The Sun. — London, England, 1851-07-03 00:00:00

rourtt rbiti on SUN OFF 1( E, Seven o'Clock. POST-OFFIC6 NOTICE. The rn leruv.nttone4 Otlioei will ha opened as Minor Mnney Order Officei t; . e full. wing days, viz.:— July I—P,u , ton Lancashire; Thorp Arch, Yorkshire; Whitchurca, Herefordshire. July 3—Staunton, Worcestershire. July s—Wickwar. Gloucestershire. July 7—Kingswinford, Worcestershire. Ju'y 8—B4(10:Anton, Gloucestershire. July 10 —Purton, Wiltshire. July 12 —Shrlvenitrm, Berkshire. July 15—B dford, Warwickshire. July 23—Bexhill, Sussex; Droxford, Hampshire; North Fl.44,Kent; Withynam; Sussex. N.B. Aston, Saropshire, inserted in the last list, should have been designated " Aston-un-Clun," Shrop shire. SIR JAS. GRAHAM AhD HIS TENANTRY (mom A CORRESPONDENT.) It appears from a circular which has been issued by Mr. Matthew Brown, the agent of Sir James Graham, that the tenants of the Right Hon. Baronet have deemed themselves justified in requesting a reduction of their rents. With this view they signed a petition (notifying their object), which was presented to Sir James, and to which they individually received the following reply:— " Crofthead, July 1, 1851. " Sir,—ln reply to the petition for a reduction of rent, signed by you, and presented by me to Sir James, I am instructed to inform you that, under existing circum stances, Sir James is not prepared to accede to your request. " At the same time, I am desired to state that you are at liberty to surrender your present agreement for the farm of --, on giving notice to me here on or before the 21st current. It Sir James Graham should afterwards be willing to propose a new agreement, the terms thereof will he notified to you within a reason able time. " Should you not surrender your present egreement by the time specified, Sir .hmes will then conclude that you are willirg to hold your farm under the terms of the existing contract, —I am, yours faithfully, " To 9, " MATTHEW BROWN. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. - -Traffic for the Woek ending June 29, 1851 Passengers (12.516), parcels,horses, and carriages ... Z 1 Goods, cattle, Sgc. ' Ol5 15 765 6 5 ... 5 Total . 77 X 1,78 1 10 Corresponding week in last year... 1,445 4 9 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (Tills EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Royal assent Was gived by commission this after noon to the following Bills. The Lords Commissioners were the LoaD CHANCELLOR, Lord MINTO, and Lord ST. GERMAN'S: — Stamp Duo.," (Ire!awl) Continuance. Cowpcuod Hou,d). Vet s. Coup t of Chancery (Ireland) Regulation dot Amend- melt. ni,hways (South Wales). Process and Prtic.ice (Ireland). Prevention of Off eces. Fe- F.rm Rmis (Ireland ) Br , .dges (Irela d ) Va:kmcia Railway. C...mmerc4l D ,ek, Improvement. Gr. at Northern Rtilway Amendment. I.l,r4ien Improvement. Leeds arid Tntrsk Great Western Railway (Arrargement to purchase S.:merset, and Weyznou•li Railway). SIY flielti, Ru berhrsm , Barmiey, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and G,,le Railway. S:roud p , aci Gloucester Road. Bre•on Ft.rry Docks sad Railway. South Devon Railway. South Wecec Rail way. East Laneasiaire Railway. Eastern Union Ralway. St. Andrew's Railway. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway. Uctoxeter to Stoke, near Stone (continuation of Term and amendment of Act). Monkland Railways. Liverpool Docks (Alteration of Management). Waveney Valley Railway. Sunderland Improvement. Hayiin's &lag° and Causeway. Price's Patent Candle Company. Midland Railway Capital. Dundee and Arbrorth Railway. Weston-super-Mare Improvement. Buckley Roads Consolidation, Huddersfield and New Hay District Turnpike-road Great Central Gas Consumers' Company. Reading Water Works. Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway. Maryport and Carlisle Railway. North Shields Quays and Improvements. Great North of Scotland Railway. South Wales Railway (No. 1). Hathawcs Estate. Christ's Hospital Estate. Their Lordships adjourned during pleasure. Their Lordships resumed at Five o'clock. THE BARON DE BODE'S CASE. Lord LYNDaURST presented a petition complain ing of the delay which had taken place in the Baron de Bode's case. The LORD CHANCELLOR explained that the Baron de Bode's case had been postponed to obtain the attendance of the judge-s. Lord LYNDHURST was proceeding to enter into the facts of the case, when Lord CAMPBELL rose to order. He objected to the merits of thti case being entered on on the presentation of a petition. The Learned Judges had hitherto been unable to attend in consequence of their duties calling them elsewhere. Lord BROUGHAM had always understood that the first duty of the Judges was to attend their Lordships. Lord CAMPtiELL said that they had not been sum moned; but be understood they were to be summoned for Monday next. - MR. ROBERT OWEN. Lord BROULI HA h4d c, petition to present from a very celebrated men and a great public benefactor, he meant Mr. Robert Oman. That gentleman held pecult4r optiii. - ins, but he teas a great public bene• factor, fur he was the founder of infant schools. His petition was for facilities for bringing for ward his ichemr , for the improvement of society, and he thought that the petitioner ehoniri be afforded an opportileity ef app-ai leg b , fore a Set. ct Committee of their L House. The late illustrious Duke of Kent, Ilse feher of her Niaj-sty, had been a patron of Mr. ()Nee% plan, and a mta more r•-ligiotri or more at tateled to th e Cnurch that, hi. late Ro, al flightless the Duke ut Knt it would br, ottfieult to find. tit* all mer, Mr. et ..b.-rt. Owen was tee most mo 1. rate, the most tole rant, and the moat atesible to reas n; and he, therefore, ho t e t teen. Letaiships would give a it 31)ent'Ul beating to hits ee:ton. He moved that the petition be read by the clerk at the table. The elation was agr.ed to; and the petition, which was of cmisiderable leneth. was read accordingly. The Mirvis of LANSDOWNE thought it would he impossible chat a Select Committee, appointed at this late period of the session, could enter satisfactorily upon so large a subject. S NA.VIGATION TO AUSTRALIA. Lord LYT [ELTON rose to ask the Noble Earl op posite whether it was the intention of the Government to carry out the recomtneitelations of the Committee of the other House for ea:abashing steam communication with Aus'ffia? KEY (who was at times inaudible from the buzz of conversa:ion pyevaiiing in the House) was understood to say that the CrThvetnnient were inclined to adopt the plan of wean' communication with Australia via the Cape of Gool Hope. ADULTERATION OF COFFEE. Lord WHAIiNCLIFFE presented a petition com plaining of the a du:tiration of coffee; and iu presenting it he would wish to direct the attention of their Lord ships to the import:!..nt subject of the adulteration of coffe e by the ealunix`ure of chicory and other matters. The Noble Lerd then proceeded to detail the pro vhions of th e var i ous Acts of Parliament which had at different times been passed en this subject up ti the year e lean, wh e n a Treasury Orde r was issued, permittin g L e adulteration of coffee with chicory. - From that time there hod been a cont inual increase in the substituti on of chin, vand other adulterations for coffee, and now the n of coffee had been sent usly affeeted, consurop I . co a necossary con sequence, the revenue had d ' asuffsered. At the time this order was issued, chicory was imported, and liable, to All the the loss to the revenue was a , duty between chic,ry and coffe n e l ! difference in the duty, and therefore the di grown in this country it was sat:. beet now chicory was iprotected, in fact, by the amount j o e F foreign celicory, and thus toe revenue e dut y the duty no taxation, was inipoied on substitution of an article payitl4 was injured by the a high duty. duty for one paying (LEFT SPEARING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Several petitions were presented in favour oaf !ha Pharmacy Bill. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Sri B. HALL presented . a petition from A , Tarylebo ne prayiAg that the Great Exhibition be thro w n o p en to the public at a charge of one penny. THIRD READINGS. The f o rowieg Private Bilis weru read a third time and paseied : Cameron's One !brook Steam BC. -el and Swansea and Low,:hor Railway (No. 1) Bill. IwpPriul Ct.niinenfal Gas .eis,,ciation. Saint Birtholomew's Hospital Estate. Saint Ptaierao (Midd:esen) Paving. The report on O.- Kensington Improvement Bill was considered and agreed tn. PETITIONS. Mr. L. ntiDGES pi e ,, ettd a petition from Kent in favour of ma AT , . prlui• , whey 13 11 • BELL pre;:ented several petitions to the same tffee!. Air. W. PAT FEN presented a liskittstiors of the bter-housee. p e titior, praying for THE SUN, LONDON, I Mr. ANDERSON presented a petition from Orkney in favour of t Ee(.lvsi4stiell Titles Bill. Mr. BAIRD pre, :.o .d a ;:e:i;ion tram the brewers and dist , lier. L. , ,lithgow against the Public 113m:es (Scotland) Lord JOCELYN presented a petition from Bo bay in favour of the establishment of steam communication hrt+veen I.dis and Australia; also a similar petition from the merchants of London. Mr. EWART present: d a petitirm from 750 members ti the College of Preceptors and Proprktors of Schools, praying that (in the Inhabited House Duty Bili) build ings cbov,ted to the purpose of education may, like houe's coon _cted with shops and warehouses, be sub jected only to the lower rare of charge. ROYAL ASSENT. Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Ush.