The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-12 00:00:00

: ar" 10 as ad. la] VI I b e vec out ,sto i ) tht sue' iiod ° i d ( A' . the' / t o ik. Irttrb 15Intion. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. 3NEWII'IARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MATCll.—Grapeshot beat Lucy banks Colt. SWEEPSTAKES 10 Sovs. T.Y.C. Mirabeau Cioaeip Six ran. ITANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES for Two-Year-Olds. Au drey........................................................ 1 Pope J oan 0 Fourteen ran. sbadidjah OATLANDS PLATE. Teddi n 1 gton broke down badly, and will not run again. I ETTIN G AT MANCHESTER (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 2000 to 60 ay„et Bit of Blue. 40 to 1 . ..agst Hatchet. Each currently offered. STATE OF TRADE. in&(From, the Manchester Guardian of this day.) JA-T Oct. 11.—W e h ave h a d a very d u ll mar k e t i mp —r os, neith er h ome nor f ore i gn b uyers show i ng any 4, roved disposition for business. P r i ces h ave no t b een t ed so as to enable us to say mor e th an th a t i n some founts of mule they are rather against producers, while 5n water twist they are sustained in tolerable firmness by So many mills being stopped at Wigan. The ap proaching suspension of all w or k ( on th e 15th i nst ) at Preston has occasioned rather more inquiry for shirtings to-day, which, however, would not be worth mentioning If we were not just now thankful for very small favours. It seems somewhat singular that, under present circum .stances, there should have arisen some call, which we 'have not lately had, for some kinds of cloth, on the part 'of the Greek nwrchants. Such, however, is the case, though here again we may seem to be making the most `of the matter. The market must be described as a fiat one, with prices to some extent in the buyers' favour. At Bury, the hands in one concern, who had turned out against a withdrawal of the ten per cent. advance of 'ages conceded a while back, have returned to work at that reduction, which will now become general in that l ocality. The power loom weavers of James Ferguson and Co. of Carlisle turned out for an advance of wages on Friday last ; but as their employers did not yield to their demands, they made application on Monday to be allowed to return to their work, which request has been complied with. lI I iALIPa.x, Oct. B.—Th e causes w hi c h have, for some toe Past, t en d e d to depress the worsted trade, are still operation ; and we cannot note any improvement, either in demand or price. In our piece ball to-day the t'loiry for worsted goods of all sorts was very limited. The Yarn market is by no means brisk, either for ex port or for home consumption ; but the near approach of the close of the shipping season tends to keep prices as late they were. Wool changes h an d s s l ow l y , a t near l y r . RI MDERSFIELD, Oct. 11.—The mar k e t h as b een very Suiet la sta to ain day, but more business has been done than week. Numerous inquiries have been made of th e anufacturers for heavy goods suitable for the coming Winter, but transactions have been confined to very rsmall purchases, as there appears to be a general im °,Pion that goo d s w ill b e l ower in price after the aooraing London wool sales. THE CHOLERA. (From the General Board of Health.) METROPOLIS. la co nse quence of a mem or i a l p resen t e d t o th e G enera he at " h, a Health by th e H ea l t h C omm i ttee o f Black aident el elided over by Mr. John Flint South, late Pre- Iseveral the Royal College of Surgeons, complaining of *he h grie vous but removable nuisances, endangering f„, e alth eOnclic of the inh a bit an t s , an d pra yi ng th a t th e shame made t6 - "` °n of certain parts of the village might be many reo terd ay subje c t of immediate inquiry, Dr. Milroy yes dition o f Petted the districts. As an example of the con • so double"°rt for r ne parts of this pleasant village, to which so Title manor r)oer air and health, it is stated that there is of small houses, known by the name of artinouth- Passage (the Earl of Dartmouth is the lord of iirtheatsetreeoittr, unO Ug h which not a drop of water is supplied, al °nlY requires to have a pipe laid down along obligedtoitclalfeei; being an abundant supply from the Kent e the village. The people are thus tch very drop they use from a well at a considerable distance ; and even for the use of this the re required to . pay a trifle. The back yards of these y houses are described as being in a mosta bominable con dition, obviously impairin g the halth ofatthetinhabitants. Some of these places are so slopp laid down for the inmates to alf: Y :n far boards are door to the filthy privy in the corne rs,while others are the gustingly offensive that they cannot sit inslatTes ° I) daeisk room. In one of these yards two cesspoo ls, having become quite full, were a week or two ago covered ovei with earth, and a third one dug to receive the contents of the privy. The thre e are so c l ose to each other that the wo r k man, while en gaged in making the new one, was nearly inundated by the contents of the others com ing in upon him. Phcenix-vale is stated to have become a filthy bog, from the foul water that is constantly thrown out upon it having no kind of outlet or escape ; a long, wide, shallow, stagnant ditch is represented as extending from one end of Blackheath-vale to the other. This ditch or pool receives all sorts of impurities, and after heavy rains overflows into the gardens and basement storeys of the houses, in which the water has for several weeks stood a foot in depth. These are merely specimens of numerous other localities in the village in which the like impurities and causes of disease abound, to which the immediate attention of the board of guardians of Lewisham, in which parish it is situated, is urgently re quired. Nothing as yet appears to hav#been done. Woolwich being out of the jurisdiction of the Metro politan Commissioners of Sewers, the inhabitants have petitioned the General Board of Health for the applica tion of the Public Health Act, and a total board having been obtained, they are now actively carrying into exe cution improved works of self-cleansing tubular house drains. The inhabitants of Charlton last week peti tioned the General Board to be brought within the juris diction of the Woolwich local board, and the attendance of an engineering inspector has been directed to make local inquiries, and promote arrangements in compliance with the memorial. - In the second report of the Metropolitan Sanitary C ommissioners, it was reported that marsh diseases pre vail at times among the agricultural population of the Plumstead, Kent, and Essex marshes. In one of these Marshes the proportions of open ditches stagnating and giving off emanations from animal and vegetable de composition was stated to be 18a acres of ditch to 450 acres of land. After the wind has prevailed for some time from these lands in the direction of dwelling houses, marsh diseases are constantly noticed among the adjacent population. Sir Culling Eardley, the pro prietor of Belvidere and much of the Erith marsh land, has represented to the General Board of Health his Willingness to co-operate in any special measure having la view the marsh drainage, so important to the metro polis. Another leading proprietor of Essex marsh land has made similar representations. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Oct. 10.