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Gor e f ' rupt l° ." or ue di d the pre' ,her Par— an d re• )ostPon" t India —(Re .stbary 3 other it was nor of ea that )f them was to British ud the ars im- ado, so Right Mel he he duty hat ac n Hon. it about ire, was Ininck) loption, another After a short conversation, the Committee divided, When there appeared— For the amendment l6 Agaiast it 7 Majority ..... —63 After a few observations tr:m Colonel SIBTLIORP, the clause was agreed to. On clause 3, Mr. ANSTEY complained that sufficient facilities were not given for any borough rep3rted against, to d, - fend itself from disfranchisement, and protested against constituencies being taken by surprise. He would move that the blank in the clause be filled up with the words "not more that 21 nor less than 14 days.' Mr. J. STEWART suggested that some notice should be given to the authorities of a borough ysten a Com mittee of inquiry was appointed. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL recommended that the minimum of the notice should be seven days. Sir R. PEEL thought the proposal of the Hon, Mem ber for Youghal a fair one, and, as a friend to the mea sure, he would recommend the lion. and Learned Gen tleman to adopt it. In every such case, care ought to be taken that the parties had sufficient notice. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL consented to adopt the words " not more than 21 days, nor less than 14 days;" and they were inserted in the clause. Mr. HENLEY pointed out discrepancies between the duties assigned to " Committees," and those assigned to " Commissioners," which clearly ought to be the same. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL admitted that this was the case, and promised that the two provisions should be made to agree with each other. , - Mr. ANSTEY thought the Commissioners ought only to have the power of collecting evidence, and reporting the same to the House. Mr. J. STEWART objected to the Bill, because it made the Commissioners both prosecutors and judges, a principle which was abhorrent to the constitution. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the duty of the Committee would be to make inquiry and report their conclusion thereupon to the House. The House would then decide what course to pursue. Mr. HENLEY thought the more they proceeded into the Bill the more confused they got.—(Hear.) Mr. ANSTEY objected to the Committee reporting their conclusions to the House. Lord J. RUSSELL said that in certain cases as Election Committee might now report to the House that further inquiry into cases of bribery was neces sary, and the Speaker, therefore, nominated a Com mittee. _ Mr. STUART could not but think that Commis sioners, who were to hold a court for the purpose of pro. ?venting inquiries affecting the rights and characters of individuals, were exercising functions essentially judi cial. But if their functions were not judicial, the appli cation of the same words to them and to the Committee, whose functions were judicial, would lead to great con fusion. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL explained. Colonel SIBTHORP, however, interrupted him to observe that they were really wasting time. He advised the Solicitor-General to go home and study the Bill, and come down hereafter better informed upon it. They appeared to be a set of incompetent bunglers altogether; never were such a lot bundled up together.—(Laughter.) Mr. HUDSON asked what the Government meant to do provided a body of electors in any particular borough were found guilty of corrupt practices? H o wished the Solicitor-General would make a return to the House of election expenditure. He did not mean at Devonport, because he knew that Devonport was a nomination borough of the Government, and that the Honourable Gentleman was returned for it, not on account of any merits of his own, but because Government wished him to be elected for it. The Honourable Gentleman was a very great man, no doubt, and had a very cavalier Way of treating Members.—(Here there were very loud groans and cries of " Ohl" proceeding from both sides of the House.) He had no objection to wait until gentle men had done crying " Oh." He knew how to deal with Popular assemblies.—(Oh.) Ho had always overcome opposition in them by patience and perseverance.—(Oh.) Ile repeated this Bill did not go far enough, and he thought it would do no good. Lord J. RUSSELL, as to the course they had pursued Upon this Bill, wished to observe that when the Govern meat, at the desire of the House, had taken it in charge, they could never have conceived that such personal at tacks would be made upon his Hon. and Learned Friend as that to which he had been just exposed.—(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") He hoped the House would not Countenance such - a method of discussing the measure. Mr. R. PALMER wished, as a member of the profes al_on which was adorned by t he Honourable and Learned uentleman, to express his deep regret that any such per sonal attack should be made upon him. He hoped the Honourable Gentleman ( Ar. Hudson), having had time for reflection, would feel that he ought not to have made that attack—(" No" from Mr. Hudson) —but if he did not he was sure there was not another Member in the House who felt with him.—(Loud cheering.) In his opinion the Solicitor-General added lustre to the profession and to that assembly.—(Renewed cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the question. Mr. ANSTEY rose amid general groaning, and said he objected to the the word "and" in this clause.— (Loud laughter and deep groans.) The Honourable Member, amid much interruption, persisted in addressing the House for some time in support of the objection. Mr. HODGSON said the Hun. Member appeared to be so much interrupted that he thought it his duty to move that the Chairman report progress. The gallery was then cleared tor a division, but none took place, and on re-entering the gallery we found Mr. BRIGHT appealing to the Hon. and Learned Member for Youghal to consider whether in the course he w as pursuing he might nut lay himself open to the imputation of tactiousuess.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ANSTEY repudiated the suggestion of fac tiousness as applied to his conduct, and proceeded to move an amendment to the effect that the proposed Com missioners should not have power to decide upon any o f the cases which had already been adjudicated u p on by regularly constituted tribunals of the House, but should be merely empowered to report evidence to the Rouse. The Committee divided, when there appeared ,, - 3 For the amendment .................... Against it ............... ................. 1.24101 Majority ...... . .............. The clau se was agreed to. Mr.On clause 4, ANSTEY proposed to insert the words, " ex cept the sitting Member or Members," in relation to the examination on oath of Members by the Commis sioners. The Committee divided, when there appeared — For the amendment . Against it ll5 Majority -93 The clause was then agreed to, and the House re sumed, the Committee to sit again at fire o'clock to morrow (this day). THE TITHE RENT CHARGE, &c. (IRELAND) (No. 2) BILL. After some conversation as to whether it should be taken at the morning or evening sitting, it was fixed pro forma for five o'clock on Monday, when the Hon. Mem ber who has the charge of the Bill (Mr. Hamilton) will "ate the day on which it will be brought on. PUBLIC HEALTH BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL said he proposed to consider the amendments of the Lords to this Bill in Committee of the whole House, if there was no objection in point of form to that course. The SPEAKER was not aware of any precedent for such a course; but in many instances the House had referred amendments made uy the Lords to Committees up stairs, and he knew no reason why the House should not refer the consideration of such amendments to a Committee of the whole House. Mr. HENLEY inquired whether some of the Lords' amendments to this Bill did not trench on the privilege of the House ? The SPEAKER believed that some of those amendments did interfere with the privilege of the Commons, but these would come under the notice of the Committee. Lord JOHN RUSSELL intimated that he should propose that the House go into Committee for the pur pose of considering these amendment , on Monday nnet;x t; and in answer to a question the Noble Lord added, that there were some of the amendments he should move the House do not azree to, and that others be admitted. The Committee was then fixed for Monday next. The Distillery from Sugar Bill was re-committed pro forma; the House resumed, and the report was received. To be read a third time on Monday. MARRIAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD-ADVOCATE moved that the second reading of this Bill be fixed for Monday next, at twelve o'clock. Mr. ARKWRIGHT said it was evident the twelve o'clock sittings were ingenious devices for smuggling ohnoxions Bills through the House. Ile begged, there fore, to move that the words " twelve o'clock" be left out. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the original motion For the amendment Majority The second reading of the Bill was then fixed for Monday, at twelve o'clock. WINDSOR APPROACHES BILL. The report on this Bill was received ; a new clause Was added, binding the parties to the Bill not to exceed the sum of 85,0001. in executing the whole of the works. In answer to a question by Mr. B. OSBORNE, Lord MORPETH said that if at any future time a Minister came down and asked for more money to com plete these approaches he would do so in violation of this Act. REGISTRATION OF SASINES (SCOTLAND). The LORD ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the Lords of Council and Sessions to regulate the rates or dues of registration to be charged by the keepers of the registers of sasines reversions, &c., in Scotland.