The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-30 00:00:00

,_........_ , ~ ~, \ f„'.'--CitalON 1.:‘:4-.7.., :,--..,.... ,(r:-T7- ~., n , . oatiugs in Et before Lord AT- . - Bunco, .Chief " Justice MAtiLE, Mr. Justice RES C SWELL, and Just;ce I.', ILDL, fir ' justice WILLIAT,IS ) th it,11,/tE. Ii.E3IBLE, , A MA I RMED WOMAN. Lin' Of the Cott t tali, morning,: !n o j ..., L e c l D t G , , (E,ir atLt_onci,htiir s en bAalf if . a Mrs ; I_(eaible, a married won ito, for an order of the Court to I "able 11 , t ,i; P -') u , gp -, s of her interest in certain frocho . ( t a h n e d cuP*l 1 ' 'li 1: ),-0- i:c ' r e i .:• , of wh'ca . she •.v_is po.sessed in banrie6o:ltY d'6ulT,lii, with,ot the cunsent et her bus t - ,, — ; Thy L-.lirricd Counstl stated test his ciient F N -- - 11 1 ' ci tied in the year 1827, and in 1812 she and t shierree.cuJ o. h e , S ra' wed by mutual cousen', and . hadno , __ cm, tni,aied togtthtr. It also appeared that fr.. 1- no 7 1; */ Ilot aware whiether or not her husband was aliv e , n ot Lordships grant,d the sipAcation. The 1 't . t.{ -------- 7: - (r.---71, His—, DAY') p 4" court a asgoCicupied in heating the adjourned . ar . .lents In the c f Will- v Murray, which only in s°lved a , • as- n 6 • in 4 _ , 51estion as to the right to plead certain . matters fehrttreecit:ir to recover calls against the executrix ofa in a railway company, but the Court 44 their decision upon the matter. de- BAIL couici--;=-----_(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice EBLE ) Sir r T CRI3IINAL INFORMATION. to hi s :; utnuFat said he was instructed toaiply , Lordship on behalf of the Il.:v. George Ronnie . 4 1 1)1. 41 1L 1 e ' ,for a rule - to show dose why .. a crimii al ii,f n th ut ?' st 'onid not Le filed against Mr. Isaac Lattimeerii illeee3/74t" and putailar t f the De , :o n poi. I and Ply I mo?: c i .. fi eeti q Jour ial, for a grog.; and scandalous bie, li ii a ng on the character of Mr. Prynne, and published .. ~. 'Qat news Paper on the 24th of this month : at . r. itnroe stited in his affidavit, that he was a priest bein th/Olders, and in the year 1848 he was licensed y ct. PEt,,,, nll6 ter of a district church in Plymouth, cane( .., as tle 4 4?- That church had been previously known , pera Ch a , sona Pai, aid even now it was culled by many 144, with 1/Y Chu name. Mr. Prynne is married,articles havle appeared his wife at Plymouth, and various ga estio PP•earfrom time to time in the newspaper in 1 4.1) ti ' eralch very severe tem...rlis were made upon . lir tett r o l lll c P, who was generally styled in the articleas m tt o ie . ken Lt • tad'sEiChapel. Up t) the present t, how, . etteclmo at-lie'', has disr( girded t he w If thi m g t. - , no doubt, by his forbearance, on the 241... t - Se t e - ,9nal, the libellolis article in question was pt. ' 4 4 ." V l BB 41 these terims—" Increase of population. tiutitt,Priest like peple, is an old axiom and rather It th e ll e n k t et If the blind lead the blind, said headthe N()ts 4 tlnd red " u rch, Vac ditch is their destination. _ doet r i tiailes from Eidad Chapel, where re t te pit 43 " Meth; f P ovisre are laciag carried ou , rt 8 . es o us ~ . . 44 too a3s ( 4 nd truly so) that a certain young lady, Il vet. Il i e E T ) dt%t in her behaviour, and certainly not )ettr'„° "'lit her h-neur or profession, received a new I N'et r e t teB " in the' character of either a son or a 4 41 • R ifue this strange arrival the priest, who f or evident], Y a great dial less fur his own wife than teit ee ti trtainsither females, and on whom great suspicion to, d Qlzehinfghthe origin' of the stranger abo‘e alluded k 4 ; 11(1 e d e l la e p r i ed ".0 nnotlier's situation to be a delicate one, dr one and to he neednl as to tl,e author of . her Arsv -- " ( I guilt. One designated her situation To tib ilt ., and , th - "Uted tht , idea of an% thing criminal. U et --e char e of- , 't a - marriage of long tw i . 411 %1 d g .gui lt, ~ ih grey hcad 7 b 1 0,.. tuation with a certain Ihrlot A t." 11 about ; but, lo ! at the 111..- ut.,„A4, e rAture moved and ate dropsy was cured. Rlfl awB revealed the guilty secret, though not A th-lir aecomplice. And-now -Itii, re na, • what is to be done ? O••,, L ` what ,; ' att n.?, must b‘? called. It is convened, and l'isti is 'Psult? The judge and jury present, the El!' ---....._ °4 P„'l', What hive Sou to say to this charge, AL I i‘ -"••• r' I smear 13v this book (the Bible) the !llitl th" ,11°t !nine.' ' Right,' said the jury,: 'Right,' ), 1411(3 4: t ' Pld ge, and the isutpoied culprit was liberated . as . rtlbli c •,:, There is ' ' , I secret here about which faq, th..iantti 'aca ' . d (tepths. When t , pr o f ~ on must be stirred to its . te:l"ght "8 to teach 'ud *went nigh, their own lives 111aeltottbe indeed judgment Now, the f L r ear t h i e te d de thou, it quit•s , unneces,ary o • t o naore tinielate to .. than toad this article, except th eonttad. h is Lordship that the . most posi wiethP4j.t o f li e r t 'o p u was given to the unputation .on posi t i te B wife • rynne. lie is living in the purest way Pte 'alt Jac!''and 04 the particular passage re . f s errin v g_ n t g o 1014 0 leliod a-ent refers t ) tie f‘c"f"lhathiere be set nion on the subject (luting Advent, .. l ilt 4 1 . no r octa for doubt that it applied to Mr. I .r . enc. N3' l tcl • ` r Ynne il' ' brought forward other which h„i n b'els "fidavi-ts i„'this parer, and in k • his on published e- Rt il ii 4 t i‘_ (l as ndia.:lne'• is mentio‘ned, and ,i in which he is d ,i , Whil e s ,, veral k t4t , et 3 ,11 ~,,,u0 priest of }AA (, !tip . itb: 4 ,3 th at 1 1 , k-new him \Tell joined in the affidavits, tre4C ( ,,, "'Ere was truth or fiundation for th e - ael c 1- tia which " ' hi in all these ' were cast upon m 114 4 e• li ttzttie. -e•RLE thought the Learned Gentleman . ' ,l 4ecording 3% mttl e 4;,Nfficient to entitle him to a rule to sho w cause. I •Co N ,_ -__________ Y ) is DA . -'INbARIES%—(THT,L) ThkiTtittt/CRef°re Ak Seco,n,ciaots7EpPiz°TounvlTT ~,,,, was ‘Lo'roN y. ani,v.—,,,lt.T scrainst the lEln-k.n'oviu '‘' he dt fe-- 6 _ tn. ,I%act.i,on urte_um.cummef resent in ti;;p tw' ti r t t _retover the ti ect'ion, and tbethp, plaintiff 141, thcrt7or,Pled to whata dsmagQrs the promi&s No t tl ! ls te 'l in tth):sisiZperformane° o'h d„laration Itlist ite-,,ie defndant, and set out b i t e it,4ll"adant) would inform laintiff, 1111:*Vi'daiag''. i t nsel la the p_ pla i i n nt t iff e cf something -134 Rest appeare s cou___ln tlit,it desetattpras_ 1 , yat Cham. observed that this: " e d by 4:1181 deelsrtig. the defendant,t the sum o f 1/ attained TI Teamed Counsel, 1s jury Itoeittitttds,43l°n to recover t' brought in this toe t , o , pertito? one of his specious , ..on was as an un ask why the a-lion lottb? 41d he'W' that there w defendant pretences. w it ~ s ti ti , in answer them and as the rn Eiltrat ', Otte, gxit in law to do so, before the —a- and have hgt p l ain to all D cec eiin"s 0 him, . Nti !Itilt;ir bad '•. r ' d t'l exnpoosdoub Ittslanien ..,,, determined T he t° ht il;:i l'i jur.yl; •whbo bounds of would, common no, I, ndant s 11;11 katr.opg,!tra within theproduced some of del q k:ounsel then bt t,m , ulc , t e h st im ... a that . they ohEarte- hi.! son..gqi.eril eirculatior, them, but . they e o nit tet ratrialous and libellous.. a that he would not tso°.l4tl be' ~I•erl as a counta', readto__ Plaintiff hal paid the i afro 04 I.,ilietich2d. to th! jury. for t : c p it ati L ti r . f aith.. of important information (ththeepearder,s, produceddodgo,, of litl l ,, to . u'sal.ediate advantage, gent), stl/trpehtal sta sessuneetr . , and charge IC i lto 4 , ln faitherarca of that he employed al agent 4 •1. i.,r-gotlate with ch Imldant, and the . and it was for th. A li cs4 c g a te and p!aintiff another guinea for loss 1 1, - 411, ma 2 g cemin• up to London, - h'ilho ea's;;;l2,.., the 'action w,.strought- . • • agent, ttk, tailed, t!izg clerk to Mr. been Jones, trouble had lls. N e t t a g et . s e .,t l . proved .that greatd. fondant, and 1 1 . , plaintiff s 4,ith. 1 , 4 , 4 Q . -Y gut from , 144,; lroablverY 1.:.)w charge, wa3 paid I fndanty and . re• he cliq ' ,l hi„, .e. Wttness called on r(- and said Clarke to a Mr. C 15„ 1 10t ti,7 Oiefacd, but de4ndant refused, 'been such a 't• wink Apr. Eth • t would hay, use, I'll •a,,, •tttn • . main : n , Yoe , s on this, said, 11, mei . wits',, 4 Ivry. would not put then if that's the ' 0 p i Leer s ; , s,; ( 1 lie i there tilitt Pet's, b„f "--c°NI)ARY At ) the I- r itb b e tl b° fur the jury. --1 ~.,e 1 t , recover 4 t, 1k ,1i, fir adt.),,tlht plaintiff was:_en}" admitt©d the tit4g ofoo`eianclant, by the jury were 115 sellYeto s s tle ,t- Un the second a e d h o a n g the not pleadi r ng e , third e t 0 was ald t ail tila!ttioriszrthe cxpense:eat h the agent. 1, 1 ,ht a " ~r, kal'ing tltibErn vlft in the hands of the l'Qt'ci?,e 34jr: Q°4%Ulted matter principal agreed on Your, t)tt+ct? prnerty--1-live you all , w tiff ; on a ll and ttXe 'lr s the ciel:r:tios"---Yes, for the pra t o . : e t o ill ;elinanic---Th at is a formal verdict,._ ja Jurors, una t O trt it T' t You say, for the plain" Ai r . IP k a Y. but not ui g to Mr. Y. • kitti---I think this will be a warning 411°Vir k';;------------_____-------- -- DAY.) I.Lte,,t Go,/,,'" rlitt T.— (Tills,b at her 7 tt .' 