The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-06 00:00:00

b tr 1:4 61tY f 4 4 " 1 )1014.5 , 40koli _ SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) CESAREWITCH. sto 1 agst King Pepin (taken to a large sum.) 100 to 8 agst Indian Warrior (taken). , 100 to 8 agst Songstress (taken). 14 to 1 agst Nabob (taken 15 to 1). 16 to 1 agst Torment (taken). 20 to 1 agst Joe Miller (taken). 20 to 1 agst Angelo (taken). 25 to 1 agst Garforth (taken). 25 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes (taken). 30 to 1 agst Nutshell (taken). 33 to 1 agst King of Trumps (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Talfourd (taken). DERBY. 7to 1 agst Autocrat (to 2000 YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) JUVENILE HANDICAP. Merry Monk Seven ran. YORK AND AINSTEY HANDICAP. Alp Six ran. WREXHAM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) WYNNSTAY HANDICAP Gameboy filly RUSSIA AND TURKEY. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) The followi ng i s f ro m a thi r d e diti on o f th e 1, ' °r ning Chronicle : VIENNA, THURSDAY. Accounts have been received, per Trieste tele- MA, from Constantinople, to the 26th. The French and Austrian Ambassadors had urged the Sultan to accept the Vienna Note ; but he refused to do so. The Grand National Council consequently met, and approved unanimously of the Ministers' con duct in declaring war. A. meeting was also held to frame an address to the Sultan, requesting him solemnly to declare war. The Berlin telegraphic corresp on d en t announces the departure of General Guyon for Warsaw. Report says that the Austrian soldiers on fur lough are all to be recalled forthwith. Another telegraphic dispatch, via Trieste, says : " The beginning of the war is very probable. Firmans with regard to it were expected on the 27th, and were already sent to head-quarters. " There was great financial embarrassment, and a great augmentation of paper currency." TriLAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT CHOLERA ? The question may be asked with equal force of any single phenomenon in nature. What do we know of ourselves ? but that " we are fearfully and wonderfully made." What do we know of this earth ? but that it floats in space—a speck in the universe of worlds ;we know there is an enveloping atmosphere, liquid oceans, and a crust, solid at the surface, balanced by gravity. What do we know of the moon ? the nearest planetary body to us, but that she shines with "borrowed light," and that on the darkest night there is light enough in space to illumine millions of moons, did they exist. What do we know of the more distant primary and secondary planets ? but that they, like the earth, revolve round and with the sun, and have density corresponding to their diameters. Of the stars we know nothing, but that their distance and bulk are to us incalcu lable, and their numbers, as revealed by the telescope, innumerable. We do know that our earth, is, in its solids, composed of certain sub stances, at present reducible to metallic bases. That Nvater is composed of two volumes, or measures, of hy drogen gas, and one of oxygen gas, that when pure, it is colourless, transparent, tasteless, without smell ; and if deprived of heat below 32° of Fahrenheit, it be comes ice. We know that air is composed by weight, of 8 oxygen to 28 nitrogen ; that when untainted it is invisible, inodorous, colourless, elastic, possessed of gra vity, easily moved, ratified, and condensed. Chemical analyses have revealed these facts, and has further shown that pure water is rapidly defiled, and that pure air is easily tainted. Medical analyses have proved that water and air, comparatively pure, are absolutely necessary to health ; and sanitary science has shown that men seldom Pay sufficient attention to these most important facts. Political economy has recently been raised to the rank of a science, and men are taught how best to buy, to sell, and to get gain ; but they have yet to learn that it is human life alone which is of inestimable value. The Manchester School has learned, and has taught the commercial lesson of free trade in things necessary to the artificial comforts of life, but men .have yet to learn the sanitary lesson necessary to bodily health, and to a moral and religious enjoyment of life. The all important text, " What shall it pro& a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul," may, para phrased, be taken for a sermon on the necessity of sani tary improvement. What shall it profit a man if he accumulate immense wealth, and lose his own life ? Is this considered, as it ought to be, in these latter days of mammon worship ? Let the millionaire who toils 16 hours out of each 24, to accumulate more wealth, answer ; let those who consider the rights of the poor to consist in unceasing toil amidst hopeless squalor and misery, and their own duties to consist in extracting a full pound of fl esh, answer. But, to the question. What do we know about cholera? We know that it is nearly 6,000 years since bl4ll Was banished from the garden of Eden ; and, we 40123?. know, th a t h e h as yet to learn the simple A B C it l I . l f--nainely, that p ure a i r i s a b so l utely necessary to calthy exi s t ence. This is so simple a statement that man Will nen, of it. Like the Assyrian General, he wishes to witness the doing of some great thing. -r o 9 i c n a e .., the erist will maintain that cholera is owing to "lc agency - the solid crust of the world must be e°rrvulsede_to satisfy his profound imaginings. The chole ra i c raueau reeleements are generated in mysterious subter erackino e reira, and, through the tremblings and 1 , 1114 " th:67:: the earth, are vomited forth and dispersed and that thelnding atmosphere. We know, however, alaPPeared independent of the earthquake, cholera. 4 . earth q u ake takes place without producing to definable second theorist states that cholera is partial eoratuissinn of F rench systems, and to certain strata. A .kalso thbeen y'aid, Was rarel if physicians reported that cholera no er set of ever' found upon the granites. It has of electricity. Cholera follows the course of rivers." theorists will have it that "a diminution ten ds "a defi c . to produce cholera," that there is le o doctrines th e f CY of ozone hi the atmosphere ;" then there is ' lin gua t and denonn of theory, and the animalculas theory, and the r . , nta ginn, and of non-contagion, advocated Who Place 34i lb! „ men of . European reputation—men Lain and enragin after their names. But, for the " cer her ar e i g curd' of cholera," receipts out of num- Publi s h ed , pro 6 aician e and am ono publico, by eminent phy until the surgeons of twenty years' practice, .. Publielna3rrefairly bewildered ; and, to mend the Illauter, o r sent to 111-ewe raetfher to disgrace the professors of medicine in the eyes all the norld, we have the medical men I teaith, set astle-upon-Tyne by the General Board of Plagu e h a i r , u Pen in the midst of their labours (the • 8 Gam..-1 Win' Th, J"), and denounced by the local medical het e/048, however, does not answer the question— nlati si n we know about cholera ? Without dog- L a g, We el dog hats hi,....,_ n Y say historically, that cholera - -th at • "..o beneath ili. v it Was the burning suns of India eoti i brought forth in a crowded, dirty, sister Ni , .