—Leave given. MR. URQUHART'S CORRESPONDENCE. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the order for address respecting Mr. Urquhart'a correspondence be discharged, and that an amended order be substituted. Mr. URQUHART hoped that the Noble Lord would give some reason for his motion. • Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Hon. Member for Stafford's motion had been originally objeCted to by his Noble Friend, who had arranged with him that it was to be proposed in an amended form. Subsequently, when the motion was made, his Noble Friend thinking it was in the terms previously arranged, treated it as an unop posed return ; but, on subsequent examination, it was ascertained th at the motion asked for correspondence of 1 837-8, instead of 1838-9, as had been agreed on. For these reasons he now moved that the order be amended, ad the dates 1838.9 be substituted for 1837.8. Mr. URQUHART protested against being given Papers for which he had never asked, end refused those WWI he 1441. been proOieed. lie coutended that hie THE SUN, motion was strictly in accordance with the understanding into which he had entered with the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, He should decline the correspondence now offered.—(The Ilon. Member im mediately left the House.) Lord PALMERSTON said that he had understood the lion. Member to ask for the corrtspondence with Mr. Backhouse relative to the Portfolio, and that was what ho had agreed to give. The motion, however, which was now sought to be rescinded was for corre spondence relative to the Hon. Member's recal, end that correspondence he (Lord Palmerston) had distinctly in. timated to the Hon. Member could not be given. On constitutional grounds he thought that that correspond ence could not be made the subject of discussion in that House. Mr. ANSTEY quoted Mr. Urquhart's spe-ch to prove that the motion did not refer to corresponder , c , t , connected with the Portfolio, but to his recal from the legation of Constantinople. The motion was then put and agreed to, and The House adjourned at a Quarter before Two o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, AUG. 3. FARMERS' ESTATE SOCIETY (IRELAND) BILL. — Amendment proposed in page 4, line 9 (Printed Bill as amended) to leave out the words " thirty acres," in order to insert the words " ten acres," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words ' thirty acres' stand part of the Bill. The House divided:— MAJORITY-AYES, 52. Greenall, Gilbert Mailings, J. Ti. Grogan, Edward Norreys, Sir H. Hamilton, J. H. Parker, John Ilayter, W. G. Pattison, J. Heald, James Rapkael, Alexander Hobhouse, T. B. Seymour, Lord Houldsworth, T. Sidney, Alderman Howard, P. 11. Somerville. Sir W. Hudson, G. Thornely, T. Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Tutbell, henry • Jones, Captain Vane, Lord H. Knox, Colonel Walsh, Sir J. B. Law, C. E. Willcox, Brodie Lewis, George C. Wyvill, Mannaduke Masterman, J. Meux, Sir H. Milner, W. M Arkwright, G. Blackall, S. W. Brown, W. Campbell, W. F. Carew, W. P. Clay, James Clements, Charles Cocks, '1 homas S. Courtenay, Lord Dlvett, Edward Duckworth,: Sir J. Duncan, George' Duneuft, John, Fdwards, Henry Ferguson, Sir H. Forster, Matthew Fuller, A. E. Gladstone, W. E. Grace, 0. D. J. Morpeth, Viscount Mostyn, E. TELLERS. Monsell, William Stafford, Augustus MINORITY-NOES, 14. Alcock, Thomas Grenfell, Charles W. Tenison, E. K. Armstrong, Sir A. Henry, Alexander Wilson, Matthew Caulfeild, J. M. Kershaw, James Dawson, T. V. M'Cullagh, w. T. TELLERS. Fortescue, Chichester Pilkington, James Scrope, G. I'. Greene, John Reynolds, John Thompson, Colonel MARRIAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL. Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, "That the Bill be read a second time upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock :" — Amend ment pro posed, to leave out. the words " at Twelve of the clock ." Question put, " That the words at Twelve of the clock' stand part of the Question." The House divided: — MAJORITY—AYES, 79. --- - --- - Abdy, T. N. Fortescue, J. W. Pilkington, James Adair, R. Shafto . Fox, Richard M. Reid. Colonel Anson, Colonel Fox, W. J. Reynolds, John Armstrong, Sir A. Freestun, Colonel Ricardo, Osman Armstrong, R. B. Grenfel , Charles W. Rich, Henry Arundel, Earl of Grey, Ralph W. Romilly, Sir John Barkly, Henry Henry, Alexander Russell, Lord John Bellew, it. M. Herbert, H. A. Russell, F. C. Berkeley, Captain Hobhouse, Sir John Rutherford, A. Berkeley, Craven Hodges, T. L . Shell, R. L. Bernal, Ralph Jervis, Sir John Shelburne, Earl of Blackall, S. W. Labouchere, henry Somerville, Sir W. Bouverie, E. P. Lemon, Sir Charles Spooner, Richard Bowring, Dr. Lewis, G. C. Stanton, W. 11. Boyle, Colonel Matheson, Colonel Stuart, Lord P. Bright, John Maule, Fox Thornely, Thomas Brotherton, J. Melgund, Viscount Wakley, T. Carew, W. P. Morpeth, Viscount Ward, H. G. Charteris, Francis Morris, David Williams, John Clay, James Mostyn; E. M. L. Wilson, James Clements, Charles O'Connell, M. J. Wilson, Matthew Cocks, T. S. Ogle, S. C. Wyvill,..Marmaduke Craig, W. G. Paget, Lord A. Douglas, Sir C. Paget, Lord Clarence Duncuft, John Palmer, Robert Dundas, Admiral Palmerston, Vis. TELLERS. Ebrington, Viscount Patten, J. W. Tanen, Henry Elliot, J. E. Pechell, Captain Hill, Lord Marcus MINORITY-NOES, 24. Henley, J. W. Mußings, J. R. Hodgson, W. N. Osborne, Ralph Hudson, G. Sandars, George Hume, J. Scott, F. Kershaw, James Somerset, Captain Lockhart, A. E. Thompson, Colonel Lockhart, W. TELLERS. M'Gregor, John Arkwright, George Melts, Sir Henry Sibthorp, Colonel Bennet, Philip 13entinck, Lord G. Christy, Samuel Duncan, George Edwards, Henry Gordon, Admiral Gwyn. Rowel Halsey, T. P. liastie, Alexander COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUGUST 3. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. JULY 28.—Gondola cutter, W. H. Woodhouse, Esq., from Liverpool ; Stormfinch cutter, Lieutenant Colonel Bowers, C. 8., from Portsmouth ; Destiny schooner, William Wells, Esq., from Portsmouth. 29. Pearl cutter, Marquis of Anglesey, from London ; Amazon cutter, Sir John Walsh, Bart., M.P., from Westward. 30. Enchantress schooner, Earl of Cardigan, from Lymington ; Petrel cutter, Earl of Ilche)ter, from Southampton; W y veils schooner, Duke of Marlborough, from Plymouth ; Tarifa schooner, Earl of Wilton, from Plymouth. AUGUST 2.—Gipsey Queen schooner, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart., from Liverpool ; Huzzar brig, T. P. Williams, Esq., M.P., from Eastward ; Esmeralda schooner, J. E. W. Rolls, Esq., from Westward. SAILINGS.—None. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Capricorn ; Flirt ; Brilliant ; Fairy ; Ariel ; Camilla ; Fair Rosamond ; Maud ; Merlin ; Gipsey Queen ; Wyvern ; Coral Queen ; Esmeralda ; Destiny ; Enchantress ; Gem ; Bianca ; and Huzzar brie. Cutters—Pearl ; Alarm ; Emerald ; Petrel ; Forest Fly; Elizabeth ; Amazon ; Osprey; Lark ; Turquoise ; Maid of the Mist ; Stormfinch ; Arrow ; Gondola ; Spider ; Cygnet. Yawls —Dream ; Susan. STATE OF TILE PUBLIC HEALTH. (From the Quarterly Return.) The quarterly returns are obtained from 117 districts, sub-divided into 582 sub-districts; 36 districts are in the metropolis, and the remaining 81 comprise, with some agricultural districts, the principll towns and cities of England. The population was 6,612,958 in 1841. It is gratifying to observe a remarkable improvement in the state of the public health. The number of deaths registered in the three months ending June 30, was 46,552; which is less by 11,158 than were registered in the winter quarter of the present year, and less by 5,033 than were registered in the corresponding quarter ending the last day. of June, 1847. The mortality of the country, after having been excessively high during the latter half of the year 1846, the whole of 1847, and the first quarter of 1848, is now little above the average of the nine years 1839-47. The mortality, however, is still much higher than it was in the spring quarter (April, May, and June) of 1844, when the number of deaths was only 38,977; which, taking the increase of popula tion into account, implies a lower rate of aaortality than has been experienced in the spring season of any other year. In London the deaths in the quarter were 12,945 The deaths in the preceding quarter were 16,455; the quarter ending December, 1847, when influenz i prevailed, 19,605. Influenza has al most entirely dis appeared; it was the cause of death in only 50 cases during the 13 weeks ending in June. Small pox was fatal to 381 persons in London; measles to 30h0; scarlatina to 816; hooping cough to 449; purpura and scurvy to 12 ; typhus to 882 ; ery si p elas to 129. Small pox, scarlatina, and typhus wer e prevailing epidemic.; in London. Scarlatina in one week destroyed 107 lives. Typhus was at a maximum (1,279) in the last quarter of the year 1847 ; it is now declining ; but it is invariably longer in the epidemic form than other diseases of the class. The diseases of the tuber cular class—namely, scrofula, tabes, consumption, and hydrocephalus, fluctuate very little; to them 2,640 deaths were ascribed in the June quarter of 1841, and 2,403 in the June quarter of 1848; which were the highest and lowest numbers return ed in the eight 3 ears 1841-8. Diseases of the lung s declined rapidly; they were the cause of 176 deaths in the first week, of 76 deaths in the last week of the quarter. The improvement in the health of Liverpool is remark able ; while there were 4,809 deaths in the June quart( r, 1847, there were only 1,907 deaths in the June quarter of 1848. In Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds there has also been some improvement. Small pox and scar latina have been the prevailing epidemics throughout the country. The deaths in London from diarrhoea, dysentery, and cholera were 11, 23, 13 and 14, in