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bliSilleSg a drance ; inferior per 701 b. e of 2 s it may be and oat ta Is per •• Barley 70110 w) in being an .eparing to t this la te nt market )arley pr o Ind an tw . on barley' 1r beans at 3, vAltill' s 42 A to 43 5 40 s to 4'25 40s to 485 00s to CO O 00s to 00 0 1853. 2(.1 nothing ,r id irreguret the mart en neral rs e our t i g° f. s ;thou.' e y , Nl,l _ e,to advanc. ls, dearer a eS Rape c , vt< m z it le e ; Ith or • ss te. try , u 1 ,03. 5-16 ;. 4 -r es t. forth' J~l a• 19 an ' d 7 - 13°c ! ' la. ensiolib obotht 113311" the TV 62 • L' 7ll tto, ; . 3 15g f y oo orth o a to -day, e 0 ere dOOO Lange °f ge o tation , 00 , :losiagi' ,r, • to, ••• •• : 5 • 2 50 s° .•••• .•• • • ' , P s i .•• • • r,.. 3 ! .•• • • 04 r jg t C rs `Tr X 3 0 i n 0 - 0 05 „ ;ral FO3t 0 d Fa ti o°ll Oct. 25 oct. '' 1•10 c No'(,l "t 0 i:Ottee k. 7 SO/' pct. 0 T ct l . htil!is Is 6 !Oct . NoV•0 jOet• 5 1 oct• t Taf". sov• Oc t ' Oct' - irw T~c..ceOw Oct• Sof. asp. Sof' T DP M° P . 10 / 'll Oct' I So• l o 4 Oc t OW urc e " 6 NI0f• I Sof. Oct' 15 nc... rl sov'd So v p ' uric „, r Oct' ot; Oct' oct.'. Oct • 0 Oct. 1 11 0 the 1 ",,1 tb USPatc— / ,ref , o f 13e r° I'' e Bale of 00, O' f, ,t 3 f loo , i 01 , 0 e, onb° 0 0+ ll' f ,l ter° v t , ; f Ve' felt t a :11"81biji rO. - if o i ,1 40 1 001 2, Leadenhail-stret, 3d , ept., 1853. MESSRS. NICOLL, REGENT-STREET.- In Englan(, or from France and Germany, the b st talent in cutting, worknaanship, and materials, are secured for the use of gentlemen by aria fl'm, who combine exc.llerce with economy, as Illustrated iit the PATENT TWO GUINEA. PALETOT, sold In the country and colonies by their recognised Agents, but in London ONLY at 22, CORN HILL, and the principal depot in the centre of REGENT-; STREET, viz., Nos. 114, 116, 118, and 120. NOTICE. -DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL m.ITAEU W, consisting of more than 700 Model', has just re ceived I .nother addition, IS NOW OPEN, at the Portland Gallery, Regent...street, every day except Friday, from 11 till 5, and from 7 till if), for gent'emen only ; on Fridays, however, the Morning Exhi laition for gentlemen will close at 2 o'clock, when Ladies only will be admitted until 5 o'clock. Ex planations for gentlemen by Dr. Leach, and for ladies by Mrs. Leach. Admission—One Shilling. ANK OF DEPOSIT, 7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, London. Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to examine the Plan of this institution, by which a high Rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect security. Interest payable In January and July. PETER. MORRISON, Managing Director, Prospectuses free on application. RENT GUARANTEE SOCIETY Incorporated under the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110. Cap tal, 100,00^/. 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, London.—Established 1850. TRUSTEES. T. B rasstS, Esq., 56, Lowndes-suare. J. 11. L l oyd, Esq., I, King's Bench-walk, Temple. NV. B. 11 - odqkinson, Esq., 50, Upper Thanes-street. C. W. Johnson E4q., F.R 8., Gray',,-inn and k;roydon. Jame-% Ithigway, Esq., 169, Piccadilly. DIRECTORS. LerAucl Brockelbank, Esq., %LA.., Blackheath, Rout. Edward Conder, Esq., 78, Upper Thames-street. W. S. Hodgkinson, Esq., .50, Upper Thames-street. W. Johnson. Esq , F.R.S., Gray's-inn and Croydon. Ilenry J. slaxwell, Esq., 9, Wimpole-street. lion. CV. Napier, 1, Lower Belgrave-street, Eaton square. James Ridgway, Esq., 169. Piccadilly. Frederick Twynam, Esq., Bishopstoke, Hants. Iqirmingham Branch-4, Newhall-street ; Manager, C. W. Elkington E. Owners of property, trustees, and sq others can have policies of assur ance granted them fo? securing the punctual payment of their rents and incomes on a day certain, whether the same shall then have been collected or not; or a c rtain income from property for a fixed period, whether wholly occupied or not. The policies or assurance granted by this Society secure:— To landlords and trustees the payment, on a day certain, of rent So long as the property remains occupied ; Or a certain income from pro erty, the management of the same being placed in the hands of the Society. To the clergy or to lay impropriators the receipt, on a day certain, Of the amount of their tithe rent•ctiarge; To mortgagees and mortgagors the punctual receipt of their in terest and surplus income. The Soclety'also undertakes the collection of rents, at a moderate per centage, without guarantee, paying over immediately the amounts collected ; and will, in all cases, for the convenience of landlords, trustees, mortgagees, and others, undertake the entire management of property, keeping down all outgoings, superintending the necessary repairs, and re-letting. No charge for policies or preliminary expenses of any kind. Forms or proposa's aml other particulars may be obtained on per sonal rr written application at the Society's offices, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion house, London. JNO. LYON, Sec. SIR WILLIAM BTJRN ETT'S DISINFECTING FIX ID.—The best Concentrated " CHLORIDE OF ZINC."— GreAt Reduction of Price.—The muds of this Fluid, invented Cy Sir W. Burnet, XI/ , F.R S., &c., &c., for the Disinfection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, &c.; the prevention of Contagion ; the preservatio n of Animal Matter from Putrescence; the purification of Bilgewater, Cesspools, Drains, Water Closets, &c , are now so well known to the puiJlic as to render comment unnecess.fry. Sold at the Office, 18, Cannon-street, City, London. and by Cue- Mists, Shipping Agents, and others throughout the United Kingd , m, lii Imperial Quart Bottles ht 2s. 6d.; in Pints at Is. 3d.; in Half /luta at 9d., and in bulk at 63. per Gallon. CAU 10N . . BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.—The only genuine blsinfectio, Fluid Is s , aled over the cork with the inscription. " Sir Wm. Burnett's Disinfecting Fluid," ant accompanied with nume rous Testimonials of the highest order, and instructions for Its use. CHESTER AND: HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. COMMUNICATION b ,, tween ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, mid TuEL AND, via 1 - I()LXIIEAD. Notice Is Hereby Given, that on and after the Ist December, 1853, the Throtult Booking Irrangements for Passengers will be confined exclusively to the EXPRESS' VE,:.SELs of the CHESTER and HOLYHEAD cii‘lPA:iY, which leave Kingstown at 9 a.m., and Holyhead at 5.30 p.m. By order. J. 0. BINGER. General Manager's 0ft1e.,,, Chester, 24th Oct , 1853. ND TRUNK RAILWAY of CANADA. Notice- is hereby given that the Holders of Shares in the (elf tND• music rtAt!,w.% y cirmyANY of CANADA, who are .denroliv. of paying up in advance on the Debentures allotted to them, will be , a liberty to do s on the presentation of their Scrip Certifi cates at .Messrs. Glyn, nlills , & Co , No. 67, Lorntiard-street. All Rich p yule. is will bear inter• st at th , , rate of 6 per cent. from the dare , payment, and the Cer itlcates will he exchanged for De bentur es when the same are received from Canada. By order of the Board. WM. CHAPMAN. Offi ee of the Grand Trunk Raitway Co. of Canada, InIP OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. JLID PATRON—II.R.II. PRINCE ALBERT. LAST WEEK of Vac SECOND P ART of an HISTORICAL LEC • TI7ZE on " iHE T:HAMES," from its Source to its Estuary, by GE 4)I ZGE lIIICKL AND, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Vounce, with 3.4"EW SO GS and NEW Di SsOLVING -CENEIZY, on Tuesdays and Pridvys at tour o'clock, and eve' y Evening except Saturday at inc. LEcruitEs.—'3y J. H. Pepper, Esq.: On pnoT ,, GR A with Illustration:, Mornings and Evenings. .73y Dr. Bachhotiner On EL EC IMO-GILDING and SILVERING. The LANG ASIIIRE SEWING MACHINE and BATE'S IM- P.ROVED FIT :E ESCAPE exhibited in Use and explained Daily. Open M , Jri :togs and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools, and Children u nder Ten years of age Half-price. TJLINSON and COMPANY, CABINET I V.A.N - UFACTURERS, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET WARE 3.011,4:MEN. 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster bridge- road, Lambeth, London. TKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK NIEIiCERS, LACEMEN, &c., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and ; ,5 ., Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs, 31 , :xttles, Family Mourning. &c. ry '0 LOVERS o f FISH.-100 REAL YAR .. MOUTH BLOATERS for 68 , package included. The above for warded to al parts , Drt receipt of penny postage stamps, or Post °face order (preferred), for the amount.—Address, THOMAS ',EMS, Jun., Fish 'Curer, Great Yarmouth. SECOND EDITION.-WITH ADDITIONS. Just. published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d. OJ_4TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRACEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors Us relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of a e Qer , erative System, 'sr Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from 'he German of Dr. PICTIFORD "Dr. :Nekton: 's known to English readers by his frequent practi ell contributions to German medical literature. This is the first Vine., he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any Other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ower to correct." --London Medical Gazette. May 30, 1851. The tribe of ' Quiet Syma thisers,' and' M edical Fri ends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com- Plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of l ess importance, thomh it is that which the quacks most prize— tritich motley.... „This volume is well qualified to put an end to the e'nPirical system of treating Spermatorrhma, and to place the treat thent upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medlral Circular.. Tune 16. 