The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-24 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 2y.--\Yin" ttis dr.y a. Loo_i S moili , ratu fple. PLYMOUTH, OCT. inci S. W.—Arrd . Min tee', Kelly, Buenos Ayr,s. Tmatotou'en, OCT. 23.—W ind W.S.W.—Arrd. Sii. ters, Pike, Labrador. OFF PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 23.—Lady Flora, Calcutta. DEAL.—Ai rd. Snowden, Quebec for Scarborough. SUNDERLAND, OCT. 22.—The Tyneside, which was driven on share to the southward et di,: pier, 30th ult., bas been gut off and removed to the North Sand, pre parttory to being repaired. SHIELDS, OCT. 22.—The Verbena was on shore in Frenchman's Bay 30rli ult., has been raised, and laid cn the north side of the liver. NEWPORT, OCT. 23.—The Isda:,lla, of Coik, from St. dohn's, New Brunswick, to 01 ucester, is on si:( re OH the Welsh Hook, outside the harbour; is beneaped, and will discharge her (1 ,, c1e load. OFF TIIE WIGHT, OCT. 21. Flora, Von Mule, Laguna for Bremen. YARMOUTH, OCT. 23.—Arrd. Jane, Brown, Qieb: c. HARWICH, ()cr. 2:3.—A rrd. C eurge, 1 lod gscn , Quebec. 1 3RIDGEWATER, OCT. 23.—Arrd. Fi.vourite, Mock, Prince Edward's Island. ABERDEEN, OCT. 22.—Arrd. Alexander Harvey, Rosie, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 23.—Wind variable and light.— Arrd. 22d, Asia, Hannah, Quebec. 23d, Novelty, Har rison, Buenos .Ayres, sld. 24th Aug.; Simeon Hardy, Gore, I3arbadoes; Araminta, I.lWchiuson, Charleston; James Orr, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; Thomas, Prince Edward's Island. Off Pert, E linonstone, Bombay. The Mischief, from Para, struck on Jordan Flats last tight, was abandoned, and subsequently drove on shore on the Main. where she lies at low water. The report of a brig belonging to Plymouth, last from Queenstown, having gone on shore on Taylor's Bank, is supposed to be incorrect, as the life boat which proceeded to her assist ance could not discover her. DEAL, °c - r.23. Wind S.W. to W.S.W. Arrd. 223, Codrington, Huxtable, Antigua ; Isabel, Antigua; Charles Hamilton, Cuurnan, St. Andrew's, New 13runs wick. 23d. Persia, Stephens. Ceylon ; Rawlings, Har ris, Honduras ; Doncaster, Quebec ; Oriental, Creser, Quebec ; Allen, Brown, Quebec; East London, Quebec; Snowden, Quebec; Highland Mary, Smith, Quebec; Prince Rupert, Herd, Hudson's Bay. Arrd. from the River, 23d, London, Seale, Madras ; Marion, Simpson, Jamaica; Crusader, Honduras. Remaining in the gowns, all well, Islander, Berbadoes. COWES, Ocr. 23. Wind S.W.—Arrd. Feronia, Meyer, Africa, and proceeded for Ilamburgh ; Saturn, Reeves, Havanna') ; Frith of Jensen, Charleston. DARTMOUTH, OCT. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Motion, Burnell, Labrador. SCARBOROUGH, OCT. 22.—Part of a tin vane, painted dark green, and in the form of a dart, was taken on the 20th instant, from a 'vessel's masthead, bearing E.S.E. from Filey four or five miles, and sunk in ten fathoms; the truck in the masthead painted yellow. BRIDLINGTON, OCT. 23.—The Rehobath, from the Tyne to Southwold, was assisted into this harbour last tight in a sinking state. The Clio, of Whitby, arrd. bore 21st instant, rather leaky. YARMOUTH, OCT. 23.—The Darien, of Blytb, Shields, to Rio Janeiro, came into the Roadstead to-day with alight damage, having been in contact with a vessel near the Galloper last evening; she will be refitted in the Roads. The Ann Louisa, of and from Shields to Lon don, came into th e Roads to-day leaky, and landed the captain, who is sick. She has shipped extra hands to assist her t o L on d on. The Sylph, of Shi e ld s, came i n t o the Roads today, with loss of foretop-mast and bow sprit, having been in contact with a barque in the Weld this morning. She will come into the harbour. LOWESTOFT, OCT. 23.—The Ann was assisted into this harbo ur t o -d ay, w i t h cons id era bl e d amage , h av i ng been in cont ac t d ur i ng t h e n i g h t w i t h a l argo vesse l i n ballast., and must repair before she can proceed. MUMBLES, OCT 22.—Arrd, Mayflower, Quebec. 233, Marry Ridley, Clough, Cuba. NEWPORT OCT. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 22d Joseph, Cunard, Williams, Quebec. OUCE' • sTER, OCT. 23.—Arrd. Britoin, M`letyre, St. John's, New Brunswick. BRISTOL, OCT. 23.—Arrd. Wye, Flinn, Rio Grande; Vixen, Cowper, Richibuctn; Pursuit, Evans, IVliriunichi; .o.lert, Quebec. Put back 23d, George, Demerara. PILL, OCT. 23.—Ared. Downes, Itichibucto. MARKET NEWS.-{THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY The present week's arrival of English Wheat for our market, coastwise, has amounted to 1,890 quarters, anostly;from Essex. Very few fresh runs un offer in to day's market, yet owing to the small number of buyers in attendance, the demand fur all descriptions Was in a very inactive state, at Monday's decline in the quotations. The import of foreign Wheat has been confined to 1,440 quarters. Notwithstanding that the supply was small, the trade ruled heavy, sit barely stationary prices. In floating cargoes no sales took place. With Barley, both English and foreign, we were very scantily supplied. Malting parcels mostly bold at full prices ; but grinding and distilling qualities ruled dull. Malt was heavy in the extreme at almost nominal quotations. We had a very moderate show of Oat samples. Most kinds a slow sale, but not cheaper. lloang, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour as last advised. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. Wheat. 13arley Oats, Malt. Flour. Qrs. I Qrs. English ......1 1,890 2,430 Scotch.- Irish Foreigrt Qrs. Qrs. Sacks 900 2,010 1,070 11,440 1.250 5,C00 350 BOSLOUGII HOP 11T.E..X&KET. A portion of the Hop duty has been declared at 45,67218 s Bd. In that amount is included Sussex at 35,25019_s 6d, and Hants 6,666 l 3s 6?d. As the amount exceeds the previous estimate, our market is excessively heavy, at drooping prices. New Mid and East Kent pockets ' 8/ to 101; New Weald of Kent ditto, 61 to Si; New Sussex ditto, 51 to 6l 10s; Farnhams, 10/ lOs to 11/; Yearling Rents, 3/ lOs to 4/ 12s; Yearling Sussex, 2/ 16s to 4/ ss. W'ZITECITAPEL. Our market was excessively heavy, at a general aocline of 2d per Sibs. Beef from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Matton, 23 8d to 3s 103; Veal, 2s 103 to 3s Gd; and Pork, 3s to 4s per Sibs by the carcase. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Chief Baron Pollock and Mr. Justice Cresawell took their' seats on the bench at ten o'clock. TBEE TRIAL or TIIE MA.NNINGS.-012 the application of Mr. Clarkson, the trial of the Mannings was fixed for to-morrow. TIIE MURDER AT CLAPHAM. James Weston, aged 37, described as a labourer, was indieted.for the wilful murder of Maria, his wife, and Lis child Maria Elizabeth Weston. The prisoner gazed vacantly about the court, aad then lapsed into an ap parent state of listlessness. Mr. BODKIN said, in conformity with the proviiiions of the 2d an d 3d Vi ctor i a , h e p ro posed that the jury ahould inquire into the present state of mind cat the ac cused, as there was the strongest reason to believe that, at the time of the commission of the offence imputed to Inn, and at the present time, he was labouring under the influence of insanity, and, therefore, not iu a state of mind to plead to the indictment. Mr. Gilbert M`Murdo, the surgeon to the prison of I \ T ewgate, was then called and deposed that he had re pe,todly seen the prisoner during the last week or so, and had had ample opportunities to judge of the state of his mind. The prisoner was decidedly of unsound mind, and not in a fit state to plead. Chief Baron POLLOCK—HO is not in a state to under stand the nature of the offence with which he is charged. Witness—No, my Lord; he does not think he com mitted the deed. lie thinks the doctor committed it. In deed, he thinks that I did it; and he has had no lucid interval. The jury i mmediately found that the accused was not in a sane state of mind, and, therefore, not fit to plead. The accused, who seemed to be perfectly unconscious of the whole proceedings, was then removed. THE ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT DULWICH. Stephen Alfred Jordan, alias Dorland, 17, described as a painter, was indict , d for feloniously cutting and wound ing Sarah Francis Ewings with intent to murder her. The prisoner is rather a good-looking youth, with a bold conceited face. _ _ _ Mr. BODKIN very briefly stated the case to the jury. It appeared, he said, that the prisoner had paid the prosecutrix attention for some time, and that some talk had taken place about their getting mar ried, but unfortunately before the ceremony was con summated she became pregnant by him, and was so at that moment. Becoming alarmed at her state, and not having seen the prisoner for about a fortnight, she wrote to him on Sunday, the 16th of September, and posted the letter on the following day, upbraiding him with neglect, and saying if she did not hear from him by the following Thursday that she should communicate her ondition by letter to her grandfather and grandmother. . prisoner then wrote to her at her lodgings in Francis -street, Nevviogtou, asking her to meet him on the Thursday, at eight o'clock, at Brixton Church. She did so, and walked with hint to Dulwich, a here they en tered a wood, he having told her