the first four weeks ; 27, 31, 37, and 51 in the last four weeks of the quarter. The mortality from these diseases is somewhat higher than it was in the corresponding week of 1847. The deaths ascribed to cholera in the June quarters of the eight years 1841-8, were 1,7, 8,9, 2,9, 4, 17 ; in the last year, therefore, though the deaths are not numerous, there is a slight excess. These three diseases are always most common in the three months of July, August, and September, when the temperature is highest. The popular error which ascribes them to fruit was referred to last year. That it is an error is established by the fatality of these diseases to infants at the breast, to the aged, to persons in prison and public institutions, who procure no fruit, and by many such facts as the following, reported about the middle of the last century, by Sir John Pringle, in his classical account of the diseases of the campaign in Germany. " Nearly half the men were ill, or bad recovered from dysentery a few weeks after the battle of Dettingen, which was fought on the 27th of June, 1743. The dysentery, the constant and fatal epidemic of camps, began sooner this season than it did in any succeeding campaign. Now as the usual time of its appearance is not before the latter end of the summer or the beginning of autumn, the cause has been unjustly imputed to eating fruit in excess. But the circumstances hero contradict that opinion ; for this sickness began and raged before any fruit was in season except strawberries (which from their high price the men never tasted), and ended about the time the grapes were ripe ; which, growing in open vineyards, were freely eaten by everybody. "To this add the following incident :—Three com panies of Howard's regiment, which had not joined us, marched with the King's baggage from Ostend to Hanau, where, arriving a night or two before the battle, and hav ing orders to stop, encamped for the first time at a small distance from the ground, that was afterwards occupied by the army. These men had never been exposed to rain, or lain wet; by this separation from the line, they were also removed from the contagion of the privies ; and having pitched close upon the river they had the benefit of a constant stream of fresh air. By means of such favourable circumstances it was remarkable that, while the main body suffered greatly, this !ittle camp almost entirely escaped, though the men breathed the same air, the contagious part excepted, eat of the same victuals, and drank of the same water. This immunity continued for six weeks, until the army removed from Henan, when these companies joined the rest, and en camping in the line were at last infected, but suffered little, as the flux was then so much on the decline." — Pringle on the Diseases of the Army, 3d Edition, 1761, pp. 20, 21. Fruit, potatoes, and green vegetables, are essential parts of the food of man; and it is only when taken to excess that, like other articles of diet, they disorder the stomach. There is as yet in England no trace of the epidemic of cholera which is ravaging Russia from Moscow to St. Petersburgh and aseeniing the Danube. It raged in the summer of 1831, 17 years ago, at Sr. Pezersburgh, reached Sunderland in October, London in February, 1832, Paris in March of the same year. Whether it will pursue the same course now, travel at the same rate, and be less or more fatal, must depend on a variety of circumstances. If the visitation cannot be arrested, it is greatly to be wished that it should be de ferred, for though enlightened communities have before been too much in the habit of postponing sanitary arrangements, and only commencing them when the plague is actually destroying them—which is very like admitting the enemy within the city walls and then putting the fortifications in repair—it is certain that the great capitals of the continent were never in a worse condi tion to withstand an epidemic than they are at the present time. That much remains to bo done in English towns is evident from what is observed in London. It is one of the best established truths in medical science—confirmed by the experience of the army, the navy, the prisons, the town and country districts of England, that pure water and pure: air are necessaries of life; and in the supply of these, London, though in a much better posi tion than other places, is still deficient. The vestry of St. Marylebone, the largest and wealthiest parish in London, to which we last year called attention, subse quently appointed a committee to inquire into the con dition of their constituents. The committee drew up a valuable report in which they state among other things, that " there are 538 streets or ways in the parish of St. ISlarylebone," and though formerly sceptical, and not very well informed, their information is now satisfactory and complete—" Your committee have through the pa rish surveyor obtained now, for the first time, a complete knowledge of the state of the sowers of this great parish, and they are compelled to declare that it is manifestly in sufficient for the wants of the locality, no fewer than 191 streets or ways in the parish being wholly without proper sewerage, and a great portion of the remainder detective or incomplete. * * * Your committee have to report another nuisance of a most pestilential character, over which thy have not the slightest control, viz., the gully holes opening into the sewers. Of these there are no less than 2,732 in the parish, and your committee feel that the number of these pest holes has been increased, as the streets were built without the slightest reference to their previous situation and requirement, and without any at,regard to their noxious effects." There does not in fact appear to be any valid reason why people; when the gases generated up the sides of the chim neys, should opei inevitably v n i t n a d b e l yr in ahteh the noses presentof the houses into the smoke.. The committee in its own way :—" It accounts for this state of things fact that the rate payerstnshee:yvsse:rso"vmgeauryllybe so easily carried must be attributed entirely to the is punced defective. Sewers." The water supply an hour three days a The water is only " on" for about Middlesex Coin• have no voice at the board Tonommis of parry who brought their water into the parish _ a week. The report says—" The West express pretence of defeating monopoly, f c a h n e ag ap r e e r e a m nd en r wrietrhsuttpel under the the metropolis into districts, and placed the whole ot, c o m munity at the mercy re gardsn_ e d d i g n o u t o t the b su b a y, other after companies, a f few years ar s p oe a n r t e eg e r l e i supply and price." It is always so; permanent y ent f water is a thing in which there can be no pe competition. The committee throws all the blame which the sewers of this giant monopoly, and water supply suggests on other bodies; the vestry , _ , has the control of the "dust" and cleausing. Ibis, though touched tenderly by the committee, is admitted to be in an unsatisfactory condition. committee " Regarding the removal of the dust, your commi find, in many pl ace s through the parish, accumulations of dust in the yards and cellars of the houses, and there is very general complaint of the dustmen refusing,to re move the same unless they are paid for so doing.' For "dust" —which is innoxious—read, the refuse of the kitchen,, and all varieties of putrefying vegetable and animal matter, which were then only removed when paid for in some way or other ; and are even now never removed at all, but at the "reof ;request the inhabitants, o ver y who in th e worst parts are n clu intolerant of dirt. These These facts are not adduced to throw any special cen sure on the vestry of St. Marylebone, who, as well es their officers, have, since the report of their tottith.ttee, evinced a laudable anxiety to do constituency and to improvehealth of the district. The report of Marylebone exhibits fair cf the condition of L o nd on , an d must undeceive specimen those suppose that the houses tire drained, e: t e i t ve hattti who nrich and middle classes, to say nothing of the petit of London, are adequately supplied with the means of cleanliness and enjoy the benefit of a pure, salubrious air. Other towns in England are comparatively in a worse condi tion; the continental cities are still mere insalubrious, and judging from the analogy of the last epidemic they will suffer much more than London, but it is little satis faction to the inhabitants of London to run the risk of dying by thousands while their neighbours die by tens of thousands, when they know that the danger to their health and lives may be diminished to a great extent by simple and obvious precautions. It may be a difficult, but it is assuredly not an impossible, problem in engi neering, to supply every house in London with abun dance of pure water, and to remove all dirt by scaven gers and sweet drains; and these simple arrangements would render it possible for the populat,ion to be cleanly. A part of the mortality which men experience in early life is perhaps inevitable; but this natural morta lity cannot e'iaeed the mortality in aome of the districts in England, comparatively healthy, Matte Parte of !4e FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Countess of Darnley and family arrived at Beach Villa on Monday, and the Marquis and Mar chioness of Ailesbury at Norfolk House this day. The Earl of Glengall is expected at Harriet Lodge to morrow. The Duke of Cambridge has taken Gothic Hall from Wednesday next ; Captain Freemantle ; South Parade House ; the Duchess of Kent is expected at Powleaze House on the 10th. The town is still very far from full ; indeed, many of the best houses are still unlet, more, perhaps, than was ever before known in August. The wheat harvest has c ommenced ; but the showery weather prevents many from cutting, though the corn is ready. --- COURT LA CIRCUR. OSBORN E, THURSDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness took their usual walks this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger branches of the Royal Family, rode and walked in the grounds of Osborne. The Earl of Chichester arrived yesterday at Osborne, and was honoured by an audience to present to her Ma jesty a piece of cloth, made by the natives of Abbakouta, in Africa, and presented by the Chiefs of that district. The Earl of Chichester remained at Osborne, and left for London this day. The lion. Eleanor Stanley was relieved in her duties as Maid of Honour this day by the lion. Miss Dawson. The Earl of Chichester, and the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, crossed to Gosport in the Lightning, Master Commanding Petley. