The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-19 00:00:00

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It i 1 0 016 1/ „ 0 5 v .. :i. 9J. , 4 DA Y G N o. 15 , 621 LONDON, MO NT SEPTEMBER 19, 1842. PRICE sd. TILE , SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY • a SECOND EDITION (E v ening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in. LONDON up to that _Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, therely insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION,at ONE CHARGE. NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL. "NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASsUR ANCE SOCIETY, . 2.1 0 ......... ........ 1 7 9 ... . ... is 60 ietton !11 , ....... ......... 6 ........ ....... )I ...... 19 ....... 17 ietton . ...... T e es.. IS ti t0n..... 1 8 „ 17 ; ........ .......... 6 ..... ••• A. ti ft. ii . , fi lov , a 40 [ o ~„ 0 ) 11 `-' 0 ) it *-- ship vinf Straits 0 a, 6th, l e t ,' Li verp oo, ionihaY VV.; Jaya le Euphr;: Lebec 29tv• off lat 46, 3 1 $ 1t11. tar Dff 101' niu r l the Uni t t o r Brixt o ' ed at th it `i; raltar, - 98t d , indoor zibar, 30 1 le 1014'1 ~.„04 A - n a l c , . ~ eAA v ' or , T ill i ro e• of a 3 p et ousek ee o o )f the hoop 1 What ;,, 4 . 0 , . ?---)- In g • 0P ' I will g e e , e daYS 00 d told ,„ in 1 ipw vith 1 ",, 0 nf )r w°"4 time• lei ouselcee iit o the ` l O5, b a re *4l A 10 lip a be l, 43 bee Air onert Wi t, lees -5 '.41 of effe c % am en am s l• ot! ‘ 40 1 , 05 . • ,n on We stin g; ,ost 064. 0 110 te in 0 blc o " l• blo air'• t ot loi s ,ome u col e Pr °a teei ex cl. ' he Y to t one iv )ss was The r t i l ef l t . ti r it wit° Ap lreS"; * ffuge;i, 2cl th e , d 4 r ur f ,d, e xam. - t werc use T i ' )n itar rell yo u , i OO O nui ro- Iltly gi the a, tness e d b y 011 0 si d e o cofi d te- 1 * 11 ,0? a ndimb ire The "flie ~Pnle ft tp tioll-j". 10 as jeo/1•10, Caus e ' hront , wo: (11 o , de e , the Jur.P•noe it °P i o e ght, 3 0' be lered to • lif b le Stoll in 0 kilt ;(1 tine r ils •; rl l_ br Jo „foe dau for adr „iFletcbef • 4 °ln 0 fol . ' erton, Irk ' 1/ re, t he 14 ;re, the 1011 fre' (cirJ e i ' t ecos, b ty o4e r a l nie r ' ill '.„ n M gr 470 10 ' ill LIII° otter' r ti 6i4 t i° gill n 17, 184 ,I 11; HE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COAIPA Y'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM SHIPS :re ap!,,Anted to LEAVE far__ HAM tURG and ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's ' • very We.lnesday and Saturday morning. II .4 V i; E—E , e7 Thursday, at Eight Morning. A .)TI'I,YERP- —From Ertinswick:warf, Blackwall—Every Sunday, Ele .en Morning ; Wedn - day, at Twelve Noon ; Thutsda , at One Aftern• in. DI?.BURGH—hrnm Bit...n's Thar oplar—Every turclay, a-,d alternate Wednesday Even*, Ten. Sept. 21, 2 4, Ott. 1,5, and R. From Dawn' s Wh ar f f or SUN' DERLAND—Ever 1 uesday, at Seven Evening. NE WCASTLE—Every Wedne s d a y an d S a t ur d ay E ven i ng at Eight, From Lond on itr;dze Wharf : OSTEND—Tuesdav, ednesday, Saturday, a n d S un d a y. 130 H LOGNE—Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. ei LLAlS—E‘ery Tuesday, Thursda j , Saturday, and Sunday ULL—Every Tuesday and Friday at Eight Morning. I RMOUTH—Every Saturday, at Six Evening. • IiANI SGATE—Da.iiy, at Nine Morning. Retvveen BRIGHTON and DlEPPE—Wednesday and '‘`attud ay. Between BRIG El TON and II AV RE—Tuesday and Friday. 1". secure Berth. and for the Company's Monthly Bill s , 4 1)1y 3 at the ()Sees • .63 Lombard-street ; 37, Regent-circus ; d 5, Loadenliall:street. PERSONS VISITING BOULOGNE. L` W hy's COMMERCIAL HOTEL, 15, 31c-; R RU E NEUVE-CHAUSSEE, BOULOGNE-SUR of The 1 i OTEL FLOURY is situated in one of the best streets this "greeable Watering l ace and is near the Theatre, * st - office, the P ar i s Coact' offices, and the Pier. There is an excellent Table d'Hote every day at a Quarter-past Five. A greKt v ar ety of Wines at moderate prices; and the Bed• ''')uh and Sitting-rooms are uncommonly clean and Convenient. Persons wishing to pass a few weeks at the Sea-side will 41, ..je r t h an 41 -4 e very conveni e n ce at this Hotel ; the expense s a r e e ven private apartment., and only about one-half the Allount charg d at many faThionAble watering-places. Good Stabling. 1 . 1 No nmissiouer being- employed on board the packets, and prices the more moderate. The recommen dation, of Col, missioners en board the steamers should be par lirtqarly ;manl,d against. GOOD NEWS for the LADIES.—M.ECHI, No. 4, Leadenhal-street. London, sell his Needles at 4d. per paper;' Pins, 4s. per pound; Scissors and Penknives, ; Thimbles Is. ; Toothbrushes, 6d. and 9d. ; Hair utuWes, ls. to 2s. 6d. ; Combi. 6d. an d upwards ; Netting , "sxes. 2s . 6d. an d upwards; Japan Dressing-cases, 3s. to Hl`)s. 6d, ; Side Combs, Is. per pair ; Work-boxes, Bs. and !laards; Tea-caddi es , D es k s, Watch-stands, Card-racks, Screens, &c., &c. "RIECIII'S SHILLING PEN KNIVES. —These and the st efiny Tooth-bru s l.es will prove, t h at whilst he has the ano elegant shop in London, he is dete rm i ne d to d o b usiness 1)()s"4 most reasonable terms. He manufactures Desks, Work ea,P Dressing- ca ses , B aga t e ll e - ta bl es, T able and Small Cur fur the Work ' _ able and Dr ess ing rus Toilet hes, Combs, and everything EIGHT FIRES AT NORWICH 8 T r Have re cently been extinguished by :ALD ERS'PATENT PORTABLE FIRE— ENGINE. --- 76 (THE NEW PROPERTY PROTECTOR). 1" Engines are carried by hand and placed immediately they can assail the main source of the fire at close rlgarters, to the grel . est advantage s ; w h en th ey d e li ver the i r ilwritß)lo. uniform seasrai of water directly i n t o the flames with fir:"lng certainty and slch surprising impet uos it y , th at t h e s 'lre bang e d out b e f ore the common engines can be brought .uto seti • on, I , l t the engine lever be 'worked briskly with one band, and th e delivery I pointe at a window 10 f ee t di s t ance w i t h si,7,,r,ther h an d . it ts show low furieusly, steadily, and irre te 'my the li tt l o fi re d estructor com b ats and c on uers the tr 'tig foe q • e a . ol l•llnes elegant, durable, and complete in Brass 6/. 16s. 1) 011 tl, /i 4 • There is not yet in existence a good fire-engine // ar . large scale. At Alderman Butcher's fire the Patent Pump Siled 12 large pails with water per minute, deli :),,lng at the rate of 50 and the two Engines 30 barrels per l b - " ). ,* But with the former Parish Pump (which was one of , pest brass. litt-fcrce pumps of the London made trash) not '5 ba.rrels an hoer could have Leen raised, and probably the liarnes would have gained the ascendancy. London is a century hind Norwich in Ilvdraulia Machines. See ",THE SUN" paper, July 10, 1841, and "Norwich Mercury,"* Mareb 5, 1842, where all my inveterate opponents are alarmed, ehopfal!en, and laughed at, for they dare not even try to obtain the reward offered. "Because dame Nature las entered ln-r imperative caveat thus SIIALDERS'• PUMP SHALL NEVER BE SURPASSED, which is now precticalbrTV prov,l to be the only effective, invariable water exi,,teree, and u when well carried out the most O v stitnp in' the world. It sta n d s wor k as we ll f or li fts 11110rveiNis Blow 100 feet, and it would be strange indeed if it lid not, as a good Connector (of a Fountain Pump) will sustain a pressure of 50 atmospheric whilst less than a quarter of that relutu•-,e would deliver water rapidly 365 feet high, or over St. aid's=cro'si London . W. SIIALDERS. Ilydraulic-street, Norwich, June 18, 1842. • "PEITARKS BY EMINENT MEN UPON THE IN ' ''' N ENTION—SEPARATELY AND JOINTLY. R eca.itArietsr.—" The Fountain Pump is free from the de . !eta and liabilities of the Friction Pump, and approaches a p e rfect. hydrauli c roaciline."—Dr. Birkbeck.--" Sh a ld ers has copied Nature, and arrived at perfection."—Ebedour._ " Thi s pump is free from friction and leakage, and is not liable choke." —Hay, Civil Engineer.--" This is THE Pump." -4-IPartinoon. J OINTLY.-.-" The Fountain Pump is the most important Jrnpro!lement in the art of raising water, that has appeared htn the'last 2,000 years. It is the greatest advancement in issefularts in modern times, and cannot fail to act in the tent be 'reseivation of life and property from fire and water to an ex ond calculation." SHAI.DERS' PATENT PUMP. ~.