1852. London: H. Balliere, '219, Regent-street. MEDICAL AI) ICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIE% OF YOUTII AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, bactor of Medicine, and Matriculated Memher of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system. resulting from juvenile I rregu'arities and excesses, which have pro duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis- Fases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience ut the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist trice secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in !atistence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervoas Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitflil Marri asge3, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their thdless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties 14 aY be mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removers, and how the evil and its con-equenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional d erangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure , DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless !the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to theso enormous evils, from which no grade of society is Yee. In selecting this de e artment of practice, he has been amply 'eWarcled by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and Ignorant einpirics, who, with their pirated 11, thlieltions, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues 2 . f their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who "Ye been induced to place faith in their pretensions. .. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from tilX till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of it., and advice and tn edicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. ..It h desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT uould first obtain a copy of his work on S ELF • P RESERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des :Vbing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and --ces ses• The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct r de r s e , o i ti r hc ip eti t . lo s n r o a f ili t . h h e , ir 'es and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, Dutch, Italian, or . German, of o M x e f s o s rd rs . . st lc e , It Brothers awl Co., 23, Paternoster-row, Hannay,63, p et er ; I, am, --. 3 9, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free _,3" Post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's reg. uence, 37 llenroao-autuast, Loaner:. °$ THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. in Six Languazes—Fife cern Edition. Illustr CONTING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. ated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. IT eW Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the rir El , inpsE SlLENT Pstablishment FRIEND, a stam Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by 1-,-, —et 'aive indulgence, th e conseq uences of infe c tion, or th e abuse of •••zere UrY with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol tow tred by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which ent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. lI RY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford tereet, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster wi and sold by Hannay, 63 and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; 14G, Leadenhall-street ; ' 95, Farrimaion-street ; W. Sutton, 10, ?T? Chnrch-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; B Johnson, 68, Cornhill. organs,T and of the ana:omy and physiology of the reproductive is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. NAT I I. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive Z -a ce, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing 'al and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative e,',ll3%ity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. tbf 4 rt 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in ti7,,Primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for 141er treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav- NaT Iv sta, m , • . contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a par, a Pnlication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. T il 'Arra' V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. flut,_earlses.of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole rilleritieally and philosophically inquired into. in tre t' ORDEAL OF 'CUM is exclusively employed p er ,:ing nervous andsectal debility, impotence, Sze., Ils and 311. bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic sy mpto Y. for Purifying the blood in cases or infection, secondary tons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 is. and 335. per pe r 1 erry's Purifying Specific Pills. 2.. 9d., 4s. Gd., and I Is. ehr,2,ox., certain remedi for gonorrhoea, glvet, stricture, and it . ""re.llntlanim Ltion of the bladder. Consultatiou fee, if by letter, ti on n _a_ ' 0 1ute detail et the case is required : age, habits, and posi rnent o , ° 4eletY. 5/. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish are i „ by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, d ozi, VirtendanCe, daily, at 19, Bernerstreet, Oxford-street, Lon• tiaye, °lll , rdieven till Two, and Five to Ei g h t; on Sunday Prom to Chace nest. No. 19,059.] On the First of November ti ill he Published, price 2s. 6d , PUNCH'S POCKE I'-BOOK FOR 1854. With a Coloured Plate by JOH N LEECH, and numerous Wood Engravings by JOHN LEECH and JOHN TENNIEL. Punch Office, 85, Fleet-street. THE SECOND ORIGINAL NOVEL PUBLISHED ON MR. BENTLEY'S NEW PLAN. On Friday next, in 2 Vols. post 8v0.,105. 6(1., WALTER EVELYN ; or, THE LONG MINORITY. Biel:lard Bentley, New Burlington•street. THE WAR IN THE EAST. THE BEACON, No. 7, published this day, Price Three Halfpence, contains :—The Eastern Questlon The " Greek Empire" Absurdity—Secret Diplomacy bast Will and Testament of Peter the Great—Review of the Pass—Review of New Hook s — Romance—Poetry, &c., &c. Published by J. P. Crantz, 2, Shoe lane, and all Booksellers. prAMILTON'S MODERN INSTRUCTIONS for SINGING. ss. Ii,A.MILTON'S MODERN INSTRUCTIONS for the PIANO FORTE. Forty-sixth Edition. 4s. HAMILTON'S DICTIONARY of 3,500 MUSICAL TERMS. Forty-second Edition. Is. CLARKE'S CATECHISM of the RUDI3fENT3 of MUSIC. Thirtieth Edition. Is. These works are all favourites with professors, because they are favourites with the pupils. Few know how to write a book of in struction ; but Hamilton did. because he knew thoroughly well how to teach. The extreme popularity of these we. ks (as may be noticed from the number of editions they have p issed through) has called lorth many imitations ; but everybody will like the original, or pro totype, rather than lie copy. The dictionary is famous as the most copious and correct extant; and the little catechism is as clever as it is unpretentious."—Vide Reading Mercury, Oct. 22. _Hebert Cox and Co., New Burlington-street, London. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road). The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAURE NT'- i ELEBR ATE I) BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter inate at half-past 11. F REE TRADE FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY, 86, St. James's-street, Pall-mall ; City Agency, 42, Poultry. Shares 401. each, Monthly payments, 6s. per share. At the FIRST GENE It L MEETING of the above SOCIETY held at the Society's Offices, September 29, 1853, Lieut.-Col. DICK.. SON in the Cha , r, It was Ite.olved, " That a Public Meeting be held on Wednesday, October 20, 18 , 3, to ballot for priority of Members, in which all -hares already taken, and which may be taken up to that time, will partic pate." Prospectuses and rules may be obtained at the Society's Offices. THOMAS SHE itWoOD SMITH. Secretary. The above Meeting will be held at the Whittington Club, Arundel street, Strand, on WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26. The chair to be taken at Half-past 7 precisely. READING SAUCE, for Fish, Game, Gravies, [lashes, Stakes, &c.—JOIIN and CLIARLES COCKS, the ,ole Proprietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING ~ AUCE, beg to CAUTION the Public a .ainst the daily frauds prac tised by many persons, who are o iering their spurious imitations as the genuine Reading Sauce. This sauce is patronised and recom mended by most families in the kingdom, and for general use it stands unrivalled. It is sold by all respectable Fish Sauce Venders. Be particular in asking for "Cock's 'lselin: Sauce," which is pre pared ONLY by John and Charles Cocks, at their Manufactory, Duke street, Reading. All others are counterfeits. Observe the name, "J. and 1. COCKS, Reading," on the seal and label of each bottle : without this none are genalne. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. Co Secretaries of Public Institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Ball way Ofll?,la's, Bankers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE an d GUAR AN- ThE COMPANY, 32, Ludgate hill, London. Incorporated under 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. HONOR Ala PRESIDENTS. CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq., M.P., Dartmouth-house, Westminster. