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

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Won cleverly by a length. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Sept. 20.—The monetary pressure con tinues to give a downward inclination to prices. With out anything like alarm, a greater desire to sell has show n itself to-day, than was before observable among spinners. This results inevitably from contracts run ning out, in increasing numbers, without being renewed. With the exception, therefore, of doubled, and of very one spinnings, whose value is sustained by the contracts In hand, the great bulk of yarns, whether mule or water, must be quoted rather under the rates that would have been accepted last week. ROCHDALE, Sept. 19.—The demand for coarse goods continues very good, and, at present, the supply is far from being equal to the demand. The wool market has undergone no change since the previous Monday. Fine :wools are full as easy to buy, but English wool of an inferior quality is scarce, and better prices may be ob tained. HALIFAX, Sept. 20.--There has been a rather better attendance in our piece hall to-day, but the sales of goods have not been extensive. The principal inquiries were for grandrell crapes, lastings and other heavy goods being scarcely looked at. The threatening aspect of affairs in the East checks the demand for yarns for the continent, and the transactions are moderate, at late "Wes. There is no great activity in the wool market, and the quotations have not undergone any alteration. HUDDERSFIELD, Sept. 20.—T0-day we have had a quiet market, which is looked upon now as something unusual, considering the very long run of briskness we have bad. There have scarcely been the usual number of b u y ers in attendance this days, the orders of whom have been meagre. This flatness is generally attributed to the very bad aspect of Eastern affairs, and the tight ness of the money market in high rate of discounts, which together, have had a material effect here during this last week, both as regards money transactions, and In checking any speculation by the merchants. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. The early part of the day was chiefly occupied with settling the outstanding accounts on Doncaster, and we did not hear a murmur ; everything passed off in the Most satisfactory manner. There was a little specula tion on the events decided to-day at Pontefract, Cesare with, and Cambridgeshire Stakes—the following being the closing prices:— CESAREWITCH STAKES. 9 to 1 agst King Pepin (taken). 16 to 1 agst .Toe Miller (taken). 20 to 1 agst Nancy (taken). 20 to 1 agst Weathergage (taken). 25 to 1 agst Torment (taken). 25 to 1 agst Cariboo (taken). 25 to 1 agst Nervous (taken). 30 to 1 agst Rogalba (taken). 33 to 1 agst Nutshell (taken). 33 to 1 agst Goorkah (taken). 33 to 1 agst Buckthorn (taken). 40 to 1 agst King of Trumps (taken). 66 to 1 agst Leopold (taken). 66 to 1 agst Richard Primmer (taken). CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Orestes (offered). 20 to 1 agst The Hatchet (taken). 25 to 1 agst Seahorse (taken). 40 to 1 agst Umbriel (taken). 50 to 1 agst Glenluce (taken). DERBY. 500 to 20 agst King Tom (taken). 500 to 20 agst Marley Hill (taken.) BEDFORD RACES— TUESDAY. PREPARATION STAKES of 5 sous. each, 3 ft, with 20 added for horses of a ll d en ominations ; mares and gelding s allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 501. if demanded, &c. Gentlemen riders. Once round . and a distan ce . Mr. Edwy's Captain Flash, 4 yrs, list 41b , lost 51b . (Count— . Batthyany) 1 3 yrs Mr. Gray's Warbler, (Mr. Beville) 2 Mr. French's Honesty , 6 yrs list 1 11b(Capt. Little) 3 Betting- 6 to 4 on Captain Flash , who won easily by three-quarters of a length. Two-YEARS'-OLD PRODUCE STAKES of 25 sovs. eacb, 10 ft ; Bst 7lb ; fillies, Bst 41b. Certain allowances. Three-quarters of a mile. Count Batthyany's Star of Surrey, by Harkaway, Bst 4lb ....................................... (W. Abdale) 1 Duke of Bedford's br f by lon, out of Taurina, Bst 41b. ............................................•(Pettit) 2 Letting-2 to lon the Star of Surrey, which won in a canter by five lengths. Two-YEARS' OLD STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added by the Duke of Bedford. Winners extra. Last half mile. Hon. G. Ongley's b fby Ascot out of Seaweed, Bst 41b Mr. Mare's f by Rattan, out of Eulogy, Bst 41b, (S. Rogers) 2 Mr. Knowles's King Alfred, Bst 71b (Hiett) 3 The following also ran --Shakspeare, Lady Audrey, Camp Stool, Balmoral, Vixen, Tormentor. BEDFORDSHIRE STAKES of 20 iovs. each, 10 ft, with 70 added. Two miles. Mr. Mare's Perfidious by Lanercost, 3 yrs, Est 61b (S. Steggles) 1 Mr. Lumley's Tickton, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Rickards) 2 Mr. Williams's Haco, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Bunby) 3 The following also ran :—Retail, Ethelwolf, Pug Or rock, Madame Landeau. TowN STAKES were won by Eccentricity, beating Alabama (second), Grasshopper (third), and three others. ENTRIES FOR TUE QUEEN'S PLATE.—THIS DAY.— Lamartine, Warbler, The Reiver, Truth, Stamford, Tickton, Retail, Herbert, Ethelwolf, Jouvence, Ariosto, Odiham, Hungerford. PONTEFRACT RACES.-TITESDAY. The PONTEFRACT HANDICAP of 5 sovs. each, with 100 added by the members of the borough, for all ages. One mile and three-quarters. Mr. W. E. Milner na b c Grapeshot, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Ashman) 1 Mr. Robinson's Billy Richard-on, 4 vrs, Est 7lb (Lye) 2 Mr. l'Anson's Braxey, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Hayhoe) 3 Mr. R. Harrison's b c by Melbourne, out of Sally Warfoot, 4 yrs, 6st 12113 The following also ran : Maidstone, Lough Bawn, Master Norton. _ _ . _ Betting-5 to 4 agst Sally Warfoot colt, 2to 1 agst Braxy. Won by a length, same between second and third. The CASTLE STAKES of 5 soya. each, with 25 added. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. H. Lister's Hotchpot, 2 yrs (501.) (Kendell) 1 Mr. Baker's Pansy, 3 yrs (301.) (Harrison) 2 Mr. Wilson's Polly Burns, 2 yrs (301.) (Waddington) 3 Hotchpot made all the running, and won easy by three lengths. The GRAND STAND STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, for three-yr-olds Bst, four 98t, five 9st 71b, six and aged 9st 101 b. One mile heats. Capt. Reynard's Vinegarette, 3 yrs (201.) 2 1 1 Mr. Ashworth's Killarney, 4 yrs (301.) The SCURRY STAKES of 3 soya. each, with 20 added, for all ages. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. T. Elsworth's Solyman, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Kendell) 1 Mr. J. Marson's The Twin, 5 yrs, 7st 9lh (Harrison) 2 Mr. Burke's Nancy • Martinson, 4 yrs, 6st 61b (Waddington) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Solyman, 3to 1 agst The Twin. Won by two lengths, easy. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.--It appears that the ex- Periment sanctioned by the present Government with a ' v iew to the ultimate introduction of a complete annual system of agricultural statistics has made some progress, and has furnished evidence of the general willingness of landowners and farmers to lend their assistance towards the objects aimed at. The secretary of the Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland has transmitted to the Board of Trade returns of the specific condition of acrri cultural operations in three counties of Scotland, namely, Roxburgh, Haddingtcm, and Sutherland, on the 20th of I VIaY, 1853. Each county is divided into certain dis tricts, comprising several parishes, and the number of acres under different kinds of crop is precisely specified. ' B, there are columns for wheat, barley, oats, rye, b eans,vetches, turnips, potatoes, mangold, carrots, cab bage, flax, turnip-seed, alternate grasses, improved per nianent grass enclosures, and irrigated meadows. The number of acres not in crop is also stated, whether con sisting of bare fallow, sheep walks, houses, gardens, roads, fences, &c., woods and waste ; and, finally, the amount of stock is described and classified under the designation of horses, milk cows, other cattle, ewes, t uPe, wethers, and swine. The whole of the tables a re concise an d simple, and the totals for each county are discernible at a glance. All the information con tained in them was voluntarily given by the occupiers of the land, except in three instances, where the sche dules were filled in by the enumerator. After the liar °eat, it is proposed to proceed in a similar manner with 4.11 estimate of the crops. STRAM•BOILU EXPLOSION.