The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-20 00:00:00

Irtirb II ft „e„, SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S (THIS EVENING.) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 7to 1 agst Nabob. 10 to 1 agst Orestes (taken). 10 to 1 agst Haco (taken and offered). 14 to 1 agst Seahorse (taken). 15 to 1 agst King Pepin (offered). 16 to 1 agst Mistletoe (taken). 16 to 1 agst Balrownie (25 to 1 also laid). 50 to 1 agst Hervine (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Bit of Blue (offered). DERBY. 7to 1 agst Autocrat taken). 9to 1 agst King Tom (taken). 15 to 1 agst Dervish (take 500 to 30). 33 to 1 agst Scythian (taken). 33 to 1 agst Marsyas (taken). 33 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 40 to 1 agst Knight of St. George—backed for a good deal of money at 50 to 50 to 1 agst Middlesex (taken). 50 to 1 agst Hesse Cassel. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (By Submarine and European Telegraph.) CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN, GRAVESEND, OCT. 20, 2 P.M , Wind, N. Arrived—Betsey, Ostend ; Sophia Maria, Konigsberg ; tnity, Antwerp ; Nina, Fa ro ; M ercur, Riga; Rosa, United States ; Era, Danzig ; Imp erara , M onte Vi deo ; Victoria, Nantes ; Lucia, Aden ; Thomas, Cadiz ; Adol phine, Archangel ; Maria, Danzig ; Ireton (s), Calais. Sailed—Eluquay, for Port Philipj; Rokeby, Cape of Good Rope ; Mary Sheppa r d, Sh ang h a i ; Black River Packet, Geelon g ; Colonist, Hobart Town. Back—Edey, for Port Philip, from the Chapman Beacon, with loss of windlass. Tide, three-quarter flood ; weather, fine. Wind, N.N.W. fresh and fine. Passed—Mates:from Shields to Constantinople ; Iron dale, London to Melbourne; Samuel Badger, London to Havre ; Dorcas Prince, London to Newport ; Clydesdale, London to Glasgow. NOON. Wind, N.N.W., fine.—Orion, from London to Cardiff, anchored. TEHUANTEPEC RAILWAY. The New York correspondent of the Times gives the following particulars in reference to the Tehuan tepec Railway, the contract for the construction of Which has been signed by Sykes and Co., of Shef field, England :—" It appears that after Colonel Sloo had learnt that the Mexican Government Would not reaffirm the Garay grant, because they deemed it to have been rendered utterly null and void by the non-compliance with its conditions, he proceeded to Mexico, and for certain considerations Procured the exclusive and perpetual right of way for a plankroad and a railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, including the exclusive right of navigation of the river Coatzacoalco. The right was conferred on Colonel Sloo and his associates by the then constitutionally existing authorities of the Mexican Republic ; and a law was passed by the Mexican Congress especially forth() purpose of recog nising the grant and adding the greatest possible sanction to its legal validity. It was thought that since Mexico was then in a disturbed state the vali dity of the grant might subsequently be questioned ; and the highest authority of the State was invoked to crown it. The Minister of Foreign Affairs was authorized by the Meifcan Congress to recognize the claim s o f C o l one l Sloo, thus established by legislativ e action, in a treaty which was proposed for the acceptance of the United States and the sole obje c t o f w hi c h was to impart the highest in ternational sanction to the Sloo grant. When Santa Anna returned to Mexico and took the con tol of the Government, he readily concurred in all that had been done on this subject, and instructed his Minister to the United States to press the adoption by our Senate of the treaty of which have spoken. This treaty arrived in Washing ton too late for the action of our Senate last sp r i ng ; but, as there is no objection to it, it will doubtless pass that body as a matter of form only ; while I have ascertained that the same Minister now has in his possession, already exe cuted by Santa Anna, another copy of the same treaty, ready for delivery on the exchange of rati fications. It was with a full knowledge of all these facts that Sykes and Co., of Sheffield, un dertook the construction of the Tehuantepec jl‘nkroad and R a il roa d . The taint of suspicion 'as attached to the validity of nearly all the Pants for special or exclusive rights made to clividuals or corporations by the Americano- A _Panish Gov ernmen t s i n b ot h N orth and South "' l nerica. This ha s b een ow i ng c hi e fl y e i ther t ° the informality which has attended the he re of these grants, or t o th e f ac t th a t th ey " e re made duri ng the period of revolution. But, r ° the case of the Sloo grant, the question of in rurality, or legislative or official action during a rev olutionary period, can never legitimately be . h ra irsecl. ; for the grant h a d it s or i g i n i n regu l ar an d un animous legislation , and h as b een con fi rme d an d 'Warmed, under every form of executive Govern kent that has existed since. " These are the reliable facts in the case ; and I nem it advisable to state them, since British in !!rests are involved in the whole transaction. The Te huantepec Plankroad and Railroad will, be de •" 2 "0, a British interest, as they are to be con ttructed mainly by British capital ; but, although uilt mainly by British capital, the amount re rired i s t oo sma ll to affect the financial affairs of 4• I gland even for the ex c it emen t o f a d ay, as th e d is only 166 miles in le ng th, an d th ere are no n gineering obstacles of a f orm id a bl e c h aracter t o enc ounter. The Isthmus of T e h uan t e p ec i s i n l a t. tN., corresponding with that of Jamaica, and is the_ s alubrious region. The climatic obstacles that t 're opposed th construction of the railway across Isthmus of P anama h ave prove d f ar more 8el• ious than the engineerfinds in tunnelling moun `4lns or bridging rivers." Is bar OU OP THE W ILLIAM AND J ANE BARQUE.—The William and Jane, of Shields, from Galatz, 4°Midered at sea a week ago. Captain Joss and crew 4r rived at Plymouth on board a Norwegian brig yesterday. 'SWINDLING THEATRICALS.—A n accoun t was g i ven in August last of the condemnation to three years' impri 'untuent of a man named Delagneau for having com mitted numerous acts of swindling by obtaining sub -Beriptions from diff e r en t p ersons on pretence that they fWere for the distressed widow and family of a literary a n of som e no t e . A mongst his victims were Madames ',Aide Tedesco, Cruvelli, Cerito, and other theatrical ~..n ot abilitie s. T o commit his frauds, he took the tot4l° name of the Vicomte de Croix-Marie. The al sum h e rece i ved was about 2,500 f. On Saturday ; e aPpealed to the Imperial Court against the icodemnation. The prisoner alleged that he is a „ er arY man by profession, that he had been connected W different n ews p a p ers , an d t h at he had been accus ed t o earn money by writing vaudevilles for noted s ` ra toatist s , who brought them out under their own ih anl es• It was stated in the course of the proceedings i h ' 44 t in 1834 he was arrested for having been concerned ~.„-` a Carlo-re üblican plot, that in 4845 he was sentenced P .„.." fo ur month's imprisonment for libel, and in 1850 he ; 44 condemned to three months' imp r iso n m en t an d fi ve . 'ears' interdiction of civil rights for swindling. In th e 'Present case, he originally pretended that he had really a _ e°° ted the money rece i ve d t o a di s t resse d f am il y, and th iirt he should be able to prove it by the testimony of th at f amily. But the proof was not forthcoming, and e former sentence was confirmed. a „ I 'llE COTTON CROP IN THE UNITED STATES.—The - ` 4.1 1 closed on the Ist of September with the largest cotton crop ever produced in the United States, and plante r fa:,_ may congratulate themselves on a twofold -I ""age- The prices they have received have so ::aseexdceeded those, even on the shorter crop of last 4 41., almost in the same ratio as the greatly in quantity of the crop itself. Prices have et a$ been sustained with that remarkable degree of bu t, which distinguished the market of last year ; some although its fluctuations have proved a source of vi tt ! annoyance to merchants,- they have been attended Th e verY little inconvenience to planters themselves. 2 , e extre me fluctuation f or m iddli ng cotton has b een ) ,Z l. per lb.. whi c h i s lc. higher than the average of last b e f ore a nd only 2c. lo wer th an t h e hi gh prices of the year 200: o ,; There h as not only been an increase of about e 1,.. u 0 bale s over last year's crop, but an increase in the thrafe Weight of the bales ; it having risen from 4381 b. 185 2 er age of 1851 and 1852, to 4551 b., the average of fif ty.C e d ro lB i s o 3 n ; p t o h n u n s dm i . ncreasing the entire crop about Su l , air - 4 1)E11. DEATH IN A COFFEE -HOUSE.