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(From the Times.) 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. ' st per qr. b week• to S4s; beans, Peas, oceiva ;, fro' -- - 4 85 - 1151 i3II - 05 0 fqgrr. Sain; r; secon d ' 31d. BeanS• Os ° a Os O ct Os Oct $ Od. 0 , di .0 0 ,, • • ',l -. 04 0 ••••' $ ..2 1 " 25 A y 35 0 0 Post-01110 WALT . g lue u. Laub Jo, pct. 19• uncerts in '' . gov• 12 )ct. I ° )ct. 2° 5T0v., 16 Dan! gOY• 16 !TOY. 1 . 6 )ct. 416 got". )ct. 26 )ct. 26 t It P rti— ; von. • )et. 20 rf ic a6 7Ct' ov. t 4 Cues' 49, - Noy'. bur Nfollo soy. 16 Dct. 21 Nov. 1 )ct. 20 d Cwicedso let. 2 6 , goy. 1 ° goY. 12 )ct. 18 )ct. 26 !TOY. I )ct. 2 2 goy • 1 0 , [ we.. )ct. 2 2 )ct. 26 ov. )et. 26 )ct. 2 2 )ct. 22 qOY. 1 Toy. o is wiii Indira ~~ o wiled " t , 4 , ~A e s , e xceb— t at gr e64 erai l l ea R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON PRINCE ALBERT. 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Forms of proposals and ether particulars may be obtained on per sonal r written application at the Society's offices, 3, Charlotte-row, ' Mansion house, London. JNO. LYON, Sec. rR WILLIAM BIJRNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID.—The best Concentrated "CHLORIDE OrZINC."— relt Reduction of Price.—The merits of this Fluid, invented 'y ,Y ir W. Burnett, M.D.. F.R S., &c., &c., for the Disinfection of Sick imp, Clothing, Linen, &c. ; the prevention or Contagion ; the reservation of Animal Matter from Putrescence; the purification Ugewater, Cesspools, Drains, Water Closets. &e , are now so well Own to the public as to render comment unnecessary. Sold at the Office, 18, Cannon-street, City, London, and by Che- P„ Imperial Shipping Agents, and others throughout the United Rings, m, I .„_`‘ mperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d.; in Pints at Is. 3d. ; in Half ' ults at 9d.; and in bulk at 6s. per Gallon. . h eAtlr CIONT.—BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. — The onl y g enuine W m. Fluid is seal ed over the cork with the insc ri p tion, " Sir ,"„ tn. Burnett's Disinfecting, Fluid," and accompanied with mune "4l-3 Testimonials of the highest order, and instructions for its use. SECOND EDITION.-WITH ADDITIONS, Just published, Bvo., In cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d. ON - TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of ti. e g enerative System, 1r Sexual Hypochondriasis. .._ Translated from 'he German of Dr. PICKFORD . .. r. Pickford 's known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the firs+ tie, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nou-medi. e a reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall ietect ant Sher equally flagrant evil which it may be in his • ower to correct." i .- London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of Quiet Syma msers,,,md Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book c Oal d find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the corn taint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds woul d saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prise— :4lch money., „ -This volume is well qualified to put an end to the ....11Dirical system of treating Spermatorrhoza, and to place the treat irlut upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is , therefore , eIY to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. London : H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. ItEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. bit. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, b)etor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. 14 AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on ..__ the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, rulting from uvenile Irregularities and exceses, which have pro ulieed more m j sery in youth, degradation in s manhood, and prema re decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience t Z the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist __."'ice secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in .;tatence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous li ebalty, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Mare aSe3. Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless 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 42teurring grievous penalties , and when wisdom and regret succeed 'aft heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties & y he mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may he rem ov e d, 'd how the evil and its con 4 equenc es may be avoided , a nd above all, t h at there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangem en t to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged i ,7 an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate corn ;..alute, an stand he only legally qualified Physician who, reeardiess the taun envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had t he a confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct i .,, t entien to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is rewarded In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply warded 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 empirics, who, with their pirated l i ithlications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues rtheir patent nostrums, have inflicted seriou s injury on those who h ave been induced to place faith in their pretensions. ... At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from nix till Eight. All letters mast contain the fee of 11., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirai , le that patients