Calvert would be allowed the tull period of two years to make the contemplated alterations. THZ cnottua. The following is an eztract from the weekly report of the medical officer : " I append my usual tabular statement of City mortality fur the past week, and am sorry to observe that the register contsins a death by cholera in George court, Bennett's-hill, and I have further to report to y.•ur bun. court as follows: In three several places where pre mises are in a filthy and poisonous rmsditiue, and where the orders at your hon. court for their improvement or ills occupation have been utterly set at nought, death has at length occurred in one ease from laser, and in two other case. from diorama. It is scarcely necessary to .pacify the names of On se places as Plunatree-court, Fire-ball-court, and Windsor-meet. cult is what might have been foretold, and requires no comment. I would simply recom mend to your hon. court that instructions be given to your solicitor forthwith to proceed attoinst these three several offenders before the L:rd Mayor, in order to r, cover the utmost penalties their homicidal negligence has incurred." (Hear, hear.) The court t►en adjourned. NORTHUMBERLAND BEWSTR.I7IO.V. .- BENEDICTINE MONKS ASKING F. R VOTES. A case of considerable interest came before Mr. T. J. Hogg, the revising barrister for Northumberland, at Morpeth, on Monday last, in which the question arose whether a mock of the order of St. Benedict, who had taken the ordii.aly religi.ius vows of poverty sad chastity, could hold proper; which could entitle him to vote for a member of parliament. The Bey. Thomas Almond. of 12, St. Paul's square, Liverpool, and sixteen other Iti.man catholic priest!, monks of the order of St. Benedict, claimed to vote in respect of each having a ehare of a freehold house and garden sitaate in Oldgate, Morpetb. The claimants were objected to by Mr. George Brumell, on the part of the conservaives, and detenued by Mr. Charlton, in the liberal interest. The Rev. 0. A. Lowe, a Boman catholic priest in Mor peth, and one of the claimants, was called by Mr. Charl ton, and stated that Mr. Almond held the seventeenth part a the house in question, formerly in the occupation of Lord Coiling.oed, which seventeenth part was of the value of 40e. a year. Tie witness also produced a deed showing that the property had been regularly conveyed to Mr. Alumni! and ;he other sixteen claimants in equal shares. In cross-examination by Mr. Brumell, he said Mr. Almond was a Roman catholic priest, residing in Liverpool, and a monk of the order of St. Benedict, of which witness himself was also a member. All the 17, in fact, were monks of that order. Ile (witness) wu well acquainted with the rules and orders of the Benedictine monks. Mr. Brennen—Will you tell us what vows a musk takes on his admission to the order? Witness—l have nothing to do with any vows here. I did not come here to make a confession of my religious creed. I stand here as a subject, and to claim for Mr. Almond and the rest the right to vote on this deed, which I produce. The question you put is wholly irrelevant. The Barrister asked it the queettou Lad anything to do with the matter in issue, and Mr. Brumell, aeswering that it was a material point in his examination of the witness, the learned gentleman ruled that it was reasonable that it should be answered. The question hamig been repeated, The witness said he could not say that he would submit to answer it, because it appeared to him perfectly irrelevant to the point. He came there fur the purpose of defending his vote, and not to state the vows that were solemnly made by religious men. Being further pressed, he stated that he had no hesitation in stymie that he had taken a vow of poverty. and of chastity also. lie declined to state what was the effect of the vow of poverty. lie had as much right to the property in question as the Duke of Northum berland had to his landed estates. So tar as related to the property fur which they claimed, he and the other liiteolll persons had full power to sell or du what they pleased with it. notwithstanding their yew of poverty. The Barrister—What is the effect at the vow of poverty with respect to property ? Witness—it means this, that we make use of our property he the benefit of our religion, and fur the general good of M a r. Brumell—Am I to understand from you that so far . _ _ 4 ►*pests property the Is, et penny has no effect what evir ? Witneas—With regard to the law, the law has nothing to do with our vow of poverty. Mr. Brumell—l ma speaking with respect to the rules of the order. -- ----.. Witness—You have nothing to do with the rules of our order. But those rules don't concern this property. Mr. Brumell—Well, but I wan: to know what is the street of the vow of poverty with respect to property in general ? ' Witness—l have come to defend my vote for this pro perty, and not to go into the minutia of my convent. It is ungenerous to ask me such a question. The Banister—This rather affects the credibility of the witness, because in making the vow of poverty he says he has no property whatever. Witness—No; we must have property, or we cannot exist. We all have property; we have what is called "a peculiam," which lea separais thing from the vow of overt,. The Barrister—What makes it a " pecaliarn " ? Witaese—Our own private fortunes, and any exertions of cur own during our litr•titaes. The Banister—Then I don'tsee what the vow of poverty Witness—lt come to this, that whatever we have will be left to our convent at our deaths, or to some good purpcwie ; we 'scoot 1. are it to our friends or others. The Barrister—Then you have only a life estate, and that upon your own account of the matter. Witeen—lt frequently happens that when • gentleman becomes a monk, with • fortune, he reserves a certain portion of it, and that he can distribute as he pleases by his own will. On being farther interrogited the witness said the proceed. of the property, which was the subject of the claim to vote, went at present to the support of the English mission, which was under the spiritual control of the superior. He added that the money with which the pro perty was bought was partly borrowed, but he could not say howonsch of it, it any, came from Mr. Almond, the first claimant, nor that he bad as yet paid that gentleman directly any pert of the rents or proceeds. In re-esemination, by Mr. Charlton, witness said that Mr. Arnold and the other claimants named in the deed could dispose of the property as they thought proper. Mr. Bruised said he apprehended it was not necessary for him to take up the time of the court on this subject. It appeared that under the vow of poverty taken by religious persons, such persons could not possess any property in land whatever. Any property which was conveyed to them went to the benefit of the order to which they be longed, and they bad it in evidence that this parti cular property was conveyed to the claimants as trustees fur the benefit of the English Xiasion. Mr. Lowe had stated that it would go to that mission at the death of the parties, and supposing that were eo the present