The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-13 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA. The Registrar-General's return for the week end ing Saturday, September 8, has, as usual, a long list appended to it, containing the particulars of each fatal case of cholera and diarrhoea. It also embodies short reports from several of the registrars upon the pro gress of the disease and the sanitary state of their districts. The information thus conveyed, though compressed into the smallest possible space, isof great value, as throwing light upon the mode in which cholera commits its ravages, and many of the cases recorded will not fail to suggest a mournful interest in the mind of the reflective reader. Subjoined are a few extracts from the return which have struck us most forcibly : "FULHAM. "F. 40, wife of licensed victualler, cholera 10 hours, September 7, Seven Stars, North-end-house, exactly op posite to Orchard. place, Sun-street and Star-lane. " HA3IMERSMITII; St. Paul. " F. 50, charwomae, cholera, 24 hours, September 6, Broadway.—Locality open; always in great poverty, in temp rate—had been nursing in a house where cholera had been. I attended her about Ilia weeks since for a moderate attack of diarrhcei. " F. 28, wife of journeyman tailor, cholera 18 hours, September 8,1, Salem-place, Bridge-road.—No particu lar observation as to locality. Husband, wife, and three children occupying one room, always filthy and offensive. The family al vs ays in the utmost destitution and poverty ; not intemperate. Wife of a feeble constitution and sub ject to epilepsy; only returned from Bermondsey the day previous, where she had been to visit a sister and two children, all dead from cholera; no premonitory symp toms, but collapse ushered in the disease; she never rallied in the slightest, although she bad immediate medical assistance. " ST. GEORGE'S; Hanover-square. " M. 37, horsekeeper, cholera, 16 hours, in a cottage, Commercial road south, Pimlico.—This cottage is situate in an omnibus yard, close to the main open sewer, and near waste ground that is the receptacle of mach filth. The wife of this man has since died in the hospital (St. George's) of cholera. " M. 29, policeman, cholera, 22 hours, 25, Union street, Ptinlico.—This man fell in the street exhausted in the Borough, and was brought home and died. He had and was suffering great mental distress, and had gone long without food. " WESTMINSTER; St. John. "F. 45, wife of a plumber, diarrhan eight days, cholera tour days, 7th of September, 5. Emery Cottages, Dougla,t-street.—The second death in this cottage, which consists of two rooms in the ground floor.. Her son's death being reported last week, this is the woman wbo expressed herself in the terms mentioned in my remarks —the place being ♦ery unfavourable to health. " ST. MA ATIN• IN •THE-FIELDS ; Charing•cross. " M. 28, police constable, A division, cholera, 48 hours, September 6, Police station, Northumberland-street. — As officer of health of 'the 'district I inspected this bar 4ack on the Bth , of September. It has the whole sewerage of Tottenham eourt-read passing in front of it, a grating close to the front du,)r. and. at the time of inspection the tide had flooded the kitchen floor with very foul water, from. the sewer. The sewer debouches, into the Thames about sixty yards south-east of the barracks. A very finfavourable position fora police station. " ST. .JANES, WESTM IN STER ; Berwick-street. " F. 67, widow;of a tailor, cholera, 24 hours, Sept. 7, Falteney-'place, Peter-street. --The medical man states the' deceitied had b-en living low for a long time, and Was 'totally . unable 'to bear up against the disease. • No, 2, Pulteney-court) is a very narrow, close, and con - fined .placo ; densely inhabited, and very unfavourable to health.. " MARYLEBONE All Soule. F t 32, wife. of a tailor, cholera, 24 hours, Sept. I, 22. Union sqr9et,-,-In.the same house, on Aug. 28, died of cholera the wife of a turner ; another woman was attackfal, but ha 3 since recovered. On September 1 the daughter of the turner, 15 years of age, was attacked with cholera. aid removed to the Marylebone Infirmary, where she dik. This is the fount; case of cholera (during five days) which has occurred in this house, and three have proved 'fetal. I have already given ley opioion of this street. Many of the houses are hotbeds for cholera aud.ait epidemics. , • " 11,iddlrsex Hospital. " 33, painter, cholera, 20 hours, Sept. 7, from 31 , ,Clevel;nd.atreet.—Street neglected and dirty; vegetable and varied refu e, cast from the greengrocers' and other shops, being elf.) d to' rtinain for many days. I be. 2teve' the grail:lap) is not very defective. (All streets partaking' of the character of bye streets are more or leas OverlOoked and neglected by parish authorities. In this parish_ the State of Upper Rathbone•place, Union• street, part of Wells -street, Ogle-street, Saville -street, Charlton-street, and the whole of Cleveland- street, requires strict investigation.) . , • ":St. John. "F. 66, widow of' grocer, cholera, 14 hours, September 5, No, 12, Alms-houses.,---Attended upon and washed the ling n of the patikt.4who died of the cholera at No. 12, Alic.lionses, the . lst of, Sept., and registered the death; in 'goed health on the 3,1 be:ore washing the cluthes—seiz-d the morning after. • " ST. PANCRAS; Gray's Inn-lane. " M. 2i, son of a dustman, cholera 3 hours, September 5, 17, Brighton-street—An inquest in this case was or dered in consequence of there being no medical attendant. The death occurred in an underground kitchen. The cl , .seness and stench were so great that the jurymen hurried from the place, nearly all of them having exp - rienced a sensation of sickness. The coroner also de clared that he Mt the same. In this close apartment, wherein the dead body was laid, the operation of cooking was going on, and the occupants upon being questioned re-peering the stench declared that they ielt no ill effects from it. " Regent's-park. " F. 30, wife of a porter, cholera two days, profession ally attended only a few hours previous to her death, September 4, 17, Edward-street—This house and tho adjoining are opposite a wharf which is the deposit fur all kinds of manure, decomposed vegetable matter, and refuse of the worst description, exhales the most ob noxious ( ffievium, and which is much complained of by the inhabitants. " ISLINGTON ; Islington East. "M. 39, labourer, cholera two days, September 5,3, Brand -court, Holloway.—The medical officer of the Holloway Dispensary says of Brand-court .--"No less than seven eases of cholera have occurred in this court within a week, two of which have already proved fatal, within ,a few. yards. c 4 _this court.. Malay other cases of cholera have also occurred. The drainage of this place, as well as of the whole of Brand-street, is very defective, and an open sewer runs by the side of this man's house, and at the back of all the houses on ono ri.de Brand-street. The houses are all very damp from the want of good drainage; the floors of the lower rooms rest upon the ground.' " The registrar fur this district appends the following rote to his return:— " Taking into consideration the " locality, drainage, ventilation, and miniere d'etre" of those that have died from cholera anti diarrltce L, since the 23d of June last, 1 find that, placing each case in one of the following grades, the result to be vary good, 0; good, 5; toler- Ode. 30; bad, 39; vt.ry bad, 47. This does not include these removed to Free Hospital, who may safely be plActd in the list two numbers.' " HACKNEY; Stoke Newington. " M. 19, son of a briekmaker, cholera 13 hours. col bpsm 5 hours, September 7, 13, Cock and Castle-lane.— (11-se and over-crowds d. Tne mother of this youth died in the same house 12 days since, and I understand that sho had been in attendance on sick members of her f and this makes the 13th of them who have died of cholera, &c., in this and an adjoining district. " ST. GILEi NORTH. " Mr. Simpson, the registrar fjr the district of St. Giles North, includes in his return the following short rep , rt : In reference to the deaths registered in the week ending S %turd ty, September 8, the deaths from all cans( s exceed that of any previous week, and the mortality from cholera and diarbeel is also larger than on any pre vious occasion. It is satisfactory to find that the deaths from cholera last week in Church-lane are reduced to two, independent of those occurring in the workhouse which have been removed; but in the surrounding dis trict they have increased. The mortality from the pre _ v.ril ng epidemic in Church-lane (the " Rookery") among the poor Irish families, has been excessive; it first showed itself on the 21st of July. There are fifteen houses on each side or the way, and twenty-eight deaths will be found in my returns; as follow :—ln the house No. 3, Church-lane, three deaths have been registered; at No. 4, two; No. 6. two; No. 7, lour; No. 8, two, No. 15, one; No. 17, one; No. 18, three; No. 20, one; No. 21, two; No. 22, two; No.. 24, one; N 0.27, three; and No. 28, one. Many of the inhabitants of the lane have dis persed, and the deaths of several have been registered elsewhere, independent of those removed and dying in the workhouse.' "STRAND; St. Clement Danes. "The registrar et St. Clement Danes, Strand, reports as follows on the sanitary state of his district:— " It will bo observed that the diease in this district ' is fatal in four distinct quarters; they may be distin guished as—the White's-alley