The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-29 00:00:00

• - • . • which I now take upon myself, but I beg again ta say that I shall conduct myself so asetpetip everything connected with it .satisfactorily.—(Cheers.) I thank you very sincerely, gentlemen, for the choice you hive made.—(Loud cheers.) The ceremony of investing the Lord Mayor elect with a new massive gold chain was then performed by the mace-bearer, and on p:esentieg himself with it on he was received with loud cheering. Mr. Dineoer then came forward and said, the pleas. ifig duty devolved upon him of moving, on the part of the citizens of London, a vote of thaeks expressing their admiration of tke conduct of Sir James Duke, the present Lord Mayor, while in otfice.—(Cheers ) His term of office had not yet expired, but that was the only occasion on which the citizens of London could meet for the purpose of expressing their sense of his conduct. He was unused to the language of adulation, and he should not then attempt to give ex pression to it ; but he thought it was for their benefit and advantage, and not ler the advantage of an individual merely, that public men when they well discharged their duties, shoul3 have their conduct praised and acknowledged by those , who had the benefit of their ministrations.—(Cheers ) He thought it well that their right conduct should be acknowledged —well for the electors, well for their friends, their families and connexions; but he thought it more important still that their successors in office should know that if they did right and faith`.ully per formed their duties,! they (the Liverymen) were :as ready to acknowledge the excellence of their conduct as they would bs to censure it if it deserved censure. — (Cheers.) IVell, then, every acknowledgment was due to Sir James Duke for the way in which he had performed the duties of chief magistrate.— (Cheers) As far as he had observed himself and collected from others, he had discharged those duties ably, impartially, and in a way to give satis faction to the country, and to support the adminis tration of justice.—(Cheers.) His support of the different charities in the City had been extensive and munificent, and he (Mr. Dillon) had an opportunity of seeing on a recent occasion, when an awful dis pensetion of Providence appeared among them, that their chief magistrate was one of the first who offered themselves for the purpose of arresting, so far as human means would allow, the progress of the fearful epidemic. They owed him their thanks for his able, his independent, and his prompt conduct on that occasion. —(Cheers.) They owed him their thanks also (and he was now coming to a tender point) for what the citizens would say entitled him to it, viz his munificent hospitality ; and it was to his praise perhap., that he had been impartial ; he had not se lected men merely of his own opinions, or of his own sect, or of his own party, but had opened his doors to the distinguished men of all political and all religious opinions; and they owed him their thanks not only for that, but for having on one occasion entertained in his civic mansion men distinguished in literature, science, and art, thus showing the intimate connexion of city hespitality and the encouragement of everything great and good, which tended to enlighten and improve mankind.— (Cheers) For these reasons he thought the mayor alty of Sir James Duke had been a very distinguished one, and therefore he begged to move the following resolution "Resolved unanimously That the thanks of this Common Hall be cordially given to the Right Hon. Sir James Duke, Lord Mayor, and one of the Re presentatives of this City in Parliam'ent, for -the up right, firm, and judicious discharge of his magis terial duties ; for the generous and liberal support he has given to the numerous 'public charities and reli gious institutions of this great metropolis ; for his prompt and able efforts to alleviate the effects of the prevailing epidemic; for his munificent and princely hospitality, not only to his fellow-citizens at large, but to the distinguished and able men of all parties in the state, and to all those remarkable in the country for their eminence in ' arts, science, and literature ; while at •the same time he has been accessible and courteous to all : and this Common Hall further de sires to express their hope that the confidence which has recently been reposed in Sir James Duke by his unanimous election as one of the Members of Parlia ment for this City, will not only:be fully justified by a zealous desire to support the rights and privileges of his fellow citizens, and to render himself useful to the various important interests connected with the trade, commerce, and shipping of this great city, but that he will consistently and independently use his best endeavours to promote liberal principles of go vernment, and the general welfare of the country at large." Mr. Deputy OBBARD briefly seconded the re solution. Mr. Sheriff FINNIS put it to the meeting, and it was carried by great acclamation. The LORD MAYOR acknowledged the compliment in the following terms :—Gentlemen, I appear before you with feelings of great gratitude for the very kind manner in which you have been pleased to appreciate the humble benefits I have endeavoured to render you as the Lord Mayor of this city.—(H€ar, hear.) AV free I have been sensible of the high honour you conferred upon me on this day twelve months my experience has shown to me that it is an office of great responsibility, great labour, and very great anxiety ; and if I have under those circumstances discharged my public duties, and upheld the ancient dignity and ho s pit a lity o f this great city in such a manner as to meet with your approbation, I shall retire from the office of Lord Mayor with feelings of extreme satisfaction and gratitude for the support I have received from all classes of my fellow citizsns.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, you have also been pleased to refer to the proud position which you and and the electors of London have recently unanimously conferred upon me; and though I fear that you will suffer from the want of one who can eloquently represent your views in the House of Commons, yet I trust that I shall be able to make amends for that deficiency by directing a constant and zealous atten tion to those great interests connected with the city of London, whether it be its commerce, its trade, or its shipping. Gentlemen, I can promise you that at all times you will find me ready to attend to your wishes, to give effect to your representations, and do everything in my power to justify the high confidence you have reposed in me.—(Hear, hear.) And if, gentlemen, acting a straightforward part, and having no selfish views or considerations of my own to pro mote, and though I cannot expect that those gentle. men who differ with me upon political principles will give me their support, yet I do venture to hope that when the time !arrives for me again to presen myself. before you as a candidate for your suf . frages, that I shall not have suffered in you r estimation—that I shall have shown you that I have ever been most anxious to deserve . and justify the confidence which you reposed in me when I stood here as a candidate for the representation of the city of London in Parliament.— (Cheers.) Gentlemen, again I. can only assure you that the experience I have had of my high office gives me an additional desire to show my gratitude to you, because I believe that no gentleman who has filled the office of Lord Mayor has been more encouraged than I have been, and therefore I beg not only to thank you for the very flattering vote you have this day conferred on me, but for your courteous support during the difficult and arduous duties which your kindness has imposed upon .me.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, again I beg to thank you for your generosity, and I assure 1 shall carry wish me, feel, to the last hour of my existence, a grateful sense of: the notice, kindness, and favour shown to me during the past year by the citizens of London. Mr. ANDERTON then came forward and proposed a vote of thanks to the late Sheriffs Finuis and Gaodhart, whose conduct in the discharge of their important duties during the past year he h'ghly eteogi.ed. The office of sheriff t.ad never been better filled, though undertaken at a very short notice ' • they had well seconded the liberality of the Lord Mayor to their charities, and had shown the utmost hospitality, of which none had partaken more than himself.—(Laughter.) He liked to show that he was grateful.