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the performance at her Majesty's Theatre yesterday evening, with her presence. A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Birming ham, Mr. G. F. Muntz, M.P., Mr. Alderman Phillips, and the Town Clerk, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place, on the Health of 'towns Bill, intPerrvi?ecwe Cwaitehtevleiiesacloa,unt Palmerstontheapolitan ye A s l te in rd is ay. ter, had an Lord Lorton had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Lord Ashley had also an interview yes terday with the Right Hon. Baronet, at the Home•office Baron de Mon corvo , the Portuguese' Minister trans- . acted business yesterd a y, at the Foreign-office. ' Mr. Alderman Hopkins and the Town Clerk of Man chester, with the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, Nt.p Mr. Brotherton, M.P., and Mr. W. B eckett, M.P"l :i the subject interview yesterday with Viscount Morpeth, upon subject of the Public Health Bill. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. Mr. R. A. Macfie had an interview with the Right Hon. li. Labouchere, yesterday, at the office of th e Board of Trade. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, Lord Mont eagle, and Mr. Tidd Pratt had interviews yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official re. sidence in Downing-street. A deputation, co nsisting of the Mayor of Birming ham, the Recorder of Birmingham, Mr. G. F. Muntz, a l i i i .P in " te M rv r i . e A w l y d e e s r t m er a d n a P y h w il i l t ip h s, S i a r nd G ethoregTeeGwilreCy,lerrek‘heatd ing the county prison. AmericanC o lon i al. rt t h he offi tis , pa f t r c o h m es t w h e e re G r o e v c e e r i r v io e r d s y o e f ste t r h d e ay N a o t colonies. Lady Mary Wood has left town for Hickleton Hall , Doncaster. Sir John and Lady Johnstone have left town for Hack ness Hall, Scarborough. DISCOVERY OF A NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR or " DoN QUIXOTE."-" It would be unpardonable not to make special mention of the fact, that this month's Bentley's Miscellany contains a translation, with excel lent pr e f atory an d exp l anatory notes, o f " El Buscapie,' the long lost wook of Cervantes, recently discovered in manuscript at Cadiz. Its discovery is a real event in the literary history of Europe."—Morning Chronicle. Gasio PRESERVING..—There is no mistake respect ing game being a serious injury to produce, because it is now admitted by Parliament. The preamble of the new Game Law, passed on the 22d ult.. says "And whereas it has been found that mai h damage has been and i s cont i nually done by hares to the pro duce of inclosed lands, and that gre. it losses have thereby accr ue d and do accrue to ,he occupiers of such lands." A t l ast this has become _Legalised " great fact," and the d a y cannot be far distant when another step in the right direction roust be mad e i n -egard to the gamo preserving system, as well as the ganu, laws. , _ No reasonable pelvis can doubt it. a Cor!.-'sponaent. LONDON, FRIDAY population are exposed to privation and injuries of va rious kinds. Now, in parts of Surrey and Devonshire about three or four in 10 children under five years of age die annually; in Lewisham, the healthiest district of London, the annual mortality is four and five in 10 an nually; in nearly every district in London the mortality of children is double the mortality in the country; in many districts the mortality is triple the mortality which some persona may consider natural to mankind. Ot 1,000 men between the ages of 45 and 55 living in a healthy district of England, about 12 die annually; in nine districts of London the annual deaths among the same number of men at the same ago varies from 30 to 33. ____ IRISH AMELIORATION SOCIET A meeting of the friends and promoters of the above society was held on Wednesday, in the Hanover.square Rooms. The origin and objects of this society are thus touched upon in the preface to a small pamphlet which was distributed at the meeting. After alluding to the great distress at present existing in the sister country, it goes on to say—" It is manifest to every one who may give even a slight consideration to the sub ject, that for any relief to be permanent, it must be directed to the amelioration of the moral and social, as well as physical, condition of the people; and on arriving at this conviction, the inquirer, however benevolent, is staggered by the apparent impossibility of achieving so gigantic an undertaking as effectually to relieve the present distress, and produce that amelioration in the condition of millions of beings reduced to the extreme of - misery. * * * * Moved by these sentiments, several gentlemen have formed themselves into a society, having the sanction and best wishes of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, as well as of his two immediate predecessors, and several leading members of the British Government, for the purpose of attempting the accomplishment of this great end, by at tacking,oc(hwfwhicha, sihr,tihitcmeehrtu,,ch: i i uetl a cis t t chief i consists s hesame Irish ifebse txoapsdtpouieoilrc3nre. t ea time , tdorh ,fee wnowi exertion, thel i employmentt s operation bi anpenek dtri incorporated anttghi sinking—namely , ngwnor want nm a f t t e t eholtey: evils peoplehe ea it societyunw s n o a d yf oni e anr r tl moral and social improvem ent ." the preparation of peat fuel and charcoal, and by re moving the same, to effect the full reclamation of the bog lands in Ireland. The means of effecting this object are proposed to be procured by the formation of a company subscribing a capital of 500,0001., in shares of 101. each. The compilation before alluded to further says :—" The promoters, whose names are a suffi cient guarantee for their sincerity, earnestly appeal to the wellwishers of Ireland and the empire at large, to make themselves acquainted with the objects they contemplate, and to assist in effecting them. They do do not ask alms for the idle —they only ask that those who can well afford such aid should take one or more shares of 101. in this undertaking, a nd th u s enable the society gradually to establish 200 stations in different parts of Ireland, each of which will form a nucleus for an industrious, improving, and happy community. They are sanguine of success in their efforts, if duly supported by the public; and they pledge themselves to spare no exertion to place the society on such a footing as to make that success certain. The wealth to be derived from the peat bog is incalculable, and cannot fail to be of great national benefit, inasmuch as it is impossible to realise it without at the same time effecting the more important views of the ' Irish Ame lioratiou Society'—that of permanently improving the moral and social condition of the poor of Ireland." The room in which the assemblage took pl a ce was hung.. round •with maps, drawings, - plans, sections, and diagrams of lands, models, machinery, &c., illustrative of the projects of the society. There was a large pro portion of ladies in attendance amongst the audience. At about half-past two the chair was taken by Lord DE MAULEY, who said it afforded him great satisfaction to take the chair at a meeting which pro posed to submit for consideration a plan whose main object was to benefit the moral and social condition 'of the people of Ireland. He regretted that the state of the public business was such at the pre sent moment as to withdraw from attendance on that occasion many Irish Members of Parliament and others who would have been present at their meeting. It might seem a hopeless project for a society of private gentlemen to undertake so important a task as that which was contemplated, when the difficulties of the case were consideed, and it was remembered that last year Purliatnent had attempted and had failed to effect. an object of that kind ; but the condition of the people of Ireland was such that private enterprise would be more likely to succeed in a matter of that sort than where it was carried out under Govern ment machinery, and he thought the plan proposed would hold out to the capitalists of this country the prosperity of a successful investment of their money, at the same time that employment would be afforded to a large number of the labouring population of Ireland. — (Hear, hear.) It was by means of the peat bogs of Ireland that that object was to be accomplished. The details of the plan would be submitted to the meeting by one in every way competent to explain them—he meant Mr. Rogers, the eminent engineer —and; therefore, it was unnecessary fur him to enter upon those details. A vast field was opened in Ireland for the employ ment of the people in productive labour, and he felt satisfied that that was the most effectual means of re moving many of the evils under which they laboured, and of improving and raising the tone of the mind of the lower classes in that country —(Hear, hear.) Hav ing been, he regretted, recently called upon to support the Government in the passing of measures for the re. preesion of di,turbance in Ireland, he_rejoiced that go early an opportunity was afforded to him of joining in a project which would, he believed, help to rescue them from that condition which was 3 stigma and a stain on our national character.