that was the neatest way to Croydon, whcre - he said he had taken a lodging i or her. The prisoner, the path being very narrow, led t ' , te gi r l b y t h e h an d, t e lli n g her not to be frightened. t . a then listened attentively, put his arm round her neck, k lased her repeatedly, and cut her threat with a razor. A alent struggle took place between them; he threw he r down, struck her about the face with the att tt-end of a pistol, and then left her. A bonnet, two white pocket-handkerchiefs saturated Rit ,h blood, some articles of female apparel, the bl.ale ant'. handle of a razor which had been broken in the atrt iggle, were found in the wood. In the letter which Ulu prison e r sen t th e girl, ho said, " Don't come if you don' 't bring this letter with you. Don't tell Mrs. Chap man (where she lodged) where you are going to." When a,he met him, he asked her if she was well, and if she had brought this letter, to which she replied in the atfirraative and gave it him. He said he had brought pens, ink, and paper, and that she must write to Mrs. Chapman and tell her that she should hear from her in a day or two, and also one to himself, saying she should see him in a few days. She wrote the letters on a book which he had with him and gave them to hire. Ile then asked her how she came to send him such a threat ening letter, and if she meant it. She replied she did not, and only wrote it to frighten him, and that he was not to say any more about it. It would be for the jury to say, looking at these facts, whether the prisoner was guilty of the offence imputed to him. Sarah Frances Ewing was then called and detailed the facts narrated above. The unfortunate creature was Could scarcely articulate, and looked pale and emaciated. The evidence of the person to whose house the girl "made her way after the outrage, the surgeon, and the T 11 E police officer who took the prisoner into custody, to whom he said, he was at Dulwich the preceding W :Jl(i when told of th =rape, exeLin.r.d, r:t re about it,' having L.,ia gven, and the 1..z.,r pr,ved to have belonged to the prisoner, that a pistol had been in his possession shortly before the occurrence, The prisoner merely sAid, in his defence, that he did not tell the girl to go to the registrar's in order to make the necessary preparations for their wedding, as she had said. She wanted him to come and see her at her lodg ings, on the 25th of July, but he :lid no; go until the 28th. lie went three or four times aft(r, and when he found the state she was in he had nothing mere to do with her; she could not have been pregnant by him, as he did not become acquainted with her until July. She repeatedly sent him threatening letters, Vi hich were the cause of quarrels whenever they met. He did nut cause her to write the letters referred to. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL carefully summed up the e‘i dence and explained the law to the jury—who found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence deferrcd. NEW COURT (Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Mr. Aldt-rman FINNIS ) James Green alias Wei,tworth was indicted for forging a promissory note for 601. It appeared that in August last Mr. Henry Reynolds, a surgeon, of Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, had a house to dispose of in Saville-row, Piccadilly, and that the prisoner applied to him to become tenant of it. Being anxious to know what sort of a person he was, be put some inquiries to him, and received the following particulars:—That he had been engaged for the last two years in a railway survey in the East Indies, the plans of which he would show to him, but they had been lost or mislaid ; that his name was Wentworth, and that he was related to the Fitz william family; that he was con nected with the Northern Counties Coal Company, and had been making a survey of' the mines at Sunderland; that he was related to Mr. Reynold,' neighbour, Lady Augusta Wentworth, and also to Mr. Godfrey Went worth, of Woodley Park, Sheffield. Upon the faith of these representations, and having found that Mr. G.c.dfrey Wentworth was a gentleman well known in the City, the prisoner was allowed to have possession of the house, and shortly afterwards he gave Mr. Reynolds the promissory note which formed the subject of the indictment, sayinEa, that Mr. Glyn and the other City bankers were well ac quainted with him, and would readily discount it. The note was signed "J. Wentworth." It appeared that the prisoner had been convicted at the Old Bailey, under the name of Green; and imtead of bring engaged in a survey in India for two years, he seas surveying fer that period the walls of Coldbath-fields Prison, into which he had been eoi,signed as an inmate. So well did the pri soner play his part that he managed to insinuate him self into the friendship of Mr. Reynolds, and bad more than once been invited as a guest to his house, where he professed to take great interest in the principles of heinceopathy as laid down by Mr. Reynolds. The defence was that there was no forgery, inasmuch as the prisoner had legally changed the name of Green to that of Wentworth, and it was proved that, after leaving prison in May last, he passed as Mr. Went worth, and he did not take the house from Mr. Reynolds until August following. The COM3I3N SERGEANT having retired to consult Mr. Justice Cresswell upon this point, said his Lordship thought there might have been same doubt upon the subject if the prisoner had simply signed the name Wentworth, without making any representation ; but the fact of stating that he was related to families and persons with whom he was in no way connected removed all doubt as to the act, under such circumstances, con stituting a forgery, for his intention was to defraud. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and The COMMON SERGEAPIT sentenced him to transpor tation for fifteen yearn, intimating that he would respite the sentence if the judges upon the rota thought the case was a proper one for an appeal to the court above. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (B:: ore the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) Mary Ann Thomas, aged 33, was indicted for stealing a gown, valued at 55., the property of Mr. ;Jules Vogues, of the Restaurant Franais. in Coventry-street, Hay market, in his dwelling-house. The prosecutor stated that on the morning of the 13th ini . _ ast., being on the first floor, he heard some one coming down stairs from the rcoms above, and looking out he saw the prisoner passing through the private door into the street. He pursued and overtook her, and the gown which he produced and identified, was found under her shawl. The jury found her Guilty, when The ASSISTANT-JUDfin said this was a most remark able ease. The prisoner had been convicted, in July, 1847, of stealing in a dwelling-house; in Nov., 1847, of the same offence; again in Feb., 1848; and in August, 1848, she was sent to prison tor ten days for having been found in a dwelling-house, with an illegal intent. Again, in Oct. she was sentenced to three months' im prisonment, having also, on a previous occasion, under gone twelve months' imprisonment under a sentence passed at the Central Criminal Court, for felony. He should endeavour that those cases should be looked into, for it was monstrous that such people as the prisoner should bo allowed to remain in the country. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) OBTAINING A SITUATION BY MEANS OF A FALSE CBARACTER.-A respectably-attired young man, named Hsnry Crozier, was charged with having obtained a situ ation as grocer's assistant by means of a false character. Mr. Lord appeared for the complainant, Mr. Scn tence;grocer, of Clare-market, and stated that, some time ago, the defendant applied to his client for a situation, stating that he had last lived with Mr. William Webb, a grocer in Blaekfriars-road, who had recently commenced business at Newport, in Monmouthshire. Ho had been into the country as Mr. Webb's assistant, but not liking Newport, he had quitted his service in the hope of ob taining another situation in town. Mr. Sentence wrote to Mr. Webb for the defendant's character, and received a communication in reply, to the effect that what the prisoner had stated was correct, and that he was a sober, honest, respectable, industrious man. Upon the faith of this character Mr. Sentence took the defendant into his service, but he had since discovered that the defendant was not the character he had been represented, while the party to whom he had referred in Newport was William Webb Crozier, his own brother. Mr. Lord added that ho was not is a position to prove these facts now, but he would produce the letter he had referred to, ' and solicit a remand, to enable the complainant to obtain more conclusive evidence of the defendant's past pro ceedings. Mr. - HENRY said he could receive no evidence that was not of a legpl character, and before he could allow the letter to be used the handwriting must be proved in the usual way. Mr. Lircl had only been instructed within the last few minutes, and was not in a position to give that evi dence; but if the defendant were remanded it could be procured. Mr. HENRY presumed the defendant was charged under the 4th section of the 32d George 111., for having offered himself as a servant, stating that he had pre viously lived in another service?