The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-10 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AYD COMMERCIAL 'fiIirpJ.T.TGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLooK. Tho Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, at the full currency of last week. Tho sales amounted to 6,00 J bales, 500 for export, and 1,000 on speculation, comprising 200 Pernam and Maranham, 6-ad. to Bd. ; 120 Bahia Gid. to Gad. ; 100 Egyptian, Gad. to Kd. ; 300 Surats, 42d. to sd. ; and 100 Sea Islands, 11d, to ls. 2d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was extremely dull, and prices were a shade lower than on Monday, with little or no business doing. Accounts from the principal grain markets in France report a general decline in prices, including that of Marseilles, where, notwithstanding the con tinued large arrivals of grain from the shores of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, there has been scarcely any alteration in the prices for some time past. Advices of the 6th inst. announce that the quotations have given way under the pressure of the excessive supplies in the market, 45,000 hecto • litres having arrived from the Sea of Azoff, and 25,000 do. from Odessa. The imports of grain, chiefly wheat, from the Danube and the Turkish provinces during the month of August, at the most moderate calculation, could not have been less than 1,500,000 hectolitres. While the imports from Russia and Turkey have been increasing, those from Africa have decreased, and the best qualities of wheat from thence have been scarce in the mar ket. To show that the variation in this kind of grain has been very limited, it is mentioned that the quotations before the recent decline were 43f. per hectolitre for ordinary qualities, and are now firm at 42f. per ditto. The Government have been re ceiving large quantities of oats returned from the Crimea. The advanoe made in the rate of discount by the Bank of Prussia has been followed by a similar measure by nearly all the banks in Germany. The Banks of Leipsic, Frankfort, and Brunswick have already enhanced their terms for discount accom modation. It is evident the demand for money on the continent generally is becoming very active. The amount of bills drawn by the Hon. East India Company during the last fortnight on the three presidencies was 44,0901. 6s. Bd. A further arrival of 64,000 ounces of gold, valued at 256,0001., from Australia, has been announced this morning. Advices from Melbourne to the 26th June have also been received. The settlement of the Consol account has been in progress, and the charge for " carrying over" is still about i t per cent. The tone of the market has rather improved, but the transactions are limited. Rather more favourable accounts have been received from the Paris Bourse, and these, to gether with the specie arrival referred to above, have .exercised a beneficial influence on prices. At the same time any buoyancy is checked by the fear that money will continue dear, and that the Direc tors of the Bank of England may be compelled before long to raise the minimum quotation. Con sols for money have been 941 i, and for the Bth proximo 94i to 95. The New Three per Cents. have been specially transferred at 95i. Ex chequer Bills are Is. lower, viz., 13s. to 16s. premium, and the Bonds 100 to 1001. Foreign Stocks are generally supported at pre vious rates. Turkish 4 per Cents. are 1038 I. Spanish New Deferred are 25k, and the Cer tificates si. Mexican are steady at 221 1. Por tuguese 4 per Cents. 491, and Dutch 2i per Cents. 65 to 65k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7i to 71; Mexican, 22i to 221 ; Peruvian, 80 to 82 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 58 to 59 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45i to 46i ; Russian 5 per Cents., 108 to 110 ; ditto 4i i per Cents., 98 to 100 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 to 45i ; ditto New Deferred, 25 251; ditto Passive, 6i to 7. In the Railway Shares the alterations are not very important. Caledonian ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ; Lancashire and Yorkshire ; and Midland, have been lower ; and the general ap pearance of the market is heavy. The French are rather firmer ; and the Colonial remain steady. Rigas are 1 prem. Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares have been dull, but generally firm. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares have risen to 11. to 1/. ss. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONI O'CLOCK. ( From tl4 Official List. Rusine.• Anne. 3 per Cont . Console Annuities P4i a I New 3 per Cont. Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO Consols for Account, Bth October Cionsol Scrip 3 i p Ezaheciner Bills, 20. 21000 £5OO l3 16 Amon Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 . per Cont. lOOl 100 Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun Titicibh Bonds, 6 par cent nitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account lO3l Divldenis on the above rayanie in Londor. Dnteh Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Guilders 65 a TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money 94s Ditto Account 9ll 95 • LONDON, Sept. 10.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; light breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 9.--Wind E.S.E.—Arrived— • H.M.S. Wasp, from Sheerness. Sailed—H.M.S. Lean der, fcer Chatham. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 9.—Wind for Melbourne ; H.M.S.'s Duke of Wellington and Con queror, Lisbon. FALMOUTH, Sept. 9.—Wind E.—Arrived—Columbus, from Aux Cayes. MILFORD, Sept. 9.—Wind S. E..—Arrived—Cascade, from St. Thomas. URENSTOWN, Sept. B.—The Jane, from Newport to Palencia, has been hauled upon a bank to stop a leak. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—La Poule, from Cherbourg. Sailed—James, for Newport ; Charlotte, Guernsey ; George, Swanage; Nord, steamer, Havre. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind SE. Arrived—British Queen, from Antigua ; Tubal Cain, screw steamer, Constantinople; Pelican, screw steamer Rotterdam. Sailed—Hastings, for Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 8. Wind SE. Sailed—Benette, for Genoa. Wind N. S a iled—Thistle, for Quebec. WATERFORD, Sept. 8. (BY BIIBMABINI AND BEITIBH TELEGRAPH.) _ _ _ • GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.45 a.m. Wind E., tide 1 hours' ebb ; weather cloudy. Arrived, Sept. o—Mary, from Stettin ; Gretan Heligma, Rostock ; Telemaro, Riga; Himalaya, Arendal. Arrived, Sept. 10—Lord Vernon, from Guernsey ; V on . ture, St. Petersburg ; Hope, Rigs ; John Grey, Porto Rico ; Hoffnung, Hobroo ; Jettern, Riga ; Christiana, Archangel • Oak and Quarry Maid, Gothenberg ; Mary Black, Cadiz. Sailed—Paris and London (a.), for Paris. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind S.E., light. Passed in tow—Walter Hood, from Sydney, for London. Passed—Waterwitch, from Shields, for Dublin ; Crimi nal Balk Brand, St. John's, London ; Alma, Boston, Christiania ; Clio, London, Demerara ; Corsair's Bride, Algoa Bay, London. Passed, 9th—Sir Richard Jackson, from Shields, for San Francisco. The Frankfort Bank has raised its rate of discount from 4 per cent. to 5 per cent. This step, as was the case with the Banks of Belgium and Prussia, has been resorted to on account of the large exportation of silver ; but it can have little effect in arresting the drain. The Spanish Financial Commis4on have advertised an auction of the foreign redeemable debt to take place at Madrid, for which purpose 589,725 reals have been assigned by the Government. The amount paid into the treasury of the East India House for bills on India from the 26th of August to the 9th of September was 44,0991. The mission at Naples, vacant by Sir Wm. Temple's death, will, we bear, be reserved for Sir Henry Bulwer, after he shall have returned from his present temporary employment in the Principalities. The Hamburg advices describe a renewal of the prey ' sure for money, the rate of discount baying again risen to 7 per cent. 312 e 10 St. St. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) I " 100 100 100 20 20 4 THE SUN, LONDOri, WEDNESLIA:N - EVENING.SHPTEIVIBER. 10. :556. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 'red. RAILWAY'. Leashig Compant C toxin° Prises yesterd g. Business done Ulla day Business this day . LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) CITY SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) IMPORTANT TO PERSONS SUMMONED ON . JURIES. BANKRUPTCY COURT. Mr. Commissioner 110 royd was the commissioner of the day, but was occupied the w hole of the morning at a private meeting. At the sitting of the court an application was made by a person who had been summoned to attend a jury, but failed to do so, to be excused from the fine, and that the execution which bad been put in might be withdrawn. He said he had just previously to being summoned in this court been serving on the jury in the Lord Mayor's Court, and there were other causes for his exemption which he stated to the officer at the time. His Honour said that the officer could not excuse a person from attending. The applicant had not only been summoned on the jury, but had had notiae that he had been fined, and he might have attended, and probably been excused, but he did not, therefore the usual steps bad been taken to enforce the fine. The execution having issued, and the levy made, the court could not interfere, but the proceedings must take the usual pm course. The fine and costs must therefore be paid, or the goods will be sold off under the execution. The rule of the City Sheriff's Court is strict in such cases, but in the Secondaries' Court the absentees are seldom fined, as subsequent process to enforce them must issue from tho superior court. The names of the parties are placed on the list to serve at the Central Criminal Court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) ushed, that on the o ae side it was enough to freeze a person, while on the other side sufficient to roast a party. - Mr. Sec'er said that another place ought to be in stantly provided for the administration of justice in the district. He could not sit in the Court any longer. Hi s Worship then adjourned the Court to the library, after which Mr. Combo tended, and proceeded with the charges. GRATTUIOUS BANQUET TO BE GIVEN TO TWO IIIiNDRED THOUSAND PLASANTS, tCc. Moscow, Sept. 2.—Yesterday the Emperor, ac companied by his brothers and the Czarevitch, re viewed the immense army encamped about four miles d'stance fr( , m Moscow, where ho has invited 200,000 peasants to dinner on the 27th. The am bassadors and their retinues were upon the ground, and a part of the cavalry was ordered out to swell the manoeuvres, already sufficiently . imposing. This review was the event of the morning ; the event of the evening was the opening of the Italian Opera. As to the review it is calculated that there were about 140,000 men under arms, who defiled past the Emperor. The Guards are all here, and they form two complete corps d' armee, each 60,000 strong, each having its own horse and its own artillery. Add to these the Cossack troops and other bodies, and you get a total in and around Moscow of more than 150,000, of which 25,000 are cavalry. Not much more than half of these last were on the ground. Numerically speaking, the Russian army is, you know, organised and classified differently from ours. In the infantry regiments they reckon 3,000 men, 1,000 to each battalion ; and then the reserve, the force of which varies, must be added. About a fortnight ago, when the troops had been nearly all collected, the cholera broke out at the encampment with lamentable violence. The full fury of this scourge lasted only a week, during which time some 700 or 800 died. On Sunday, the day after his solemn eatry, the Emperor went to the Serghian Monastery of the Trinity—the "Serghia Troitski Monastir"—on a sort of pilgrimage ; and returned for the review to-day at Hadinka. In that place he has invited the peasants or mujiks to the number of 200,000 to dine at his expense on the 15th of September, old style—the 27th. Fountains of wine and beer are to play. The preparations for this enormous banquet are already begun. SHARE MARKETS. 'THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. 1 rad./ iLaILWA VI. Closing Prices yesterday. '1 94 Ambg. Nettsg. Bost and L'astn. Auld_ all Belfast & Ballymena all Birming. Welverh Etour Valley all Birkeihd. Lanesh. a Cheshire Junot all Do. Chesh. & Birk. all Do., do. all Blyth &Tyne origin& (isad. at £45 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian. all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon.. all Cork, Black, di Pass • • 18 Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BelfastJune all Dun. P. & Aber. Jne. , 100 East Anglian all Enstorn 'lOO East. Union. A. Btl 100 Rs., B. Stock. 8} Do., New A 10 East Kent 100 East Lancashire 1.00 Edinburgh & Glasgov all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prth &Dunde all Forth & Clyde Jung all Furness. all Do. Extension 100 Glasgow &S. Western all Great N. of Scotlnd 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rai Gus. Stk all [rish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 141 Do., Thirds. 12 Do. New Thirds.... . 100 Lancash. andYorksl , Wst. Riding Un all Do. South] ort all London & Blackwall 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst 100 Lond. and N. Westn 16 Do. Fifths 5A D0.101.13h.,M&8, ( 2; Do. Eighths.. 