The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-10 00:00:00

STRAND T HEATRE. The Reigning Favourite is the title of a new drama which was produced here last evening with a success as triumphant as it was des:rvEd ; the title of this new drama, like that of Hearts are Trumps, is of happy omen, and we predict for the Reigning Favourite of the Strand a reign long awl prospui ous. This new drama is an adaptation of Scribe's popular drama Adrienne Lecouvreur, the production of which at the Theatre Franc iis, at th 2 com mend- merit of the present year, with Rachel as the heroine, resc tit d that establishment from impending bankruptcy. Adrienne I.ccuvrettr was a distinguished French actress in the last cen tury, and it is an historical fact that she wcs attached to the celebrated Marshal Saxe In the play she np peals as the rival of Mdlle. Duclos, another celebrity of the day, and the fashi , mable circle s of Paris a e divided as to the comparative merit of the two stars. Maurice, Count de Saxe, is in love with Adrienne, and his paisim is returned ; but, unfortunately, the wife of the Prince de Bouillon is also fascinated by the gallant young warrior, and he is forced to treat her with some degree of management to secure her 1 influence with Cardinal de Fleury. Mdlle. Doleos, the mistress of the Prince, is likewise the confident of the Princess, who, being a most profligate woman, turns her position to account. The latter has had an interview with Maurice in the house of Duclos, the letter which brings them thither being written by Duclos herself to prevent her friend from being dis covered. This letter is seen by the Prince, who, never dreaming of the schemes of his wife, suspects that his mistress is unfaithful to him, and, at the instigation of an abbe galant, his associate, invites the w hole of the company of the Comedie Francaise to a supper in the house of Duclos, thus intending to mar the interview of the lovers. The arrival of the Prince causes the Princess to conceal herself in a boudoir, and she can only escape in the dark with the assistance of Adrienne, who has come as one of the guests. Each of the ladies perceives that the other is her rival, but darkness prevents her from knowing who that rival really is. The Princess on reaching home is tor. tured with jealousy. She recollects the voice of her hated protectress, and purposes to use that recollec• tion as a means of discovery. Adrienne is invited to her house to recite, something after the fashion of a " Shakesperian reading." Her voice is soon recog nised by the Princess, and two or three other tests convince her that the tragic actress is her rival. At the same time Adrienne, who detects the mysterious lady in the Princess, and is nettled at the coldness with which the Count is compelled to treat her, contrives that the speech which she delivers from Racine's Phedre shall expose the disreputable conduct of the Princess before the guests. The illustrious sinner is, however, not to be insulted with impunity. She sends Adri enne a bouquet impregnated with a subtle poison, and the doomed actress, having inhaled the noxious fume, goes into a state of madness, in which sh e recalls variou s i nc id en t s connected with her attachment to the Count, and illustrates her emotions by citations from the plays in which she ha 3 been accustomed to act. At last she dies in the arms of her lover, and of Michonnet, the prompter of the theatre, who has ever regarded her with a feeling something between the affection of a father and the devotion of a lover. The great parts of tle drama are those of Adrienne Lecouvreur herself, on whom the whole of the in terest turns, and of Michonnet, the old prompter, the latter being made of importance in the English version by the admirable acting of Mr. W. Farren. Mrs. Stirling was the Adrienne Lecouvreur, and never have we seen that most gifted lady to greeter advantage than in this character. Adrienne Lecouvreur has been educated for the stage, and brought forward by Michonnet, who, with a childish simplicity, revels in her artistic triumphs, and loves her also, aye ! loves her, alb: it he is aware of the absurdity of his pretensions, and never tells his love; his attempts, however, to make a declaration are most amusing. In the earlier scenes of the play the acting of Mr. W. Farren and Mrs. Stirling is genuine high comedy, even of the highest class. The scene in which Adrienne aids in the escape of the Princess was admirably given ; but the grand scene of the earlier portion of the play is that in which Adrienne appaar3 as an actress engaged by the Princess de Bouillon to amuse her company by recitations. The Princess and Adrienne here recognize each other as rivals for the love of Maurice; the Princess abuses her rank by insulting the actress, while the latter takes" her revenge by reciting certain passages from the Phedre of Racine with such point and such emphasis that the application of them cannot he mistaken. Mrs. Stirling in this scene showed herself a true artist. Never has the effort to suppress passion, and the ex ternal appearance of coolness, contrasting with the volcano-like inward working of the passion within, which is the consequence of such effort, been more truthfully represented ; and the sarcasm with which the quotation from Phedre was given Was withering. The last scene, from the moment she sniffs the poi soned bouquet to the moment of her death is, as a specimen of artistic acting, perfect ; full of power, yet, at the same time, full of grace and beauty; heart rending in its pathos, and yet in its effect artistic in the extreme. This scene is perhaps, as it was repro sented last night, one of the most perfect in the whole range of the drama. The effect of Mrs. Stirling's performance was heightened greatly by the perfect acting of Farren. He, the old prompter, who has loved her, and triumphed in her, and been a father to her, he sees her cl;eing, and in his agony he sobs aloud and acts as Farren only can act such a character ; those who have seen him will at once understand our meaning, to those who have not we despair of being able to convey any idea by words of the perfection to which he has carried this branch of the histrionic art. Mr. Leigh Murray, who has now ripened into a true artist, was the Maurice, and worthily supported Mrs. Stirling and Mr. Farren. The other characters were all well performed, and the piece is admirably put on the stage. The adapter, is Mr. John Oxenford, who has performed his part to admiration. He has judi-' ciously condensed his original, and the English ver sion consequently acts much closer than the French play, which is a great improvement. At the conclu sion the applause was enthusiastic, and the actors having been honoured with the usual ovation, there were loud calls for the author, whereupon Mr. John Oxenford bowed his acknowledgments from a side box; this, however, by no means satisfied the gods, who continued their vociferations until Mr. Leigh Murray appeared on the stage, leading on Mr. John Oxenford, upon which the anger of Olympus was appeeaed. The house was very well attended. MAGAZINES, &c.--( CON TINUED.) BENTLEY. Mr. Robert Bell, the pleasantest of travelling com panions, after having given us a series of delightful " Wayside Pictures in France and Belgium," favours us in the present number of Bentley with an amusing glance at "Holland and the Dutch." Mr. Warren continues his " Scenes and Adventures on the Banks of the Amazon," and Sylvanus his " Bye-Lanes and Downs of England." In the biographical department we have a well-written memoir of Miss Pardoe, illus trated by a portrait, and in the historical the " Private Correspondence of George 111. and the Royal Family with Bishop Hurd, from 1776 to 1805." This correspondence places George 111. in a very amiable light both as a man and as a scholar. Ills constant endeavours to promote the cause of national education reflect the greatest credit on him; and his criticism on the latinity of the a lloc u ti on o f Pius VI., of the 19th of April, 1782, is acute and smart, yet gentlemanlike withal. "I believe," says George " Cicero would not have acknowledged him for a dis ciple —an opinion in which every scholar who reads the production must concur. " The Note-book of a Coroner's Clerk" is continued, and is, as usual illustrated. Alfred Croy; quill gives us some most amusing gossip about " London," and the authcr of Melton de Mowbray," a well-told tale of " A Modern Miracle." We have, moveover, the usual review of the Literature of the Month, besides several pieces of poetry. ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE. Edited by J. Bernard Burke, Esq. The present is an excellent number of this monthly repertory of genealogy and heraldry. The coats of arms which illustrate the Heraldic Register are very neatly engraved, and the number is further illustrated by, a view of Sti s t e d H a ll , E ssex . W e are delighted to learn from so excellent an authority as Mr. Burke that the present Imperial Famil of Austria " has no more claim t o b e regardedas 'the house of Haps burg' than the Bourbon Kings of Spain." The memory of honest old Rodolph is not therefore dis graced by the disgusting conduct of the present ruler of. Austria, wh o i s a lineal descendant of the brutal, bigotted, and ruthless Dakes of Guise, the organizers of the League, and of the /vlassacre of 3t. Barthole mew. Their descenda n t s appear to have inherited all their qualities, except their talent. CON CREGA.N. Part X. Fortune at length has favoured Con; he has discovered a treasure of gold and jewels in Mexico which makes him on a rank with princes, and We are anxious to see how he sustains the character in which he has all his life long had such a desire to figure—that of a man of wealth and consequently of independence. DEMISE OF TIIE METROPILITAN SEWERS COMMIS-. ElON.—Ye,torday notice was given to the late Com mis3ion of Sewers for the metropolitan dislict,, that the supersedeas had reached the Secretary, from the Lord Chancellor, declaring the Commisiion to be die solyed. Mr. Charles Barry had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in DoWning•street. THE SUN . NAVAL, 1 NTELLIGENCE. Poßrsmoulh, "Ft.TLFT)..Y.--The death of Admiral Sir Edward Or-. - en, G.C.11., was transmitted to this port this ttturnoon. The gallant deceased died yesterday at ti-e ego of 83. By his death a good scrviee perision of 3001. yr a:.nurn reverts to the gift of the Pir,t Lord, and the following cifieers obtain promotion . _ Adinir.:l of the Blue Hugh alwnman, to be Aduf rr.l of the White. Vice•Admiiral of the Red A. W. Schomherg, to Le Acifnin4l of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White Jaynes 'Noble, to be Vice-Admiral of th e RM. Viee-Adrxdrzl of the Blue Sir Charlcs Richardson, K.C.13., to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Ad:Dirt:l of the Red Sir John Louis, Superin tendent of Davonport Dockyird, to be Vice-Admiral of the Rue. Rear• Admiral of the White C. S. J. Hawtayne, to be Rear -Admiral of the 11(.d. Rea;-Admiral of the Blue John Pasco, to be Rear- Admiral of the White. Captain Ralph Randolph Wormley (1814), to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. The Rodney, 92, advanced ship, and the Polyphe• mus steam-sloop, were removed from the sea-basin yesterday. The Contest was undocked to-day, refitted for re- Commission. The Serpent, 12, Commander Barker, was taken into dock to have her copper examined to-day. The Leander, 150, Captain Dacres, was taken into the basin yesterday. The Fairy royal yacht came into the harbour this afternoon, " halt full of water," in the words of our report from the vessel. She has been lashed along side the Dockyard•wall, and the pumps set to work. We fear she will not be ready to embark the Court to• morrow. ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY. Lieutenant Mawbey and 28 non-commissioned officers and gunners left head-quarters on Monday morning per rail, via Brighton, for Woolwich, for service in the Firebrand steam-frigate. A sergeant's detachment embarked in the Scourge steam- sloop at Portsmouth on Monday. One subaltern and 48 non- commissioned officers and gunners are held in readiness to proceed to order for Woolwich for service in the Terrible steam-frigate, on her re commission. PORTSMOUTH GARRISON. Colcnel Lewis, C. 8., the Commanding Royal Engineer in the above fortress, expects to be removed to another district early the ensuing year, and will, it is said, be succeeded at Portsmouth by Colonel Hard ing, now at Gibraltar. NVOOLWICEI, OCT. 9.—The Firebrand steam•frigate, Captain Knox, will soon be ready for sea, upwards of half of the crew of the Fisgard frigate having volunteered to serve in her, if accepted; and Captain Knox is to attend to-morrow to select those he may approve of. Lieutenant d'Aguilar joinEd yesterday, and some additional appointments have been made : Surgeon—Charles Smith (1843). Assistant Engineers—Samuel Stone, Richard Mi chael, Hugh Williams, and John Lee. The Confiance steam. tug, Mr. Martin, master, is taking on board at this port the luggage of Mr. Rennie, superannuated lately at this yard, and will convey it to Plymcuth, his future residence. One sergeaut, one bombadier, and twenty-four gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery, have just arrived, by railway, fur service on board the Fire btand steam frigate, and will remain in the Royal Marine Barracks until they are required on board. The recent escape of convicts from this dockyard has caused a strict surveillance to be made, by the police. of parties suspected to be in league with them; and yesterday, on searching a seaman rigger, named Rogers, at the gate, a letter from one of the convicts, still in custody, was found in the seaman rigger's cap, and information obtained that he had been a medium of communication betwixt other convicts and parties outside. The rigger was immediately dismissed, and a further inquiry will be made to ascertain if he in any way aided the convicts who escaped. PROBABILITY OF WAR. (From the Derby Reporter.) We rec(ive on our friendly shores the political out• laws of France. France has given refuge to Poles and Italians. Each nation of civilized Europe is eager to extend its generous aid to those whom either misfortune in a good cause, or insane folly in a bad one, has made o b nox i ous t o t h e i r own Govern ments. ussia herself would gladly harbour what ever enemy of progress the friends of liberty might drive to her arms. But it seems that the Sultan is not permitted to exercise the common privilege which other nations have agreed to esteem duties. A formal demand has been made by Austria and Russia that the leaders of Hungary shall be given up to the fate which despots accord to the van quished whose enthusiasm and courage they dread, and whose genius they hate. The Sultan—to his honour be it spoken—has refused to make himself the Catchpole to the Czar, and has placed his em pire in jeopardy rather than break that law of the Koran which enjoins the followers of the Prophet to " receive into hospitality and protection all who are unfortunate, without respect to their creed or coun try." But while the Sultan claims his right to fulfil the offices of a generous humanity, and rests his re fusal on this plea, we know very well that the real motive to this act is the fear lest the dignity of his position as an independent Sovereign should be for feited by servile compliance with the demand of Russia. Such a demand could never have been made by Russia unless it had been believed that Turkey dared not offend its mighty neighbour. It is simply the insolent pride of superior strength, seeking a pretext for contest with a weak rival who obstructs its path to the position it aims at. The mere pedants of politics have already been busy among treaties with the view of finding some obscure article in which Turkey is specially bound to render up politi cal offenders to Austria and Russia. None, however, are to be found which apply to the case of Kossuth and his brave companions. And luckily Austria and Russia too have often made it their business to excite disaffection and revolt in the Danubian provinces of Turkey, and to receive into protection the agents of their own intrigues when pursued by the Turks. Turkey therefore is in the strict path of legality, no less than in that of humanity, in opposing, the will of the Czar. But beyond this, Turkey very well knows that as soon as Russia sees fit occasion to attack her, the invention of a pretext will not be wanting. That which served the wolf in the fable would serve Russia well enough. It matters not whether the stream should run from Russia to her or no, Turkey would in either case be charged with troubling it. The Sultan, therefore, does wisely in accepting a quarrel when he