—Last evening IL; --' Baker, coroner, held an inquest at the London tita- sPital n view of the body of Thomas Chap n, ag e s ai)l3lfP eearhedtise 4 unde y r ear t s h , o who was found dead at a circumstances :—lt e c ,, ee , that the deceased was a carpenter, and bad d on. "'unto Lo.westofb on a visit to his friends in Lon :so,,, en rrived very late on Saturday night with his 15% ullt?oadrihestrged a lodging at the Mazeppa Coffee-house, eet, Whitechapel, where they retired to rest of b e ., e 0 clock on Sunday morning. The boy got out liea,,,"aanbdout 11 o'clock, but could not make the deceased t o be When the waiter was called deceased was found --,Streetquite insensible. Mr. Comley, surgeon of High i, , was called h h '• There Were w 0 pronounced the deceased to be Rat ed b eet sic, no marks of violence, but the deceased i' a ted th t 4 after he drank some coffee. Mr. Comley 4% 1 ttat the deceased had died of apoplexy arising Nod b r t T causes. The jury returned a verdict of ° visitation of God." STAB P PONY, The annual general meeting of the proprietors in this company was held yesterday in the large room of the Clarendon Hotel, Terrace-gardens, Gravesend. Mr. CHARLES BECKET, one of the directors of the com pany, in taking the chair, after referring with much feeling to the loss they sustained by the death of their late chairman, Mr. James Harmer, said that he had himself been twenty years one of the directors of the Star Packet Company, and he could now truly say that at no period during that time had their affairs been in a more prosperous condition than in the present year, as the reports, which would be laid before them, would evince. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. DOBSON then read the auditors' report, which was to the effect, that there was a balance in hand from the last year of 1,4321. 17s. 9d. ; that the earnings of the packets in the year just ended amounted to 26,5711. lis., and that other items, including the sale of the Vesper packet and an issue of new shares, made a total of receipts of 29,4021. is. id. ; that the disbursements (including 4,3501. further payment for the Mars packet 2,7501. for purchase and fitting of the Comet packet in the present year, and 5261. 7s. expenses of a collision with a barge, with 8111. 17s. 11d. dividend and inte rest), amounted to 27,9231. 4s. 2d., leaving a balance, after payment of all liabilities, in favour of the com pany of 1,5781. 16s. 11d., to be carried to the account of the next year. Mr. Dobson then read the directors' report, which, after expressing deep regret at the loss of their late chairman, Mr. Harmer, proceeded to con gratulate the proprietors on the increased prosperity of the company's affairs during the year just passed, and the still greater prosperity they had every reason to anticipate in the future, and recommended that a divi dend of ss. per share of 51. or 51. per cent. be paid on the original shares, and that 2s. 6d. per share for the half-year be paid on the new shares. This recommendation was adopted unanimously. Mr. Becket having been elected chairman of the board of directors, all the directors and other officers of the past year were re-elected by acclamation. On the motion of Mr. JOLLIFFE, a proprietor, who expressed his extreme satisfaction at the prosperous state of the company's affairs, which he was perfectly convinced was owing mainly to the admirable manage. ment, zeal, and persevering exertions of their secretary, Mr. Dobson, in his department, a recommendation to the directors to add 1001. a year to that gentleman's salary of 2001. a year, was unanimously adopted by the proprietors. Another PROPRIETOR said, that as it was the bounden duty of the proprietors to testify their warm acknow ledgments of their secretary to their interests, they weie no less bound to mark their strong sense of the admi rable services of their treasurer, Mr. Coles Arnold, he therefore moved that 1001. should be voted for the pur pose of presenting to that gentleman a piece of plate that would be a perpetual testimonial of the proprietors' high estimation of his zeal and energy in promoting the welfare and prosperity of the company.—Carried with acclamation. Mr. DOBSON and Mr. ARNOLD having respectively re turned thanks for this spontaneous proof of the estima tion their services to the company were held in by the proprietors, and a vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the meeting, exulting in the prospe rous condition of the company's affairs, separated. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. FENCHURCH-STREET RAILWAY STATION. The new joint station of the Blackwall, North Lon don, and Eastern Counties Railways is almost completed, and has a very neat appearance. The roof of the old building has been removed, and the lofty and extensive proportions of the new edifice are exposed to view. The façade in London-street is a piece of excellent brickwork, and consists of two storeys, having 11 arched openings in each, with piers to correspond. Above the cornice there is a circular pediment, which corresponds with the curve of the roof. Massive flights of stone steps lead to the departure and arrival platforms. The roof is of a light and graceful construction, and forms the segment of a circle, the whole of it being covered with glass, with the exception of some few feet on each side where the arch of the roof springs from the walls. The span of the roof is 120 feet, and the height from the permanent way 45 feet. The station extends about 400 feet in length. The main line, down as far as the Haydon square junction, is being widened to meet the increase of trains. A large iron girder bridge is being erected across the wide part of Crutched-friars, and the Minories bridge is in course of enlargement to one-third its former width. Several lines of rails are laid down in the station with a view to afford ample accommodation for the trains. The Blackwall traffic, as also that of the North London, from Bow, Hackney, Islington, Camden-town, and Kew, will remain on the south side of the station, two rails in the centre will be devoted to the Tilbury branch (Grave send), and North Woolwich trains, while those on the other side will be apportioned to the Eastern Counties through traffic. The London and North-Western pas sengers will be brought up by the North London, which is also being widened at that part of the line which crosses Bow-common, where the increase of trains from the Eastern Counties, Tilbury Fort, and North Wool wich, will be considerable. EASTERN COUNTIES.—The line is being widened be tween Stratford and Bow, where the Blackwall Exten sion forms a junction, in order to accommodate the in crease of traffic expected on the opening of the Tilbury Fort line. It is said that the Gravesend fares will be on a very low scale, in order to compete with the South- Eastern and the steamers. SHROPSHIRE AND MONTGOMERYSHIRE.—A new line of railway for connexion with central Wales is proposed, and application will be made in the next session of Par liament for an act authorising its construction. It is said that one-half of the capital is already subscribed. The length of the line is to be 47 miles, and the esti ' mated cost of construction is 7,0001. per mile. The landowners have consented to take a fair agricultural value for their land, and to take the amount in shares. The promoters represent themselves as totally uncon nected with any existing company. The line is to commence at the terminus of the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway at Newtown, and, following the course of the Severn to Caer Flos, will there di verge via Rea Valley to Shrewsbury on the one hand, and via Welshpool to Oswestry on the other. One di vergence passes through Welshpool, near Llanymynech to Oswestry, and terminates by' a junction with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway ; the other, skirting Chirbury and Marton (there entering the Rea Valley), Worthen, near the Shelve and Snailbeach lead mining districts, Butesbury, Harewood, &c., passing over a coal field ten miles in length, enters the town of Shrewsbury by the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, which it will join near Meole Brace, about two miles from Shrews bury. A loop line is proposed from a point on the Oswestry divergence, near Munlin, to a point on the Shrewsbury divergence, under the Hem bank, by which means the town of Welshpool will be placed as near Shrewsbury as by way of Westbury. The sources of traffic on the line consist of pleasure traffic, numerous lead and coal mines ,smelting-bouses, bleaching -grounds, cornmills, limeworks, brick and tile yards, and quarries. HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOVCESTER.—Mr. Brunel has just paid a visit of inspection to this line between Hereford and Gloucester, examining the two tunnels, viaducts, and bridges. The permanent way between Hereford and Hopebrook is about to be commenced, and the headings of the Lea tunnel are "through." The entire line is expected to be completed by the summer. EAST ANGLIAN. —A new line from Lynn to Hun stanton, in connexion with this line, is in contemplation. DUBLIN AND WICKLOW AND DUBLIN AND BRAY.-It appears that an arrangement has been come to between the directors of these companies for uniting the under takings. The works on both lines are progressing fa vourably. The arrangement entered into by the direc tors will be submitted to special meetings of the share holders of both companies on the 28th and 29th inst., at Dublin. CORK AND IVIACROOM.—It is proposed to make a rail way from Cork to Macroom, provided the landowners are disposed to assist the undertaking, and the baronies prepared to grant a guarantee on the outlay. CORK AND YOUGHAL.—An influential meeting of rate payers was held at Midleton on Saturday to consider the propriety of granting a baronial guarantee in aid of the construction of the above railway project ; Mr. E. B: Roche, M.P., in the chair. A. long discussion en: sued, in which a resolution for granting a baronial guarantee was rejected, and the object of the promoters was so far defeated. NORFOLK ESTUARY.—The opening of the inner channel of this important work, leading to the harbour of Lynn, took place on Monday, and proved of much service to the vessels which availed themselves of the passage. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie eturn for the week ending Oct. 9, 1853 £19,012 10 2 Corresponding week last year 14,940 .1 2 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic 're turn for the week ending Oct. 16, 1853 . £18,228 5 4 Corresponding week last year 17,220 4 5 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 16, 1853 £4,693 18 2 Corresponding week last year 4,029 14 0 Increase in 1853 £66l 4 2 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 16, 1853 MI 16 5 Corresponding week last year l5l 12 5 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return far the week ending Oct. 16, 1853 £3,480 12 81 Corresponding week l as t y ear 3,026 9 10 GAS EXPLOSION IN THE ClTY.—Yesterday forenoon a violent explosion of gas took place in the lower room of the premises of Messrs. Nevill and Co., Manchester warehousemen, Gresham-street West, near the General Post-office. It originated through an escape from one of the pipes near the window. Fortunately the most material damage only was the blowing out of the win dow-frame and glass. FATAL CARRIAGE ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning Wm. Higgin, a Chelsea pensioner, expired in the Ox ford ward, St. George's Hospital. Deceased was in the act of crossing Victoria road, Pimlico, near Bucking ham Palace, when he was knocked down by the car riage of a gentleman residing in Eaton-square, and before the coachman had time to pull up the wheels passed over him. SHARE M. 'HIS D.A.Y. Business done this day. 3041 St. 11 50 St. 11 201 a: 20 aa 50 I a] 100 I a . 50 I al 101 80 791 85i 11j p 614 i 50 si 50 a] 25 a] 12 1 St. 10 St. 10 25 1 251, St. ii THE SUN, LONDON, TEURSDA,Y EVENING OCT BE 20, 1853 [d.l R4II.WATe. 50 I all Bedford and Bletchley.... all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... all Do. withoutgr all Birm. Wolv. Dudley guar. all Do.wthtguar. 00 Buckghamsh. all ClydesdaleJc. 00 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. 311 Glstr.dc Dn. Fr, 311 Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway ..... ill Hull & Selby ill Do. A Shares. dl Do. Shares. dl Lon .& Gre enw, ll Do.Preferen co l 10 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. 0 Do. 6 per ct. 11 Manch. %tn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar 11 Midld.Bradfd. ill Northern and Easternsp.c. a Do. 6 per ct. al Do. Fixeds p 11 Frest. & Wyre Leasing Company. London & N. West. i Gt.Wostn Do Do Do L.&N.W Caledon Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Wean Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &Nlid Do Do Closing Prices this day. 98 - 102 48 - 50 138 —l42xd 30 32 107 109 531; 54.3 27 - 28 132 —14 i 24 —2slxd it o Eastern 1 (Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Midid. Stekton & Darlingt. Midland.. .2 Do. Shares. )0 Roystn.atEit. Do.Shepth:St .811 Shef.Rothand Gooleg.s p.c. 9i S. Staffordsh. kll WearValleygr 6 per cent II Do 0 Wilts&Somrst E. Count , Do L. &N.W. &Lu&Yk D 0..... .... Gt Northn Do 3 98 - 100 59 - 61 - 145 - 142 Business this day. Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. Darlingt Do IGtWestn. dis lid - 30 -- 100 THE LATE 'ES 'NAPIER TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The editor of the Morning Post having 8 declined to publish the following, amongst several other letters on the above subject, and, in his no tice to correspondents, assigned no better reasons for his refusal than, first, that " the discussion," provoked by his enemies, and mooted by some anonymous and scurrilous writer, "is misplaced," , or ill judged, as he, probably, meant to say; and ' next, that " the memory of Sir Charles Napier is competent to take care of itself ;" or, in other words, that his illustrious name is a fair mark, or butt, for all the envenomed shafts that envy, ca lumny, and malignity can level, and for all the ribaldry and buffoonery which any tom-fool, or t pettyfogging book se ll er ma y i n d u l ge in, without 2 his friends o r a d voca t es b e i ng permitted even the 5 right or freedom of a reply : the sentiments of in- 2 dignation expressed by yourself, in generously 2 giving insertion to an admirable letter, signed 2 "An Indian Ob server ," aga i ns t th e b ase an d des- 1, picable traducers of Sir Charles, in your valuable 2 Journal of October 4th inst., do honour alike to S your heart and judgment. No honourable and upright person can peruse S 2 i the shameles s ar ti c l e i n All an ' s I n di an M a il of the si 20th September last, aspersing the private charac ter of the gallant and renowned General, and 5( making an impudent, sweeping, and unwarrant- St able attack u p on Si r Willi am N ap i er, i n di v id ually, st and, to use the writer's own words, " the whole st family of the Napiers" collectively, without feel- St ings of intense indignation at the bitter and un- St relenting malignity of those, who will not suffer St the ashes o f th e ill us t r i ous d ea d, scarce l y co ld in St the grave, to repose in peace, or his bereaved 12 widow and relatives to mourn their irreparable 50 loss undisturbed. 16 Whoever the base hireling may be that has thus 2 8 0 t ventured to prostitute his pen, and the liberty of 14 the Press, to the vain and futile attempt of tarnish- 50 ing with the foul breath of detraction, the unsul- 20 lied fame of the departed hero, which no such 11 , ignoble soul can ever hope to rival, the Court of 10 t Directors of the E as t I n di a C ompany, w h a t ever St. might have been the sentiments of some of their 20 number towards Sir Charles when living, are all of 10 them far too honourable and high-minded to sane- St. tion, or approve of, this foul impeachment, now that he is no longer in existence to defend himself. 