—(hear.) Mr. ROGERS, civil engineer, then came forward, and read the following sketch of the plan and objects of the proposed excite y : " The report made to the Relief Commissioners of Ireland upon the preparation of the peat of that country, and its conversion into charcoal, shows from the experi ence of eminent practical authorities, that it possesses most desirable qualities f or agr i cu l tura l, manufacturing' , household, and general p urposes . " Peat fuel, prepared as proposed by patent p rocess, produces proportionat e ly cons id era bly more steam tha n coal, in consequence of the diffusive property of its beat. Its economy has be en f u ll y prove d by the steamer"' plying on the Shannon, and man y e ngines worked iii other parts of Ireland; and b o il ers fired by it have b een found to last nearly double the usual time. "For distillation, brewing, soap -boiling, sugarre fining, and all similar operatio ns , it is particularly suit able ; and for family use, its speedy ignition, and general beat, strongly reeommend it. " Peat charcoal, as a fuel for the smelting and manufac ture of all metals, is of the utmost value, equalling , if not surpassing the beet wood charcoal, at a much low er p rice. " ThisTatent fuel may be made superior in density , y et its cost will be about one-fourth of that of wood c harcoal; thus enabling the ironmaster to substitute it with con siderable advantage for that material ; and still more ad vantageously for coal, coke, &c., making the iron twice or thrice its present value, and the country entirely in dependent of foreign supplies. " Iron of the finest description is produced from it at Ichoux, in the department of the Landes, France; at Wadenhammer and Wachter.Neuahammer, Germany; at Itansko, Bohemia; at Konigsbrunn, Bavaria, &c. And the French commissioners, authors of the' Voyage Me • tallurgique en Angleterre,' state that ' peat is generally used on the Continent for the manufacture of iron; and that turf charcoal is fully equal, if not superior, to wood charcoal for all purposes of iron manufacture. " The untiring efforts of Lord Willoughby de Eresby have accomplished the preparation of an admirable fuel, even from the very inferior peat of Scotland and Wales; and razors, surgical instruments, and the finest works in steel made by it, have been found to be of the most superior kind—this fact alone demonstrating its great value. " Smiths, iron-ship builders, engineers, millwrights, boiler makers, gunsmiths, &c., will derive both benefit and profit from its use in their sm ithies, as it imparts superior strength and malleability to iron in the forging; and its cost, when the calorific effect is calculated, will not exceed that of the usual smith's coal. " The produce from lead and other ores smelted by it is greatly increased in quantity and purity ; and copper, brass, zinc, tin, &c., will be rendered more ductile, and otherwise much improved by its use. " For kiln purposes, in drying grain, malt, hops, pease, beans, &c., and in - every instance where a pure and powerful heat is desirable, it will be found peculiarly economical. of England have " As a fertiliser, or manure, its valuable qualities have been fully pointed out in the published report above re ferred to. its use and ad vantages. Baron Liebig, M. Lucas, and Professor Lindley, Agricultural Gazette, Farmers' Gazette , t h e Mark-lane Express, i u 3 since T a h w e a R r d o c y d a l a Agricultur alprize for an Societyessay on all concur Gazette, Far mers' Journal, Farmers' Magazine, Gardeners' Chronicle, instantaneous and Literary iu its great value as a manure. " For sanitary purposes, prepared peat charcoal has been recently proved to be the best disinfecter, absorber, and co and 1 • " Drainage-files of a superior lasting description have been made of peat. A recent c ommunication from ntidnetoloduosr.iser known, its effect being James Russell, Esq., Dunlowey, Donegal (an English gentleman, possessing large property in Ireland), states ' the east to be abo ut 45. p er 1,000: "The peat bogs of Ireland extend over 3,000,000 acres. It is the object of the society to prepare from these, by means of the overplus labour of the notlntry, an article which must command almost un limited sale, while general employm ent w ill b e g i ven to the inhab itants, and the land reclaimed for pro fitable cultivation. li. __ The_ drainage of the bo gs is difficult nor exp ensive, b y t h e ro ports of s h ow n to be neither . i . e 'the Commissioners appoint e d to i nqu i re i nto and the practicability of draining and cultivating them;' have already agreed with the Marquis the natere and extent of the several bogs in Ireland, and the society large tracts of bog situated in the counties of Mayo and land, admirably n communication with Roscommon, and arelanded pro otheri counties on the subject. prietora in several that the plan of • operation shall be " It is intended wn tuske laid do report to the relief upon the principle 1 b , Y work' and ' money commissioners —name Y, of Sir and Lord. de payments.' - the country, stations for the final tions throughout of peat and itsconversion into drying and preparation " The society purpose establishing, in desirable posi each one confidential . officer, to . he charcoal, having at berof 1 b • a ourtng assistants, paying a given sum per measure for all peat aided by a sufficient number their piling it brought in o at once in money in the drying-houses. promote the objects And with the view more fully to • of the society, it is proposed to rent or purchase bog la paid, . employed, to be l3 nd on which the peasantry shall be likethe • - manner, society pro rnesyale by the peasantry, on EVENING, AUGUST 4, Ifl4B. viding every necessary facility, and a simple apparatus for cutting and preserving the peat in any weather suf ficiently dry for out-door labour. " Before the introduction of railways, the import of coal into Ireland has been estimated at from 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 tons per annum. The present average may be taken at 4,000,000 ; but, supposing it to be only 3,000,000, and that Ireland use but two-thirds of her own fuel in future—not to speak of the Eng lish or other markets—there will arise a certain de mand for 4,000,000 tons of peat (taking it as only half the calorific value.ot coal); and if there be added to this 2,000,000 tons, to he converted into 500,000 tons of cleacoal (a low estimate, indeed, for the United King dom), it may with safety be calculated that there will tie et least a consumption of 6,000,000 tons of peat an nually. " Calculating that no more than 6,000,000 tons of peat be prepared and sold per annum, the estimates, taken from data in the report to Government, will show the result as regards income and expenditure, and the re venue to be derived. " After deducting the prescribed 6 per cent. interest on the paid up capital, and a suitable provision for con• tingencies, it is estimated there will remain an overplus of 160,0001. per annum, one•half of which will belong to the proprietary, and the remaining half will be appro priated yearly to the amelioration fund. " The cost of erecting drying-houses, &c., at each station, will vary from 3001. to 500/., end need never exceed the latter sum; consequently a very small por tion of the capital will suffice for plant;' the principal amount being at ell times available in money or stock, almost itninediately convertible. " It is the hope of the society that the Irish labourer will be encouraged in industry, by paying him according to the extent of his labour. His payment shall be weekly, unless a casual labourer or a seller of peat, when it shall be prompt ; that he may be taught the value of time by example, and induced to use it to ad v a nta g e. " It - is intended, as land is cleared of peat, to divide it into holdings, of an extent suited to the district, with buildings of improved construction ; and to let some of these farms to those whose industry has been most con spicuous at each station, provided they have saved suffi cient capital for undertaking the culture; and in process of time it is also intended, under certain restrictions, to provide the deserving labourer with a cottage and small garden. In all cases power will be reserved to take im mediate possession should a division of holdings be at tempted. " To Ireland the value of this measure may be esti ' mated by the fact that, when fully carried out, at least one million of money will be paid annually for labour in cutting peat alone, to the now but half-employed la bouring class, in addition to large sums for carriage, &c.; and from 2,000 to 3,000 acres of the most valuable land may be reclaimed yearly, particularly fitted for the culture of flax, which may be made to distribute at least an equal annual amount. " The exclusive use in Ireland of the patent right for preparing peat and peat charcoal, principally by hand labour, and not requiring expensive machinery, has been secured to the society without purchase; the inventor paying all expenses thereof, and receiving only a small royalty on each ton of peat prepared for charcoal or fuel, and actually sold. "THE AMELIORATION FUND. " The means for obtaining food, shelter, and comfort being first placed within reach of the labouring class, the next object of the society will be to improve their mental condition. It is, therefore, intended that a build ing sufficiently large shall he erected at each p ea t station, where the peasantry may assemble every even ing, except Sunday—that useful and entertaining publi cations be read for their gratification and instruction, and lectures given on the culture and preparation of flax, with the object of introducing it into general use throughout