-r of the Black Rod, ap peared at the table of the House, and summoned the Speaker to the bar of the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given to certain Bills (for which see Lords' report). Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in favour of the Vete rinary Surgeons Exemption Bill. WESTMINSTER-HALL. Mr. HUME wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests whether any arrange ments had been made to secure the opening of West minster Hall to the numerous strangers now visiting London, without the payment of a fee. Lord SEYMOUR said the hall was in the care of a keeper, over whom he had no control. Mr. HUME would be glad to know who the keeper was? Lord SEYMOUR did not know. Mr. HUME said it was a disgrace to the country that strangers should be compelled to pay a fee to see the Hall. The keeper was liberally remunerated at the expense of the public, and it was illegal for him to ac cept any gratuity for opening the doors. Sir G. GREY sa id the Hall was always open while the Courts were sitting, and '`)aci ,would see if it could not belopened when they were not.— (Hear.) Colonel SIBTHORP wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet was aware of the gross indecencies that had taken place through the indiscriminate admis sion of strangers into Westmintter Abbey. Sir GEORGE GREY—certainly there was not, nor had representations been made to him on ihe subject. BUSINESS FOR TO-NIGHT. Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to know whether it was intended to take the Inhabited House Duties Bill to-night. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Court of Chancery and the Woods and Forests Bills would be taken before that. EDUCATIONAL BOOKS. Mi. S. HERBERT inquired if it was intended to restrict the sale of the school books by the Irish Edu , eetional Commissioners to Ireland, and only to he schools under the management of the Educational Board, or would measures be taken to enable the public to purchase them both in England Ireland? Mr. C. LEWIS said the Government had taken the subject into their consideration, and the conclusion they had come to was, to request the Commissioners to make such arrangements as would secure to the public in both countries a constant supply of authentic books, and at moderate prices. Mr. HUME hid been given to understand that there were perties in Ireland ready to undertake the printing of the books without arty assistance from the public exchequer, and afterward.; to sell them a; the prices fixed upon by the commissioners. Mr. LEWIS said it was quite true that such an offer had been made, ELIA it was now under consideration. k °REIGN POSTAGES. Mr. HUME wished to ask Viscount Palmerston whether any arrangement or negotiation was in pro gress for reeneteg the charge of postage between this c alum aid Freues ? Lord PALMER'S rON replied that a communication had been made to the French authorities on the subj. ct, but as yet it hart led to no favourable result. Mr. ANSTEY wanted to know whet progress had been made in the the negotiation for t qualizieg postage charges on both sides of the Chance 1? At present if a letter was pre paid in Paris the postage was oaly 83., but if the postage was aaid in Loudon it was 10d. Lord PALMERSTON said the matter rested entirely with the Posimasi.er-General, and he was therefore un able to say whist progress had been made. ECCLESI AS FICAL TI rus BILL. Mr. FRESHFIELD understood that it was the intention of the Government to move, by way of amendment, in the second clause of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill the omission of the words which gave a com mon informer the power to put the provision of the Bill in force with the permission of the Law Officers of the Crowe. Now he had an amendment to propose which ought to come before that one; and, therefore, he wished to ask the First Lord of the reasury what amendments he intended to propose, and in what order, upon the third reading of the Bill? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he did not propose to make any alteration either in the preamble or the second clause of the Bill, but he did intend to move the omission of the words which the Hon. and Learned Member for Abingdon had succeeded in putting into the second clause. He could not, however, agree to the Hon. Member's proposal to allow his amendment to come first. Mr. B. OSBORNE said the amendments which had been introduced into the Bill were not sufficiently un derstood in Ireland, and the third reading ought there fore to be postponed for a short while longer. Lord J. RUSSELL could not accede to this proposal. The amendments were fully understood on both sides of the Channel. Mr. GLADSTONE suggested that the debate on the amendments and the general merits of the Bill should be taken not on the third reading, but on the question that the Bill do pass. OATH OF ABJURATION (JEWS) BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the third reading of this Bill. Sir B INGLIS said ever since the first time when a Bill on this unhappy subject was introduced, he had always regarded it as one of the most unfortunate measures which had been brought before Parliament. He looked upon it with the greatest- abhorrence, and the strongest repugnance, and he believed it was both uncalled for and . undesired by the great mass of the people. On the pre sent occasion, however, he should not call upon the House to divide, but would content himself with ex pressing once more his solemn objection to a measure which would have the effect of destroying the Christian character of the House.—(Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought it right to offer a few words in explanation to the observa tions of the Honourable Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford. It was welt known that a Jew was ready to swear to all that was contained in the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. Then came the ques tion, was the oath of abjuration imposed in order that all Members who entered the House should declare them selves Christians? Now, he believed that neither those who proposed or who supp irted the oath of abjuration ever dreamt of its u. cessi y on that ground. It was intro duced solely for the purpose ef making persons d4clare that they would bear allegiance to the family now on the Throne., fled not to vie descendants of James the Second. To the conditions, trierreore, of the oaths o• aliegiance, suprermicy, acid abjuration the Jew wa real) to swear and subscribe; but no doubt the words at the end of the last oath plac.d hire iu a position of difficulty, and precluded it tieeig administered to him in that form. He, (Lord Jelin Russell) however, could not but think that on this qu , stion the wishes of the people at large ought to be very much cotinelted, and esp. cially electors of Members of i'arliament.—(Hear.) Within the last few days a second member of the Jewish persuasion had been elected es a representative for a borough by a majority of nearly 900 votes.—(Hear.) He was glad to see that the Honourable Alderman who had been thus elected had declared it as his intention not to come down and offer to take his seat until the other House of Parliament had an opportunity of considering the present Btll. (Hear, hear.) He (Lord J. Russell) was ready to meet the views of that other House of Parliament in regard to the sentiments which had been evinced upon one clause of the Bill, and if necessary to withdraw it. Now that the House of Commons was about, fur the third time, to declare that Jews have a right to sit in this House, he thought it was quite time that the House of Lords should consider what was due to the people. With regard to popular elections it struck him that the present state of the case grave Jews a most decided advantage as against Christians, because the Jew was able to hold himself out to the voters as a persecuted man, and ono in whom was centered the principle of religious liberty. He did not think that ev-n if this Bill passed, its effect would ex tend beyond admitting one or two Jews into Parliament, and would certainly not give them any advantages over Christians. Mr. NEWDEGATE (who was received with loud cries of "oh") said that he did not agree with the Noble Lord as to the effect which this question had upon popular elections; an opinion never had been elicited from the people at a general election. As for the late election at Greenwich there were exceptional circumstances which prevailed upon persons to vote for Mr. Salmons rather than Mr. Wire, apart from any political grounds. Mr. Wire had been an active supporter cf Baron Rothschild, and had been very much employed by the Jewish community in his legal capacity, so that the electors of Greenwich had merely to choose be tween a Je wish barrister and his attorney. He rejoiced that the Right Hon. Baronet was not about to call upon the House to express any further opinion upon this Bill, because, in his opinion, Mr. Alderman Salomons, al though he did not mean Immediately to present him self, and had, neveNheless, been elected under a pledge to force himself into the House, in defiance of the law, M r HODGSON was atonished that the Noble Lord, who announced himself as the cham p ion of Protestant ism, should come doers' to the House one night to propose d Push fo rw ard a Bill which was an insult to the feelin g s a measure to de fend Protestantis m , an on the next of th e en-jority of Protest ants in the countr y . Mr. PLO NITR E t h o ught that after the division on the second reading it was not nece ssar y to divide the House. of the which