—(Hear,) He agreed with Mr. Taylor, that the citizens should possess the full control of their funds, and have a free mai untram melled voice in the election of their magistrates. Mr. Deputy BEDFORD seconded the vote of thanks. Mr. R. TAYLOR came forward, and in the course of a few remarks offered by him be said, as the purse committed to the custody of the Chamberlain be longed to the whole o; the citizens, that officer should be elected by the whole of the citizens. He cordially supported the motion. The motion ias•Catried'urianimously. Mr. Sheriff FINN'S returned thanks, and said it was a matter of sincere.congratulation to him that he had not been called upon, in his year of office, to carry out the extreme sentence of the law upon any criminal. This -was a very satisfac tory result in a large metropolis Ile London ; but at - the same time he wished to state that he could not conscientiously vote for the abolition of capital punishment. His experience at the Central Criminal Court convinced him that the administratio n of justice there must be altered to some extent. Cases were brought there there which should have been summarily dealt with ias:ead of the elf zses being put to the trouble end expense of prosecuting minor off( nders.—((lear.) Mr. Sireriti GOODHART also expressed his acknow ledgments, and said he had been so much supported arra strengiber ed in his duties by the Lord Mayor, that he hoped when they both retired into private l:fe, he should long enjoy the honour of his friendihip. The Court, which towards the conclusion of the interesting proceedings became very full, was then formally adjourned. b. PRODIGIOUS CROP —A letter from a gentleman in ~„4 1. slat states that th e wheat crop this 3 ear, in th e I s l e o f "Auer, 11%s yielded from 60 to 65 ,bushels per acre.— L incolnshire Chronicle. Tl=s E AUSTRIA. A number of Hungarian prisoners arrived at Pesth on the 16th, escorted by a strong military force; atnong them was the mother of KLssuth. Count Casimir Batthyani and Dl. Szgmere, two :Nlinisters of li.ossuth, have, according to the Breslau Gazette, arrived:at:Belgrade. The 'cologne Gazette publishes the following from Graf'enberg of the 20th :—" The Austrian Minister, Count Stadion, who - hto been here for some days drinking the waters, Went last evening into the forest, and as he had not returned at night alarm was felt, and twenty men carrying torches were sent to look after. him, but they were not successful. Th e nex t morning the search was resumed, and the Count was found trembling with cold. He had been all night in the open air. The state of his mind causes serious disquietude." SPAIN. The 21Iadrid Gazette publishes the - names and ad dresses of iodividuds arrested in clandestine gambling houses. In one of the last batches figures the name of one of the parochial clergy of the capital ; but his nverence,.say4 the Pais, pretended that he had gone to convert sinners. Nevertheless the police took him into custody. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) ENORMOUS INHERITANCE.—It is Laid in quarters ly to be accurately informed upon the subject, that Lieutenant-Colonel Gold. her M.jesty's 4th (King's Own) Regiment, now,stationed at Portsmouth, will pro bably come into possession of the enorm( us wealth let t by Mr. Charles Bullen, the late banker of Liverpool. The property is said to amount to between five and six millions sterling. We hope the rumour of the good fortune that has befallen the .L!cutenant-Colonel may prove to be well founded. He is an officer who enjoys the respect of all who have the happiness to be under his command. STAFF OFFICERS OF PENSIONERS.—It is understood that the Secretary-at-War has referred the memorial to which we alluded last week to his Grace the Coin mander-in•Chief, with whom rests the solution of the question of the apportionment of rank to the tubaitern staff Officers. It is doubtful, however, if the Duke can do anything in the matter, however willing he may be, without the further authority of a special warrant. It will thus remain with the Secretary-at-War to recom mend such warrant to her Majesty, and there can be little doubt that Mr. Fox Maule will readily exert him self on this point. Ile never had a more deserving bJcly of officers to serve. THE DAY OF PRAYER AND HUMILIATION AT TUE ADMIRALTY ESTAILISH➢IENTB._%Ve have much plea• sure in announcing that the Lords of the Admiralty have signified to the heads of their respective establishments at the home ports that nothing is to be deducted from the weekly wages of the men of the dockyards on ac count of those days of cessation from labour which were appropriated to prayer, fast, and humiliation, as a national propitiation for the awful vhitation of the cholera. The Lieutenant Governorship of Carisbrooke Castle is abolished, in consequence of the death of Sir W. Patterson. Captain Maitland, half ply Royal Staff Corps, is To gn Major at Por►smouth, vice Major Lysons, 23d Foot. BARRACK MASTERS. Captains Pennefather and Wickham, lately rwluced as Barrack Masters in the West Indies, have returned to England by order of the Board of Ordnance, and will be appointed to other sta tions as opportunities occur. Assistant Commissary-General Greig has arrived in England from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on three months' leave of absence, on the recommendation of a medical board. Colonel Bush, K. 11., Inspecting Field Officer of the Leeds Recruiting District, has proceeded on kayo of absence. ADMIRAL LORD COLVILLE. —We are authorised in stating that Admiral Lord Colville hzs had no recent increase of illness, as reported, but still continues in the same suffering state under which he has been confined to his house in Portland-place for the last twelve months. THE COMMANDERS' OUT• PENSION OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL. —The Commander.' Out-pension; of Green wich Hospital, vacant by the decease of the Senior Com mander on the list, has been bestowed on Commander William Hutchinson (1827), a most distingui,hed officer, and who was severely wounded in Lord flowe's action of the Ist of June. THE CAPTAINS' APP.:INT3IENT TO GREENWICH HOS PlTAL.—Captain Aaron Tozer having declined the ap. pointment to the establishment of Greenwich Hospital vice Branch, deceased, Captain William Cuppago (1830; has now been selected to fill the vacancy. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The transactions in the Mining Share market have prow d above the usual average amount, and much more would have been done if sellers could have been found at fair market prices. The advance in the standard for copper ore, and the firmeess of the metal market, toge ther with the very general improvements which have taken place in our leading mints, present a highly satis factory and encouraging prospect for those who invested when the market prices were quoted so low, and con tinued so for many months. In some instrqr.res shares have advanced from 20 to 40 per cent. on the market prices, exclusive of the dividends that have subse cpently bean paid. These results have created a consi dcrable degree of confidence in the mining intere,t_gpn.. rally, as to the safety of investments iu our leading and legitimately managed mines. Great Consolidated shares have been in reqaest at late quotations, and done et our present. The mine has made a profit of nearly 890/. for the last two months, and is now stated to have very much improvt d. Trelawny and Trthane are represented as having improved, and buyers have appearr.d at advanced pries. In Bedford United and Mendip Eills many shares have changed hands. In consequence of the very considerable-discoveries at Treviakey and Barrier, in the 236 and 248 fm. the shares have been sought for and business done at advanced prices. Buyers are also to be found for South Basset, North Pool, South Frances, East Wheallitose, and other leading mine s. The continued improvements at Birch Tor and:Vitifer Mines have created considerable local inquiries tor these shares, and sellers are firm at advanced price. Tincrofts were much in dr mand yesterday, and some business done at an advance on quotations generally given. - Shares in the following mines have been done during the week: —Devon Great Consols, East Wheal Rose, Tincroft, Great Consolidated Mines, Treleigh Consols, Bedford United, Tr, awny, Mary Ann, South Wheal Josiah, Trehane, Csmborne Consuls, S:ray Park, King sett and Bedford, Birch Tor and Vitifer, West Provi der ce, 'Tenni:telt Lead, Treviskey and Barrier. At the Treviskey and Barrier meeting a dividend of 41. per share in Treviskey was declared, reserving a balance in hand of 86/. 13s. Id., with ore bills becoming due. The profit for the mouths of June and July is shown at 458/. 81. 9d. In Barrier the lois on the two months is about 21/.; the balahco now due to the purser amounting to 901. 