'stn i i: ' It Young woman with a -a_ ywy„ at_ L t . kin 'ruLgEt htf • A- Heil charged, 1 1 ie Ir. • idk. ta throw he I . rself and cal ; 41 4 ;,14 eoi lQt ht child over between six Waterloo- Oli'lls'N 0 ) ? , e , p uff, 84 F, dE P"ed flat k ncling at the :itjp,,lp , f , s e °ea last evenin g h e was standing It fh , !ii .) , ~ waterloo -bridge, when prisoner came ny, seem tik to tr;.'t and threw now, a halri'eu,, was not i lio r ' ha waists "guith. Gm ssiii g that r the a d ' I er across biil °;e. When'e her closely, and follo . we cc - us ef the Rtt e she „„_e she got to about the thirdadre, and then tstiltoteti tit,',,141,,v hit,ihaerdehtild e . it d the basliliestr said, that they theiti iotrewatarithr. as however,laced ttapien4tria:er, ,itott Ltorn.ent he saw th f e rc c e h suc p ceeded in h h th,k ‘ l :ith th _ Y dlnt of great . . o her down again be att °II I(' i woman and bringing . vered that ° he b ''lt at her arms. When she disco _ f strat , xl th e 4"t illta tillielde and murder bad been ru la I,l°°lit,e 44r a ( old c • bitterly, She was drunk. - i tth -'4l-ro,,,t)ll4talale Iv rl'd dence last evening It 5 -toes ', il ‘ , _ exit to her residence her husband, t ,e ea ,, Jin ind._ .tt ce f , to her and saw He told , 4 e 44 'hat hi, Au', sober man, a cobbler. this suss 'lto, Nlc t; W ife w as and t„ ,Y, sh e •M that a great drunkard,d herlife. Her " Its de w ati ire eLa I attempt, soon come qihe p41.1.4' Itiently heard to :ay, would OtilletlYihNt' whose from being Y th,,, heard tqa prevented her _ .ven .3 it Th., Liratltt:i eturt, said that she was dri t ~citi Pollee,,,,ll,ttbf her husband- last '441,1, and h-'4la said that he saw the landlord (14 0, - "rd, and 11(1) +also told him that shewasgreat a industrious k r 11.41. 4' her hush L i d was a sober, t Ti tt • r) t r"latldEd the prisoner for a week. .''lit "ItIT --------_____ hitt h e , n Alkiti/A.,n -----; .A.-- novel and very the •'4iirt':eesa in IIII)G----- with this structure has l'litirlti3R roc)f'l%lit t°acl'tntiecxeiellsn.flit termination —that of ta in tiel ekt4,a pat/t.le rf• the wr ought-iron laud tub l es .c e r n ing p'ioe etbity f ls the recess of the t.mer, by permanentow ben ilsciltad whoraenbrteen inches on to ita as a 1 4 3 the /e3alanee ovY its weiglt of 650 tons, actingf raising tr‘Atjs°llte o r tZr tho. to,ae, bad the effect o weight, by t; Ite f t wo ; e Main tube, of 1,600 tong 104 GRldit, "achs, arid of course adding similar opera. e Ri.444" ()thq a?fortred with the land, or terminal, tu t b e - Se4t),aotte ~11: bad by wideh the centres f each e of Theth ilt.lkZslast,tbbe.: for4LuZes rarieszleaall i og e e th er i fourt itnhcabw•er 1 men lilt Itollrantial,%l:llsiged night and e'dilaT.. The rails for the 010141,r. 0 1 'h the - G t r ‘th g o t t,,;7•0 laid on longttudir al timber!, . iaystilllCY4n, a% Englit:ilngCtnatillelaiYan. well known li e 1: 14 1 (0 1 .1: 4 q Lilo process e-f " kya.i,i'ziLg " Ns° ' tit b _ll4 be,ll-4,00 Suturcley, in t',-;0 nth ) ear of fins age. e4,satheriti!')r sorna time engaged in maturirm fur it 4 44,itizteearitt Wail for filtering the Crotiu 'wate...--- LITEn TrTp r. 4-;z1/NT ; or, the Threads ry . Life. 1 Vol. Sonie persons take interact in Fihtories abounding with adventure, and others are more especially fasci nated by those works which dwell upon passion rather than action, and detail thoughts instead of incidents. " St. Leger" appertain=, in a degree, to both th 7 se classes. The lovers of the marvellous and the mysti cal will, without doubt, be charmed by the auto biographer's preliminary annouLcetnent, " at the aga of twenty-three I End myself upon the threshold of two worlds. I have fini,hed my upon earth," Trey will furthermore he delighted by an intro duction to the mysterious and villanous Count Vautrey, who either alienates or fascinates all with whom he comes in contact ; they will linger with horrible delight over the mournful prophecy which overshadows with gloom the early years of the unfortunate St. Leger. The terribly tragic story of love, deceit, murder, and madness recounted by one of St Lager's fellow-students, the isolated Weelallah, and the strange bridal of his daughter Leila, these and innumerable other most roinntic themes are to be met with in the pages of this one volume—a perf,ct feast for the lovers if strangely romantic adventure. For ourselves, " Sr. Leger" in this point cf view is without attraction. Its incidents are too improbable, not to say impossible, and some cf its characters too unnatural, to excite on our pare any interest in the work as a tale. Taken in its other character, however, as the de velopment of an inward lif', as a book of thought, it is both attractive and excel- lent, co much so that we gladly overlook the improbabilities of the tale, for the sake of the moral reflections which it strings together. We are willing to linger in the company even of the terrible Vau trey and the amazing Wcelallah, in order to become better acquainted with the pure-minded Theresa, or to dive in'o the reccsses of the doubting heart of William Sr. Leger. There are in this volume so many truthful thoughts, so beautifully expressed, that its perusal cannot fail to give pleasure, and very probably to prove beneficial, to all who read it. It is difficult among so many to select any passages for specimens. The following are, perhaps, among the lyist THE HIGH TIDE OF YESTERDAY Yesterday wi:l long Le reeneiebered by parties liv ieg near the banks of the river Thames, the tide hav ing risen so extraordinarily high as to overflow the walls cf the river and inundate the various thorough fares along either shore. So unexpected was the high tide that no one had made any preparation to preserve their property and the consequence was that mischief to aa incalculable amount was done. The tide on the previous thy was lower than it has been known to be for some considerable time past, whilst that of yesterday rose two feet one inch higher than it did in October, 1844, wh en so much property was destroyed. The first notice the inhabitants received of this fearful visitation was shortly after three o'clock, about half an hour before high water. At that period the water began to flow over the banks, but as that had frequently been seen before, no particular notice was taken of that circumstance; but in the space of another ten minutes it became apparent to every be holder that a great destruction of property, if not of human life, was inevitable. The various wharves along the river soon presented one immense sheet ot water, timber and other articles being forced about with the strength of the tide in terrible confusion ; whilst the small craft lying on the shores of the Thames were eith er fill e d with water, or forced into the open streets. The following are the places which suffered most severely : Laranern.---The property destroyed in this parish, and the two adjoining, must reach to many thousand pounds. In College-street the tide rose to the end of the dock at the bottom of the street, then rushed down the thoroughfare, filling the kitchens of every house, and rising several feet in the ground floors. The inmates being so suddenly visited, scarcely knew what to do, and many of them flew to the upper windows, when they beheld a scene that can scarcely he believed by those who did not witness it. The whole of the street was one great expanse of water; and the only means for the residents to leave their habitations were in carts and boats. From College street the water rushed into the Belvidere-road, crossed the York-road, flooded Vine-street, and travelled as far as the terminus of the South-Western Railway in the York-road, the whole of the open piece of ground belonging to the railway company in the York-road being several inches under water. In Vine-street the water rushed down the kitchens and forced the furniture up to the ceilings. la one of the hous es a dj o i n i ng N ap i er ' s engineering Works three children nearly perished. Their mother being upstairs, and not aware of what had occurred, was startled at hearing the children screaming violently : at first she imagined one of them had set fire to its clothes. She rushed down stairs, and when She got into the kitchen found the children nearly to their necks in water. Fortunately she succeeded in getting them out, but had a few more minutes elapsed the three must have perished. In Edward-street, Lambeth, the water rose so high, and beat so furiously against a wheelwright's shop that it was partially destroyed, and the walls falling against the back of the houses in Prince's -buildings, knocked in the windows and nearly killed the affrighted occupants, who had taken shelter in the upper roomy. In the Belvidere-road, under the dry arch of Waterloo-bridge, the water rose several feet, so that no person could pass either up or down with out the aid of boats or vehicles. In the Crescent of Belvidere -road the houses have sustained great injury, and the furniture is destroyed. As late as eight o'clock last evening the lower floors of the houses in College -street were full of water. Tee furniture belon g i tu e to nearly fifty persons in thi s s t reet i s either destroyed or extensively damaged. Fore street (Lambeth), Bishop's-walk, as well as th e several wharves on th e o pposite side of th e r i ver at Milbank, were all under water, the. tide crossing the public road, and rushing down the street opposite. At Fore-street, Lambeth, the traffic was entirely stopped during the afternoon; the water rose so high that boats were obliged to be used to remove the inhabitants. Fortunately when the predicted high tide, three weeks since, was talked of; it induced many persons to make preparations for keeping the enemy out; these remaining yesterday, much property by that means was saved. Not a single house, however, which was not so protected escaped,'and the licensed victuallers' cellar-stocks have been greatly- damaged by the floating and sinking of the casks. Along Vauxhall, and the Lammas lands at Fulham and Bat tersea, the open country presented broad sheets of water, in many places several feet deep. STRAND, &c.