w ishin g to consult Dr. LA'MERT h °aid first obtain a copy of his work on SELF .P RE iv RVATION. A Medical T rea ti se on the Philosophy of Marr ia g e and Nervous and enerative Debility, illustrated by fifty-colocred engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting trom secret habits and description The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct F rench, of their cases, and may x r ners ,n and Co., 23, be had, price 2s 6d, in English, Spanish, Dutch, Italian. or German, of Messrs. Pper Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; b -' '', Cornhill ; Stone . Titchborne-street. Haymarket ; or free by Post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi n", 37 TIEDFOILD-.OIJARE, LOWDON. " THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES - - _ AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE RILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fifueth Edition. CONTAINING TOE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. . 11 118trated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cas. NewNew Edition, enlarged to 201 pages, es price 2s. 6d., by post, from the 11 1 Establishment, 3s 6d. in stamps, ELE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by eXuess ive indulgence, the consequences ot, infection, or the abuse of ner curY, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol r"red by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which event it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. -"tY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford- Street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co.. 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor 41'Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farrinvior-street lo , „w, C hurch-yard; Butler, 4, Cheap Side ; It Johnson, 68, Cornhill. l.tirr I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. d el „, 4 l l T 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in in-r,nce, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing i n ' , el and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative P a city. Illustrated by 10 Explanator) Engravings. th e treats of the diseases resulting from infection, ether tn their treat or secondary forM, and contains explicit direct i ons i an. reatinent. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured EIIgraV PARTV I • • contains a R eme dy f or th e P reven tion of Disease by a simple a pplication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. T,_ 41 . 1 t V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. ....e:auses of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole •"I,ilir.eritically and philosophically inquired into. b.. CORD laL BALM OF , YRE tCUM is exclusively employed treating nervous and sexual debillty,lmpotence, &C.,11 s and 35x. cbo;ittelpfttle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic Ry inpt i:; for Purifying the blood in cases 01 infection, secondary Is, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I is. and 335. per Air 1; 0 Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., and I Is. eh,„_, e ; a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and ii.)",l inf lammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, t en inute detail et the case is required habits, and p talen t ~, in lcietY. 5/. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish are 4,,"" by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. 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Burnett's Company, has arranged to supply the public with concen trated Chloride of Zinn in its greatest purity and at the lowest price. It is s,+ll by ad Che_TiNts and Shin o intt Agents in the United Kt dom, in Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d. each ; in pints, Is. ; half pints, Gd. each ; and in larger vessels at 6s. per gallon. Each Bottle will be accompanied with instructions for its dilution +nd use. Conce ,, trated Chloride of Zinc in use may be diluted with 200 times its quantity of water. Orders executed by the !.'ole. Agents, Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bush-lane, Cannon street. Manufactured at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. Cheaper Editions, 3s. 6d. each THE SECOND ORIGINAL NOVEL PUBLISHED ON MR. BENTLEY'S NEW PLAN. On Friday next, in 3 Vols. post Bvo., lOs. 6d., WALTER EVELYN ; or, THE LONG MINORITY. Richard Bentley, New Bnrlington•street. THE WAR IN THE EAST. THE BEACON, No. 7, published this day, Price Three Halfpence, contains:—The Eastern Question — The " Greek Empire" A bsurdity—Secret Diplomacy Last Will and Testament of Peter the Great—Review of the Press—Review of New Looks—Romance----Poetry, &c., &c. Published by J. P. Crantz, 2, Shoe lane, and all lloeksellers. HAMILTON'S MODERN INSTRUCTIONS for SINGING. ss. HAMILTON'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 RUDIMENTS of MUSIC. Thirtieth Edition. Is. " These works are all favonrites with professors, because they are favourites with the pu,,its 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 no ks (as may be noticed from the number of editions they have pIP sed through) has called fo th many imitations ; hut everybody will like the origi al. or pro totype, rather than' the copy. ills dictionary is famous as the most copious and correct extant; and the little catechism is as clever as tt is unpretentious."— Vide Reading Mercury, Oct. 22. Robert cox and Co., New Burlincton-street, London. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAmarrr, Onslow-house, Fulham road) The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON, And will continue open every evening, with LAURE T'- ELEDRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter inate at hAf-past IL 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 aethe Society's Offices, September 29, 1853, Litut.-Col. 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Be particular in asking for "Cock's Rea lin a 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 COCKS, Reading," on the seal and label of each bottle : without this none are genuine. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. To Secretaries of Pahlic Institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Rail , way Odleia's, Bankers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. r TIMES LIFE ASSURA.NCE and. GUARA.N- A Tt.:E CONIL'A.NY, 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated raider 7 and S Victoria, cap. 110. HONORARY PRESIDENT 3. CHARLES lIINDLEY, Esq., M.P., Dartmouth.house,Westminster , JAMES KELt3HAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. James Alexander Douglas, Esq., I t, Q teen-square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleiith-stree.. T tvistoek-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. CHAIRMAN—The Hen. Francis Villiers, Bakeley-square. DEPUTY CIIAIRMAN —James Wyld, Esq., Charing-cross. " The Times " Company affords guarantee to persons requiring the same at the lowest possibie rate, and divides tour-fiths of the profits Thus, by applying the hmly 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. u wards. No charge for stamps or extra charges. An allowance made in the guarantee premium, where a life assurance and guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSURANC Life assurance, annuities, and endowments. Payments taken •nonthly as well as luarterly, Bt.:. Policies in lisputable, save in •aces of fraud. Arrangements can be made wit"' this office to pre ventthe loss of a policy where the assured is unable, from temporars ,mbarraesment, to keep up the payments. H. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. wARLIKE APPEARANCES. 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MOSES and SON • regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the nntradesman-Nke alsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR oUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 44,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, Now Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-Street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Branch, .114 , -lbou:ne, Australia. Merchant Tailo.s Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Oatfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it willbe 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 ne 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 ng full lists of prices, our system of self•measurement, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. A handsome Almanac for tie year ending 1853 can be had gratis, an application. lei l'on parle Francais. Hier in richt man Deutsch. Qui si parla Italian°. Aqua se halls, Evanrl *I SPECIAL NOTICE.—The Establishments will be CLOSED on Monday and Tutcdsy, Oct 24th and 25th, re-opening, as usual, on Wednesday morning. r► 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, being 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 voya g e. When the Argo left Melbourne tor Sydney she bad 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 orfuel, 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 be 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, would, with his family, return to Eng lami in the Argo. • • 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 pr,e.ilcli cial to the interests of the country at large,.'-4 should be glad to contribute towards its settle ment. We admit, to begin with, that the workmen are lawfully 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 maybe 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 lay 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 W S ended. We need not say that we have no 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 per cent. in their wages—on what ground ? We have read many speeches 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 11s. 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. uow -where 10s. were paid at the beginning of the 7pAr. Possibly thii '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. (From 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 logs 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 spurces 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 -lose approaches to disorder which call for magis ;erial 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 :eft out of work, their places being filled by n ew hands, and similar painful consequences have been experienced elsewhere. We subscribe ex animo, as we think every one must, to the judicious observations madeonthis sub ject by Mr. T. B. Addison, in his address to the grand jury of North Lancashire, which he said : " We cannot look at such an interruption without apprehenSion and without great regret, because we know it must lead to 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 carr y on . W e 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 i s 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 f or us to tell the opera tives that they are not going the best waft° wok in order to secure a proper adjuatment of wages 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 advi ce , a b extra , were likely to be acceptable and use f u l t o 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 to enjoy, in consequence of money being 