—Cholera, death 1. The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea ia New eas tl e • upon -Ty ne d ur i ng th e presen t ou tb rea k has been 1,474. In the same period (viz., the first 40 1830 during the prevalence of epidemic cholera th ere in 1-2, the number of deaths was 270. HARPENDEN, (ST. ALBAN'S), Oct. 10.—Cholera, death, 1. ITATPIELD (THORNE UNION), OCt. 10.—Cholera, death, 1. G ATESHEAD, Oct. B.—Cholera, deaths, 6 ; 9th, 1. Thr . - ne total n um b er o f d ea th s front cholera and diarrhoea I n Gatesh ea d to the present date has been 402. During the like period (viz, the the first 33 days) in 1831-2, the death s amounted to . 143. Recent inquiries have shown, with reference to to wns which su ff ered severely during the former i tations o f cholera, that much improvement has been v t 1 i s a i n t a y effe c t ed in the way of extensive c l ea u s i n gs, and in the acti ve removal o f nu i sances, while in severalconsider: able p rogress has been made with combined and perma tent works, f or M orpeth and Alnwick, for example, wher e great exertions have been made in the operation of superficial cleansi ng , t h e works for drainage and w ater supply are i n an advanced state. In these in stances the water supply will be derived from collections of soft water springs, the flow being constant, and the water delivered direct to the consumers without the in tervention of reservoirs, and without the need of fil tration. At Alnwick the supply of soft spring water will not exceed the rate of 2d. in the 11., and cottages will be supplied for Bd. per annum, or " 1 -16th of a penny per week. In both these towns the local boards have deter mined to abolish every cesspool in the place. The water-closet apparatus, and the tubular house drains, in substitution for the cesspool, are expected to ho laid down for a rate not exceeding ld. per week per house as stihre the not do not pay the expense themselves, Berland been ordered to be done by the Duke of Northum with his cottage property in Alewick, which Carlisleocofnstitntes about a urth of the town, and by the Earl with hireproprietors pro pert in M rpeth. Both these have ordered theiry cott ° ag - e property to be save -spouted. The Duke of N orthumberland has spent the in drainin 12,000 acres of land, much of it in the vicinity or the kwane, and greatly to its sanitary im provement. j t, tage property connected has rebuilt nearly all the cot s'i, in the town, he his farms, and as to his , Propertypoperly to drain evi!.yas ry privy c g o i tvteang e erd w e i r t s h the the sewers, se ... I'A3 abolis'i ev '' and cesspool, to substitute at w lo e c r a s, i ~.. e the most approved water-closets and soilpans, and 5 4. = One • ' -,,5. • tb eena the bills for the same to his agent to be paid. " CLAW ME, CLAW THEE !" MR. GLADSTONE AT MANCHESTER. SHARE MARKETS-(THIS Di Y., ) TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. SIR, —Your enlightened journal has long appeared to me not only the earliest in the kingdom for all Parlia mentary and foreign intelligence to those residing out of London, but likewise the most willing to insert in your columns, without rejections from party motives or un fair and partial decisions, the contributions that reach you from many who have not the means of displaying their oratory and sentiments on platforms and at public dinners, but are compelled to use their pen in animad verting on the scenes before them, and the career and con- Mr. Gladstone's first appearance in public since his arrival at Manchester was on the Exchange, yesterday morning, where he was escorted by Mr. Robert Barnes, mayor of tho city, and accompanied by the Bishop of Oxford. There was a large assemblage in front of the Exchange, and the interior of the building was crowded by subscribers, who with difficulty formed a lane, through which the distinguished visitors could pass. Mr. Glad stone leaned upon the Mayor's right arm, and the Bishop upon his left. In this order they proceeded from the west to the extreme east end of the building. The time was half-past one, the hour of " high change," when merchants and manufacturers are supposed to be most deeply immersed in business ; but the fact was that many hundreds, for fully half an hour before, had done nothing better than collect as near the front door as possible to secure the best place for obtining a view of the eminent statesman. Several loud, if not very hearty, cheers, were given during Mr. Gladstone's presence in the Exchange, which the right hon. gentleman acknowledged by slight bows from time to time, as he passed along. The visit did not last more than a few minutes. It was a curious cir cumstance that the Chancellor of the Exchequer's arrival should have been so peculiarly timed as it was—his visit to the merchants and manufacturers of Manchester, yester day, being on the first day of his new stamp law coming into effect. Copies of the new stamps had been freely handed about before his arrival, by such as had been able to procure supplies ; and, without any disrespect meant to the eminent financier, the law was characterised by many persons as a nuisance. The old receipt stamp was comparatively inoperative, not because of its high rates (though that was something), but because the scale was graduated according to the amount paid, and par ties could hardly be expected to have with them a stamp of the right amount. Hundreds of manufacturers were on the Exchange, yesterday, who scarcely ever gave a receipt stamp in their lives, even when receiving sums of a thousand or ten thousand pounds. The facility for applying the new stamps seems likely to cause them to be much more generally if not universally, given and accepted ; and many houses here expect that they will pay 701., 801., or 1001. a year in the penny receipt stamps where they paid nothing before. The large " country" or home trade houses, will doubtless incur a charge which will be quite new to them, and a serious addition to their income taxes. That the Chancellor of the Exchequer should have been received with a general feeling of good-will on such a day says much for his popularity, therefore, and not a little for those who wel comed hint on this occasion. Previous to his reception at the Exchange, Mr. Gladstone, accompanied by the Bishop of Oxford and other gentlemen, had paid a pri vate visit to the extensive works of Messrs. Joseph Whitworth and Co., machine makers, where he arrived about half-past eleven, and remained nearly an hour aad a half, inspecting the various mechanical appliances in operation. It was expected that Mr. Gladstone would visit several other of the principal industrial establish ments of the town during the day. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILwAt . b. Closing Prices this 4ay. Bullies I done this .1 ay. 20 -- 21 4 41 8 i 9 1 13 11 d duct of public men. I hope you will give this letter for as 15 17 5 4d 93 95 49 —494 15 —l7 much as it is worth (comparing it with other anonymous offerings, of which no doubt you have a multiplicity) in your journal. As a quiet and calm looker on, I cannot but feel an inexplicable wonder and disgust at the late exhibitions which England, Ireland, and Scotland have been favoured with by the prominent, wise, veteran statesmen of Aberdeen's grand Coalition. It would ap pear to me that this blessed harmonious Cabinet left their antiquated Thane, and the best writer of their bribe, to keep up in Downing-street their kites as to mo difications, their official notes on conference or the whole conference, while the remainder seem to have set out on an itinerant expedition through the land, with the pre cious understanding between each— " Mind, I will puff you, If you will puff me." They seem to have agreed—lt is unsafe to talk of what we will do, because we don't know. It is unwise for any of us to commit even individual opinions, as no two amongst us may think alike. But if we all mystify by puffing each other, look big, and dwell on the past wisdom and success of each individual's statesmanlike career, assuming all the credit of all the past to our selves, we may throw dust in the eyes of the mass in the gnorant and curious crowds that may assemble to greet a Cabinet Minister's arrival, and we may get rid of the mess we have created, and the fix we are in, by a skilful recurrence and display of all our gone-by brilliant ser vices. Short-sighted fools !