4s. lOd. The agent's report of the mine is highly encouraging; the 248 and 236 I'm. levels, and a winze communicating the same, are represented as being very productive; 350 tons of ore were sampled on the 19th for July and August, and 350 lons were an ticipated for September and October. At the Great Polgooth meeting the accounts showed —tin sold in August and September, 5,245!. B'. 11d., leaving a balance to credit, "ladled ng balance of last account, 1,4601. 7s. sd. A dividend of 41 10s. per share was declared, leaving balance to credit, 3081. 7s. sd. At the West Downs meeting, there appeared a balance against the mine of 201/. 4s. 4d., and a call of ss. per share was made. . At the Great Rough Tor meeting the financial state• merit showed a balance of 2741. 10s. 9d. against adven turers, to discharge which, and for current opiratioes, call of 21. per share was declared. The capt a i n ' s re p or t holds out encouragement; more particularly in the eastern part of the mine, where the prospe..tts are more favourable—the lode in the the 45 fm. level pro ucTng good stones of ore, with indications of an improvement; in extending the crosscut towards the north lode, en couragement is given by frequent intersections of small branches of ore, w hich are received as favourable omens. At the Bryn-ar-ian meeting,.the accounts were audited to end of Aug., leaving balance of 48/ against the mine ; a call of 103. per share was made. The agent's report represents the lode in the 12 fin, level worth from 51 to 121 10s. per fm.; and in a 10 fin. level, east and west of the engine -shalt, the lode is producing" one ton per fin. The stopes have al,o been productive; and the necessary machinery is erected, and the mine considered in an efficient state of working. . BANK OF - ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, fer the Week ending on Saturday, the 22d day of September, 1849. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes i55ued........ -8,246.500 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,839,423 Silver bullion ...... 407,077 Z 28,246,500 X 28,246,500 f. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 19. Dated the 27th day of Sept., !ti PILRTMEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead 'Weight 1 1.3 5 4,859 ether securities .. 10,721,590 Notes ........ ••• • • • 10,813,735 Gold and sliver coin.. 868,375 436,758,5 W MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. BANILING . T: • Proprietors • capital.. 14,553,000 Rest • • .•-• 3,t80,516 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-hanks, and Di vidend accounts).. 8,529,948 Other deposits ••• • • • 9,112,962 Seven day and other bills • . • • ••• • •• •• • 683,134 £36,758.560 Dated the 27th day of Sept., 16 SWEARING IN or THE NEW SHERIF/S.—Yesterday the sheriffs elec , , L. D. Nicoll, aq., ai.d Aldermen Law mot', ater having attended Divine service, proceeded in state to Guildhall, where they were sworn jute office for the ensuing year, before the civ c authori:ies, with the natal formalities. A very interesting series of Letters by his Majesty George the Third end the Royal Family to Bishop Hurd, and that Prelate's rePlios. are p u bli s hed i n t h e LOW number of Bentley's Miscell any , issued this day. No man struggles honestly and ardently, utterly in vain; for in us all, if We could cherish it, there is a spirit that must rise at last—a crowned, it bleeding con queror over hate and all the demons.—Eliza Cook's JouTnal. SUN, THE NATIO ORM CLUB (From the Cork Southern Reporter.) There is a considerable stir among such of the Reformers as are in town, consequent on the dissolu tion of the Free Trade Club, in St. James's-square, and respecting which you will have seen several pa ragraphs in the :papers, many altogether erroneous, especially in the Tory journals. The versions from the letter ;sources would lead you to infer that the dissolution waa effected amidst a storm of recriinina tory vindictiveness; insolvency, sand disaster of all sorts. That such was not the case, and that the cause of reform is not likely to suffer by - the - future. move merits of those who have just brought about the ' break up of the late establishment, you wil see from the following circular issued by the president of the Progressive Association to whose proceedings at their central office in the Poultry, City, your attention has been several times drawn of late, viz :-- "ProvisionaliCounnittee of the National Reform Club, 14, St. James's Square, Sept. 22,1349. Sir,—The Free Trade Club having been dieselved by the unanimous decision of a general meeting, held fur that purpose on the 20th inst., and-it being con sidered desirable by many members oft he National Per na men Lary and Financial Reform Association, that a new dab, based upon their principles, and, assisting that great movement, should be established in the use of the late club, I have to request you will be so good as to intimate whether, in the event of a suf ficient number of gentlemen agreeing to constitute such a club, the provisional committee may have the honour of your support and membership. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " JOSHUA IVALMESLEY." There is no doubt that this is a wise and judicious proceeding on the part of those who have the wel fare of the popular cause at heart, which many of the so called free traders had and have not, merely using the now comparatively antiquated cloak of com mercial liberality as a blind to this retrogression front their early professions of anxiety for political justice, properly so called. Free trade is now as much part and parcel of the :constitution as the lion and unicorn; and it would be just as reasonable for people to associate for the conservation_ of the domes tic comfort of these respectable meminamlia as to unite against the re-imposition of the sliding scale, navigation laws, differential duties, and so on. The full completion of the measure of free-trade is in the natural course of fulfilment. Not so the Reform Bill. Progression there is essentially crab-like. The tendency of our rulers and of the dominant classes is notoriously anti-popular, in the widest sense of the term; anti we are at this moment further from the realization of the governmental ameliorations contem plated by Lord John Russell, and proposed by Lord Durham in the first draft of the Act of 1832, than during any period that has elapsed from that hour to this, even when the Court, the Cabinet, the United Services, the Church, a large majority of both houses and the principal organs of the press were ostentatiously Tory. Hence the necessity of stripping quasi reformers of the guise in which this Free-Trade Club permitted, them to envelope themselves. It was exceedingly con venient to a thorough ministerial back or expectant, to point to his enrolment with Cobden, Bright, and the rest of the free-traders as a proof that he kept pace with the spirit of the times, as if the veriest Peelite were not equally entitled to claim the same merit. That juggle is now no longer possible. A secession from the free-trade club, under its new or ganisation means a secession from the cause of further reform, and will be taken by the public as a recogni• tion of the seisdom 'of the wholesome old motto, " these that are not with us are against us." The new agitation is being commenced with the younger blOod of the late club,:--Mr. Tindal Atkinson, the barrister, whose conduct in respect to the unfor tunate Chartist prisoners swept cff by cholera brought on by the barbarous regimen of the gaol, is as rare as it is noble ; Mr. Charles Wordsworth, the eminent writer on election law and joint-stock companies; Mr. M'Enteer, one of your countrymen whose practical efficiency is commensurate with his zeal ; George Thompson, the Member for the Tower Hamlets; and numerous others —all under the wary and vigilant guardianship of Sir Joshua Walmesley, who aspires much more to be a guide than a leader, being well content that others should openly " share the triumph and par take the gale" if he can be useful, (and no man is more so), in maturing that consumption. A club, of whom these gentlemen are the working committee, is indeed calculated to accomplish the uses for which the Reform Club was originally instituted, the ad vancement of the reform cause. But those uses are now burlesqued by that association. The working committee of the Reform Club are as conservative as the working committee of the Carlton. Whig offi cials, their relations, parasites, and jackals control the whole affair to their own ends, and make it a sort of inner Clerk's Office to Downing-street, and with the usual financial embarrasment—debt—vi hose mag nitude is disguised by the same species of legerdemain that characterised Sir Charles Wood's five budgets the first year he was Chancellor, and _characterised Teeesel e aa's squandering