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 repea,te•A'iy thrown into collision with each other ; aria 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 presentedin 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. The present representatives 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 o f this country by Free Trade, it is now found th a t we can no l onger 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 1843, 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 hke 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 Ryles, 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) 4,615/. Two MEN POISONED BY the EXHALATIONS FROM 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, 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 mud had not the power to send in constables to dispossess the houses of their occupants. The Medical Officer entered into details fully corro. borating the justice of Mr. Holt's remarks. WORKS OF THE METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Deputy Himusox 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, which might eventually form a part of the great scheme of northern drainage of the metropolis. (Hear.) 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 lzie , 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 side, I thought I ought to have been consulted upon the matte; and Mr. Bazalgette then explained to me that he re garded }he 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. OPENING OF THE FLEET DITCH. The following is the report of the Surveyor upon this subject :-- 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 th e latter by L or d Cl arence P aget. 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. APPOINTMENTS. It was inadvertently stated yesterday that Captain Fremantle was appointed to the Victoria and Albert ; o his father it sho u ld h ave been to the Juno, 26, at Chatham. Capt a i n H enry J. Codrington, C.B. (1836), has been appoint e d t o the command of the St. George, 120, at ,so so n of in the l 82 1a 3, te a Admiral n d has he Sir en E afloatdw a rd about Sheerness ; and C ommander J. M`Neil Boyd (1850), has bee n appo i nted commander to that ship. Captain Cod rington, G.C.8., i s one of the youngest 'officers of his was severelp lentua c t ec l i n the battle .; was made a of t Nagaev.arinHoe, s i fa t e et w nt e dn e n rd r fl y ' i d ggt t h i nne yearsservice h . enavy y was beingwith only 45 years er H a lieutenant in 1129 ; 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, 110, and St. Vincent, 120, as flag-captain to his 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, serve d as fi rs t o f th e Wincheste r, 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 *oast 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. P. Pelham, S. C. Dacres, John Shepherd, L. T. Jones, who have been, and now are, in command of line of battle-ships. sCaptain the Right H on . L or d C larence Paget (1839), on of the Marquis of Anglesey, whose last service was In the Belvidera, 38, has commissioned the Princess Royal, 91, 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 Ordnance. The ship 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. 13, 18] 1, as a voiunteer, on board the Victory, 100 Captain Philip Dumaresq, bear ing the flag of Sir James Sauniarez, in the Ratio ; 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 Ethanol], 3G, Captains Edmund Heywood and William Hugh Coble, 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 month 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 reconnnendation of the com mander in chief, Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, was pro moted to the rank of commander, by commission, dated 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. "TO TkrE HON. THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. "Sewers-office, Guildhall, Oct. 25. "Gentlemen,—ln 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 seven 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 over the 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 has 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, with but little chance of their lives if they I 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 lim i te d . Half t o h r e k se of the r t hhoenmraenthceantiwdaitlhwdaifficnity water is in wo rk three er; hours when it is the oumorning, especially on Saturdays, and at other times, if any rain comes down, the work has to be sus- PORTSMOUTH, O CT. 25. pended at once. Jean ' The possibility of proceeding, there-St. d Acre, 101, Captai n th e Hon. H. The fore, it will be seen, depends much upon a conjunction Keppel, is coming into harbour to have Mr. Grant's of fortunate conditions ; and, unfortunately, the wea- distilling galley, now on board the Duke of Wellington, ther has been very bad indeed during the whole of th e fitted to her ; the Duke to have a new one. This galley, months of September and October (usually months in it is calculated, will produce 1,200 gallons of twice die which there is a large portion of settled weather), and tilled water daily, during the period the galley is neces during which I fully anticipated I should ha ve been sarily in operation in cooking the ship' s company ' s pro enabled to prosecute the work quickly a n d we ll. I he- visions. The St. Jean d'Acre's chain lockers are also to lieve I may assert.that the sewer has never been entirely be shifted forward. She steamed into harbour minus free for 24 hours either from rain actually falling or the powder, provisions, &c., this afternoon. drainage waters from the upland districts after the rain ; The Amphion, 