100 London and& Westn. 1} Lon. Tilby. & South. Barking Sh all i Lndndrry&Coleraint ell Lndndrry. & Ennisk 100 tianch • Shef.&Linelr 82a. Do., Man. & Lin. Um 1 Nietropolitan ...... •••• 'lOO Midland 100 Do. 13irmn g. & Dee): all Widld. G. West. Om ) all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 8i Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3i Northn.CountiesUn 100 North British 100 Nth. Devon Rail & Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock. 100 N.Xastern—Berwie' 23i Do. do. Extension 161 Do.do. G.N.E. ?nroh all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London .. 31 is N.&S.Wstrn.,Harni stead, and City Jn.. 17i North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. West rn. June 100 Ox., Wore., & Wolv. 14 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midlan d... 100 Shropshire Union all South Devon 100 South Eastern 100 South Wales 15 3. Yrksh. & Riv. Dm 6 Do all Staines, Wok. &Wo} all Stockton & Darling. 10 Do., do., 1854 1 Do., do., 1855 16 Stoskten & Hartlepi U)0 Taff Vale 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 22 Thames Hay. D.& R all Vale of North all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerie} all West Cornwall. all West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A ......, 3 Do. B.•••, ..... • all West London. Wimbledn&eroydor. 1 i all Antwerpfkliott, rdt.m 10 Ardennes • 1 all Atlan.& St.Lw.)eased at 6 p. e. by Gd.Tnk. of Canada all 3elgian Basta. June 14 Bcziere to Gra;eseesa 9 Bombay, Baroda,an g. 5 p. c all Do. 5i Buff. & Lk. Hur. all Carineaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. all Demerara ..... 12 r)ntch Rhenish all Eastern of France 19 Do. New all at Indian , g. sp. c.. all Do A and B, do .... 5 Do. Ex. C, gn. sp. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all Do.4?j, p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong' Melbourne guar. 5 per cent... all Tk of CanadaA is 90 Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. WV& an Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 14 Gt. Central of Fran , all (lt. In. Pon. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c 15 (heat Luxembour. Constituted Share , all Ot.WesternofCanads Shares 5 i Do. New all Do. Ms., payable '5 l ; all Do. do., '76, p. '6O ail D o . do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, withou' option all Lake Const. Bash all LialTo and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca k Pist. sp. c.p 10 Lyons and Genova all %yowl Moditerrau all Aadras, guar. 4 p.c all Do. New do., sp. c all Do. 4i p. c. Exton 10 Do. Sd Ea., g. sp. c all Maria Antonia all Do. do. Now all is= di Liege ( aitl Interest) all I)o. (ex Interest) all Do. do., Cp. c. Prof all dorthern of France. all gorwegian'rrnnk.Pre all Paris and Lyons . all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans... . 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. e: 1 all Riga dc Dunaburg at 801. per share... 5 Rome and Frascati.. all tloyal Danish all Royal Swedish all iambre and Meuse_ all Do. 5 . 4 p. cent. Pref. 5 &lade, guar. sp. c all D 0... 18 3onthern of France 18 it. Andrew's an, Quebec (A).,. en 'West Flanders all Do 64 per a. Pref all 4 7. &N. W. of Franc. all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden ............ all Zealand jOINT-S' "11 A.ustralasis 12i Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London all Uri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asir . 6 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chin , 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud all Eng.Soot.&A.na.Cht all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 15 Ditto Now 20 London and County: 50 Lnd. &E. Bnk g. C'orp 10 London Joint Stock 10 London and Paris 20 Loud. & Weetminstel 35 National Pro.of E ng 10 Do. New 221 National of Bank all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 10 Ottoman Bank 25 rrovinciai of Ireland all Do. Now 1 R Aus B &Go C( 50 Royal 8riti5h..... .... all south Australia all Union of Australia 2 4 Do. New 10 Union of London 5(I Weateril Bk of Loud 52 1 1 BOW-STREET. TEE LATE ROBBERY AT MR. WYLD'S.—Thomas Clark, and Mary Ann Clark, residing in Dudley-street, St. Giles's, wpre placed at the bar charged with having a quantity of stolen property in their possession. From the evidence of Inspector Mackenzie, it ap peared that from information he received, he, yesterday morning, proceeded to the house occupied by the pri soners, in Dudley-street, St. Giles's ; it was a marine store shop, and on entering the place he went into the back parlour, and told the prisoners he had come about some property that had been stolen from the premises of Mr. Wyld, in the Strand. The male pri soner said he had nothing of the property mentioned, when he told him that he knew perfectly well all about the property, and that they bad been removed a few days ago from his premises. The pri soner then asked him if the man who had moved the property had told him that he had done so. The prisoner then said they had been left by two well-dressed men, but he did not know who they were. A search of the premises was then made, and an immense quantity of stolen property was discovered ; amongst it. was a mag nifying glass in a gutty percha frame, which would be identified. He then ordered another constable to pro ceed upstairs and search the upper part of the house, and shortly after he came down stairs and told him a quantity of deeds were being burnt upstairs. Imme diately he heard this, he gave directions to save as much of the property as possible, and the heap produced was saved. The deeds and papers were not so much burned as to prevent identification. The male prisoner said the papers discovered by the police had been brought to them by a man named Johnstone, who said he lived at 14, Ashby-place, City-road. Police-constable 50 stated that he went with Inspec tor Mackenzie, yesterday morning, to 24, Dadley-street, a marine-store dealer's, and he heard his inspector ask Clark who was the party who brought in the globes. He hesitated, and then said they were two well-dressed men, but they did not leave their names. He (witness) was then directed to search the back parlour, and he found a great many carriage cushions; while he was en gaged in the search he heard a noise at the top of the house, and he immediately proceeded np stairs, and on arriving at the top rooms he saw the female with her apron full of burning papers coming from the fire-place, and proceeding with them to a tub of water in order to conceal them from his observation. The fire was burning fiercely at the time, and observing a quantity of parch- 1 ment deeds thereon, be snatched them off and threw , them into the water. He