- 'vataps—the t 1111 . rzle nse "' , 3 e ,,, d town, surrounded by a thick jungle and by Un tie . ji fe.v er. ii , own of Jepore—that its elder ti ny . i lle t o i t " e may also say that cholera con -3 'rpm cto 5 Parentage, and ever claims its first vic- TOWN a v i,,, WDED, DIRTY, ILL-VENTILATED PARTS Or in their --g cc ci 'MP, undrained subsoil. Theorists, n i gs are necessa; to ,oen.ensinrviTeeZZtite°. a) have for the most part overlooked , consequently Where ul elY, that the existence of human that the development of cholera, and pcilally if here human life is most abundant, th.ere is most sco sam Po for the development of cholera, espe the ace of its birt : set of conditions also exist as at the cholera ? s__po What are the facts in the history of forneeds purposes undrainede sites vgarap;:ta2are built on the banks of rivers, on ells not to of traddeacria.ned the ; population is crowded be ~ character of the people b a , YV O know that in such towns there is overcrowding, want of ventilation, filth, and vice in its most degrading forms, in excess. Cholera, therefore, " tracks rivers," and "rages with greatest violence in low situations." But large towns are built on " particular formations," inland, for pur poses of trade. The coal measures of England have given birth to Birmingham, to Wolverhampton, to Man chester, and many other secondary towns. Manchester is from 100 to 150 feet above the sea. Wolverhampton and the district around, Bilston, &c., are 500 feet above the sea. Sunderland is situate upon the magnesian limestone. Liverpool and Wolverhampton are upon the new red sandstone. Easton and Newcastle-upon- Tyne are upon the coal measures. Hull is upon the oolites. London is upon the tertiaries. Dover is upon the chalk. Plymouth is upon secondary limestones. The towns in Cornwall and in the north of Scotland. are upon granite. In all these places cholera has raged; and the wretched, the dissipated, the foul livers, have ever been the greatest sufferers. In Liverpool, cellars were most crowded with human life, and in them least attention was paid to the necessities of health. In the Liverpool cellars occurred so fearful a mortality that an act of Parliament was obtained to prohibit their use. In Glasgow and in Copenhagen houses are let in flats, cellars are used as stores, ground floors as places of business, first floors as best-class residences, whilst the upper floors take the place of the Liverpool cellar tene ment, being crowded with human life, caring nothing for cleanliness nor ventilation. In the upper storeys of these houses cholera raged most, showing that the disease strikes its prepared victims where it finds them, be it on the river's bank, in a morass, or on elevated table land—in the damp and unwholesome cellar, or in the overcrowded, unventilated, and equally unwhole some attic. It is said that cholera does not confine its operations to the filthy and to the impure. Fire, once allowed to obtain the mastery, will destroy things in flammable, and so will cholera. The commencement of a fire and of cholera must be prevented, if there is to be safety. What do we know about cholera? This, we fear, must for some time to come, through the blind neglect of men, be a recurring question, and it may never be solved in its entirety. We may, however, presume to say that cholera is controllable, just as fire is controllable, if the proper measures are promptly taken ; and we may also say that, like this subtle element, once ignited it gathers strength if neglected, and only ceases its action when the food upon which it preys has been exhausted. Whatever may be the germ of cholera, there is abun dance of evidence to show that it may exist in a state of quiescence over vast areas, and that it is, in this condi tion, independent of the physical elements. Cholera has been known to progress against stream and wind. The most rigid quarantine is ineffective. Cholera leaps all human barriers at a single bound, appearing simulta- neously at places wide asunder, even though a hurricane is raging adverse to its progress, and at the same moment strikes the peasant in his cot, the pauper in his dormitory, and the prisoner in his cell. Jf then left to do its work unchecked, the active middle class tradesman, and the idle rich man soon become the vic- tims. The middle class house has its adjoining privy and midden. The country seat and the nobleman's mansion have, most probably, large drains of deposit, with huge cesspools beneath them. But the foul sewer and the secret cesspool have other victims than those claimed by cholera, as many a bereaved family unconsciously bear witness. That fever may be diminished, and that cholera may be controlled, there is abundant evidence ; as also that sanitary works, properly executed, and sanitary regula tions efficiently carried out, will save life to an appreci able extent. The sanitary operations in Liverpool have reduced the rate of mortality in that town by upwards of three hundred deaths per annum, and as much re mains to be done in sewering, draining, water supply, cleansing, and regulating, the value of life will still further be added to. The laws governing epidemic pestilences may be be yond the ken of man. Epidemics are not all of one kind, as their history sufficiently proves, and there may be pestilences against which no previous care shall be a protection. Our system threads a mysterious way through space ; and, as the slightest alteration in the composition of the atmosphere will cause disease and death, the whole race may suffer beyond human remedy. The law governing cholera seems, in one respect, to be simple—namely, that its first outbreak in any place is amidst over-crowding, and defective ventilation, filth, squalor, and vice. There has been no exception to this rule in England. From such points the disease has spread (radiated) as the raging of a fire ; or, as the ripple on water after the plunging in of a stone. During the epidemic in 1848-49, Dr. Sutherland noticed this fact in the large towns be visited. The Registrar-Gene ral has published maps of the metropolis, and of the country, showing that on a grand scale the disease obeyed the same law. Cholera does not attack indis criminately, as influenza for instance, and may, there fore, be more readily warded off. That the virus or cholera poison is• something positive—something which must have a fitting soil to grow in,—or fitting materials to act upon, seems pretty cer tain. The atmosphere must, at all times, have in numerable seeds of the mould fungus floating harm lessly in it, waiting the presence of decaying animal or vegetable matter to develope them into active and visible life. Where there is rigid cleanliness these seeds remain harmlessly dormant, and so of cholera. This last dread visitation in the north of Europe and at Newcastle upon-Tyne, has clearly proved that neglected filth in vites the disease. The fact has also been verified that, where local boards of health have been established, and have done their duty, there cholera, though imported, could not spread. R. R. 1 50 ~-~-.~ amine e next ; nego- •es ne- were omen t b Con s this licates ome to ie fol e Em clitary Don at 'olock 'eters- t after lie de- King tnd of ;ed by uvres, troops ,nube, ng on Darla- Gene ervice mand ~ give troops them ,t, for ation, s has too, and Ey in- their 3h for is be 'rine° severe mat- sated. fficers from tussia ay at :eived Em s who Buol ni de rsaw. IS re l. de ce of rvest )s. of licats Irley tity. SPORTING NOTES. THE RUNNING AND DEFEAT OF NANCY. Nancy actually put in an appearance at Chester. She started for the principal Handicap, and was ingloriously defeated. This was the only interesting and important incident connected with the meeting—an incident that created a "sensation," and occasioned not a little per plexity and suspicion. Notwithstanding the boasting of her partisans, and the rumours of her regenerated racing power, I was prepared to witness her defeat ; and my opinion on her chance, and the movement that again brought her prominently into notice, was expressed in The Sun on Monday. Her performance gave no indica tion of racing ability, and was so utterly bad as to destroy all confidence in her for the future. Although she obtained a good start, she never once figured in com pany with the leading competitors. At the commence ment of the encounter she was last but four, and she gradually dropped into the rear until she became abso lutely last. On passing