is not only in the right, but when his cause will conciliate the generous sympathies of the people of other countries. Will Russia venture on a war ? And does she imagine Constantinople within the reach of her grasp ? Already we hear not improbable stories of fleets about to be dispatched to the Dardanelles ; and the Times, which hai the equivocal merit of pointing out truly evils which its own bad influence has assisted to bring about, begins to find it neces sary to play the Englishman, and denounce the designs of Russia. Of late that great organ of public opinion has told us not to - apprehend danger from the predominance of Russia. That power, forsooth, was'all powerful in the present juncture of affairs, but its strength was accompanied by an equal measure of magnanimity, and the giant's force would not be used after the manner of a giant. So we were told a month or two ago. But now the tune is changed. In an article of Tuesday the Times opens its campaign against Russia. It invokes the aid of France ' • laments the backslidings of both France and England against the cause of liberty and cis ilization ; bids Lord Palmerston trust no more to `° peddling protests," nor the people to " peaceful jeremiads," but recommends bold and decided action. i r From the days of Napoleon until now, the whole political world has again and again been troubled by the apprehension of one great danger—the march of Cossacks on Constantinople. Every states man in Europe immediately turned his eyes in the direction of that capital, whenever Russia moved from out her own boundary —well knowing that however remote the path might seem, yet that the ultimate aim and object was ever there. Russia, England, and France joined their forces at the battle of Navarino, which broke for ever the maritime power of the Porte. While the rest of the Powers engaged in that untoward event sang their palinode, _Russia rejoiced; for nothing suited her better than the ruin of Turkey. Russia made a descent from the heights of the Balkan on the European pro vinces of Turkey, and was only deterred from swoop ing on the capital by the distant shouts of England and France. Since that time she has been ever on the watch to find an oportunity of escaping the vigilance, or of safely defying the obstacles, inter pathto Constantinuorpolpe. v e by lhethejn sheealous P L e •e d rn in me hr n e ts of the West of Europe. intervened in the Austrian affairs it was clear to every one that she was ah,,ut her great work. IV i;I she accomplish it ? Like a wolf around w a . sheepfold, she has row alvanced and now retired, as she thought tl.e shepherds careful or prepared. May site count on their supineness or weakness now ? Austria is forbidden, by internal weakness and by gratitude for services lately rendered, from any active opposition ; and we fear that France is not well inclined to go hand in hand with England in a contest in which her own policy is not so im me,iiately involved, and in which she could only use her fleets. But yet we will not doubt that any Go• vernment can so run counter to the better instincts of the French people as to stand by while the bul -1 work between Russia and the West is for ever ruined. If France and England be heartily of one accord, there is no fear of a good issue to any quarrel they may engage in with Russia. Indeed if tilese Powers do discover clear indication of warlike intention, the threateniegs of Russia will end in nothing. Or if Russia should persist in her purpose of seizing on Turkey, results may follow which she little expects. Hungary made independent—Poland free—Tu: key , strong—and Russia driven beck into her own con fines—these are the not impossible events which might follow the encounter of Russia with England and France. Good wuuld indeed thus come out of evil. But let us remember that war is a terrible evil, and not be eager to accept it on light grounds. Our ambassador at Constantinople cannot be too highly praised for the skill and vigour he has instilled into the Turkish Councils ; and we do not doubt Lord Palmerston will see that the dignity and interests of England suffer no loss. But we vet hope that war may be averted ; for, as the Times of Wednesday puts it, ''if this cause (the cause of humanity and of right) be maintained with the spirit and dignity which it requires, there is great reason to believe that the pretensions of the Emperor of Russia will subside, and an affair which has had a formidable commencement may still be brought to a pacific ter mination." We are of opinion, howevtr, that sooner or later the battle ground . of Europe must be the fron tier of Turkey. The ambition of the Czar is insati able; his hatred of progress and independence in tense; and he will not readily abandon his long cherished designs. It will be for Western Europe to say whether the hoof of the Cossack horse shall trample down nationalities, and destroy the last ves tiges of liberty. When the struggle comes—as come, we fear, it must and will—may He who holds the nations of the earth in His hand, and can control them at pleasure, nerve the right arm of England in the cause of humanity, of liberty, and of civilization I TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES, " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHI OF EVERY NATION 'WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kossuth's Protest against Russian Interven tion. Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts end Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee formed to carry out the Testimonial. " a *All further Post-office orders to be made payable tollardo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... £1,106 19 1i HEALTH of LONDON during die WEEK. (From the return of the Registrar-General ) The number of deaths from all causes registered in the week ending last Saturday is 1,290, and again exhibits an important decrease on the previous week. Since the first week of September, when the total deaths were 3,183, the mortality has steadily de clined, and is now, happily, not much in excess of the rate that usually prevails in the last quarter of the year. Cholera has fallen more rapidly than it increased, for during the last week the deaths regis tered were 288, a number in the fourth week of its decline which differs not much from the number returned about eight weeks before it attained its greatest fatality*. Diarrheaa and dysentry also decrease, but more slowly. It will be observed, however, that the deaths from these two forms of disease last week, namely 146, are hardly less numerous than those of part of the y ears 1846 and 1847, when the periodical in crease was unusually great. In St. Giles only one death from cholera was registered last week; in East London, West London, and City of London, the deaths were 12, those in the previous week from cholera having been 26; in Lambeth the deaths in two weeks have fallen from 50 to 24. It lingers in Fulham, and in some other districts the recent im provement is not remarkable. Other epidemics, with the exception of typhus, are near the average. With reference to small-pox, Mr. Holt states that he has registered only two deaths in the hospital for this disease (in Camden Town sub-district) in three months. Within this period the house has been nearly empty, at one time there was but a single patient, and all the cases were of a mild form. A man of 62 years died in Aldgate of " destitution" (accord ing to the coroner's verdict). The mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.374 ; the mean temperature was 50 deg. 2 min., less than the average of the same week in seven years by about two degrees. The temperature was con siderably lower than in previous weeks ; and on some days rain fell heavily. Note on an alleged Inaccuracy in the Cholera:Returns. * At two late Courts of the London City Commis sioners of Sewers one of the Aldermen has called in question the accuracy of the Cholera Returns made by this office. And on Saturday (October 6th) Mr. Syd ney, in a letter to the editor of the im es, resumes. the charge in the following terms:—" My complaint arose from the mischievous tendency to the trade of the City by publishing inaccurate statements of the number of deaths from cholera; and I am borne out by the report of tho Officer of Health, which gives the number during the past week, ending Saturday last, in the city of Lon don (out of a population of 126,000 