district, situate between Chancery and Fetter-lanes—the Shire-lane district, opening into Fleet-street, near Temple-bar—the Cle ment's-lane district—and Milford-lane district near the river. All the eases of this week, and almost all from the beginning of the outbreak, have occurred in one or other of these neighbourhoods, which are dirty, close, badly drained; stinking, and filthy—every room tenanted by a distinct family of the poorest description; and in many of the houses there are thirty people—almost every house contains tairls a cesep emptied occasionally by the lodgers, Rho throw the contents (as at 6, Crown -court, near Shire-lane), b y pa il fuls into the court. Scarcely a case has occurred in the more respectable and open part of this district.' CLERKENWEL L • A "F. 16, servant of a jeweller, Sept. 2, 14, Ex mow h-street. —The house iu abuts on the Spa-641s burying which this poor gi r l di e d ground ; th e window of the kitchen in which she hued opens n ear l y upon the ( - arch; graves are allowed to remain open night, and the rx h therefrom are moat off,na all v the number ot interments in this ground very prejudi c i a l to to health. F, 35, wife of glass-grinder, cholera, 20 hours, Sept 7 3. Vine-court—This death took place within a few yai : d; or Spa-fields burying ground, and the interment is to Lke place there. I cannot help observing that the space of ground now open fur interment is only 72 feet by 72, and from 15 to 30 persons are buried in this space weekly! • LksT,l,oinoN ; St. Botolph. 4frnfititer paper-stainer, cholera, one 11,7, 1 4gtkalley, Bishopsgate.--Crowded n Poe rh.Ledd. -- The , rie9ae is now being drained and rirk4;i previously` it sflvery offensive from the hot toad 10#4:1 1 g er it from a distillery at the ; t, Xi II 51 i THE SUN, LONDON, back. There are three persons lying dangerously ill from cholera in the same house. " LONDON CITY, North-West. " F. 51, wife of calenderer, diarrhoea, September 6, 27, Noble-street.—The informant complains of a very bad smell from the privy, more particularly when the pre mises are closed at night. A policeman and some of the parochial authorities inspected the place about eight weeks back, but nothing has been done to diminish or obviate the nuisance. " SHOREDITIM ; St. Leonard's. "F. 21, wife of a cabinet-maker, cholera, three weeks, 19, New Norfolk-street, Curtain-road.—The medical certificate states that inability to obtain a proper nurse prevented recovery, as the patient had recovered from the attack of cholera. I am informed that the parish officers sent three nurses, all of whom refused to remain, being afraid of contagion. "BETHNAL-GREEN; Hackney-road. "F. 29, single woman, cohabiting wit . h a hawker, cholera 15f hours, September 7, 2. Turville-buildings, Turville-street.—This court is a small parellelogram, containing six inhabited and two uninhabited houses, with no back yards, with an almost total stagnation of air—the chief supply being perpencliculir; no water laid on, and the drainage being . through a stone grating in the centre of the court, having communication with a sewer. " WHITECHAPEL; Aldgate. "F. 22, wife of a nightman, cholera 4 days, September 5,3, Crown-court, Blue Anchor-yard.—Over-crowded, unhealthy place. M. 8 months, son of a labourer, cholera, September 8, 8, Shorter's•rents, Dock-street.—The cholera seems to have visited Nos. 7,8, and 9 in this court. The medical gentleman states this case was produced by neglect and improper treatment. " ST. GEORGE'S-IN THE-EAST; St. Mary. "F. 46, wife of a waterman, cholera, not certified, September 6, 57, Cable-street.—The informant states, ' that the medical attendants refused to give a certificate on the ground that he thought a coroner's inquest would be held on the body.' " STEPNEY; Shadwell. "M. 23, mariner, cholera 7 hours, September 6,2, Bell-wharf-hill.—Privy in the cellar, slowly diffusing its deleterious and poisonous effluvia through the house. The informant further states, that the stench is so intolerable at times that they are compelled to leave the house. " F. 5, daughter of a labourer, cholera 15 hours, Sep tember 6,7, Three Cup-alley.—A very dirty house and over-crowded. Here, indeed, is a compound of villanous smells; facing the house is a bone and offal boiler's, pouring forth its horrid stench; a little further on a dust yard, with its decomposing animal end vegetable matter, around which several cases of pestilential cholera have occurred. " LONDON-ROAD. " F. 30, widow of labourer,. diarrhcea 6 hours. cholera 12 hours. September 2 , 16 . Blizabeth.place, Waterloo. road.—ln this court there is no thoroughfare ; the pri vies are in the centre of it, and every time the water comes on there is a very noxious smell of gas from the drain. WALWORTIL " The registrar for the district of St. Peter, Wal worth, appends the following foot note to his returns : " It will be seen by this return that the cholera has raged fearfully this week in. my district, the number of deaths being double that of.last week. I have registered 91 deaths, and ha►e 15 medical certificates which I was not able to get in. ,the book on SatuEday; and I may re mark, that it has spread over the whole district into almost every street, and taking persons of all classes from the most respectable to the poorest.' '' WATERLOO-ROAD. " To the return for the Waterloo-road the following valuable note is appended:— " Perhaps it may not be irrelevant to state that I have taken considerable pains, since the commencement of cholera in my district, to ascertain at what particular stage of thedisease medicine had first been administered, and I have no hesitation in saying that at least half the cases I have registered were allowed to proceed un checked until the most'alarmiLg and dangerous symp toms had manifested themselves, but lately more cir cumspection seems , to have been used; nevertheless the cases are still numerous in which persons seem (from the painless nature of the attacks) to be unconscious how highly necessary it is that immediate attention should be paid to it. My inquiries lead me to concur with the observations of a brother registrar:—" That the employ ers of the poor could do much to render them more alert to thy terrible consequences of neglect or.uncleanliness." 1 ‘ G REENW ICil. "1., 35, wife of painter,ciolera3o hours, September 4, Salutation-alley, near the Arsenal gates.—The sister of this person, and her sister's husband, died of cholera last week, in London, at Newington-causeway. A son of Mrs. Hall, 18 years of age, has since died. The mother, who nursed those persons, came on Saturday last to stay with this individaal. In the backyard, near the dwelling, was an everflowing privy, and near it a durghole, the drainage running into it. " Iu this week's return, as in previous ones, the absence of information such as registrars must have the most extensive and best means of acquiring, is again obsery able in nearly all the districts where cholera has been most fatal. Thus, in the districts of Bermondsey, St. George's Southwark, Newington, and Camberwell, and nearly all the cases recorded, are given in the shortest torso pos sible, and the opportunity is lost for collecting that full and minute statement of facts the value of which becomes every day more apparent. 'I he Board of Health has published the following notification to churchwardens, overseers, and other persons, with reference to burial-grounds : " Gwydyr Hou,e, Whitehall, Sept. 10. "It having been proved that there is danger to healtl, and li'e from emanations arising from human remains in a state of decomposition ; that such emanations produce fatal disease and depress the general health of whoever are exposed to them in ordinary times ; that, even when the burials have bee n so deep as to diminish the escape of surface emanations, injurious effects are traced in the pollution of springs and wells; and much evidence having also been received that during the prevalence of the present epidemic additional injury to the public health has been incurred by the practice of intramural interments, the General Board of Health are prepared to adopt measures for its discontinuance wherever, upon the report of an inspector, founded on the preliminary examination required by the 104 h section of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, it shall, appear that any burial- ground is in such a state as to be dangerous to the health of the persons living in the neighbourhood.' In conformity with the terms of the Act, and pro ceeding in each case upon the special report of an in spector, the Board have already ordered several grave yards to be temporarily closed. " They would, however, urge upon churchwardens, overseers, and all other persons having charge of grave yards, particularly in the metropolis, the great import ance of their voluntarily making immediate preparation for the suspension of intramural interments; such au thorities being now by the 10th section of the 'Nuisance Removal and Diseases Prevention Amendment Act,' em powered to discontinue the practice as set forth in the words of the statute hereto annexed. " The General Board of Health would recommend that the arrangements made should in general be strictly of a temporary nature, in order that all danger may be avoided of their clashing with those general and perms nent measures which it will be the duty of the board to prepare, at the earliest practicable period, for the sanc tion of the Legislature. The board hope that the mea sures in contemplation will meet with approval, inasmuch