The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-12 00:00:00

,J. S DAY) NESDA II t, coasitvi je as , ably g od Y e , all. The five 6 ` monda) , s q uo. kinds next t°, roreign Wheat )st wholly frail place in any For all k inu moderate, t he last week's d°" led excessive )ats were Veri t , no ti c e in thel, u ur , moved o Malt. Ws °. Qrs. 3 0 1,550 _____ j__ :T. Lops, at bsre../1 as been Co d duty is c 6 5. 31 to 4,1 e 4; and East Pxl3 dy to•dayt s 8d to 3s osi: s 10d ; Irethe 81bs., by DAY) R.) 130.6 d. , the II! 'bourne' b° , loll t o the TAO" ;hough the ‘ 1 1; default, ye'.,:, at of the su m p rag strong pre 3s. 9d. was l' .ndant was t he unless be bt cecution wow e the sigesq r, iOW the octis.,,o , as 1 to awes. ied the jury, 1 Iltat no recoP a harsh r ill ; here defee doo 6 ) 2i Is. of, t i b e id e nce, sou e 0 ler they inclined 114. 11. 17s. t ,, 13 $ lvvever,s o P - ,, ht have &OA being adda ea the same 03 re ;hangs think the ta i d Secondary ) the jury , fi° )NS. an.) e we lineteen .7 f o r re indicted 1.0 fr; • , ;1e-street, • of ratb°`:, • ) 1y obtailloti• of pursuit fch , was utorattendlPA . Tombs, AF' `', Whilst Os s seen bY err, prosecutor:s o, h When t" ' aced what...! ®ken into ow' of Smit h * 0 . ;e re to d i sc o 4 a independe", y found Ow leers of a n h a t he sho u ,'; inieate to nt p r acticesl influence ~14`e ~ pited to 510" next sessions' —A Bbort a drain 90 rmuir, qis uite entire, at a dep t h tos s, at O a a solid od‘ ad, ba Yin i , it for t— inufactureb by rob lc o of Knave_ an y frO U ': : boo' 0 tee id been! no the Ta o for oyed fo c i as ib ull 'rile hipbuildetr. in S c ° „f f b 09.. ie tbriTn?"' etberw ujr. l be seen ia e - r ced u ii r Abertuu l t 011 owe- RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE WINDSOR RAILWAYS.-1 he ~tru,: g le bet ,- . en the Great Wes•rrn and 'ziotvh• vVestern Railways ms to Which shall first complete a railway intoWiocfsor is likely L) terminals in favour of the former, arising from ti,e unfores‘•en acci,lent cif , he sinking of the bridge of Black- Potts on the laver, and which it is expected will have to be rebuilt. Meanwhile both companies are making rapid elearar,c-s for their stations , in Windsor. The houses purchased by the Great Western for their station in Cieorge,-street, are being sold and pulled down, while the, occupiers of those in hatchet-lace have received notices from the South- Wes7ern for a similar purpose. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST.—This corn ploy, it is said, have disposed of their steam.honts, which originally cost 30 0001. for 15,0001., to the French Go vernment, who intend to run them between Marseilles and Geneva. MARRIAGES OF UNCONFIRMED PERSONS. For some time past the vicar of Leigh and the in cumbent of Bedford have refused to marry or to publish the banns of marriage of unconfirmed persons. A Government prosecution has been instituted against the latter clergyman, for refusing to marry two parties whose banns had been published in the usual manner before the board of guardians, and who presented to him the registrar's certificate. The trial is ex pected to take place at the next Liverpool Assizes, and the offence is described as one of misdemeanour. A few weeks ago, a young man named James William son, of the parish of Lowton, and a young woman named Mary Ann Kearsley, of the parish of Leigh, desired the vicar of Leigh to publish the banns of mar riage, but he refused, on the ground that the female had not been confirmed. An appeal was therefore made to the Bishop of Manchester, who directed the vicar to publish the banns. They have accordingly been published during the last two Sundays. The Vicar, however, has intimated his intention of institut ing proceedings against the female, her father, and brother ; the father for neglecting to cause his children to be confirmed, and the children for ne glecting to come for that purpose. The vicar, on Thursday afternoon last, personally served the fol hwing notices upon the parties : "I, James Irvine, vicar of Leigh, in the county of Lancaster, and diocese of Manchester, do hereby require Yoq, James Kearsley, weaver, residing in a cottage si tuate in a street commonly called Canal-street, near the east end of Twist-lane, iu the township of Pennington, within the parish of Leigh aforesaid, to send your son Peter and your daughter Mary Ann to the parish Church, on Sunday next, and on every succeeding Sunday and holyday, to be there instructed and examined in the Church Catechism, after the second lesson at evening prayer, until such time as they have learned all that is therein appointed for them to learn.—Dated this 6th day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1849. (Signed) " J. IRVINE, Vicar of Leigh. " David Green, witness." The following extract from the canons of the Church accompanied the above : " And likewise, if any of the said fathers, mothers, masters, or mistresses, children, servants, or apprentices, shall neglect their duties, as the one sort in not causing them to come, and the other in refusing to learn, as aforesaid, let them be suspended by their ordinaries, if they be not children; and if they so persist, by the apace of a month, then let them be excommunicated. Canon lix."—Manchester Guardian. TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. " THR HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS OR THE SYMPATHY Or EVERT NATION WHICH Lovas RIGHT AND LI IIERTy."—/Cossuth's Protest against Russian Interven tion. Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee formed to carry out the Testimonial. * **All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Sabscriptions already received ... Per the Editor of Examiner : ... ...963 10 4* friends at Kelvedon ... 1 0 The Compositors at Messrs. Reynell & Weight's 1 10 Mr. Win. A. Long, jun., Wotton-under-Edge 1 0 Second Subscription of Working Jewellers' Work men .. 3 15 A Few Chartists, per Samuel Boonham ... 0 3 Per K. L. J., Limerick, second remittance ... 018 aB. P., per Mr. Dunford, Notting-hill ... 0 2 Penny Subscriptions by the Frequenters of the Sun Coffee-house, 118, Long-acre ... ... 9 A Liberal Englishwoman, Warwickshire ... 0 5 Subscriptions in behalf of the Hungarians, col lected by L. M. and T. .. ... ... ... " It and C. H. and H. 2 2 K. and L. J. A. and S. ... 2 2 C. and Co. ... ... • ... 2 2 G. S. and B. ... ... 2 2 A Liberal G. and S. ... 2 2 K. 31. and Co. Contributions from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, per Mr. George Crawshay ..• " For Freedom's Cause." A Subscription raised by Commercial Gentlemen and others, at the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, Aug. 23, 1849, for the Hungarians and Poles : Mr. Atkinson, Huddersfield ... ..• Mr. Tomlinson, Bradford ... Mr. B. Conway, London... ... Mr. Riddel, Manchester... ... Mr. Evans, Glasgow ... Mr. Robertson, Royal Hotel, Aberdeen Mr. Macdonald, Isle of Skye ... Mr. Adamson, Stannochy Mr. Feast, Beverley ... Mr. Hernulewicz, Edinburgh ... Mr. Anderson, Glasgow ... Mr, Banks, Camperdown •• • Second Remittance from Edinburgh, per Lord Dudley Stuart ... .. 25 1 Subscription on behalf of the Hungarian Re fugees, emanating from the Carlisle Temper ance Reading Room, per Lord Dudley Stuart... 15 8 A. Mosely, Park-street, Bristol ... ... 10 Balance of subscription from Cardiff, per Mr. ... 0 10 ... 0 10 ... 0 5 ... 0 5 ... 0 10 ... 0 5 ... 0 5 ... 0 +5 ... 0 5 ... 0 5 ... 0 5 ... 0 5 William Davies ••• ••• ••• ••• A Few Friends assembled at the Crown Tavern, 84, Edgware-road ••• ... -- A Few Chartists, Cripplegate John Turner, Langton-green G. Walker, Drury-lane ... ••• From Mr. Rogers Leake, of York, Upper Rath bone. place 1 5 6 Total ... 0 15 ... 0 3 ... 0 5 ... 0 2 ... 