The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-22 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAVELLING. A case ii:volving a ques7ion of great importance to business persons was decided on the Bth instant, at the Exeter District County Court, before John Tyrrell, Esq., ti.e Judge of that court. It was an action br ,uglit by Mr. John Hull 'ferret!, a solicitor at Exeter, against the South Devon Railway Com pany, to recover compensation for his loss of time in being detained at the rail Nay station at Starcross, where, on the 31 of July last, he had paid his fare to be conveyed to Ex-ter. The time-table stated that a train would leave Plymouth at fifty-five minutes past six, arrive at Starcross at twelve minutes past nine, and reach Exeter at twenty-seven minutes past nine, but it did not arrive at the Starcrosa station until an hour after its time, and did not reach Exeter until twenty-five minutes past ten. Some of Mr. Terrell's clients, with whom he had appointments at his office, were kept waiting, and his business's was delayed, The Learned Judge said his impression was, that if a train were five minutes behind, or if it were obstructed by a drift of snow, or a high wind, or was by any unavoidable accident prevented from fulfilling its time, that would be a good answer to an action ; but whether the company were unreasonably behind their time or not, would be in all cases a question for a jury. If the company thought they might suffer their servants to be as indolent as they pleated, and to he one hour behind time, they might just as was claim a right to be three hours behind, or not to come at all, after having led the public to wait for them at a particular hour and place. The com pany were bound to show that the delay had not been caused by any wilful neglect on the part of their servants. They could not certainly be bound to a few minutes at every station; but in this case the jury would say whether an hour was not an unrea sonable time. If snow, or bad roads, or the wind and rain, had caused the delay, they would not he liable. And so, if a train were delayed by an exceedingly strong wind against it, or by the rails being so slip pery that the engine could Lot act, even if the delay was an hour, the company would not be liable, but the company would have to show that there was such a cause. Here the fact of the delay was proved, and no accident or unavoidable cause was shown on the part of the company. With regard to damages, he laid it down as a matter of aw that any man being detained one hour after his time, did sustain damage, whether much or little. The jury must estimate it at something ; and the amount must depend on his position. The jury found that there was a contract to carry passengers at a certain time, and tl - at there was unreasonable delay, and they awarded 105. u compensation.—Trade Protection Record. RAILWAY RAILWAY TILAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— " 5 Week Last a ,y, a 'siding NAILS OF RAILWAY. week. E ;:..... si u.r.4. -.-..... ____ ...._ _..... x X 13.10.15 Aberdeen .. --••••••- •• •• •• ••• •• 635 521 - Amiens and Boulogne. ... ...... ..... _ 2,025 15 Belfast and Ballymena .............. 422 380 - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire - 875 16 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 421 211 16 Bristol and Exeter . ..... . • ••• • .. 4.30 i - 9 Ca1ed0nian............. .......'... • • 7,037 5,068 16 Chester and llolyhead..... •• • ... •• .. 2,0. 4 - 13 Dublin and Drogheda• ••• • • ••••• • • • • 755 797 18 Dublin and Kingstown • - ..•• 787 1,008 15 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • - .... 1,038 1,009 16 East Angllan.... •• • • ................ t,44 807 15 Edinburgh and Glasgow . ...... 4,014 4,453 16 Edinburgh and Northern.. .. ...... 2,419 2,535 16 Eastern Con sties and North Eastern.. 14,343 16,215 9 East Lancashire •• • ................. 3,', 1. , 5 1,477 16 Eastern Union •••.••••••• • - • • • • • • • • 1,636 1,410 15 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 3,126 2,910 15 Glasgow and Greenock •• • • •-- .. 1,122 1,190 16 Great Northern and E. L. • • .... ••• .. 2,806 - 15 Great Southern and Western •• - • ... 3,388 3,325 16 Great Western, Ste ••• • • ..... •••• •• • • 19,771 21,585 - Kendal and Windermere......... , .. - - 16 Lancashire and Yorkshire •••• • • 13,270 14,559 9 Lancaster and Carlisle ••••••• • • . • • • • 4,079 2,871 16 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport •• • • 122 - 15 Londonderry and En. dskilleu ........ 127 119 16 London and North Western, &c. .... • 43,426 46,817 16 London and Blackwall.. • ........... 79'7 1,215 35 London and Brighton .••••••• • • • • • • • 11.999 11,531 16 London and South Western ••.• •. •• 10,•633 11,565 15 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,961 3,668 16 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham •• • • 23,958 '25,387 16 Midland Great Western (Irish) .. - - 1,097 1,053 - Al onklands .•• • • - - - Newcastle and Car1i51e.............. - _ -- 16 North British .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 3,205 3,122 15 Paris and Rouen . ...... • ... -..... 7,395 6,531 15 Rouen and Havre 16 Scottish Central .. ••• • • ....... •.. . • 1,722 1,447 16 Shrewsbury and Chester • • •••• ••• • • • 14 9 849 1.5 South Eastern and Branches ••• • • ... 12,5 6 10,';89 9 South Devon ••• • • - 1,764 1,838 15 Taff Vale ••.••••. • • • • • • ....... ••• •• 2,319 2,!42 651 777 8 Water:ord and Limerick .. •• •. .. 271 - 9 Whitehaven Junction .•• • • .......... 213 180 16 York and Newcastle .••••-• • • • • • .. 13 944 13,841 15 York and North Midland .--•• • • .. 8,232 10,044 A CHAR asT PE :1 lON BY PUNCH. (From Punch.) To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. May it please your Majesly.— Whereas Death, the grea+ Gaol•Ddiverer, has by Cholera set Frye from stminster Prison, Joseph Wit hums and Alexander rititirpe, foolish men, foolishly preaching the Charter, by means of pike and blunder . . Punch humbly prays that your Majesty will, in this maw!' of political tranquilli y, and of grave mortal chastisement, orders for the release of certain ma guid: d men, it is hnpcd better instructed for the future —and thereupon pardon and set tree William Vernon, Ernest Janes, Little Cuffey, and other such offt.nders, now made harmless by the common sense and the com mon loyalty of the English people. And your Petitioner will ever Print and Pray,— PUNCH. VISIT OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE TO MAN CHESTER —On Thursday the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Baron Knesebeek and 51r. E. B. Horsfalf, late Mayor of Liverpool, visited Manchester, and took a hasty look at the various processes of th-a cotton and other manufactories. On the same day the Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian ambassador, his son, and a party of distinguished foreigners and strangers, accompanied by the Lord Bishop of Manchester, visited the museum of the Manchester Natural History Society. The whole party were greatly pleased to learn the liberal terms on which an institution calculated to do so much good is made easily available to all classes of society. HORRIBLE MURDER AT SEA.—A most horrible murder was discovered to have taken place on the 14th of August last, on board the ship Washington, which strived at New York in the latter part of the same month, from Germany. It appears, that, on the 234 Instant, while the stevedores were engaged in discharging the cargo, they were attracted by a stench proceeding from the hold of the vessel. On examination, it was discovered to proceed from the body of a man which was found lying among the boxes, with his throat cut from ear to ear, and in a much decomposed state. At an in quest which was held on the body, the captain stated that he arrived at New York from the river Ems, on the 23,1 of August, with 175 steerage passengers ; that the lower hold of the vessel was stored with goods in boxes ; that on the 15th of July one of the pas sengers was missed ; that search was made lor him throughout the ship, but no trace of him could be obtained; the passengers said that the deceased had jumped overboard; the night that deceased was missed was very dark and stormy, and the crew were engaged on the upper deck. It was stated by several of the crew that during the voyage the passengers were quarrelsome, and from the fact that the deceased was known to have money about him, which was missing on the discovery of the body, little doubt remained that he had been robbed and murdered. The name of the de ceased was Carl Pretesh, a native of Prussia, and he was twenty-one years of age. It was proved that the wound in deceased's throat was inflicted before death, and was sufficient to have caused his death; but though a most searching it.quiry was instituted, no clue could be obtained to the guilty parties. The verdict was, " That the deceased came to his death by a wound in flicted on his throat by some of the steerage passengers of the ship Washington, on the night of the 14th July, who are unknown to the jury." ELOPEMENT AT ULVERSTON.