as they will be iramed in the spirit of the following resoulutions, adopted at a meeting of the parochial clergy of the metropolis, and sanctioned by the Bishops of London and Winchester:— " The Committee of the Parochial Clergy, the Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester in the chair, reported the following as the result of their inquiries:— "‘ First, they beg to express their acquiescence in th,i opinion now so generally and strongly entertained by the public, that it is exceedingly desirable that interments within the metropolis, except in the cases hereinafter mentioned, sections No. 25 and 26, should be discon tinued, and that larger and more convenient burial grounds than those at present existing should be substi tuted at reasonable distances from the metropolis, pro vided such grounds, when established, be parochial burial-grounds, with a reservation to all parties now having or hereafter by law to have certain interests in the ancient churchyards or parochial burial-grounds, of all the same rights, privileges, and duties now belonging to them. " In submitting the above plan the committee beg to state, that their object throughout has been not merely to provide for the removal of the evils of the pre sent system, and for the preservation of existing rights, but to suggest the extension of benefits to the community. Their wish is that every inhabitant of London, however poor, should have a l ega l right to the following privileges on the death of a rela tive—namely, an undisturbed grave in the peaceful se clusion of a well ordered burial-ground; the full per formance of the Church of England service ; the respectable conveyance of the body to the place of burial, and whenever the removal of a body from the place of death may be desired, its care and safe custody in a house of reception until the time of burial. They wish these privileges not to be of an eleemosynarY character, but the provision of the Church for the population, whether rich or poor, to be obtained by every one on application at the church of his parish, and on the pay ment of the lowest charges for which such services can be rendered. " By order of the Board, "'H. AUSTIN, Secretary." CLAUSES IN THE NUISANCES AMENDMENT ACT, HAYING REFERENCE TO INTERMENTS. " 9. And be it enacted, thatitah ß a n ll ard be n l f awd e u a l it i h, n England or Wales for the General a ston su er p s er o in f te H nd e i a n l g th, in to . c a a n u d se in inquiry to n d for be th m e a Ci de om b al y is s G p e e n c e to r r ai o ß r na b r y d su n c f h H o e t a h l e th r , s may deem fit to direct, into the state of the burial weary s s u a c n h d C m o e m a m n s i s s a i n e t r h s e , grounds in any part of England or Wales excepted from the powers of the Public Health Act, 1848, or in any populous city, town, or place in England or Wales to which for the time being the said Act has not been applied, or in any populous city, town, or place in Ireland, and if it appear to the General Board of Health or the said Commissioners that such burial-ground is in such a state as to bo dangerous to the health of the persons living in the neighbourhood thereof, it'shnll be lawful fo'r the said General Board of Health in England and Wales, under the seal of the said board, and under the hands of two or more members thereof, and the said Commissioners of Health in Ire land, under the hands of two or more of them, to issue such orders as the said Board or Commissiohers respec tively may think fit for the application of' stich disin fecting substances, and for the adoption of such other measures of precaution in relation to the premises; as may, in the opinion of the said Board or Commissioners of Health, tend to lesson or remove the danger to health; and the churchwardens and other persons having the care and control of the burial grounds to which such orders shall relate shall do all such works and matters in relation thereto as by such orders may be directed, and all expenses incurred in the execution of such orders shall be defrayed out of the poor-rates of the parish; provided always that no such order as aforesaid shall be made after the end of the next session of Parliament. " 10. And be it enacted, that where it appears to the General Board of Health, or the Commissioners of Health in Ireland, that the churchyard or other burial ground of any parish is dangerous to health as aforesaid, and that temporary provision for interment elsewhere, is urgently required, the churchwardens of such parish, with the ccnsent of the bishop of the diocese and the ap proval of such General Board of Health or Commis • sioners of Health in Ireland, shall, if possible, either agree with any cemetery company for the burial in the ground of such company of the bodies of persons having right of burial in the churchyard or other burial-ground of such parish, or agree for the burial of such bodies in the churchyard or burial-ground of any other parish of which the minister and churchwardens may consent thereto, and make all proper arrangements in relation to such burials: provided always that where any such agreement as aforesaid shall be proposed t ) be made by the churchwardens of any parish, such churchwardens shall submit such proposed agreement to a meeting of the vestry, or persons having the powers of vestry, in such parish, and if the majority of persons assem bled at such meeting shall disapprove such agreemt nt the churchwardens shall not proceed therewith; and the expenses incurred by such churchwardens in relation to such agreement, and in carrying the same into effect, shall be paid out of the poor-rates of their parish; pro vided also, that no such agreement as aforesaid shall be made after the end of the next session of Parliament. " 11. And be it enacted, that where upon any such inquiry as aforesaid it appears to the General Board of Health that the state of the burial-grounds in any parish, or in any parishes which may be conveniently united for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and the circum stances of such parish or parishes render it expedient for the protection of the public cealth that interments should be prohibited in such parish or parishes, except as after mentioned, and that a burial-ground or buriAl grounds should be provided for such parish, or for the common use of such parishes, the General Board of Health may direct a superintending inspector to make inquiry, in the manner directed by the Public Health Act, 1848, or as near thereto ascircumstances will permit, into all the circumstances connected with the parochial and other burial-grounds of such parish or parishes, and as to the place or places in which any burial-ground or burial grounds might be provided, either within or beyond the limits of such parish or parishes, and as to the means which might be provided for the conveyance of bodies for interment, or any other arrangements which might be practicable for facilitating the convenient interment of bodies in the burial-ground or burial-grounds to be so provided, and as to the rights in any burial-ground in such parish or parishes, not being a parochial bulling ' ground, which might be affected by the prohibition of interments in such pariah or parishes, and as to the pro portions in which several parishes (if more than one) should contribute to the expense of providing and main taining a common burial-ground or common burial grounds for such parishes, and into such other matters as the General Board of Health; may think necessary for the purpose of enabling them to judge of the propriety of framing a scheme to be submitted to as here inafter mentioned, and of the provisions which should be inserted therein; and such superintending, inspector shall report , in writing, in such manner as the General Board of Health shall direct, the result of hi's inguiries in relation to the premises. GLORIOUS CHANCE! (From Punch.) MESSRS. PLAGUE, PESTILENCE, & CO. Beg to announce to their Friends and the Public gene rally that they have opened extensive premises in the Metropolis, with ,branches in all the principal towns of England, for the regular supply of first-class Epidemics, warranted to do the public business effectually and ra pidly. Their works comprise, 1. A COMPLETE AMOBTDIENT OIL INTRA• MURAL BURYING GROUNDS; in all stages of over-crowding, from which they are enabled to supply the most highly concentrated Puiso• nous Gases in any quantity, and on the most reasonable terms. 