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. James Alexander Douglas, Esq., I I, Queen-square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigt-street, T wistock-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. CHAIRRAN—The Hon. Francis Villiers, Berkeley-square. - - DEPUTY CHAIRMAN —James Wyld, Esq., Charing-cross. " The Times" Company affords guarantee to persons requiring the same at the lowest possible rate, and divides four-fiths of the profits. Thus, by applying the justly popular principle of mutuality to public guarantee, the premiums, instead o being a tax upon honesty, be come a means of saving and investment. Rates —From 7s. 6d, uowards. No charge for stamps or extra charges. An allowance made in the guarantee premium, where a life assurance and guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSURANC E. Life assurance, annuities, and endowments. Payments taken monthly as well as quarterly, &c. Policies in lisputable, save in eases of fraud. Arrangements can be made with this Mace to pre vent the loss of a policy where the assured is unable, from temporary embarrassment, to keep up the payments. H. B. SFIERIDAN, Manager. THE MOST CERTAIN PREVENTION OF CHOLERA EVER DISCOVERED. THE BEST and CHEAPEST DISIN FECTIN EXID is CREW'S INIPROVED CHLORIDE of ZINC, for the purification of Dwelling-houses Stables, Dog Ken nels, Ship's Holds, Cesspools, Drains, Water-closets, &c.; the Disin fection of Sick It)ams, Clothing, Linen, and for the Prevention of Contagion. Chloride of Zinc, as the best Disinfecting and purifying agent, is now established beyond all doubt. It is perfectly harmless in it application and innoxious in Lself. The high price at which it hat hitherto been sold has prevented its general use ; to obviate this obstacle to its universal apidication as a disinfecting and purifying agent, the present manu - acturer, who was many years with Sir N. Burnett's Company, has ananged to supply the public with concen trated Chloride of Zinc in its greatest purity cud at the lowest price. It is soli! by all Che:n'ts and Sitippitur Agents in the United King dem, in Imperial Quart Bott'es at Ps. 6d. each ; in pints, Is.; half pints, Gd. each ; an.' in larger vessels at 6s. per Gallon. Each Bottle will be accompanied with instructions for its dilution end use. Conce - itrated Chloride of Zinc in use may be diluted with 200 times its quantity of water. Orders executed by the Role Agents, Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bu>h•lane, Cannon street. Manufactured at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. Cheaper Editions, 3s. 6d. each, NIT ARLIKE APPEARANCES. V It is rather difficult to say what powers will be brought against Russia, how France and Fngland may interfere for the pre servation of the Turkish Government or whether the United Po mers will succeed by open warfare or favourable negociation ; let this be as it may, it is certain that the WINTER OVERCOATS manu aetured by E. MOSES and SON will be victorious in every conflict with Storms, Rain, and Cold, the United Forces of First-rate Mate rials, Matchless Styles, Inimitable Workmanship, and Prizes more Economical than those of any other House in the World, are sure to retain and further extend the fame and celebrity of E, MOSES and Sox. Every member of society, all classes and professions, should in spect the unparalleled novelties for the WINTER SEASON, presented by E. MOSES and SON, they comprise numberless New Styles of Dress, displaying fashion and neatness, and associating comfort and economy. The Hosiery, Fur, Rat, Cap, Boot and Shoe departments are com plete exhibitions of Mat,nificence, Elegance, and Utility, combining every recent Improvement and the Newest Articles of Attire for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children. The Wholesale Department at the Establishment of E. MOSES end SON Is the lartst depot in the world, the Goods are all the moat select, and suitable for the colonies or the home trade; in Price and Quality they offer advent .ges to Merchants, Captains, and Emigrants, whin cannot be obtained elsewhere. ull Ltsts of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship-sailing information, may be had on application, or post-free. CAUTION.—E. MOSE:- And SON regret having to guard the üblic against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like alsehood of " Being connected with •heir Establishment," or " It's , he same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for hviotts reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, i 56, and 157, Minories, 83, 4,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford ( York.hire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36 ? t ar,tate. Colonial Branch, 51.1bou'ne, Australia. Merchant fano.- Clothiers, flatters, flosOrs, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers. and General Oatlltters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, It will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lo west price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, " The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain- Ing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. A handsome Almanac for tue year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. - lei Pon parte Francais. tiller srricht man Deutsch. Qui si parla Italian°. Anua se hahla Espancl . A ,"' SPECIAL NOTICE.—The Establishments will be CLOSED on Ntomlay and Tuesday, Oct 24th and 25th, re-opening, as usual, on Wednesday morning, rt 7 o'clock. THE QUICKEST VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA. Letters received from Melbourne by the clipper-ship Eagle, arrived at Liverpool, give the particulars of the voyage to that port, from Southampton, of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company's fine ship the Argo, which has accomplished the quickest run to Australia ever made. The shippers were greatly pleased with the Argo, and with the efficiency of her performances ; large engagements were, therefore, Mir , entered for her home ward trip, and it was believed she would carry a full number of passengers, and a very large sum in bullion and gold dust on freight. It has already been stated that the Argo reached Port Philip on the 14th July, and it now appears that she was detained at her moorings in that harbour for seven days by the mutinous conduct of the crew, who all attempted to run from the ship imme diately on her arrival at the colony. Captain Hyde, however, with a promptitude and firmness which did him great credit, acted upon the instructions given to him before leaving England (the directors and execu tive of the company having anticipated such a pos sibility), and instantly caused the mutinous mem bers of the crew to be taken into custody and lodged on board the convict hulk, there to remain until the ship should return from Sydney, when they were to be again taken on board. No doubt this wholesome lesson would be found useful, and the men would work well on the homeward voyage. When the Argo left Melbourne', tor Sydney she had several berths already engaged for England, and a large number of passengers went by her at a high rate of passage money to the sister-colony. It was expected she would return from Sydney to Port Phillip about the 20th of August, and be prepared to start finally for England about the 24th or 25th of that month, so that, as she will return home by way of Cape Horn, she may shortly be looked for to arrive at Southampton, being now about 61 or 62 days out from Port Phillip. The most remarkable feature of the suc cessful voyage made by this steamer is the small con sumption of fuel, the passage from St. Vincent's (Cape de Verdes) to Melbourne, under circumstances and weather not the most favourable, having been effected with an expenditure of only 660 tons of coal, which is little beyond one-third of the usual quantity consumed for the same number of days at full power. This is a close approximation to the result which must eventually he obtained to realise the true value of the auxiliary screw propeller, when applied to the propulsion of sail ing ships—a combination of speed and economy. It was supposed that General Wynyard, Commander-in-Chief of the colony, - *ould, with his family, return to Eng land ire the drip. mal:d ofisthetpoyr,dayesr- V; aa . w forward y ad :, • ,-" Ad : irait ' 14 ~ 41,3 • ,7 7 ANK; • ' I • • 8 , 4 - 0.17 r *it . . • ,1. •' 4 i • , . E L - i_tav,4o: - 7 1,44 4 ‘ . ' • is !... • • _ '1 1 4 1 .- tr ', al • ^ . V:7 l' 11 t 0 14 \‘' Awrr j .47 4/NifigNs, 14 bit OzT • , ~~\ (PRICE SD. importance that they should be carried on uninter. ruptedly, so that the integrity of this great channel of drainage might not remain at fault. (Hear, hear.) The report was then received, and the Court ad. journed. T.IIE CHOLERA. ( From the General Board of Health.) STOCKHOLM. to him by cam. Admiralty, Oct. 7. " Sir,—Having laid before my Lords Commismionera of the Admiralty your letter of the 4th inst., received this day, I am commanded to convey to you the ewes _syn of their Lordships' gr ea t sat i sfaction at your p oceedings. " My Lords highly approve of the firmness, energy, and good judgment with which you have carried out their instructions, and of all the steps you have taken in the execution of their orders ; and their lordships desire that you will convey to the officer!, seamen, and marines employed under your command, including the master, second master, and crew of the Breadalbane, the like expression of their lordships' high approval of the manner in which you speak of their having done their duty. " I am further commanded not to conclude this dis patch without signifyin g the deep regret with which my lords have heard of the untimely death of an officer so much esteemed by them as Lieutenant Bellot, of the French Navy. " I am, &c., " W. A. B. HAMILTON. " Commander Inglefield, R.N., H.M. Steam-vessel Phoenix." The officers and men were much gratified when they heard the letter read, and previous to separating gave three times three hearty cheers for Captain Inglefield, and many of them audibly expressed their wishes that they might soon serve under him again. A finer or more healthy looking body of men were never paid off at this dockyard. SHEERNESS, OCT. 25. The Diamond, 28 guns.