—Mr. Lord replied in the affirm:tive. Mr. HENRY said that was not an indictable offence, and the proper course would have been to apply to a magiArate, who had power to adjudicate in the matter summarily, for a stimmons or warrant against the de fendant. _ _ The Inspector informed his worship that when the complainant gave the defendant into custody he told him that- Mr. HENRY, besides doubting whether the defendant could be considered in the light of a servant, such as that contemplated by the Act of Parliament, thought the complainant had acted very improperly in giving the defendant into custody without previously consulting his solicitor. The chargepreferred atainst him was not only not indictable, but did not come within the provisions of the Police Act, and the inspector might have refused the charge. Even had there been sufficient evidence adduced against the defendant, he had no p 0 ,.% er to re mand him; but here there was no evidence at all against him, and the defendant must be discharged, The defendant was accordingly liberated. COLONEL TuomPsort EraTomisED. The best Englibh attender and the best in the whole House, is Colonel Perronet Thompson, who, though now in the 67th year of his age and getting corpulent, and after having served in the navy and army, and after being taken prisoner at Buenos Ayres, and after being Go vernor of Sierra Leone, and after being ambassador and interpreter to the Wahabces, and after writing books on n nt, corn laws, banking, mathematics, and music, and after representing Hull, and after being the unsuccessful candidate for Preston in 1835, for Maidstone in 1837, for Maryichone in 1838, for Manchester in 1839, and for Cheltenham in 1841, and for Hull in ditto, and after being; made a burgess of the town of Cuptr, does now represent Bradford, and after all this during last session, has contrived to be present and to vote at no fewer than 217 out of 219 dtvisions that have taken place—all which shows that the capacity of bearing fatigue in creases with the exercise of that capacity, and that, as in other arts, in the art of attending the House of Com mons, practice makes perfectness.—Fifeshire Journal.— [There is a mistake in the above, for Colonel Thompson was not absent at a division once during the session. The two times referred to aro when ho was one of the Tellers at the divisions.—ED. Sun.] HACKNEY 130011.-RATE COLLECTION.--Yesterday r. meeting of trustees of the poor was held to appoint an additional collector. There were five candidates, and theretultwas declared in favour of Mr. Francis Dalton. The mind, no more than a child, should be trusted out of leading-strings; with judgment t o gu id e , arid discretion to guard, if it does not attain happiness and distinction, it will at least avoid misery tnd disgrace, to which an unrestricted imagination and uncontrolled sen sibility will too often lead.—Eliza Cook's Journal. FIYANCIAL REFOEM MELTINGS.—A series of meetings on the subject of Financial Reform will shortly be held in the notch of England and in Scotland. IL will commence, we believe, with Newcastle-on-Tyne, and include Berwick. on-Tweed, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, and a second meeting iu Aberdeen. Mr. flume, it is expected, will attend these held in Edinburgh and Glasgow. AtisTRIAN ATROCITIES.—A memorial to Lord Palmerston, prepared by Eail Fitzwilliam, on the subject of Austrian atrocities and Hungarian freedom, is now ' being circulated for signatures amongst the Peas and Umbers of the House of Commons of the Liberal party. It urges the Foreign Secretary to use every means in his power to put a stop to the barbarities of Haynau, and to restore to Hungary a constitutional system. 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Shekesnere's Antony cad Cleopfdra was produced I.ere on i\londay in a style of gorgeous splendour and nalaeiticence, which, considering it as a spectacle aalna, tar surpasses anything that has t.rer been done at U is thcaere, even in 'hose days when its sole de pendance was on spectacle. The spectacle has, how ever, been rendered entirely subordinate to the illus tration of the poet, and Mr. Phelps has exhibited a fine classical taste, and a most minute and scholarlike knowledge of Roman costume and manners in the way in which he has put Antony and Cleopatra on the stage. lie has moreover given us, with reli gious care, the text of Shakspere, eschewing the aherations of Dryden and of Charles Kerrible, so that for the first time probably since the days of Charles I. the English playgoer has now an opportunity of seeing Antony and Cleopatra as Shakspere wrote it, and as it was originally acted. The play was strongly cast. Mr. Phelps himself was the A ntony, and he fully entered into the character of that most chival r..us of the Romans, who seems to have been born into the world 1,300 years before his time. We use the word chivalrous advisedly, for Marc Antony was the only Roman who ever appears to have loved as love was understood in the middle ages. Other Romans made of women their slaves, or the mere ministers of their pleasure ; Antony loved Cleopatra with all the self denying love of the most perfect mirror of knighthood ; for her he sacrificed himself and the empire of the world to boot. This love explains all his seeming inconsistencies; his culpable supineness, the tame surrender of his rights at one moment, and his frantic energy and obstinate resistance at another. He loved, loved as we understand love; hence those by whom lie was surrounded, and who understood not love, understood not him, and hence the very contradictory judgments passed by various historians on his character. Mr. Phelps developed this chival rous view of the character of Antony admirably— the high-aiming, magnanimous, valiant, energetic, but most love sick triumvir, was represented to the life. There was a voluptuous yielding in the scenes with Cleopatra, which contrasted admirably with the fiery energy which he exhibits in the camp. The death scene was beautifully acted, and Mr. Graham, who acted Eros, the freedman, who stabs himself to set Antony the example, &serves high commendation for the unobtrusive yet most effective manner: in w Teich he acted up to Phelps in this scene. Miss Glynn, was the Cleopatra, and, although scarcely suffi ciently tender, was yet an admirable representative of the Egyptian Queen in her more energetic moods. Decidedly the most perfect performance of the even ing (we were about to say, at present on the stage, but we recollect Caliban) was the (Enobarbus of Mr. George Bennett. He is the only good declaimer at present on the stage, and his delivery of the descrip tion of Cleopatra's voyage on the Cydnus was one of the richest and most glowing pieces of declamation ever listened to. His acting, too, was fine throughout, it was the acting of a most accomplished artiste and of a scholar, of one whose classical studies enabled him thoroughly to compre hend the Roman character, while his artistical know ledge enabled him perfectly to embody that compre hension. We have not for many a long day seen anything that has gratified us nearly so much as the (Euobarbas of Mr. George Bennett. The other characters were all excellently supported, and the mounting of the play was perfect. The house was crowded to the ceiling, and the applause at the con clusion was enthusiastic. Cbtrei) 91tfitton NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Match, 150, h ft, T.Y.C.—Rhesus received from Ferule. SwcepstAlccs of 50 sort. each. The Nigger ... . walked over. Match, 300, D.M.—Glau a beat St. Rosalia. Sweepstakes of 10 sous• each. Last half of Ab. M. Rose Pompon ... Sisyphus ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... 2 handicap for two yrs old. Dromedary Ainderby filly ... Selling Handicap of 15 sovs. each. T.Y.C. ... 1 ... 2 The Probe P‘ndulttna filly ... ... 2 Sweepstakes; whiner to be sold for 40. T.Y.C. Montpenbier lone ... ... Plate. T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 3501. Strongbow Falcon , ... 2 Sweepstakes for two yrs old; winner to be sold for 701. Malibran filly Cie ... ~. ... .. 