—On Monday morning a f T _ et zfUl explosion occurr ed at the Low Fold-mill, Bank, 'ads, belonging to Messrs. G. Hammond and Son, flax P tow Premix spinners, doing considerable damage to the 05, severely scalding ten or a dozen of the hands 6 / 5 2 P 1 °Yed, Ln - slightly it uriog more. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1853. TEE REGTSTRATIuNS. CITY OF LONDON. Mr. Thomas Young M'Christie, the barrister ap pointed to revise the lists of voters for the city of Lon don, held his court for that purpose yesterday morning in the Court of Common Pleas, Guildhall. Mr. Carlyle and Mr. Eaglesfield supported the Con servative interest, and Mr. Sidney Smith and Mr. Ledger appeared for the Radical Association. The lists contained rather more than the usual num ier of objections, and were thus divided : By Conservatives (Livery) 42 By Radicals (Ditto) —2BB . 732 . 516 By Conservatives (Householders)... By Radicals (Ditto) ... -1,248 Total objections 1,536 Out of the above number, however, must be deducted 274 objections by both parties. There were 2,041 omis sions from the lists last year, and this year there are 2,703 new names ; but, with the objections taken to the livery's and householders' lists, it is fully expected that the entire number of voters on the new register will be reduced by about 200 from last year. The entire lists of the livery were gone through yes terday, but no point whatever arose worthy of special notice, the objections on each side being taken for granted and allowed. The result of the revision of this class of voters was as follows : Expunged by Conservatives Expunged by Radicals Failed by Conservatives Failed by Radicals Double objections sustained The Revising Barrister then proceeded to take the householders' lists. 21 230 17 20 SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAY 9. Closing Prices this day. Basin esa done this day. Aberdeen ............. 4.mbg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June. Birmng. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh Cheshire Janet_ Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., £20..... . Bristol & Exeter Caledonian.... Chester di Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass I Dublin&Belfa.stJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ..... Do. New ... ...... . East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., d 0....... ........ Do., B. & C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk . & Binning. June inburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.diDundet• Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western Irish South-Fasters Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds... Lances &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutbpt. London & Blackwell Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London &N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do., £50......... •• • Do Landrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares .........• Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk. Do., New . ...... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l 'Do., No. Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central ..: Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Binng Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Osweetry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Duu 21 -- 23 4,1 - 4i 9 9i 12 10 d 16 - 18 5 -- 4 (i 54} - 55 17 - 18 1 - 2 p 8 - 9 4el e 4 3 4 128 —12 g 43 47 28 - 32 65 - 67 64 - 66 ii' -- i 6 73 -- 74 45 -- 46 ,124 - 126 103 -- 105 80i -81 i 86 - 90 12 -14 p 65i -66 k 6t - 60 13 -13 k - 71 -- 7 i 96 -- 1 98 101 i -- 1024 P P 77 78 12 -- 11 d 11 -- 9d ~ -.• ..• 20 - 21 581 - 59/ 33 - 35 i 52 55 id— A P 4 3d 4i* = iO ••• •• 4 —3 • d 27§ —28 i 8 10 1 7 74 54d 7i fit 1— 2 p 39i 40i 88 - 92 59 - 61 65 - 67 65 70 l4dis 17 19 -- 04 12 - 134 3 • 34d 17 19 6t 62 34 35, Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Noath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wmbledon &Croydon Woodford York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland , 3- 4 28 - 30 2 31 144 - 15 ... -.- ... -- . 100 20 11 100 62 6t 9 Bid 31 2id 46 47 47i 7 61 i 04. I.lw • - - PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 Aberdeen - ..• St. all Do., No. 2, 7 p c... - - St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. a. St. ... 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... St. 100 Caledonian £lO 101 -- 103 103 1 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent... 17 --- 18 64 64 Cork &Bandon 5 p.c. 64 all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction. ... . . 61 --6 g 34 all EastAnglian (.23 10s) 6 per cent 3# 31 5 all Do. (25) 7 per cent 5 54 7 2 Do. (£7 l7x) 7p. ct 4 —14 p 6 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 1 —11 p 61 all Do., No. 2........ 10 all Do., New 6p.c. St l3 - 144 131 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 2O 21 St. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts — ••• 5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 54 per cent.. .e St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent. St. 100 Great Northr 5 p.c. 120 122 121 20 St. 100 Do. sp. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram lO9 111 64 all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Bl 50 6 Gt. Westu. (Becks Rants Ex. sp. c.).• 6.4 74 St. 100 G. West. fixed 44 pc. 98 102 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, 4d p St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock... 145 147 St. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e — St. 100 Do. Pref., SP. c. St• •• • ••• 50 all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 • •.• .• • ••• - ••• St. 100 Do. New G uar. 6 p .e. 147 50 5 London &S. Western, 34 Con. Thirds 3 124 124 Londonderry& Cole' 1 Shares ........ •.. • 12/ all Loudy. & Ennis. 4Sh ..• •.• 25 all Manch. ,Sliel. , & Lio., 4 Shares, No. 1.• 6 7 11) all Do. Now, ..... 94 -10 par 124 all Karypt. &C . ar . l. 4p. c. —•• • 12 all I Do. 4 per cent— St. 100 Mid. Co us ol. 6 p .c. St. ... •• • St. 100 Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 145 147 16i 5 Do. Pref. .1:1 per cent. id '-par{ St. 100 Norfolk Extension — St. 11 , 0 Do. Pref N per et... •• • St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p c ••• St. 100 North British ..... 108 110 20 all North Staffordshire.. 24 25 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. 435,6 p. C. 1064 15 15 Do — 1 p 161 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G lO4 114 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W.Min),B p. c. 164 174 10 10 Do. 5 per cent p 25 all South Devon 134 145 10 14 Do. New Par 4 P 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 25 254 244 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar. 19 20 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. ...d 98 102 99 St. 100 York ße wiek, Newcastle 4p .e .p r and ef 17 SDo 5 54 25 10 York& N. Midland H. & S. Purch d 1c1,99 FOREIGN. 10 ' 5 Antwrp &Rotterdam 2 ld 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. i 1 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 136 —l4 20 10 Dijon and Besnon 1 - 2 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all E a st Indian 3 - 44 p 20 1 Do. Extension i P 2010 5 311. G G t d . Indian Peninsula 2 11 - -. 2 p P 64 206 20} Gt. Westn. of Canada 3 _ Shares ld 5 3 Lucca and Pist o j a, 5 . ct . per cent. pref i 4 20 15 Luexembourg ..... 10 10 ;Do. (Railway) 5 2 ID° ... .. 5 3 I Do. (Canal) ll 1 10 4 I Do. 6p. cent. pref. I— i d 20 9 ; Lyons & Mediterran. ... •• • 20 76 Madras 6 1 p 336 29 Maria Antonia - ••• 10 10 Do. New — ... 