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.......r wallow/ 1849• the ision of ropey a 5 , under n Grea t , o f that in free 1849. with so Lisboa , 3is city vivo st o qua. 1849. ._ le 1 3 t n , officisL at CO' st COOS Flour. Sac"' 1,21° __~ Ile, the ooping ai d of ditto, prie s• 3 10 ,1 ; N 6d; EES' rATo zi) 141 ' tercel' IRELAN D. To THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, 11. P., &c. LETTER Aly Lord,— I stated in my last " that the surplus refit s an 4 profits should be divided every ten years," but I should have addt_d until the 70th year had elapsed, when such division should be annual. No reas,n;:ble person would require that the exact benefit a shareholder would receive should be stated, but is not difficult to make a fair estimate, and with the view of doing so in the most intelligible mode, I will suppose class A, instead of being filled by shares of different values, to be divided into 10,000 shares of 1 00/. each. Looking at the present condition of the land, and its certain increased value after it had been improved, I trust your Lordship will concur with me in think ing that five per cent. is a very moderate estimate on Which to found calculations of the probable advantage to the subscribers. Five per cent upon class A would :be 50,0001. per annum, and supposing the annual interest of this sum sufficient to cover the expenses of management, the decennial division would be 500,0001. net. It is, of course, impossible to say exactly what number of lives would reap the benefit of this decen nial divison at each period ; but by a table now before Inc, the accuracy of which can be tested by a refer e,nce to th e i nsurance ta bl es , th e f o ll ow i n g would not 0 ,0 far f rom t h e resu l t : At the end of 20 years, the proprietor of every existing life would have received 10 per cent. more than the original sum of his subscription. ~ 70 „ the:proprietor of every surviving life would have received £1,144 80 „ the proprietor of every surviving life would have received £1,901 84 „ the proprietor of every surviving life would have received £5,479 And the next year would have an estate worth 1,000/. per annum. lik Surely, this is a sufficient inducement, not for men h e -------- and dozens besides who have not yet been detected, and who never enter into such under takings except w ith the view of plundering the public, but for men with children or relatives for whom they are desirous of providing, and who can spare 1001., or 5 01 •, or 251., or even 12/. 10 s .—f o r each of which sunis they would receive a proportionate benefit. lio quietly compare this mode of introducing the n e cessary capital into Ireland with any yet proposed, for I feel confident that the result should be its adop tion. This comparison I will undertake in a subse quent letter ; but if you should approve of the plan, adopt it, and pursue a course similar to this. . 3 Suggest to her Most Gracious Majesty the ` epe 'Llency of permitting the tontine to be called The Victoria Tontine," taking the first share for the Earl of Dublin, and one for each of her other pets. Ask his Royal Highness Prince Albert to become the Patron, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Leinster, and Lord John Russell to be trustees. Request Sa inuel James Loyd (whose currency doctrines I believe most pernicious), as good a man as breathes, to become the managing director, and let him choose balf-a-d ozen ot h er Ci ty men as like himself as pos sible. Let the following appear in the London Ga zette, dated Balmoral : VICTORIA TON TINE FOR THE BENEFIT OF IRELAND. PATRON. His Royal Highness Prince Albert. TRUSTEES. The Lord Lieutenant Earl Clarendon. The Duke of Leinster. The Lord John Russell. DIRECTORS. 'Samuel Jones Loyd, with those he may appoint.' Let the above appear heading such a statement as prater:iidorilrectors would propose, and within a month cla ss A- would be filled, and there would be a of money for the purchase of land, and for o‘viding profitable employment for the people. 111 . a uggestions occur to my mind, with which not t ' rouble your Lordship at present. A most use ful one would be allowing proprietors of half, and c arter, and eighth shares, wh o possessed sufficient P i t 4 l, to become tenants of land of that annual va!u G . , and i n th e even t o f th e i r nom i nees b e i ng fl titled t o a pr i ze, l et them take the farm w hi c h t h ey Irented as th e i r s h are . . i uch persons wou ld th en , i n a ddition to the o r utnary inducements of a tenant, have those of a p ro spective propr i etor to make his improvements of a permanent character, and cultivate his land in the best possible manner, the only mode of providing Permanent employment for the Irish peasantry. Roberta would be the colonization of a statesman. Sir P, eel's was the proposal of an empiric—first Pretesting Le would not prescribe until regularly called in, and he had received his consideration, then thrusting his placards, interlarded with great names, Into the hands of every passenger—a political Dr. 41 orrison.—I have the honour to remain, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, Corwar, Sept. 4, 1849. RIGI3Y WASON. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SEPT. 4. We regret to state that the cholera, which had to a co nsiderable extent subsided during the past we ek, has a gain br o k en ou t amongst us h ere w i t h i ncrease d malig tl!ls At an early hour on M o nd a y mo r n i ng , Maj o r Turner Master of the Horse to the Lord-Lieutenant, Was attacked with the disease, which terminated fatally after a few hours. Major Turner was in attendance on 11 , 1 !s Excell ency on S unday, an d as one o f t h e o ffi cers o f :the 'le Viceregal Household, attended Divine service in C.sthe chapel. ~)BA,TH OF WIC MURPHY, ESQ —Mr. William MUT raY, the wea l thiest and most eminent of our merchants, t w, s attack e d some days ago w i th c h olera, an d a l t h oug h " Worst symptoms of the disease had yitlded to mecti te;s,! treatment, he remained in a very precarious state I ,`" Sunday evening, when he gradually sunk under ex tetistion. Mr. Murphy was for many years identified with 41 Liberal party. and took an active and influential part ra r tll f , Political conflicts of the day. Hs was a Catholic e, tb e 'glue, and as such became an active Member of the 4 '"°ljo Association, and subsequently of the "General htssociation of Ireland." He had the repution of being hi,,lllensely rich while living, and now that he is dead, ° wealth has been estimated at nearly half a million. N ,,, -....-STREET, POLICE -OFFICE, YESTERDAY.—After 11%01'14 investigation of the charge, brought against Mrs. alle of absconding with 1,8001., the property of the di p l ; - : a t °rs of her bankrupt husband, Doctor Kelly, the el la -B ,: ui ng magistrate, ordered the prisoner to be dis tta-,iged, on the ground that no case of felony had been against her. Mrs. Wall, however, had scarcely f ine police-office uhen she was arrested by a bailiff tuna the Bankruptcy Court. q---.."OCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—There was a uieter market yesterday than there has been for some p t c li . e Past, and on the whole but little business has been n - " ~,t h rough during the past week. The uncertainty as je- the harvest operations has had an influence in check e g extensi ve - transact i ons f or t h e h ome mar k e t. The :? tin ued firmness in the raw material market is also t „,!`l operating as an extensive check, both to manufac rers and buyers. None but those who are compelled 2 replac e stock or to complete positive orders, are at Vesent doing anything in the market. There is not tnt buoyancy in the home trade which it was expected u.ere Would be. Heavy goods, though not so much de- Vsed as some time engaged are still heavy on the market. rioters keep actively . There has been consi derable fluctuation in the prices, but on the whole they are Yet exceedingly firm. On Monday a concert was given at the organ kanufactory of Messrs. Bevington and Sons, 48, Greek- Street, Soho square, for the purpose of displaying the c apabilities o f a s pl en did now organ b u il t b y t h e M essrs . Bevington, for the Music Hall, Nottingham. A numer °us company, who had been favoured with private in- Mations from the talented manufacturers of the instru ment, availed themselves of the entertainment so kindly Provided for them; and a variety of selections from the compositions of Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, and other great masters of song, were performed on the occasion by kr. E. J. Hopkins on the organ. The trial proved a very successful one; and the auditory,including several excellent i h dges of musical instruments of this description, evinced e highest approbation at the richness of tone and %%skiv e power of the organ, the introduction of which into N ottingh am m ust constit u te a new e p oc h i n th e m usical h istory of that important borough. Some slight idea of t he instrument may be gathered by those versed in such matters from the fact that the total number of pipes in th e great, swell,; choir, and the pedal organs of the Ins trument is no fewer than 2,309; and there are 10 411aposition pedals to shift the stops by the feet; and I ,,"uplin g movements to connect the 4 orgens together. 