25 Sir William Napier and his honoured family 25 may scorn to notice, otherwise than with silent and st. profound contempt, this base and wanton attack 812 s upon themselves and the memory of the illustrious c ,s,t• hero who rests ens h r i ne d i n th e i r h earts, secure 57 from the malice o f hi s f oes , an d w ith th e h a l o o f 2 2 5 5 glory irradiating and ennobling his name. Distin- 100 guished as " the whole family of Napiers" is by St. learning and talents, no l ess th an by v i r t ue an d 6 1 valour, they have no need o f th e f ee bl e p en o f any gg such humble and obscure advocate to espouse their 20 cause : yet an old soldier, who laments having never had the honour of knowing or serving under that great general, and who is equally a stranger to themselves, hopes he will be pardoned if he' burns to vindicate, however feebly, their cruelly aspersed name. - Never had any public writer greater reason to observe the maxim, "de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicere ;" never has this sage and humane admoni tion been more wantonly violated. Sir Charles Napier's brilliant career and splen did achievements, especially his rapid and com plete subjugation of Scinde, will continue to gild and adorn the page of history long after the very names of his base calumniators will have perished and been forgotten. His Sovereign and country have repeatedly acknowledged with gratitude his invaluable services, and distinguished him with honours ; and none but the envious and ma lignant, jealous of his prowess in arms and wisdom in councils, and too impotent ever to emu late his noble deeds, or reach the proud pinnacle of glory from which they basely seek to hurl him down, could be guilty of such turpitude, or attempt to sully and defame his nam e w ith suc h aspersions. Now, however, that it is reflected in the luminous pages of The Sun, and vindicated by the voice of public opinion, it will only shine with renewed lustre. Faultless, undoubtedly, Sir Charles was not; and who is ? Impetuous he might be, and daring to a fault ; but never t ur b u l en t, headstrong, or vindic tive. His mind was cast in far too noble a mould to be subject to the mean and grovelling passions of revenge or avarice, with which he is now falsely charged. It is a foul calumny to allege that he was either avaricious or vindictive—the charge can not be substantiated by one authentic fact ; where as, on the other hand, numerous instances of his magnanimity, disinterestedness, and generosity, even to his foes, can be adduced. The wild, barbarous, and unruly Beloochees, numbering amongst them many bands of murderers and robbers, whom Sir Charles ex terminated, were subdued more by his yisdom and sagacity than by force of arms ; and the blessings of peace and civilisation introduced into their country by Sir Charles, and consolidated on the enduring basis of sound political enact ments, entitle him to the lasting gratitude of the natives, thousands and tens of thousands of whom still ascribe these blessings, and the happiness they enjoy, to his wise, liberal, and humane administra tion. The scurrilous and defamatory article now under review will, without doubt, rouse their indigna tion, as it has naturally incensed many Indian gentlemen of rank and distinction now in London, with whom I have the honour of being acquainted. These have in my presence declared their firm re solution to write forthwith and obtain from their countrymen such a testimonial of their veneration for the very name of Napier —of him whom, living, they might well regard as their greatest earthly benefactor—as will serve to convince the British public of the falsehood and malignity of such charges —cover his enemies with shame and confu sion—and put to silence the foul tongue of slander. " The whole family of the Napiers" may take comfort from this assurance, whilst the audacious, impertinent, and heartless remarks made upon Sir William's most laudable, though unsuccessful, effort to eulogise his inestimable brother, on his precious relics being consigned to the tomb, and when his feelings overpowdered him, and pre vented 'the accomplishment of his most natural, amiable, and fraternal purpose, are too puerile and contemptible to merit any farther comment. I am, Sir, &c., MILES. London, October 7, 1853. TRANSATLANTIC SCREW STEAM COMPANY. The Transatlantic Screw Steam Company at Dieppe have contracted for 12 vessels of 1,200 tons, and 240-horse the West fo t n he di ap French s r t e a n l c s h e r e v o i l e o e n i t e o s he n e d ß t i h v e e r u P n l i a t t e e Ba d, States.rzil Messrs. Mare and Co., of Blackwall, are to build the ships, and Messrs. Maudslay are to supply the ma chinery. FALL OF HOUSES IN LAMBETH. Yesterday after noon, about four o'clock, considerable alarm was caused in the immediate vicinity of the Waterloo-road, in con sequence of a report being raised that a couple of houses had fallen in Tower-street, and that several lives had been sacrificed. From the inquiries subsequently made, it appeared that almost facing the police-station in Tower-street, Lambeth, a house had been for some time undergoing ) repair. During the alterations made, the house adjoining was found to be fast sinking, which induced the landlord to request the occupants to leave until such time as the improvements were finished. The parties removed out of the house on Tuesday, which proved exceedingly fortunate, for had they not done so there is not the least doubt but !they would have been all killed ; for whilst the various men were engaged in one house the structure fell with a tremendous crash, carrying along with it the principal portion of the other building. The men, who were at work at the time, having had their attention previously directed by a loud cracking of timber, I,they found that the house was "settling," and in an instant they made a precipitate retreat by jumping out of window, and thereby saved their lives. A great crowd soon assembled upon the spot, but owing to the exertions of a body of police from the opposite station they were kept out of danger. There is not the slightest doubt but the men in removing the roof of one of the houses had weakened the walls, and by that means have caused the a l arm i ng, but fortu nately, not fatal accident. DOCKS ON THE SURREY SIDE OF THE THAMES,— A company has been announced for the construction of capacious docks on the Surrey side of the Thames, close to the Spa-road station of the Greenwich Railway. The capital is to be 1,000,000/.ln 25/. shares, and the area contemplated consists of 130 acres, of which 60 will be water. They are to be called the Wellington Docks, and are to be capable of admitting the largest steamers. The promoters point to the fact that of 9,986 vessels which entered inwards last year from foreign ports, not above half received accommodation from the exist; ing companies, while, in addition upwards of 28,000 coasters and fishing vessels discharged in the river ; and they add that, although the want of facili ties thus demonstrated will he partially remedied by the Victoria Docks, these will not supply what is demanded on the Surrey side, where new docks and warehouses close to London, and in immediate connexion with all the important railway lines, have become essential. The general level of the proposed site is considerably below high-water mark, and, as the neighbourhood is a poor one, and the land chiefly gar den-ground, a large extent of space is considered avail able at a small outlay. In the existing state of the money market the issue of proposals for any fresh public undertaking seems scarcely likely to attract much at tention, but in the present case the board of directors is composed rade of at m w e r o c u h l d a n b t e s a b and e fi o t t h t e e d r s l by a r t g h e e l interest e dy work, an d thine ltohceiltinfluence awakened, including that of the connecting is assumed to ha sufficient to warrant the capital being subscribed with out a r ra ilway 1 w difficulty.aexpectation companies , of 10 20 20 20 50 20 20 25 25 20 20 50 20 Shr. 1 Pi MINES. 1 all . gua Fria 1 all • nglo Austrin. Gold 3d par 10s. all Anglo Californian 1 pm 3 $ 10 2 Australasian l3d 4 d 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera d 1 all Australian Freehold $ 1 all Ave Maria $ 3d 3 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 3d par 1 all British Ausain. Gold 3 $ d 3 20 13.5 British Iron 35 248 Brazilianlmp.(issued at X 5 pm 4 5 30 all Do. Vocaes 41 Cuiada 24 3 23 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 333 343 348 1 3 Carson's Creek 40 all Cobre Copper 42 —44 5 1 Colonial 15 Copiapo Si. all Copper Min. of Eng 55 —65 25 all Do. Pref. 73 p. cent 5 7pxd 5 all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg.Co 23 3 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein_ par — 3 p 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 6 71 6i 1 all New Granada d— par 1 all Nouveau Monde P 1 a 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. . 