The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-27 00:00:00

TII E LAYING OF TilE FIRST STONE OF TuE NEW CITY PRISON. Yesterday the first stone of the great City Prison at Holloway was laid by the Right Hon. the Lord M tyor. His Lordship left the Guildhall soon after two o'clock, in his private carriage, for the ground, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Catley, his Lordship's chaplain, Dr. David Williams Wire, the chairman of Prisons Committee of the corporation, and Alderman Challis, chairman of the committee of the Court of Aldermen. Several carriages, conveying the sheriffs and the sheriffs elect, members of the Court of Aldermen, and members of the Prison Committee and officers of the corporation followed, and the cortege arrived at the tent erected on the area ap p,Jinted for the ceremony soon after three, and were received by Mr. Bunning, the city architect, under whose s uperintendence the stupendous building is to be erected. Many of the visitors were surprised upon approaching the twelve acres and a half which constitute the area of the building, to see the gover nor's and the chaplin's houses and the wall by which the sshole building is to be surrounded already raised. The governors and principal officers of the great criminal prisons of the metropolis were present during the ceremony. Upon approaching the stone, the Lord Mayor re ceived the various coins of the present reign which were to be deposited in the stone, and the trowel, from the hinds of Mr. Bunning, who at the same time pre sented Mr. D. W. Wire with the mallet, and Mr. Alderman Challis with the level. Mr. HENRY WevroN, who officiated for the town clerk, then said : The following is the inscrip tion engraved upon the plate to be deposited in the stone : " The first stone of this building, erected by and at the expense of the city of London, intended for the reception of convicted prisoners, was laid on the 26th day of September, 1849, and in the thirteenth year of the reign of her Majesty Queen - Victoria, by the Right lion. Sir James Duke, M.P., Lord Mayor, assisted by David Williams Wire, Esq., chairman of the committee of the Court of Common Council, and Thomas Challis, Esq., alderman, chairman of the committee of the Court of Aldermen, appointed to supsrintend the work, and the members of the Court of Aldermen and of the Court of Common Council Upon the Prisons Committee. May God preserve the City of London, and make this place a terror to evil doers.' " The stone, which weighed four tons and a half, was then slowly lowered, and his Lordship having used the trowel in a singularly skilful manner, it was ac curately fitted to its destined position by the architect. Mr. Wire then struck the stone with his mallet, and Mr. Alderman Challis ascertained with his level that the operation was perfect. The LORD MAYOR, standing over the stone, ad dressed the meeting in the following manner :—I hope I may be excused for making a few observations upon this remarkable occasion. I have been honoured, as the first magistrate of the city of London, by an invi tation from the Prisons Committee of the Corporation to lay the foundation-stone of perhaps the largest and most expensive building ever undertaken by them. The corporation of London have been always desirous to do all in their power to promote the public welfare, by adding to the security of life and property, as well as by co operating ',in other ways for the accomplish ment of great national objects. They therefore yielded to the wishes of the Government in under taking to erect the building which I have just com menced. It is no source of congratulation that there exists a necessity for a prison of more than ordinary dimensions. It is far otherwise. But it is a source of gratification to be assured that the moment the melancholy necessity had arrived, the city of London entertained too deep a sense of its duty to hesitate as to the adoption of measures calculated to meet the exigency. I cannot, however, help saying that as this is to be a place for the reception of other cri minals besides those who must be punished as offenders in the city of London, I expected that the Government would have made no trivial contri bution towards the payment of the heavy cost it entails upon the corporation.—(Bear, hear.) This prison is to be the substitute for one which was built as a model prison by the City under the superintendence of a great philanthropist who tra velled into distant countries with the noble object of ascertaining the means of alleviating the sufferings of his fellow-creatures. Giltspur street Compter was considered by Howard to be admirably adapted to the intentions and wishes of the benevolent towards their unfortunate fellow creatures. A day, however, has arrived in which defects appear of such a cha racter as to call for extensive and permanent altera tion, and I hope and trust that the structure we are now engaged in raising will afford us facilities of im proving the prison system, by enabling us to classify, so that the reformation as well as the punishment of criminals may be more satisfactorily carried into effect.—(Hear, hear.) It may be supposed that as we have been called upon to build a spacious prison, crime must have greatly increased; but if we look to the increase of the population we cannot arrive at Such a conclusion. If, too, we look at the compara tively easy and prompt detection of crime by an ex• perienced and well-regulated police, who catch hold of and expose the very smallest offences, we cannot assert that those of greater magnitude have become more numerous; on the contrary, we may congratu late ourselves on the fact that though a heinous de pravity now and then starts up to shock and afflict us, the crimes of the present day are not of the fero cious character of those of former periods. This softening down of the practice of iniquity is chiefly attributable to the diffusion of education, more parti cularly of religious education, impressed and incul cated as it is by the zealous teaching of our clergy, who are incessantly pointing out to men the essential points of their duty to their Maker.—(Hear, hear.) I have said thus much to show that though there is occasion for more accommodation, the necessity does not arise from the increase of crime. I do not see that there is any necessity for detaining you longer by any remarks of mine. I hope the Almighty will look down with a blessing upon the object we have in view, and I hope that this structure w ill be pointed at as a memorial of the philanthropy of the corpora tion of London, and that it will not only be, as the inscription indicates, " a terror to evil doers," but a means of accomplishing the blessed work of reforma tion,—(Cheers.) I now give way to my chaplain, Mr. Catley, who will read to you a prayer which he composed for this occasion, and with which this ceremony will terminate. The Rev. Mr. CATLEY then emphatically read the following prayer, which was listened to with the most solemn attention Almighty Lord God, the preserver of all men, the Saviour and sanctifier of the world, look down in mercy upon this solemn ceremony, at which thy humble creatures unite in prayer. " We confess that, in proportion as we have multi plied as a nation, we have also multiplied in crime. But, conscious of thy righteous indignation against sin, we would erdeavour to restrain its power and to avert its terrible consequences. " We deplore the necessity of the institution which will be raised upon this foundation-stone. In this solemnity we are reminded how we all deserve thy displeasure, and how earnest should be our personal endeavours to strive to enter in at the straight gate of thy gospel kingdom. " But we heartily join in a prayer of faith, that through the increase of knowledge, through the preaching of thy word, by the efforts of individual philanthropists, through the union of all believers, and through the meditations and prayers of thine ancient people Israel, the time may come when our beloved country may turn heartily unto thee 0 Lord, when crime shall be abhorred, when the