the stand, however, the first time, she slipped, and was thrown out of her stride, but this occurrence was not sufficient to jeopardise her chance, if, indeed, she ever had a chance. • She was the first beaten in the race, and she walked in, her jockey bespattered with mud, amidst the jeers and shouts of the spectators. Her condition was anything but satisfactory. She had apparently undergone no preparation, and she gallopped short and stilty. Nancy will, I believe, run for the Cesarewitch ; but it seems reasonable to suppose that her party would scarcely have allowed her to start for a comparatively insignifi cant race at Chester, where she was liable to an acci dent, and where her victory would have increased her weight, had they entertained a belief in her ability to win that event. Her party have either made a gross mistake, or have systematically practised upon the gul libility of the public. On a future occasion I shall again refer to this and other proceedings connected with Nancy. Oa Saturday I shall institute some odious compari sons between the chances of the probable competitors for the Cesarewitch. October 6. A FRESH MAN. COLLISION ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY. On Tuesday evening a collision took place on the Am bergate branch of the above railway. It appears that on the afternoon of Tuesday an engine had got off the down line to Matlock, and help had been sent for from Derby. An engire was speedily dispatched, conveying several men to render asaistance. On their arrival, however, it was thought they had not sufficient strength among them to replace the engine, and a message was sent to Derby for further aid. Another engine, convey - ing 14 or 15 men, was immediately sent, and on these arriving at Ambergate, the engine was reversed, and it ran towards Matlock, with the tender first. Before this last assistance arrived, the men first sent had suc ceeded in getting the dislodged engine replaced on the line ; and thinking the distance but short to Amber gate, they started to proceed thither on the line they were on, instead of running a short distance in the op posite direction, and getting on to the up line by a siding, which they could have done. The consequence of this was, the two engines on arriving at a curve, came into fearful collision, although the drivers shut off the steam and reversed both engines immediately upon coming in sight of each other. One of the men on the tender jumped off before the engines came in con tact, but the others were scattered in all directions. Many of them were seriously bruised on various parts of their bodies, and others rendered insensible. Informa tion was immediately dispatched to the Ambergate sta tion, and thence a telegraphic message was sent to Derby, for medical and other assistance. THE 81IN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1858, SHARE MARKETS.-('!'HIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Shr. I Paid RAIL W! Closing Prices this say. Business done this day. 16 49 1 151 i 506 i 44 60i 2 7413 124 104 80 i i i Pm 62i 4 3 ri I 94 5 103 a i 2a 59 60 59s St. 101 5i al 100 I al 50 a] 50 al 50 al 25 al 121 1: St. 10 St. 10 25 L 25 I a] St. 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, Ethr.l Pi WI RAILWAYS. St. 110 50 al Buckghamsh.' ,11 Clydesdale Jc. 100 E.Lincolu. gr. 6 p. cent 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway ,11 Hull & Selby 11 Do. , 3 . Shares Do. Shares 11 Lon.&Greenw 611 Do. Preference )0 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent ►0 Do. 6 per ct ganch.Bston and Matlock ell Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd J 1 Northern and Eastern sp. c. 11 Do. 6 per ct ll Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre Leasing Compans. L. &N.W. ,Caledon... Gt.Northn Qt. Westn. Yk. New. Berw Y.drN.lld Do 50 a' 25 ai 12 a] in al 20 a 1 St. 11 S.Eastern, !Do !Norfolk Do Ln. &N. W. & Stckton & Darlingt. Midland... Iclosing Prices 1 this day. 98 - 102 48 - 50 1.40 - 145 30 - 32 106 - 108 1 53 - 54 27 - 28 14 - 141 254 -26 i 2 —3 id oi 100 E. Count Do 60 - 63 13 Do. a Shares. 0 Roystn. dg Hit. 0 Do•Shepth.St. 8 Shef. Roth. & Goole g. 5. p. c 93, S. Staffordsh.. 11 WeatVallaygi 6 per cent 11 Do .............. IO Wilts&Somrstl L. &N. W &Ln& Yk Do Gt. Northn Do Lancash. (St Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. do Darl , ng Do i Gt.Westn. ad Buqini 140 - 145 138 - 142 MINES. 2i lid, 28 - 30 95 100 this day, li 3 a LITERATURE. Colbwrn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal. The most interesting article in this magazine is a long memoir of the late Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier. A portrait is prefixed to it. It is remarked---" We do not suppose any of our readers to be unac quainted with the eventful life of Sir Charles Napier, but it will be, we are sure, a pleasure to them and to us to enumerate once more the most striking features in the course of a man who ranks among the bravest and wisest to whom this country has given birth, and who, while he possessed a mind and intellect in every way in keeping with the advancement of our own era, yet retained a singleness of heart and a self-devoting spirit that would have ranked him among the brightest orna ments of the age of knightly chivalry." " St. Cyr" is the subject chosen in the present descrip tion of military schools and colleges in France ; it was the residence of Madame de Maintenon. A third article is given on the " Organisation of the Russian Army," which is likely to prove a source of interest to many readers at this juncture. The Art Journal. —Two of the plates in this number are from paintings in the Vernon Gallery. They are " The Monk," by E. V . Ripp ingille, and . " Dry Reading," by A. Geddi es , R .A. The other engraving is of the statue of Flora, by R. J. Wyatt. The " Illustrated Almanac of the Month" is con tinued. An illustrated article of the exhibition of decorative furniture at Gore House is very interest ing and elegant. No. XXIII. of the " Great Mas ters of Art" continues the account of Gabriel Thetsu, a French painter of the last century. "An Artist's Ramble from Antwerp to Rome" is continued. One of the most curious papers is on the domestic manners of the English during the middle ages. The illustrations have a very singu lar and amusing effect. Subscribers to the Art Journal are informed that, in carrying out their intention of engraving the wh o le of the pictures in the Vernon Gallery, the publishers are compelled to engrave' some which are not satisfactory ; but they consider this disadvantage will be compen sated for by the completeness of the collection. They assert that several of the most beautiful have yet to appear—such as the " Peace and War" of Landseer, the "Dame's School" of Webster, and the " Hamlet" of Maclise. Such a prospect ought to render subscribers contented with any inter vening deficiencies. Prince a falsehood—namely, that the . entrance of our ships into the Dardanelles was intended to coerce the patriotic population of Constantinople, and so mitigate the wrath of the Czar—at that very moment, the Turk, with a spark of the old spirit which nearly conquered Europe and struck down the iron oligarchy of the Mamelukes, threw off the fetters, or rather the nets and meshes of diplom ac y , with which England had trammelled his limbs, and declared that, come wea l, come woe , h e a t least would not sacrifice his honour, but -die with his scymitar in his hand, and in the broad light of day. Will England desert him now ? Englishmen, such is the position of affairs abroad. Are they better at home ? For what do you keep in power the present Ministry What have they done to de serve your confidence ? Is it because they sacri fice the honour of England's soldiery—that soldiery that never sacrificed their own—to propitiate the Roraish priests of Ireland ? Is it because by their procrastinations and imbecility they have paralysed the commerce of England in the East of Europe, and thrown doubt and confusion over every transaction in that quarter ? Is it because by their financial arrangements you will have to meet large demands which were never calculated on in the budget ? Is it because you have got the income tax for seven years, on the faith of a pledge that the price of all consumable articles would be reduced, and you have to pay it, with bread at 10d. per 41b., and wheat at 70s.