5 1 Port Philip — 4( 1 1 all Quartz Ro c k 50 all Rhymney Iron - 15 15 Do. New — 30 10$ Santiago de Cuba 1 all Fluth Australian 10 7 Tin Croft 5 '7 281 3 all United Mexican 3l 34 1 all Waller — dis 1 all West Granada S d 1 all West Ma r ip osa 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia G9 71 69 70 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 3 d— par 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Loud — 20 10 English Sco'-tisl and Australian 24d lid 8 20 15 Load. Chart. Bk. of Australia par A p 151 50 20 London and County _ 50 10 London Joint Stock., 22 24 100 20 aond. & Westminster 33 34 33 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 223 National of Ireland _ 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 43 —45 xd 44 ?; x d 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland _ 10 all Do. New • • 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co 3 dis— par 25 all South Australia 39 40 25 all Union of Australia 67 69 67 8 21 Do. New 63 73 SO 10 Union of L0nd 0n ...., 173 183 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 33 35 34 20 12 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail . 50 383 Brit. American Land 5 5 —6O xd x d 100. 323 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace 3 3 p 53 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... 20 3 Eastern Ste am • ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 29 20 16 General Screw Steam ... 20 5 Irish Beetroot S ugar _ 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land l3 id 20 10 Nrth. ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... 70 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam . 25 25 South is tstral.Land 33 35 33 1 all Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization ... LOO 283 Van Diemen's Land 144 —15 A 14i —15 b LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Oct. 20. Wind this day at Noon, N., and fine ; it rained heavily at 6 a.m. this morning. RAMSGATE, Oct. 19.—Wind, S.S.W., blowing a strong gale.—The New Dove, from London, in entering the pier, shipped a heavy sea, and in entering the basin received other damage.—The Swan, from Sunderland to Havre, has been assisted in here leaky, having been on the brake. OFF MARGATE, Oct. 19.—Jane, New York. DOVER, Oct. 19.—Wind, S.S.E., strong. Arrived— Jane Felix, Sunderland, with bowsprit sprung. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 19.—Wind, S. Arrived—Almaezor (s), Newcastle, with engine-work damaged. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 19.—Wind, S.S.E. to S.S.W. Ar rived—Agincourt, London, for Geelong, and sailed for Southampton. Put Back -Rose Ellis, for China. DARTMOUTH, Oct. 18.—The Merta, from Silestria, lies here with loss of sails, boats, bulwarks, decks swept and leaky, and cargo very much heated. LOWESTOFT, Oct. 19. —The Splendid, of and from Car narvon, for Hull, reported yesterday as on the Newcome Sand, has become a total wieck ; crew saved. DEAL, Oct. 19.—A collier brig is ashore on the Brake Sand. GRIMSBY, Oct. 19.- -Arrived—Avon, from Quebec. WIVENHOE, Oct. 19.—1 t has blown hard to-day from S.S.E. to S.E.—The Neptunus, of Krageroe, from Hemo sand to London, grounded on the Whitaker Sand, but has been assisted off and into the harbour.—The Vanguard, of Whitby, for London, with coals, was also ashore on the Whitaker, and has been an aground on the Main to pre vent her sinking, she being full of water.—The Matilda, of and for Naples from Shields, has been ashore on the Middle Sand, but has been assisted in here.—The Specula tion, of and from Sunderland, has been assisted in from near the Bualy Sand, leaky. SHIELDS, Oct. 18.—Put Back—Brothers, for London, with loss of bowsprit, having been in contact off Robiu Hood's Bay. BRIDLINGTON, Oct. 18.—Arrived—Hercules, Newcastle, leaky, and sailed for Southwold, after stopping the leak. ALDBOROUGH, Oct. 18.—The brig Friends, of Whitby, was the vessel which ran into the Caroline e Frances,ith foroff Caistor Point. YARMOUTH, Oct. 18. —Arrived — Mayville,. Leith Genoa, leaky, and will partly discharge. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 19.—Sailed—Warbler, for Melbourne ; Arctic (s), and Vandalia, New York. KIRKCALDY, Oct. 18.—Arrived—Lord Gatnbrie, Davies' Straits, with 10 fish, about 103 tons of oil. SUNDERLAND, Oct. 18.—Arrived—Auckland, Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10,30 a.m. Wind, N.N.W., moderate, and fine. Arrived—Glide, from Matanzas ; King of the Forest, Palermo ; H. W. Davies, Picton, with loss of maintop mast, &c. Off Holyhead—Putting back, in tow of a steam-tug, the David Harrison, from Liverpool for Bahia. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.6 a.m. Arrived—Nat a l ( s ) , from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy (a), Antwerp ; Diana (s), Amsterdam ; Concordia (s), Rater. dam ; Hallos er (s), do. ~a iled—Emperor, for Algoa Bay ; Julindur, Geelong. 10 a.m.—Wind, N. ; tide, low water ; weather, mode. rate. DEAL, Thur Wind, N.W. moderate, and cloudy. sday, 9.21 a.m. Prssed—B. B. Green, from London, for Mauritius; A. B. S., No. 415, Angelina, north for westward. Sailed— The Leila, for Cadiz. HOP INTELLIGENCE,—Hoppicking in the Maidstone district concluded yesterday. The produce throughout is stated to average less than 5 cwt. per acre. Prices, however, are generally good, with a prospect of an ad vance upon the present quotations, if the planters main tain a good understanding with each otherfinished. At Brenchley, picking, with few exceptions, is now there. We are very fortunate in crop and quantity this rce n ewairllly make finishe u d p , and year, and our hops are inq uired after at an advanced rate from last week. Dut y at our market is quoted 135,0001. In Sevenuoatistyh,o pthpeingpr i although short in cl deficiency.—,south .eastern Gracette. THE CHOrE.R.A. (Prom the General Board of Health, Oct. 19.) DANTZIC. The recent visitation of cholera in this city and neigh bourhood has been of a milder character than on former occasions. The entire number of cases from its com mencement (13th of July to the Bth of October, 1853) is represented to have been : Attacked. Deaths. Recovered. Civilians Military There were still under medical care, at the date of the latest dispatches, 81 persons. Darlington, Oct. 17 : Diarrhcea Gateshead Union, Oct. 17 : Cholera Diarrhcea Gateshead (Heworth district), Oct. 18 : Cholera South Shields Union, Oct. 13 and 15 Cholera Diarrhcea Hemel Hempstead, Oct. 17 : Cholera Howden, Oct. 16 : Cholera Caxton, near Rochester, Oct. 16 and 17 : Cholera Deaths. 3 2 .................. 2 BRITISH RAILWAYS. IPaid.l Miriam:re. 20 20 10 St. 100 Aberdeen 86 Ambg. Nottng. Bost an d East)]. Junct all Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. dJ Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 184 Do., £20.. .. ....... .. 100 Bristol and. Exeter.. 100 Caledonian. all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction....... all Do. New, all East Anglian .... . ..... all Do., (£lB E & H)..„ all Eastern Counties.. .. all Eastern Union, Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 8a Do., New A....., 100 East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk all & Binning. Junc 100 Edinburgh &Glasgow 16, Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee ; 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock..... 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 Great Western .. . 11 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle) 111 Do., Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 176 Do., Fifths 114 DD., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern I all Liv. Crsby. &Southpt all London & lllackwall 7 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/. 5h.,M&8...0 100 London and S. Westn. 42.3 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lndndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.& Linda 4i Do., Man. & Lin. Un LOO Midland LOO Do. Birmng. &Derby 47a Midld. G. West . (Ire.) 176 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle .00 Newmarket 4 1 Do., Bury Extensi on 17 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 7 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3a Northn.Counties Un 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 11a Do., No. 2 all Do., a A Deferred 8 Do., A B Guaranteed 17. North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Bii mg 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Si oak 8 Shrewsby. & H erefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halves,l a all Do. Oswestiy 62 Shropshire Union all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Rh , . Dun 5 Do 16 is tockton & Hartlepl 20 Thames Haven Dock' and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriek 14 West Cornwall 21s. Wimbledn& Croydon 100 York Newctl. &Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 116 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland_ Cl•sing Prices this day. 19i - 4 -4, 8 1 -9; 13 —ll dial 16 18 5a 4a 93 —9 5 d 41 —49 a 15 16 13 15 43 7i -8; 41 4, 3 -3 : 11 - 12 38 -- 42 28 - 30 61 . - 6 58 ..t- 60 ••• 2,1 - 23 73i 74. 