of millions of Irish works, that only deepened the poverty and augmented the idleness of the people mocked with the phantasm o relief," The National Reform Club expects to open next month with fully five hundred tnemb,rs, and it is more than probable that a considerable number of these will be Irishmen, of whom neither their coun try nor this need be ashamed. It is understood that several Irish M.P.'s will join forthwith, and among them, it is to be presumed, will be your excellent re presentative, Mr. Fagan, who was one of the most energetic, consistent, and constant of all the Liberal opposition throughout last session, being scarcely ever absent from a division wherein Ifs vote could mark his approbation of sound principle in theory, or honest conduct in practice. The provisional com mittee are most anxious to avail themselves of all Irishmen of character, conduct; and discernment; and the occasion does indeed seem most auspicious for a junction of the working intellect of the two countries for the mutual acquirement of reforms of which each stands respectively so much m need. It is obvious enough that there is a most serious apprehension in interested quarters here lost any such fusion should be brought about. TlTe prospects of the National Reform Club, dis encumbered of the heterogeneous elements that have neutralized the Reform body of late years, are far, more encouraging than could have been loOked for even three months ago ; and lend to the contempla tion of the coming session an aspect whose hopeful ness is calculated to inspire with energetic zeal those who had begun to despair of progress. The stake that Ireland has in the new movement is immense, and there is, reason to believe that she will not forfeit it through a criminal apathy, to the advice of her best adviser to join her friends here. SUNDAY DUTIF:S AT THE POST OFFICE. General Post-office, September, 1849. I. With a view to affording postmasters.-and their assistants proper rest on the Sunday, the Postmaster- General has been pleased to direct 1. That on and after the 14th of Octobeinext, all provincial offices in England and Wales shall be closed on the Sunday from 10 A as. to 5 P.M., except for the necessary receipt and dispatch of mails; the box merely being left open for the receipt of stamped and unpaid letters. _ 2. That the deliveries at such places on the Sunday shall be restricted in all cases to one. 11. Further, that to facilitate the above arrange ments, and at the same time to promote the public convenience, letters posted at provincial offices on the blank pout day for towns beyond London, shall, if stamped and paying full letter rates, be formirded, as on other days, so as to be delivered, except in remote places, on the Monday morning. No change, how ever, will be made as regards letters addressed to or posted in London. HERRITCOS.—Herrings have again appeared on this side of the Solway, and considerable quantities have been caught on the Caerlaverock banks. On Wednes day the fish market was well supplied, but on Saturday only to a limited degree. There has be en a brisk in quiry for herring nets; and the children at the Ragged School have not only got their stock on hand disposed of, but have been busily engaged in netting for some days to meet the demands which have poured in. While we notice the re-appearance of the herrings with plea sure, we trust that more caution will be used this season in their consumption, the excess of which last year ope• rated, we believe, injuriously on the health of the in habitants.—Dumfries Courier. IMPORTANT CASE UNDER TOR COUNTY - COURTS ACT.—re,turday, in acase " Shirley v. King," tried in the City Sheriff's (Small Dr bts) Court, a question was raised as to the right of the plaintiff to split a debt. The action was brought on a promissory note for 3/. The original debt was 91, for which defendant had given three pro missory notes of 31. each. His Honour, Mr. Commis sioner Lluileck, held that the giving different notes did not take the case out of the rule as to splitting the debt, and the plaintiff must either give up the 61. or be non suited, and wait till all the notes became due, and sue for the full amount. 'f he.plaititiff elected to be nonsuited. THE lIINCRFORD AGRICULTURAL AND CONSERVA• TIVE CLUB.—Mr. Disraeli, we find, intends to be present at the meeting of this club on Friday next. The great Parliamentary leader of the Country party will ba on a vi,it to Sir John Tyreli's, at Boreham-house, in the course) of next week, and has premised to accompany the Hon. Baronet to the festival, in consequence of which the arrangements for the banquet have been made on an extended scale. The old baronial hall of Hedinghaw Castle . which still remains i n as substantial a st a t e as v. hen It echoed with the fi-stivity of its lords of old, is to be fitted up for the occasion, being capable of dining some hundreds; and there can be no doubt, looking to the oratorical fame and the political standing of the cele braced visitor, that it will be filled to overflowing by the gentry and agriculturists of this and the Adjacent country. --Chelmsford Chronicle. LON.DON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1849 LITERATURE. THE BRITISH . QU4RTERLY. No. XIX. To oar thinking, the last number of the British Qaarterly i 3, without ode..exeeption, the most attract ive and intelligent that has,yet appeared. Besies a very graceful article on the " 2Estlietics of GOthio Architecture;" a very clever essay on "Religion and Ethnology ;" an excellent r'view of the "Poetry of brgEndary Art;' and a half-biographical, hl'l-his torical criticism relating- to "Milton and the Commonwealth ; " there is a controversial paper on " Philosophy and Religion," referring to Mesrs. Merrell, Newman, and Fronde; a corn prison between the epiitolary • writings of ' 4 Ches terfield, Jtinius, and Cowperr.together with au intelli gent contrast of the various "Historians of the French Revolution,"Mignt, Thiers, .Michelet, Blanc, Carlyle, and Lmartine. In additi on t o all these interesting contributions there are three others not yet particularizl, being estimates of the writings and capacities of three of the most conspicuous un'n of our generation—Thomas Carlyle:, Benjamin Disraeli, and Douglas Jerrold—the Wit. the Legis lator, and the Tt•iihker. Of Mr. Carlyle it is said very justly, that in his genius may be recog nised "a more remarkable conabLiation both of the . stronger and weaker elements of our age than in any other man among us." Of Mr. Disraeli the Itzviewer can find nothing whatever to assert but what is most depreciatory, whether in po litics or letters. The entire paper is couched in terms of the most uudi'guised ridicule—and this too in reference to the " Revolutionary Epick," to the tragedy of "Count Alarcos," and to those nine novels, " Alroy," " Contarini Fleming," " Henrietta Temple," " Venetia," " Vivian Grey," the " Young Duke," " Coningsby," " Sybil," and " Tancred." The conclusion at which the writer arrives is that Benjamin Disraeli is not a genius, but only the Prospectus cf a Genius. We shall not trouble our selves by entering into such a discussion. Douglas Jerrold, on the contrary, is pro nounce d t o b e one o f the most sterling and brilliant of our humorous writers. And we are satisfied that no one will deny him to be witty, after reading the following speci mens of his style : " The ostrich is libelled for his gluttony. Believe what is said of him, and you would not trust him even in the royal stables, lest he should devour the very shoes from the feet of the horses. • Why, the ostrich ought to be taken as the one emblem of temperarice. He lives and flourishes on the desert, his choicest food a little spikey'ahrub,. with a few stones--for how rarely can he tint iion, how few the white days in which the poor ostrich can, in Arabia Pettma, have the irikury of a teripenny nail—to season, -as with salt, his vegetable diet.—Story of Feather, p. 3. " We know the common story runs that nature has peculiar visages for poets, philosophers, statesmen, war riors, and so forth: we do not believe it: we have teen a slack-wire dancer with the face of a great pious bard, an usurer with the legendary features of a Socrates, a passer of bad money very like a Chancellor of•the Ex chequer, and a carcase-butcher at Whittchapel so re sembling Napoleon, that Prince Talleyrand, suddenly beholding him, burst into tears at the similitude.— Cakes and Ale, vol. i., pp. 269, 270. " Yet, for all this, Jericho was ordinarily a dull, matter-of-fact man. Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.—A Man made of Money, p. 8. " At that hour when sparrows look down reproach fully from their eaves at the flashed man trying the street-door,— p. 12. "'Pon my life, you are so good, you'd pour rose water over a toad. p. 113. " I'll till you what, Jenny, the noblest sight on earth is a man talking reason, and his wife sittin' at the fire side Hatt niug to him.