'te ease, designed b the builder, is 27ft. high, 18ft. wld e, 16 feet de and y is constructed in the Grecian f l e t ' oo -e t ' , being adorned e with four elegant lonic columns in f o , CI TY SEWERS Commrssrorr.—The annual holiday tic e ° ll e month, of the Commissioners appointed to carry begin `` City of London Sewers Act" into operation htt g now terminated, Mr. Dew, the principal clerk, halt yesterday at the Council Chamber in the Guild -- 1, for the purpose of filling up the summonses calling the Commissioners to attend for the dispatch of tar t' on Tuesday next. During the recess the sani toY Work of the commission has been transacted by the u n r of Health, the inspectors and police having acted the direction of the medical officer. Perheps at th e period, just before the resumption of the sitting of we o nemissioners for the ensuing year, it may be as • eo / to inform the public of the fact, that in case of any w a r ° Plaint being made as to inefficient drainage, or the th ti la t of attention on the part of any officer of the court, t all applications may be addressed in writing to G u s i e g Dave, Esq., the principal clerk, Sewers-office, fh b "all, or the same may be made to the inspectors of ets several districts throughout the City. In all such to the complaints are investigated, without delay, to „orders given for the removal of the same, according provision of the Act of Parliament, intituled the It i te of .7 Lond on S ewers A ct , 1848." r c Powfdl, the famous steeple-chase rider, so b ro , 'flown in the s p or ti ng circle of Cheltenham, was d ro u g ht b e f ore the magistrates of Plymouth, on Tues ,oll a charge of felony preferred against him by a tr rj ' ai tt EL Hayes. Th e accusa ti on arose nu t of a betting tit i se ction which h a d t a k en p l ace t h e prev i ous eve ning, he u( l4 ll Mr. P owell pocketed five pounds wEich he alleged bench f airly won. This trumpery case occupied the J our ._ soe hours, and is reported in the Pymut f tse. ,'Y at ol three col umns length! The magistra l tes o re h " t o adjudicate, and Tory wisely dimissed the oise. T IL E S ET N, THE CHOLERA. RETURN OF CASES, SEPT. 4. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Dk?atbs. Attacks. Cholera. Diarrh. Holborn ITLion ... ... 0 1 St. Giles and St. George ... 8 0 West London ••• ... 13 2 St. George, Southwark ..• 15 0 Greenwich :. ... ... ••• 5 2 Bethnal•green ... ..• 8 0 St. Olave ... ... ••• 3 0 Lambeth ... • • ... - 40 _ 2 Whitechapel ... ••• ... 3 2 Stepney ••• ••• ••• 10 1 St. George-in-the East ••• 4 1 Newington ... ... ••. -- 6 2 Mary le bone ... ... ••• 7 1 St. Pancras ... ••• ••• 4 2 Poplar ... ... ••• ••• 5 0 Strand ... ... ... ... 2 0 St. George, Hanover-square ... 2 0 St. James, Westminster 4 0 St. Luke ••• ••• ••• 6 0 Camberwell ... ... ... 22 1 St. Saviour, Southwark ••• --- 20 0 Hackney ••• ••• ••• 3 2 Islington ••• ••• ••• 5 1 Kensington ... ... ... 1 0 Wandsworth ... ... ... 3 0 Lewisham ... ••• ••• 3 0 East London ... ... ... 2 1 Shcreditch ... ... ... 21 1 Rotherhithe Chelsea... 12 1 0 1 City of London Westminster .. 1 0 13 1 _____.........- ••• ••• ••• Bermondsey ... ••• ,••• 10 1 St. Martin-in-the-Fields ... 1 0 Clerkenwell ... ••• } No return. Hampstead ... I • • •• • Total ... 262 26 THE COUNTRY. Deaths. Attacks. Cholera. Mani'. Liverpool ... ..• ••• 16 0 Merthyr Tydvil ••• ••• 4 0 Clifton ••• • • ••• -- 3 0 Cardiff ..• ••• ••• ••• 1 0 Portsea„. ... ..• ••• 6 3 Salisbury ... ••• ... 1 0 Newcastle-under-Lynn .•• 17 0 Tynemouth ... ... • • 13 0 Lancaster ... ••• -•— 1 0 Brighton ••• ••• ••• 2 1 Neath ... ... ••• —•— 2 0 Bradford and North Bierley .. 4 0 Sculcoates ... ... ... 15 1 Bristol ... •.. ... ... 10 1 Gravesend ... . _ ••• ••• 2 0 --- ___ Maidstone ... ••• ••• ---- 0 1 5 St. German's ... ••• ••• Rochford ••• ••• • • .. 6 0 1 Dover ... ••• ••• ••• .... 1 0 Leeds ... ••• ••• ••• 9 2 Hunslet ••• ••• •• • '''' 14 2 Hastings ... ... ••• 1 0 Cambridge ... ... •.. -- 1 0 Carnarvon ... ••• ••• ---- 1 0 Wolverhampton and Seisdon 26 1 Bromsgrove ... ••• ••• 1 2 Hull .. ••• ... ••• 20 2 Devizes ... East Stonehouse 2 0 1 1 . __ ... Salford— ••• ... ••• 2 0 Nottingham ... ••• ••• 0 3 Bolton ... 1 0 Tavistock ••• ••• -- 3 1 Madeley ••• ••• 2 0 .___ Sheppey - ..• ••• ••• --- 1 0 Manchester ... ... ... 3 1 Gainsborough ... ... ••• 9 2 Alderbury (from July 10 to Aug. 10) ... .. ••• -- 12 10 Ashton-under-Lyne ... ... 0 1 Abicgdon ... ... ••• 0 1 Amersham ... ..• ••• 0 2 Alverstoke ... ... ••• 2 0 Abergavenny ... ••• ••• ....... 1 0 Atcham (from Aug.l6) ... 15 1 Aston ... ••• ••• 0 1 Bath ... ... ••• ••• ---- 1 0 Bedminster ... ••• 4 0 Birmingham ... ... ••• 0 4 Blackburn ... ••• 5 0 Chard ... ••• ... ••• 0 1 Canterbury (from July 9 to Sept. 3) ••• ••• ••• --- 12 5 Clitheroe ... ••• ••• 5 0 Cheltenham ... ••• ••• --- 0 1 Charlton ••• ••• ••• 2 1 Total _ - - - 265 53 SCOTLAND. Dundee Hawick Total ... ... ... 13 o General total:— Metropolis ... ... 262 26 Country ... ... 265 53 Scotland .., ... --- 13 General total Note.—The above returns include 243 deaths from cholera in the metropolis, which are given in the re turns of the union officers. The number of attadts reported by the union officers are—for the metropolis 479, and for the country 611; but their returns do nut, i❑ general, comprehend the cases that are treated by medical men in private practice. The continued violence with which cholera manifests itself in the metropolis will render interesting the follow ing extracts of the more remarkable cases included in the Registrar-General's returns :— " KENSINGTON; Fulham. "M. 46, labourer; cholera 20 hours, August 31, 16, Star-lane.—The wole of this neighbourhood is in a most filthy condition, no drainage, dwellings unhealthy. Typhus and small-pox are often prevalent here. The informant states that the water that is used here is so bad that it is often discoloured, and that the well is in the immediate vicinity of several cesspools. " KENSINGTON; St. Paul, Hammersmith. " F. 65, widow, a nurse • cholera 22 hours, August 28, 22, Chapel-street.—An habitual drunkard; had been in attendance on a man and wife, who died of cholera a few days previously, but was intoxicated throughout, so much so as to be at last turned out of the house. " KENSINGTON-TOWN. "M. 42, plasterer, cholera, 24 hours, August 31, 3, High•street, Notting-hill.—Healthy. The deceased had been drinking bard the previous week; refused to have medical advice during severe attack of diarrEcca. " KENSINGTON ; BROMPTON. "F. 75, widow of labourer, cholera 30 hours, August 29, 9, New-court, New street.—New-court is occupied by the lower orders, and much crowded. The informant stated that a privy, common to four of the houses, and opposite to No. 9, was in an offensive state. The de ceased's stated residence was in Little Ebury-street, Ebury-square ; she was removed at an early stage of the attack to her son's abode in New court. " CHELSEA ; NORTH-EAST. _ _ " M. 33, helper in stable, cholera 7 hours, August 24, 7, Charles-mews.—An unpleasant smell, as though from the drains, pervading the house for some days, but no defect found which would account for it, although the house was visited by the officers of the Board of Health. In clearing the house, or room, after the deaths, some putrid meat was found in such a state of decomposition that none of the stablemen would remove it, and Is. was given to some man to take it away. " ST. GEORGE'S, HANOVER- SQUA RE. " M. 35, carpenter, cbolera 27 hours, August 30, 8, Buckingham-place.—This man. was at work on a lead flat, at a house in Regent-street, near Oxford-street, :and feeling upset from the smell of a cowyard close by, said he should ask to go into the shop to work ; be, however went home, was taken ill in the afternoon with cholera, and died the next day. "ST. JOHN'S, WESTAHNSTER. " M. 2, son of a carpenter, cholera 12 hours, August 27, 9, Douglas -street.—The mother stated that this child had diarrhcca for nearly a month, but did not apply for relief, considering it to be caused by its teeth; and I may add that this case is one of the many which have fallen under my notice when cholera has been induced in young children by neglecting the premonitory diarrhma for a long period before the more urgent symptoms appear, believing it to be beneficial for the child during the period of dentition. " M. 9, son of a plumber, cholera 14 hours, August 29, 5, Emery's Cottages, Douglas-street.—Emery's cottages are on the north side of Douglas-street. They consist chiefly of rooms on the ground floor, badly drained and ventilated. The privies are situated immediately in front of each, while in those where the two deaths occurred I found the doors, which were swinging to and fro, closely approximating the entrance of the dwellings. The odour was then very offensive, and one of the informants ex pressed herself in strong terms, saying she was frequently obliged to burn rag of a night to correct the stench. Two other cases have occurred in this house, who are convalescent, and the occupier com plains bitterly of the nuisances arising from the defec tive drainage. " F. 27, wife of labourer, cholera 48 hours, August 23, 1, Gulston's Cottages.