—The fairer portion of the inhabitants of Ulverston were on Wednesday last thrown into a pleasing state of excite meat by the report that an elopement from that town bad taken place the previous day. The parties are a gallant son of Escula pius and the fair daughter of a wealthy gentleman re siding at Urswick. Fortunately for the enamoured couple, the electric tt legraph, that fearful enemy to pil grims on their way to Uretna, is quite unknown in this part of the country ; and so well were measures taken to baffle pursuit, that ere this doubtless the blacksmith will have tied the indissoluble knot. The last accounts of the fugitives was from Wicham, where they took coach for Havenglass, and from the latter place they would, no doubt, proceed by rail to the land of the mountain and the flood. It is supposed that the parties have been prematurely hurried into taking this step from a fear of the threatened proceedings of that old bunks, Lord Campbell, in the next session of Parliament, respecting Scotch marriages.—Lancaster Guardian, ACCIDENT TO LORD ALEXANDER RUSSELL—On Thursday morning last, as Captain Lord Alexander Russell (of the Rifles) was driving along the Abbot's Leigh-road, for the purpose of being present at the bridal breakfast at Leigh Court, the drag upset while turning a corner, when his Lordship and a s? rvant were thrown out, and the latter had his leg fractured in two places. The man was taken to the infirmary, where he now lies. His Lordship escaped with a few bruises and a violent shake.—Darset County Chrohicle. REMAINS OF ROMAN ART.—One Of the most beautiful specimens of tessellated payment ever found in this country has just been discovered in the principal Street of the old town of Cirencester, the site of the ancient Corinium. A piece was found some few weeks ago, which was taken up with a view to its preservation, by laying it down again as the floor of a museum, and on pursuing the excavations, at the suggestion of one of the Archmologic Al Societies, the present beautiful spe cimen was found. The room measures twenty-five feet square, and contains nine circles, of nearly five feet diameter each. Four only are at present wholly ex posed to view. They contain bold and well- executed heals of Ceres and Flora, and t xcecdingly spirited re presentations of Ac' X.JII and his dogs, and Silenus riding on his ass. The whole of this portion of the room is in most perfect preservation, but it is feared that the re mainder will be injured by the foundations of a house stands near. RETURNS 3s 6J; 1 ed to 125 1 WhitirV,3 to 2,, Od o ch ! 2d to IS 6 1 131( SCA r lb; F"12!;)}1 DYstrrs, 35s to 4 05 es, e6d tropolis are per 4ths boo, • 6 47 b to 21J; ditto, sid to sid,; to 55 00, qicb, 75 6d; 12s; (71°Ver 11 12s Per le. 15•; Clover 0 1/ 14i pa' )wly, et our 12.; Clover, ) 11 123 Pr %i CE. ,Y. I added, the a distsoce' (Ellett) 1 )lerass , ) 'WON 4 0 Evans) Iby 1142 3 to e., d ft, to (§ 3entletu Virbiie) ; ......... )Wner) 3 a nd 4 1° tikes of 3 mile and trlton) 1 ?egan) ..... [r. Pilling 6s . 6 ! b 11s)- 31r * °WO -- Evans ). yoleus° and 30 w inners 100 5615. arpe) dale) ca) E. Woo 'dal, t ot iubs.) vans) 1 ales) $ gal)) ' WOO 3 Subs.) ner) 2 I Der) , nil) " inistra- ind 30 ew) I ay) 2 11e9. tit) I, TO and 20 I.) 11) 1 :y) 23 d ; the stake. THE SON, LITER A TURE. - LAYS AND LEGENDS OF FAIRY LAND. By Joseph Edwards Carpenter. Gradually Mr. Uarp(nt(r 11:;s acquired for himself an agreeable popularity as a lyric writer. Many of his syteet verses have found their way into the homes of England—blended with the melodies of Joseph Philip Knight, of Als)xander Lee, of Stephen Glover, of N. J. Sporle, of F. N. Crouch, and of other favourite musicians. Joseph Edwards Carpenter has by his graceful songs and ballads shown himself to he a second Thomas Haynes Bailey. The following to us is a fair specimen of his style of composition, and forms a fitting companion to the famous " She wore a Wreath of Roses," by our lyrist's predecessor. * As it does not appear to have been set to music we com mend the words to the attention of Mr. Belle or to one of his contemporaries. " I MET HER, IN THE PRIMROSE TIME. " I met her in the primrose time, A light and joyous thing, When all secm'd bursting into lire, Beneath the breath of sprit,gl The cowslip and the lily-bell Perfumed the morning air, But she, though all were beautiful, S.em'd far the brightest there! " I met her when the roses bloom'd; The spring-flow'rs all had fled, And all that Summer radiance gave Were blooming in their steal! But she, in pride of womanhood, In bright and glad array, Amid those Summer fl.)w'rets seem'd More lovely e'en than they! " When last we met the holly spread His coral gems around, And in his green and hardy boughs Her emblem still I found, For virtue like that fadeless leaf, When Summer fl ,veers are o'er, Still blooms though youth and spring be fled, More brightly than before." From the extreme fluency with which these produc tions seem to have been penned they are repeatedly blurred with faults that could otherwise have been readily prevented. Occasionally, for example, the rhymes are false and slovenly, as where " linger'd" is intended to chime with " singer ;" or, wore even in a very Cockney mood, where " cellar" is made the jangling tag of " mellow." "Vibrate," again, is in variably employed by the writer as a word with a stress on the second instead of the first syllable. In spite of all these petty blemishes we are satisfied that there are few lovers of English song who have not derived some pleasure from the lyrics of J. E. Carpenter. NOTES ON SPA AND ITS CHALYBEATE SPRINGS, with Suggestive Remarks upon certain Resources for the benefit of Invalids hitherto un noticed in this celebrated Watering Place. By Tkomas Cutler, M D., 6-c. 6-c. Dr. Cutler has here produced the best work on the far-famed springs of Spa that has yet appeared; and as Spa, situated as it is in Belgium, and und sturi ed as it has been by revolutionary turmoil, must for some time continue to be almost the only continental watering place to which timid persons—lovers of peace and quietness (and such are all invalids)—can with safety resort, Its publication is exceedingly well timed. All persons intending to visit Spa should peruse Dr. Cutler's little work. BREWING and DISTILLATION. By Thomas Thorns3n, F.R S , Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow. With Practical In structions for Brewing Porter and Ales according to the English and Scottish Methods. By William Stewart. We have here a reprint of the two excellent trea tises on Brewing and Distillation contributed by Professor Thomson to the last edition of the "Ency clopaedia Britannica." These treatises have long been considered by brewers and distillers as the most scientific and the most valuable of any extant on the subjects of their manufactures. Messrs. Black have conferred a great obligation on all who take an inte rest in these subjects in rendering these valuable treatises accessible to the public in general by re printing them in their present form ; an obligation which they have enhanced by adding to them the instructions of Mr. W. Stewart (who is well known as a practical brewer of eminence), for brewing porter and ales. This work will prove a valuable acquisi tion, not only to those engaged in the manufacture of malt liquors upon an extensive scale, but to those also whu brew only for their own consumption. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 19. The Queen and Prince, attended by the Manhionesi • , f Douro, returned late yesterday evening from "The Hut." The Royal dinner party yesterday includ d tote Duke and Duchess of Leeas, Earl Grey, Ludy Portman, at d Colonel Challoner. The Prince of Wales rode out on horseback, attended by Mr. Birch. Dibpstches were sent eft' yesterday evening from the C-lonia!