• , A t a Vestry M ee ti ng h e ld at S t. Mi c h ae l' s at Plea. Nor -101, April 2Sth, )84 9 , the Parishioners unanimously con :Lri Rratulated Mr. Shalders upon h a vi n g, last M a y, fitt e d t h e r ishP4 up w i t h an efficient, permanent, economical, and i n - Pump (60 feet in length). It was rightly remar k e d, .iiiktable although the wa'er delivered by the former Pump was corn. cornf y cloudy , that delivered be the present one has been unite . t . , . '3 gear, and raised with half the labour. (Signed) GEORGE IVES, WM. WOODROW, H. J. STEEL, Churchwardens in 1841, 1842. Norwich, Saturday, May 28, 1842. thiIL JT CHER and SON b eg to return their most gra t e f u l ON an ks to thos e f r i en d s an d ne i g hb ours w h o so ki nd l y and Or ' theirlnptly Premei rendses d re on We dnesday la assistance to extinguish the Fire ZAnd the% likewise take this oppo tunity particularly to re. b o u rn tia merid Mr. Shalders' P orta bl e F oun t a i n E ng i ne , w hi c h was %. efficient in' preserving their premises from total de %ruction. Queen -stree t, May 26. R EMARKS OF THE EDITOR OF THE " NORFOLK CHRONICLE," ON VIEWING THE PREMISES AFTER THE FIRE :— ' " About h l!• -past one o'clock on Wednesday morning the to.rebnleioinesfire b o f itiye. But c h er, grocer, Bank-plain, were discovered the night w a t c h, w h o gave t h e a l arm an d ca ll e d l i% Botche r up. It was at first difficult to discover in the I t rit wh a t part of the premises was on fire. Mr. Butcher „raght tits: it, originated at his neighbour's house, hut go ing heto the top of his premises he perceived where it was ; when !atne down and opened the door of his store-room over the t i l e' , part efhis shop, the fire and smoke burst forth so violently N at he could scarcely stand on his feet. It appears that the had originated in this store-room directly over a paper loft, e, a t h°w, it is imp:is , ible to tell. Mr. Shalders, from over the i mmediately brought two of his engines, by means of paeh Mr. B utc h er attributes his house being saved ; and per s the w h ole street, for there being a good deal of gun 0n ler en t h e prem i ses, h ad th i s i gnited the consequences have peen aw f u l. N otw i t h stand i ng the natural agita- R . "„ 15 asioned by the near prospect o f d anger from fire, Mr. 4,lVeher himself removed the gunpowder from the premises, most of the goods from the warehouse and surp were t ll'h°ol4ht out a n d deposited for safety in St. Michael's at Plea !pith The engine from the Guildhall was on the s p o t l ita k ; a few minutes of the first alarm being given, but it A.. ImPnssible to bring this into play for sonic time, as ax; w t , 4 ,ter was not. turned on ; but in the meanwhile engines (Mr. S. working one and his brother th e ,"" t nor‘) weresupplied with buckets full of water from '4,40 1 °1' , •ear at band. Mr. M. Yarington and his men acted - v t n,tlet energy and promptitude. Mr. Steel, Mr. Plummer, —naVers, others of Mr. Butcher's neighbours, were 4 12 aealreis in tbcir services. In about an hour and a half all iiithger removed. Mr. Butcher is, we understand, insured I N t I,Zorwich Equit a bl e Office. d. ay whi c h a p pears to h ave occurre d i n f urn i s hi ng th e °.fles with water on the a b ove a l arm i ng occas i on , impera vti:; ;'Y dew: inch the immediate attention of the proper authori em; If the New Mills Company's works are the main public ~Zroa of supply, some arrangements should be made for the thestare and speedy turning on the water into the pipes; or ° will sooner or later rue the consequences.] THE EDITOR OF THE' NORWICH MERCURY." 'ss, t ;" 4 Wednesday morning, about half-past one o'clock, a fire piiii..li.scovered in the house of Mr. Butcher, grocer, 8ank :4,0e1134 t e t a e m w i a n t i e n l g iman on duty. Mr. B. immediately rose, hi premises found it had taken place in a ft :: - t er situated over the warehouse. On the alarm being 4 4 , 4 ", Shalders attended with his patent fountain engines, iitt6lfter great exertions the fire was extinguished before any consequences had taken place. There is not the trrtest doubt that this fire would have been attended with a ' 4t l es; had it not been for the fountain pump, and it. was that and the exertions of Air. Shalders that the fire e P r- raptly extinguished. it being an hour a n d t en m i nutes 4 - 0 " . 'he engines could be got into play ; and at the time the - *„s iiscovered th e w h o l e s t ore - room was i n fl ames, for on P'll , her op en i ng th e d oor h a was t w i ce k noc k e d d own by and Unice. but fortunwely received no injury. 1440 P ERTIES SAVED BY THE PORTABLE FIRE ENGINE. 13, !Alin z H ouse on Elm-hill, the roof on lire, but soo n .1 1 4: 1 1•she t i by the Portable Engine. ' nortnri sDyery,twieo on fire, the second time, th e pre „a `l l + 'With 12,000/. worth of c.iti-igned property, mit , t all hare e..„,• er li a sattrifitte, had no. the Poiitatile Eigitte, after a lon — tbat, got he fire under, whiA tea= completely t fleeted ju , t, ` t ore the fi r •t common en g i ne ma d e i ts appearance. .. t ,"' ~e sti, r s. Di on's Foundry, theroof on file ; these premises ~ Q ll. . ltt soon "lave been destroyed, but for the new property "ttiwar. Irt or. Aatts' Foundry on fi re , an d save d b y t h e new fire de "2/4 Yll4r. Plummer's Ironmongery warehouse, slightly on fire, Rot under by Portable Engine ; and Atab'e4, &c., Waggon and Horse-lane. The Superintend "t on_ duty that night con , hierq this fire had a moot alarming , anti- a•• - • , 141 , ThIStS ithrdnA, t t :'ony combustible chat a..:itt have gcty suon titett itt rmes had not the fire been i r v :Atediately arrested by Shalders's rtable Fut) Engide ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. extended into Cavendish-square. The much-admired Interior of the CHAPEL of ST. HELENA in JERUSA LEM, after D. Roberts, R.A. (published by Mr. Moon), and a fine Exterior View of ST. 1 3, ..TER'S at ROME, are now added to the ENL ARGED DISSOLVING VIEWS. NAPIER'S PATENT PRINTING MACHINE, and AIN SLI t,'S PATENT BRICK and TILE MAKING MA CHINE, both at work by Steam Powe . Fine specimens of ANCIENT and MODERN FRESCO. Mr. COLLEN. takes PORTRAITS daily by Mr. Fox Talbot's CALO TYPE PROCESS. The Lectures on this Art will not be continued after next week. PHOTOGRAPHIC POR TRAITS taken as usual by Mr. Beard. Varied Lectures by Dr. Ryan, Professor Bachhofther, and the other Lecturers. The ORRERY, DIVING BELL. DIVER, &c. Beautiful additions to the COSMORANIIC VIEWS, which► are shown in the Evenings.—Conductor of the Band, Mr. Wallis. Admission, Is. ripHE CHINESE COLLECTION. ST G E ORGE'S-PLACE, HYDE PARK CORNER. This Splendid Collection, consisting of Objects Exclusively Chinese, surpassing in extent and grandeur any similar display in the known world, entirely filling the spacious saloon, 225 feet in length, by .50 feet in width ; embracing upwards of Fifty Figures as large as life, all fac-similes, in groups, in their native costumes, from the highest mandarin to the blind mendicant in his patched garment. Also, many thousand spe cimens, both in Natural History and Miscellaneous Curiosi ties, illustrating the appearance, manners, and customs of more than Three Hundred Million Chinese, respecting whom the Nations of Europe have had scarcely any opportunity of judg ing, IS NOW 0" E N for Public Inspection from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. _ AamissiO - n 2s. 6d...—Children Is. TRULY MAGNIFICENT EWELS, For ty Modern Gold and Silver Watches by Elicot and Smith, other English and Geneva Watches, Plate, Gold Chrono- moter bylarnshaw, Two Elegant Dressing-cases with Sil ver Fittings. MESSRS. DEI3ENHAM and STORE, are in structed to SELL by AUCTION, at their Booms, King-sire. t, Covent-garden, on %VEDNESDAY, September 21, and following Day, at Elere,,, • An unusually valuable ASSEMBLAGE of JEWELS, of the most magnificent character and design; including (in brilliant diamonds) a most chaste and elegant cluster necklace, forming at pleasure back and side combs, a single stone collet ditto, a splendid head ornament, three pair of beautiful top and drop ear-rings, a locket composed of ;7 rare and remark ably fine stones of the purest water, three magnificent stones set as a pin, ring, and snap, weighing three, tour, and five ca rats ;Jell, several half-hoop, cluster, and single stone rings, brooches, pins, shirt studs, &c., a most beautiful necklace formed of 343 large and very fine oriental pearls, fashionable arid very elegant armlets, necklaces, bracelets, ear-rings, 80 brooches, rings, pins, lockets, &e., set in fine gold, and com posed of precious stones and pearls, 300 very superior English and Geneva watches, of the most recent fashion, and by the most eminent makers, including several by Messrs. Elicot and Smith, modern plate, Sheffield plated goods, clocks, time pieces, shop dials, and other valuable property. May be viewed, and Catalogues had, at the Rooms. ILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive 1.3 and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver supplanted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless ALIIATA PLATE. C. WATSON (late ALDERMAN) 41 and 42, Barbican, aided by a person of science in the amal gation of metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the most beautiful article ever yet offered : possessing all the rich ness of Silver in appearance—with its durability and hardness —with its perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it does, a chem'cal process, by which all that is nauseous in mixed metals is entirely extracted—resist ng aa acids, may be cleaned as Silve r , and is manufactured into every article for the Table and Side board. s. d. Sauce Ladles ..... 