proceeded to the next room, and there found another large firs consuming like docu ments. The parchm , nt deeds were taken from the fire, and be then proceeded down stairs and told the inspec tor, and on again ascending to the top of the house he entered the cockloft, and there found a case containing four mounted maps and a bonnd Atlas, the property of Mr. Wyld, and a quantity of cushion cases. On search ing the bottom part of the house he found a whole sack full of carriage cushion cases. . . . The manager of Mr. Wyld'a establishment in the Strand stated that on the evening of the 22d of August the premises were broken into, and a great quantity of property was stolen therefrom. The maps, atlases, and magnifying glass were a portion of the property that vas stolen on the occasion. Ho identified them by pecu liar marks upon each of them. • Morris Cronin, porter to Mr. Wyld, said that on the morning of the 231 he found the premises had been en tered and a quantity of property stolen. The street door of the premises was shut, but not locked. He could open the door without the assistance of a key. The premises wore safely locked up on the evening previous to the robbery. _ , Inspector Mackenzie said he had other charges against the prisoners, but he could not go into them to day. Ile therefore wished for a remand. The magistrates then ordered the prisoners to be remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. UTTERING SPURIOUS CUEQUES;—Mary Jones, a well. dressed woman, was brought before Mr. Beadon for final examination, charged with attempting to obtain the sum of 19/., by means of a spurious cheque. Mr. Herring appeared on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Thomas Stephens, butcher, 31, North Andley street, stated that, on the evening of Tuesday week, about 9 o'clock he was called into the shop, where he found the prisoner, who gave him tho letter produced, intimating at the same time that she would wait for an answer. The letter purported to have been written by Madame 'Sophie, a customer of his, requesting him to cash the cheque it inclosed for 101. The cheque pro duced is the same. He told the prisoner he would send his young man with the money, and she then left. See ing she did not go in the direction of Mada:ne Sophie'e, he stopped her and requested her to accompany him to that laJy's. She did so, and when he got there she said it was not Madame Sophie's cheque, it was her husband's. Madame Sophie Bailly, said she was the wife of For tune Bailly, of No. 1, Orchard-street, Portman-sq"are. She carried on the business of dressmaker in the name of Madame Sophie, and she was better known by the tradespeople by that name. She had not the least know ledge of the prisoner, nor of the letter or cheque pro duced. She did not send the prisoner with it. The letter and cheque were not in her husband's handwriting. Becket', 231 D, said he produced the letter and cheque which was given to him by the prosecutor when he (witness) received charge of the prisoner. The defence was that a gentleman had given her the letter, and told her to get it cashed at Mr. Stephens's. She bad seen the gentleman repeatedly, and the money was what he owed her. Several other cases having been proved, the prisoner was fully committed for trial. SOUTHWARK. THE INTOLERABLE NUISANCES IN THE POLICE COURT.—THE MAGISTRATE COMPELLED TO LEAVE THE BENCH.—This morning, en Mr. Seeker taking his seat on the bench, he complained loudly of the filthy smells arising from all parts of the court. He said they were filthy in the extreme, and he was surprised that the Commissioners of Police had net used some means to remedy the evil complained ef, not only by him but Mr. Combo and every one having business in the court. Mr. Nokes, the second clerk, informed his worship that on Monday the smells were so offensive that Mr. Combo, as well as Mr. Soloman and other solicitors, loudly complained of the stench, and his worship im mediately sent off a communication to the surveyor of the Police. Mr. Seeker asked whether any notice had been taken of that communication. Mr. Nokes replied in the negat ye. Mr. Seeker was surprised at that. How was it pos sible for men to carry on the pudic business in such a filthy court. At the present title the smells were so offensive and injurious that it was enough to give every person present the cholera. lie should not endanger his health, or the health of the over parsons connected with the Court, by sitting there aiy longer, lie would sooner sit in the yard. Mr. Nokes told his worship that the smells were caueed by bad drainage and the lad construction of the court. There had been for sometime an escape of gas, and that, combined with the odmrs arising from the constables' kitchen, their water ticsets, &c., under the Court, made the Court worse L an a pigstye. In the winter time, also, the Court was is bad, as there were so mug d oors and 90100 though which tin wind THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY AN OLD SOLDIER.—NARBOW EscAn: irRODi DEATII.—John Sheraton, a tall, sunburnt, military looking man, about 40 years of age, was brought up from Poplar workhouse in custody of police•constable Grimes, No. 291 K, charged with attempting to commit suicide. Grimes stated that on Friday night last the prisoner, whom he had known some time, precipitated himself from the wharf at Blackwall stairs into the river, and soon disappeared. Two lightermen went to the spot where he sank, and got him out of the water. The man appeared to be quite dead, but no time was lost in re moving him to the King's Arms public-house, where he was stripped. The body was dried, and friction and mustard plaisters applied. After a surgeon and others had persevered for two hours signs of life began to appear. The efforts to resuscitate the unfor tunate man were persevered in for some time longer, stimulants were applied, aid the prisoner was removed to the Poplar workhouse, where he had since remained under medical treatment. The prisoner told the master of the workhouse that he was sorry the water was not deep enough, and that he thought it was deeper, and that next time he would do it more effectually. Mr. Yardley—The master of the workhouse ought to have been here to have stated that. The prisoner, in defence and in rather a careless manner, said it was a bad job, only he did not reoollect what occurred. He was a British subject. His parents were English, and he was born and bread in the East Indies. Mr. Yardley asked Grimes if he knew anything of the prisoner, to which the officer replied, that Shenton had been in the army and went about the 4treets selling periwinkles, and he was sorry to say he was a very hard drinker. The prisoner's wife, a respectable little woman, said sho