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3 , ifh ,t the ion of pO, aj under Great f that I free le, th e )opil ) p,ooof f ad of ditto, prices. 10d; ;$ 6di ,ES• E.ATO I ry 1,1 " !erver — The lots of onary trerae. Flour• Sack.• 1,210 101 l , ot. IRELAND To THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN . RUSSELL, ALP., &c. LETTER 11. My Lord,— I stated in my last " that the surplus Ye lls and profits should be divided every ten 3 ears ' " but I s h ould have added until the 70th year ha d elapsed, when such division should be annual. No teas, nable person would require that the exact benefit a shareholder would receive should be stated, but is not difficult to make a fair estimate, and with the view of doing so in the most intelligible mode, I Will suppose class A, instead of being filled by shares of different values, to be divided into 10,000 shares of 1 001. each. Looking at the present condition of the land, and .its certain increased value after it had been improved, trust your Lordship will concur with me in think ing that five per cent. is a very moderate estimate on Which to found calculations of the probable advantage to the subscribers. Five per cent upon class A would :be 50,0001. per an num, and supposing the annual interest of this sum sufficient to cover the expenses of management, the decennial division would be 500,0001. net. It is, of course, impossible to say exactly what numbe r of lives would reap the benefit of this decen nial divisor' at each period; but by a table now before ale, the accuracy of which can be tested by a refer eflee to th e i nsurance ta bl es , th e f o ll ow i ng wo uld not be far from the result At the end of 20 years, the proprietor of every existing life would have received 10 per cent. more than the original sum of his subscription. 70 „ the proprietor of every surviving life would have received £1,144 80 „ the proprietor of every surviving life would have received 84 „ the proprietor of every surviving life would have received £5,479 And the next year would have an estate worth 1,0001. per annum. Surely, this is a sufficient inducement, not for men like , at'd dozens besides who have not yet beep detected, and who never enter into such under takings except w ith th e v i ew o f plundering the public, but for men with children or relatives for whom they are desirous of providing, and who can spare 1001., or S ot, or 251., or even 121. 103 —for each of which sums they would receive a proportionate benefit. Do q u i et l y compare this mode of i ntro d uc i ng t h e ne cessary capit a l i n t o Ir e la n d with any yet proposed, ,9)r I fe e l conf i dent that the result shou l d b e i ts adop "4, This comparison I will undertake in a subse t !1 1 lent letter; but if you should approve of the plan, 'lnept it, and pursue a course similar to this. Suggest to her Most Gracious Majesty the expe diency of permitting the tontine to be called " The Victoria Tontine," taking the first share for the Earl , o f. Dublin, and one for each of her other pets. Ask ma Royal Highness Prince Albert to become the Patron, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Leinster, and Lord John Russell to be trustees. Request Sa rnuel James Loyd (whose currency doctrines I believe most pernicious), as good a man as breathes, to become the managing director, and let him choose half .a-d ozen other City men as like himself as pos sible. Let the following appear in the London Ga zette, dated Balmoral:— THE VICTORIA TONTINE FOR THE BENEFIT OF IRELAND. PATRON. His Royal Highness Prince Albert. TRUSTEES. The Lord Lieutenant Earl Clarendon. The Duke of Leinster. The Lord John Russell. DIRECTORS. Samuel Jones Loyd, with those he may appoint.' Letthe the above appear heading such a statement as e directors would propose, and within a month 41 1 1 1 1! & would be filled, and there would be a T A n of money for the purchase of land, and for Providing profitable employment for the people. ay Suggestions occur to my mind, with which n : a swe p f r il t i e ot an trouble your Lordship at present. A most qua One would be allowing proprietors of half, and d eighth shares, who possessed sufficient ~ I al' to become tenants of land of that annual ,alg ; en,,.and in the event of their nominees being I.tled to a prize, let them take the farm which they had rented as their share. S uch persons would then, in addition to the ordi na rY inducements of a tenant, have those of a Prospective proprietor to make his improvements of a t erm anent character, and cultivate his land in the es p e rmanent Possible manner, the only mode of providing employment for the Irish peasantry. That would be the colonization of a statesman. Sir Robert Peel's was the proposal of an empiric—first Protesting he would not prescribe until regularly Called in, and he had received his consideration , t h en t hrustin g his placards, interlarded with great names, Lnto the hands of every passenger—a political Dr. ' 4o trison.—l have the honour to remain, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, Corwar, Sept. 4, 1849. RIGBY WASON. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SEPT. 4. We regret to state that the cholera, which had to a considerable extent subsided during the past wk ek, has aeain broken out amongst us here with increased malig- T l 'Y• At an early hour on Monday morning, Maj urner, Master o f th e H orse t o t h e L or d-Li eu t enan t, attacked with the disease, which terminated fatally alter a few hours. Major Tut ner was in attendance on tintls Excellency on Sund a y, and as one of the officers of e Viceregal Household, attended Divine service in e C little chapel. ,I)EA.TII OF WN. MURPHY, &Ca —Mr. William Mar tnY, the wea l th i est and most em i nent o f our merc h an t s , th e attack e d some days ago w i t h c h o l era, an d although n e orst symptoms ot . the disease had yielded to medi cal tr eminent, he rfmained in a very precarious state h Sunday evening, when he gradually sunk under ex lietlt.:tne4Allr. Murphy was for m a ny years identified with thin party. and took an active and influential part political conflicts of the day. Hs was a Catholic Ca li ginn, and as such became an active Member of the o !ic.Association, :lad subsequently of the " General i"sociatton of Ireland." He hid the repution of being Lin t , hi s 4 y rich while living, and now that he is dead, Wealth has been estimated at nearly half a million. f„, t , Nrtr- STREET, POLICE -OFFICE, YESTERDAY.—Atter pit ti T investigation of the charge, brought against Mrs. Cr 'of absconding with 1.8001., the property of the dlt ors of her bankrupt husband, Doctor Kelly, the sidingPteb, h magistrate, ordered the prisoner to be dis „ e d ged, on the ground that no case of felony be been f", e °nt rgainst her. Mrs. Wall, however , had scarcely f e t "Jo police-office when she was arrested by a bailiff OM the Bankruptcy Court. q q ; - t' "CHESTER TRADE REPORT.—There was a t un ' t r market yesterday than there hart been for some to - " ast, and on the whole hut little business has been %through during the operations has had an influence in check g ''Xtensive transactions for the home market. The c o imin ued firmness in the raw material market is also ttil_ tut. ' oPeratin g as an extensive check, both to manufac to e r rs and buyers. None but those who are compelled -e i l lace stock or to complete positive orders, are at th e'ent doing nay thing in the market. There is not th, a r t buoyancy in the home trade which it was expected e would be. Heavy goods, though nut so much de- IS.(i4ed as some time ago, are still heavy on the market. d t t'rs keep actively engaged. There has been consi derable fluctuation in the prices, but on the whole they 'e Yet exceedingly firm. On Monday a concert was given at the organ "-istanuFactory of Messrs. Bevington and Sons, 48, Greek req, Soho- square, for the purpose of displaying the !!inahilities of a splendid new organ built by the Messrs. Bevington, for the Music Hall, Nottingham. A numer -2," company, who had beet, favoured with private in- Titatio ns from the talented manufacturers of the instru //lent. availed themselves of the entertainm , ut so kindly Provided for them; and a variety of selections from the Compositions of alosArt, Beethoven, Handel, and other great masters of song. were performed on the occasion by Mr. E. J. Hopkins on the organ. The trial proved a very aluxessful one ; and the and itory,including several excellent jud ge ' s of musical instruments of this description , evinced the highest approbation at the richness of tone and e p o wer of the organ, the introduction of which into l'''ldttinzh mus t constitute a new epoch in the musical h istory - or n that important borough. Some slight idea of the initrument way be gathered by tho,o versed in such tatters from the fact that the total number of pipes in t he great, swell, choir, and the pedal organs of the i nstrum en t is no fewer than 2.309; and there are 10 ec4nPosition pedals to shift the stops by the feet; and couplia,,,, movemen ts to e ,, nnect the 4 organs together. rr s ale, Case designed by the builder, is 27 ft. hig h, 18ft. - t 1( le, 16 f ee t d ee p and is constructed in the G recian 1 11 1 : 3 :;' , being adorned with four elegant lonic columns in f,„. err T SEwEits COMMI:SION.