claimants had clearly only a lite interest Lin the property, and instead of an interest of 40e. • year each being requisite to give them • qualification, it was necessary that the property should be of the annual value of 17W., at the least, which was not the case. He took it that the vow of poverty was something consonant with the vow of chastity. Theyknew that the vow of chastity was perfectly binding on the consciences of those who took it, and pre cluded all poseibilty of marriage; and the court might therefore adopt that as • rule in considering the vow of poverty. But, independently of that, it did not appear that the chairman had been in the receipt of the rent, of the property for six months previous to the present time, a fact which was of itself an insurmountable bar to the pre sent claim. The Barrister said the question was as to the beneficial interest. The claimants had received anything from the property. The evidence entirely failed upon that point, and he should strike the names of the claimants out on that account. Claim disallowed accordingly. ALARMING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday last, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, a luggage train, running from Horniest= to Liverpool, consisting of 23 waggons and a guard van, reached a point at Haney Lever, about mile from Bolton, at seven minutes past ten o'clock in the morning, when the azletree broke of the eighth waggon from the engine. The guard having become aware of the circumstance applied tie break, and leaped off the train, which continued its course down an incline plane of a somewhat considerable gradient. Presently the train passed over a shunt, and the whole of the waggons behind the injured one were thrown off the rails, and brought into violent contact with a number of loaded coal trucks on a siding. This had the effect of re tarding the train's progress, but it dragged on to the Ducey Lever viaduct, placing in imminent danger the inhabitants of fifteen or twenty houses lying underneath. The viaduct is a structure of iron latticework, 200 yards long, resting on massive piers of stone, and extending across a valley at an altitude of 86 feet. The engine was brought to a stand when it had passed about half way over, having run 600 or 700 yards titer the breaking of the wag. gon's axle. Fortunately no portion of the train was thrown into the valley, aced no personal injury was sustained. A scene of deeruction, however, presented itself, in the shape of broken waggons and their freight (principally pain) !manned upon the line. Many of the wood steepen had also been split, and one of the planks forming the roadway of the viaduct was broken through. Men were set to work, who were occupitd till five o'clock in removing the debris. Six of the waggons were smuhei, and six other' were slightly damaged. Three of the coal trucks on the siding wore also broken. A similar accident happened at the same place in February last. ROBBER. IN UNIFORM.—The Opinione of Turin states that the police of Sassari, in the island of Sardinia, having received information that several peasants of the surrounding villages had formed a plot for an extensive rubbery, under the di-guise of light cavalry soldiers, took every necessary precaution to prevent the execution, at the same time letting the persons engaged in the plot make their preparations, which occupied them several days. On the 27th ult., matters being ripe, six of the culprits were arrested at their homes, proof being had of their guilt, from the confession of one of the party. ELOPEMEN r.—An elopement took place from the banks of the Tay on Monday, the 3rd curt —a subaltern of a Highland regiment having carried off a young lady of fortune from her father's mansion. He was accompanied by a clergyman, and it is understood they fi :6 to Edinburgh, where the knot was tied.—Edinburgh Witntu. CORPORATION REFORM. MEETING OF THE LIVERY OF THE CITY OF LONDON. A meeting of the livery was held yesterday at she London Tavern, on thi invitatisn of Mr. Sheriff Wallis, for the purpose of considering how best they might assist her Majesty's Commissioners in the forthcoming inquiry, and so perpctuate the constitutional rights of local self government. The meeting was numerously attended. Mr. Sheriff WALLIS arrived a little after two o'clock, sad was loudly cheered. On the ground of indisposition he asked permission fur a gentleman not connected with the livery to read the notice of the meeting and the royal 001111110581011. _ . Mr. T. ACKLAND then read the notice and commission, alter which Mr. S man expressed his hope that as this was • maiden of the livery none but liverymen would interfere is it. promediaits. (lieu, hear.) Mr. Sheriff WALLlC—Certainly not. A Li x proposed that all who were not in the livery should leave the room. (No, no.) These preliminery proceedings having been disposed of— Mr. Sheriff Wattas proceeded to state that he hail con veyed that meeting in obedience to the royal eommimios, oad had not ventured on such • step until the last moment M which be weld, by taking it, give any assistance to the commission, and without such assistance he felt that the nisamissitio a ould be, like many previous ones, a dead letter. (Hear, hear.) When it Wixom known that he was abort taking this step it was said that he con templated an attack upon the livery. (No, no.) If he tied wished to injure the livery he would not have invited them to meet him; no, his object was not to injure the livery, but to assist her Majesty's Commissioners in a searching famatigation into whatever was wrong in the corporation, Old thus to promote its preservation and real efficiency. (Rear, bear.) He hoped the result of that days proceed ings would be to induce the Lord Mayor to convene a com mon hall, so that the voices of the citizens of London generally might be heard on the whole question of corpo- ration reform. (Loud cheers.) He had been sated why be had not consulted his colleague respecting the step be had now taken, but the simple reason was that his college', for some unexplained reason, had never consulted him. Sorely the interests of a great city were not to suffer, because their two sheriffs could not agree. (Hear, bear.) Ile had been elected sheriff without any perigee knowledge of maven on his part, and now that be had accepted the office he was determined to perform its duties to the best of his ability. With this explanation he hoped the meeting would proceed to business. (Hear.) Mr. LAMBZILT expressed his dissatisfaction at the pre *nee of gentlemen not liverymen, and moved that they be repeated to retire. Mr. loam seconded the motion, but after some stormy discussion it was rejected, and an amendment in favour of proceeding to business carried unanimously. Toe CUM/JUN then said that he had prepared two reso lotions, which he woald leave in the hands of the meeting to deal with as they thought best. (Hear.) Mt Beane moved—" That this meeting approved of the appointment of a royal commission to inquire into the state of the corporation of the City of London, and pledged itself to give the commissioners