The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-21 00:00:00

SEAM COMM&NIOATION WIIII AUSTRALIA. The head-quarters and central point of departure for three principal and distinct lines of steam communication with the great colonies of the south are being rapidly ' perfected and established at Southampton. This port, indeed, will in a few months possess in active operation three separate and independent systems of communica tion by steam with Australia, and through this port must, as a necessary consequence, be conducted the im mense postal arrangements and passenger traffic, which, combined with mercantile communications, are necessary to develope the apparently boundless resources of that vast continent in the South Seas, to which the eyes of the world have in late years been directed. The pioneers of Australian steam communication—so far, at least, as practical and useful results have hitherto arisen—are the directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, who equipped and sent to sea, from Southampton, the two first steam ships des tined,to- commence and continue a postal system. That wealthy and successful company, already possessing a line of steamships in regular operation from Southamp ton, pia the, Isthmus of Suez, Ceylon, and Singapore, to China, was enabled to be the first in the field, and the operations of their steamships, stretched out in advance so far as Singapore, the nearest paint to Australia, ren dered it a comparatively easy task to complete the line by adding a link from Singapore to the various ports of South Australia. That link has been already supplied, and for some months past the mercantile community have been indebted.to the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany for the most -speedy and only reliable method of postal intercommunication—viz., that by the eastern route. This route is not and never can be anything thing more than a postal one, its great expense for pas senger, bullion, and merchandise traffic is practically prohibitory, and must apparently long continue so ; while, additionally, the frequent changes from steamer to steamer, and the necessity for crossing the desert through Egypt, are inconveniences not easily remedied. The line established by this company is, however, of much importance , to this country in a postal point of view, while many benefits to the trade and commerce of both India, China, and Australia, have been effected by the regular communications maintained between those places by means of this line. The next, and second route to Australia, starting from Southampton, is that by way of the Cape of Good Hope. This has been provided by the General Screw Steam -ship ping Company, who, at an outlay of capital of nearly 500,0001. sterling, are using the greatest energy to place upon the best possible footing this gigantic enterprise, which involves nothing less than the circumnavigation of the globe (for these steamers are to come home by way of Cape Horn) during every voyage to be undertaken. The Harbinger, of 1,000 tons, the first of their ships, opened the line in February last, and for an expertmetn• tal voyage did exceedingly well. This vessel was fol lowed by the Argo, a fine screw steam-ship of 1,850 tons, and the Harbinger is about to start in October to prosecute another voyage to the antipodes. Pending the experimental trips of these steamers, the General Screw Company are preparing three iron screw steam ships of great size, with which most efficiently to carry out their undertaking. These are the Crnsus, the Jason, and the Golden Fleece, each of 2,500 tons and 500-horse power, and a fourth of still greater tonnage is, we under stand, likely to be built. There is no doubt, therefore, that ere long the Cape route to Australia will be effec tively and regularly performed by the ships of this com pany, and that great success will reward the efforts of this enterprising association. The merits of the Cape route, so far as passenger and merchandise traffic is con cerned, over the eastern route, arise from the conve nience and moderate charges with which goods, bullion, and passengers can be conveyed. No change of ships is needed, and a passenger setting foot, at Southampton, on board one of the noble steam-ships of this company, may without further inconvenience be conveyed direct to Melbourne and Sydney, at a cost comparatively trifling when contrasted with the excellent accommoda tion to be afforded on board these magnificent floating hotels, The fact, likewise, that there is no isthmus to cross, and that no trans-shipments of any kind are neces sary on this line, enables merchandise of all descriptions to be shipped at such rates as will always command a remunerative freight for so desirable a method of con veyance. These ships are destined, therefore, to be the carriers of a vast quantity of cargo, and will also bring back, in great amounts, the precious products of the auriferous soil of the Australian colonies. But a powerful and novel competitor to both these routes is about to enter the field, and the great western track from Europe to the Pacific is to be at once placed in operation, to compete for the postal a n d p assenger traffic with Australia. Only a few months will inter vene before a regular communication by way of Panama will be established, Southampton being likewise, as in the case of the eastern and Cape routes, the point of departure. The communication thus projected is to be supplied by the Australasian Pacific Mail Steam-packet Company —an association incorporated by Royal charter, which, at an expenditure of upwards of a quarter of a million, have built and are equipping five screw steam ships, destined to run monthly from Australia via New Zealand to Panama, and, connecting with the steam ships of the Royal West India Mail Steam-packet Com pany on this side, to maintain a rapid and regular monthly steam service between Southampton and Aus tralia. The steamers prepared specially for this enter prise are the Kangaroo, Emu, Black Swan, Dinorius, and Menura—each of about 1,600 tons burden, supplied with auxiliary screw machinery of 300-horse power, and fitted with propellers patented by Griffiths. These ves sels are represented as combining in every degree the requisites of speed, either by wind or steam propulsion : and possess all the improvements both of form and equipment yet introduced in the steam marine. To these five ships will be added a sixth, the Pelican, of 1,100 tons, and 220-horse power, destined to run be tween Sydney and Port Philip, in correspondence with the main line ships, and to be additionally available for any casualty that may occur on the trans-Pacific service. The Kangaroo and Emu are both launched, and are re ceiving their machinery • the remainder are in a forward state. But for the strikes in the north, and the feverish state of the labour-market in the Clyde, they would have been ready some months since. It is now, however, anticipated that the Kangaroo will be dispatched from Southampton in November direct for Sydney, there to commence the regular service to Panama. The Kangaroo will be followed by the other ships in quick succession. The proposed route is from Sydney to 'Wellington, New Zealand, through Cook's Straits, keeping along the 40th parallel of south latitude, until about the 100th parallel of west longitude, thus taking advantage of the strong west winds generally prevailing in the Pacific— thence a northing to Panama will be made. The out ward or return course is intended to he from Panama in nearly a direct line to the north of New Zealand, calling at Auckland. It is not at present contemplated to touch at Tahiti, although a coal depot is to be established there, to be available if required. A large supply of coals has already been sent forward to Panama and New Zealand, and the company fully expect to effect the voy ages through from Southampton to Sydney in 55 days, the steamers in the Pacific being calculated to perform their work at an average speed of 9 knots an hour. Such is an outline of the important project embarked upon by the Australian Pacific Mail Packet Campany, whose managers embrace many gentlemen known to be practically acquainted with steam enterprise in various parts of the world, particularly in connexion with the West India Mail Steam-packet Company, and the Pacific Steam Navigation Company of Liverpool. In whatever light the operations of the company are viewed, they are of a highly interesting character. The vast expa nse an d placid waters of the Pacific Ocean are to be at length belted and bridged over by steam, and thus to be made subservient to the interests of commerce and the pro gress of civilisation. Two or three years before any system of steam communication with Australia was agreed upon, this journal, in examining the various routes pressed upon public attention, took frequent op portunity to exhibit the great advantages to be derived ffirm rom an conviction adoption of the Panam a rou t e , an d it was i n th e establier that the li ne wou ld sooner or l a t er b e India that a renewa l o f t h e contract of the West Company was recommended, upon great na tional grounds, and t in the expectation that that com pany, foreseeing the immense advantage to their traffic, would give e an t rtlantic steam service upon a foot ing that would line utmost speed upon the direct from Southampton to to become so important a Inalliama, which is now about v i g ation to Australi a , N ew Z in the ch a i n o f s t eam na ealand and th e S ou th S eas . The peculiar merits of the eastern A us t r alia have already been glanced and Cape routes to ma ins to mention those of the western o a r t. p It now re- It is clear that unless the P anama rout ro anama plan. e f rapidit to either can be made superior in pointsand _ of the others, and unless mails, pasngers, bullion can be conveyed • ker by