sorrows of the prison-house shall be known no more, when moral misery shall cease and godliness and virtue abound. " And while we pray that this our labour may be abundantly rewarded, grant that the day may come when these abodes of misery and these cells of woe may be deserted and untenanted, and be viewed only as memorials of a state of society long passed away. " Accept our earnest prayer for our most gracious Queen, for her Majesty's Royal Consort, and for all the branches of the Royal house; for all assembled here, the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and for all that bear office in that body ; and may our voices ascend, oh, heavenly Comforter, to the footstool of thy throne, for Jesus Christ's sake our Lord." The moment the prayer was concluded the Lord Mayor, aldermen, committee, and officials entered their carriages and drove to town. The proceedings gave great satisfaction to all pre sent. The prison is intended for the separate confine ment of 400 convicted prisoners, and has large work rooms attached. It can also be made available for the confinement of prisoners on the congregated system. The building is to be in the castellated style of architecture, and the main fronts are to b e f ace d with Kentish ragstone. A tower of considerable height will form a pro minent feature, and by it the whole of the prison is to be ventilated. On each side of the main approach to the prison, and fronting the Camden road , a hand some dwelling-house, faced with red brick and Caen stone, will be erected as residences for the governor and the chaplain. The entrance gateway and the porter's lodge will also be in the castel lated style of architecture, faced with Kentish rag stone. The front portion of the main building, which will stand at a considerable distance from the road, will consist of a centre building, containing in the basement reception cells, bath rooms, examini rooms, fumigating rooms, furnace rooms, and the principal staircase to the ground floor, which will contain offices for the governor, the magistrates' room, and rooms for the medical officer and chaplain, and also separate visiting places, in which the prisoners may be allowed to see their relations. . On this floor will be a spacious corridor leading to the portion of the prison to be appropriated to adult prisoners, and above will be the chapel, arranged to contain separate enclosed seats for the prisoners, so contrived as to prevent the possibility of communication, either by s i g ht or converse, during the service. There will be also in this compartment an organ loft and a gallery for the governor and the officers of the prison. The right wing of the front portion of the building will be appropriated to the separate confic ement of female prisoners, containing reception cells, matron's rooms, bath room, punishment cells, and the laundry ; and the left wing will be fitted for juvenile prisoners, with workrooms and schoolrooms attached. Connected with the centre building, and diverging therefrom, will be four main wings, which are to be appropriated to the employment of adult male pri soners, containing in the basement the kitchen department, officers' mess rooms, punishment cells, plunging baths, and store rooms, and the ground floor and two stories above containing separate cells for confinement. Each wing throughout the prison will contain a condor the entire length and height of the building, wish a projecting gallery on each story above the ground floor for access to the cells, and iron staircases leading thereto. The whole of the building appropriated to the confinement of prisoners will be entirely fire-proof, and the floors will be formed with a-phalte, with which alto the roofs of the cells and corridors will be covered. The cells will be well lighted, and thoroughly warmed and ventilated by means of flues formed in the walls, and each cell supplied with water and other conveniences for the use of the prisoners. A well has been sunk, for the general use of the prison, into the chalk, so that a constant supply of spring water will be afforded. Attached to the prison will be spacious airing yards, and the whole area, which contains about twelve acres of ground, will be inclosed with a high boun dary wall. WEST SURREY ELECTION. It will be recollected that the nomination for this division of the county of Surrey took place on Sa turday last, end that the days of polling appointed by the Sheriff were Tuesday and Wednesday, the 25th and 26th instant. The result of the first day's polling having left the Liberal candidate in a small minority, it appeared that he declined to pursue the contest farther. An intimation to that effect was made to Air. Evelyn's committee, and, as it would appear, to the High Sheriff, for the polling. booths in the various districts were without the usual officials to receive the votes of electors on Wednesday. Such was the case at Godalming, as would appear from the following statement and protest of Mr. Low, of Gracechurch•street, who contends that the return of Mr. Evelyn is vitiated by this laches on the part of the High Sheriff:—" I went this morning to vote for one of the candidates for Member for West Surrey, and on proceeding to the polling booth I was told that one of the candidates had resigned. The Sheriff took upon himself to close the poll at the end of one day, the law requiring two days' poll for a courty. I therefore served the Sheriff with the following I, James Low, of No. 30, Gracechurch street, in the city of London, a freeholder of the western division of the county of Surrey, in the presence of James Foster, of Godalming, grocer, proceeded to the polling booth in Godalming, ap pointed to - receive the votes of the voters for that division, for the election of a Member to represent the western division of Surrey in Parliament, to tender my vote, on Wednesday, this 26th day of September, 1849, at ten minutes before nine o'clock, A.m., and found neither returning officer nor poll clerk to receive my vote. In consequence of which I hereby protest against the legality of the said election. The Sheriff naming the election to commence on Tuesday, the 25th of September, from nine o'clock, A.M., to four o'clock, P.M., and on Wednesday, the 26th, at eight o'clock in the morning, finally closing at four o'clock, r.si , dated this 26th day of Septem ber, 1849. " To William Francis Gamal Farmer, Esq., Sheriff for the county of Surrey, Nonsuch Park, near Epsom. " Witness—J. L. Foster." " ' JAMES Low. MR. MORE O'FERRALL. TO THE EDITOR OF TUE DUBLIX XYZNING POST. Sir,—As Lord John Russell's reply to Mr. Hume may be regarded as the end of the controversy, I wish to condole with the Morning Herald, and ad minister to him, or the Old Lady, all the consolation I can on the loss or withdrawal of so fruitful a source of filling-stuff during this dull Parliamentary recess. For the last two years the Herald has, from time to time, been personally abusing and attacking Mr. More O'Ferrall. From the very commencement the writer descended to the calling of all sorts of names ; and pertinaciously inquired, over And over again— " Who is this Mr. O'Ferrall ? Who ever heard of him until he was pitchferked from the Bog of Allen into the Treasury, the Admiralty, and finally ap pointed Governor tied Commander - in Chief of MMalta ?" Now, Sir, any person at all acquainted with the history of cur gentry knows that Mr. O'Ferrall is an Irish gentleman of ancient lineage and highest family connexions, possessing large hereditary estates, which are so managed, under his direction, that while they are highly valuable to the proprietor, the tenant lives in comfort, security, and independence, and the la bourer in full remunerative employment. The young people are educated with care, and the aged are cherished with the most considerate benevolence. He is a Roman Catholic gentleman, not ashamed of his religion, but, on the contrary, rather scrupulous in the observance of the duties it enjoins; at the same time that he has been living all his life among Protestants, many of whom are his most intimate friends, on terms of unrestrained confidence. Thus much for the first interrogatory of the Herald.