—as if they were ignorant of that great bard who writes— " To have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, Like rusty mail, in monumental mockery!' 44' 45 74 - 84 - 3 34 11i - 12 36 - 40 27 - 29 61 - 63 --- • •.• 61 2i:* - 23 A - 75 48 - 50 124 - 126 101 - 108 1 801 -8 0 i, 85 90 10 —l2 p ut 76 — 74 d 56 5 d 121 —12 i 7i I 1 p 93 95 ,1()24 1031 d # i - 75 77 13 —l2 d 12 —ll d Lord John opens the ball at Greenock, and not a syl lable of the Eastern question—not a word of scarcity or monetary panic, or the curious complication of our do• mestic affairs at home—no recurrence to any immediate plan, prospect, or measure, but exclaims—" Only exa mine, gentlemen, all the grand conceptions and success of my forty-five years' public service as a statesman." But passing from this puff direct of himself, let me proceed to Lord Palmerston, albeit the greatest states man of the age, the cupid and juvenile Whig of former years becoming Conservative as time passed on, and, finally, the great sheet-anchor of the ricketty Coalition Mixture. Far be it from me to derogate from his transcendant abilities ; but it is rather sickening to see him (from the puffing presumed contract) the panegyrist of the man who, not very long since, ousted this model for our Foreign Affairs, who was neither the Minister of Austria, the Minister of Russia, nor the Minister of Prussia, but the " Minister of England," as the worthy Mayor informs the public again from Sir Robert Peel's speech. To see, I repeat, two great statesmen eulogis ing the champion of civil and religious liberty, forgetting the famed letter to the Bishop of Durham, Cardinal Wiseman, and next styling him the originator of all our commercial policy and prosperity, as if Sir Robert Peel had no real credit for free trade, and winding up his long-laboured oration on the great efforts and wonderful measures the Government with which he was connected had in putting an end to that abominable and odious traffic in slaves—which measures, by the by, were more vigorously acted upon and directed by Lord Castlereagh and the Duke of Wellington than by any of their suc cessors. Let me ask where you see in either of these speeches a sentence applicable to the present position of affairs, which would become a wise politician to address at this crisis to a large assemblage of people ? So much for the first act in Scotland, where both these eloquent subordinates seem to have cast into oblivion l' excellent cher Aberdeen, their lawful chief and commander. We come then to Ireland, and we have the First Lord of the Admiralty at Cork, and pray mark the wonderful taste and logic of his discourse. Having a horror of being catechised, he stipulates beforehand for no politics or party discussion. Truly Scottish—to be safe on all sides. But he claims unbounded praise for bringing a British and Irish fleet into Cork Harbour as a great boon ; but the only one to be afforded, as Ireland must depend upon itself for any other advantage. But by way of exhibiting justice to Ireland, he points out to them he has appointed two Irish Admirals to the fleet, and one Irish Secretary, O'Brien, of the right sort to his own bureau. Now, whether O'Brien be of the right sort is as much unknown to the public at large as whe ther Graham be of the right sort. We then are led to the second act in Scotland. Having left Ireland and England to the specious cajoling of the Scotch baronet, we have the great financier at Dingwall and Inverness. In his public discourses I find a better exposition of the general interests of the country, although silent on the funds, the banking rate discounts, and on his own schemes of his budget, as any one of his spouting colleagues ; but with the same patriotism as the d e ee n First Lord although.,ond e r dq equivalent ei nt wouldt o concludes th e his a s appear t puff w to: from the its ea febstinkinglexcellentenes scAiigbtaerir:- l hp o ae w nr nfe;omTu performers ea not 3ien very flatter i ng lik md,ylsrheloarnetdv,e pnaintdo. the anti quatedanditinerant a Thane. sir,S o t are lan E ns the England, b and, and on their happy return to Downing -street they will not fail to remember that they succeeded toe the Funds at 100, with twenty-three millions and a half in the coffers of the Bank, and that we now are blessed with Consols at 90, and only fifteen millions and a half in the Bank. 18A - -59 i 33 - 35 UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, OCT. 11. The Regius Professor of Divinity intends to com mence a course of public lectures on Thursday, the 17th of November, at 1 o'clock, at Christ Church. _ . 60 53 i d par 6 4d, .. ....- ... These lectures are open to all members of the Univer sity who have passed the B.A. examination ; and those who wish to attend are requested to call on the Profes sor on Wednesday, the 16th of November, with a recommendation from the head of their college or from their tutor. 47 . - EO 4 —3 dl 25A —26 A 8 10 The Regius Professor of Divinity proposed to resume his private lectures on the Book of Common Prayer for the present term, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur days, and to read portions of Dr. Routh's Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Opuscula on the intervening days. Any members of the University who have passed the examination for the degree of 8.A., and may be desirous of attending, are requested to call on the Professor on Monday, the 24th inst., between 1 and 2 o'clock. The Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History pro poses to begin his lectures on Monday, October 24, with two classes—one commencing the course of history, the other entez-ing the fifth century. The lectures are open to members of the University who have passed the B.A. examination (in the School of Liters Hum-miores at least) ; and all who wish to attend are requested to call on the Professor between 12 and 2 o'clock on Saturday, October 22. lh 2 7 7h 6h 5d 7t par 2 p 37 - 39 86 - 88 55 - 57 61 - 63 60 65 2i 2co 15 - 17 74 - 8 114 - 12 2f - nd 15 - 17 5n - 58 334 - 34 THE BRITISH PENITENT FEMALE REFUGE. The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the friends and supporters of this institution was held yesterday evening at the board-room of the asylum, near the Canal Bridge, Hackney. The chair was taken on the occasion by Mr. Joseph Maitland From the annual report which was read by the secre tary, the Rev. J. Glanville, it appeared that the institu tion was every year instrumental in reclaiming many females from a vicious course of life, and making them, as far at least as could be judged by outward appearances, good members of society ; while some gave evidence of a thorough reformation and change of heart. During the last year the receipts had been 1,4801. 