20 all Namur & Liege (with 2 2 1 (1 06 aa a 11 l 11 l D D N 00 0 .I . l2h e o x el i.. i n n 3 t op e f i i interest 66 7 6f f ... e F c s i . t -a ) B n d c e s [frny.B.&Ams•Shs.] 13 i - 144 10 all NorwegianTrnk Prof 76 86 20 10 Paris and Lyons 164 160 266 i 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 all Paris and Rouen .... 41 43 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 36 —37 374 66 f 20 4 ParisCaen& Cherbrg. 3i —46 p 104 104 Quebec & Richmond .' . ...._ d 20 all ; Rouen and Havre 20 all Sambre and Meuse Bl $i 86 1 i 10 4 Do. 56 per cent. pref . . __. . . 20 6 Southern of France 3 . i 41, 9/ 20 2s. 'Upper India Scrip Pm 81 all West Flanders 36 --. 4 10 10 po. 56 per c. Pref ..d 20 10 Western of France 9 —lO p 10 2 West. of Switzerland i ad i2O 9 New Ze al and,„,, , 3 -- 24. 64 CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. Yesterday the Commissioners met at Guildhall for the dispatch of business. THE SANATORY AFFAIRS OF THE CITY. Mr. HADLOW, the medical officer of one of the City Unions, comprising a large extent of the Eastern dis trict, appeared before the commission, for the purpose of complaining of the neglect of a very essential point connected with the sanitary condition of certain courts and alleys in the vicinity of Rosemary-lane, and other 1 populous and poor and filthy neighbourhoods. This gentleman, who has been long actively engaged in the difficult task of convincing the inhabitants of places in which disease is generated, of the necessity of cleanli ness, stated that in one locality to which it was his duty to attend, no fewer cases than 90 had recently occurred, in which fever had been produced by the non-removal of dust from the public dust-bins, notwithstanding the peremptory orders of the Commissioners, that the dust bins in which were accumulated vegetable-decomposed matter and other injurious and abominable compounds, should be frequently emptied. Mr. Hadlow ob served, that in some instances, five or six weeks elapsed before the process of emptying had been under taken, and in other instances the delay had been much greater. He had written to the ins p ector of the ' district, complaining of the continuance of the danger ous omission, but he regretted to be obliged to state, that the remedy, palpable as it was, had been withheld. He had upon inquiry amongst those inhabitants who were respectable, and delicate enough to feel the incon venience, and considerate enough to be alarmed at the far spreading effects of the nuisance, that the dustmen employed by the contractors, very seldom indeed attended even to diminish the horrible accumulation. He had not only himself been engaged in the office of inspecting the public dustbins, but he had been assisted by his son in performing the duty, although it was a duty with which he had officially nothing whatever to do.—(Hear, haar.) He was prepared, for in cases of such emergency delays were not to be endured, to shew that the charge of neglect was indisputable. Mr. HADLOW, Jun„ stated that he had witnessed a great variety of instances of the grossest neglect upon the part of the contractors, and specified several cases, upon reference to the notes he had taken in the course of his visits. The MEDICAL OFFICER of HEALTH of the city of London said that for one case that was reported, one hundred cases of dangerous neglect occurred. It might appear to some of the commissioners to be too great severity to inflict a penalty in every case of omission upo❑ the part of the contractors ; but the fact was, that no penalty could be too great for neglect, from which such frightful consequences might issue. (Hear, hear.) It was, he regretted to be obliged to say, syste matic will' the dustmen to neglect the public dust-bins, and the private dust bins were also overflowing, not withstanding the general apprehension of the approach of cholera, and his repeated suggestions as to the neces sity of enforcing the observance of cleanliness in the crowded localities of the poor. To the active agency of Mr. Hadlow, the commissioners were greatly indebted. (Hear, hear.) There was a difficulty in getting persons, whose premises, were neglected by the dustmen, to come forward with complaints, and he apprehended that many cases terminated in compromises. Several of the commissioners expressed their sense of the interposition of Mr. Hadlow, and called upon the court to summon the inspectors at the instant before them to ac 3 ,unt for the apparent laxity in the per formance of those duties which that gentleman and his son had so promptly undertaken to add to their own. Mr HADLOW slid, that having received from the guardians of the union an intimation that fears were entertained of the approach of cholera, and having ob served the prevalence of fever, he determined to let no opportunity pass of warding off so dire a calamity. In all the cases which Mr. Hadlow brought forward, the contractors accused were fined in the full penalty. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said he was sure the contractors would take a hint from such a determination upon the part of the Court. Some gentlemen might suppose that the infliction was severe, but those who fancied so must consider not only the dangerous nature of the offence, but the fact that the contractors had a great advantage in the employment of their men and horses in other 50 25 LOO St. ways. Alderman LAWRENCE called the attention of the City Medical Officer of Health to the important report which had recently been made upon the subject of the violent attacks of fever at Croydon, and the profitable applica tion of the suggestions contained in that document to the parts of the City in which such a disorder might be prevalent. He particularly adverted to water-closet negligence. The MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH said he had, as a matter of course, made himself acquainted with the de tails of the valuable document alluded to, and he would take occasion to give such directions as he considered it would be necessary to issue in conformity with all the additional infor nation he had cillected. Mr. J. H. HALL said he did not feel satisfied at what had been stated that morning. The Medical Officer of Health had declared, that notwithstanding all that he had from time to time represented, in almost all cases the dust remained in the public and private bins from week to week, when they all knew that it ought to be removed every day. (Hear, hear.) He regretted that the Commissioners that day were to hear, that at a mo ment when the spread of disease was reasonably appre hended, the directions they had given had not been obeyed. The appearance of Mr. Hadlow to make so serious a complaint, proved that most culpable neglect existed somewhere ; and, in his opinion, it would be necessary to give the inspectors such positive instruc tions as would ensure their most rigid attention to the daily operations of the contractors, to state to them, that in fact suspension should immediately follow relaxation in the performance of their duties, 3,nd dis missal, if the Court should see occasion, follow suspen sion. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Deputy PEWTRESS said the necessity of complete cooperation was evident, from the statements which had been made. In his ward the inhabitants uniformly re fused to listen to the demands of the dustmen, who ob tained in other wards fees for removing the dust, and actually refused to do their duty without the cost of extortionate recompense If those inhabitants had cause of complaint it was only necessary to send to the in spector of that particular district, and the cause would be at once removed. After some further conversation upon the subject, the inspectors were called in, and the Chairman issued di rections to them in conformity with the facts and opi nions stated at the meeting. The MEDICAL OFFICER of HEALTH said it gave him satisfaction to state that the present rate of mortality was lower than that which he had last reported to the court. 