The Press. — London, England, 1853-10-22 00:00:00

586 THE WEEKLY 11ET1'11N OF THE REOISTILAH-GENERAL shows that the number of deaths registmed in the metropolitan districts in the week that ended on Saturday was 1,030. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 10 4 13 - 52, the average number was NO, which, it' raised in proportion to increase of popula tion, will give 1,011. A comparison of the results shows that London last week suffixed not more than its ordinary rata of mortality. Cholera, which lets made its presence felt in various parts of the inctre. polls, and during the prey' v four weeks showed a small but main ttttt ts increase, does not appear lately to have gained ground. The deaths from this disease were sixty-six in the first week of oetober, and last week they declined to forte -five. Th ese were thus distributed over lann4lloll the West Districts 0, in the North 3, in the Central '2, in the East 11, and on the South side of the Thames 'rite formation of a company tot establishing a telegraph from New York to Liverpool is nearly completed. The route is to be rid Nora Scotia, Newfoundland, and tialway, to Liverpool, the whole length being about 2,51111 miles, at an entire rest of about 3511,1a111/. Her-riesiso in the neighbourlewal of Camterlatry has been brought to a close, and seine few sales effected. The prices quoted are high, ranging from 15/. to IN/. per cwt. From West Kent, repeats are to the effect that the crop will not. exceed elle half of last year's growth. The weather has of late been very unfavourable for picking, and the yield is generally small. The duty is called from 130,e00/. to 135,15111/. THE improvements at. the late C o llege o f s ur g eo n.; are nearly completed. In the late session 15,0110/. was allowed for enlarging the theatre of the college. AT a meeting of the committee of management at Lloyd's on Wednesday it was agreed to abolish the merchants' o tn, the same being required for the business of the underwriters, in ciatinnetiinn with the existing " underwriters' room." The change is fixed for the 31st of next Mar h. TIIE MAOSETIc TELEO11.11•11 CoMPANV's LINE be tweeze London and Liverpool and Manchester is completed. There are ten wires in one rope. INsrexto of fees, the judges' clerks are now paid by salaries. The three associates to the chief judges have each 1,11010, a year; the three senior clerks to the /1144ficiate4 each IMO.; the three junior clerks to the associates each 100/. ; the principal clerks to the three chief judges each VIOL a year; the prin cipal clerks of the other twelve judges each IWO/. ; and the other clerks of the chief and plume judges, eighteen in number, VOL a year each. THE Quees has been pleased to express her ap probation of the object and views of the " Scottish Ladies' Association for Promoting Female Industrial Education in Scotland, especially in the Highlands and Islands," and has accompanied the letter by a donation of Wt. Tile ANNUAL SET,Ei TIoN er LIVE STocK the pro perty of the Prince Consort was sold by auction on Tuesday at Norfolk-farm, Windsor, and attracted a large attendance of ',millers, graziers, and others. The pigs realised very high prices—comparatively small hogs making from tit to 61. each. The sheep consisted of 420 fat southflowns, home-bred ewes and lambs, with several rams. The whole were disposed of at good, but not exorbitant, prices. The cattle consisted of a remarkably tine Hereford ox, intended for the Smithfield Show, end about 150 fat oxen, shorthorns, steers, heifers and cows. and two pure-bred young bulls. The gross proceeds of the save were about 1,0001. Tut Dexivistis sr THE New YicllT for the Queen were submitted to her Majesty at Windsor on Tues- day. THE CONTINENTAL TELEGRAPHIC AssociATtos l a ►s adopted some new regulations as a check to the Iransmiss . of hazardoun and unfounded intelli gence. I'ersc n ►s sending despatches must pro►e their identity by passrort or certificate, or conformity of signature with that appended to the despatch, or by personal appearance, ►►ith guarantee of identity. The expeditor of despatches, after having been satisfied of identity, is to Add on the despatch, the sender is accredited." This remark must accom pany the despatch, but is not to be reck►►ned in the pa)n►ent. There is no doubt that some step was requisite to cheek the abuse of 61m:wiling false or 1111Warraule s d news. Yalu aub Voila. A Thnecron of the &final Islington Cattle-mar ket scheme, named Richard Wrstbrook, has applied to the Bankruptcy Court discharge from his lia bilities. In lsitt a company was formed