—./bid., p. 114. " Commentators—the woi thy folks that too often write on books, as men with diamonds write on glass, obscuring light with scratches.—lb id., p. 195. " Esrth is here (in Australia) so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe, and she laughs with a harvest.'— Ibid., p. 212. '" Rt,bert, my dear,' said Jenny, with the deferential air of a scholar ; ' Robert, what did Mr. Carraways mean when he said he hated dog—dogmatism ?' Topps was puzzled. " Robert, my dear, Jenny urged, what— what in the world is dogmatism?' Now it was the weakness of Topps never to confess ignorance of any thing soerer to his wire. ' A man should never do it,' Topps had been known in convivial season to declare; ' it makes 'em conceited.' Whereupon Topps prepared him self, as was his wont, to make solemn, satisfying answer. Dicing off his hat, and smoothing the wrinkles of his brow, Topps said—'llumphl what is dogmatism? Why it is this—of course. Dogmatism is puppy-ism come to its full growth.'—ibid., p. 252. I declare, Mr. Goldtbumb, it seems you have read everything." Why, ma'am, after working thirty years as a trunk-maker, 'twould be to my shame it' I didn't Know something of the literature of my country.'—Time Works Wonders." We close the British Quarterly, after making these excerpts, in the height of good humour. THE ? PARLOUR LIBRARY. Among thu . fictions reprinted in this excellent end popular serial, must be noticed the Irish tale of " Father O'Connell," and the French story of " An drew the Savo3 ard." Both of them are admirable specimens of two very (Efferent species of romance. Another volume contains a series of most enthralling "Tales of tLe First French Revolution," collected by the gifted author of "Emilia Wyndham." THE RAILWAY LIBRARY. A periodical of somewhat similar character with the foregoing has been recently commenced, entitled the " Railway Library," and among the most interesting of the reprints for a single shilling, complete, are the works of Miss Austin and of 'Mr. Cooper. The " Pilot," wits " Sense and Sensibility," are the spe cimens now lying upon our table. Considering the merit of the works, and the cheapness with which they are here reproduced, they cannot fail to com mand a large circulation. ELEMENTS OF ELECTRO BIOLOGY; or, The Voltaic Mechanism of Man; of Electro- Pathology, especially of the Nervous System; and of Electro Therapeutics. By Alfred Smee, _FR S, Surgeon to the Bank of England, 6-c. 6-c. It has been the opinion of scientific men for sunny years past that life and electricity were identical, and although when first propounded the opinion, like all new opinions, was scoffed at, and then denounced as tending to infidelity, yet from the time of the experiments of Dr. Wilson Philip, from which it appeared that the process of digestion was carried on in the stomach of a recently killed rabbit by placing .the nerve which went to the stomach into contact with a galvanic battery, this opinion has been gradually gaining ground. No experiments, however, had been undertaken to test the accuracy of this opinion until Mr. Alfred Smee, to vs Isom electrical science has long been under deep obligations, de voted his attention to the investigation of this most interesting and Important subject. The results of his observations and experiments he has given to the world in the work now under review, which sets the question at rest. Mr. Smee proves that not the brain and nerves merely, but the whole mechanism of man is essentially voltaic, that life i s the supremacy of electrical over chemical action in the human system, that when electrical action loses its supremacy disease ensues, that when it ceases death is the immediate consequence. He satisfactorily shows that life and all vital phenomena are merely so many modifications of electricity. Mr. Alfred Smee has conferred a great benefit upon the cause of true science by the publication of this excellent work. MITCHELL'S SHILLING VOLUME. Yet another shilling serial has been commenced by another enterprising publisher. Volume One of this new adventure is an agreeable tale of truth, called " Charlotte Temple," by Mrs. Rowton. The spe culation of Metsrs. Mitchell is deserving of en couragement. TINTS FROM AN AMATEUR'S PALETTE. A pleasant little volume, dedicated to Charles Dickens, and evidently conceived throughout under his genial inspiration. Some of the sketches are really very felicitous, as for example the one descrip tive of mail coach travelling. None of the Amateur's Tints are neutral tints—half of them are sad-coloured, the other moiety gay and hilarious. Taken from his palette as they have been witheluch a skilful hand, we doubt not they will be found satisfactory to the palates of the generality. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—On Monday next this house will open for the season with Mrs. Nisbett and Miss Jane Mordaunt .in the . Lew Chase. The rest of the week will be occupied by comedies, in which Mrs. Nisbett plays some of her best characters. On the fol lowing Monday Mr. Macready will appear, and act on alternate nights, the intervala being filled by M rs . Nis bett. Mr. Macready will be succeeded by lir. and Mrs. Kean, with whom Mrs. Warner, who will appear with Mr. Macready, will remain. Afterwards llr. Macready will return, and complete the round of his characters, prior to his final retirement from the stage, which will, we believe, take place next rummer. Several new plays, serious and comic, will, it is said, be produced at the Hay mat kc t in the course of the approaching season. Lord and Lady Brougham have been receiving a successien of visitors at Brougham Hull this month; amongst the guests have be en the Marquis of Douro, Lord Wharneare, Mr. and Mrs. Towneley, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Duke and Duchess of &anion and Lady Henrietta Somerset, Emil and Countess of Glengsll and Lady Margaret Butler, Colonel and Miss Danner, Captain Moore, Lord and Lady Wm. Powlett, lion. Edward Stanley, Mr. Howard, &c. DAY OF FASTING AND HUMILIATION AT WINDSOR AND ETON.—At Windsor, on Wednesday last, all secular basiucss was entirely suspended, and the whale of tho shops closed during the day, agreeably to th e r eeem . mendation of the bishop of the dioce:.e, supported by the mayor, and the vicar and cl e r g y, i n or d er t h at the day might be observed as one " of solemn fasting and humi liation, in consicifuence of the grievous disease with which it has pleased Almighty God to afflict many portions of this land." It is most gratifying to be enabled to state that the cholera has been extremely mild itt its effects in the neighle.trhoods of Windsor and Eton. CHOLERA AND DIARRHUA. , , RETURN OF CASES, SEur. 27. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERfIiTENDING REGISTRAR'S_ DISTRICT. Doathg. • Cholera. Dlarrh WEST DISTRICTS. Kensington Chelsea... •••• ••• ••• - St. George, Hanover-square ... Westminster ... ••• ••• St. Martin-in-the-Fields ... --- St. James, Westminster ... NORTH DISTRICTS. ATarylelme ... ... ••• ....'. *2 Hampstead ... •• ••• --- 0 St. Pancras ... ••• ••• -- 2 Islington ••• ••• ••• ---- 2 Hackney ••• ••• ••• -- CENTRAL DISTRICTS. St. Giles ••• ••• Strand ... ••• -- Holt). I'll Union ---- Clct kenwell ••• ......... Sr. Luk.? ••• ••• ••• East Lonckn. ...• ••• WesL London ...• ••• -- City of London ... ... EAST LISTILICTe. Whoredi:eh ••• ••• ••• Ite;,hrial-grePa- - • Whi techap e l .. . ••• • • St. Gc•urge-in- the-Last Stepney Poplar ... 2 0 2 0 0 80 [MI D]bTRIcTS. St. Saviour, Southwark St. Claire Bermondsey St. George, Southwark Newington ... Lambeth Wandsworth Camterwell notherhithe Greenwich Lewisham To t al 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 THE SEWERS CO NiMISSION. Of late, v..bilst pestilence Las been abroad—wiieu all general considerations ought to have merged in the perfOrmance of immediato and important duties ot' alloviltion, we believe that many members of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers have been greatly annoyed at the intrusion of angry personal questions and disputes, which they hale made large socrithes to avoid. We believe that the facts out of which these opprobrious scenes have arisen are as follow : On the formation of the', Consolidated Metropolitan Comm ion of Sewers, several gentlemen were in cluded who had been members of the superseded commis:ions, but who were understood to be favour able to tree new measures ree,nan7.