—These cottages, in which five deaths have taken place, are not only confined and ill cleansed, but are situated extremely low, being two or three feet below the paving of the street, by which the court is entered, and all the informants complain of the annoyances they receive from occasional large collections of dung in a yard occupied by a Mr. Harper, upon which offal, bad fish, and vegetables are thrown by the neigh bouring costermongers, and allowed to putrefy, while from my own knowledge the place has frequently been the scene of typhus and small-pox. " ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER; Berwick-street. " F. 55, wife of gunsmith; cholera, 24 hours, August 26, Rupert -street.—Of very intemperate habits, lived in what is called a gallery, over workshops and other out• houses unfavourable to health. One large cesspool in the yard without drainage, with two privies for the use of all the inmates. The landlord assured me that a com munication with the sewer in the street should be made next week. " ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER; St. James's•square. "F. 5, daughter of l a b ourer, c h o l era 24 hours, f ever .5 days, 9, Smith's-court, Great Windmill-street.—Bad lo cality. I have, by visiting the house, ascertained that neither in this nor the adjoining one is there any privy or closet, and that the inmates throw the excrement into the street. "F. 4, daughter of labourer, cholera, 6, Angel-court, King-street.—Bad The houses in Angel court, and particularly where deeeseedie [wily liye, tu• LONDON, WEDNESDAY EV 14 4 . N !NG, SEPTEMBER 5, 1849, I very filthy, the rooms small and over-peopled, and the walls and floors saturated with dirt and riestines.' " SOMETtS TOWN. "F. 58, widow of pawnbroker, cholera, 7 days, August. 21, Johnson-street.—Drainage, &c, good; at the back part of Johnson-street there is a street called Warring ton-street, where there are several vaults, which are very injurious to hedth, as all manner of filth is con • st ditly thrown in them, and putrid fish, &c ; the ground on which the vaults stand is to let for building, and per sons of loose and disorderly habits congregate therein night and day. "F. 64, wife of market gardener, cholera, 7 days, August 30, 23, Melton-street.—Drainage, &c., good; de ceased, who was from the country, came up to attend a sister at the same house, who died of the same disease. after 3 days' illness, on the 20th of August, and kissed her sister just before the funeral. She was in perfect health when she came to London. " ISLINGTON (East). " F. 28, wife of labourer, cholera, 24 hours, Aug. 27, 45, Windsor-street.—Along the back of this_street runs a ditch or drain partially filled up; the privies of some of the houses are warm from the coppers in the washhouses being set next to them; this draws in the smell, which is very offensive at times. " ST. GILES (North). " Mr. Simpson, the registrar of North St. Giles, reports upon his district in the following terms:—' The deaths in his district have increased from 9 last week to 17 this, ending Saturday, Sept. 1, of which 11 were from cholera and diarrheea. Although the number of deaths from all causes is more than three times the number in the cor responding week of last year, yet the epidemic in Church-lane, St. Giles's, is on the decline, and it is quite certain that it arises from the sanitary efforts which have been employed in cleansing and whitewashing, and the feeding of the poor Irish families who inhabit these poor lodging.houses. In Tower street several fatal cases of cholera have occurred. The houses are densely populated and badly ventilated, and the inhabitants complain bitterly of a sewer, which receives the blood and offal from a butcher's shop in the street, as also the refuse from a tripe shop at the corner of Lumber court. It is constantly emitting the most poisonous ex halations to the whole neighbourhood. At 35, Great St. Andrew-street, the wife of a fishmonger's porter died from cholera ; the following day a child two years old expired, and the nurse who attended on the wife is since dead. The husband was also attacked with cholera, and has been removed to the workhouse. The room the family occupied was always close, with a strong effluvia of stale fish, arising, no doubt, from the drying of soles skin. The houses are densely populated, and the lo cality is not one of the most healthy, as it adjoins Dud ley•street and Seven Dials.' " CLERKENWELL ; Goswell-street. "F. 70, widow of a general dealer, cholera 30 hours, 28th of August, 6, Spencer-place.—ffer general habits were cleanly ; but she was lying on a bed the head of which was against a wall saturated with moisture from an adjoining privy or water-closet. I was informed that this had been the case for a long time, and although com plaints had been made to the landlord nothing had been done to remedy the nuisance, the stench from which was at times intolerable. EAST LONDON; St. Botolph's. " M. 6. son of a charwoman, diarrhoea, cholera 17 hours, August 29, :-16, Seven-step-alley, Gravel-lane, Aldgate.—Close, ill cleansed, and unfavourahle to health; a locality in which there have been so many deaths from cholera within the last month that nothing but a re modelling or rebuilding of the houses on this spot can possibly remove the baneful effects of disease, to which the crowded and dirty habits of its inhabitants render them a prey. " SHOREDITCH; Hackney-road. " M. 58, hawker, cholera 24 hours, not certified, 14th of August, 2, Charlotte-court.--A very close, crowded, and ill-drained court. [A parish case, buried without being registered. The name and the street being fur nished, I, with some difficulty, found the person attend ing the deceased, who informed me of the particulars registered.] " ST. OLAVE'S; St. Olave and St. Thomas. " F. 38, wife of a hatter, premonitory diarrhea, 3 days, cholera one day, August 23, 9, Webb•street.— The medical attendant, Mr. Challice, of 4, Alscot-place, adds on the certificate—' Tho state of the drainage in this house is pestilential, and the water is in the same state.' "BERMONDSEY; St. James. " Mr. Martin, the registrar of St. James', Bermondsey, appends the following note to his return:—' It will be observed that six of the deaths registered this week have cccurred on the banks of the disgusting tidal ditch so often reported, now rendered more offensive than ever from a great length of its narrow part having been covered in; nearly all the refuse from the very poorest houses have accumulated at that part of the ditch near to the new water pipes, and where, under the window of a typhus patient of mine, might have been seen the bodies of thirteen dead dogs and cats on one day this week, beside other offensive matter. As district surgeon, I have, with great respect, but perfect sincerity, warned the authorities of the fearful and tremendous respon sibility they are incurring.' " SOUTHWARK; Borough-road. "To the cases in the neighbourhood of the Borough road the following report is appended:—' With reference to the various streets and dwellings in which deaths from cholera and diarrhoea have occurred this week, any observations I could make would be but a repetition of those conveyed in last week's return ; indeed, the whole of this district, with the exception of the leading thoroughfares, may be said to be densely populated ; it is truly astonishing oftentimes to find the number of persons who live in the same house. Of the 14 cases which have occured in the work house, it will be seen only one was an inmate. Many of the other 13 were persons brought in when the disease had done its worst for them ; one did not survive a quar ter of an hour after admission, and some only a few hours, I have ascertained also that several were per sons of very questionable reputation and habits; still, the sudden and great increase this week ov( r the pre• ceding clearly shows that those localities which have been visited by the epidemic, and where it appears par• tially to have subsided, are by no means to calculate on security at the present, as will be seen by the following: —ln the weeks ending August 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th, the numbers were 48, 28, 25, and 21. This week I have registered 33, hence the importance of increased watchfulness and increased exertions; and this applies not only to the authorities, but to tradesmen, employers of workpeople, and heads of families; who can often impart advice and instruction to their neighbours and dependents with greater effect than official communica tions produce; and thus, whilst the guardians of the poor and the medical officers of the various parishes are endeavouring to fulfil their duties, let those to whom I have referred strengthen their hands and aid their efforts.' " LAMBETH; Waterloo-road (Ist Part). " M. 3, son of a journeyman carpenter, cholera, 14 hours, August 25, 9, Le Graud-place.