2. AN EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF SEWERS, in connexion with Fleet Ditch and other centres of me tropolitan filth, all entirely stagnant, and 3. ♦ NuBLE PLANT OF THE MOST APPROVED NUISANCES, situated in densely-peopled neighbourhoods, and in lull operation, consisting of Bone-Boiling Houses, Glue and Gut Manufactories, Dustheaps, Knackers'-yards, Slaugh ter-hous(s, Cattle. markets, and all the other best up• proved kinds of Apparatus for furnishing the strong, old, favourite, Sulphuretted and Carburetted Hydrogen, and the fine, heady, Carbonic Acid Gas, warranted to kill in a very diluted state. Specimens of superior Epidemics always on the pre mises, and samples sent to a distance. N.B. References kindly allowed to the various Parish Authorities and Sir Peter Laurie. SIR J. FRANKLIN'S ARCTIC EX PEDITION. A lecture was delivered at the Southwark Literary Institution, Borough-road, last night, by Dr. King, M.D. (late medical officer to the arctic land expedi tion in search of Sir J. Ross), on the position of Sir John Franklin's expedition, and the efforts of the Government to save the adventurers. The lecturer took a cursory review of the history of the successive sea and land exploring expeditions undertaken for the discovery of the North-west Passage since the efforts of Sir John Barrow in 1818, and proceeded to advert to the difficulties with which Sir John Franklin's last expedition had to contend. They had to push their way between Melville Island and Banks's Land, and they had left this country under the erroneous im pression that North Somerset was an island, but since their departure it had been settled, beyond dis pute, that it was a peninsula. Indeed, had it not been for the error of the Government Hydrographer, Mr. Simpson's excursion might have previously completed the discovery of the North-west Passage, he having attainedas point whieh •the Government chart, by. setting down North Somerset as an island, led him naturally, but erroneously, to conclude to be Regent's Inlet. The lecturer illustrated his remarks by the aid of diagrams and charts, and stated it as his belief that Sir J. Franklin's party must either be about the estuary of the Great Fish River or amongst the insular group or continent of Victoria Land. Sir John might have sought to reach Regent's Inlet, and been foiled in the attempt by finding North Somerset not to be an island, but a peninsula. On retracing his steps, he might have got into one of the fiords, or indentations of coast, at Victoria Land, and been blocked up by the ice. No provisions could be found in that inhospitable region, and he (the lecturer) had no doubt but that in that case the party must have long since perished. If, on the other hand, the expedition had reached the estuary of the Great Fish River, it was possible it might have attempted to ascend that river to the Hudson's Bay Company's stations at Slave Lake. The banks of the Great Fish River abounded with deer, but none of the party w as p ossesse d of sufficient skill to shoot them for food, the deer in that district being so remarkably shy and swift of foot that hardly any one but natives could succeed in securing them. Ile (Dr. King) held that it was the duty of the Govern ment to have made a search for the unfortunate men by a descent of the Great Fish River ; and nothing could justify their refusal to do so. He himself had offered to conduct a party in the descent of that river, at the trifling cost of not more than 2,0001.; but Mr. Hawes, the Under-Secretary for the Colonies had re fused to authorise the undertaking. His (Dr. King's) plan contemplated employing the Indians to assist— the aid of the natives being absolutely indispensable to the success of the search ; and he believed that there were only two persons living who were properly qualified to undertake the descent of the Great Fish River. These were Sir George Banks and himself, who were both well acquainted with the region. The natives could never be induced to co-operate with any one not well known to them; and if Sir George Banks declined, he (Dr. King) was ready at any moment to enter upon the task himself. THURSDAY EVENI NG, SEPTEMBER 13. 1849. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OF ANOTHER VETERAN NAVAL OFFICER. —We regret to announce the death of one who in his day was amongst the best and bravest officers in the royal navy—Captain Alexander Barclay Branch, K.H. (1822), of. Greenwich Hospital. He attended the hospital council on Saturday, in good health, but cn arriving at his official residence he was attacked with diarrhoea, and died on Tuesday, at one o'clock, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. By his decease an appointment to Greenwich Hospital is vacant, and a pension for wounds, of 2001. per annum, falls in hand. Death has been busy of late with the old pen sioners at Greenwich Hospital. Numbers of them are dying daily. The Admiralty arrived at Holyhead by special train from Bangor, on Tuesday morning, and in spected the harbour and packet establishment, and were to leave in the evening in the Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, Master Commander Cooke, for Pembroke. FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—The commander of her Ma jesty's packet Caradock, Charles Ladd, RN., on his way from Holyhead to Dublin, on Monday morning, with the mail, when about mid channel descried a small boat, with only one man in it, making his way towards the track of the steamer. The humane commander finding, on near approach, that the boat was adrift, the man without water or provisions, had him taken on board in an exhausted state, hoisted the boat up, and brought him safely to Kingstown. He proved to be a fisherman named Rickards who, on rowing from Ire l and's Eve to Howth, on Sunday night, fell asleep, and got blown off the coast. Rickards is a native of Howtb, and owes his life to the careful look-out and humane feelings of Cap tain Ladd. Yesterday at the "Westminster County Court, on two cases being called upon for hearing, in which Mr. Duncombe, the solicitor, was engaged, it was stated by his clients, that the previous afternoon he was suddenly attacked with Asiatic cholera, and was then lying dan 6ezously ill. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. 12. (Before Mr. WITHAM and a Bench of Magistrates.) Patrick Mullaly, aged 35, was indicted for having stolen two sovereigns from the person of Ann Stud holm, the property of her husband, William Stud holm. . _ _ From the statement of the wife of the prosecutor. it appeared that on the 26th of August last she and her husband had a quarrel. Her husband resided at 14, New Martin-street, Whitechapel, and the differ ence she had had with him on this particular occasion had arisen out of some money matters. The result was, that she quitted her house, taking with her 2/. 15s. Soon after she had left her husband's house she met a woman, of whom she inquired whether she could recommend her to some respectable place whereat she could take up her abode, so that her husband might not be able to find her. The woman replied that she could do so, but, before they set out in search of the place, she suggested that it would be as well if they were to go somewhere f,,e the purpose of obtaining a little refreshment prior to setting out. They accordingly went into a public-house which was close at hand. There they had something to drink, but whilst they were standing in front of the bar the prisoner accosted her, and, upon learning the object of the proposed search, he said that he could very easily accommodate her with such apartments as she might require. The wife accordingly consented to accompany him to his pre mises, which proved to be in Lambeth street. The wife of the prisoner she then ascertained had just recovered from a confinement, but was still in bed, and on seeing her the wife at once commenced a series of complaints against her husband for having left her alone for so long a time without the least attendance or even any nourishment. The prisoner thereupon offered a glass of water to his wife, but the prosecu tor's wife objected to her drinking it, adding that she would herself pay for something which was more fitting for her weakened condition. Upon this she at once handed some money to the prisoner; desiring that he would go and purchase a small quantity of brandy for his wife. This the man did, and as soon as the brandy had been obtained and administered to his wife, the prisoner proposed that the wife of the prosecutor should now go with him to see apartments in another house. She • declined to comply with this request, whereupon he seized her violently by the neck, ripped her dress open, and took the money from her bosom. The prisoner ran off out of the room, and as soon as she was herself able to reach the street she set up a cry of "Murder and robbery I" She presently obtained the assistance of a policeman, but when they re turned to the house it was discovered that the priso ner had effected his escape. Police-constable N 113 deposed to having appre hended the prisoner on the day succeeding the rob bery, and finding as much as los. upon him. Several witnesses were called by the prisoner, who stated that on the Friday before the reputed robbery the wife of the prosecutor was in a lamentable state of intoxication ; that she had been spending her money with great freedom in the purchase of liquor; and that they were certain that on the Saturday she could not have had anything like 21. 