—The whole of the wharves along the Strand were also under water. At the Halfpenny Steam-boat Pier the water entered the premises to a fearful extent, so that the money takers were obliged to make a precipitate retreat. The Fox -under the- Hill at the Adelphi-pier was also under water, and the stock damaged. It would be impossible to give a list of the whole of the premises injured, as scarcely a building on either side of the river escaped, and the furniture destroyed must amount to many thousand pounds. The tide completely overflowed the Temple gardens, and instead of the grass plats, nothing but water could be seen for upwards of half-an-hour. WAPPING, &c.—At the London Docks all register of the depth of the tide was lost from the water over flowing the gates. At the St. Katharine's, for two hours alter flood, the water poured over the gates like a cataract. The measurement of the tide yesterday morning at the St. Katharine's Docks was 28 feet, and in the afternoon 31 feet 4 inches, making a dif ference, between morning and evening, of 3 feet 4' inches. As may be imagined, great consternation prevailed along the river-side at the unusual rise of the tide. People, who were prepared for the fulfil ment of a prophecy a month ago, had made no pre paration f r yesterday, and the consequence has been considerable damage to household property. In Wapping Iligh-street the water stood 5 feet high ; boats were plying about instead of vans, and people moving from the lower to the upper part of the house in such consternation as to leave their property behind. It is impossible to estimate the damage done; unfor tunately it is principally confined to those who are least able to bear it—the humbler classes—whose all has been in a measure demolished by the erect of the water. From ell we can learn, the wharves were pretty well prepared for the tide, and from the num ber of labourers always at hand, perishable goods were removed before they were affected, with f ew and unimportant exceptions. ROTHERIIITIIP.-0a the opposite side of the river, particularly at .Rotherhithe, between 300 and 400 buildings, warehouses, houses, and other premioneses, It was not until past were partially inund a t e d. o'clock that any apprehension was entertained of the approaching tide. The bulk of the warehouse owners immediately adopted the most judicious means in , barricading their doors and windows, whilst others I lost no time in removing stores and all perishable , goods from near where the water might reach. There were others who neglected the slightest precaution until the last moment, and their loss in consequence was considerable. Before two o'clock the tide had swept over many parts of Rotherhithe wall, and the neighbourhood being several feet below the level of the ordinary tide, the water rushed down the various courts and alleys with the force of a cataract, creating the greatest dismay to the poor creatures who crowded the cellars and lower floors of the hovels in this loca lity. Several miraculous escapes from drowing oc curred. By half -past two, all the lower portion of Ro therhithe, with its meadows, many of the streets it was nearly two feet in depth. In this state it conti nue d upwards of an hour, and on the water receding, an o ff ensive mass of filth and mud was left in the streets. rt were under water. In ele damages resulting from the tide are both numerous and heavy. GREENWICn.---At a quart er ' past - two o'clock the rush of water o ver t h e banks of the river and through all the streets s i tuated along shore was alarming. The ground in f ront of the Royal Hospital, called the five-foot way, was wholly impassable, and the whole of the ground s belonging to th e Commissioners c f Greenwich H osp i tal, formerly occupied by numerous public - houses, & e ., were comp l ete l y i nun d a t e d . F rom the Salutati on T avern, Waterman's Pier, nearly the whole of Ch urc h -street, Billingstate-etreet, Thames street, Bridge -street the Wood Wharf—a street running p ara ll e l with the river to the Horseferry road, opposite to the Dreadnought Seamen's Hos pital ship —were deluged by the continuous rush of water ; and when the tide had reached its limit, were about two feet under water. In this district of the town nearly every cellar and warehouse were flooded, doing serious damage to tavern-keepers and numerous other proprietors. The reporter saw bakers' carts delivering their bread at the first floor windows —the horses standing up to their bellies in water. At Greenwich the tide rose six inches higher than re membered by the oldest man connected with the na vigation of the Thames. WOOLIVICII.-0a Monday the tide was so low in the morning that none of the Woolwich passenger steam-boats could leave Roff's wharf until ten o'clock, and even then with considerable difficulty and touch ing on the shoals. At about two o'clock rev. yester day the tide rose to a greater height than it has been known since 1841. In the dockyard considerable anxiety existed from the apprehension that the cais son would give way which keeps out the water of the river from the slip on; which the Agamemnon, when the wat e r b egan to 80 guns, is buildi ng , ow ing to the immense pressure, run over it int o t h e slip, rising to some height on the blocks on which the stern part of the keel has been laid. At the wes t- end the water ent e r e d the saw-pits, and was be g i nn i ng to enter the slip in which the Royal Albert, 120 guns, is being built, when fortunately the tide began to ebb. The water entered the mast-house to a considerable depth, fillin g a ll th e s aw-pits. The oute r b as i n was filled to n ear ly l eve l w ith the wharf- wa ll, and the water ran over from it into King William the Fourth Dock, where the Magcera is fitting with a screw pro peller. The dock engine was soon set to work and kept the water low uetil the tide turned, when it was emptied. Tire water of tte river rushed over the em bankment at Lower Charlton with great force, and soon acquired a considerable depth in the Manor. ever-almnginr, always I einn. But that which f1...ater ,, ,1 r.z.v and 1 eA.e'&a.,: - ,1 anguish t) myself, 6 Who will give me back my soul?' Bat of all pangs, t'le most deeply mournful ware those that gathered throbbing, throbbing, close in under my heart, whenever I saw my mother. I could not enucunter her soft, kind, inquiring eyes, raised to mice, ern:jowly but silently askin. , what it was that di3turhe d her chili'. Thera was that iiiher azs Ivhich I dared not meet. It eec co pure, s.o peaceful, so heaveniy—yet so troubled. " And could my new philosophy Ie truth-inspirtd and yet not support me under tLe:e Crests trials? In my distress I applied to he Lisle, but received no aid." The pure true-hearted Theresa, who enacts to wards St. Leger a pert similar to that of the gentle Agnes towards David Copperfield, wins him back to holier and happier sentiments. "St. Leger," notwith - standing its improbable character as a story, is a beautiful book, full of beautiful thoughts, and well worthy of perusal. THE MANUAL OF B 0 OK-ICE E RING, By Henry Tuck. The best proof of the utility of this book is that has reached its sixth edition. It efficiently supplies a want that had hc•en long felt, that of a clear and concise system of book-keeping. To the cormuercial man we need not point out how essential such a sys tem is, and, therefore, the commercial woild is deeply indebted to Mr. Tuck (the well-known compiler of railway statistics) for this useful book, which, we are happy to find, is carrying reform through the counting-houses of our great commercial establishments through the length and breadth of the land. THE ZOIST. No. XX VIII. The Zoist for the present quarter presents us with an accurate record of the progress made in the sciences of cerebral physiology and mesmerism during the last three months. The following observations by Dr. Elliotson on the choice of mesmerisers will be found important : " I am anxious to make a few observations to ne public on the choice of mesmerisers. A very large number of those who profess to mesmerise do not a hundredth part of the good they might, and thus injure individual patients and the progress of the subject. It is difficult to find a professed mesmeriser who gives me satisfaction. Too many are full of whims of their own and act the quack, talking as if possessed of extra ordinary knowledge, making all sorts of displays in their methods, in fact, playing all sorts of antics, and talking all sorts of nonsense. Many of say ratients have been made so nervous by these mesmerisers as ts to unable to continue to employ them. Some thought lessly talk all the time. Now a good mesmeriser works in silence, and allows no talking in the room, nor any thing else that can excite the patient. The passes should be made very slowly, or they may excite rather than calm, and tray prevent sleep. The mesmeriser should look earnestly at the patient, and be absorbed in the attempt to produce a silent influence. It is in general best to persevere with one method, for the diversifying the attempt is very likely to excite the curiosity and wonder of the patient and prevent repose. One sort of passing, or mere pointing, or gazing, may, for some un known reason, suit one patient better than another: but when a patient, by mere continuance of attempts, has become affected, the method employed at the moment of success is likely from association to be afterwards, at least f)r a long while, far more effectual, if