0 5 7 ... £1,047 8 ai The attention excited amongst the inhabants of Colchester an d its neighbourheod by the recent stra n g e doings at Fingringhoe, was taken advantage o f a few days ago by some practical joker, who has succeeded in causing several respectable persons to lose their time and become the victims of a hoax, not at all F,!rnarkable either for cleverness or originality. On Tnursclay morning a letter was received by an auctioneer, request ng his assistance at eleven o'clock, to take an inventory of goods and effects at Fingring hoe, on the premises of the well -known Mr. N—, Thither, punctual to the appointment, the unsuspecting victim repaired; but an interview with the worthy who occupied the premises soon convinced him that his services were not required. The pitiful consolation, however, of having brothers in misfortune was not denied him. In about ten minutes, a horse and van arrived at the mill, from which was soon seen alighting the person of Mr. A., who had been attracted to the spot by a written request for his in spection and purchase of the piano. On announcing his errand, a volley of oaths saluted the ears of the astonished tradesman, and he was assured in the most emphatic terms that no such thing as a piano had ever been in the house. Not long it was ere a third visitor arrived, in the shape of Mr. E—, who, having been requested to take a survey of the premises, preparatory to the insurance of the property in the office for which 11 9 was agent, had obtained the assistance of Mr. B. as an experienced miller, to enable him to form Competent judgment touching the value. We under stand that the letter requesting his attendance as signed as a reason for Mr. N--'s desire to in sure, the circumstance th a t incendiary threats bad been anonymously sent to him ; a hint which, If really given, might have opened Mr. E—'s eyes at °nee , to the nature of the requisition. To crow n all, at lawyer," o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. M—, a "village lawyer," made bis appearance in a vehicle which had travelled with him all the way from Sible liedingham, and for the hire of which he had expended a sum of 16s. The warmth of his reception, on informing Mr. N— that he had come to render hire assistance in getting through the Bankruptcy Court, may be readily imagined. It is said that these Were not the only birds intended to be limed ; and two auctioneers, we are told, did actually leave home, intending to obey summonses for professional aid at this interesting village, but second thoughts intervened and they never reached their intended destination. The siege of Fingringhoe," as the blockade of the premses above referred to, by the creditors' subsidiaries, is fac tiously styled, after enduring for about 14 days, was raised on Friday night, when the troops were disbanded in consequence of a sheriff's execution being put io, • rendering the previous efforts to secure the property al together nugatory. The sale took place on Saturday.— Essex Herald. INTRAMURAL INTEnmerrs.—Yesterd a y the paro chial authorities of St. Stephen, Wallbrook, and St. Bennet Sherehog, in the city of London, resolved to discontinue the interment o the dead in the respective churchyards of those parishes, as also in the vaults be neath the churches. LIMERICK, SEPT. 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. 9th,Cushla Machree, Thomas. New York. • o PETEREELD, SEPT. 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. North 08Q9a4udo Gray, Cineulaud, full, hosing 30 tuuo. 2 2 TIIE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY , JEVENING, SEPTEMBER l2, 1849. LITERATURE. STRATAGEMS ; a Story, .fi,r Young People. By Airs. Newton Crosland. A sweet tale, penn'd in a fair mood, awl such as will make a rare gift for a child. The aim of this small book is good, tor that aim is to show the grace of Truth and the joy of Love. Mrs. Crosland (once Camilla Toulmin) has felt the force of the pen when it tends to teach a young mind, and she has known the worth of those tales, which prove how vain sin i,, how false pride is, and how fair truth is to see in that germ'of a man—a boy ;or in that germ of the sex which is kith and kin to his—a girl. Her book is, then, far from low in tone. It soars high up on the wings of thought to the realms of youth—to the dawn of life—to the sense of a child. She has read (it is plain to learn) the leaves of those dear books which have once had a charm for us all—those books, the queens, the seers, the bards of which are Mrs. Hoffland, Mrs. Barbauld, Mrs. Trimmer, aye, and Miss Edgeworth, too, in her old age and just close on her death. " Patience," " Orlando," and the " Robins," are tales of a like kind R ith " Stratagems." But " Strata gems," though last, is not least; is far from least; is one of the best. Each child who reads it will know, and love well, poor Susan the maid, and Tiny the dog (not the dog of a dream but the dog of a home), and Oriana the black, and Helen, and Frank, and Mrs. Beecham, and Mrs. Travers. The gold coin, the doll, the thief met in the green lane, the craft of Oriana, the grief of Susan, the pains borne by Helen, the glad heart of Frank—all tend to raise the grace and charm of the book. To add to its look as a gift, it is deck'd with prints; and though the first leaves are sad, the last are fill'd with joy. We trust some kind hand will buy the tale, and give it as a boon to each child, to touch its mind and lips with truth, and to lift its heart to Love. There are books worse than tales for the small ones of earth—on art and such like—far out of their ken. Give them things like this. Force not the mind as a vine to yield fruit ere its time. Let the germ rise ;do not lift it. The bud first—then the leaf. The bloom first—then the fruit. The prime comes at noon not at dawn. So with the soul of„a child. "Boa" has told this well in Mr. Toots—whose mind was made to blow, and blow, and blow, till he was left but as a stalk. So say we. Mrs. Hoffland must be read first, then Mr. Pinnock. Mrs. Barbauld must take the lead of Mr. Parley. Hence we hail " Stratagems " as a boon for each child, and we hope that friends, young and old, may glean some joy from the book as a tale or as a gift. CHATEAUBRIAND'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Vol. 111. The continuation of an admirable translation of the celebrated Memoires d' Outre Tombe forms the last volume of that most excellent and deserving serial, published by Messrs. Simms and M'lntyre, "The Parlour Library of Instruction." We cannot too highly commend a periodical of such a sterling and elevating character, contrasting as it does so strongly with those demoralising and prurient effusions which have hitherto been spawned from the printing-press under the attractive title of cheap literature, and the principal peculiarity of which is that their depravity is only equalled by their foolishness. Among the many benefactors of the population we regard as about the most eminent, because the most practical, those publishers, who by a laudable enterprise and a judi cious selection, present the public with wholesome food for the mind. Conspicuous among these are certainly the publishers of the "Parlour Library of Instruction," a series of volumes in which entertain ment and improvement have been most felicitously combined. Besides our well wishes, they have secured our most cordial felicitations. GRIFFITHS v. WALFORD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—My attention has been recently drawn to a report in your journal of the 15th instant, of the trial of this cause at the Guildhall County Court, on the 13th of July last. The case is headed as "Important Case— The Public and Medical Men." Your report contains a very full statement of certain parts of the case, but there are two points entirely omitted, which, in justice to the defendant, should have been inserted. I allude first to the statement of the plaintiff's demand, and secondly, to the amount of the verdict which he actually obtained. The particulars of the plaintiff's demand are as follows :- 1849.—T0 expenses incurred by the plaintiff, £ s. d. being detained in London two days, namely the second and third days of April, 1849, in consequence of defendant having admi nistered to him a solution of sulphate of magnesia instead of Sir James Murray's fluid magnesia To loss sustained thereby in consequence of having to pay the wages of twenty men and servants, who were unemployed for two days waiting for plaintiff to give them orders To loss sustained in consequence of three horses standing idle for the same cause To rent and common charges of concern for two days To loss of profits of trade for two days in con sequence of the above . To injury and inconvenience to plaintiff's health in consequence of the above 6 0 0 1 16 0 2 0 0 6 0 Q Total £l7 16 0 The plaintiff thus endeavoured to obtain 171. 16s. from the pocket of the defendant. The jury gave him a ver dict for five shillings, which entitled him to 3s. 4d. costs. I must also be permitted to observe, that the evidence of Alexander Jackson (the most important testimony in the case) is not reported so fully as the addresses of the plaintiff. This witness stated most distinctly that when the plaintiff first came into the defendant's shop (no other person being present) he, the plaintiff, said he wanted some advice, and did not ask for fluid magnesia, or any ether particular medicine—if he had witness would have readily supplied him, (it was proved that Murray's fluid magnesia was kept in the shop); but as the plaintiff said he wanted advice, which he (the wit ness) did not feel himself qualified to give, the plaintiff was about to leave unsupplied with any medicine what ever. He was, in reality, in the act of quitting the shop, when dr. Walford, the defendant, came in, and the witness informed Mr. Watford that the plaintiff wanted some advice., The plaintiff complained to the defendant that he was suffering from flatulency and heartburn, and the defendant having asked him a ques tion or two as to what he had been taking, and looked at his tongue, administered to him a mixture of bicar bonate of magnesia, which had been prepared by Mr. Lunn. I feel bound, in justice to the defendant, to trouble you with these observations, because the report as it now stands, unaccompanied by the facts which I have stated, is calculated to convey an erroneous impression of the defendant's conduct, and injure him seriously in his pro fession.