15s.,left. Mr. WITHAM havi n g summed up, Thejury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. ing that your wife and children died of cholera, or 1 that any part of you statement is true, I am ready to hear it. - i I'ri3oner—They have not died of cholera ; it is all *alse. Mr. BRODERIP observed that there could be neither moral nor legal doubt of his guilt, as proved by the evidence, and confirmed by his own confession. This was one of the numerous instances in which the experiment was made too often of imposing upon benevolent persons, and more particu larly upon that portion of the public in the complainant's position in society. If everybody would do as his Lordship had done in this instance, this sort of impositions would soon be at an end, and he was bound to say that the public were under great obligation to him for the course he had taken. Mr. BRODERIP then committed the prisoner for three months to hard labour. WORSHIP-STREET. Lewis Kemp, a flashily-dressed young fellow, and a woman named Ellen Smith, alias Williams, who were both stated to be connected with a notorious gang of coiners, were placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, the former charged with having uttered a counterfeit half- sovereign, and the latter with having in her pos session a large quantity of other spurious pieces. On the preceding afternoon the attention of In spector Ellis and Sergeant Eaves, of the H division, was attracted to the female prisoner, who was lying in a helpless state of drunkenness at the door of a public-house in Halifax• street, Mile-end-road. She was manifestly incapable of helping herself, and having raised her from the ground, they were en deavouring to remove her, when the landlord of the public-house came out and handed the officers a basket, which he told them had been left by the pri soner in the care of his daughter, and on their exa ming the contents of the basket they were found to consist of no less than ten counterfeit crown pieces, a small file, and a bottle partly filled with some colour ing fluid. The prisoner upon this discovery was con veyed to the station-house where the charge was entered against her, and whilst bringing her down to the court sbe was unhesitatingly recognised by the wife of a beershopkeeper named Hitchings, in George street, Cambridge-heath, Hackney, who happened to be accidentally passing at the time, as having called at her house about a week before in the company of a man who had attempted to pass a counterfeit half sovereign upon her. The witness Hitchings was requested to accompany the officer to the court to give evidence against the woman, and the very first person she encountered after entering the outer door was the male prisoner, Kemp, who appeared to be lurking about there to ascertain the fate of his com panion, and the witness having instantly identified him as the man who had uttered the counterfeit half sovereign at her bar, she apprised, the police of the circumstance, and he was also immediately taken POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Charles Heath, of 4, Bell-street, Greenwich, was charged with attempting to defraud the West London Savinge-bank, in Farringdon-street, of 101. 35., by forging the name of Charles Ferris. Sir P , . LiURIE said, the withdrawal of the money appears to have been , sanctioned by Ferris, and the intent to commit a felony falls to the ground. He is therefore discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Giovanni Genazzi the padrone sent to prison by Mr. Hardwick some weeks ago for threatening to do some grievous harm to Pietro Mazochi, a boy whom he had brought to this country for begging purposes, yesterday came to this court to claim an organ, value 101., which had been taken from the boy when he was first brought to this court. The boy, however, claimed the sum of 41. ss. as wages due to him. He said he was hired in his own country at so much per week, and the balance due to him was the sum he had stated. On a former occasion when the parties were before Nlr. Hardwick it was agreed that the organ should be given up when the sum in question was paid. A person named Rabritti agreed to take charge of the money, and to see the boy back safe in his own country. Yesterday the boy claimed to have charge of the money. The padrone would not pay it over to him, on the ground that the contract had been made with the boy's father, who would make him pay the money again when he returned to Italy. Mr. Haltom/1cl( asked Rabritti whether that was likely to be' the case ? Rabritti replied that the contracts for children to come over to this country to beg were made, not with the children, but with their parents and friends. The padrones who brought over the children mostly had portions of land or some tangible property that could be made available if any breach of contract occurred. If the Magistrate ordered the money to be paid to the boy, no doubt means would be found by the boy's father to make the padrone pay it again to him. It was at length arranged that Rabritti should lend the money for the present, and have a Non for the amount on the organ, and that such a receipt should be given to the padrone as would probably prevent his being sued when he returned to Italy. WESTMINSTER. A sneaking-looking fellow, about 30 years of age, who gave his name George Holland, was charged with endeavouring to obtain a charitable contribution from the Earl of Dutie by thelullowing wile imposture:— Joseph Worster, a footman in his Lordship's ser vice, having proved that the prisoner left a letter addressed to the Right Hon. the Earl .of Ducie, at his town residence, 24, Belkrave-square, a few days ago, and two or three times called for an answer, stating that the communication was from the Rer. Mr. Bence, into custody. The evidence now gone into went to conclusively establish a case of uttering against the male prisoner, who had evidently from the facts detailed acted in complicity with the woman Smith, and the magis trate, therefore, ordered both prisoners, who reserved their defence, to be brought up again in a week, to afford time for the attendance of the Mint solicitor to carry out the prosecution. LAMBETH. • Yesterday William Myers, a cab driver, and Michael Murphy, were placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on a charge of robbing Mr. Satcher, a master tailor, residing 'in Union-street, Lambeth, of fifty sovereigns. The facts of the case are briefly these :—On the evening of Monday week the prosecutor, who had been drinking freely, engaged one of Hansom's cabs, of which the prisoner Myers was the driver, in Wel lington-street, London-bridge, to take him to his residence in Union-street, Lambeth, and the prisoner Murphy, with his permission, took his seat in the vehicle, saying he was going with the driver. Soon after getting into the vehicle the prosecutor fell asleep ; but was awoke by a tugging at his pockets, and found that his left-hand trouser pocket, in which he had his money, was torn down. He also saw in the hand of the prisoner Murphy a piece of wash-leather belonging to him, and in which there were fifty sovereigns folded up, and instantly challenged him with robbing him of his money, upon which Murphy handed the gold,. tied up as it was, through the door in the roof of the cab to the driver. The prosecutor then asked Myers for his property, and told him that if he did not at once deliver it up he should call out "Police." Myers, however, pretended not to understand him, whipped his horse and increased his speed. At length, however, Murphy jumped out of the vehicle and was followed by the prosecutor, who fortunately succeeded in capturing him, and he was ultimately given into the charge of the police. The other prisoner, Myers, subsequently called at the station-house, and he was also secured. In addition to the evidence already given, Jeremiah Cunin said that on the evening of Monday week, between six and seven o'clock, he was in the Water man's Arms public•house, Little Market street, Bermondsey, and saw the prosecutor and the priso ner Murphy come there. The prosecutor was very much intoxicated, and while in front of the bar dashed down on the counter a small leather bag, which from its sound evidently contained gold, and said there were fifty sovereigns in it. Prom the force with which it was thrown, the bag fell inside the bar, and the landlord requested he would leave it in his hands for safety, and he would give him a receipt for it, so that he might know where he left it. The prosecutor, however, refused to do so, and replaced the bag in his pocket. Murphy, who had drunk a pint of beer at his expense, and also taken up two shillings which the prosecutor had placed on the counter, and put them into his pocket, followed Mr. Satcher out of the house. Wit ness having no doubt from Murphy's manner that his intention was to rob the prosecutor, .determined upon following thetti and 'giving the prosecutor into the. custody of the first policeman he met. While so following them, Murphy made use of the most violent threats to him for interfering, but he continued with them until they met a policeman, named Scott, belonging to the M division, with whom he was acquainted, and to whom he had mentioned the whole of the circumstances of the pro- secutor having a bag of gold in his:possession, and his suspicion that Murphy intended to rob him, and adding that if the gentleman was robbed after what he had stated, it would be his (Scott's) fault, left the prosecutor in the hands of that person. Since that time he had read an account of the robbery and the examination of the prisoners on the charge at this court in the newspapers, and having little doubt the parties were the same, he felt it to be his duty to come forward as a witness. Mr. NORTON observed that the witness had acted a very proper part in the matter, and if the police-con stable Scott had only performed his duty with equal propriety, the robbery might have been prevented. The case was one which required the tact and vigi lance of one of the detectives to bring forward the necessary testimony to complete it, and he should therefore remand the prisoners to another day, in order that an experienced officer might be employed in the case. The magistrate directed that the landlord of the Waterman's Arms, and also the constable Scott, should be in attendance at the next examination. The prisoners were accordingly remanded, and bail for their appearance refused. 