not eve n exclusively effectu a l, than others. I would not allow a patient of mine to be mesmerised by one who, while the process is going on, talks at all, or laughs, or makes quick passer, snaps his fingers, makes flourishes, or plays aey monkey tricks ; or is careless and listless. All should be done calmly and even solemnly : for mesmerism is a serious, holy thing. There is no occasion to hold the hands, or sit with knees against knees; or in general to is uch the patient at all. And all may be done as well by ne (secretor standing to one side of the patient as opposite. There is no occasion for the operator to vibrate his bands or head, or snake any muscular effort. The best mesmerisers are those who do all quietly and gently. " Some persons, whom I have recommended as mes merisers, Lave taken the liberty of passing an opinion upon the medical treatment which I Lai proseribA at the same time; or, where there was no other treatment, of suggesting medical treatment. One person, quite ignorant of medicines, took the liberty of applying lee 21ies when exhaustion forbad any such measures: one introduced a foreigner to assist her in mesmerising, who was a linendraper in Brussels and passed himself off as a doctor, and he mesmerised and prescribed. Some, in stead of simply mesmerising, as I directed, introduced pretended clairvoyants, absolute imp os t ors . I adv i ce all medical men to allow nothing of this sort when they employ mesmerisers. But, on the other hand, they should not interfere with the mesmeriser, or take any measures without conferring with him, provided they understand nothing of it and ho is a fully informed and discreet mesmeriser. " Some amateur mesmerisers do injury to the cause by their want of perseverance. If they produce no be nefit, or no sensible effect, in the first fsw trials, of per haps only a quarter of as hour each, they give up the case. I wish such persons would never take a case in hand, because their failures must be very numerous, and the poor patient conceives that mesmerism, puha - L A his last and only hope, is no remedy for him, and our adver saries register the more failures. In truth, mesmerism cannot be said to have failed under a trial ef a year or more in chronic cases. Let no one mesmerise who is not prepared to give a daily trial of at least half an hour for many months or still longer. On the other hand, I must also entreat the afflicted never ti begin mesmerism unless firmly resolved to give it a fsir trial; and not to give it up because they are not bettor soon, or do not go to sleep. I cfceu foolishly lose all patience with people, to whom I have explained the possibility of no effect cccuring for a length of time, and of benefit without sleep, returning or writing to me in a few days with a declaration that, as they felt no thing, they should not continue it. Some go about say ing they cannot be sent to sleep because Mr. Somebody tried ono day without effect. If a complaint is worth the trouble of curing, it is worth the trouble of subm ting to a remedy cawing neither pain nor annoyance, but requiring merely perseverance. Score give up in a few %leaks or months. It is surprising how many per sons in the world have no force cf character: are only big children—holding silly opinion s on var i ous su bj ects of which they know nothing, and acting without reason or steadine.na.' UNIVERSITY IN TELLIGENCiI. OXFORD, JAN. 29.—The Professor of Chemistry will continue his lectures on Wednesday next, the 30th inst., at 8 o'clock in the evening, at his rooms in the Botanic garden. The Professor of Anglo-Saxon will continue his lectures on Thursday, the 31st inst., at 2 o'clock. Also he proposes to form an elementary class for beginners. Any gentlemen who desire to join either of these classes are requested to call on the Professor, at Oriel-College, on Wednesday, the 30th inst., be tween the hours of 11 and 2. DIAMOND DUST. (Front Eliza Cook's Journal.) It is more cal to forgive the weak who have injured u , , than the powerful whom we have injured. He ant has cut the lion's claws will not feel himself quite secure until he has also drawn his teeth. Where merit appears, do justice to it without scruple. Tho future is always fairy-land to the young. L.fd is like a be autiful and winding lane, on either side bright flowers, and Leautiful butterflies, and tempting fruits, which we scarcely pause to admire and t.) taste; se eager are we to hasten to an opening which we imagine will be more beautiful still. But, by degrees as we advance, the trees grow bleak; the flowers and butterflies fill; the fruits di: appear, and wo find we have arrived, to r( ach a desert waste; in the centre, a stagy ant and lethean lake, over which wheel and shriek the dark-winged birds, the embodied memories cf the past. You can never overtake time. It is best therefore to be alwilys a few minutes before him. Forgiveness of injuries—The odour flowers yield when trampled on. MR. ARCIIEIt'S BENEFIT.—The benefit of Mr. J. T. Archer, the box book-keeper at the llaymarket Theatre, whose valuable services are well known aiAl appreciated by every frequenter of the boxes of the " little theatre in the Haymarket," is fixed fir Friday next. The bill cf fare is excellent. Jerrold's comedy of Nell Gwynne will be revived, when Mr. Keeley will appear in his original character of Orange Moll, Mr. Webster will appear for the first time as King Charles, and Miss Reynolds will make her first appearance as Nell Gwynne. The comedy will be followed by Buck stone's force of the Christening; after which will be pre sented Mrs. Gore's popular drama of The Maid of Crolvsey, in which Madame Celeste will appear in the character of Theresa ; and the entertainments will con clude with the comic drama of The Maid with the Pail, in which Mr. Buckatene and Mrs. Fitzailliain will sustain the principal characters. Mr. Archer's own merits are sufficient to secure him a bumper, but, with such a bill of fare, he cannot but have an overflow. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN rtAILIVAY.—On Monday night last the engine of the up-Nev castle mail train, upon the London and North- Western railway got off the line, in the road-cuttings about nine miles south of Wolverton, and fell over on its side, directly across the down line. The tender was dr3gged off the line, aad the empty van, which is usually attached behind the tender, mounted upon it, and two or three of the carriages went off the :line with the shock of the sudden stoppage, but fortur ately note of them were damaged, and the whole of the passengers escaped unhurt. The engineer and the fireman, we believe, sustained no other injury than a severe shock. Of course, by this untoward accident, both the up and down lines were blocked up ; and when the down mail train to Manchester and Liverpool and the north arrived at the spot at eleven o'clock, it could not proceed. The passengers and luggage were taken ou t of the carriages and conveyed over the boi!er cf the prostrate engine to another train which was brought up from Rugby, in which at last they proceeded, after a delay :of about eight hours, Tho mails, instead cf reaching Manchester and Liverpool et 3.39 A.M , did not arrive till 11.50 in the forenoon. AAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy ; Captain Ellice, Comptroller of the Steam Department of the Navy; and the Junior-Assistant Surveyor of the Navy, came from London last night on an official visit to this dockyard. Sir B. Walker and Captain Ellice, in conjunction with Captain Chads, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Excellent, form a committee to inquire into and report upon the best method of rais ing and lowering the propellers of screw steam-ships in the Royal Navy, so as to dispense with as much as possible of that dead weight near the stern-post of ships, now so cumbersome and detrimental to their progress. Experitnents were tried on board the Blenheim, 60, steam guard-ship, Commander J. A. Stevens, when, with rope tackle, the process was accomplished in six minutes. Mr. Murray, the Super intendent Engineer of the Dockyard, is of opinion he can apply a screw lever, which will do the work in two minutes, and dispense with the manifold appli ances now used in performing the same duty. Sir Baldwin Walker afterwards made an inspection of the various ships under repair and refit, and works in pro gress in the dockyard. These periodical visits of such an officer as Sir Baldwin cannot fail to be highly advantageous. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Shad well, arrived this morning from Bermuda, whence she sailed on the 9th inst. On her passage she expe- I rienced very severe weather, having been i n a ga l e o f wind nearly a wee k. She brought home several in- I valids from the 42d Regiment and Royal Artillery. She is ordered into harbour to refit. It is gratifying to state that although her crew is one borrowed from the Excellent chiefly, among whom are some famous gunners, not one case of desertion to America has oc curred, although she lay some time off an American port. The Wellesley, 72, Vice-Admiral Earl Dun donald, G.C.8., and the Plumper, 11, Commander S. M. Nolloth, were at Bermuda when the Hecate sailed. She has been under sail alone, with paddle floats off, 1,560 miles, has now arrived with nearly half her full quantity of coals in her bunkers—some thing very much to the credit of Commander Shad well. She has brought a mail and the following pas sengers :—Mr. Keown, late surgeon of the Pes tonjee Bomanjee transport ' • Mr. Pinhor n , l a t e de puty clerk o f t h e wor k s at Bermuda, superseded, and Mrs. Pinhorn ; Lieutenant M'Leod, of the 42d Regi ment, in charge of 30 invalids of that regiment, and three of the Royal Artillery ; and Mr. Joseph Wal ker, second master, late acting-master of the Trin comalee, dismissed the service. The Admiral was about to proceed to the West Indies in the course of a few days. The Hecate is ordered to be kept in com mission and fitted for foreign service. There have been many reports about the Raleigh, 50, Captain the Hon. G. Hope, being paid off all standing; but she will be totally dismantled, and will probably go into ordinary at Portsmouth. She is entering stores and unrigging with all dispatch. We have authority for stating that her Majesty's ship Hastings, 62, late the flag-ship of Sir Francis A. Collier, deceased, is to continue the flag-ship cf Admiral Austen—an arrangement much to be ap plauded, both in point of economy and efficiency. No ship ever was in better order or in better hands. She had not lost a man by sickness or desertion since com missioned. Ca p tain Morgan w ill come home on being superseded by Captain Austen. The Comet steam vessel, Commander R. C. Otter, was paid off all standing to-day-. WO OL WIC 11, JAN. 29. APP3INTMENTS. Lieutenant William Wollcock (a) (1809), to be retired commander of 1830. Lieutenant Charles Goldsmith (1825), to command the Wellington cruiser. Lieutenant A. R. B. Carter (1846), of the coast guard, to command the Wicklam revenue cruiser. Lieutenant William L. Lambert (1842), to ba a chief officer of the coast guard. William Wollcock (3) entered the navy in May, 1800, as A B on board the V6euve, Lieutenant- Commanders William Eliot, William Chapman, and Benjamin Crispin, stationed in the North Sea. He served next frem April, 1801, until July, 1802, part of the time as midshipman in the Powerful, 74, Cap tain Sir Francis Laforey, in the Baltic, off the port of Cadiz, and in the West Indies ; and from March, 1803, until June, 1807, under Sir William Sidney Smith, in the Antelope, 50, and Pompee, 74. In the Antelope he was often in action with the enemy's flotilla between Flushing and Ostend; and in the Porrq 63 he passed the Dardanelles and assisted at the destruction of a Turkish squadron- anchored under the guns of a redoubt on Point Pesquies. On the Bth of July, 1807, he was nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Pincher gun-brig, Lieutenant -Commanders James Aberdour and Samuel Burgess, in the N or th S ea; h e was promoted to th e f u ll rank of Lieutenant on the 25th of March, 1809, and he was afterwards, from June following until June, 1814, em ployed in the Persian, 18, Captains Samuel Martin Colquitt and Charles Bertram ; and the Iris, 36, Captain Hood Hanway Christian, on the West India, home, and Brazilian stations. He assisted in the Ponian at the capture of the priva teers Fernbuscade, of 14 guns and 63 men, and Petit Jean, of 16 guns, only 8 mounted, and 65 men. His last sea appointment was to the Poictiers, 72, Captains William Henry Shirreff and Sir Thomas Bourchier, depot-ship of ordinary at Chatham, where he served as first-lieuten an t f rom the 4th of April, 1844, until the summer of 1847. In addition to the above inter esting details of the services of this gallant officer, given in " O'Byrne's Naval Biographical Dictionary," it is also stated that he was honourably mentioned in the London Gazette of 1809, for his gallant conduct in command of the boats of the Pincher and Basilisk, when he succeeded, in the early part of 1809, in cap turing a Danish privateer, mounting one carriage gun and four swivels, and a galliot laden with deals. Such a long period of service: s rewarded by placing the gallant veteran on the retired list of com manders of 1830, which entitles him to the half-pay of 7s. per day. Commander Codrington Forsyth, having ; studied steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard, was ex amined yesterday by Mr. Trickett, assistant to the chief engineer, and passed in a very satisfactory man ner, receiving his certificate accordingly. SURVIVING OFFICERS OF Tn a OLD SUPERB.— Among the surviving officers of the old Superb is Commander Willcox (late of Portsmouth ordinary, and uncle of Commander Willcox of the Fury). He served in the Superb, 74, for upwards of eleven years as midshipmen, acting lieutenant, and lieu tenant, under Captain John Sutton and the late Sir K. G. Keats. He was in Sir James Saumarez's action with the Franco. Spanish squadron ; was in Lord Nelson's pursuit of the combined fleets; in Duckworth's action off St. Domingo and at Copen hagen ; and subsequently, whilst belonging to the Superb, had charge of two gun-boats at the siege of Flushing, and commanded one of several boats that boarded and carried a Danish brig of 18 guns and a cutter of twelve guns. Reran Manreas.—The following Admiralty cir cular, relating to the pay of Quartermasters, has been received by the commandants of the four divisions, which is dated from the Royal Marine-office, viz.:— " Her Majesty has been graciously pleased, by Order in Council cf the Bth inst., to direct that the daily pay of Quartermasters of the Royal Marices shall be as ful -1 iws, viz : --Upon first appointment, 6s. 63; after tan years' service as a quartermaster, or atter fifteen years' service as a commissioned or non-commissioned officer, of which at least five years shall have been £ S quarter master, S.. 6d.; after fifccen years' service as a quarter master, or after twenty years service as a commissioned or non-commissioned officer, cf which at least ten years shall have been as quartermaster, 10s. " By command cf the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. " JoHN,Owtx, Deputy Adjutant-GcneraL" INNER TEMPLE, JAN. 29.—A further call to the bar of students cf tle Hon. Society of the Inner Temple was made this evening, and :they comprised the i.fier mentioned gentlemen:—John Thomas Abdy, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, B.C.L. ; William Bysm, of Trinity College, Cambridge, 8.A.; George Robert Cumyn Chil ton, of Christ Church, Oxford, B.A. ; and Samuel Shepherd, of Northallertcn, in the county of York. LINCOLN'S INN, JAN. 29 —The after-mentioned memt era of the Hon. Society cf Lincoln's Inn have been called to the degree of Barrister-atasv, and they were this evening sworr. in before several of the bencho.s:— Eclw and P. Fi:ton, B A. ; Timothy S. o.ler, LL.B. ; Thomas 13, cror ; William Wri g ht, j un . ; J o h n F. Miller; Robert W. Taylor; Arthur H. Estcourt, M.A.; Herman L. Prior, M.A. ; Henry Thomas J. Jenkinsoc, M.A. ; and John Sayer, ALA. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.--pp Saturday week, as Mr. James Milligan, hosier her e , p as wa lki ng along Buccleugh-street, he slipped on the lee which covered the pavement. Tu save him se lf f rom falling, he caught at the iron railings in front of the houses, when the spike of one of the bars entered between his little finger and a ring worn oa it, on which the whole weight of his tody was thrown in consequence. The t piition of the finger was torn off by the sudden wi each, and the tee don actually pulled out and coiled round the bar. Mr. Milligan, with grt a, fortitude, though he must have suffered dre a a of ully, walked to the housea sm geop, and lal the wound dressed. A portion s of the finger has since requ i re d am put a tion. —Lunfrzes Courier. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—The market tc day has been very quit t and In avy. There was a strong determination on the part of purchasers not to buy, ex rapt at a reduction in price, and for some time after the market opened little business was done, producers seem ing determined to hold out with equal resolution. This feeling evaiied more or less during the day, and very little business wits done in any article, the tarn being in favour of the buyer, without any quotable decline in pricer. Lord John Hay is about to retire from the Ad miralty, and Captain Ikuston Stewart, RN., Comp troller• Gcne:al ot the Coast-guard, will succeed him.— Times. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY •EVENING, JANUARY 30, IMO 0 . 1605 T0ta15........ 1,948,369 Males ..• ••• Females ... 1,208 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females way, where a number of cottages have been built ; , ILEALTII OF LONDON during the WEEK. bores with carts and boats were promptly brought to I (From the Registrar-General's Return.) the spot to remove the terrified inhabitants, with I In the week ending last Saturday, the deaths re such furniture as they could take with them. Fertu- , gistered i n th e metropolitan districts were 1,034, and nately it w as remarkably calm and fine, otherwisel exhibit a decrease of 122 on those cf the previous there would have been a far greater destruction of week. A comparison of the same weeks of form r property. years shows that the mortality has not been so low PonTsmouTir, TUESDAY.