to work this scheme, and prtwvisisantlly registered, under a deed thing the capital at .200 woo/. in 211,11101 shares. llf these. however. only Liao were taken by the public. Nevertheless, the company. as represented by the bankrupt and one or two other directors, entered into extensive contracts for land, under a penalty of for feiting 50,00101. in easy of non-completion, and in- THE PRESS. curred other expenses to a considerable amount. They raised money on "notes" of the company, for which a large interest was to be paid, and more than :10,0(0/. of their acceptances remained =honoured, liabilities on these notes and to other creditors of the company hanging overtime bankrupt to a very consider able extent. According to the bankrupt's own ac count, he bad once been engaged in his father's bank at Heading, but for many years had been out of bu siness. I lis private pmperty, when he first became connected with the marketschen me, amounted to some 4,000/., oft a reversionary interest Ir e be the end of Isis, when he iien.tiitt ell to purchase it from Per kiess's fluidly for /.5,1110 1 11. The venolsitss Nerved to let buritEL of the 5 4 4,01 5 14. remain lets 111011glige. Ills Olivet iii making the purchase uati to form N ssonotsuoy, and complete the market. Ile pail milepost of 3,4 os wit. on he purchase. it negotiated the sale of the market to rrrtwiu directors sir the company he had organ iwnl. They were leo give Iso:.,100. fur the ntawket ; he Mel had two prev . offers of 11515155.1., which he hail refused. This pur deist., if eonipleteol, %unlit have left I a clear profit of lie sWf to 1 receive 5,111011. ill money and the mat in shams. When be applied for the Lunn!. IL 848 itsrotscruirtsl hi the cuutrattly to pay it, and they gave him a bill for 1i i 11150., the exult 155 1 01. being 05 co% er diseiontit, ac. Finding some difficulty in the bill, at the request of the eltairmate, Mr. shim he i.liteed it its the howls sit Mr. .‘ttree, of Chancery-lane. It WKS 111 tely slisr,uuited, and he got (nun it. The shares agreed obi (Itt,imat in number) were allotted to Mtn; they were 11,1 W in the hands of the official assignee. Ile took WI otetheo parr in the affairs of the market stouts 01 Nbirelt, 1852. During the 1.1 . Mot period holy 8 . 11 , 4 Inaight by wholesale and sold by toad, and this Was w profitable portion of the business, They met .1,1.111104 A sin this as a main 1411111'1•,• of profit. 118 , 1 the market 'peen thoroughly estalolislied, the sale of hay would have been vend I; it would have yieldesl an enon tttttt s profit from the go eater her sof lwasts. Proceedings iii Chancery were pending against the Perkins family to recover 30,55001., which had been paid to them ionprotwrly. 'l'll,' purchase was sought to be impeached sin the g lof a slefeet to the title. The muiits.s, sif the market, Mr. Clark awl others, had tile , ' the bill. Should the snit stweeisl, there would be 2('s. in the pound fur all the ereototors. Tile 15,5551 shares mere 4111 %skiable. The coompowly w omipletely registere.l 'ming to their not selling enough of the slistr , •s. It was sought to annul the fiat on the plea that the p e titioner was no trader. I fit his side it was argued that the dealing in hay and " lairage " to the drovers, who used the market as a resting place for their cattle, constituted an etlectual trading. After a pro longed hearing on this point, the ease was adjourned. S ERA I. M iltA NTS sought damages at the White chapel County Court, on Saturday last, from Captain Ridley, for the ill-treatment, insufficient pmvisions, (tc., they had received on board a ship in which they were passengers from Australia Ntsrult last the !dahlias shipped as steerage passenger -, in the itlsa,'/ e 40111111818114 by the sleti.tidaint, I bottle' f • Mellsourne to 1.41105.11,0. r uhielo they tosi.l 9.l , Ilse ship's agent showing theist a printed dietary sea l s us thot a,'rnrdillg to ~Itieli they would be 1.1111111 1111 lionr.l the •Illlitell A lei-under. After they left Port Phillip the ship lweame crank or topheavy, I the defendant started the win's 1111 111'11 to lighten her at top. Tlos. tonsmengens were now reduced to y_trent straits for water, and were dependent neon rails Mr their skink. They found the bread and thaw totally unfit for fod, being mom and full of maggots. The latter Met they discovered before leaving l'ort Phillip, and informed defendant sit' it. They 11181 neither bread, butter, bull, suet, raisins. pepper, nor vinegar—articles so essential to health at sea, and whirli they were entitled to. Six were put hi lwrlli where there mita barely mom for two, and the beeth.., psrtly under water. 