inhabitants) as 14, whilst the Registrar-Gcneral increases the number for the same period to no less than 26." Now 26 deaths by . cholera were registered by the Registrars of the city of London in the week referred to; and the 26 persons died in the City within and without the walls. The sex, age, profession, fatal diseases and duration of illness, date of death, and place of death, are specified in the printed return itself ; and Alderman Sid ney can, if he will take the trouble, see these particulars, with the names of the deceased, and the names of the informants, in the books of the City Registrars. The deaths were registered, but did not all occur in the week; in several cases inquests had been held, and, as was explained in a note to the daily return for Saturday, Sept. 29, the account was swelled by an undue proportion of such cases; as deaths on which inquests have been held are not legally registered before the coroner affixes his signature to the entries. The City Coroner and City Registrars, by an arrange merit between themselves, registered deaths from cho lera, which had occurred previously, in the last week of the quarter, and the deaths in the previous returns were understated to that extent. St. Bartholomew's Hospital is in the city of London; many,patients suffering from cholera have been received; and many have died in the hospital. Under the Act the deaths are registered in the district in which they occur. They are so returned, and this appears to be the imagi nary " inaccuracy " which has given rise to the com plaints; but most unjustly, for in the detailed returns the deaths in St. Bartholomew's Hospital are carefully dis tinguished from the other deaths in the city, and the pre vious residence of the patients is stated. The following is a copy of the printed return for Tuesday, Sept. 25, and a specimen of the rest : " WEST LONDON; North.—Population, 12,682. Cholera, 2; diarrhou,:none.—F. 47, wife of hairworlar, cholera, three days, 82, Hosier lane. F. 22, spinster, cholera. St. Bartholomew's Hospital. From 6, Ful wood's rents." It was shown on a diagram in the weekly return re ferred to by the Alderman, that the mortality of the city of London from cholera was 49 or 65 in 10,000, according as the deaths in St. Bartholomew's Hospital sere included or excluded. In the four months from June 2 to Sept. 29 the particulars of 792 deaths from cholera in the city of London appeared in the weekly returns, which are forwarded from this offic.) to Mr. Simon, the able Health Officer, who esti mates in his repo' t the number belonging to the City, after excluding certain deaths in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, at 697 out of 124,505, or 56 in 10,000. The deaths from cholera to 10,000 inhabitants in Hampstead were oily 8; in the district of St. James's, Westmin ster, 15; St. George, Hanover-square, 16; Marylebune, 17; Clerkenwell, 18; Pancras, 22; Islington, 25; Ken sington, 25; Hackney, 26; St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 33; Strand, 35; Holborn, 35; Lewisham, 35; St. George-iu the-East, 46; Stepney, 47; St. Luke, 48; St. Giles, 51; Chelsea, 53; City of London, 56; Whitechapel, 67; Westminster, 69; Shoreditch, 71; Wandsworth, 7fi ; Greenwich, 78; Poplar, 86; Bethnal-green, 91; Cam berwell, 100; Lambeth, 113; Newington, 142; St. Olave, 152 or 179; St. Saviour, 162; St. George, South wark, 164; Bermondsey, 189; Rotherhithe, 263. London city, within and without the walls, has thus suffered more than the average morality from the cho lera; and the West London Union has been the most fatal district north of the Thames. The tables of mor tality inform the public how costly in human life the nuisances and tardy sanitary arrangements of the City have proved ; and the statistics of the tradesmen's ledgers exhibit equally cruel inroads on the profits of business. They have lost their fellow-citizens, workmen, children, wives, and customers. Unques tionably no class of persons is to much interested, in so many ways in the health of London, as the shopkeep ers ; sanitary improvement is with them a. question of business, which will always be liable to periodical inter ruptions frcm epidemics, so long as London remains im perfectly supplied with water, is badly drained, and is infested with nuisances.' The wealthy always retreat from a city in an epidemic. The Cowmen Council, ves tries, and Boards of Guardians were reminded of this in 1847; the description of the epidemic influenza 'in the last quarterly return of 1847 closed with the following passage: —" The population of London was left at the mercy of any epidemic that should break out in any part of the world. During six weeks ii.fluenza interrupted bus'ness, afflicted hundreds of thousands by sickness, i m . planted fatal diseases in the breasts of many, and cla stroped 5,000 of the inhabitants. Are the men who oppose d sanitary measures, and declared so loudly that the `,city; of London for health, cleanliness, effective clraincge, lighting, and for supply of water to its inha bitants, cannot be surpassed' satisfied ? or will they fight against the public good, till cholera drives aw a y their best customers and decimate their own families ? Let us hope that instead of pursuing such a courso,they will assist in supplying London with the necessaries of city life, which they have enumerated, and which th e y now know kre wanted," CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY• — Traffic for the week ended 7th October, IS49:—Coacking traffic, 1,3381.; parcels, &c., 431.; good; cattle, &c., 3231.; steam-boats, 16V.; Aivid, 494—Total, 1,916 L LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA. WEST DISTRICTS. Kensington ... ~, •.. Chelsea... ... ... ••• St. George, Hanover-square ... Westminster ... ... ... St. Martin-in-the-Fields ... St. James, Westminster ... NORTH DISTRICTS. Mar) lebone Hampstead ... St. Pancras ... Islington • . • Hackney •• ••• ••••• u ••• •••".. *0 •• St. Giles Strand ... Holborn Union Cler kenwell St. Luku East London ~ West London City of London RETURN OF CASES, ()cr. 8. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Diarrh. CENTRAL DISTRICTS. ... ... 0 0 EAST DISTRICTA. iihoreditch ... ••• ••• -- 5 1 Bethnal-green ••• ••• 2 1 Whitechapel ... ••• ••• -- 1 1 St. George-in-the-East ••• -- 0 0 Stepney ... ... ... *0 1 Poplar ... ••• •O• ••• ..... 3 0 SOUTH DISTRICTS. St. Saviour, Southwark ••• 3 0 St. Olave ••• ... ..„ . 0 2 Bermondsey ... ••• ••• ---- 3 0 St. George, Southwark ••• 2 0 Newington ... ... ... 1 1 Lambeth ••• • • ••• 1 0 Wandsworth, ... ... ••• -- 4 2 Camberwell ... ... ••• —. 0 0 Rotherhithe ... ••• ...., 0 0 Greenwich ... ••• ••• 2 1 ... Lewisham ... ••• 0 0 Total ... ... 38 20 Total deaths from cholera, registered from Sept. 17, 1848, to Oct. 8, 1849... ... 14,434 Total deaths from cholera, registered from June 17, 1849, to Oct. 8, 1849... ... 13,343 * Returns for Monday have not been received from Mr. D. Ross, registrar of Shadwell, sub-district of Stepney; and Mr. B. Roll, registrar of Camden-town, sub-district of St. Pancras. NOTE.—The last day (Monday) includes more than the due number of deaths, as registration is, in a great measure, suspended on Sunday. NOTE.—The district of Kensington comprises the parishes of Kensington, Hammersmith, Fulham, and Paddington. Westminster district comprises the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evan with Privy Gardens and Whitehall, and the nose of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter. St. Giles's district comprises the parishes of St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury. The following are co extensive with the unions of the same name:—Hackneyf Strand, Holborn, Ea3t London, West London, City o, London, Whitechapel, Stepney, Poplar, St. Saviour, St. Olave, Wandsworth (Wandsworth and Clapham), Greenwich, and Lewisham. The remaining districts are coextensive with the respective parishes of the same name. THE COUNTRY. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhoea reported to the General Board of Health the 9:h day of October, 1849 : Deaths. Cholera. Diarrh. 2 0 Alnwick •.• ••• ••• Axbridge (Blagden atd Con gresbury) Bedminster ... Berwick- upon-Twec d Birmingham ... 