any possible assistance in tie discharge of their important duties." Mr. LITINOsTONI seconded the resolution. Mr. Banal, while he supported the resolution, censured the attempt to expel citizese, who were not liverymen, from the room. (Hear, beer.) He knew that persons, sot liverymen, sot into Casemen Hall at elections, and the reason was, that there wen Ant live and twenty private en•raaets to omadh.ll, whidi men ender the control of the corporation officers. He did an meoplam of this, bemam he thought that any citizen gibs paid soot, er ben let, in the city of Lemke, should ban a nide in all Ms preerod inn For his part he append Odds eseamisies, and he felt that it was the duty of lb. Winn Mi emit Qs sena missioners in their inqsdries. He en mid deey that the corporation dikes had bees mismaneeed, but Mimed that if the liverymen did sot bestir themselves, them parties who were most to blame. weld' pay sash attention to the comemeinen, sad _would take such pains to legume tom, that very little real reform would ;snit from their Mews. (Heat, hear.) The management of the corporation affairs was seakilfill and corrupt, and it was, therefore, of the utmost impetuses that thole who timid give evidence might be induced to come forward, and be protected in doing so. (Hear, hear.) The corporation bad great power, and it was no trilling thing for a private eitavn to resist it. They bad also great legal power, whisk an doubt would be all brought forward, with Alarms Wire at it. head. (Groans.) For all these reasons ha taps roved of the present movement, and should give I IN hearty support. Mr. JONVI eloquently described the perfections elf the municipal .)stem, and claimed for the London sorpossink an antiquity coeval with Chriateauity. So wage gam wee the system in theory, that if Plat.) true to rise fres hi, grime and reek to 'stabbed% a new republic, he midis& flig • model to the London corporation. (Loud laughter.) IS wee the theory, however, he praised, not the practise. (lieu, hear) the Lord Mayor and aldermen, when reeks tog the suffrages of their billow cetaens, gave dß= a course plenty of honied words, but when testiest time eels round they went all over the kingdom with their lions, sad never asked the liverymen to dine. (Great laughter.) The Mace of sheriff also had been much de. graded. (Roars of laughter.) He did not know under what pressure the worthy chairman bad accepted the office, MR. MEM ON STEAM CULTIVATION. The Witham Labourers' Fund Society held its an nual meeting us Thursdi y last, under the presidency of Lord Rayleigh, and without any abatement of interest or spirit iu the proceedings. Indeed, as Mr. Alyehi was again amongst 'lie party, waiving soy little feeling that might have bef.ore existed, there weined • revival of the olden character of this gathering. The ploughing took place on Powers Hall. There were 43 ploughs on the ground, and a great portion of the work was beautifully executed. In het, it might he regarded as a county contest in this branch, as Mr. Deutall had giver, 51. to be awarded to the best ploughman, opts to all Essex, and this brought ten einspetiturs from dist►nt parishes which had no connexion with the society. Nine prizes (from Ws. to 51.) for plough ing, three for thatct.kg, three for coin stacking, fifteen for lung service, four for bringing up families, eighteen for allotment and gurdtn culture, and three for draining, be sides some special pretuiuuss given by Mrs. Drummond, were distributed to the labourers, with appropriate opetchea by Lord Itsyleigh; niter which 40 gentlemen sat down to dinner at the White flirt Inn. When the routine touts had been disposed ut, .nd due liuuours had beeu paid to several gentiemen connected with the satiety, The CIiAIIiNIAN said-1 am sure it gives you, as it does me, great pleasure to si.e aim:must us • geht:eman whJ, when he soviets, always Lai laUll:C useful iuturination to give. I beg to propose "The health of Mr. Meal"— (elmer.)—aud to rvquest him to give us some little more . . information itspectiug that wonderful machine he is get ting up in his neighbourhood, by which we may find that plougkinen are not itti.diul, and will not, therefore, receive " • - ' our prizes. (Druuk with cheers.) - , Mr. Macut—l ware yon it affords me great pleasure -nee again to meet you at this table, in furtherance of the objects of the Witham S .eiety. I never had but one feel iog towards it, which was that of the utmost kindness and friendship, which I live may lung be et.terteintd. (Ciieers.) It is called the Labourers' Friend Society, and perhaps on that account I shall not he eubsidered an intruder, sa you are aware I have spent a g , tod deal of money on my small piece of land at Ti 'tree, and whether judiciously so or out it is quite certain that it has conduced largely to the CUM. fort and the morality of the labourers of the neighbour hood. (Cheers.) When I look at the million or bricks I . . us:d, ond . ihe . oome . l2o ur 130 milts of drains I by,' mode nearly all of which wes labour, 1 feel convinced it was a happy day fur the neighbourhood that I was so in clined to spend my money, although tt was great source of scisfaction to me in other points of view. Ido not admit I was wrong iu so spending my money. I do Lot say 1 did everything as cheaply an a might he dune ; but I do think an investment in brick and slate is very much cheaper than board and thatch. I think it is. a matter worthy the consideration of gentlemen, both landlords and . • tenants, that brick and slate is the thing a' ter all, pacieu• tarty fcr cottages and farm buildings; at the end of 10 or 12 years they are as good as the first day they were put up, and are, therefore, the cheapest things we tan UPC. (Hear.) I now see a hope that my operatioes will remunerate me. I have been for a long time asked for my halance.sheet— (laughter)—and a few days ago I set myself quietly down to my books to ezetdine the accounts of the year ; I called in my neighbour here to a.eet me in the valuation, and we both agreed that we were entitled to a large& valuation for tillages than last year ; but laying it at the same I found that I not only derived my improved rental, but I derived a profit of at least 3001., taking the wheat at 101. a load, and with the present price of wheat, perhaps I shall get 4001. (Hear.) But 1 beg to state that the difference has arisen in a great measure from the stock account, and my improved system of irrigation, hum its enabling me to keep double the amount of stuck on the same amount of laud ; that has influenced toy crops more or less, and though I have purchased 7001. of food, 1 find the dif&rence has been very much in my favour. To that, quite as much as to the general advance in price, I attribute my success. lam now in a better condition than I ever was—more ready to pro duce hater crops in future; and I may say I may fairly congratulate myself on being now safely lased in the harbour of profit. (Cheers.) The system of irrigation I have adopted certainly does wondertui things. let will change a bad pasture tutu a good one in the contae of a year. There is nut a person