Ireland—thus affording constant employment to almost every member of each labourer's family—that lectures be also given on agricultural and other subjects suited to their sphere in life, and tending to their general benefit. In short, that every possible effort be made to improve their social position, by giving them permanent and comfortable maintenance, to be earned by steady labour—providing dwellings deserving the name of homes—opening to them and their children means for moral and mental improvement, adapted to their habits and desires—thus advancing their happiness, and, it is hoped, securing their contentment. " All expenditure for building reading and lecture rooms, salaries to readers, lecturers, &c., and purchase of books, it to be defrayed out of the Amelioration Fund;' also, of machines, and all other appliances for the preparation of flax; and the cost of seed sup plied to those desirous to commence its cultiva tion is to be repaid out of the produce of the crop. Persons will be employed at each peat station perfectly competent to teach the whole operation of sow ing and manufacture, whose business it shall be to in struct the peasantry, according to fully proved processes which have been already carried into effect elsewhere; and when the amelioration fund exceeds in amount the necessary outlay for these purposes, it is intended that the balance shall be applied to establish at each station a loan fund, and an efficient dispensary, under the Loan Fund Act. The surplus capital to be thus em ployed, it is expected, will generally extend those in dustrial pursuits of minor consequence, so beneficially carried on throughout England, and so essential to public good, but which hardly exist in Ireland, for want of money circulation amongst the lower classes. " BOARD OF AMELIORATION. " To consist of governors, members, and a secretary. To direct and manage the establishment of reading and lecture rooms, for the improvement of the labouring class and others in the district, and carry into effcet the re maining objects of the society in bettering the condition of the Irish people. Members of the hoard of ameliora tion to have no voice or responsibility in the direction of the mercantile sitf4irs of the society. " Members of the board o! . management to be ex-officio members of the board of amelioration. " Amelioration district committee to be appointed by , the amelioration board, and to be composed of Protes tant, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, and Dissenting ministers of the parish, with other leading inhabitants. AMELIORATION AID OR BENEVOLENT Tncsr FUND. " it is proposed that, under the above denomination, a separate tend be formed for receiving the contributions of those parties who may be desirous of promoting the benevolent objects contemplated, without becoming shareholders, or participating in the mercantile trans actions of the society. Such contributions are to be naid into the bankers of the society, who will grant l ag a cknowledgment for the same, and place the amou nt t^ the credit of the trustees, to be invested by them in stock of the Irish Amelioration So ciety, from t i me to time, as the said contributions shall amount so invested shall stand amo unt to 501. ; and in the names of the said 4Tstees, and the entire profits accruing thereon shall be added,,:s dividends are declared, to the amelioration fund. Thus tht; amelioration aid, or benevolent trust fund, would assist the double purpose the society has in view, by enabling them both to em ploy and improve the people." Having gone through the foregoing statement, Mr. RocEits proceeded to explain more in detail how all tie proposed operations were to be carried on, by referring to the drawings hung round the upper end of the room, and answered several of the objections which had been stated against the project. In conclusion, he dwelt strongly on the powerful properties of charcoal as a de odorising and disinfecting element. The Rev. Mr. STODDART moved the first resolution, which was to the following effect:—" That this meeting is of opinion that the discontent of Ireland is mainly attributable to the miserable condition of its people, and that the most effectual mode of removing it is by pro viding them extensively with the means of remunerative employment." Mr. FITZWILLIAM seconded the resolution, which passed unanimously. After a few questions put by Mr. DEVEY, relating to the estimates, had been answered by Mr. ROGERS, General liniuGs proposed a resolution to the following effect :—" That remunerative labour may be found for the Irish peasantry by employing them in cutting peat, to be converted into charcoal for agricultural, sanitary, do mestic, and manufacturing purposes, and thereby also rendering the land fit for immediate cultivation." This resolution having been seconded by General M`Lizoti was also carried. Mr. G. TnompsoN proposed the last resolution, which was nearly as follows :—" That the principle upon which the Irish Amelioration Society is founded will afford practical means for the continuous employment of the Irish peasantry ; and that this meeting pledges itself to give it every assistance, whether by subscrip tion to the amelioration aid fund, by taking shares, or inducing others to do so." Having been duly seconded the resolution was carried. General 3.l'l:Eon then proposed, and Mr. LANGBOURN seconded, the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman ; after which the meeting separated. THE LATE MURDER AT C H ELTENHAM. — The journed inquest on the body of Mr. John Mulcock, who was murdered on the polling•day of the late Chelten ham election, has been at length brought to a close. No new facts have been elicited ca lculated to lead to the discovery of the perpetrators of the crime. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some per son or persons unknown." BOILER EXPLOSION AT PRESTON.-011 Wednes day afternoon an inquest was held before Richard Pal mer, Esq., the coroner for this district, on the bodies of seven persons who were killed by a boiler explosion at Messrs. Cooper and Carrington's mill, in this town. The deceased were three men, including the engine tenter, Robert Wilkinson, and four women, rulers in the mill. Four of them expired on the day of the acci dent, which occurred about half-pest eleven o'clock on Monday last ; and the' other two breathed their last on the following day, After hearing evidence, the jury re turned the following verdict:—"Accidental death, caused by the bursting of the boiler ; and the jury are unani mously of opinion that considerable blame is attached to the engineer and manager,•in working the boiler at a higher pressure than it was calculated to bear." EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, AUGUST I.—Re turn of cattle, grass, &a., for the London markets, over the Eastern Counties Railway, for week endin 4 g July 29. Cattle Dep artment —Beasts, 305; calves, 11; sheep, 9,432; pigs, 732. Granaries Department —Malt 4,322 qrs. ; wheat, 2,436 qrs. ; barley, 70 qrs. oats, 615 qrs.; beans, 44 qrs.; peas, 40 qrs.:—total, 7,527 qrs., 501111 to 15,054 sacks; tkur, 6,836 sacks; seed, 917 sacks :—total, 22,107 sacks. General Merchandize—Meat (dead), 142 tons, 10 cwt.; poultry, 16 tons, 17 cwt., 2 q fi sh (fresh), 134 t ons, rs.; 5 cwt.; fruit and vegeta bles, 189 tons,.s cwt.; ale and porter, 259 tons, 11 cwt.; wines and sprits, 48 tons, 1.) cwt.; wool, 1 17 tons , 16 cwt., 1 qr.; general merchandize, 9 ,492 tons, 16 cwt.:--total, 3,401 tons, 19 cwt. 3 qrs.— Milk, 19,838 quarts; bread 52 cwt. ARREST OF ANOTHER C H ARTIST IN EDINBURGANOTHER On Monday nig ht John Grant, while on ln d s way to the meeting upon the brain was.taken into.eusto neve the charges agst tutu arty similar to those . made 1 against Rankine and Walker.—Echaburgh Adrattser. IRELAND. RUMOURED ESCAPE OF SMITH O'BRIEN. DUBLIN, AUG. 24.—We are still as much in the dark as to the proceedings or fate of Mr. Smith O'Brien as ever. The town is, as usual, full of the most absurd rumours. We are, however, inclined to think that Mr. O'Brien has succeeded in quitting the kingdom. Up to the present we have nothing in the shape of accurate intelligence respecting him. A correspondent of a morning contemporary writes as follows : "It is confidently affirmed, by parties who feel the deepest interest in the fortunes of Mr. Smith O'Brien, that he has already succeeded in effecting his escape. How he accomplished this rumoured escape, or whe ther he has withdrawn, I could not ascertain. But his friends in Dublin are satisfied of his safety, and pronounce him beyond the reach of daager. This I give you on good authority. "We hear from another source that a person answering in description to Mr. S. O'Brien, bereft or his whiskers, arrived at Bristol from the west on Sunday morning, travelled by the Great Western line to London, and arrived just in time to catch the Batavier steamer for Rotterdam, which place he reached—not exactly without a passport—but with one very much out of date. On being confronted with the authorities on this account, the fugitive owned at once that he was one of the Irish leaders." Reports of a contradictory nature are rife in Dublin. The Freeman of this morning, whose ac count is confirmed by the Kilkenny Journal, states that Mr. O'Brien was somewhere in the county of Kilkenny, and was seen late on Sunday night in the company of two horsemen. Other accounts state that he had reached Scollogh Gap, in the county of Wex ford. In fact, we are bewildered with reports. The correspondent of the Southern Reporter, writing from Clonmel on Monday evening, says— " I drove by Slievenamon to-day, and saw no appear ance of meeting on it, or about its western base. " The Sub-Inspector's horse, on which Mr. O'Brien left Ballingarry, on Saturday evening, has been returned, from what quarter is unknown." The Freeman's Journal of this morning contains the following letter from