—l have the honour to remain, Sir, your obe dient servant, THOS. FRYER, Defendant's Attorney. 11, Artillery-place, Finsbury-square, Aug. 30. . THE CHOLERA.—In consequence of the alarming prevalence of this disease in various parts of the metro. polis, it has been deemed advisable to recommend a day to be observed as one of special supplication, and yes terday the following official notice was issued:—" The Lord Bishop of London has recommended the clergy of those parishes in his diocese where the cholera prevails to urge upon the;r parishoners the observance of some one Sunday as a day of special supplication and interces sion with reference to that fearful visitation. His Lord ship has suggested a Sunday for that purpose, being of opinion that any other day not appointed by authority would probably not be so generally or devoutly observed. The form of prayer about to be put forth by authority will facilitate a compliance with his Lordship's recom mendation." Sunday next, the 16th inst., has been ap pointed for this purpose according to his Lordship's re commendation, when the general form of prayer will be used, and appropriate sermons delivered in most of the metropolitan churches. STATE OF TRADE—MANCHESTER.—There was an exceedingly heavy and inactive market yesterday in Manchester. Manufacturers were unable to transact any great amount of business, because of the high prices ruling in the goods market. Many buyers held back to the last moment, expecting the arrival of the steamer from America. The demand for yarn was limited. There was a good inquiry for printers' cloths, both nar row and broad, but very few would submit to the ex treme rates, and in some cases a slight reduction was submitted to. Parties are anxiously watching the cotton market, and on account of the uncertainty always existing at this time of the year, are holding off till the real state of the cotton crop is known. The country houses are not so actively employed as they usually are at this season, and considerable disappointment has been manifested. THE EXPLOSION AT KENSINGTON.—ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.—The explosion which occurred on Mon day evening on the premises of Mr. Jones, a firework maker, in Oliver's Cottages, High-street, Kensington. briefly reported in this journal of yesterday, was at tended with a far greater destruction of property than was at first anticipated, and unfortunately the injuries the wife of the proprietor sustained have terminated fatally. From the inquiries instituted yesterday by the brigade, it seems that Mr. Janes had obtained a larger order than usual for a stock of fireworks for the Flora Gardens; that they were nearly finished, when his wife accidentally let fall a box of lucifers, which becoming ignited fired the whole of the fireworks, as well as a quantity of loose composition and gunpowder, and hence the disaster. So loud was the noise caused b y the ex plosion that people at a distance at first thou g ht the powder magazines in Hyde Park had blown up. Mr. Jones, the proprietor of the premises, is in the infir mary, suffering from the injuries he received ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSIIIHE. — His Grace the Duke of Devonshire nod numerous suite ar rived at his noble resickucc, the Li,more Castle, on Friday last, the 7th inst. He was accompanied by the Larl of Burlington and several other distinguished mem bers di the nubility. t)n the evening of his Grace's ar rival the town (if LiAnore arid the adjoii,ing districts were tiridiantiv and public rejoicings kept up until a late hour that, night, as a strong mark of the respect which the inhabitants of Li,niore so justly (.1 1 " ; ertain towards the Noble Duke.—Cork Examiner. Ihe treasures of the deep are not so precious as are the corceuled comtortb o: a mum lovked up to wouutu , $ loye.—Eliza Cook': Journal. IRELAND. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, lI.P.,Ecc. LETTER 111. My Lord,--There was an omission in my last, after the w ords "to become tenants of land of that annual value," there should have followed, "to which they would be entitled if their share became a prize." Previous to comparing the proposal I have made with the plans suggested by others, it may be as well to state shortly the advantages which the proposed tontine would confer on every one ; saying nothing of those which would accrue to the Irish people by giving them employment, for these are apparent to every rational being. Independent of the fact that it is hardly possible any gambling could take place in the shares of the tontine, such shares would only be taken by those who desired to make a permanent investment as a provision for children ; and this is a most important element in considering the most eligible mode of rais ing capital for agricultural purposes. For such operations, if conducted in the best and most profitable manner—and it is only in this way the people can be employed—can 'only make an adequate return after the lapse of several years. Subscribers to a joint-stock company will not wait for this, while the shareholders in the tontine I have proposed would advance their money as a permanent investment, the first return of which would be at the expiration of ten years. The proprietors who are unfortunately obliged to sell their land will assuredly obtain a higher price from a tontine company than they would from an individual capitalist; for few would like to wait so long for an adequate return ; while that delay is the characteristic of a tontine, and one source of its profit. Who would grudge this advantage to a dis tressed proprietor ? And to those whose distress has been caused by vicious legislation—yes, it can never be too often repeated that the national cause of Irish distress has been the wicked measures of Sir Robert Peel and his party. Individual cases of extravagance may un doubtedly have occurred, but his Currency Bill gave Irish proprietors the first blow ; then his corn-law, which promised them a high price for their corn; then his repeated assertions, down to a late period, that he would never consent to a departure from the principle of the sliding scale. These were the measures to which Irish proprietors are indebted for their present position. They .be lieved then high rental was safe ; they entered into mortgages and family settlements, Justice pecuniary en gagements, under this impression. to the people at last prevailed, and with classic retribution, by the hands of the principal delinquent ; but where is' the Englishman who would not do all in his power to alleviate the distress of the victim? Then, with regard to the shareholders, who (un like the gamblers in joint-stock companies, taking shares with the view of selling them at a profit), are prepared to make a present sacrifice for the benefit of their children, or those whom they love. Is not this a feeling which should be encouraged by all wise statesmen ? A tontine such as I have suggested would confer a great social advantage to the community ; for if there is one subject more than another on which there is greater unanimity of opinion, among all wise men of all nations and of all ages, it is the magnitude of the evil which inevitably occurs in every wealthy coun try by the tendency to accumulate large masses of property in the hands of individuals. Various remedies have been proposed, and some adopted to meet this admitted evil ; but all of them fraught with the still greater danger of an inter ference with that bond of society—the rights of pro perty. But the tontine which I have proposed, having a great number of prizes of different value, combines all the beneficial effect of occasionally breaking up and dividing large masses of property, without the slightest possibility of incurring that serious danger. If then the adoption of the proposed tontine would confer such advantages to all—to the community, by finding a remedy for an admitted evil—to the em barrassed proprietors, who will obtain a higher price than they would otherwise expect—to the subscribers, by enabling them at a present trifling sacrifice to provide for a loved object—to the Irish people, by the introduction of that capital which is essentially ne cessary for their employment—and to Great Britain, distressed by Irish woes—will your Lordship hesitate to adopt it, because, forsooth, " One-eyed Men" will persist in calling it a lottery. Now, let me compare this proposal with others which have been made for the benefit of the Irish people—first, that introduced by your Lordship for the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland, a wise and salutary measure, faulty, as I believe, in some of its details, but