801t0n... .. Bradford, Bowling, and Horton Bristol ••• ••• Burton-on-Trent Canterbury Clifton Union (Ashley district) Clitherce Coekermouth (Workington) ... Dewsbury (Birstal and Bir kenshaw) Doncater (Barmbrough) Driffield (Baniton) Dudley and Sedgley ••• East Stonehouse Eeeleshall (Bierlew and Norton) Ecclesfield (Worabrough) ... Epping (Chigwell) Exeter ... Falmouth (Penryn) Forehos (Bawburgh) Gateshead and Winlaton • • Gravesend and Milton Great Boughton Elaverfordwest (Fishguard) Hayfield (Disley) Hyndon (Harlesdon) ITudderifield (Lockwood and Slaithwaite) ••• ••• Hull and hlyton flunslet, Holbeck, and Whitkirk Isle of Thsnet (Ramsgate) Kidderminster ••• ••• Kingsbridge (Stoke Fleming) Knaresborough (Bondend) ... Leeds ... Leighton Buzzard Liverpool Maldon ••• Manchester ... Milton next Sittingbourne (Sit tingbourne) „,, Neu t wich ~„ Narbeth (Begelly district) Neath (Ystradgunlais) ••• Newark ••• ••• ••• Newcastle-under-Lyne ••• Newton Abbott . (Torquay) Northampton North W itchford (March) Nottingham ... Oldham Pembroke Penrith Peterborough ... Ply mpton St. Mary (Yealmpton) Pontefract (Knottingley and Kippax) Portsea Island (Langport and Portsea) Prescot Reading (St. Lawrence) Rochford ... Rotherham ... Salford (Greeugate and Re gent-road) ••• ••• ••• St. Germans (Anthony) St. Neots (Kimbolton and Eaton) Sculcoates Sheffield (West) and Brightside South Shields (Westoe) Stockton (Hartlepool), Stoke-upon-Trent (Shelton and Hanley) Stourbridge (Kinf , swinford) ... Sunderland (Bish b opwearmouth) Teesdale (Barnard Castle) Thrapston (Titchmarch) Totnes and Dartmouth ... Towcester (Silveratone) Ty nemouth (Longbenton and Wallsend) Wakefield (Alverthorpe) Wel: an and Darlaston Watford (Riekmansworth dis.) West Bromwich and Wodaesbury West Derby (Everton and Kirkdale) Weymouth Wigan, Pemberton, and Ashton Windsor (Clewer) Wisbcach (Walsoken) Wolstanton (Tuustall) Wolverhampton and Bilston... Worcester York (Bootham) ... --- 2 0 •• • -- 1 0 ... - 1 0 ... ... - 0 3 U 3 1 3 ... - 3 0 ... -- 2 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 4 0 ... - 2 1 1 0 •• • ---. 1 0 ... - 6 1 7 0 2 0 1 0 ~, - 1 0 ... ... -. 0 4 2 . • • •-•-• 1 0 1 0 ••-•• 2 0 1 0 0 1 ... -- 1 0 o 1 - 2 0 4 2 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 19 4 0 2 ... ••• ... 2 3 0 1 18 7 o 1 4 0 1 0 O 1 O 1 6 1 1 0 O 1 3 0 1 2 ••• -- 0 2 ••• ••• ••• ---- • •• 1 0 ••• ••• • 0 1 1 1 7 0 1 1 o 2 1 0 O 1 3 0 O 1 6 1 2 0 o 1 0 1 2 4 4 1 3 1 2 1 5 0 1 1 6 0 1 0 - 2 1 - 0 1 5 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 4 0 ~, -- 2 1 0 1 8 5 ... --- 3 0 ~. - 1 1 1 0 • • • ".. 13 1 .o. ... 1 1 Total ... ... ... 213 SCOTLAND. Dundee ••• ... ••• 2 0 Arbroath ••• ••• ..• 1 0 St. Vigens, Arbroath ••• 2 0 Inverness ••• ••1 ••• ^... 1 0 Edinburgh (Sept. 29 to Oct. 6) 23 0 Hawick ••• ••• -- 2 0 ... Cupar, Fife ... ••• ••• 1 0 Total ... ... ... 32 0 General total:— Metropolis ... ... 38 20 Country 213 84 Scotland ... ... 32 0 Total NOTE.—The deaths are returned according to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found im , practicable to diAinguish every place separately. CHOLERA. DIARRHCCA. Sat. Mon. Sat. Mon. LONDON. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 6th. Bth. 6th. Bth. West Districts ... 7 4 2 4 North Distlicts ... 5 4 1 5 Central Districts ... 5 3 5 1 East Districts ... 15 11 8 4 South Districts ... 12 16 9 6 38 25 20 Total Sir William Somerville, Chief Secretary for Ire land, arrived in this city on Saturday, from a tour through the western part of the province as far as Va lentia. He paid a visit to Spike Island, and in company with Sir Thomas Deane and the Governor minutely inspected all the arrangements of the convict depot. He also paid two visits to the Queen's college, and went through the whole of the building.—Cork Examiner. BOSTON, OCT. B.—The Robert and William, Harwich to Leeds, has been assisted in, with damage, and cargo 6 Upposed to be dwuged. rtirli o'4 ition NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Tho Town Plate of 501. Antagonist . Soettr la Coupe ... 2 Ilindicap fur Two yrs old. Y. Bamboo ... ... ••• ... Slang ... Nutbhell Agnes filly ... The Bedford Stakes. ... 2 ... 2 AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. VIENNA, Ocr. 4.—The liameatic Consul at Con stantinople has sent a letter to Berlin, dated, Sept. 21, in which he states, that both the Russian and Austrian Ambassadors at Constantinople, Messrs. Von Sturmur and Von Titoff, had quitted the ca pital on the 2d of October. Comorm was delivered up to the Imperial troops on the eve of that day. The tete-du-pont was oc cupied, and two battalions of infantry took up their positions within the walls of the city. In the morning, the Hungarian soldiers, to the number of about twenty-five thousand men, received their pay. They manifested complete indifference regarding the fall of their city. This, however, is nut the case with their leaders. The above intelli gence is confirmed by an official report, dated, Head-quarters, Acs. Szemere, Haynik, and Ivanka, have actually effected their escape from Widdin. The Pasha him self furnished them with passports. Kossuth is furious that he has not been able to ob tain a similar favour, and also that he has been so shamefully abandoned by all his former partisans. Another account says he was completely stripped, and has also effected his escape to the mountains in Cephalonia. Intelligence from Corfu, of the 30th, says the Lord High Commissioner and the President of the free towns of the lonian Isles are doing all in their power to get possession of the insurgent chiefs. Fourteen individuals had already been tried, and were sentenced to death by hanging, at the time our informant quitted the Wands. Sixty three persons received corporal punishment, and according to the extent of their crime received the additional sentence of from one to several years' imprisonment. One of them was sentenced to itnpri sonment for life. On the 19th, 250 shops were destroyed by fire in the Bazaar of Suo; the damage was estimated at 1,500,000 piastres. It is not known whether the Government will permit the Bazaar to be rebuilt of stone. BERLIN, OCT. 7.—The Government has given M. Von Bodelschwing, its Plenipotentiary at the Ad ministrative Council an order to make immediate pro positions relative to a speedy convocation of the Diet. to regulate the affairs of Germany. There has not been any note of the kind received. Like all imper fect intelligence, the report has originated from incor rect statements. The actual version is as follows : On occasion of the Swiss disputes, M. Von Wesen• dorff, Plenipotentiary of Russia, communicated to M. Schleinitz ' Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a confidential dispatch from M. Von Nesselrode, in which that Minister expressed to its Envoy the desire to see Prussia and Austria of one accord on 6.e Swiss question. Among other things, he called the general attention of the Cabinet of Berlin to the fact that the action of Prussia depended entirely on its good understanding with Austria. It appears tl.at M. Von Sehleinitz subjected this note to the same fate that befel the note of Lord Palmerston on the Hungarian question. INTRAMURAL BURIALS. Last evening the National.Soc!ety for the suppres sion of Burials in Towns helea meeting at their rooms Bridge street, Blackfriars, Mr. G. A. Walker, presi dent, in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed, Mr. THICKE read acopy of the memorial presented to Sir George Grey, Bart., and the Secretary of State's reply thereto. The memorial, which was voluminous and comprehensive, stated that the society was convinced, from long observation and innumer able facts that the burial of the dead amidst the living was demoralising, dangerous to public health, and destructive of life, as being an active agent in gene rating cholera and other maladies—and that supported in that conviction by a Select Committee of the House of Commons in 184'2—by the House of Commons in 1845—by every enlightened person—by members of —the:medical faculty— by a large portion of the clergy by the press almost universally—and, finally, by the Board of Health—they respectfully suggest to the Secretary of State the propriety of advising her Majesty to issue an Order in Council for the imme• diate closing of all graveyards in cities and towns—a measure that would be attended with the most sani tary results, and which would receive the approbation of the Legislature and secure the thanks of her Ma jesty's liege subjects. To which the Secretary of State gave the sub joined reply : " Whitehall, October, 1849. "Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter