The Express. — London, England, 1853-10-05 00:00:00

car COURT of SEWERS. -.-- Yeetetday the assembled at Guild- Deputy PCACOCIC in the chair. Ne. II c sit lona said he had read a letter in the Tint.' of [he pftlllollll day eomplainin; of the dangerous condi- I bo a of part of Lower Thames t, and representing that ateuterts had occurred in that vicioity, to which the ward ' sathoritie di not seem disposed to pay any attention. ll* ba ; geil to be informed whether any inquiry had been made into the veracity of the statement. Dipaty Bowen asid he had., upon reading the letter al luded to. visited Thames-street, which appeared to him to b e as well paved in every part of it as any other streets in which area! • Ac was going on. The inhabitants did not seem to know anytl:Mg about the merits of the complaints. M last he found ti.it the letter referred to Salutation cow., where the pavement was upon a slope, and where the peer- who carried loads backwards and forwards did their Meiness in so rough and cared is a manner as to en danger the imdis of the public. It was to be regretted that U IL, whoever he was, had not taken thet trouble of simply applying to tne Deputy, instead of writing to the editor of the TIMM If he had that ea, tho case should' have been immediately inquired into and remedied, if there *meted any alai, for remedy. Aceid-nts might occur M the Queen's drawing-room as well as in Themes-street ; but certai-ly, the porters who worked about the locality con sidered t:,emselvis, when their shoulders were loaded, as the of the creation, and nevi- thought of such a thing aceouemodation. (Hear, heir ) A Cuivtivvtomitit said that the guardians of sow) of the City onions were very anxious to learn when they might expect any intelligence upon the subject of the contemplated cemetery ? The CliAlllYAN said the committee were doing all in their power to submit a sati,faet •y report as to the ground to be choeen for the cemetery, es the hon. gentleman who was so impatient for the information malt have known if he had paid ordinary attention to his ditties. (A laugh.) The Jdsdtcal Otti.:er of Health reported a vast somber of low, filthy terientents in the narrow thnoaghfares, and represinted the necessity or taking immediate steps to en force the registering , of houses in Fireball- coon and other bean ies as totrmon lodging-houses. Upon the motion of Deputy Mina:soy, active measure. were adopted to carry into immediate effect a wreat variety of sanitary suggestions made by the medical officer. The im.oirtrig report WAS wade by Mr. L) w, the chief e:erk to the eommi•sioncrs: Gentlomon,-1 beg to hand you my usual quarterly abstract of seizures of meat, fish, dcc., unlit for human tool, made by your inspectors of slaughter-houses, under the' powen at the act of parliament for that purpose, in three meatbs to Michaelmas, and I big to draw attention to the impsttaut influence on the pa b.ie health involved therein. Dised.ed cows, 5; carcases of calves, 24 ; ditto of pigs, 27; ditto 4f sheep, lel ; quarters of beet; 111; plucks, 13; cals. , ' feet, 6; heads, 11 ; sundry joints, 110—weigh. fag 49 cwt., 2 qrs., 81b. l'eu'try, 0( poultry (various), 1,200 ; fawns, 10; deer, 1; hares, 12 ; grouse, 461; rabbits, 247 (too bad to tell out one bon); game, 1 boa. ri.h.—Lentars, 2,126; cod, 34; soles, 847 (pairs) ; salmon, 101; turbot:, 31; trout, 13; crab', S; mussels, 47 Watt, ; oysters, l bushels ; shrimps, 291 gallons ; mis cellaneous, 25,583. VegetaLles, &c.—Lettuce., 10 baskets ; peas, 10 sacks ; water cremes, 2 hampers; plums, 19 baskets. Adjourned. ME CROP OLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. • A special meeting or the Metropolitan Commix sioncts of Sewers was held yesterday at the Courthouse Glee: street, Soho; Richard Jana, Esq., the Chairman of the Comnwsionen, occupied the chair. The other Me ta bas of the commission procure/ere Sir J. Burgoyne, Sir W. CuOitt, and Messrs. T. Gibson, G. S. Smith, and Hawk. _ _ Mr. 11.srrow, the 'accountant, presented • statement. from Is ii.ch it appeared that there was • balance in hand of c\;s7l ; cheques hod been drawn hut not presented to the amount el 1,343/.,reducing the 'callable balance to 67,211 k, and mere were cheques to be Jr kern in the course of the day for 3,:211. - • - - Inf. monthly report of the collections showed that the amount already reported as having b:en received was 171,10/. ; collected during the month, 12,137/. 3i. 9d. ; end there remained still to be collected 4.5.3391. 17s. 7d. DISPt TID SATE IN KEXSINGTON. Mr. Guar wee summoned to show cause why he should not he ordered to pay several sums, amounting in the whole to near 2301., in respect of the expense of the drain age laid down from &number of homes into the main sewer, which the commissioners hcd executed in default, after notice ; and also a sum of 71J., as Lis contribution to the coot of the main saner. Mr. NIII.DRA3I, the banister, appeared for Mr. Gray, who be said was the lessee of a number of houses in Gray's piece. The lease had about 12 years to run, the original lease being only lee 38 years, and the reserved rent was 1001. per annum. The property was situate in the Fulham road, and it consisted of 14 houses fronting the road. For merly the houses were drained into an open ditch at the back of the houses, but a sewer was made some years ago is front of the houses bye Mr. Burning, and the commis sioners had ordered that the ditch at the back should be mend over, and that the houses should be drained into the main sewer, and drains had been made by the com missioner from each of these houses into this front sewer. Mr. Gray had let all the houses on lease, them sub-leases expiring a few days pre vious to the expiration of his own term. The commisaioners might make the charge on the occupiers, and to that Mr. Gray had no ohjection, and that would get rid of the difficulty. They were bound by their Imes to pay the sewers' rata, and if they had any rights, as against Mr. Gray, they could recover them. Mr. Oray was not the frechol :er, nor was he the occupier. Toe CHAIILMAN—The act says that the owner shall be held to be the person who receives the sitarists. Mr. NIIDMAN however, contended that Mr. Gray was not the owner, an d that to hold him to be so involved an absurdity, as A might lease to Bat rack rent and B to C, and so au to the end of the alphabet Then, with regard to the second item, he contended that it wu a charge that ought fairly to fall on the district. The P roperty was satis fied before. and the sewer was made for the convenience of the district. - ..... 