in this meeting who will not be able to confirm what 1 Pay, that do what you will, and spend what you will, it is difficult to get good pasture on hard yellow clay; but the irrigation appears to make the old plants die out, and brings you in a laew stock of grasses and clover, that makes the animals look better, and en Orley you to keep more per acre. (Hear.) That brings ins to the question of drainage ; and the more carefully I consider that, the more I am convinced I am right in this principle, for I assure you twat the liquid manure not only saturates the ground to the depth of three, four, or five feet, but runs through these solid clays, coloured highly, and smelling, and you may trace it in the ditches fur 200, or 300, or 400 yards. Now lam desirous that every particle of manure should be employed in the soil in nourishing the plant, bat we leer a great deal in filtration through the drains, and the more this runs off the less The lands will be fertilised. I press this upon practical men present for two reasons; first, that they may have a larger portion of rich soil at the dispneal of the plant; and, secondly, that they may no longer think it is unnecessary to drain heavy clay kids, because the water cannot get through them, for if liquefied manure will gain its way through the clay four or five feet deep to the drain you need nut fear that water will do the tame thing. I think great cala mities have arisen to the heavy lands of Essex, the Dengie clays, this year, for want of drainage. How is it that this year we hear such woeful accounts of small crops in Beagle Hundred ? Mr. Wm. HVTLIIY—From not seeding—there was not' half put in. Mr. Macut—l am aware of that, bat where it was put in I bear of three sacks an acre; in fact. throe, fear, or; live sacks an acre is this year considered • good crop there - HUTLIT—" That's within a suck of what you got.") —I believe a great deal of that has resulted from the ab sence of drainage. But 1 know this has been a disputed question, and I leave it. And now as to the future pros pect of cultivation—l can only say that we are making our digging or forking machine at lielvechn; 1 hope in the course of three weeks it will be in a triable state, and should 1 Bed it acts at all decently, I shall invite all agri culturists that like to come to see it—(elners)—not only one day, but day by day while it is at work, when they can form their own conclusions. (Cheers.) I have • strong opinion, which is confirmed more and more every day, that steam will shortly be the power to cultivate most of our soils, and for this simple resson,:that horses soon get tired of hard work. We sever allow them to plough more than an acre • day, when they are then taken off and sent home, because you know it would be against your interest to make them do more. On the road the power of a horse regularly worked is exhausted in an hour. He takes a coach seven or eight miles, that is one stage, end he is then taken off for the remainder of the day—he is worked one hoar, and he rests 23, and he cannot do that more than six days out of the seven. But if you get a steam horse, and feed him with coals and water, you may keep on till the end of time, or till it is worn out. 1 believe that steam power is as im portant in the cultivation of the land as In any of the other operations in which it is employed. The great difficulty of the matter has been to get the great weight, that was thought necessary to give the power, on to the land, but I think by our machine we shall get the power of 10 or 12, or 15 hones concentrated into the weight of two tons; and if we do get it in two tons with the power of 15 horses, we shall be able to move a great deal of soil at little cost. Whether the tilling of the soil, the preparing of it, and the seeding, can be dime all at one time remains to be seen. The inventor says that • rabbit when it scratches up a piece of ground covers it by what is scratched up from that which follows. This will be the principle of the machine. If it make • hole it will fill it up in the same way ; and if it succeed in that aad roll the land it will be a great convenience to the farmers. I have also to state that the new American threshing ma- chine has arrived ; the boxes have been sent down to Cam, and I have suggested to the party that we should have a trial of it on the same day as the digging machine. If that should succeed—l have seen a model of it, and I think on the whole it is an improvement on the other; we have in the thrashing and dressing part—he says it will thrash two bushels a minute—l shall be satisfied if it does one ; but this I am rather surprised at—it is worked by hone power. We of course shall use steam. As to ski steam digging machine I ought to state that the power will he applicable to all other objects in farming—threshing, pumping, or anything on the farm; end if it should suc ceed, it will be let oat as drills are for small farmers, I have no doubt. I should mention there is another large plan of steam cultivation under consideration, in which, by the Introduction of,' system of railways and endless ropes, the tanner will be able to use an engine of 30 or 40, or SP-horse power; that is under consideration, and I have seen the drawings, but I am not in a condition to say whether it will be carried out. But I think in seven years you will me 40 different plans fur cultivating land by steam. I esn only say that so long as I commit any follies or do anything worth looking at, you will be quite welcome to come and look at it whenever you please. There is an important prin. dple connected with the manufacture of bricks, a matter connected with agriculture, and if it should lead to our getting them at a smaller price and a beVer quality it would be a great advantage. Ido not know whether any of you km seen Beart'e patent bricks, the manufacture of which is carried on by Mr. Fox, of Sudbury. I do not know Gladly what they are a thousand —( Mr. W. Staley said about 229. or 23s.)—but this brick is well thought of by many engineers and practical men. It is per (orated with twenty holes, the weight is not more t han , half that of the ordinary brick, and Mr. Ransoms told me he had tested it, and he could crush the common brick with the weight of a ton and a half, but it took five tons to crush this. It takes Ices mortar in building, and altogether I think it very advantageous lor agricultural purposes. ' Another point is the introduction by Baron Palm of a new ; kiln for burning bricks, the kiln being divided so that one part may be emptied and filled again while the process of ' burning was going on in the others. Bat if you do these things—if you adopt these improvements—you must invest capital, and that necessarily implies you would have a larger demand. I am glad to hear that the system of covered yards is being so generally adopted. and that so many are being put up by Mr. Bendel, who I should have " been glad to have seen here. There is another point —a I gentleman told me to-night that he had tried it, and he believed that the liquid manure of sheep is the best per- I tion of it. I will only add, in conclusion, if you wish to make a profit by farming, you should lay down some iron I pipes, as I have done, and I think you would find it answer. (Cheers.)