—Le Grand-place, where these four deaths occurred, is a small place, con taining 12 houses, situate at the back of the Waterloo road; one end is close to the wall of the churchyard, the other runs into a mews at the back of Stamford street; the houses have, I believe, two rooms each; they aro densely populated; and the entrance from the Waterloo-road is the site of nuisances which increase the pestiferous atmosphere breathed by the inhabitants. " M. 20, shoemaker, natural death, cholera 11 hours, July 25, 5, Bate's-buildings, Broadwall. Inquest. Bate's-buildings is one of the narrow courts in Broad wall crossing the boundary sewer. The house No. 5 has been the scene of more than one tragedy; a brother of deceased, a youth of 12 or 14, hung himself—by accident, it was presumed; a younger sister died of cholera in July; the mother was next taken ill, and removed to the workhouse, where she also died of cholera; the next death was the one now registered. The father, a shoe maker, was in the hospital during the period of the ill ness and death of his wife and two children. The disorder has exhibited some indications of a at Devc , ..port. dcatli7, for the we, k en ,, ing on 24th, end e' 7l (1 ; 2 65, etas, daily, t s'-', S ifis ; 1 2(.S;r i t' 15; 1(7 30th, 6; 3 1st, 7. Several uninfected families have been placed on board the Leda, hulk off Mutton Cove. Their ingress to, and egress from the ship, is very Froperly placed under regulation. At Stoaehouso the deaths for the week ending on the Ist of September are 4, against 13 for the week ending on the 25th and 16 for the week ending on the 18th of August. The-cholera hospital has nut been used. From the commencement of the disorder, on the 2d of July, to the Ist of September, the t0:,51 deaths have been 121, of whom 23 belonged to the Plymouth division of Royal Marines. The navy, during the week, has been unaffected. There are no patients in the cholera hospital in the dockyard, but nearly 200 artisans are out on the sick list for diarrhcel, giddiness in the head, and tick sto- The Royal Marines are perfectly healthy, the average number only of casual sick being in the Royal Naval Hospital. Royal Artillery.— One death during the neck. Bom bardier Johnson, a respect'Ale man, was removed from the Plymouth citadel, on Tuesday, the 28th, and died at the Royal Military Hospital, Stoke, on Wednesday, August 29. The 28th Regiment in the Citadel, and the 82d at Mount Wise, are all we ll. The cholera vi s it s w ith ex t raor di nar y seve rity the smaller towns and v ill ages w hi c h are at t ac k & d. Caw sand and Kingsand, adjoi n i ng fi s hi ng t ow ns, to tie south of Mount Edgecotnbe, containing together about 700 inhabitants, have lost 61 d ur i ng th e last 10 days. .At Beeralston the disord er h as been even more fearful , and the miners who work in that vicinity have, through fear, fled the place. BRISTOL, SEPT. 4. Notwithstanding all the precautionary measures adopted, and the very zealous efforts of the medical offi cers employed by the corporation of the puor the cholera is decidedly on the increase. The following is the re turn this day from the cholera hospital provided:— " St. Peter's Hospital, September 4.—Diarrhoe2, 96 approaching cholera, 5; cholera, 24; deaths, 10." The disease is spreading in Lewins Meade, a populous place, principally inhabited by Irishmen and the lower orders. It has likewise made its appearance at the Hotwells, there having been 2 cases at Avon-crescent, and 1 at Ca roline place. From the district of Bedminster our accounts are also unfavourable, as will be seen by the subjoined report from the cholera hospital for the last two days:—Bed minster, Sept. 3—diarrhcel, 10; cramp, 4, cholera, 5; death, 1. Sept. 4—diarrhoea, 12; cramp, 2; cholera, 3; deaths, 3. In St. Philip and Jacob it is still prevalent, and three deaths are reported to-day, one of which took place in Marsh-street and one in Gloucester-lane. In Stapleton workhouse there have been 27 new cases of diarrhoea, 3 approaching cholera, 6 cholera, and 6 deaths. The weather continues very unfavourable. MERTHYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. Our accounts from this district are not quite so fa vourable as they have been. At Merthyr the disease has increased, and likewise at Dowlais. The following is the official return for Monday, Sept. 3—Merthyr, at tacked 10, dead 7; Dowlais, attacked 4, dead 2; Aber dare, attacked 4, dead 2. Total number of cases from the commencement—attacked, 3,381; dead, 1,412. THE HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar- General's Return) The deaths registered in London in the week end ing Sept. 1 were 2,796, of which 1,663 were by cholera, 234 by diarrhoea. The mortality exceeds that of any previous week. The greatest number ever registered before in any week since 1840 was 2,454 deaths, in the week ending Dec. 4, 1847, when the last epidemic of influenza prevailed. In the cholera epidemic of 1832, parish clerks, in the old bills of mortality, returned 1,021 burials for the week ending Aug. 28 ; which, allowing for the defects in their returns, and for increase of population, are equivalent to 2,450 deaths at the present time. The burials after that week in 1832 declined. The mortality is nearly three times the average of the season, and is sensibly felt all over the metropolis ; but the inhabitants of the north and west districts, and people in the distance, can yet scarcely form a notion of the suffering on the south side the Thames, and since the middle of August, in the east districts, " the 12th, 13th, and 14th of August," says one of the registrars of Bethnal-green, " will long be remem bered in this neighbourhood, the outbreak of this fatal disease being without any adequate preparation ; surgeons were wanted in many places at once; the hurried passimg and repassing of messengers, and the wailing of relatives, filled the streets with confusion and wo, and impressed on all a deep sense of an awful calamity." Cholera has already destroyed, in this epidemic, 9,129 lives in London. As it is one of the purposes of the Registration Act to ascertain the "causes of death," and of the weekly tables not to gratify idle curiosity, but to point these out to the public, the registrars have been requested to give all the information they can re specting the state of every part of their districts. This many of them have taken considerable pains to do, and their notes will, it is hoped, be found service able to the guardians and medical inspectors, now and at future times. For it is important to bear in mind that cholera only brings into a strong light the localities which elaborate calculations in the annual reports prove are at all times fatal to the health and life of the inhabitants. After the perils of this terrible week we seem to see land ; but as many thousands of lives may be lost in an epidemic by negligence, so many thousands may be saved by skill, vigilance, and energy—by more ample supplies of water—by the rapid removal of nuisances from the houses and streets—by the prompt administration of medical appliances and other comforts, by the active co operation of the medical profession, of the boards of guardians, of employers, of every householder, of every individual, with the Board of Health, and health officers. Of the 9,129 deaths from cholera, 4,731 occurred on the south side of the Thames. RETURN OF DEATHS FROM CHOLERA IN THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 1. London (population 1,948,369 i), 1,663. WEST DrsTnrczs.—Kensington (74,898), 34; Chelsea (40,243), 29; St. George, Hanover-square (66,657), 10; Westminster (56,802), 75; ' St. Martin-in-the-Fields (25,132), 10; St. James, Westminster (37,457), 11. Total, 169. NORTH DlSTRlCTS.—Marylebone (138,383), 41; Pan cras and Hampstead (140,078), 56; Islington (55,779), 15; Hackney (42,328), 11. Total, 123. CENTRAL DISTRICTS.—St. Giles (54,378), 30; Strand (43,667), 15 ; Holborn (44,532), 9 ; Clerkenwell (56,799), 18; St. Luke (49,908), 22; East London (39,718), 22; West London (29,188), 45; London, City (56,009), 33. Total, 194. EAST DlSTRlCTS.—Shoreditch (83,564), 139 ; Beth nal-green (74,206), 128; Whitechapel (71,879), 74; St. George in the East (41,416), 15; Stepney (90,831), 64; Poplar (31,171), 27. Total, 447. SOUTH DISTRICTS.—St. Saviour (33,027), 65 ; St. Olave (19,869), 41; Bermondsey (35,002), 70; St. George, Southwark (46,718), 77; Newington (54,693), 93; Lambeth (116,072), 181; Camberwell (39,931), 56; Rotherhithe (13,940), 20; Greenwich (81,125), 89; Wandsworth (39,918), 31; Lewisham (23,051), 8. Total, 730. The following remarks on the weather during the month of August, 1849, are by Mr. Glaisher:—Till the 12th the air was in very little motion, from the 12th to the 16th it moved rather quickly, and from the 17th it was frequently in a calm state. At the beginning of the month the sky was frequently cloudy, but at times it was free from clouds; during the latter part of the month, it was nearly always overcast, accompanied with a very hazy atmosphere; at times the haze and mist were so dense as to cause a great gloom. Within the last seven or eight days of the month London was not visible from Greenwick Park, it was hidden by a dense fog-like mist which hung over the city. After the first few days of the month the temperature ranged high, and towards the end the air was close and oppressive; scarcely any rain fell, the atmosphere was dry; the reading of the barometer, at the height of 159 feet, ranged from 29'46 in. on the 13th, to 30.22 in., on the 22d; the temperature of the air varied from 42'4 to 82*5, thus exhibiting a difference of reading within the month of 40.1; on some days at the beginning of the month the difference of temperature on the same day ex ceeded 30 deg., the average difference of day and night from the 22d was 17 deg. From the tables prepared, it appears that the reading of the barometer exceeded the average by 0 . 