in its broad outline the proposal of a states man ; and it possessed, independent of its intrinsic merits, this inestimable advantage—that men of all parties and creeds in Ireland believed that it would be most efficacious, both in its immediate effect and in its certain consequences. Sir Robert Peel opposed the measure, and, according .0 his usual practice, commenced with misstating its character. He untruly called it the " Drainage of Bogs." In all probability his opposition would have been unsuccessful, had it not been for the discreditable conduct of a member of your Lordship's Cabinet. Be that as it may, your Lordship was obliged to with draw the very best measure yet introduced for alle viating the condition of the Irish people. Next came the proposal of Lord Stanley, also bearing the mark of a statesman's mind. He did not believe that the adoption of any one measure, however useful in itself, could possibly be sufficient to relieve the country ; and he would apply, with an unsparing hand, to each distressed locality that remedy which was most appropriate to local wants. Then Sir Robert Peel introduced his nostrum, and remembering the year when he used to drink " Protestant ascendancy " and the " Immortal me niory," at a time when the surest path to place lay in pandering to Orange bigotry, seriously proposed to try colonization in Ireland, because that had been successful nearly two centuries ago 111 The public were amazed, the Irish rejoiced, for the silly proposal was announced with all the pomposity for which he is celebrated ; and they believed that one who called himself a statesman would not con descend to raise hopes and expectations, without being prepared to satisfy them by laying on the table a Bill showing the mode his proposition might be practically carried out. Those who had watched his conduct on this and other questions entertained no such belief—they knew that the same motive actuated him in opposing your Lordship's measure for the reclamation of waste lands, and, in proposing this shadow, the result has been that those three proposals, so singularly indi cative of the respective characters of the individuals introducing them, have produced nothing for the benefit of Ireland or of the Irish people. Then came the proposal of Sir Charles Wood, by the grace of the Greys Chancellor of the Exchequer; but I must leave this and other measures for a sub sequent letter, and have the honour to remain, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, Cor, war, Sept. 5,1849. RIGBY WASON. CO URT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 9. Her Majesty and the Prince, attended by the Mar chioness of Douro, the Hon. Miss Dawson, Earl Grey, Mr. Sheriff Allison, Mr. Anson, Lieutenant-Colonel tke Hen. Alexander Gordon, and Mr. Birch, attended Divine service this morning at the parish church. The duty was performed by the Rev. Mr. Anderson. Her Majesty and the Prince, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred, walked out this afternoon. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Gambia. THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) Ile who seeks on earth repose b bereft of common sense; Soon the day of truth would close In the night of indolence. Mind bath much to learn below; Knowledge hourly must be sought; Ever seeking truth to know, Wisdom comes with work and thought. He is not the friend of man, Nor his own—it cannot be— Who pursues a selfish plan, Basking 'neath his own fig-tree. Ile's a noble man, who seeks 'Mid the world's love, toil, and strife, Right; and giveth, as he speaks, Thought to thought, and life to life. Ever in his onward way, Beauty, grandeur, he descries— Or in summer's azure day, Or in winter's stormy skies. Blest the mind to which is shown, That there is—on earth, in heaven — Ever something to be known: 'Ds the greatest blessing given. Ever mind must mind employ, Ever must receive and give; Still to learn is to enjoy, And enjoying is to live. Nature is an ancient college, Free to all its open portal; Make thyself a man by knowledge, And then hope to be immortal. J. NEVAY. DEVON AND EXLT/c.R. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.-- ~ .xhiithion for the sil,stin was held at Northern hay, on Friday last. The show of flowers, fruit, and vegetable: was maguifivent, but the attendance of visitors thin, in e.naparisun wi , h former Devonshire Chronicle. ALI4Ors, TYE HISTORIAN, AT COURT.—We under ta,() that Sheriff Alison left Glasgow this tuurning► tor fialoaoral, by special invitatioa of her Majesty.—North Mail THE CHOLERA. RETURN OF CASES, SEPT. 11. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISTRARAI DISTRICT. Deaths. Attacks. Cholera. Diarrh WEST DISTRICTS. Kensington ••• ... ... Chelsea... ••• ... ... St. George, Hanover-square ... Westminster Martin-in-the-Fields St. James, Westminster NORTH DISTRICTS. 10 3 9 1 8 2 13 2 2 0 1 1 Marylebone ... ... ••• ---- 6 1 Hampstea d ... ~. ... .0.1 0 0 St. Parierge ... ... ••• 12 2 Islington ... ... ... ---- 13 2 Hackney ... ... ... 2 0 St. Giles ... Strand ... HolVrn Unien Clerkenwell St. Luke East London West London City of London CENTRAL DISTRICTS. • • • "...'• EAST DifiTEIC'TS. Shoreditch ••• ••• Beth nal•green ••• Whitechapel ••• ••• St. George-in-the-East ••• Stepney ... Poplar ... ... •• • ••• SOUTH DISTRICTS. St. Saviour, Southwark ••• St. Olave ... ... ... Bermondsey ... ••• ••• St. George, Southwark ••• Newington, Surrey ... ... Lambeth • ... • • ... Wandsworth ... ... ~. Camberwell ... ... ... Rotherbithe ... ... Greenwich ... Lewisham ... ... ... -•-- 24 29 42 60 W.... , ~..• OM Total ... 432 43 Liverpool ... Merthyr Tydril Clifton .•• Portwa ••• THE COUNTRY. Aback,. Warrington ... ... ... Newmanle-under-Lyne ... --- Salisbury ••• ... ••• Tynemouth ... ••• ••• - -• Lancaster ... ... •.• Brighton ... ••• ... Neath ... ... ... ... —. West Ham ... ••• ••• —• Bradford and North Bierley .• Sculcoates ... ••• Bristol ... ... ••• Gravesend and Milton Maidstone ... St. Germans ... Rochford ..- Dewsbury ... Prescot .•• Dover ... .•• Anglesey .•• Leeds ... ••• Hunslet ••• • Hastings . ••• ••• Wolverhampton and Siesdon Holywell ••• ••• Bridgwater ... ••• Barnstaple ... ••• East Stonehouse ••• Halifax ••• ••• Hull ... ••• ••• Wilton ••• ••• Salford... ••• ••• Devizes ••• ••• Nottingham ... ••• Bolton ••• ••• Tavistock ••• ••• Worcester .-• ••• Bury ... ••• ••• Madeley ••• ••• Sheppey ••• ••• Wolstanton ... ••• Manchester ... ••• Gainsborough ... ••• Ashton-under-Lyne .•• St. Albans ... .•• Abergavenny ... ••• Abingdon ... ..• Alverstoke ... ••• Aston ... ... ••• Alderbury ... .. ••• Great Broughton (Chester) ••• Birmingham ... ... ••• Bedminster ... ••• ••• Blackburn ... ••• • Billericay ... ••• ••• Chorlton ... ••• ••• Coventry ... ••• ••• Chester-le-Street ... ••• Dudley ••• ... ••• Dartford ... ..• ••• Eton ... ... ... ••• Exeter ... ... ... ... Ecclesall, Bierlou ... ••• Fordingbridge... • • Falmouth ... ... Goole ... ... ••• Gateshead ... ... ... Howden .e• Headington ... ... . • Henley ... ... Huddersfield ... ... ... Hitchin ••• ... ... Ramsgate ••• •.• ••• Margate ••• ... ..• Keynsham ... ... ..• Kidderminster ••• ..• Leicester ..• ... •.• Mansfield ••• ... Mailing (Kent) ..• ... Bourne ... ••• • • Banbury ... ••• ... Basford ... ... ••• Cheltenham ... ... ~. Crickhowell ... ... ... Flegg (Norfolk) ... „. Godstone ... ... ... Knaresborough ... ..• Llanelly ••• ••• •„ Leaden ... ... Lewes (Chailey, Firle, and Newnhum) ... .. •„ ••• ..... ••• ••• ... ••• ••• ...... ••• ....... ••• Deaths. Ckolera. Diarrb.. 16 3 3 0 12 0 6 2 1 0 6 0 2 0 3 0 4 1 18 0 2 0 4 7 1 19 0 9 3 2 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 8 1 1 • 1 4 0 58 7 33 4 1 0 32 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 50 5 O 1 7 6 2 0 O 1 2 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 18 4 9 1 1 0 1 0 6 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 O 9 3 0 3 1 O 1 4 4 3 4 8 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 O 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 O 1 1 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 O 2 O 1 1 0 1 • 1 O 1 O 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 O 1 2 0 O 1 Total ... ... ~. 449 HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—Picking has commenced in many places, but the result of the yield is not yet suffi ciently known to form an opinion on. The mould seems to be fast increasing, and the nights having been generally cold during the last week, the bales have probably done all they can do. As an instance of the irregular character of the crop, it may be. mentioned that in part of Air. Gurney's Maidstone plantation (in which picking commenced yesterday), the crop will probably exceed six bags an acre, whilst in other parts it will probably not exceed one. In few recent years has there prevailed such an uncer tainty as to the crop. WATERINGB MU; MEREWORTH, TESTON, AND NET TLESTEAD.