11Ir. LATCHFORD, who appeared for the occupiers, sub mitted that Mr. Gray ought to pay the whole, or the greater part of this charge. The tenants had none of them a beneficial interest, and so far from their leases extending to within a few days of the termination of the original lease, some of them were for only five, and some for six and eight yrars from the present time, and they all paid rack rect. Nevertheless, they were willing to bear a proportion if it were scattered over a number of years, so that the coot should bear equally sip= all parties. The CHATILHAW said there was no doubt Mr. Gray was the owner within the meaning of the act. Then there was an appeal to the discretion of the court to throw the burden en the occupiers. Now, the practice of the court, and ho thought the equitable practice, had been to throw the bur- den on the owner. A third alternative was to throw the burden on the district. Now, the owner of every house is Loudon was bound to have the drainage of that house in a proper state. The owner might be satisfied with the state of the drainage, but, as guardians of the public health, it was tho duty of the commissioners, on the information of private complain■ntsbf a nuisance arising from any hens*, to see that the nuisance was abated. The court thought that in this instance na portion of the expense ought to be thrown on the district. The charge amounted to about 200 L, and the court would scatter it over • period of eaves years by laying an improvement rate for that period, the result of which would be that a portion of the ex peue would fall on the tenant and • portion on the landlord, the act stating that tenants at rack rent might deduct three fourths of the rate from the rut doe se tie landlord. The eon,tibution to the main sewer, 751., was ordered to he paid by Mr. Gray alone in three instalments, one in six, one in It, and one in 30 months from the present time. .NI.:I4ANCI PROW O& REM* AT lIINSAL-011UX. of Chiswick New Town. Chiswick New Town con anted of a number of four-roomed and two-roomed lents wenn, inhabited by several thousand poor persons. There were six streets running parallel with each other. They IMO utterly without drains with the exception of one street, into which a drain had been opened communicating with the drain in Devonsliire•nrad. With that inception there were no means of carrying off the filth which accu mulated. The inheb:tints hal to throw a all into the open street. The parishioners had a meeting on Thursday last, and bad adopted means to remedy this inconvenience as far as they could. They had carried away thirty or forty loads of putrid filth, which was lying close to the doors of three poor persons; but that only left room for the accumu lation o. more. He had been in the worst districts of Bethnal-green, but het never seen anything so hornble as he had seen in theee streets. 'this locality was screened from public observation. Is was very near the Gardens at Chiswick, but was concealed from them by some thick foliage. He was sure that if the nobility who went to thine gardens were aware of the nature of the locality they ap proached so near. they would hesitate before they went to the Horticultural Shows at Chiswick. There was another sewer constructed at the back of Chiswick-lane which extended a porti di of the distance to Turnhout- green, when it was a black and offensive open sewer, and hot liquid was dischar4el from Fuller's brewery into tl.e sewer, causing a stench 11l offensive at the mouth of the sewer, that those who lived at the Mall were frequently obliged to close their windows. Opposite the mouth of the sewer there was an it:et of the river, and the consequence was that when the tide was low the sewage did not mix with the water of the Thames and paw off, but stagnated. The CItAtILYAN said the commissioners were perfectly aware of the state of that rieighhourbood. Ho might men tion that the whole of the large new district called the Ful ham and Hemeneremith district only produced, by a six penny rate, 2,41.t01. a-year. Deducting from that the cost uf maintaining such sewers as there were, a very small h dance remained for new works. Therefore the expense uf the works required for that district, could only be de frayed by borrowed money. In the return pres'nted to the House of Commons of the works intended to be done, for which a loan of Idu,oodt. waste be raised, were inchidsd several sewers for New Chian ick, Fulham, and Hammer. smith. The government, however, cut the loan down to 240. 1 )0' , , in consequence of which the commissioners were 'bilged to cut down some of the works, and he was sorry to say that this was amonsst thaw. The commiainars would attempt its the next session of parliament to get niocey for this and many other works. Mr. Ev.txs observed, that if they would carry the sewer a f-ar hundred yards up the Devonshire-road there would be such a co-operation on the part of the owners that a great deal would be done. The Cuatanax—Yes, but the same statement might be made of hundreds of localities. Me. Ev.ass—Could y.a give your engineers instruction, to look at it ? The CHAIIISIAN—Oar engineers are overworked. Row ever, Mr. Lovick says he will insi,ect the place, and if any. thing can be done he will report. STATU OFELMS•LAN E. -TILE CLIOLEU.L. A report. was read from Mr. Lorick, stating that urgent I representations having been made concerning the condition of the cesspools and cicalas in Elms-lane and place, Hays water,with a view to the assistance of the C01111121S61)aers iu the cudeavoun of the guardiens of the parish to remove the nuisances in those pieces, which representations had been induced by the fret of the recent occurrence of deaths from cholera in this locality, and the prevalence of much sickness, it was deemed advisable on the part of the emu , mission to afford such ltd us the occasion required with the least possible delay. Orders were given for the immediate cleansing of the whole of the cesspools and drains of the houses in this locality. This() orders were immediately carried into effect, and the cesspools of twenty-one houses! sad been cleansed. They were in a most offensive condi tion, and complaints of sickness from the smell arising from them were prevalent. 'fhe commissioner hod, at their meeting on the 213th September, upon the fact of deaths from clusters being brought to their notice by himself, in a report founded upon the Registrar-General's report for the week ending 17th September, directed the presentments of the nuisances ; these presentments had been made, but the extreme importance of the case required the action of the court to be anticipated, and the chairman ordered works to be done. _ _ The report was receis el, and the orders of the chairman for the works in question were oesinned. Some other routine business was transacted, and the court adjourned. LAUNCH OF THE IRON CLIPPER" TAYLEUR." The launch of the new iron first-class sailing Tessa, built by the Back Quay Foundry Company, on the right bank of the Hersey, at Warrington, took place yesterday. We have before given a brief description of her build. Her proportions are 2,500 tons (new measurement) ; length of keel and forereke, 225 feet; rake of stem-post, 6 feet; beam, 39 feet; depth of hold (frum underside of the deck to the top of the B,4ring), 29 feet; sheer, 2 feet 6 inches. She has three decks, with saloon on the upper deck and cabins and berths fur captain and priceipal officers. She is exceedingly strong built, being double-rivetted throughout, and being divided into five water-tight compartments. The total quantity of Wen in her is estimated at 780 tens. She is the property of Mown. Charles Moon) end Co., of Liver pool, and is to make her first trip to Australia. Her com mander is Captain Noble, and she will be capable of accom modating 680 passengers, besides taking a heavy cargo. She has at her head a line full-length figure of Mr. Charles Tayleur, of the firm who have built her, and after whom she is named. The river Mersey, at Warrington, is bat narrow, being 38 miles above Liverpool (following the course of the stream), and the