—not to say 80s.—a quarter ?Is it because they have encouraged a bubble trade to Aus tralia, where the markets are glutted and the goods lying unsaleable? Is it because they have managed to produce a fall of 10 per cent. in the funds, and that you have only 15 millions of gold in the Bank against 22 , last year, notwithstanding the enor mous sums imported from Australia ? Again we ask, for which of these good things the men of England support the Ministry of Lord Aberdeen ? But we hope for better things. We believe that the people of England will insist upon having a man for their representative and chief. Symptoms are not wanting that such is the case. Sheffield has has spoken, Stafford has pronounced, and Leicester has emphatically declared her opinions. In a few days we shall have to record the expression of the feeling entertained by the metropolis of the world —how long to be so, if these things are permitted ? —and we have no doubt that feeling will be spoken in a voice of thunder—that England has been be trayed—that her allies have been deserted—that her great name has been disgraced—and that the Coalition which has done all these things, and more also, shall no longer cumber her councils, or con tinue to make her a bye-word through the world for treachery, meanness, and cowardice. 1 all Agua Fria ..... . 10s. all Anglo Californi an 10 2 Australasian 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 1 all British Austria. Gold 20 13.5 British Iron 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm all .... . Do. Cocaes & Cuiada .5 Do. St. John Del RV 7 Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold L 4 Copiapo. Copper Min. of Eng. 0.1 Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. ‘ll English and Austin. 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Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land 32-= ii 14 - 1531 4 i 2 i 33 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Oct. 6, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In England and Wa le: per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE, I BEANS. I YEAS. 59s Ou 37s 0,1 223 2d 36s lld f 425 10d 425 lid THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I BARLMY, I OATS. 1 RYE. BEANS. PEAS. 545 4d 33s Id 21s 6d 345 9cl 41s 10d 393 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. BEANS. I MI. Is Od Is Od Is Od 15 Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 181,508 ; Barley, 29,068 ; Oats, 13.174 ; Rye, 538 ; Beans, 2,420; Peas, 948 quarters. HAT SMITHFIELD.— Meadow hay, 3/ lOs to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 15 4 to 2/ 2s per load. A moderate supply, an d a steady trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow h ay, ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ O s ; an d straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. Trade fi rm . WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow h a y, 3/ 10 3 to Si 5s ; clover 3/ 8s to 5l 5s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 6 s ; an d straw, 1/ 15s to 2/ 2 s per l oa d. Supply good, and trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS the N i E n W cr a e Aa increase, yetAN AND goodL En businessnrr n A Lr, w . — a s T h d e o n supplies l w l er9 prices.on Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od. ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; veal, 3s 10c1 to 58 Od ; Pork, 3s 10d to 5s Od per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, OCT. s.—The supply of stock on offer was seasonably good, yet the demand ruled steady, at very full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; Pork, 3s 6d to 45 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, OCT. s.—We had a steady demand for each kind of stock at this market to-day, at the following quotations : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; Pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. 6.—Wind this day at Noon, light airs from the N.W., and thick hazy weather. DOVER, Oct. s.—Arrived—Samson, from London, fcr St. Domingo, with damage, having been run into in Dun genness Roads by the Anna Maria, of London. RAMSGATE. Oct. s.—The Dauphin, of Cherbourg, has foundered at her anchors in Dungenness Roads; crew saved. FOLKESTONE, Oct. s.—The Santipore, from London to Hobart Town, has come on shore again on the main, and is be!ged. COWES, Oct. s. —Wind, S.W. Arrived--Sophia, New Orleans, for Riga. FALMOUTH, Oct. 5. WiL , We, strong and squally. Arrived—Masaniello, Akyab ; Merle , Rio Grande, for Havre ; Justitia, B a hi a . Off Port—Hermes, Akyab ; Ceres, Honduras. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. s. —Wind, W. to S.W. Arrived — Europe, Shields, for Charente, leaky ; Rose Ellis, Sunder land, for Hong Kong. Put Back—Poictiers, Melbourne ; Devoashire, New York.—The Marie Leocadie, London to Melbourne, arrived here, was in contact with a vessel off Dungenness. TORBAY, Oct. s. —Wind, W.S.W. Put Back—Nelly Mathilde, Africa, Off Port—Hardie, Bombay, for Hull. GLOUCESTER, Oct. s.—Arrived—Euclid, Quebec. STOCKTON, Oct. s. —Wind, S.E. Arrived—Caroline, Miramichi • Hirundo, Qu e bec ; Providence, do. HULL, Oct. s. —Wind, S. Arrived—Vergo, New York. HOLYHEAD, Oct. s.—The Charles Tucker, Barrow to Port Talbot, st ruc k on th e roc k s nea r the Platters, and came off with bottom chaped, and her cutwater damaged. THISTED, Sept. 30.—The Box, of Swinemunde, for England, has been totally wrecked at Stette ; cargo lost, and crew drowned. ANTWERP, Oct. s.—The Liberte, from Goole, and Joven Nicalao, Newcastle to Lisbon, were stranded near Tersch ellery, on the 26th ult. ; crews, except four of the latter vessel, saved. CRONSTADT, Sept. 27.—The Frances (American barque) was consumed by fire here on the 24th inst. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Thursday, 9 a.m. Wind, W.S.W., light, with heavy rain, 13ailed—itichd. Thornton, for River. QUARTERLIES. The Irish Quarterly Review opens with a paper on French social life, which is lively and amusing. " The Streets of Dublin" continued has reached the seventh number. An interesting article on the poets of fashion gives us a selection of pleasing verses from popular writers, such as James Smith, Haynes Bayley, Theodore Hook, &c. Two char acteristic essays, "On the Development of Irish Industry," and " Arts in our Metropolis," are the most conspicuous in the remainder of the contents. The Church of England Quarterly Review pre sents us with a very able and instructive paper on " Pulpit Eloquence." It is founded on a work re cently published by Professor Vinet, of Lausanne. Any one who has had the pleasure of perusing his sermons will certainly allow him to be qualified to instruct others on the " TheOry of Preaching." " Life in the Prairies" asserts that the generality of civilised folks suffer from an over refinement of habits—that they exercise their imagination at the expense of their judgment—that they de pend too much on the experience of others—and that a "little brisk travelling in a practical coun try," hunting buffaloes and fighting with Indians, Would do most of them a considerable amount of benefit. There is a very favourable criticism on Mr. Atherstone's poem on the " Fall of Nineveh," which, curiously enough, was written before the recent discoveries were made, and public attention drawn to the subject. "Alchemy and Gold," is an essay on the gold-finding wonders of California