18s. 7d., and ex penditure had been 1,356/. 16s. 10d. ; the balance in hand being at present 4591. 3s. 11d. The total number of females admitted since the formation of the society was 1,175. At the period of the last annual meeting there had been 54 inmates in the house, and 53 had since been received, making a total of 107 on the foundation during the year. The majority of these persons had been received under very distressing circumstances ; 34 of them had lost both parents ; 44 had only one parent living, and 8 were under 20 years of age. It further appeared that 52 of them had quitted the asylum ; 17 had been reconciled and restored to their families ; 27 had been placed in situations ; 5 had left at their own request ; 3 had been dismissed for bad conduct, and 1 had died in the institution, leaving 54 still remaining within its precincts. Every female on leaving the es tablishment with the approbation of ;the committee is presented with a Bible and with two suits of apparel. The report was unanimously adopted; resolutions were passed expressing the high sense which the meeting en tertained of the useful character of the asylum, and their conviction of its strong claims on the sympathy and sup port of the public ; a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the proceedings closed with the singing of the doxology. 3 - 4 28 - 30 2i 2i 14 - 15 * - I 604 -61 i 9i -- 9 d 4i •- 4 d 44 -- 45 Your admirer as a waiter, being A CONSTANT READER AND LOOKER-ON. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1853. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices this day. Business this day. CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Yesterday a Court was held ; Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. The Clerk to the Commission stated that he had re ceived the following letter from the Governor of the Tower, in reply to the letter which he had been instructed to write to that nobleman, with reference to the re moval of the barrier at Postern-row, for the purpose of carrying out the projected improvements in the City Combermere Abbey, Oct. 7, 1853. " Sir, —I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd inst., communicating the wishes of the Commissioners of Sewers respecting the removal o fthe barrier of the Postern-row, and I beg you will have the goodness to inform the court that I shall be most happy to meet their wishes, if, upon inspecting the premises, in November, I find that it does not interfere with the arrangements about to be made in the vicinity of the Tower. " I have the honour to be Sir, " Your moat obedient and humble servant, "J. Daw, Esq. " COMBERMERE." . _ M. H. L. TAYLOR said 'le thought some further no tice ought to be taken of this communication, as he anti cipated that there could be no difficulty in the way of thoroughfare through Postern-row, a step in which the citizens of London were most deeply interested. The letter was ordered to be referred to the General Purposes Committee. PARAGUAY. During the long period of 30 years this rich and beautiful country had disappeared from the world's map. And wherefore ? Its political power had departed ; or, rather, its two great civil and mili tary attributes had become absorbed in the despotic will of the " Doctor," or, more properly, the " tyrant " Francia. The autocratic propensities of Francia were ex traordinary. The arithmetic of morals cannot pro portion them. They defy the skill of the most accomplished in nature's secrets. They were, in a word, incomprehensible ! Does any one ask for a corroboration of these assertions, he may read it in a work entitled " The Terror of Dr. Francia," which was written, in 1812, by a Mr. Robertson, an English merchant, on his return from Paraguay to his own country. In 1840 Francia died. At this period " dark ness covered" Paraguay, " and thick darkness the people." But, lo ! and presently the obscurity was relieved. Yes, a brilliant light was now to burst upon the land ! Don Carlos Antonio Lopez was appointed Consul of the republic. This worthy man was one of the richest amongst the landowners of Paraguay, and had formerly been a lawyer. In jurisprudence he was very learned. His erudition is, indeed, evinced by the wise and excellent laws which he subsequently enacted, and the observance of which has, more than anything besides, lever like, lifted Paraguay from the dire abyss into which his heartless predecessor had plunged it. It is not too much to say that Lopez has morally reconstructed the long-dilapidated republic. The government, in all its ramifications, he has newly modelled and reformed. Public worship, political justice, commercial liberty, financial economy, and police or magisterial perfectibility—all these have, as it were, revived at the bidding of this good ruler. In 1849 Lopez was elected President of the re public, and to the welfare of his country his best energies were at once, with a new ardour, directed. At this juncture, however, the tyrant Rosas de clared war against our excellent President, and actually blockaded Paraguay. This belligerent in vader was a deadly enemy to Lopez, simply because in that good man he perceived virtues of which in his own bosom there was no resemblance. A physi cal contest was, unavoidably, at this moment to be the asserter of moral right ; and Lopez showed his people at once that he could wield the sword with as much dexterity as he could guide the pen. To a son skilful in military tactics Lopez en trusted the command of 20,000 men ; and, after a brief period, the young warrior appeared in the place called El Paso de la Patrice at the head of a large and well-disciplined army. This son, General Signor Lopez, is now residing at Mivart's Hotel, as Minister Plenipotentiary in England. We dare not question that he will introduce into Paraguay the happy results of his experience in the world's metropolis, and that the advantages which arise from the civilising elements of European existence will be speedily ushered into the realm once en thralled and benighted. The upright President is not merely a patriot — he is also a Christian. If he but persevere in his course of bold reformation, not only Paraguay, but the neighbouring republics, will ere long feel that excellence is contagious. In conclusion, niay we be permitted to say that when the spirit of Lopez shall have departed this life, and his cenotaph shall be inquired after, the people may unanimously answer----" His monument io .Paraguay." THE EASTERN QUESTION. Mr. Bright, M.P., has sent the following reply to an invitation to be present at a preliminary meeting, to bo held in the Manchester Athenaeum, No. 10, room, on Monday next, October 10, at 4 o'clock prompt, to con sider the propriety of holding a public meeting in Man chester, to denounce the conduct of Russia, and to encourage the British Government to protect the inte rests and preserve the integrity of Turkey. " Rochdale, Oct. 10, 1853. "Dear Sir,—l have your circular calling a meeting on the Eastern question. " I can conceive nothing more unwise than to endea vour to excite public - opinion to drive the Government into a war with Russia in defence of Turkey. If such a war should be undertaken, I believe our children and posterity will judge us precisely as we now judge those who involved this country in war with the American colonies and with France—with this difference only, that we shall be held to be so much more guilty, inasmuch as, having had the blunders and crimes of our forefathers to warn us and to guide us, we shall have wilfully shut our eyes to the lesson which their unfortunate policy has left us. Manchester and the two millions of people in its district will, I hope and believe, regard those men as their worst enemies who by any act at this moment shall weaken the efforts of Lord Aberdeen to preserve the peace of Europe. If men would let their reason guide them rather than their feelings, I am sure the pressure of public opinion would be for peace, and not for war. War will not save Turkey, if peace cannot save her ; but war will brutalize our people, increase our taxes, destroy our industry, and postpone the promised Parliamentary reform, it may be for many years. " I cannot attend your meeting, but I send you some of my Tiews on the Eastern question. " I am very respectfully, "JOHN BRIGHT. "J. W. Hudson, Esq., Athenaeum, Manchester." ROYAL HIBERNIAN MINING COMPANY.