34, screw-frigate, Captain Key, sailed and actual progress has only been made in one tide out into harbour yesterday, from Spithead, to have her de of every three or four. Two or three times, when dams fects made good. have been all but complete, heavy floods of rain have The Caesar, 90, new ship, was taken into the steam washed the larger portion of them away. factory basin yesterday, to ship and fit her machinery ; "I venture to think that it will be obvious to your she went into dock to-day. hon. Court that the ordinary difficulties, even in fine wea- The Tribune, 30, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, ther, are great, and that they are very much increased steamed out of harbour yesterday afternoon, and anchored in wet weather, and that they have been increased, more- at Spithead ; to-day, at 2 o'clock, she proceeded to try over, by carrying on the work from so small an aperture, her machinery and speed at the measured mile in Stokes- When, therefore, the time this hole has been opened is bay. complained of, it should be known that to prevent larger The Lizard, iron steam-vessel, came into harbour yes inconvenience that has been done. terd a y morn i ng from the eastward, having on board a "As to the time when this work will be completed, it large number of supernumeraries and general service depends almost entirely upon the weather, and it is im- men for the ships at this port and Plymouth. possible to name any time that can be relied upon. The Arab, 12, Commander Ogle, shipped supernu " I have directed the hole complained of to be closely meraries, &c., yesterday, and sailed to-day for the coast boarded in, and deodorising powders to be used ; beyond of Africa station. this nothing can be done except closing it altogether. The Medea steam-sloop, 6, Commander Bailey, was at " With regard to the suggestion that an opening might Halifax on the 13th inst., and may be expected at Spit be made for the work near the late site of the Fleet Pri- head early next month. son, I beg to observe that the sewer at th a t spo t i s not M r. G rant, t h e Controller of V i ctualling, was a t this of sufficient width to allow workmen to p ass eac h ot h er por t yes t er d ay. T he b ak i ng for the fleet at t h e Roy al with materials ; and the cost, labou r , d anger, and time Clarence Vi ctualling Establishment, Gosport , under o ‘" e consumed would probably be doubled, as everything direction of Captain Superintendent Courten s y aY, n w ould have have to be carried over woo d en stages nearly 500 is at present stopped, a sufficient supply for of the es feet in length, which would first h ave to be built pur- gency b eing in store, although the r esources now, posely. The difficulty in carryi ng on the works from ta bli shment are v i ctualling 8,000 men per joined the er this spot would be exce e d ing l y great, although there is Captain Mends and Secretary Cleeve day little engineering work in the present day that can be , Agamemnon at Devonport yesterda y. said to be impossible with sufficient outlay of money. of Africa. s atnodthveoMlunedteiteerrsrafonre " There is, however, a working hole in Bridge-street, Webber, sailed to-day for the . f coas t ate, Captain 1/Tlevert 3 7 , south of the Obelisk. This might be opened, and that by The Terrible, 21, paddle- rig , The Dolphin, 5, brigantine, Lieutenant Commander out Rear-Admiral S . the Crescent closed ; but the disadvantages and cost of arrived to-day from.evQeue.eoncsatorresyn, but is ordered to performing the work at this spot will be greatly increased, Devonport, we believe in command,t ly steam-tender, Mr. George an. as, unless wooden stages are put up to travel over, the E. Lyons, as h se t e° d only means of conveying the men and the materials to commanding, leaves this - , ter evening for the working spot will be by floating them down a large AcTtihneg.mSparsig with Plymouth, supernumeraries the ir punt, which must be constructed for that purpose. is fitting at that port. " I have the hono ur t o remain, Gentlemen, your most 8h it The ..._ti ssian frigate obedient servant, " WILLIAM HEYWOOD." the fitting-basin to - day, and Aurora, 44 3 has been pl ace d i n will be docked to-morrow The MEDICAL OFFICER said that, from personal in - t o have her copper and false k ee l repaired. , spection, he was able to bear evidence to the extreme ----...._, There 'WOOLWICH, OCT. 25. mechanical difficulties described by the surveyor. Lieutenant Christian a could be no question that the opening of the sewers was hoisted the pendant on rrived at Woolwich to-day, and a source of offensive and unwholesome effluvia, though, board the Rifleman screw steam sloop.ewhat over-estimated Captain R perhaps, the degree might be somewhat a/may, of the 'Woolwich Division of Royal works were unnecessary, Marines, and a de by the neighbours, and if the tachment of the same division, have of immediately been. na med there could be no doubt about the fitness , for. embarcation for service in the Royal l might be, a George, commissioned closing them. Whatever the present e • The Ph • ioned to-day, at Sheerness. condition of the Fleet sewer would cit cenix screw screw steam sloop,-Captain . Edward unsound . permanently A. Inglefield allowing soakage and undernnn- , was paid off to-day, at Woolwich. Pre be a much greater evil, vious to Assuming that the works werenecessary en __ s a the crew being paid off, the officers, petty ing houses.un:er , an men all assembled in front of the pay-office, these kinds of mischief, it was of great ! when for preventing i Captain Inglefield read a letter, of which the fol- 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 Sphinx, 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, that Commander Cragg was severely dealt with, and 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 command 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 1842, 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. - -- "/.