its agency than is found to the much pm be case over either of the other route ; it will be est a bli shed in vain, and the enterp rise will be a ..tailure. Geographi cally,to Australia the Panama route is the beat. It is the and to this 8 the most direct and the may b e added the acknowledged fact that the navigation of th e f a vourable for auxiliary scre w - Pacific Ocean is the mos t s t ea mers of any ocean in the world. A straight line ma from Southampton to be drawn on Mercator's Ch art Sydney, which would nearly intersect the American continent at the Isthmus of Darien, an d this, without fatiguing the reader with es estimates o fdistances, will be e is sufficient to show that the Panama r osses the shortest ons. It means for approaching our Australian p Euro - from pe to is, in fact, the natural ocea n hi g hwa y the South Pacific, and must necessarily, if efficiently performed, take precedence of al l other systems. We have no doubt that the measu res in progress by the company for establishing this service will be success ful, and that, when in proper working order, their ships will regularly traverse the Pacific, and bring up to Pa nama most valuable freights of gold, and many passen gers fact has for transmission to England. So soon as th e has been made evident that this is the most speedy line, postal arrangements will have t , o be completed by the Government, seeing that it is of the utmost importance to take advantage of the quickest route, and bearinc , iii mind, also, that this company's ships will bring New Zealand nearer to the mother country than can by any other means be effected. But it is no t a l one upon the proper per f ormance of the service in the Pacific by ships that the success of the enterprise and its value to the world will be secured. Success iiill in an equal degree depend upon the maintenance of the most rapid communication on this side of the Isthmus, between Southampton At present this service is not adequately performed, and, unless other arrangements are speedily wou ld seem that the utility o f the Pacificentered upon, it route is likely to be jeopardised by the imperfect perform ance o f t h e transat l an tic service of the West India Mail Company ; and mails leaving the Isthmus, passengers and proceed the circuitous route of . the United States, c an proceed ing by days in advance now reach England someof the steamers og the Royal Mail Company direct. While such an imperfection exists, it will be useless to prognosticate any great things of the Panama route to Australia, and a large traffic will never flow through it. Another drawback will be the inconvenience to which travellers are to be exposed by trans-shipments. Under existing arrangements, passengers will have to start from South ampton for St. Thomas, where they will be transferred to another steamer for conveyance (touching at Santa Martha and Carthagena) to Colon, the station on the Isthmus. After crossing this narrow neck of land by rail, the Pacific steamer will be gained, and the voyage thence to Australia commenced. Besides the inconve nience of trans-shipments, the delay will, with other causes, be fatal to the complete efficacy of the route. To provide a remedy, some of the existing arrange ments which are now so detrimental to the West India mail service should be discarded. The trans-shipment at St. Thomas must be abolished, and to effect this a dif ferent class of ships from those now employed would have to be provided. The distance from Southampton to the Isthmus is 4,740 miles, and this voyage should be accomplished in one uninterrupted run, broken only by a stoppage of a few hours at St. Thomas to transfer branch mails to intercolonial packets. That this can be done is undoubted. Many eminent ship-builders in this country, if unfettered by restrictions, would guarantee to produce steam-ships, either on the screw or paddle-wheel principle, capable of re aching Chag i re s . in fifteen or sixteen days from Southamp w out coaling at any intermediate poi nt, unless compelled The to do so by unusual roughn ess of weather. coaling stations of the Transatlantic l ane of packets would then be merely at Southampton and . Chagres, or Navy Bay, and, till such an ar rangem k e e n t t s is such in ships provided, and the smaller pac emp oye conveying branch mails compelled to reach St. Thomas before the main line ships are due there, the West India mail service will never be efficiently conducted ; and the prospects of the success of . the Australian Pacific line will be clouded byim Looking auninceenrtaseintrtyaffiaendthdaotubt would be secured to the Southampton and Chagres line, arising, (in addi tion to the Australian traffic) from the increased com munications to flow across it from Central America, Ca lifornia, and the Southern American States, it is not too much to declare that a more rapid line of steam ships from Panama to England is one of the great necessities of the age. The outlay of half-a-million of capital in providing it should be considered as nothing when com pared to its importance, and it will only be when ar rangements of this kindhave been placed in force that the service of the West India Mail Company will be carried out with that celerity which the urgency of the subject demands, and the traffic to Australia and other important points by the western route will till then re main comparatively undeveloped and in its infancy. It is expected that the Australian Pacific Company's ships will secure the bulk of the communications, both as regards passengers and treasure, between the United States and Australia, as well as provide a useful com munication to and from many places on the west coast of South America, already possessing extensive business relations with Australia. The main object of the enter prise, however, is to establish the most swift and direct means of conveyance to and from Europe and Australia, and if this point be achieved all other subsidiary advantages will follow. It is well known that the Australian colo nists have repeatedly expressed their conviction that the Panama route was the only one which would serve their purpose with that measure of superiority which is due to the astonishing commercial progress which Australia presents to the world. Constant representations in fa vour of the scheme have been received from Australia. Let us hope, therefore, that there will now be no disap pointment. It will be a pity if the success of the enter prise should be marred by the inadequate measures for securing an efficient steam service from England to Pa nama (the first stage of the route) by a company which, judged either by its long standing, great respectability, command of capital and resources, or by the enormous grant of the public money which annually flows into its coffers, should possess the finest and fleetest steamships that can be produced, should eclipse all other companies in the result of their operations, and in steam navigation take the lead of the world. To a company so situated, with such boundless prospects of solid and tangible good to be derived from the exercise of enterprise and judg ment, hesitation at this juncture is tantamount to defeat, and the virtual and ultimate extinction of the company is rendered certain, because in the coming era of great enterprises, other and more energetic competitors will spring up to enjoy the fruits which want of enterprise may have left unplucked.—Times. THE QUEEN AND THE IRISH EXHIBITION. The following letter has been addressed by Lord Pal merston to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland : " Whitehall, Sept. 12.. "My Lord.—lt is my pleasing duty to express to your Excellency, by commrnd of the Queen, the entire satisfaction which her Majesty derived from her late visit to Ireland, from the moment of her landing to her re-embarkation at Kingstown. " The loyal and affectionate attachment to Her Majesty's person and throne evinced by her Irish sub jects on the present, as well as on a former occasion, has not failed to make a deep impression upon the minds of her Majesty and of the Prince her Royal Consort, and has tended to confirm, and, if possible, to increase the strong interest which they have ever felt in the pros perity and happiness of the people of Ireland. "I am further commanded to assure your Excellency that her Majesty and the Prince have viewed with the greatest admiration the varied and interesting collections displayed within the Great Industrial Exhibition which now adorns the city of Dublin, and her Majesty feels convinced that, under the fostering care of your Excel lency's administration, the spirit of enterprise which has produced this noble undertaking will be fully developed, will be fruitful of valuable results in the progressive im provement of the condition of all classes of her Majesty's Irish subjects, and will thereby conduce to the general welfare and prosperity of Ireland. " I am, my Lord, with great truth and regard, "Your Excellency's very obedient servant, " PALMERSTON'. "His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle." THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1853. THE WAGES MOVEMENT, While, on the one hand, the manufacturers of Preston appear firmly resolved to close their mills, the operatives, on the other hand, emboldened as they are by a large measure of support from other places, seem no less de termined to persevere in their object. On Sunday there was a large delegate mee tin g held in Preston, the deli berations of which occupied from ten in the morning until six in the evening. About 70 delegates were present, re p resen ting as many manufacturing towns and districts, all of whom promi sed pecuniary assistance. A resolu tion previously passed was confirmed, to this effect—that the turn-out weavers, winders, and loomers should be allowed 6s. per head per vveek, and tenters 3s. Th a t