—Now for the second—" Who ever heard of him," &c. &c. To answer this fully and satisfac torily, I beg to refer to an authority to which I am sure all the employee in Shoe-lane will bow with due deference, and behold how egregiously their master has put his foot in it. Please, Mr. Editor, just turn to the file of the London Morning Herald, of 26th August, 1830—nineteen years ago—and see how his Irish Correspondent notices and reports the gentle manly bearing and intelligence of the newly-elected Member for Kildare : .6 Mr. More O'Ferrall, the new Member, is a young man of prepossessing appearance, and gifted with con siderable abilities. lie is going to a place where, no doubt, his talents will be fully recognised and appre ciated. But, however that may be, be certainly has many of those qualities which constitute a very useful Member of Parliament. Coul, clear• sighted, and per severing, he also briugs to the details of business a fund of good sense and integrity, which has already gained him the respect and confidence of the country, in the dis charge of the various and important functions of a magistrate and member of the grand jury. He has a good oemmaud of language, and the sentiments which he expresses fluently, if not elegantly, he can defend with a gallant modesty, more persuasive than all the flowers of rhetoric: he is a Roman Catholic, but goes not to Parliament as a sectarian. The clergy of his Church, it is true, have displayed a warm and very allowable share of exultation at his success; but he used no solicitations, nor put forward any anti-Protestant professions. to enlist them on his side. There, Sir, is the London Morning Herald's re port and announcement of Mr. O'Ferrall's return or the county Kildare nineteen years ago. Your's, very faithfully, As OLD ELECTOR. THE PROPOSED AUSTRIAN LOAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING ADVERTISER. 15, New Broad street, Sept. 26, 1849. Sir,—The enclosed letter from Mr. Cobden, on the subject of the proposed Austrian Loan, is at your service for publication, if you should deem it of sufficient interest. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, EDMUND FRY. " Oaklands, near Sedlescombe, Surrey, Sept. 25, 1849. "My dear Sir—l have this moment read in a London paper the prospectus for a new loan, issued by the Austrian Government. Now is the time for the friends of peace and disarmament to raise their voices in condemnation and exposure of the system by which Austria and the other powers maintain their enormous armies, and carry war and destruction not only into their own provinces, but into the territories of their neighbours. A public meeting should be im mediately called in London to denounce this attempt to levy upon the savings of peaceful industry the means of paling Llaynau and his Croats for their butcheries in Brescia, and their atrocities in Hungary, There is not a friend or admirer of the oppressed and slandered Magyars or Italians who will not press forward to swell the chorus of execration at this audacious proposal to borrow from the European public the money with which to pay the price of suc cessful violence and injustice. It is a matter upon which every man is called to express his opinion, for all of use are, by the terms of the prospectus, invited to become subscribers for the loan. is there a Jew in London who will not be eager to attend such a meeting, to repudiate all connexion with the projected loan, and to denounce the authors of those atrocities against hi s co - re li g ionists at Buda-Path—atrocities in which Haynau has surpassed everything that has occurred since the persecutions of the middle ages ? I will be in Town on Thursday to meet a committee of the friends of peace, and if it be decided to hold a meeting, I •shall be there to take a part in it, and believe me, " Faithfully yours, J I "B. Fry, Esq." "RICHARD COBDEN, tog SUPPOSED MURDER.—On Sunday evening a num ber of Irish reapers in the town of Dunse quarrelled among themselves, and either on that night or early on Monday morning, a murder seems to have been com mitted, as the body of a man—one of the reapers—was found yesterday, t( rribly mangled, in a field near the Preston Station. At present, however, we can furnish UP additional particulars.—,North 136444 Mail. T H E fS ON LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN IN . G SEPTEMBER 27. 1849. LANIAKTIINE'S " CONSEILLEIt," In the September number (the sixth) of the Consenter du _People, the new and remarkable organ of the opinions of M. de Lamartine, occur the fol lowing brilliant passages. These who have not themselves examined this journal of the poet-states man, will doubtless thank us for affording them even this glimpse of its epigrammatic wisdom, and of the genial benevolence of its principles : " A good Republic is nothing but an Equilibrium. And what is this Equilibrium sustained by? It is sus tained by Justice." . . " The establishment of Universal Suffrage was the Coronation of the People." " On the 16th of April, 1348, the cry of ' Vice /a Re publique! a Las lcs Communistes was the war•cry of Society attacked aud saved." . . " The Republican form of Government has three objects—the extension of the Executive power—the consolidation of Family and Property— the amelioration of the sccial condition of the people.' " A Socialitt has said ' Property .is Robbery r God has said ' Property is Life!' " . . . . . Alluding honourably to brlszaini iu his banishment, M. de Lamartine says—" Silence is the only and true dignity of proscription." " Republicanism is Charity in action. Democracy is fraternal Christianity applied to Governments." " Three things are neceesary to complete the Republic —the right to live—a tax for the poor—a Minister of 'raternal institutions." . . . . " A bas hs riches ! —Vice. la mort et la faim des Ouv riers !—these two cries ar© synomous." " Equality of salaries is only a prize held out to in pacity, an odious injustice to talent and activity." . . . " Go d is the key to the wishes of society, the solution of the social enigma, the vitality of every thing and of every idea. God hove—Man below—Human society between God and Man : behold the three ends of all political argument." STANZAS SUGGESTED BY SEEING WATKINS' PORTRAIT or ELIZA COOK SITTING UNDER SIIARSPERN ' S CLIFT, DOTER, ACCOMrANIED BY DER FAVOURITE DOG. True faith in beauty keeps the heart from fainting, And keeps it, too, from premature decay; Then turn we here to poetry and painting, For children of the Beautiful are they The poet's mission and the prenter's art Alike in aim and in result unite, Like two bright stars which shine in heaven apart, And shed on earth one universal light. 0 doubly welcome when the hand can trace On senseless canvas, with a magic spell, The tender lines of some familiar face That we have loved, yet never loved so well And such is here! for she who sings at will, And makes our spirit buoyant as a bird's, Might well employ the painter's rarest skill To paint the form which breathes such glowing words. Proud England! it is well for thine and thee, That Nature gave thee this delightful place, Where Dover's Cliff stands beetling o'er the sea, And Shakspere's name is traced from brow to base. Hera sits the maiden patriot alone, Yet not alone the soul that stirs within, That by its universal love has grown To be with Shakspere's glorious spirit twin. Yet not alone 1 for nothing can deter The dumb companion, at her feet reclined, From being ever near and true to her, As she is true to nature and mankind. I greet thee, maiden! with a brother's greeting, If not unworthy now that greeting take, We ne'er have met, and never may be meeting, But still I thank thee for thy muse's sake. If bards should make this human world divine, By filling hearts with love and homes with beauty, There glows, methinks. no truer soul than thine To strike the lyre, and do a poet's duty. If bards should offer up at Freedom's shrine The simple lay or more romatic story, There beats, methinks, no braver heart than