was only carried by a majority of 2 5, Still he should take the final opportunity of enterin g I sure his o melets c protest against the p rinci p le of the mea- aioalsityquit diviv-Aon in f avour of the Bill on the last stage wou ld h ave Mr. T. A. S MITH expressed his conv i ct i on t h a t th e been much l arger had it not been brought on at such a Jer r e e hthivart.thelime w Attar a few Vig d from Mr.IIENLEY, The Bill was then read a third tun e an d pas sed with out is donator , . t t o riu d er l i v i!h d a e r% t a o n e d e. " was COURT OF CHANCERY AND JUDICIAL COM -I"I'KE BILL, The House then Rent into Commutee oithii Bill, Mr. C. Limn in the Chair, and was (LIFT SMUG.) ROCHESTER DIOCESAN FEMALE TRAIN- ING INDU.STRIAL Ynsterd.iy the toutAa•i.n ot ii.st;tution was laid by the Bishop of IttaJhester. The E iv.ern Counties Rail way ran special to and from Shore ditch to Bishop Stortford. The proceedings com menced with Divine service in Bishops Stortford Church, and after an impressive discourse had been preached by the Reverend J. Bracuston from the 3d chapter of Collosians, 17th verse, a pro cession was formed to Bramble-hill, about a mile to the eastward, %here the intended building sill be erected. The pr ocess i on was formed io the following order:—The National School children, the Church wardens, the High School and Masters, Mr. Harle bearing the silver trowel and velvet cushion, on the former of which was inscribed, " Feed my lambs," John xxi. verse 15. This trowel was presented to the aim and Right Rev. George Lord Bishop of Rochester, by the inhabitants of Bishops Stortford, Herts., on the occasion of his laving the foundation stone of the Diocesan Training Institution for School mistresses, at Hockerell, near Bishops Stortford, on the 2d of July, A.D. 1851." Next came the archi tect and builder, bearing the mallet, levels, and plate, on which was engraved—" The foundation-stone of this institution for the industrial training of sixty schoolmistresses in the diocese of Rochester was laid by the Right Rev. G. Murray, D.D., lord bishop of the diocese, on Wednesday, July 2, 1851, with many prayers to God that His blessing may prosper the work thus commenced." The Bishop and Archdeacon Burney followed, after which the clergy and gentry brought up the rear. Psalms were chaunted as the procession moved through the town. Upon reaching the intended site, the bishop, kneeling, offered up several prayers, and on receiving the trowel he expressed his thanks for the honour the inhabitants had canferred on him by selecting him to take so prominent a part in the proceedings, and sincerely hoped the anticipations which they had formed would, by the blessings of God, be realised. The stone was then lowered, and the ceremony ter minated. The intended building has been designed by Mr. Clarke, of Stratford-place. It is in the Elizabethan or Tudor style of architecture, composed of brick with Bath stone borders to the doors, windows, &c., and has a chequered front, similar to the great hall in Lincoln's-inn and the buildings of Hampton Court Palace. The extreme elevation will be 43 feet, length 220 feet, and depth 156 feet. It com prises an infant school, dining hall, matron's apart ments, &c., and will cover an area of 2i acres. The estimated cost is 9,0001., towards whicfl the National Society have subscribed 6001., and with the Govern ment grant the subscriptions amount to 4,5001. A further sum of 441. 12s. 3d. was collected yesterday at the church door. THE DETAINER DETAINED. A few days ago a mechanic in one of the dis tricts of Ayrshire, who was rich in ingenuity, pre paring to emigrate, found a little obstacle in the revi val of an ancient dispute about the division of some trash. However, having got his machinery in motion he commenced " sitting on a rail" as far as Greenock, when to his annoyance he found the vessel did not sail for a couple of days, and on the second he got a post haste advice, that if be did not sail instantly be might probably be persuadA not to sail at all, by reit of the de , ermination of his friend, who, with a war rant, inteuthd to see whether he might not be disposed to come ashore again and reason the matter. Cnests arid family en board and passage paid, this was a serious and sudden slap at him in the hour of his extremity. Howevi r, as hu bad always depended more upon his head than his he-ls heretofore, be stuck to the seat of the reasoning powers to the last; and stepping into the Grey eoek police-office next morning, he told a sen sible, honest-like tale of how he had come down the coun try aid intended to cross to Helensburgb, but before he could return, same night, a weak triend, whom he de scribed, and whom he intend-41 to place in sate keeping. might arrive,and that be would take it a great favour that tne officers would take chai ge of bun till be should return from Helensburgh. He told them the train be would probably arrive by, arid that be always carried what he believed to be a warrant, having for years been under the hallucivatieu that somebody owed him 201. The bait took ; our emigrant dropped down the river, and sailed for the land of liberty the same afternoon, while his out-witted creditor, detected at once on stepping out of the train, was the more decidedly believed to be all he had been re• presented the more indignantly he repelled the insinua tions of the police, and the more loudly he vowed ven geance. When the last steamer arrived from Helens burgh that night without a claimant for the capttve, the scales fell from the eyes of the police ; but ere this the anchor had been weighed, and the "smart" man had placed twenty knots of a different kind between himself and his friend. Ayr Advertiser. NOVEL EXPERIMENT.-EXPLOSION AT THIRTY MILES' RANGE. Yesterday a series of extraordinary experiments were performed at the Gutta Percha Company's works, Wharf-road, City-road, calculated to show the immense distance or long range at which explosion can be pro duced by the galvanic battery, by which the electric spark is propelled along copper wires, insulated by a covering of gutta percha, of a similar construction to that used for the sub-marine telegraph. Much to the surprise of the spectators, the instantaneous ignition and explosion of several charges of gunpowder was produced through a length of no:less than thirty miles of wire; the respective coils formieg this length being from 500 to 700 yards each, were immersed in the water of the Regent's Canal, and attached to a barge moored off the company's premises. The wire used for this purpose was what is called No. 16 gauge, entirely enveloped in gutta percha, and the only parts not entirely under water were the small portions necessary for connecting the coils; the perfection of the whole arrangement, and the insulating properties of gutta percha being rendered apparent by the magical rapidity of the explosions, and the facility with which the connexion could be severed. The discovery of this novel long range is attributable to Mr. Statham, the managing director, while experiment ing upon heating platina wire for mining purposes, and the experiments of yesterday show that not only can this novel mode of blasting be applied to mining but also to warlike purposes, and that distance is no object, as it could bo equally effected with any length of wire, pro vided it were perfectly insulated. The experiments, it is understood, will shortly be repeated in the presence of high military authorities and scientific gentlemen. DISEASES OF INTEMPERANCE. At a meeting ot the Statistical Society- ot London, held on the 16th of June the R:ght Hon. Lord Overstone, President, in the chair, a paper was feed by Mr. F. G. P. N. icon, on the " Ita , e of Mortality among Persons of Intemperate Habits." Slr. Nelson commenced Lis paper by explairling that the primaty reason tor collecting the lets" then brought forward, was to apply the remits to life assurance opt ations, and he had consequently only included well marktd cases ut intemperance, and nut Brought into Lis observations mere occasional drinkers, or what is termed generous or "free livery." Through out the whole of tae tables the mortality shown was frighttully high. In the 6111.5 years of life, to which the observation extended, 357 deaths had taken place; nut if these lives had been subject to the same rate of mortality as the general population of Englund and Wales, the number of deaths would have been 110 only, or less than one-third. Some curious results were shown in the influence of the different kinds of drink on the duration of life; beer drinkers averaging 21.7 years, spirit drinkers 16.7, and those who drank both spirits and beer indiscriminately 16 1 years. These results, however, were not more curious than those connected with the different classes of persons. The average du ration of life atter the commencement of intemperate habits among mechanics, working and labouring men, was 18 years; traders, dealers, and merchants, 17; pro fessional men and gentlemen, 15; and females, 14 years only. Bat perhaps the most curious circumstance dis closed was the remarkable similarity between the pro portion of crime in the sexes to the proportion of deaths from assigned causes of intemperance. It was shown that the tendency to crime in the male sex is nearly five times greater than that of the female, or more siaietly, in the relation of 336 to 1,581, while the ratio of deaths to the population from assigned intemperate causes at the age or 20 and upwards, are in the relation of 8,011 to 36,769—a most remarkable agreement, the difference being with r 2i per cent —Builder. FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC. The following are the last returns of the gross re ceipt: of the principal French Railways : NORTHERN.