had been married to him five years, and they lived on good terms. The prisoner never went wrong before, and there was no reason why he should destroy himself. Mr. Yardley—Except the liquor The prisoner said he was ill of fever three years, and 21 days out of his mind. He was not in his right senses last Friday night. The master of the Poplar workhouse asked him if he intended to destroy himself again, to which he replied no. He was in the army in the East Indies, and had a pension of 6d. per day for three years only. He was in the 3d Dragoons. He was 20 years in the service, and orderly to Lord Hardinge. He only had 6d, per day for two years at first, but Lord Har dinge interfered and obtained 6d. per day for him for 12 months longer. Mr. Yardley—You might get some regular employ. ment. Is there nothing upon your certificate of dis charge ! The prisoner—Nothing at all, sir. I was at the battle of Aliwal, under Sir Harry Smith, the bravest officer that ever lived. Our regiment of cavalry were ordered to charge the Seikh infantry, and we did so ; the enemy formed a square of 5,000 strocg, with 18 guns, and we cut them to pieces, sir. Mr. Yardley—What regiment did you then belong to Shenton The prisoner—The 10th, sir. Mr. Yardley—l know that the 16th performed that gallant exploit. You are a man that has faced the enemy. The prisoner—More than once, your honour. Mr. Yardley--No doubt of it, and have been a brave soldier, and you have not the moral courage to refrain from the odious vice of drunkenness ; and you have committed a much worse sin, attempted to destroy your life. You should have greater courage than to go irregularly out of life. The prisoner—l won't do it again, your honour. Mr. Yardley—Then I will allow you to go home with your wife, who, I hope, will take care of you. Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. —TUESDAY. (MEAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 1 agst Saraband (taken) 1 ag•t Pantomime (taken) 1 agst 'Vandal (offered) 1 agst Houghton 1 agst Hangerlord (taken) 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken) 7 agst Lundyfoot (taken) ST. LEGER. sto 4 agst Ellington (taken) sto 1 agst Scott's lot (taken) 12 to 1 agst Fazzoletto (offered) 12 to 1 agst Lundyfoot 20 to 1 agst British Lion (taken) CESAREWITCH. 20 to 1 agst The Trapper (taken) 25 to 1 agst Polestar (taken) 33 to 1 agst Middleton (taken) 40 to 1 apt Houghton (taken) 50 to 1 agst any other No betting on the Cambridgeshire Stakes or Derby. 8 to 8 to 8 to 9 to 19 to 11 to 100 to LICHFIELD RACES.-TIIESDAY. The Champagne Stakes of 40 ROW, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sous each, for two-yr•olds ; colts, Sat 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. A winner once, 31b; twice, 51b; thrice, 91b extra. The last half-mile. Mr. G. Dawson's Harris (Midgley) 1 Mr. E. It. Clarke's Yorkshireman ...... ...(Ratheray - ) 2 Mr. Flintoff's f by Cossack (Fliutoff) 3 Won by half a length. The Staffordshire Stakes of 50 Boys, added to a Sweep stakes of 10 says each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared ; the second to save his stake. A winner after the weights were published of a cup or stakes value 1001., slb ; twice, 71h extra. Two miles. Mr. Copeland's llis Piper, 4 yrs, 53t 121 b (Stagg) 1 Mr. G. Mather's St. Clare, 5 yrs, ast (Walters) 2 Mr. W. Watson's Liberty, aged, 63t 91b (Bray) 3 Won by a head. The City Stakes of 20 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for two and three yr olds. The last half-mile. Mr. Snewing's br c The Amorous Boy...(Brisson) w. o. The Anson Stakes of 20 Boys, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 3ft ; for all ages. The winner to be sold, &c. Heats, one mile. Mr. Blake's Brinklow, 4 yrs, 64t 41b (Bray) 3 1 1 Mr. Wilkin's Dwarf, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Stagg) 1 2 d Mr. Yardley's Mary Anne, 4yrs,6st4lb (Frost) 2 d DONCASTER RACES.—YOUATT Wu. GRAY'S advice on the St. Leger and the Great Yorkshire Handicap will prove victorious. I challenge the world to equal the information issued. Nothing is done by guess, nothing is advised, but what I know trot the fountain head. One horse will win four races next week, and the winner of the Portland Stakes will be at 25 to 1. Ten winners are guaranteed. Terms, ss. ; single event, 2s. 6d. ; to the end of the season, 103. 63. Cesarewitch and Cam bridgeshire now ready. Address, 15, Charing•cross. For success last week at Warwick, &c., see the Era, Sunday Times, &e. MARKET NEWS.—This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat, both old and new, was on sale in to•day's market. The factors were decidedly firmer in their demands than on Monday ; yet the businebs doing was very moderate, at that day's decline in the quotations. Foreign wheat, the show of which was by no means extensive, sold slowly, yet late rates were well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were a slow inquiry. We had a dull inquiry for both barley and malt, at Monday's currency. There was a good demand for oats, beans, and peas, at full prices. Flour sold to a fair extent, at Monday's decline. The top price of town made was 60s. per 2081bs. New hops continue to arrive, and picking is general. Old hops are very dull, and nominal in price. ARRIVALS =IS WEB& Wheat. Barley. Malt. 390 , 60 — 400 _ Oats. I rim. 70 1 310 10 320 I T,2 brls. English .. Irish •• .• Foreign I AO I 950 WHITECHAPEL. We had a steady demand for all kinds of meat, at full quotations. Beef from 3s 03 to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 103 ; lamb, 4s 03 to 5s 03 ; veal, 36 103 to 4s 33 ; pork, 3s 3d to 4s 83 per 81b8., by the carcase. By a decree of the Minister of Public Instruction, the functions of director of the Irish Religious Institution established in France have been united to those of the head of the Irish Coll , ge. The Abbe Miles has been named director. BURNT TO DEATH.—On Sunday morning last a young man named Jas. Cole, lately waiter in au hotel, Bond street, was burnt to death on the Irwin of Mrs Mary Cole, Broughton Monchelsea. It appears that deceased, who had only been engaged as a hop picker a few days previously, retired to rest in a hopper's house, which bad recently been erected for the accommodation of the la bourers during the bopping season. There were three other occupants of the lodge during the night ; and about o'clock in the morning one of them was aroused by a sense of suffocation, the room being filled with smoke. Au alarm was immediately rai,ed, and on proceeding to ascertain the cause, it was discovered that deceased's apartment was in flames, which spread rapidly, and be i fore deceased could be rescued he was burnt in a most frightful manner, having no doubt been previously Bab ! cater! by the emylie, -301 4 - 401Com OW 440. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. Another meeting of the members of the late Land Trans port Corps was held last night at the King's Arms Tavern, Surrey-row, Blackfriars-road, for the purpose of devising means to obtain a recognition of their claims from the government for the services rendered by them in the Crimea during the late war. Serjeant REARDON was called to the chair. - - The CHAIRMAN said the object of the present meeting was as to the nature of the discharge they were to receive, their clothing and their gratuity. He held in his hand a real parchment discharge given to one of their comrades — a real discharge -and if it was legal to be given to one, why was it not given to all ? The paper that was given to them was not a discharge, it was only a protection paper, and the government could call upon them for their services whenever they deemed it necessary to do so. There was in the parchment discharge the man's character inserted, but they had no such recommendation ; and they were obliged to hang about and beg for their bread, without knowing whether they were really in the service of the government or not. Unless they had had a proper and legal discharge they ought to receive government pay, but instead of that they were obliged to beg about for bread, while a large body of German troops were kept here eating the bread that they ought to have. Why were they not sent home, and the Land Transport Corps given what was dae t 3 them ? He hoped that all would unite together until they obtained those claims that were so justly due to them. He concluded by moving, " That this meeting earnestly hope that Government will shortly give the men a legal discharge, and relieve their minds from all anxie►y as to whether they are dis charged or not, and give them without delay such a dis charge, with character, as will enable them to get an honest livelihood, as they are honestly inclined and wish to get such a living, but at the present moment, through the neglect of Government, are in great distress." The resolution was put, and unanimously agreed to. Mr. BERCRY proposed the resolution following : "That the foreigner has had a gratuity, and a good one too, the Army Works Corps the same, as well as the Turkish Contingent ; and this meeting is of opinion that the hard-working Land Transport Corps should not be left in the field of despair." Mr. TAYLOR seconded the resolution, which was put and carried unanimously. After a few words from Mr. HYDE on the necessity for a close union between the Land Transport Corps and the Turkish Contingent, Thanks were voted to the press for the advocacy of their cause, and also to the chairman for his conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated. EAST A/foraArr RAlLWAY.—Yesterday afternoon the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of tbis company was held at the London Tavern ; Mr. H. A. Bruce, the chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. From the report which was presented it appeared that the traffic for the half-year ending the 30th of June last produced 25,0501. 18s. 3d.,twhich showed an increase upon 1853 of 6,532/. 41. 5d.; upon 1854, of 3,8851. 6g, ld., and upon 1855, 2,036/. 2s. 83. It was a source of much disappointment that the increased rate of working ex pensos, as shown by the account - 3 of the Eastern Counties Company, had brought this important item to the highest point at which this company could be charged under the ~ g rApineni•-, via., 50 per cent. Had those expenses con tinued at the same rate at which they were stated in the accounts furnished by the Eastern Counties Company in July, 1853, the directors should not only have paid all the preferences charges in full, but also have had a sur plus to provide for a dividend on the ordinary stock. The net balance, after paying the interest on the A and B shares and stock will enable them to pay a dividend on the C stock at the rate of 21. 10s. per cent. per annum. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said the traffic had increased in a study manner, and Le had no doubt that in a year or two they would see a great improvement in the traffic of Lynn, provided tha fair play could be secured in the way of taxes and tolls. Everything had been done by the directors to check the increased rates of working expenses alluded to in the report, but they had not been able to carry out their object. Mr. Simpson seconded the motion, which was agreed to. The dividend recommended was declared, l i and the proceedings terminated. . _ - THE WESTMINSTER CLOCK BELL.—At the time of our former notice of this bell it had not been weighed. The weight is now stated to be 15 tons 18 cwt. 1 qr. 22 lb., or 16 tons within a small fraction ; which is nearly half as much again as the great bell of York Minster, more than twice that of Oxford ; nearly three times as heavy as the large bells of Exeter, Linco'n, and St. Paul's, and exactly six times the weight of " the great bell of Bow." The four quarter bells together will not weigh quite half as much. The thickness is found to be rather more than was stated in our former notice—viz., 9: inches at the soundbow, where the hammer strikes, and 3 in the upper part, being very nearly 1-12th and 1-36th respectively of the diameter at the mouth, 9 ft. 51 in. The great bell had to be rent down from Norton to West Hartlepool by railway on Sunday, being too wide for any train meeting it to pass. The composition is 7 of tin to 22 of copper, melted twice over, as in speculum metal, to secure a perfect alloy. The metal is nearly as hard as spring steel, and much harder than is usual in modern bells, in which the pro portion of tin is less than is the best old ones. This pro portion was adopted after trying experimental bells of various proportions ; and the shape, which is fuller at the snundbow than is usual ; was determined in the same way. When the bell arrives at the Westminster it is to be hung for trial at the foot of the clock tower, with a clapper of half a ton, to be pulled by five or six men. It is finally to be hung in the open part of the spire of the tower, which was made for the purpose, in order that the sound may issue without obstruction. It is described as sounding as if it were struck with a wooden hammer, from its remarkable softness, although the hammer which has hitherto been used is of cast-iron, and the bell still harder. _ _ _ Loss OF A SCREW-STEAMER.