thine To strike the lyre, and win a poet's glory. We cannot lose the loved and loving trace Of forms which woke our first and deepest glee, For day by day some old familiar face Comes smiling back into the world with thee. I pray thee, maiden, sit and think the same, Muse in the shade which Dover's Cliff supplies, And know the presence of a Shakspere's name Is radiant with a light that never dies ! E. 11. BURRINGTON. PANORAMA OF THE NILE. Thin moat intcrcoting exhibition at the Egyptian Hall has closed for a month. We visited it on Tuesday last, and, in company with a numerous group of spectators, enjoyed a delightful sail up Father Nile from Cairo to the second Cataract, and returned through the Desert to the mighty Pyramids. The temples, towns, and towering rocks that crown the ancient and mysterious stream are depicted with wonderful accuracy, and the sultry glow of an Egyp tian summer, diversified by an occasional moonlit night scene, is most true to nature. For perfection of drawing, as well as for an uninterrupted succession of objects of admiration and interest, it is superior to any panorama within our recollection. A full and graphic description given by the exhibitor enhances the pleasure of every stage of the mimic journey, which few who have taken will not be anxious to repeat at the re opening of the Panorama for the winter. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, SEPT. 25.—Term commences on the 10th of October. Tho different Colleges and Halls will meet on the fol lowing days:— Magdalene College, October 7. St. Edmund Hall, October 12. Baliol, Exeter, Lincoln, Christ Church, Trinity, Wad ham, Pembroke, Worcester, October 13. University, Queen's, St. Alban Hall, October 14. Magdalene Hall, October 19. Merton, Oriel, New, Brasenose, Corpus, St. John's, Jesus, St. Mary Hall, New Inn Hall, October 20 . All Souls, October 23. LINCOLN COLLEGE. _ The Bishop of Lincoln, who is, ex officio, visitor of Lincoln College has appointed Mr. .gichard Jeston Ogle, 8.A., Exhibitioner of Lincoln, to be a Fellaw of the same society, in the room of the Rev. C. J. Mere dith, 13. D., who has been promoted to the rectory of Waddington, Lincolnshire. Mr. Ogle is the ion of Dr. Ogle, Clinical Professor. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 24, liar Majesty and the Prince went out this morning to the Forest in a pony carriage. The Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Birch, rode to Lochnager. Lord and Lady Portman and the Hon. Miss Portman will have the honour of dining with her Majesty this evening. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the North American Colonies. HER MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL IN _ EDINBURGH. We understand that the secretary of the North British Railway Company received a communication yesterday morning from Colonel Anson, of her Ma jesty's suite, intimating that the Queen and the members of the Royal Family would leave Perth at eight o'clock on Thursday morning, by special train on the Scottish Central Railway, and might be ex pected to arrive in Edinburgh about ten o'clock. It was added that it was not her Majesty's intention to leave the Royal carriage while in Edinburgh, and that consequently, her stay in the metropolis would be limited to the change of engine. The Lord Provost has not yet received any an swer to the communication he addressed some days ago to her Majesty's officials at Balmoral, requesting to know the Royal pleasure regarding the nature of the arrangements to be made for her Majesty's re ception. DEATH or THE Hopi. AND REV. HENRY WATSON. —This gentleman expired at Canterbury on the 23d instant, from the effects of an apoplectic attack. The deceased was born in 1796, being third son of the se cond Lord Sondes, and consequently brother to the present Peer. He was rector of Kettering,. Northampton. The living is of the value of 786/. per annum, and is in the gift of Lord Sondes. We have advises from Labuan to the 25th of July. On the night of the 21st a boat had arrived with intel ligence that the Meander, Captain Keppel (the vessel whose crew had lately effected the release of Mr. Sum mers from prison at Macao), had struck on a coral reef, near the island of ' Banguey. She got off, however, on the following day by heaving overboard her main deck guns, which were subsequently recovered, and she ar rived at Labuan on the 25th without having sustained any damage. The south-west monsoon was increasing, and there were a good many cases of intermittent fever among the natives. Sir James Brook was still at Sara wak. It was believed that some reductions would soon take place in the official staff, its present scale being altogether beyond the requirements of the colony. As a coaling station the advantages of the place were daily becoming more apparent. By the last accounts from Singapore, coal was so scarce at that settlement that the Peninsular and Oriental Coorpany had been com pelled to procure 2,000 tons from Calcutta at a freight of 7i dollars per ton. The Government coal depot was empty, and the Semiramis steamer, which had just landed a , supply, had been ordered to sail over to La buan for an additional quantity. These difficulties would be obviated upon the Eastern Archipelago Coln pany's col mines being brought 1.149 active °penile% LITERATURE MENZEL'S -- .IIIS7'ORY OF GERMANY. Vol. 111. No time more opportune could possibly have been selected for the appearance of a translation of this condensed, yet comprehensive narrative of a very confused and scattered history. At a time when the attention of Christendom is directed towards the efforts making among the dwellers on the banks of the Rhine to resuscitate and consolidate the nationality of Imperial Germany, an English version of the cele brated and popular composition of Wolfgang Menztd is more than ever, and peculiarly acceptable. In this instance, therefore, as in a multitude[of others, Mr. Bohn has evinced that judicious appreciation of the duties of selection which has been displayed so re peatedly, and has so very materially enhanced the merit of his valuable "Standard Library." The prest nt volume completes the translation from the original; and which details the whole of the wonderful career of Napoleon in regard to the different states of the Confederation—that Confederation of which he, already an Emperor and a Ii ng, ultimately became the Protector—brings the narrative of events down to the latest times, down to a period that we might almost term contemporary. Hence the closing volume very materially surpasses its two admirable predecessors both in interest and general attraction. In testimony of this, it is only necessary to remind the reader that the chapters comprised in this last instalment of the " History" recount the particulars of that extraordi nary campaign in n hich the Archduke Charles was completely defeated by the youthful Bonaparte, that campaign, we mean, which, beginning in Italy, was terminated by the treaty of Campo Formio. It re counts the campaign nhich the First Consul opened with his passage of the Alps and closed with his triumph at Marengo. It recounts the campaign which the Emperor began with the capitulation of Ulm and ended with the greatest of all his great victories, the victory of Austerlitz. It recounts his battles at Jena and at Eylau, at Essling and at Wsgram, at Lutzen and at Bautzen. It tells of his entry into Berlin and of his passage through Leipzic--complet ing this record of miracles with the tale of his stupendous misfortunes. Proceeding beyond the completion of the great wars of the Emperor Napo leon, the novelist has sketched with his rapid but luminous pencil the career of the various states of the German Confederation from 1815 up to within ten years of the occurrences now transpiring. As an appropriate embellishment to his pages, we have before us in the frontispiece an engraving from the portrait of Prince Metternich, by Sir Thomas Law rence. Prince Metternich, " that perfect representa tive of the aristocracy of - Europe," as„he is felicitously termed by Menzel (p. 417), may possibly glance over this record of his influence over the destinies of Germany now, while a fugitive and a refugee in one of the secluded watering-places of England. There is a profound moral in that circumstance, and a bene ficent lesson to be learned from the mere conjecture of its possibility. SERVICE IN NE TV ZEALAND. 