and Australia, which, indeed, surpass the miracles of the wizards of the " Arabian Nights." There are various other subjects of theological interest. The Journal of Psychological, Medicine and Mental Pathology, gives us many valuable sta tistics on the important subject of the treatment of the insane. The reports of the American asylums are also given, and much information on the amuse ments, exercise, (to., best calculated to benefit the patients. Those specially interested in the consi deration of this topic, will find in this work much to assist them, and the collection of the various accounts and reports gives an opportunity of com paring the different methods, which is very bene ficial. The Journal of Agriculture commences with an article on agricultural movements in Ireland. " Social condition of our Labourers" involves an important question, which has not yet received the consideration it merits. Many subjects of agricul tural interest are treated of in this number, and au interesting account of the meeting of the Royal Society, by a Frenchman, will attract the reader's attention. THE EASTERN QUESTION AND THE COALITION MINISTRY. ( Front the Morning fferald.) Noblemen, gentlemen, merchants, traders, and operatives of England, are you prepared to be held up to Europe and to posterity as the nation which urged its ally and friend to resist oppression, and then shrunk from supporting him in the struggle in which your advice had involved him ? Are you prepared to have this damning deser tion recorded against you in the face of your own declarations—that the cause of that ally was the cause of truth, justice, and independ ence , w hil e that of his opponent was that of violence, oppres sion, and piracy ? Remember that the reputation of England has stood the storms of 800 years, as that of a bold and straightforward nation, which, whatever might be the accusations brought against it of pride, and perhaps of overweening self-confidence, has never yet been deemed capable of cowardice and treach ery. Yet such will be the case—and such will justly be the case—if you delay one hour in calling for an account of the use that has been made of your misplaced confidence by men who have traf ficked with your good name, either for the accom plishment of mean, selfish, and factious purposes, or for the even worse crime of pandering to the vices and ambitions of foreign despots, so as to make the great name of England abhorred through out Europe and the world as the tool of despotism and the enemy of freedom. Surely it cannot be tolerated for one moment that any set of men, however constituted, are to hold the irresponsible government of this mighty empire, and to use it so as to lower her reputation, desert her allies in the utmost need, paralyse her commerce, and damnify her financial credit—and yet that there is to be no account exacted—no punishment inflicted. Englishmen must be changed, indeed, if such proceedings do not produce an up-heaving of the nation, from end to end, to declare that these things shall not be, and that those who in spite of the warn ings of an almost unanimous press—in spite of the almost universally expressed opinion of every man throughout the land possessed of a spark of honour, either personal or national, that they had betrayed both us and our friends and allies, have still per sisted in carrying out a secret system of diplomatic fourberie, shall rule us no more. Why is it that these Eastern matters have not been closed six months ago ? Does any man believe that if England had spoken out, and said boldly to the Russian Autocrat, " So far shalt thou go, and no further," that even Nicholas would have dared to act as he has done ? There is not a man living who believes it, and if there be let him recall to mind the fact that all these daring aggressions, all these insolent and audacious claims, were put forward the very moment it was known at St. Petersburg that the man who approved of the march of Diebitch in 1829, and connived at the treaty of Adrianople, was again in place, if not in power, in England. The Autocrat well knew that during the rule of that man the only power on earth which he feared was paralysed, as far as her Government could paralyse her—and that the great obstacle to his ambitious designs no longer stood in his way. It is time for England to rouse herself, and for the people of this country to declare that they will not any longer be the accomplices of men who have acted as Lord Aberdeen's Cabinet have acted; that they will not continue to be fools, or perform any longer the part of the "Soft easy chairs that knaves repose and fatten in." Lord Aberdeen's Cabinet ! ! Where is it ? who has heard of it ? Its assemblage has not been re corded in the Court Ci rcu l ar — a nd yet hole-and corner meetings of "some of the members of the Cabinet"—twos and threes—have been brought to gether, and an irresponsible clique has usurped the functions of the, responsible and constitutional advisers of the Queen. Can such things be ? Are we in Venice or in England ? Can it be that the time has come when Englishmen will submit to be ruled by a " Council of Three ?" When such was the case in Venice, even the soi-disant Republicans of that oligarchical state were so disgusted with their position, that they never named their rulers, but held up three fingers to represent the unmen tionable abomination. Let Englishmen remember that at the very mo ment when it was almost ostentatiously proclaimed that Lord Westmoreland was instructed to pen f res h negotiations with the mild and placable ruler of Russia—when he was instructed to declare to that THE NEW METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Yesterday, in the afternoon, the members of the Markets Improvement Committee, appointed by the Corporation of the City of London, to carry out the details connected with the new Metropolitan Cattle Market, in Copenhagen-fields, proceeded, in company with the chairman, Henry L. Taylor, Esq., to the site, near Holloway, for the purpose of inspecting the pro gress of the works, the whole of they ascertained to be in a very promising state of forwardness, considering the gigantic character of the undertaking. The levelling and preparation of the ground, for the market itself, for the several roads and approaches, for the cattle lairs, the public and private slaughter-houses, and other works, present to the public, now, something like a rough outline of the vastness as well as the fit ness of the plan prepared for the purpose by Mr. Bunning, the city architect. In order that visitors may obtain a more complete bird's-eye view of the whole of the arrangements proposed, the commit tee have caused a temporary but substantial platform (approachable by several steps) to be erected ; the place upon which it stands being the identical spot upon which will be built the market banking-houses. This erection, which will be surmounted by a clock-tower, will show twelve frontages. Its situation will be exactly in the centre of the great square, or market, enclosing 15 acres and 4 perches of ground, intended solely for the penning of sheep and the tying of bullocks brought for sale. Within this area there will be ample room for the accom modation of 40,320 sheep ; and, allowing two feet of rail for each bullock, 6,794 bullocks may be "tied" there. The Corporation of the City of London having declared their intention of carrying into execution the act of Parliament (14th and 15th Viet., cap. 61, denomi nated the "Metropolitan Market Act, 1851,") out of their own funds, the tolls, &c., will be received by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons for their own use, and may be paid and applied as they may direct." When the market-place, slaughter-houses, and conveniences, now in the course of construction, have been provided, and a table of tolls and payments pre pared, the days for holding the market