1 General Seidlitz ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 HEALTH of LONDON during the WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) In the week ending last Saturday the number of deaths registered in London is 1,028, and shows a further decrease on the returns of previous weeks. The weekly average of five previous autumns, cor rected for increase of population, is 1,162; the de crease on the average, as shown by the present return,. amounts therefore to 134 deaths. This reduction of the mortality is greatest in the districts on the south side of the river ; for the deaths of the week i n this division were 276, whereas the average is 324. The mortality from cholera now rapidly approaches the average, the deaths having fallen from 110 in the previous week to 41 in the last. In the west districts they have declined from 15 to 4 ; in the north, from 7 to 1 ; in the central, from 10 to 6 ; in the east, from 32 to 17 ; and in the south from 46 to 13. There were five deaths in each of the districts of Shoreditch and Bethnal-green ; in all others the number of fatal cases of the epidemic was still less. In the whole metropolis the daily number did not, in any instrnce, exceed 9 ; on 'Wed nesday and Saturday it was only 5. The deaths from diarrhcea and dysentery were more numerous, and amounted in the week to 63 ; in the previous weak they were 105. Of the 14,538 persons who have died of cholera in London in 55 weeks, 6,657, or nearly one-half, died after less than one day's illness (exclusive of the duration of premonitory diarrhoea) ; and of the remainder 2,466 sank under the disease be fore it had reached the second day. At present small-pox and measles are much less fatal than usual; scarlatina was fatal in 41 cases, the average being 64 ; typhus in G 3 cases, the average being 56. The reading of the barometer reached 30.04 in. on Thursday at 9 o'clock A.M.; the mean of the week was 29.89. The mean daily temperature increased from 43 deg. on Sunday to 59 deg. 7 min. on Thursday, and continued at nearly this value during the rest of the week. The highest temperature was 69 deg. 7 min. on Friday. On the first three days of the week the mean temperature was below the average of corresponding days in seven years; in the last three days it was about 12 deg. above the average. The mean of the week was 52 deg. 4 min. CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA ENGLAND AND WALES. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diaraoca, reported to the General Board of Health October 23, 1849 : SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Maul:. Bedford and Turvey Bradford and Nethertown 13tidgewater Burton-on-Trent ... Carmarthen . . Criekhowe 11 (Llanguniden) Dartford (Swanscombe) Dudley (St.dgley and Rowley Regis) ••• ••• Eceleshall (Bierlow) Elham (Hy the) ..• Farnham ••• ••• Iludderifield (Almondbury and ••• '''''.. ... '''' Ale'than)) ••• liunslet,( 13 olbeck, Kirh staii, and Whitk . irk) Leeds Newark Newcastle-on-Tyne ... Oxford ... ..• Pembroke (St. Florence) Portsea (Southsea) Preston (Alston district) St. Faith (SproNvston) . Salford (Regent-road) . South Shields ••• • Stockton (llartlepool) ••• Sunderland (Bishopwearmoutb) Tedcaster (Aberforcl) ..• WaLall (Borough district) ... Wells (Glastonbury) ... Wigan and Pemberton ... Wycombe (Princes Risborough) ••• ''''' • • '''''' ..• '"' .. • .-"'" • • • '''''' • • • ....... ••• .. • • • ......." Total ... ... ... SCOTLAND. Moncton, Renfrew:lire Hawick Ferr:, den, Craig, and Montrose Panbride, Carnoustie . ••• '''''' ... - Total . GENERAL TOTAL. England and Wales ... Scotland • 1.• "..'"." Total ••• ''' NOTE.—The deaths are returned according to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found in' practicable to distinguish every place reporately. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24 1849. • • • ''''' 44 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. TUESDAY'S RACES. F'nty Pounds; for two yrs old, a feather; titres, 7st 51; tone, Bst OIL; live, 9.A 3 ' i ; !ix and aged, 9st ;lb. Thu %).intler, witt t: is .pg:.getnnts, to be sold for 300 gs. if demand..d, &/... Last three miles of B.C. Lord H. Lennox's Little Jaelr, 2 yrs (T. Smith) 1 Lord Exeter's Nutmeg, 2 yrs (Barker) 2 Mr. Greg( , ry's Darnro.k, 2 yrQ (Rickards) 3 Mr. C. Peck's Baron Hill, 2 yrs (Wells) 0 Lord Hammer and Tongs, 2 yrs (A. Davis) 0 Duke of Richmond's Hornpipe, 4 yrs ... ..(Flatman) 0 Batting-5 to 4 sgst Little Jack. Damask and Nut meg went off in advance of their horses, and trade the running to the gap, where it was talun up by Hornpipe; the latter, however, broke down at the lushes, and Damask rtsumed her lead, which she held to the turn of the lands; from this point Little Jack and Nutmeg had tlis race to themselves, the former winning cleverly by two h ngths. He was claimed. Run in 5 min. 56 sec. Sweepsnites of 10 toys. cacti; for three yrs old, 7st 7.b; four, B,t 311_ ; five and upwards, Bst 81b. The winner to he sold for 200 sous. if demanded, &c. Criterion Course. Lord Enfield's Bryce Stmilsfoot, 3 yrs.... .(Flstman) 1 Lord Exeter's Bishop of Remford's Cob, aged Mr. Henry's Thringartb, 3 yrs (Simpson) 3 Sir J. Hawley's Sponge, 4 yrs (Templeman) 4 Lord W. Powlett's Rtar-guard, 3 yrs ...(DLekeray) 5 Betting-6 to 4 ngst Thringarth, 5 to 2 agst Bryce Snailsfoot, and 3to 1 agst The Cob. Won by a length; half a length between the second and third, and Sponge close up. Run in 1 min. 18 sec. Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c ; winners extra; the second to re- ccive 50 sous. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 30 sous. to the judge. Cambridgeshire Course. (One hundred and sixty-two Subs., fifty-niue of whom pay 5 ft. Mr. Meiklam's Raby, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Arnold) 1 Captain Ilervey's Rhesus, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Treen, jun.) 2 Mr. Fowler's Ribaldry, 4 yrs, 7st 10ib (Wells) 3 Mr. Roles Collingwood, 6 yrs, 9st 41b . .(Flatman) 0 Mr. Green's Shyloelc ' 4 yrs, Bst (Wintringham) 0 Major Martyr's The .Moor, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (S. Mann) 0 Lltd Ferrars nit Prior of St. Margaret's 6 yrs, 7st 101 b 0 Mr. Batson's Beauelerc, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Sly) 0 Mr. Lawson's Keleshea, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (M. Arnold) 0 Mr. Herbert's Radulphus, 6 yrs, 7st 41b (Pettit) Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 3 y rs, ist 21b (Pearl) 0 Mr. Payne's Glauca, 3 yrs, 7st Ilb (Dcekeray) 0 Mr. Nieboll's Woolwich, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Hiett) 0 Mr. PedlEy's Cockermouth, 4 yrs, 6:t 101 b (carried 6st 121 b (Walt/field, jun.) 0 _ _ Mr. Verity's Whitstone, 4 yrs, Est 101b...(T Burns) 0 Mr. Wigram's Keraun, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Dean) 0 Sir C. llonck's Vanguard, 3 yrs, 63t 101 b (Charlton) 0 Mr. Osbaldeston'sJoc o' Sot, 5 yrs,6st 101 b (Basham) 0 Lord Clifden's Rathmines, 5 yrs, Est 71b...(G. Oates) 0 Col. Anscn's Backbiter, 4 yrs, fist 71b (G. Harrison) 0 Col. Peel's Vasa, 3 yrs , E st 41b (G. Brown) 0 Sir J. Ilawley's Bacchanalian, 4 yrs, 6st 31b(E. Sharp) 0 Lord Exeter's Glenalvon, 3 yrs, Est (J. Mann) 0 Mr. T. B. Charlton's Kissaway, 3 yrs, 6st (including 61b extra) (H. Hammond) 0 Mr. Payne's Crucible, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Rickards) 0 Colonel Peel's Quinine, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (B. Treen) 0 Mr. Sutton's Crocodile (h b), aged, sst 101 b (E. Ford) 0 Mr. Drinkald's Over-fork-over, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (car ried sit 121 b) (Rodney) 0 Mr. Wigram's f by Harkaway, out of Coranna's dam, 3 yrs, sst 71b (R. Sherwood) 0 Mr. Roberts's Rienzi, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Osborne) 0 Betting-4 to 1 agst Ribaldry, 4to 1 agst Rathmines, 6 to 1 agst Raby, 8 to 1 agst Woolwich, 12 to 1 agst Rhesus, 16 to 1 agst Collingwood, 16 to 1 agst Van guard, 20 to 1 agst Glauca, 20 to 1 agst Over-fork-over, 25 to 1 agst Bacchanalian, 35 to 1 agst Rienzi, 25 to 1 agst Joc-o'Sot, and 30 to 1 agst any other. Won by a length; about a length and a half between the second and third; Glauca close up. Run in exactly two minutes. The Rider of Ribaldry objected against Raby on the ground of a cross. Sweepstakes of 300 soya. each, h ft, one to the post. A.F. Duke of Bedford's Sobraon, Sat 71b Lord Chesterfield's Fertile, 8A 71b Betting-5 to 2on Sobraon. Sobraon made ne&rly all the running, and won by a neck. Run in 2 min. 27 sec. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sow. each, 10 ft; for three yrs old. T.Y.C. Mr. Frankum's Dolly Varden, 3 yrs, 7st 12'b (Pettit) 1 Mr. Payne's Farthingale, 3 yrs, Bst 71h (Flatman) 2 Mr. Newton's Memento, 3 yrs, Bst 31b Mr. Whitworth's Lady Jersey, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b 0 Lord Clifden's Tiresome, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Pearl) 0 Lord Glasgow's fby Lanercost—Canada, 3 yrs ist 410 0 Colonel Anson's Irish Jig, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Charlton) 0 Mr. King's fby Muley Moloch--Pendulum, 3 yrs, 7st 0 Sir J. llawley's Slang, 2 yrs, Gst... (E. Sharp) 0 Mr. Osborne's Snowdrift, 2 yrs, sst 101b...(Osborne) 0 Betting-4 to 1 each agst Farthingale, Dolly Varden, and Slang, 5 to 1 egst Memento, and 5 to 1 agst Pendu lum filly. Dolly Varden made all the running, and won cleverly by a length; nothing was near the first two. Run in 1 min. 13 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 says. each; for three yrs old, 7st 1018; four, Bst 41b; five and upwards, Bst 81b. The winner to be sold for 80 soy& if demanded, &c. Last half of Ab. M. Mr. Burgess's The Hind of the Forest, 4 yrs (J.Sharp) 1 Mr. Lister's Rochester, 3 yrs (S. Mann) 2 Sir S. Spry's Bastilion, 3 yrs (Tasker) 3 Mr. A. Bartley's Laundry Maid, 5 yrs (Sly) 0 Mr. Frankum's The New Era, 3 yrs (Pettit) 0 Duke of Richmond's Highland Fling, 3 yrs (Flatman) 0 Sir J. Gerard's Jest, 4 yrs (Marlow) 0 Lord Stradbroke's Pylos, 3 yrs (Pearl) 0 Mr. Lawson's Pizarro, 6yrs (M. Noble) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst J est, and 5 to I agst any other. Won by a length; all well up except The New Era and Pizarro. Run in 51 secs. Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft; for three yrs old and upwards. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. if demanded, &c. P.M. Mr. Pedley's Chatterer, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ....... ..(Maton) I Lord Clifden's Tiresome, 3 yrs, 7st (Pearl) 2 Mr. Stephenson's Ziska, 5 yrs, 83t 71b ...... (F Butler) 0 Mr. NV aller's Pottirgur, 5 yrs, ist 121 b...( Wakefield ) 0 Lord Exeter's Grace, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ......... (Flatman) 0 Lord H. Lennox's First chance, 3 yrs, 7st (Kitchener) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Chicot, 3 yrs, Est 71b (G. Oates) 0 Mr. Fox's Plebeia, 3 yrs, Est ..............(G. Mann) 0 Betting-7 to 2 agst Chicot, 4to 1 agst Chatterer, and 4to 1 agst Plebeia. Won by half a length, Plebeia and Ziska well up. Run in Imm 46 sec, Post Niatch; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; 300, h ft. R.M. Mr. Greville's Clarissa received Handicap Plate of 1001. for three years old and up- wards. D.I. Mr. Death's Antagonist, 5 yrs, Bst 51b Abdale) 1 Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine, 5 yrs, Bst .••• ...•(Pearl) 2 Captain Feast's Eagle's Plume, 4 yrs, Bst (Wakefield) 3 Lord Clitden's St. Antonio, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Robinson) 0 Mr. Sulton's Sobersides (h b) aged, Bst (Nightingale) 0 Captain Lowther's Tarn Wadlin, 7st 410 (llockeray) 0 Col. Anson's Knight Errant, Est 71b ...(G. llarrison) 0 Mr. Ramsbottow's f by Velocipede, out of Miss Wilfred, 3 yrs, 6st 51b • Sherwoo:l) 0 Mr. Comhe's The Count, 3 yrs, 6st 41b ..... (E. Sharp) 0 Mr. Bowes's The Flapper, 3 yrs, 6st ......(Charlton) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst The Flapper, 4to 1 agst Doctrine, 5 to 1 agst St. Antonio, 5 to 1 agst Antagonist, and 5 to 1 agst Tarn Wadlin. Won by a length; the same between second and third; St. Antonio a bad fourth. Run in 3 min. 54 sec. Match; 200, h ft, D.M.—Lord Glasgow's Canada filly, 7st 121 b, received forfeit from Lord Stanley's Escalade, Bst 71b. NEWMARKET—TUESDAY NIGHT. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Tl.e objection made against Raby by the rider of Ribaldry, on the ground of a cross, came before the Stewards after the races this evening, when, after an examination of the riders of the horses forward at the finish of the race, it was clearly established that no cross had taken place ; the Judge's fiat, therefore, was affirmed. ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. Handicap for two yrs old. First half of Alp. M.— Thu Wren, Bst 7ib—Albreda, Bst-1 by Don John, out of Sister to Ainderby, 7st 101 b— b c by Dromedary, out of thm by Mulatto, 7st 71b. Selling Handicap. T.Y.C. Winner to bo sold for 100/. —K,h.shea, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—c by Cother.tone, out of Mandane, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—Pottinger, 5 yrs, 835 21b—The Probe, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—St. Denis. 3 yrs, 6lt 81b—St. Os wald, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b—h: f by M. Moloch, out of Pendu lum, 3 yrs, sst 10113. Handicap Plate. A.F.—Defaulter, 4 yrs, Bst 71b— Iron Rail, 5 ps, B,t 71b—Flatcatcher, 4 yrs, Bst 793 L , )adstone, 4 yrs, Bst 41b—Dulcet, aged, Bst—Tophana, 4 yri, 7st 121b—St. Antonio, 4 yrs, 7st 111b—Heltcr Sli‘.;ter, 4 yrs, 7st 10ib—Clarissa, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b Creole, aged, ist 71b—Comet, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Champion, 3 yrs, 7st—Glenlyon, 3 yrs, Get 111b—Colocynthis, 4 yrs, 6$ 101b—Sauter - la - Coupe,. 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Mouu seer, 3 yrs, Est 1 1 b — Sir Gilbert, 3 yrs, sst 121 b Cayenne, 3 yrs, sst 71b—The Swift, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Car thagonian, 3 yrs, sst 71b. Sweepstakes ; winner to be sold for 401.; T.Y.C.— Montpensier, 5 yrs—Paquita, 3 yrs—Cigarette, 3 yn— lone, 3 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs old and up wards; last half of Ab. M.; winner to be sold for 2501.—Ploughboy, 3 yrs—Rose Pompon, 2 yrs—Rem nant, 2 yrs—Humphrey, , 2 )rs—Sisyphus, 2 yrs. Subscription Plate; 1.Y.C.; winner to be sold for 3501.:—Abd-el Bader, 3 yrs—Thornhill, 3 yrs—Strong bow, 3 yrs—eh f by Slave, out of Exotic, 2 yrs—Siq phus, 2 yrs—Falcon, 2yr: 3 —Nimrod, by Venison,2 yrs —The Wren, 2 yrs—Subterfuge, by Sir Hercules, out of Thug's dam, 2 yrs. Sweepstakes for three yrs old and upwards; T.Y.C.; winner to be sold for 1501.—Bishop of Rumford's Cob, aged—The Fiddler, 4 yrs—Shropshire Witch, 4 yre— Telegraph, 4 yrs—Bryce bnailsfout, 3 yrs—Thringarth, 3 yrs—Thorntlill, 3 yrs—Chatterer, 3 yrs. Sweepstakes for two yrs old; First Half of Ab. M.; the winner to be sold for 70/.-011 f by Gladiator, cut of Malibran—General Seidlitz —Palinela—ch f by Gla diator, out of Mbar— Mandarin—Ensma—Pausey— Shamrock —Eunuch—c by Ratcatcher out of Espo ranza. FUNERAL or TILE LATE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF.— The remains of the late Dr. i Copl es t one were t o b e in terred yesterday afternoon, n the cathedral of his diocese. His Lordship having also been Dean of St. Paul's, the great bell of this latter cathedral, according to custom msimilar cases, tolled minute time, from one o'clock ill! three. TAXING CARE or NUMBER ONE. -- A negro having purchased a hat was observed to take it from his head on the fall of a shower of rain, and to manifest considerable anxiety to preserve it from the wet. On being remonstra t e d with for his supposed stupidity in thus leaving his laud e x p osed, h e observed, " Hat belong 1 to me--head belong to PAM." GREAT FIRE NEAR LONDON- BRIE GE. A con fLgration, far more tesrful in its const qiiences than that which re ceolly cccurred in Loaded. wall, bunt forth lest evening, about six u'eleelt, in the im mediate vicinity of the _Monument, einios•:, on the very spot at which the great fire of London commenced, and for several hours raged with tremendous violence, consuming a vast amount of property. The promises on which it originated comprised a large clump of warehouses in the occupation of Baiss, Brothers, and Co., the wholesale chemists of and 126, Lower Thames-street, situate in King's Head court, a narrow court leading out of Fists-street hill, about the centre, into Pudding-lane. The buildings extended in depth some sixty or seventy feet, and communicated with the premises of the firm in Lower Thames-street, which were also very capacious, and immediately faced St. Magnus Church. The back warehouses were of considerable height, and the floors were stored with chemicals of every description. Respecting the actual cause of the outbreak no information whatever could be gleaned, excepting that, when the flames sere first observed, they were raging on the ground floor of that portion of the warehouse nearest King's Head-court. Every effort was made by those connected with the premises to stay the progress of the fire at that early stage, but without avail; for, owing to the inflammable nature of the property, the destructive element spread with the rapidity of light ning, bursting forth into King's Head- court, and creating the greatest consternation in that part of the City. Every expedition was used in communicating the outbreak to the fire brigade establishments, and quickly the powerful engines from thp City stations a ere brought to the scene, aided by those belonging to the Custom-house, and eight or nine others attached to the neighbouring wharfs and parishes. Although the interval was short, the work of destruction had proceeded with terrible violence. The flames had extended from floor to floor in the building facing the yard, and the whole structure presented one vivid o w f hi t ls h t e levoeoryphomle moment andent loudd oor s in a mass of fire, th e o il s and var i ous inflammable liquids streaming state, o t u e explo sions were heard from the bursting of turpentine and spirits, terrifying the inhabitants to such an extent that many abandoned their houses, and the panic seized others, who rushed through the streets in the same excited state, a rumour prevailing that large quantities of gunpowder and saltpetre were in the cellars. As soon as the firemen could procure a supply of water, they concentrated their e xer ti ons in preserving a large warehouse belonging to Mr. Adams, an orange and fruit merchant, on the other side of King's Head-court. The flames from the burning building opposite had already penetrated a store in connexion with this warehouse, and it was feared the latter wculd share a similar fate. The narrowness of the court, and the constant explosions, rendered it almost impossible for the firemen to pre vent the flames reaching Mr. Adams's property, for to add to the difficulty the rear of the houses on both sides of the entrance to the court from Fish•street hill had ignited, and the heat was most intense. The men, however, notwithstanding their painful position, kept to their post, and being assisted by others who mounted the roofs of the houses in Fish street-hill, and directed vast columns of water on to the points threatened, they succeeded in preventing the confla gration extending in that direction. Unfortunately the progress of the fire in the opposite quarter, towards Lower Thames-street and the lower portion of Fish street-hill, became most fearful. The whole of the rear of the houses