trans mitting a memorial from the committee of the Society for the Abolition of Burials in Towns, on the subject of Intramural burials. C. J. Thicke, Esq." " 11. WADDINGTON. Upon the motion of Mr. WILLorr, the answer was entered on the minutes. Mr. Tatou real the following letters :—From Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., congratulating the society upon the public being alive to the barbarism and un healthiness of intramural burials ; from Mr. Wake field, Macclesfield, stating that. measures were being taken and public meetings called there to close the overgorged churchyards, as being the primary cause of disease and death; from Waterford, announcing that in that city all the burial places were about being closed; and from an inhabitant, complaining of the overcrowded, disgusting condition of St. Paul's Churchyard, Covent-garden, which, according to the writer, was so full that the bodies were interred within a foot of the surface, and sent forth a most pestilential stench. The CHAIRMAN alluded to a communication received from certain inhabitants of Hampstead, respecting the non. interment of a body that was kept in a house four months. Through the interference of the society measures were taken to bury the body. Mr. A. MARSHALL felt it to be his duty to expose the disgusting, unhealthy condition of St. Giles's churchyard, which, in 1803, was deemed so over crowded, that an Act of Parliament was passed to enable the authorities to raise money to purchase more ground for interments • which Act remained a dead letter to the present day. It had been closed ten years, and then re-opened. Since then 700 bodies had been annually buried there, in a space under ten acres.—(Hear, hear.) He bad seen grave diggers at work there before six in the morning. It was un necessary for him to tell the meeting that the most disgraceful methods were adopted to clear away and make room for fresh bodies. Tl;e smell, at certain times, from the burial-place, which was saturated with human remains, wasdreadful. In 1817 the then vestry clerk complained of its having been kept open ; and Pennant, in his work on London, described it as an abomination, and that he had seen pits filled with human bodies in it, while others were left open for new corners. He (Mr. Marshall) heard that the Board of Health and the parochial authori ties were in communication respecting its immediate closing.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN, from his knowledge, declared St. Giles's to be one of the most crowded churchyards in London. In less than ten acres of ground it contained 48,000 bodies. A witness before the Select Com mittee of the House of Commons was asked when it would be filled ? He replied, "I have asked the same question, and was told that it would never be full."—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Mr. SHAND begged to direct the:attention of the meeting to the frightfully dangerous condition of St. Olave's and St. John's burying grounds, Tooley-street. They were surcharged to repletion. From 1832 to 1847 upwards of 4,500 had been buried in the narrow space which these grounds occupied. When in office he and his brother officers did all in their power to close them. He had a committee of inquiry appointed, comprising the rector, himself, and others, who examined the old ground, and found that the bodies were interred within eighteen and nineteen inches of the surface, and some so close to it that they touched the coffins as they walked along—(Hear)—yet the villainy of sextons, grave-diggers, and others, suc ceeded in continuing these abominations. Within a few years twenty-eight members of one family were buried in one grave. The grave-diggers could, by boring, tell the state of the coffins underneath, and whether the bodies were fat or lean, or putre fying. Southwark churchyard was also overgorged. A short time since a young grave-digger belonging to it died. Before his death, addressing his brother workman, he sail, Ji m , bury me close to the church. There you will not have to cut me up." And so he was buried. But , after the fire, l his and the bones of hundreds we re disturbed. Ile school-house, containing 250 children, was built close to the churchyard , the effluvia from which was so dreadful, that the police told him that, especially in the morning, they were compelled to take it " wide width," that ie, avoided it as much as possible.— (Hear, hear.) He regretted that these abominations, so offensive to the sight and so dangerous to health, were tolerated, although they bad sufficient money to purchase new ground. The rector told him that, when he read the burial service, he invariably adopted the precaution of taking his position on the side whence the wind blew.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said that in 1839 a vestry was held in Southwark, when a resolutisn for re-opening the " Cross Bones" burying•ground was proposed, in consequence of the aversion that existed to bury in the " Irish Corner ;" a corner that had been cleared to make room for a thousand bodies. On that occa sion one gentleman said that it wasa shame t o b ury in such a crowded neighbourhood within 18 inches of the surface. It was even suggested that the best course would be to remove the fragments of flesh and bones, with the coffin wood, if the expense was not too great. The funds of the vestry and the health of the living were placed on opposite scales ; the former preponderated.—(Hear, hear.) He was not astonished at the police being annoyed by the effluvia from graveyards, for their dark colour and loose tex ture made them excellent absorbing surfaces. During the day the superficial stratum absorbed the heat emitted from the sun ; at night the earth lust by radiation the heat it had received in the day, and the gases eliminated from the grounds, obeying the impulse of gravity, ascended, scattering themselves over the human habitations of London; if heavier, they remained diffused through the lower strata, poisoning the inhabitants living close to and under graveyards.—(Hear, hear.) He had strong hopes in the good intentions of Government, and felt confident that her Majesty's advisers would comply with the prayer of the people, and put down for ever burials amidst the living.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. EvANs was willing to give Government the benefit of good intentions; still, when he beheld the Board of Health passing over their President, Mr. Walker, and going wild chases in search of infor mation, he could not conceal his disapprobation of such conduct.—(Hear, hear.) If any man could give information upon intramural burials, Mr. Walker, who dedicated upwards of ten years to uprooting and exposing the abomination, and who not only devoted his time, but also his purse to that object, was the man.—(Hear, hear.) Why, then, had the Board of Health thus passed over Mr. Walker ?—(Hear, hear.) He wished to know how the bodies of paupers were to be carried out of London ? The CHAIRMAN—By rail or river. A sweeping legislative enactment—and nothing else would do— would meet every exigency. Dr. G. G. WATSON, of Liverpool, informed the meeting that in Liverpool the authorities and the Board of Health were consulting upon the best mode of closing the graveyards, and of carrying into exe cution Mr. Walker's measures. After some further observations by Messrs. Watt, Tennant, Harrben, and other gentlemen, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting adjourned. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardiun of this day.) MANCHESTER TUESDAY.