066 in., and that the water mixed with the air counterbalanced a column of mercury of less than its average height by o'o3o in., and therefore the pressure of dry air exceeds its average value by the sum of these two quantities, viz.. e e fromded the n by 0.093 in., the temperatureofatvheeagio valuer exceeded average by 2 deg. 1 min. The average years is 60 deg. 8 min., the years in whi c h t h e averages for August have been as high as in this year, are 1778, 1800, 1802, ISO 7, 1818, 1819, 1826, and 1846. Notwith standing this high temperature of the air those of evapo ration and dew points were below their average value, and consequently there has been less than the average weight of water mixed with the air; the additional weight of water required to saturate a cubic foot of air was 1.8 grains; the average quantity is 1 grain; this implies great dryness; the degree of humidity in the air was 0 727 only, its average value being 0 - 110 more. Nu August in this series of years has been so dry; the sky has been :more clouded than usual; rain has fallen on three days only, and the amount collected is less than an inch; so small a quantity of rain has not fallen in August since the year 1819. The number of days on which rain fell in August, 1848, was 29, and the amount collected was 44 inches. The amount of electricity in the atmosphere was small throughout the month. PRESERVATION OF LEECIIES.—Many of the readers of your journal may be unaware of an extremely simple method of preserving leeches clean and healthy, which I have found to answer exceedingly w e ll. I t i s as fol low s:—At the bottom of the. jar containi ng t h e l eec h es place a layer, about half an inch thick, of common sand (such as is used for domestic purposes), after washing it in several waters to remove any soluble or extraneous matter.— emespondent of the Pharmaceutic a l Journal MO R TAL IT Y 111 the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATRS Fro: , ,i ALL CAUSES REGIS LEI;ED LN TEE WEEK .E2;3)ING SKI lII.IJAI, SEPT. 1, I'l4l. Epi , '!,,inc, End€mio, and Coilto.gious Disc:ascs ...''2OC,9 DiSt;tlEC3 of Uncertain Seat ... ~ ... „, - 52 Tubercular Diseases ... ... ••• ••• ~. 165 Pis - oases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses-. ... 135 Diseases of the Heart end Blood-vessels ... ... 33 Diseases of thu Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• d•• ••• . .„ 94 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and oth er Organs of Digestion... •.. ••• -•• ••• ... 72 Diseases of the Kidney s, &c. . ••• ••• 5 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, Ba. ... ... 9 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ••• ••• ... 1 Malformations... ... ••• ... Premature Birth ... ... •• ••• ... 25 Atrophy ..• ... 32 Old Age ... ... ... 52 Sudden ... ... ... ••• • 1.1. •• Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... 27 ... 2,79 G Pcpulation Average weekly Deaths Enunteraied, Deaths, 1844-8 in the 1811 Five 8u millers. Week %Vest Districts... 300,711 . . 147 ... 353 North D.,tricts.. 375,971 .. 191 ... 309 Central Districts 373,653 ... 183 ... 386 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 227 ... 712 South Districts.. 501,190 ... 260 ... 1,036 T0ta15........ 1,948,369 ... 1,008 ... 2,796 Males . ... ... ... ... 1,321 Females ... ... ... ... ... 1,475 M t GAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) COLBURN'S NETV 1110.NTTIL Y. The opening paper of the present number will be r' , .?.2.:1 with a melancholy interest by all admirers of genius; it is entitled " fosthurnous Memoirs of Mysel, by Horace Smith, Esq." It is introduced by the fol lowing note from the editor : " Accidental circumstances prevented the appearance ' of this tale during the lifetime of its gifted and lamented author, but the proofs were corrected by him. Taken in connexion with the melancholy event which so speedily and unexpectedly followed its composition, the article presents a singular coincidence of title, and be comes invested with deep and peculiar interest." We find in another portion of the magazine a bio graphical account of the two celebrated brothers James and Horace Smith, the authors of the "Re ject( d Addresses." The following Rill, perhaps, be new to many of our readers : " Shelley and Horace Smitb were intimate friends. He always spoke with high regard both of that logy poet and his writings. lie did not, however, applaud the mistaken theories of that enthusiastic genius in h;s youth; theories which Shelley himself subLequently modified. Thc,ugh Shelley is my particular friend,' said Smith, I regret the imprudence of his publications on more points than one; but as I know him to possess the most exalted virtues, and find in others, who also promulgate the most startling theories, the most amiable traits, I learn to be tolerant towards abstract specula. tions, which, not exercising any baneful influence on their authors' lives, are still less likely to corrupt others. Truth is great, and will prevail; that is my motto; and I would therefore leave everything un shackled, for what is true stands, and what is falseought to fall, whatever the consequences.'" Mr. Skene continues his valuable series on the " Spirit of Change in Southern Europe," and is himpre sent contribution furnishes us with much valuable information on the state of public opinion in Greece, and in the lonian Islands ; and we have also an ela borate review of Lamartine's recently published "His tory of the Provisional Government." Mr. Robert Harris gives us an interesting account of "A Day passed at Syracuse in September, 1847 ;" and Mr. Blundell continues his admirable description of the " Eastern Settled Districts in Australia." Soapey Sponge continues his sporting tour with spirit, but he must certainly yield the palm to M. Casimir Blondeau, the Frenchman, whose " Account of the Sights of London " is the most amusing compound of vanity and shrewdness, sense and absurdity, wit and philosophy, that has of late years been presented to the public. METROPOLITAN. The opening paper of the Metropolitan, " Have you ever been Behind the Scenes ?" is, we fear, an " ower true tale ;" it exhibits a sad picture of heart lessness on the part of the aristocratic hero, and of unmerited suffering on the part of the unfor tunate, heroine. The author of " Swissiana ' contributes a new translation (at least the thousandth) of Schiller's " Walk to the Forge." Thera is also a review of Mr. Buckingham's very Utopian project for a model town of 10,000 persons, from which all intoxicating liquors or sub stances, and all weapons of war, as well as all gunpowder and other explosive compounds, and to bacco, in every shape, is to be excluded; besides continuations of the various novels and romances in the course of publication in the Metropolitan, and some very tolerable poetry. " WATERLOO•ROAD (2d Part). " M. 8, son of a tailor, cholera, 16 hours, August 29, 14, Apollo-buildings.—This small spot of Apollo. build ings abounds with noxious effluvia. The privies are most offensive, the water scarcely fit to drink; heaps of refuse matter constantly thrown about by the costermongers, hosts of whom reside in this locality. Pigs, horses, rabbits, and all sorts of animals are kept hereabouts. lam told the fish, vegetables, &c., in which the people deal, are at night frequently placed under the bed. There are two cats'-meat dealers in Apollo-buildings, the stench from which is much complained of. The landlord refuses to cleanse, and tells the inhabitants if they don't like it they can leave it. " CAMBERWELL. " M. 27, bricklayer, cholera, 48 hours, 15, Acorn street.—The next house, No. 14, is where the cholera broke out on the 21st of June, and many deaths took place in this street of that disease for some weeks after. The informant complains of a very offensive smell from an open ditch near the house, also from some pigstyes at the rear of the house, which have been many times complained of, but not yet removed. " WOOLWICH ARSENAL. " M. 53, waterman, cholera 12 hours, August 26, on board a coal hulk off Woolwich.