1 9- Table Spoons and Forks, s. d per doz Dessert do., per doz l2 6 Gravy Spoens 3 6 Soup Ladles 6 6 C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal is peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold, than his metal is from all others ; the Public will there fore have no difficulty in discovering the animus which directs the virulent attacks made against him, by a party who is daliy suffering from the unparalleled success which has marked the progress of tits New Plate since its introduction. C. W., unlike this party, courts comparison, feeling confident that the result will establish its pre-eminence. 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and at 16 NORTON FOLGATE. Q,ILVER TEA SERVICES.—A. B. SAVORY ►►JJ and Suns, Manufacturing Silversmith, No. 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, submit the prices of the following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SERVICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet, the tea and coffee-pots with a sewer ornament on the lids. The King' Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. The shape of either is new and elegant t COTTAGE PATTERN. KING'S PATTERN. S. B. Strong Silver Tea-p0t.....12 0 Strong Silver Teapot 12 0 Ditto Sugar Basin 616 Ditto Sugar Basin 710 Ditto Milk Ewer. 4 10, 1 Ditto Cream Ewer 510 Ditto Co ff ee-pot. 15 01 Ditto Coffee.pot 15 0 Complete £3B 61 Complete £4O C A variety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee Services may be seen in the Show-rooms, where may be selected every article of Silver requisite for the sideboard or plate -chest. Pamphlets of prices, illustrated with sketches of the various articles, gratis and forwarded postage free to any part of the kingdom.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, No. 9, Cornhill, Lcndon, opposite the Bank of England. 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, (directly opposite the York Hotel), and 76, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY. SIGHT AND HE ARING.—TEsTnomALs. " The Messrs. S and B. SOLOMONS' Newly-invented SPECTACLE LENSES afford astonishing relief to extremely 'mperfect vision—We give them the decided preference to every other kind of Lens—the clearness of the transparency brings every object very distinct, and enables individuals to view the most minute particle with perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant by candle light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and soften bright and brilliant lights : James Blundell, Esq., 'M.D., 1, Great George-street, West- minster. George G. Sigmund, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street. T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F. R. S., Saville-row. John P,amsbotham, Esq., M. D., Broad-street-buildings. Anthony White, Esq., Surgeon, 3. Parliament-street. John Hooper, Esq. , Surgeon, Newington-place, Kennington Frederick Leighton, Esq., M.D., 7, Upper Gower-street. Messrs. Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-street. W. Day, Esq., Surgeon, lsleworth. T. Dally, Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street. R. H. Lucas, Esq., NI.D., Exeter. J. Taylor Gordon, Esq., M.D. Wm. 'Bowie, Esq., M.D., Bennett-street, Bath, C. Heywood, Esq., M.D., Blandford. Henry Lawrence, Esq., M.D., Tenby. 'Vm 3eafreson, Esq., Surgeon-oculist, 21, South Audley-street. S .D. Robinson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham. C. Shillito, Esq., M.D., Bri ;hton. William Canolly, Esq., M.D., Ch'ltenham. E. H. Allnatt, Esq., M.D. Wallilgford. ".ehomas Willis, Esq., M.D., Brig ton griffiths, Esq., surgeon, Nammersmith. John Kenderick, Esq., Surgeon, Manch'ster-street, Mambo ter-square. Charles Tunally, Esq., Surgeon, Camden-town. H. Colebourn, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Harleyfo:d-place, Ken- hington. N. il•Cann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Pat liament-itreet. Samuel Vanner, Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square. W. Jones, Esq., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor vinare. W. English, Esq., Sur;eon, Denmark-11;11. A. Barklemore, Esq., Surgeon, 10, Charlotte-st. , Bloomsbury. E. S' oddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square. J. H. Walker, Surgeon, 23, Charlotte.strcet, Bloomsbury. C. Hilham, Esl., Surgeon, 46, Davies-street, Berkeley-square Edwaru Nason, Esq., Surgeon,Nuneaton, Warwickshire." In placing the above list of Testimonials before the public, the Messrs. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, state that their INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by which thousands of Deaf Persons have bean greatly benefited, is not larger than a seven-shilling-piece, and when fixed ilito the ca v i t y of tht ear is soft and easy, awl not more uncomffflt able nor perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place. By its use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard wit'l distinctness. These important new inventions are patronized by their Ma jesties the King and Queen of Hanover and their Royal High nesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High ness the Pr..icess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury, the late Duke of Norfolk, the Dukes of Devonshire, Argyle, Manchester, and Marlborough, Lord Hill, &c. Sec. Observe the lessrs. Solomons state that they have ns con nection with persons of the same name in Ireland and Scotland, and that they do not employ any Travellers or Agents ; the genuine article are only to be had .n London, at their Esta- Mi.hments, I 9 Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 74:i. King William-otreet. Bank _ . FRAMP'FON'S PILL 01 HEALTH. The manlfo'd advantages to the Heads of Families from the possession of a medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sick. ness occurring in families more or less every day, are so obvious to all, that no question , an be raised of its importance to every house holder in the kingdom. Flom among numerous testimonials, the following i• respectfully submitted : "To Mr. THOS. PROU l', 22? STRAND, LONIIONT. " 5, Cooper-street, Manchester, March 12, 1842 "Si a,—t have much satisfaction in communicating to you the re sult of my ex:ienenee, after repeated trials of FRAMPTON'S PILL ~f HEALTH, a.•d I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of many years' trial of various aperient medicines, I have never found results at once salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from iedundant bile, &c. &c. .• ith so little inconvenience; I am, there fore t.arranted in declaring that they supply to rise a means long waniing, of being able tit recommend to amidet, Schools, and espe cially Mercantile Men, whether at the desk or on the road, a mos. valuable re•ouree in an occasiAial rAedieine. -knd I shall take cre dit to myself, if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making .inti l Frampton's Pill s more ge ner a lly known and appreciate l. e s e m ed , , S n r te , d re s s i x e , c o tf t u t l h ly es s e pnuirisis,, WILLIAM SMITH." 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But disinclination from and incapacity for study, business, &c., palpitation of heart, low spirits, determination of Wool to the head, vertigo, blushing, groundless fear, restlessness, wretchedness, sleeplessness, delu sions, thoughts of self-destruction, insanity, &T., originate in weak nerves. A Clergyman having cured himself of a deep rooted nervous complaint, of fourteen years' duration, and of 8,000 patients in eight years knows not twenty uncured, from benevolence rather than gain, offers to cure all who apply to him. Clergymen, Members of Parliament, Barristers, Officers of the Army and Navy, Merchants, Tradesmen, &c., have been cured, and all may be. Apply to,or address, post paid, Dr. Willis Moseley, 9, Char lotte-street, Bloomsbury. At home from Eleven to Three. By the same, just published by Simpkin and Marshall, and all Booksellers, ELEVEN CHAPTERS on NERVOUS COMPLAINTS, ss. " This is the best book on nervous complaints we have."