—The annual holiday th — one month, of the Commi , sioners appointed to carry h t : i 1 ' City o f L ou d on S e wers Act" into operation - t vn ,F now terminated. Mr. Daw, the pr inci p al clerk, h,,j e ,'""d yesterday at the Council Chamber in ihe Guild -1:". for the purpose of filling up the summons °s calling t" 1 the Commissioners to attend for the dispatch o f o:Lness on Tues Any next. During the rece:s the sani -47 work of t'oe comini,sion has been transacted by the 11 ,,, A v d of Health the inspectors and police having acted this Period, the directi ' on of the medical officer. Perhaps at th Period, jut before the reiumptien of the sitting of 4, e ornmissioners for the ensuing year, it may be as ' to infor m the public of the fact, that in case of any n 'Pltint b e i ng made as to inefficient drainage, or the hif of attention on the part of any officer of the court, ,1 0Q t a ll applications may be addressed in writing ice, DaW, ~ the principal ceik, Sewers-office, the.4hall, or the same may Ise made to the inspectors dot *cveral districts throughout the City. In all such a : the complaints are investigated, without delay, to orders given for the removal of the same, according e Provision of the Act of Parliament, intituled the , -Ity of London Sewers Act, 1848." w e i i 4 U. Powell, the famous steeple-chase rider, so Known in the s p o rting circle of Cheltenham, was dij.ught b e f ore t h e magistrates of Plymouth, on Tues. o.°ll a charge of felony pre‘erred against him by a ptain 11. Hayes. The accu,ation arose nut of a betting Wh, 'action which had taken place the previous evening, h Mr-P w w' hit(' fairly l o l n. pocketed five pounds wtich he alleged oe n o,This !rumpery case occupied t he J o some hours, and is report, din the Plymouth 1 1 , ;; n oel at three c o lu mns l engt h! The magistrates re -444 adjudicate, and very wisely dismissed the owe. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENJ.NG, SEPTEMBER 5, THE CHOLERA. RETURN OF CASES. SEPT. 4. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Attacks. Cholera. Diarrh. fiolly,rn Union ... ... - 0 1 St. Giles and St. George ... 8 0 West London ••• ... 13 2 St. George, Southwark ... 15 0 Greenwich ... ... ... 5 2 Bethnal-green ... ... 8 0 St. Olave ... ... ... 3 0 Lambeth ... • • ... 40 2 Whitechapel ... ... ... 3 2 Stepney ••• ... ... 10 1 St. George-in•the-East ... 4 1 Newington ... ... ... 6 2 Marylebone ... ... ... 7 1 St. Pancras ... ... ... 4 2 Poplar ... ... ... ... 5 0 Strand ... ... ... ... 2 0 St. George, Hanover-square ... 2 0 St. James, Westminster ... 4 0 St. Luke 6 0 Camberwell ... ... ... 22 1 St. Saviour, Southwark ... 20 0 Hackney ... ... ... 3 2 Islington ... ... 5 1 Kensington ... ... ... 1 0 Wandsworth ... ... ... 3 0 Lewisham ... ... ... ---- 3 0 East London ... ... ... 2 1 Shoreditch ... ... ... 21 1 Rotherhithe ... ... ... --- 12 1 Chelsea... ... ... ... 0 1 City of London ... ..• 1 0 Westminster ... ... ---- 13 1 Bermondsey ... ••• ... 10 1 St. Martin-in-the-Fields ... 1 0 Clerkenwell ... ••• •... No return. Hampstead ... ... ... Total ... 262 26 very filthy, the roams small and over-p?opled, and the walls and floors saturated with dirt und nastiness.' " SOMERS TOWN. "F. 58, widow of pawnbroker, cnolera, 7 days, August 21, Johnson-street.—Drainage, &c., good; at the back part of Johnson-street there is a street called ‘Verring• ton-street, where there are several vaults, which are very injurious to health, as all manner of filth is con • stantly thrown in them, 5,1A1 putrid fish, &c. ; the ground on which the vaults stand is to let for building, and per sons of loose and oisorderly habits congregate therein night and day. F. 64, wife of market gardener, cholera, 7 days, August 30, 23, Melton-street.—Drainage, &c., good; de cased, who was from the country, came up to attend a sister at the same house, who died of the same disease, after 3 days' illness, on the 20th of August, and kissed her sister just before the funeral. She was in perfect health when she came to London. " ISLINGTON (East). "F. 28, wife of labourer, cholera, 24 hours, Aug. 27, 45, Windsor-street.—Along the back of this street runs a ditch or drain partially filled up; the privies of some of the houses are warm from the coppers in the wsshhouses being set next to them; this draws in the smell, which is very offensive at times. " ST. GILES (North). " Mr. Simpson, the registrar of North St. Giles, reports upon his district in the following terms:—` The deaths in his district have increased from 9 last week to 17 this, ending Saturday, Sept. 1, of which 11 were from cholera and diarrbseA. Although the number of dt'aths from ell causes is more than three times the number in the cor responding week of last year, yet the epidemic in Church-lane, St. Giles's, is on the decline, and it is quite certain that it arises from the sanitary efforts which have been employed in cleansing and whitewashing, and the feeding of the poor Irish families who inhabit these poor lodging-houses. In Tower street several fatal cases of cholera have occurred. The houses are densely populated and badly ventilated, and the inhabitants complain bitterly of a sewer, which receives the blood and offal from a butcher's shop in the street, as also the refuse from a tripe shop at the corner of Lumber court. It is constantly emitting the most poisonous ex halations to the whole neighbourhood. At 35, Great St. Andrew-street, the wife of a fishmonger's porter died from cholera ; the following day a child two years old expired, and the nurse who attended on the wife is since dead. The husband was also attacked with cholera, and has been removed to the workhouse. The room the family occupied was always close, with a strong effluvia of stale fish, arising, no doubt, from the drying of soles skin. The houses are densely populated, and the lo cality is not one of the most healthy, as it adjoins Dud ley•street and Seven Dials.' " CLERKENWELL Goswell-street. _ . "F. 70, widow of a geneial dealer, cholera 30 hours, 28th of August, 6, Spencer-place.—Her general habits were cleanly ; but she was lying on a bed the head of which was against a wall saturated with moisture from an adjoining privy or water-closet. I was informed that this had been the case for a long time, and although com plaints had been made to the landlord nothing had been done to remedy the nuisance, the stench from which was at times intolerable. " EAST LONDON; St. Botolph's. " M. 6. son of a charwoman, diarrhea, cholera 17 hours, August 29, 16, Seven-step-alley, Gravel-lane, Aldg ate.—Close, ill cleansed, and unfavourable to health; a locality in which there have been so many deaths from cholera within the last month that nothing but a re modelling or rebuilding of the houses on this spot can possibly remove the baneful effects of disease, to which the crowded and dirty habits of its inhabitants render them a prey. " SHonEnncE; Hackney-road. " M. 58, hawker, cholera 24 hours, not certified, 14th of August, 2, Charlotte-court.—A very close, crowded, and ill-drained court. [A parish case, buried without being registered. The name and the street being fur nished, I, with some difficulty, found the person attend ing the deceased, who informed me of the particulars registered.] " ST. OLATE's; St. Olave and St. Thomas. " F. 38, wile of a hatter, premonitory diarrheas, 3 days, cholera one day, August 23, 9, Webb. street.— The medical attendant, Mr. Challice, of 4, Alscot-place, adds on the certificate—' The state of the drainage in this house is pestilential, and the water is in the same state.' The disorder has exhibited some indiCations of a de cline at Devonport. The deaths for the weeks n(ling on the 30th of August were 65. against 109 on the 24th, and 154 on the 17th. The deaths, daily, tor the last week are, 25th, 10; 26th, 11; 27th, 8; 28th, 15; 29th, 8; 30th, 6; 31st, 7. Several uninfected families have been placed on board the Leda hulk off Mutton Cuve. Thsir ingress to, and egress from the ship, is very properly placed under regulation. At Stonehouse the deaths for the week ending on the Ist of September are 4, against 13 for the week ending on the 25th and 16 for the week ending on the 18th of August. The cholera hospital has not been used. From the commencement of the disorder, on the 2d of July, to the Ist of September, the total deaths have been 121,, of whom 23 belonged to the Plymouth division of Royal Marines. The navy, during the week, bas been unaffected. There are no patients in the cholera hospital in the dockyard, but nearly 200 artisans are out on the sick list for diarrhee3, giddiness in the head, and sick sto- The Royal Marines are perfectly healthy, the average number only of casual sick being in the Royal Naval Hospital. Royal Artillery.