—The annual meeting of the Royal Hibernian Mining Company took place yesterday afternoon, when the report and accounts were adopted. The paid-up capital was stated to be 5,468/., and the expenditure 2,8551., showing► a balance of 2,6131. The properties worked comprise the Castle maine, Lisoline, and the Clogher mines, the latter of which at present alone exhibits any favourable prospect. The report of the resident captain was satisfactory, but that of an inspecting captain, who had visited the mines a few months previously, advised caution in the further outlay of capital. The works at Castlemaine and Liso line have been temporarily suspended, but those at Clogher are being pushed forward. The majority of the directors proposed a continuance of operations, but one dissented from the views of his colleagues, considering that the balance would be frittered away without a pro fitable result. At length it was determined to reduce the number of directors, it being also understood that no increase of expenditure shall be incurred or call made without the sanction of a special meeting. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY'S NEW EN GINE -HOUSE.—Yesterday Mr. T. Wakley held an inquest on the body of John Dring, aged 23, a labourer, who was killed on Saturday even ing last by the fall of some principal of a new engine house in course of erection at Kensal-green. A great quantity of evidence was taken to show that the best materials had been employed, and that no reasonable precaution to prevent the disaster had been omitted. The coroner said there never was a clearer case of acci dent, and a verdict to that effect was immediately returned. THE SEWING MACHINE. - -Messrs. Nicholson, of St. Paul's Churchyard, have introduced the new sewing machines into their establishment for cloak and mantle making. The needlewomen of Bath-street work-room refused to work the machine, and about fifty of the senior hands were discharged. About 1,000 female workers are now employed by the firm, and there has not yet been auy strike among them. Although the machine will do a great deal of work, yet there are various details connected with this branch to which it cannot be applied. TILE STAMP DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCE. From a return. just issued it appears that in the year ended the sth January, the stamp duty on policies for fire insur ance amounted to no less a aura than 1,162,013/. !Aberdeen , Ambit. Notting. Bost. & Eastn. Juno. ..... . Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ......... Birkonhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Janet, Do. 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W &Ln& Yk Do i Gt.Northn Do Lancash.dt Yorksh.. ➢irMClean Stock t. dr ' Darling Do I Gt.NV estu. 98 - 102 48 - 50 140'%--145 .30. ;4- 32f . , . 107 - 109 53i - Mi 27 - 28 13i - 141 25A -26 i 4 21 3 xd 98 = 100 60 - 63 140 - 145 138 - 142 2 lid 29i -30 i 95 - 100 I 1081 THE GREAT CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE QUESTION. Messrs. Paine and Company, of No. 102, Leadenhall street, exhibited and explained a model and drawings of their newly-invented furnace for the consumption of smoke. The CHAIRMAN, after thanking the inventors for their explanation, advised them to see the parties who were in the d a ily h a bit o f comm i tt i ng t h e nu i sance o f sending forth large bodies of smoke from their mills and facto ries in the city, which he thought might have a beneficial effect. As the law at present stood, the court could only interfere to punish those who committed nuisances. The court would feel obliged by the inventors' letting them know when they had one of their furnaces in operation. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR thought that the court ought to go to all those who bad offended against the law, for the purpose of showing them that there was a mode of get ting rid of the smoke nuisance. (Hear.) Mr. HAYWOOD (the surveyor to the commission) pre sented his report, of which the following is a copy : " Guildhall, Oct. 11, 1853. "Gentlemen,—ln pursuance of your instructions I have caused observations to be made of the issue of opaque smoke from the chimney shafts belonging to the brewery of Messrs. Calvert, in Upper Thames-street. The chimney shafts were watched for a period of seven days, from about 4 o'clock a.m., until 7 or 8 p.m., an obser vation being registered every 10 minutes. The total number of observations registered was 671, of which 7 record no smoke visible, 85 the smoke scarcely visible, 135 perfectly visible, 193 rather dense, 251 exceedingly dense. Thus about 37 per cent. of the whole number of observations record the issue of exceedingly dense smoke, and 66 per cent, of the whole as dense and ex ceedingly dense. " TEeduration of the period of the issue of exceed ingly dense smoke was from one to seven minutes, the average appearing to be about three or three-and•a-half minutes ; and it may therefore be said to be issuing from Messrs. Calvert's premises for more than two hours daily, and smoke of the two highest degrees of tensity must have been issuing for nearly half of the busy hours of the day. "The smoke from the chimney shaft of the City Flour-mills, situate in Upper Thames-street, having occupied the attention of your late Court, I also directed similar observations to be made there. These observa tions were continued for six days, between 4 o'clock a.m., and 8 o'clock p.m., and the observations were likewise at intervals of 10 minutes noted. The total number registered was 377, of which 21 record the smoke as not visible, 204 scarcely visible, 73 visible, 37 rather dense, 42 exceedingly dense. The duration of the periods ef intense smoke was about 3i to 4 minutes. "About 11 per cent., therefore, of the whole number of observations record the issue of the smoke as exceed ingly dense, and 21 per cent, of the whole as of the two highest degrees of density. "The persons who took these observations made no inquiry as to the time when the furnaces were lighted or extinguished, nor was information conveyed to the own ers that the issue of smoke from the chimneys was being watched. "The general practicability of almost entirely pre venting the issue of opaque smoke from furnace shafts is now so universally admitted, that I need scarcely here re-assert that it can be accomplished ; yet as it appears probable that before long it may be requisite for you to enforce the abatement of the nuisance by the owners of those furnaces within your jurisdiction who have not yet complied with your notice, it may be useful to submit to you