Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-19 00:00:00

rsday nett ndsor by )ne 0 i ifi ce nt Ivaterl° 6! 'teed thit Will, if tII i& water, this Grell TELEGRAPHIC NEWS® By Submarine and British Telegraph. F.EtANCE. SARDINIA. SPAN. PRUSSIA. PARIS, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1. The Three per Cent. Rants have risen nearly per cent• to, daY, Closing at 67f. 10e. G e t eral Garabildi is a clutlidate for the Piaimintese pa MADRID, Nov. 17. 4 Ilagelll slate of s'ege has been raised in the province of c 4) Vabrucia, and A.-,dalusia. BERLIN, Nov. 18. b il li tl-lnorrow the Committee to investigate the Danish ' lll es> will make its report to the German Diet. 16 1 . t .he Rev. William Hamilton, 8.A., has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Chester to the stipendiary curacy of 10 " ,Parish church of Warrington, Lancashire, on the sh 4l :'ation of the Rev. William Quekett, M.A., the rector, n e " cos recently obtained a license of non-residence on i!ult of ill health. ni l; e understand that the rent roll of the late Earl Fitz rtlo4'in, including the large Irish estates, amounted to letd 4 £200,000 a year. The Northamptonshii property; ‘0 be fully £30,000, is left to the second son, and the Riding property, about £20,000, to the youngest, Ves leaving heavy legacies. annanorer AND THE 'UNITED STATES.—The pretendd th l e Pa te, says a letter from Frankfort, between this city and se e e united States is now re 'uced to this, that the American h a : so l had some inquiries made respecting Frobel, who +in feet, been ordered to leave Frankfort. Te e th , Chron i quer of Frinurg states that the crop of Wes and pea rs is so abundant in the canton of Lucerne ,nn every house is literally crammed with thrill, and ost as bitter complaints are now raised at the abundance Nt alieht have been called forth by a scarcity. Cider and nip+ the grow ers say, will be so plentiful that the price be too low to afford any profit worth speaking of. I`e 31 MORMONS GETTING BEADY FOR WAR.—The Mor p'n according to a letter from Onaah City, in the New 0 4 , 11 c Times, are on the march ; and only ten or twelve b e d,' on the Loupe Fork of the Platte river, near the k:;,'itt of Beaver, and known as Beaver settlement of nii rr acnn about ene hundred miles inland from Omah It!' Some renegade Mermons, or seceders from the ha a non Church, fleeing from the Danints of Salt Lake, r eached that settlement, bringing the news that a large /lees of the Mormon militia, nnder Bri g ham You n g and Ai t , C. Kimball, were preparing to leave Salt Lake City, th e Provision and ammunition fir six weeks campaign in th e Mountains to the eastward, and thus stop, if possible, Progress of the - United States Corps. BZASSENGERS per Baltic, Captain Comstock, from New ur k, N ovem b er 7tb, 1857.—M rs . S. Al o f sen , W. K. eats, Mrs. Bennett and two children, A Brickwedde, k as Liu Butler, Mrs J. G. Charrand, George Cleesby, lb,' and Mrs. J. Coats, jun., Miss Coats, Charles C. Com fe I n Samuel Cooper, George M. Cousin, G. F. Dale, n. e Ph E. Dibb, M r s Donnely and two children, William d. John Joyce, W. P. Lee, James Lempsey, Mrs. M. i s and child, Antoine Luie, Henry M. Connell, 11 acdonaid. S. J. Madhouse, J. W. Mese, and servant, 0 Newton, jan., Mr. and Mrs. John Norris, jun.. Mrs. pi r , tt iel Norris and child, C. Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. B e llan, two children and servant, S. Pritchard, Leon ttelnayvac, A. Verret, Mr. Wakeman, J. 'Wentworth, i, 4 'Y Winer, and K. H. Younke. t o SCAPII GOATS or Mrsi t unn —"The ignorant directors t he Editors of the Times would burden our shoulders 1,4' the onus of the mutiny 1 This is really too good ; and It on e the - tileject not too serious, would be a joke indeed. th s wever they may lay the flattering unction to their souls, dig G overnment is entirely the calve of this terrible p ei 7 e Ler, which, had it been wiser, could never have hap an4But Only f anc y th e amoun t o f t err itory that has been ° zed within my time, and with no increase to the r e ee, tn en nnen force—or n ex t t o no ne— an d then,' the fact of a ez nnieaving one o f th e most magn ifi cent magaz i ne s in the ni‘ n 'under the care of native troops after the warnings 0 11 ` 40 nt end that have, f rom t i me to time, been received %%It han e two points, tho foot *hat /A. ...qt.) army `nnett i lY has, of late, been spoiled and pampered, the the r e t4 lnfortune rests; and the more the matter is sifted, One ce . -re sell this prove true —take my word for it. I see the