-nd e d by the Sani tary Commis:,i-)ners, as essential to the improvement of the metropolis. It turned out, however, in no great length of time, that these gentlemen considered th e change to be merely one of men, and not the entire change contemplated of works, as well as of the modes of working, that they had been formerly ac customed to. Some of than cem,idered it as a waste of the ratepayers' money and a misapplication of the ofricors' tim e to institute such operations as the gauging of sewers to ascertain the flow of water, and d e t erm i ne accurately the sizes of the new works for its complete removal. Others declared the applica tion of sewer water as manure, and the trial works for its disposal, to be matters foreign to the business efa swers commission. The Metropolitan Sanitary Com missioners had strongly urged the drainage of the suburban maribes, and. the extension of facilities to ' private land drainage as a means of removing damp and insalubrity, as well as of preparing the land ft. r the reception of manures, which otherwise must be piled up in putrid laystalls, or cause the pollution of the river. Some of these commissioner s were put upon committees under the consolidated commission of 1847, and the earlier courts of that commission were engrossed with the re-discussion of schemes and principles of works, which although fully expounded and supported by adequate evidence in published re ports, were neither admitted nor understood by these gentlemen. On the issue of the second consolidated commission under the new Sewers Act, a division of labour was introduced, and one very large depart ment was handed over (at least as far as regarded the preparation of matter for the decision of the court) to a committee of works, consisting of engineers and others possessing special qualifications for that de partment. Not to stultify the committee by includ ing members who had been concerned in the approval of works totally the reverse of what had now to be constructed, the names of these members of previous commissions were omitted. But one consequence of this omission was the constant raising of ques tions as to the legality of transacting any portion of the business of the commission in committees, al though expressly sanctioned by the new Act. , To setisfy the complainants, the matter was referred to the law officers of the Crown, v,ho gave their opinion in accordanc e with the plain words of the statute ; but notwithstandin g this, the time of the courts con tinued to be occupied by the dissentient members whom nothing could apparently reconcile to a proce dure that excluded them from a full share in all the discussions relaing to the works of the commission. They insisted upon every matter, however technical, and every detail, however trifling, being debated in open court; and this not being allowed, they quar relled with almost every thing that had been prepared apart from them. The time of the court was occu pied by the setting forth of their qualifications to carry out works which they had no part in originating, and were not inclined to agree to. Very great delays in the operations of the commission—operations of life and death—were incurred by this unfortunate state of things, which it was at one time hoped would have been terminated by the resignation of one or two of the commissioners—gentlemen in the highest degree respectable, and of the most sincere good intentions, and in many respects men of ability, whose misfor tune it is that they cannot in this instance see the peculiarities of an altered state of things. As Har vey declared that he could never get a man above eixty years of age to admit the doctrine of the cir culation of the blood, so these gentlemen could not be brought to see the necessity of an entire change of the liquid circulation of this great metropolis. Besides these personal bickerings on the part of the old commissioners, there were several of the old officers, who were considered to fall short, and did not gain entire confidence in the performance of their new duties. The appointment of Mr. Henry Austin, as the consulting engineer, and of several new officers, opened additional mines of jealousy, which had of late broken out publicly. No pains have been spared to excite external agitation in aid of the internal oppo sition. The local boards who had charge of gully shoots, and whose paving is likely to be interfered with, have been incited against the commission. The chief point of opposition recently raised was actually an extensive cleansing operation, the flushing of the sewers, which had of late been carried on to a con siderable extent. On this operation was charged the infection of the air. The operation of flushing, it may be briefly stated, is effected by penning back the sewer water, with the addition of such other water as can be obtained, to add to the force of the operation. The decomposing matter which had even accumuleteei in the sewer is then stirred up beneath the water, so that no smell escape s; th e fl oo d gate i s opened, and the whole discharged. It was stated in one of the sewers courts the other day, that the operation, instead of occasioning an emission of effluvia, carries down with it air from the street. The parties who complained were asked to point out the times when they could aver that there had been, instead of a dimunition, an increase of offen sive effluvia, because, if there had been much increase, the operation had been very improperly conducted, and the parties employed would be held responsible for it; but the complainants failed to make good a single instance. The following extracts from a re port, presented to the court .by Assistant- Surveyor Lovick, displays the nature of the opposition raised : ' Believing that it would be satisfactory to the com missioners, as a test of the efficacy of these operations, I have collected the opinions of between 800 and 900 of the inhabitants, including many medical man, in the Surrey and Kent district, who speak very decidedly of the benefits experienced by them from the late more frequent flushing of the sewers, many very favourably contrasting their present condition under this commission with their condition under the old commission. Some have stated that the increased cleansing is equivalent to the increased sewers' rate, and they have expressed their gratitude for the comparative freedom from small and annoyance resulting from the works of this commission. (See Appendix A. and C.) " To the individual opinions which I have appended to this report I beg to draw the attention of the come missioncrs. " Your chief surveyors, Messrs. Roe and Phillips, appended to their report on flushing in August. 1848, a list of the opinions of upwards of 1,000 persons, medical men, and others, very expressive of satisfaction with the operation of this system. These, as they appear very pertinent to the subject, I also append; and as I believe them to express, as well as those before alluded to, the public opinion on this matter; and as the expressions of the opinions of a few appear to have been mistaken for a public expression, and the necessary results of natural for artificial cremes. (See Appendix A. and B.) "At an adjourned inquest held on the 14th ult., on a death which bad occarred in Staple-street, Borough, and se hick was stated to have been caused by the open ditch in the vicinity, upon which, at the coroner's (Mr. Payne) request, I attended the clerk to the board of guardians, amongst other very strong expressions of opinion, stated that they had never experienced smells before the new commission interfered with them; that the new com mission had done everything wrong ; that everything they touched had gone wrong; that they were all right unc'er the old commission, but that they were now an noyed by nuisances which they never felt before. " He fetched two witnesses from Staple-street, who resided on the banks of the open ditch, who proved, in answer to questions which I tut to them, that the ditch was greatly improved since this commission had taken to it, and kept much better than it ever was before; that they were greatly benefited by the flushing, ' the ditch being much sweeter and cleaner after it;' and that they did not experience ' near so bad smells from it' as those to which they were accustomed under the old com mission; and that they greatly preferred the frequent cleansing of the ditch, and seemed much surprised at being asked the question, as they had been benefited in proportion to the frequent cleansing. " This ditch had been cleansed at more frequent inter vals during the two months prior to the inquest, and the coroner, in summing up, laid great and particular stress upon this fact as saving the commissioners from the charge of neglect. "And th3coroner and jury, upon my explaining to them that this was the only practical remedy, pending permanent works which the circumstances of the case would not warrant, agreed that the