a few points in connexion with the subject. " From the earliest period of the usage of coal as a fuel in the metropolis, the smoke caused by its imperfect combustion appears to have been regarded as a great evil ; and in 1819 a select committee of the House of Commons, termed the Committee on Steam Engines and Furnaces,' was appointed to inquire how far it may be practicable to compel persons using steam-engines and furnaces in their different works to erect them in a man ner less prejudicial to public health and public comfort.' It was, in fact, to inquire into the practicability of pre venting the issue of opaque smoke ; and the committee, having elicited the opinions of qualified judges, appear to have arrived at the conclusion, that the nuisance might at least be considerably diminished, if not alto gether avoided. " In 1843 a select committee of the House, and, in 1845, another select committee, was appointed on smoke prevention. From them the subject received the fullest investigation ; a large amount of evidence being taken from numbers of witnesses in every way competent, from their scientific practical knowledge, to give informa tion, and it resulted in the most confident expression of opinion from those committees on the practicability of economically preventing the issue of opaque smoke from furnaces and steam engines ; and the Health of Towns Commission, in 1845, concurred in this opinion, and on the propriety of an immediate legislative enactment upon the subject. " In the year 1846, Sir Henry de la Beche and Dr. Lyon Playfair, who were officially charged by the Go vernment with inquiry into the question of smoke con gumption, reported its almost universal practicability, appearing, indeed, to except only certain descriptions of furnaces, where, from the nature of the manufactures, combustion is effected under pec uliar and special circum stances, hindering the application of those principles upon which the effectual prevention of opaque smoke depends. " The whole of these commissions of inquiry may be said then to have occurred in opinion as to the practica bility of smoke prevention, their opinions being formed and matured after hearing evidence from the most com petent witnesses who could be found. "The result of these various investigations has been, that local acts for suppressing the issue of opaque smoke have been obtained by Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Derby, Birmingham, and other provincial towns, at some of which places the smoke has been prevented to a very large extent. The first act for the prevention of the nuisance within the metropolis was obtained, and put into operation within the city of London, in 1852, and up to the present time notices have been served by this commission upon the owners of about 120 furnaces, and the issue of smoke has been from the majority of these considerably abated, although in all cases the abatement has not yet been so perfect as may be practi cable, or as the act appears to require. These 120 fur naces comprise the whole of those within the City, the chimneys of which formerly vomited forth the densest volumes of opaque smoke. "The practicability of consuming smoke is, therefore, no longer a matter of speculation, and within your own jurisdiction various successful instances may be appealed to, and in some of the provincial towns named they are both numerous and remarkable. There is, however, one metropolitan example worthy of special reference, and if any doubts still exist upon the point, I think that a visit to the brewery of Messrs. Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, and Co., Brick-lane, Spitalfields, would be most convincing. I have myself visited the establishment, and can personally testify to the almost perfection of combustion and freedom from smoke which are attained there. " There are are 14 furnaces connecting with 12 chim ney-shafts upon that establishment, which are fitted up with smoke-consuming apparatus. The first furnace was fitted experimentally early in the year 1848, and complete success caused the general introductionofthe principle to the remaining furnaces. There are generally 13 furnaces at work daily, and the consumption o f coals is about 6,000 tons per annum. The total cost of fitting up the furnaces was about 3,0001., and the te t h e furnaces annual i ex pense of repairs about the same as it was e ob before their alteration. These details have b ingly given to me by Mr. Frazer, the e ngineer to the brewery. no ono could have "At the time of my visit (whic h anticipated, as, until presenting m yself at the office, and requiring permission to inspec t t h e m yself at the officel found most o f th e furnaces, I had not signified my intention to alke was scarcely visibl e fromny ono furnaces at work, but t he smoke any one of the chimney shafts, and from some so slight was the issue that it was n o t easily ascertain a bl e w h ether the furn aces connected with etliseeml afterwardswereat \v ork v o e r rifi n e o d t, , although that such was the case and when I looked up th r ough two shafts, whi c h are about 70 feet high from the door by th e f urnace mouths, so free were they from smoke, that although one furnace was consuming at the rate of three tons of coal per day, and the other at the rate of 10 cwt. per day, the sky was perfectly visible, and birds, had they been flying over the tops, might have been distinctly seen. " I was informed that this freedom from opaque smoko was maintained throughout the day, with the exception of two or three occasions, of about four minutes each, when from processes in the brewing the fires required temporarily suppressing, and the smoke was perfectly consumed within a quarter of :in hour after the furnaces were lighted in the morning. I think I can add nothing more in verification of the practicability of consuming opaque smoke, and the gratuitous and disinterested public communication recently made by Messrs. Tru man, Hanbury, and Co., that this smoke-consumption has enabled them to effect a saving of about 2,0001. per annum, must place the economy of effecting a perfect combustion beyond doubt, and most certainly so in the case of establishments at all parallel in extent, and other conditions. " That there is no loss sustained by the adoption of means for consuming smoke, abundant testimony is to be gathered from the provincial towns before-named. "There are various causes 'for the production of opaque smoke from furnaces ; irregular and careless firing, over-stoking, want of draught, &c., may each cause it, as well as the urging of the furnaces, and forc ing the boilers beyond their legitimate powers (one which I apprehend would, upon inqui& ; he found to have been a most fertile cause within yetir" jurisdic tion). The cures, therefore, will be more or less diffi cult and expensive, and must be sought in the,applica tion of one or other of those remedies of whigh there are now many, and which must be applied according to the exigencies of particular cases, but w ith 'the '`cause of smoke, so wifh the modes of cure need not how de tain you, for, as the practicability of its prevention is now an established fact, the business of the Commission as regards smoke may be almost said to be with the tops of the chimney-shafts alone, from which it is perfectly manifest that with proper appliances and sufficient care opaque smoke need issue but for a very few minutes daily, the chimneys of those manufactories where the combustion of fuel is made under peculiar circumstances being alone exceptional " I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, " Your most obedient servant, " WILLIAM HAYWOOD, ,SllfffreyoY. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said that to receive an able and faithful report was one part of the duty of the Court, but he conceived that a duty of equal importance was, that they should come to some resolution with regard to it. It was notorious that Messrs. Calvert, the brewers, had been summoned respecting a nuisance which had frequently been committed on their premises. They had been allowed a certain time for the removal of the nui sance ; months had elapsed since the specified time had expired ; yet the nuisance from their chimney was as bad as ever. (Hear, hear.) He considered that the Court ought immediately to take some steps against Messrs. Calvert, or they would not be discharging their duty ; at all events, that firm ought to be summoned, in order that the Court might be able to judge whether they were doing all that they possibly could for the pur pose of preventing a continuance of the nuisance. (Hear, hear.) Doing less than this was an idle consumption of time. (Hear, hear.) A most important fact was communicated to the Court in the report which had just been read, namely, that another brewery of an ex tensive character, and to the partners in which too much credit could not be given, had, by mechanical con trivance succeeded in abating the nuisance so loudly complained of in the case of Messrs. Calvert. (Hear, hear.) Waterlow said that Messrs. Calvert had been summoned, and as the Court had then allowed them time to remedy the evil complained of, he was desirous of knowing whether the period of grace had really expired The Clerk replied that it had. The CHAIMIAN said that the smoke from the chimney of Messrs. Browning caused as great an annoyance to the inhabitants of the City as that of Messrs. Calvert. Deputy KEBBEL assured the Court that Messrs. Cal vert were most desirous of totally getting rid of the al leged nuisance, and that for this purpose they had con suited, and been in frequent communication with, Sir R. Stephenson and Mr. Brunel. (Hear, hear.) He believed that Messrs. Easton and Amos were at work at the brewery, doing everything that ingenuity could suggest with a view to the consumption of the smoke. (Hear, hear.) It ought to be borne in mind that there were difficulties with respect to projected improvements to be encountered in the premises of Messrs. Calvert, which were not to be met with at Messrs. Truman and Hanbury's—the first-named firm not being able to abate the nuisance without pulling down a very large portion of their premises, whilst, with the latter, the task of im provement had been one of easy accomplishment.— (Hear, hear.) It was ordered that the above-named parties be sum moned before the court. THE GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' COMPANY. The Clerk read the following report from Professor Letheby " London Hospital, Aug. 9, 1853. "Gentlemen,—l have the honour to report that I have made 120 experiments during the last quarter on the illuminating qualities of the gas supplied to the city of London by the Central Gas Consumers' Company, and the following are the results : First, when the gas has been burnt from an argand of 15 holes, according to the Act of Parliament directions, it has furnished a light which, on the average, has been equal to 13.9 sperm candles, or 15.9 wax, each consuming 120 grains of corn. bustible matter per hour. Second, when the gas has been burnt from a batswing jet, at the rate of 4 cubic feet per hour, its light has been equal to that of 9.6 sperm candles, or 10.3 wax, and when consumed from the same jet at the rate of 5 cubic feet per hour, its ave rage luminosity has been equal to that of 11.8 sperm, or 13.5 wax. These results show that the gas has been of good illuminating power, in fact, they prove that it has been rather more than 31 per cent, better than that re quired by the Act of Parliament. The chemical quality of the gas has been of average description. —I have the the honour to be, &c., (Signed) H. LETHEBY, M.D." Paid' 100 84 25 25 St. 50 al I 100 1 1 4 all all all 7 100 100 1(k) 100 171, 100 all 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 100 20 111 100 100 100 100 5 100 all 49 1 16 4a 11 .12 111 714 124 8O S 0 67i Pm 62 2i 12g 103 k 2 31 75i . 9 264 54 58 i 7i i i 34/ 61 101 11} 10i 7i 45 4} i x d li pm 13.} RAILWAYS. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. 1 Shares Lon.&Green Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . . . Midld.Bmdf . d. Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp. c . Prest. &Wyre Do. 4 Shares. Roystn. & Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. 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Co 4 1 all Mariquita. 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 64 74 64 1 all New Granada . id par 1 all Nouveau Monde lB 5 1 Port Philip —4 d 1 all Quartz Rock d— p 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New — 30 114 Santiago de Cuba 3 4 1 all South Australian l4 d i 10 7 Tin Croft 5 7 284 all United Mexican 34 4 1 all Waller — dl 1 all West Granada — 4 di 1 all West Mariposa — d, 1 all Yuba 4 di JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 70 - 72 id par' 14 ldis 1 2k lid i d— ip 22 - 24 33 - 34 45 - 47 id par 64 66 Gs 7i 18 19 Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of lnd a, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland 1 Oriental Bank Cor poration . Provincial of Ireland Do. Now Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. 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Land 33 35 33 1 all Submarine Telegraph ... 100 281 Van Diemen's Land 15 16 152 MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Although the supply of English wheat in to-day's mar ket was very limited, and in middling condition, the de mand for all kinds was a very inactive state, and Monday's prices were with difficulty supported. The imports of foreign wheat have been under 5,000 quarters ; yet the inquiry was confined to small parcels, at barely late currencies. In floating cargoes very little flour w wore er were very dull, d atl , n o d n e a r; ae s e ro currency. lower rrenc y t o . was doing. and Grinding barley w as firm, quite as da but malt and p u rchase. off i Malt moved o slowly, on former terms. n and distilling peas, a , s a and sorts fi o There was less doing in oats, at late figures. Beans,g ARRIVALS THIS WBEIC. English .. Irish .• .. Foreign .. Barley. I Malt. 730 2,140 100 I 4,750 1,700 Wheat. 750 Oats. Flour. 20 1,240 1,500 2,890 1,980 WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled heavy, at drooping prices. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s lOs ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s 10d to 5s Od per Blbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The demand is still active, and prices are on the advance. This year's growth is proving a very small one. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. 12.--Wind this day at Noon, E. ; light breeze, and dull, hazy weather, with rain. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 11.—Wind, E. Arrived—Edward, Rio Janeiro. Off Port—Orpheus, Melbourne. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 11.—Wind, E. Arrived—lnnellar, London, for Portland Bay, with damage from collision with the Sarah, of Glasgow, from Valparaiso to London. Sailed—Florida, New York ; Beulah, Pert Philip ; St. Louis, New York. SHRERNRSS, Oct. 11.