_ Professor S. Third Edition. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer c h an dize Week ended Name of Railway. Miles Tota Opened. .t. Tots.. s. d. Sept. 10Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,503 15 11 9 Birmingham and Gloucester... 55 1,880 14 2 3 Brandling Junction 9 (;heater and Birkenhead .. 11 Dundee and Arbroath ... 10 Edinburgh and Glasgow . Eastern Counties . l7l 10 Glasgow and Ayr 40 1,283 7 9 10 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 221 970 4 11 10 Grail Junet., Chester &Crewe 113 7,663 5 0 10 Great North of England 45 1,291 11 1 11 Great Western Hayle __. .. .. . 16 10 Hull and:Selby .... ...... .....: if 1,066 12 6 Lancaster & Preston Junction 21:4 9 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,548 10 10 JO London and Birmingham ll2l 16,252 17 10 15 London and Blackvrall ...... 10 London and Brighton Ditto Shoreham Branch 13 London and Croydon l4 • 385 12 9i 15 London and Greenwich 34 767 10 0 11 London and South Western 8 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 610 10 Oi 3 Manchester & Birmingham 10 Al ancnester and Leeds 10 Midlan:i Counties 574 2,722 5 li 10 Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 8 Newcastle and North Shields 7 417 11 6 11 Northern and Eastern ... 10 North Midland 9 North Union 10 Preston and Wyre 10 Sheffield and Manchester.-- 7 183 5 5 15 South Eastern 10 Taff Vale 11 Ulster 10 York and North Midland 2B 1,903 15 3 MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered in the week ending Sept. 10, 1842." tThe Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Average 1838-9-40-1 CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Four Four Summers I Years Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 182 191 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 150 150 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... El;seases of the Flea-t and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidcpys, &c. 4 4 4 Chilcibed, Diseases of the Uterus, Ste ll 8 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, awl Muscles 5 5 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Diseases of Uncertain . Seat llB 95 104 O'sl Age, or Natural tiecay 47 54 69 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern- perance Causes not specified..„,.. I I 6 7 Deaths from all causes . 864 -- Average Weekly - Deaths B4B 912 Population: Average Death am- Weekly in 'lterated Deaths the , lbil. , 183:4-Y-4 , '-l. Week West—Kensington, St. George', - _ A _____ . . ,-- ster, St. Martin in the Fields, . i, Ye rs. I summers. ( Hanover-square), Westmiu- Four I Fou —, r . ' DISTRICTS. • St. James 300,105 135 124 136 North—St. Mary-le -bone, St Pancras, Islington, Hackney'36s,66o 162 149 167 Central—Saint Giles mid Saint George, Strand, Clerkenwell, Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon don, West London, City of London ...373,806 188 174 170 East — Shoreditch,Whitechape , Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392;495 206 193 194 South—St Saviour, St.. Olave, St. George( Southwark ),13er mombey, Newington. Lam beth, Camberwell, Bother- hitke, Greenwich :.. .. ;:::..433,060 221 203 197 Total 1,870,727 912 843 864 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—. and the parishes of St. !Ltryiebone, St. Pancras, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmith Clipelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom_ icy), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890, and in June 1841, wa s 1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING Sept. 3. Sept. 10. 76 ° 71° 50 53 64 63 15, 1842. Richest Daily Mean . General Register Office, Sept. NORWICH, SEPT. 15. file excitement exhibited this morning in this quiet aad peaceful town was quite extraordinary. Every street was thronged with equi pages, and parties hastening towards St. Andrew's hall, and with crowds of people assembled to gaze on the brilliant scene. Within ten minutes of the opening of the doors, every part of the spacious hall was com pletely fiiled, and those who came afterwards found Admission out of the question. Before the performance began, Professor Taylor addressed the audience, and said, in the name of the committee, that they had oc casion, for the first time, to regret that the size of the hall was insufficient for the company who wished to bs present, aid that those who found themselves un plossa stly crowded, if th ey chose to leave the hall, should receive tickets of adinission to either of the subsequent performances they might prefer. Besides the two thousand persons who filled the hall, five hundred at least could not obtain admission. ' The first part of this day's performances consisted of several tine specimens of ecclesiastis;al music. First of all, there was the chorus f rom Joshua, "Ye Sons of Israel," one of Handel's most sublime efforts. Nothing can be more magnificent than the musical phrase given to the above Words, which is rever berated, and " tossed about`-Inonr side to side," in the true antiphonal style ofharin sm y. Th e f uga l subject at the words, ‘• In Gilgal and on Jordan's banks," was taken up by the different parts in a man ner which should send the Exeter-hall choristers to school again. Miss Hawes then sang, in a beautiful manner,. the air "On the dwellings of thy children," from Schneiders Oratorio, the Deluge. It is accom panied throughout by the violoncello obligato, and nothing could be more charming than the union of Miss Hawes's deep contralto tones, with those of Lindley's instrument. There was then a trio from Battishell's anthem, "Behold how good a thing it is," admirably sung by Young, Hobbs, and Bradbury. No person who had ever heard the inimitable round, " I lov'd thee, beautiful and kind," could fail to recog nise the composer of this exquisite trio. The organ accompaniment was played by Mr. Turle, with the utmost delicacy; and this beautiful y anthem i s one o f those "gems of purest ray serene, which " the dark unfathom'd caves of ocean" would soon bear, were it not for the taste and judgment of the conductor of the Norwich Festival. Handel's air, "O magnify the Lord," was very beautifully sung by Miss Bassano, a young lady of great promise, but she must strive to accomplish a better shake. Lastly came Dr. Croft's anthem, " Sing unto God." Now came the great object of expectation,, The F a ll of Babylon, an or a tori o , by Louis Spohr, Ma3stro di Capello to his Serene Highness the Elector of H ,sse Cassel, which same Elector, exercising his sovereign will and pleasure, has been graciously pleased to re fuse permission to the illustrious composer to super intend the performance of his work. It has fortu nately happened that this superintendence has been committed to able hands; and Spohr's confiden ce i n his friend and coa dj u t or , Professor Taylor, has been amply justified by the result, for a more perfect per formance, and a more enthusiastic reception, could not have:been witnesssed. Both as a dramatic poem and as a musical composition, this oratorio is entitled to high consid era ti on . The poem is, in the stri c t es t acceptation of the word, an oratorio, or second musical drama. Its subject -is of the grandest description— the destruction of the Assyrian power, and the resto ration of th e H e b rew peo ple from their lon g an d seemingly hopele ss ca pti v ity. Its incidents ar e f ew , simple, and striking, such as can be rendered intelli gible without the aid of theatrical exhibition and action ; and its poetry is of a much higher class than is generally to be met with in the libretti of musical compositions. At present a short account of the subject of the poem must suffice. At its commencement the scene lies on the banks of the Euphrates, near Babylon. A chorus of Jews are bewailing their captivity, iet and r crying to J e h ova h f or d e li ver ance. Th Daniel join s i n th e i r prayers , a nd predictse isop their ap proaching - proaching res t ora ti on. Th e scen e changes to tas Persian camp ; an d, am id t h e mos t animated strains of martial music, the soldiers of Cyrus invoke the vengeance of Heaven o n the c riminal and devoted is city. 