'lite ship, aftcr is Very 10111; title', pill ill sit revietnal. 100 niter they left that port their suffering% Iss• • yet more frightful, owl they found that the captain had not provided the ankles they su tttt ell needed. Fey days they I‘ee 1,081 mg &sell the Western I h.eltio wills a deg of ilistresa out. This got 1111111 11111111 . 111/%1 11'11111 the Shill Warr, %Well NHS 1411/11 . 141 11•.1111 1111. pigoi I'ooll, 111111 1.11111 . 11 the 1111eS4'111:1 . 1% 11/Alllll 11Sr ns dour, stilton! anything on board to make it entithle. A female and her children iligdore , l one 111 1. ,'sew for n share of his rations, µ,lllg. 11147 Were starving. Bold, %hid. 8104 plcntifnl, Wollltl 1101%e been bartered on ti..` Veysize for its N eight in %11,4e,,,,ine %titer or bread. .is soon HS the crew reached England they took steps *gaily.' the rnpwiu, lied lier passengers were advised to enter aetionos ,tg st theowners its well its the captain. For the defendant it was contended that captains were no more liable for actions of this nature than were eliflkM or carpenters : they were the mere ser vants of the owners. The judge, however, ruled that the defendant rvas liable, and that he had broken his contract. lie then gave judgment for the plaintiffs, with full costs, and 10/. damages, in each action. Tim Tift:Fr 01. * A I,AntiE St7m, stolen tram a gen tleman connected with the l'russian legation, was investigate(' on Tuesday at the. 31ittision-house. The sum abstracted, but which has fortunately been re covered, was stated to be '2,54)11/.,and the robbery was committed at Berlin : Sir. Mullins, of the fine of Ittisls and 'Mullins, solicitors, said the case was ono of lill extraordinary kind. The irrisoitee NUM lhe keeper of 1111 betel at Merlin, at %debit sotto of the tooctooto,n4 of the Prussian embassy had staid, I , lll' of %%11,411 had a consider able slim of itemey in his possession. The prix 'r. it appeared, lead mot been able to resist the temptation to appropriate part of 111:11 111.11117. Villil4l 111111 111'111 1.1111,41 ill 111,1 1 . 111 . 1`. 111111 111111 l'ollll. to this s ,aotttry with it. lIiM !•1111111'11 departure from Bolin, how e% 111111 esciteil suspicien, and, the fast being rapidly commu nicated to I .ontlott. the 111811 'OHS npprrhend , 4 l .The psthice had s•sisitss‘...l b. gm hold of the p r isoner b e fo r e t h e •y 1184184 . 11 rillil 11111111111isliftle 181 , 1 8111104 eelllplele reSlillllloll 11811 born inutile. The international 111T111laelllellls were not. it was Ili rearette , l. 1111hle in sllelt it manner flint this' corner conti I.e reellgnisetl in England, and the 41 1 1111 mast. deal with the 1 . 11 , 1' nes . ..riling to its .10-erotism. It wll.sutitif,istery to know, hou es els, that the prinottsllootl restored all the stolen protwrly he load lwen possessed of. The Lute , M %von said that Mr. Mullins WAR Very fortunate in s.litothoilet 50 80011 of the property 01 his rlirut 0.11841 b e et given 111 11, Y tar 'Wheeler. Nlll l lll the 188 A Of :fbi.e.llllll ry could not dr. mitt in prison, but who certainly deserved it very heavy punish mem. The prisoner was discharged. Asovtirtz 11‘111 was affected on Sunday morning by the pollee upon a supposed gambling-horse in *t. James's-street, No. (3(1, resulting in the capture of SATURDAY, eleven respectably•dressed individuals, who all ap peared, under fictitious names, at Marlliorimgh,tmet Court, on the following Monday. Superintendent O'Brien related the usual story, how he .had received authority from the police commissioners to enter the house ; how he passed four doors without opposition, but had to break, with much difficulty and delay, through two others, which were strongly !aimed mid iron-framed ; and how he found the defendants in a first-floor room, innocently engaged in playing bil liards or eating supper. The window-shutters to these apartments were also suspiciously strong, and padded, to stifle noise. As usual, however, there were no giunbliug instruments found on the premises, and the defendants were accordingly all discharged. Tim SALE or• Swans in an unli c ensed house, and at an illegal hour, was charged against one wiles, a barber, in Mint-st►eet, Southwark, and his wife. Their offence seems to have been carried on upon an extensive scale, the profestsion of bather being used us a blind under which the prisoner prosecuted a lu crative business in gin and brandy, supplied to his customers chiefly during those hours of every Sunday when the licensed houses are shut by legal enact