—The Anjer, Amsterdam to Ba tavia, has been assisted in with rudder unshipped, having struck on a floating wreck off the Gallaper Light ; she makes no water. WISBY, Sept. 29.—The Wilhelmine, of Ystadt, Soder ham to London, was wrecked here on the 27th inst. ; groat part of cargo and materials expected to be saved. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 10.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Theo dore, Callao ; August Eberhard, St. Domingo ; Com er ciante, Havannah. Off Port—Statesman, Akyab. NARVA, Oct. 4.—The Vine, of and from Dundee, drove on shore here during a heavy gale yesterday, and is a total wreck. CRONSTADT, Oct. 4.—The Crescent has arrived here leaky, and with part of cargo thrown overboard, hav ing been aground off Filsancl Light.—The Calder, from Leith, is on the rocks in the North Channel, with a hole or two in her bottom ; crew landed.—The Martha, for the Clyde, and the Beulah, for Yarmouth, have put back to the outer guard-ship, with damage, and must come into harbour to repair, having been in contact with other wea sels during the gale of last night. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Wednesday, 9.33 a.m. Wind, S.E., light, and cloudy. Passed—Schooner Eclipse, from westward, for London. No. 5,274, Margaret West, from north to westward, in the Gull, coming down. Sailed—Joseph Hume, for Bristol. THE TEMPLE CHORCH.—The whole of th% interior of this beautiful church has been entirely cleansed and re novated during the vac ation. The directors of the Crystal Palace Company availed themselves of the opportunity, with the consent of the master and benchers, of securing casts of the ancient recumbent monumental figures con tained in the sacred edifice, for exhibition in the C rystal Palace at Sydenham. 15A 15 NEGLIGENCE IN STREET CLEANSING. One of the 'contractors for cleansing the *Areas was convicted, in several penalties, amounting in all to the sum of 291., for having neglected to fulfil the provisions in removing mud, dust, &o. REPORT AS TO A CITY CEMETERY. Mr. D..iw then read the report of the Committee upon Improvements, ,to whom on the 28th of September, 1852, it was referred to inquire into the preliminary matters in relation to providing a cemetery for the city of Lon don, under the act of Parliament 15th and 16th Victoria, cap. 85, and to report, do certify that we have, from time to time, met to inquire into and consider the vari ous particulars connected with this very important ques• tion. The following are the principal parts of the docu ment : "Having agreed in opinion that any cemetery should be surrounded by a belt of land, of considerable depth, to be applied either for ornamental planting, or retained as pasture land, so as to prevent persons from building too closely to the depository for the dead, it follows that a fitting plot of ground for a cemetery for this City should not be less than from 100 to 120 acres in super ficial area ; and we are also of opinion that it should be immediately contiguous to a railway, so as to afford the greatest access for all parties from the,CiV. " Upon comi ng t o t h ese conclusions,' we directed the clerk to advertise in the publie journals, for a plot of freehold ground, of such an extent, limiting, the locality to the north of the river Thames, which, for many rea sons, we considered most eligible, and, considering that it ought to b e a s near t o the City of London as we could obtain it, we directed the limit of distance to , be eight miles from the General Post-office. These particulars we also communicated to the Chief Estate Agents in London. "The result has been that we have had communica tions thereupon, from different parties, but our attention has been more particularly directed to the neighbour hood of Epping Forest, as affording, from various cir cumstances, more advantageous sites for such purposes. We have conferred with the Commissioners of Woods and Works, upon the question in relation to this loca lity, have viewed several plots of ground thereat, and have negotiated with the various parties interested. " The most satisfactory offer that has been made to us has been that of a plot of ground near Ilford, con sisting of 120 acres of land, at present forming part of and cultivated as a farm, and having a farm-house and buildings upon it. This is offered at the , rate of 1501. per acre for the free h ol d, and the sum of 2,500/, for erecting new farm-houses and buildings in place of the present, which w aLessee,ve to be holds for an unexpiredl bteerdneisotfros y ix ed y:eare T , h w e illesh compensated, and h e has signified his w illin g ness t o sur ren plot of ground is situate about seven mil es' from London, and is immediately adjoining to the East ern3rhis interest on terms to be settled by reference. "This Counties Railway, from which a siding may at once be run into the cemetery. "We have taken preliminary steps to 'communicate with the directors of that company, so aslo facilitate the arrangements that must be made so soon as you are in a position to do so, for the conveyance by rail of bodies, mourners, &c., upon a regulated system ; and we have been assured by the board that they will meet our wishes in the most friendly spirit ; and having, with the Chair do not doubt that arr angements may easily man of the Board of Di rec t ors, visited their !dation, we be made by the surveyors of the two parties for the convenient ac commodationiroefetthinistopetchuelilanr,optroasffiedc e f e r m om ete t r h y e . station at S lio e it c d "We have, therefore, at present, to recommend to your honourable Court that you should report imme diately to the Court of Common Council, and obtain their approval of the site, and authority ,for your honourable Court to exercise all the powers and authorities of a burial company under the Act of Parliament, and to raise the necessary monies on the consolidated rate in such manner as you may see requisite to effect the pur chase of the ground in . question, and to pay for the lessee's interest therein, and otherwise to carry out the purposes of the act." The report was, without discussion, unanimously agreed to, and ordered to be laid before the Court of Common Council for their approval, in order that the recommendations be carried into effect without delay.— Adjourned. INQUEST ON A LIEUTENANT, R.N.—The circumstances attending the death of Lieutenant James Elwin, R.N., committed to prison in default of finding sureties to keep the peace towards police-serjeant Back, were in vestigated on the 4th irist., in the apartments of the governor of the borough prison, Dover, before Mr G. T. Thompson, coroner of the borough. The jury having been sworn, and Mr. Bennett Judge appointed as fore man, the coroner observed that through the , death oc curring in prison the inquiry was rendered necessary by law, that it might be ascertained whether death had been accelerated by any neglect on the part of the gaol officials, and whether any attention had been paid to the deceased. The jury were perfectly satisfied with the evidence adduced, and returned a verdict of death from, natural causes. Deceased was said to be 59 years of age. Two of his brothers were present at the inquest. --Kentish Gazette. dle din s Of 30 ill 000 - ow jest' ( t A l , ' d rai,- ° oor ,s. a de' v 4 SAII oil' Jo w• ao Le 7iG ef;' 11. 0 . D o, L the if° 1' 01 ; 033 100 6 100 100 12, 12? j 25 6 12 12 161 St. St. St. 100 100 100 100 all 100 10 25 10 L. 0.6 10 all 1 all 103 2 151 i ~