will be ap pointed ; after which the committee will have to report what they have done to one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, to which report a copy of the table of tolls and payments, fixed as aforesaid, will have to be annexed. Then it will be lawful for such Secre• tary of State to fix a time for the opening of the mar ket and slaughter-houses, and, "by a notice under his hand, to be published in the London Gazette, to notify that such market-places and slaughter-houses have been provided," also specifying " the time when the same will be opened." From that time " Smithfield-market will cease to be a market for the sale ofeattle and horses ;" and from the time that it is officially notified that such is the case, the markets for such purposes will be holden in the respective places provided under the "Metropolitan Market Acts," such markets to be deemed "public mar kets." No " new market for the sale of cattle or horses" to be afterwards " opened in the City of London or Westminster, or the liberties thereof, or the Borough of Southwark, or at any place distant less than 7 miles in a straight line from St. Paul's Cathedral, in the City of London." It has been reported by some party, whose statement is not to be relied upon, that "the new mar ket will be opened for the sale of cattle at the ensuing Christmas Show."' The work which has to be accom plished before the opening can take place, and the stipu lations of the statute as to the official process which must be gone through before the whole of the market and the conveniences connected therewith can be de clared, in Parliamentary parlance, " provided and fixed," proves the rumour to be unfounded. The committee themselves believe, that the Christmas of 1854 is the most likely period for the opening of the new market. THE BALTIC TRADE. The Belfast Chronicle says :—" A natural uneasi ness exists at present in the minds of merchants and shipowners engaged in the Baltic trade, lest in case of war Russia should place an embargo on British shipping and cargoes coming from the Bal tic this month with flax and flax-seed. For the purpose of, if possible, removing the apprehen sions so generally prevalent, or at least of obtain ing some reliable information, Mr. Davison, M.P., addressed the following letter to Mr. Cardwell, President of the Board of Trade " "Belfast, 24th S ept., 1853. My dear sir—l am sorry to trespass on your va luable time, but I do so at the instance of some of the leading merchants of Belfast, engaged in the Baltic trade, who naturally enou g h b eg i n to entertain serious apprehensions for the safety of their ships and cargoes coming next month from the Baltic with flax and flax seed, should the pending negotiations fail amicably to adjust the Eastern question. As the subject is one which deeply affects one of our great branches of com merce—the linen trade of Ulster—l feel I shall readily be excused for troubling you with this communication. " 'The value of flax -seed imported annually here from Riga may be estimated at something about 70,0001., whilst the flax brought from the Baltic may be taken at five times that amount ; and this is the season at which merchants generally send forward their ships, or orders for supplies of seed. The value of property, therefore, at stake in the United Kingdom is very considerable, more especially when we include the value of the ships conveying it. " ' The merchants apprehend that, in the event of war, the Russians might confiscate their ships and car goes ; and this apprehension is increased from the fact that there is no British fleet of the line in the Baltic capable of affording them protection. I know not how far it comes within your province to quiet such alarms, or to satisfy the mercantile community that the Govern ment will afford them all requisite protecaon ; but, having been request e d t o ma k e thi s commun i ca ti o n, and concurring in its necessity and importance, I should . be culpable if I omitted a p os t in submitti n g the . s 9 !et.a!!s for your consideration. H o pi n g th a t you mil favour . me with an early reply on this all-important subject, . have the honour to be, my dear sir, your very obedient servant, " RICHARD DAVISON, M.P. for Belfast. " 'To the Right Honourable Edward Cardwell, President Board of Trade, London.' " In reply to the foregoing document, Mr. Davison has received a communication from Mr. Cardwell, Pre sident of the Board of Trade, acknowledging Its trans mission, and stating that Govern ment would g ive t he subject due and full consideration." --- By a new regulation, — the Lords of the Treasury, CUSTOMS APPOINTMEIbS; approved years which has been it is directed th a a p t p must be 18 and under character, and will produce certificates of age and.. examination in writing and arithmetic ; and, should it -t from such examination th a t th ey will be qualified a A probation, they will b e P l aced on duty for a iler p p e a r c m onth. If not qualified at the end of that time their a ppointments will be cancelled, and in that case they will not be paid the uzual allowance for the time they were on probation ; but, sho u ld their conduct have been in all respects satisfactory, the Board will have to con sider whether half the pay of an extra clerk should not be allowed. In all cases the principal officers are to satisfy themselves, as far as practicable, that the persons are proper to be admitted into the service, and to state their opinion as to their age, when reporting to the Board the result of their preliminary inquiries, in cases where they have reason to believe that they are either over or under the ages specified. THE NEW ASSESSED TAXES.— Before Monday next the articles, &c., now exempted from the assessed taxes, which will in future be taxable, are to be discontinued, or the parties will be charged with the new duties for the year beginning in April next. it. 100 41 all 1 128 7il all 22 184 St. 100 St. 100 50 all 0 all all :5 I all 5l all 5 all Aberdeen .........., i Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junc 1 Birnang. Wolverh. & Stour Valley. Birkenhd. Lancsb. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons—. Do., £20.... ......... 1 Bristol & Exeter Caledonian-- ...... Chester & Holyheadj Cork and Balidon Cork, Black. & Pass Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & H.) Eastern Counties ' Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., B. & C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.dzDundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk.. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western l lrieh South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutbpt London & Blackwell Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western' Do. Fifths D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do., £50.... ..... Do., £4O Ludndny.drColeraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shet&Lincln. Do., Man. di Lin. Un. 111idland .... ..... ....... Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. Do. i Shares .... Newcastle &Carlisle. Newmarket.. .8 all I) all 5 all 5 I 82 ;5 all it. 100 0 all St. 100 10 12 St. 100 St. 160 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 12 11 50 all 161 111 St. 100 19i 17 14 11} '5O all ?0 all L 1 all LO 7 3t. 100 3t. 100 ,t 0 12 .0 1 ;t. 100 ?,5 all .!5 all it. 100 8/ ;t. 100 ;t. 100 'lO 474 5 17i 10 all it. 100 6 44 1 5 1741 Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warreupoint 2 I all. it. 100 5 all & Rostrevor Norfolk Do., New ....... Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 6 16 North Devon, No.l 110 1 Do., No. 2 all Dc., A Deferred... 8 Do., A B Guaranteed 171 North Staffordshire.. all North Western........ 10 N. &S. Westrn. Juno. 100 Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton..... 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland...... 100 Shrewsbury dr Birmg. 