-- 1. lowing is a cepy,ricVwas forwarded t o hi m by com mand of the Lor s ofihe Admiralty : Ir " Admiralty, O c t. 7. ' Sir,—Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 4th inst., received !._ this day, I am commanded to convey to you the expres iron of their Lordships' great satisfaction at your pro)eedings. ' 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 ()Seers, 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., H.A. B. HAMILTON. N. Commander Inglefield, R.N., m. Steam-vessel Phcenix." 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 CH_OLEBA. (From the General Board of Health.) STOCKHOLM. 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 eertaiff 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 chole ra , 1 ; remaining under treatm en t, 265. Of cholera, tak en ill during th last 24 hours, 7 ; convalescent, 6 ; passed into collapse, 1 ; remaining under treatment, 152 ; dead, 8. From the commencement of the epidemic : Premonitory Diarrhcea. Cholera. Attacks ............... 5,819 Attacks Recoveries ............ 5,096 Recoveries 1,617 Passed into cholera . 458 Deaths DUNDEE. Oct. 24 . —Cholera, death ...................... COCKERMOUTH. Oct. 22 . —Cholera, deaths.. HEMEL HEMPSTEAD. Oct. 24.—Cholera, death ...................... 1 NEWCASTLE. Oct. 24.—Cholera, death ...................... 1 Oct. 24.—Diarrhoea, 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. LUTON. Oct. 24.—Cholera, death 1 This death occurred in a place previously reported "as filthy, overcrowded, and unfit for human habita tion." SOUTH SHIELDS. A return from the clerk to the South Shields Union, transmitted to the General Board of Health, states that s►x deaths have occurred therein from cholera sinca the IGth inst., five being in South Shields, and one in White haven. These, with the 51 deaths - previously reported, make up GO 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 Deaths from Cholera in cor responding period of 12 weeks, 1848. C orrespondingweek,lB4Bl9 17 13 191 20 10 27 18 Sept. 3 16 —lO 7 -- 17 16 24 29 Oct. 1 48 8 66 15 45 22 83 13 30 45 34 Total 36 11 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 in 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 1848 were 122, and in 1853 they were 242. From reports transmitted yesterday to the General Board of Health from the superintendents of the metro politan police, K, L, M, P, R, T, V, and Thames divi sions, it appears that between the 17th and 23d inst. there have occurred in those districts 27 cases of cholera, 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 cases 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 satisfact or y t o k now that upon the certificate of r. 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, rece ntly re-inspected th e " Pot teries," in the Notting -bill division of Kensington parish. Special reports were made in this notorious locality, in 1849, 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 t o s i g ht an d sme ll , an d mos t f a t a ll y pernicio us to health, as attested by the high rate of mortality at all times among the inhabitants, and by the large nu m b er o f d eat h s 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 estimated at 1,200 souls ; the population in 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 there occurred in one year 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. Loss of Two LIVES IN SPFTAEFILDS.—Yesterday, Mr. Baker, the coroner, received information of the loss of life by two men, named John Acock and Samuel Walker, w ho were employed between 12 a n d 1 o ' clock in the morn in g of Monda y last, in emptyi ng a cesspool at the back of an empty house in Pelham-street, Spital fields. It appeared that the place in question had come under the notice of Mr. Teakel. the re cently -appointed P of nuisances for the Whitechapei Union, and that he had issued instructions for the removal of the nu isance. Acock had co n t racted for the job, and he en gaged three men to assist hi m, one of whom was Walker. They began their work on Saturday morning, and had removed a great quantitykof the soil. On Monday morn ingthe, they again set to xv menced, lcalker wen t orShortly after they had downcorn 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 the bottom of the l a dd er h e also ' fell int o th e foetid matter. An alarm was raised, and the unfortu nate men 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 H 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 were in consequence instantly suffocated. Acock, who has been used to the work many years, has left a widow and six children. Mr. Pelham, summoning officer of Spitalfields, has taken possession of the bodies, which are placed in shells. TITE ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN PARR•STREET, KEN NINGTON.—IfitunaIt Grinnev is going oil favourably, ac. cording to reports from Guy's Hospital. It will be re membered that the unfortunate woman was severely cut about the neck and hands in struggling with her hus band, James Grinney, during his attempt to murder her on Tuesday morning at their residence, N o . 35 , Park-street. The wounds are not of so 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 Lambeth Police court on Monday next, , g )ct. 95 Nov 4 ffor. 1 ..- 01 __ i geo hire, tll° 31r°' of to toll, ~~