-IVe had an exceedingly as at the present time since 1846 ; in the early part high tide to-day, breught up no doubt by the high of the years 1847-9 the deaths ranged weekly S.W. wind last night. Broad -street was inundated. I from 1,200 t o a b out 1,450. The average of corm- To-day we h ave a calm, with very thick weather. sponding wecks in ten previous years (1840-9) is 1,089, or, if a correction is made for increase of popu lation, 1,183, compared with which the present re t turn shows a decrease of 49 deaths. The deaths from consumption were 128, or rather less than the average. Amongst other fatal diseases, bronchitis is now predominant, and last week carried off 121 persons, a number which, though less than in the week before, exceeds by 51 the ' corrected aver age of ten corresponding, weeks of former years. It is worthy of remark that this corn• plaint, which has exceedingly increased during the last six years, has, since 1844, produced at this sea son a weekly mortality more than fourfold its former amount. Pneumonia was fatal to only 78 persons last work (a great majority of whom were children), whilst the corrected average of ten corresponding weeks is 109 ; thi s di sease, though it has fluctuated in its weekly numbers from 64 to 156, has not shown i the same disposition as bronchitis to increase during later years. Th e d eat h s of 7 nonagenarians were I registered last week ; of these, a woman at the age iof 96 y ears , and a man at 99. The deaths of 105 persons were registered in workhouses ; 57 in hospi tals ; and 13 in the two royal hospitals, amongst whom were 7 pensioners at Greenwich, who died be tween the 18th and 24th of January, at various ages, from 37 to 84. The mortality from epidemics continues to be comparatively low, though measles and diarrhoea (from the former there having been 28 deaths, and from the latter 14), are about the ave rage ; 11 children died of croup. The mean daily reading of the barometer at Green wich was above 30 in. on the first five days of the week ; the mean of the week was 30.050. The mean daily temperature rose from 29 deg. on Sunday to 45 deg. on Friday ; the mean of the week was 35.5 deg., which is rather less than the average cf the same week in seven years. The mean temperature was 9 deg. below the average of the same day, on Monday ; on Friday it was 8 deg. above it. The following cases are selected from the Regis trar's report : In Kensington (town), Jenning's-buildings , the wife of a ha w k er , fif ty years of age, died of" chronic bronchitis." Mr. Gorham describes these buildings as close and dirty, and the house overcrowded. In Hanover-square (sub-district), the master of a wardrobe shop, fifty years, died of " cynanche ton sillaris (ten weeks), typhus (two weeks)." Mr. Jay reports that the house (42, Gilbert-street) where the death occurred is neither well ventilated nor cleansed, and that the soil of the closet overflows the area fre quently, causing an offensive smell. In Berwick -street (sub-district), the daughter of a tailor, 17 days, died of "pneumonia" (2 days' ill ness). Mr. Walker states that the house, 31, Poland street, where the death occurred, is close and un healthy. In Camden-town (sub-district), at Cambridge crescent, Agar-town, the son of a " navigator," 1 year, died of hooping-cough (3 weeks), inflammation of the lungs." Mr. Holl describes it as " a wretched and unhealthy locality, with houses of two rooms, which are damp and unfit for habitation, and occupied by very poor persons." In St. Clement Danes a tailor of 37 years died of " phthisis (6 months), bronchitis (4 weeks)," in King's College Hospital. lie had been brought from Feather's-court, Drury-lane, which Mr. Jones describes as "close, crowded, and badly drained." Chapel -place, Clement's-lane, whence a cap maker, who died of "bronchitis (2 months) pneumonia (5 days)," in the same hospital, was brought, is also described as " the filthiest court in the metropolis." Mr. Jones states that a house in Carey-street, where a child died of bronchitis and hydrocephalus, " has no back windows and is exceedingly close." E VAPORATION FROM THE THANIES.—A larger quantity of matter is raised from the Thames by eva poration than is generally supposed. Upon Mr. Glaisher's estimate; 678,505 gallons evaporate from an acre of water in a year, which is at the rate of 1,857.6 gallons daily. The bed of the Thames in London is estimated approximately at 2,245 acres ; consequently 4,170,000 gallons are raised from the Thames on an average daily throughout the year. The quantity evaporated at low water is, perhaps, much less than this; on the other hand, the evapora tion in summer is more active than in winter ; and the proportion of decomposing organic matter in the water, and on the banks exposed to evaporation, is greater at low than at high water. Upon the whole, it is probable that in summer four million gallons, or about 18,000 tons of water, are raised from the pol luted Thames daily and discharged into the atmos phere which is breathed by the inhabitants of London. It remains to determine how much of the organic matter in the water is raised with the vapour at dif ferent temperatures. Mr. Glaisher was requested to make an estimate of the amount of vapour raised by evaporation from the Thames, and has favoured the Registrar-General with the subjoined statement : " For some years past I have male daily experiments upon the amount of water evaporated from a surface of water, and the amount exceeds 30 inches annually. " A depth of water of fully 30 inches must evaporate from the surface le f the Thames annually ; indeed the quantity must be larger than this from the circumstance of its relative high night temperature. Take i , , how ever, at 30 inches, and we shall have -2.5 04 9 >4 4 840=108900 cubic feet evaporated in a 108900 year from an area of water of one acre. -- --678505 gallons of water evaporated in one yew from an acre of water. 08900 > 42245 =- - 244480500 cubic feet of water evapo rated from a surface of 2245 acres of water in one year. --152342991 gallons of water evaporat -0.1605 ed in one year from a sur face of water of 2,245 acres in extent, or more than 1,523 millions cf gallons. The salt water affects the water at Woolwich : it is usually what is termed brackish there. Lieutenant Sanders states that at Greenwich, at high-water spring tides, the water is frequently brackish. " The dirt and filth in solution must be very large. The ' Dreadnought! experiments ale made under my direction chiefly, and I can assure you that to read the instruments is a serious aflhir, owing to the filth of the waters; on first pulling them up they are covered with a slimy adhesive mud; they first have to be wiped, and if the wind is blowing strongly, this muddy water is blown about and over the observer. A now trunk is no s• being made with a perforated copper-bottom turn ing downwards upon hinges, so as to get rid of the enormous deposit." MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 26, Ibso. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagions Diseases * 153 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... .>. 45 Tubercular Diseases ... 175 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses,.. 120 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 32 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ..; 252 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, 8,?.. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... Premature Birth ... Atrophy •• ••• Old Ago Sudden ... and Intemp erance Violence, Privation, Cold , Causes not specified ... DEATHS FROST ALL CAUSES ... DISASTROUS AFFAIR ON THE GAMBIA. The following is an extract from a letter of an officer of the 21 West India Regiment : " "Bathurst, Gambit), Dec. 21,1849. About two months ago a vessel belonging to a merchant here was trading down the coast, near I3is sao, about /00 miles to the south of Iv, when the vessel was seized by a party of black fellows, who turned out to be pirates, inhabiting an island at the mouth cf the River Sam. Some of the crew were shot, one of whom was a Frenchman. The Governor here wrote an account to the Governor of Senegal, who sent a small mat-of-war steamer, with some marines, to assist us in punishing these scoundrels, and retaking the vessel. The day after she arrived here one of our vessels, the Teazer, came in ; so the Governor determined on sending her with the French man and a few of our men. The day after this the Commodore arrived in the Centaur steam-frigate quite by chance. It was now arranged that they should all go down. He had a number of marines on board, and with 60 of our men, under Captain Hill, and Lieutenants M'Court and ltFLaughlen, sailed for this place. The action was very short. As well as I can make out, the outline is as follow s : " The Teenr and the Ruby (Frenchman) having gone up the creek where the island is situated, an chored off the place where they were to land. The Centaur, being too large to come up so far, sent up her boats, twelve in number, while she remained about three miles down. Captain Buckle, of the Centaur, and Lieutenant Selwyn, commander of the Teazer, then went in advance of the other boats near the shore, intending to demand the restitution of the vessel together with the men who murdered the crew, when he was fired at. The ball took effect on Mr Young, Midshipman of the Centaur, dangerously wounding him in the breast. The Teazer and Ruby . . 