—Picking has just begun by several of the growers in these parishes, and the result proves that the crop will fall far short of the supposed amount, and most persons express their surprise as to the ravages of the mould, as it was never seen to make so rapid increase. There are acres in these parishes of which the produce will be shorter than was ex pected by most persons, and. the duty is called gene rally about 80,0001., and in many acres a bin will not be put. MALLING.—Where picking has commenced they are found to come down light„ and in some grounds both red and white mould is progressing fast. YALDING AND HuraoN.--Several began picking last week, and this week it will become general. There is great complaint of the mould. The hops do not come down so well as was expected. HORSMONDEN.—Picking commenced in this parish on Friday last, and we do not remember the samples so good for the last twelve years, both ripe and full of condition, but we seem to clear the ground at an awful rate. Where the 100,000/. duty is to come from will be a puzzler. Supposing every parish to average half of last year's growth, deducting one sixth less plant, it would stand at 88,0001. Now start from Edenbridge, to Rochester, Canterbury, Tenterden, and East Grinstead, back to Edenbrifige. What will they do ? Not more than one-sixth last year's duty ; certainly there are a very few parishes which will do three-fourths. We must de duct far mould, 7,000, and the growth is done with the black hops, which had been improving until the cold three days commencing on the sth. BRENCHLET. — Some of our planters have com menced picking during the past week, others began yesterday. In consequence of the hops coming down very short of the estimation on the poles, the duty has materially receded in this vicinity. GOUDIRJEST.—Our picking will generally com mence about the latter end of the week. The late few cold days have retarded the growth of the back ward grounds where they were partially affected. There is in some grounds a fresh attack of fly, but it is absolutely impossible that they can do any harm so late in the season. CANTERBURY.—The hops here are said now to have done all that they can do, and the picking will shortly commence. Slappington grotmds are very indifferent indeed, but there are some grounds very promising for the season at Wingham, Ickharn, Harbledown, &c. EDENBRIDGE.—The hops are getting full of condi tion, and will be soon ready for picking. They are, however, generally very short—about one cwt. per acre in this parish. HUESTGREEN.—The hops are about the same as last week, with the exception that they will want securing in a short time, in consequence of the ravages of the flea. Maidstone Gazette. SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL FRENCH, BELGIAN, GERMAN, AND AMERICAN RAILWAYS. `an following are the names and number of miles in length of each railway,viz.:—French Railways—St. Ger mains, 114 miles; Versialles (right and left bank), 244; Strasburg and Basle,B7; Paris and Orleans, 82; Paris and Rouen, 84; Rouen and Havre, 59; Avignon and Marseilles, 33; Montpellier and Cette, 164; Mulhausen and Tham, 11i; St. Stevens and Lyons, 31; Orleans, Tour, and Bor deaux, 80; Orleans and Vierzon, 1441; Boulogne and Amiens, 95; Paris and Lyons, 320; Great North of France, 337; Lyons and Avignon, 142; Paris and Stras burg. 410. Belgian Railways —North line, Brussels to Antwerp, 274 ; West Line, Malines to Ostend, 76i ; East Line, Ma lines to the Prussian frontier, 821; ,South line, Brussels to the French frontier, 51; Ghent to the French frontier and Tourney, 48; Tournay and Jurbise and Landen and Hasselt, 48 ; Braine-le-Compte to Namur, 41 ; Sambre and Meuse, 60; Louvain a la Sambre, 53; Namur and Liege, 49i; Great Luxemburg, 84. German Railways—Leipzig-Dresden, 71k; Leipzig- Magdeburg, 72 ; Leipzig-Ho, 96 ; Berlin-Cothen, 96 ; Berlin-Potsdam, 18 ; Berlin-Stettin, 89 ; Berlin- Frankfort-on-Oder, 48 ; Berlin-Hamburgh, 175 ; Halle- Esienach, 120; Hamburgh-Bergedorf, 10; Altona Kiel, 63; Magdeburg-Halberstadt, 30; Brunswick-Hanover, 40; Hanover-Harburg, 110; Hanover-Bremen, 80; Cologne-Minden, 190 • Cologne-Aix-la-Chapelle, 54 ; Cologne-Bonn, 20; Dusseldorf- Elberfeld, 17; Frank forto M. Wiesbaden, 26 ; Frankfort- on-the-Maine- Manbeim, 48 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine-Cassel, 104 ; Manheim-Carlsruhe• Kehl, 70; Bexbachline, Manheim- Sarrbruck, 65; Augsburg-Lindau, 87; Augsburg-Munich, 45; Ausburg-Hof; 220; Nuremburg-Furth, 5; Bam berg Frankfort • on-the- Maine, 25; Vienna- Glogg nitz, 53; Gloggnitz-Trieste, 350; Nordbalin Vienna- Prague, 500; Prague-Dresden, 115; Dresden- Gorlitz, in progress; Frankfort-on-the- Oder-Breslau, 200; Breslau- Frieburg, 40; Oppelm-Crakau, 90; Bud weia-Germur den, 120. American Railways—Portland, Saco, and Portsmouth, 50; Concord, 35; Boston and Maine, 56; Boston and Maine Extension, 17; Boston and Lowell, 26; Boston and Providence, 41; Boston and Worcester, 44; Berkshire, 21; Eastern, 54; Fitchburg, 50; Nashua and Lowell, 14; New Bedford and Taunton, 20; Nor wich and Worcester, 59; Western, 156; Taunton Branch, 11; Housatonic, 74; Hartford, Newhaven, and Springfield, 63 ; Stonington, 48; Attica and Buffalo, 31; Auburn and Rochester, 78; Auburn and Syracuse, 26; Buffalo and Niagara, 22; Erie, 446; Harlem, 26; Hudson and Berkshire, 31; Long Island, 96; Mohawk and Hudson, 17; Saratoga and Schenec tady, 22 ; Schenectady and Troy, 20 ; Syracuse and Utica, 53; Tonnawanda, 43 ; Troy and Greenbush, 6 ; Troy and Saratoga, 25 ; Utica and Schenectady, 75 ; Camden and Amboy, 61 ; Elizabeth-town and Somer ville, 26; New Jersey, 34 ; Paterson, 16 ; Beaver Mea dow, 26 ; Cumberland Valley, 46 ; Harrisburgh and Lancaster, 36 ; Hazleton branch, 10 ; Little Schuylkill, 29 ; Blossburg and Corning, 40 ; Manch Chunk, 9 ; Minebill and Schuylkill Haven, 18 ; Norristown, 20 ; Philadelphia and Trenton, 30 ; Pottsville and Danville, 29; Reading, 94 ; Schuylkill Valley, 10 ; Williamsport and Elmica, 25 ; Philadelphia and Baltimore, 93 ; Frenchtown, 16 ; Baltimore and Ohio, 188 ; Baltimore and Susquehanna, 58; Baltimore and Washington, 38 ; Greeneville and Roanoke, 17 ; Petersburg and Roanoke, 60 ; Portsmouth and Roanoke, 78 ; Richmond and Fredericksburg, 61 ; Richmond and Petersburg, 22 ; Winchester and Potomac, 32 ; Raleigh and Gaston, 14; Wilmington and Raleigh, 161 ; South Carolina, Colum bia, 202; Central, 190 ; Georgia, 147 ; Lexington and Ohio, 40; Little Miami, 40 ; Mad River, 40 ; Madison and Indianopolis, 56; Champlain and St. Lawrence, 15 ; State Railways, Columbia, 82 ; Portage, 130 ; Central Railway, 110; and Southern Railway, 68. SINGULAR. AND SHOCKING ACCIDENT.--A most unusual description of accident, attended with very se rious results, occurred to Mr. Thomas Brooks, boot and shoemaker, of Broad-street, on Monday last. He had placed a pair of kid gloves upon his hands for the pur pose of cleaning them, and was washing them in turpen tine, when, finding the exhalation affecting his throat, he went to the kitchen to fetch his pipe. He lit a piece of paper at the fire, in order to ignite the tobacco, when, unfortunately, the flame came too near one of the gloves, then soaked and wet with the inflammable liquor, and in an instant his hand was in a blaze. Taking hold of it with the other hand to pull the glove off, that too ignited, and then in his alarm he rubbed both hands in his hair, which was directly burnt off, and the right side of his face was dreadfully scorced. He only extinguished the flames upon his hands at last by throwing himself down and wrapping them in the carpet. We are sorry to say that his hands are most terribly injured, the skin being entirely burnt off with the gloves; and he has remained since in the greatest suffering, and indeed danger.— Worcester Herald. A GIRL SHOT.—Yesterday morning, while a party of mill-workers wero proceeding to their employment at Mr. Couper's mill, Calton, some of them commenced to assail with stones, and otherwise to annoy, a person who had been stationed to guard a field in the vicinity. This fellow had provided himself with a gun, and, crossing over the hedge into the road, ho deliberately raised it and fired on a girl of the party, about fourteen years of age. The girl, instantly fell; but on examination, though it was found that no less than t en d ro p s o f l ea d had entered her body, no vital part had been touched, and nothing serious was anticipated. This must have been the result of the shot having been far spent before it reached the girl, otherwise the consequences would undoubtedly have been very serious. She was immedi ately removed to her mother's house—a woman of the name of Morgan, residing in Canning-street—where the lead was extracted and her wounds dressed. She is now progressing favourably. The party who fired the gun proved to be a middle-aged man, somewhat eccentric and uncouth in appearance, named David Kerr, a weaver, in London-road. He was immediately apprehended and locked up in the Calton police-office.