1 Vol. By Lieut. H. F. MlCillop, R N. As a midshipman on board H.M.S. Calliope, the author of this agreeable and brilliant littie volume witnessed the whole of the recent disturbances in one of the most imp3rtant and valuable of our colonial possessions. Added to a keen observation, Mr. possessed a facile pen and a very idiomatic vocabulary, and was, conse quently, well fitted to become the annalist of these occurrences. Happily for the mass of his fellow-coun trymen,: he made excellent use of his eyes, his hand, and his intellect, during the period of his sojourn at New Zealand (1845-1846) ; we say happily, for otherwise we should have been without so well-timed and perspicuous a record of the proceedings in that colony. The origin of the bad feeling of the abo rigines towards the English rulers is clearly ex plained, and the sequel recounted with a glowing and contagious enthusiasm. Among the different merits of the book we must especially refer to the delinea tion of the characters of Rauparaha, of Hoepa Tare or Charley, of John Heki, of Waka Nene, of Ranga hiata, and other congenial chieftains. Major Last and Colonel Despard are also introduced as among the principal actors in the fantastic tragedy which led to the capture of Ruapekapeka, to the struggle in the valley of Horikiva, and to the expeditions against Wakanae and Wanganui. As a contribution to our colonial history, Lieutenant volume is worthy of especial commendation. . STORIES OF THE REBELLIONS IN SCOTLAND. 1 Vol. By A. D. Fillan, M.A. Three stories of the Rebellions in Scotland have been penned by Mr. Fillan in a manner which must prove to many a reader not altogether devoid of fas cination. The first narrative entitled—" Ua•na brock ; or the Badger's Cave"—is another of those tales which so beautifully illustrate the heroism, the devotion, and the self-sacrifice of woman. The hair breath 'scapes of Drummond, as for example when he crosses the torrent hurling down the ravine the bridge by which he has been enab!ed to shun his pursuers, are fraught with breathless interest ; and around the fortunes of Drummond are clearly grouped such fictitious characters as Janet Bane, Esther Maccallum, Grigor Garach, the Laird of Bracklyn, Matilda G: tetne, and Baillie Mackillop. The second tale—designated " Duncan, the Seekvr ; or the Forty Years' :Search"—is an account of the peregrinations of a wandering monomaniac called Duncan Graham. The miseries, anxieties, and sufferings which turned the brain of Duncan are painfully but affectingly described, and serve to illustrate the brutality of Hawley, that man who was as pitiless an executioner as Jeffries and as stern a soldier as Claverhouse. The third and final tale— called " Enchain Maceachain of Colquhainziet Castle; or,What's in aName?"—is the longest and most elaborately finished of these three enthralling stories. It bears reference like the preceding one to the Rebellion of '45 (the first story relating, on the contrary, to the Rebellion of 'l5) ; and be sure of this, that that Chatterton of Heroes, Prince Charlie, is one of the most conspicuous of the personages intro duced into the narrative.. Among the numberless other instances of devotion for the gallant Chevalier already recounted the following is not undeserving of remembrance : "A young man, named Roderick Mackerzie, who had held a commission in the Jacobite army, bore a remark. able resemblance in face and figure to the royal fugitive. Discovered in his hiding place, and assailed by over whelming numbers, Mackenzie resolved to turn this accidental resemblance to account for the Prince's safety. He made a desperate resistance. He avowed his deter mination never to be taken alive; and finding himself at length mortally wounded, in the act of dying he ex claimed, 1 ye have slain your prince l' " This declaration, coupled with his so striking resem blence to the Prince, imposed even on those to whom the appearance of the atter was not unfamiliar ; and the head was accordingly cut off and sent in triumph to London as that of the Pretender. This generous act of personation was soon discovered to bo a stratagem. But for a season it had the effect of lulling the vigilance and relaxing the activity of the pursuit." Mr. Fillan's " Stories" will in prose form a com panion volume to the charming "Lays" of Mr. Aytoun. FISH AND FISHING, ;T. 1 Vol. By Henry William Herbert. Frank Forester has in this splendid volume proved himself the Apperley of anglers. He has accom plished, in reference to the fish and fishing of the United States and the British Provinces of North America, what Izaak Walton did so welt in regard to the piscatorial art of Great Britain. Nor does he want the supplementary annotations of a Yankee Cotton. He is his own Walton and Cotton together. Not a single department of his subject has been ,over looked; he refers in succession to the peculiarities, the produce, the apparatus, and the use of the ap paratus required or relating to—deep-sea fishing, river fishing, shoal-water fishing, and lake fishing. He tells of the Salmonidce, and the Siluridss, and the Cyprimidte, and the Chipeidte, and the Esocidoh - and the Anguillidaa, and the Perciete, and the Scienidee, and the Sparidae, and the Scombridte, and the Labridse, and the Gadidue—each in succession, He explains the mysteries of salmon fishing, and of trout fishing ; of pickerel fishing, and of perch fishing; of eel fishing, and of carp fishing; of striped bass fishing, and of black bass fishing in the St. Lawrence. He describes the barb, and the tantog, and the sheep's head, and the drum, and the weak, and the blue fish, among the rest of the curiosities of ichthyology. To render the work, which is profusely embellished with wood engravings, yet more complete, there are three appendices, one explanatory of the angler's apparatus, another of the fly-fisher's apparatus, and the third of a culinary character, telling us ." how to cook fish" with - the gusto and skill of M. Alexis Soyer. After what we have here said, is it necessary to say that we commended the new work of Frank Forester unre servedly to all the lovers of the Gentle Craft ? THE &inures CARRIAGES.-.—TWO of the Sheriffs carriages are now exhibiting in the front of Mr. Home's (late Houlditch's) establishment, in Long•acre.' That of Alderman Lawrence is exceedingly striking from its gorgeous artistic decoration, the opposing colours b e i n g blended into a most pleasing harmony by the dark neu tral or ground tint of the body. The Sheriffs Arms, the Arms of the Carpenters' Company, and of the City, are are exquisitely painted, and as beautifully and correctly drawn. The interior is equally worthy of remark, from its air of luxurious taste, it being lined with a costly white satin, and the roof drawn into the resemblance of a star in the same material. The Under-Sheriffs', Mr. Millard's carriage, is in strong contrast to the hove, being distinguished for a chaste and simple elegance of form and colour, and embodying many of the latest im provements for which this firm possesses patents. MOUNT'S BAY FISHERY.--The Mount's Bay boats have been taking considerable quantities of mackerel — from 1,500 to 2,loo—which have been selling for 6s. to Bs. per 120. No pilchards have as yet appeared in bar bay. Five seams are now in water at St. Ives, supposed to enclose about 4,000 WE. °Ogle...Western Luminary. CHOLLRA. AND DIARRHCEA RETURN OF CASES, SEPT. 25. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Attacis. Chelora. Diarrh. WEST DISTRICTS. Kensington ... Chelsea... St. George, Hanover-square ... Westminster ... St. Martin-in•the-Fields St. James, Westminster ... - NORTH DISTRICTS. ••• .