-office for the Governors of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, SEPT. 21, 1849. FASHIONABLE IN I'ELLIGENCE. Lord Gt7dolphiri has taken the small Pavilion for a mouth; Colonel Brownlow Knox. Harriet Lodge, for two months; the Rev. Augustus Nod, Rosetta Cottage; Captain Williams, Busigny Home, for twelve months; C. Thomas, Esq., Avening Villa; Captain Ballard, Ninth Cottage; Mrs. Nowell, Oak-hill House, for twelve months; Thomas Farrell, Eaq , Lord de Grey's house, for six weeks; Mrs. Colonel Henderson, 3, Bath build ings, for twelve months ; Mr. Moseley, 4, Bath• build ings, for the same period; Mrs. Geddes, has the large Pavilion; H. Howndle, Esq., Adelaide Villa; Spenser de Horsey, Eq., Seventh Cottage; Joseph Gee, Esq., Castle Cottage; Mills, Esq., Tenth Cottage. A number of small houses have also been let during the week, and although not much more than lull the lodging-houses are occupied, still we have at much com• pany as we have had at any part of the season. The lack of visitors has caused an immense reduction in rents. SAILING MATCH FOR 200 G urNEAL—The match between the Tartar and Drift takes place to-morrow (Saturday). CrioLERA.—In consequence of the prevalence of cho lera in most of the towns in Englund, this day has been set apart for religious purpese. This evening all the shops have been closed, and Divine service has been per formed in all ;the churches and chapels. Similar ser vices were performed at East Cowes, on Wednesday. We are happy to say that there is no case of cholera in the town. ADDRESS TO THE LORD MAYOR. The following very flattering address has been pre sented to the Lord Mayor by the mayor, aldermen, and corporation of Boston : " TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR JAMES DUKE, LORD MAYOR OF LONDON, AND ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVEs IN PAR LIAMENT FUR THAT CITY. " My Lord,—We, the undersigned, the Mayor, Alder men, and burgesses of the borough of Boston, in council assembled, take this, the first opportunity of our meeting since your election by the citizens of London as one of their representatives in Parliament, to express to you our thanks for your great attention to the interests of this borough, and for the courteous and friendly reception which all parties within this borough invariably met with from you .during the twelve years you were one of its representatives. " Although we regret that your political connexion with the borough has been severed, yet we cannot but congratulate you on the flattering manner in which you have been el. cted to represent the first constituency in the kingdom; and we feel assured that the same course of consistent conduct which marked your political career whilst the representative of this borough will still con tinue to guide you, and that the constituency of London will feel, as does that of Boston, grateful for your Par liamentary services. " With every wish for your future happiness, we fe male, my Lord, " Your Lordship's obedient servants, (The Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses). " Given under the borough seal, this 18. h day of Sept., 1849. " M. STANILAND, Mayor." TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kossuth's Protest against Russian Interven tion. Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummend. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee formed to carry out the Testimonial. * * *All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo Young, Eeq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... .. £1,096 Ili Further Subscriptions from Friends of Hungary at Leicester, per the Editor of the Leicester shire Mercury ... ... ... ... ... 40 0 Total ... ... ... £I,ICO 1 li DEATH OF LIEUT•• COL. PERM, C.B.—We re gr..t to state that intelligence was on Thursday received at the Horse Guards of the demise of this distinguished officer, who expired on Tuesday evening at his resit', nee in the suburbs of Dublin. The Gallant Officer, it will be recollected, was for a lengthened period commanding officer of the gallant 16th Lancers, which regiment made such desperate havoc among the Seikhs at Aliveal and at Sobraon. Colonel Perase entered the army with out purchase in 1804, and in 1833 he became Lieute nant-Colonel by purchase. The Countess of Marguerye, the last of the ladies attached to the person of Mine. Elizabeth, has just died of cholera iu Pam, ttt the ago of 84. LONDON, SATUR.DAY EVENING' SEPTEMBER 2& 1849 CHOLERA AND DIARRHOEA POPULATION OF LONDON. Districts. Population.* 1831 1,655,000 6,53,000 806,000 3L6,06 , 0 331,000 410,000 841. 1,948,000 301,000 376,000 374,010 392,000 503,000 53,000 32,( 00 58,000 48,000 2J,000 37,000 75,000 40,000 67,000 57,000 25,000 87,000 122,000 9,000 i C 4,0110 37,0'i0 55,000 138,000 10,600 130,000 56,000 42,000 53,000 42,000 4.1,000 48,000 4;,000 38,000 28,000 57,000 54,000 44,000 44,000 57,000 50,000 40,000 29,000 56,000 69,000 62,0c0 64,000 89,000 72,000 25,000 83,000 74,000 72,000 41,000 91,000 31,000 32,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 45,000 Bt',ooo 33,000 28,000 13,000 64,000 18,000 33,000 20,000 85,000 47,000 55,000 116,0,0 40,000 40,000 14,000 81,000 23,000 Southampton ... ... ... 1 0 South Shields ... ... ... 2 0 Stcy , ling •• ... ••• ...... 0 1 Stoke Damarel ••• ... 0 1 Stockport ... ... ... 2 0 Stockton (Yarm) .. ..• -- 2 0 Stone ... ... ... ... -- 3 0 Stourbridge ... ... .. 7 1 Stratford-on-Aeon ... ... 1 0 Stroud ... ... ... ... 0 1 Sunderland ... .. ... 1 0 Teesdale (Barnard Cestle) ... 1 0 Thorne ... ... ... - 3 1 Tynemouth ... ... ... 4 1 Wellir•gton, Shrophire ... 1 0 Wolverhampton at,d Siesdon 23 4 Wycombe (High Wycombe and Great Marlow) ... . . 3 1 Edmonton ... ... ... 9 2 Total ... ... ... 369 SCOTLAND. . 3 0 Dundee ••• ••• •• .....• • Perth ... ... ... ... •__ 9 0 Montrose ... ... ... 3 0 Elawiek (Wigtown) ... ... 1 0 flassielt (from 18th inst) ... 5 0 Dunfermline (from Sept. 19) 2 0 Arbroath (slue.- 15th inst.) ... 4 0 Arbroaih by Hellensburgh ... 2 0 Kinghorn ... .•• •• 1 0 Total ... ..• 30 0 Gen€ral total:— Metropolis ... 121 32 Country ••• ~, 369 91 Scotland •• ~, 30 0 Total Note.—The number of attaeks reported by the union officers are—tor the metropolis 163, and for the country 503; but their returns do uot, in general, comprehend the cases that are treated by medical men in private practice. The deaths are returned according to superintendent registrarb' districts, as it it found im• practicable to di,tinguish every place separately. CHOLERA. DIARRHCEA. Wed. Thur. Wed. Thur. LONDON. Sept. Sppt. Sept. Sept. 19th. 20th.. 19. h. 20th. West Districts ... 11 10 6 7 North Districts ... 10 10 2 3 Central Districts ... 16 20 6 4 East Districts ... 32 19 5 5 South Districts ... 41 62 9 13 Total ... 110 121 28 32 THE CHOLERA. TO T.HE ELl7'Oll OF THE SUN. SlE,—Having forwarded -- (lispeVhes — ie all the Government offices, &c., &c., and finding what little leisure time I have just now exhausted, I take this mode of putting you in a position of knowing my hitherto unfailing cure for cholera—in fact, its anti dote. Let me beg of you with all earnestness to use forthwith, in every case, a full and poisonous dose of opium : give 5,6, or 7 grains at once—let the preparation be the Tinct. Opii. Then, as a stimulant, give 10 minium doses of each—Chloroform and Cajeput Oil—every two hours. Should purging continue occasionally, give, after each evacuatieti, 1 drachm doses of the Tincture of Matico, and apply a blister to the epigastrium. Let the diet he alternate half-hour or hour doses of weak cold brandy and water, and very strong, highly seasoned beef tea, or soup—in one tab!e spoonful doses. I have never failed with this treatment in any case of undoubted cholera, and have treated several cages abandoned by others, and am now hourly being called in by fresh patients. Believe me, very faithfully yours, ALFRED CHARLES AYRES, M.R.C.S., &c. Ramsgate, Sion-hill Lodge, Sept. 13, 1849. INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS. ST. JOHN'S, WATERLOO-ROAD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Much has been done, on the occasion of the present visitation, to ameliorate and mitigate the sufferings of the too long-neglected poor. It has stirred up our statesmen to study and amend the sanitary state of our crowded lanes, courts, and to send currents of pure air and streams of fresh water where neither had been known before for years; and the rich man has opened his purse, to regard the cry and distribute to the necessities of the poor, for self-preservation's sake, knowing that the improvement of the condition