—Abridged from the Essex th I rald. GRAND CENTRAL OF FRANCE RAILWAY. An extraordinary general meeting et the share holders of this company was held on Saturday, an Hets's great room in the Rua de la Victoire, Count de Sloattr, the president in the chair. The report may be divided into three parts ; the first, relating to the precise extent end present situation of the Grand Central and its branches; the second, to the annexe ti.n to it of the lines of the junction of the Rhone to the Loire, consisting of railways from St. Etienne to Lyons, Bt. Etienne to Montranabert, St. Etienne to the Loire, and Amin zieux to Iloanne ; end the last, relating to various miscellaneous questions connected with the Grand Central line. This lastoserned undertaking, which is intended to supply railway accommodation to the vast district situated between Lyons asnl Bordeaux on the one hand, and to Clermont, Montauban, Limoges, and Agen on the other, consists of three principal lines, namely, that from Clermont to Montauban, Fortnum the continuation of the Vierson line, which passing by the coal fields of Brassac and Auld's, ter minates at Toulouse: that from Limoges to Agen, the di rect route to the Pyrenees; and lastly, that fr,w Ler . eaux to Lyons, uniting together two cities of first-rate im portance. The Grand Central thus, on the west, heels directly to Spain, aed, on the east, to Switzerland, 'lily, and Germany. The works on the section teem Clermont to Lempille. , have been now tor s.veral months in mime of construction, cud in emeviennce of the treaties entered into with the contractors, the total expense to the company, in cluding the working stock, would be only 210,00Ut, p. r aulo metre. The cc ction just mentioned would be finished by the 3 lst Decemher, 18.4. As the Orleans line would he by the% time extended to Clermont, the section just sp iken of would profit by that new opening, acid by its communica tion with the coal.pits of Brunie. It was beyond a doubt that the price for the section of Per uz would be even less per kilometre than that just stated, and the works un this part of the line from Montauban to the river Lot, with the brunch line to Mar ci.lac, would be soon commenced. The rails, c er riages, and waggons have been ordered at the Atom iroil-works, the price of the rails being only e7Ol. the tin at the foundry, or 280 f. delivered on the line. The loe 'motives and tenders have been commanded from the firm of Derosne and Call. The report then treats of the annexation of the junction line., of the Rhone to the Loire, and States that the necessity of a direct entrance into Leese for the Grand Central had been felt from the outset. As the Grand Central was obliged to use the line from Lyme to St. Etienne for 57 kilometres (35 , English miles), it suturally thought of the advantages likely to accrue to it from its having that line in its own hands. The Lyons to St. Etienne Company, and the other railways of the Loire, had just been constituted into a single one, with a capital of 30 millOan, to improve the lines and increase the work ing stock. The Grand Central had arreuged to annex these lines to itself, thus petting rid of the oil:s which it would have to pay for passing over the St. Etienne line, and ob taining a direct communication with the lines limn Paris to Lyons, Lyons to the Mediterranean, and Lyons to Geneva. It acquired, besides, the additional traffic which was certain to :..rise from the 150 kilometres (94) English miles) thus Or:shied. By a first treaty, the brand Cc:ideal had estimated at 6,000,000 f. the value of the land which the other cue pany possessed at Lyons, and of a coal pit belong ing to it, and agreed to convert each share sei the Rhine and Loire Company into a grand central share. After wards, by • second treaty, the Grand Central, profiting by the crisis which now prevent is the money-market, and which has lessened the eagerness of the public to enter into new enterprises, bad induced the other company to re nounce its claim to the shares which it had to receive, and to be satisfied in their place with an anunity of 75,0001 , iu 3 per cent. bonds. When all the improvements of the lines of the Loire should have been terminated in five years, the gross receipts could not be less than 12,000,0001. Setting down the working expenses at 35 per cent., the net revenue would be 7,800,000 f. The various charges on the annexed lines at that period would be 5,728,077 f. a-year, which, when taken from the 7,800,000 f., would leave a revenue of more than two millions, or from life. to I2fr. for each share of the Grand Cenral. To carry out the annexation,the Grand Central would have to raise 30 millions in onds, and that sum the Credit-Mobilier Company was willing to advance. Should thatcompany think tit to issue the bonds, on. -half of them were to be placed at the disposal of tt • shareholders of the Grand Central Company. The report then touches on • variety of miscellaneous matters. fbe board of directors had been completed definitively to the number of 15; M. Coupon, formerly auditor of the Coun cil of State, and superintendent of the commercial traffic of the Western Railway, had been appoined secretary; and M. Job, inspector of the Ponta-et-Chaussees director of the works. Of the social capital fixed at 90 millions, two-fifths, or 36 millions, had been paid up. It was nut probable, not withstanding the activity imparted to the works, that another call would be made before two years from the present time. However, in order to respond to the wish ex pressed by many shareh olders, the option would shortly be given to them to pay up in anticipation 50fr. more per share, at an interest of 4 per cent., so as to allow them to exchange their personal shares for shares to bearer. The report states that the company had subscribed, like the other railway enterprises, to the Railway Discount Bank. On the 31st of December next, each share would have a right, a, interest at 4 per cent. on the 200 f. paid up, to the sum of 51., which amount would be payable at the office of the company of ' the Credit Mobilier on and after the Ist of January next. ' This report was received with applause. M. COURPON read to the meeting the convention agreed to for the don. A SHAREHOLDER expressed his apprehension that the Aubin Iron Company, from having a large amount of work on hand, would not be able to have the rails which had betn commanded executed in proper time.: The CHAIRMAN inquired if the shareholder objected to the price at which the order had been given ? The SiiARSHOLDER replied in the negative, declaring that the price seemed very reasonable. The CHAIRMAN—Then as to the other point no anxiety need be felt, for the board has taken every precaution to have the rails delivered when wanted. The Gallic shareholder then proposed to have a committee named from amongst the shareholders to examine the ac• counts of the company. This proposition, not being seconded, fell to the ground. The meeting then gave its approbation unanimously to the annexation of the lines from the Rhone to the Loire ; gave authority to the beard to effect a loan to carry out the conditions of the annexation ; approved of the subscription to the railway discount bank; voted the expenses incurred before the constitution of the company ; and passed by ac clamation a vote of thanks to the directors. The proceedings then terminated. TREASURES SUNK AT NAVARINO.