amoun t was yesterday distributed among the operatives adopting ( E . of six mills in the town now on strike. On Monday morning a large open-air mee ti ng , a tt en d e d by the turn - outs , and a d dressed by the delegates and ot h er s, was held on the Marsh, a vacant plot of land in h t b h uu e rt s at s )tu exhorted b t u h r e b s s a o m f e theth time the town.assembly s sb l and ntdo be The chairman united, peaceable and Saws i n theirg l e orderly, motto, " Ten per cent. and no surrender." In the week previous the contributions of the working hands in Pres ton for the support of those on strike were 164/. ; this week they amounted to upwards of 2131. A Stockport delegate announced that the town he re presented sent Preston 1001. as its subscription for the week ; that amount would be doubled and trebled if ' necessary. A delegate from Blackburn made a similar an nouncement. Blackburn sent 1001., with an inti mation that another 1001. was ready if wanted. The manufacturers of Blackburn, having conceded the 10 per cent., were anxious that a similar advance should be obtained from the Preston employers, who were paying ld. to 2d. per cut less for the same fabric than was paid in Blackburn. The manufacturers of both towns having to meet in the same market, the interests of the one party required that the other should not pos sess an undue advantage by the payment of lower wages. At the close of the proceedings, which were conducted in a very orderly manner, the hands repaired to the appointed places to receive their week's allowance in lieu of wages. There was to be another open-air meeting on the same day. The threatened " lock-up" of the mills is the all absorbing topic of conversation, shopkeepers and others still having in vivid remembrance the disastrous con sequences of a similar state of things in the winter of 11836. SHOEMAKERS' STRIKE IN SOMERSETSHIRE.—A general movement has been commenced by the journeymen shoe makers of Somerset for obtaining an advanced rate of wages in consequence of the increased prices of provi sions. Meetings of the trade were held at Taunton and Bridgewater a few days ago, when it was decided that an advance should be demanded from their employers equivalent to ls. per pair for men's and 6d. per pair for women's work. A notice to this effect expired on Sa turday, when the masters, with one or two exceptions, refused to comply ; consequently the men are now on strike, and are supported by funds subscribed for the purpose throughout the district. THE STRIKE IN DEVONSHIRE.—Some days since, the shoemakers of Plymouth and Devonport struck for au advance of wages, the amount which they at present receive being, according to their representation, far be low what was necessary to meet the rise which had taken place in the price of provisions. A large and well-attended meeting of the men was held a few days ago, when it was resolved, if possible, to come to some arrangements with the masters. The masters have ac cordingly met since, and have determined to offer the men an advance of 121 per cent. on their former wages. A great many of the men expressed themselves willing to accept this proposition, but others refused. It is ex pected, however, that they will all return to their work in a few days. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Sept. 20. STEALING NOTES. Mary Keighly, 24, was indicted for stealing a pocket book and 1501. in bank notes, the property of Thomas Hollis, from his person. The prosecutor stated that he arrived in this country from Port Philip a short time ago. He was living at a coffee-house at Paddington, and one day he met the pri soner in Hyde-park. They had some conversation, in the course of which she told him that she was hungry and friendless, and he then took her to a public-house, and gave her some refreshment. They prolonged their stay till eight o'clock at night, by which time each of them were rather " fresh," and they then walked to the park, and separated. Immediately after she was gone he missed his pocket-book, in which there were two bank notes for 1501. ; but he did not tell anybody, as he was a total stranger to the mode of proceeding in such matters. When he got home he told his landlord, and, acting on his advice, he went and told the police. From the other evidence it appeared that the prisoner, who could neither read nor write, was quite ignorant of the value of the notes. She went to a public-house and asked for change for a si. note, placing on the counter one for 1001. When questioned as to how she came by it, she gave very unsatisfactory answers, and she was given into custody. On being searched, the pocket book, a 501. note, and some loose money were found upon her. The prosecutor went to the place he got the notes from and got the numbers, which be handed to the police, and the numbers on the two notes in question were the same, The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Witham sentenced her to six months' hard labour, practice of some butchers emptying ,the filth and offal from slaughtered cattle into the public streets. Mr. Secker regretted that there was no means of summarily dealing with the nuisance, but said that he should grant a summons, so that the evidence might be taken, and the defendant held to bail to answer to an indictment at the sessions. Mr. Hill said he should act on this suggestion. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—PRE-ENGAGING A SEAT IN AN O➢lNlBUS.—Michael Davison, the driver of a Peck ham, omnibus, was summoned for having refused to allow a gentleman to take a vacant place in his omnibus. Mr. S. Hood, iron merchant, said—On the 15th of September I saw the defendant acting as conductor to his omnibus, and asked to be allowed to take a seat which I observed was vacant. The omnibus was licensed to carry 12 inside, and there were no more than 11 seated when I applied. The defendant said his omnibus was full, but I distinctly counted only 11 pas sengers. He rudely pushed me away, and I afterwards saw a gentleman enter. The defendant said, in answer to the charge, that he had been saving a place for a gentleman who had been constantly in the habit of going and coming in the omnibus. Mr. R. Pearce, jeweller, of Banner-street, said that he had been for several years in the habit of riding in the omnibus alluded to, and it was his practice to pay the conductor if he happened, by business or accident, to miss the time. He had not, on the present occasion, either paid his fare or booked his place. The Lord Mayor recommended the witness, if lie was desirous to secure his place, to pay the fare beforehand, as an omnibus was a public vehicle, and the defendant had no right to retain a place for him under such cir cumstances as had been represented. A gentleman here interposed and said that both the driver and conductor were well behaved persons, and, no doubt, judging from the character of the defendant, he had acted from an error of judgment. The Lord Mayor—•He shall have the advantage of his good character. If he had not been so described I would inflict upon him the full penalty of U., but ss. will now satisfy the justice of the case. BOW-STREET--OVERLOADING CARTS IN COVENT. GARDEN.—Shortly before the court closed, Alderman Marshall waited upon the presiding magistrate to draw his attention to a practice now prevailing among the dealers in Covent-garden Market, which was fraught with danger to the public. He alluded to their man ner of overloading their vans, by which the empty vegetable baskets were carried away after the day's sale. At the present moment there was a waggon near the Piazza with baskets piled one above the other in columns, upwards of twenty feet in height above the top of the van. These were tied loosely together with cords, and he (Alderman Marshall) was certain that a very slight occurrence, calculated to disturb its equilibrium, would cause the whole mass to topple over into the street, and the consequences might be dreadful He had so con stantly seen these formidable loads traversing the thoroughfares of the Metropolis, west of Temple-bar, that he felt it his duty to call at the court and mention the circumstance, trusting that his worship would send one of the officers round to judge for himself of the peril attending the van in question. Mr. Henry said he was well aware of the practice re ferred to, and if it could be proved to endanger the lives of the public, some steps might be taken to prevent it. It did not appear that the dealers were limited to any particular height by the act, although they could not exceed a certain bulk. He would send round one of the inspectors to see what could be done. LAMBETH.—REMOVAL OF NIIISANCES.