50 52 123 -- 125 100 -- 102 79i -- 80 83 - 88 10 -12 p 61 - 62 7fi - 5 - 4i 12 -12 i par pnal -- 1 7i 92 -- 94 d 1021 -102 d t -- p 74 -- 7 6 p 13 -12 d 12 --'ll4 18i : 19! 1, 33 --3355 50 53 d par - 47 56 4 3d 25 ... 26 8 10 li - 7 - 6k 74 par 36 - 38 87 - 89 55 - 57 62 - 64 162 - 0 - 65 15 - 17 7} - 8i 11 - 13 4 - 14 - 16 57i -58 i 34 - 35, 3 --- 2 - 14 ••• - •• 8 - 9• 49 15i I 41 i 111 I 102 U 12i 75 291 23 19j 58 i i i agi 61 6 - 2 62 9i -- 9 10i ? 44 I' 4 d 44 -- 45 45 4/ 97 64 100 15 i 24i 4 6 7 4 a-- 33 i it 36 5/ PREFERENCE SHARES St. 100 Aberdeen .. . It, 100 Do. No. 2,7 p. c , 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares ~, 100 Caledonian £lO . . all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i Per cent 61 Cork &Bandonslp.c, i 4 all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ;3 all EastAuglian (£3los; 6 per cent i all Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 .......... . all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 East Lancash. 6p. as. all Edinb Pith. &Dundee 5a per cent. ... 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent.... 100 Great Northn. sp. c, 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. 7a Do. 41 p. c. Scrip I all Gt, Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths).. 6 Gt. Westn. (Bells Si Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do, cov. red. 4a p.c. 100 Do. con, red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c.... 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. C 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry& Color Shares all Londy. & Ennis. Sb all Man., Shef., & in., 1 Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 3 Do. X 6 .. . . .. .. . all Harypt & all Do. 4i per cent,.,,,,, 8i Do 100 Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 4i per cent 6 Norfolk Extension._ 100 Do. 5 p. c. Ext. .. . 100 Do. Guar. 5i per et._ 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c. 100 North British . all North Staffordshire., 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls, 6 p.c 15 Do all Shrews. &Birm.N.G I all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent..,,.,, all South Devon.... 14 Do. Now ....... . . .. all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. LOO Do. 4i per cent. Pre. all S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. .00 York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref 5 Do 10 York&N. MidlandH and S. Purch. 10 25 10 1.0.61 St. 20 5 St. 5 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessac all Charleroi & Erquelin. 14 Dijon and Besancon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Junct. of France all Gt.WesternofCana4 Shares 3 , Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) 4 Do. 6p. et. pref 12 Lyons & Mediterran 76 Madras all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds all (fruy. B. & Ams. Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Roues all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg 10a Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 2 sth-Eastrn. of France 6 Southern. of France 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 10 Do. 5; per c. Pref 10 Western of France 4 West. of Switzerland 12 Zealand, ••• .... ... ii 7 6 ... ...... ...XI q] 3 - 13§ 3 - 1115 : 119 .05 107 id 7 8 7 9964 101 95 100 95 100 id par 139 141 2 - 3 12i . 13 6 7 gi id —#P -38 140 idi 22 224 - 99 -- 101 I d - Apm 91 —lok IG -- 17 9i -10 j 12 -- 14 par -- i p 24 --24ixd 100 -- 105 19 -- 20 . ... dj 95 98 4f 4i i - id FOREIGN. 3 - 12 - 1 21 -- 2 P - 2 - 2 ld 4 44 1 la 1 1 14 1 —16 d —14 P 6i - 7 33 -33 i 12j -13 j 7 -- 8 15i -- 16 p 39 41 351 361,- 2 4 p 3 1 18 20 id p 74 8 id p 2 4 p .1 .14 die 7 . 1 31 •••• 11 pPm m 1 - 1 1391 1 11 MIRYTOET. The return from this place states that there have been about ten deaths in 10 or 14 days. LIVERPOOL. Since the 14th inst., there have been five new cases of cholera and two deaths ; of those attacked, three were Germans, and two Irish. The latter and one of the former were emigrants ; another had arrived in Liv erpool, via Hull, a fortnight before ; the third was the keeper of a large German lodging-house, in which seve ral cases of cholera had previously occurred. The deaths were among the German emigrants formerly reported. Ne wcastle-upon-Tyne, Oct. 18 : Deaths. Cholera 6 Diarrho ea The total num b er of deaths from cholera and diar3rhcea in Newcastle during the present outbreak has been 1,514. In the same period (viz.,_ the first 48 d a y s ) d ur i ng t h e prevalence of epidemic cholera in 1831.2 the number of deaths was 291. Mr. Lee one of the engineering in spectors of the Board of Health, has represented that by the incautious removal of liquid refuse the deleteri ous gases would be liberated and diffused, and new sur faces would be exposed under conditions, favourable to more active decomposition and evaporation ; that conse quently the disease might be aggravated by the measures intended to mitigate it ; and that the only safe course of dealing with such matters is to absorb, dry up, and bury them in their existing situation, so as to render them in capable of further injury during the prevalence of the epidemic, and then to remove them in a comparatively dry state after the epidemic shall have ceased. Saw dust, bran, dried and pounded clay, bog earth, or any similar inexpensive substance, would serve to absorb the fluid part of the refuse, but in this district there would probably be difficulty in obtaining any of these in suffi ciently large quantities. Common earth may be had in abundance and without any other cost than that of cart age, and it possesses the advantage of acting che mically upon the refuse as well as mechanically. It had been observed that if, when a jet of most offen sive fluid manure has been thrown upon land until it is quite wet, a handful of such earth is taken up, and applied to the nose, the only perceptible odour is that of sweet fresh soil newly turned up. Attention having been directed to this fact, Professor Way was induced to make a special examination of the subject, and by an extensive series of experiments this distinguished chemist has demonstrated that, of all the substances hitherto recommended as deodorizers or fertilizers, none take up and fix so readily and completely the gases given off by decomposing town refuse as natural earth. Acting on the knowledge of this discovery, Mr. Lee organised a system for bringing into the town fresh earth from the suburbs, carted from a field belonging to the corpora. tion, the earth of which turned out to be very suitable to the purpose. Many loads have been used for the imme diate absorption of pools, fluid and semi-fluid filth, and for burying temporarily vast heaps and accumulations of dead organic matter. The results of this course are stated to have been highly satisfactory. A copious ap plication of earth was also recommended to the public privies and urinals, which were found to be in a very offensive condition, one of which is stated to be used daily by about a thousand men and boys. METROPOLIS. Mr. Hall, of the Poor-law Board, and Dr. Milroy, from the General Board of Health, had interviews on Tuesday with the boards of guardians of Kensington and Fulham. Upon the advice of these gentlemen, the guardians, in both instances, devolved the veryresponsible duties of sani tary inspection in the different districts of their parishes upon their medical officers, who are required, at the same time, to maintain a vigilant survellance over the health of the inhabitants in all the suspected localities. At both meetings, but more especially at Fulham, loud complaint was made of the disgraceful state of long-open ditches, as left by the Commissioners of Sewers, and in deed of the utterly defective sewerage throughout the district. A case of cholera has occurred within the last few days in Kensington, in the very same room where the first fatal case occurred in 1849. There have also been two fatal cases in St. George's-in-the-East. From reports of the superintendents of the D, K, L, M, R, S, and V divisions of police, forwarded this day to the General Board of Health, by direction of the Commis sioners of Metropolitan Police, it appears that between 1 the 15th inst. and the 18th there have been 27 cases of cholera, resulting in 13 deaths. In six cases death en sued within 24 hours of the attack. In one instance, it is remarked by the superintendent, that "the smell from the premises in Green-street