its special correspondent : LATEST FROM THE SOUTH. " KILKENNY, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NINE O'CLOCK. "Notwithstanding that the utmost vigilance charac terises all the movements of the authorities here, they remain in perfect ignorance of Smith O'Brien's where abouts. There are rumours innumerable as to the di rection he took after leaving Ballingarry, but they are so conflicting that it would be difficult to come to a cor rect conclusion on the subject. However, the best au thenticated accounts represent him—as stated in my dispatch of last evening—as having been seen at Clo manto, a few miles from this city, in the Thurles di rection, on Monday. He then wore a portion of the 'B2 uniform. " I read a private letter from Limerick, directed to a party iu this city, to-day; and it states that it was confi dently asserted there that Smith O'Brien sailed from the port of Limerick in the Jane Black, on Saturday night. The letter in question further states that this vessel had got under weigh suddenly, leaving behind a number of emigrants who had engaged a pas sage in her. Now,l do not at all believe that Smith O'Brien made his escape in this vessel; for, though it would not have been impossible for him to reach Lime rick on the same evening that ho left Ballingarry, it would have been exceedingly difficult for him to do so. Besides, I have no doubt that he was seen in this county on Monday. Many think that he is about the collieries still, and General M‘Donald has a portion of his forces encamped in that locality, which fact proves that the authorities are of opinion Mr. O'Brien's locus in q uo is in the neighbourhood of the scene o f th e l ate encounter. " A cautionary notice, warning all persons against harbouring any of the implicated parties, was posted through Kilkenny this morning, but it was immediately torn down by the people, as I have been informed by some of the authorities. " The military out-posts of the county have been strengthened considerably. This morning 3QO men of the 75th, commanded by Major Delanzy, marched from this city, taking their tents with them for Callan, to be there encamped to act in conjunction with General Mac donald, and under that officer's command. A company of the 83d, under Lieutenant Crow, also marched to Castlecomer, to strengthen the garrison there. Intelli gence, stating that Major-General Prince George of Cambridge will come to Kilkenny in case of an outbreak here, has been received. " There was a street riot in Thurles yesterday morn ing. It appears that some of the people attempted to prevent the conveyance of bread from a baker's shop to General M'Donald's forces, and broke a few panes of glass in the endeavour; but they were dispersed, without loss of life, by a troop of dragoons. " This evening, as two industrious citizens, Mr. Gaff ney, a merchant tailor, of High-street, and Mr. Grace, gunmaker, of Patrick-street. were proceeding on private business iu the Bennett's Bridge direction, they found themselves overtaken at Millmount, about two miles from town, by Carroll, the mounted policeman, who was taken before S. O'Brien on Saturday. Carroll told them that he had been dispatched by the county inspector to search the car on which they sat, as he had been in formed that they were conveying arms out of the city. Messrs. Gaffney and Grace at once returned to the city with the constable, and when it was found that they were perfectly innocent of having as much as a pistol lock with them they were discharged. " Considerable anxiety prevails here to-night respect ing Dr. Cane, as it is generally rumoured that he will be removed from the county gaol to Newgate, or some other distant prison immediately. Some say his removal will take place before morning." According to the Vindicator, everything in that locality is in a state of great tranquillity in and about Nenagh, save the plunder of sheep from the pastures of some persons since the withdrawal of the constabulary from the out stations. At first mass in Nenagh chapel, on Sunday, the Rev. Mr. Power, C.C., spoke in the most persuasive terms to the people to keep the peace. The Itev. Air. 130wles addressed the congregation to the same effect at last mass. The same journal says—lt is melancholy to reflect on the state of the country throughout this wide and extensive district. Business suspended—farming operations unattended to—men's minds torn by anxiety—a wide-spread sentiment of sympathy, which I forbear, for obvious reasons, from describ ing. The Roman Catholic clergy everywhere exert ing themselves to dissuade the people from joining the insurgents, and earnestly and zealously exhorting the insurgents to abandon their arms, and give up, what appears to be, an insane and desperate move ment. It will be exceedingly difficult, notwithstanding, to arrest Mr. William Smith O'Brien. In many parts of the country the Government proclamation, offer ing a reward of 500/. for his capture, has been torn down or covered with mud and gutter; and unless he be betrayed, the authorities, from present appear ances, will have a long chase after him. It was stated to-day that a gentleman, said to be the Rev. Mr. Coghlan , from Waterford, had been arrested near Castleotvvay, on the suspicion of his being Mr. J. B. Dillon. It is said that Mr. Dillon has made hr, escape in the direction of the Shannon ; but it is well nigh impossible to believe one word you hear on this head. In Cashel, yesterci.iy, the police arrested a respect ably-dressed person who they thought was Mr. Dil lon. He would not give his name, as he did not conceive what authority there was to demand it. He was committed for further examination. In Cashel there is no business whatsoever doing. It is stated that a discovery of five hundred pikes and sixty kegs of gunpowder was on Monday made in the neighbourhood of R illenaule. A strong body of police from the Northern Division of Tipperary was yesterday drafted to the districts stated to be in a state of disturbance. One hundred men left Ne nagh for that purpose. Thirty of the police from the out-stations are con centrated in Cloghjordan, under head-constable Burke, and a great number of police from the out stations occupy the barracks at Borrisokane. In the provinces, Mr. John Francis Blake, proprie tor of the Galway Vindicator, Mr. Coll Rochford, an attorney of that town, and a gunmaker, named Cal laghan, have been committed to the gaol of Galway under Privy Council warrants. Mr. Marson, of the Drogheda Argus; Mr. H o u ston, of Belfast ; Messrs. J. B. Russell, James Purcell, and Edward Smith, of Clonmel, are also arrested under like authority. Seventy pounds were found on Mr. Purcels per!on on his capture. It was supposed he was proceed proc eeding to join " the camp." ignored by t ened the jury into an " i g noramus. The information was of a mons t ro us si , z , e, r a r n h d e fcrrigolNNl,tn solicitor should have been more skilful or cautious . racks are crowded with troops; and the Temperance CAanacK-ON-Sole—At Carle are also occupied by the milita o r , s one of the greatest them with troops. his li°lO-uSseusit adjoin banrg occupy federates is wit strongholds of the Con Hall, and it is contemplated, , t . Y ttt ' . ke other , h ti o la us u es tm a o n s d t n check by their leaders. On difficulty they are ke made and for o n one arms fo l thirty pike handles, obtained; some barrels of gun powder Friday and Saturday mounted pike were a vendor named Higgins, were taken frompaftonisrearcikhe s% b y l a a s des corn on F a ther Ga ney s farm looking for po tatoes and man, aged 80, who w ith one case of fire-arms. They , trampled the arms, and the field o f one p oor stoi)d on a ditch and opposed the 500 men, armed with a pitchfork ; he was arrested and imprisoned. The soldiers and police had been confined to barracks for the previous fortnight, and were under arms every night. A REBEL CHlEF.—Mahoney, the rebel chief of Ballyneal, near the slate quarries, drills a thousand m en every morning at six o'clock ; he is it man of powerful stature; his arms are a blunderbuss slung over his shoulder, a pike two feet arid a half long, containing three pounds weight of steel, with a p a i r o f at u s n fb t o a er n e t a e in d s sal l ir e tri a le t is h uto e , leather. It which ioc l m pistolsappears ratherst h l u e t r i e g ies i in aiffiwa ru b rl e at l n t tte os task, the wilds of Slievenamon a formidable force to his L rescue, CLONMEL.—The 37th regiment, with a large body of troops, and part of the 35th regiment, occupy barracks here. Camp tents are erected in the large barrack-squares, and the pensioners are called in for active service. Last night an alarm was given at the barracks by some passer- by that the rebels were coming to attack the town, when shortly before one o'clock a strong guard of lic , rse and foot were sent out by the Irishtown to reconnoitre, and before two o'clock two Dragoons returned at full speed to announce that the alarm was false. The night wo.tchmen are all well armed with pikes about five feet long. THE REBELLION DENOUNCED.—The altars of Car rick-on-Suir, Cahir, Clon►nel, and Cashel rung with denunciations against the physical force movement on Sunday morning last—all the priests, with a few ex ceptions, are for peace. LATEST FROM THE SOUTII. lIALF-PAST THREE.—The mid day mail from the South has no intelligence of Mr. O'Brien. All along the r e is 1 . 