—We stated in our last, that there had been an increase of business, both in yarns and goods, on the two preceding days, accom panied with rather snore of cheerfulness than had previously prevailed, though without any improve ment in prices. We have now to state, that on Satur day, the disposition to purchase became somewhat further apparent ; and the result was that the aggre gate business of the three days reached an amount by no means inconsiderable. It would app( ar that the low range of prices has been lat terly attracting the attention of merchants end others, and inclining them to operate. Just as this fact begins to show itself, the Europa's accounts from the States, tending to strengthen th e p reva l ent appre hension of a backward and short crop of cotton, give rise to a very extensive speculative and trade demand in Liverpool, whereby id. per lb. is added to the value of current American qualiti€s, and id. to 3 16d. to that of other descriptions. The effect upon our own market has been an exhibition of excitement to-day, which contrasts most singularly with the apathy of buyers and the spiritlessness of sellers, precisely a week ago. Spin ners have universally raised their prices ; and, indeed, many have declined to sell at present, preferring to wait and see what course events may take. The transactions have, however, been on a fair scale, at id. and, in some instances, id. advance. In goods it has been more difficult to obtain higher rates than in yarns, and in many kinds the attempt has failed; but in others lid. more has been realised. The market has, however, been a most irregular one in all departments. We observe much uncertainty and anxiety. as to the course which things may now take. All parties are perplexed and embarrassed; and although it is generally felt to be almost impossible that yarns can now go any lower, but, on the contrary, are likely to go higher, the satisfaction which this impression is calculated to afford is seriously diminished by the apprehension that the whole benefit will be absorbed by the in creased price of the raw material. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had a tolerably good attendance of buyers in the market to-day, and the business transacted has been much the same as that of the previous Monday, both in price and amount. In the wool market there is no change worth reporting, except that prices are firm, and the demand is limited. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have still to notice a continued &cavity: in the throwing de partment; and the manufacturers, in some in stances, are working to order for particular classes of goods. The weavers may be said to be fairly employed ; and in the dyeing depart ment we are happy to report an improvement. The late news from China, coupled with the general activity of this and the continental markets, is having its effect on the prices of raw silks, and from the tenor of the accounts, it is likely that present rates will be fully maintained, with a probability of advance in the finer descriptions of Chinas ; as those, when contrasted with the prices of Italian silks, may now be considered below their value. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—For the season the market has been good. The fancy manufacturers have not many orders in hand, but hope that, as the season advances, business will improve. Many very superior patterns have been shown. Wool remains firm, but not much doing. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The demand for worsted goods, both plsin and fancy, is pretty much the same as it has been for the last week or two ; and there is no change in the quotations. The spinners are still full of orders, and some sorts of yarns have realised rather higher rates. The sales of wool are not extensive, as the spinners are generally well stocked; but the market exhibits considerable firmness. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—No change since f4r last; market flat to-day, but rather more goods delivered to order. Prices unaltered, stocks in the Cloth Halls light ; business in the warehouses still continues rather quiet. -I OCTOBER 10 1849 HERRING TRADE. WICK, Oc•r. 3 We are yet unable to report a revival in the staple trade of this place, and, indeed, of the north east coast of Scotland. In fact, it is im possible adequately to pourtray the present depressed condition of the herring market, or to predict its consequences to the many thousands that directly depend upon the business, unless a change for the better speedily takes place. The real state of matters may in some faint degree be imagined, when we state that 13s. per barrel, for full grown brands, may be quoted as the present price in our local market, and that in not a few cases the returns from distant mar kets do not even realise that sum. Now, as it is well known that the fishermen, on an average, re ceived this year fully 1 ls. per cran, the fish• curer has barely 2s. to meet the price of barrel, salt, sta tion rent, coopers' wages, expense of gutting, packing, and many other items. Last advices from Stettin represent a trifling im provement, both in demand and prices, and hold out hopes, which we trust the sequel may prove correct, that a further :melioration will take place. The season for shipments to that and other continental markets ,being now nearly o►er, and a cessation of exports on an extensive scale having taken place from the east coast, the addition to the present stock on hand cannot be material. Hamburgh has declined a shade since the date of previous letters. From Ireland, last accounts are very unfavourable. In many markets, where a large consumption for merly took place, the demand is now scarcely per ceptible. Indeed, we fear Ireland need scarcely be trusted as a herring market. The potato failure, and the extraordinary low rate at which American beef and bacon can now be had, with other cir cumstances, combine to show fish-curers that they must look somewhere else for an outlet for their fish. Tin; season 161 vessels have sailed from Pulteney town Harbour with cargoes of herrings. About three fourths of these have been sent, to the Continent, and the remainder to home ports. Since our last report six vessels have been entered—three for Ireland, and three for the Baltic. A good many coopers, we are sorry to see, have been paid off; but from the deficient stock of barrels, s, we should hope they mill not remain long unem ployed. A few good cargoes of Norwegian bill e t woo d h ave 77)(21 1 J " ouriral. Last price was 9d. per solid foot. arrived j ohn this o G ____ ..a - _— A letter re ce i ved at Lloyds, from their agent at Gibraltar, says .—" The Pomone, French Government screw -frigate, and the Dauphin steamer, were at anchor (in quarantine) in Tangiers Bay, on the 29th of Sep. teraber. It is understood that all the demands of the French Charge d'Affaires at Tangiers have been com plied with by the Moorish authorities, under the judi cious advice and influence of Mr. Drummond kluy, consequently all the differences nue supposed to be settled." Cockerniouth, on Wednesday last, mit visited by a severe snow storm, which lasted some time, the flples being nearly as large as fin-shilling pieces.— Carlisle Patriot.; HOW TO ESCAPE FROM FIRE. The Kent, Mutual nra-office have just issued the following iostructions to assist persons to escape from premises when on fire. They say—" The want of presence of mind at the time of an alarm of fire is by far the greatest hindrance to an escape, and for this no regulation can be laid down ; but a few simple directions to be observed by the b . vstanders and in mates, well considered and reflected upon in time of safety, will, in a great measure, tend to discreet and successful efforts in the hour of danger." FOB INMATES. 1. Every householder should make each person in his house well acquainted with the parts thereof which afford the best means of escape, whether the fire break out at the top or at the bottom ; and hi securing the street-door and lower windows for the night, care should be taken that an easy outlet for every member of the house is not thus prevented in case of fire. There are many excellent fire-eScapes invented for keeping in dwelling-houses, amongst which may be mentioned, Thompson's, Baylis's, nut ler's, and Lce's. 2. Inmates at the first alarm should endeivour calmly to reflect what means of escape there are in the house; if in bed at the time wrap themselves in a blanket or bedside carpet, and open neither window nor doors more than necessary, and shut every door after them. 3. It must be borne in mind that in the midst of smoke it is comparatively clear towards the ground, consequently progress through the smoke can be made on the hands and knees ; if there is much smoke a wet silk handkerchief, or worsted stocking, or other flinnel substance, drawn over the face, without being folded, permits free breathing, and excludes the smoke from the lungs. 4. In the event of being unable to escape either by the street door or roof, the persons in danger should immediately make their way to a front room window, taking care to close the door after them; and those vaio have the charge of the household should ascer tain that every individual is there tumbled. 