Tucker has been giving it to them. It is do him thenrle body of officers look to do them justice in this t t .I °nr of need—when others are abusing them so very Ju o st n l y"—A Bengal Officer. OpV I IIELTI SPECTACLE IN THE SUNKEN RUSSIAN ITAN - Ilu ß ,; 4ll . — Towards the end of last month, by order of the te s ti Government, the Russian vessel of the line. 1 ,400 °4 , of whose foundering in the Gulf of Finland with s men on board, we had a report at the time, was ea re e be n „ tted for, found, and examined by English divers i n g es ot thither for the purpose. According to a narrative t at s Danish paper, the divers found 1,100 corpses in the crier of the vessel, so that 300 seem to have been on es e deck when the frightful accident happened. The en r P e s,es were mostly found embracing each other, or in;g l ng to the portions of the cabins ; decompoition had Fe a t l3 l set in. So horrible was the spectacle that pre td itself to the divers as they went over the lower, 0 - th e " and cabins, that one of them felt himself, for to me tinge, quite unable to Danko his report, and refused n ti down any more, preferring to leave again for s eP aud. The livid faces of the corpses. with their eyes nia, and fixed, looked all the mere frightful, as the glass lie 'Le diving ball and the diving helreers is so constructed eg raagoify, and consequently to distort the objects I.) , l mined through it. Attempts to raise the vessel w.ll °b ably not be made before next year. Oi'IIOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT TO A. SPOaTSMAN.— ( 3II h LIa Y morning, the inhabitants of Leicester were much e°,eked by a report that Mr. Richard Shirley Harris (an e 4 4e e _ rTive manufacturer, and nephew to Mr. J. D. Harris, t e,tee members for the borough) had been f )und shot, the nei g hb our h oo d of the town. De :eased, a young N an of 23, welt out shooting on Saturday afternoon, at f r ? W Parks, and not returning at the time expected, his f n e a L cie becam e v e ry alarmed. An active search was made tbo by his friends and the police. The search continued bre'n_'ghout the night, but proved unavailittg until day aten't when sherly before seven the corpse was discovered t a pt 200 or 300 y ar d s f rom th e farm-house, whence lie ie . " started. There was not the slightest mark of any models, and from the position of the wounds, it was tO r natly impassible that deceased had voluntarily clis thrged his gun. There was an extensive gue-shot woued th e e ngh his arm, ar d the snot appeared to have penetrated ss,, e heef, and braken the main trunk of the circulating n causing death to ensue in a few minutes. It is R ' e r e N 'e'l that deceased was crossing some rails, with his tea in hi m , an d t h a t h e did no t pe r caive a quickset eee n the vicinity, against which the trigger caught, and st a ! i e(l the gun to explode. Mr. Harris's gold watch and ar tn a Were found perk* ctly safe. His dog had remained ,the corpse all the night. The gun sties a double ish'e'led one, - and shortly before flee o'c!ock on Saturday a colrer had heard two reports of a gun, in quick Euccet,..- tc, t il , f rctu the direction in which &am.] was Intend. le s e ,Pn's inquest was held on Sunday evening, when a Anet of " A cc id en t a l d ea th" w a s r eturned. 'Y aims —FATE OF A DRUNKARD.—A. death still more too ,ol th an t h e a b ove, w h en v i ewe d i n t h e li g ht o f eternity, at te " Place at Lisnaminty, near Portadown, on the 9ch inst., le t miserably perished from the effects of ye :licating d r i n k,' The deceased bad bean for sixteen Lj s a clerk in the Glen Mills, He afterwards went to 4s to gan, and obtained the situation of clerk and traven er— re, n with one, and afterwards with another, of the 0 Pectable gentlemen who owned breweries in that town. t e , a generous disposition and manly character, he was shT e oted by his employers and endeared to his companions to associates ; but to such a man his position, dangerous ren,allYwas especially so to him, and the naertral ktune it followed. He became a victim to the drink sold in oP n blic-houses e where his business frequently called him ; about five years since, on the death of his father, he C.,_obliged to relinquish his situation, and to retire to a in the country. Here his dissipated habits continued. bra.elfortned they are most difficult, if not impossible, to ni tinn through. A ga i n , an d agein g he made resolutions to te e over drink; but, after a little time. the breath of It e ration swept them away. He commenced to drink on (li e f tesday, the 