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EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. —Yesterday the sale of this company's surplus property adjoining the railway station at Edmonton, including lands and premises, and consisting of 14 lots, realised 2,480/. The property dis posed of at the Auction Mart, and the prices were con sidered good. A COLONY OF SNAKES.--A few days since a baker at Angouleme, in demolishing an old oven, found nearly 200 live snakes. He also found nearly 400 eggs about the size of pigeons' eggs, enclosing serpents almost ready to break the shell, 21. 4/ x cl 551 641 i 17 / 1 i i 1 7 121 i 66 7 24 3 5 3i 74i 5 3i 4564 125 105 3i 81. i f 80j x d and an pm a d 56 1 6 6 x d 9i a d ad 13a 7i I 9R 7 102 i 2 li 2 201 i 1 59i 9 i iii 9 35 xd xd xd xd LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. c L om el a in ns g . Closing this d P a r . y ices . B th u is sin da ess y. St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 100 102 101 2 50 all Clydesdale T. 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New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft . United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa iYuba 31 41 1 d— par 5 31 4 d JOINT-STOI BANKS. 73 - 75 id par 14 idis 2 1 dl par - 1 pl 334 45 3.1 li i i THE CHOLERA GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH—NOTIFICATION. General Board of Health, Whitehall, September 20, 1853. It is the painful duty of the General Board of Health to notify a third visitation of epidemic cholera. This disease, again breaking out in Persia, has extended within the present year over a large portion of Russia, stretching as far northwards as Archangel, on the shores of the Arctic Ocean. It has ravaged Denmark, Nor way, and Sweden, and then developing itself in the north of Germany, it has attacked Stettin, Berlin, Rot terdam, and Hamburg ; and subsequently it has ap peared in England, again breaking out on its north-east coast, in the near neighbourhood of the town in which it made its first appearance in this country in 1831. In this wide-spread course it has every where over leaped the barriers which quarantine has erected to stay its progress ; and where this means of protection has been most rigidly enforced, it has not only disappointed the expectation of those who have relied upon it as a safeguard, often to the neglect and exclusion of the most important precautions, but has aggravated the evils of the pestilence, and added disastrous consequences of its own. The experience already obtained of this pestilence at Newcastle, Gateshead, and Hexham is decisive, that where the conditions are favourable to its localisation and development, as is the case in these towns, the disease has lost nothing of its former virulence. I n ; the two former, indeed, the severity of the disease, as far as it has yet extended, has greatly exceeded that of any former visitation, and it has attacked in all those places, as it has abroad, a much larger proportion of the mid dle and higher classes. It is deeply to be lamented that the interval between the last visitation of this pestilence and the present has not been generally employed in effecting a larger amount as improvements in our cities and towns. From such inspections as the General Board have recently been enabled to make of the populous districts, the former seats of the disease, in approhension of its re-appearance, they are compelled to state that there are extensive dis tricts, and even entire towns, in which no perceptible improvement of any kind has been effected. On the other hand, there are instances in which, even where no general permanent works of improvement have been effected, better supplies of water, extensive flagging and paving, more frequent scavenging, and a more active removal of nuisances in epidemic localities, have been accomplished. Combined and permanent works, involv ing elaborate engineering measures, capable of remedy ing the neglect of years, cannot be effected in a few weeks. But the consciousness of past neglect should stimulate to immediate and resolute exertion, that all which the time requires and which can be done may be done. The results in some instances, even of limited and partial improvements, are highly encouraging. During the present epidemic in Hamburg, which has now been prevailing upwards of six weeks, only six cases of cholera have occurred in the improved parts of the town ; and during the whole of the epidemic in the metropolis in 1849, not a single case of cholera occurred in any one of the model dwellings for the poor, occupied by similar classes of the population, though the pesti lence raged in the districts in which these buildings are situated, and there were instances of two and even four deaths in single houses close to their walls. Even in towns in which the greatest amount of im provement has been effected, and in which works under the Public Health Act are most advanced, much remains to be done, and may be done. Local boards of health are invested under the Public Health Act with ample powers for cleansing, for the removal of nuisances, for preventing the carrying on of unwholesome or noxious trades in such a manner as to injure health, for prevent ing the occupation of cellars as dwelling-houses unless under certain conditions, for preventing the occupation of any dwelling-house which, on the certificate of an officer of health, shall appear to be in such a filthy and unwholesome state as to endanger the health of any person, until such house shall have been properly and effectually whitewashed, cleansed and purified, and for administering the Common Lodging Houses Act, the provisions of which are most important. All those powers should be exercised at the present juncture with extraordinary activity, vigilance, and stringency. But though it may be needful to prosecute the work of cleansing more vigorously than in ordinary periods, yet it should be done under supervision and with extra ordinary care. In removing accumulations of filth pre cautions should be taken for disinfection and for prevent ing the increase of noxious evaporation. The contents of foul drains, sewers, and ditches should in no case be spread upon the surface, and no large accumulation of filth should be removed, excepting under the direction of a medical officer. The escape of noxious effluvia is far more dangerous in an epidemic than in an ordinary season. The evil of overcrowding, so general not only in common lodging-houses but in tenements of all descrip tions occupied by the poorer classes, especially by the Irish, an evil preventible and to a considerable extent removable, should be at once and by all practicable means reduced. Wherever local boards of health exist, they should in all cases co-operate with the boards of guardians, and it is believed that the boards of guardians, will, on their part, co-operate with local boards. The existing means for the extraordinary service now required are divided amongst independent local jurisdictions ; medical of in England and Wales being under boards of guardians ; works of sewage and cleansing in towns, not under the Public Health Act, being under town commissioners acting under local acts ; and the enforce ment of orders required for the public service being with the magistrates or municipal authorities. It is col:15- r dently expected that a common feeling will give prece dence to the branch of service specially needed on this occasion, and ensure that unity of action which it is the main object of the rules and regulations issued herewith to authorise and promote for the common object. Experience has shown that in the case of the actual outbreak of the epidemic, the chief measures to be relied on for checking its spread are those which prevent over crowding, remove persons from affected houses, and bring the affected population under prompt and proper treatment during the premonitory stage of the disease. During the epidemic of 1849 an organisation for affect ing these objects was brought into operation, the main parts of which were the establishment of a system of house-to-house visitation, the