— One death during the week. Bom bardier Johnson, a respectable man, was removed from the Plymouth citadel, on Tuesday, the 28th, and died at the Royal Military Hospital, Stoke, on Wednesday, August 29. The 28th Regiment in the Citadel, and the 82d at Mount Wise, are all well. The cholera visits with extraordinary severity the smaller towns and villages which are attacked. Caw sand and King.and, adjoining fishing towns, to the south of Mount Edgecombe, containing together about 700 inhabitants, have lost 61 during the last 10 days. At Beeralston the disorder has been even more fearful, and the miners who work in that vicinity have, through fear, fled the place. BRISTOL, SEPT. 4. Notwithstanding all the precautionary measures adopted, and the very zealous efforts of the medical offi cers employed by the corporation of the poor the cholera is decidedly on the increase. The following is the re turn this day from the cholera hospital provided:— " St. Peter's Hospital, September 4.—Diarrheez , 96 ; approaching cholera, 5; cholera, 24; deaths, 10." The disease is spreading in Lewins Meade, a populous plac e, principally inhabited by Irishmen and the lower orders. It has likewise made its appearance at the Hotwells, there having been 2 cases at Avon-crescent, and 1 at Ca roline place. From the district of Bedminster our accounts are also unfavourable, as will be seen by the subjoined report from the cholera hospital for the last two days:—Bed minster, Sept. 3—diarrhoea, 10; cramp, 4, cholera, 5; death, 1. Sept. 4—diarrhm.s, 12; cramp, 2; cholera, 3; deaths, 3. In t. Philip and Jacob it is still prevalent, and three deaths are reported to-day, one of which took place in Marsh-street and one in Gloucester-lane. In Stapleton workhouse there have been 27 new cases of diarrhea, 3 approaching cholera, 6 cholera, and 6 deaths. _ The weather continues very unfavourable. MERTHYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. Our accounts from this district are not quite so fa vourable as they have been. At Merthyr the disease has increased, and likewise at Dowlais. The following is the official return for Monday, Sept. 3—Merthyr, at tacked 10, dead 7; Dowlais, attacked 4, dead 2; Aber dare, attacked 4, dead 2. Total number of cases from the commencement—attacked, 3,381; dead, 1,412. THE HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) The deaths registered in London in the week end ing Sept. 1 were 2,796, of which 1,663 were by cholera, 234 by diarrhoea. The mortality exceeds that of any previous week. The greatest number ever registered before in any week since 1840 was 2,454 deaths, in the week ending Dec. 4, 1847, when the last epidemic of influenza prevailed. In the cholera epidemic of 183 2 , parish clerks, in the old bills of mortality, returned 1,021 burials for the we e k ending Aug. 28 ; which, allowing for the defects in their returns, and for increase of population, are equivalent to 2,450 deaths at the present time. The burials after that week in 1832 declined. The mortality is nearly three times the average of the season, and is sensibly felt all over the metropolis; but the inhabitants of the north and west districts, and people in the distance, can yet scarcely form a notion of the suffering on the south side the Thames, and since the middle of August, in the east districts, " the 12th, 13th, and 14th of A ugu s t , " says one of the registrars of Bethnal-green, "will long be remem bered in this neighbourhood, the outbreak of this fatal disease being without any adequate preparation ; surgeons were wanted in many places at once; the hurried passing. and repassing of messengers, and the wailing of relatives, filled the streets with confusion and wo, and impressed on all a deep sense of an awful calamity." Cholera has already destroyed, in this epidemic, 9,129 lives in London. As it is one of the purposes of the Registration Act to ascertain the "causes of death," and of the weekly tables not to gratify idle curiosity, but to point these out to the public, the registrars have been n quested to give all the information they can re specting the state of every part of their districts. This many of them have taken considerable pains to do, and their notes will, it is hoped, be found service able to the guardians and medical inspectors, now and at future times. For it is important to bear in mind that cholera only brings into a strong light the localities which elaborate calculations in the annual reports prove are at all times fatal to the health and life of the inhabitants. After the perils of this terrible week we seem to see land ; but as many thousands of lives may be lost in an epidemic by negligence, so many thousands may be saved by skill, vigilance, and energy—by more ample supplies of water—by the rapid removal of nuisances from the houses and streets —by the prompt administration of medical appliances and other comforts, by the active cooperation of the medical profession, of the boards of guardians, of employers, of every householder, of every individual, with the Board of Health, and health officers. Of the 9,129 deaths from cholera, 4,731 occurred on the south side of the Thames. RETURN OF DEATHS FROM CHOLERA IN THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 1. London (population 1,948,369 t), 1,663. WEST DlSTRlCTS.—Kensington (74,898), 34; Chelsea (40,243), 29; St. George, Hanover-square (66,657), 10; Westminster (56,802), 75; _St. Martin-in-the - Fields (25,132), 10; St. James, Westminster (37,457), 11. Total, 10. NORTH DlSTRlCTS.—Marylebons (138,383), 41; Pan cras and Hampstead (140,078), 56; Islington (55,779), 15; Hackney (42,328), 11. Total, 123. CENTRAL DISTRICTS.—St. Giles (54,378), 30; Strand (43,667), 15 ; Holborn (44,532), 9 ; Clerkenwell (56,799), 18; St. Luke (49,908). 22; East London (39,718). 22; West London (29,188), 45; London, City (56,009), 33. Total, 194. EAST DlSTRlCTS.—Shoreditch (83,564), 139 ; Beth nal-green (74,206), 128; Whitechapel (71,879), 74; St. George in the East (41,416), 15; Stepney (90,831), 64; Poplar (31,171), 27. Total, 447. SOUTH DISTRICTS.—St. Saviour (33,027), 65 ; St. Olave (19,869), 41; Bermondsey (35,002), 70; St. George, Southwark (46,718), 77; Newington (54,693), 93; Lambeth (116,072), 181; Camberwell (39,931), 56; Rotherhithe (13,940), 20; Greenwich (81,125), 89; Wandsworth (39,i18), 31; Lewisham (23,051), 8. Total, 730. The following remarks on the weather during the month of August, 1849, are by Mr. Glaisher:—Till the 12th the air was in very little motion, from the 12th to the 16th it moved rather quickly, and from the 17th it was frequently in a calm state. At the beginning of the month the sky was frequently cloudy, but at times it was free from clouds; during the latter part of the month, it was nearly always overcast, accompanied with a very hazy atmosphere; at times the haze and mist were so dense as to cause a great gloom. Within the last seven or eight days of the month London was not visible from Greenwick Park, it was hidden by a dense fog-like mist which hung over the city. After the first few days of the month the temperature ranged high, and towards the end the air was close and oppressive; scarcely any rain fell, the atmosphere was dry; the reading of the barometer, at the height of 159 feet, ranged from 29'46 in. on the 13th, to 30•22 in., on the 22d; the temperature of the air varied from 42.4 to 82•5, thus exhibiting a difference of reading within the month of 40.1; on some days at the beginning of the month the difference of temperature on the same day ex ceeded 30 deg., the average difference of day and night from the 22d was 17 deg. From the tables prepared, it appears that the reading of the barometer exceeded the average by 0 . 066 in., and that the water mixed with the air counterbalanced a column of mercury of less than its average height by o'o3o in., and therefore the pressure of dry air exceeds its average value by the sum of these two quantities, viz.. by 0•093 in., the temperature of the air exceeded the average by 2 deg. 1 min. The in which average value the afvreorma g7eos years is 60 deg. 8 min ., the y ears For August have been as high as in this year, are 1778, 1800, 1802, 1807, 1818. 1819, 1826, and 1846. Notwith standing this high temperature of the air those of evapo ration and dew points were below their average value, and consequently there has been less than the average weight of water mixed with the air; the additional weight of water required to saturate a cubic foot of a i r was 1•8 grains; the average quantity is 1 grain; this implies great dryness; the degree of humidity in the air was 0 727 only, its average value being 0 . 110 more. No August in this series of years has been so dry; the sky has been :more cloude d than usual ; rain has fallen on three days only, and the amount collected is less than an inch; so small a quantity of rain has not fallen in August since the year 1819. The number of days on which rain fell in August, 1848, was 29, and the amount collected was 4+ inches. The amount of electricity iu the atmosphere was small throughout the month. PRESERVATION OF LEECHES.