—Captain William Peel has commissioned this frigate. She is now in No. 4 dock, preparing for sea. The Horatio, 24, screw steam-frigate, Commander Robert Jenner.—Several fine young men and boys have arrived as volunteers for the navy, and have this day been sent on board this ship. The last accounts from Stockholm render it probable that the epidemic is nearly at an end in that city. The cases are not only becoming daily fewer in number, but milder in character—the most certain sign of the decline of the epidemic. On the 14th inst., being the 62d day from the first outbreak of the epidemic, the returns were —Of premonitory diarrhoea, taken ill during the last 24 hours, 10 ; convalescent, 44 ; passed into cholera., I ; remaining under treatment, 265. Of cholera, taken ill during the last 24 hours, 7 ; convalescent, 6 ; passed into collapse, 1 ; remaining under treatment, 152 ; dead, 8. From the commencement of the epidemic : Premonitory Diarrhoea. Cholera. Attacks ............... 5,819 Attacks PRaescsoevde intoies. ......... 4,123 5,405986 Deaths eries 1,617 2,654 DUNDEE. Oct. 24 . —Cholera, death 1 COCKERMOUTH. Oct. 22.—Cholera, deaths HEMEL HEMPSTEAD. Oct. 24.—Cholera death NEWCASTLE. Oct. 24.—Cholera, death ...................... 1 Oct. 24.—Diarrhon, death ................. 1 The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Newcastle, during the present outbreak, has been 1,530. In the same period (viz., the first 53 days), during the prevalence of epidemic cholera, in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 294. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1853. THE PRESTON STRIKE. ( From the Times.) On Monday morning last the unemployed opera tives assembled at Preston to the number of several thousands, and passed certain resolutions respect ing their position and duties. Most readers are probably aware that these, in common with many other workmen, have " turned out," or, in other words, have ceased to labour, with the view of thus coercing their masters into the payment of wages greater by 10 per cent. than those heretofore re ceived. Their presumption is that employers, rather than forego the entire profits of business, will come into the terms of the operatives, but as the operatives also must be foregoing at the same time the profits of their labour, it is obvious that the trial of endurance must be the same to both parties. The workpeople having all made common cause, are aiding each other to subsist by common contributions. The masters have likewise made common cause, and will, no doubt, play as far as possible into each other's hands. The two parties are thus fairly pitted. In the end either one of them must give way from sheer pressure, or they must come to some better understanding by mutual agreement. We acknowledge that we should be sorry to see the former result, whichever might be the successful party. Neither masters nor men, we fear, would be altogether likely to use their victory temperately, and, as the contest, while it lasts, is not only oppressive to both, but prejudi cial to the interests of the country at large, we should be glad to contribute towards its settle ment. We admit, to begin with, that the workmen are awfully competent,, not only to ask for higher wages, but to ask in a body, and to make their return to work contingent on the satisfaction of their demands. In other words, they have a fair right to " strike" if they please. The only insuf ferable feature about these transactions is the coercion generally put upon many members of the trade who would work if they were permitted. As to demagogues and agitators, no doubt they are at work in their usual way, and with their usual false and selfish spirit, but this cannot be helped. Bodies of men must have leaders, and if these leaders think more of themselves and their gains than of their fol lowers and their cause, it is no more than may be said of higher classes than Preston weavers. But the rights thus acknowledged are indisputably common to masters as well as workpeople ; nor should we think, indeed, of asserting so self-evident a fact had we not observed a disposition among the men to question it. They speak of the Masters' Union as something ill-meant, overbearing, and tyranni cal, forgetting that it is only a counterpart of their own, and caused, in fact, by their own example. The scheme of the operatives, like that of the amal gamated engineers some time ago, was to " strike" by piecemeal—that is to say, to " strike" in one establishment only a time, so that the workpeople of all the other establishments, being in full em ploy, might be able to sustain the " strikers" against their own particular employers until the day was gained, after which the same operation would be conducted against another firm, until all had been conquered in succession. To encounter such plans as these the masters were evidently compelled to unite themselves, and to close their mills at one and the same time until the dispute was ended. We need not say that we have no ill-will to the operatives, and that we do not speak with any par tiality to the employers. We take a fair position between the two, but we are compelled to add that the workpeople have hitherto failed in the very first point we have a right to look for. They demand an ad vance oflo percent. in their wages—on what ground ? We have read manyspeeches and handbills of the " turnouts," but we have never seen this important fact stated at all. No doubt, it would be very convenient and agreeable to them to get lls. in stead of 10s. So it would to us. So it would to most people living by their labour, or, indeed, by any other means. But where is the extra money to come from ? If it is not fairly provided for by some extraordinary source of profit it is not only not fairly due, but can never long continue to be paid. The only ground on which the workpeople can justify their demand is such a change in the state of trade as to warrant the payment of 11s. now where 10s. were paid at the beginning of the year. Possibly this change has occurred, but it has never been proved or shown. If the work people are not convinced of the fact, they are not justified in " striking ;" if they are, they should give a plain account of their convictions. To meet together and say merely that they " will never re sume labour until a full and unconditional 10 per cent. has been conceded" is to act in a manner which can never be approved by public opinion. On such a principle they might just as well ask for 20 per cent, as 10, and, when they had obtained it, demand 30 per cent, more. We want to hear the grounds on which this demand is made. The " strikes" are certainly not traceable to the price of provisions, for they commenced before prices had sensibly risen, and, even if this had been the origin of the dispute, the case would not have been defensible. If the receipts of an operative are insufficient, owing to high prices, to procure him what he needs, he deserves both sympathy and assistance, but it does necessarily follow that his employer can increase his wages, for wages depend on the profits of the trade, and not on the cost of provisions. Very likely the diminution of supply in the labour-market may improve the value of labour, but this can certainly have nothing to do with the "strike," for it is a matter which would very soon settle itself without any such aid. No employer can ever procure labour cheaply when it is really dear. Perhaps the influx of gold may in time affect the currency, and therein the scale of money payments, but this has not occurred yet. What is it, then, which has oc curred to justify the present " strikes ?" If the workpeople have a substantial case let them plainly state it, and we will take care they shall be heard " The cotton lords," said Mr. G. Cowell in his address to the Preston meeting, " have their ser vants to wait upon them, and their wives luxu riating in silks and satins." But would working people be any better if servants were not wanted by somebody ? Is not a good place with good wages a very comfortable thing for a working man's son or daughter ? As to " silks and satins," how could Mr. Cowell talk so like a fool ? Why, what would become of all the Spitalfields weavers if some body or other did not wear silks and satins, in stead of " miserable cotton dresses ?" Don't we constantly have complaints from these quarters whenever silks and satins are going out of fashion ? And isn't the Queen constantly solicited to give a great ball, in order that the trade may get a little brisker ? The Preston weavers, as well as the other operatives, will be quite able, we are sure, to understand what we now write, and to see the truth of what we say. If they have any reason to believe that the state of trade can afford 10 per cent. higher wages, or the state of the labour market entitle them to ask the advance, let them prove their case, and they will have the public with them ; but, if they have merely an idea that is a good time to " strike" for more pay, and if they have no better ground for so doing than be cause they think they should like the increase, they will get no support from without, and their position must by-and-by . become worse than it was before. ( Front the Morning Advertiser. ) No one who is interested in the social prosperity of this country can contemplate without much pain the misunderstandings