opening of dispensaries and houses of refuge in affected districts for the gra tuitous supply of medicines, the establishment of houses of refuge for the reception of such indigent persons as appeared to be in imminent danger, resident in the most filthy and overcrowded houses, the provision of tempo rary hospitals for the reception of those who could not be properly treated at their own homes, and in some instances the supply of tents for the removal of the most susceptible and destitute classes to a distance from infected localities. The result of this system was, that out of 130,000 premonitory cases brought under its operation, no fewer than 6,000 of which were on the point of passing into the developed stage, only 250 went into the collapsed stage of cholera, or one in 520. But of the 43,737 cases under visitation in the metropolis, including 978 cases on the point of passing into the collapsed stage of cholera, only 52 actually did so—not I in 800 ; so that taking together the general result of this extended experience, it appears that the proportion of cases under e ar ly t rea t ment w hi c h passed frOul t hie premonitory into the developed stage varied from 1 in 500 to 1 in 800. No doubt is now entertained of the efficacy of this system, or of the duty of local authorities to carry it into effect on the very first appearance of this disease in an epidemic form ; and, as none can tell where or how sud denly the pestilence may alight, it is the duty of local authorities to be prepared for the emergency before its arrival. Preparation will be attended with little cost ; the power to act with promptitude and efficiency when the necessity for action arises will be attended with a great economy of money as well as of life. With reference to those precautions against the disease which each individual may take for himself, or the heads of families or establishments for those under their charge, the first in importance are personal and household cleanliness, and the freest ventilation of living and sleep ing rooms with pure air; the purity of the air we breathe being even more essential than the wholesomeness of food and drink. When the disease has actually broken out and become epidemic in any district or locality, then the one essen tial precaution is not to neglect for a single hour any degree of looseness of bowels. This symptom being commonly without pain, and so slight that it is difficult to conceive that it can be of the smallest consequence, naturally leads to neglect, and this neglect has cost the lives of thousands. Were any additional proof of this required it would be found in the events that are now occurring at Newcastle and Gateshead ; all the medical men there bear testimony that premonitory diarrhcea is all but universal, and that life depends on instant atten tion to this symptom. Thus, one physician says, "He has never yet see n a case without premonitory symptoms ;" another states, " He has found in a great number of instances where the men said they had been first seized with collapse, there had been neglected diarrhoea for 24 or even 48 hours, or longer !' another declares, "In all cases of co llaps!;in vestigated, it is found there had been neglected diarr hoea." Even in the cases in which death takes place with the greatest rapidity, the suddenness is apparent only, not real ; for the fatal collapse is the final but gra dual result of diarrhoea neglected for several hours, and sometimes entire days. It must, then, be repeated, that in any district in which cholera is epidemic, life may de pend on obtaining prompt and proper relief for painless and apparently trifling looseness of the bowels. The measure of precaution next in importance relates to the proper regulation of the diet. Great moderation, both of food and drink, is absolutely essential to safety during the whole duration of the epidemic period ; an act of indiscretion has been often followed by a severe attack ; intemperance at such a time is traught with the most extreme danger. During the epidemic of 1849, sudden and fatal attacks of the disease followed imme diately on the indulgence of habits of drinking after the receipt of weekly wages. The intervals between the meals should not be long ; cholera being uniformly found to prevail with extraordinary intensity among the classes that observe the protracted fasts common in Eastern and some European countries. The utmost practicable care should be taken against fatigue, which is a very powerful predispos;ng cause of the disease. Employers and persons engaged in laborious occupations should endeavour as far as possible so to ar range the amount and time of work as to avoid physical exhaustion. Warm clothing is of great importance. During the present epidemic in Hamburgh, it has been found that incautious exposure to cold and damp has brought on an attack as rapidly as improper food or excess. This pre caution against damp is rendered doubly important by the peculiarity of the present season Long-continued and excessive rains have in many places surcharged the ground with moisture, especially unit-stilled tad-low- lying diqtrictq, placing in many instances the land con tiguous to towns, and beyond the usual range of town drain 1.7 e, alnio,t Hi the condition of marshes. The exha lations arising from a surface thus saturated often with water, holding decomposing matter in solution, spread to the towns and affect the inhabitants, however well drained the immediate sites of the towns may be. The General Board were so apprehensive that disease would be extensively produced by this unusual and dan gerous state of a large portion of the country (an appre hension which was subsequently realised by the breaking out of disease, allied in character to cholera, in sixty towns), that in their notification, issued in December, 1852, they represented to local authorities that this calamity afforded a special occasion for administering extraordinary assistance to the poor, to enable them to keep large fires in their rooms, to protect themselves from cold and damp by warm clothing, to sustain their strength by a solid and nutritive diet, and to counteract the predisposition to disease induced under these pecu liar circumstances, by suitable tonics and other remedies, under medical direction. This representation was made when there was a threatening of the return of cholera ; it is now amongst us, and the General Board would re mind the affluent, that the opportune supply to their poorer neighbours and dependants of wholesome food, warm clothing, and bedding, and even such remedies (to be always in readiness) as their medical attendant may recommend for loosenese of bowels, is charity in the truest sense, and may be the means of saving many lives. It is also much to be desired, and the General Board would strongly recommend, that the higher classes should co-operate with the clergy, who have done so much to promote the object of the legislature, under the Public Health Act, in making frequent visits among the poor, and impressing upon them the im portance of following the instructions here laid down, with reference to which there is a perfect accordance between the College of Physicians and the General Board of Health. In conclusion, after the large experience of this dis ease which has been obtained since the General Board of Health issued their first notification (1848), they can now repeat with greater confidence what they then urged, that, formidable as this malady is in its intense form and developed stage, there is no disease against which it is in our power to take such effectual precau tion, both as collective communities and private indi viduals, by attention to it in its first or premonitory stage, and by the removal of those agencies which are known to propagate the spread of all epidemic diseases, or where that may be impracticable by removal from them. Though, therefore, the issues of events are not in our bands, there is ground for hope, and even confi dence, in the sustained and resolute employment of the of the means of protection which experience and sci