from King's Arms-court to the corner of Lower Thames street, which abutted on the blazing warehouse, had caught, and were lighting up fiercely, while in Thames street the conflagration was spreading still more awfully. The flames had made their way into the front warehouse and premises, four stories in height, of Messrs. Baiss and Co., facing St. Magnus Church, and in a very brief period the entire building was alight from the basement to the roof, sending high into the air terrific volumes of flame. It was then about half-past seven o'clock, and the alarming ex tent to which the calamity was spreading increased the excitement considerably. All the fire-engines con nected with the brigades stationed in London, with two or three exceptions, were collected in the imme diate vicinity of the conflagration, and were brought to bear on every accessible point:The two large float ing engines stationed in the river were brought along side of Fresh-warf, and the hose were judiciously con veyed into Fish-street-hill and Lower Thames-street, thus commanding two sides of the fire, but,notwit'nstand ing the immense flood of water cast upon the burning buildings, no visible effect was apparent. It is im possible to convey any idea of the scene that presented itself at this period. The flames, as the various ex plosions occurred, rose to an enormous elevation, and all the architectural details of the Monument and St. Magnus Church were perceptible at a great ditance ; indeed, the former at times resembled a brazen column. The great reflection attracted vast numbers of persons from every part of the metropolis. London-bridge and all its approaches were densely crowded, and masses congregated along the wharfs and other loca lities from whence the fire could be seen. Indeed, the crowd became so immense that the commanding officer of the troops in the Tower intimated his readi ness to assist the police authorities if required. The City police,- it should be observed, had a most arduous duty to carry out; but when this message arrived they had succeeded in blocking up the streets, and had ' accomplished what was necessary for the operations of the firemen, and the security of life and property. As the body of fire was suppressed in King's Head court, the firemen who had been engaged at that point rendered additional assistance to the force employed in Lower Thames-street, where the de structive element had obtained great ascendancy. It was apparent that a large stuck of chemicals was stored in the upper part of the front premises of Messrs. Baiss and Co., as the flames roared from the windows with a noise only to be compared to those issuing from a burning turpentine distillery. So great was the body of flame that alarm was enter tained for the safety of St. Magnirs Church, and some of the engines had to be brought to bear upon the roof of that sacred edifice to prevent its igniting. At length the flames had eone through the whole of the front warehouse of the 'p firm, and probably it was only owing to the great body of water thrown by the two fleeting engines that the whole of the locality did not share a similar fate. The " float " having an endless supply, the firemen were in a position to have a strong command over the devouring element. It was nine o'clock ere the danger could be said to be at an end. There still remained a great mass of fire in both warehouses, which probably would continue to rage throughout the night. All the engines were kept in readiness to act in the event of a fresh out break. The amount of damage may to some extent be sur mised by the subjoined hasty report, obtained by the brigade at a late hour in the evening, detailing the property destroyed and damaged : King's Head- court—The warehouses of Messrs. Baiss, Brothers, and Co., totally destroyed. Two adjoining tenements, roofs partly burned off, one occupied by Mr. Vialow, plumber and glazier. Two warehouses on the opposite side considerably damaged by fire, the roof of one almost demolished. Fish-street Snowdon, butcher, back part severely damaged by fire. Mr. Route, salesman, back portion and roof burned. The Margate and London Steam-packet Office, Mr. Knott, agent, back part and roof partly destroyed. Mr. Francis, Sun Coffee-house, rear severely damaged. Mr. Hammerton, hairdresser, severely damaged. Mr. Cullum, tobacconist, damaged. Lower Thames-street—Front premises of Messrs Baiss, Brothers, and Co., 125 and 126, totally de stroyed. Eight other homes more or less damaged, three of which are situated in Pudding-lane. The bulk of the property was reported to be insured in several offices, but owing to the confusion that prevailed no accurate list could be obtained. JAMAICA. - PROROGATION OF TEL ASSEMBLY. We have intelligence from Jamaica to the 2d inst., brought to Liverpool by the steam-ship America, which arrived on Sunday night from Boston. This intelligence is ten days later than that brought • by the West India snail steamer Severn. On the 24th ultimo the Import Bill was read a third time and passed in the Assembly. On the 28th his Excellency prorogued the session, on the ground that the Bill for the continuance of the import duties had come before the Legislature in a form in which the Council had determined not to pass it. An address from the Ceulicil to the Governor had been presented, regretting that so much precious time had been consumed in a struggle for retrenchment, and stating that all necessary and usual measures to provide these remedies would receive from the Council an immediate concurrence. The Governor replied briefly, that this address confirmed the hope he had formed of an early settlement of the difficulties and differences of the Colonial Legislature. The consequence of this prorogation of the Assem bly had been that, while the new Import Bill had not passed the Legislature. the old law for levying these duties expired on the Ist of October, and in the ab sence of any tariff, all goods, wares, and merchandise, were entitled to enter free of duty. MURDER BY A LUNATIC AT MELTON HOUSE. — On Thursday last a terrible tragedy was enact©d at Melton Lunatic Asylum. Thomas Sone', one of the patients, suddenly rushed upon William Kidby, another patient, and, after kncelcing him down, jumped upon his head so violently, and so frequently, that the bones of the poor fellow's skull were literally smashed. On Saturday last an inquest was held at Melton, before sir. Wood, when a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was re turned, and the prisoner was accordingly committed on the charge. VINDICTIVE EXECUTIONS IN HUNGARY. (From the Leeds Mercury.) When the gallant Hungarians yielded to necessity, awl abandoned the defence of their native soil against its invaders, the finest possible opportunity was af forded the young Emperor of Austria to remove, or at least:greatly diminish, the hostile feeling of the whole nation whom he professed an anxiety to amal gamate with the rest of his subjects. Hungary lay at his feet ; her noblest sons had surrendered uncon ditionally; and by the universal disarmament of their followers, it was impossible that a fresh revolution could be suddenly undertaken. Under such circum stances, while the public opinion of Europe would have honoured all measures the tendency of which was peaceably to cement that union for the accom plishment of which such costly efforts had been made by the Imperial Government, it could not but regard as infinitely the most efficacious a magnanimous exercise of mercy towards the men whom patriotism, (mistaken though it might have been) and no lower motive, had led to an armed resistance of the novel project. It could not, indeed, be i expected that no punishment would be inflicted upon these parties, but all the circumstances of the case demanded the suspension of that punishment until a legal trial had issued in the conviction of the accused, and also the proportioning of its degree to the claims of sound policy and real necessity. In a young Sovereign especially, who had so lately ascended the throne, one might have looked for proofs of a desire to combine humanity with firmness in dealing with those who were defenceless. Unhappily for his con quered subjects, and unhappily fur his own character, the advisers of Francis Joseph induced him, when the war was ended, to place in the hands of General Haynau unlimited power over the lives and fortunes of those whom but for foreign help that commander could never have subdued in the field. This abandon ment of its own responsibility and functions by the Austrian Government, in favour of a man whose name had become execrable for cruelty the world over, was either a grievous error or a delibe rate crime. In either case, but especially in the latter, (which we believe to have been the fact) that Govern ment laid itself open to the charge of countenancing any future indulgence of Haynau's natural propensity for blood; and by putting it within his power to perpetrate the atrocious acts of which he has since been guilty, his employers have made themselves partakers of an infamy which will be indelible. The news of the week from Hungary is most painful to read, even at this distance. In that unhappy country, and throughout the Austrian empire, the events that have transpired have caused men's blood to boil