—From June 18 to June 24: Passengers, 291,1111.; goods, 182,6991.; total, 473,810 f. ROUEN.—From June 15 to June 21 : Passengers, 96,3121.; goods, 81,4041.; total, 177,716 f. HAvitz.—From June 15 to June 21 : Passengers, 38,409 f.; goods, 37,135 f. ; total 75,544 f. ORLEANS.—From June 16 to Jane 22 : Passengers, 92,0471. ; goods, 109,4021.; total, 201,449 f. BORDEAUX. —From June 16 to June 22: Passengers, 41,469 f.; goods, 43,63314 total, 85,1021. VlERzoN.—From June 16 to Jane 22 : Passengers, 36,9331.; goods, 39,7621.; total, 75,695 f. BOULOGNE.Frotri June 16 to June 22 : Passengers, 32,575 f.; goods, 14,9721.; total, 47,547 f. NANTES.—From June 14 to June 20 : Passengers, 23,096 f.; goods, 20,4071.; total, 43,503 f. TUASBURG.—From June 18 to June 24: Passengers, 104.773; goods, 67,2281.; total, 172,001 f. MONTEREAM—From June 11 to Juno 17: Passengers. 11,831 f.; goods, 13,715 C ; total, 25,546 f. MARSEILLES.—FromJune 11 to Juno 17: Passengers, 44,026 f.; goods, 22,255 f.; total, 66,284 f. LYONS. —From June 8 to June 14 : Passengers, 220,624 f.; goods, 53,285 f.; total, 273,9091. CIIARTRES.—From June 9 to Juno 15: Passengers, 28,4771.; goods. 17.0731.; total, 45,5501. STOCE-IN•TRADE.—The Act 3(1 and 4th Vie., c. 89, continuing the exemption of inhabitants from liability , to be rated as such in respect of stock•in-trade, or other pro perty, to the relief of the poor, is pr.:posed by Mr. B.,uverie arid Sir George Grey to be continued till the Ist October, 1852. The Bill authorising the continuation has been printed. BRITISH CLIPPERS.—We may notice the quitk passage of 'be new brig Everton, Captain John Ditchburn, laut,chrd by Mr. R. \% illiamson this year at Harrington, which has just completed her passage to Barbadoes and t ack iu sixty days. Captain D. writes in the most flattering terms of his vessel, and stated that, although fur some time be met with cross winds, he passed every vessel in his track. —culnkrland racquet. THURSDAY EVENING, THE GREAT FIRE AT SAN FRANCISCO. I (From the .New York Herald.) SAN FRAINCISCio, I'HUII , DAS, MAI 43 . er of thi.se devastating calamities which Have so often attacked this city f as hid in ashes all the best-built, most densely inhabited and business portions of this city since the tit parture of the last steamer. On the 4th of May, 1850, about three o'clock in the morning, a fire was discovered which, before it was extin guished, destroyed a great portion of the city. Three times between that and the 3d of May, 1851, did de structive fires again and again destroy the results of energy and perseverance hitherto unparalleled in the annals of the world. On the night of the 3d of May, at 11 o'clock, a small shanty, about 12 feet by 20, was discovered to be on fire. By 7 o'clock on Sunday morning, the 4th of May, more than one half of the city lay in smoking ruins, and buildings and property were destroyed more than equalling in extent and value all that the four great fires (besides the lesser ones) which had occurred within a twelvemonth had consumed. To at tempt to describe the appearance of the city while enveloped in this terrible conflagration, or the aspect of the smoking ruins when the de vastation was complete, or the feelings of those whose breasts were filled with hope the previous evening, and whose fortunes were destroyed in a few hours, would be a hopeless task. Frame-buildings burned like tinder ; iron houses curled up like sheets of paper before a fire ; brick buildings, with iron abutters and doors, gave way and crumbled into ruins. Of scores of buildings supposed to be fireproof, within the limits of the burnt district, not a dozen remain, and it seems as if they were preserved by a miracle. Such was the fierceness of the flames that they leaped across streets 100 feet wide, and ignited the buildings as if they were made of touchwood. And when the fury of the flames was exhausted, they were extinguished in as improbable a manner as they had ravaged. They destroyed one end of a wooden building and went out, leaving the remainder standing. To tear down buildings was useless. They might begin a block, but before the first building was demolished the flames had reached them. To blow them up seemed equally unserviceable—the flames crossed the gap thus made as if it were nothing. I forward to you, accompanying this, a map show ing the burnt district, which, with the explanations accompanying it, will enable readers to understand better the accounts you may publish respecting this great catastrophe. The loss is incalculable. You will find the various newspapera estimate it at from 7,000,000 to 20,000,000 dollars. I think the latter estimate will be much nearer the truth 'than the former. The list of losses which you will find in the newspapers is entirely fallacious, and give no good data upon which to make any calculations. The loss in the destruction of buildings and goods on the ground, bJunded by the Plaza on the west, Clay-street on the south, Montgomery-street on the east, and Wash ington-street on the north, can be readily summed up to exceed 2,000,000 dolls., and this is one block only out of more teen 20. In the two bonded ware houses which were destroyed, one in California-street and the other in Clay-street, there were more than 2,000 tons of merchandise stored. The value of this merchandise alone was between 400,000 dolls. and 5C0,000 dolls. Then it must be considered that every store in the city almost had a full stock of goods, and many more were destroy ed than were saved, in consequence of the rapidity with which the flames spread, and the unexpected direc tions which they took. Hundreds of persons who were rich on Saturday night had nothing but the clothes in which they stood on Sunday morning. Multitudes of persons did not save a paper; and, alas ! numbers lost their lives. In one store, at the corner of Montgomery anti Sacramento streets, no less thae six met a fiery death. Some four or five, whose names are unknown, are known to have perished in the burning streets, and some are believed to have pe rished in burning building., whose fate will never be known on earth save by conjecture, when they are never heard of again. But the most wonderful part of the history of this fire is the energy and perserverance displayed by the citizens here. The language does not contain words sufficient to describe or commend their courage and determination. Four times destroyed by fire, and four times rebuilt, this, the fifth catastrophe, is as far from disheartening them as the first. In forty-eight hours after the fire buildings were erected and business was transacted over the still smoking ruins. On this, the eleventh day since the fire (including two Sun days), there are nearly 400 buildings erected or in progress of erection in the burnt district, most of them being completed and occupied. I hazard nothing in saying that in 60 days the whole district will be again covered with buildings. Nearly all of those buildings, it is true, are of wood ; but wherever there was a brick building previously preparations are made to rebuild with such additional securities against fire as they have learned by the recent calamity, and in some cases larger buildings than the previous ones are being erected. Including the building being erected out side the boundaries of the fire, fully 600 buildings are erected or being built since the fire. It is perfectly astounding. It must be seen to be believed. I had no conception of what could or would be done prior to this. My experience has been very varied. I have been in different countries, climates, states, and cities, but have never seen anything like what I have seen here. New York has suffered by fires, but nothing in comparison to San Francisco. A fire in New York which should compare in proportion to the extent and population of that city with this last in San Francisco would sweep away the whole city below Broome-street, from North to East River. And what would be thought, even in the great metropolis, with all its vast population, capital, skill, and resources, of him who should prophecy that so much would be re built (in any manner) in 60 days ? The prophecy here is a matter of course. And yet this is the fifth great fire in 12 months. In the confl /ration all the newspaper-offices were destroyed except that of the Alta California. The Pacific .News, Picayune, Courier, Herald, Balance, True Standard offices—all were destroyed totally, ex cept the News, Herald, and Balance, which saved a portion of their materials. The Pacific News, by obtaining from San Jose some materials which it ban there, and the Herald, with what it saved, have since re-appeared. The others have not yet done so, and there is no prospect of their immediate resumption. In the first place, there are no offices to be pur chased, except one inf-rior and incomplete one, for which au extravagant price is demanded, and, in the second place, the tastes for work have been so much reduced that the prices paid for composition ( 2 dolls. per 1,000 ems) have not only absorbed all the income of the office, but in some cases run them in debt con siderably. The fact is, the printers here have been killing the goose which laid the golden eggs, so that there is not now employ ment fur one-half the number that there was before the fire. The fire has very much unsettled the market for all descriptions of goods, and sales at present are made at very variable rates, depending much on ac tual need. The speculative feeling is slight. What there is, is in favour of a rise in most articles. flour cannot be expected to rise in consequence of the large stocks, very little of that article having been destroyed by the fire, as it was principally in store, in vessels in the harbour, and in large brick stores, be longing to the flour company at B -nicia. It will probably be some time before the market becomes settled again, so as to be quoted with certainty. We hear of sales of limited quantities of the same article changing hands at a difference of from 20 to 30 per cent. o❑ the same day, and this makes quotations very unreliable. I am prevented from sending to you my usual statistical account of the commerce, &c., of this port, by the confusion into which every thing has been thrown by the destruction of the Custom-house in the fire. Mr. Hopkins, the anistant•collector, and some others were near losing their lives in the burning building while endeavouring to save some of the papers and books. By way of a change this morning, about eight o'cloek we had a very sensible shock of an earth quake, which shook nearly all the houses in town. It lasted but two or three seconds. MELANCNOLT AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—LOCKER BIE, JUNE 30.