21st nit.. and continued to do so until he fet e g em exhaustion on Monday morning, the 9th instant, Ine e 7'in on his farm, where he cohabited with a degraded alin a e whom his habits had led him to associate with. atin — "e effect has such a fate on- others, that this woman lltd„, 44o ther of the witnesses were evidently more or less t he influence of drink' at the inquest, and it was titty b l to hear her tell how that, two or three times the t.. fore he died, in bitterness of heart, he had said, Bet a upon whiskey !it has been my ruination, but if I Itlci t , ' 4 Q' this I'll quit it." It was too late. At the eho at held on the body by Mr. Atkinson, the verdict of ;q was " Death from the excessive use of ardent was of Newry Telegraph. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS TUESDAY EVENING. It is said, in semi-official quarters, that the prospect of an understanding (n the unpleasant question of the Principali ties is all but certain, and that the compromise to which I have more than once alluded is likely to be accepted by all the Powers, including Turkey. It is affirmed that Redschid Pasha will offer no opposition to the plan of administrative union. The fact of the Ministerial journals having been recommended to use conciliatory rather than irritating language when speaking of the Grand Vizier. shows that there is some foundation for the statement. Despatches have been received from the Admiral com manding the French fleet on the South American station, announcing that the state of the Dominican Republic was such that the Admiral found it necessary to interfere for the protection of the French residents. The following caution to emigrants proceeding to St Domingo appears in the Moniteur A certain number of emigrants lately left France for St. Domingo, and another departure has been announced. The accounts received as to the position of the first emi grants not being favourable, French colonists will act wisely in adjourning their intention of establishing them selves in the republic of St. Domingo. Several of the journals comment with asperity on the events that occurred on the capture of Delhi. The Con stitutionnei, says : All Frenchmen have read with surprise and indigration that passage from a letter of an officer of the victorious army of Delhi (and not in au official report, as was at first stated, owing to a mistake of the translator), in which it is coolly narrated how all the inhabitants of the town that were met with by e._e English soldiery were pet to death. The officer says :—" Forty or fifty persons had got together and concealed themselves in some houses ; they were not mutineers, but residents, who, relying upon our habitual clemency, hoped for pardon. lam glad to say they were disappointed." Such an act and such a sentiment require no comment. . . . Our neighbours have latterly complained that they are not liked in Eur ope. We feel bound to tell them frankly that acts such as these are not of a nature to conciliate sympathy for, them in France. We cannot rejoice at their successes in India, unless they observe the laws of humanity, and maintain the honour of European civilization. • The Univers exclaims : Disappointed! What a delicate expression to intimate the Let that the throats of these individuals were cut for no Other reason but because theyrtsuled in Delhi! The English journals, while gloating over details lilt; these with delight, continue to protest against the cruelty of their enemies !" The Gazette de France, as might be expected, is more violent than any of the other journals : We see in these atrocities, against which no voice has been raised in the London press, a proof that Englund has renounced all hope of bringing back to submission to her sceptre, this vast empire which has thrown off its allegiance. The war is not one of repression or rem quest, it is a war of extermination. England openly adopts the doctrines of terraism, and puts them in practice in Elindo sten . . . England is the only nation of the present day capable of stretching the rights of warfare to the extent of slaughtering, withuut mercy, the entire population of a eity,taken by t smelt. The spectacle which she has• given to the world places ker out of the pale of civilisation and humanity. It h impossible to doubt that the sentiment of universal reprobation which she has excited, must have important constqnences for her. She may conquer the Senoys, but she cannot conquer the public opinion of Europe—she cannot conquer God. No; we will never believe that she can restore her rule