and their ears to tingle. Military commissions appointed by llaynau, and of course consisting of his creatures, have sat in judgment at Arad and in Pesth on upwards of a dozen of the Hungarian leaders who had fallen into their hands ; and these men, distinguished only for patriotic valour, have been sentenced to an igno minious death by the very officers with whom they were lately at war, and whose inflamed passions rendered them the least fit of all parties for the discharge of judicial functions. The consequence could only have been one, viz. : this hasty verdict of guilty, followed by a sentence of death upon the accused. The doom pronounced has been executed, and in many instances with the bitter addi tion of degradation to punishment, by being changed from shooting with powder and ball (the ordinary capital penalty inflicted on military men) intohanging, which is never adopted but with the vilest criminals. Partizans of the Austrian Government—of whom, happily, there are scarcely any in this free country— may attempt a feeble apology for it by referring to the powers given to Haynau, and laying the blame of undue severity on that officer. We have shown that such a defence is inadmissible; but were it even conceded that apprehension of future revolt might palliate this wholsale extermination of the patriot chiefs, one event has taken place, which the very organs of the Austrian Government condemn, and the civil:zed world execrates. This is the murder of Count Louis Batthyany at Pesth, by order of Haynau's court-martial there. The circumstances of this case are as follows :—Count Louis Batthyany, a member of one of the noblest Hungarian families, was named by the Archduke Palatine Prime Minister of his native country early in 1848, and for several months endeavoured by his influence with the Austrian Court and with his fellow-countrymen, to reconcile the differences which had sprung up between them, though a jealous regard for the rights of Hungary as a separate kingdom prevented his assenting to any conditions inconsistent with those rights. He was, in fact, his country's champion, and yet with the strongest desire that her liberties should be secured constitutionally rather than by warlike measures. Under his auspices the celebrated Kossuth rose into notice. At length the Count's hopes were dashed to the ground by the unlawful dissolution of the Hunga rian Diets, and when the breach with the Court appeared irreparable, in consequence of its evident resolution to carry its point at all risks, Batthyany, along with other magnates and multitudes besides, took up arms. Windischgratz was dispatched to quell the revolution —with what want of success is well known. Before the disgraceful defeats of that General, however, Louis Batthyany, on behalf of the patriots, demanded a parley on the 4th of December last. The interview took place, ' and was ineffectual - but when leaving Pesth, Batthyany was seized and thrown into prison. He was subsequently carried to Austria or Moravia, and kept in close confinement ; and not until the fol lowing October was there any public step taken against him. At the beginning of this month he was conveyed back to the Hungarian capital, and there condemned by court-martial to be publicly hanged on the 6th instant. This date was doubtless fixed by Haynau in consequence of its being the anniversary of the revolution at Vienna, and under the idea of striking terror in the Austrian capital as well as throughout Hungary. The courage of the unhappy noble man was not sufficient to brave the gallows, and he therefore attempted suicide. The wounds were, however, not fatal, but they were such as to pre clude the possibility of his being hung ; and consequently he was shot in the presence of a dense and deeply-sympathising crowd, proclaiming with his latest breath his love for Hungary. As we have said, this atrocious murder produced, when first heard of at Vienna, a perfectly appalling effect: its influence in Hungary will not be spent for many years to come, and that influence will be the very reverse of what the authors of the deed anticipated. The executions at Pesth are still proceeding, but every drop of blood which is now shed will be the seed of a yet inure bitter and resolute hatred among the Hungarians of the Power which sanctions its effusion. The atrocities of Haynau inspire us with joy that Kossuth and his companions are not within his clutches—an event which could not now occur without bringing double dishonour on the Power which should give them up. It is apparently true that Bern's hatred of Russia has led him to the un justifiable step of professing Mahommedanism, in which he has been joined by a few of his associates; but the great body of the exiles at Widdin have heartily responded to the impassioned appeal of Kossuth to remain faithful to the Christian religion. Most happy should we be to know that these high minded patriots had escaped wholly from their pre sent position and found refuge in our own country. There is yet no reply afforded by political events I to the questions respecting their ultimate destination, and the mutual relations of the Powers which take opposing interest in their fate. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) The cold-blooded murders which, at Pesth and Arad, are being perpretrated by the agents of the ruffian crew whom, under the abstract appellative of " Austria," the Times has, for the last twelve months, been hounding on in their infamous, but alas! too successful efforts to crush, by the help of Russian bayonets, the liberties of Hungary, will serve to open the eyes of such as may have been blinded through the studied misrepresentations of our contemporary and his coadjutors, to the real merits of the Hun garian struggle, which he who runs may now read in the character of the tyrant Camarilla, as developed in its deeds. It is as vain for absolutist journals to attempt to make subordinate officers the convenient scapegoats who are to bear all the responsibilities for atrocities that lie at the door of the Austrian Cabinet, as it is to charge on the Neapolitan police—which they hesitate not to do—the wholesale political arrests that are daily taking place at Naples, by order of the King and his Government. There is no disguising the fact that the despot power which calls itself" Austria" has forfeited all moral claim to the title. The blood of Count Louis Batthyany cries to heaven for vengeance on the house of Hapsburg, and the prayer breathed by the expiring patriot, " Eljen a haza 1" long live my country ! —can only find its responseA the downfall eef a dynasty, whose last bloody acts to overflow the cup of its oppression and injustice. Nearly a score of Hungaarniadn„nAobulestrarieanshave already perished. by rope or rifle; tiger-thirst for blood is still unappeased. The butcher Haynau ank i his sanguinary satellites are sharp practioners. They dispatch business by dispatching their prisoners, an d - execute judgment . b y executing generals. The mem bers of the Austrian Camarillo have studied to littl e purpose the maxims of Machiavelli, else might they have learn ed of him that it never yet was a wise thing to make men desperate, for one who hath n o hope of good bath no fear of evil." H ungary, as she sees her best and bravest made food for the gibbet, will have small faith in the constitutional promises of the conquerors who turn their hour of victory to the uses of horror. All historical analogy warrants the inference that the hideous and hateful course pursued by Francis Joseph and his advisers is of all others the one most calculated to make the Hungarian nation borrow courage of despair,; and demonstrate, by a renewed and universal call to arms, that they prefer the perils of the field to the iniquities and miseries of martial law. For, in truth, this " execu tion," as it is called, of Count Louis Batthyany (to say nothing of the other crimes for which "ilustrie stands amenable) is one of the most flagrant and diabolical acts of inhumanity and injustice that was ever perpetrated by the worst of tyrants, in the worst of times. Prime Minister of Hungary, during his term of office Patthyany was distinguished by the highest qualities of statesmanship; but, above all, by a tenderness and moderation of temper and feeling which sensitively shrunk from achieving even the cherished independence of his country by the sword, until all peaceful means of securing the issue had been exhausted. The sentiment which prompted all his actions was that which Schiller puts into the mouth of a patriot Swiss on the brink of his country's struggle with this same House of Hapsburg : "Eh' ihr zum Schwerte greift, bedunkt es wohl! Ihr Ramat es friedlich tia - it dem Kaiser schlichten." Battyhany was not taken as a prisoner of war, but kidnapped as an envoy of peace. Ten months ago, as member of a deputation from the Diet then as sembled at Pesth, he vol un t ar il y entere d the tent o f W indischgratz, the bearer o f a propos i t i on f or an amicable adjustment of the national quarrel. It was not to be expected, however, that an Austrian general should respect a flag of truce; and 13atthyany was, accordingly, contrary to all the usages of civilized warfare, arrested and hurried away to an Austrian dungeon, his release