1 7 together with the boat s th a t h a d cannon, then opened a furious cannonade, which lasted nearly half an hour. The natives stood it without answering a shot. They then attempted to land from the boats, however the first that came near the bush which they had to pass through, received a s volley which took great effect! killing Lieutenant Crocker, commanding the marines, and dangerously wounding eight others (sailors and marines). They then withdrew and our men landed without further opposition, and after beating about for some time returned to their vessels. The first boat was the only one under fire, unless you reckon the shot that wounded Young, and this single shot and the volley was the only firing from the enemy. The next day the party went ten miles up the creek, and recovered the vessel without opposition or seeing a man. Thus ended the affair." FATAL PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER. ANDOVERSFORD, NEAR CIiELTENIrAM , MONDA NIGH shocking occurrence has just happened here, which has ended in the violent death of one man, and the committal of three others to Glouces ter County Gaol on a charge of manslaughter. The particulars of the case, as summed up from the depo sitions of the several witnesses examined on the coroner's inquest, may be briefly stated as follows : Two farm servants, named William Cook and Joseph Franklin, in the employ of Mr. Handy, farmer, quarrelled while following their daily work, and, after a good deal of bickering, came to a mutual agree ment to " fight it out." They fought together in the road near their master's farm for a short time, the only looker-an being a boy, named Perrin. After two or three round,, in the course cf which they fell twice or thrice and kicked each other while upon the ground, a temporary truce was declared, while each combatant sent for " a backer." Franklin sent for his father, who quickly arrived, and a man named George Fletcher came as Cook's backer. They then resumed the tattle, Franklin, the father, encouraging hia son. Cook knocked Franklin down first, bat in the next "Aiun" Cook was down, and was picked up by Fletcher. After two or three more rounds Cook fell. Fletcher lifted him up, and endeavoured to replace him on his legs, but Cock could not stand, and appeared insensible, while blood flowed from his earn. He was then put in a cart and taken home. Before he was taken away, however, Franklin went up to him, and a-ked hire, "if he had had enough, or w heti:cc he wanted any more ?" Cook did not reply, and never spoke again ; in fact, there can be little doubt that he was actually dead at that moment, and his antagonist was talking to a corpse. Whil e t h e fight was going on Franklin's wife came up, and entreated her hus band, with tears in her eyes, to desist. Frank lin's father, however, told her to be off home, and while the men were fighting he called upon his son to " put it into him" (the deceased man). A married woman named Agg, who said she went " to see the fight," deposed at the inquest that she saw Mrs. Franklin endeavour to separate Cook and her husband. The deceased was considered a match for his antagonist, being 39 years of age, while the other was 23. The deceased has left a widow and four children unprovided for. Mr. Gabb, surgeon of Charlton Kings, who made a postmortem examination of the deceased, showed upon the inquest that death had been occasioned by a blow or blows on the head, which had ruptured a blood -vessel in the brain. Death was not occasioned by a fall, but a blow. The coro ner's verdict was, that Cook came by his death from the effect of blows received whilst fighting with . Franklin, and that William Franklin (his father) and George Fletcher were aiding and abetting Joseph Franklin, and were principals in the second degree. ... 22 ... 23 1,034 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Entneraied, sponding week in the 1841. of 1849. Week. West Districts... 301,189 . . 179 ... 176 North Districts.. 376,568 .. 222 • ... 166 Central Di s t r i c t s 374,199 ... 212 ... 183 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 245 ... 208 South Districts.. 503,346 ... 350 ... 301 ... 1,034 ... 508 ... 526 FATAL from GUN the A distressin gbo y allowed to carry guns , h as occurred at But ford, Oxon. accident, resulting fi, An inquiry wa s h e ld on S aturday, before Mr. James Wessell, coron er , i nto t h e circumstances attending the dea . h of Eliza E vans , a young girl aged 19 years, who was shot the pr ev i ous d ay b y a boy about the same age, who reque s ted h er to stand out of the way while he shot a bird. From th e ev id ence adduced it appeared she stood round the corner o f a h ouse to avoid danger, but from incauti ous l y l oo ki ng round at the moment the gun was discharged, sh e rece i ve d the wound which occa sioned her death, a t t h e i ns id e of the eye, close to the ACCIDENT.—.A c a I n D g E e rrvoTu.s--A practiceof noso. Mr. A. T. Cooke, surgecn, was promptly in at tendance, and used all the means that his skill could de vise to save her life, but the unfortunate suffarer lingered in a state of insensibility for three hours, when death ensued. As the melancholy occurrence was purely aeci dental, the jury returned a verdict accordingly. The family of the deceased girl are placed in great distress by the sad event. ROYAL FREE INIOSPITAL.—A meeting of this in stitution was held yesterday fur the purpose of receiving the committee's report, and ter the election cif governors to form the committee of management, and to choose auditors. Mr. Prichard, high bailiff of Scuthwark, was called to the chair. The itecretary read the annual re port, which stated that, in the beginning of the year 1849, 154 pauper children from Tooting, belonging to the Holborn union, were admitted to tho hospital, all more or less suffering from cholera, but 80 of whom showed signs of a decided and violent ,nature. Only four of these died, whom the report stated to have been past hope en entering the hospital. When cholera broke out in the metropolis, the doors of the hospital were, as is 1832, thrown open to all applicants, and upwards of 3 ; 000 persons so attacked had received relief, either as in or out-door patients. During the year upwards of 28,190 p ersons have IR en relieved by the institution—on the wh o l e a d ecrease i n t h e - num ber in IS4B. The finan c i a l s t a t emen t i n t h e report was highly satisfactory as t o th e s t a t e o f t h e h o)piesl. The ncripts amount e d t o 5,550/, upss an d s a 900/. more than those of 1848. This excess enabled the committea to ray off old debts to the amount of 2,0004, and to re -open a ward capable cf acconstue dating 50 patients, which, from a pressure of debt, had, for a time., been unavoidably closed. Should the benevolent continue their exertions in favour of the institution the committee would soon be enabled again to throw open the Governor Ward, which wou'.d give accommodation to fifty additional destitute persons. The total payments of tLo institution during the year amounted to 5,5211. Thu report having Lean adopted, the election of the thirty governors was prcceetted with. After a vct3 ( f thanks to the chairman, and to the several authorities and officials of the hospital, the meet ing broke up. 766 728 Tara ...1,494 *ln this number are included 16 by Scarlatina , 27 by Typhus Fever, and 14 by Diarrheas. THE COLONIES AND TIIE SOCIETY FOR TEE PRO , PACATION OF TEE GOSPEL. --.At the annual meeting en Monday afternoon of the Gloucester D i oc esan Associa tion, in aid of the above venerable society, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, in calling the attention of the meeting to the objects and operation of tbo society in spreading the Gospel among our colonial possessions, particularly directad public attention to the expectAtion that ere long some of our colonies will bo severed from ur. His Lordship expressed a hope, that if such a separation should take place, it would not bo effected by violent means; but he alluded to the growing feeling which, ho said, existed upon this subje,t, with the view of pressing upon nil parties who took an interest in the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts to a . d in thzt great work while we have the power of extending reli gious help to the colonies. His Lordship was followed by Mr. Vernon, cne cf the secretaries of the parent a sociation, who also spoke in similar t erms of the expect - at;ons of our North American colonists. -The celebrated sculptor, Bartolini, died at Flo rence on the 20th, aged serent3 -Lever, after a short ef three days. KING'd COLLEGE, LONDON.—The names of the following students of the college and school appear In the list of wranglers at the late Cambridge examina tion :—Wats or , secon d wrang l er ; Irving. Harrison, Greenwood, Nertheott, Heywood, and Do Ltsle. The Directors of the Banque do Belgique have just convoked a meeting ( f the shareholders for Government and the Bank, by whi c h t h e t F s, e e b e r i u l a t r h y e , t G o oy te e k rn e m i latter engages to take 15 , 000,0001 . in the c a pi ta l of the Bank Nationale about to be established. Th ese 15,000,000 h tore divided into 10,000 shares. The Socii. é G6rerale has entered into a similar convention with the at the Eagli6h Mint price of 3/. 17s. Government. MoNEY 111ARKET.—The premium on gold at Path is whicb, wid. per ounce for standard gold, gives un exchange of 25.45; and the exchange at Paris on London at short 12 per trifle, b e i ng 25.42 i, it follows that gold is 0.10 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Llani burgh the price of gold is 4341 per mark, limb at the English Mi n t pr i ce of 3/. 17s. 1011 ' standard gold, g i ves an exchange of 13. q p e r ounce for• nd e ex change at Ilamb urA h on London at short bei a the ng 13.10 i, it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent. d L carer in on don than in Harnburgb. INDIAN PRIZE MONRY.—The sum of 12,425/. has been paid by the East India Company into the Bank of England to the public account, to meet the claims of the several parties entitled to share in the pr:zi money granted for the capture of Ghuzneo and Lower Sinde. CUXHAVEN, JAN. 24.—We had a strong westerly wind, with a rapid thaw, last night. The channel is perfectly clear, bt.t there is still a good deal ( f ice along the northern shore ; the mouth of the harbour is now navigable by the springing ( f the ice This after noon there has been an appearance of ice again in the channel. Wind, W.N.W., with a thick fog.