—A man of very in. temperate habits; he had an attack of diarrhoea early in the morning, and afterwards went out rowing on the river, drinking ale and spirits, upon which he got worse and took tincture of rhubarb, then sent for medical as sistance, but too late to be of any avail." Such are a few only of the numerous instructive cases contained in the Registrar-General's last weekly report• It is to be regretted that in those districts where cholera has been most severe the particulars of each case are most scanty. This perhaps is inevitable from the ad ditional amount of work thrown upon the registrars. The difficulty, however, might be met by their furnishing a short report as to the condition of those spots in their districts in which the epidemic bad manifested itself with the greatest virulence. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY, SEPT. 3. At Plymouth the cholera has given some evidences of abatement. The deaths for the week ending on the 2d inst. are 54, against 61 for the previous week, and 84 for the week ending on the 19th ult. The deaths for the week, daily, are August 27th, 8; 28th, 10; 29th, 7; 30th, 13; 31st, 4; Sept. Ist, 2; and 2d, 10. One re markable feature in the present visitation of the disorder in Plymouth has prevailed throughout, viz , the attacks being confined almost exclusively to the labouring, the pauper, and the itinerant classes, especially the latter. Quarry-court, in Stonehouse-lane, where the disorder first appeared, was depopulated, and thoroughly cleansed by the local board of health. The structure of the place, however, and the mode of its occupation, are circum stances over which the board has no control. This in fectious vicinity is being fast occupied again by vagrants, w ho nightly crowd the small, ill-ventilated rooms, bring ing a large revenue to the landlords, and a serious evil to the town, the ratepayers of which have to provide food and medicine for them directly they are overtaken by sickness or want, real or feigned. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... 632 Females ... ... ... ... ... 595 Total ... -.1,227 * In this number are included I,CG3 cases of death by Cholera, 27 by Scarlatina, 47 by Typhus Fever, and 234 by Dian lacca. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK RACES.s--TIIESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added; two yrs old, sst 71b; three yrs, 7st 51h; four yrs, Bst 51b; five yrs, 9st; six and aged, 9st 41b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Roles Cosachia, 5 yrs, Bst Illb (Flatman) 1 Mr. Williams's Rochester, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Dockeray) 2 Mr. Osbaldeston's Chat, 5 yrs, 9st (Marlow) 3 Mr. J. Day's Conquest, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ...(Wakefield) 4 5 to 4 on Cosachia, who won very easily by a length. The Foal Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 25 added; colts, Bst 61b; fillies, Bst 41b; those by untried horses or mares allowed 31b, if both 41b. Once round and a ditance. (15 Subs.) Mr. E. Jones's Docility, Bst 41b (Whitehouse) I Mr. Williams's Syrup, Bst llb (Flatman) 2 Mr. Skerratt's fby Accident, Bst llb (Marlow) 3 7t04 on Docility. Won by a neck. Mr. Skerratt's filly a bad third. Ran in 3 min. 52 sec. The Leamington Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added; the second to re ceive 1001., and the third 50 soya. (132 Subs., 101 of whom declared. Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 3 yrs, sst 21b (Hiett) I Lord Brooke's Grief, 3 yrs, sst (Pavis) 2 Mr. Meiklam's Ellerdale, 5 yrs, Bst (Masson) The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. P. Roles Collingwood, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (Marlow) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Fernhill, 4 yrs, ist 51b ...(Flatman) 0 Mr. Barnes's Sotterly, 4 yrs, 76t 51b (Pearl) 0 Lord Strathmore's Rat-trap, 4 yrs, 7st 31b(Williams) C' Mr. J. Meeson's Dart, aged, 7st (Tasker) Mr. G. M. Gannon's Deceptive, 4 yrs, 6st 21b 0 Mr. Griffith's Hagley, 4 yrs, Est 21b (W. Sharp) 0 Capt. Pettat's Eagle Plume, 4 yrs, Est llb (51b extra) 0 Mr. Fowler's Ribaldry, 4 yrs, sst 101 b (31b extra) ... C) Mr. Skarratt's Egret, 4 yrs, Sat 101 b (Charlton) C' lion. G. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 4 yrs, sst 8:b Mr. Hargreaves's Rodney, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b (61b over) CI Mr. Ramsbottom's f by Velocipede, out of Miss Wil fred, S yrs, 4st 91b (51b extra) (Smith) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Fernhill, 9to 1 agst Miss Ann, 10 to 1 agst Collingwood, 10 to 1 agst Sotterley, 10 to 1 agst DAM 12 to 1 agst Ellerdale, 16 to 1 agst Hagley and Ribaldry, and 25 to 1 agst Grief. Won by half a length. Half a length between second and third, Fern hill a bad fourth. Run in 3 minutes 46 seconds. This race was run in a heavy shower. The Corinthian (Handicap) Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h Gentlemen riders, in heats. T.Y.C. (5 Subs.) Mr. Jenning's Subduer, aged, 1 Ost ...(Owner) 4 1 1 Hon. G. Ongley's Sister to Bird of Paradise, 9st 31b (61b extra) Lord Strathmore's Miss Burns, llst 51b (Owner) 2 3 2 Mr. Osbaldeston's Joc o'Sot, 5 yrs, lost 101 b 3 dr Each heat won by a length. The Castle Park Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 50 added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 51b; fillies, Bst 2lb ; winners..., 41b extra. T.Y.C. (13 Subs.) Hr. Fowler's Jack Briggs, Bst 1 llb-41b extra Mr. Copeland's Lass of Underley, Bst 21b (Marlow) :2 The following also ran :—Lord Warwick's Arena; Bst 21b —Lord Strathmore's Hood, Bst 21b—Mr. Hawkes's Milcote, Bst 71b. Betting-5 to 4 agst J4ck Briggs, 3to 1 agst Hood. Won by a neck. The Queen's Plato of 100 guineas ; three yrs old . , Bst 21b ; four yrs, 9it 61b, &c. Heats, two miles. Lord Exeter's Glenalvon, 3 yrs, Bst 213 (Flatman) 1 I Mr. Waller's Captain Parry, 3 yrs, Bst 21b Betting—First heat, G and 7 to 1 on Glenalvon Won in a canter by 14 lengths. Second heat, any odds on Glenalvon, who won in a canter. ST. LEGER. 7 to 4 on Flying Dutchman(t) 130 to 1 agst Thringarth 25 to 1 agst Herbert (t) (0 BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. ST. LEGER.-7 to 4 on The Flying Dutchman, 13 t. 1 agst Nunn) kirk, 15 to 1 agst Volcano, 18 to 1 agsl Old Dan Tucker (t), 20 to 1 agst Uric], 30 to 1 agbi Chatterer. Nothing dono on the other events. CRICKET. ALL ENGLAND v. FIFTEEN OF SHEFFIELD,. This match was resumed yesterday morning in the Hyde-park, Sheffield. The following is the score at the end of the second day's play:— ALL ENGLAND-FIRST INNINGS. Hillyer—b Skelton ... Wisden—a Chatterton, b Barker .. . Box—run out ... 11 F. Pilch-1 bw, b Skelton ... ... 7 Parr—c Huntsman, b Skelton ... ... N. Felix, Esq.—b Barker ~. Martingell—b Skelton... ... C. H. Hoare, Esq.—b Skelton ... ... Guy - not out ... ... ... C9ptain Latour-1 bw, b Barker ... Clarke—c Chatterton, b Barker ... B 3, w 7 ... . 27 ... 1,0 Total ... ... 92 SHEFFIELD-FIRST INNINGS. Hurt—b Wisden M. J. Ellison, Esq.—c Wisden, b 6 Wright—c Felix, b HiDyer 2 B. Wake, Esq.—b Clarke .. P. Smith—c Felix, b : 2 Coates—c Guy, 'o Hillyer ••• ••• ••• ••• 6 Lord Milton—b Hillyer Ellis—b Hillycr Sampson—b Clarke 12 T. R. Barker, Esq.—c Guy, b Marling°ll ... 12 Chatterton—b Clarke ... ... 9 R. F. Skelton, Esq.—b Clarke J. B. Burbeary, Esq.—h w, b Clarke Biggins—not out ... ... 0 B. Huntsman, Esq.—c Box, b Clarke B 1, w 0, n b 0 ... 1 Total ALL ENGLAND-SECOND INNINGS. Hillyer—b Barker ••• •• • •• • ••• ••• 7 Wisden—c Ellis, b Wright ... ..• ••• 1 Box—c Sampson, b Wright ... ••• • .•• 7 F. Pilch—c and b Skelton ... ••• ••• 3 Parr—c Chatterton, b Barker.— •• ••• ••• 0 N. Felix, Esq.—o Barker, b Wright ... ... 14 Martingell—not out ... ..• 6 C. H. Hoare, Esq.—b Skelton Guy-1 bw, b Skelton... ... 7 Captain Latour—b Skelton Clarke-0 Huntsman, b Skelton ~„ „.. 5 B 2, w 11, nb 0,.. „, ... 13 Total ... ~. ~, ••• 65 Mr. Arnold Rogers and his Sons beg to announce their removal from 296, Regent-street, to 16, Hanover square.—Sept. 5, 1849. PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—The usual monthly meeting of the above society, which was established in 1827, for the relief of aged and infirm printers and their widows, was held last evening at the London Tavern; H. Fley, Esq., presiding. From the report it appeared that this institution, in common with others, had felt the effects of the commercial pressure of the past year in the diminution of its annual receipts, which were 501. less than the previous year; but notwithstand ing had increased by 281. the amount distributed in pensions. A legacy however of 100/., left by the late J. Brettell, Esq., and another of 101. 10s. from the late J. Wilson, Esq., have been received, which, with interest on stock, had enabled the committee to add 294/. 17s. to their funded property, which is now 5,2091. ss. 7d. There are 55 pensioners now on the funds, which number will be increased at the ensuing election. The receipts of the past year, including a previous balance of 1171. 128. 9d., subscriptions, donations, &c., amounted to 1,213/. 6s. 11d., of which 528/. 17s. had been paid to pensioners, and, after defraying the necessary expendi ture, there remained a balance of 66/.155. 4d., in addition to the funded stock. THE WEATHER.