—The Official Ga=elle of Savoy states that an inhabitant of Chambery has just quitted that place to attempt, in concert with a company organised for that purpose, to save some contents of the vessels which were sunk at the battle of Navarino, particularly the admiral's ship, a three-decker, which, it is said, had on board at the time she went down a sum of six millions of fracas in gold. All the necessary apparatus has been embarked, a number of divers have been engaged, and in addition to the ordinary diving-bells all the recent maven Lions for such purposes will be put in requisition. FORTUNATE ESCAPE OP A RIVER STEAMER FROM DZETRUCTIOX.—Yesterday afternoon the " Bee," one of the halfpenny boats which ply between Dyers' Hall Wharf, London-bridge, and the Adslphi, narrowly escaped an accident, which would in all probability have led to its de struction and to the sacrifice of a vast number of lives, there being upwards of 100 passengers on hoard. The two boats, " the Ant" and " the Bee," which carry the bait penny passengers, have a rudder at both ends, so that they never turn, the only precaution to be taken before leaving either of the piers, being that the rudder at the head of the vessel shall be so secured that it may not coun teract the other. This was carefully done, and the "Bee" left Dyers'-hall Wharf in the usual manner. It proceeded, with the tide, at a rapid rate, and had got some distance on its way, when the men at the helm found, that although he was steering in the usual manner, his rudder would not art, and that the vessel was at the mercy of the tide. This was immediately communieved to the captain, who instantly ordered the machinery to be stopped, and on making an investigation, ascertained that a bey wearing the uuiform of the Submarine Telegraph Company, with some other lads, had loosened the ropes by which the rudder at the head of the vises' was secured. Had this taken place a few yards nearer Southwark bridge than it did, the vessel would in all probability have been dashed against one of the piers, as the tide was running up very strong, leading to results fearful to contemplate. - - - TILE Mort TlDE.—Yesterday, owing to the late heavy rains and land.ftKidii. the tide in the Thames was unusually high, even though the day before the wind had been instrumental in blowing large volumes of water down the river. In many parts between Westminster, the Temple, and London•bridge, and more particularly to- wards Deptford, the tide encroached beyond the usual high water mark, and inconveniently, though only temporarily, flooded the property and thoroughfares along shore. SINGULAR VIOLENCE.—A youth about 17 years of age, named John Moore, was brought up at the Man chester City Police Court yesterday, on the charge of stabbing a young woman na tied Margaret Smith. The complainant stated that she was walking in the street with another girl, going to her work, when they met the pri soner, who asked her what time it was. He repeated the question without her hearing exactly what he said, and as she did not answer, he struck her across the shoulders with a stick three or four times. She remonstrated with him for molesting persons who had mthing to say to him, and he then knocked her down, and struck her in the face with a penknife. which he had just taken from his pocket. The girl who was with the complainant corroborated this statement, adding that the prisoner used very abusive language, and that a boy who was with him told him to " cut their eyes out." The prisoner said he only tapped the girl slightly with h is stick to arrest her attention, unit she called bad names. Ile said lie would strike her if she spoke to him in that wey she replied by calling him a pig, and ran her face against his knife, during • struggle which ensued. Mr. Maude, the magistrate , said the prisoner hail rendered himself liable to be sent to the assizes to answer for his violence, and if he did not exercise more restraint on his temper he would certainly get into mischief. Ile was tined 205., or in default committed to prison for twenty-one days. CITY COMMISSION OF SEIVERS. Ycs'erday, a court, which was cry numerously attended, was held for the despatch of pubic business. Mr. Deputy PEACOCK in the chair. TILE NMOKY. :4014ANCE Mr. Edmond Calvert, of the firm of C ilvert and Com pry, the brewers . wr again summoned for not having abated the vaissiese complained of some months back, arising from the smoke issuing from the chimney of the brewery, is Upper Thames-street. The CllalliNtAN (addressing Mr. Calvert), said, that when he was summoned before the court upon a former oc cuMe, he had promised that he would get rid of the nui sance as far as possible, aad that complaint having recently been made that the smoke from the chimney in question was MI great an annoyance as ever, the court had deemed it necessary to cause him. to attend, to hear whether he had taken an steps with a view to this object. Mr. Calvert replied that he had stated upon the former 'session that he had found it totally impossible to employ the smoke consuming furnace according to one of the patents then suggested, and which was asserted to be the best treated to the purpose, on account of the peculiar con struction of the buildings. Upon this he had applied to Messrs. Easton and Amos to furnish him with a report as to the practicability of adapting it, when those gentlemen advised that another patented furnace should he fitted. This had been in operation ever since last May, and had proved to be utterly useless ; and it would not even do the work of the old (emcee, with the beet screened coal. (Hear, hear.) This alteration, which bad proved an entire failure, had mot between 5001. and 1,0001 (Hear, hear.) Mr. Calvert thou produced a drawing of his brewery, and explained in detail and with great clearness the alterations he was about to effect, stating that these would cost the firm 10,0001. ; but that they could not guarantee to carry them nut in less than two years. He had had an interview with the Ssereurry of State for the Home Department a few days siace upon this very subject, in the course of which he had made a similar exploitation to that noble lord to that which he hod now offered to the court, and the noble lord concluded by say ing " you cannot do impossibilities." (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Calvert) could say on behalf of the firm that they were most ansiout to abate the alleged nuisance, and in every way to accede to the wishes of the commission, not withstanding the expense they would necessarily be com pelled to incur ; but the alterations could not be effected in • less time than that