from which, after about a year's immurement, was but the prelude to his being sent to Pesth, there to be dealt with according to the tender mercies of Haynau. The completion of the tragedy we know. A drumhead court•martial sentenced him to a felon's fate; the rope, however, being cheated of its prey, and powder and lead substituted as the in strument of death, in consequence of an ineffectual attempt !at suicide having so far disfigured the pri soner's person as to render inexpedient his exposure on a public scaffold. We shall be much surprised if the detestable policy of the Austrian Camarilla do not precipitate a crisis in Hungary. it is a mistake to suppose that the nation is subdued. Externally, indeed, resistance is at an end for the pre sent; but the spirit that spurned the yoke still burns in the breasts of the Hungarians. They but bide their time. Russian physical force was never destined to settle the question of Hungary's independence, which is only postponed to a more convenient season. In this respect the Hungarian question does not differ from any of the other great national ques tions that have agitated Europe during the revolu tionary period. Outwardly things seem to have returned to their former position, and the status quo appears to be fairly re• established. But it is all a vain show. Nothing has been really settled. All is yet in ferment. The Roman question, the Sicilian question, the Austro Italian question, the Scheswig- Holstein question, the German question, and even the question of a French Republic remain to be solved. Europe still slumbers on the brink of a smouldering volcano, and is liable, at any moment, to be startled by the fury of a fresh eruption. CHOLERA. Dr. King has addressed a further communication :o the Earl of Carlisle, of which the following is a copy : My Lord,—ln my communication of the 12th instant I recalled to your mind the hot blast which swept over the Goodwin Sands, and felled to the earth the strongest and healthiest men, marked with the disease then raging as an epidemic, and known by the name of cholera, and I narrated similar blasts which had similarly marked the inhabitants of Salis bury and Walworth. I have now to direct your attention to one of the great laboratories where such blasts are generated—the Warwick-street and Kenilworth-street sewers. In this great laboratory, that process of decompo sition and collection of gas has been set up for two long years which is daily in operation in the labora tory of every chemist: the means adopted by the chemists 'and the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers being the same, a trough as a digester, and ar.d an inverted cylinder as a receiver. The only difference is, that in the one case the receiver is placed perpendicularly, and in the other case hori zontally, to the trough—the Warwick•street sewer representing the trough, the Kenilworth-street sewer the receiver, of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers. Into the great Kenilworth- street gas receiver the three unfortunate sufferers, Attwood, Pert, and Gee, entered about mid day, when it was warmed by the heat of the sun, which shines all day long upon its termination—and this day a thermometer submitted to it indicated a temperature of 96 degrees and fell lifeless on their faces without a struggle; a death so instantaneous, that their hats remained on their heads—a death so complete that even that muscular effort was denied to these powerful men that the new-born infant is permitted to exert to save itself, the moment it has entered upon its new life, from threatened asphyxia, consequent upon its lying on its face. In this great gas receiver—the re ceptacle not only of the gases generated within itself in an extraordinary degree, owing to its position with regard to the sun's rays, but of the gases generated in the Warwick-street sewer—was eliminated and re tained not only large quantities of sulphuretted hy drogen gas, but the vapour of prussic acid, and I am bold enough to say, unknown gasez—gases that have, in all probability, destroyed insidiously the unfortu nate men upon whom a jury is now sitting. I say insidiously, because the companions of Attwood, sen sible of his keen smell, maintain that the gas that killed him and his two companions (Mr. Wells and Walsh)—and modified to a degree o w i ng t o th e in d troduction of atmospheric air from the breaking' down of the crown of the receiver or bricked-up termina tion—was one that he knew not the smell of; gases which I am satisfied generate colera—smell-less gases—directly emanating from the sewage, and immediately imparting the blue colour characteristic of that fatal disease. In the pent-up sewage, in a particular state of de composition, in the Kenilworth-street sewer, man dies the death of blue asphyxia, in the same pent-up sewage of Pilgrim-street, Walworth, and Lovegrove street, Camberwell, and Garden-court, Windsor, man dies the death of bluo cholera. Are not the terms blue asphyxia and blue cholera merely distinctive, and not differential. Of the gaseous origin of cholera I am as thoroughly convinced as I was on the 10th of September, whey I addressed my third report to the Board of Health on the state of Lambeth, Newington, and Camberwell when I first broached these views, which were re peated in my fourth report, dated two days subse quently, in order to urge upon the hoard that remedy which I considered necessary to mitigate the sufferings of the nfHicted, if not to save them from death. It is not with the intention, however, of still further directing your attention to these reports — for your Lordship has informed me that you have these reports under consideration—but of praying you to continue your exertions in sanitary reform in the direction of the sewers, notwithstanding your separation from the Metropolitan Commission, to whose charge the all-important subject of sewage is delegated; exertions absolutely essential as long as that commission refuses to recognise science, and— ' neglecting to follow the example of the brewer, who has long since abandoned the human finger, in ascer taining the precise time for drawing off the wort, for the less perishable and more certain test of the ther mometer—still uses man to detect by smell the pre sence of destructive gases into the history of which the most advanced chemistry only supplies us with a glimmer of light. I never beheld a more beautifully developed nasal apparatus, and a more strongly marked illustration of blue asphyxia—and ethnological research has long been my favourite study—than the sufferer Attwood presented to my view ; and but for vulgar prejudice, deeply rooted in the poor widow of the unfortunate man, 1 should have preserved on canvass a record of one of the most remarkable phenomena of the epidemic, which we hope has now passed away. The errors which have been commmitted in the construction of the Kenilworth street sewer, will form the subject of a letter addressed by me to the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers. As long as plague, pestilence, and famine surround me in my daily haunts, I hope your Lordship will Le pleased to bear with me, and allow me to subscribe myself your Lordship's most obedient and very humble servant, RICUARD hING. 17, Saville row, Oct. '2O, 1849. POSTPONEMENT OF THE SECOND INSTALMENT 01' THE HOP DUTY.—The payment of the second instalment of the hop duty duo next month has been postpcned until October, 1850, the usual bond being required. The payment of the first instalment of the 1848 duty com menced yesterday week at Town Mailing, and has con tinued throughout the Nvetk in the different districts, and the growers generally have paid the duty.—llluid stone Gazette. EAST SURREY REGISTRATION. -- The Revising Barrister (S. C. C. FiA, Esq.) for the Eastern Division of Surrey concluded the revision of the county lists yes terday morning, at the \Vorkhou e CommitLe-reom, Bermondsey. The subjoined figures exhibit the number of electors on the register now in force, the number of them expunged, th e c l a i ms a ll owe d , and the number of electors for the electoral year, 1849-50, namol3 :—The number of electors on the register for 1848-49, 6,351; of them expunged, 561; the rest of electors, 5,790; add claims allowed, 598; the number of electors for 1849-50, 6,388; increase, 37. Of the number expunged 234 will be on the new register, and 155 t -are deceased. RESIGNATION OF MR. SEM I EANT MURPHY.—WO are authorised to state that the friends of Mr. Sergeant Murphy have formally withdrawn that gentleman's name from the list of candidates, as it is not their intention to persevere in a contest, and thereby divide tho Liberal interest. This decision settles the election of Mr. M'Carthy, and secures the triumph of national principle and political purity; for of the chance of the Conserva tives we have not the shadow of a fear, as they have not the shadow of a hope.—Cork Examiner. An immense turnip, weighing 27ilbs., and measuring 3 feet 7 inches in circumference, was brought to our office on Friday. It was grown by Mr. William Robinson, of Eastham, and is called " Skirling's Purple Top Turuip."—Liverpool Mereut >- ) •-• 1 - ) --- 3 ) •-• ) -- ) - 0- D--. 0 -- 0 ,0 --- 0 - 0- 0- D - ;0 -0 to to to -- to -- to to to to -- te - to —•