'Within the city, a J ew i s h motherrepre sented watching her sl ee pi ng c hild, a nd weeping life of bondage over the unconscious inn ocen t, d oomed to a • ins strange l a nd. H er h us b and enters, b r inging j o yful tidings. Their inspired prophet has seen, in a vision, the long-delayed re d emption of th e Hebrew race. In the second act, the laid .in the banquet-hall, i n the palace eof scen eß ei s i zzar s . The Assyrian monarch i s f east i ng amid the magn ificence of Belshazzar. his voluptous court, when the joyous strains of the festive-groups are interrupted by the dark and boding murmurs of the Jewish captives, assembled, we may suppose, round the doors of the hall. The King ad dresses them in terms of anger and contempt ; and, by way of insult, commands the rich and sacred vessels, which once adorned the Temple, to be brought before him and employed in their unholy festivities. While he is exulting in fancied poWer and security, the terrible hand-writing appears on the wall. The revellers fly in terror and dismay. The King calls for his soothsayers to explain the porten t o us prodigy, and, on confessing th e i r inability, Daniel, the Jewish captive, is called for. - While be is speaking, the dis tant march of the Persians is heard, and a soldier, with breathless haste, announces to Belshazzar that the foe is upon him. Cyrus, by turning the course of the Euphrates, has been enabled to enter the city ; the Babylonian empire is destroyed ; and the deli verance of the chosen p eop l e is celebrated in songs of devout and pious rejoicing. Such, in few words, is the subject of this sublime work. Its music is characterised by all the greatness of Spohr's genius, and by his - peculiarities of manner. But the traits of genius, as well as the peculiarities of manner, must be reserved till another opportunity ; in the meantime it must be allowed that The Fall of Babylon is the greatest work of its class that has ap peared since the days of Handel. „ Its performance was admirable.. The dramatis per sons were cast thus : — Daniel, M r . Hobbs ; Cyrus, Mr. Phillips; Belshazzar, Ur. Balfe ; Israelitish Man, Mr. Young ; Soothsayer, Ur. Walton ; Persian Soldiers, Messrs. Perring and Bradbury; Israelitish Women, Mad. Caradori and Miss Rainforth ; Nico tris (Mother of Belshazzar), Miss Hawes. The chorus consisted of Israelites, Persian, and Babylo nian soldiers, and priests of 13, 1.. The performance was wonderful. Listening to it with the score in your hands, not a single error could be detected. By the regulations, no applause was permitted, but everybody accustomed to observe the demeanour of large audiences knows that besides the vulgar demonstration of clapping of hands,.there are many signs by which the general feelin g can be dis covered. The universal impression is, that The Fall of Babylon is the greatest work which its illustrious author has yet produced, and the tidings of its triumphant success will console Limn for having been deprived of the gratification of witn ess i ng . it. CORONER'S IN QUEST. An inquest was held on Friday b y . Mr. wakiey M.P., at the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of George Robertson, aged 22, a carman, who was em ployed by his u n cle, Mr. Martin, a pork b u t c h er an d carman, residing in Aldgate. George Ball, a cab-driver, residin g in Shouldham street, Marylebone, stated that on Thursday, the Ist of Sept., about half past seven o'clock in the morning, he was driving down Oxford-street, near the Pan theon, when he heard a loud rattling no i se behind him. On looking round he saw a cart laden with timber, and the horse galloping at a furious rate. The deceased was entangled in the harness, and w as endeavouring to 'seize hold of the pummel of the s addle. In the course of his efforts he fell over, and the horse kicked him on his left side. Deceased then his face, and the near-wheel went over his neck and back. The horse, a high-spirited ani mal, was stopped at the corner of Market-street. The 'dec eased, when picked up, was 'quite insensible, and he was removed on a shutter to the above hospital. Ann Hemmings, a nurse in the hospital, stated that the deceased told her that he was going to Oxford street with a load of deals, and that he was riding on he shafts at the time the horse toOKI fright as he sup posed, in consequence of the rattling of the deals. The sudden start of the horse jerked him off. Mr. E. B. Tuson, the house-surgeon, proved that the deceased died of the injurieS'he had sustained on Tuesday last. The CORONER commente d Up )n the dangerous practice of carmen riding ups* the shafts of vehicles entrusted to their care, and expressed his astonishment that the police suffered them to do so, When there was an Act of Parliament that imposed a penalty for the commission of such offences. It was a common thing to see brewers' dray men riding on shafts, and the practice not only i nv olved the safety of th e i r own ' lives but placed the lives of the public i n i mminent peril. The Jury o : mu m - I in the °Flub -, expreated by the Coroner, and a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned, EARLY SANITARY REGULA-. TIONS FOR LONDON. (Ferns Cie " Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain.) The following illustrations are from a collection of records upon the subject made by Mr. T. 1). Hardy. of the Record-office, in the Tower :—' The first extract shows that sea-coal was in use in London much earlier than is commonly supposed : " Patent Roll, 16 Edw. I.—The King to his be loved and faithful Thomas de IVeylaund, John de • Lavetot, John de Cobeham, and Ralph de Sandwico. Castos of his city of London, greeting : From the complaint of many persons, we understand that mans . people are dangerously aggrieved by the furnaces ss lime which are built in the said city and its suburbs, and in Southwark ; because the lime which forsaerly used to be burnt, with wood, is now burnt with sea coal, by which the air there is affected and corrupted, to the great danger of persons frequenting those parts and dwelling around them : we, therefore, being wil ling to afford a fitting remedy for this, have appointed you to see those furnaces, and remove the danger and nuisances which threaten from them in these days, and to order further concerning them according to your discretion, as you shall see most expedient for the common use and safety ; and therefore we com mand you, that taking with you our sheriffs of Lon don and ottrimilitis of Southwark, you perform the pre mises with diligence. We have also commanded the same sheriffs and bailiffs that at a certain day, which you shall make known to them, they attend to this with you, in form aforesaid.—Witness, Edmund Earl of Cornwall, at Westminster, on the 26th day of May." " A.D. 1290, 18 Edw. I.—The Carmelite Friars of London, the Friars-preachers, the Bishop of Salis bury, and others, petition Parliament to abate a nui sance (viz., a great stench) near them which they cannot endure, and which prevents them from per forming their religious duties, and from which seve ral of the monks had died.—(Petit. in Parl.lB Edw. I.) " 35 Edw. I.—The Mayor of London is com manded to prevent persons from lighting furnaces near the Tower of London during the stay of the Queen and the nobles at the Tower, because the air is cor rupted and infection generated by the insalubrity of the air on account of the said furnaces.—(Rot. clans. 35 Edw. I.) " A.D. 1320, 14 Edw. ll.—The inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Smithfield complain to Parliament that wells and ditches are dug there without the King's license, to the annoyance of the inhabitants and passengers. The Mayor and Corporation of Lon don are thereupon ordered to see that such nuisances are abated.—(Petit. in Parl. 14 Edw. II.) " A.D. 1330, 4 Edw. lll.—The Chancellor and University of Cambridge petition Parliament that the Mayor and Corporation of Cambridge may be con strained to scour the ditch of the town, which is in jurious to the health of the inhabitants of the town.— (Petit. in Parl. 4 Edw. III.) " 44 Edw. lll.—The butchers of London are for bidden to slaughter cattle within that city, or throw entrails into the river Thames, on forfeiture of the carcase and imprisonment.—(Rot. clans. 44 Edw. III.) " A.D. 1370, 3 Rich. ll.—The inhabitants of Smith field and Holborn complain of the infection of the air from butchers slaughtering cattle, &c., and casting en trails into the ditches.—(Petit. in Purl. 3 Rich. II.) " By stat. 12th Rich. 11., c. 13.