which he had specified. (Hear, hear.) The foundation aline for one of the furnaces would be • work of six months. (Hear, hear ) The CUAlltle•N—The court ate very much obliged to you for your explanation. Deputy OBBAISD felt very greatly indebted to Mr. Cal vert for attending, and explaining what he had done in the shape of alterations, and what he intended to do. (Hear, bear.) He (Deputy Obbard) had lived in ne City a great many years, aM felt it his duty to say that although some new notions had lately been afloat with regard to the nui sance of smoke, rare court must not, by acting with pre eiresacy and nahneee, destroy the trade or profession of *me who sembehnii their business in the City, especially whom, as in do peessat instance, parties were ready to sake vast peengiliary sacrifices for the purpose of getting rid el the evil lemelaised of. (Hear, bear.) He bad not the hest doubt of the integrity and candour of Mr. Calvert, oat diesslit Ida entitled to great credit for his exertions in eat the wishes of the commission. (Cheers.) Calvert —We have lived in the City for between two and three hundred years, and are old brewers in it. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said that Mr. Calvert knew as well as the court did that there were certain acts of parliament in existence which had been pried for the express purpose of getting rid of, amongst other asisancea, the o.e now complained of ; and as one of the large breweries in the metropolis had succeeded in consuming their smoke, the question was whether the commission would perform its slaty to the public if it did not interfere and compel Messrs. Calvert, without farther delay, to do every thing possible to mitigate if not thoroughly to suppress the nuisance. The CUAIRMAX—Yon hear that it will take two or three years. Mr. H. L. Taxt.on—Messrs. Calvert were its a difficulty, and he was sorry for them. He believed they were doing a very great deal to lessen the nuisance, but at the same time they were not doing that which the public and the public acts of parliament called upon them to do. The commie lion must either orase to pressrun any body or at once compel Messrs. Cavort to construct new furores. (Hear.) Mr. lloroooD said he should be very sorry if the opinions expressed by the last speaker went forth to the world as the opinion of the communion. (Hear, hear.) Here was a large and important firm moot anxious to spend 10,3001. to remove an alleged nuisance, stating that it will take two years to make the necessary alterations, and therefore giving good teaser for not being able to consume their smoke immediately. (Hear, hear.) Deputy HOLT was desirous of paying every court and reopect to the honoured house of Calvert, but should in sist that those gentlemen took the beat mesas in their power to get rid of the nuisances. Mr. KEDIV, felt very mach indebted to Mr. Calvert for the pains be had taken in explaining what alterations bad already been made. Every member of the court esgbt fully to bear in mind the extreme difficulty of carrying out extensive improvements such as those now contemplated. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said that with a view of testing the feeling of the commission, be would move, " That well an thentieated evidence be obtained of the nuisance arising from the smoke issuing from the furnaces of Messrs. Cul vert's pro:ibis ' and that they be summoned before a raw giante for the offence." Deputy CoawaT seconded the motion. Deputy UNBAR° moved as an amendment, " That rs Mess. Calvert having attended this court and explained the nature of their furnaces, and that they are curing the evil as fast ae possible, and are willing to spend 10,0004 to abate any nuusnce whatever, that the matter etand over for the present to enable thi m to melee the necessary alteratione.' , (Hey, hear.) Mr. llueoooo seconded the amendment. Deputy PlWrarba thought the ameiidment should coat tails a specified time within which the works should be completed. Alderman Cor ELAND said thin he had had the satisfaction 011;;;;;Ua110i;i11 1 .11;1ii11011t of the House of Com move three several times. (Hear, hear.) Was the business and trade of the City to be stopped by a proceeding such as the one now adopted against Messrs. Calvert ? (Hear, hear.) lie (Alderman Copeland) bad spent hundreds and hundred. of pounds in trying to get rid of the smoke nui sance at his works at Stoke-upon-Trent, and all to no puss pore. (Hew, hear.) At the government works at Wool wieh than was always to be seen a broad pennant of smoke issuing from one of the largest chimneys in the kingdom. He, at the solicitation of Sir Edward Buxton, had been to see an apparatus for the consumption of smoke. The appa -1 ratus fed the furnace by a piece of mechanism, but as to consuming the smoke, that was quite out of the question. A friend of his (Alderman Copeland) had tried to consume the smoke at his manufactory, and bad brought down • deleterious matter—sulphuric acid, which was ten times more injurious than smoke. (Hear, hear.) Mr. 11. L. Taylor having withdrawn his motion, the amendment of Deputy Obbard was carried as an original motion, the words being added, "And that sic months be given to Messrs. Calvert for the completion of the works." This addition was for the purpose of enabling the commis sion to ascertain bow far the works had progressed during THE CHOLERA. - 111.-- (ham the Of metal Ito.tri of Health, Oct. 18.) METROPOLIS. Forewarning of the neces,ity of measu-es of pre• vention is the best means of obviating panic. On referring to the former visitations of cholera, as far as regards the metropolis, it appears that in 1832 the attacks were 14,144, and the deaths 6,729 ; the population of London then being 1,681,641. In 1848-49 the attacks were about 30,000, and the deaths 14,601 ; the population at that time being 2,209m78. So that in the epidemic of 1832 one person died in every 250 of the inhabitants, or .4 per cent.; when as in 1848-9 one person died in every 151 of the inha bitants, or .66 per cent. 'fhe mortality, therefore, in 1832-3 was about two-fifths less than in 18-19—that is, about 5,800 more persons perished of this epidemic in London in 1849 than in 1832. The epidemic of 1832 commenced in London on February 16, and ended September 7, 1833, includ ing a period of about 19 calendar months. Bat it appears that during this period there was a cessation of deaths for 8 months so that there were in fact two epidemics, the first commencing in February and lasting to November; and the second cointnenc ing in August and lastim; to September, 1833. The epidemic came to its height in the we. k ending July 27, when the deaths were 445, the greatest weekly mortality recorded during that visitation. In the epidemic of 1818 the attack commenced in September, and the last death recorded in the return of the registrar-general was in December, 1849, so that the whole progress of this epidemic occupied a period of 15 calendar months. Dating the first six months, namely, from the end of September, 1818, to the end of March. 