over the Indian peoples by these horrible means. Conquests, unaccompanied by moderation, clemency, and that selicitude of the well being of the subjugated people which springs from a sense of right, are never durable. Attilla, and other man s'ayers of his class, passed over the earth like a pestilence; they founded nothing, never conqueied anything in reality. And FO it will be with the English in India ; the blood they have shed will cry out against them, and engender new martyrs. It is a relief to the foregoing to quote the following remarks from the Press::— The English viet )ry at Delhi, at sr hictt we rejoice with all our hearts, was accompanied by some acts of excessive severity. These acts are to be tegrettrd : but let us beware or exaggeration ; anu ape% e en, let us :livid - that ridicule which must ever attach to a display of indignation in cold blood. We love clemency, we admire generosity, and we are not of those who think that to strengthen the foundations of any power whatever, it can be a good thing to bathe them in blood. This, in our view, is but an elementary teaching of morality, or, what is the same thing, policy enlightened by experience. But although these doctrines cannot be too often called to mind in the face if parties who forget end Governments who violate them, can it in conscience be said that they are rigorously applicable in India after the frightful tragedy which has been playing there for the last four months? Is it pr ssible, is it just, to institute a comparison, as certain journals have done, between the Sepoys and the English soldiers— between Nana Sahib and General Havelock ? The Sepoys surprised and cut the threats of defenceless English— men, women, children—without allowing them to escape to the mount tin and the jungle, there to trust to the tenderer mercies of tigers and hyenas. The English shorted no mercy to scoundrels who had ripped up, cut in pieces, burnt, and violated their wives and children. There is, it at t . - pears to us, a very considerable difference between the two cases; and therefore the Spectateur very sensibly remarks " when we think of the savage acts committed by the Hiudeor, and the horrible situation ie. which the, English troops were placed during upwards of four months, one can neither wonder at their exaspera tion nor judge their conduct harshly." The .3fon,iteur publishes the official Customs' return for the month of October.—" The receipts amounted to 14,402,894 f., being a decrease of 2,121,8911. on the corresponding month of last year. The produce of the first 10 months of the present year, as compared with the corresponding period of 1856, shows an improvement of 9,280,469 f., the to'al receipts being respectively 157,583,432 f. and 148,302,963 f. The items of revenue which shows the greatest increase during 1857 are foreign colonial sugar, 9,317,080 f. ; co&e, 4,858,299 f. ; potable liqu , rs, 4,069,417 f. ; coal, 556,618. ; linen thread, 99,232 f.; nitrates of potash and sods, 63,635 f.; mahogany, 62,9941. ; indigo, 56,351 f. ; flax, 45,444 f. ; gold and silver, 43,495 f.; copper, 32,657 f. ; tallow, 29,518 f ; cattle, 12,679 f.; and sundries, 1,776,821 f. Those articles which show the greatest felling off are :—French colonial sugar, 4,071,232 f.; bar iron, 2,652,332 f. ; raw cotton, 1,499,055 f.: corn, 1,C62,854f. ; rough iron castings, 855,073 f. ; cocoa, 359,261 f. ; raw wool, 312,746'. ; oils, 154 3251'.; oleaginous seers, 106,218' ; cochineal, 56,573 f, ; pepper, 49,227 f ; salt, 15,822 f.; raw and spun silk, 13,777 f. ; fresh and salted meat, 10,812 f." AU STRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 14. As the speech made by Baron Bruck at the dinner given to M. de Lesseps has created what is commonly called " a sensation," I send you a translation of it:— " I take the liberty to propose one more toast. It appears to me that an assembly which has met for the par. pose of publicly recording the interest which the Austrians take in the project for cutting a canal across the Isimus of Suez, ought not to seperate without testifying its deep interest in the lamentable conflict in which England is now engaged in India. All the assertions that have been made respecting the causes of the conflict are, in my opinion, of no weight when compared to the cruelties which the rebellious Sepoys have committed. It must be taken into consideratic n that India will fall into a state of total anarchy, and will for a lc ngth of time remain closed against civilisation, if the authority of England is not speedily restored in her