of the destitute is the only way to arrest disease. But, Sir, many a family has already been bereaved, and many more are likely still to suffer bereavement until interments in our church burial-yards is once and for ever put an end to. lam glad to see this movement in the right direction of the Board of Health. They have already clo:ed many ; but how is it that Lambeth—the ex tensive parish, wherein so many have been falling victims to the prevailing epidemic—has been over looked ? Could I prevail on your reporter, I would take him to the above churchyard, where he should tee for himself the numbers buried therein every afternoon, whereas it ought to have been closed a long time since. Burials take place ; the mourners sit upon the loose earth, uttering loud and lamentable cries that their dear relatives are not put lower in the earth. The undertaker tells them it is impossible, there is no room ; the sexton utters a response—it cannot be, and a heartrending scene takes: place before the mourners leave. The minister, is obliged to read hurriedly over the burisl-service. One method adopted is for the sexton, with a long stick, to penetrate the different graves, to ascertain whether or no the bodies are so decayed as to admit of being destroyed with a shovel, prior to an after interment; and there exists a bone-house at the back of the church. How long, Sir, are these things to continue ? Will you raise a powerful editorial leader in your valuable paper against such demora lizing practices, the forerunners of such pernicious effects ? Will you utter a voice, long, loud, and shrill, on behalf of the parishioners of Lambeth, now that the destroying angel has spread his wing upon the blast, and stands between the living and the dead? If you will, it will oblige Your obedient servant, ONE OF THE SPARED. Cornwall road, Lambeth, Sept., 1849. GRAVEYARDS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. snatch a moment from attendance on a hundred and fifty of the parish poor, chiefly labour ing under choleraic diarrhoea, to give you a couple of facts more valuable than barren generalities, and bearing strongly upon the question of intramural in terments. Near the bottom of Golden-lane, a dense locality, tenanted by the moat miserably poor and debilitated, from starvation and gin, of our London population, occur three graveyards—one is closed re cently, another is in active operation, and a thi rd, the gorged parish graveyard of Cripplegate, was re opened yesterday for the interment of a corpse. A few idlers entered the: yard, and among them a re spectable married woman. It appears from her subse quent statement to me, that she was previously in her usual state of good health, and that she neither ap proached very near to the recently broken•up filth nor was her sudden illness ascribable to the pressure of a crowd, nor to any mental ernotion. " All at once," said she, " I felt deadly sick, and had not somebody caught me I should have dropped." I saw her in this state, a mob came running to fetch me—she was pulseless, and bedewed with a clammy cold perspiration, her face ashy pale, and the heart acting very feebly. Under the use of brandy, ether, and ammonia, she recovered, but after twelvw hours still remained very debilitated and tre mulous. Of course I took occasion to lecture the people on the folly of approaching graveyards, and especially newly-opened graves, and reminded them that the most deadly animal and putrescent gases give off no perceptible stench. Then I may also mention that, last Sunday, a young girl was brought into my surgery in a faint state from St. Luke's Church, which is surrounded by a crowded graveyard. People faint, lam aware, in c chapels, from the crowd, the heat, and the gas (especially in the galleries), but none of these causes operated here. Whether St. Luke's be crowded with the dead or no, it is seldom crowded with the living. Yours respectfully, JOSEPH ASIII3URY SMITH, Parochial Surgeon, St. Luke's. 154, Whitecross- street, Thursday, Sept. 20.: TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In The Sun of yesterday I perceive a corres pondent ("Pro bono publico") states that (referring to a previous paragraph) the amount of allowance on postage stamps is to be reduced from 7f per cent. to 1 per cent., which he considers a good reason for increasing the attention of those officers whose duty it may be to dole out ld. stamps. This is certainly a great incentive to make a person attend better to the wants of the public. I think that your correspondent has misconstrued the paragraph, or you have only stated one• halt of the truth; as by his letter he would lead the public to suppose that 7} per cent. has been the general allow ance, whereas such is not the case, as distributors of stamps have only 1 per cent. allowed on postage labels, and for envelopes which sell for 2/. 4s. 6d., they are charged 21. 3s. 61, leaving a profit of ls., which 1 think is not quite 7f per cent. I do not know what the Post office may have allowed.—Yours obediently, Sept. 21, 1849. A DISTRIBUTOR. NEW Yonx, SEPT. s.—Mrs. Mitchel, mother of the Irish exile, with two of her daughters, arrived at this port in the ship Hibernia on Thursday last, and put up at Hartwell's ' Washington House. She left o n th e fol lowing day for the resicknee of W. H. Mitchel, !it Washington. AUSTRIA. The Wiener Zeitung of the 16th contains the re port of the Finance Minister, Baron Krauss, to the Emperor. Baron Krauss represents the urgent necessity for introducing order as well into the cur rency as into the administration of the public revenue. To effect the first, the great aim must be to improve the position of the bank, and to regulate its relations with the state. The first prepa ratory step taken towards restoring the credit of the bank was, his Majesty's edict to the effect that its credit should no longer be em ployed to provide/ for tLe necessities of the state by a further emission of bank notes and the second must be an arrangement as to the entire claim of the bank upon the State, the fixation of the rate of interest of that debt, and the gradual funding and sinking of the same. The Minister of Finance is of opinion that under the new order of things the bank will find it requisite to increase its capital, and that this should -be effected by a gradual issue of the bank shares w hich have until now been kept out of the market. As to the nece.lities of the State, it will be necessary to economize by diminishing the expenses of the army, although even when this is effected the deficit for the coming year will be great, as there will be the outlay for the introduc tion of the new judicial system, and for the indem nification of statute duty and tithes. To this must be added, the sums requisite for the con tinuation of the railroads already commenced, for the telegraphic lines, and for restoring some degree of order in the unfortunate Crown lands of - Ilungary and Transylvania. The Minister then prol.oses-1. To pay over the Sardinian indem nification money to the Bank, which will put it in possession of about 25,000,000 florins in hard cash. 2. A loan, the terms of which will be separately submitted to his Majesty. 3. New taxes, by the introduction of which Baron Krauss hopes that the receipts of the year 1850 will be from 45,000,000 to 50,000,000 greater than they were in 1847. In con clusion, he makes a proposal to issue, for the present, National Treasury-bills instead of Exchequer-bills. still on the part of shippers or home dealers not much desire has been evinced to operate. The value of Ma labar is 2i-I to 3iel. At Auction 1,200 bags of Singa pore were for the most part taken in at 2d to 2id for clean black. White is in small sup ply, arid a fair demand exists at 4d to Bd. Yod Pepper is dull of sale, at 35s to 503 per cwt. Cassia Lignca is still much wanted, and a further ad vance has taken place, as the supply is scanty ; at auction 230 chests were all sold at 96s to 102 s for good ordinary and middling. Export sorts of Ginger are still in limited demand, and can be obtained at rather lower rates ; at auction 260 bags of African were sold at 32s to 32s Gd for mid smell. Home trade sorts are still in good demand, and firm rates are paid. At auction 900 cases 68 bags of Calcutta were sold at 4/ lOs to 5/ 15s for good and fine bold, and 30 pkgs of Jamaica at 73s to 86s. In Nutmegs sales to a fair ex tent have been made, ard fie m rates are paid; low to middling brown selling at 2s 6d to 24 lOd, and better sort 3s to 4s 6d, but limed is dull of sale at 2s 6d for first sort. Mace is not much wanted, still there is no variation in the value. For Cinnamon full rates are asked, but few buyers are to be met with. FRUIT.