was so bad all last week that it was impossible to have the windows of this house (where the death occurred) open for ordinary ven tilation." The patient was in perfect health up to the time of the attack. GERMAN EMIGRANTS' LODGING-HOUSE, GLASS-HOUSE YARD, ST. MARY'S, WHITECHAPEL. During the last few days several cases of cholera have occurred at this depot for the Germans emigrating from Germany to America ; three have been removed to the German Hospital, three to St. Thomas's, and one to the London Hospital. The disease appears to have been brought over from Holland by the emigrants, as in some of the patients it appeared even on board the Rotterdam steam-boat, and in others shortly after their landing at St. Katharine's-wharf in Lower East Smith field. The medical officer attending the sick in this lodging-house states that he considers the accommoda- tion supplied in the establishment during the short stay of the emigrants in London as faultless ; that constant attention is paid to cleanliness in every respect ; and that any suggestion that can promote the comfort and health of the emigrants is immediately carried out, regardless of expense, by the proprietor. THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS ON CHOLERA The following has just been published by this im portant body : " Royal College of Physicians, Oct. 15. "The Cholera Committee of the Royal College of Physicians have received from various quarters appli cations for some plain directions calculated to be of service to the public during the prevalence of epidemic cholera, when medical advice may not be immediately at hand, and before such advice can possibly be ob tained. " For this reason the committee deem it right to offer to the public some instructions, which, on account of an intended 'notification' have been issued by the General Board of Health on the 20th of September, 1853, m ay be brief, and are i n no case i ntended either to supersede the necessity of having recourse as speedily as possible to further medical assistance, or to impose any authoritative restriction on medical practitioners. "DURING THE PREVALENCE OF CHOLERA, " 1. No degree of looseness of the bowels should be neglected for a single hour. Medical advice should be once sought when the looseness begins ; and, previous to the arrival of a medical attendant, some of the medi cines at other times used for checking diarrhoea should be taken—for example, the chalk mixture ; the com pound cinnamon powder ; or the compound chalk powder with opium, in does of from 20 to 40 grains for an adult. " 2. No saline aperients or drastic purgatives should be taken without the advice of a medical man. " 3. Intemperance in eating or drinking is highly dangerous ; but the moderate use of vegetable as well as animal food may be recommended ; and, in general, such a plan of diet as each individual has found by experience to be most conducive to his health ; for any considerable change in the diet to which a person has been accustomed is seldom advisable during the preva lence of an epidemic. "4. Debility, exhaustion, and exposure to damp render the poor especially subject to the violence of the disease. The committee urge upon the rich the neces sity of supplying those in need with food, fuel, and clothing. " 5. The extreme importance of removing or counter actings. all impuritie s , w h e th er i n the air, water, or of the soil, as as by ventilation, c l ean li nes s, and the free use be too chloride of lime o r chloride of zinc, cannot strongly insisted upon. lleee of en° g i a d e " Lastly, since the reports made to o er t w he— Physicians show that of the persons who ° about the sick in the last epidemic the h in proportion, was, um ber of those who were attacked by the diseasee may be practi exceedingly small, the fear of infection cally disregarded. " The committee forbear me dical d w ell upon the extreme importance of providingg f the di arr hoea among th e poor ; t a ffected by chol era what is called thesystem ai attendants dispen sariesLvree for the treatment of organising in every district visitati on ; and of rv. hospitals for the reception of pa tientstempera-, properly treatedat their establishing be who cannot measures . have. otification published by the been strongly and homes ; b e ca fo u rc s e e d th in es t e he properly en General Board of Health,, PRATEEs AGAINST THE CHOLERA.---YeSterday was kept at Southampton, at the request of the Mayor of that town , as a d ay o f humiliation and prayer, that Al mighty God may be mercifully pleas e d to remove from this nation the awful scourge of cholera wh parts of the kingdom h ave been visited. All with the hic churches and chapels were opened for Divine worship, the shops were closed, and business suspended. "As GOOD AS A P LAT."--I note this very ordinary phrase as having royal origin, or at least authority. It was a remark of Charles 11. when he revived a practice of his House o p r edece ssors, r and attended the sittings of the Lords. Th e particular occasion was the de bate, then interesting to him, on Lord Roos's Divorce Bill.—Note.: and Queries. ....wzw, wW• , THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA ASSOCIATION'. I The East India and China Akedpiiiichi . , •:hed their usual comparative stateniez*.or r... of ships, both British and frifts4ir,, *if* theft' , 4 ate tonnage, entered inwarl t el_.elbug tet .. ; 44Sli- th cargo, from and to places ltin4fie ;..efs.thii; :• 1 t India Company's charteV:onPhis, the 30th of September, in e m t, 5335.rga18.48: , e return of the vessels entere ipitolviktfira —ase with regard to the port of Longhorn oTVg4isesel( and 49,000 tonnage, the difference between '5BO v€9,3 1 6e1s with 315,885 tonnage in 1853, and 525 vessels with 266,885 tonnage in 1852. Liverpool figures for an increase of 67 vessels and 54,123 tonnage, the arrivals in 1853 having been 203 vessels with 121,975 tonnage, against 136 vessels with 67,851 tonnage in 1852. Bristol and Hull present an increase of 8 vessels and 1,862 tonnage, the difference between 27 vessels with 9,403 tonnage and 19 vessels with 7,541 tonnage. The return for the Clyde fur nishes the only instance of decrease, viz., to the extent of 3 vessels and 1,217 tonnage, the arrivals in 1852 having been 40 vessels with 15,050 tonnage, while in 1853 they were 37 vessels with 13,833 tonnage. The net increase established in contrasting these returns is 127 vessels and 103,769 tonnage, the difference between 847 vessels with 461,096 tonnage in 1853 and 720 vessels with 357,327 tonnage in 1852. The principal arrivals were from Bombay, New South Wales, Madras, Singa pore, Penang, and Mauritius. The return of clearances outwards shows' n the case of the port of London the large increase of 245 vessels and 96,812 tonnage, the difference between 723 vessels with 360,215 tonnage and 478 vessels with 263,403 tonnage. Liverpool figures for an increase of 114 vessels and 39,135 tonnage, the departures in 1853 having been 397 vessels with 213,789 tonnage, and in 1852 283 vessels with 174,564 tonnage. Bristol and Hull show an in crease of 14 vessels with 3,759 tonnage, these repre senting the whole of the departures in 1853, while not a single vessel left the same ports in the cor responding period of the previous year. The return for the Clyde exhibits an increase of 79 vessels and 10,985 tonnage, the difference between 141 vessels with 41,413 tonnage and 62 vessels with 30,428 tonnage. The net increase established is therefore 452 vessels and 150,691 tonnage, the aggregate , depart ures i n 1853 having been 1,275 vessels with 619416 tonnage, against 823 vessels with 468,485 tonnage in 1852. Nearly the whole of this increased traffic has arisen from the extension of trade with the Australian colonies, the departures un der the head of New South Wales, New Zealand, &c., alone being 444 vessels with 145,686 tonnage. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 19. Yesterday morning at nine o'clock, during the per formance of that useless harbour manoeuvre of sending up topgallantmasts, crossing topgallant and royal yards, and loosing sails, at Spithead, a sad accident happened on board the Duke of Wellington. The maintopgallant mast, which was just on the point of being " fidded," came down with a tremendous crash. Fortunately, it struck no one on deck, having pitched into one of the boom-boats, where it stuck fast. One of the crew, how ever, was hurled like a cricket-ball from the maintopsail yard into the water, and another, who was attending on the topmast cap, was so much injured that his life is despaired of. Both are in Haslar Hospital. A heavy gale has been blowing all day from the south ward and westward, which has prevented many officers and men of the fleet from going off to their ships, and we are sorry to say, notwithstanding the disastrous fatality we recorded some time since to two officers and two waterman in endeavouring to make Spithead in similar weather, no steam tender has been appointed to attend the ships and convey officers and men to and fro. Nearly 400 officers and men were ashore this morning, totally unable to get off to their ships to their time. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, the Commander• in -Chief, paid a private visit of inspection to the St. Jean d'Acre, Duke of Wellington, and Prince Regent yesterday forenoon, very minutely examining the Duke and St. Jean d'Acre. The finding of the divisional court-martial held on Colour-Sergeant Mills, of the Royal Marine Artillery, last week, on the serious charge of attempting to obtain meat gratis from the contractor, Mr. James Dennison, of Mile-end Mills, Portsea, was read on Monday in the head-quarter barracks of the Royal Marine Artillery corps. The Court-Martial honourably acquitted Ser jeant Mills of the attempt, and added that they could not pass without severe animadversion the gross discre pancies in the evidence of Mr. Dennison and his late clerk, Fletcher. THE COMMAND OF THE ROYAL YACHT.--It is certain that Rear-Admiral Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence strikes his flag on promotion, and retires from the command of the Royal yacht, and it is reported at the clubs that Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman (son of the venerable ex-Lord Chief Justice, and of the seniority of 1841) will succeed his lordship. Captain Denman has never served afloat as a captain, but he has studied steam, and has served as Equerry to his Royal Highness Prince Al bert.—Morning Herald. THE LIEUT. - GOVERNORSHIP OF GREENWICH HMI-. TAI..—We hear that Rear• Admiral the Hon. Wm. Gor don, M.P. for Aberdeenshire, brother of the Premier, and ex-Lord of the Admiralty, and Rear Admiral Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, are the favourite candidates for the vacant appointment of Lieut.-Governor of Green wich Hospital.—lbid. DEATH OF REAR -ADMIRAL BELL, C.B.—The death of this officer took place on the 16th inst., at his resi dence at Aigburth. This gallant officer was on the re tired list of 1846. He served sixteen years afloat during the war, and with great gallantry :—" He entered the r navy in June, 1796, as first-class volunteer, on board. the Clyde, 38, Captain Charles Cunningham. He con tinued to serve in that frigate in the Channel, North Sea, and off the Western Islands, for the space of sir years, and on the 20th of August, 1799, when off the Cordovan lighthouse, assisted at the capture, after a gallant engagement of nearly two hours, of the French. frigate La Vestale, of 36 g uns an d 230 men, of whom 10 were killed and 22 wounded —the British losing only 3 killed and 3 wounded. He passed his examination in. April, 1802 ; sailed in July following for the Jamaica. station in the Chichester, store-ship, Captain Stevens ; was there promoted, on the 20th of October, in the same year, from the Leviathan, 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Thomas Duckworth, into the Shark, 18, Captain. J. B. Herring ; and afterwards joined, Oct. 5, 1803,. and Sept. 16, 1804, the Magnanime, 18, Capt. Edward. Hawker, and La Pique, 36, Capt. Charles Bayne Hodp son Ross. In command of the tender belonging to the lat.. ter ship Lieut. Bell, on March 26, 1806, aided in taking the two French 16-gun brigs Phaeton and Voltigeur; and on Nov. 1 ensuing, as first of La Pique, with her barge and two other boats under his orders, he succeeded with out the loss of a man, in cutting out from the har bour of Cabaret, Porto Rico, a fine new Spanish brig, pierced for 12 guns, and completely destroying a 3-gun battery at its entrance. 'While subsequently employed. ashore on the south side of St. Domingo, he received a severe wound in an attack made by the natives on his party, and in consequence, we believe, was presented. with a gratuity from the patriotic fund. We next find him appointed, March 13, 1807, to the acting command of the Shark, receiving -ship at Port Royal, from which he was confirmed, April 1, 1808, into the 14-gun brig Phipps. On Nov. 16, 1810, Captain Bell, who had pre viouly chased a lugger -privateer close under Calais, fell in with two others, one of which, Le Barbier de Seville, of 16 guns and 60 men, on being brought to close action. was gallantly boarded, and in a few minutes carried, by Lieutenant Robert Tryon, at the head of a party of sea men, one of whom was killed, and the lieutenant himself dangerously wounded. The enemy lost 6 killed and 11 wounded ; and the prize, from the well-directed fire she had sustained, sank soon after the enga gement. oc For this achievement Capt a i n B e ll, as were h is _ ers and. crew, was honoured w ith th e approbation t bat o he lo t nof eo t m i m e Aanddmoif ralty. He removed, June 19, 1811, u l t s was 2 a s n u d p e r n s o e t d e a d fte o r.... n a ti d le va l‘ T l l c o e s n q l u e i n t t o, to a post first- r e a l as n k s , F sloop, eb. 7 1: wards jeuiliyip4lo,3l-e8d4.0, and i d s elevation to fl a g ran k, 0o h n is omi nation to the C.B. t o ot place tober, 1846."—O'Brne. DEPARTURE OF THE ARCTIC. —Yesterday, shortly be fore noon, the United States Mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain James C. Luce, sailed from the Mersey, for New York, with the usual mails for the United States, California, Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, New. foundland, &c., s e i u m e s e e r c he of n t t h e e 21 passengers, and a large cargo of valuable merchandise on freight. ABOLITION OF THE MERGHANTS' ROOM AT LLOYD'S. —At a m eeting of the committee of management at e i t i o g was requiredagreed b t u h TOM, underwriters, pi conjunction with the existing “ Lloyd' t s h t e h s is om da e y b , under writers' room. ' The change is fixed for the 1 Afarc b.—Sh ipping Gazette of last night. 3lst of next i THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—:yesterday of the National Gallery, Trafalgar -s quare, i to the public, stating that, in con exten sive alterations and repairs whi ch the gallery would not be o day next, the 24th inst , the authorities issued a notice sequence of the tch are now proceeding, as pened to the public on Mon hibition would positivel heretofore ~ but that the ex-. 7th of November next. Y be re -opened on Monday, the be several valuable addit is expected that there will its re-openi ng , ions made to the gallery before THE SULTAN OF T tan is URKEY'S NEW P A L ACE .—Th e S u l. now build' with front to the Bosphorus. a new p a l ace a t D o l ma B a k tc h e , nian, the son e Bosphorus. The architect is an Arnie.. of the S u lt an ' s b u ild er : h e stu di e d i n. France for a short sime. The marble :the workmanship. palace is of stone and •is very common ;the frontage extends along the Bosphorus from Dolma Baktche to Beshik T as h , and must have a facade of upwards of 1,000 feet : the situation is ex ' if le The palace is more like a town in extent, covering!some thing in the rear exorbitantly great. It was here that Mr. W. J. Smith erected for his Imperial Majesty a winter" garden and kiosk, and furnished it in the European. style, with crystal fountain, candelabra, and chan deliers lighted with gas. The chimneypieces are of crimson-coloured crystal and painted china ; the floor is of china ; and the basin of fountain enamelled slate, exquisitely painted with flowers. The furniture was made by Messrs. Holland, of Mount -street. The principal floor comprises vast halls and apart ments fitted up in a most costly manner in gilding and painting, executed by It a li an s and natives. The taste of some of the interior finishing is questionable. The baths are fitted up with Egyptian alabaster The roof is covered with lead ; all the Sultan's palaces, and only these are covered with that metal. The p alace is built on piles. The great staircase is lighted by a large skylight of crimson-coloured glass. The ceilings are generally low. The harem of the palace contains apart ments for 300 or 400 women. The palace is approached. through a costly triumphal gateway,—The Builder. LCa wt. var, ally -um ugh pre the a if the la's our LTCO ute .om of aye ,nee ligh der out ago r to ont ite, fo- s a of , ner r of tely ;ual ary of int, he 6r- ,_„,