1819, the disease advanced progressively but irregularly, num bering in the whole of this period 988 deaths. During the following months of Apia and May, there was a lull in the disease, the deaths sinking to one in some weeks, and never in any week exceeding five ; but there was never, as in 1832, a complete cessation of the disease, Mr there was never a single week with out at least one death. In the month of May, the total number of deaths did not exceed 13, but in the first week of June they suddenly rose to 9, inereaiing in the last week of the month to 124. From that period, the epidemic went on rapidly and uninterruptedly, increasing till it came to its height in the wick ending Sept. 8, 1549, when the deaths together, from cholera and diarrhea, amounted to' ,298. From this time the disease declined, and ultimately ceased, as has been stated, in December, 1849. There was thus one I epidemic with two well marked periods, the first extending from September to March, and the I second from June to December.. In the first of these periods the highest weekly mortality was 94, namely, in the week ending Jan. 13, 1819; atfordimr during that period a hope of a comparatively slight visitation ' • but in the second period this hope was greviously disappointed, for the weekly mortality then rose as high us 2,298 in the week ending Sept. 8. The following table shows a considerable paral lelism between the early progress of cholera in the metropolis in 1848 and now in 1853. That progress is, however, in almost every week more rapid now than it was in 1848 ; and, comparing the total num ber of deaths during the whole of the 11 weeks with the number of deaths in the corresponding weeks of 1848, it will bo seen tint the recent deaths have ex- nettled the former by nearly one-third. Deaths from Cholera during Deaths from Cholera during a period of 11 weeks in a somat - aiding period of 1853. It *ekks M 1818. Week ending Aug. 6 .. 4 Corresponding week OM 19 13 99 /9 .. 19 17 II PP 20 .. 10 11 , 1 , 9 7 PP k 7 .. 18 *I 7 ~ „ Sept. 10 3 .. 111 7 6 7 II ~ .. I/ 6 0 it 17 .. 16 9/ 7 099 24 .. 29 IP 4 „ et Oct. 1 • • 48 „ 13 ii 8 .. 1;11 IP 30 IP 16 .. 45 IP ~ 45 Total It will be thus further seen that the progress of the epidemic has been much more rapid during the whole of the present months than during the corre sponding period in 1846. It is remarkable, that gradual and slow as the progress of the disease has been in the metropolis in both visitations, there have been in both sudden and violent outbreaks in particular districts and localities. In 1848 it had scarcely appeared in the metropolis when in the very beginning of October it attacked Edinburgh with great violence, and spread in the course of a few days to the neighbouring towns of Newhaven, Portobello, Loanhead, and numerous other places in the vicinity. In the beginning of November it attacked Glasgow, and subsequently a large num her of manufacturing towns and villages in Lanark ►hire, Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire, and other counties in the south and west of Scotland. Now it has attacked with the like suddenness and with increased violence the northern English towns. The returns from the Metropolitan Commissioners of Police give 18 cases of cholera and 8 deaths. In the Milthank Penitentiary, where cholera was peculiarly fatal in 1848 9 as compared with the mortality from the same cause in other metropolitan prisons, there have been since the 24th August last nine cases of cholera and three deaths, two of which occurred on the 14th instant. NEWCASTLE - UPON - TINE. Deaths Oct. 17. Cholera, 2; Diarrhoea, 2. The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Newcastle during the present outbreak has been 1.505. In the same period (namely, the first 47 days) during the prevalence of epidemic cholera in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 290. COLDINGIUM. Deaths Oct. 16. Cholera, 2 ; Diarrhrea, 3. Ltrrox.—Death—Oct. 17. Cholera, 1. OaTaaimo.—Deaths—Oct. 15. Cholera, 1; 0ct.17, Cholera, 2. °ATV:BIII3AD (HEWORTH DISTRICT.) Deaths— Oct. 15. Cholera, 3. Oct. 16. Cholera, 5 : Diarrhoea, 2. Oct. 17. Cholera, 3 ; Diarrlicea, 1. HEALTH OF LONDO The weekly return of the Registrar General shows that the numberof deaths registered in the metropolitan districts in the week that ended on Saturday was 1,039. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843.52, the aver age number was 949, which it raised in proportion to in crease of population will give 1,044. A comparison of the actual and estimated results shows that Loudon last week suffered not more than its ordinary rate of mortality. Cholera, which has made its presence felt in various parts of the metropolis, and during the four we. les that followed I%lth September, showed a small hut continuous increase, does not appear latterly to have gained ground. The deaths from this disease were 66 in the first week of October; last week they declined to 45. It is a somewhat remarkable coincidence that 45 was the number registered in the cor responding week (via. the 42nd) of 1848 ; for many weeks thereafter the deaths rose and tell, dropping so low as ens and two in the spring of 1849, till the epidemic broke out with violence in summer. The flue uations which mark its previous history may attend its course again ; but expe rience affords sufficient warning that a temporary abate ment should not lull into security those whose business it is to prepare for the attack. The 45 deaths of last week (21 of which occurred to males, 21 to 11-males) were thus dis tributed over London : In the West Districts 6, in the North 3, is the Central 2, in the East 6, and on the South aide of the Thames 28. East week the births of 812 boys and 761 girls, in all 1,573 children, were registered in London. T he average number in eight corresponding weeks of 1845.52, was 1,561. At the Royal Observatory. Greenwich, the mean height 5h7 of the barometer in the week was 29. in. The mean temperature was 52 deg., which is s li g htl y above the aver age of the same week in 3 $ year s. The wind blew gene rally from the north-east. NOTHING TOO HOT.—An Irish hop-picker, named Matarthy, went, on the Bth instant, into the Broad Oak Inn, Brede, where, finding a shoulder of mutton, just cooked for the dinner of a couple of appraisers, placed under a cover in the taproom previous to its transmission above stairs to the dinner t0b1.., gently 'talked off with it. Shortly afterwards the cook lifted the cover, and to her amazement found the mutton gone. The house was raised : '• Where is the mutton ?" was the cry, bat nobody answered " here." At length the Irishwoman was remembered ; a furious pur suit ensued, and the landlord and his myrmidons at last espied her hastening down a lane, and soon overtook her. She indignantly denied the charge, but the landlord, hav ing tre fear of the appraisers before his eyes, forgot the respect due to the other sex, seized her, and gave her a violent shake, when the missing joint yet hot, savoury, and reeking, fell from under garments. 'I he caterprising thief was transferred to the care of the police, sod committed neat day at Rye for trial,—ltlaidstonc Journal.