—Ma n y of the readers of your journal may be unaware of an extremely simple method of preserving leeches clean and healthy, which I have found to answer exceedingly well. It is as fol lows:—At the bottom of the jar containing the leeches place a layer, about half an inch thick, of common sand (such as is used for dome stic purposes), aft er was hi ng it in several waters to remove any soluble or extraneous matter.—Cvnispoudot of Pharnumulical Journal. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROU.ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 1, ,1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases — 4 '2069 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ; - 52 Tubercular Diseases ... ... 165 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 135 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 33 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... 72 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, & 9 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. 1 Malformations... ... 2 Premature Birth ... ••• ••• 25 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ... 32 Old Age Sudden ... ••• ... 15 Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance ••• 27 Causes not specified ... 2 2,796 Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1644-8 in the Five Summers. Week. . 147 ... 353 , 191 ... 309 , 183 ... 386 227 ... 712 260 ... 1,036 ... 1,008 ... 2,796 ... 1,321 ... 1,475 1849. AGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) COLBURN'S NEW MONTWLE The opening paper of the present number will be read with a melancholy interest by all admirers of genius ; it is entitled "Posthumous Memoirs of Mysel r, by Horace Smith, Esq." It is introduced by the fol lov%ing note from the editor:— " Accidental circumstances prevented the appearance of this tale during the lifetime of its gifted and lamented author, but the proofs were corrected by him. Taken in connexion with the melancholy event which so speedily and unexpectedly followed its composition, the article presents a singular coincidence of title, and be comes invested with deep and peculiar interest." We find in another portion of the magazine a bio graphical account of the two celebrated brothers James_and_ Horace Smith, the authors of the "Re jected Addresses." The following will, perhaps, be tiew to many of our readers : " Shelley and Horace Smith were intimate friends. He always spoke with high regard both of that lofty poet and his writings. Ile did not, however, applaud the mistaken theories of that enthusiastic genius in his youth ; theories which Shelley himself subsequently modified. Though Shelley is my particular friend,' said Smith, I regret the imprudence of his publications on more points than one; but as I know him to possess the most exalted virtues, and find in others, who also promulgate the most startling theories, the most amiable traits, I learn to be tolerant towards abstract specula tions, which, not exercising any baneful influence on their authors' lives, are still less likely to corrupt others. Truth is great, and will prevail; that is my motto; and I would therefore leave everything un shackled, for what is true stands, and what is false ought to fall, whatever the consequences.'" Mr. Skene continues his valuable series on the " Spirit of Change in Southern Europe," and in hislpre sent contribution furnishes us with much valuable information on the state of public opinion in Greece, and in the lonian Islands ; and we have also an ela borate review of Lamartine's recently published "His tory of the Provisional Government." Mr. Robert Harris gives us an interesting account of " A Day passed at Syracuse in September, 1847 ;" and Mr. Blundell continues his admirable description of the "Eastern Settled Districts in Australia." Soapey Sponge continues his sporting tour with spirit, but he must certainly yield the palm to M. Casimir Blondeau, the Frenchman, whose " Account of the Sights of London " is the most amusing compound of vanity arid shrewdness, sense and absurdity, wit and philosophy, that has of late years been presented to the public. "BERMONDSEY; St. James. " Mr. Martin, the registrar of St. James', Bermondsey, appends the following note to his return:—` It will be observed that six of the deaths registered this week have occurred on the banks of the disgusting tidal ditch so often reported, now rendered more offensive than ever from a great length of its narrow part having been covered in; nearly all the refuse from the very poorest houses have accumulated at that part of the ditch near to the new water pipes, and where, under the window of a typhus patient of mine, might have been seen the bodies of thirteen dead dogs and cats on one day this week, beside other offensive-matter. As district surgeon, I have, with great respect, but perfect sincerity, warned the authorities of the fearful and tremendous respon sibility they are incurring.' " SOUTHWARK; Borough-road. "To the cases in the neighbourhood of the Borough road the following report is appended :—' With reference to the various streets and dwellings in which deaths from cholera and diarrhoea have occurred this week, any observations I could make would be but a repetition of those conveyed in last week's return ; indeed, the whole of this district, with the exception of the leading thoroughfares, may be said to be densely populated ; it is truly astonishing oftentimes to find the number of persons who live in the same house. Of the 14 cases which have occured in the work house, it will be seen only one was an inmate. Many of the other 13 were persons brought in when the disease had done its worst for them; one did not survive a quer ter of an hour after admission, and some only a few hours, I have ascertained also that several were per sons of very questionable reputation and habits; still, the sudden and great increase this week over the pre ceding clearly shows that those localities which have been visited by the epidemic, and where it appears par • tially to have subside d, are by no means to calculate on security at the present, as will be seen by the following: —ln the weeks ending August 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th, the numbers were 48, 28, 25, and 21. This week have registered 33, hence the importance of increased watchfulness and increased exertions; and this applies not only to the authorities, but to tradesmen, employers of workpeople, and heads of families; who can often impart advice and instruction to their neighbours and dependents with greater effect than official communica tions produce; and thus, whilst the guardians of the poor and the medical officers of the various parishes are endeavouring to fulfil their duties, let those to whom I have referred strengthen their hands and aid their efforts.' _ _ _ LAMBETII; Waterloo• road ( lat Part). "M. 3, son of a journeyman carpenter, cholera, 14 hours, August 25, 9, Le Grand-place.—Le Grand-place, where these four deaths occurred, is a small place, con taining 12 houses, situate at the back of the Waterloo road; one end is close to the wall of the churchyard, the other runs into a mews at the back of Stamford street; the houses have, I believe, two rooms each; they are densely populated; and the entrance from the Waterloo-road is the site of nuisances which increase the pestiferous atmosphere breathed by, the inhabitants. " M. 20, shoemaker, natural death, cholera 11 hours, July 25, 5, Bate's-buildings, Broadwall. Inquest. Bate's-buildings is one of the narrow courts in Broad wall crossing the boundary sewer. The house No. 5 has been the scene of more than one tragedy; a brother of deceased, a youth of 12 or 14, hung himself—by accident, it was presumed; a younger sister died of cholera i❑ July; the mother was next taken ill, and removed to the workhouse, where she also died of cholera; the next death was the one now registered. The father, a shoe maker, was in the hospital during the period of the ill ness and death of his wife and two children. " WATERLOO-ROAD (2d Part). " M. 8, son of a tailor, cholera, 16 hours, August 29, 14, Apollo-buildings.—This small spot of Apollo. build ings abounds with noxious effluvia. The privies are most offensive, the water scarcely fit to drink; heaps of refuse matter constantly thrown about by the costermougers, hosts of whom reside in this locality. Pigs, horses, rabbits, and all sorts of animals are kept hereabouts. lam told the fish, vegetables, &c., in which the people deal, are at night frequently placed under the bed. There are two cats'-meat dealers in Apollo-buildings, the stench from which is much complained of. The landlord refuses to cleanse, and tells the inhabitants if they don't like it they can leave it. " CAMBERIVELL. " M. 27, bricklayer, cholera, 48 hours, 15, Acorn street.—The next house, No. 14, is where the cholera broke out on the 21st of June, and many deaths took place in this street of that disease for some weeks after. The informant complains of a very offensive smell from an open ditch near the house, also from some pigstyes at the rear of the house; which have been many times complained of, but not yet removed. " WOOLRICH ARSENAL. " M. 53, waterman. cholera 12 hours, August 26, on board a coal hulk off Woolwich.