commissioners bad, to the extent of their power, afforded relief to this locality. " I adduce this as an example of the kind of statements made, and which, coming, uncontradictcd, from the re presentative of a local body, would no doubt have been mistaken for an c xpression of the opinion of a district; and of the statements of the inhabitants, supposed, in this case, adverse witnesses, who most unt quivocally express that which may, from the circumstances, be taken to be the , public opinion. Mr. Grant, the assistant surveyor, in his report on the evils complained of in Blackfriars-road and neighbourhood, thus corrects the erroneous views of a gentleman, who was loud in his complaints of the works of the c,mmission in this lo cality, when it appeared that these had not for many months been in operation : " In describing the cause of the unhealthy condition of this neighbourhood it would be improper to omit re ferk ace to two which ce ere eupposed by a gentleman who has interested himself in this matter to ho the ehief,sind into which I inquired. These were, first, the flushing of the sewers, end secondly, the substitution of 450 feet of 9-inch pipe for a wide and offensive ditch in Boundary-row. In reference to the first alleged cause, the foreman of flushers stated to me that the sewers in Blackfriars road and Charlotte-street have not been flushed for some months, simply because the men cannot remain in the sewers. There is a cross wall built about three feet high, at the upper end of the sewer in Blackftiars-road, which turns the water down the Westnaiubter-road and Water- COMMISSION UNDER THE CHURCLI DISCIPLINE ACT.—On Tuesday morning the coramistion instituted by the Bishop of Exeter to inquire into the allegations against the Rey. Charles Rookes, rector of N)met Row land, in this county, was opened in the Chapter-home. The commissioners were the Worshipful George Martin, Chancellor of tha Diocese (President); the Venerable John More Stevens, Archdeacon of Exeter; the Venerable John Bartholowew, Archdeacon of Barnstaple; the Worshipful E. C. Harington, Chancellor of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Exeter; and the Rev. James John Rowe, rector of St. Mary Arches, Exeter. The rev. defendant was charged with offences "against the laws ecclesiastical, and other irregularities and excesses within the diocese, whereby he had brought great scandal on the Church," Sc. The. Court, on the application of the rev. defendant, as we presume, was closed against the press and the public, so that we are not able to 'jive any report of ,the proceedings. The Rev. C. C. ltookes has determined to conduct his own case.—Ezeter Flying Post. ST. JOHN'S, BETHNAL GREEN.—The parishioners of Bethnal-green, aided by the friends of Church endow ment, having now raised the sum of 1,0901. towards the permanent augmentation of the above benefice, the Bishop of London has liberally appropriated the annual sum of 150/. to the same purpose out of the revenues of St. Catherine Cali man (of which his Lordsf.ip is the patron), on condition that 337 of the pew-sittings be declared free. There are thus secured in this church, 1,137 seats for the poor free and unappropriated for ever. Plans have been drawn by Mr. E. N. Clifton, archifect, for a parsonage-house, to be shortly orccted upon Bethuahgreen, adjoining the church. In the list of subscribers to the above fund appear the names of the Queen Dowager, the Bishop or London, th e E ar l o f liarroa by, Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. William Cotton, Mr. 11. Merceron, Mr. R. Hanbury, Sir E. N. Buxton, &c. WEYMOUTH.—MELANCHOLY DEATH.—With regret we record the death of Mr. Thomas nether, son of Mr. Hellier, maltster, &c., of Cerne, an articled assistapt of Mr. A. Sansom, surgeon, of this town. This i- nitskrtu nate youth, who was 18 years of age, was found 'dead in his bed early on the morning of Tuesday week. A note in his own handwriting was found on the table to the effect that he had swallowed several drachma Of strych nine and laudanum, a quantity more than sufficient to cause instant dissolution. An inquest was held in the course of the morning, before J. Wallis, Etq., coroner, when the verdict found was—" Temporary insanity."— Sherborne Journal. A CCIDENT.— On Saturday, John M'lntosh, weaver, Newtyle, was sent on a message from that place to Dun dee, and having indulged rather freely in liquor, he, at a late hour at night, in passing the quarry at Logie Spout (after visiting a sister who resided in the Blackness road), fell over it, a height of about 40 feet. He lay there in a state of insensibility until Sunday forenoon, when he was accidentally discovered by some persona passing. He was then conveyed to the Royal Infirmary. where it was found that he had sustained a lacerat. d wound on the scalp, with fracture of the bone and de pression, with a skin wound on the knee. We are glad to learn that the patient is doing well.—Dundee Courier. APPROACHING MARRIAGE{ IN HIGH LlFE{.—The marriage of the lion. C. Neville, second son of Lord Braybrooke, and the Hon. Florence Maude, second daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Hawarden, is to be solemised in the course of next month. A large family circle will meet in town to attend the nuptial ceremony. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—A boy is years of age, named William Ballantine, was about to take a message to his father, a journeyman in the employ of Mr. Guth rie, tailor, in Bond street, when, upon opening the door of the workshop, an iron pillar, which stood in a leaning position against the wall, fell suddenly forward, dashing the poor boy to the ground with fearful violence, falling upon his head, and inflicting injuries of a deadly charac ter. The lad was conveyed in a senseless state to the house of Mr. Love, surgeon, in Brook-street, when that gentleman, ascertaining the great amount of injury done, advised the immediate removal of the sufferer to the Mid dlesex Hospital. Upon an examination of the boy's wound by Mr. Gilbertson, house-surgeon, the whole of the left side of the head was found to be denuded of its scalp, with a fracture of the skull, extending over por tions of the frontal, parietal, temporaral, and occipital bones, or the whole of the left side of the head, from front to back. The poor little fellow has remained R holly insensib!e front the time ho received the blow, which is likely to terminate fatally. NEWARK.—Wednesday was the cheese market, which is generally considered the largest market during the year, and the day being remarkably fine, brought a very large attendance of most respectable people. There was a great deal of cheese shown, but the sale was not anything like so rapid as on former years; iudee I, cheese seemed a drug, and many dairies would have to be taken home. Prices were lower than last year; new milk cheese, first quality, from 535. to 583. per cwt.; two meals, 403. to 445. per cwt. There was a large quantity of stock of all descriptions, sheep, beasts, pigs, and horse}; prices were low, but a good deal of business was trap s acted. Beef from ss. 6d. to 6s. per stone; mutton, 4id. to sd. per lb.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. 5 0 4 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 65 24 Total deaths from cholera, registered from Stpt.l7, 1818, to Sept. 27, 1849 ... 13,99 Tutul deaths from cholera, registered from June 17, 1849, to Sept. 27, 1849 ... 12,900 • Returns for Thursday have not been recchod from the registrars of Kentish -town, subdistrict of Pancras; and Christchurch, sub- district of Mary!gone. f Three of the above deaths in the north sub-district of West London, on which inquests-were held, occurred between the 25th of July and the 2d of August, but were not registered till the 27th inst. Two deaths, on which irquests were held, in St. Peter's Walworth, sub district of Newington, occurred between the 18th of August an d th e Bth of September, but were mt registered till, the 27th inst. THE COUNTRY. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and DiaraceJ, reported to the General Board of Health the 28th day of September, 1849 : Abergarenny Ainvsiek ••• Ashton-under-Lyne Aston ... Deaths. Cholera. Diarrh. ••• 3 0 ••• 1 0 ••• 1 2 ••• 0 2 ••• 0 1 Barnstaple Bas ford... Bedford Bedminster Biggleswade Birmingham Bolton ••• ••• ••• Bradford and North .Bierley Brc eknock Brantford Bridgwater ... Brighten ... Bristol ••• Bromley ••• Bury ... Cardiff ... Carmarthen ... Chesterfield ... Chippcnbam Chorlten Clifton Glut. on ••• Cotkermouth Coventry Darlington ... Dei by Dewsbury Doneaqer Dreitwieh Dudley Edmonton Ely . Exeter . ••• .... ••• ••••. ••• ".'" Gainsborough Gateshead ... Gloucester ... Henael Hempstead Melia ... Holyri ell ... ... tlunslk t ••• ••• ••• Ipswich ••• ••• ••• Isle of 'linnet (Ramsgate) Kidderminster Kingsbridge (Aludbur)) . •••• King's Lynn ••• ••• ••• Lceds ••• ••• ••• •-- Lt Wes Liverpool ••• .. ••• ... Liatidillo Fa wr ••• ..