--A mournful accident, which has thrown an universal gloom over our village, occurred this afternoon. Mr Joseph Bryden, late farmer of Halldykes, but residing here since Whitsunday, accompanied by a friend, went over to the river Annan to bathe, about six o'clock r.ar. No very correct account has yet reached us, but it would ap pear that Mr. Bryden soon after getting into the pool—a very deep one— situated two or three hundred yards above Shillahill Bridge, got beyond his depth, and, not being an expert swimmer, immediately began to struggle and cry for assistance. His friend, we believe, made two or three praiseworthy efforts to save him, but failed ; the conse quence was that fully an hour eli.psed before he was got out, when life was quite extinct. Mr. Bryden, from his quiet and unobtrusive manners, was highly respected in the dis trict.—Perthshire Courier. PARISH OF Sr. OLAVF, SOUTHWARK.--Yegerday the children of the St. Olave's Girls' Charity School, in Southwark, had the gratification, through the liberality of Mr. Ex-Sheriff Pilcher, who is one of the oldest parishioners, to enjoy a visit to the Exhibition of the Arts and Industry of all Nations. The children, 50 in number, were conveyed to the Exhibition in two vans, accompanied by Mr Filcher, jun., and the members of the school committee and parish officers, and their visit to this great national spectacle will doubtless make a lasting impression on the minds of those poor girls. JULY S i 1851. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. N XS/ON-P/0 t S Rob e rt Youily ax et,tk, M.*Cuiluon ;lot) Squire, of Basingth.ii.:i rent, drug mer chants, was brought before Alderman Cabitt tbr final examination, upon the charge of having embezzled en tain sums of money, the property of that firm. Mr. C. W. Eddy and Mr. Bates proved that they had paid to the prisoner the amounts of the debts due by thorn to the prosecutors ; and &;r. Squire provf-d that the. sums had not been accounted fur by the prisoner or any other person to the house. The prisoner, it appeared, had been in the employ ment of the firm several years, and had borne an excel lent character. Tho defence was reserved, and the prisoner was com mitted for trial. LAMBETH. Mr. Henry Frazer Dimsdale, one of the sons of Baron Dim date, was brought before Mr. Elliott, on a writ of habeas, from the Queen's prison, to answer a charge of assaulting Mr. Jarman, managing clerk to Mr. Hum phries, by throwing eggi and other mi,siles at him on the Oaks day, while returning from Epsom. It was also expected that several other cnargea w,,uid have bee❑ preferred against tha accused by other parries who had been scandalously assulted oft the occasion in question. Mr. Ballautine, the barrister, and a solicitor whose name did not transpire, attended on behalf of Mr. Dims dale, and the court during the proceedings was much crowded. The Learned Barrister for the det.nce waited a con siderable time for the art ival of Mr. Jarman, who it wns said was engaged in conducting a case of considerable importance at one of the superior courts, and who did not, it is supposed from this cause, attend at all. It was stated, however, that Mr. Jarman, in so far as his case was concerned had pr,ferrEd a bill of indictment at, tie Old Bailey, against Mr. Dims&le and five o.hers, for the outrage on him; that a true bill had ben tuund against all the parties, and that a warrant, signed by Mr. Justice Coleridge, had been lodged with the keeper of the Queen's prison, calling on Mr. Dimsdale to find sufficient bail to answer to an indictment. So that, had Mr. Jarman been present, all he could have dune would be to cell on a magistrate to compel Mr. Dimsdale to find sufficient surety to appear at the Old Bailey to an swer the indictment. Mr, Ballantine, addressintrAhe magistrate, said he was instructed, on behalf of his youthful client, to express his extreme regret at being even in the slightest degree a participator in the proceedings complained of, and to say in his behalf that, though not taking any part in the egg throwing, he should be most happy to make any fair or reasonable compensation to the injured parties. From a feeling of honour, but which he (Mr. Ballantine) conceived to be a mistaken feeling—Mr. Ditnschie refused to give up the names of several offic: re belonging to the 8:b Hussars load the 16th Lancers, who were vastly his seniors, and who were the principals in the cowardly and outrageous aff,ir. In his (Mr. Ballautine's) opinion, the conduct of these pat ties—gentlemen as no doubt, they called themselves— was rendered the more contemptible by the fact of their leaving Mr. Dimsdale to bear the whole of the brunt and odium of the disgraceful offence, while they were the principal actors, and never contributing one single shil ling to the expenses already incurred by Mr. Dimsdale. He (Mr. Ballantine) hoped that notwithstanding the mistaken honour of his client, yet for the future protec• tion of the public, as well as fur the sake of public justice and the credit of the British army, the names of the real aggressors—no matter what their rank or station might be—would bo sent to Mr. Jarman and the other sufferers, so that they might be brought to jultice. The solicitor for Mr. Di.esdale admitted the fact that he had seen the warrant lodged at the Q teen's prison, and signed by Mr. Jusiice Coleridge, calling on his client to &el the necessary bail to meet the charge at the Central Criminal Court. Mr. Peat, the army sadler in Bend-street, who, it will be r , collected, saved the whole of the erg throwers, it not from a desperate beating, at least from a night's lodging at the station-house, begged to make a few re marks. He said that since the evening in question he had become the object of censure among gentlemen woo were ferwerly his best friends and p sirens, his interference was dictated alone by the best feelings on his part. The cause of his interference he felt quite sure was in the recollection of his worship, yet he was stip,- matised with interfering udneces.arily, and so great w the length to which some of the officers had carried their enmity that they had actually signed a 'round robin" to the colonels, declaring that his interference was quite unnecessary end uncalled for; teat the police force at the South Lanibe , -h turnpike-gate was not sufficient to take them (the aggressors) into custody; that, therefore, his interference was quite uncalled tor, and therefore they should not employ him (Mr. Peat) any more in his business. The fact was that his (M.r. Psa 's) inter ference in the matter was of the must disinter, sted, and he might with justice, he thought, add', kindly descrip tion to all parties. On riding up to the South Lambeth turnpike gate he found a considerable disturbance, and saw a friend of his, Mr. Watson, who was bleeding profusely, and Mr. Jarman, with whom he was also ac quainted, both f whom complained of having been se. riously assaulted by the gentlemen on a four-horse drag. Having been thus appealed to, and knowing sever a l of the gentlemen on the drag, he observed that he thought they should give their cards to the injured party. The gentlemen on the coach said they bad done so, but Mr. Jarman having expressed a doubt about the genuine ness of the cards, he (Mr. Peat) asked the gentlemen it he pledged himself to be accountable fur them they would attend on the following day, and they all declared they would, and Mr. Dimsdale was among them. They did not appear, and he (Mr. Peat) having been subse quently summoned to this court, felt obliged, under the learned Magistrate's direction, but without in any way volunteering in the matter, to give up the names of those he knew on the drag. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that from the beginning Mr. Peat, no doubt finding himself in an awkward dilemma, had been an unwilling witness, and it was only on his (Mr. Eliiott's) remarking that the offending parties had acted in a highly improper and ungentlemanly way by giving wrong addresses and false cards, sand that there fore he (Mr. Peat) could not do less than give their names, that he had done so. Mr. Peat here handed to the magistrate a letter for bis private perusal, and - Mr. ELLIOTT, on reading it, observed that it was any- thing but creditable to the person or station of the writer. Mr. Ballantine also remarked that he considered that Mr. Peat had been treated in a manner that would not be tolerated if the facts were known at the Horse Guards. Mr. ELLIOTT inquired it there was any person in at tendance to make any charge against Mr. Dieosdale, when a stout young man, who gave the name of Juhn Collins, entered the witness-box. He said that on the evening of the °aka day be was returning from Epsom with his wife and children, and on reaching Lower he was pelted with eggs by the gentlemen o n a Tooting four h hor-e coach. He was subsequently pelted with eggs and flour bags, and his clo. hes being much injured he got out of hia vehicle at South Lambeth and Liid hold of the leaders of the dreg. M thy persons on the vehicle called out to the person driving to cut the b- in two, and he was whtpprd most untnercifull), and felt the torture so great that he acarally shed tears. He gave one man into custody for throwing an •gg at him, but that person was rescued from the police. At this time Mr. Peat came up on horee back, and, at the earnest request of the "geute," passed his word as a gusrastee that they would ap pear on the following day to meet the charge. Mr. Peat at the time distinctly asked them whether, if he gave his word for their appearance, they would do so, and they replied that they would. The witness, in con clusion, said that had it not been for the interference of Mr. Peat, the consequences to those in the drag might have been most serious, as the persons who bad been pelted and injured by them were highly incensed; and if Mr. Peat had not come up so opportunely for them they would have been much maltreated. • Police -constable Richard Adams, V. 167, said, that on the night in question be and three constables' were on duty in South L tmbeth. Hearing a desperate disturb ance outside the toll gate, be prooretted thither, and a gentleman was given into his custody for assaulting the last witness and other persons. A number of gentlemen, however got off the tour-horse dreg and rescued the gentleman." The prisoner wss net the nesn who had been given into custody, nor could he say ne had been there at cll. This witness added, that bad it not been for the kind interterence of Mr. Peat, the consequence to the " gents" on the dreg must have been most serious, as there were quite 300 persons ready to fall upon them, and in the end there was a force of eight or nine cooste bles, and had the charge been persisted in they m ust have been locked up, or the " row" would have been moat serious. Mr. Ballantine requested that Mr. Peat might be sworn as a witness, and this being done he gave his evi dence as bi fore stated. In his cross-examination by Mr. Ballanti ne, Mr. Peat, on Mr. ELLIOTT'S declaring that in law h e was bound to answer the question, said he was certain Ur. Dims dale was on the coach at the tim e , and there were five or six other gentlemen there whom he knew. There was on the coach a gentleman n amed Mayhew, who is better known as Loners, and who had chambers in the neighbourhood of St. James's, tie also saw Capt ain Pilgrim inside the coach at the time Did not know Mr. Griffiths, but was ac q ua i nted with Mr. M•CartneY, of the Bth Hussars, and believed him to be one of the party. He also knew Captain Carew, and he was there. ...uniaz Did not know CapLins te s and lieaut;hlan, and could nit say th e y were on the drag. a t the time. ELLIOTT and Mr. Ballantine were of opinion that the oonduct 44 Mr. Peat in the whole transaction was rmeomsotvue d n e x ba c ck pri t o o n t a h b e le, Q an a d ee M n,s i prison in the custody o f Mr. Dia"d ale was ultimately the officers who b roug h t him. Mr. ELLIOTT having ire viously di rected that h e s hould put in bail tt, answer the indictment at the Old Bailey; and the consequence will be that Mr. Dimsdale will be brought before me Central Criminal Court at the next sessions, on the warrant of Mr. Justice Coleridge, to answer the indictment of Mr. Jarman. Saizu OF ILLICIT SPIRITS AND S UNDAY TRAD ING..().RSBunday morning, Mr. George and Mr. Cartwright, excise officers, from information they received, proceeded to the house o f a person named Mo see, P•rk-place, Cambridge road, during the hours that the licensed victuallers were c l ose d, where they seized one jar of illicit spirits called Hollands gin. three bottles of brandy, and wo jars of colour ing, used for making illicit spirits into brandy and rum. They also seized above 300 cigars, 21bs. of tobacco in small parcels sold at a penny each, and fon- packs of French play. ing cards. The whole of the tobacco was foreign mann- Maw e. and liable to duty. It was conveyed to the Cuetom authorities, and the illicit t•pirits to the General Rovet,ue Office. The same officers also seized on Sunday tnorniog, at the house of Mrs. Page, Wu) is well known for Solway trading, in Princess-street, Hackney-road, three jars of illicit spirits, and a quantity of measures belonging to licensed victuallers in the neighbourhood. The'spirits were Stlfio cvn. vexed to the witrohowto itt Old Broad-strowt. A BOY TWELVE YEARS OLD CO3l-1 - II CV - 1D IV 7 • 7 " MITTED FOR MURDER 0) l toirsck , 'to tv,qu-geld at the King's licad lintel, lior,hain, touching the death of Wm. Gibson, aged 14 years. The first witness, Lucy Jenkins, deposed to seeing deceased and a boy, John Payne, walking up the Church-causeway on the evening of the 14th June. She sat at work, but hear ing a cry looked up, and saw Gibson crying, and he said " you've done—you've done it, look here." Just at this time Mr. Killick, who lives just opposite, came out and asked what was the matter, when Gibson said " Payne has stabbed me with a knife." She heard no struggling between them, she only heard the cry. Did not see any knife.—Robert Killick deposed to saying to Payne, " Why did you stab him (Gib son) ?" and Payne replied, " because he hit me on the side of the head with his fist." Gibson denied having bit bim at all. Saw blood running from Gibson's side. Didn't see a knife at all. The boys then parted, and each went in the direction of their homes. Mr. James Winkwortb, surgeon, from a post mortem examination made that morning, stated that there could be no possible doubt that deceased had died from the effect of a wound given with a pocket-knife. William Stedman, the magistrate's clerk, deposed to taking deceased's dying statement on oath. It was that be was walking up the Church causeway when he saw Payne sharpening a knife on a stone. After having passed Payne about six feet, he looked round and saw Payne coming after him with a ki•ite in his hand, which he immediately thrust into his right side. A man looked out of a window on the causeway at the time and told Payne be would be either hanged or transported. He (Gib son) had never had any quarrel with Payne; neither did he say or do anything to Payne previous to biA stabbing him. The jury returned a verdict of " Wil ful Murder against John Payne," adding that they were of opinion that the act was committed with the smallest possible premeditation. Payne was after wards brought before the magistrates and committed to take his trial for wilful murder at the Sussex Sum mer Assizes.—Brighton Guardian. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) In the week ending last Saturday the deaths regis tered in the metropolitan districts amounted to 1,032. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1841-50 the average number was 924; if, for the sake of better comparison, this average be raised in the ratio of in crease of population (which during the last fifty years was 1.778 per cent annually), it will become 1,016, an amount which differs not materially from the number now returned. It will be observed that there is an increase of more than 60 on the week immediately preceding, when the deaths were 968. But this excess is not the effect of in creased mortality; it is due to cases where coroners have held inquests, in many of which, though they occurred at earlier dates, the registration bad not been completed till the end of the quarter. Sudden deaths, under which designation are classed cases in which persons have been found dead, or have died. suddenly, and the fatal disease has not been as certained—these, which in the previous return were only eight, have risen last week to 29. Bat the great majority of inquests is on deaths from violence, pri vation, intemperance, &0., and in this class the number has been in each of the two last returns above the average, in the former week amounting to 52, in the latter to 85. In the present list the deaths of two persons are ascribed to privation, of 2 to intemperance, 2 to want of breast milk or inanition, 3 to poison, 7 to burns and scalds, 4 to hanging or suff hcatitin, 18 to drowning, 41 to fractures and contust.ns (chiefly trom carriages and falls), and 6 to wound. and other injury. l'he present return shows that the mortality from :list-uses of the organs of respiration continues to exceed the nsual amount at this period; the deaths in this class were 124, while the corrected average is 98. Phthisis 4as fatal to 145 persons, which differs little arum the es timated number. The fatal cases included in tho zymotic or epidemic class have risen from 205 in the preceding week to 218 in the last. Smallpox carried off 21 children, and 3 efrsons above 15 years; measles was fatal to 41 chit dren, scarlatina to 14, pooping-cough to 46, croup to 5, Lhrwth to 4, diarrt'asa to 16 chi,dren and 3 adults, typhus t , .