ence have now placed within our reach. By order of the General Board of Health, (Signed) CHARLES MACAULAY, Secretary. NEWCASTLE. DEATHS IN NEWCASTLE, SEPT. 19. Cholera Diarrhoea DEATHS IN GATESHEAD. Cholera Diarrhoea... Two of the most overcrowded churchyards were closed on Saturday, on the official requisition of Mr. Grainger, and three others will be closed under the Pro vincial Interments Act of last session by Dr. Sutherland, the officer charged by the Home-office, under the act, to inspect and report on burial-grounds. One of the most overcrowded of the many overcrowded ladging houses having been certified by Mr. Grainger and Dr. Hector Gavin (who has been sent to Newcastle by the General Board to assist Mr. Grainger) to be unfit for human habitation, has been closed, and its inmates re moved to the House of Refuge. It is to be ear nestly hoped that the same course will be taken with other houses of the same character, when the tents which were yesterday despatched, have been made avail able. An aunt of the mayor of the town has fallen a victim to the epidemic, which among other indications of its unprecedented virulence, attacks the upper and middle as well as the lower classes. Mr. Grainger arrived yesterday in London for consultation with the General Board of Health, leaving Mr. Hector Gavin in charge of the arrangements at Newcastle, with Dr. Waller Lewis, both of whom had very great experience under the General Board in the outbreak of 1848 and 1849. DURHAM. Although we have been entirely free from cholera, our close proximity to Newcastle and other places where the disease has appeared, and the appearance in the at mosphere of myriads of most troublesome and peculiar looking flies, which have in other places preceded an outbreak of cholera, have aroused the local board of health, and the board of guardians, each of whom have taken precautionary measures against the epidemic. District commissioners have been appointed, who have completed a thorough inspection of every lane and yard in the town, with a view to the discovery and removal of nuisances of whatever description. During Sunday and yesterday, the streets were flushed, houses whitewashed inside and out, yards and lanes sluiced with water by the city fire-engine, and to-morrow lime will be thrown on the surface of the streets, and chloride of lime gratuitously distributed to the poor, to be used for the disinfection of privies, cesspools, &c., Hand bills and placards have been issued, informing the pub lic where, in the event of cholera breaking out, or pre monitory symptoms appearing, gratuitous medical aid may be obtained, and recommending the following pre cautions and instructions :—" 1. All persons attacked with looseness of the bowels, however slight, either with or without pain, are most strongly urged to apply without delay for medical relief. Looseness of the bowels is generally the forerunner of the cholera, and at this stage it may in most cases be readily and at once prevented. 2. Keep your houses dry, and your windows and doors open as much as possible ; remove stagnant water and all offensive matter from around your dwellings. 3. Carefully observe personal cleanliness ; avoid wet cloth ing and sudden chill ; keep the surface of the body warm, and wear a flannel belt round the stomach and loins, as this is found the best preventive of the loose ness of the bowels which generally precedes cholera. Expose bedding and clothing to the sun and air during the heat of the day. 4. Use plain and wholesome food, avoiding articles of diet known to produce bowel com plaints, such as fruits and uncooked vegetables, espe cially abstain from acid drinks, fermented and spirituous liquors. A careful observance of these precautions and instructions will materially tend to ensure general good health, which is the best safeguard against an attack of cholera." One of the committee reports one case of cholera as having occurred yesterday in a densely-popu lated part of the city, the victim being a man who had fled from Newcastle to avoid the disease. The borough magistrates are sitting en permanence, to receive com plaints respecting nuisances and order their removal. LIVERPOOL. Another case of cholera has occurred here ; but it is 1 satisfactory to know that in this as in all the other cases we have had occasion to notice, the person attacked had just arrived from the continent, where the disease is at present raging. A man reached Liverpool on Saturday last from Hamburg, and took up his residence at the Emigrants' Home. On Sunday he was attacked with diarrhce, and yesterday morning it was found that he was labouring under cholera. He was immediately re moved to the hospital. The general mortality of the borough continues below the average. MANCHESTER. _ _ The General Purposes Committee of the Salford Town Council met yesterday morning, and determined to take the most vigorous steps to put into immediate operation all the clauses of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, together with all the powers of the local acts for the samepurposes, in order to secure a proper sani tary condition of the borough. A special committee was appointed for the purpose, with full powers to engage addi tional servants and officers, and to take the entire control within the limit over which the council has jurisdiction. At present the two boroughs are considered healthy, and there is less predisposition to disease of any kind than there was at the last visitation, the people being tolerably well fed and clothed in general. It is said that the medical men of Manchester and Salford are to meet to-day to consider what course they, as a body, ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE I, DUBLIN. Sunday evening a dreadful occurrence took place in a house of ill fame in French -street. A gentleman at tempted the life of a girl living in No. 24 in the above street, and immediately after committed suicide by shooting himself. It appears that shortly before 4 o'clock, some boys, playing near the hous e , w hi c h i s kept by a person calling herself Fanny Stuart, were startled by the sharp report of a pistol-shot, immediately succeeded by the screams of a woman, and in a few minutes after by a second shot. They gave the alarm to the constable on the beat, who immediately pro ceeded to the house, and, having been admitted, was told that both shots had been fired by a gentleman who was then in the two pair back bedroom. - The constable went upstairs, and, on entering the room, was horrified at seeing the body of a man stretched at full length on the floor, and bleeding slightly from a bullet wound in the left breast. Although five minutes had scarcely elapsed from the time the second shot was heard until the arrival of the policeman life was quite extinct. A portion of the shirt around the wound, and the left collar of the waistcoat, which was unbuttoned, were on fire, so it would appear the muzzle of the pistol must have been close to the breast when the fatal shot was fired. The girl, Emma Fawcit, a native of England, whom the unfortunate deceased had attempted to destroy be fore terminating his own existence, was found lying on a sofa, in the drawing-room, bleeding from several wounds inflicted by small shot, scattered over the right side of her person from the temple to the knee; the light morning dress which she wore was all stained with blood. When assistance was procured she was placed on a car and conveyed to Mercer's Hospital, where she was re ceived by the resident surgeon, by whom she was treated in the kindest and most skilful manner. Having made a careful examination of the wounds, which are nume rous, he declared that none of them were likely to prove dangerous. As soon as she had recovered conscious ness she made a statement which, if correct, shows her escape from death to have been almost mi raculous. She states that she left deceased sitting in the bedroom to go down to the drawing-room, and had been absent but a short time when she heard him calling her on the stairs. She went out and saw him on the landing beside the