—A deputa tion from the inhabitants of Westminster Bridge-road and its vicinity waited on Mr. Seeker (who sat for Mr. Elliott), to solicit his advice and assistance in the abate ment or total removal of a dangerous nuisance. Mr. G. Hill, one of the deputation, said the nui sance himself and his fellow-inhabitants of the West minster Bridge-road had to complain of was that caused by the melting down of putrid fat on the pre mises of Mr. Rhodes, No. 1, Carlisle-street, Lambeth. The stench emitted from this building, particularly in the fore part of the day, was of the most rank, deadly, sickening, and dangerous description, and it had, there was little doubt, produced the first case of cholera in the parish. In June last, the inhabitants of the Bridge-road and its vicinity memorialised the board of guardians, praying that steps might be taken by them for its removal ; but the answer they received was , that they had not th power to interfere, but that an indict ment at the sessions was the only remedy for the re moval of the nuisance. The Board of Health had also been applied to in the hope of having something done, but those gentlemen referred them back to the board of guardians. On last Tuesday the question was again brought under the notice of the board of guar dians,poor, or th e vg le and a second time they decided that they had not power to interfere. The question, therefore, that l i I T l e (Mr. Hill) wished to ask was this—whether the order ti council lately promulgated had conferred any addi tional power on the Board of Health, the guardians of in Mount-gardens Mr. Edwards, 4 cholera, it had cost vestryman, the ii m e :gistrates, to enable them to suppress , as one case of cholera had occurred the nuisance was becoming most alarming. tery grea l t aw er e doctors, and 2,000/. sincee said that, in the year of who for the support of the widows parish of Lambeth 2,000/. for and children of thosehad died of cholera, and this degree the o negligence in car rhyeinagttrioubtuttehde e in en a i pre sent disgraceful state o f the n complained of the werage, and of the LEICESTER COUNTY GAOL. Mr. Welsby, Captain Williams, and Dr. Baly, the commissioners appointed to inquire into the treatment of prisoners in Leicester County Gaol, opened the com mission in the grand jury room, at the Castle, about 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon. The appointment of the commission has excited much interest in the county, and besides the visiting justices (Sir A. G. Hazelrigg, Mr. J. King, and the Rev. H. J. Hoskins) Earl Howe, Lord Berners, Sir F. G. Fowke, Sir H. Halford, M.P., and seven or eight other magis trates, were in attendance. After the formal opening of the commission, Mr. Welsby said, that in accordance with the instruc tions they (the commissioners) had received, their in quiry would mainly be devoted to investigating the nature of the hard labour imposed in the prison, the punishments arising out of that hard labour, and the re sults of such hard labour and punishment. He thought they could do nothing further on that day but inspect the prison, and would proceed with the inquiry on the fol lowing morning. THE IRISH ELEMENT IN AMERICA.—A New York correspondent of an Irish Roman Catholic journal, in a letter dated the 27th of August, writes, " more in sor row than in anger," to this effect :—" The Young Ire land party are still without a journal to represent them, while the Italian and German exiles have each well cir culated papers. Their views will be shortly either ex tinguished or cushioned—ignorance, intolerance, and bigotry may overwhelm their principles, as long as men can close their ears, and refuse to judge for themselves. The Irish portion of the inhabitants of this country are, of all others, the least Republican. Their principles are money, their views sectarian, and their integrity a mockery ; ready to embrace everything that is novel, everything that is strange, everything that affords them a pretext to deviate from the tradition, patriotism, and integrity that ought to inspire and cement them in one great bond of brotherly love. 'Divide and conquer' may be applied here as in Ireland. This country seems to change, alter, and affect them more than any other. From becoming a very great and powerful element, to which their vast numbers would entitle them, they dwindle into mere nothingness. Their pleas of patriot ism are rank apostacy ; and he who would endeavour to bind them may as well try to make ropes from sand." SUPPLY OF BOOKS TO WORKHOUBES.—The Poor Law Board having issued a notice to the guardians of the several unions and parishes under their control, stating that, being desirous of promoting the introduction of suit able books into workhouse schools, they have made arrangements with the several publishers to supply ] books for religious instruction, lesson and text books, and maps for the use of those schools, at a reduction of 32 to 55 per cent., and averaging 43 per cent., on the charge at which they are sold to the public. The works included in this arrange mentcomprise 185 volumes and 118 maps, and are in tended for the use of scholars, teachers, and assistant rfaegraherararabaering reading lesson books, and on the subjects tion, vocal ;11 history, drawing, principles of arithmetic, geography, history, mensura agriusic, composition, writing, algebra, natural and mental phil cso geonitteacry u h r i a um l ath ch e e ni tn a is t t i ry cs: STEAM FIRE R IT I3 O I g R • of destructive fires in X ---- rally known, application of what is engine. In its form it is preservation e o c f o h n e o a r th y : g, political economy, astronomy, The prevalence and progreis diminished is, it may not be gene motive, throws upwardsu v f er 2,000 barrels in an hour, in from much by the use and 2 Z o h n P e e t e . t si water. The machine may be p u t • 1 knowntathere as the steam fire in operation rode streams mna loco motive, five tf ] m inutes, requiring four men and four horses, i n ea c i e t i n onhdrni 'l9ary I n a s g t i e , b a u o l f t - Mated, it is said , t o do as much as sixof hand engines. At a fir e in Ma y last, at Ch., • a large b re wery, the engi ne dischar ged a cataract o f 15,000 barrels of water in eight hours, and the this could have saved the entire square in whi c h the brewery was from destructiop. The commercial i n t e lli- I NDIAN COMMERCIAL NE WS. cience from India by th e overland mail is less unfavoUr a'ble than for some time past. At Calcutta the business in English manufactur es had been extensive, although at low prices, and at Bombay there had Chin a fair speculative demand at former rates. From , how. ever, the statements are discouraging, Shanghai all the ,fransactions at Canton being very limited, while at business in imported goods was suspended. The answer of Governor Bonham, refusing the petition of a certain portion of the English importers at S han g hai, request ing_ him to call upon the Chinese Governme nt to suspend the collection of customs' duties until the termination of the rebellion, was obviously the only one that could have been given. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. ( From the Registrar-General's Report.) The official report is as follows :—The mortality in London from all causes for the week ending the 17th September was 949 ; in the former week 1,015 deaths were registered. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number was 1,053, which, with a correction for increase of population, becomes 1,158. The deaths returned for last week are, therefore, 209 less than the cor rected average, and 60 less than those recorded in the previous week. Cholera was fatal to 16 persons, 9 males and 7 females, showing an increase of 9 fatal cases com pared with the preceding week. Twelve deaths from cholera occurred on the north and 4 on the south side of the Thames, 9 in children under 15 years of age, 6 in adults of 15 and under 60, and one at the age of 71. The number of deaths by cholera in corresponding weeks of the 10 previous years was 11, 3,1, 2,6, 7, 839, 2, 7, 8, and from the week ending July 2, in the present year, 3,6, 9,4, 19, 10, 18, 16, 7, and 16 fatal cases were re gistered. Four of the 16 deaths are described as " Asiatic," varying in the duration of the attack from 7 to 48 hours. _ The deaths from diarrhoea were 131, being a decrease of 53 on the previous return, and 14 below the corrected average of the corresponding weeks of the past 10 years. The locality and other particulars of the 16 deaths from cholera : _ s ....... __ _ Kensington, sub-district of St. John, Paddington, at 15, Elms-place, on 11th September, the widow of a coachman, aged 53 years, "cholera Asiatica (48 hours)." In St. Mary's Hospital, from 10, Elms-place, on 14th September, the widow of a gard ener , age d 58 years, " cholera (20 hours)." The Reg is t rar , M r. Ch ar l es Hol loway, adds :—"This is the second death from cholera i n Elms-place. A third person has been attacked ; the houses having cesspool; the smell at times is very great." In the same sub-district, at 43, Oxford-terrace, on the 11th September, the son of a gentleman, aged 4 weeks, " cholera (12 days).". Marylelione, sub-district The Rectory, at 12, York court, on the 14th September, a bricklayer's labourer, aged 17 years, " endemic cholera (33 hours)." The Registrar, Mr. Edward Joseph, observes :—" There was the antecedent diarrhcea and vomiting unattended to. Other cases of cholera occurred in the same house, but upon prompt removal to the well-ventilated wards of the parish infirmary, the patients are now rapidly reco vering." _ Pancras, sub-district of Tottenham, at 1, Stephen street, on 15th September, the wife of a gilder, aged 32 years, "diarrhoea (4 days), cholera (14 hours)." The Registrar, Mr. John Wells, adds : "The informant who lives in the house, states that the deceased died in the attic, and that there was always a bad smell at the top of the house, arising from slops and filth being constantly thrown into the gutters." Clerkenwell, sub-district of Goswell-street, at 24, Whiskin-street, on Bth September, a tailor, aged 71 years, " chronic diarrhoea (some weeks), summer cholera (24 hours)." At 7, Brewer-street, on 13th September, the son of a labourer, aged 2 years, " * English cholera (21 hours), convulsions (10 hours)." Hackney, sub-district of Hackney, at the German Hospital, Dalston, on 16th September, a farmer, aged 30 years, " cholera (20 hours)." The medical attendant adds :—" This case manifested all the symptoms of Asia tic cholera." Bethnal-green, Town sub-district, at 9, Anchor-street, on 12th September, the son of a silkman, aged 5 months, " infantile cholera (4 days)." In the Hackney-road sub district, at 6, Short-street, on 12th September, the daugh ter of a toy-maker, aged 1 year, " cholera infantum." The registrar, Mr. James Murray, adds :—" A close, crowded, and undrained street ; its immediate neigh bourhood being the usual seat of epidemic disease." In the same sub-district, at 13, Willow-walk, on 15th September, the daughter of a cordwainer, aged 10 months, " cholera