—We have to re port a further improvement in the demand for Currants of all descriptions, and an ad vance of is per cwt on low and mid qualities. New Currants are expo cted here in the beginning of next month. Since our last we have had two cargoes more of New Valentin Raisins, which are selling at 46s as fast as they can be delivered. Valencias are very firm at 40e. consequence of rather lower rates having been submitted to for Leeward Mond Rum, a fair busi ness has been concluded at is 4d to is 5d proof. East India is not much wanted, and can be obtained at Is 3d. Full rates are asked for all sorts of Jamaica, still only small sales have been made by shippers or home dealers, and the market is well supported with ord and mid Forts. The value of 28 to 30 per cent over proof is 2s 2d to 2s 6d, 32 to 36 over 2s 8d to 3s, and fine 3s 3d to 4s. Demerara is offered at is 10d to 2s 2d for 28 to 40 per cent over proof. still few buyers are to be met with. Brandy is in good demand, and prices are still on the advance. Sales of Cognac best brands of the vintege have been made at 4s 4d to 4s 6d per gallon. For all purposes have been again upon a large scale, and are likely so to continue. Geneva is held for Is 9d to Is 10d for ordinary to fine, and at 2s 3d to 3s 3d for fine home trade sort. There is no variation in the value of British made Spirit. SALTPETRE.—The market is firm for British Refined, and at 30s 6d to 31s per cwt a large business has been concluded. Rough met with more attention from shippers and home dealers. whilst the rates paid have been equal to Friday last. For arrival several ' parcels have been sold at 27s 6d per cwt for 5 per cent refraction, and some parties will not accept these rates. At public sale 1,470 bags of C a l cutta were sold ; ord to fine 15 to 34 per cent at 27s to 29s per cwt. Nitrate of Soda has been sold to a fair extent at 12s to 12s 6d per cwt, and holders display firmness. TALLow.—To-day the quantity of South American Tallow offered at auction amounted to 1,240 pkgs, and a part only sold at 33s 3d to 36s 6d, and 219 cks of Sydney 36s to 37s per cwt; these are lower rates. On the spot fine P. Y. Candle is quoted at 37s 3d. OILS.—The demand is still on the increase for Seal Oil. Sales of pale have been made at 361 to 371, straw and tinged 331 to 351, yellow and brown 291 to 331 per tun. A good trade has been concluded in Cod, prices are higher, and rule at 281 105 to 291, at which the market is firm. Southern is wanted, and an advance is offered for all sorts. For low to mid the value is 291 to 311 10s, and good to fine 321 to 331 10s. Sperm is held with firmness. Fine Colonial is not to be purchased under 811 per tun, and Headmatter 83/. Of Rape Oil there are several buyers, pale at 39s to 40s, and brown 38s to 38s 6d per cwt. Palm is held with firmness. The value of tine is 31s to 31s 6J. For Linseed Oil sales to a fair extent have been made by shippers. Prices are higher, and rule at 28s 3d to 28s 6d per cwt on the spot. For forward delivery several contracts have been entered into at 27s 9d to 28s. Olive continues in excellent request. Sales of Gallipoli have been effected at 431 to 441, Spanish and Sicily 41t lOs to 421 10s, and other sorts 401 to 411. Cocoa Nut is still little wanted, and several parcels are pressed for sale at 30s to 34e. Lard Oil is worth 35s to 40s, and Ground Nut at 27s to 27a 6d per cwt. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria. cap. 32, far the ►Peek ending on Saturday, the 15th day of September, 1849. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued •....... 27,910,900 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,633,823 Silver bullion .. •• .• 277,077 London ... ... ... ... West Districts North Districts Central Districts ... East Digricts South Districts .. West Districts — Kensington ... Chelsea ... St. George, Hanover-square ... Westminster ... St. Martin-in-the• Fields St. James, Westminster ... North Districts— Uarylebone I latnpstead Pancras ... Islington .. ... Hackney ... .. Central Districts— St. Giles Strand ... Holborn... ... .. ... Clef kenwell ... ... St. Luke ... East London West London ... ... .. London, City ... East Districts— Shoreditch Bethnal. green ... Whit eehapel St. George-in-the-East ... Stepney ... ... ... Poplar ... •• ... South Districts St. Saviour ••• • •• • ... St. Olave ... ... ... vermondsey ••• St. George, Southwark ~, Newington ... .., ... Lambeth ~, ~, ~. Wandsworth ... .. •• Camberwell ... ~, ... Rotherhithe .. ~, ... Greenwich ~. ~. ... Lewisham ... ~. ... • See Appendix to Registrar• General's Ninth Annual Rep , rt for information respecting the population of the dis tricts and sub-districts of London at the several censuses. Estimated population of London at the middle of the year 1849-2,206,076. RETURN OF CASES, SErr. 20. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Ckolora. Diarrh. ••• ••• --- EAST DISTRICTS. ••• `-`. ••• ...• 121 32 £ 27,910,900 I X 27,910,900 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 20th day of Sept.. 1849. BANKING DEPARTMEN T. Proprictorecapital .• 14,553,000 Rest - • - 3,578,609 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings -banks, and Di- 1 Government securl- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 14,334,265 Other securities .. • • 10,403,105 INotes ........ • • • • • • 10,246,150 Gold and silver coin" 949,573 vidend accounts) 7,729,860 Other deposits ••• • • . 9,U35,206 Seven day and other bills •••• • • • • •• .. 1,036.408 £35,933,C83 £35,933,083 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 20th day of Sept., IR NORTH-WEST SUB-UNION LITE- RAINY FESTIVAL. Thursday, the 27th inst., i 3 drawing near, when the anticipated opening of the North-West Sub Union of Mechanics and Literary Institutes will be celebrated with all the eclat that should characterise such an event. The number of distinguished guests—the presence of the band, in full uniform, belonging to the Royal Yorkshire Hussars—the eminent gentleman who is to preside over the proceedings, and the cha racter of the arrangements, all tend to raise public estimation very high, and there is no doubt but it will be as fully and substantially gratified. The names of those gentlemen who have promised, and it is believed will take part in the festival, are as follow :—The celebrated George Cruikshank, Esq.; Lord Viscount Goderich; the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Ripon ; C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D., author of " Town Lyrics," " There's a Good Time Coming," &c.; Edward Baines, Esq., President of the Yorkshire Union of Institutes; George Dawson, Esq., M.A., of Birmingham ; Charles Swain, Esq., of Manchester, author of " The Mind," " Dramatic Chapters," &c. William Scholefield, Esq, 31. P. for Birmingham; the Worshipful the Mayor of Ripen, &c. &c. In addition to these, the under mentioned have also signified their intention of being present :—J. E. Carpenter, E.q., of Leaming ton, the popular ballad writer; the Rev. Edward Duncilmbe, of Newton Lyme; the Rev. H. liyland, of Bradford ; Joseph Ryder, Esq., Think ; John Dunning, Esq., Secretary and Lecturer to the East Riding Sub-Union ; James Kitson, Esq., of Leeds. The Stewards, as before announced, are John James Harrison, Esq., Doctors Bennett and Kennion, and J. Richardson, Esq., of Harrogate; W. M. Lomas, Esq., Wetherby ; M. Beaumont, Esq, Knares borough ; H. Myers, Esq., Goldsborough ; William Williamson, Esq., and Mr. James Norman, Ripon; Robert Pollock, Esq., Leeds. The dejeuner will take place at two o'clock, pre cisely, at Mr. Henry Milner's, the Queen Hotel, High Harrogate; and the soiree, at seven o'clock in the evening, at the same place. The morning enter tainment, there can be little doubt, will be of the most sumptuous and elegant description, while the more refined pleasures inseparable from the intellec tual portion of both dejeuner and soirée, there is little fear, will be of the highest possible order. Delegates from all the institutions in the Sub- Union will attend, as well as from many others not specified in the district which it includes. We are glad to know that the East and West Yorkshire Railway Company have expressed their intention of issuing day tickets, at a very low fare, and which will be available the following morning. The Leeds and Thirsk line, we are induced to think, may, like wise, he led to do so. We wish the North-West Sub-Union every success, and trust the friends of education and progress will mot fail to rally round its standard on this most inviting and auspicious occa sion. We are glad to find that, through the politeness and consideration of Mr. E. Baines, the President of the Yorkshire Union, the central and special committees, which it was intended should meet in Leeds this day, will assemble at Harrogate, at twelve o'clock, on the morning of the above day. The North-West Union committee will meet an hour earlier on the same day.