—None, shall cast any garbage or dung or filth into ditches, waters, or other places within or near any city or town, on pain of punishment by the Lord Chancellor at his discretion. " Butchers of London shall erect a slaughter-house on the banks of the Thames, and thither carry off their offals, which, when cut into pieces, shall be car ried in boats, and at the commencement of the ebb cast into the river. —(Rot. Parl. 16 Rich. II.) " A.D. 1392, 16 Rich. is enacted that the butchers of London shall not slaughter therein any swine or other beasts for sale. (Rot. Parl. 16 Rich. II.) " Same date.—All filth, &c., ordered by Parliament to be removed from both banks of the Thames be tween the Palace of .Westininster and the Tower of London ; and butchers or others are prohibited from casting entrails, &e., into the river on penalty of 40/. —(lbid.) " Parliament forbids all persons from throwing dung, garbage, or entrails of slaughtered beasts into rivers or waters near cities or towns to corrupt the air and cause infection.—(Rot. Claus. 4 Hen. IV.) " The Chancellor is authorised to treat touching the non-rebuilding of two forges in Fleet-street, Lon don, demolished in a riot, as straitening the said street." —(Rot.. Parl. 18 Hen. VI)" The Courts, however, have always had regard to the convenience of trade : thus it was held— " Si homme fait candells deins un vill, per qui it cause un noysom sent al inhabitants, uncore ceo nest ascun nusans car le needfulness de eux dispensera ove le noisomness del smell."—(2 Roll's Abr. 139.) But this decision has been doubted, " Because," says Sergeant Hawkins, Pl. Cor. 190, c. 75, " what ever necessity there may be that candles be made, it cannot be pretended to be necessary to make them in a town, and that the trade of a brewer is as necessary as that of a chandler; and yet it seems to be agreed that a brewhouse erected in such an inconvenient place where the business cannot be carried on with out incommoding greatly the neighbourhood may be indicted as a common nuisance. A presentment was made to a Leet for erecting a glass-house; and Twis den, J.., said he had known an information adjudged against one for erecting a brewhouse .near Sergeants' Inn ; but it was insisied that a man ought not to be punished for erecting anything necessary for the exer cise of his lawful trade; and it being answered that it ought to be in convenient places where it may not be a nuisance, the other Justices doubted, and 'aped that it was unlawful only to erect such things near the King's Palace." Vent. 26, Pasch. 21, Car. 2. Recently, however, when some architects and medical gentle men went to the top of Buckingham Palace to exa mine it preparatory to its occupation by her Majesty, they were assailed by a cloud of smoke from the chimney of the furnace of a neighbouring brewery ; and the nuisance remains to the present time in full force, n o twithstanding the statutoryprovisions against it. Where the defendant in his business as a printer employed a steam-engine, which produced a continued noise and vibration in the plaintiff's apartment which adjoined the premises of the defendant, this was held to be a nuisance. The Duke of Northumberland v. Clowes, C. P., at Westminster, A.D., 1824. The earlier sanitary regulations were frequently set forth in the provisions' of the Local Acts for the re gulation of the streets. From the early street regula tions of the city of London, we find that the purity of the river and of the contributory streams was zealously regarded : the ward inquests were specially charged to inquire— " If any manner of person cast or lay dung, ordure, rubbish, sea-coal dust, rushes, or any other noiant, in the river of Thames, Walbrook, Fleet, or other ditches of this city, or in the open streets, ways, or lanes within this city. Also, if any person in or after a great rain falletb, or at any other time, sweep any dung, ordure, rub bish, rushes, sea-coal dust, or any other thing noiant down into the channel of any street or lane, whereby tile common course there is let, and the same things noiant driven down into the said water of Thames." But when it is considered how few of the streets were paved, or sewered, or drained, the following re gulation indicates what must have been their condi tion and the habits of the inhabitants : " No man shall cast any urine-boles or ordure boles into the street by day or night, afore the hour of nine in the night : mid also he shall not cast it out, but bring it down, and lay it in the channel, under the pain of three shillings and fourpence ; and if he do cast it upon any person's head, the party to have a lawful recompense, if he have hurt thereby. ' The state in which the streets were under such re gulations is indicated in the proclamations issued at the time of the plague, 1569, to " warne all inhabi tants against their houses to keep channels clear from filth (by onlie turning yt) aside, that the water may have psssage." The prominent provisions of the modern Sewers' and Street Acts are those which contain penalties against the most effectual means of street-cleansing— that by discharging the street refuse through the sewers ; but whilst the local legislation was deficient in principle in the main provisions, it is distinguished by a multitude of particular provisions against nui sances and obstructions, which would argue the most extensive foresight. The nature of the provisions ha bitually resorted to are illustrated in the statute of 4th Geo. IV., c. 50, s. 1, for building the new London bridge. The wife of a workman residing in the Rue St. Victor was a few days ago delivered of her 22d child, at the age of 58. years!—Paris paper. The "truck system" is carried on to such an ex tent at Mountsorrel, that one workman has received no cash for fourteen weeks.—Nottinghani Mercury. The Directors of the Blackwall Railway Company came to a res9lution, a few evenings since, to increase the fares to pas s engers in the first class from 6d. to Bd., and in the second class from 4d. to 6d., and the advanced fares have already been exacted. SCOTCH FARMING IN THE, LOTHIANS. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN 1842. Northcliffe, Sept. 9, Dear Sir,—Now that Parliamentary warfare over, and the din of arms and of special constible , is subsiding, it may perhaps not be uninteresting ti. you: readers, more especially the agricultural portico' of them, to peruse the notes I have made during nsl late visit to the Lothians, a visit which I made solely f . or fanning purposes. Ths Lothians comprise, I believe, the counties of Edinburgh, Iladdifigton ' and Linlithgow, and have latterly become celebrated for the superior system . of cultivation carried on, the flourishing condition of ttis far.ners, and the high rates at which the land is leased, I may perhaps just mention, that my farm is in the county of Hertford, and consists of 500 acres. It is :conducted on the best system current twenty 01 twenty-five years ago, very superior to anything if, these parts, and my k bailiff was brought up in the Lothians; but aware that we have been stationary. whilst elsewhere, as in. Scotland, a rapid progress has been going on, I determined to ascertain the actual Mite of farming where it had made the greatest ad vance, and with this view desired him to give me t.ht meeting at Edin!surgh on the Ist of July last. Owing to the kindness of a friend who understood farmirss well himself, and had an extensive personal acquaint ance with the farmers, I was enabled to visit a number of farms of various descriptions, and to communicate with the farmers themselves in freedom and confidence. The general conviction which remains upon my. mind is this, that with a system equal to that of the Lothians, established throughout England, landlords might receive double rents, farmers be rich and pros. perous, and the country be rendered, for two genera ti sns, independent of foreign supplies, notwithstanding an abolition of all protective duties. I am confident the agricultural produce of England, Wales, and the West of Scotland, might be doubled ; and that of Lan cashire and Cheshire be tripled, and this without any material addition to the agricultural population. The Lothian farms consist each of from 200 to 500 Scotch acres, the Scotch acre being one-fourth larger than the English statute acre ; and I shall limit my I remarks to the current acre of the Lothians, not knowing whether it is, or is not, the common measure of Scotland. Some few farms are rather smaller, chiefly those a few miles from Edinburgh, upon which it is not necessary to keep stock for the purpose of manure, and some few