infantum (3 days)." Saint George-in-the-East, sub-district of Saint Paul, at 9, Star-street, on 12th September, the daughter of a la bourer, aged 5 months, "English cholera (one week)." Southwark, Borough-road sub-district, at 4, Mason's buildings, Green-street, Friar-street, on 11th September, a hammerman, aged 55 years, " Asiatic cholera (30 hours)." Inquest. At 15, Francis-place, Friar-street, on 17th September, the son of a tailor, aged 5 years, " croup, cholera infantum (2 days)." The registrar, Mr. H. C. Elliott, observes:—" When cholera was epidemic in 1849, some of the worst cases in the Borough-road district were those which occurred in this locality, yet after the lapse of four years here is a densely-populated neighbourhood in precisely the same condition with cat gut makers, bone boilers, and horse-slaughterman's pre mises all mingled with dwelling houses. Successful efforts have recently been made to improve the lodging houses where tramps and beggars resort for a casual lodging, whilst the dwellings of the labouring man are in too many instances allowed t 9 remain surrounded by influences which render them unfit for human habita tion." Lambeth, sub-district of Waterloo (2nd part), at 1, Charlotte-street, Waterloo-road, on 13th September, the daughter of a labourer, aged 5 years, " Asiatic cholera (7 hours)." The Registrar, Mr. Wm. Daws, states, on the information derived from the informant and medical attendant, that " the decased retired to rest perfectly well, and free from any premonitory symptom ; about half-past three in the morning vomiting and diarrhoea came on, medical aid being in attendance about four o'clock, subsequently the extremities were discoloured attended with cramp. The house is well drained, and free from any offensive smells, it contains 8 rooms, with 20 inmates, including deceased." Greenwich sub-district of St. Nicholas, Deptford, at 1, Collier-street, on 27th August, the son of a labourer, aged one year, " English cholera (14 days)." The following cases are selected from the registrars' returns : At 61, Star and Garter-yard, St. George-in-the-East, on 12th September, the widow of a labourer, aged 60 years "found dying from exh aus ti on , p r i va ti on , an d th e mephitic air of her apartment." Inquest. At 4, Cambridge-crescent, Camden Town, on Bth Sep tember, the son of a labourer, aged 3 years, " confluent small-pox (6 days) not vaccinated." The medical at tendant in this case states "this is the fifth case of small pox I have attended in two small cottages, consisting of two rooms each ; not a single patient had been vacci nated. When the disease made its appearance in the first family I requested the mother (a widow) to allow me to vaccinate her other children ; she reluctantly con sented to have one, aged 4 years, vaccinated, but refused in the case of the other aged 13 ; the one vaccinated escaped the small-pox, whilst the one not vaccinated took this loathsome disease and nearly lost its life. I have witnessed many similar cases." At 18, Galway-street, St. Luke, Middlesex, on 6th September, the daughter of a millwright, aged 8 years, " typhus fever (3 weeks)." The Registrar, Mr. H. Hamlin, adds : " The yard wall of this house joins to the yards of the houses in Ratcliffe-grove, where the in habitants state that owing to the bad state of repair in which the drains are kept, their yards are overflowing with soil ' • at No. 16, on e o f th e h ouses immediately be hind the house where the death took place, there are several persons ill with the same disease. Last week the births of 816 boys and 690 girls, in all 1,506 children, were registered in London. In the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average number was 1,310. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.877 in. The mean temperature of the week was 57.6 deg., which is slightly above the average of the same week in 38 years. The highest temperature of the week was 73 . 0 deg., and oc curred on Saturday ; the lowest was 40.5 deg., and occurred on Wednesday. The direction of the wind was variable, at the average rate of 51 miles a day. The electric condition of the atmosphere was positive on every day of the week except Monday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 17. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration lO4 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age ...................................................... 28 Sudden .......................... 13 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 42 Causes not specified . 252 . 37 . 170 . 104 . 35 58 15 10 8 1 31 29 DRAMS PROM ALL CAUSES 949 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. of 1852. Week West Districts North Districts • 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males Females 479 470 949 FROM THE LONDON GAZ7TTE of YESTERDAY. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon ourable the Earl of Harrowby ; The Right Honourable Drvid. Richard Pigot, Chief Baron of the Court of Exche quer in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, called Ireland ; Montifort Longfield, LL.D., one of her Majesty's Counsel ; Travers Twiss, D.C.L. ; and. James O'Ferrall, Esq., to be Her Majesty's Commis sioners for enquiring into the management and Govern ment of the College of Maynooth. DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Egan Rosser, Esq., to be Assistant-Surveyor and Engineer for the Colony of Sierra Leone. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 19. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received through the Secretary of State fo:-. Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Decree, received through her Majesty's Embassy at Paris, regulating, provisionally, the duty on the importa tion into France of cattle, and of fresh and salt meats By order, NAPOLEON, J. EMERSON TENNENT. Par la grace de Dieu et la volonte nationale, Empereur des Francais, A tous presents et a venir, salut : Sur le rapport de notre Ministre Secretaire d'Etat au Departement de l'Agriculture, du Commerce et des Tra vaux Publics. Avons decrete et decretons co qui suit : Art. ler. Jusqu'l ce qu'il en snit autrement orclonne, lee droits a l'importation des bestiaux et des viandes fraiches et salees sont provisoirement fixes ainsi qu'il suit : Bceufs et taureaux. 3 PP Vaches, genisses et bouvillo is 1 »}Dar tete. Veaux, brebis, moutons, chevres et pores „ 25 Agneaux, chevreaax et cochons de lait „ 10 Viandes fraiches 5O j lee 100 salees lO „ f kilogr. Art. 2. Nos Ministres Secretaires d'Etat au Departe ment de l'Agriculture, du Commerce et des Travaux Pub lics et au Department des Finances sont charges, chacun en ce qui le concerne, de l'execution du p r e sen t dcret. Fait au Palais de Saint-Cloud, le 14 Septembre, 1853. NAPOLEON. Par l'Empereur : Le Ministre de I'Agriculture, du Commerce, et des Travaux Publics, P. MAGNE. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 19. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations havereceived through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Minister at Berlin, in closing a translation of a notice published by the Prussian Government suspending, until the close of the present year, the duties on the importation of certain specified sorts of grain.—By order, J. EMERSON TENNENT. (Copy.—Translation .) According to an agreement made by the States of the Zoll Verein, the King has authorised that the levying of the import duty on corn, codded grain of all sorts, flour, bruised and shelled grain, peeled barley, groats, and bruised or peeled corn, shall be suspended from the 15th instant to the end of the year 1853. This is hereby made known to the public, and notice is also given that the cus tom and revenue authorities have been provided with in structions regarding the suspension of the duty. Berlin, September 8, 1853. (Signed) RODELSCHWING, the Minister of Finance. NOTIFICATION. With reference to the notification which appeared in the Gazette of the 23d ult., that a convention had been con cluded between her Majesty and the United States of America, for the settlement of all outstanding claims by means of a mixed commission, and that commissioners were about to meet for the purpose of carrying out the stipulations of such convention ; Notice is hereby given, that the commissioners held their first meeting on the 15th inst., and that all persons, subjects of her Majesty, who may have claims to prefer upon the Government of the United States, arising out of transactions of a date subsequent to the 24th of December, 1814, and prior to the 26th of July, 1853 (the date of the exchange for the ratifications of the convention) should forthwith transmit the particulars of the same to her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, together with the requisite evidence or information in support thereof, for the purpose of being submitted to the commissioners. Notice is also hereby given, that in conformity with the following stipulation of the third Article of the Con vention : " Every claim shall be presented to the Commissioners within six months from the day of their first meeting, un less in any case where reasons for delay shall be established to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, or of the arbitra tor or umpire in the event of the Commissioners differing in opinion thereupon ; and then and in any such case the period for presenting the claim may be extended to any time not exceeding three months longer." Every claim which may not be presented to the Com missioners before the 15th March, 1854, will be inadmissi ble, unless reasons for delay be established to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, or of the arbitrator or umpire ; and that every claim which shall not be presented to the Commissioners before the 15th of June, 1854, will, in conformity with the fifth Article of the Convention, be considered and treated as finally settled, and thenceforth inadmissible. Foreign-office, Sept. 19. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females 816 690 Total 1,606 [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills are superior remedies for the cure of erysipelas.—Mr. William Parsons, of St. George's, Pill, near Bristol, was afflicted for upwards of two years with erysipelas in his legs, so bad at times as to lay him up for a month toge ther ; the medical aid he received, besides a weekly at tendance at the Bristol Infirmary, had no good effect whatever in the disease, consequently he determined on giving Holloway's Ointment and Pills a trial, and they have been the means of effecting a radical cure of his legs in an almost unprecedented short time. -Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 20. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Francis G. Powell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Stapylton, pro moted, Sept. 20 ; Goodrich H.olmsdale Alifrey, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bridgeman, promoted, Sept. 21. 2d Dragoons—Duncan M`Neill, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Woddrop, promoted, Sept. 20. 6th Dragoons—Nicholas De Jersey Lovell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Currie, promoted, Sept. 20. 14th Light Dragoons—Lawrence St. Patrick Gowan, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Clements, pro moted, Sept. 20. Ist (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards—Granville Fullerton, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Cameron, promoted, Sept. 20. 43d Foot—Captain William Du Vernet, from the 67th Foot, to be Captain, vice De Morel, who exchanges, Sept. 20. 60th Foot—Second Lieutenant Henry Cockburn to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holloway, who retires; Henry Knyvett Edwards Hope, Gent., to be Second Lieu tent by purchase, vice Cockburn, Sept. 20. 67th Foot—Captain Charles Carew de Morel from the 43d Foot, to be Captain, vice Du Vernet, who exchanges, Sept. 20. 71st Foot—Ensign Francis Bonham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ord, who retires ; Charles James Mounsey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bonham, Sept. 20. 73rd Foot—John Marsh Simpson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vincent, who retires, Sept. 20. 95th Foot—Graham Mylne, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Platt, who retires, Sept. 20. Ist West India Regiment—Anthony Carlisle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Minty, who retires, Sept. 20. 2nd West India Regiment—James Kingsley Maunsell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dawson, deceased, Sept. 20. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Hampshire Militia—John Wickham, Lieutenant in the North Hants Militia, and Thomas Best, Lieutenant in the North Hants Militia, to be Captains ; John Lonsada, late Lieutenant in the South Lincoln Militia, and Arthur Fitz Walter Bigg Wither, Ensign in the North Hants Militia, to be Lieutenants ; William Seward Le Feuvre, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 8. Hampshire Militia Artillery—John Beardmore, Captain in the South Hants Militia by Commission dated Dec. 3, 1852, to be Captain, by transfer ; Frederick Deacon, Cap tain in the North Hants Militia by Commission dated Dec. 10, 1852, to be Captain by transfer ; Hugh Hamon John Massey, Captain in the South Hants Militia by Com mission dated Jan. 14, 1853, to be Captain, by transfer; William Hooper, late Captain in the Warwickshire Regi ment of Militia, to be Captain ; Duncan Blanckley Shaw, Esq., late Captain in the Stirlingshire Regiment of Militia ; Arthur Robert Nighten, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Thomas Lyford Champion, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 3 ; Frederick Josiah Burgess, Surgeon of the South Hants Militia, by Commission, dated Dec. 9, 1852, to be Surgeon, by transfer; George Frederick Bloxsome, M.D., to be As sistant-Surgeon, Sept. 3. Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry—John Turner Phillipson, Gent., to be Cornet, Sept. 15. Isle of Wight Militia Artillery Corps—Henry Water worth, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, to be Surgeon, April 20; Robert Gordon, Esq., formerly of the 66th Foot, and late Captain in the 2d Regiment of Norfolk Militia, to be Captain; William Whichcote Man ners, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, May 16. Royal Merioneth Militia—Bertram Aystey James Mit ford to be Second Lieutenant, September 17. BANKRUPTS. Mary Ann Thomas and William Thomas, builders, Upper King-street, Bloomsbury, to surrender, Oct. 5 and Nov. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. Isaac Sharmaii,44holsterer, Spalding, Oct. 5, at half past one, and INT4iv;. - '4, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official4ssignee ; Taylor, South-street, Finsbury. square. Elizabeth A.gait, grocer, York, Oct. 6, at eleven, and Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Anderson and Son, York ; Black burn, Leeds. William Watson, saddler, New Springs, Staffordshire, Oct. 5, at twelve, and Oct. 27, at eleven, at the Birming ham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Bir mingham ; Cooper, Staffordshire ; and Hodgson, Birming ham. Francis William South, beer-seller, Maidstone, Oct. 1, and Nov. 12, at t we l ve , a t th e C our t o f Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Braiken bridge and Sons, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn ; Case, Maidstone. Joseph Okell, merchant, Old Broad-street, Oct. 5, at half-past two, and Nov. 4, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld official assignee ; Reed, Lang ford, and Marsden, Friday-street. Edward Bullock Watts, land surveyor and auctioneer, Yeovil, Sept. 29 and Oct. 27, at one, at the Exeter Dis trict Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Stogdon, Exeter. Henry Kirk, hay dealer, Portland-terrace, St. John's wood, Sept. 29 and Nov. 8, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Nisbett, Mitre-court-chambers, Temple. Walter Scammell, boot and shoe maker, Old Brentford, October 4, at half-past one, and November 4, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Tyas, Beaufort-buildings, Strand. Willi am Morris, cabinet maker and builder, Tonbridge, Sept. 28, at half-past two, and Nov. 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Stenning and Croft, Basinghall-street ; Stenning and Carnell, Ton bridge. Henry Fairbank, jeweller, Richmond, Oct. 6 and 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Arnold and Welch, Birmingham ; Ward, Leeds. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Pughe, of Liverpool, bookseller—John Turner, of Runcorn, Cheshire, out of business—Richard Maddock, of Liverpool, builder —Peter Williams Young, of Blanafon, Monmouthshire, butcher —Rich ar d NI organ , o f Nanty broch, Brecknockshire, mine cleaner—George Henry France, of Penistone, Yorkshire, out of business—Peter Grocott, o f Shelton, Staffordshire, bootma.ker--John Richards, o f C wmyoy, M onmouthshire, c l er k—William Allgood, inn., of Moulton , Northamptonshire, publican— William Phillips, of Llanon, Pembrokeshire, small farmer —William Jacobs, of Dorchester, hat manufacturer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Thomas Wilson, Thomas Nicholson, and James Har ling, of Mere, Yorkshire, earthenware manufacturers (so far as regards Thomas Wilson)—A. J. Hertz and S. J. Hertz, of 5, Angel-court, City—John Asquith, Arthur Blackmoore, and Edward Ford, of Whitwood, Yorkshire, earthenware manufacturers—Henry Mort and John Stani forth, of Sheffield, edge tool manufacturers—Edw. Dow ling and Thos. P. Hamshaw, of 2, Little Queen-street, Holborn, scale manufacturers—Joseph Lees and John Hepworth, of Thornhill, Yorkshire, corn miller—Gabriel Davis and S. Edw. Steane, of Oxford, mustard manufac turers—George Wythe Daniel, William Randall Vickers, and John North, of Southall, Middlesex—Amos Sawyer Thornton, William Courtis, Gilson Homan, John Edward Kendall, William Firth, John Firth, and David R,,,ms den, of Bradford and Leeds, and Michael Ward and Henry Thornton, of Manchester, commission merchants (so far as regards William Courtis, John Edward Kendall, John Firth, and David Ramsden)—Arthur Wellesley Turnbull and Alexander Mangin Cowan, ship and insurance agents—Thomas Vyse, Ricbard Vyse, Henry Vyse, and John Reynolds, of Wood-street, City, of Prato, Florence, of New York, and of Luton, Bedford shire, merchants—William Bottomly and John Simpson Bottomly, of Stalybridge, Lancashire, grocers—William Talbot and James Leatherbarnw, of Wigan, Lancashire, bolt and screw makers—Parki - .son Bothamley, of Boston, and John T. Bothamley, of Billingborough, Lincolnshire, drapers—James Rostern, John Sandiford, and John Mather, of Pilkington, Lancashire, engineers (so far as re gard John Mather)—Richard Thomas Smith and Henry Billinghurst, of Canonbury, and 42, Downham-road, Islington, surgeons—Robert Davis, John Perry, and Her man Davis, of 3, Surrey-place, Newington Butts, printers (so far as regards Robert Davis)—James Ashworth and John Smith, of Hollinwood, Lancashire, ironfounders Richard Barker and Benjamin Hanson, of Huddersfield, woollen cloth merchants—James Turton and Thomas Gregg, of Shelton, Staffordshire, china figure manufac turers—John Cross and Francis Cross, of Ely, Cambridge shire, merchants—William Douglas, W. Moir, and C. Stewart Mills, of Bahia (so far as regards William Moir) —Alexander N. Hall and W. Hall, of Godstone, Surrey, linen-drapers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. David John Thomson, of Summerville, Kirkcudbright, farmer, September 30, at one, at the King's Arms Inn, Maxwellto wn. Rrobert Bruce Neill, of Edinburgh, merchant, Septem ber 30, at two, at the Rooms of Messrs. Cay and Black, Edinburgh. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 20. STOCK EXCLIANGE.—This market was flat all day, and quotations for business were under the currency of yester day, but at the clos3 a better feeling prevailed, and rather higher rates during the day. Caledonian, 281 8 ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 67l 13 ; London and North-Western, 1023 3; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 21; Midland, 591 83 4 ; North British, 6 13-16 ; S ou th-E as t ern an d D over, 1. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices to-day were slightly fluc tuating, but closed without much variation. The business done was much smaller than yesterday, the following being the sales officially announced :—Eastern Counties, 12 546 ; East Lancashire, 164 x n ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 664 x d ; ditto Fifths, 6A, dis ; London and North-Western, 102 ; ditto New Eighths, 4 dis ; ditto M. and B. Quarters, prem ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 21i ; ditto New 61. Pref., prem ; Midland Railway Consols, 59 4 ; South-Eastern, 8 11-16 BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The share market is without any particular feature to-day. The transactions reported were —Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, at 9 ; London and North-Western Stock, at 103. BRISTOL, SEPT. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was very flat, and there were no transactions throughout the day, except in Great Westerns, which were done at 82. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. C USTOM-HOUSE-SEPT. 20. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Adder, for Denia ; Susan, ditto ; St. Johannes, Dram ; Annedrina, St. Petersburg ; Erite, Kiel ; Endymion, Dantzic ; Betsey Hall, ditto ; Wil liams Zephyrus, ditto ; Princess, ditto ; .zEolus, Hernosand ; Norden, St. Stephen's N.B. ; Krind, Nabe ; Oregon, Tadin sac ; Hoop, Worcum ; Graf von Scheveron, Stolpemunde; Dorothea Catharina, Skine ; Xerezans, Bahia ; Beurs von Rotterdam, Rotterdam ; Ann, Leghorn ; Aglae, Havre ; Friends of Eliza, Gothenberg : Mentor, Dantzic ; Ravens worth, Gothenberg ; Maria, Grenada ; Eaglet, Cronstadt ; Mary, Dunkirk; Oster Brusser, Flolmsund ; Isabella Blyth, Sydney ; Nocolaas, Volo ; Atalanta, Memel ; Lightning, Guernsey, Martin Luther, ditto ; Sophia, Port Rico. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Hesperus, for Stettin ; Tiger, Melbourne ; Nelson, New Zealand ; Ravensbourne, Antwerp ; Janet, St. Thomas and Nassau ; Britain's Pride, Antigua ; Coroni, Trinidad ; Friendship, Dunkirk ; Fyenood, Rotterdam ; Ferruechina, Amster dam ; Vier Gezusters, Port Philip ; Urania, Havre ; Ocean, ditto ; Victory, Dantzic ; Wrandringomanden, Christiania; Ebenezer, Rotterdam ; Germania, Konigs berg ; Tiger, Hamburg ; City of Paris, Boulogne. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Sophie, for Ross and Sydney ; City of Boulogne ; Charity (s), coast of Africa ; Flower of Yarrow, Valencia ; Sylph, Antwerp ; Ann Parker, St. John's, N.B. ; Joven Domaso, Seville ; Rapid, Antwerp ; General Vanden Bosch, Melbourne ; Emily, Geelong ; Countess of Lonsdale, Hamburg ; Con cordia, Rotterdam ; Panther, Ostend. ; Fame, Calais ; City of London, Dunkirk ; Seine, Bouiogne ; Stadt Dor drecht, Dordt ; Ceres, Rotterdam ; Despatch, Algoa Bay. ARRIVALS AT SYDNEY.—The Frances, June 4, from Liverpool ; Maitland, from London ; Sarah Moors, Juno 5 ; Orkney Lass, June 7 ; Mary Lyons, all from San Fran cisco ; Countess of Derby, June 5 ; Charles Carter, June 7, from Launceston ; Allandale, June 7, from London ; Monarch, June 8, and Cleopatra, June 11, from Melbourne; Australia, June 8, from Plymouth ; Vulture, from Hobart Town ; Coromandel, June 9, from Valparaiso ; Jeune Lucie, June 11, from the South Sea Islands ; Maria, June 11, from Valparaiso ; Katherine Stuart Forbes, June, 7, from London ; Everdina Elizabeth, from Liverpool ; Harriet, from Southampton ; Sir Bevis, June 2, from DEPARTURES FROM SYDNEY.—The Robert Syers, June 5, to Wellington ; Australian, June 5, and Genii, June 9, to Whaling ; Calloe, June 9, to Calcutta • Commodore, June 10, to Auckland ; William and Alfred, Wellington. The Oriental Queen to sail June 15, for London ; Martin Luther, for Batavia ; Arrogant, for Port Cooper ; Nepa lemnia, for Singapore. ARRIVALS AT ADELAIDE.—The Competitor, Budd, - and Mary Green, from London. DEPARTURE FROM ADELAIDE.—The Charlotte Jane, July 2, to London. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 20. The Warbler, from New Orleans, and the Liverpool from Jamaica, experienced heavy gales on the 10th of Sep• tember. The former lost her sails, and the latter her bul warks and cargo shifted. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Emanuel, Belfast to Quebec, Aug. 28, off the Bird Rocks. The Clara Wheeler, New Orleans to Liverpool, Aug. 27, lat. 36, long. 73, master and five men dead from yellow fever. The Margaret Evans, London fo New York, Sept. 3, 'al 41, long. 69. The Cambrian, Quebec to Whitehaven, Sept. 8, lat. 50 N., long. 23 W. The Anna (brig), of and for St. John's Newfoundland, for Liverpool, Aug. 26, lat. 13 W. long. 51 N. The Morris Castle, London to Halifax, Sept. 17, lat. 49 N. long : 7 W. The Hudson, Callao to Queenstown, Aug. 9, lat. 13 N long. 27 W. The Thomas and William, London to Havanna, Aug.l7, lat. 30 N. long. 33 W. The Afrikajlartlepool to King George's Sound, July 20, lat. _2B S. long. 30 . W. The Scheicram (barque), Batavia to Liverpool, June 14 lat. 3 S. long. 91 E. The Kirkman Finley, Bombay to Liverpool, July 21, le: 35 S. long. 15 E. The Centaur, Cape Town to Joliba River, July 24, lat, 30, long. 14 E. _ The 8 oubandar, London to Calcutta, Aug. 1, lat. 8 N. long. 16 W. The Laura, Bahia to Falmouth, Aug. 24, lat. 31 N. long. 37 W. The Louise Marie, Bremen to Philadelphia, Sept. 10, lat. 47 N., long. 17 W. The Camilla, Liverpool to Newfoundland, Sept. 14, lat. 51 N., long. 10 W. The Zemindar, June 12, lat. 11 S., long. 95 E. The Chalmers, June 15, lat. 18 S., long. 84 E. The Eleanor Russell, Aug. 16, lat. 8 N., long. 23 W. The Antoinette, London to Port Philip, Aug. 24, lat. 17 N., long. 26 W. The Standerings, Mauritius to London, Sept. 5, lat. 35 N., long. 32 W. The Port Durant, Odin, steering south, lat. 44 N., long 11 W. The Alexander Baring, Liverpool to Calcutta, Aug. 22, lat. 24 N., long. 24 W. The Lord Dalhousie, London to Calcutta, Princess, and Hope, all Aug. 23, lat. 23 N., long 25 W. FORM OF P RAYFR AGAINST THE CHOLERA.—An order in Council will forthwith issue for a form of prayer, to be prepared by the Archbishop of Canter bury, against the prevalence of the cholera, to be offered in all churches as soon as possible. LORD ST. GERMANS AND THE SYNOD OF ULSTER. — On Friday a deputation from the Remonstrant Sy nod of Ulster waited on the L or d-Li eu t enan t f or th e pur pose of presenting an address of congratulation to his Excellency on his appointment to the Irish Viceroyalty. After the presentation of the address, which was drawn up with more earnestness than is usually displayed in the composition of those official interchanges of compli ments, his Excellency replied :—" Gentlemen, I thank you for the congratulations which you offer me, in the name of the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster, on my ap pointment to the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and I acknowledge with satisfaction the sentiments of loyalty and devotion to our gracious Sovereign which you express. I reflect with pleasure on the part that I took in support of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, and I re joice to hear that that measure has given to your eccle siastical property the security to which it is justly en titled. In appointing one of your communion to be a member of the Senate of the Queen's University, and in appointing . the President of the Non-subscribing Association to be a visitor of the Queen's College at Belfast, I have recognised your claim to the confi dence and goodwill of the Government. The visit of the Queen to Ireland has indeed afforded me the sin cerest g ratification. I saw the people receive her Majesty with loyalty and affection ; I saw her Majesty manifest the interest that she takes in the welfare and prosperity of the people. The season of adversity is past. I hope that the lesson which it taught will not speedily be forgotten, and that all classes will con tinue to strive not only to develope the natural re sources of the country, but to better the moral and the social condition of the people." t.ti ETS LIVERPOOL—SEPT. 20. A large attendance of the town and country trade to-clai , and a very good demand for wheat and flour, at an advance of 4d to lid per 701bs. and 2s per sack and barrel. Oats improved ld to 2d per 451 b., and oatmeal is 6d to 2s per load. Barley brought 2d per 601b5., and beans and peas is to is 6d per qr. more money. Indian corn met with 0 brisk inquiry, and was fully 2s per qr. dearer. • IPSWICH—SEPT. 20. With a somewhat larger supply than had appeared be, fore at market since harvest, we had increased activity, and wheat of all descriptions was eagerly bought up elan .advance of 3s to 4s per qr. upon last market dads 464' Barley also speedily bought up at very high prices, 4us being paid for choice qualities. Beans and peas both dearer. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTS'. Wheat, red (old) 60s to 658 Barley, grinding ... 