100 Do., L. & N. Westu. Guaranteed Stock... 9 Shrewsby. di Herefd. , all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do all Do. Oswestry 6. Shropshire Union.... all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales.. 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do. 16f Stockton & Hartlepl. 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all WaterfordeiLimerick 14 West Cornwall 51s. Wmbledon &Croydon 1 Woodford... ......... (00 York Newell. & Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 5 11i Do. G.N.E. Purchase It. 1100 York &N. Midland 100 I Aberdecu . 10J Do., No. 2, 7 p. 0... 100 Bris. dt Ex. 4p. G. St, 5 Do. 4p. e. Shares_ 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... 64 Cork &Bandon 5 pc. all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction . all East A nglian (£3los; 6 per cent. all Do: (25) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. et.. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2.. ...... all Do., New 6 p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... 100 EastLaneash. 6p. ets. all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee s iper cent....... .... 100 Glasgow &S. Western guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northr sp. c. 100 Do. sp. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom all Gt. Southn. dzWestn. (Ireland) Eighths 6 Gt. Westu. (BeriKs Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 G. West. fixed 4 p c 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Po. Pref., sp. 0. St all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 12i Londonderua Coler Shares all Londy. & Ennis Sh all IVlanch. ,Shef., & Lin., 1 Shares, No. 1 all Do. Now, £lO.. ...... 3 Do., £6 . ......... all IMarypt. &Carl. 4 p. c all I Do. 4i per cent 10 Do . ......... 100 Mid. Consol. 6p.c. St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent... 5 Do. Pref. 4i per cent 100 _ Norfolk Extension... 100 Do. Pref. 5.3 per ct... 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p c 100 North British ..... all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford Worcester di Wolyerh. £15,6p. c. 15 Do all Shrcws& Birm. N. G all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 14 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. all S.Yorksll.4p.c.Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.e.Pref. 5 Do 10 York& N. Midland H £ S. Purch.. 20 -- 21 - 4$ 8 - 12 10 al 16 18 5 4 d 92 —94 48} 49 15 17 - •.. 44 . = id 7i - 8i 4k - 41 34 11§ - 11 36 - 40 27 - 29 60 - 62 ... --• ... 57 ---59 ig* -- ii 73 - 74 47 - 49 122 - 124 103 - 105 79i -- 80, 83 87 10 —l2 p 61i 62 74 —74 d 54 40 12 124 7S par 1 p 92 96 102 —lO4 A -A E I 75 76i 13 12 di 12 —ll df 18 - 20 -d , 58i - 59 33 - 35 50 53 d par 4 3fl, ii . ; () 4 3 dl 254 - -0 26i 8 1 2 7 74 61 6 ti 7i 7i par 2 p 37 - 39 85 - 87 55 57 63 - 66 60 65 2i 2dis 16 18 8 9 12 13 4 3id 15 --- 17 58 59 33i —34 i 3 - i 28 - 30 2i • 3i 14 -- 15 , ... - 9 8 -- ... 6O -61 i 92 -- 9dl 41 -- 34(1. 44 -- 45 ' PREFERENCE SHARES. ••• --- 98 - 163 - 17, 6 - 6 31 4 1 - 1 - 13 - 18 - 19 3 - 3i lii -- I'2'6 !los 110 8 7 101 140 par 142 2 - 3 12i - 13 6 7 9 - 10 par f p 138 142 i id - ... 102 - 101 23 - 25 1 i - 10 -11 P 16 —l7 pl 9 1012(1 13 14 Par — p 24 - 24i1 19 - 20 96 99 4,} 4i ld id FOREIGN. 5 Antwrp &Rotterdam 3 Belgian East. Junct. all Charleroi & Erquelin 10 Dijon and Besa9on... 8 ,Dutch Rhenish ...... all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all (Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Junct. of France 20i Westn. of Canada - Shares 3 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. 15 Luexembourg ........ 13 Do. (Railway) 2 Do 3 Do . (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 12 Lyons & Mediterran 10i Madras 12 a11 09 N DM l oa lm .riaN ur eAw & nt L o i n e i g a e (with *— 1 interest all Do. (ex interest) all •Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. &Anis. Shs.] all INorwegianTrnk.Pref 10 (Paris and Lyons all 'Paris and Orleans..., all Parisl and Rou en all ;Paris and Strasbourg 4 IParisCaen&Cherbrg. 1041 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre allSambre and Meuse_ 6 IDo. 5i per cent. pref. 6 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 10 Do. 5i per c. Pref.. 10 Western of France... 4 West. of Switzerland 12 New Zealand..,. 111,110 2 i - .•• —13 p 3 1 —d 2 3 z lipn 26 2 ld —d 3 4 1 • 1— 1 d i - ipl 6 1 - 7 3i 1 . 8 -- 1i -13 i 7 -- 141 45 -- 47 14ip 38 -- 40 —35 -35 i 2 4 p d 18 20 S ••• 2 - 4p 3 - 7- 8 p - 2d 16 8 8 20 la 6 12. 12 21 20i 4 i 25i 61 1 i 1 38 i 2 ii zd 5 34 81 94 7i 61 i i 10i i 45 i 6 4 i 1p lAp' 11) 111 I it 95i 7 1021 154 33 i 2.} 251 a 41 37i 361 6 g 5} 30 20 I 1 40 I a] St. I a 5 I.al 20 al 2 a] 3 a] 1 al 1 al 1 I al 100 21 100 2( .20 1( 2011 50 21 50 11 100 21 100 31 20 li 50 2: 25 al LOO 10 al 5 : 50 10 4 40 all tr , - TIIE CHOLERA. The cholera at Newcastle is rapidly on the decline as will be seen by the report issued by the Genera Board of Health yesterday. NEWCASTLE-lIPON-TYNE. Deaths on the 3d of October : Cholera ... Diarrhoea... The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Newcastle during the present outbreak has been 1,427. In the same period (viz., the first 34 days) during the prevalence of epidemic cholera there in 1831-2 the number of deaths was 246. DARLINGTON. Died on the 3d of October : Cholera --- : _ AC RriGTON. Deaths on the 3d of October : Diarrhoea The attack of cholera at Walker has proved to be a severe one. One extra medical officer, two visitors, and an inspector of nuisances has been appointed, and two houses of refuge have been established. Sewn deaths have occurred since Monday midnight. Five hove been found lying dead, and many in a state of collapse, chiefly among the tenants of lodging-rooms. The diseam has thus far been confined to two spots. Much overcrowd ing exists in those parts. The total number of deaths since the 13th ult. (in a population of 3,200) .has been 17. GA.TESHEAD. Oct. 4.—One death only registered for cholera, LONDON. Oct. 5. —A fatal case of cholera occurred yesterday iu a respectable family in Kennington Oval, Lambeth. The open foul sewer ditch, of which the residents have so long complained, passes at the rear of the house. The local authorities of the parish have made urgent complaints of the long lines of filthy ditches and badly constructed sewers traversing the district. Most of the latter were represented rather as depositories of putrid mud than channels for the removal of the sullage. Dr. Milroy, in conjunction with Mr. Hall, of the Poor-Law Board, had a conference with the board of guardians of St. George's, Southwark. Several attacks of choler& have already taken place in the more neglected and filthy parts of the parish, and there is much diarrhoea in some of its districts. SPECIAL SERVICES IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE RE-AP PEARANCE OF THE CHOLERA.—Yesterday morning special services, under the sanction of the Lord Bishops of London and Winchester, were performed in the several churches and chapels throughout the deanery of South wark, including the parish of St. George-the-Martyr, Bermondsey, Christ Church, Surrey, St. Mary, New ington, Lambeth, and also at Guy's Hospital, and other metropolitan parishes, praying the Almighty to avert and altogether withdraw the cholera. NSOR. Yesteid a y, in consequence D of a circular received from the Poor-levy Inspector, a special meeting of the guar dians of the Windsor *Union was held at the boardroom of the workhouse, Old Windsn. The medical officers were all in attendance, viz., Mr. Pearl, for the Windsor district ; Mr. Ridout, for the Egham district ; and Mr. Brown, for the Sunning -hill district. Each of these officers reported that all had been done that was neces sary or advisable in the way of prevention ; that the whole of the districts were in an unusually healthy con dition ; and that no cases of cholera or malignant fever had come under their notice. DARLINGTON. Oct. 4.