—Capt. Jefferson, of the Hutton Chaytor screw -steamer, from Hartlepool, arrived in the River Thames, reports that "on Saturday morn ing, September 6, at 1.30, passed the Janet Croll screw steamer, which hoisted signals of distress. The Hut ton Chaytor immediately ran down to her. When within hail the captain of the Janet Croll hailed tne Hutton Chaytor, and said tbat his vessel was fast filling with water, and required immediate assistance. Hailed the Janet Croll, and told the master to hoist his boats out, and come on board the Hutton Chaytor. At 2.85 a.m., the captain and all the crew of the Janet Croll got safe on board of the Hutton Chaytor, which lay by the other until daylight, when part of the crew of the Janet Croll proceeded on board of her again, and passed a towline on board of the Hutton Chaytor, and took her in tow in hopes of reaching Yarmouth ; but while towing, she made water so fast that at 6 a.m. she foundered. The crew got safe out of her before she went down. When she foundered, Dudgeon light-ves sel bore S.E. by S., distance 2i miles. The Hutton Chaytor proceeded on her voyage for London with• the crew of the Janet Croll, 16 in number. In Yar mouth Roads met the Ross De Mangles screw steamer, for Hartlepool, put 14 of the crew of the Janet Croll on board, to take them to Hartlepool, the most of them being residents there ; the other two proceeded to London with the Hutton Chaytor. The Janet Croll was built at Leven, near Edinburgh, about two years ago, by Messrs. Balfour and Co., of that town, for Mr. A. A. Croll, late Sheriff of London, and had until lately been employed in the transport service in the Black Sea. She was about 400 tons burthen, and was from West Hartlepool, coal laden, for London." A letter from Dresden of the 6th says ;—« Prince de Metternich, the Austrian Minister, accompanied by Baron de Blittersdorf, secretary of legation, and Prince d'Auersperg and Count de Traun, attaches extraordinary, went in state in court carriages to demand in the name of the Emperor Joseph the hand of the Princess Margaret for the Archduke _ _ Charles Louis. After the audience there was a _ - grand reception and a gala dinner, at which the King proposed a toast to the health of the Emperor of Austria, which was followed by a salute of 21 guns." Prince Napoleon arrived at Gothemboura on the 7th with the Rein() Hortense and Cocyte steamers from Christiania. The Prince Royal, Viceroy of Norway, who was at Christiania when Prince Napoleon arrived in that port, immediately went on board the Reine Hortense, where he remained with his Imperial Highness for more than an hour. 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Tel. Scrip — 1 all Do. Registered — 11 29 5 Trust& L.Ce.U.Can 100 28 75s Diem4We 151 164 Ve o 2.6PleoharJU l 7 ••• 641 f x d rob 14 96 iiii7 1021 1 11 105 i 5 T 8 9 81 I 56i xd 72i 2 82 131 i 21i 31 5 241 22 11 10j 107 6 i d THE PROPERTY OF QUEEN CITRIST44 We extract the following from a letter dated Paris, Monday, 6 p.m.:-- _ "No one lias forgotten the bitter enmity re. • peatedly testified by General O'Donnell against the ex-Queen Maria Christina. He made mo secret of it ; he seemed rather proud of proclaiming it ; he denounced her intrigues, her cupidity, and dis. graceful transactions ; he declared in the Cortes that with her in Spain all government was impos. sible. Now, the following information reaches me from a quarter on which I have full reliance, and of its authenticity I have not a doubt. UDonnell, who, it is well known, has not generally taken the initiative in the measures brought forward by the present Government —that having been usually left to Rios Rosas—has departed from his custom and has himself brought forward iu the Council of Ministers a project of decree to restore to Queen Christina all her property in Spain upon which sequestration was laid after the revolution of 1b54. " In this project the measure is declared revolu tionary and unjustifiable, and all that was done against her at that time is designated as iniquitous. The project was agreed to unanimously, the self styled Progresists in the Cabinet, including Senor Collado, who encouraged and aided with his purse the revolution of 1854, finding nothing to say against it. The rough copy of the preamble, drawn up by Rios Rosas, has been sent to Christina for approval, and when the opportune moment arrives the decree will be published. O'Donnell's motive in bringing forward this measure has been to gain favour with the Queen, but it is all in vain. She will never forgive or forget the military pronun ciamiento of the 28th of June, and the month of suspense, terror, humiliation and aNguish that ensued. O'Donnell is her Minister only till she can conveniently get rid of and satisfactorily re• place him. " By whom he is to be replaced is still uncertain, but it is thought that Narvaez is not likely to be his immediate successor. A Ministry of transition is anticipated. In fact, and if the Queen could do exactly as she liked, she would rather not have Narvaez. lie is too violent, too absolute, too much her master, and she would prefer a more subservient Premier, a Cabinet which, like that of Lersundi or Sartorius, would be supple and obedient to her in all things, and would attend the levee of the favourite of the day and take his orders. To match such a Ministry, she would like to have subservient Cortes, if Cortes there must bc—Chambers which, after to-day givinc , a vote of confidence to the Government, would be equally ready, if to-night she thought proper to dismiss her advisers, to renew the vote to-morrow in favour of their successors. Such Cortes as these have been seen, and may be again, but at present, better still, there are none to embarrass her Majesty, ard Camarillas and Court intrigues have full scope for action. It is thought not impossible that a Minis. try composed of Ros de Olano, Alexander de Castro, Nocedal, and others of that ultra-Moderado clique, may succeed the O'Donnell Government, and, if so, that Cabinet would be lived and would serve as a stepping-stone for the advent either of Narvaez or of Pezuela. General Coacha is also a candidate, under very reactionary colours ; but it is said the Queen is not favourable to him. " What becomes daily more certain is that the present Ministry cannot last very lona. Two of its members, Messrs. Cantero and Bayarri, are likely soon to leave it, owing to dissensions with, their colleagues respecting the law of disamortisti-: tion. They insist upon carrying it through, and'.' indeed, as Minister of Finance, Senor Cantero can hardly adopt any other course. The increasing material prosperity of Spain is based entirely upon the sale of the national property, the proceeds of which are the guarantee for the subvention,' granted to the undertakers of railways and otlief-, public works, It would be an act of injustice and bad faith to alter the destination of that pro perty. To such alteration, however, the majority of the present Ministers are said to incline, and hence the probable resignation of the two who