lobby window looking towards the drawing-room door. She was going up to him, and had ascended some three or four steps, when he stepped forward with a pistol in his right hand and instantly fired at her ; the charge, which appears to have been of small shot, striking her in a slanting direction downwards. She immediately turned and rushed back into the drawing-room exclaiming, " Oh, lam shot !" and then became unconscious. In the course of 15 or 20 minutes after the tragical occurrence the street in front of the house in which it took place was literally blocked up with crowds of persons anxiously inquiring into the circumstances, or listening attentively to the various and conflicting rumours that were being circu lated on the subject. The proprietress of the establishment, Fanny Stuart, gave the inspector the following account of the deceased : —He came to her house late on the night of the 30th of August, the day after the arrival of the Queen. He was shabbily dressed, and seemed to have been some time in the rain which fell during the night. He asked for something to eat, and went down to the kitchen, where he saw a gentleman sitting at the fire, to whom he said, " I suppose you are on the spree to-night. If you want money I can give you some, as I have 100 sovereigns." Miss Stuart did not think this state ment was correct, as she only saw eight or nine sove reigns in his purse when he drew it out. He attached himself to Emma Fawcitt, and remained until 5 o'clock in the morning, when he went out, but returned in about five or ten minutes, and said he w ou ld not go, as he thought he was late for the train ; he lived with the same girl ever since, seldom going out at first, an d lat terly not at all, and whenever he did it was in a covered car. On the 31st of August he went to the King's bridge terminus for some portmanteaus he had left there, and in two or three days after he brought in more luggage, including a large trunk, which he never opened in the house, and which is still corded, and so great is its weight that two men can scarcely carry it ; he ap peared to have a considerable sum of money—all in gold —which he spent in the most lavish manner, purchasing for the women in the house, and particularly for Emma Fawcitt, various and costly articles of dress ; notwith standing his great extravagance, he has left after him a bag filled with sovereigns, which was found in a closet off his bed-room by the police ; he was frequently ques tioned as to where he came from, and who he was, but his replies were often evasive, always unsatisfactory and contradictory. The night of his arrival, he said he was a veterinary surgeon, attached to the Queen's establish ment, and subsequently he stated that he had been some time in Australia ; the name he gave was Webster, which, if not his real name, was one he appears to have travelled under, for on the railway labels pasted on his luggage is "Daniel H. Webster, passenger to Dublin." Miss Stuart stated, in reply to the inspector, that she never saw the deceased drunk, nor did she ever know 'him to have any quarrel with Emma Faw citt ; that, on the contrary, he seemed very much attached to her. He bought her several dresses, and, among other articles, an accordion, upon which he was teaching her to play. About an hour before he perpetrated — the dreadful act which so suddenly hurried him into eternity, he was giving her instruction in the air of " There's nae luck about the house." Emma Fawcitt's statement at the hospital differs from Miss Stuart's in one respect. The latter says she never saw the deceased drunk, while the former alleges that he was seldom sober, and that during the last two days he was constantly intoxicated, and was becoming quite insane in his conduct and manner. In the account given by Miss Stuart, she stated that when the first shot was fired, all the women were in the drawing-room excepting Miss Fawcitt, who instantly rushed in exclaiming, " Oh, lam shot ! lam shot !" and then fainted. She (Miss Stuart) thought he had gone mad, and fearing he would murder them all she locked and barricaded the door, and called for help. This had been scarcely done when the second shot was heard, and she thought it had been fired at some of the servants. The police found on the dressing-table several pistols, and beside them a bag of bullets, together with a quantity of powder. The pistols are quite new, and of a very su perior description ; the maker's name is " Richardson, Lord-street, Liverpool." A considerable quantity of wearing apparel, of the best style and quality, was lying about. The deceased is of the middle size, slightly made, and of a sallow complexion ; his face is much worn, and would indicate a life of hardship or dissipation ; he might be about 35 years of age, but looked somewhat older, from having lost some of his teeth, and wearing a wig ; for it is worthy of remark that his hair, which is dark brown, is slightly grown, having been recently shaved, which he accounted for to Miss Fawcitt by stating that it had been done in hospital, where he was treated for an attack of glanders, which he took from contact with a diseased horse. A miniature of himself, enclosed in a handsome morocco leather case, which he presented to the girl Fawcitt, is a faithful likeness. An inquest was to be held on Monday on the body by Mr J. E. Ilynclina,n." shall adopt. WOOLWICH. Two cases have occurred on board the Dreadnought hospital-ship, moored off Greenwich, and lumpers were sent up yesterday to lay moorings for the Hebe re ceiving-ship, which has been lent by the Admiralty for the purpose of being used as an auxiliary hospital-ship for cases of cholera. A severe case also occurred to one of the men of the Woolwich division doing duty at Deptford, but he has fortunately recovered. AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION. - Mr. George Nasmytb, C.E., makes the following suggestion with reference to one means of rendering the air pure in our streets, lanes, &c. " I would propose," he says, "that along with the water used for watering the streets there should be a few pounds of chloride of lime put into each cartfull of water, and, in addition to this, a small quantity of sul phuric acid, so as to combine with the lime, and thereby set the chlorine gas free. The purifying properties of this gas are well known, where fevers of the worst kind rage. The object attained by this means will be the great surface of ground covered with the disinfecting liquid, and, therefore, the great quantity of air rendered much more wholesome. The same mixture I would have used in one or more of the fire-engines, and by leading the hose into the confined courts and passages, would in a great measure purify them at a small cost." IMPROVEMENT IN THE ROYAL NAVY.—A late Par liamentary return affords evidence of a progressive im provement iu the conduct of the seamen in the navy. In 1848 the punishments were 1,303, and the lashes 40,545 ; in 1852 the punishments had fallen to 578, and the lashes to 17,571 ! R. Osborne, Esq., one of the Secretaries of the Admiralty, in a recent communi cation to the National Temperance Society, remarks, that the Lords of the Admiralty " have great pieasurt. in stating that intemperance and punishment are both greatly diminishing in consequence of the " Amended Regulations ;" which, as our readers may be a ware, involved not only the permission to use tea instead of intoxicating liquors, but likewise the reduction of the former allowance of spirits or wine one-half, with a pecuniary compensation for this reduction ; and a fur ther compensation where the reduced allowance wasalso given up. These and other judicious arrangements, tending to abate the facilities for indulgence in drink, have been followed by results in which every friend of the sailor must rejoice.—United Sm-vice Gazeite, (Sept. 10a, 1804 walked over Brunette 184 100 25 25 St. 50 8 all LOO all al 1 1 1001 11i all all all 100 42,.! 