• -- Llanelly ... ••• ••• Liskeard ... •• • ••• Maidstone (Loose) ... ••• Manchester .. ••• ••• Mar ket Drayton (from Sept. 23) 111Edway ... ••• ••• Neath ... ••• ••• ••• Newcastle-upon-Tyne ••• Newcastle-under-Lyne ... Newton Abbott ••• ••• Norwich ••• ••• ••• "'"' O. mskirk ••• ••• ••• —. Pembrike ... ••• ••• ••• Peterborough ... •• ••• Pontefract Prescot Itedruth Row for d • • • ••• .... itye Saffron Walden SA& rd ••• Stamford ~, Sculcoates Staffield •• I South Shields Staines ... Stockport ... Stockton ... Stoke Damarel Stoke-upon-Trent Stourbridge Siroud Sudbury ~. Sunderland ... Swansea Tavistock Teesdale (Barnard .Castle) ••• Totnes ... .-. ••• .... ••• .... ••• "•••• • • • ".". ... ..... ••• "'." ••• .... • • • ''''' ••• ."'". ••• •-.... Truro T;nemouth Ulverston Wakefield Wuhan • • • Warrington --- Watkrcu -Wells West Ashford—. West Bromwich West Darby ... Weymouth ... •••• .-... Whitehaven Wigan Windsor Wirral Wisboach Wolverhampton and Siesdon York • • • .".° •• • "". ••• ..... ••: .--. Total ... ••• .... SCOTLAND. Dunfermline ... Dundee ... ••• ^-... ••• ... ••• Lauder St. Andrew's ... Hawick ••• Perth Portwilliam ••• ••• ..- Total ... General total:— Metropolis Country Scotland ••• ..... ••• .....' •• • ...... Total ... 425 li9 NcTE.—The num b er of attacks reported by the union officers are—ior the metropolis 70, and for the country 364; but thoir returns do not, in general, comprehend the cases that are treated by medical men in private practice. The deaths are returned accorditg to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it found itn• practicable to distinguish every place separately. CHOLERA. DIARAVCEA. Wed. Thur. Wcd. , , !Thur. Sep'. Sept. Shpt. Sept. 2Gth. 27th. 26th. 27th. 9 12 4 4 2 8 3 3 8 9 1 4 24 15 9 4 26 21 7 9 ••• - 1 2 ... - 1 3 . 0 ... - 7 2 ... -- 0 0 ... - 2 0 ... - 1 0 ... - 1 1 LONDON. West Districts North Districts Central Districts E ist Districts South Districts Total - - We have received from Carnarvon a communication correcting the returns of the Board of health published on the 251, and which stated that 11 deaths from cholera took place in that union. The number was only two, and it appears that the local Board of Health has been exerting itself vigorously in the removal of nuisances and in improving the sanitary condition of the district. Monarchs seldom hear truth until too late tsk derive profit from its knowledge. --Eliza Coo4'• Journal. ••• ...• -F-i Weak ,,.; Last c . 5... c ., -, endin g NAME OF RAILWAY . week. '• .. L am.. t.' up (-) 4: - ---- -- .£ £ Sept. 22 Ab er d„, .. ~ ................ ..... 576 520 23 Amiens and Boulogne. ....... •.• • • • I,', 31 1,819 '22 Belfast and Ballymena .............. 447 396 23 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1182 869 21 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. 401 281 23 Bristol and Exeter ........... •••• • • • 4,057 16 Ca1ed0riian........... •••••• - .. • • 6,812 5.107 23 Chester and Holyhead.. ....... .... 2,203 1 . ,101 20 Dublin and Drogheda...... ......... 782 736 25 Dublin and Kingstown ............ • • 802 960 22 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen...-. • • 1,037 1,100 23 East Anglian-. --•••••••••• •• • • •• 818 711 22 Edinburgh and Glasgow .... ...... .. 3,933 4.494 22 Edinburgh and N0rthern.......... ~. 2,433 2,141 23 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 14,181 15,778 18 East Lancashire ••••......•• •• •• •• • • 3,525 1,307, 23 Eastern Union •••••• •• - " --- .. 1,5G4 1,402 22 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .....• 3,009 2,718, 22 Glavgow and Greenock• •••..... • .• .. 1,0 , 34 1, Ii I 22 Great Northern and E. L. -• • 2,806 _ 2 22 Great South ern and Western •••• • • • • 3,331 3 509 3 Great Western, &c. .. - Kendal and Windermere.... ..... •• • • - 225 23 Lancashire and Yorkshire........ •• • • 12,417 12,394 16 Lancaster and Carlisle... •.. ........ 3,758 23 Liverpool, Cro s b y , and Southport• •.. 13 2,4427 -22 Londonderry and Enniskillen ..... ... 138 140 22 London and North Western, &c. 43,542 46,565 23 London and 81ackwa11.............. 778 1,109 23 Londcn and Brighton ......... ••• • • • 12,011 11,918 23 London and South Western . .....• • • 10,052 16,631 22 Manchester, Shefileld, and Lincolnshire 5,052 3,575 23 22 Midland, Bristol, and Birmin g h am •••• 23,659 24,4 :4 Midland Great Western (Irish) • • 1,101 1, 1 85 - Menklands ... .. -. . .......... • .. - - - Newcastle and Car1i51e.......... - - 23 North B r iti sh .• .... .. - -- .. • • • • • • • • • • 3,28 2,863 5 22 Paris and Bonen • .......... •••• • • • • 7,277 .6,516 22 Rouen and Havre ...........• ••.• .. 2,859 2,529 23 23 Scottish Central .......• ...... Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 1.446 83i 22 South Eastern and Branches ........ 12,615 10,816 l 6 South Dev0n... 22 .... . .... ••••• • • • •. 1,605 1,866 2,257 2,:91 15 W 664aterford and Limerick............. 267 715 405 16 Whitehaven Junction ............... 196 222 York and Newcastl e . .......- ••• • • • 13,261 99 13,666 22 York and North Midland ....... •• • • 7,567 9,855 WAR BALLOONS. To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sut,—You may recollect that when Captain War ner's problem of the "long range" came out in the form of a balloon it excited much merriment in the House of Commons; in that assembly ridicule and pomposity too often pass for sagacity and profundity. But how stands the matter now ? It appears the Austrians have made a trial of rerial machines in the bombardment of Venice, and intend to make another essay of them upon Cornorn ; fortunately, however, they are not exactly up to the thing, and it is to be hoped no one who understands the subject will instruct them in so unholy a cause as that of crushing the ill used Hungarians. I am, Sir, yours, &c., ONE WHO HAS IikEfI3LED IN ROSTATION. Sept. 29. A pension of 1001. per annum for distinguished service has been granted to Major-General W. Jer vois from the Ist instant. Major-General G. P. iligginson has been se lected to fill up the vacancy in the establishment of 120 general officers at 11. 6s. per diem,,, from the same date.' BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY PROGRESS. The remaining portion of Bint hill, near Buckingham, is in the course of removal, ar d it is believed that this, the only obstruction between Brackley and Salidon hill, will, with the latter hill, also be cut through by the middle of October. Between Islip and Bicester Messrs. Smith and Fountain have " gangs" at work, and have now but little to do. Messrs. Carrick and Bulman are ar ranging for currying on the works from Claydon to Bicester. The laying of the permanent road and the ballasting from Brackley towards Banbury is proceed ing. It is ready to near Greatwcrth, and it is expected thut by the time that is done, Ur. Raby's work from that place towards Banbury will be ready to pass along. A few days since, Sir ii. Verney, Bart., M.P., the chairman of the company, travelled along the line from BuLkseghtm to Brackley by the ballast engine. lie expressed his approbation of the forward state of the works. Worltmcn have commanccd clearing the ground fur the foundstion of the station at Buckingham. This will be a wooden one only—at least that for pas , erigera„ which is to be on the Buckingham property.—Banbury Guardian. __________._..........,...._._. 1 loo.rce.d. The sewer in Fziar-street, from its levels, 1 cannot be flushed out. 'Before I made inquiries it seemed to me not un likely that although the men had not been able to flush these particular sewers, yet the sewage sent down from the higher districts night have been sent into but not carried through them. The wall across the sewer near the. Obelisk, Lowevcr, would prevent this.' " I b.g to append a letter from the guardians of St. Luke's pari6b, urging the necessity of frequent flushing." (S: o Appendix 1) ) It is a .subject vihich offers a great temptation to agitation; by the ease of assertion and the diffieulty . arising from the length required for disproof. The, public, however, may rely upon it th at the aboi:e. extracts afford e d only one sp:citnen of the misrepre sentations and ignorant falsehoods which have h4n propagated very industriously in relation to the pro ceedings under that commission. We shall probably be enabled to take other opportunities of adverting to them.— Observer. RAILWAY RE U HAS RLILIVAT rFle.—The following are the Total Reee!',..ts of HMI ;A:Lys for the past weet —that is to tuv, up to the date to which the respec!ive returns are made, together with the receipts et the same we it in the previ,us year:— 1~