—Harrogate Advertiser. CROSSING THE ALPS IN A BALLOON. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 11.—M. Arban the aeronaut, ascended in his balloon from the Chateau de Flours (the Vauxhall of this place) at half-past six in the evening of the 2d instant, and alighted at the village of Pion-Forte, near Turin, the following morning, at half-past two, having accomplished the distance, about 400 miles, in eight hours. The particulars of this voyage are related by M. Arban himself, in one of our morning papers, as follows : "I ascended from the Chateau de Pleura on Sunday evening, the 2d instant, at half-past six. At eight .1 was over the Wood of Esteret, where I ascertained I was at a height of 4,600 metres. The temperature of the air was cold, but dry; my centigrade thermo meter marked four degrees below zaro. The wind was south• west, and sent me over Nice. For nearly two hours, surrounded by very dense clouds, my cloak no longer sufficed to keep me warm ; I suffered much from cold feet. I, nevertheless, determined to proceed, and to traverse the Alps, from which I knew I was not far distant. "My provision of ballast was enough to raise me above the highest peaks. The cold gradually in creased, the wind became steady, and the moon lighted me like the sun (comme le soleil en plein jour). I was at the foot of the Alps; the snows, cascades, rivers, all were sparkling : the ravines and rocks pro duced masses of darkness, which served as shadows I to the gigantic picture. " The wind now interrupted the regularity of my cow % I was ONithiongly obliged to wend in order Attacks. WEST DISTRICTS. Kensington ... Chelsea... ... St. George, Hanover-square ... Westminster ••• ••• ... St. Martin-in. the-Fields" St. James, Westminster ... - NORTH DISTRICTS. ... •••• ••• .... Marylebone Hampstead ... St. Pancras ... Islington Hackney ... i fi• .• • .m... r.• ~ ••• ••• - CENTRAL DISTRICTS. St. Giles ~ Strand ... . llulb,rn Union Clerkenw•ell St. Luke ~ East London West London City of London ihoreditch Bethnal-green ... Whitechapel St. George-in•the•East ~ Stepney Poplar ... SOUTH DISTRICTS. St. Saviour, Southwark St. °lave Bermondsey St. George, Southwark Newington, Surrey ... Lambeth Wandsworth Camberwell Rotherhithe G ret nwieh Lewisham ••• .... ••• ..... ••• ....' ••• ..... ••• '....* ••• ...• ••• ... ••• ... •si ....• Total ... Total deaths from cholera, registered hom Sept. 17, 1848, to Sept. 20, 1849 ... 13,443 Total deaths from cholera, registered from Juae 17, 1849, to Sept. 19, 1849 ... 12,352 * Returns of Thursday have not been received from Mr. J. Leonard, Registrar of the Charing cross district of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. THE COUNTRY. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhce4 reported to the General Board of Health the 21st day of September, 1349 : Deaths. Attacks. Cholera. LI tare' . 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 O 1 3 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 O 1 1 1 3 2 5 0 1 • 0 8 0 9 2 8 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 10 2 11 0 8 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 3 2 O 1 O 1 1 2 0 8 2 4 0 4 0 6 0 O 1 2 0 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 1 0 1 0 O 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 SO 5 1$ 3 O 0 2 0 O 0 1 1 1 0 O 1 1 0 O 1 32 O 1 7 0 5 1 1 0 O 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 34 8 1 1 O 1 1 0 O 1 5 0 2 0 O 1 O 1 1 0 1 0 O 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 O 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 O 1 1 0 1 0 10 0 5 2 O 1 12 3 O 1 1 0 Ashton-under•Lyne Azbridge A3ll3ham (Buxton) ... Barnstaple ... ... Bedford ... ... Bedminster ... Berkhampstead ••• Berwick-upon-Tweed... Biggleswade Birmingham ... ... Bolton ••• ••• ... Bradford and North Bierley Brent!ord ... Bridgnorth Bridgwater ... Brighton ... Bristol .. ... Bromsgrove ••• "..• ••• ..• ••• ...... ••• ".. ••• ..... ••• ''.... ••• ''' •• • "". ••• ••••• ••• Bury ... Caistor (Great Grimsby) ... Cambrioge Cardiff ... Carmarthen Carnarvon Chorlton Clifton (Stapleton) . . Clifton (St. Philip and Jacob) Clifton (St. George) Cockermouth and Workington Cookham ... •• • •••• Coventry ... Croydon and Mitcham Darlington - Darttord and Farningham Devizes ••• ... ••• Dewsbury and Batley... Doncaster ~ Dover ... Dudley ... Eastry (Deal) ... Ecclestield (Worsbrough) Eltham Fareham ... Gaiosborough Hambledon Haslingden . Hastings Hardingstone (Milton) Headington Hexh am How den ••• • • _ Huddersfield and Golcar II unslet ... ... ... Hu11... ... ... ... Isle of Thanet (Ramsgate) (Margate) ... Isle of Wight (Hyde)... (Cowes) ..• Kidderminster (Wolverley) --; King's Norton... Lancaster ... Langport Ueda ... ... Leicester —. ... _ Liskeard and Callington ... Liverpool ... Llandillo Fawr Luton (Dunstable) Madeley ••• ••• Macclesfield Maidstone (Loose) ... Mailing (East Peckham) ... Manchester ... Medway (Gillingham) Melksham Neath Newark ... ••• Newcastle•upon-Tyne Newton Abbott Northampton ... Northwich Norwich ... ... Okehampton ... ... Oldham Ongar Ormskirk Oxford ... Penzance (St. Ives) ... Peterborough ... Petworth Pocklington Pock ling ton (Market Wrighton) Pontefract Portsea bland Preston Rochdale Rochtord Rumford Salford Sanford Sculcoates Sheffield Sheppey ••• ••••• ••• ..". ••• .... ••• .....' ... ... • 4 • ..... ••• ••• ..... ••• ••• ..... ••• ".... • • • .." ... . . • • ..... • • • ••• • . • .... ••• .. ... "••• •• • ....• •• • ..... ••• "". ••• .... ••• ••••• ••• ••••• ••• ••• .... ••• .... ••• ..... • • • ..°. ••• .... ••• .... ••• ..... •• • ..... aeo --- ••• ....... ••• ....• ••• '". ••• ...••• ••• ..'• ••• ''''' ••• ..'• ••• .... 11111 000 1,. .... LOUIS KOSSUTH. The following is the description given of Kossuth by the Austrian authorities in their warrant offering a reward for his apprehension : " Louis Kossuth, an ex-advocate, journalist, Minister of Finance, President of the Committee of Defence, Governor of the Hungarian Republic, aged 45 years, born at Joss Bereny in Hungary, Catholic, and married. He is of middle height, strong, thin, the face oval, complexion pale, the forehead high and open, hair chestnut, eyes blue, eyebrows dark and very thick, nose thin, mouth small and well-formed, teeth fine, chin round. He wears a moustache and imperial, and his curled hair does not entirely cover the upper part of the head. He has a white and delicate hand, the fingers long. He speaks German, Hungarian, Latin, Sluvack, a little French and Italian. his bearing when calm is solemn, full of a certain dignity, his movements elegant, his voice agreeable, softly penetrating and very distinct, even when he speaks low. He produces in general the effect of an enthusiast; his looks, often fixed on the heavens, and the expression of his eyes, which are fine. contribute to give him the air of a dreamer. His exterior does not announce the energy of his character." Madame Kossuth is thus described "Madame Thertsa Kossuth, nee Mczzienyi, wife of Louis Kussuth, aged more than 30, is Catholic. Sbe is tall, spare, the lace long, the complexion brown, the forehead long, the hair and eyes black, the eyebrows black, long, and narrow, the nose rather pointed, the mouth regular, chin long. She speaks the German, Hungarian, and Sclavonian languages. She is very haughty, and her look is full of pride." ITALY. The Genoa Gazette states from Rome, 11th inst., that the Pontifical army is at present reduced to three regiments of two battalions each of infantry, and one regiment of cavalry of six squadrons. Foreign officers, of whatever rank they held in the Pontifical army, are not to be re-admitted to the service, unless they• have resided three years in the state. Those officers who have re ceived employments at the hands of Cardinal Amat, and Generals Durrando, Zucchi, Ferrari, and Pepe are also excluded, their right being, however, sub mitted to examination. The