► 38 persons. But this class is not in the aggregate above the average, though measles and hoopiug-cough are apparently rather prevalent. It was mentioned above that two persons died of pri vation. The following are the particulars of the cases:— At the Workhouse, Whitechapel, on 21st June, a la bourer, aged 60 years. died of " starvation." He was brought by the police from Angel-alley. At the London Hospital, on 21st June, a labourer, aged 42 years, died a " sudden death accelerated by want." An inquest was held in this case. The following are the particulars of a case of cholera which was registered last week:— At 54, Hill sireet, Walworth, on 20th of June, a car penter, aged GO years, died of " cholera (14 days), chronic disease of the stomach (2 years)." Certified by medical attendant. STATE or THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK. SUNDAY.—The sky was generally covered will cloud 01 near noon, and clear during the remainder of the day ; cirrostratus. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. MONDAY.—The sky, with slight exceptions, was covered with cloud till 4h. P.M., and mostly clear afterwards; cumuli, cumulostrati, cirrostrati, and light scud. Electricity—Nothing was shown at any examination. TUESDAY.— The sky was covered with cloud during the morning and afternoon, and at night it was principally clear ; cirrostratus and fleecy clouds. Electricity—Nothing . was shown throughout the day. WEDNESDAY.—The sky was obscured with cirrostratus during the morning and afternoon, and at night the amount of cloud was variable. A solar halo was visible during the morning. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. THURSDAY.—The sky was generally clear throughout the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the afternoon. FRIDAY.- The sky was clear throughout the day. Elec tricity—Positive, and tension moderate during the afternoon. SATURDAY. - The sky was almost free from cloud through out the day. Electricity—Positive at 9h. A.M., and none was shown after this time. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main• mast, and read each day at 9 tl. A.M., was 67.5° ; and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 62 . 7°; the mean readings at the Royal Observatory for the same times were 68 . 9 4 , and 59.6° respectively. The reading of the barometer increased from 29.58 in. at the t eginoing of the week, passing the point 30 inches early in the morning of the 23d, to 30.13 in. by 9b. P.M. on the 24th ; it continued at about this reading till after noon on the 2 ith, w . en it began to decrease slowly, arid from noon on the z7th to the end of the week the reading was about 30.03 at all times. MORTALIT Y in the METROPOLIS. !UMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED L THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 23, MI. ttidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*2IB Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 50 Tubercular Diseases ... 189 'iseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 127 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 30 thseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 124 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... 54 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ..• ••• 13 Ohticibirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &o. ... 8 Diseases of the Joints, Bongs, and Muscles .•• 12 . Diseases of the skin, &o. ••• ••• ••• ••• 1 Via!formations... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 0 Fremature Birth ... ••• •• ••• ••• 27 atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 25 Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 39 Sudden ... ... ... ••• ... ... 29 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ••• 5 au se s not specified ... ... ... ... ... DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,032 Population Deaths in corm- Deaths Entunerated, sponding week in the ____ 1841. of 18.60. Week. West Districts... 301,189 . . 165 ... 152 North Districts.. 376,568 .. 200 ... 201 Central Districts 374,199 ... 164 ... 169 East Dis , ricts ... 393,067 ... 201 ... 244 south Districts.. 503,346 ... 235 ... 266 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 963 ... 1,032 Males ... ... ... ... ... 519 Females ... ... ... ... ... 513 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... 716 Females ... ... ... ... ... 723 Total ... ... ... ... ... 1,439 •In this number are included 14 by Scarlatina, 38 by Typhus Fever, 19 by Diarrhcea, and 1 by Cholera. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JULY 2. _ _ . STOOK EXCHANGE.—The share market was flat to-day, and prices had a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow : Great Western, Original Shares, 84—Bristol and Exeter, 79. LIVERPOOL. JULY 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was 'limited, and prices somewhat lower. The transactions were as fol low :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late Cheshire and Birkenhead), 16 1 / 9 East Lancashire, 14 3 4 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 52 1 4 Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds, 8 p.— London and North-Western, New Quarters, 3 5 4 p.— Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 26 3 / 4 —Midland, 46 L 4 Ditto, Halves, 18 3 4 dis —North Union (A), 240 c.— South-Eastern and Dover. 23 1 4 3 —Y0rk and North Midland, 19X—Boulogne and Amiens, 10. . MANCHESTER, JULY 2. Prom EXCHANGE. The business to-day was again limited, and prices remain at about yesterday's quotations. The transactions were as follow :—East Lancashire, 14 13- 6 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 52ji 4 —Londen and North- Western, 123 Ditto, New Quarters, 33/4 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 231-Ib. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 2. STOOK EXCHANGE.—There was no business of any im portance transacted to-day except in local stock. LUNATIC ASYLUM AT COLNEY HATCH.—The cere mony of opening the additional Middlesex Lunatic Asylum A DETECTIVE'S REWARD.—A few dims since at Colney Hateh,and conse e rati., g t h e b uria l- groun d of that . Robert Packman, one of the City detective officers, was establishment, took place on Tuesday. At one o'clock P.M.. p rese nt e l wi han elaborately-chased silver snuff-box, gilt a large number ot the Middlesex inagistrates and their inside, and weighing from five to six ou nces , b y Messrs. friends aSNeMbled in the burial-ground of the Colney HitLh Hughes and Jones, as a mark of their appreciation of his A. ,, ylum, and the ceremony of consecration having been Per- untiring exertions in successfully tracing and bringing fo formed by the Right Rev. the Bishop of L o ndon, the ao.em- justice a man who bad practised a most ingenious fraud bled visitors proceeded to precept the new building, which upon th eir firm of " Price and has been constructed for the ion of 12,000 patients, street. City. and which is consequently the largest establishment of the I , ../RouRRAVEN.—Arrd. St. Lawrence, St. John's, New kind in Europe. Alter inspecting the building the visitors , i Brunswick, arid proceeded for Queenstown. sat down to a cold collation, when the chair was takeu by i - er ox.sliGigo.4,l), JIMA' 2,....-Ar r d. Agues, (Oahe°. Air. D. Rotal ; the company separicact shortly after ye, ( -' Ol •," perfumers, Lombard- HOP INTELLIGENCE. tFr In • eidteee ./seir e ;/) 7.! AiLsTuN , L; -- Ow (r , its very little horn those o; the lust three or lour weeks. The fl ) seems as stroug as ever, and continual accessions supply the piece of those whose brief term of existence has expired. The bine still looks luxuriant, and the weather is all in favour of the crop, but it seems next to impossible for the plantations to escape such a visitation as the present without serious injury. BARMING.— Our blue has grown this week ; some of our plentst'itens are tolerably clean at present, others have plenty of vermin. We consider we are not safe by any means all the time we continue to have fresh fly. FAtiemont AND YALDING.—Th e hot weather is clear ing soots of the grounee which were slightly attacked by the ephidea. o:hers more severely attacked are now shining with honey dew, and have but little chance of receeury. Many pieces, particularly grape hips, are clinging cleats to the poles, and fast epproachin g fire blast. It is not too late, however, for great alterations, Liver:4h the chance of a crop of hops is very small, LOOSE. —Our strong hints have made great progress the week past ; the poles ere Sra , topped by the blue, and to a casual observer look like growin g a full crop, hut on inspection there is quite enough vermin with certain weather to do the mischief. •A few pieces of short blue are still as thick of fly, lice, and fleas as ever, and cannot advance except backwards. LINTON.—Our bine has grown fast, and there was a decrease of vermin on Friday ; we have had an easterly wind, and we have fresb fly this morning (Monday), wieh honey dew; while this is the case we are in danger. AYLESFORD.—Where the ground has been well ma naged the bare continues to grow rapidly, but we have no npparent diminution of fly and bee. Hon e y d ew i s covering the leaves. A continuation of hot weather for anothe-r week will, we think, give the strong grounds a better chance of getting clear of vermin. WATERINGBURY.—We have still a great supply of Ay, which se -ms to be increasing. TONBRIDGE,—W., cannot report any improvement in our hop plantations; although the fly has to a certain extent disappeared, the lice are numerous, and the honey dew unabated. The vermin now attacks the summer shoot of toe strong bine, and places the best grounds in a more uncertain state thee heretofore. OTFuRD AND SHOREHAM.