oppose it. If Pezuela or Concha came to power there can be scarcely a doubt that the law would be immediately repealed. As everything is possible in Spain, perhaps Messrs. Cantero and Bayarri may yield to the ,wishes of their colleagues. We cannot wonder at anything when we have seen men who profess themselves Liberals, like Collado, Al varez, and Bayarri, signing such decrees as those for the dissolution of the National Guard and Cortes, and others that have been published with their names at the foot. Of Cantero I say nothing, for he was never considered a Liberal except' in name. " Marshal Serrano arrived at Paris on Friday for a few hours' stay, and applied for au interview for Saturday with M. Walewski. The reply was that he could not be received until to-day. Thereupon he returned to Biarritz on Saturday. It Was sup , posed that the French Minister for Foreign Affairs was absent, but this is contradicted by to-day's papers. The exact object of the Marshal's visit to Paris is not known, but it is believed that it was not exclusively to see Count Walewski. He will probably now remain at Bayonne until the return of the Emperor. The date of this is not exactly fixed." CITY SEWERS COMAIISSION. Yesterday the first court of the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London since the civic recess was held for the despatch of matters of public importance; Deputy Peacock took the chair at 12 o'clock preciaJly. THE RECENT FATAL ACCIDENT IN 13ELL-ALLEY. The following letter was then read by Mr. DAWg :- " Sir,—At an inquest held by me at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the sth instant, on the !miles of the parties who were killed by the falling of the house, No. 9, Little Swan-alley, Coleman-street, in the City of London, at which inquest Mr. Deputy Hale was present, the jury, of which Mr. Perkins, a member of the Common Council, was the foreman, returned a verdict of accidental death, and accompanied their verdict with the following recommen dation :--‘ That the jary earnestly recommend to the Com missioners of Sewers that they would authorise a special survey forthwith to be made of all buildings in the City of London that, from age or other cause, may be supposed to be out of substantial repair' " In compliance with the wish of the jury, I have the honour to hand you a copy of such recommendation, and to remain, sir, your faithful servant., (Signed) " Wm. JNo. PAYNE, Deputy Coroner of London. " To the Chairman of the Commissioners of Sewers." Mr. ABRAHAM moved that i'. be referred to the General Purposes Committee to inquire into the cause of the falling of the house in Litt'e Swan-alley, and al.o into the working of the present system of house inspection, with especial reference to dangerous structure■ ;' and also whether it is necessary to make any, and what alteration in the system, and to report thereon to this Commission. Mr. Ross thought it would be well to refer the matter, inasmuch as it would afford them an opportunity of in quiring into the system of inspection, and making fur ther regulations, if necessary, In reference the.reto. If the law was not sufficient to enable the inspectors to discover the ruinous buildings, they ought to have such powers. Deputy HALE conceived the inspectors of the com mission had power to go into any house at any time. They were required to use their eyes, and to look abc.ut them, even at the risk of their lives, so that they might see whether the internal parts of buildings were such as to require repair; and they would then be able to go to the district surveyor and report all a 311 cases. Mr. T. H. HAIL remarked that it was a difficult mat. ter to adopt the recommendation contained in t'e mo• Lion, for if they did so the result would be that sev e ral hundred houses in the City of London, held .by,poor widows, would be condemned, and the poor creatures who held their all in them would lose their little in comes and be forced to take refuge in the poor-house or some other eleemosynary asylum. Mr. HAYWOOD (the engineer) remarked that it was the duty of the Inspectors to call the atttatien of the district surveyors to any building which appeared to them to be dangerous. It was part of their duty, and they knew it. Deputy LOTT—Was it done in this case ? Mr. HAYWOOD—It was not ; but it was no less the fact that a house might not give any external appearance of danger, and yet the wood work might be rotten, and the fabric consequently prove insecure. He had'not any doubt whatever but that such was the case in thi instance before them, which had, unfortunately, been attended with such lamentable results, as the 'internal timbers had given way, the walls had collapsed, and the building had become a total ruin. He felt it further to be his duty to inform the commissioners that before a professional man could give his opinion it would be necessary for an order to be given for the timbers to be stripped—to strip the house—and, in fact, to half gut it before they could ascertain the place in which the de. feet lay. The proposition was then carried. MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPOSTI, The following is the repurt of tho medical officer of health as to the sanitary condition of the city : "To the Hon. Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London. " Gentlemen, —The inspector's returns relate to 329 houses that have been visited since the last meeting of the court ; and I beg to submit a list of places that rognit • your orders for their sanitar y im p rovement in various par. ii: especially of water supply and drainage. • cul l a ' r h B 4 mortality returns for the city during the last six weeks have been greatly below the average, the total nun o ber of deaths having been 307, insteadofp3:riod of 372, which is the mean death rate for the correspondingthe last seven years. The principal mortality has been amongehil dren under five years of age, of whom 145 have died since you last met. This constitutes about 47 per cent., or nearly ono-half of the whole number of deaths. Among the causes of death are the following : —Consumption, or tubercular diseases, 63 diarrhoea, dysentery, and pneu monia of children, 50 • hydrocephalus and convulsions of infancy, 21 ; scarlet ?aver, 17 ' • violence and privation, 17 ; measles an d hooping-cough, 16 ; and fever, 14. Be sides which th ere h ave b een 2 f a t a l cases of emallpox, 7 of diarrhoea and dysentery among adults, and 100 from dis eases of a chronic character. " 1 have the honour to remain, your obedient " lIV. LETHEBT, M,B, " Guildhall, Sept. 9,1856." Thu Coluruinion thee broke up. 9 "v 41 68 7 39} 91 I 57 6 100 all 100 100 100 20 St. St. St. 100 1 4i 100 Ali 10 100 100 100 100 di} iOO LOO 100 1100 100 40 5 It. 25 PM Pm ~. ~► iroir -..Wi1l