5. All persons thus circumstanced are earnestly entreated not to precipitate themselves from the window, while there remains the least probability of assistance ; and even in the last extremity, recourse may generally be had to joining sheets or blankets together, fastening one end round a bedpost or other piece of furniture in the room. This will enable one Person to lower all the others separately, and the last may let himself down with comparatively little risk. In all such cases it is advisable, if possible, to sele:t a window over a doorway rather than over an area. _- ~-- FOR BYSTANDERS. ! 6. On an alarm of fire it should be the object of all persons to direct their efforts to save the inmates, and see that instant notice is forwarded to the engine and escape stations; also ladders and ropes should be sought for. .. .._ _ 7. Two well. qualified persons (constables or others) should ascend to the roof through the adjoining houses; it is often the case that most efficient assistance can from thence be rendered the inmates by an entrance to the upper part of the house on fire, either by the attic windows, the loft door, or by removing the tiles. 8. When the fire occurs in a narrow street or court assistance can be given most efficiently from the windows of the opposite house, particularly by means of a ladder placed across the street from win• dow to window. 9. When no other means present themselves the bystanders had better collect all the blankas, bed ding, &c., at hind, and thus be prepared for the inmates throwing themselves from the windows; if there be a scarcity of bedding a blanket or carpet held stretched out by several persons will serve the pur pose. At each of the City police•stations a jumping sheet is always at hand, and has frequently proved of great use. IRELAND. THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, TUE!DAY.—Yesterday a meeting of the Repeal Association, revived, was held at Conciliation Hall, the first of a series in perpetuity, which are to be held weekly, until a domestic Parliament is re stored to College green. With respect to the ball itself, it has undergone no change " during the re cess." The black banner, in token of mourning for the late Mr. O'Connell, is still suspended from the gallery behind the chair. The chair was taken by a Mr. Mahon, from Phibs borough, after whom Mr. J. O'CorsiveLa rose and announced the receipt of 3/. 103. from the patriotic coal-porters of George's quay, and two or three smaller svms from individual contributors. He then read two letters, one from the Rev. James M`Hale, P.P., of Castlebar, the other from the Rev. Dr. O'Rafferty, of Tullamore, pro mising their co-operation in the principles of the late " Liberator.' Having moved the insertion of those letters on the minutes, he proceeded to say that having got through the " scanty business" of the day he did not not know how to begin his address. lie said he was overpowered with feelings of grief at the mournful events that had passed since last they had met in that hall—the sufferings of the people and the miserable divisions that had sprung up amongst Irishmen, and by which they had been sunk down into captive slaves at the feet of England. He assured them that there should be no compromise on the subject of repeal, and warned them against certain "Nationalists" who wished to divert the people's attention from seeking to remove the abuse of the Church Establishment. Ministers had asserted in Parliament that the people of Ireland were content with the present state of the Established Church, and gave as a reason the fact of their silence upon the subject for the last 12 months. He now asked them, were they satisfied with the Church Establishment ?—(Cries of " No, no !") He said "No, no," likewise, and " Down with the Established Church." It had been said that they should not revive political agitation in Ireland ; —that if they remained quiet all their wrongs would be redressed. They had been as mute as mice for some time past, and he asked what had Parliament done for them ? Lord J. Russell—(Groans.) They should not groan him. Had he not been over here huggermug ger with Lord Clarendon ? and was not a coercion Act the immediate result ? He then referred at some length to the land question and the numerous evic tions, which latter exceeded by far the number re corded in the English papers, and stated that the land question and the Church question should be settled, and that he would make them primary questions in effecting the repeal. On the occasion of the visit of their gracious Queen, God bless her ! (Loud cheers)—Sir G. Grey wrote a letter to Lord Clarendon, in which the Right Hon. Baronet said that her Majesty was delighted to find that Lord Clarendon was such a favourite with the Irish people. (Laughter.) He asked them, were they so very fond of Lord Clarendon ?—(Cries of " No, no !") This " pet of the people"—and he thought that a very good name for Lord Clarendon—caused the constitu tion of Ireland to be suspended ; that was the first gilt he asked from the British Parliament fur Ireland. There was another act of Lord Claren don's which should not be forgotten. At Dolly's Brae he sent the military and police to escort an Orange party, while they were committing mas sacres on the people. He encouraged an armed body of Orangemen to march against the "people when the authorities knew that a collision was inevitable, and yet there was no redress, nor promise of redress, fur their murderings and wreckings. They all re collected the dismissal of the Repeal magistrates, but Lord Clarendon allowed Beers to retain his commis sion of the peace, and to repeat his deliberate ap proval of the Orange massacres. Dolly's Brae was a name to conjure with; they would use it, and make justice be done to the Irish people. The speaker then referred to the efficacy of moral force as contradis tinguished from physical force, and deplorei the Me of those who heretofore scoffed and sneered at moral force. He wished bygones to be bygones, but it should be understood that they would never compro mise their peace principles. Ho would not mention names, but he assured them that they would have the countenance and support of those who never deceived them.—(Cheers.) • Mr. J. O'Cornarr.r. announced the rent to be 26/. TUE FUNDS. Three per Cent. Consols, 9l ; Three-and a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 92 921 money ; 9Bank i. Shares, 11 ; Midl an d Great 2 i 92 Western opening. t Railway, oyal 22 r s ße E le . ug — tßilyeu T ert ' lv h i eseerrabatlanoltdeni verbatim length v fti hrselsweeidtfttel questionsete tled Frances no ttr‘hdeses T o f-o4o f f ft l‘d u on h li c: i( — o s:l;ge o , a : B u dn A r ebau t e r yeT i o rt d Lew f ieCE n C :Ree o o mwn :m bh , Pi m ei h)eAohen 9th Pleas ,3y o f this city and cc:Linty. of August, in the y ear of our Lord 1849, the return of Ttionaas Dunlap, .1 , ;(1, examiner of the depositions of the witnesses, taken before him on th© part of' the libellant, was presented and filed, September 3, 1849, on motion of Geo: ge M. Dallas, Dq., rule to show cause NI hy divorce should not be decreed-- Imre:Tun the Ccurt, on the 22d day of September, 1849, after mature and solemn deliberation, being satisfied therewith, and proclamation being duly made for the respondent to come forth, and she not appearing, the Court do order, adjudge, and decree, that the said Pierce Butler, the libellant, be divorced and separated from the bond of matrimony contracted with the said Frances Anne Butler, the respondent; and that all and every the duties, rights, and claims accruing to either of the said parties by reason of the said marriage, shall henceforth cease and determine, and the said par ties be several!) at liberty to marry again, in like man ner, as if they never had been married," The above is understood to be the result of an amicable arrangement, and I am informed that Mr. Butler is to allow his di vorced lady 1,500 dolls. a year, and the children are to pass a part of their time with their mother. —Phitadel pl.ics Correspondent. Sensitive natures acquire an instinctive dritti of bad-temp:red people, as certain nervous minds do of fire-urrns; believing they may go off, oven though not `oaded.—Eliza Cook's Journal. KINGSTOWN, OCT. B.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Itoberg and Margeret, Douglas, Quebec, for Chester. - i