experiment of launching rack a large vessel was one which, of course, excited much anxiety on the part of the builders, and all concerned. Mr. Charles Heathoote, manager of the Bank Quay Foundry, bad the direction of the launch, being deprived of the assistance of Captain Noble, owing to an accident which betel that gen tleman on the preceding evening. We regret to state that Captain Noble fell from the forecastle on Monday evening upon the deck, a depth of 12 feet, and was severely stunned and hurt. One of the workmen, unfortunately, on seeing him fall, instantly leaped after him, with the intention of rendering assistance, and from the best motives, but alighted upon his chest, and added much to the severity of the shock which the commander had received. The Mersey appears scarcely to be of a width at Warrington equal to the length of the vessel, but has a depth of 18 feet at the higher tides, and the vessel being built at a bend of the river, the design was to run her up the stream, rather than across. An iiIIIMPOIS number of people crowded the banks of the river to witness the launch, and as the tide rose more than usually high, overflowing the fields for a considerable dis tance, many of them were placed in considerable jeopardy whilst moving to higher ground. Men were seen in some places standing up to the knees in water rather than retreat, but the masses sought the higher ground in confusion, and sane ludicrous scenes marred. The build ing yard was also crowded, and amongst the company pre sent were Mr. Grinnell, M.P., Mr. Allard, the Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys, Mr. H. C. Moore (one of the owners), and Mr. Edward Littledale, of Liverpool. Miss Patten, daughter of Mr. J, Wilson Patten, M.P. for North Lan cashire, named the vessel as it went off the slips, in the usual form. The shipwrights commenced knocking out the davits about one o'clock, and all being completed at 25 minutes put, the vessel glided off in beautiful style, and went up the river about one hundred yards before she was brought to by .her anchor. The nautical men present said they n witnessed a more successful and magnificent launch. The assembled crowds greeted her with loud cheers, and the Victory steamer from Liverpool and two steam-tugs immediately took her in tow, and proceeded with her towards Liverpool, where she will be placed in the Graving Deck to receive her masts. She had 80 tons of ballast on board, and drew 8 feet 6 in. water. She is expected with 4,000 tons of cargo to draw about 21 feet. There were probably not less than 10,000 people present. The internal fittings are to be of the first class, with abundance of light and ventilation. We were informed that the passengers were to be carried on one deck only as recommended by Mrs. Chisholm. The accom modation for the crew also, though in the forecastle, is to he of better than ordinary description. A report rea— supecting complaints of a nuisance caused by the discharge of gas refuse from the Western Use Works at Kensal-green. The report stated that the refuse was discharged into the sewer, and in its course to the Thames. Be bore personal testimony to the peculiarly offensive character of the effluvia, sad he »commended that the nuisance should be abated with the least possible delay. There was no safety ss regarded health or from danger in other ways by incur. Lowly entering into the sewers with li g hts, or even by accidental igniums of the gases at some of the numberless opesings. It was a nuisance of the most dangerous eh*. net's. CONTESTED Cor,TY .The following Another report of a similar character was read in re ference to a complaint of the gas refuse running down the Wuwick•road sewer. An order of the court was made that the nuisances be abated within a week, and that in default the company be summoned to shows came why they should not be innerosd in a penalty of 60/. NI !SANE, PEON OAS tineret AT STEPNEY AND BOW. A report was read from Kr. Bowe in reference to com plaints mad* of the climbers/ of gas refuse into the sewer from .he Commercial Gas Company's works at Stepney sad from the Central OW Company's works at Bow Com as& Kr. Bowe stated that he had been to the works of both mospooka, and at both places he found in the drains MAWR beta the works a quantity of ps refuse, which left mo doubt in his mind that the companies bad been in the beiblt of discharging through the drain a large quantity of plasma faistiter for Easy yeses past. Is these NM • altailar order was made to that in refer. ewe to the Wasters Gas Works. DISONACILTVE STATE or CHISWICZ NNW TOWN. Mt. CLAA/L1 MN summoned to show cause why he should of pay a rote of U. 18e. on premise, at Chiswick. Mr. Cools Evioes, who appeared for Mr. Clarkemidhe had no objection to make to the rate, but h e had su ff ered himself to be summoned in order that he might have the opportunity of laying before the commissioner, the state iniportant provision, which hasjust come into operation, will induce persons on the register for counties to apply to the revising barristers during the present revision, under the registration of voters act, to von at the polling places nearest their residence. "At every contested election of a knight or knights to serve is say :parliament after the lint day of October, 1803, for any county, riding, &c., the polling shall continue for one day only, and the poll shall commence at eight o'clock in the morning and be kept open until fi ve o'clock in the afternoon of sneh day, and the poll clerks to be employed at the principal places of election and other plains, shall at the final close of the day's poll enclose and seal their several books, and shall publicly deliver them so enclosed and sealed to the sheriff, under-sheriff, or sheriff's deputy presiding at such poll ; and every such deputy who shall have received any such poll-books shall forthwith deliver them, or transmit the same so enclosed and sealed to the sheriff or his under-sheriff, who skill re-1 nice and keep all the poll-books unopened until the re assembling of the court on the day next but one after the dose of the poll, unless inch next day shall be a Sunday, and then until the Monday following, when he shall openly break the seals thereon and cast up the number of votes as they appear on the several books, and shall openly declare the state of the poll and shall make proclamation of the member or members chosen, not later than two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, any statute to the contrary notwithstanding." By another act of last session (chap. 68) her Majesty, on a petition of justices, can order new pol ing plac.s. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1853. HEALTH OF LOY DO_Y DURING THE IVEEK. The official report says :—The number of deaths from all causes registered in the metropolis in the week that ended on Saturday was 1,212. This increase on the previ ous sown arises chiefly from an excess of coroners' cues entered in the register books at the end of the quarter. While the mortality from diarrtms declines, cholera be. comes more fatal; the deaths referred to it having risen from 16 and 29 in the two previous weeks to 47 in the last. Of these 47 deaths from cholera 31 were those of males, 16 of females, and they were thus distributed over LYndon. In the west districts 3, in the north 6, in the central 2, in the east 4, and on the south side of the river 32. The following are a few of the fatal cares of cholera registered in the week:— In Dreadnought Hospital Ship, on 28th September, an apprentice, aged 20 years, eholero, died 2) hours after admission." At 24, Hackney-road, on 26th September, the wife of a ahip•eaalker, aged 57 years, "endemic cholera (IS borne)." Mr. Yarrow, the registrar, observes :—" Bad senciis arose from the back of the premises from an overflowing privy, a circumstance which I communier.ted to the proper .iuthcri ties, by whom it was immediately attended to. The de emed, has been afflicted with a bad leg several years, which healed up five weeks previous to her being nixed with diarrhws, which was neglected till fatal symptoms appeare*: in the form of severe cholera." At 19, Martin-street, Friar-street, Borough-road, on 27th September, a carpenter, aged 29 years, " ditrrlicea (3days), Asiatic cholera (10 hour')." Mr. Elliott, the registrar, mentions that "deceased was out of employment. In farmant, at whose house be Indged, stated that on Saturday 21th September, he was suffering from diarrheet, and wes wry tipq ; she went to the public-house, and begged hint to come home and get some feud, but he refused, saying he was too ill to tat. Ile allowed the diarriima to continue unchecked until Monday or Tuesday, and when the medi cal %dicer of the district was called in his case was hopeleps." On board the Anna Christina, lying off the Folly.h.tuse, Slackwall, on 2Gth September, the mate: of a ship, aged 26 years, " Asiaic cholera (14 hours)." The medical atten dant writes: " This was one of the most decided cases I have ever seen; there were no premonitory symptoms whatever. He was perfectly well and without any d:ar aces when Le went to bed at one o'clock, an hour before he was taken ill." In Chelsea, North-cut, at 7, Earl-street, on 29th Sep temper, domestic coachmen out of employ, aged 35 years, " Asiatic cholera (4 days), delirium (21 hours)." Mr. Smith, the registrar, adds: " The deceased is stated to have been of intemperate habits. On the Friday preceding his death he was out all day seeking for a situation, during which he bad little or nothing to ear, but was treated to drink until he came home intoxicated. Being accustomed to slight attacks of diarrhoea after such dissipation no no:ice was taken of it until Monday, when the symptoms became serious, and a medical man was called in." In Rectory subdistrict, Marylebone, at 12, York-cone. on 14th September, the eon of a barrowman, aged 16 years, "endemic cholera produced by foal air and an unhealthy condition of neighbourhood." Inquest. Last week the births of 824 boys and SOO girls, in all 1,624 children, were registered in London. In the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845.52 the average number was 1368. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 20.638 in. The mean tcmparature in the week was 52.4 deg. The wind blow generally from the south-west. APPALLING ACCIDENT. PRESTON, TUESIAT. Ono of the most dire disasters which ever diffused consternation throughout this town occurred last night, in the fall of the floor of a room containing nearly 300 people. The ultimate consequences of this fearful casualty it is impossible at present to anticipate; but this may be stated,l that one young woman was killed on the spot, and from 401 to 50 other people more or less injured, many of them most l i seriously, and several, it was feared, mortally. The circum stances connected with the accident are as follows :—Monday s the day on which the turnout factory hands in this town receive their weekly allowance from the trade committee in lieu of wages. For this purpose they are classed in divi sions, each of which is paid at a different place. Las night a body of card-room hands, between two and three hundred in number, assembled at Mr. Worthington's, the Corporation Arms Inn (near the Corn Exchange), to re coin their money. They were directed to a room at the back part of the premises, approached from the yard by a flight of stone steps. The dimensions of this apartment, at a rough estimate, are about 25 feet by 20 ; the boarded floor being supported by a beam passing under the centre. Underneath is a lumber room. The operatives flocked in soon after seven o'clock, and by a quarter to eight, about which time the distribution of the money commenced, the room was densely packed to the very threshold. A few minutes before eight an alarming crash, instan taneously succeeded by piercing shrieks, attracted the attention of persons in the vicinity of the Corn Ex change, and they immediately repaired to the back premises of the Corporation Arms, from whence the start ling sounds emanated. Lights having been procured, an appalling spectacle met the view. It was found that the beam above mentioned, unequal to the unwonted pressure to which it was subjected, was mapped in the centre, the result being that the floor parted immediately over the beam, precipitating the crowd of people into the chasm— s depth of about 12 feet. Language is inadequate to the task of conveying to the reader anything like an ides of the scone presented by this dense mass of human beings, heaped together in apparently inextricable confusion, and suffering front injuries of almost every description. To drag them out of the doorway was a work of no small difficulty, and actively occupied those who took part in it about half an hour. Meanwhile the mite of the wounded were most heartrending. It appeared that the floor had parted in the centre (so we have already intimated) like a pair of folding doom. The consequence was, that those who occupied the middle of t►e room were the chief sufferen : they not only fell through the opening the entire depth to the ground floor, but were immediately buried underneath these who, being at the aides or ends of the apartment, glided down the sloping boards apes them. Some few clung to the win dows until rescued .by the aid of ladders. An immense crowd congregated around the premises as intelligence of the accident spread, and the excitement which prevailed was moat intense. There were parents franticly inquiring for their children, wives for their husbands, husbands for their wives. The majority of the sufferers, however, were young females. Many of them seemed dead when extricated, but revived under the combined influence of stimulants and fresh air. 1 Eight or ten of the nearest surgeons were promptly in attendance upon the wounded, some of whom were removed (u soon as cabs could be procured) to the HOW* of Raoo very, others to the dispensary, and the remainder to their own homes. The cases were found to comprise fractures of all desuiptions—ribs, legs, and thighs. One young woman now lies in a state of byeserial delirium, and ;Seen are in a most shocking condition. The deceased has been identified as Jane Smalley, about 14 years of age. An inquest will be held to-morrow (Wednesday). , PROPOSED BANQUET TO LORD PALMEBSTON.—A meeting, called by circular, has taken place in Dowell's Rooms, George-street, for the purpose of considering the propriety of inviting Lord Palmerston to a public banquet, to be held in Edinburgh at at any time which might be most convenient for his lordship. There was but one opi nion expressed by all the gentlemen present, that the esr vices of the noble lord bad been of such a character as emi nently to entitle him to such a mark of respect ; and accord ingly it was unanimously resolved that immediate steps should be taken for holding a public meeting of the citizens, to give them an opportunity of making known their feel ings upon the subject.7Scotsoiaii: STRIKE OF TUE DARLEY MAIN COLLIERS.