ment. The policemen, at the Southwark Court, re lated how they had detected the culprit in flagrante dclictu ......,.... Job Turner, pulice.constacle 14 M, said, that on S ttttt lay morn ing, a tittle 141(41' tell aeloek, he went ill pri% ate clothes to the de. fe'idant's shop, when he SOW the 111111 e 1 , 111.0114'r Coiling H bars hair. There were 11 114111bel* .11 . people in the shop, still he dis tinctly beard a friaidectill nut hotel an i ttttt br room, " I 0 mit let any more in the room, it is 111 0111, 111111 I shall be suffocated." Wh ile:la lien 11411111 14 man say 141 (.11tH, " Could he out have a drop of i r " Ile said. "Yes; go ' the back 1141111." The man then entered the back mote, and witness followed him in, slid saw Mrs. 611,s supply him with a glass if 111111, for which she reevhed 21.1. Another man called for a 1.44 of bt tr, whhii ►bo also Served I ' with, and others had glass's of spirits and beer drinking ilt the same room. Witness went up to her and ask, d f.ir a glass of nun, which she gale him, mail lie 111111111S1 het• ism., and received .11d. ha change. Ile then went 1111(1 the flout shop, said hail just sat down ler the pretenve of being shaved, , A 114'11 his inspeettir came in, and he made himself known. Ihe back remit was then entered, when the female prisoner took up a knife, which she threatened to slab I • with, but Ow itisls s •tilr knocked it out of leer hand. She then threw it wet lowe'l HI bill,. HMI 4N.• cliiiinetl that she would do for him. and had lad a number of brother constables gained admission he believed he should have been very roughly handled. Another inspector said lie searelosl the house, and in the hack room fo ttttt 1 two bottles containing two quarts of Ol t cat ch, t i 1,4. tie of 111111. 111141 some drinking glasses on the table end shelf, near which a woman was drinking gin from a small ;;liiss. Under the• table v. as 14 SiN-g11114.11 jar full of beer. The hinahe pris ttttt .r dcebu•ed *ball ,lie only handed si glass of spirits to 04 4'010 , 111 of her's, and what the eioistabh. had 1.1141411 wIIS sill false. Mr. A li►:elErr asked whether the male prisoner 1411 h seen to take 1114 , 11ey f.ir ally of the spirits or lwerr—l'lle imp.. ter replit il in the 111",T111 11 'e. Ile 111441 iced in the lonise 1111111' )ears, 111111 wins known to 1111 t e' 41111144 011 1111 illbit trade for the het four years, but they were unable to ileteet him before. Mr. A Ityciirrr said the female had rendered herself liable to three months imprits , tttttt ltt w it In hard lalM4lu• for ii r cotelto t In Ike attain Ile was a*U'e'i i 'ly soiry that lie 4410141 not 111111i1.il 1110 1111A10111111, OM he Iva% CollSideridily the war.,' offender In Awning the illicit trade to be can•i e s' on in his lionise by h u t s wlfe. li t , should, therefore, achtence the latter to pay a penalty of WIC, mid in delimit of paviiieut to be eollllllitt44 to tit' House of Cur. ruction 1. , 1• three months, with hard labour. As tin• the husband, he intuit be discharged. 2sporting. WAIIWICK IIAI 'ES.—Tuicsnay. SWEEIIITAKES of t MINK. each. with 20 added. Mr. Mittiro's Census (T. Clilre) 1 Mr. Dawson's The Jealous One 2 Mr. Saxon's Lady Elizabeth :I ORMAT WARWICK HANIIICAP of Itl cote. each, with 100 added. Mr. Bart,n's Little Fawn (Charlton) I Sir .1. ltoswell's Annie Sutherland Captain Scott's Angelo ri The following also ran :—The Alp, Montague, Ellelwoll, Little I tavie, Massa Mnngo. Betting : to 2 against Little Itavie, Ito 1 against A • • Sutherland, to to I against Ethe'wolf, and 10 to I against Massa :111ingo. little Fawn achieved the victory very cleverly by a length. A SWEEI',4TAKE9 Of goes each, with 50 riddled. Mr. Feintings Priam the Third (Charlton) 1 Mr. Page's Ada Lramisi.rox WELTER Cl'l% 800 soya., gentlemen riders. Mr. Damson's Jitney ( Pocketay) 1 Mr..l. Merry's Sully • Captain Law's "Egis :1 Betting : 2 to I against Sally. I to 1 against -Egis, 5 to 1 against :limey, Won by a :trek after a short set-to with the second. Tux CommirrEE STAKES. Free Handicap of 5 bolo , . each, with 50 added, for two-year•ohls. Mr. Jordan's tirub (Wells) 1 Mr. Wilmot's Blakeley 2 Mr. Saxon's Antonia 3 Butting: 10 to 0 against Grub, and Ito 1 against any other. WEDNV4DAV. Sernav HANotetr of h sots. each : gentlemen liar's. Mr. llowsleo's Little Davie Mr. I:oberts 1 Mr. Fel ttt i t Piiam the Third Merry . 's Sally 3 petting: 6 to 4 against each. Fur.": Ile NDICAP HURDLE. I:Acr. of t• sor.4. each, ro added. 'r. Land's Needwood (late Honest Toni) .. •.t 4 i Weil 1 I MY. C. Daalsin's Sir Philip Mr. Littledale us. Squire of Melton 3