^. ••• ..... Marylebone Hampstead ... St. Pancras ... Islington Hackney ... ••• ••• ... ••• '''' ••• ... ••• ••• CENTRAL DISTRICTS. St. Gilee Strand ... Holborn Union Clerkenwell Sr. Luke ... East London ... West London City of London ••• '-' ••• "... ••• ... ••• •''' • • • ...... • • • ....'.. ••• ••• ''''. EAST DISTRICTS. ihoreditch ••• "''' Bethnal green ... Whitechapel St. George-in-the-East Stepney ... ... Poplar ••• ''''' • • • ..-' ••• ..... ••• ... SOUTII DISTRICTS. St. Saviour, Southwark St. Olave Bermondsey ... St. George, Southwark Newington ... Lambeth ... Wandsworth ... Camberwell ... Rotherhithe Greenwich Lewisham ••• ...... ••• •"'. ••• ''.... ••• •••• •• • .'" • •• .... ••• '''' ••• ''''• Total ... - - Total deaths from cholera, registered from Sept. 17, 1848, to Sept. 25, 1849 ... 13,857 Total deaths from cholera, registered from June 17, 1849, to Sept. 25, 1849 • *• ''' ... 12,766 A return for Tuesday hss not been received from Mr. J. Yardley. Registrar of St. George's, Bloomsbury, sub-district of St. Giles. THE COUNTRY. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhoea reported to the General Board of Health the 26th day of September, 1849 : Deaths. Attacks. Alnwick Altrincham Anglesey Ashbourna Atberstono Barn taple Bedminster ... Berkhampstead Birmingham ... Blackburn ... Bolton ••• Bradford and North Bierley Brentford Bridgnorth Bridgwater: ... Brighton ... Bristol .. Bromsgrovo Canterbury ... ••• ''' Cholern. Dinah. 6 0 1 1 O 2 1 0 O 1 O 1 3 0 O 1 1 2 1 2 5 2 6 2 1 0 1 _ 0 3 0 ••• ..... • • • "'" ••• • • ••• .." ••• .-'• ••• ... ••• "". ••• '''''" ••• "'" ••• ."'"' ••• ... ••• ...• ••• ••• ." •••• Carlisle Cheadle Chichester Chorley Chorlton •• ••• Clifton (St. George district)... Coventry ... Croydon ... Darlington ... Derby ... Dewsbury Dover ... ••• ''''' ••• ""' ••• ....• ••• .... ••• • • • ''''' ... -- • • • •"' ••• ."'. ••• .... Downham Droitwich Dudley ••• ••• East Stonehouse ... Eccleshall Bierlow ... Edmonton ... Epping... ... ... Falmouth Ferebam ••• ..• Gateshead ... Gravesend and Milton Hastings .. ... Havertordwest Hayfield and Glossop... Henstead Hitchin Hollingbourne... Holye ell How den ... • Huddersfield Hull ... ••• ... •* • ... ••• •••• ••• ..`... ••• ..". ••• .... ••• ...^. • • ••• ••• .... • • • ...... ••• """ . • • '-'' ••• .'"" ••• "'" ••• .... .• • ""' e • ""' .. • ""'. ••• '''' flunalet ••• Isle of Thanet ••• Isle cf Wight (Ryde) Kidderminster ••• Leeds ... ..• Liverpool ... ..• Luton ... ••• ••• Macclesfield ..• Jf udeley ••• ••• Ntsidstone Manchester ... Alelkihnin ••• Melton Mowbruy Milton next Sittingbourno ••• "'. • • • "''. ••• ••• ''''' • • • '''" ••• "-" ••• . • • .--* • • • "" ••• ... ••• .... • • • ..... ••• .... Neuth ••• Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle-under-Lynn Newtown North Aylesford North wich North Witchford Norwich Oldham ••• ••• Ormskirk 0:ley Oxford ... Pembroke ••• ••• Peterborough Pontefract Portsea Island • ••• Rsdford ••• •.. Redruth ••• ••• Richmond (Surrey) ... Rochdale Romford Rotherham ••• .'''. ••• ""' ••• ..... ••• ..". ••• ".'... ••• ... ••• ...... ••• .... ••• ...... ••• ••• •••• ••• ....• • • • ••• ..'" ••• .... • • • .• • '-' ••• "''" ••• ..... ••• "' Rye ... Salford Sculmates Stafford • South Shields ... Steyoing ••• Stockport ... Stockton ••• Stoke Damarel Stoke-upon-Trent ... Stourbridge Taunton ••• ••• Teesdale (Barnard Castle) ... Tendring ••• ••• Tetbury ••• ••• Thakeham Thorne ••• ••• Tiverton ••• ••• Totnes ..• ••• Truro ..• • • -•• Tynercotith Upton upon-Severn ... Wakefield Walt al Warwick Wem ••• ."m. ••• .'"'. ••• '''' • • • ."'." • •• ..... ••• "... ••• ..... ••• ... • • • ".... 1.• ..... ••• .."... ••• '.... ••• ....''. . . MM... ••• ..... ... --- ... "'" •• • ........ •• • ..'''' ••• ..... ••• .... ••• .... • • • .'" ••• ..'• West Bromwich West Derby ... West Ham ... •• "''' ••• "" ... -- Whitehaven (from Sept. 19)... Wigan ••• •.- Wirral ••• .....• Wolverhampton and Siesdon Worcester ... ••- Wortley • York ... ••• ..'• ••• ...' ••• .... Total ... ••• ".• SCOTLAND. Perth ... Dundee Abernethy Aberdeen Montrose Arbroath Baddington (Sept. 12 to 23)... Edinburgh (from Sept. 15) ... Hawick ••• ^. ••• .... ••• ... •/.• .... ••• "'." ••• "'" Total ... General total:— Metropolis Country Scotland ••• ."' ••• .'w. ••• ...• ••• ''"" Tvtal NOTE.—The number of attacks reported by the union officers are—for the metropolis SO, and for the country 442; but their returns do not, in general, comprehend the cases that are treated by medical men in private practice. The deaths are returned according to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found im. practicable to distinguish every place separately. CHOLERA. DIARRHCEL. Mon. Tues. Mon. Tues. Sep•. Sept. Sept. Sept. 24th. 25th. 24th. 25th. 19 13 4 4 7 9 8 6 8 5 4 3 23 21 9 12 45 31 18 8 —.— . 102 79 43 33 THE CAUSE OF CHOLERA. The following letter has been Addressed to the Editor of the 7 imes Sir,—ln the Medical Gazette, and in the lliorning Chronicle of last Friday, an announcement was wade by Mr. Britten of the very important discovery that peculiar microscopic objects exist constantly in the characteristic "rice-water" discharges of persons affected with cholera, and in the atmosphere of in fected places. 1 do not wish to anticipate anything Mr. Brittan may have further to say, or to claim the slightest credit for anything that he or others have already published, but at a time when cholera is destroying hundreds of cur fellow-creatures daily, and filling the land with mourning, it is the duty of every one who believes himself to he in possession of any observations which throw the smallest light on the cause, and the means of controlling such an awful visitation, to give them, without delay, all the publicity possible. I, therefore, beg the insertion of the following remarks in your widely circulated journal : The p( culler objects in question were first seen by two or three ntemuers of a committee appointed by the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society for the micros copic observation of subjects connected with cholera. The first drawings of them, together with the great vaiety of other objects generally to be met with in the "rice-water" discharges, were made by Mr. J. G. Swayne and Mr. F. Brittan in the second week in June last. These drawings, together with specimens of " rice -water," were exhibited at the next meeting of the committee. At that meeting there were pre sent Mr. J. G. Swayne, Dr. Bernard, Mr. Neeld, Mr. A. Pritchard, and myself. Numerous other drawings of the same kind by Mr. J. G. Swayne and Mr. Britten were laid shortly afterwards before the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society. The laborious observations subsequently made by Mr. Britten and Mr. Swayne, and laid from time to time, without reservation, before the Bristol Medico- Chirurgical Society, though not enforced by any arguments to that effect, certainly did much to show that some very important relation existed between these bodies and malignant cholera. The presump tion thus raised was much strengthened by the very important discovery subsequently made by Mr. Britten, and reserved for separate publication, of the constant presence of objects of the same kind in the air of infected places. Shortly after - wards, and being at the time aware of this discovery, I detected the same organisms in great numbers in almost every specimen of drinking water, which I was enabled to obtain from cholera districts. First, in the drinking-water from Wel lington-court, Redcross-street, where cholera first broke out (with any violence), in Bristol ; subse puently, in the water of the Float, and in the drink ing-water from King-street, in the same city ; since then, again, in London, in water from Lovegrove street, and from the Surrey Canal; and, lastly, in drinking-water from the Stapleton Workhouse, being all places where, at the time the water was obtained, cholera was making dreadful havoc. This led me to examine a great number of speci mens of water from healthy quarters, and although I often found in it a good deal of matter of various kinds, organic and other, in no single instance did I see anything resembling the peculiar bodies in question. These considerations and others, which it would take too much space to mention here, have ,led me to the following conclusions :- 1. That the cause of malignant cholera is a living organism of distinct species. 