—The colliers belonging to these extensive works, numbering be. tween two and three hundred, are still out for an advance of wages. Various meetings have been held during the last few days, and deputations have been appointed to visit the colliers in Barnsley, Staveley (the large works of Mr. Bar row, M.P.), and other places, to *elicit subscriptions in behalf of the men. In Barnsley and the district they have mat with muck support, but in other places their prospects have not been so good. The men generally evince a deter mination to stand out wail their rights are conceded, but it is thought that the falling off in the puhlic subscriptions, and the recent advance of provisions, will induce them to seek a speedy settlement of the dispute. It is understood that the colliery proprietors in the neighbourhood, follow ing thl example of some others in Lancashire, are about forming a union for the pretection of their interests. THE REGISTRATIONS. MIDDLESEX. - ------- Yesterday Mr. Bhadwell, the Revising Barrister, held his court at the Albion Hall, Hammersmith, to revise Le list of voters deriving their qualification from pro perty situate in Chiswick, Fulham, Hammersmith, Chelsea, and liecsiugtoa. The liberal claims were numerous, end were ably advocated by Mr. W. If. James. The conserva tives were represented by Mr. T. Alley Jones, ma Mr. B. Mailare. The result of the day's revision was as follows : OBJECTIONS 81:6TAINED. Liberals. Conservatives. Chiswick 1 2 Fulham Hammersmith Chelsea liensiugton 82 76 In consequence of a representation made to the court by the Rtferm Astociation of Kensington, the Barrister said he would consider, before the next registration, the Ire priety of hulling a court at Kensington. WEST KENT. The result of the proceedings be:ore R. Ogle, Esq., the revising barrister for th e wes t ern di v i s i on et /clat, at the courts held in Tenterden, Crsnbrook, and lillidstone, was a pin to the liberal party ct 132 votes. The issue has been also favourable in the Tunbridge, Sevenoaks, Brom ley, axed Gravesend districts, u shown by the following summary : Tunbridge District.—Tories struck sus, 67 •, liberal claims admitted, 6. ; total, 122. Liberals struck out, 29 ; tory claims admitted, 24 ; total, 53. Gain to liberals, 69. Sevenoaks District.—Tories struck out, 76; liberal claims admitted, 33 ; total, IG9. Liberals struck out, 19 ; tory c:aims admitted, 6; total, 25. Gain to liberals, 84. Bromley Distriet.—Tories struck out, 36 ; liberal claims , 2 admittedl ; total, 67. Liberals struck out, 11 ; tory claims admitted, 13 ; total, 2G. Gain to liberals, 31. Gravesend District.—Tories struck out, 63; liberal claims admitted, 36 ; total, 99. Liberals struck out, 36 ; tory adios admitted, 20 ; total, 46. Gain to liberals, 43. Lih.ral gain in the above districts, 227, giving a total, with the 132 previously reported, of 369.—South Eastern Gu:stie. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA IX THE MERCHANT SERVICE. (Prom last night's Gazette.) Ward of Trade, Whitehall, Oct. 3, 1333. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council fur Trade and Plantations, with a view of preventing the spread of cholera ou Nina mer chant shipping, have caused to be issued and circulated the following instructions and notice for the infurmution and warning of mariners and shipowners : INSTRUCTIONS TO SAPTAINS OF SHIPS PREP&RZD HT THE ()WIRRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. I. WILL? To Avotia.—OvniecaoweitNo.--The amount of breathing space for the men which may suf fice in ordinary times is insufficient in an epi demic season. Increase space as much as practicable. Permit no sail•, large trunk., or any part of the cargo to occupy the forecutle. If sufficient additional space cannot be otherwise obtained, erect a temporary tent on deck by awning, sails, tie.. fur the men at night, taking care that they sleep warm and dry. Ventilate the fortieth and every part of the ship with fresh air as freely as possible. Pure air is the first essential requisite to safety. DAUI.XII.`M.—To lessen the danger from dampness let the boards be ciry.rubbed. Let the men change their wet clothes whenever practicable, and never allow the wet ' clothes to remain below an instant. A thick flannel belt or bandage around the stomach or loins would be a great defence for sailor,. Flannels er Guernsey frocks should be ' worn next the skin. Sudden and violent attacks of cholera often follow a chill. FILTH.—Let every part of the ship be kept as clean and sweet as possible, and enjoin personal cleanliness on the men. Vessels affected by bilge water should be pumped out frequently, especially steamers. UNWHOLESOME FOOD.—Articles of food which may be taken with little inconvenience in ordinary times may be daurrous in an epidemic season. The best articles of food are meat, good biscuits, rice, oatmeal, and good potatoes. So:id food is better than fluids, and therefore at this time it would be desirable to give the crew beef and mutton instead of soup. Care should be taken to avoid all tainted meat and decayed vegetables. Special attention should be paid to having a supply of pure water. All river water near towns should be avoided. Excras.—Great moderation both in food and drink is absolutely essential to safety. A single act of indiscretion has been followed by a severe attack. Intemperance at such a time is fraught with extreme danger. An epidemic atmosphere commonly produces great depression, both of body and mind, and a desire for stimulants. If for the relief of this feeling recourse be had to gin or brandy, the result may be fatal. PURGATIVE biEDICIBIB.—No purgative medicines of any kind should be taken at this season, unless under medical direction. Glanber's salts end Epsom salts are especially dangerous. Owners and masters should provide themselves with the necessary medicinesimmediately. 11. WHAT TO DO. Cholera is commonly not so sudden in its attack as is sup posed. It usually gives waning of its approach for some hours, and often for a day or two, by some degree of loose ness of the bowels. This may be slight, and it is almost always without pain ; but let no ono be put off his guard by this circumstance. The master should, by observation and inquiry, take notice of the health of the crew ; and for his guidance, until such time as he may be able to obtain medical assistance, the following recommendations are sub joined : If any man should be attacked with any degree of loose ness of the bowels, the following medicine should be given to him at once : fifteen or twenty grains of opiate confec tion, mixed with two table spoonsful of peppermint water, or with a little weak brandy and warm water. This should be repeated every three or four hours, or oftener if the attack is severe. If this medicine is not at hand, eight or ten drops of laudanum may be substituted for, the opiate confection. If the purging is severe, and especially if attended with vomiting or coldness, the man should go to bed immediately, and be kept