—!forth British Mail. Nzw CHURCHES.—The twenty-ninth annual report of her Majesty's Commissioners for Building New Churches was published on Saturday. The last report stated that 420 churches had been completed, in which accommodation had been provided for 464,008 persons, including 267,767 free seats, appropriated to the use of the poor. The Commissioners now have to report that twenty• nine churches have, by the aid of grants from the funds placed at their disposal, been completed at va rious places throughout England, in which accommoda tion has been provided for 19,265 persons, including 13,309 seats for the use of the poor. Thus, in the whole 449 churches have now been completed, and pro vision therein made for 483.273 persons, including 281,076 free seats for the poor. Twenty-one new churches are now in course of erection, and plans f osvL the building of twenty-two more hav e been app&of i: local The remain r of the report refers to matters EXTRAORDINARY RoDREILTi abOou field of v‘heat, of the quant it y o property of Mr. Lawrence, surge o n, nt3hisol Mo nday d a a n y ac n r i e g , h t t h a e _ s c h t e a v l (4 y s s t e o t ie w n h a i u ch d c w a a r a r e c d u t o a ft e t d h r e e g J ad and, : o n cana' a t Cheddar, Somer r d r y a in s y e tthe have not been detected, —Sherb u rne Journa l . l I RICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM YANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBITSZIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. ZOINT-.STOCIL BANKS. Name of Company. Dividend per Amount of Share. Australasia .......... Britsh N orth American Ceylon • • • • • • • • • Commercial of London Colonial. • . • ....... • - Gloucestershire • • • • • . lonian .... Loudn and Westminstr Ditto .............. London Joint-Stock ... Provincial of Ireland Annum. Ditto, New . • • . National of Ireland .. Nat. Provneial of Eng. Ditto, New. South Australia ...... Union of Australia.... Unioa of L0nd0n..... Union of Madrid ..... 31. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 151 per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. A •. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. I s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 26 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 Price, 25 0 0 100 0 0 AO 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 N 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 ZNSITRANC3I3 COMPANIES. Name of Company. Dividend Amount ----- per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----- -.-- - A s. d. £ s. d. A 31. 101. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 7114 s 6d &bs i 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine. -- • • 61• per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Atlas 138.6d.prsh. 50 0 0 5 6 8 - British Commercial •• 7 8 . per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Ciericl,Med.& Gen. Life spr ct.& be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 60 14s. 40 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle • 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 6 Eng.& Scot. Law •... 51. per cent. b 0 0 0 212 6 - European Life ••• • • • 4% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 15 FamilyEndowmnt Soc. 41. & be. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 30 0 - Glabe •••• • • • • 61. per cent. Stock. - - Guardian •.-•• •• - •• 51. 100 0036 10 0 49% Imperial Fire •• •.• • •• 121, per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220 Imperial Life •... - • • 12s. 100 0010 0 0 15 Indemnity Marine.. - 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 I 35 Law Fire ............ 100 0 0 210 0 2% Law Life ..........,• IL 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Legal and General Lif e - 50 0 0 20 0 4% London Fire ........ 10s. 25 0012 10 0 16% London Ship ........ 10s. 25 00 12 10 0 16M, Marine ••- • • • ••• ••• • .. 12s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 9 Med. Inylid & Gen. Life 4341. per ct .50 0 0 20 0 2% gational Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 00210 0 - tCational Life. - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 002 0 0 210 s. Pelican .• .• • • • • • • •• • • - - - Phcedix - - 141 Pt otector Life •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life •• •• Lock Life ..... ....... 58. 50 0 010 0 5% Royal Exchange 6l. per cent. Stock, - 200 Sun Fire .• - - 203 Ditto Life . 11. 6s. - - 44 'Universal Life........ 10% pr cnt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 - Viotoria Life.... - 40 0 4% DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - s. d. s East and West India ... 61. pr cent. A 4 . d. Stock. - 136 East Country • 20s. per sit, 100 0 0 - 21 London 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 116 Ditto Bonds •• • 41. per cent. - - - St• Katharine .... •• .. 4 per cent. Stock. - 79% Ditto, Scrip ....... . - - - - Ditto Bonds- • • 4%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton •• -•• •• 21. per cent. , 50 0 0 50 0 0 , - 1132.IDGESI Dividend Amount Name of Company. Di of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - ' ----- - Charing-cross ... - X. s. d. X. e. d. ..... - 25 0 0 - Southwrk,Nw Sub.Ay. - 632 12 8 - - Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 -3% Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall .... ..• Ay. 11. 70 10 3 , - 18 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. : per of Paid. Price. I Annum. Share. - -- - £ 8. d. Z 8. d. East L0nd0c......... 81. 100 0 0 - 1.80 Grand Junction •••• • • 4/. per cat. 50 0 0 - 81 Kent.. ..••••• • • • • • •• 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - 75 Lambeth -.•••• • • • • • 5/. per cot. 100 5 0 - 99 New Rivr Lndn Brdge , 21. 10s. - - - Vauxhall .......• •• - 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 99 West Middlesex • . . 61. Os. pr ent. - - 121 GAS-LIGHT AND CONE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --.... --- X. s. 4. Z. s. d. British ••••••• • • • • • •• 1/. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial.... 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18 Bristol, - ...... ••• • •• 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Brighton •.••.. - • • • . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - 16 City of London ...... 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 Continental Consolidat. 925. pr share, 50 0 0 39 5 0 30 Equitable •••••••• •• • • 50s. pr share' 50 0 0 50 0 0 26 Imperial ...... ••• • -6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 67 Independent ....... • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 62% London • • ............ - 50 0 0 SO 0 0 - - 50 0 0 50 0 - Phcenix . ............ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 28 Rat cliff --•...• • • • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General ...... - 1 50 0 0 50 0 0 13 NN estmiuster Chartered 31. i5O 0 0 - 4414 Dltto, New -.•• • . . 12s. 150 0 0 10 0 0 9 CiB WILLS. .„1 Names of ~ 'Dividend 1 1 ,, Names of , i, 'Dividend Companies. if 1 per rice. Companies. ~ -,1 1 per „„,, e. - Ic c Annum .l .ta Annum. - r X Ashtn& Oldh 971 71. 113 Slacciesneld . 100 21. 10s. - Barnsley •• • - 160' 121. 180 Neath .. .• • • 100 18/. - lirknl,&Abrg 150 1 51 85 Oxford.- •• 1001 201. - Birmingham 35i 41 81 Peak Forest. 7813/. 182. - Coventry.. • • 100 251 2io Regent's ... • 33 , I/. 2s. 17% Derby ••• •• 100 61, 63 Rochdale.... 851 41. 503{ Ellsinre&Chs 133 568. 1 41 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 Erewash •• • 100 321. - Do.LkFdSt I 216/. p. c. - GraudJunctn 100 51. 88 35 Stirrd&Worc 140 281. 310 GrandSurreylloo' 21. 3034 Shrewsbury.. 125 i 151 . - Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 , 201. 300 Grantham .. 1,150 - - Severn and 1,, Kennt & Aviil 39 7s. 6d, 5.74. Wye Re 11.5 26 "" us° - Loeds&Livrp,loo 301. 325 Warwick&l 4L 63 Leicester . 'l4O V. 633 Rirming. j 100 Leicstr &Nth, 83 4/. 45 Warwick& LYwhborogh 142 701. , 650 Napton..l 100 1 3i. 48 Monmouthshlloo 81. - Worcstr 81 78 21. 41 Mntgomrysh 100 - j - Birming. MeitnMwbry 100 - 1 - Wilts & Brks -14 s. 10 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - X a. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 204 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 1134 Clydesdale Bank -. •• • • 635 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12% Commercial Bank •• .• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 j 100 0 0 163 Eastern Bank.. ••• • • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 91. 7s Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent! 