are larger, where stock is fat tened for market; but a farm of 300 to 500 acres is, by common consent, the utmost which one farmer is thought capable of managing himself, just as a con cern of 500 looms is considered, in this country, enough for the personal superintendence of one man. The farm buildings are small, compact, and situated near the centre of the farm, and have always a steam engine of six to eight horse power for thrashing and other purposes. The corn is put up in stacks in a stack yard, near the thrashing machine ; the stacks being of such a size as that one may furnish a day's work for the thrashing machine. At the entrance of the farm yard is the d we lli ng o f th e greeve or b a i l i ff; for every farmer keeps a bailiff, who superintends everything on the farm, and is cognizant of everything that goes in or out of the farm buildings. A fact that struck me much was, that the greeve received only one shilling a week more than the ploughman. The explanation given me is equallyre markable, that every man on the farm has knowledge enough for the situation of greeve ; but that every man has not the qualifications which fit him for the management of other men, or perhaps is not suffis cientry trustworthy for so responsible a situation. That the requisite knowledge for conducting a farm of 500 acres may be had for 12s. a week (the wages of a ploughman), and that ls. extra will command the extra qualifications for a bailiff,speak eloquently what education has done for the peasantry of this part of Scotland. I found the greeves universally clever, acute, and sensible; and their minds open to what was missing. in the world, beyond the limits of their own farm or immediate neighbourhood. The farmer's dwelling house is generally a little in front. of the farm buildings, a neat, comfortable house, with kitchen and flower garden attached. The farmers themselves are men of much superior education, manners, and style of living, to the pos sibly equally wealthy ones of the farming counties of England, even Linc o l ns hi re an d Norfolk, where the firms are of about equal extent with those of the Lothians. As a class, they would compare snore with master manufacturers of Lancashire, so keen and pushing. Few of them are without a handsome phaeton for the use of the female members:of their family; they are all of most hospitable habits ; and I was informed, excepting for a month at seed time, and the same at harvest, they have company at home, or dine out, at least three times a week. One feature throughout the Lothian farms may be remarked—a great uniformity in the quality of the crops. Not as elsewhere here a good fa rmer ,: an d th ere a b a d one; here a failing crop, there a middling one ; and here again a finer one; but nearly all the same, showing that farming is there reduced to a science, leaving nothing uncertain but the seasons, and which, affecting all nearly alike, do not materially affect the uniformity I speak of. 'the present season has been remarkably favour able in the Lothians, as a whole, though somewhat too dry. The wheat would average about five quar ters to the acre ; and, in the 70 or 80 acres on the same farm, it would sometimes be difficult to point out a square yard which carried more, or fewer, ears than the rest of the field. The farms are divided into fields of from 20 to 50 acres each; the hedges are clipt low and thin, and the ditches covered in, so as to occupy as little space as possible. There are no trees in the hedge-rows, and few furrows in the land, all being laid down flat; and thus, between one thing and another, the entire area of the farm is made productive, and the expense of fences and gates is reduced to a minimum. Another thing worth noting is, that permanent grass, either as meadow or pasture, is unknown, or nearly so; the only hay, or p as t ure , i s derived rom artificial grass, sown in the regular rotation of crop, and which remains two years down, and is then ploughed up and followed by oats. The crops of ar tificial grass were extremely heavy. I counted, in one field of 16 acres, no less than 234 sheep, from 150 to 200 of which had been on the land since the Ist April. On another farm, a field of the same size had on it 20 cows ; and in both the feed, chiefly white clover, was abundant, and of the finest quality. The rent of the Lothian farms is from 3/. 10s. to 71. per acre; and these high rents the farmers not only pay, but thrive upon ; indeed, a more thriving set of men I never met with. They are enabled to pay these rents, and thrive, partly by the heavy crops arising from skilful cultivation, and partly by eco nomy of management in every department. Actual wages, however, are as high as in England, namely-- 10s. to 11s. a week for a common labourer ; 12s. for a ploughman, and 9d. a day for women, 10 hours to the day. As to the great amount of produce, it must be remembered, that all the land is under the plough. Five quarters of wheat are reckoned a good average ; but some fields turn out six to the acre. Ten or eleven quarters of oats, eight to ten tons of potatoes, and 26 to 30 tons of turnips, are reckoned good fair crops. Economy of management is sho wn in many ways : 1. In the position and quality of farm buildings, in having no land lying idle or unproductive, and in the use of machines and horses, instead of manual labour, wherever circumstances admit of it. 2. By confining attention to as few points as possi ble. Thus, instead of buying stock to feed off the grass during the two years the land is seeded down, it is let off to stock-feeders or butchers, at generally about 61. per annum the acre, and the farmer's atten tion and capital is thereby . saved from distraction and division. They contract in like manner to supply turnips, or both stalls and turnips, &c., for the winter, at so much the ton for turnips, or so much the bead, to the stock-feeder; and so the stock-feeder, in his turn, becomes limited to his own peculiar branch of business. The dairyman, in the same way, hires the fields in grass by the year, or for the summer, and contracts for his turnips during winter • thus attend ingb to nothing but his cows , which, by the by scrupulously milks three times a day for a t leait' he half the year. In a similar spirit, also, instead of getting up his potatoes himself, and with a fork as i s d on e with us, the Lothian farmer sells his crop of potatoe s at 141. to 201. per acre, according to the crop and s t a t e The of markets, to a deale r . armer then turns up the potatoes with the plough; thedealer appears with a hundred women and children, and sacks and scales, and the whole crop is transferred from the field to the market, or shipped for London , in one-tenth the time, and at one-tenth the expense, which would be re quired in England. 3. Economy in the use and keep of horses : such an abuse, as three horses to a plough, except to the subsoil plough, i s un k nown. The universal comple ment for 100 acres, I found to be two pair of horses, two ploughmen, and one labourer ; the nu mbe r of women and children varying with the particular crop, perhaps six or eight during the season. In this small allowance of horses, it must be re-: membered that the whole 100 acres is arable, there being no permanent pasture. The winter keep of the horses is a mixture of half chopped straw, or chopped anything, and half-steamed turnips or potatoes ; and this feed is found not only much cheaper than hay or oats, but the horses are kept in better condition, and enjoy better health. No horses could look in finer condition than they did, without exception. • All the Lothian farms are held on, nineteen years' leases, and the rents wholly, or partly, corn rising and falling with the yearly flnctuations• of the price of corn. The tendency of a corn rent I con ceive to be to throw fluctuations •in the value .of. a farm—that arising from an alteration of Corn-laws, for exampleupon the landlord, instead of the tenant. Without a long lease, the farmers would not lay out their capital in the free manner they now do ; and wit!, a long lease they feel independent of their land lands, more as if they w ere th e ac t ua l p ro p r ietors, and altogether hold themselves higher, and with good reason, than the most wealthy of our English farmers. In consequence of this independence, and part ownership, as it were, of their films, men of much superior rank, education, and capital, engage- in the '.rosiness of fhrming, than is the case in England, or indeed, than ever will be the case in England, under sxisting circumstances. The