2. That this organism, which seems to be of the fungus tribe, is taken, by the act of swallowing, into the intestinal canal, and there becomes infinitely multiplied by the self-propagation which is charac teristic of living beings. 3. That the presence and propagation of these organisms in the intestinal canal, and the action they there exert, are the cause of the peculiar flux, which is characteristic of malignant cholera, and which taken with its consequences, immediate and remote, constitutes the disease. 4. That the new organisms are developed only in the human intestine. 5. That these organisms are disseminated through society; Ist, in the air, in the form of impalpable par ticles ; 2d, in contact with articles of food ; and 3d, and principally, in the drinking-water of infected places. 6. That these organisms may probably be preserved for a long time in the air with their powers unim paired ; but that in water, which is doubtless the chief vehicle for their diffusion, they soon undergo decay, and moreover—sharing in this the common fate of heir tribe—become the prey of beings of a higher order. It would be out of place to state here the evidence on which these several conclusions are founded. It will be enough to mention that this evidence has been placed in the hands of the President of the College of Physicians, and will socn be published. The conclusions, taken together, enable us to ac count for all the chief phenomena of the disease, and actually to show that these phenomena must neces sarily happen as the direct consequence of such conditions. They lead, besides, to practical references of the utmost importance. If, indeed, the 4th conclusion be true—that the human intestine is the only breeding place of the poison, and that every addition to the floating stock of it is derived from the discharges of persons affected with cholera—it follows by direct logical inference that if, from the first invasion of the disease into this country, the poison contained in the discharges of infected persons had been destroyed (and the destruction of it may doubtless be accomplished by simple means), malignant cholera would never have been epidemic in England. And it follows yet more, that by acting upon this knowledge now, although we may not be able at once to" stay the plague," we may yet much abridge its sojourn among us. The means by which this mitigation may include are these two : ) 1. To destroy from this time forward all the poison which continues to be generated in the bodies of in -3 fected persons ; and 2, to prevent, as far as possible, 1 the poison which has already escaped us from taking 2 effect. 2 The first of these objects may be attained by the 1 simplest means. All that is required, in fact, is 0 to receive henceforth the dischar g es from the sick 1 into some chymical fluid known to be fatal to beings 1 • of the fungus tribe. And, among chemical agents, a thousand are known which accomplish the destruc i tion of beings of this tribe with unerring certainty. 2 Nothing more is necessary, therefore, than to choose 3 among these agents the cheapest and the most con () venient. This is a matter of detail which might 2 easily be settled, but which I will not undertake at o once to decide; contenting myself merely with sug. igesting that, on both grounds, the solution of chloridel of zinc possesses strong recommendations , if it should n be found, as Ibelieve it would, effectual for the end in view. The second object, that of preventing the poison which has already been cast loose from taking effect, is more difficult to accomplish. But for this, too, a great deal may be done. As water is the principal channel through which this poison finds its way into the human body—a fact already established by the researches of Dr. Snow, and of the discovery of which he must have the whole merit—so is the procuring of pure water for drink the first and most effectual means of preventing its action. From this day forward let the people of infected districts be supplied with water from healthy quar ters, or from sources beyond the reach of contami nation ; or, if this be not feasible, let steps be taken to rid the water they are compelled to drink of the deadly poison it holds. This might be done by very simple means. It is more than probable, even, that the act of boiling would suffice ; but, if boiling the water should not succeed, it might be distilled rather than fail. Such a process as this could of course not bo employed to purify the drinking-water of a large community, but many a family now living in fear and trembling in a tainted district would be too happy to purchase the slightest addition to its means of safety at so small a cost. To no part of the community is the need of an immediate supply of pure water more urgent than to the immense floating population of the port of London. At present the crews of vessels in the most tainted parts of the Thames draw up from it, in buckets, their daily supply of water, which they commonly drink without any other purifica tion than that which it undergoes by a few hours' standing. The importance of preventing the disease in sailors will be more apparent when we reflect on the unques tionable fact that ships ure great instruments for its diffusion. Besides these, there are other things to he done, which, although of minor importance, should not be neglected. Such are the whitewashing of all houses in which the disease has occurred, and the destruction or purification of tainted articles. Such is a brief summary of the moat urgent measures to be adopted in the present urgency. The complete extermination of cholera would, to doubt, be too much to expect from them. But by carrying out these measures with a vigorous hand, and by uniting them into one great plan of action, we may yet hope, by Ged's blessing, to keep this deadly foe at bay, and thus to prevent many a happy home from being made a house of mourning. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM BUDD, M.D., Physician to the Bristol Infirmary. September 24, 1849. Prince George of Prussia, who is travelling incog. under tho title of Count Frederio do Perponcher, anti accompanied by two aides-de-camp, )1415 been for some dolts of Pone LONDON. West Districts ... North Districts ... Central Districts ... East Districts ... South Districts ... Total 331 THE LATE KING OF SARDINIA' The funeral service in memory of his Majesty King Charles Albert took place yesterday, at the Sardinian Chapel, Lincoln's•in-fields. The service commenced at eleven o'clock. The Pontifical High Mass, "De Requiem," was sung by the Right:Rev. Dr. Wiseman, V.A.L.D. The Assistant Priest, the Rev. William O'Connor, M.A., and Senior Chaplain of the Sardinian Le gation. The Deacon, the Rev. Dr. Baldacconi. The Sub-Deacon, the Rev. Dr. Melia. The Master of the Ceremonies, the Rev. John Wheble, M.A. The singing was under the direction of Signor Sixto Perez. The music was Mozart's Short " Missa de Requiem." After the high Mass the funeral oration was made by the Bishop; after which followed the Absolution, according to the Roman Ritual. The whole terminated at one o'c!ock. Prince Maurice de Montleart, halt'•brother to his Majesty King Charles Albert; Baron de Isola, Charge d'Affaires of Sardinia; Count Corti, Attaché to the Legation; and the Chevalier Heath, Consul- General, were stationed near the coffin during the service. Among those present were the French Ambassador, Baron and Baroness Montherot, and Monsieur de Breuils, Secretary of the Embassy ; the Belgian Minister and Monsieur Drouet, first Secretary of Legation ; the Brazilian Charg6 d'Affaires and Mon sieur Pinto, Attachb to the Legation ; General Count de Chabannes, A.D.C. ; Prince Torremuzzo, Baron and Baroness Marochetti, Madame Dupont, Count Avigdor, Mr. Panizzi, Count and Countess Pepoli, Dr. Granville, Mr. Gallenga, &c. The diplomatic corps attended in their uniforms, the