'lbe Noble Earl, who was accommodated with a seat upon the bench, handed the magistrate the letter, of which the following is a copy The Rev. H. Bence, chaplain to the London Hospital, presents his compliments to the Earl of d)ucie, at the particular request of the bearer, George Holland, whose wife and two children expired in the hospital of cholera. " The poor man informs me his late wife was a native of Tetbury. " The poor man informs me his late wife was sister to kir. John Pelt, watch and clock maker, Market-place, and known to your Lordship's family at Wood Chester park, and has a sister liviny, as domestic with the R.:v. Hr. Huntley, of Boxwell-court. I " From my personal knowledge of the poor man's cir .mnistances, I believe him to be in distress. I believe him to he a praiseworthy and very deserving character, and feel must happy in recommending his very dis• tressed case to your Lordship's kind nature. " Any assistance afforded the poor man will be pro perly bestowed. " London Hospital, Sept. 6. " The Right Hon. the Ear} of Ducie." His Lordship stated that the above letter was accompanied with some printed forms, headed " Loa don Hospital," and purporting to be signed by Samuel J. Burch, the apotheary there, certifying that the wife ind children had died as described. As his Lordship entertained a strong impression that there .was some thing wrong in the matter, he communicated with the chaplain at the London Hospital, and found his sus picions confirmed. The letter from the chaplain of the London Hospital bore date September 11, and stated that it was the belief of the rev. gentleman (whose name is Ward, and not Bence, as described in the letter addressed to his Lordship in the first instance) that George Hol land was an impostor ' • no such person as Mrs. Holland Ind children h a d di e d of cholera in the hospital, and the name of the apothecary on the certificates was forged. The letter, after expressing the rev. gentle man's thanks for the communication acquainting him with the imposture, intimated that he had received several others respecting the same person. In consequence of ascertaining beyond all doubt that it was a gross imposture, his Lordship communi cated with the Mendicity Society, and had one of their officers stationed in an ante-room at the time the prisoner was to call for an answer yesterday morning. Upon the prisoner's entering the room he asked him whether he was the person who brought the letter (which he produced to the prisoner), and he replied that he was. The accused further said, in reply to his Lordship's inquiry, that his wife and children had died as described, and added that he should like to return to his native home, in Gloucester shire. In reply to an inquiry as to whether the Rev. Mr. Bence had been ki n d to his family, the prisoner, in the same pathetic low tone as he had used through out the conversation, said, Mr. Bence was but a poor clergyman, but h a d been as kind as his limited means would permit. INTERESTING CASE OF CLAIR VOYANCE.—RECOVERY OF 6501. (From the Bolton Chronicle) On Saturday, July 14, a letter was received by Messrs. P. H. Arrowsmith and Co., of this town, from Bradford, Yorkshire, containing a Bank of Eng land note for 5001., another for 501., and a bill of ex change for 1001. These Mr. Arrowsmith handed over in his regular mode of business to Mr. William Lomax, his cashier, who took or sent, as he supposed, the whole to the bank of Bolton, and made an entry accordingly in his cash-book. The bank-book was then at the bank, so that no memorandum of the payment was re ceived or expected. After the expiration of about five weeks, upon comparing the bank-book with the cash book it was found that no entry for these sums was in the bank-book. Inquiry was then made at the bank, but nothing was known of the money, nor was there any entry existing in any book or paper there ; and after searching no trace could be found of the missing money. In fact the parties at the bank denied ever -having received the sum, or knowing anything of the transaction. Before the discovery of the loss the bill had !become due, b u t upon inquiry after the loss was discovered, it was found that it had not been presented for payment. It was, therefore, concluded that as the notes and bill could not be found at the' bank, nor any trace or entry connected with them, the probability was th a t t h ey were lost or stolen, and that the bill had been destroyed to prevent detection. Mr. Lomax had a distinct recollection of having received the notes, dtc., from Mr. Arrowsmith, but from the length of time that had elepsed when the loss was discovered, he could not remember w hat he had done with them—whether he had taken them to the bank, or sent them by the accustomed messenger ; nor could the messenger recollect anything about them. As might be expected, this unaccountable loss occa. sioned great anxiety to Mr. Lomax; and in this emergency he applied to a friend to whom the dis covery of Mr. Wood's cash-box Was known, to ascer tain the probability of the notes, &c., being found by the aid of clairvoyance. The friend replied that he saw no greater difficulty in the case than in Wood's, and recommended him to make the inquiry. On Friday, August 24, Mr. Lomax, accompanied by Mr. F. Jones, of Ashburner-street, Bolton, called on Mr. Haddock for this purpose. The clairvoyance was put into a psychic- state, and then into connexion with Mr. Lomax. She directly asked for the papers," meaning the letter in which the notes and bill were enclosed ; but this Mr. Lomax did not happen to have in his possession, and she said Joseph Colley, a Mendicity officer, stated that, aggreeably with instructions ha had received from Captain Wood, assistant•manager of that institution, he went to the Earl of Ducie's, and placed himself in such a situation as to overhear the greater part of the conversation between his Lordship and the prisoner, which had been narrated. When he took the prisoner into custody he gave his name James Holland, but said he had no regular place of abode. Upon witness inquiring whether his wife was dead he smiled, and said he should not answer any more questions. While at the station-house, however, he told the officer that his story was all false, and hoped the magistrate would give him whatever punishment he was to have at once, and have done with it. Mr. BRODERIP asked the prisoner whether he wished to say anything to the charge ?—The prisoner replied with great coolness—Your Worship has heard the case truly, and I have nothing to say. Mr. BRoDgau—lf you have any means of show• r .{ 1 ..:./ she could not tell anything without it. This ' THE COUNTRY MARKETS. sitting, therefore, was so far useless. The next day , FALKIRK TRYST.—Thin imp giant market for the Mr. Lomax brought the letter, and Mr. Haddock sale of stock commenced yesterday (Monday) morning requested that the contents might not be communi- with the sale of sheep. Alth. , ugh the weather wee cated to him, lest it should be supposed that he had rather eisagreeable there was a numerous attendance of suggested anything to her. After considerable dealers, and transactions were carried on with consider . thought the clairvoyante said that there had been able briskness. The market, however, was 0 01 Y, three different papers for money in that letter, not mo c d k er o a n telLsupporte d d, i there being nearly a third less of a t n - d an th a e t t u h n e i p a rev u i r eu b a le mark t e e t. of U t l' he i Post-office orders, but papers that came out of a place stock of g k r e o e u p a where people kept money in (a bank), and were to be weather, may have combined to producea sta te result. taken to another place of a similar kind. That these Sales commenced as early as nine o'clock, and about papers came in the letter to another gentleman (Mr. eleven the &mend seemed to be at its briskest point. Arrowsmith), who gave them to the one present (Mr. Black heed wedders, of which there was rather a short Lomax), who put them in a paper, and put them in a supply, ranged in price from 16s to 225. Of this sort we red book that wrapped round (a pocket-book). Mr. saw ore lot of 351 bought by Messrs. Finlay and Fyfe, of Lomax then, to the surprise of Mr. Haddock), pulled Edinburgh, from Mr. Ilugh 31-Lean, Inversand, h.,/ from his coat pocket a deep red pocket-book, made Apping, Sutherlandsbire, tit the rate of 18s 6d c l a d, which just as she had described it, and said that was the affords an idea of the general run of prices. White: book in which he was in the habit of placing similar fee( d wedders (embracing Leicesters, Cheviots, and papers. , crosses) changed bands at prices v a ryin g f rom 22i to 365, (ally one lot, however, brought the l a tt er fieu r e F 0 far Mr. Lomax said that the clairvoyante was right; as we observed, namely, that from Gordon BU s h. , Black' teat the letter contained two Bank of England notes faced ewes, of which there' was a moderate supply, so ld and a bill of exchange ; but did not say what was the at from 6s 61 to 1 ls; and white-faced f rom 14 s to 20s. value of the notes. Mr. Haddock then put a 101 T ak i ng the market as a whole, we ima g i ne we are nos Bank of England note into the clairvoyante's hand. b eyon d t h e mar k w h en we est i mate t h e pr i ces for we d- Sae said that two of the papers we r e lik e th a t, h u t d ers to b e f rom 2 s 6d to 3, b r l ow t h ose o b ta i ned at last more valuable, and that the black and white word at year's market. There was a v er y l arge at t en d an ce o the corner was longer. She further s a id that these buyers, who were doubtless disappointed at the short notes, &c., were taken to a place where m o ney