—A man of very in• temperate habits; he had an attack of diarrhea early in the morning, and afterwards went out rowing on the river, drinking ale and spirits, upon which he got worse and took tincture of rhubarb, then sent for medical as sistance, but too late to be of any avail." Such are a few only of the numerous instructive cases contained in the Registrar-General's last weekly report• It is to be regretted that in those districts where cholera has been most severe the particulars of each case are most scanty. This perhaps is inevitable from the ad ditional amount of work thrown upon the registrars. The difficulty, however, might be met by their furnishing a short report as to the condition of those spots in their districts in which the epidemic had manifested itself with the greatest virulence. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY, SEPT. 3. At Plymouth the cholera has given some evidences of abatement. The deaths for the week ending on the 2d inst. are 54, against 61 for the previous week, and 84 for the week ending on the 19th ult. The deaths for the week, daily, are August 27th, 8; 28th, 10; 29th, 7; 30th, 13; 31st, 4; Sept. Ist, 2; and 2d, 10. One re markable feature in the present visitation of the disorder in Plymouth has prevailed throughout, viz , the attacks tieing confined almost exclusively to the labouring, the pauper, and the itinerant classes, especially the latter. Quarry-court, in Stonehouse-lane, where the disorder tii st appeared, was depopulated, and thoroughly cleansed by the local board of health. The structure of the place, however, and the mode of its occupation, are circum stances over which the board has no control. This in fectious vicinity is being fast occupied again by vagrants, who nightly crowd the small, ill-ventilated. rooms, bring ing a large revenue to the landlords, and a serious evil to the town, the ratepayer& of which have to provide food and medicine for them directly they are overtaken by sic' nete or went, real or feigned. METROPOLITAN. The opening paper of the Metropolitan, " Have you ever been Behind the Scenes ?" is, we fear, an " ower true tale ;" it exhibits a sad picture of heart lessness on the part of the aristocratic hero, and of unmerited suffering on the part of the unfor tunate heroine. The author of " Swissiana " contributes a new translation (at least the thousandth) of Schiller's "Walk to the Forge." There is also a review of Mr. Buckingham's very Utopian project for a model town of 10,000 persons, from which all intoxicating liquors or sub stances, and all weapons of war, as well as all gunpowder and other explosive compounds, and to bacco, in every shape, is to be exc l u d e d ; b es id es continuations of the various novels and romances in the course of publication in the Metropolitan, and some very tolerable poetry. THE COLONIAL. The articles in the September number of this periodical are characterised by the usual ability with which matters are treated in its pages relating to the interests of our colonial empire. We would particularly direct the attention of the reader to the " Strictures on the Policy of Lord Hardinge in India, and of Lord Torrington in Ceylon." The tyrannous proceedings of the latter nobleman are justly held up to reprobation—proceedings worthy of " the precepts of Machiavel, and perhaps the practice of the Borgias." TILE NEW WORLD. A second number of M. Louis Blanc's monthly re view has, in due season appeared ; and seeing that the chief portion of the journal is of an in terest entirely apart from either Socialist or Communist interests, we can regard it as somewhat less repugnant to our ideas than its pre decessor. Among the various papers comprised in the number for September we must particularise with all commendation an admirable chapter upon the fortunes of Hungary. M. Louis Blanc is baffled in the opinion as to whether he should regard Georgey as a Dumouriez or as a Maroto. Has he betrayed the cause, or alas ! has he sold it? Whatever is the case, we fear that Georgey may never more exclaim with Francis I. at Pavia, " Tout est perdu fors l'honneur!" At the close of a powerful, touching, and eloquent appeal to Louis Bonaparte to remain true to his oath of allegiance to the Republican institutions, M. Louis Blanc has written this forcible and admirable para graph : " - And now, Sir, it appears there are some who tell yru, the Empire must be restored! But it is because the mission of Napoleon was exhausted, entirely ex hausted, that he has been 1,-tt to die upon that rock from which, however, he was perceived from the whole world. "Is it the work of your uncle, together with war that you want? For that we need another Europe and a secondsemi-gi,d._ "Is it the — work of your uncle without war? But it is despotism without glory; great lords covered with em broidery, without soldiers covered with scars; courtiers over our heads without the world at our feet; it is great name without a great man; it is the Empire without the Emperor." The paper from which this is extracted is the most remarkable and altogether the most important in No. 2 of the New World. THE BANKER'S MAGAZINE, Journal of the Money Market, and Railway Digest. This highly useful and important publication for the present month opens with a very able paper " On the Periodical Fluctuations in the Currency of the United Kingdom." In explanation of the causes which operate to produce fluctuations in the circula tion of the Bank of England that do not affect other banks, the writer observes— " Ibis Bank haying the exclusive monopoly of the note issue in and around London, and London being the centre of the money market for all Europe and America besides, where all the balances are settled, it must na turally follow that the circulation of Bank of England notes is subj , ct to a greater variety of influences than the local currency of any other bank of issue. The pay ment of the public dividends is the principal cause of the fluctuations which are observable in the returns. But there are several other circumstances that produce changes from time to time. Thus, the payments on account of the dividends of the several railways, banits, and other public companies, all produce more effect on the circulation of the Bank of England, than on the issues of other banks; and the action of the private depositors depending on the lodgment of bullion, while the foreign exchanges are favourable, and its withdrawal, when hey are adverse, produce grea t er c h anges th an can take place in the private and joint-stock bank of issues?' " Letters to a Branch Manager" are continued and concluded. There are important and interesting papers on the Country Circulation, on Bank ing in France and in New York; indeed, there are few important points connected with our monetary or banking system that have not been touched, but the chief feature in the present number is the immense quantity of railway intelligence it contains. It gives the reports of all the railway meetings lately held throughout the country. The account of these meetings required so large a supplement as to swell the present number to nearly double its usual size. The vast importance of this information cannot be over-estimated at this critical period. We cannot too highly commend this number to the attention of the trading and commercial world. MISCELLANEOUS. Especially attractive in this month of September is the Sporting Magazine—the first embellishment to which, " The Approaching Footstep," is calculated to whet the appetite of the grouse-shooter. " Killing no Murder" is the best paper among the current con tributions. As the second illustration, is a clever engraving called " The Ferret Laid." In the Belle Assemblee the frontispiece is a drawing of "Rebecca," the most splendidly coloured of all the marvellous heroines of Sir Walter. Bssides this, there is a woodcut of Crowland Abbey in Lincoln shire, and the usual monthly fashions. With con tributions from Mrs. Crosland, Elizabeth Youatt, Calder Campbell, Mrs. Abdy, and others, the miscellany is rich in story, verse, and anec dote. Le Follet is scarcely so graceful in its embellishments as heretofore ; neither is the Journal of Design so felicitous as usual in its illustrations. The sketch of the bust of the Queen, from the cele brated original by Chantrey, although ingenious, is by no means sightly in execution. Sharpe , s s iF e , gazzne, on the contrary, is charmingly or nbekli with two elegant engravings—one from a dratiinwti n ofo Glendalough, Creswick, another frome a t h e literary P ing Lake Chandiere, by Bartlett. contents less worthy of commenolat,! being n s o g m o e f of them, such as " A Contrast in Biography,rodc a pe i l s relating to the progress of science , excellence. Among the w e 'lust particularise as de serving of encouragement -we Patent Journal, and also a kindred publication, well known as Newton's Our readers are possibly long since Repertory. m iiiar with the fact that there is no lack whatever or organs dedicated to the cause of religion, of all shades and peculiarities of opinion. First amongst the