fimndation of all improvements in the Scotch limning is the system of thorough draining ; and so essential is this considered, that most of the land is deemed unworthy of being farmed at all .until it has undergone this oporation. Thorough draining is a series of drains, of tiles or broken .stones, made at regular distances, from fifteen to thirty feet or more apart, accordin g to the nat u re of the soil, over the whole field. This may be called the new system of draining, as opposed to the old one of cutting a few deep drains where spring"; actually show themselves, and which mode of draining i s now, I believe, entirely abandoned by the best farmers. I will merely remark, that it is advisable, in every case, to lay the drains in the old furrows, not across them ; and the drains themselves should be from sixteen to eighteen inches deep. When made with stones, the top of the drain may be • brought nearer the surface than is safe with tiles, and also when the land is for permanent grass, than when intended for arable; but I believe the tops, even of stone drains on grass lands, should be at least twelve inches below the surface of the ground, and that tile drains, in arable land, should not approach the surface nearer than eighteen or twenty inches. The sums spending at present in Scotland upon thorough draining are immense. It will be seen, m the followinc , notes of the farms I visited, that one itrtner had laid out 1,800/. in thorough draining alone, during the two first years of' his lease. I will now putt down a few extracts from my notes of the farms I visited, and shall call them by different numbers, that the actual farms may not be'recoguised : No. 1. Meadow land in small holdings, where the common sewers of the town discharge, one to two miles from Edinburgh, the grass constantly cut and taken into town for cows and horses : rent 151. per acre. No. 2. At two miles from town, with ample supply of town manure—potatoes and turnips carried daily into Edinburgh for sale : rent 71. per acre. No. 3. Farm 340 acres: old lease of 19 years lately expired: old rent 1,7001. or 51. per acre. The farmer took off 18,0001. to 20,0001., and has just bought a handsome estate in the neighbourhood, which he is improving. This farm is re-let on a new lease for 19 years, at a rent of 2,0001. or 64 per acre. No. 4. 250 acres, at three miles from Edinburgh : rent 1,0001. to I,2ool.—Thrashing machine, with dressers and finishers, on most approved principle, made by Carlow, of Lenny Port, Costorphine, Edin burgh, cost 851., exclusive of geering; steam-engine, six horses' power, complete, for 1201. o f Edi n burgh manufacture. Last year the crop of wheat on this farm reached six quarters to the acre, and the whole was sold at 80s. per quarter. Contracts with black smith at 3/. per annum, for each pair of horses, in chiding shoeing, geer, plough and cart repairs, hut no renewal. Laid by last year, 700/., besides living. No. 5. and 6. In one hand, or at least under one management.—Last year and this together, has spent 1,800/. in draining alone : this done with broken stones, which seems generally preferred, is not only cheaper, but more durable than tiles. When tiles are used, always put flats or pans for them to rest on.— Draining here varies from 18 to 60 feet between drains. For seeding down 1 bushel of rye grass, 4 lb. red clover, - . 4 lb. white, 4 lb. yellow, or trefoil, per acre. If intended - to lie down three years, or indeed two, reverse the quantities of_red and white clover.—Lets his grass, and contracts for sale of his turnips with W.. dairyman. No. 7. 500 acres : rent 1,750/. : seven miles from Edinburgh.—Too far from town to benefit, like the other farms, and a stiffer quality of land ; grows less potatoes and turnips, but very fine beans, and obliged to keep stock.—General stock for fatting, threc-vear old, Angers breed, but some cross of the Caithness cow and short-horn bull, quite fat at two years old.— Best manure, half rape, half dung; only good when uses! with dung; buys whole cargoes of rape. The gentleman who farms this, and' his two brothers, paN together 4,500/. rent. o. 8. 300 acres ; twenty miles from Edinburgh. —Much draining going on. The first crop of turnips this farm had ever borne, being stiff land, they looked promising. Price of large tiles, .50s. per 1,000, 14 inches long. Ditto small, 3f2s. do. do. Manure rape, 10 cwt. } per acre. Dung, 8 tons Fattens 40 oxen. The three-year-old Highland oxen fatten in four months. No. 9. 300 to 350 acres: twenty-five miles from Edinburgh; rent about 1,200/.—Farmer absent; and being the last year of the lease, the greeve was not communicative, thinking we were looking at the farm for ourselves. 70 acres in wheat, about 51- quarters to the acre, and exactly equal over every inch of the field. The farm nearly without a fence, and almost every yard in the highest state of cultivation. Pro cures a good deal of manure from sea-weed, being not far from the shore. No. 10. A farm, as we should call it an estate of 600 acres, lately purchased for 70,000/., without a single attraction of any kind but to a farmer. The pro prietor has just laid out about 5,0001. in a new steading, or farm buildings, compact and complete, containing stalls for 25 horses, 8-horse steam-engine, and every possible convenience for carrying on so large a con cern. It contains numerous pens for stock-feeders, the farm to supply them with turnips for winter, and grass for summer ; but it is not intended, I was given to understand, to meddle with stock themselves, with out necessity, following out the plan of attending only to one branch of business. The general course of cropping in the Lothians seems to be—Wheat, after summer fallow, or not ; turnips, or potatoes ; barley; seeds down for one, two, or three years, as circumstances vary; oats. When farther from town manure, and land stiffer, a crop of beans and peas is taken. In the East Lothians we saw comparatively few potatoes, whilst in the West Lothians it appears to be the grand crop. The best approximation I could come to, as to the division of the gross proceeds of a farm, gives— Rent 33 per cent. Expenses 47 do. ... 20 do. Profit and interest .. . 100 I have thus endeavoured to give, in a somewhat unconnected way, the result of my observations on the Lothian fanning, w here high rents, hi g h profits are ' and a well-paid and contented peasantry, all- seen combined in a pleasing union • There is as wide a difference between th existing there, and in these parts () f• e system England as be tween that pursued in the small detached 9 :pinning in millthse ti of rst-rate thirt factories.y years ago,and wh t a is now practised It is an interesting p question, but one I am not going to enter upon, how thi s • improved system of cultivation can be introduced into England, particu larly into our own and ~. the neighbouring counties ? Where are the landlords ready to grant a 19 years lease? Where the farmers of sufficient intelligence and capital to to managelad, successf u lly 500 acres , an d willin g an d able ay out 1,0001. to 1,800/. in drain ing alone, Where the lease ? .. g the two first years of their the ploughmen educatedenough to bailiffs, convert into on such fa rms , f o r an extra shil ling a week ? I am inclined to think the superior and more prac tical education of the Scotch has been at the bottom of the Unproved state of things. Education has given the knowledge which has enabled them to apply their capital with success, and to extract from the litad owner the long lease which enables them to invest their capital with safety, as well as success. I may, in concluding, mention a suggestion re peatedly made to me, that, instead of sending far Scotch bailiffs, who have many difficulties and preju dices to contend with amongst strangers, the English landowner should send intelligent young men to Scot land, to spend a year or two upon the farms there, and so acquire the necessary knowledge, and who would, on their return to their o wn neighbourhoods,; be better received than a stranger, and have greater facilities for introducing another system. Apologising for ot the e remarks, which may, perhaps, n length i eth o e f rnrmyithout value, I remain vour obedient servant, ROBERT HYDE GREG. The Wesleyan Conference, whose sittings have just terminated, have decid e d u p on a ll o wing their mi nisters stationed in Scotland to wear "the go wn " in their public services. There is a growing desire among the congregations in England that a similar resolution may be adopted for this country.-4underland