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 34 Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 24U Isle of man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 633 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1435 North of Scotland Bank 4/.percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.0 s Nortk British Bank - - - - Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 129 Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 84 Western Bank.. •• •• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72% Aberdeen Fire and Life 7%i.pr cent., 12 10 0 2 0 0 2 B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 9s 6d Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 7s Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1835 East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 98.0 d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 17 6 - Hercules Insurance Co. 71-per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Insur. Co. of Scetind•• Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 IL 63 Mercantile Life .. • • National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 '2-08.6d North British Inns 5341.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23% North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. Max. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 - Scottish Union Insrnce. 63(1. pr cent 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s Standard Life •••• .. • . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 148.6d 94 United Dep. Assurance 51. pe r cent. 10 0 0 i 1 WEB CEIZZA.2ITZOTTS. 1 ' Dividend ' Amount Name of Company. per of 1 I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -,-..... .E. B. d. X. a. d. Australian Agriculturl IL 100 0 0, 30 0 0 16 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 41. 10 0 0 110 0 0 - Ditto, Self Shares.. - - 210 0 ••••• Canada •••••• • • • - .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 82 10 0 - Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per"cent. - - $9 City Navigation .... - - - 90 Comp . Cppr Mars Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c. 94 bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry V. pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 104 Gen•SteamNavigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 - Russell Institution.... - - 26 5 0 Peninslr &Orient.Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7434 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Steam•• •• 61 18..4. p. c 100 0 0 60 0 0 54 South Australian ... .. 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 18 Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 0 - PRIZE FIGHT AND DEATH or ONE OP THE COM BATANTS —On Wednesday the neighbourhood of Man chester was the scene of a most degrading and disgust ing prize fight. Richard Lilly, a men about 30 years of age, and John Middleton, were the combatants. It ap pears that they were backed to fight for 2/. a side, and for this trifling and wretched stokes they went out, on Wednesday, to Throstle Nest, on one of the banks of the river Irwell. They were attended by a crowd of more than on© hundrf d persons, and fought for nearlf , two hours, both combatants being [repeatedly 46 floored; but at length, after a knock down blow which Lilly had re ceived from his antagonist, he was net able to return to the encounter till "time" had been called: Middleton was then declared the victor, theughin a he rn w " as so beatenerable con dition to enjoy his laurels; for it is s aid and bruised that for more tbiin a day follo wing rst the fight his life was despaired of. Lilly was at supposed n e o e t r. to so b bad a state , a nd the usual fi means of rc..• ru tbing were resorted to when he was p i c k l e i c f u p ' ; but upon so me brandy being poured into his mou th it only gurgled in his throat, and he was incapable of swallowing it. A cab was procured, in which he was conveyed to the Northumberland Arms, Stretford-road, only a few hundred yards distance, but on their arrival there their wretched charge had become Et corpse.— Manchester Examiner. INCREASE OF HOUSES, &C., IN TU METROPOLIS. —Returns just published by order of the louse of Com mons show that the total number of new houses built within the metropolitan police districts since Jan. 1, 1839, up to the present time, amounts to 64,058; and the number of new streets formed to 1,652,200 miles in length. The increase of population from 1839 to 1849 within the said district, is estimated at 325,904; the total population of the rnetropoiitan district being now about 2,336,960. FRANCE. Surprise is felt that General Raudon should b. spoken of as th e successor to General Rostolan, in stead of sending such a man as General Bedeau to Rome. The President of the Republic reviewed this day, in the Champ de Mars, six regiments of infantry, who have been ordered to different places of the first military districts to perform garrison duty. This is the sole motive for the change. Whatever may have been the doubts entertained previously to the 13th of June as to the fidelity of the army, I am assured on good authority that nothing is more certain than that should an emergency arise (of which there is, happily, no likelihood at this moment) the army would, to a man, defend the Government. The following is the speech delivered by the Mayor of Sens on proposing the health of the President of the Republic : "I propose the health of the President of the Repub lic as a testimony of the lively and profound gratitude felt by the country towards the Head of the Govern ment, labouring incessantly for the happiness of the people who elected him, and for the glory and pros perity of the country—striving to re-establish credit and confidence, to restore the sources of employment, to strengthen the Republic, to protect property, family ties, and religion—in fact, all the great interests of society, so audaciously attacked in our days—and, finally, to efface the trace of our discords. France, who remembers with religious veneration the great things which are done for her, can never forget what he will have accomplished for the well-being of the country. See how his mete presence here has already revived amongst our patriotic populations all the ideas of glory, all the noble sentiments of a past time, the immortal tradition of which will for ever constitute the pride of the high spirited children of France And it is his name, his name alone, which produces that effect, which exercises that kind of fascination which calls to mind all those glo rious reminisences which generate in every heart those enthusiastic bursts of eternal gratitude towards the great man who was able to raise so high the flag of France, and whose all-powerful genius knew how to make of the French nation the first people of the globe. Let me be permitted, Monsieur le President, to offer you, in the name of the population of Sens, of whom I am happy and proud to be the organ, the solemn ex-• pression of the sentiment of lively and true heartfelt joy which they all experience at finding you in the midst of them there are remembrances of this kind which are never effaced! Also, I know not what charm, what sentiments of happiness are connected with certain unforeseen situations in life! Thus, it appears as if we had more faith, more confidence, more security in the future, for the reason that we have seen that we have touched so closely with heart and eyes him who holds in his hands the destinies of the country, and who points out from on bigh by precept, by example, by dig nified and n o bl e l anguage, the dut i es of a good citizen; and it is such citizens that constitute the force and glory of a country. Vive le President de la R‘publiquer " The President then rose and made the following reply : _ _ year ago this day I was exiled—proscribed. I had desired to place my foot on the French territory the entrance would have been interdicted to me. To day I am the recognised Chief of /a grande nation. Who caused this change in my destiny? It was you— it was the department of the Yonne, who, in electing me a representative of the people, recalled me to my country. You thought, gentlemen, that my name would be useful to France. You said to yourselves that, a stranger to all parties, I was hostile to, none, and that, in uniting under the same flag all the men de voted to our country, I might serve as a rallying point at a moment at which parties seemed inveterately hostile one to the other.—(Applause.) The depart ment of the Yonne gave the example, an example which was followed, which was contagious, inasmuch as at a later period France gave me 6,000,000 votes. — (Prolonged bravos.) I have long desired to be in the midst of you. I wished to see with my own eyes those whose suffrages went to seek me in a foreign land.—(Tre mendous applause, and .cries of 'Vive Louis Napo leon!') Ido not thank you for having given me power, for power is a heavy burden; but what I thank you for is to have opened to me the gates of my country. I could have wished to have gone as for as Tonerre, as I should then have been more in the centre of the department to express to it my gratitude, but circum stances and want of time have prevented me from so doing. I deeply regret it. Permit me, then, gentlemen, to give a toast not only to the town of Sens, but to all the department of the Yonne. Believe that I shall always be worthy of the confidence which you have expressed to me in so touching a manner.