discipline of the French soldiers is excellent; they sleep in the open air without a murmur. At the hour of their repasts the barracks are besieged with poor, with whom the French willingly share their rations. The deputy of Imola, M. Faella, has been arrested ; the reason of his arrest is not known. The Veterano of Naples publishes the speech of his Holiness addressed to the clergy in the Archbishop's palace at Naples, previous to his imparting his bene diction to that body : " On the 26th of November of last year I axed my abode in company with the most pious of Sovereigns and his august spouse, on a rock which still preserves the pious traditon of the miracles that took place at the moment when Jesus Christ expired on Golgotha, thus destroying by his most precious blood the ben tence of our eternal c.mdemnation ; on that day, pros • treed before an image of the crucifix, nay more, Wore the most august sacrament, I pray ed that peace might be granted to the sovereign who accompanied me, and I also implored a blessing upon you, my beloved children, of every order. I th. n was u•:conscious of the decrees of Providence which were to be accomplished upon me; I did not know that I should come i❑ per son among you, and again shed my blessing upon you. I therefore implore this benediction upon you, and especially upon the younger members of the clergy, that you, my beloved children, may know the duties of your station. The people who, more than ever in volved in darkness which is becoming more dense from day to day, rt quire a light to guide them in order to perceive the snares laid for them every instant, arid to see in you their guide; be you indeed their guide by your example, your words, and your charity. My beloved children, study carefully the dangers annexed to your state in order to avoid them ; and you will learn to study aid avoid them, if you attend to all that is so often repeated to you in the place of your ecclesiastical education. A blessing, then, upon your souls, which, created after the image of God, wi:l be, I trust, the copy of the divine original, Jesus Christ. Blessed be your studies, your prayers, all your actions. With this inten tion, thee, I give you the Pontifical benediction, and do you receive it prostrate." MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Sept. 21.) SUGAR.—To-day full rates were obtained fur all sorts of West India, and a fair business was concluded in both grocery and refining kinds. At public sale 120 hhds Barbadoes realised 38s 6d to 40) for mid to fine yellow. The purchases amounted to 410, making for the week 2,890 hhds, &c. Prices close the same as on Feiday last., and with firmness. REFINED.—To -day there was an improved demand for Refined goods for home trade purposes, and prices were firm; brown lumps 48s and fair grocery 48s 6d to 495. In the value of Bonded Crushed there is no variation and little business was done. MAUBITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was in steady request, and a public sale of 1,197 bags and 365 casks went at full terms; low and mid brown at 29s to 33s 6d, good and fine 345 to 365, fine yellow 39s 6d to 40s, and ord to good 36s to 38s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon a good demand ex isted for Bengal Sugar, and the public sales of 3,979 begs went off at full rates; low and middling white Benares 38s 6d to 40s, good to five 40s 6d to 425, yel low like Mauritius 37s 6d to 40s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day the market was more freely:sup plied with Foreign Sugar. Of Havannah 5,331 chests were offered at public sale; sound was nearly all taken in at full rates; low to good white at 25s to 295, brown 18s to 193 6d, yellow 19s 6d to 1249; but damaged sold, white 23s to 255, yellow and brown 18s Gd to 225. Of Bahia 500 pkgs were offered, when sound was taken in at 17s Gd to 225 6d for yellow and brown, whilst da maged sold at 17s to 24s per cwt. Of St. Croix 156 hhds 163 barrels at public sale realised 42s to 428 6d for fine yellow, and good 40s to 41s per era. MOLASSES.—The market is firm for West India, and sales to a fair extent have been made at 15s Gd to 18s for low to fine. There is a less amount on offer than in the former week. The value of East India Treacle is 15s to 15s 6d, with a firm market, and a more active demand has been experienced. Cocos.—West India is not offered at any further re duction. At public sale 41 barrels 526 bags Trinidad, 61 begs St. Lucia, and 22 barrels Dominica have been offered, but nearly the whole was withdrawn, and the market has a dull aspect, whilst further parcels have been imported. There are few buyers of Foreign, and sellers are ready to accept 25s to 28s per cwt according to quality. TEA.—The operations here this week have been al most confined to the public sales which have consisted of 35,000 pkgs, of this quantity about 11,000 comprised green Tea. The lower qualities of Congou went off briskly, and at stiffer rates—common realised 9d to 9id, medium kinds 10d to Is 3d, and Com pany's Bid to 8:1d, but good and fine sorts meet with little attention, and were nearly all taken in at the previous currency. For young Hyson and Gun powder a good demand was experienced, still holders are compelled to take former prices. The lower sorts of Imperial from is to Is 3d have been largely dealt in, but better sorts met a dull sale. Hyson attracted little at tendon, and the small part sold barely realised former terms. The market for other sorts of Green Tea has also presented a flat appearance, and the tendency of prices is to recede. COFFEE —This afternoon a fair business was con cluded in Native Ceylon Coffee by private treaty at 39: 6d to to 40s per cwt. Of Plantation 159 casks 676 bags were offered at public sale, and sold at full rates; fine went at 665, low middling and middling 53s to 58s 6d, and other sorts 41s to 52s per cwt. The market for Coffee has a firm aspect, and of home trade sorts the supply is smaller. RlCE.—Holders of Bengal have been desirous to realise this week, and the market has been well supplied, whilst the rates accepted have been 6d per cwt under those current previously. At auction 9,084 bags were offered, and rather more than half sold at and after the sal,. ; pod white rather dusty at 9s to 9s 6d, mid ditto Ss to 8s 6d, low 7s 6d to Bs, and damaged 5s to 8s 6d. By private treaty the purchases made have been extremely limited. For Madras prices rule much the same on this day week, but there are few buyers, and of 935 bags offered at auction a part only sold; pinky white at 8s to 8s 6d, damaged 6s to 7s 6d, sound barley grain Bs, and damaged 6: 6d to 7s per cwt. Cleaned Rice is not so much sought after, still prices remain at 23s to 28s for town dressed Carolina, and at 12$ to 19s for Patna. spoze,—Black pepra is ant offered at any reduction; MMMINNII!N to pass over the peaks. I reached the summit of the Alps at eleven o'clock, and as the horizon became clear, and my course regular, I began to think of supping. I vas now at an elevation of 4,600 metres. It was indispensably necessary for me to pursue my journey and reach Piedmont. Chaos only was under me, and to alight in these regions was impossible. After supper, I threw my empty bottle into the snow beneath, where possibly some adventurous traveller will one day find it, and be led to conclude that an other before him had explored the same desert regions. At half-past one in the morning I was over Mount Misso, which I knew, having explored it in my first journey to Piedmont. There the Du rance and the Po take their source. I reconnoitred the position, and discovered the mag nificent plains of the mountain. Before this certainty, a singular optical delusion, occasioned by the shining of the moon upon the snow, was like to makemme think myself over the open sea. But as the south west wind had not ceased to blow, I was convinced by this fact, as well as by others I had noticed, that I could not be over the sea. The stars confirmed the accuracy of my compass, and the appearance of Mont Blanc satisfied me that I must be approaching Turin. Mont Blanc to my left, on a level with the spot in which I was, being far above the clouds, resembled en immense block of crystal sparkling with a thou. sand fires. " At a quarter to three Mount Viso, which was behind me, proved to me that I was in the neigh bourhood of Turin. I determined to alight, which I did without any difficulty, having ballast enough to go much further. I alighted near a large farmyard, where I was surrounded