w as nees of the supply. At an early ho u r i n th e aflernol kept (a bank) down there (pointing t o w a rds De a ns- the ground was entirely cleared, and the second day will ga - e). Beyond this no further inquiry was made at consequently be wholly devoted to the sa l e o f cattl e. Edinburgh Advertiser. that sitting. WILTON ST. GILES'S GREAT . SHEEP FAIR, SEPT. 12 ' On Monday Mr. Lomax called again. The C lair- —The number penned was about 90,000 . A greet voyante went over the case again, entering more many purchasers attended, insomuch that it was rer/ minutely into particulars. She persisted in difficult to obtain last night a bed at Salisbury. The her former statements, that she could see last train down brought upwards of 200 extra passenger s ' the 4 marks " of the notes in the red pocket- Owing to the increase of keep, from Is to 3s a head more book, and could see them in the banking-house ; than was obtained at the late Britford Fair (just one that they were in paper, and put along with many calendar month since) were realised. Lambs, 143 1 1 more papers in a part of the bank ; that they were 24 5; Ewes, 24 s to 3 45; \Vethers, 26s to 38s per hir • taken by a man at the bank, who put them aside - The sale was at the first commencement slug g ish, owtli without making any entry, or taking any further no- topu batrchas ers being unwilli ng slsellers succeeded. t cd to give Thera ive the t a e di :va csel * lice of them. She said that the people at the bank did Prices, ultimatelyOf e useful horses for sale, chiefly we very large number not mean to do wrong, but that it arose from the want sitting of agricultural horses. Cart horses from 201. 10 of due attention. Upon its being stated that she 284 cobs, 121 to 181. Ponies at all prices, which Met might be wrong, and requesting her to look a good sale. elsewhere, she said that it was no use ; that NEWCASTLE, SEPT. 11.—Having had heavy showers, 0' she could see they were i n the b an k, an d o f ra i n every day, since Saturday, and a short supply no where else ; that she could n o t sa y an ythi ng all de scr ipti ons o f w h eat at mar k et t hi s morn i ng , trsd i e . else, without saying what was not tru e ; and that if ruled somewhat firmer, and f u ll p r i ces were obtained' search was made at the bank, there she said they No new wheat of our own-growth was shown, but there, were a few samples in from the south, which sold a t 46 woul Ibe found. In the evening Mr. Arrowsmith, Mr. Makant, and Mr. Jones came again, and she was to . 48s . per quart l er.. f l l n other l grain no change. Flours la i N n E g w in eA v s e T ry LE p e c nt A r T u TL s E upp m y A , R i x s E t T he T E rn pT cheaaer. The put into the psychic state to repeat these particulars in their presence, which she did. market opened with rather larger supplies. The beast Mr. Haddock then said to Mr. Arrowsmith that he trade ruled dull, although a decline of 31 per stone Yr° was tolerably confident that the clairvoyante was submitted to. Quality good, and part unsold. Sheep right, and, that he should recommend him to go - and lambs also met with a slow sale at a trifling r educ: next day to the bank and insist on a further search, tion from 'the ra'es of• this day week. The numbe r stating that he felt convinced, from inquiries he had penned nearly all sold - off. Arrivals—Beasts, 5 00 _2 made, that his cashier had brought the money there. sheep and lambs, 7,000 Prices—Beef, 5s Od to 6s 3d pe r Mr. Makant also urged the same course on Mr. stone; sheep, 4d to shd; lamb, 41d to 51d per lb. Arrowsmith. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, SEPT. 11.—There war! in the market to-da 79 koatmeal a eighief The following morning (Tuesday, August 28), Mr. 2801bs imperial, whe y reof sac 73 s cold thus' eacha —1 tl/ 10$ 6 1 ArrOskisrnith went to the bank, and insisted on fur 5l at 1/ 103 Od, 3atif Os 6d, sat 1/ 9s 0.1, 7 es 'thr iearch. He was told that, after such a search 1/ 8s 6d, 6 at 118 s Od; average price of the whh ie as had been made it was useless; but that, to satisfy 1 1 9 , 7 d 3-12th s. 5 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 321 : hink it should be made again. Mr. Arrowsmith left and 2 at 303. 7 sacks• barleymeal, whereof 1 sold r i F for Manchester, and after his departure a farther 24s 61, and 3 a t 21 s . sack pirasemeal, which was 11 ; search was made, and among a lot of papers in an sold. 34 sacks p o t.b a rl e y wh ereo f 20 so ld thus: , inner room at the bank, which were not likely to have 2 at I/ 9s Od, sat 118 s Od, latll 6s 61, 10 at 114 3 04 ' been meddled with again probably for years, or which and 2at 11 Is Od. . • might never have been noticed again, were found the EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SEPT. Ili; notes and bill wrapped in paper, just as the Clair- Supplies of all kinds moderate. Oat straw, from 8s bii„ i voyante had described them.; los Od per,kemple of 16'stones tron wheat ditto, 7 s ‘ - ', 4 to los Od; 'barley ditto, 7s 6d to Os Od. Old hay, from' to 9d; new ditto. 61 to Bd' per stone. were DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, SEPT. 10.--. There - 61 bags of oatmeal; 5 of barleymeal, and 3 of pot.bar g at this day's market. Sales ready. Oatmeal up on j top is 6d per bag ; s ec o n d qua lity u p 3d p e r bag " 2801bs ; barleymeal down 6d per bag. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second imperial .. ... ... 80s 6d 28s Od. Barleymeal, per ditto ... 198 Od —s Od Peasemeal ... .. ... —s Od •—s Od Flour ... ... ... .... —s Od —s Od Pot barley ... ... ... 23s 6d —s Od RAILWAY INTELLIGEiNCE. GREAT WESTERN. A special meeting of the shareholders of this com pany was held yesterday afternoon at Bristol, for the purpose of considering the propriety of supporting the re-election of Mr. George Jones, one of the directors ballotted out by the board. Mr. F. Fry presided, and there was a very numerous attendance of pro prietors. The CHAIRMAN in introducing the business ob served, that the nomination of Mr. Jones as one of the candidates at the ensuing special meeting to be held at the Paddington station on the 20th instant, had received such a large number of respectable sig natures that it might be fairly assumed as a wish of a number of the proprietors that he should represent their interests at the board. From the speech of' the chairman at the last half-yearly meeting of the Great Western Company it appeared that it was understood that four of the directors were to retire, and that then the whole of the proprietors possessing the requisite qualification should be open to the free choice of the shareholders, and not a word was said to lead to the inference that a director, ballotted out by his co directors, should not be open to re- election, and therefore the proprietors had a full right to re-elect Mr. Jones if they had confidence in him. He under stood that Mr. Jones had not been ballotted out on a chance ballot in which the duty of retiring was decided by lot, but upon a ballot in which different members of the directorate voted against others of their colleagues by striking out their names from a list —(Hean) The reasons for Mr. Jones's re• election were that he was most eonversant with rail way matters, and he was, in conjuction with the late Mr. John Harford and his (the chairman's) late fittner, the originator of the undertaking. He had been a regular attendant of the board, had watched over the interests of the company with most untiring energy, and proposed a Committee of Inquiry, the result of whose labours was a reduction in the expenditure to the extent of 30,0001. per annum.—(Cheers.) Mr. R. LEONARD, in moving the re-election of Mr. Jones, expressed a high opinion of him. Ile had been most assidious in his attendance, and he had en deavoured to carry out the conduct of the railway fur the benefit of the shareholders. • Mr. W. RAMSEY seconded the motion. . HORNDLOIVER. inquired whether the present prdeeedings emanated from the directors—(Hear, hear) —or whether it was the Ipontaneous act of the 'shareholders?' The CHAIRMAN said the proceedings did not ema nate from the directors, who, as he had stated, had ballotted out Mr. Jones. He considered it aIA ry sus spicious circumstance that a gentleman so assidious as Mr. Jones had been should have been ballotted out, when others, who, not to speak invidiously, were noto rious for non-attendance, were retained. Mr. H. MILLS observed that it was important the meeting should be assured on this point, because an impression prevailed to a great extent that Mr. Jane:, was still approved by the board, and he knew of several gentlemen who had intended going to London to vote against him, not from any personal disrespect for Mr. Jones, but simply because he was a member of the board.—(Hear, hear.) At the late meeting it was stated that four of the board would retire in order for four new men to go in ; and certainly, when unexplained, it looked a little suspicious when they found that one of the old board was to be nomi nated.