members of the orders of knighthood wearing their respective ensigns. Several gentlemen from the Foreign•office attended in private, and stood round the catafalque. Others of the Foreign Ministers were prevented from being present at the solemn rites by being out of town. The chapel was festooned with black. The coffin was of black velvet and silver lace, with the crown, the orb, and other emblems of royalty placed on the top. It was elevated in front of the altar, and had displayed at each corner the royal and national standard of Sardinia. The coffin and the insignia of sovereignty were covered with crape spotted with silver stars, and the colours were also looped up with crape. Beneath the coffin were large escocheons of the Sardinian cross, surmounted by a crown ; and esco cheons were displayed in front of the gallery, bearing the ensigns of the Sardinian orders of knighthood. Above the whole was a canopy of black drapery, suspended from a very large crown, which was sur mounted by a cross. After the ceremony the diplomatic corps assisting were ,severally introduced to the Right Rev. Dr. Wiseman. THE ROYAL HIBERNIAN MILI TARY SCHOOL (FROM OUR IRISH CORRESPONDENT.) As many erroneous statements have been circulated with respect to the recent mortality in the Royal Hibernian Military School, the following account, the accuracy of which may be confidently relied on, will prove acceptable to our readers : On Wednesday, the 13th inst., about five o'clock, P.M., the cholera, in its most destructive form, sud denly made its appearance among the children in this valuable institution. " They began," says as intelli gent witness, "to drop one by one, like men shot in action ; and the hospital, which in the morning had not a single patient confined to bed, was before night full to overflowing'; so that several of the patients had to be transferred to other parts of the institution." In many cases the poor children seemed struck by death all at once'; col lapse had set in even before they could be put to bed. There were in all about one hundred cases' sixty of them very severe. Thanks, however, to Vie skill and energy with which the disease was treated, twenty-one only have died. One or two cases still continue doubtful, but reasonable hopes are entertained of their recovery. The attacks were chiefly among the children, four only, out of the grown inmates having been stricken by the plague. A very foolish rumour for some time prevailed, which even found its way into the public journals, to the effect, " that the children had been poisoned by their food being dressed in copper vessels, which had not been properly cleaned." We are assured on un questionable authority that " there is not a single copper cooking utensil of any kind in the kitchen of the institution." It was also untruly stated " that the attacks were in some degree ascribable to the children partaking of large quantities of apple durrp'ings for dinner," when in truth they never received any food of the descrip tion. The real fact was, that the regular Asiatic cholera of the most malignant character visited ' the establishment, and the authorities have every reason to be thankful to the Almighty, who so speedily arrested the dread scourge, and pre vented it from proving more fatal. Every remedy that medical skill could devise was speedily administered. Not only was the able and valuable assistance of Dr. Elkington (surgeon to the institution, who was indefatigable in his exertions by night and day for the relief of the little sufferers), immediately forthcoming, but the beat aid that could be afforded by the medical staff of the garrison of Dublin was also made available All who were called upon most nobly Lnd skilfully discharged their arduous duties ; and it is (under Pro vidence) to their zealous and unceasing efforts that the large number of recoveries may be attributed. TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kossuth's Protest against Russian Interven- Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any ono of the members of the committee formed to carry out tho Testimonial. • • •All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... .£l,lOO 1 lk The Right Hon. R. More O'Ferrall, Governor of Malta, is now at his seat, in the county of Kildare. GREENWICIL—DAY OF HUZIIILIATION.—Yesterday was observed in this parish as a day of special suplica. tion and intercession. In compliance with the sugges tion of the bishop of the diocese, Sunday last was ob served for the purpose, but a general desire having been expressed to signify deep humiliation under the hand of God, by no interruption of worldly business as well as by special prayer, the clergy of the parish took on them selves to order the same for this day. Divine services were accordingly performed in the morning (accompanied by the holy communion) and in the evening at all the churches connected with the Establishment, as well as in the Dissenting places of worship, the ministers of which, without exception, adopted the . same proceeding. The shops, with a very few exceptions, were closed, and but for the part of the neighbouring towns of Deptford and Woolwich pursuing their business in the usual manner, Greenwich had all the appearance of a Sunday. Friday is announced for a similar uc: of devotion in Deptford. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended Sept. 23, 1849 :—coaching traffic, 1,639/.; parcels, &e., 351.; goods, cattle, &C., 2631.; steam-boats, 1891.; total, 2,1261. Mold, 461 CAUTION TO COFFEEHOUSE-KEEPERS.—Last night two fellows wen linto the coffeehouse of Mrs. M`Lerie, of New Church- court, Strand, and having seated them selves ordered supper for both, stating that they worked on a morning newspaper in the neighbourhood. and also on The Sun and Globe evening papers. Not being " exactly" known, a slight doubt was entertained of their story, when, after a little inquiry, their talc was ascer tained beyond doubt to be a fabrication. A policeman was however called in, when both denied ordering the suppers ; but notwithstanding their contradictions they were handed over to the officer, who, no doubt, will trace similar frauds against them. Both of them refused to give their names or residences ; the police, however, took a full description of them. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY IN THE LONDON DOCKS.—Yesterdey a very remarkable discovery was made in the London Docks, whereby the body of a man was found in a cask which had been in one of the ware houses about five year s. It a pp ears that for several days past a number of men have been engaged in re moving a quantity of spirit casks in thestones, Ex n ci e s s e , depart ment of of the London Dock s, and whils t one of the l a b oure rs was rolling a cask alongthe his attention drawn to a rattling noise inside. Ile men tioned the circumstance to ono of his companions, and they determined on opening the cask to ascertain the cacse of the mysterious sound. The head of the cask was accordingly removed, and, to their great astonish• ment, they discovered the skeleton of a human being, in a good state of preservation, and from the condition of the bones the deceased must have been in the cask mat/ years. A medical gentleman was culled to see the re mains, which were found to be those of a male person, about thirty-five years of age. The general supposition is that the cusk in question must have been unshipped from some foreign vessel. It was a rum cask, end had been empty a considerable period. The deceased is sup posed to have been a foreign sailor. It is a singular fact that the whole of the teeth are entirely gone, and no ves tige of clothing could be found. DUTIES ON GOLD AND SILVER PLATE.-011 the 10th of October next, by the Act 12 and 13 Vic., cap. 80, the allowance for receiving the duty for and in re spect of gold plate or silver plate, made or wrought in Great Britain or Ireland, paying the same and making out the accounts according to the directions of the several Acts of Parliament in that behalf, is to be 11. per cent., instead of the present allowance of 2} per cent.