by several watch dogs, from whose caresses I was protected by my cloak. Their barking awakened the peasants, who were more surprised than frightened at seeing me. They admitted me to their house, informed me that it was half- past two, and that I was in the village of Pion- Forte, near Stubini, six kilometres from Turin. "I passed the remainder of the night at the farm house, and in the morning the peasants accompanied me to the mayor, who delivered me a certificate, at testing my arrival, &c. "After packing up my balloon and car, I set out for Turin, where I arrived at nine in the morning. I immediately sat down to write to the director of the Château de Fleurs, in order to re lieve the anxiety of my wife,_ friends, and the Marseilles public who might be interested about me. I then repaired to M. Bois le Comte, the French Am bassador, who gave me a passport. At eleven, the same morning, I attended the church of la Madre di Dio, where a funeral service was performed in honour of Charles Albert's death. This ceremony was fol lowed by a review of the National Guard. In the evening I went to the Theatre d'Angennes, where Sigier played Louis XI. I could hardly believe that the evening before I was at the Château de Fleurs, at Marseilles, 140 leagues off." KIRBY MALZEARD INSTITUTE MOVEMENT. The condition of this Institution calling for im mediate and active measures to prevent it falling into a state of complete inanition, it was visited on Monday evening, by G. Linnaeus Banks, the North- West Sub-Union of Institutes' Secretary and Lecturer, and Mr. James Norman, Vice-President of the Ripon Mechanics' Institute, when a lecture was delivered by Mr. Banks on—" What shall we do to advance the cause of Mechanics' Institutes." Mr. ARMSTRONG, surgeon, occupied the chair, in the absence of the respected clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Wilson, and expressed his gratification at the effort which was that evening going to be made on behalf of the Kirby Malzeard Institute. Having introduced the lecturer to the meeting, he (Mr. B.) proceeded to point out the duty of the public, and more especially of members, committees, and officers, in reference to the cause of mechanics' institutions. The cause of so many institutions degenerating into a state of inefficiency, %as not the result of bad times, an indifference to education on the part of the people, nor a want of adequate means to carry out the contemplated objects, but the mere and inevi table result of inactivity, and the prevalence of the notion that it is not the duty of the members, nor advisable, that they should feel any interest in their institution beyond paying their subscriptions, and occasionally attending the lectures, or using the ad vantages they might offer. This was a suicidal notion, and calculated to wreck the best cause. Action, he contended—indomitable, persevering, and uncon querable action—at all times, and in all places, by young and old, rich and poor, male and female, was the only and sole sustaining principle that would give to mechanics' institutions real prosperity, and enable them to accomplish the object for which they were so well designed. Money libraries, news-rooms, lectures, soirees, and talking, were nothing without action. Not the action of one or two who might be left to bear the entire burden and responsibility of the institution, but the entire body of the members. Every one could do something —obtain a new member, canvass for donations, beg books, or borrow newspapers for the partial use of the institution. Whatever the effort might be, if it was made in the true missionary spirit, it would not, it could not be lost. Mr. NORMAN was then called upon to address the meeting, and pointed out to them the necessity for acting out Mr. Banks' pointed and wholesome truths. He trusted they would begin afresh from that night, and extend their influence in every possible direction. The institution would conger great blessings upon them and the neighbourhood, if properly supported, as it ought to be, and as he hoped in future it might be. A number of new members joined the institution at the close of the addresses, and a majority of the members present Fledged themselves to become constant and willing labourers in the mental field. A good spirit pervaded the meeting, and there is little doubt left a good impression upon the minds of the audience. The handsome gift of Lord Vis count Goderich, who recently presented a hundred volumes to the library of this institution, was a noble act, and well worthy of imitation.—Harrogate Ad vertiser. THE REGISTRATION. CITY OF LONDON. Yesterday Mr. M-Christie, revising barrister, con tinued the revision of the City registration in the Court of Common Pleas, Guildhall The sitting was occupied with the revision of the lists for the ward of Bassishaw, Coleman-street, including St. Margaret, Lothbury; St. Michael, Bassishaw; St. Olave, Jewry ; and St. Stephen, Culeman-street. No case of any interest arose during the day. The following is the result of the revision for the ward of Bassishaw : Liberal claims allowed Ditto objections sustained Ditto ditto tailed 5 Conservative objections sustained Ditto ditto failed 36 Double objections sustained . l3 Ditto ditto failed Expunged by barrister Mr. Charles Leman, St. Stephen, Coleman-street, was objected to by the Conservatives on the ground that he was not rated. Service of the claim to be rated was duly proved, but the overseers had neglected to insert the name either on the rate for the time being," or on any subsequent rate. The collector's book was sent for as evidence fur the Court, and the case, therefore, is allowed to stand over. During the hearing of this objection Mr. M'CHRISTIE took occasion to state that if the over seers of the different parishes did not attend with all the necessary books and documents, his intention was to put in strict force the power to fine them fur their neglect, which the Act entrusted to him. He felt this measure of r;gour to be absolutely necessary, in order to afford due protection to the rights of the constituency. Bassishaw ward, Coleman-street, having been com pleted, at half-past one o'clock, the Court adjourned till ten o'clock on Monday, when the lists of the whole of Bishopsgate ward, and of the first ten parishes of Bread-street, Queenhithe, and Vintry will be proceeded with. FIRE IN KENT.—At two o'clock this morning a gentleman and his family reached town by post-chaise from Dartford, and when passing Eltham he witnessed a dreadful conflagration of farming-stock, and apparently buildings. On reaching town he had ascertained that some of the London engines and firemen had been dis patched to the scenes of destruction from Watling -street and other stations. It had been ascertained that no water could be procured for the Kent Fire•office and other engines which had reached the fire. THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was entertained at dinn ol ei vte o hr n Thursday evening by o. Liver pool, J. Brarnley Moore, W r e,E ' sq l . iP l t n he the q co ° u r rs o e l evening his Worship very happily remarked that, in con nexion with his Royal Highne.,s's visit, there was a very curious c ,, ineidence—his brothers the Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV ) and the Duke of Clarence paid a visit to Liverpool on the 18th of September, 1806. They derived great pleasure from their short stay as Li verpool was then a gi eat port ; but he trusted that his Highness of Cambridge was still more pleased, as he was then in the first port of the empire His Worship, in picturing the rapid rise of the town, stated that in 1806 the number of vessels iu port was 4,676, vq,th a tonnage of 507.825. In 43 years, that is to the present period, the Increase had b/en enormous, for there were now 20,723 vessels, with a tonnage of 3,639,140, showing an increase of 16,057 vessels, at d of tonnage, 3,131,315. His Highness felicity ed the c o mpany and the town on this enviable prosperity, and after sundry compliments had been passed and repassed, the party broke up, after spending a pleasant evening. CHATHAM —Yesterday being the day appointed to to be kept for humilktion and pra3 er, the Admiralty directed that the dockyard should be closed the whole of the day, and that morning and a!ternoou lorries should 1 be performed in the dockyard chapel. 1 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 4 0 ce !or a the Greet, oca 3 lei, )n at t hat 4teu dual I ill' lare 2der the Iv tor and bp, 111, cr bf of