1 parted quiet. MEETING OF THE CORPORATION THIS DAY. DECLARATION OF LOYALTY. An adjourned meeting of the Corporation of Dublin vas held this day, when the following rational and timely resolutions were proposed by Alderman Stanton, cx- Lurd Mayor, and adopted after a very animated debate,. " h , solved,—That we embrace this present opportu nity of dcelaring that we have never ceased to cherish sentiments of devoted and affectionate loyalty to her Mwjesty's person and throne. "That the duty we owe to her Majesty has ever been strengthened and enforced by the conviction we have always entertained, that her Majesty's conduct in dis charge of the functions of her exalted office has been that invariably of a constitutional and beneficent Sovereign. _ _ " That we view with detestation and abhorrence all attempts to excite an insurrectionary spirit in this country, and that measures to uphold the ascendancy of the laws, and the power and authority of the Throne, shall ever receive our hearty co-operation. Resolved,—That our opinions on any questions re lating to this country, formerly made the subject of complaint or remonstrance, remain unchanged ; and that we do not think we would discharge our duty to the Throne if we did not record our conviction that great and comprehensive remedial measures are altogether in dispensable to the permanent peace and tranquillity of Ireland." STOCK EXCHANGE. Three per Cent. Consols, 86} ; Three•and•a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 86i ; Bank Stock, 1881. LIEUTENANT WAGHORN AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—l beg you will do me the kindness to insert the accompanying letter I have had the honour to receive from the lion. East India Company in The Sun. I remain your humble servant, THOMAS WAGHORN. Snodland, near Rochester, Aug. 3. " East India House, July 28, 1848. " Sir,—l am commanded to acquaint you that the Court of Directors of the East India Company, advert ing to your merits and services in the establishment of steam communication with India, and the great benefits derived therefrom, have granted you, as a further mark of the sense entertained by the East India Company of those services, an annuity of one hundred pounds (1001.). " This annuity takes effect from the 12th inst., the (late of the resolution by which it was granted. " I am, Sir, your most obedient humole servant, " J. D. DICKINSON. " Lieut. T. Waghorn, R.N." TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.--Their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the performance at her Majesty's theatre yesterday (Thursday) evening with their presence, occupying the Queen's box. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Mr. Edmond St. John Mildmay, and in the Royal party were Lady Lyndhurst and Miss Cochrane. Among the audience we observed his Grace the Duke of Wel lington, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Paulett, the Duke of Leeds, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Donegal, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunnow and Madlle. Olga de Learner, his Excellency the Swedish Minister tied Baroness Rehausen, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Lonadale, the Countess of Lichfield and Lady H. Hanson, the Vis count Cantilupe, Viscount Anson, Lord Henry Vane, Lady Compton, Lady C. Denison, Lady Leonard, Lady G. Lennox, Lady Jervis, General the Hon. H. Caven dish. General C. Cavendish, Sir J. Bailey, Bart., and Lady Bailey, Sir T. Rentford, Colonel Wildman, Major- General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Captain Seymour Sadler, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Capt. Meyneil, R. N., Mr. Sturt, M.P., M. C. Koudriaffsky, Mr. Cutler, Major Buckley. &c., &c. V AUXHALL GARDENS.—These gardens have been honoured with the presence of the following leaders of the beau monde during the last three nights :—Marchioness et Clanricarde. and Lady Emily de Burgh, Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, Ladies Catherine and Anna Loftus, Lord Henry Loftus, Sir George and Lady Dashwood, Viscount Ingestrie and Miss Talbot, Colonel Anson tt• ti Lady, Mr. and Mrs. St. John Stanley, Colonel Meyriele and the Misses Meyrick, Colonel and Mrs. Ar den, Viscount Chelsea, Colonel and Mrs. Cuclegan. L id .) , Miry Ca pell, Lady A 'eche Cepa!, L .dy A tiguste Cadogan, Lady HonoraCtelogan, Baron Kohler (Austrian Embassy), W. and Lirly Dorothea Neville, Sir James Graham. and Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P. SALE OF TUB PEMBROKE COLLECTION OF COINS, SECOND Dar.—The sale of this important collection of e iris was continued on 'Wednesday by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, of Wellington -titre( t. Edward VI., a pattern for a :ix angel piece, baring on the obverse " Edward VI., D.G., Rex Angl. Frau. Hiber, &c. (for &e.)," with the Archangel Michael, wings extended, in Roman armour, bearing the royal arms on a shield, and trampling on Satan; on the reverse, a ship with three masts. This rare coin, presumed to be unique, sold for the large sum of 1851. An uncertain pattern, or corn.. nation jetton of the same monarch, bearing date 1547, and a great rarity, sold for 571. Pattern fpr a fifty shilling piece by Simon, bearing date 1656, and having on the edge the following:—" Protector literis literre nonamis corona et salvo." This rare coin was in such a fine state of preservation that it had the appearance of being but recently from the die; it sold for 761. A pat tern for a half broad or ten shilling piece of Oliver Crane ell, in a similar state of preservation, sold for 21/. 10s. A pattern for a penny of Edward IV. sold for Si. 15s. Pattern for a half.down by Blonde'au, having on the obverse, " The Commonwealth of England," with St. George's cross on a shield between a branch of palm and a branch of laurel, and on the reverse, " God with us, 1651;" above, two shields, one with the cross of St. George, and the other with the Irish harp; it sold for 211. A pattern for a shilling of the same time, equally beautiful, sold for 131. 10s. " Rammages' " pattern half-crown, a beautiful coin, sold for 271. 10s. Oliver Cromwell, a pattern sixpence by Simon, sold for 81. Charles 11., the celebrated pattern crown by Simon, well known as the "petition crown," from the following petition being upon the edge—" Thomas Simon most humbly prays your Majesty to compare this his tryall piece with the Dutch, ant if more truly drawn and embossed, more gracefully ordered, and more accurately engravers, to relieve him." This rare and beautiful specimen of the master piece of Simon sold for 1351. Among the Scottish coins, a tes toon, or shilling of Mary Queen of Scots, sold for 8/.; a gold ryal, of the same queen's, for 71. 10s. James VI., a. eight specimens known, sold for 91. 10s. .A , piece of 20/. Scottish, of the utmost rarity, only m s o e n v g en th o e r Irish siege pieces of Charles 1., two Inchinquua ofgroats, stamped on each side, extremely rare , grains 341. ss. Among the Anglo-gallic coins, . irregular octagonal form, having the weight 1 a penny of sold d for rarity, sold for 31. A coin, called a "chaise," p i i p n o r s g e o d n t d o y, h have o b el794 7 st i o n rfu e c d gkre fo aa r tt I ; himl o t b r i y k , r i ; I s h , e l :D y a u r o c b r h e d e e e i s t r s ' " o o s E ll ' for 174 10s. on Mrs. El nE3diwoarnddaytheafßtelrancok Prince, , sold daughters, whilst driving a gig in the Kent-road,. afew stolbl,YDosßOMPl.lonl3tplAel.i-TrOrfow, Blackheath, with ber two yards of a crowd that had collected round some pos ture Chesnut mare, became from the Paragon, were compelled to stop in con sequenceturas, and the animal, a fin e r e stive at the noise. Almost at side at the same moment a of a butcher, and large bull-dog sprang from t h firmly fixed itself on the neck of the animal. The mare • dno injury ; but upon the beast ever, fortunately receive snapped at several alleging d she was foun o d t be most dreadfully being stoppe , attempt was then made to secure the dog, immediately darted off at a furious rate; the ladies, how that it was not his lacerated. An everal persons, but the butcher which permitted it after being taken home, was ex road. The mare, morning , gly restless, and yesterday became so property, but to belonged to a carman living in the Dover. the veterinary surgeon, being sent for, he cfAueircriloAlintsdiadsntso, kick down a portion of her stall, and upon declared that th e p oor animal was labourin g un der by . a s ephobia, and upon his su gg estion she was immediately gilled. In the course of the afternoon Mr. Elstob, the and a constable, proceeded to the hou se o f t h e ow ning the dog. He at first deni e d a ll k now l e d ge osptiferrtgshoeidno'; but in consequence of some information the parties went to a house in Crown -street, where they found the dog fastened in a collar, in a furious state of hydrophobia, and after some opposition it was destroyed. The circumstance has created much sensation in the neighbourhood. as it is reported several persons have lien recently bitten by the dog, and the police have re peatedly cautioned the owner to muzzle it. The mate cent Mr. Elstob 65 guineas in May last. [AneenTisemeNT.]—A Cure of Rheumatism by Iltelowa) 'e Pills, certified by Mr. James Rot:Word, of l'ort Phillip, who states that his wife Mrs. Lydia Reich turd was affected with Rheumatism in the head for fif teen months, and although attended by the best medical practitioners silo could obtain no relief, it also affected tie palate of her mouth to such a degree that she could met articulate her words properly. She was advised to icy 'logos ay'e Pills, and by their e fficavy she has been restored tee her usual good state of health. This won derful cure is now made public for the sake of suffering hutn•inily. flollov..ay's rills are equally efficacious in; the severest cases of gout. Sold by all Druggists, and I, at I'rofssse,r Helloway's Establishment, 244, Strand , I London. A GOOD MOB-DISPERSER. —It has been recom mendedall publ ic meetings, as, from the great success he has had i n the House, he could to Government to send Mr. Ansley to Ireland, ler the purpose of addres sin g not fail, within the shortest s p ace of time, to reduce the largest assembly to con siderabl y less than 40. Mr. Urquhart, it is reported, is to accompany the Hon. Mem ber in this great plan of Irish paci4ca4oh. The two to• gether must eueoeed.—Punch.