—One fatal case of cholera has occurred here. A woman named Atkinson, a person of intemperate habits, who had been ailing for a fortnight, died on Saturday night. She was attended by two medical men, but the disease was too far advanced for the re medies applied to be of any service. Some medicine prescribed for her a few days before her death she had thrown away. She was buried on Sunday afternoon in Trinity churchyard ; the coffin was not taken into the church. The officer of health has given orders for the bedding to be burnt, and for the house being fumigated with chloride of lime. There have been two other cases, but both have recovered. Diarrhoea, though it has been prevailing to some ex t en t, i s much below what we usu ally have had at this season of the year. The town ii in a good state to meet an attack of cholera, the local board of health has been so active since the appearance of the epidemic at Newcastle. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. About 2,0004. have been raised by voluntary contri bution for the relief of the suffering poor, bereaved and rendered destitute by the ravages of the cholera. Earl Grey had contributed 501. The epidemic continues to abate, and Dr. Gavin has already dispensed with the services of five of his medical visitors. Four of the a.- sistant medical officers and all the medical students em ployed by the board of guardians have also been super seded. MANCHESTER. The death of a young man named James Maxwell, a mechanic, residing in Fairfield-street, which took place on Sunday evening, has been certified to have resulted from "Asiatic cholera." We have heard that the symp toms differed from those usually observed in connection with the disease, especially in the absence of diarrheas ; but that the medical gentleman who was called in on Sunday morning has no doubt as to the case being one of cholera. The general health of the neighbourhood continues remarkably good ; yesterday there were only eight cases of diarrhoea under treatment by the medical officers of the Manchester township, and they were all of an ordinary character. ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER. A death from cholera (Asiatic), at 35, Poland-street, Oxford-street, was yesterday reported. The deceased was a butcher, and carried on his business in the above premises. The attack was but of short duration. His wife, who had been some time bedridden, was so shocked at the suddenness of her bereavement, that she expired shortly after receiving the intelligence. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRArS-INN-ROAD. The new medical school just now opened for the first time, in connection with the Royal Free Hospital, was inaugurated on Tuesday evening, October 4, by an elo quent lecture delivered by Dr. Tyler Smith, lecturer on the theory and practice of midwifery at this school of medicine, and physician-accoucheur to St. Mary's Hos pital, Paddington. Amongst the members of the medical staff of the hos pital and school we recognisad Dr. Barnes, Dr. Bennett, Dr. Ballard, Mr. Wakley, Dr. Glover, Dr. Arthur Hill Hassall, Mr. De Meric , and others ; an d amongs t th e visitors, the distin guished City surgeons, M r . Ll o yd, Mr. Couls on , and Mr. Propert, with many of the re spectable medical practitioners residing in the neighbour hood of the institution. ,Dr. TYLER SMITH commenced his lecture by remark ing that th e i nauguration of a new school of medicine, in connection with one of the London hospitals was an event of no ordinary importance to those who were in terested in the progress of medical science, and the duty of addressing the students assembled had devolved upon him. He thought he could not better occupy their at tention than by referring to the subjeckof medical teach ing, relating to the past, the present, and the future in our own country, and the position of the various medi cal schools in the metropolis. He passed in rapid re view the earlier stages of medical knowledge, and its practice as an art in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Alexandria, and Constantinople, and thence to Spain with the conquests of the Saracens, and thence again to Italy, France, and this country, by the reflected influ ence of the Crusades. It was only necessary to say that medical art and science followed in the track of advancing civilisation. Medicine was first taught in Egypt by the priests in their temples, but until the Christian era there were no hospitals erected, the first being built at Constantinople. Thus medicine passed from the religious temple to the hospital, so making a most momentous change in its history. The first school of medicine, properly so called, was established at Sali num, in the eleventh and twelfth century of the Chris tian era. In reference to the history of medical teach ing, he observed that the hospital of St. Bartholomew, founded by Raphere, in the thirteenth century, was the oldest institution of its kind in England. He then re ferred to the medical teaching at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and that period and the fol lowing centuries, men tioning the nam es of LinacreP the founder of the English College o f Physicians ; Harvey ; Sir T. Brown ; Caius, the fo un d er of the col lege at Cambridge which now bears his name ; Mead ; and Friend, who all studied at one or more of the m th e e d n i schoolsc r a e l ferr e d to in th oF raatantceea,nodlf rlaonthders Hunter, ed , ica an l d te H ac o hi lla ng nd i . n t H he e f u e n r i e v n e e r e si t t o ies th o e f tw S n co b t nintoerre, j p o a h r i t a ic a u n l d arl w y i i lli o arn re: who left Scotland for England in the middle of the last century, alluding to the sudden death of John Hunter, at St. George's Hospital, during a sort of strife between pit fees a lfr pra c ticeom the stud ents, him and other authorities, on the subject of disputed instruction arising in the classattendance room. More o nhos- a than 600 years elapsed between the foundation of the first hospital in this country and the establishment of regular schools of medicine. The lecturer then referred to the great intellectual requirements of the members of the medical profession, enumerating the various scientific subjects with which they must have acquain tance, as materia, medico, botany, chemistry, anatomy, physiology, toxicology, therapeutics, the knowledge of the use of the microscope, &c. He then alluded to the reciprocal relations between the teachers and the taught, and the influence of both upon the examining corporations, referring briefly to the present state of the medical corporate bodies of the metropolis, the College of Physicians, the College of Surgeons, and the Company of Apothecaries. He compared the state of medical education in this country with that of France, and concluded his truly eloquent lecture, which was evidently listened to throughout with marked attention and gratification, by relating the circumstance which gave origin to the establishment of the Royal Free Hos pital in 1828, by Dr. Wm. Marsden—an institution which was for the benefit of all who, through sickness, might require its charitable aind relieving aid. After the lecture there was a eonversazione, at which several most beautiful models of anatomical preparations and pathological specimens were exhibited, in wax, plaster of Paris, gutta percha, &c., with several remark. able surgical instruments, and photographic and other drawings laid out in the museum in the course of forming. Liberal refreshments were also provided in the room, which is hereafter to be fitted up as a library, and o f which many of the audience remained to partake. ult. re hold been The i not , the Eaten raise L. reen t.ins n to the the rth nal 1 a fa go ig, the 1 1.0.61 10 20 20 334 10 8 x d it i i 151 i