large and beautiful Indian empire. We see mcst important colonies springing up in Australia ; we see France, Russia, and even America coalescing with England in order to open the ports of Japan, and of other countries in those remote regions, and we also see them endeavouring to force China to ccnsent to place her relations with other countries on a more reasonable basis. It does not admit of a doubt that the completion of the prcjected Suez Canal would be the most efficacious way of furthering the great work of civilizati o n in the East. In the name of civilization, then, I call on the assembly to drink to the toast, Success to the English arms in India." On the 28th October the Porte forwarded to its • diplo matic agents abroad a circular, in which it repeats what was said in its despatch of September 23, and protest (se prononce) against any attack that may be made on it s suzerain rights or on the integrity of the Turkish Empires It is even said that the Constantinople Government has alluded to the possibility of its being necessitated to send troops across the Danube for the maintenance of peace and order in Wallachia and Moldavia, but there is ne reason for supposing that it has done so. The political excitement in both the provinces is very great, but nothing has occurred to render the intervention of the Porte necessary. Ac cording to authentic advices from Constantinople, which reached this city yesterday, the Russian and Prussian Ministers have followed the example of M. Thonvenel, and have had no communicaticn with Redschid Pasha since his appointment. The Sardinian Minister, who is con fined to his room by indisposition, some days ago sent his dragoman to offer his congratulations to Redschid Pasha About a week since Selim Bey, a colonel in the Turkish army, arrived here with despatches for Prince Kallimachi, but nothing concerning their contents have yet transpired. On the 15th October the Kustendji Railroad Company paid £6,000, as deposit or " caution money," into the bands of M. Musurus, and received from him the firman of concession. The statutes of the company have already been laid before the Council of the Tanzinaat. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1857, PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov. 15. On the 29th of October, as I have already reported to you, Austria and Prussia conjointly made a statement to the Federal Diet at Frankfort of the ncgociatiens they had carried on for some time past with the Danish Govern ment with reference to the two German Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg. As these negotiations hae hitherto remained without result, they now laid the whole correspondence Wore the Federal Diet, in order that some resolution might be come to with reference to any further step to be taken in the matter. The verian Government also caused a suction to be brought in by its representative for a committee to inquire— " Whether the engagements that the Crown of Denmark had entered into with the German Confederation in 1857 and 1852 had been fulfilled; and, if it should be, found that they had not as yet been fulfilled, then for the Federal Diet to call upon the Danish Ciown to fulfil them within a specified time, failing which the Diet won:d declare all the enactments made by the Danish Government with reference to the two German Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg to be null and invalid." These two motions were also preceded by an appeal from the Estates of the Duchy of Lauenburg to the Federat Diet for a declaration that the new charter lately Ociroy to that Duchy by the Danish Government was at varianc e with the recognized Constitution of Lauenburg with the Federal law, and the engagements entered into between the Danish Crown and the German Confederation, and for steps to be taken to induce the Danish Government to make other arrangements for the Duchy of Lauenburg in conformity with the same. These three matters, as touching one and the same subject, were all referred to a committee which was appointed at the following sitting of November 5; it consists of seven members, including Austria, Prussia, and the other four kingdoms of Germany, Bavaria, Hanover, Saxony, and Wurteniburgh, and Bavaria has been selected as the Power whose representative is to bring up the report. In the last sitting of the Federal Diet, on the 12th inst., the subject was not brought forward, nor could it well have bees matured in so few days. The amount of matter to be c ,nsidered and deliberated en, will rather require