and unnatural alienations which are growing up between the various classes of operatives and their employers. The present loss to both classes is enormous, while to indivi duals it must prove in many cases, if not absolutely ruinous, certainly the means of crippling their re sources for a long time to come. In Preston about 20,000 of the best work-people in Lancashire are in the streets, and it will be seen that while it is most properly asserted that they are not idle and dissolute characters, there are those approaches to disorder which call for magis terial interposition ; and although by great efforts money has been obtained to keep up the strike, there are sufficient indications that before very long the sinews of war will fail. In reviewing the strike at Stockport, and which lasted twelve weeks, it appears, although the ope ratives have been successful, that seven months of industry at the advanced wages will not be suffi cient to recompense the men for the loss they sus tained during the strike. How prejudicially this method of adjusting matters operates against the men, is sufficiently evident in noticing the helpless condition in which the turn-outs frequently find themselves placed. As the result of the turn -out of the dyers in Manchester, about 1,600 men are left out of work, their places being filled by new hands, and similar painful consequences have been experienced elsewhere. We subscribe ex animo, as we think every one must, to the judicious observations made on this sub ject ky Mr, 1% B. ,Addison, in hid altos to the grand jury of North Lancashire, which he said : " We cannot l oo k a t such an interruption without apprehension and without great regret, because we know it must lead t o very great loss and suffering— to great loss on the part of the manufacturers, and to great suffering on the part of the work-people and their families." Mr. Addison adds—" Ido not see in what manner it is possible to interfere, with anything like authority, in the making of these contracts, which must necessarily be voluntarily entered into by both parties. We cannot compel the workman to labour. He labours for his own benefit, for the support of himself and family. If he does not choose to labour, we may regret it, and we may think him ill-advised, but it is not in our power to put compulsion upon him ; neither on the other hand can we compel, nor is it desirable that the law should compel, the master-manufacturer to carry on a trade which he in his own judgment does not find it desirable to carry on. We may be sure that he does not stop his works, that he does not allow his capital to lie idle, that he does not forego the profit which his trade would produce him voluntarily, but that he does so from a neces sity of which he is the judge, and in which it is not for other persons to interfere or tell him that he forms a mistaken judgment." We say, that there is nothing to object to in these remarks, which recognise the truth that these disputations are between the employers and the employed, and that officious interference between the parties is to be deprecated. It is a very easy thing for us to tell the opera tives that they are not going the best way to work in order to secure a proper adjustment of wages i for themselves ; or for us to tell the employers that they ought to encourage a full representation of the views of their work-people --such representation to be given by any parties in whom they have the greatest confidence. This is, indeed, the sort of advice we should be disposed to tender, if we thought that any advice, ab extra, were likely to be acceptable and useful to the contending parties; for we believe that there is much to be said by way of explanation on each side, which ought to be re spectfully and patiently heard. To our thinking, the employers are not sufficiently respectful to the voice of the people. That voice may not be sufficiently regulated to please the rich men to whom it is addressed ; but they ought suffi ciently to understand honest and earnest opera tives, to allow for a little more roughness and de cision than are quite agreeable. On the other hand, we are quite satisfied, as we have already stated, that the present position of employers is not exactly understood by the work people they employ. It is most natural, when there are such large demands for production, such attractions for skilled labour to the new territories which have been opened for it, and such an increase in the price of food of every description, that the operatives should expect to have the benefit of the , general rise in prices, and find that labour is not the exception to the rule. The employers, however, could tell the operatives of the injustice which is done to them in conse quence of the artificial famine of money which is the result of a grand legislative error made in 1819, and re-made in 1844. We should expect that the people in our manufacturing districts would per fectly understand that the masters are deprived of much of the property which they are supposed 1 1 to enjoy, in co nsequence o f money b eing raised to such an artificial value, by the fact that our banks are being cleared of their gold to send to foreign countries for bread, and that at a time when wealth is being rapidly created day by day. It might be shown to the operatives that the quarrel ought not to be so much between themselves and their em ployers, as between both these parties and the dun derheaded legislation by which they are repeatedly thrown into collision with each other ; and that, before matters can come right, they must unite their forces for the purpose of repealing the inju rious law under which all parties are doomed to suffering and misapprehension, and the whole country periodically to a commercial crisis. The manufacturers, it may be, in many cases do not understand the real cause of all the confusion and interruption to their career of prosperity which they have to endure. They certainly have failed to have their true interests represented in Parliament on the important question of the currency. They ought to send to the House of Commons a number of men who will go into Parliament for the express purpose of getting this most iniquitous, absurd, mischief-making, and destructive law repealed. There is no great profundity of political wisdom re quired in showing the downright folly of the law which enacts, that whatever be the substantial wealth of the country, it shall have no bank-note representation, except in as far as it consists of one particular kind of metal. That metal has been presented in larger quantities than usual since its discovery in California and Australia ; but there is no reason whatever to expect that it exists in quan tities which will prove sufficient to make it the re presentative of the whole wealth of this country. Our present law says, you may take credit for your wealth in the form of currency, if you should hap pen to have in the cellars of your bankers a corres ponding amount of gold ; but if not, if there be no gold, there must be no money. We must hope, therefore, that the manufacturers will fight their own battles, and be joined in the conflict by the employes, and that every opportu nity will be embraced for sending into Parliament men who will expound the subject of the currency, and not allow the country to remain in the anoma lous and dangerous position in which it was left by the law of 1844. Th e present repr esentatives of the manufacturing districts and commercial cities should have their attention called to this great question, and they should be instructed by their constituents that there is no subject which more imperatively calls for their most energetic efforts. As the result of that healthy impulse given to the industry and enterprise of this country by Free Trade, it is now found that we can no longer en dure to be restrained by any laws which press un duly on the development of that industry and en terprise. If we had submitted to the discipline of the Protectionists, we must have submitted to all the bandages and fetters which that class of politi cal doctors would impose. We have now liberty to grow, and we must have liberty also to lay aside the elegant golden armour, which is painfully op pressive, and which must, like all metallic armour, find its place among the curiosities of the past. THE YELLOW FEVER AT BERMUDA. A private letter from Bermuda, dated Septem ber 22, says : "The yellow fever now at St. George's is the most awful visitation I have ever known. Bad as it was in 1343, it is now ten times worse. Almost every one of the officers and their ladies who have been attacked have sunk under it. They say it is the very worst type of yellow fever, quite like the African fever. Poor Cap tain and Mrs. Hare are both gone. She was attacked first, and died after about five days' illness ; he, poor fellow ! was taken ill on the day she died, and expired on the third day. " We are at this moment, and have been since Sun day, without a Governor. Colonel Philpotts died on that day, and Colonel Robe, who was the next senior officer, was buried this morning. Major Oakley, the next, is in a very, precarious state, having been taken ill on Monday, and until it is seen how his illness termi nates, we must remain without a Governor. Major I Byles, of the 56th Regiment will be the senior military officer ; he has only had his majority two or three months. This is a fearful state of things. " This fever does not attack the natives as yet, or rather, only their children. "It has reached Ireland Island, but is not near so bad as at St. George's Island. It has not yet reached the main island, Hamilton, and as there are very few soldiers and no convicts, we hope to escape. "The officers of the Ordinance have suffered fright. fully ; only one clerk is left in that department. All the artillery and engineer officers at St. George's are ill, and also the wives of those who are married. "Mrs. Robe, wife of Colonel Robe, is ill, but not dangerously. " There is great want of medical assistance. In the Sampson they had only four medical men ; two of them were taken ill very early, one of them is dead, the other better. Private practitioners receive 51. a-day for going to St. George's. "To-morrow is the day set apart for prayer and hu miliation in all the churches, and both the poor men who ordered it are gone to their account. "To-day the wife of Lieutenant Whitmore, of the Engineers is reported dead." SECRET SERVICE.