—(Hear.) If it was to be understood that Mr. Jones was to go in to oppose the extravagant pro ceedings of the board, then that ground of opposition was done away. Their had been a series of misman agement, and he never remembered finding Mr. Jones get up at their'half-yearly meetings and dissent from this or from that. The board was always represented as being very united, and Mr. Jones must bear a share of the odium of this mismanagement, which had been shamefully extravagant. Mr. SOMERTON asked if there was any evidence that Mr. Jones had acted in opposition to the board ? Mr. RAMSEY—Yes. The CHAIRMAN said he could only state that the present meeting did,not in any way emanate from the board. At railway meetings the chairman alwa% s represented and spoke for the board, giving utterance to the views of the majority, and it was not usual at those meetings for individual members to express their dissent from the vies of the board. After some further conversation on this point, in which Mr. Somerton, Mr. H. Mills, the Chairman, and Mr. C. Paul joined, the resolution was adopted, nem. con. Third A Oa 275 u" —.l Oa oa —1 Oa COAL MARKET.—TECTERDAT. Bate's West Hartley... 14s 6d i Riddell's lO 143 u - 64 ) A Buddle's W. Hartley.. 143 9d, Walker ... 6d Carr's Hartley East Adairs Main. .... 13s Od Bell . . 153 1 153 ? A u Hasting's Hartley lss ttd Belmont 16s n Holywell Main ... ..... - 14S' fid Hetton ' 16 5 ,Y.,`,; New Tanfield l3s . 3d ,Haswell Ord's Redheugh 5f Od A sa Rayensworth'sW.Hart 14s Od, Plummer ........ .... ••• ,-- 0 ,1 Canfield Moor ......... 14a .6d , Russell's Hetton •'"° •••• •• ad Townley l4a Od,South Hartlepool ..... 18 '„',, Walker's Primrose West Hartley 1511 Wall's End, &c. Cowilden Tees ... ... 06 , . 1 . 15# °,, • Brown's Brown's Gas . I3S Ok' Tees Morrison lss Oc. Hartley ...„,.. ....... ... 14s ' Percy l4s MI Ships at market, 14g. Mr. J. MERCER moved the next resolution, pleig• ing the meeting to support the re-election of Mr, Jones. _ _ _ Mr. WHITWELL seconded the resolution; and, after some remarks from Mr. LEONARD, the resolution was adopted. Mr. G. F. POWELL said there was a good deal of weight in the observations made by Mr. H. Mills, that if they elected a member of the old board, unless upon special reasons, it would be inferred that they approved of the general policy of the board. Ile should, therefore, move, as a protection to themselves in any course which they might hereafter deem it proper to pursue, " that this meeting has adopted the foregoing resolutions, in the belief that Mr. Jones is friendly to the utmost economy and setrenchment , consistent with the proper working of the line, and in the hope that, if elected, be will not lend his sup port to a continuance of the extravagant system of management hitherto pursued." The resolution was supported by Mr. Mills, Mr. Somerton, Mr. Kilson, and Mr. R amse y , and op p osed by Mr. g.. Clarke and Mr. R. Clarke, who moved as an amendment that the resolution should terminate at the end of the words " proper working of the line," but afterwards withdrew it ; and the resolu• tion ultimately was unanimously adopted, as were others, appointing a deputation to confer with Mr. Gladstone and the northern shareholders. OWL V. SNAKE.—A friend passing through the woods in the vicinity of Milledgeville, Georgia, a few days since, met an owl of the largest description on the road. On his approaching, it wade no effort to escs pe him ; nothing was visible to the eye to prevent its doi ug so. Struck by the anomaly he determined on a close inspection. Having touched it with a switch, the owl made an effort to fly, which developed under the feathi rs a snake twisted round its wings. The owl would occ .a• sionally seize the tail of the snake in its mouth, bul it would be as immediately disengaged. After witnessing the contest for a short time our friend killed WO „ , American Paper. - 11111111. RAILWAY SHAKE ifIARKETS• BRISTOL, SEPT. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE, —The share market was very inactife to-day, and scarcely any blisiness doing. In the sales co ' chided prices were unaltered. • LIVEICOOL, SErr. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE. The share market was dull to day. The transactions were few, at generally lower prices The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (MI C. and B.), 6 per cent, till 1850, 13 1 4—Lancashire to' Yorkshire, Fifths, 51. 11s. 3d. dis. —Ditto, Preference, f 254-"" Ditto, Fifths (W. R. U.), Z.l. 13s. 9d.—London and Nort.hd: Western, 117% Ditto, New Quarters, li. 3s. 9d. p.- -I ' n a land, 56 Ditto, Halves, 17 1 %, die. South-Eastern s. "over (No. 4), 6%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G—' E. Purchase) 43/4_die,_ - MANCHESTER, SEPT. 12. as h i ' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were low :—Manchester and Birmingham (C) Quarters, 24 P o , North Staffordshire, 7 3-16 dig.— Caledonian, Prefe rs 1u 13-16—Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 1146.-16. 2 v d6 —West Riding Union, 5 , ,t t dis. Manchester And L eg Fifths, 5% dis. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 12. s. STOCK EICTIANQE The transactions to-day W er ",,,,- b, follow : London and No r th-W e -t ern , 118—N o rth 13 r 3 i ,`54, Preference, 6 percent. Is. 3d. p.—S ou th S ta ff or d s hire, 4 / 4 —Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 7 1-3 die. YORK, Sam 11. STOCK' EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day 'O r° , follow: Great Northern, 7 1 / 2 —North British, Pref erep a c r. 3/. 10s. 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. r chase), 31. 3s. 9d.—York and North Midland, 22 1 4. GLASGOW, SEPT. 11. „ v as eS STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day 7; 06 0.; follow :—Clyde- dale Junction, 66—Edinburgh and GIY.Ter, 76 1 4—Edinburgh, Path, and Newport, 5/. 85.—Gla g e' Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 48—North llritish, Preference, 71. A MAN STAIIBED WITH RED HOT IIION."" ). " t i particulars of this shocking case have already appear° , $ in the columns of . 7 he Sun. On Saturday an ingl e ho was held on the body. The prisoner, Ricardsont the admitted he perpetrated the deed, though he denied.f.ti felonious intpntion, was charged by the jury with w 0 1 , 1 " a murder; on the same day the magistrates committed *-- to take his trial on the same charge. Mr. W. Carter, the coroner •held an inquest at the King's Arms Tavern, • St. . George's road, Cara, b A ; well, on the- body of - Mary Caruthers, ago years, who committed suicide under the followt circumstances:—lt appeared that the deceased was c t - a widow of a compositor, residing at Camberwell• was a very timid person, and had an idea that s b v ° would die from the cholera or be r e d uce d t o the w° r " .. house. On Saturday,-aboat noon, the deceased left be daughter's house to take-a walk, while the latter prepar; dinner. She passed the Halfpenny Hatch gate, I r a Peckham Canal House, as ki ng h er way to t h e Walwe'r t- ;: road. She walked on until. s h e reac h e d the IVng; Arms-bridge, where it is supposed she leaped in, for r!ri_ of the o ffi cers, who was going past, had his at tenti ; drawn to a female's head moving in the wat er ' t he raised an alarm, when the drags w e re brought to spot, and in a few minutes the body was dragg ed shore and removed to the receiving-house at the stb ° . named tavern,-where the usual remedies were adrnlst. tered to restore animation, but life was qu ite ex" kat 3s. 6d. and a small comb were found in-her pocket,ouuld no paper or writing - was to be discovered t hat decidedly account for the act. The coroner remark ed eD the case, and the jury agreed to a verdict of-Temporary insanity. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Cure of a severe SILL° Disease by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—James Jenkins, agricultural labourer residing on a farm near N e wtown , . ol ,_ a'' l l ! fered dreadfully from a most fearful disease of the skin, w . broke out in blotches in various parts of his body; the corn. plaint was gradually impairing his constitution, he had beco. _ low•spirited and nervous. He had tried to obtain relief _DI medicines from two or three medical men, but their resell 5 into the affected garts, and 1)7 and rubbing the Ointment well proved useless. He then commenced tabling Holloway's Pints by to perfect he . alt and his sluts all Druggists, and at Pro* f t r h e e e s d e' f m ro e m an a s ll h i e rn Strand Lo d fesser Holloway's Establishment, 24 4,, on. i p s u r n i o t i w e s . r — e tSoorledd ------ BIRTHS. at Farnborough Vicarage, Wartvick . • shi O re n , t t h h e e wife of inoftsht " the Rev. C. W. Holbech, of a daughter. On, the 10th inst., at Preston Vicarage, near Brighton, the wife of • the Rev. Walter Kelly, of a son. On the 'loth inst., at Earl's-terrace, Kensington, the 109 of T. Walmsley, Esq., of a son. On the 10th inst.. at Cambridge -square, Hyde.paik, th e lady of J. Blight, Esq., M.D., of a son. Onthe 7th inst., at Clapham-the, Mrs. Benjamin Field, of a son. ' MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Francis B 4e ..„ r* Esq., to Eliza, daughter of the late Rev. James C al,4 Arical. of Takely, Essex: On the 10th inst., at Cossington, Somersetshire, the 14 0 _: c " J. Somerville Broderip, rector of Cossington, to Fran Freeling, only daughter of the late DIED. On the 7th inst., at Paris, aged 81, R. Sane , Esq" painter to Onlate Majesty George lll.only the 9th inst., at Hampstead, Charlotte M ason ' daughter of the late Captain Sky ring, R.N. A "" et On the 10th inst., at Malvern, Worcestershire, ag—..,d William Kislingbury, Esq, of Hadley-house, Sadie)", High Holborn. 91, On the 10th inst., at Mount Radford, Exeter, Aga - Edward T. Pilgrim, Esq. On the 10th inst.; in Aganstreet, Major Basi the Cloistl Jackson. s, On the 11th inst. , Thomas Savage, Esq., Temple, aged 66. v of On the tlth inst. , Maria , "t he lad y of Peter Free, ..scl" of er Hyde-park-place West. ..... 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