warm. Bottles of hot water, or bags filled with salt or bran, should be applied to the stomach and feet and along the spine. A large poultice of mustard and vinegar should be put over the stomach, and kept on fifteen or twenty minutes. The above medicines should be continued every hour, or every two or three hours, according to the emergency of the case, until a doctor can be got. Rest and warmth in bed are essential until medical assistance arrives; but not a moment should be lost in seeking medical aid. NOTION TO WASTERS AND OWP - 188 OP SHIPS PIO/PANED AND HMV= DT SHE DOMED OP HEALTH. The approach of_ cholera having rendered it necessary to take all posaible precautions, and experience having shown that the disease spreads rapidly and fatally where ever there is overcrowding, dirt, and want of ventila tion, the attention of muter' and owners of ships is specially called to the following sections of the Mercantile Maxine Act— Section 63. " Every plat* in any ship occupied by seamen or apprentices, and appropriated to their use, shall have a i space of not less than nine superficial feet for every adult, measured on the deck or floor of suck place, which shall be kept free from stores or goods of say kind not being their personal property in UN during the voyage ; and every such place shall be securely and properly constructed and well ventilated." Section 69." If any place in any ship occupied by seamen or apprentices, and appropriated to their use, is not in the whole sufficiently large to giro such space as hereinbefore required, or if any such piece is not securely and properly constructed and well ventilated, the owner shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds; and if any such space as aforesaid is not kept free from goods and stores as aforesaid, the master shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds." Masters and owners of ships are hereby warned that the Board of Trade will, if occasion shall arise, take measures 'to enforce the above enactments, by inspec tion, and, if ne cessary, by legal proceedings.—By order of the Board, F. W. Biaczar. T. H. Farrar, Secretary. W. H. Wasik." Board of Trade, 27th September, 1863. By order, T. IL FARRAR. MALTON AND DRIFFIRLD RAILWAY COMPANY. On Monday a special meetingg . of this company was held at their office in Mahon, Mr. COPPERTHWAITII, the vice-chairman, presiding. In July last, a special meeting of the shareholders was held for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of issuing a cer tain number of preferential shares to enable the company to provide for its subscription towards the construction of the Think and Melton branch railway, and for other purposes. The directors were then empowered to create new shares to an extent not exceeding 8,000, of the value of 101. each, which shares were to bear a preferential divi dend of four per cent. The resolution authorising the creation of these new shares did not meet with the entire approval of the July meeting, and the directors not wishing to oppose the views of what might be • majority of the shareholders, imued a cir cular, in order to assure themselves on this point The result was that about one-fourth of the shareholders only were in favour of the payment of • dividend at th e ra t e of four per cent. upon the preferential shares. Thereapon the directors re-considered the question, and, considering the altered state of the money market and the increased value of gold since the July meeting, they determined to convene another special meeting for Monday last, when they recommended the shareholders to rescind the resolu tions adopted at the July meeting and to adopt others in their place, exactly the same except as to the rate of interest, which they thought ought to be at five per cent., and in perpetuity. These recommendations were unanimously adopted, and another resolution was also passed, authorising the directors to issue any shares not taken up by original shareholders among other parties. THE CHOLEIL4. (Preen the Beard et Health.) LONDON. A fatal case occurred in Blandford-street, Maryle bone, on the 2nd instant. The patient, a young man, had been for some days previously taking most imprudently Seidlitz powders. Several inmates of the house are affected with diarrhcea. In its rear are some most offensive impurities which have been long neglected. Another fatal case occurred on the same day in York-court, Baker -street, Marylebone. This day Cfnesday) a fatal case of cholera occurred at 52, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, in the person of the wife of a relieving officer of St. Marylebone parish: death occurred 25 hours after attack. Between the 23rd and the 27th ult. as many as seven cases were seen by one of the resident medical men in Bermondsey : four proved fatal. In the majority there had been neglected diarrhma. A fresh case occurred yesterday morning in the same gentle man's practice. He attributes this attack to the hor ribl.• effluvia from a foul ditch which had been stirred up the day before, the black mud being left exposed on its banks. There was a fatal casein Deptford, on the 30th ult. Diurrhcea had been for tire days neglected; the duration of the cholera symptoms was about 21 hours. The case occurred in Creek-street—a very filthy locality, where several deaths -took place in 1849. A severe case of choleraic diarrhoea has also oc curred in Somers-street, another filthy spot. The patient has recovered. Dr. Milroy (medical superintending inspector of the General Board of Health), accompanied by Mr. ' Hall, of the Poor Law Board, had a conference to day (Tuesday) with the local authorities of Lambeth, and pressed upon them the importance of adopting the measures requisite for the protection of the pub lic health in that parish, which it is well known abounds in many parts with prolific causes of disease. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. DBAILS.-OCTOBIR 3. Cholera ... l)iarrhon . 19 The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhces in Newcastle during the present outbreak has been 1,411 In the same period (viz., the first 33 days) during the prevalence of epidemic cholera there in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 239. BENHAM. DEATHS. Oct. 3.—Cholera ANNANDALE, N.B. Oct. 2.—Cholera Oct. SOUTH SHIELDS. Oct. 2—Cholera The total number of deaths from cholera in South Shields to the 2d inst. has been 33. GATESHEAD. DEATHs. Oct. 3.