—llambuqh Borsenhalle, Jan. 24. CHILD MURDER.—George Berry, the man charged with murdering a child two years old, Lamed Mary Hallam, at Suttan•in-Ashfield, NuttiogLamshire, is committed for tries Lt next Assile.i. Ile is, from esti molly given upon the coroner's inquest, a unsound mind. SELF-DENIAL. " Sc!f-denial, which is anc ter word for exclusion, is a ncces'ary exercise. No matter what the object sought; without it, all labour is empty effort. For no person can at the same time walk in a given direction and is a di rection exactly opposite. At :enipt.first one and then t!le other, and no progress is made. Self-denial may be painful, or it may not be. It may be every vt ay agree able; or it may produce a strong aid never-finding struggle with our; e!ves. The sensualist denies himt.ell the exercise of virtue, to please his. passions, excluding all the good influences of his moral nature. The world ling thnies himself to gratify an ambition clone kind or another, excluding whatever interferes with his aim. The Christian denies himself', to satisfy his moral sense, excluding tie various temptations which surround and beset hizr. Self-denial, then, is a philosophical exclu sion of everything which interferes wA:a a given rule cf conduct, adopted with reference to a desired result. And yet we often encounter a certain class c f benevaents, who tell us that ' all things were mad:l for man's enjoyment;' that ' every creature of God is good;' that tt.e happiness within our reach is the happiness to secure, and that self-denial, if it implies any constraint, is altogether wrong in itself; in short, is too absurd (because too dis agreable) to be tolerated. " These are dangerous philanthropists. They have no notion cf the holy in mar. They ate earthly, sensual, devilish. They can snake no distinction between the sensual and the intelleThial, much less between the in tellectual and ti.e moral. They seem not to understand that the passions may lead where the intellect refues to, ald that the intellect may yield where the moral sense eondemns. Not daring to avow their doctrine in all its hideous eefortuity, they cover it over with the gloss of an apparently improved humanity; and by picturing a perfeet state cf ideal sensuousness (I say reusueusness, because se'f is the sole object of contemplation in it), they lead numbors away irreclaimably to perdition. They are blind leaders of the blind. "Once more I utter my warning. Once more I :ay to those in the forming time (reader, if you have passed that period you are k 3 and nay reach), yield not so the sensual; worship not as a nivinity the intellectual; rest only in an of je‘ct of the highest moral purity; any thing lcss will end in el( ath. For no man can find rest in an object unless that object is larger thri his own mind, and no mind can ie,tin an of which is not illimit able. Therefore no merely earthly object can satisfy it. We must hal e an object of Good, which eel ands as the mind expands which contemplates it—and that object is God. Lie must furnish the aliment to sustain our souls. In no other way can the soal be elevated and restored to its original purity. Then, if we may not prevent the taraptations which beset us, we can defy Cieir power!" THE PRACTICAL PRESENT. " And there we sat; the gloomy meditator upon what had been, and the eager expectant upon what was to Le —a strange companionship! There we sat; and while we lived upon the Past and Future, both forgot the Cer nal Present; the evcrlssting, never-ending Now, for which only man exists; f)r in it are embraced yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Vain mortal, to feed upon dim recollections, or upon the unsubstantial framework cf false hopes, forgetful of that which is! "But must faith, must hope, be banished? Ah, no. Does not the earnest expectation of the creature wait for the manifestation of the sons of God?' Assuredly. But it must be such Lila, ouch hope, such expectation, as will make the Now important. Tell me of a faith that bids me forget tho present, and I will brand it false. Show me a hope that connects not with what is, and I will rr ark it salt]. Summon me au expectation that re fers not to what I now am, and I will stamp it futile. And y( t man site, and wait, end hopes, and expects, and waits again, while nothing comes of it; and he mur murs, but still Expects, and still the river runs by full flowing, and the current will not diminish: still the wheel goes round, but nothing is accomplished. And what l hi , f4itl!, or his hope, or his expectation, done for him? The.tfire, oh being, created by the Almighty Father, when, unquiet and dissatisfied, thou busiest thyself with vain ira:gtniuge, know that thou neglcctest the present, and if thou ❑eglectest it, thou art lost." FALSE AND TRUE. " I Lave always been disposed to deny that our early dajs were intended to be our happiest. True it is, that most look tack to them with pleasure, mingled with feelings half cf regret, luif of sadeess, that they are y assed. The reason c f this is, that those days are free from the anxieties shich mature life is sure to bring. The man, poised down with busineEs, locd&d with care, even though his coffers are filling with wealth, looks back upon his childhood as a green spot in his existence, while all around is drear and desolate. " And if business engross him not, if he knows no thing of the drudgery ef acquiring riches, but lives or his own pleasure and ammcinent, how soon these pall upon him—then he, also, sighs fir the careless, thought less, happy feelings of early days, whea time needed no destroyer, and the hydr“-headed monster Ennui four.d no place of attack. Is it a wonder that such as I have n ender - KA, the slave of plcakure as well as the slave of toil, should look away across the dreary waste of years, and seek to rc call the past? But it is too late: youth will not come back, and they have no talisman t compel it to return. ‘• When I hear friends conversing tog, Vier ,of good old times,' closing taeir conference with, Ah, well! those were happy days, sure enough; the happiest part of our lives, if we had but known it:' I feel persuaded that they have made but a poor use of existence. What! has God mare us with such rich preparativcs for true ernjoymenr, such noble powers of mind and sense, and yet designed us to retrograde through lif2? Yielding us a few hour 3 of gyestionable happiness at first, to be succeeded by days of weariress or wo? It is not so! Who won- Id be contented always with such happiness? Who does not knew that it is but the pleasure f animal ex istence; an existence gay indeed as the bird's, and lice the bird's thoughtless too? " The man who wisely employs himself about things imperishable, rtimt f.:rew happlcr each succeeding day in tim^, and so on through tl.c period beyond, which re call eternity. The goodness of God orda'us this; the wi3dom of God proclaims it,." LIFE WITHOUT HOPE. "Life! shall I tell you what it is? Ah, would it were what so many make it: a pumping cf air in and out of the lungs; a coy Bring of the nakedness, to the prevention of shame; eating lest the body fall away; sleeping o' night!, from wearisomeness of the flesh!— then were man indeed somewhat better than a bast. But to have pining want,' which gnaw the soul, and for which no provision has been made; to love, and feel that love lasts only so long as 1 f!; to labour, and know that the grave closes upon ad rcsu:ti of toil; to enjoy, and be conscious that time withers up the sourci;s of our bliss; to be miserable, and feel that death rcay not release us; to undergo all the mad pleasure; ( f earth, and all the remorse which thair indulgence brings; to feel in pros perity that nothing can secure against change, and to recognise in athersity no hope—h a! ha! that—that is 1if•! What a precious boon to that poor praying b(.l,gar, man!" SYMPATHY. " My parting with Meta was one of the happiest moments of my life. We I iti not spoken one word f our feelings fur each other during my stay—positively, not one word ; b u t we h a d ta lk e d o f a l mos t everything in the wide world; we had exchanged thoughts and sym pathieP, and, strange to say, cur feelings were in exact harmony. The endl ess , b oun dl ess wor ld o f th e ma . gm:4- tive and the imaginable! Pleasant is it when we find in another the echo of what we feel and are; but how much higher the enja)ment when we can appreciate in such a one the feelings which we ourselves do not possess, and thus el ter, soul with soul, into the sweet exchange of spiritual Imrmonie , ! By net reducing cur feelings to the point cf mere s e lf- en j oyment, we exi er i enco a growing happines-, the reverse of w}.at those lovers feel who allow the flame to dio by what it feeds or, and who in this way are expoied to the curse of a double selfishness. To sus tain the life of the affections, we require a companion, not a counterpart; and they are blessed who mistake not one for the other." Among St. Lege r ' s mental trials he is disturbed by the suggestions of the infidel philosophy. his enio tione, on yielding to it, are thus described My thoughts becam e d a i ly more distracted. I had . purchased tellectual freedom, and tmy peace of mind. I looked back t) my fnmer state-, and I,lt how happy had La ca my ignorance. I thungot, f the God of my childhood, and a pang wcat low down into my near. I seemed to have lost my humanity, and over the warm Lf,-glowing structure of a In'petul h ear t h ad been raised a splendid an i magnificent but cold and gloomy mausoleum. True, I was no longer a seccndary otject; I was apart of the sublime whole; a portion c f very God; 244480500