monthly journals of this nature we must mention the Church of England Magazine, the illustration to which is the same as the wood -cut already noticed as appearing in the Belle Assembles, namely, Crowland Abbey. Of the missionary organs two are lying before us, the Colonial Church Chronicle, in which will be found an interesting paper on the present aspect . of Jerusalem, and the Evangelical Magazine, embellished with a n engrave d portra i t . A t this I par ticular time, for reasons which it is unnecessary to enumerate, the Journal of Public Health will be found of peculiar interest in regard to sanitary mat tars in general and to cholera i❑ particular. To the agriculturists we commend the Farmer's Magazine, a periodical whose energies are always directed to matters of practical importance, of immediate interest, and of professional utility. This magazine, we are rejoiced to see, augurs well for the harykst already commenced. BURIAL OF THE DEAD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Passing, on an omnibus, the Islington chapel of ease, in the Holloway-road, last evening, as the clock was striking ten, I saw two men skulking into the burying ground with a plain uncovered coffin on their shoulders, evidently containing a corpse. " Ohl that's very common i now," re marked the conductor, " they put them n here at all hours, theie cholera times. I frequently see them even latter than this." I. saw (for a vivid flash of lightning at the mo ment illumined the place) no clergyman at that unseasonable hour at this consecrated Christian churchyard, waiting to commit those remains of " the dear departed brother" (or sister), with our beautifully impressive funeral service, to their last (query) resting•place. But perhaps they were the remains of a burglar, of a suicide, or (more likely for such things are common now,") of a PAUPER. I merely mention the fact, and leave it for those who have the power to order it otherwise to enjoy, if they can, the reflections that such a circumstance must give rise to in all well-regulated minds. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES JAMES THICKE, Honorary Secretary to the National Society for the Abolition of Burial in Towns. New Bridge•street, Blackfriars, Sept. 4. THE COUNTRY. Liverpool . Merthyr Tydvil Clifton ••• Cardiff ... Portsea... Salisbury ... Newcastle-under-Lyne Tynemouth Lancaster Brighton ••• •• Neath Bradford and North Bierley Sculcoates Bristol ... Gravesend Maidstone St. German's Rochford Dover ... Leeds Hunslet Hastings Cambridge ... Carnarvon Wolverhampton and Seisdon Bromsgrove Hull • • ••• Devizes ••• East Stonehouse Salford... ... Nottingham ••• Bolton ••A Tavistock Madeley ••• Sheppey ••• Manchester ... Gain sborough ... • Alderbury (from July 10 to Aug. 10) ••• •• ••• Ashton-under- Lyne Abingdon Amersham Alverstoke Abergavenny Atcham (from Aug.l6) Aston ... Bath Bedminster ... Birmingham ... Black burn C bard ... ..• ••• ••• Canterbury (from July 9 to Sept. 3) Clitheroe Cheltenham Charlton Total ... Deaths. Attacks. Cholera. Diarzh. 16 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 6 3 1 0 - 17 0 - 13 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 4 0 - 15 1 - 10 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 6 1 1 0 9 2 14 2 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 26 1 - 1 2 ... ..• - 20 2 - 2 0 - 1 1 - 2 0 - 0 3 - 1 0 - 3 1 - 2 0 - 1 0 - 3 1 9 2 - 12 10 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 2 - 2 0 - 1 0 15 1 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 4 0 - 0 4 - 5 0 - 0 1 - 12 5 _.5 0 0 1 - - 2 1 SCOTLAND. Dundee ... ... Hawick ... ... ••• ... - 11 0 ... ---- 2 0 Total ... ... ... 13 0 General total:— Metropolia ... ... 262 26 Country ... ... .°... 265 53 Scotland ... ... 13 General total ... Note.—The above returns include 243 deaths from cholera i❑ the metropolis, which are given in the re turns of the union officers. The number of attacks reported by the union officers are—tor the metropolis 479, and for the country 611; but their returns do at t, in general, comprehend the cases that are treated by medical men in private practice. The continued violence with which cholera manifests itself in the metropolis will render interesting the follow ing extracts of the more remarkable cases included in the Registrar-General's returns:— " KENSINGTON; Fulham. M. 46, labourer; cholera 20 hours, August 31, 16, Star-lane.—The wole of this neighbourhood is in a most filthy condition, no drainage, dwellings unhealthy. Typhus and small-pox are often prevalent here. The informant states that the water that is used here is so bad that it is often discoloured, and that the well is in the immediate vicinity of several cesspools. _ " KENSINGTON; SL Paul, Hammersmith. "F. 65, widow, a nurse; cholera 22 hours, Aug ust 28, 22, Chapel-street.—An habitual drunkard; had been in attendance on a man and wife, who died of cholera a few days previously, but was intoxicated throughout, so much so as to be at last turned out of the house. " KENSINGTON-TOWN. "M. 42, plasterer, cholera, 24 hours, August 31, 3, High street, Notting-hill.—Healthy. The deceased had been drinking hard the previous week; refused to have medical advice during severe attack of diarrhea. " KENS - 12401'0N ; BROMPTON. " F. 75, widow of labourer, cholera 30 hours, August 29, 9, New-court, New street.--New-court is occupied by the lower orders, and much crowded. The informant stated that a privy, common to four of the houses, and opposite to No. 11, was in an offensive state. The de ceased's stated residence was in Little Ebury-street, Ebury square ; she was removed at an early stage of the attack to her son's abode in New-court. " CHELSEA ; NORTH-EAST. " M. 33, helper in stable, cholera T hours, August 24, 7, Charles-mews.—An unpleasant smell, as though from the drains, pervading the house for some days, but no defect found which would account for it, although the house wus visited by the officers of the Board of Health. In clearing the house, or room, after the deaths, some putrid meat was found in such a state of decomposition that none of the stablemen would remove it, and Is. was given to some man to take it away. " ST. GEORSI'S, HANOVER•SQUARE. " M. 35, carpenter, cholera 27 hours, August 30, 8, Buckingham-place.—This man was at work on a lead flat, at a house in Regent-street, near Oxford-street,:and rveltng upset from the smell of a cowyard close by, said he should ask to go into the shop to work ; he, however went home, was taken ill in the afternoon with cholera, and died the next day. ".Se. JOHN'S, WESTMINSTER. " M. 2, son of a carpenter, cholera 12 hours, August 27, 9, Douglas-street.—The mother stated that this child had diarrhea for nearly a month, but did not apply for relief, considering it to be caused by its teeth; and I may add that this case is one of the many which have fallen under my notice when cholera has been induced in young children by neglecting the premonitory diarrhoea for a long period betore the more urgent symptoms appear, believing it to be beneficial for the child during the period of dentition. M. 9, son of a plumber, cholera 14 hours, August 29, 5, Emery's Cottages, Douglas-street.—Emery's cottages are on the north side of Douglas-street. They consist chiefly of rooms on the ground floor, badly drained and ventilated. The privies are situated immediately in front of each, while in those where the two deaths occurred I found the doors, which were swinging to and fro, closely approximating the entrance of the dwellings. The odour was then very offensive, and one of the informants ex pressed herself in strong terms, saying she was frequently obliged to burn rag of a night to con ect the stench. Two other cases have occurred in this house, who are convalescent, and the occupier com plains bitterly of the nuisances arising irom the defec tive drainage. " F. 27, wife of labourer, cholera 48 hours, August 21, 1, Gulston's Cottages.—These cottages, in which five deaths have taken place, are not only confined and ill cleansed, but are situated extremely low, being two or three feet below the paving of the street, by w hi c h th e court is entered, and all the informants complain of the annoprwes they receive from occasionallarge collecti ons of dung in a yard occupied b y a Mr. Harper, upon which offal, bad fish, and vegetables aro thrown by the neigh bouring costermongers, and allowed se to frel pu u t e re o f t y ly , while from my own knowledge the pie has the s , c , e s u T e . o j t a ty m p u h s u , F 55, wile of typhus and E n i:L s : 3 l c l ahNI;sI;6ePESI; rera, 2 w 4 i ck hours, tre August e . t. 26, Rupert-street.—Ot very what is called a gallery, over workshops and other out intemperate habits, lived in houses unfavourable to health. One large cesspool in the yard without drainage, with two privies for the use of all the inmates. The landlord assured me that a com munication with the sewer in the street should be made next week. " ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER; St. James's-square. " F. 5, daughter of labourer, cholera 24 hours, fever 6 days, 9, Smith's-court, Great Windmill-street.