—Cholera Diarrhoea The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Gateshead, to the present date, has been 294. During the like period (viz., the first 27 days) in 1831-2, the deaths amounted to 139. The latest ndvices received by the General Board of Health from this place state that Dr. Waller Lewis is about to leave for Stockton. At Walker, an out-district of the Tynemouth Union, there were four deaths on Monday, and three more were expected. In 1849 many deaths took lace; in one locality (Scotch-row) 45 persons died in a population of 200. At that time it was in a most filthy and overcrowded state, and the medical officer reported last week to Mr. Grainger that the overcrowding was now as bad. The immediate ap plication of the Common Lodging-house Act was ur gently recommended. It is confidently hoped that the prompt treatment provided by the guardians will mitigate the severity of the present visitation. Dr. Gavin, at the request of the guardians, will to-day meet them, bringing with him some of the visitors who have already been engaged in the neighbouring districts in house-to-house visitation. MANCHESTER. A caw which has been reported u one of Asiatic cholera and which terminated fatally, occurred in Fair fi eld-street,, in this city, on Sunday evening last. The deceased was a mechanic, and the ease is said to have been so fa peculiar that it was wholly unattended with any symptoms of diarrheas. THE LATE M. FRANCOIS ARAGO. France has just lost one of her greatest scientific men. M. Francois Arago, perpetual secretary of the Academy of Sciences, member of the Board of Longitude, and grand officer of the Legion of Honour, died on Sunday at Paris, of the disease from which he ha s so long been a sufferer. M. Arago was born at Estagel, in the south of France, on the 26th February, 1786. At an early age he was placed by his father at a public school at Toulouse, from which he removed to become a candidate for a scho larship at the Polytechnic School of Paris. Having passed the required examination with honour—his answer to the first question at once deciding the trial—he entered upon his studies, and rapidly rose to distinction. He left the Polytechnic to join the staff of the Observatory at Paris, where he wee destined to acquire so much renown. Shortly after this appointment he received the honourable order to proceed with M. Blot to Spain, there to measure , an arc of the meridian. While M. Arago was at Galax°. in Majorca, war broke out between France and Spain ; and under pretence that the fires which he made to aid his scientific measurements were intended to enlighten the march of the French troops, an attempt was made by the populace to seize Arago. He escaped to the coast in dimities, but was refused succour b the captain of the Mystique, to whose ship he had fled, and who had hitherto Obeyed his lead orders. In this ex tremity he turned for safety to the prison, to place himself under the protection of the authorities, end bad to run through a furious crowd, one of whom stabbed him by the way. By the connivance of the Spanish captain-general, Arago, assisted by a faithful follower, escaped from prison after a brief confinement, and reached a boat which was waiting for him at the shore. In this he passed through the English squadron, and entered the port of Algiers, where he procured a vessel better fitted for the voyage to France. Embarked afresh, he arrived within view of Marseilley, but there the ship was attacked by a Spanish corsair, and Arago was taken prisoner to Rosas. Here all the preparations for a military execution were made before his eyes, with a view to frighten Arago, who was unknown, into the confession that he was an emigrant Spaniard, and so gain a pretence for confiscating the coveted vessel. In the end he was placed in the cellar of a prison, where he lived without light, overrun with vermin, and was often left for two days together without food. It happened that the Algerine ves sel by which Arago had sailed had carried two lions, in tended by the dey as a :present to the emperor. One of these died on the passage, and Arago contrived to send a letter to the dey, informing him that his lion had been starved to death by the Spaniards ; which was, perhaps, a good guess at the truth. The dey, enraged at the loss of the beast, addressed an angry letter to the Spanish govern ment, demanded recompense for the arbitrary seizure of the vessel, and threatened war if it were not immediately restored. A permission to set sail for Marseilles soon after reached Arago, just u he thought his affairs were at the wont; but the incompetent :pilot conducted the ship at a venture about the Mediterranean for several days, and at last made a landing at Bougie. As the ship was no longer seaworthy, Arago resolved to proceed to Algiers by land, disguised as an Arab, and conducted by a Marabout; a feat which long lacked creaence among the French officers. The dey had just died; a revolution, of which Arago was a witness, immediately destroyed his successor ; the new ruler demanded of the French government payment of a pretended debt; and as a categoric refusal arrived from Paris, Arago, with every Frenchman in Algiers, was in scribed on the list of slaves, expecting every day to be con ducted to the galleys. At length, in 1809, after enduring many hardships, Arago obtained permission to leave Africa with a convoy of Algerian vessels and a corsair of the suno nation ; but Just as they were in sight of Algiers, the con voy was stopped by two English frigates, anti brought to Lord Collingwood. The corsair in which Arno sailed ma naged to escape, and after being chased once or twice, safely landed him in France. We cannot here enumerate the brilliant achievement' by which Arago subsequently built up his world-wide reputa tion. His determination of the diameters of the planets, afterwards adopted by Laplace, the discovery of coloured po larisation, and that of magnitude by rotation, which gained him the Copley modal of the Royal Society, are only speci mens. His contributions to scientific literature were volu minous. As a politician often occupying a conspicuous position. Arno was earnest, simple-minded, and consis tent, and when a youth he avowed his republican principle by refusing to subscribe to the constitution of the empire, sad when grey headed he chose to renounce his hardly earned position at the Observatory rather than take the new oath to Louis Bonaparte after the events of December, 186 A To the credit of the government it consented to forego the melon. During the brief administration of the Provisional Government in 1848, Arago enjoyed an op portunity of assisting to apply the principles for which he had contended during a life. As Minister of Marine he suc ceeded in obtaining the adhesion of the whole of that important service to the republic. At his death M. Arago was Perpetual Secretary of the Academy of Science, a member of the Bureau des Longitude, and a grand officer of the Legion of Honour. SPORTING. LATEST BETTINV • ii MANCHESTER. Te millaY. The greater part of the members having gone to Chester, specu:ation on the two great handicaps WAS very limited. For the Cheater Handicap (rua tomorrow) the lis.rses named below were backed fur small amounts at the prices quoted. There was some betting on the li,rby yesterday, 400 to 100 being taken about the two favourites. king Tom and Autocrat, and Marley Hill was supported at IMO to 33. CHESTER HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Hungerford (,) 5 to 1 Annie Suther:ausl 5 to 1 Nancy (I) 7 to 1 Candlewick (c) to 1 Romeo (t) CESAREWITCH. 7 to 1 eget king Pepiu (t) 14 to 1 Indian Warrior (t) 14 to 1 Nabcb (t) 10) to 6 Joe Miller (t) 25 to I Nancy (t) to 1 Weathergage (t) 2.5 to 1 Nutpecki r (t) CLEARWELL SLAKES. 10) to 20 agt Hesse Cassel CAMBEIDGEHIRE. ,12 to 1 agst Oreste (t) 25 to 1 (t) 25 to 1 Dli••t ( 25 to 1 Bit of 1.1:u, '(t) DEE II V. 401.1 to 10) agst King Tem and Autccrat (t) I,uUd to v 3 Matiey lull (t) CIIESTEIt AUTUNIN MEETING. Tuysi.Ay. it.tmne.ir SWEEPSTAKT.S of ~ort. cne!, \::!