—It appears that in the year ended the sth of January last the home secret service cost the country 10,0001., the foreign secret service 31,3001., and the secret service (Ireland) 4,6151. Two MEN POISONED BY the EXHALATIONS PROM A CESSPOOL.—Between twelve and one o'clock on Monday morning, a man named Adcock and three assistants were engaged in emptying a cesspool belonging to an empty house in Pelham-street, Spitalfields, which was ordered to be cleansed by the sanitary authorities. One of the party named Walker, was descending a ladder into the receptacle, when he suddenly fell backwards into the soil. Adcock immediately went to his assistance, but only to share the same fate. They were both extricated as quickly as possible, but they were found to be quite dead, CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. OPENING or THE FLEET DITCH. The following is the report of the Surveyor upon this subject : • P TO THE HON. THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS OF TER CITY OF LONDON. "Sewers-office, Guildhall, Oct. 25. " Gentlemen,---In reference to the complaint made to you of the inconvenience and annoyance suffered by the inhabitants of the Crescent, Bridge-street, owing to the opening made into the Fleet sewer at that spot to enable certain works of reparation to be performed therein. " Some weeks have elapsed since I mentioned to your hon. Court that a portion of the Fleet sewer between Fleet-street and Blackfriars-bridge was in such a condi tion as to require extensive and immediate repair ; to perform this reparation I then received your instructions. " The reparation, which consisted in putting in a new invert and underpinning the side walls, was commenced by beginning to construct a dam across the sewer, so as to enable the bed of the sewer to be laid dry. The dif ficulties attending this preliminary operation have been of no ordinary kind. "The Fleet sewer is well known to you as the largest in the metropolis. An area of land six or se yen times the size of the whole city of London is drained by it, the waters of that area being carried into it by many hundred collateral sewers. At the point where the re paration is needed the accumulated waters of this large area and of these hundreds of sewers run, and the flow is probably from 18,000 to 20,000 gallons per minute during the day in dry weather; with but slight rain the flow is so much increased that no man can stand against it. With a very moderate quantity of rain falling uni formly overwthe drainage area, I question if a horse could maintain its footing against the current of the sewer ; with heavy rain the sewer is half filled. " The sewer is also within the tidal influence, and, with these difficulties, as regards the water, to contend with, the work Las been commenced. " I beg also to state that, in order to give as little occasion for public complaint as possible, the works in this sewer have been performed hitherto without opening , any portion of the sewer itself; the only portion of in gress and egress being one small hole in the branch sewer in Crescent-place. The hole complained of is but three feet wide, and three feet long, and 27 feet distant from the nearest dwelling. Down this small orifice the workmen have descended and conveyed very bulky mate rials, at great labour, and, therefore, at considerable cost. Moreover, mechanical appliances, which are used with so much advantage in works similar in their nature, and by the aid of which, with sufficient space, an amount of work 500 times in extent to that done in the Fleet sewer could have been performed in the same space of time with ease, cannot be used, owing to the insufficiency of space, and manual labour, applied at im mense disadvantage, is all that can be used. I will fur ther state the men have been working frequently with two-thirds of their bodies immersed in the sewer waters, amid an uncertain light and a deafening roar of water, and, at times, w i th b u t littl e c h ance o f their lives if they had once lost their footing. "With regard to the length of time the hole has been opened, it should be known that, even in fine weather, the hours when men can work are very limited. Half of the 24 hours the tidal water is in the sewer ; when it is out, the men can with difficulty work three hours of the morning, especially on Saturdays, and at other times, if any rain comes down, the work has to be sus pended at once. The possibility of proceeding, there fore, it will be seen, depends much upon a conjunction of fortunate conditions ; and, unfortunately, the wea ther has been very bad indeed during the whole of the months of September and October (usually months in which there is a large portion of settled weather), and during which I fully anticipated I should have been enabled to prosecute the work quickly and well. I be lieve I may assert that the sewer has never been entirely free for 24 hours either from rain actually falling or the drainage waters from the upland districts after the rain ; and actual progress has only been made in one tide out of every three or four. Two or three times, when dams have been all but complete, heavy floods of rain have washed the larger portion of them away. "I venture to think that it will be obvious to your hon. Court that the ordinary difficulties, even in fine wea ther, are great, and th a t they are very muchincreased in wet weather, and that they have been increased, more over, by carrying on the work from so small an aperture. When, therefore, the time this hole has been opened is complained of, it should be known that to prevent larger inconvenience that has been done. " As to the time when this work will be completed, it depends almost entirely upon the weather, and it is im possible to name any time that can b e relied upon. " I have directed the hole complained of to be closely boarded in, and deodorising powders to be us e d ; b eyond this nothing can be done except closing it alto ge th er. " With regard to the suggestion that an opening might be made for the work near the late site of the Fleet Pri son, I beg to observe that the sewer at that spot is not of sufficient width to allow workmen to pass each other with materials ; and the cost, labour, danger, and time consumed would probably be doubled, as everything would have to be carried o ver wooden stages nearly 500 feet in length, which would first have to be built pur posely. The difficulty in carrying on the works from this spot would be exc ee d ing l y great, although there is little engineering work in the present day that can be said to be impossible with sufficient outlay of money. "There is, however, a working hole in Bridge-street, south of the Obelisk. This might be opened, and that by the Crescent closed ; but the disadvantages and cost of performing the work at this spot will be greatly increased, as, unless wooden stages are put up to travel over, the only means of conveying the men and the materials to the working spot will be by floating them down a large punt, which must be constructed for that purpose. " I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, your most obedient ser v a n t, " WILLIAM HEYWOOD. The MEDICAL OFFICER said that, from personal in spection, he was able to bear evidence to the extreme mechanical difficulties described by the surveyor. There could be no question that the opening of the sewers was a source of offensive and unwholesome effluvia, though, perhaps, the degree might be somewhat over-estimated by the neighbours, and if the works were unnecessary, there could be no doubt about the fitness of immediately closing them. 'Whatever the present evil might he, a permanently unsound condition of the Fleet sewer would be a much greater evil, allowing soakage and undermin ing houses. Assuming that the works were necessary for preventing these kinds of mischief, it was of gmt Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of public business,—Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. PLUMTREE-COURT. The Inspector of Nuisances for the district in which this court is situated, having reported that it was still far from satisfactory, as regarded its sanitary condition, Mr. Deputy HoLT observed that notices had been served upon various parties interested in the property, and works were now going on with a view to its im provement. (Hear, hear.) It was, however, much to be regretted that the court had not the power to send in constables to dispossess the houses of their occupants. The Medical Officer entered into details fully corm• berating the justice of Mr. Holt's remarks. WORKS OF THE METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Deputy HARRISON having alluded to the recent report of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers, thought the court should know whether its surveyor was prepared to suggest any works for the district under its jurisdiction, might eventually of ually the fo me rma trpoi part of H of the great scheme of which northern drainage Mr. HEYWOOD—I have done nothing. Immediately after the resolution of the court of last June, I saw the engineer to the Metropolitan Commission, and it was agreed between us that it was one of the works that might stand over till November, in order that we might go into the subject together, as it was not one of a press ing nature, and as in June, July, and August, works of an extensive character had to be executed. I did not know that anything was being done by Mr. Bazalgette till about a fortnight ago, when he wrote to me, telling me that he had been driven on by circumstances to com plete some portion of the plan which had been suggested by Sir W. Cubitt and Mr. Stephenson, on the Surrey side of the river. With regard to the northern aide, I thought I ought to have been consulted upon the matter, and Mr. Bazalgette then explained to me that he re garded the work laid down purely as a question of dis trict sewerage ; that though it could be regarded as an intercepting sewer, and so far would be a portion of the system of interception, yet as the main features of the scheme were intended for purely district purposes, he thought it was not necessary to consult me upon the matter. This leaves the rest of the district to be dealt with. lam quite ready to proceed as desired, and have been for some time. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said there was not much to com plain of. He hardly thought the Metropolitan Com mission would act without consulting the court. For many years the city of London had stood prominently forward, and were unsurpassed in the improvements they had effected with regard to sewerage. (Hear.) Mr. T. H. HALL thought the court ought to ascertain what was desirable to be done with respect to the northern division ; but that with the southern division they ought not to interfere. (Hear, hear.) He begged to move, " That the members cf this commission who are associated with the Metropolitan Commissioners for the purpose of the united drainage, be requested to com municate with them with reference to the project of carrying out a system of drainage for the relief of the north side of the metropolis." The motion was seconded by Mr. HARKER, and car ried unanimously. LUTON. Oct. 24.—Cholera, death This death occurred in a place previously reported "as filthy, overcrowded, and unfit for human habit - tion." SOUTH SHIELDS. A return from the clerk to the South Shields Union, transmitted to the General Board of Health, states that six deaths have occurred therein from cholera since the 16th inst., five being in South Shields, and one in White haven. These, with the 54 deaths previously reported, make up 60 deaths from cholera in the South Shields Union during the present visitation. LIVERPOOL. Dr. Duncan reports this day to the General Board of Health, that since his last communication of the 18th to the 24th there have occurred in Liverpool 10 new cases, and nine deaths. In eight of the new cases the persons were Germans, six of them emigrants. One was a ser vant in a German emigrant lodging-house, and one had been resident nearly three weeks in Liverpool previously to the attack. Two fatal cases occurred among the residents of the town. METROPOLIS. Deaths from Cholera during the period of 12 weeks, 1853. Week ending Aug. 6 4 PP 13 19 /I -- 20 10 /9 27 18 ,I Sept. 3 16 3/ —lO 7 PP --17 16 2 I 24 29 Oct. 1 48 PP PP 8 66 IP 15 45 22 83 7/ Deaths from Cholera in cor responding period of 12 weeks, 1848. C orrespondingweek,lB4Bl9 Yf 17 13 30 45 34 Total 361 Total 196 As illustrating the comparative progress of cholera in the metropolis in 1848 and 1853, in corresponding periods up to the present time, the preceding table shows that iii 1848 in the eight weeks ending September the 24th the deaths numbered 74 ; while in 1853 in the cor responding weeks the deaths numbered 119, and that in the four weeks ending the 22d of October the deaths in 184 S were 122, and in 1853 they were 242. From reports tsansmitted yesterday to the General Board of Health from the superintendents of the metro politan police, K, L, M, P, It, T, V, and Thames divi 77tchasaens d o f 2 c 3 h d o l i e n r s a t : there s h i a t v a e p occurred a i n t those w d e e i s n t r i t c h t e s 2 1 of which 13 have proved fatal ; of the latter three had been previously reported as under treatment. It was yesterday reported that no fewer than six eases of cholera, and two of choleraic diarrhoea, had occurred in one house, 33, Upper Chapman-street, in St. George's in-the-East, two of which had proved fatal. It may be added that almost all the cases were from the inmates of a single small room, in which as many as 12 persons slept. It is satisfactory- to know that upon the certificate of Mr. Garrett, the medical officer of the district, most of the inmates have been removed from this house. KENSINGTON . Dr. Milroy, in company with Mr. Frost, the medical officer of the district, recently re - inspected the " Pot teries," in the Notting -hill division of Kensington parish. Special reports were made in this notorious locality, in 1549, to the General Board of Health by Mr. Grainger and Dr. Waller Lewis, and to the Metropolitan Com missioners of Sewers by Mr. Lovick. On the re-exami nation of it within the last few days Mr. Milroy states that he can perceive no abatement of its horrible nuis ances, no signs of noticeable improvement since his for mer inspection of it in August, 1849, with the parochial medical officer. It is represented as being now what it was then, one large slough of loathsome abominations —revolting alike to sight and smell, and most fatally pernicious to health, as attested by the high rate of mortality at all times among the inhabitants, and by the large number of deaths from cholera in the epidemic of 1849. It will be instructive to compare the mortality which is represented to have occurred in the Potteries with that which took place last year in the establishments for improving the dwellings of the industrious classes. The population of the Potteries is estim a t e d at 1,200 souls ; the pop u l a ti on i n the various establishments of the Metropolitan Association is 1,343. In the Potteries there occurred in 10 months 40 deaths ; in the establish ments of the Metropolitan Association th ere occurre d in one y ear seven deaths; in the Potteries four-fifths of the total deaths were under five years of age; in the establishments of the Metropolitan Association the deaths under ten years of age were not one-half of the total deaths. Two LIVES IN SPITALFILDS.—Yesterday Loss OP e e e ri m n 1 t 2 v a . Mr. Baker, the coroner, named received informationn Acock n a dnodfl the Samuelo,cllosso'clock employed d as b t et i w n morning of Monday last, by two e n r i e en e , m l o l f ra l l i k fe er, who w , ~ mg a cesspool airtl thethe back of an empty house in Pelham-street, Spital elds it appeared that the place in question had come under fi the notice of Mr. Teakel, the recently -appointed inspector of nuisances for th e W hitechapel Union, and that he had issued instructions for the removal of the nuisance. Acock had contracted for the job, and he en gaged three men to ass i st him, one of whom as Walker. Themovey began their work on Saturday morning, and had red a great quantity of the soil. On Monday morn ing they again set to work. Shortly after they had com menced, Walker went down theladder, when in his descent he was suddenly observed to fall back. As he was seen in danger, Acock went to his assistance, but before he reached th e b ottom of the ladder he also ' fell into the nt t i e mend mat ter. An al arm was ra i se d, an d the unfortu were brought up as speedily as possible. Policemen Cartwright, A 405, and Wolsey, A 412, upon being informed of the distressing occurrence, went to the assistance of the men, who were then apparently lifeless. Mr. Meares, Brick-lane, divisional surgeon of the II Division, also arrived in a few minutes. Every effort was resorted to for a length of time in order to restore animation, but without success. It is supposed that the wall, which it appeared separated this from an adjoining cesspool, must have had a sudden fissure in it, when au immediate escape of foul gas took place, which came in contact with the deceased men, who wero in consequence instantly suffocated. Acock, who has been . used to the wo r k many years, has left a widow and sl children. M r . P e lh am, summoning officer of Spit eld i a n x a,ffi has taken p ossess i on o f the b odies, which are place d shells. THE ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN PARK•EITREET, NINGTON.