—Bad lo cality. I have, by visiting the house, ascertained that neither in this nor the adjoining one is there any privy or closet, and that the inmates throw the excrement into the street. F. 4, daughter of labourer, cholera, 6, Angel-court, King-street.—Bad locality. The houses in Angel oourt, and particularly where deed's family live, are DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Enumeraied, 1841 West Districts... 300,711 North D—tricts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts .. 501,190 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males Females BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... Females ... Total ... ... 632 ... 595 ... 1,227 *ln this number are included 1,663 cases of death by Cholera, 27 by Scarlatina, 47 by Typhus Fever, and 25t4 by Diarrhoea. SPORTING IN TELLI6ENCE. WARWICK RACES.—TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 soya, each, and 25 added; two yrs old, sst 71b; three yrs, 7st 51b; four yrs, Bst 51b; fire yrs, 9st; six and aged, 9st 41b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Roles Cosachia, 5 yrs, Bst Illb (Flatman) 1 Mr. Williams's Rochester, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Dockeray) 2 Mr. Osbaldeston's Chat, 5 yrs, 9st (Marlow) 3 Mr. J. Day's Conquest, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ...(Wakefield) 4 5 to 4 on Cosachia, who won very easily by a length. The Foal Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 25 added; colts, Bst 61b; fillies, Bst 41b; those by untried horses or mares allowed 31b, if both 41b. Once round and a ditance. (15 Subs.) Mr. E. Jones's Docility, Bst 41b (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Williams's Syrup, Bst ]lb (Flatman) Mr. Skerratt's fby Accident, Bst llb (Marlow) z 7t04 on Docility. Won by a neck. Mr. Skerratt's filly a bad third. Rua in 3 min. 52 sec. The Leamington Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and .5 only if declared, with 100 added; the second to ro ceive 1001., and the third 50 soya. (132 Subs., 101 o f whom declared. Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 3 yrs, sst 21b (Hiett) 1 Lord Brooke's Grief, 3 yrs, sst (Pavis) Mr. Meiklam's Ellerdale, 5 yrs, Bst (Marson) 13 The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. P. Roles Collingwood, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (Marlow) 'po Sir J. Hawley's Fernhill, 4 yrs, Tat slb ...(Flatman) 10 Mr. Barnes's Sotterly, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Pearl) i 0 Lord Strathmore's Rat-trap, 4 yrs, 7st 31b(Williams) Mr. J. Meeson's Dart, aged, 7st (Tasker) Mr. G. M. Gannon's Deceptive, 4 yrs, Est 21b f ) Mr. Griffith's Hagley, 4 yrs, Est 21b (W. Sharp) Capt. Pettat's Eagle Plume, 4 yrs, Est lib (51b extra) 10 Mr. Fowler's Ribaldry, 4 yrs, sst 1011) (31b extra) ... 10 Mr. Skarratt's Egret, 4 yrs, sst 101 b (Charlton) 0 Hon. G. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 4 yrs, sst 81b Mr. Hargreaves's Rodney, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b (61b over) ( 1 Mr. Ramsbottom's f by Velocipede, out of Miss Wil fred, 3 yrs, 4st 91b (slb extra) (Smith) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Fernhill, 9to 1 agst Miss Anis, 10 to 1 agst Collingwood, 10 to 1 agst Sotterley, 10 to 1 agst Dart, 12 to 1 agst Ellerdale, 16 to 1 agst Hagley and Ribaldry, and 25 to 1 agst Grief. Won by half ai length. Half a length between second and third, Fern : - bill a bad fourth. Run in 3 minutes 46 seconds. Thies race was run in a heavy shower. The Corinthian (Handicap) Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft. Gentlemen riders, in heats. T.Y.C. (5 Subs.) Mr. Jenning's Subduer, aged, 10st ...(Owner) 4 1 Hon. G. Oogley's Sister to Bird of Paradise, 9st 31b (61b extra) Lord Strathmore's Miss Burns, llst 51b (Owner) 2 3 2 Mr. Osbaldeston's Joc o'Sot, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b 3 dr Each heat won by a length. The Castle Park Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 50 added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 51b; fillies, Bst 21b ; winner', 41b extra. T.Y.C. (13 Subs.) Mr. Fowler's Jack Briggs, Bst 111b-41b extra Mr. Copeland's Lass of Underley, Bst 21b (Marlow) Si The following also ran :—Lord Warwick's Arent, Bst 21b —Lord Strathmore's Hood, Bst 21b—Mr. Hawkeers Milcote, Bst 71b. Betting-5 to 4 agst Jack Briggs, 3to 1 agst Hood. Won by a neek. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas ; three yrs old, Bst 21b ; four yrs, 9st 61b, &c. Heats, two miles. Lord Exeter's Glenalvon, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Flatman) 1 1 Mr. Waller's Captain Parry, 3 yrs, Bst 21b Betting—First heat, 6 and 7 to 1 on Glenalvon. Wolf in a canter by 14 lengths. Second heat, any odds 011 Glenalvon, who won in a canter. ST. LEGER. 7 to 4 onFlyingDutchman(t) 130 to 1 agst Thringarth 25 to 1 eget Herbert (0 (t) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. ST. LEGER.-7 to 4 on The Flying Dutchman, 13 ti) 1 nest Nunn) kirk, 15 to 1 agst Volcano, 18 to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker (t), 20 to 1 agst Uriel, 30 to 1 agSt Chatterer. Nothing done on the other events. CRICKET. ALL ENGLAND v. FIFTEEN OF SHEFFIELD. This match was resumed yesterday morning in the Elyde-park, Sheffield. The following is the score at the end of the second day's play:— ALL ENGLAND-FIRST INNINGS. Hillyer—b Skelton ... Wisden—s Chatterton, b Barker .. Box—run out ... . F. Pilch—l bw, b Skelton ••• ... . Parr—c Huntsman, b Skelton ... N. Felix, Esq.—b Barker ... Martingell—b Skelton... ... C. H. Hoare, Eiq.—b Skelton ... Guy—not out ... C4ptain Latour—l bw, b Barker Clarke—c Chatterton, b Barker ... 83, w 7 ... ... Total ... ... SHEFFIELD- - FIRST INNINGS. Hurt—b Wisden ••• ••• ••• ••• M. J. Ellison, Esq. — c Wisden, b Hillyer ••• Wright—c Felix, b Hillyer B. Wake, Esq.—b Clarke ... P. Smith—c Felix, b Hillyer Coates—c Guy, 'o Hillyer ••• Lord Milton—b Hillyer •• • ••• ••• Ellis—b Hillyer Sampson—b Clarke ... T. R. Barker, Esq.—c Guy, b Martingell . Chatterton—b Clarke •• ••• R. F. Skelton, Esq.—b Clarke ••• ••• J. B. Burbeary, Esq.—h w, b Clarke ••• Biggins—not out *** 13. Huntsman, Esq .—c Box, b Clarke ••• B 1, w 0, n b 0 Total ALL ENGLAND—SECOND INNINGS. Hillyer—b Barker ••• ••• ••• Wisden—c Ellis, b Wright ... Box—c Sampson, b Wright ... • F. Pilch—c and b Skelton ... ..• •. Parr—c Chatterton, b Barker... N. Felix, Esq.—c Barker, b ... Wright ... .. Martingell—not out ... ••• ••• C. El. Hoare, Esq.—b Skelton ••• •• Guy—l bw, b Skelton... ••• ••• Captain Latour—b Skelton ... Clarke—o Huntsman, b Skelton .„ B 2, w 11, nb 0... ... 16 •.• ,7 Total ... 27 ... ... 10 ... 92 ... 2 ... 12 ... 89 ... 14 ... 13 ... 65 Mr. Arnold Rogers and his Sons beg to announce their removal from 296, Regent-street, to 16, Hanover square.—Sept. 5, 1849. PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—The usual monthly meeting of the above society, which was established in 1827, for the relief of aged and infirm printers and their widows, was held last evening at the London Tavern; H. Fley, Esq., presiding. From the report it appeared that this institution, in common with others, had felt the effects of the commercial pressure of the past year in the diminution of its annual receipts, which were 501. less than the previous year; but notwithstand. ing had increased by 281. the amount distributed in pensions. A legacy however of 1001., left by the late J. Brettell, Esq., and another of 101. lOs. from the late J. Wilson, Esq., have been received, which, with interest on stock, had enabled the committee to add 2941. 17s. to their funded property, which is now 5,209/. ss. 7d. There are 55 pensioners now on the funds, which number will be increased at the ensuing election. The receipts of the past year, including a previous balance of 1171. 12s. 9d., subscriptions, donations, &c., amounted to 1,2131. 6s. I Id., of which 528/. 17s. had been paid to pensioners, and, after defraying the necessary expendi ture, there remained a balance of 661.155. 4d., in addition to the funded stock. THE WEATHER.—We have had very bad weather for the last two or three days, especially on Saturday, during nearly the whole of which the rain fell in tor rents, accompanied by much thunder and lightning. There were several heavy showers during yesterday ; but although we had occasional rain to-day of a lighter character, the weather is altogether improved. We trust that no considerable injury has been done to any portion of the standing or growing crops by the fear ful rain of Saturday.—Cork Examiner. PREACHERSHIP or GRAY'S INN.---ThiS appoint appointment has become vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Shepherd, who held the office nearly forty years. It is in the gift of the Benchers. Dr. Shepherd was also Rector of St. Bartholom ew by the Dfchange, the city of London. Thisbenefice (a sinecure) i s worth 6571. per annum, and the gut of the Lord Chancellor. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The prompt and cordial co-operation of the press was never more imperatively demanded than at the . present cr i s i s . Whil s t h un d re ds of our fellow. subjects are daily swept away by the prevailing epidemic, nothing of a tangible character has yet been adopted by the Government authorities in stemming this torrent of extermination. True that a Sanitary and Sewers Commi ss i on h as b een appo i nte d , b ut t h e i r daily labours display more i n di v i dua l cup i d i ty f or notoriety and self-aggrandisement than for the in vestigationr of scientific sources of relief. The suggested plan of " flushing the sewers" will not destroy the evaporating contamination—the emptying o f d ra i ns and cesspools only gives addi tional surface of putrid deposit, and increased floating corruption to the river. The plan for covering the low level districts of Essex with the sewage waters is only augmenting the e v il by sprea di ng t h e nox i ous exhalations, and thereby wafting (during the process of drying) its baneful influence into surrounding localities. The dilution of the London waters with that from Windsor needs little comment to prove its futility. If, therefore, the malaria arises from the pollution of the drainage waters—if from the accu mulation of pestilential filth—if from open ditches, or stagnant pools, it becomes, I think, wholly a matter of. CHEMICAL TREATMENT, and hence thel/urn . a, from whatever source, should, I suggest, be rst rendered innoxious, and whether this desideratum be obtained by the "deodoriser" of one gentleman, or the depu trsfying powders of another, no plan yet proposed appears to me so practicable, cheap, and simple in meeting the evil as the process of Mr. Dover, which not only speedily neutralises all poisonous exhalations, but leaves a residuum, so valuable for agricultural and other purposes as to be a source of immediate revenue to the Government—" more than sufficient," in the words of the inventor, " to sewer and water London, without tax, rate, or charge." Trusting that my humble suggestion may be carried out by some more able correspondent, I beg to subscribe myself, Sir, yours, respectfully, Walworth, Sept. 4, 1849. G. W. THE PEACE CONGRESS AT PARIS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The general tenor of your able strictures in your paper for Tuesday lest, is unquestionably in unison with the opinions of reflecting men, on the views propounded by the assemblage recently congre gated in the French capital. It is a baseleas, visionary scheme to realise results by " resolves "—to anticipate effects, instead of leaving them to flow spontaneously from natural causes, namely, enlightened principles and advanced civilisation. The sum of the resolutions is this—" That it is expedient that international disputes should be settled by arbitration." After this, who may despair of the Nlillenium ? From the fatal morn of Eve's mishap in tasting the forbidden fruit, what has kept the world so incessantly in uproar ? Why all the fuss and fluster, fencing and fighting, crouching and conquering, mischief and misery, robbery and wrong, that to this hour have prevailed ? Only " resolve," and all ought to vanish. The reporters are all at fault, I observe, in repre senting the proceedings. They have omitted the following r,solution that was put and stcondcd, but lost on a division Resolution profosed—" That it is expedient that the wolf shall lie down with the lamb; and the young lion and the kid together; and that there should be nought but peace throughout the universe." .1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, August 31, 1849. C. C. SCIENTIFIC BALLOON ASCENT. (FRO➢i OUR REPORTER Nonwrcli, SEPT. 4. This afternoon Mr. Charles Green made his 432 d ascent, accompanied by a gentleman named Rush, of Elsenham -hall, Essex, who was desirous of testing the merits of a new barometer, named the " Aueroid Barometer," the invention of this Mr. Rush, made by Mr. William Jones, of Charing-cross, London. It is in the form of a chrono meter, not much larger, and if it is as accurate when at an altitude of from one to two-and-a-half miles as on the earth, will prove a most valuable invention. At a quarter-past five the balloon ascended from the barrack enclosure, Norwich, in the car were Mr. Rush and Mr. Green only—who ascended to the clouds in the most beau tiful manner, taking nearly a westward direction, the ago • nauts expecting to descend either at Swaff ham or near to Lynn. Great crowds of people were in and around to witness the ascent. The balloon was the " Royal Victoria," which was filled from the Norwich Gas Works, containing about thirty thousand cubic feet of gas. A finer day could not possibly be; in a few minutes the machine passed through a cloud, and was not seen again until it had become like a speck in the distant atmosphere. At the moment of ascent the different in struments taken by Mr. Rush stood as follows:—Ther mometer at 74, barometer at 30.22, new Aueroid 29.74. Mr. Rush intended noting the differeuce in each instrument, both in ascending and descending, of which we shall be favoured with the particulars. AN ESCAPE FROM THE WEST PRISON OF ABER DEEN.—One of the convicts efftcted his escape in a very remarkable manner from the West Prison on Monday night or Tuesday morning. He had behaved very vio lently towards the keepers on Sunday, and received some wounds on the head, which so fur affected his health that it was considered desirable to locate Lim, for the sake of the free air, in one of the upper cells, lighted from the roof. The skylight appeared perfectly secure, so much so that, independently of the apparent impossibility of passing from the roof over a strong chevaux de (rise, and descending from the height of five storeys to the ground, the idea of his effecting his escape, especially in his ap parent condition, was never dreamed of. In the morning, however, his cell was found empty; and it appeared that he bad forced himself through the narrow aperture by which it was lighted, and, passing over the iron spikes, by means of his bed-clothes had swung himself down till he reached an iron funnel that passes up the wall on the west side, and by that perilous passage descended to the ground. The outer wall is high, but, after surmounting impediments of such a character as those he had en countered in his descent, it was scarcely to be thought that it would have stood much in his way. The con vict's name is M'Cullum. He is a young man of 18 or 20 years of age. On his escape being observed, which it was early in the morning, several officers were dis patched in pursuit of him, and we understand found some traces of him on Deeside. We have not, however, as yet heard of his being captured.—Montrose Review. JENNY LIND AT EMS.—Jenny Lind gave on Sa turday, the 25th ult., at Ems, where she has for some time past been residing and w aters, taking.theot for the benefit of the poor. The pric e two thalers for the for Germany, unusually highth e t tickets e c t o e ' was, eert h e p th ac e e performance took in the gallery); nsaeaviertahaeilesosnteheforCuars:ataln, standing (vi 7" t h eva udi we en e c r b e el s ie h v o e w t e o d h e a v v e e ry b s e i e g u n th o e t u pi n ac bo e u , nwdelesderdoewlid;hwthTshise has sung in public since She Only occasion en left Londo n in the spr ing . ou out of health,hehsis and, though been fur a consider able time past ser i ou sly some what better, it was generally understood at Ems that the concert was given against the advice of her medical a ttendant. She sang very chamingly, and created a per fe c t furore. but her voice, probably trove s( om e the ) i i .r m e p h ai a r n td d s tate of her general health, scarcely se and rich Duchessas we h o Bordeau x, av heard it () with n forn a large wr°t p ili r s t . y, lw'heereppurkee sent; and at the close a the per formance Jenny was, at the• Du k e 's rtqut.st, publicly Lind presented to him. WILFUL MURDER AT KINGSTON. —KINGSTON, TUESDAY.—Yesttirday morning, Mr. W. Carter, one of the Coroners for Surrey, concluded an inquiry at the Ram Inn, in this town, concerninn• the thath of a la bourer named Thomas Phillips, ege7i 21, who died from the effects of a blow on the head, inflicted with an iron pin by a drayman of the name of William trig*. Mr. Walter, solicitor, attended for the accused. The Coroner having summed up, the jury r.-turned a verdict of " Wilful murder against William Trigg," who, since the unfortunate event, has been in custody of the police. The accused was t xamined before the magistrates on aturday, and remanded till the result of the coroner's inquiry was known. An Irishman and a negro were fighting a few days o ago in Paramata, _and whilee I,ub l ackgra p pling v nd, h "Sow ill I ,o c ” a ti c u o ut other o a th l o er t, the Irishman ex g e h l t ai ti w i c l di Y 0 t e h n e ou n g e h gr l Solways does." PRI allow, 349. ith an is bon, y city ive et qua- 349. 13th )ffieial tt Co coast Y.) oft.Y 0 our d car les to the ttend- -- ~..-.....' ere! brin ed mar° 10 4e 0 ° 10 6 0 0 15 ° 3 20 2 2 1 10 8 6 0 0 5 6 5 0 3 1 5 Si r Of 015 fol . 95 ' ; 1. 53. die° ) 1 u 0 10 0 5 , 1 " o io , o N 15 1 ' i 9 il l 3 CO'