—We have had very bad weather for the last two or three days, especially on Saturday, during nearly the whole of which the rain fell in tor rents, accompanied by much thunder and lightning. There were several heavy showers during yesterday ; but although we had occrisional rain to-day of a lighter character, the weather is altogether improved. We trust that no considerable injury has been done to any portion of the standing or growing crops by the fearful rain of Saturday.—Cork Examiner. This appoint• PREACHERSHIP OF GRAY s I NN. appointment has become vacant by the d e ath of the Rev. '— Dr. Shepherd, who held the of See nearly forty years. It is in the gift of the Bench ers. Dr. Shepherd was also Rector of St. Bartholomo r by the Exchange, in the city of London. This benefice (a sinecure) is worth 6574 per annum, and is i,J:I the gait of the Lord Chancellor. THE COLONIAL. The articles in the September number of this periodical are characterised by the usual ability with which matters are treated in its pages relating to the interests of our colonial empire. We would particularly direct the attention of the reader to the " Strictures on the Policy of Lord Hardinge in India, and of Lord Torrington in Ceylon." The tyrannous proceedings of the latter nobleman are justly held up to reprobation—proceedings worthy of " the precepts of Machiavel, and perhaps the practice of the Borgias." THE NEW WORLD. A second number of M. Louis Blanc's monthly re view has, in due season appeared ; and seeing that the chief portion of the journal is of an in terest entirely apart from either Socialist or Communist interests, we can regard it as somewhat less repugnant to our ideas than its pre decessor. Among the various papers comprised in the number for September we must particularise with all commendation an admirable chapter upon the fortunes of Hungary. M. Louis Blanc is baffled in the opinion as to whether he should regard Georgey as a Dumouriez or as a Maroto. Has he betrayed the cause, or alas ! has he sold it? Whatever is the case, we fear that Georgey may never more exclaim with Francis I. at Pavia, " Tout est perdu fors l'lwnneur!" At the close of a powerful, touching, and eloquent appeal to Louis Bonaparte to remain true to his oath of allegiance to the Republican institutions, M. Louis Blanc has written this forcible and admirable para graph : And now, Sir, it appears there are some who tell you, the Empire must be restored! But it is because the mission of Napoleon was exhausted, entirely ex hausted, that he has been left to die upon that rock from which, however, he was perceived from the whole world. Is it the work of your uncle, together with war that you want? For that we need another Europe and a second semi-god. "Is it the work of your uncle without war? But it is despotism without glory; great lords covered with em broidery, without soldiers covered with scars; courtiers over our heads without the world at our feet; it is greet name without a great man; it is the Empire without the Emperor." The paper from which this is extracted is the most remarkable and altogether the most important in No. 2 of the New World. THE BANKER'S MAGAZINE, Journal of the Money Market, and Railway Digest. This highly useful and important publication for the present month opens with a very able paper " On the Periodical Fluctuations in the Currency of the United Kingdom." In explanation of the causes which operate to produce fluctuations in the circula tion of the Bank of England that do not affect other banks, the writer observes— _ " This Bank having the exclusive monopoly of the note issue in and around London, and London being the centre of the money market for all Europe and America besides, where all the balances are settled, it must na turally follow that the circulation of Bank of England notes is subj. ct to a greater variety of influences than the local currency of any other bank of issue. The pay ment of the public dividends is the principal cause of the fluctuations which are observable in the returns. But there aro several other circumstances that produce changes from time to time. Thus, the payments on account of the dividends of the several railways, banks, and other public companies, all produce more effect on the circulation of the Bank of England, than on the issues of other banks; and the action of the private depositors depending on the lodgment of bullion, while the loreign exchanges are favourable, and its withdrawal, when hey are adverse, produce greater changes than can I take place in the private and joint-stock bank of issues: , " Letters to a Branch Manager" are continued and et'ncluded. There are important and interesting pacers on the Country Circulation, on B ink ing in France and in New York ; indeed, titer e are few important points connected with our .monetary or banking system that have not been touched, but the chief feature in the present number is the immense quantity of railway intelligence it contains, It gives the reports of all the railway' me etings lately held t hrou g hout the country. The account of these meetings required so large a supplement as to swell the present .number to nearly double its usual size. The vast importance of this information cannot be over-estimate dat this critical period. We cannot too highly commex! this number to the attention of the trading and conanercial world. mISVELLANEOUS. Especially attractive in this month of September is the Sporting .31ag0, - ,-,ine—the first embellishment to which, "The Approaching Footstep," is calculated to whet the appetite of the grouse-shooter. " Killing no Murder" is the best paper among the current con tributions. As the second illustration, is a clever engraving called "The Ferret Laid." In the Belle Assemble the frontispiece is a drawing of "Rebecca," the most splendidly coloured of all the marvellous heroines of Sir Walter. Bssides this, there is a woodcut of Crowland Abbey in Lincoln shire, and the usual monthly fashions. With con tributions from Mrs. Crosland, Elizabeth Youatt, Calder Campbell, Mrs. Abdy, and others, the miscellany is rich in story, verse, and anec dote. Lc Follet is scarcely so graceful in its embellishments as heretofore ; neither is the Journal of Design so felicitous as usual in its illustrations. The sketch of the bust of the Queen, from the cele brated original by Chantrey, although ingf s S_Li a s: is by no means sightly in execution. gazine, on the contrary, is charmfirtnlyS,: ° drawing of with two elegant engravings—Ter from a paintingof Glendalough, by Creswick, anot N e or are the literary Lake Chandi ere, by Bartlett. contents less worthy of commendation, some of them, suc h as " A Contras t in Biography," being of superior excellence. A m ong the periodicals relating to the progress of science , . we must particularise as de ser ag• of e ncouragement the Patent Journal, and also a ki th ired publication, well known as Newton's Repertory. Our readers are possibly long since fa miliar with tl. , e fact that there is no lack whatever of organs dedicated to the cause of religion, of all shades and peculiarities' of opinion. First amongst the monthly journals of this nature we must mention the Church of Eh: gland Magazine, the illustration to which is the same u, the wood-cut already noticed as appearing in the 13(1.1e Assemblee, namely, Crowland Abbey. Of the m issionary organs two are lying before us, the Colons - al Church Chronicle, in which will be found an in , teri tsting paper on the present aspect of Jerusalem, and the Evangelical Magazine, embellished with an engrai, -ed portrait. At this par ticular time, for reasons -which it is unnecessary to s irr l enumerate, the Journal ii t:l74 o s ;Co.i 're - , - c;7 ik:oirlit 'be found of peculi ar interest f i gtiid - Jo - saniiary mat tars in general and to elm 'in.44 4 -ictitar-.• -To ' the agriculturists we commenc tha. *O/zees jragei=4;t;le, a periodical whose energie •• ; :.abiy4ll.-flirectvi to matters of practical importaitiad AunnAciaptd-'Vgerest, and of professional utility. 'This niagitiftilMe are rejoiced to see, augurs well for the harvest already commenced. BURIAL OF THE DEAD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu,—Passing, on an omnibus, the Islington chapel of ease, in the Holloway-road, last evening, as the clock was striking ten, I saw two men skulking into the burying ground with a plain uncovered coffin on their shoulders, evidently containing a corpse. "Oh ! that's very common now," re marked the conductor, " they put them in here at all hours, these cholera times. I frequently see them even latter than thin" I saw (for a vivid flush of lightning at the mo• ment illumined the place) no clergy man at that unseasonable hour at this consecrated Christian churchyard, waiting to commit those remains of " the dear departed brother" (or sister), with our beautifully impressive funeral service, to their last (query) resting•place. But perhaps they were the remains of a burglar, of a suicide, or (more likely for such things are common now,") of a PAUPER. I merely mention the fact, and leave it for those who have the power to order it otherwise to enjoy, if they can, the reflections that such a circumstance must give rise to in all well-regulated minds. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES JAMES THICKE, Honorary Secretary to the National Society for the Abolition of Burial in Towns. New Bridge•street, Blackfriars, Sept. 4. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlH,—The prompt and cordial co-operation of the press was never more imperatively demanded than at the present crisis. Whilst hundreds of oar felloaa subjects are daily swept away by the prevailing epidemic, nothing of a tangible character has yet been adopted by the Government authorities in stemming this torrent of extermination. True that a Sanitary and Sewers Commission has been appointed, but their daily labours display more individual cupidity for notoriety and self-aggrandisement than for the in vestigation of scientific sources of relief. The suggested plan of " flushing the sewers" will not destroy the evaporating contamination—the emptying of drains and cesspools only gives addi tional surface of putrid deposit, and increased floating corruption to the river. The plan for covering the low level districts of Essex with the sewage waters is only augmenting the evil by spreading the noxious exhalations, and thereby wafting (during the process of drying) its baneful influence into surrounding localities. The dilution of the London waters with that from Windsor needs little comment to prove its futility. If, therefore, the malaria arises from the pollution of the drainage waters—if from the accu mulation of pestilential filth—if from open ditches, or stagnant pools, it becomes, I think, wholly a matter of CHEMICAL TREATMENT, and hence the effluvia, from whatever source, should, I suggest, be first rendered innoxious, and whether this desideratum be obtained by the "deodoriser" of one gentleman, or the depu trefying powders of another, no plan yet proposed appears to me so practicable, cheap, and simple in meeting the evil as the process of Mr. Dover, which not only speedily n e utr a li se s a ll p o i sonous exhalations, but leaves a residuum, so valuable for agricultural and other purposes as to be a source of; immediate revenue to the Government—" more than sufficient," in the words of the inventor, " to sewer and water London, without tax, rate, or charge." Trusting that my humble suggestion may be carried out_by some more able correspondent, I beg to subscribe myself, Sir, yours, respectfully, Walwcrth, Sept. 4, 1849. G. W. THE PEACE CONGRESS AT PARIS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The general tenor of your able strictures in your paper for Tuesday last, is unquestionably in unison with the opinions of reflecting men, on the views propounded by the assemblage recently congre gated in the French capital. It is a baseless, visionary scheme to realise results by " resolves "—to anticipate effects, instead of leaving them to flow spontaneously from natural causes, namely, enlightened principles and advanced civilisation. The sum of the resolutions is this—" That it is expedient that international disputes should be settled by arbitration." After this, who may despair of the Millenium ? From the fatal morn of Eve's mishap in tasting the forbidden fruit, what has kept the world so incessantly in uproar? Why all the fuss and fluster, fencing and fighting, crouching and conquering, mischief and misery, robbery and wrong, that to this hour have prevailed ? Only " resolve," and all ought to vanish. The reporters are all at fault, I observe, in repre senting the proceedings. They have omitted the following resolution that was put and seconded, but lost on a division : Resolution proposed—" That it is expedient that the wolf shall lie down with the lamb; and the young lion and the kid together; and that there should be nought but peace throughout the universe." I am, Sir, your obedient servant, August 31, 1849. C. C. SCIENTIFIC BALLOON ASCENT. (raw' OUR REPORTER.) Nonwicrr, SEPT. 4. This afternoon Mr. Charles Green made his 432 d ascent, accompanied by a gentleman named Rush, of Elsenham-hall, Essex, who was desirous of testing the merits of a new barometer, named the " Aneroid Barometer," the invention of this Mr. Rush, made by Mr. William Jones, of Charing. cross, London. It is in the form of a chrono meter, not much larger, and if it is as accurate when at an altitude of from one to two-and-a-half miles as on the earth, will prove a most valuable invention. At a quarter-past five the balloon ascended from the barrack enclosure, Norwich, in the car were Mr. Rush and Mr. Green only—who ascended to the clouds in the Most beau tiful manner, taking nearly a westward direction, thetero nauts expecting to descend either at S waff ham or near to Lynn. Great crowds of people were in and around to witness the ascent. The balloon was the " Royal Victoria," which was filled from the Norwich Gas Works, containing about thirty thousand cubic feet of gsa . A finer day could not possibly be; in a few minutes the machine passed through a cloud, and was not seen again until it had become like a speck in the distant atmosphere. At the moment of ascent the different in struments taken by Mr. Rush stood as follows:—Ther mometer at 74, barometer at 30 22, new Aneroid :19.74. Mr. Rush intended noting the differeace in ezch instrument, both in ascending and descending, of which we shall be favoured with the particulars. AN ESCAPE FROM THE WFST PRISON OF ABER DEEN.—One of the convicts eff,cted his escape in a very remarkable manner from the West Prison on Monday night or Tuesday morning. Ile had behaved very vio lently towards the keepers on Sunday, and received some wounds on the head, which so far affected his health that it was considered desirable to locate him, for the sake of the free air, in one of the upper cells, lighted from the roof. The skylight appeared perfectly secure, so much so that, independently of the apparent impossibility of passing from the roof over a strong cheraux de (rise, and descending from the height of five storeys to the ground, the idea of his effecting his escape, especially in his ap parent condition, was never dreamed of. In the morning, however, his cell was found empty ; and it appeared that ha had forced himself through the narrow aperture by which it was lighted, and, passing over the iron spikes, by means of his bed clothes had swung himself down till lie reached an iron funnel that passes up the wall on the west side, and by that perilous passage descended to the ground. The outer wall is high, but, after surmounting impediments of such a character as those he had en countered in his descent, it was scarcely to be thought that it would have stood much in his way. The con vict's name is APOullum. Ile is a young man of 18 or 20 years of age. On his escape being observed, which s it was early in the morning, several officers werefoudni patched in pursuit of him, and we understand d some traces of him on Deeside. We have not, howeve r,. as yet heard of his being captured. JENNY LIND AT Ems.—Jenny Lind Sa turday, the 25th ult., the water s, a concert —filonir g ole ve ß o et n uew. time past been residi ng . taking g here she has for some high (viz., two thalers for the for Germany, unusually tending place in the gallery); for the benefit of the poor. The price of the tickets was, saal, and one for a aatndEtmaksi pnleavceer,tv,h,ealstbeCurs:al, where the performance took crowded; the au dience showed every sign of This w o believe . to have been the ' n on which she has sung in public since she only occasion left London in the spring. She has been for a consider able time past seriously out of health, and, though some whatunbounded delig ht. better, it was generally understood at Ems that the concert was given against the advice of her medical attendant. She sang very charmingly, and created a perfect furore, but h er vo i ce, pro b ably from the impaired state of her gener a l h ea lth , scarcely seemed so fres and rich as we have heard it on former occasions. The Duke and Duchess of Bordeaux, with a large party, were pre sent; and at the close of the performance Jenny Lind was, at the Duke's requtst,publiely presented to him. WILFUL MURDER AT KINGSTON.—KINGSTON, TUESDAY.—Ystiaday morning, Mr. W. Carter, one of the Coroners for Surrey, concluded an inquiry at the Ram Inn, in this town, concerning the death of a la bourer named Thomas Phillips, aged 21, who died from the effects of a blow on the head, inflicted with an iron pin by a drayman of the name of William Trigg. Mr. Walter, solicitor, attended for the accused. The C or one r o having summed up, the jury returned , a ver dic t f " Wiltul murder against William who, since the unfortunate event, 114 s been in custo dy of the police. The accused was examined before the magistrates on Saturday, and remanded till the result of the coroner's inquiry was known. An Irishman and a negro were fighting a few days iu and w bile grappling with each other ago the a e t x u exclaimed, " Y(u black vagabond, hallo, enough! fight till I die!" ‘• S o w ill I," sung out th© negro, " I always does." TELL, If Alit r, Loral• Rro:'' 'ornie d 310 1 ° io 41 0 0 10 6 00 15 9 3 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 A 0 5 - 0 5 - ° 1 I° S 6 D 0 5 0 3 1 -.' 5 el r f°,' tho , 10 1 ' 90'? 30 ' dept S. , tb°