3 s to 40s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 64s to 70syeas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 42s to 46sFlour, per sack AVERAGES FOR. THE WEEK ENDING SEPT, 17, 18 53 . Wheat Barley - , > 00s Od Oats Beans - Pf 00s Od Peas HULL—SEPT. 20. erg , To-day's market was moderately attended by far l33 with a fair show of wheat. They were asking extravag li t prices, but still a good business resulted at 3s to 4s advot: upon the prices of last Tuesday. In new wheat the 8 11 7. made were at 60s to 655. In foreign wheat a moderow business was done at the advance noted below. Ba l lt; grinding, sells at 29s to 32s for Mediterranean. Beane to 2s dearer ; and fair German fetch 455, and EgYP' c i e a 40s, 631bs. Peas in many parts being a failure, an exte l sale for Indian corn, the sales made being at an advan ce e. Is per qr. Oats 6d dearer. Dan meets an extended ° Linseed unaltered, and cakes in fair demand. s s Wheat, English, red 60 to 63 Ditto whi*.e 62 to 6t., Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham - i h 'eas, gray and black 36 to Anseed, Black Sea 48 to 6 ,, >itto Petersburgh 42 to 4 ' Ditto Riga and Arch .— to angel Ditto Konigsberg and 44 Memel 4O to Per n a Li . ns. c., Hull 9155 Od to W Ditto fine for. 81 Os Od 91 LPL' Ditto inf. for. 0/ Os Od to 01 " - Rapeseed OOl Os to 0010.. Rape cakes Tares, English oos to v"'„, Ditto foreign Guano N 01,1 Bones 97s 6(.1 to 00 ' Rye Meal .................. DOI° burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 56 to 6f Russian and Odessa 50 to 5f Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 2O to 22 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 29 to 32 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 44 to 50 DUBLIN—SEPT. 17. od; White wheat, 28s to 32s Od ; red ditto, 00s Od to .!. e d, barley, 16s Od to 18s 6d ; oats, Its Od to 14s Od; red 26s Od to 28s per brl ; oatmeal, Ils Od to 13s Od ; 0.--„„epd flour, 17s Od to 22s Od per cwt ; lu L dau co r n, 28s Od o'' per 4801bs. CORK-SEPT. 19. Brls. CurrencP, 0 37 White wheat 28s Od to 31s tid 31s Od-2 010 71 Redwhoat 28s Od to 30s OJ 56 Ditto 3ls Od to 31s 3d Ditto I.os Od to 00s Od 136 Barley l5B 8d to 159 10d 30s Od-2 0 d°' Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od Ditto OOs Od to 000 Od 64 Bere 149 10d to 159 2d 00s Od-16 00s Oa 475 Oats 332 Ditto lOs 101 to 123 21 76 Ditto 12 , 4 23 to 123 71) Tit/ 1 Pig ....38s Oct to OOs Od OOs Od per c CORK.- Flour--First, 17s Od to 19s Od ; extra, s ir clso seconds, 14s (1 16s Od ; households lis to 148 Od; tu. 6r, 7s to lOs Od pe, cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 8s Od to S' e t. oatmeal, 12s 61 to 133 ; wheatmeal, lls to 12s 6d pe r 6il Indian corn, 71 14s Od to 8/ Sc Od per ton. Bran, 4/ 1 1 0 7 100 to 5/ es Od per ton. Ha - Farm e rs, 40 s Od t o 48 s Od; 425; dealers, 46s Od to 5030 d ; averige, Os per ton. TlatO Farmers, 14s Od to 246 Oct; aver. -;•e, OOs ; dealers, 35g,z,,i to 00s Od ; iverage, Os. per ton. Bread - Wheaten loaf,,;ato Od ; nouselvAd ditto, 7d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, i/ . l : bee f, 12,1 per lb. Eggs, 5s Od to Os od per hund r ed. Mat c ite) 10 to F 4.1; mutton, 56d to 60 ; veal, 5d to Rd ; pork, 50d' ; bacon, 7d to 8d , sausr.ges, 6d per lb.- Fish, N'o wl° oos; 'and, 00/. Os to 00/ Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, OOs °oh Red, do., 303 per brl. -Potatoes, white, 8d 0c1"; 9d to 10€1.— Coals, Newport, 22s ; Lydney, 22s ; 'V Od per ton.— Winskey, 25 0.p., Os 10d per imperial g' o4 °o l l Hides, market. .hls to 365; Salted, ;•10s to 38s per ewt• skins, 3id per , b Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 31. per 44 'dm Fleece wool, 2)s to 21s per stcne.—Hemp, 381. to 4 dm ton—Timber, Memel, 41. ss; rek: pine, 31. 15s ; yellow red, 3/. ss. per ton ; deals, 19/. to 20/. per hundred.—Ba ric ,:opgr 8/. to 101.10 s. per ton.—Tallow, 53s I'd to 54s per cwt. „coo, 71. lOs to 01. per cwt.- Tar, Arcli - Ingel, 19s. per brl. u Peravian, 121. Os to 00/. per to-i. 10. lod-- 4°' COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YESTERDA Y. m5terdam............ 11 IN U I -atar .......• •• •• ••• 29 3 0 Ditto, three months .. 11 1814 I ..eghorn .........• ••. 25 4 0 Rotterdam ............ 11 18 :Genoa .......... •••• . An. were .. 25 25 1 M ilan .••• •• •• ••••,, Brussels .............. 25 25 ;Venice .......... •• •• 41/4 .lamburgh .. .... 13 GN Naples .... •••••• • • • • '• Altona ................ Palermo •• •••• " 10 7 1,. Paris 25 5%, Aessina .......... •• •• 53 Ditto, three months -• 25 25 , Lisbon .............. • • oso Marseilles • ..... 25 27% Oporto ................ Bourdeaus ............ Rio Jen elro Frankfort-on Maine .... 119% Buenos Ayre5.......... Berlin . .............. New York, 60 days' sight Vienna Trieste ............ • • Peiersburgh 3B Foreign Gold .n Bars •23 7 ti Madrid ...... .. — Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 g 0/0 Cadiz 50% , A 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 8arce10n5........ • Seville SEABORNE MALLS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General poi by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] Day when made up From what due 111 COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port . L .alito' Office, London.* Dispatched• sch oP America(byßrit.pack)N Every F r id ay Liverpool •" 1: o America (by United Sts. r 4 1 packet) ...N!Sept. 20 . ... Liverpool ... sep.. America (by U States packet) 27 .......... SouthamPtOn °et. 6 Australia (via South-1 ampton) ..........M Oct. 4 SouthamPt" ted Ditto (via Marseilles) N Sept. 24 • ... Dover ...• •• Ditto (via Cape of Good 170 01r1 i8 Hope) . Sept. 14 Plymou.- • ' se pt. Africa (West Coast) .. N;Sept. `3 Plymouth •• sep t, 1 0 Alexandria.— N,B, 9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover .• •• • • se pt. Alexandria.. & 20th of mon. SouthamPton ed.!' Bahamas of the month SouthanlPtc° alll Belgium .. Dover ...• • Brazil .. ..M 9th of the mouth.. Southampton • 6; c , 1 6 Buenos Ayres .. M 9th of the month.. Southampton , en t. o Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th o f th e month Pl ymo uth •• • Cape of Good Hope .. N Plymouth • Sep t, 9 5 Cape de Verde 14th of the month. Plymouth • Ceylon (see India) r t F sep.. 08. Ceylon .. 'l4th of the month Plymouth •• ,pu.ol. Channel Isles ~Wed.,&Frid. Coutharnpton Oct. Chili ;2d & 17th of month Southampto n ' 2 0 China (see India) s e p. t . Constantinople ......N17,8,17,24,&27 of m, Dover .. • • •• s e pt..'ll/ Constantinople ........!4th It 20th of mon. Southampt on Tint. of Eur.•pe M & NiTwice daily Dover .• •• " co d Egypt (see India) Turi c $6 France . & NiTwice daily Dover ••• • •• se pt. Gibraltar .. M I 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton Greece (see India) Greytown .......... Br 2nd & 17th of mon. •,Outhamptoll t es . 0/ t. Hanihurgh ..N1 Tuesday & Friday London •• • ••oct. Lot Havannah .... .I , l'2nd of the month SouthamPo n gon•li Holland 31 Wednesday & Sat. London • • • Honduras at 17th of the month southamplo•• slept' .:A (nib a (vlaSouthampt.) M 4th & 20th of mon. SouthamPwjlrrl In tia (via Marseilles)M Bth&24th of month Dover .• •• • • .fillf lonian Isles (see Indi a ) fo icel Ireland & N Twice daily lloiyhead tact, 1 6 Li ' hnn •••••• • • • • .. M '7, 9, 17, & '2B of m. S o uthampton Oct. 1 6 A Madeira 9th of the month •aouthamPt°' . S e pt. ••- adeira ........ •••; Aug. 28...... P l ym outh • lB Malta (see India) . S ep• - Malta .N 7,17,19,28, 30 of m. Dover ..... 0 Mauritius (see India) fleti Mauritius 14th of the month Plymouth •• pct. 84 Mexico , ..51 2nd of the month. SoutharnPt ° " z l e ptr Naples . ISth2sthofmon.,Dover ,... '.. et. , New Granada ......Ml2d & 17th of month'Southaml n ; unceA;i New Ze ..By private ship Various Po s at- ;6 14 d th lk of 7 Papal States 'thlrrth2F•thoffnon. Dover ••• • • st,Pl.• ie d Peninsula 7 thl7th2Bthofbaon. SeattuttuPtOn n A rri• Peru Port Natal a pt g? Sicily .... ......., ..N l sthl .th2stlicomon,;Dover •••• • • sepi'2 t t h h e of ni m on o t n hl •; p o iy u m th o a u m th 9 . o . Tuscany .....Nlsthlstb2sthofinon. , Dover ra • .4; oct• l Venezuela & 7th of nonthHou th " Van Diemen's Lam; (iee; Australia) .... •• • West Indies N 1 12,1 19th o month. ISouthaulP___tan (I,<, irret•_ / ,/ 5 • When any of these dates 101 r, ,unday, the rnal ( dispatche on the following day with the ex ce p tion of the Pro Southampton), and the Malta, both of which w ill be dispsiW P , lay preceding. MARRIED. safg On the 9th of July, at Valparaiso, Chili, by 61 1,T e iclA i i B. Hill, George Henry Kendall, to Barbara Eliza -gig., son, second daughter of the late Robert Mackay , Fort illiam, Inverness-shire. On W the 20th inst ,at St. Paul's, Herne-hill, by 1 , ° Matthew Anderson, John Langton Butcher, e,oce° Herne-hill, to Fanny, only daughter of Captain. R.N., of Poyle-hill, Surrey. DIED. f_eor. On the 26th of July, at B o mb a y, William Wal°"7 'CvOi quharson, Lieutenant Ist Regiment Li:cht i4rooss (Lancers), aged 22, second son of Charles rarqu Esq. On the 13th inst in the 67th rof his AO' Faithful Fortescue *rightson of Lieutenant Jo I t l, li o tlet worthy Fortunatus Wright,g R.N., of Lesoe Cheshire, and grandson of the celebrated Captaili.joll, natus Wrig and great-great-great-grandson c,A.,,,ics, Evelyn, the well-known accomplished author of " &c., of Wotton, Surrey, and nephew of the late Six' Evelyn, Bart. On the 16th ult., at Trinidad, of fever , Mr. John •,., son, of Glasgow, second son of James B. Neilson, Queenshill, Kirkcudbrightshire. c l oo On the 18th inst., at Lodge-road, St. John's -1V William Walenn, in the 72d year of his age. viltr3g4,7°' LONDON : Printed and Published b y MURDO 1.11 of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at The Sun Office, .oO• iii ioe Strand, in the Precinct of tho Savoy, in the will' Middlesex, Wednesday, September 31,1863. BIRTHS. OF A SON. 111 On the 17th inst., the wife of George Gibson RlOO Esq., of Garlands, Reigate. wife Cif T/ '' On the 19th inst., at Upp er Tooting, the Lloyd, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. wet , On tho 20 th ins t . , a t No. 12, North gull, 3; ' G rosve nor -square, the wife of Captain James No' Bengal Army. of At Clober-house, near Glasgow, the wife 11°17°. Johnston, Esq., of Shield-hall.