—(Renewed applause.) To the town of Sens! To all the depart ment of the Yonne!"—(Enthusiastic shouts, and cries of " Viva Napoleon!" " Viva le President!") SCOTLAND. Dundee ••• ••• Kerriemuir ••• Inverness ••• ••, Caven, Roxburghshire (from Aug. 24) ... ••• Wilton, Hawick ••• ••• Beith ••• ••• ••• Crail ••• ••• ••• Ilawiek ••• St. Andrew's ... ••• ••• ••• ...... Total 35 0 General total:— Metropolis 432 43 Country 449 85 Scotland ... ... —• 35 0 General total ... 916 Note.—The number of attacks reported by the union officers are—for the metropolis 444, and for the country 792; but their returns do sot, in general, comprehend the cases that are treated by medical men in private practice. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*3lBl Diseases of Uncertain Beat ... 40 Tubercular Diseases ... ... 162 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 120 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 30 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... .„. ••• ••• ••• •.• 85 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... ••• Diseases of the Kidneys, So. Childbirth, Diseases of the 'Uterus, 3, Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscle. Diseases of the Skin, &c. „„ Malformations... ••• Premature Birth ... •• •.• ... 73 ... 15 ... 14 ••• 7 ••• 2 ••• 7 ... 34 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 37 Old Age • 6.1 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 50 Sudden ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 10 Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance ••• 26 Causes not specified ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 3,183 Population Average Weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-8 1841 Five Sum mers , in the Week. West Districts... 300,711 • • 147 ... 334 North D.,,tricts.. 375,971 .. 191 ••• 332 Central Districts 373,653 ••• 183 ... 415 East Districts ... 392,444 ••• 227 ... 660 South Districts.. 501,190 ••• 260 ... 1,442 Isotals... ..... 1,948,36 9 .•• 1,008 3 , 183 Males - ••• ••• ... 1,460 emales ... ••• ••• ••• 1,723 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... ... 636 Females ... ... ••• ••• ... 665 Total •-• ...1,301 In this number are included 2,026 cases of death by 011,4, ra, 27 by Scarlatina, 52 by Typhus Fever, and 272 by Diarl:hcea. COST OF ARMIF.S.—The Constitutional Correspon dent. by way of refuting the reproaches addressed to Prussia for keeping , j) too expensiv e an army, ma k es the folb,wing comparison: — A soldier costs the state annually in Prussia 62 dollars; i n R uss i a, 68; hiAustria, Austria, 79; in France , 113; in England, 170; and in the United States of North America, 184. Even in the petty states of Germany, u we ll 68 i n S we d en, tLe alnico cost much more ID proport ion thin iu prussis. Paid. ROME. Some accounts state that little zeal is evidenced by the people for liberal reforms, the masses being strangely ignorant. HEREFORD _MUSICAL FESTIVAL. HEREFORD, TUESDAY, SEPT. 11.—The festival has begun with the lull cathedral service and a selection of sacred music, according to custom. Before the service Martin Luther's 100th Psalm was sung by the choir, the principal singer taking the second verse, the first third, and fourth being given in full chorus. The preces, responses, and chaunt of Tallis m ere performed, the unisonous phrases of the old English master resounding through the aisles of the cathedral with solemn majesty. The Te Deum—lianders " Pettingen"—was executed on the whole very effectively, the solo voice parts being allotted to the Misses A. and M. Williams, Miss Poole, Alessi... Hobbs, Machin, and H. Phillips. In the b ass so l o , " Thou art the king of Glory," sung by Mr. Machin, the trumpet obligate was played by Mr. T. Harper. The " Jubilate" was also by Handel—the one com posed for the peace of Utrecht. The general execu tion of this was very satisfactory ; the chorus was strong and effective ; and Miss M. Williams, Miss Poole and Mr. Machin all that could be desired in the vocal solos. After the third collect an anthem, from the Lob and Ehre and Weisheit of John Sebastian Bach, adapted to English words by Mr. Angel, organist of Exeter Cathedral, was given. It consists of five pieces, a chorus, quartet, chorale, and final chorus, and is an interesting example of the simpler style of the master, containing none of those complex elaborations, none of those combinations at once so free, grand, and startling, for which his rnotetts for double choir, his Passion musik, his illissa Solennis in B minor, and others of his choral works are distinguished. The performance of this anthem, in which the solo parts were given to Miss A. 'Williams, Miss Poole, and Messrs. Hobbs and Machin, showed that it had been carefully studied. Before the sermon Dr. Boyce's anthem, " Blessed is he," was introduced, the solos by Miss M. Williams, Messrs. Hobbs, Lockey, Machin, and Phillips. Dr. Boyce's music is getting almost out of date. He was a clever musician, but wholly , destitute of imagination. His melodies are per haps more rhythmical and his harmony clearer than in the works of Dr. Green, Dr. Croft, and other English cathedral composers ; but he exhibits little or none of their ingenuity, and never reaches the moments of sublimity which are to be met with, at rare intervals, in the writings of the elder contrapun tists, who, with all their dry elaboration and mecha nical contrivances, have no equals for grave and lofty intention among the present race of composers. Indeed, the decay of our church music is a matter for serious consideration, and reflects disgrace on all those whom it concerns. Of Mendelssohn's anthem (from Psalm 115) "Not unto us, 0 Lord," which followed the sermon, and was executed with decision, if not with invariable clearness, we have nothing new to say. It contains many beautiful points, much of his peculiar phraseology and instrumental colouring, and a masterly and splendid double chorus, "Not unto us, 0 Lord!" at the end; but we are not inclined to place it among the highest compositions which the gifted author of Elijah has bequeathed to the Church. The solo vocal parts were taken by Miss A. Williams, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. Phillips. Mr. Townshend Smith, conducted the musical performances with judgment ; he is organist of the cathedral, and may naturally be supposed to be thoroughly acquainted with the compositions we have enumerated, which must frequently come under his attention. Mr. Amott, from Glocester, presided at the organ, which, since it has been repairing, stands at the bottom of one of the aisles, at the side of the orchestra, so that, even with the usual expedient of a looking-glass, it is doubtful whether the iperformerstodoor,e can conveniently obtain a sight of the conductor's baton. n. scale, The were,band for and t he ch m or o u s s t , thou h e ff n e o o t t I F v n e . a very grand Blagrove was the leader. when n h t f h u e lle m r t e o a a n l a u t t s r u t o o n n s t a h r e t : first T Theday c s o t h f e a d f r e a s l t ;a; h n aspect yes. w 'h a iß s generally w ol l f e o s r s taitierikriensgultt:hanTohne. a t wn h de e aTtoththhheeeerr, general d ew a rhm y i s co . looks terday dfalv is fine, b l e by the Lord Bishop of Hereford. preachedwgsas .bad, to-day thin TEE VACANT DIOCESE OF NORWICH. -- The vacancy in the diocese of Norwich, occasioned by the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Stanley, will cause the ele vation of the Right Rev. Dr. Graham, Bishop of Chester, to a seat in the House of Lords, while the new Bishop of Norwich will be excluded until another vacancy on the list of bishops takes place. It will be remembered that when the bil pasccl for the erection of Matichebter into an independent episcopal see, it was thought unad visible to increase the number of spiritual peers, and an arrangement was effected by virtue of which the . junior bi s h o p (th e two A rc hbi s h ops and the Bishops o f London, Durham, and Winchester being excepted), xsb hfroi c I , d g .e :a itn 1 s should not have a seat in the House of Lords. Dr. Stanley's death confrrs this privilege upon the . pi d es t e t u e t Bishop of Chester, who has hitherto not enjoyed honour of a beat. It is confidently anticipated tha t Dr. Whewell, Master of Trinity College, Cam f hl s, •! o dg rw e, ic zll f b o e r Dr. Stanley's successor in the diocese of h generalppr 1 c P s r , a d c a. n i d e Cambridge o th f e t e l: P : met: s n ei a G l o th v o e u ru g m h e it ut h b oa been appoint the thought that the a O na bi p l o t i , n .r t n ro a e t; :i l t y be t i o ng E ff n o g m lis c h . diocese of isiorwicti being so intimately connected in many respects w ith that university, th e usual course adopted in such matters will on the present occasion be departed from.