as many weeks before it can be brought forward. The result of the deliberations of the committee wil (when matured) have to be communicated by each of its members to the G3verument he represents, and its interne tioz,s taken as to his further conduct in the matter; it will therefore require not only all the unanimity that at present exists on the subject, but also very great expedition, if the matter is to be brought before the Federal Diet in pkno any time this year. Nearly every Gary an State has already caused assurances to be given to the Goyernments of Austria and Prussia that they parfectly agree with the nature and objects of the motions mad-, arid that they will support them. Thy fnilowinfr nrivate tele2raTa ha -, ; been received MADRED, Nov. 16. Tie drawing of 3.200 share?, in, the...lsabella Canal, which are to be paid Off with premiums, - Will take place on the let of December. The Madrid journals of the 12th have reached Ll 9. it is stated that there is no truth in another report that the Government intended to suspend the calling nut of 30,000 men of the militia. The disquietude' at Bircelona is stated to have been occasioned by the diFcovery of a Carlo- Republican plot. The Government, however, had full caifiderce in the fideli•y of the ganison, and was deter mined to put down with energy any atleatpt at disturbance. The Espana attaelo with great vehemence the law on the sale of national and ecclesiastical property, and declares it a Socialist measure; but mast of the other journals defend it. Accounts had been received from all parts of the ccuntty that within the preceding few stays there had been tremendens hurricanes and torrents of rain, and that great damage had been done. LIBERTY OF TRADE, DENMARK.—TiIe Second Chamber of Denmark has just adopted the second reading of the bill lately brought before it to ensure liberty in trade and manufactures, and has agreed to the propo3ition of the Government, fixing the Ist January next es the time for its coming in to operation, TROOP-SHIPS FOR INDIA —lntelligence has been received of the arrival, at the Cape of Good Hope, of the Robert Lowe (es.), with 44)0 troops on board. This vessel sailed from Kingstown 29th July. Tho ship Hotspur, from Portsmouth for Celcutta, with troops, has also arrived at the Cape. The Hamburg ship La Rochelle arrived off Falmouth, on Monday, reports that in lat. 7 N., lon 24 48 W., she spoke the steam troopship Hydaspes—all well The Hydaspes was three and half days from St. Vincent . La Rochelle also reports, Oct. 10th, the steam troopship Itelian, from Cork. The Hydaspes left Woolwich Sept. 17th; and the Italian left Cork Sept 25th. CAUTION TO FARMERS POULTRY BREEDERS, &C.—We beg to caution our friends against a trick which is annually attempted at this particular season upon the classes men tioned in the heading of this paragraph. We allude to a particular species of advertisements which make their appearance some few weeks prior to Christmas, announcing the want of suppl es of fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys, pork, &c., for the London marker. In mass cases these announce ments are mere attempts to swindle unsuspecting country folks ~u t of the supplies prepared for Christmas demands. Delighted with the idea of getting " London prices" and extensive orders, little farmers, and their wives, ter), answer these advertisements, and of course obtain the dearer' " orders." Terkeys, geese, and pork ere despatched by rail to the address stated, but, alas, no remittance ever reaches the unhappy sender—and on calling a week or two afterwards, it is discovered that the so-called " dealer" was some regular swindler, merely hiring a room, temporarily, in a back lane near Leadenhall, Newgate, or the Borough Market, for the purpose of mere easily duping the unwary —or even, perhaps, only having his letters left there,— Sussex Advertiser. SHORT TIMM AT PRESTON.