—Hannah Grinney is going on favourably, ac cording to reports from Guy's Hospital. It will be re membered that the unfortunate woman was severely cut about the n ec k an d h an d s i n struggling with her bus. band, James Grinney, during his attempt t o murder her on Tue s d a y mo rning at their residen ce, N o. 35, Park-street. The wounds are not of iso serious a nature as was at first apprehended. The house-surgeon states that she will be sufficiently recovered to attend the examination of her husband at the Lamb e th police. court on Monday next, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. INCREASE OF OUR ACTIVE NAVAL FORCES. In addition to the ships enumerated last week—Juno, 26, Diamond, 28—the Admiralty have commissioned two of the four screw line-of-battle ships we announced some days since as intended for active service. These are the St. George, 120, screw, at Sheerness, and Prin cess Royal, 91, screw, at Portsmouth—the former to be commanded by Capt. Codrington, C. 8., and the latter by Lord Clarence Paget. The reinforcements that have proceeded, or are under orders for the Medi terranean, are Queen, 116 ; Agamemnon, 91 ; Leander, 50 ; Highflyer, 21, screw; Terrible, 21 ; paddle; Leo• pard, 18, paddle. It was i na dvertentl A y stated PPOINTMENTS yesterday that Captain Fremantle was appointed to the Victoria and Albert ; it should have been to the Juno, 26, at Chatham. Captain Henry J. Codrington, C.B. (1836), has been appointed to the command of the St. George, 120, at Sheerness; and Commander J. M`Neil Boyd (1850), has been appointed commander to that ship. Captain Codrington, son of the late Admiral Sir Edward Cod rington, G.C.8., is one of the youngest officers of his standing in the navy, being only 45 years of age. He entered the service in 1823, and has been afloat about twenty years. He wax with his father at Navarino, and was severely wounded in the battle ; was made a lieutenant in 1829 ; was made a commander in 1831 ; commanded the Orestes, 18, in the Mediter ranean ; and was promoted in 1836. As captain he commanded the Talbot, 26, at Acre ; the Queen, 116, and St. Vincent, 120, as flag -captain t o hi s father ; and lastly the Thetis, 36, in the Mediterranean, and during the late convulsions in the Italian States, where, by his firm and discreet conduct, he prevented a great deal of bloodshed. Commander Boyd entered the navy in 1825, and has served more than twenty years afloat. He was in the Niger expedition, served with Captain Cod rington in the St. Vincent and Queen, was made a lieu tenant in 1841, served as first of the Winchester, 50, then flag-ship at the Cape, and as first of the Thetis, 36, again with Captain Codrington, from which ship he was promoted. The Royal George is one of the old-class of three-deckers that have never been to sea, or, we believe, in commission. She has been most inexpensively fitted with screw engines of 400-horse power, without half re building her, as they did the Blenheim, Hogue, &c., and thus she is converted into a heavily-armed serviceable coast defence ship, with a speed perhaps of between eight and nine knots. Captain Codrington is senior to Sir Thomas Maitland, Hon. H. Keppel, W. H. Hender son, Hon. F. T. Pelham, S. C. D acres , J o h n S hepherd, L. T. Jon es , w h o have been, and now are, in command of line of battle-ships, Captain the Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget (1839), , son of the Marquis of Anglesey, whose last service was in the Belvidera, 38, has commissioned the Princess Royal, 191, screw ship, at Portsmouth. The gallant officer was M.P. for Sandwich, before the last general election, and was private secretary to his father, when Master Gene ral of the Ord nance. Th e s hi p will be ready to take her trial at the measured mile on Monday. Captain Nicholas Lefebvre, who has been just pro moted from the command of the Dasher, steam vessel has been re-appointed to that vessel, as cap tain, for further service at the Channel Islands. This officer, who was the senior of the four commanders promoted, and has served about 22 years afloat, entered the navy Jan. 18, 1811, as a volunteer, on board the Victory, 100 Captain Philip Dumaresq, bear ing the flag of Sir James Saumarez, in the Baltic ; and in the following December was on his passage home, in company with the St. George and Defence, when those ships were lost. Becoming midshipman, in July, 1812, of the Ethalion, 36, Captains Edmund Heywood and William Hugh Cobie, he was, for some time prior to December, 1814, employed on the North American and Irish stations. He then removed, as master's mate, to the Zenobia, sloop, Captain Nicholas Charles Dobree, and while in that vessel had the misfortune, during the war of 100 days, to be taken prisoner by the French. Contriving soon to effect his escape, he rejoined the Zenobia, and was in her when she escorted Napoleon to St. Helena. Previously to the return of the latter vessel to England he landed, it appears, at Ascension, with a party of marines, from the flag-ship, and was for some length of time employed on shore. On Jan. 8, 1826, nearly nine years after he had passed his examina tion, Mr. Lefebvre was promoted to the rank of lieu tenant. In the course of the ensuing montk he obtained an appointment to the Britannia, 120, flag-ship of Sir James Saumaraz, at Plymouth, where he remained until April, 1827 ; and he was lastly, from June 9, 1834, until paid off, in October, 1838, employed as first lieu tenant, in the Zebra, 16, commanded by Captain Robert Contort M'Crea, on the East India and South Sea stations. For his gallant conduct during that period, and more especially for the zealous perseverance he exhibited in the boats when in quest of pirates, Mr. Lefebvre, on the earnest recommendation of the com mander in chief, Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, was pro moted to the rank of commander, by commission, d a t e d Dec. 27, 1838. Commander Lefebvre has been pre sented by the Royal Humane Society with a medal, as a reward for his conduct, in having frequently saved the lives of seamen. Commander John B. Cragg has been appointed to Devonport ordinary, vice Edmonstone, promoted. This officer entered the navy in 1809, was 12 years a mate, and was made a lieutenant in 1828. As a lieutenant, he served long in all climates, and commanded several steamers, in one of which, the Hecla, he suffered much from a devastating fever. He was promoted in 1842, and in 1846 was appointed to the command of the Sphynx, 6, steam sloop. Whilst this vessel was running from Devonport to Portsmouth, she went ashore on the Isle of Wight, and on investigation of the circumstances by court-martial, Commander Cragg was placed at the bottom of the list. It was the opinion of most naval men at the time, th a t C omman d er C ragg was severely dealt with, an d no one will now begrudge his re-appoint ment to active service. Commander Matthew S. Nolloth (1846), who some time since paid off the Plumper, 12, screw, from the Brazils and the West Indies, has been appointed to the oni land of the Frolic, at Portsmouth. He entered the navy in 1824, passed his examination in 1830, was promoted in 1838. As a lieutenant, he served in the Childers, 12, in the operations in China of 1342, and in the Bittern, 16. Lieutenant E. F. Dent (1846), to the Sybille, 40, East Indies, vice Coles. Mate-B. S. De R. Hall (1852), from the Excellent, gunnery-ship, to the Diamond, 26, Sheerness. Cadets-John S. Gregory, to the Imperieuse, 51, screw, Devonport ; A. M. Byam and J. R. Carr, to the Juno, 26, Chatham. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 25. The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, is coining into harbour to have Mr. Grant's distilling galley, now on board the Duke of Wellington, fitted to her ; the Duke to have a new one. This galley, it is calculated, will produce 1,200 gallons of twice dis tilled water daily, during the period the galley is neces sarily in operation in cooking the ship's company's pro visions. The St. Jean d'Acre's chain lockers are also to be shifted forward. She steamed into harbour minus powder, provisions, &c., this afternoon. The Amphion, 34, screw-frigate, Captain Key, sailed into harbour yesterday, from Spithead, to have her de fects made good. The Cesar, 90, new ship, was taken into the steam factory basin yesterday, to ship and fit her machinery ; she went into dock to-day. The Tribune, 30, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, steamed out of harbour yesterday afternoon, and anchored at Spithead ; to-day, at 2 o'clock, she proceeded to try her machinery and speed at the measured mile in Stokes bay. The Lizard, iron steam-vessel, came into harbour yes terday morning from the eastward, having on board a large number of supernumeraries and general service men for the ships at this port and Plymouth. The Arab, 12, Commander Ogle, shipped supernu meraries, &c., yesterday, and sailed to-day for the coast of Africa station. The Medea steam-sloop, 0, Commander Bailey, was at Halifax on the 13th inst., and may be expected at Spit' head early next month. Mr. Grant, the Controller of Victualling, was at this port yesterday. Th e b a ki ng f or t h e fleet a t the Royal Clarenoe Victualling Establishment, Gosport, under the direction of Captain Superintendent Courtenay, R.N., is at present stopped, a sufficient supply for any emer gency being in store, although the resources of the es tablishment are victualling 8,000 men per day now. Captain Mends and Secretary Cleeve Joined the Agamemnon at Devonport yesterday. The Dolphin, 5, brigantine, Lieutenant Commander Webber, sailed to-day for the coast of Africa. The Terrible, 21, paddle -frigate, Captain If Tleverty, arrived to-day from Q u eenstown, but is ordered to Devonport, vve believe to carry out Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons, as second in command, to the Mediterranean. The Sprightly steam - t e nder , Mr. Geor ge A llen Acting-Master commanding, leaves this evening for ships with supernumeraries and vol u t ships fitting at that port. n eera for the The the fittin Russi basinan fr t o-igad a te A ur an ora, 44, h as b een placed in will be d oc k ed to-morrow, y, d to have her copper and false keel repaired. WOOLWICH, Ocr. 25. Lieutenant Christian arrived at Woolwich to-day, and hoisted the pendant on board the Rifleman screw steam sloop, Mar Captain Ramsay, of t h e Woolwich Division of Royal and a detachment of the same division, have been named for embarcation for service in the Royal George, commissioned to-day, at Sheerness. The Phoenix screw screw steam-sloop, Captain Edward A. Inglefield, was paid off to-day, at Woolwich. Pre vious to the crew being paid off, the officers, petty officers, and men all assembled in front of the pay-office, when Captairk laglefield read a ;etter, of which tho fol.