100 all 100 110 all 8 17 all all 6 all 100 all 28 7i 401 391 40 90 66 5 6i 62i lf Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral. and China Chrtd. fink. of Asia. Colonial Commercial of Lond. English Scottish and Australian Chrtd... London Chrtd. Bnk. of Australia ..... London and County London Joint Stock.. Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland... Oriental Bank Cor. poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Anstraln. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia , Do. New ' \Union of London , ,Union of Madrid 11 11 x d 45 - 47 3 / 4 a • par 38 40 63 65 0 2 7 ~ MISCELLANEOUS. 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For all kinds the demand ruled active, and in some instances prices were is per quarter higher than on Monday. There was rather an active sale for foreign wheat, and holders almost generally refused to sell except at is per quarter more money. Floating cargoes were again rather higher, with an im proved demand on continental account. Barley was in moderate supply and firm request, at fully Monday's advance. The malt trade was firm, and prices had an improved tendency. There was a good consumptive inquiry for oats, at ex treme currencies. Beans, peas, and Indian corn were very firm. Flour was active, and the top price of English was 65s per 280 lbs. The stock of foreign is unusually small ARRIVALS THIS WM. Wheat. Barley. I malt. 1,250 60 r 1,610 8,250 3,340 Oats. Flout. 370 1,380 770 _ 9,360 200 English •• Irish •••• Foreign . BOROUGH HOP. Nearly 200 pockets of hops have arrived and been partly disposed of at from Si to 10/ per cwt. The duty is called 160,0001 to 165,0001. WHITECHAPEL. Thegeneral demand ruled inactive, as follows:—Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s 10d to 5s per 81bs by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TRIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 21.—Wind this day at N oon, W., li g ht breeze and fine. DEAL, Sept. 21.—Wind, W.N.W., light and cloudy. Sailed—Duke of Northumberland, Chance, Ennerdale, Charles Watson , Trafalgar, and Mathilda Luckie. OFF DOVER, Sept. 20.—Wind, W. to W.N.W. J u li a, Richibucto, for Hull ; Effort, Philadelphia. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind, W, Arrived—Fell ciana, Hull, for Bahia, leaky. Sailed—Wynem, Mel bourne. P LYM OUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind, S.W. Off Port--James, Quebec, for Hull. SClLLY.—Sailedilvia, St. John's, Newfoundland. ILFRACOMBE, Sept. 20.—Arrived—Hop e , Newport, for Dartmouth, leaky. Sailed—Henry Pottinger, New York ; Circassian, do. B R ISTOL, Sept. 20 . —Arrived—Ind us , Quebec, for Glou c ester. SWANSEA, Sept. 20.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Warwick, Quebec. Sailed.—Grenfell, Cuba. HOLYHEAD, Sept. 20.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Lilias, Quebec. F LE ETWOOD, Sept. 20.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Ade laide Cooper, Baetrachi ; Glasgow, Quebec. LONDONDERRY.—Arrived—Mohougo, Q ue b ec ; Admittencoun - ance, Liverpool, for Q uebec and Montr eal , having tered a heavy gale in long. 12 W., when the vessel became leaky, and the crew refused to proceed ; Suaan and Sarah, Belfast, for Dalhousie, with mizenumst cut away, ballast shifted, a nd one man killed , having encountered a g a l e i n let. 55 N. 15 W., which threw the v esse l on h er beam ends, and :lid considerable damage. Sailed—Envoy, Phi ladelphia. WHITEHATEN, Sept. 20.—Wind, W. Arrived—Cam brian, Quebec ; Jane, do. BELFAST, Sept. 19.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—For tuna, Quebec ; Alert, do. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, 10.30 A.M. Wind W.N.W., moderate, and foggy. Arrived—Triton, from New York ; Shenandoah, Philadelphia ; Devonport, Apalachicola ; Carolina, ICeikiavik ; British Empire, Bom bay ; Rollo, Porto Rloo ; Ystroon , AmsteKam. Off Port -Nicholas Kiddie, with loss of topmast and topgallant mast. (BY EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, WEDNESDAY, 9.10 A. 31. Passed—Conatitution from Loudon, for liavre. Aaohored—A.parizone, Wm Shield', for Constantinople. 654 6 34 q 18 THE INQUEST. The inquest on the body - of the wretched man was held on Monday. The body was found laying on its back, at the foot of the bed, which was in disorder. A table beside the bed was covered with broken glasses and lemonade bottles. In an inner dressing-room was strewn a quantity of new wearing apparel. Five pistols were found on the table. Some cards of a commercial house were found in a pocket-book of the deceased. After hearing evidence, the jury found "that the de ceased, while labouring under a temporary derangement of mind, on the day previous, discharged a pistol at a ' female named Emma Fawcitt, in the house, 24, French street, and that in a few minutes afterwards he fired a pistol into his left lung, which caused his death." The only important witnesses were the two females ' Stuart and Fawcitt, but they did not throw any ad ditional light on the melancholy catastrophe. NARROW ESCAPE. -One of the most remarkable in sstaatnucredsayonlarsetcoartdsohfeffiescealdp,eaftrotmhe f b a u ta il l d i i n e j g ur m y ,e o r c k c s ur i r e ed pre on . gress near the canal wharf. A series of large and lofty arches is being const ruc t e d there, as the foundation of the intended new go o d' s warehouses in connection with the Victoria Railway station. Seven arches had been completed, and th e e i gt hth an d last arch on the side next to the railway was about to be turned. The whole fabric was of stone, and was of a most substan tial character. On Saturday afternoon, shortly after dinner, three ma.ons and four labourers were at work on the seventh arch, which they had just keyed in and completed, when they were obliged to retreat and seek shelter from a thunder-storm, accompanied by heavy rain. No sooner had they descended from the arch and reached the ground adjacent, than the entire arch on which they had been working fell in with a tremendous crash. This circumstance is regarded by the workmen a; one of the most extraordinary instances of " hair breadth 'scape" they ever knew. Sometimes there have been as many as 15 men working on the arch at the same time. The only way of accounting for the falling of the arch is the supposition that the perp cular timbers were forced out of their place by the light ning. endi [A D vEnTISEITENT.]—THE CHOLERA. IN ENGLAND. — (To the Editor of the Sun.)—Sir,—lt would appear that doctors and boards of health are as much ursat sixes and sevens as ever, upon the treatment to be p ued, either as a preventative or cure, by parties attacked with cholera. Now, the public should understand that diar rlicEa, the precursor of cholera, should, like any other disease, be treated by an efficient vegetable purgative, such as Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicine. Here lies the great secret of cure, at least, if the testimony of Mr. Thomas Hudson, now residing at No. 46, Union street, Portsea, and, also that of Mr. Thomas Gardner, of 18, Lawrence-street, Bishopwearmouth, is to be received. It is unquestionable that in the year 1832 both these parties cured and saved thousands from cholera solely by Morison's Pills, of the British College of Health, New-road, London. The report from these two parties „ can be seen in th e secon d volume of " Morisonia, page 636 and 397. What the public require is some cheap remedy to which the may have immediate recourse without the payment of never-ending fees to doctors. We now think it highly important to state that in a letter just received from our agent at Madras. Mr. R. L. Pereira, dated the 6th of August last, he states that Mr. J. Thompson, of the indigo works at Cuddapah, mentions the cure from the bite of a cobra de capello solely by Morison's Vege table Universal Medicine. We ourselves bad no doubt that such a cute might be affected, and we feel delighted that the fact is now proved. It is a subject worthy of a commission of inquiry by the Government. --Signed, The . Members of the British College of Health, New-road, London, for and on behalf of the Society of Hygeiats.-- Nted this 19th Sept., 1853. There 20 10 20 35 50 1 i 4/ 1 *s. ;; 1