/1 added: for 2-yr-olds ; winvera 3lbs cz'r.t. The winner to he sold for 100/. in the usual way. S,eoi.d to save his stake. These-quarters of a mile. (LI subs.) Mr. Copeland's Silt , r to ?data of Di..lauvre, by Faugh•a•Ballturh, bt 101 b (Well , ) 1 Mr. T. Parr's M.ry, ist (('harlton) 2 Mr. G. Taylor's C:: , rina, 7st 41b (Ashman) 3 Mr. Copeland's Field Marshal, ist 101 b (W. :Saari)) 4 Betting : 5 to 4 wit Mary, d to 2 agst Czarina, 3 to ingot Sister to Maid of Delamere. A gcod race with the first three. Won by half a length. Same distance between second and third. SHOUT'S 11ANIJICAP of 10 lOW each, h ft, with 50 added. Winners 511:is extra. Flew n furlongs. (31 subs ) Lord Caledon'a Kitetlyer, by Simoom, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Wells) 1 Mr. E. A. Clark's Punch MI, 2 yrs. 4.t 121 b (H. Bandy) 2 Mr. Shepherdion's Pastrycook, 3 yrs, Gst 41b (Ashman) 3 Mr. J..osborne's Miss Agnes, 3 yrs, Gd Glb (J. Waddington) 4 The following also ran : Osbaldeston, The surveyor, The General, LliZ4. Bet: :3to 1 apt the General, Ito 1 each apt Punch Box, Kiteg*cr, and Elixs. Won easily by a length; three lengths between the second and third, and a neck between third and fourth. SELLING STAK Es of 5 ',vs. each, with 30 added ; win ners extra. Once round and a distance. (5 subs.) Mr. O ,d , lard's Priam the Third, by You' g Priam, 4 yrs pi), ist 61b ( %Veils) 1 Mr. G. 'faylor's Lady in Waiting, 4 yrs (3R), 7st 31b (kshumll) 2 Mr. Reynolds's True Girl, S yrs (301.), Bst (Charlton) 3 Mr. J. Parker's No Chance, 5 yrs (301.), 7st 13Ils (J. Goddard) Mr. Dawson's Dig Tray, 3 yrs (201.), 6st 41b (G. Waddington) 5 Betting: sto 4 agst Priam the Third, 3to 1 eget True Girl. Won easily by a !mob. Two lengths between second and third. Bad fourth. 'the winner was sold by auction to Mr. Yenning for 63 guineas. Ile goes, we be lieve, into Godding's stable. INNLEEPEns' PLATE (handicap) of 70 says. Penalties for winners. Grosvenor Course. (43 subs.) Mr. Leach's Muter Slender, by Picaruou, 4 yrs, fist Gib (r. Cliffe) I Mr. Cowell's Effie Deans, 3 yrs, Oat (Bundy) 2 Mr. Choyee's Mayday, aged, 6st 61b (Wells) 3 Mr. R. Walker's Game Tommy, 3 yrs, sst 61b (carried Sat Illb) (Asbmall) 4 Mr. Dawson's Lerrywheut, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b.. . • (Ali!croft) 5 Mr. Saxon's Madeline, 4 yrs, Gst 21b (carried 6st 41b) (Clement) 6 Betting: 2 to 1 ngst Mayday, 4 to 1 each Muter blender and Game Tommy, 5 to 1 apt Lerrywheut (offered).—Won cleverly by a length; two lengths between second and third ; about the same distauc.2 separated each of the others. MOISTEN STAKES of 10 sore. each, h ft, with 40 added; for 2 and 3-yr-olds; penalties and allowances. Three quarters of a mile. (16 subs.) Mr. Mciklam's Stiletto, by Touchstone, 2 yrs, Gst 13tb. .(Altleroft; soft) 1 Mr. French's Vaultress, 3 )n, gat 11b (G. Sharp) 2 Mr. Coates's Eta, 2 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 3 Mr. E. R. Clark's Brother to Little Swift, 2 yrs, Est 131 b (F. Matson) 4 Mr. J. Osborne's Langley, 2 yrs, 7st 5 Betting: 5 to 4 ou Vaultress, 3 to 1 agst Stiletto, 4 to 1 agst Eta. Won by a length. Three lcrgths between 2nd and 3rd. BETTING ON THE COURSE. CHESTER HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Nancy (t) 4 to 1 Hungerford (t) 6to 1 Lady Evelyn (t) 7to 1 Annie Sutherland (t) Cold, showery weather, and only a scanty supply of sport. There was, however, a numerous muster of metro politan and provincial speculators. The attendance of pleasure folk was very limited. CLERICAL. PREFERMENTS. The Rev. James Edward Cooper, M.A., has been instituted to the Rectory of Forncett Saint Mary, in Nor ftik, on the presentation of the Right Hon. Henry Earl of Effingham. The Rev. Edward Manners Dillman Pyne, 8.A., hos been instituted to the Rectory of Bawdsey, otherwise Bawsey, in Norfolk, on the presentation of Anthony 'Lomond, of Westacre High House, in the said county, Esq. NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 4.—ATTOINTHESTS.—Lientes. nano: Hon. W. L. H. Anson, to Excellent; and G. F. Phillippe, to Espiegk. Surgeons: J. P. Buck, tn./mourn; IV. Browne, to Buzzard; and R. Hastings, to Ferret. Paymasters: C. E. Coleman, to Madagascar; 11. J. Col lins, to Furious; and C. Lynne, to Tigcr. Clerk: C. Bar row, to London. Clerk in Charge: G. H. Whillier, to Scorpion. Naval Cadou: H. F. Bunbury and E. L. Green, to Queen; K. Kerr and G. H. Blake, to Regent; E. Pil kington, Sl. Jean d 'Acre ; A. L. Nugent, to President; F. D. Tapp, to Hogue; and H. J. Clifford, to Blenheim. ROYAL DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF TILE EAR DEAN-sruzzr, 80110-BQUAILE.—The half-yearly meeting of this institution was held at the Dispensary on Mon day. Dr. Tilt was called to the chair ; he was sup ported by the Rev. W. C. Williams, T. Cooper, Esq., and other friends of the charity. The secretary read an excellent report of the half-year's proceed ings, and made a very favourable statement of its resources, although still inadequate to the influx of patients, the addition to the funds being from a sermon preached by the Bishop of St. Asaph, and subscr;ptions from Lady Fitz roy, Colonel Hardinge, General Douglas, and others. Mr. Harvey, the surgeon, also informed the meeting that his duties had been greatly augmented by the larke increase of patients, the numbers for the half-year being t 6-5, of which 387 were cured and 243 relieved. Many of the cases of deafness arose from rheumatism and affections of the throat which have been more than usually prevalent. Great praise was given for the facilities offered for obtaining admission to the institution. The thanks of the meeting were passed to Mr. Harvey, the surgeon, for his labours, and to the chair man, and the meeting separated. THE EARL OF SHAFTESBCRY AND 1119 WORK MRN.—The workmen employed by Messrs. Holland, buil ders, to the number of about 70, on the extensive ad ditions being made to his lordship's mansion, St. Giles. Dorset, were, by the liberality of his lordship, treated on Monday, Oct. 3, to a holiday, their wages being paid. Cricket and other games were played in the park, and they were afterwards regaled with a substoutial dinner ; this is the second kind entertainment given by his lordship to the workmen, the first being .given at the solicitation of Lall_y Caroline Neald. FATAL SIIIPWRECIL-13LASCOW, SATrEDAT.—In. telligence has been received here of the lass of the schooner John Laverock, of Goole, Box, master, which left Glasgow on the 19th of September, on her voyage to Stettin, with a cargo of pig-iron. On the afternoon of the .: nth whnn off the coast of Islay, she encountered a terrific equinoctial wrooestksoorou,tnnoifnrislryt T from f u ry of the hurricane rendered all attempts to save the crew, c onsisting of five men, impracticable , and up to our last accounts the weather continued so wild that it was kW. ive nor t g h a e l gale, e a v and d Island, wasdr on n otube a reef northwest possible to reach the scene of the wreck. The beach, how ever, is strewed with fragment., consisting of pieces of the deck, bulwarks, cabin fittings, spars, &c., and one of the boats has been secured, little injured. The crew must have perished immediately after the vessel struck, for it would be vain to entertain the hope that they could escape by a boat during the prevalence of such a storm. The hull of the vessel was seen among the breakers the following morn ing, and, as she apparently floated, it is probable that the bottom and cargo are out of her. 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