—The vermin are disape pearieg in some of tee plantations, but there are plenty left to prevent our growing any hops. WROTHAN (Towle DISTRICT).—The strong bines have grown very much this last week, throwing out their lateral shoots very last, which are followed by fresh fleas and lice; the weak fairies are very foul, and daily get worse, and mske but little progress up the poles, notwithstanding the hot weather. SWANSCOMB.—We have still a great number of flies, which have been exceedingly productive. A general en gagement has taken place with the fly goldieg, ably sup ported by the niggers; the two latter comnatants will have much to do to beat their adversaries; it need not be said as at Waterloo, "go roune the hill an d meet them," • as they have attacked every bill, and are making rapid march from pole to pole; notwithstanding, the hops are growing fast and looking better, considering their foul state, than could possibly be expected; a little honey dew has appeared. lincome—We have rather less fly than last week, but there is 11,49 quite sufficient to cause a total blight, with out the numerous deposit of lice, and the boney-dew is dripping from the leaves in all the low grounds. BROOMFIELD. —Our hops are still growing, and we have tees vermin than many other parishes; we are not clear tram fly and lice, but with favourable weather may get a tolerable crop: rain is much wanted. MARDEN —The hops have grown considerable during the pa t week, hut continues much infested with vermin. STAPLEHURST.—During the past week there has been a great decrease in the number of fly, but an almost proportionate increase in that of vermin, to destroy which she n goer" ie now much required. OODCH RCH. EGERT. N (IN THE WEALD). SNARDEN, AND t`. , ETHERSDEN.—I visited the above diArict last week, tied tine toe !reps as foul as possible, and many of the grounds in such a state of hardness that cultivation is impossible till we get rain; it seems at present almost jo;po6,ible to grow half a crop. I'Veleineor —ln the hop grounds of Mr. George Russell, the bine is I , oking well and over the. tops of the poha ; the vermin continues to increase daily. Great credit is due to the superior manegsment and culevation of these grounds. TICEHURST.—Tee hop bines have grown quite as well as could be expected of them during the past week ; we are much infested with fly and lice, and in some gruuuds the honey-dew has made its appearance. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 1. - There was a very poor attendance at to day's market of both country and town buyers, and all quotations must be nominal. Wheat was 3d to 4d lower on the prices of last Tuesday, and slow of sale. Flour, both bar rels ant sa c k, so ld at rather easier terms. Oats sell at a shade lower prices, and oatmeal is also easier. Barley Id decline. Indian corn 6d per qr decline. LEEDS, JULY I.—We have a large arrival of wheat to re port this week The weather wai so fine that buyers look t , n, and few transactions had taken place ; on the sales made is per qu irter decline was submitted to. Barley without alto ration ; the same applies to oats and , helliags, but the demand was limited for each article. Beans rather gave way, and few at present wanted. No variation in other articles. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, JULY I.—Trade ruled dul to-day for wheat, and we must quote all descriptions is per q r lower than on Saturday, and little business transacted. Oats are if anything the turn against the seller. In other articles there is little alteration to note. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, Jut I.—The supply of beasts this morning comprised 754 head of good quality. The trade for all kinds, excepting small heifers, was extensively heavy. Prices were lower, and a great quantity remained unsold. The number of sheep and lambs was very large, being 7,829. Both descriptions of stock were &sluggish sale, at a decline on rates of last week. A large number left over unsold. Small heifers, 5s Cd; large, 5s 3d; oxen, 4s 6d to 55 per stone of 141bs. Mutton, 4d to sd; lamb, sid to 6d per lb. • EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JULY I.—There were in the meal market to-day 17 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs. imperial, whereof 7 sold thus :-6 at 11 18s (Id, and 1 at ii 17s d ; average price of the whole 1117 s 9d 0-12ths. I sack flour, which sold at 30s. 2 sacks pot-barley, which were not sGld. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, JULY Oat straw, from 7s Od to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat ditto, (is Od to 7s Od; barley ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od. Hay, from 10d to Is - per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, JUNE M.—There were 69 bags oatmeal, and 12 of barleymeal at this day's market ; sales dull. Oatmeal down on the top 6d per bag, and on the second quality Is per bag; that sold at 32s was of inferior quality ; barleymeal 3d per bag down on the top. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third. imperial .. 36s 6d 353 Od 323 Od Barleymeal, per ditto ... 21s 9d 21s 61 —s Od Peasemeal Od Od —a Od Flour ... — 8 Od Od --s Od ... ..• ..• —s Od —8 Od Od Pot barley Ail IiET.—Y.E STERDAY. Buddies W. H COAL artley.. Bi 3s 6d I.ambton Chester Main l2s 6u Pensher - Howard's W.H. N e th. 13 . 6( Richmund.. .. ..... Jonassohns Hartley ... 133 Ou itus,ell's Hatton Ravensworth'sW.Ha r t 13, 0 a Whitwell .. Re(lhugh Main ..... ... 12s Ou Kalloe.. ............ ...-- l4s Od Wvlaiu .. 13. 3 South K e ll oe 133 3 d ... .. .... Windsor's Pontop ... lls 6d l'hornley Wall's End, &c. Whitworth Gosforth ... Hilda l2s 6d tiackhouse .............. 121 6d Edell Main ....• l3. 3o Gwawm Cae Gurwen Braddyll Hetton Keepier Grange Ships at marke , E 6 ...Sold, 37. SEABORNE MAILS [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General piaby the night —and M by the m orning--4ispgeh.]. , • When made , up in . 17.................• PLACES. Gen mi p o . t ., ontice portrom what ~;..... dig- : i'w a= London. patched. ~, dna. ••,. F America (by Brit. pkt.) N July 4., ...• ' " Liverpool.., .. July 6 America (by U.S. pkt.) N July a: :-",:- ';‘. " li _ i vertlO.ol .'" July 9 America (by US. pkt.) M July: 8 • • ,;• N 3l . l thaisipt, Ju ylO Alma (West coast)•. N; I ath of the month ,Plyusouth July 3 Alexandria* •• ••• • •. N:l9th & 30th of mo.;Doyer .. July 18 Belgium .. .. .. N, natty • • • • • • 1 1 .. over .. Daily I f 7 F i n h e o t ra ti n i n on th th Brazil .. • ~ ii9ru of the month ISouthampt. July 12 Buenos Ayres . 1 , .. 3 ,, ,1.9t i 1i 5D e California(viaCha )—I i` ' i l ,s i z o o u u t th ha a m mp pt t . . , j J u ti; y y 5 12 Cape of Good Hope Dz, lath of month , Plymouth. • IJu y 3 7th 17th 27th 01 no Dover .. 'July 10 Constantinople* " N I m zd & 17th of mon. •Southampt. July b Central America '• Ch annel Isles • • /4Mon., I wed., • 'S° & Fri ' uthampt. To Th.Sl Chili • .•• •• . •• ~ M 17th of the moi,th 'Southampt. July 20 France m & N'Twice daily .. .. Diver • • Twicsdaily Greece* • • .. N 7th 17th 2 7th of mo ;Dover •• July tO • • , London "T & . .. N, Tuesday Friday 'ues Sat. Flamhurith • m.p i d ; • e nes. & Satur. London .. Al on.Tkur Holland •• •"• Honduras • • ••. - ,l7 th of th e inouth Southampt. July 20 Ireland ~ • • M & -,Twice daily .. .. ill o ly h ea d .• 7 vvicedailY India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month'Southampt. July 13 India( via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th efmonth Dover • . July 16 Mediterranean (via Southampton) _. • M,2oth o f t he month iSouthampt. July 23 Mediterranean (pia Marseilles) .. .. Nl7th& 24th of month• Dover • • July 16 Mexico • • .. • • 312 d of the month.. ,Southampt. July 5 Madeira • • • • .. M 9th a the month ;Southampt. l July 12 • I M a lt a ' ~. .. N I 7th,l7th,l9th,27th:} Dover (July 10 C & 30th of month Naples* • • •• • • N i sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. July 12 Papal States* .. N l, ,th 15th 25th °CUM ,Dover .. July 12 Peru reni asalar • • •• • • Ai 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. July 6 • • •• •• • • Bl'l7th of the month Southamot. July 20 Tuscany* .. ..cept •. M 17th of the month ISOuthampt. :July 20 West Indies (ex I Havanna & Nassau) 81,2 d of the month .. ; Sonthampt.l.Tuly 6- * The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are convoyed by French nack,st vs.. Marseilles CALIFORNIA. Mails to and from California, via the United States are now despatched and due by every American uackwt_ via the 171 at packet. BIRTHS. O A ON. On the 2d i ns t , the La d y Naa ß s, of an heir. On the 29th ult., in King-street, Finsbury, the lady of Edward Henry, Esq On the 27th ult., at Hill-house, Bidlington, Mrs. Holmes, of an heir. OF A DAUHER. 01 the Ist i ns t ., in Grosvenor-c G res T cent, Viscountess Newry. At Tottenham, on the 29th ult., the wife of Dr. Hicks. On the 30th ult. MARRIED. ' , at St. Leonard's Bromle, Middlesex, Mr. Geor ge Munday. of Brotnley, to Elizibethy, daughter isf the late Mr. S. Gigney, of Latchingdon, Essex. DIED. On the `isth ult., at the Diocesan School, Lincoln, Mr. Alfred Carpenter, aged 37. On On the 29th ult., at B a th, S amue l Ll oyd, Esq., aged 60. the Ptoth ult., at Lee, Kent, Naria Margaret, wife of Mr. C. (10,,d win, of the stock Exchange. On the 29: h ult, George William,son of W. Howell, of New Bond-street, aged 25. London. 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