—With the exception of five or six firms, the whole of tho Cotton manufacturers and spinners in Preston have either closed their mills altogether or have commenced working short time, the latter being the course generally adopted. There rre t:hout seventy diff.rent mills in the town, three and in some instances four mills b ing worked and belong to one firm. In these seventy mills it is calculated that not less ttan 20,000 persons are employed ; and some idea of the depressed state of the staple trade of the town and its immediate district may be formed when it is au accredited fact that the average employment of 20,000 heeds does not exceed at present more than three full days per week. Of course, this sate of things has not existed until within the past few rigs, several of the largest firms in the town hasieg within that period commenced working short time. The district for a few miles round Pre ton is also similarily affected. At Walton, 111 - , , on's Mill, Bamber.hridge, Chorley, Samlesbury, Faringtsn, and Hoghton, all places within a radius of five miles of Preston, the mill owners have been compelled to resort to the alternative of short time. In two of Ihe townships named three or four mills have been entirely stopped, and throughout the Preston Union commercial matters have experienced such a severe check that numbers of families have been compelled to seek relief from tne hands of the parochial authorities, who being unable, under the existing regulations of the Poor law Board, to grant necessary relief to the applicants, who are chiefly ablebodied persons, have written . to the general board in London, requesting them to cancel such an absurd regulation. The poverty in the union is very great, and every day adds to its quota. POLISH MEETING ON INDIA. On Tuesday, being the anniversary of the death of Lord Dudley Stuart, a meeting of the Polish Historical Society was held at. Sussex chambers, Duke-street, St. James's, to commemorate the memory of the departed champion of the Polish cause. In the absence from London of Colonel L. Szyrma, president, the chair was occupied by the vice-president, Major C. Szulczewski, who thus addressed the meeting. Another year has passed over our heads, and, as regards the world in general, the veil of oblivion has been drawn-closer still around our beloved fatherland. But we who know that this veil covers not a dead nationality as Russia would have the world believe, whose elements are being rapidly transmuted into a second Russia, but a living body, still instinct with the energy of patriotism and the love of freedom and independence, we have met once more on this anniversary of a most painful loss to give a proof of this enduring national life, by expressing iu the name of Poland her undying: remembrance of, and gratitude to, Lord Dudley Stuart, the faithful friend who, for so many years, had unfurled the standard of her independence, seeking to rally around it the sympathies of Europe, and who may be said to have died. as he had lived, for our cause. When his memory shall have perished from among us, then, indeed, we ma) say that all hope for Poland is gone ; for a nation that forgets its benefactors, and par ticularly such as have exerted themselves in the interest of its highest spiritual life, will soon lose its self-respect, and with this all that renders it most worthy of indepen dence. As an unbiassed testimony to the feelings that animate our countrymen at home, I may mention that an Englishman very recently returned from Poland, after a long residence there. and on being asked the other day, by one who was inclined to believe in the rumours so diligently spread by Russian agents, whether it was true that there were no Polish patriots except among the emigrants, exclaimel with flashing eyes : " True nay, nothing can be more false. On the contrary, there is not a Pole who is not a'patriot !" It was from the love of his own happy country and from his appreciation of its free and ennobling institutions that sprung, in the first in. stance, Lord Dudley Stuart's sympathy with the wrongs of Poland, and I may. therefore, be permitted, in connec tion with his name, to say a few words in allusion to the terrific .struggle in which this country is at present en gaged, and for • its successful issue, for which it has the warmest wishes of every lover of mankind. Some few, indeed, there are, whose feelings outstripping their judg_ ment, seem to place the Indian mutiny in the same cate. gory as the rising of the oppressed nationalities in Europe. and who maintain that the Bindoos have the same claim to support and sympathy as Poles, and Hungarians, and Italians. But, supposing even that this was not a national movement in India, which, there is, however, not reason for believing—shall we allow the noble efforts of civilised nations to throw off the yoke of foreign despots, who are endeavouring to stifle every exertion of this national life, to be con founded with the purposeless rising of barbarian hordes against a government, which, though it be of foreign, race, and though it may have been sometimes mistaken as regards administrative measures, has ever evinced a sincere desire to rule them with justice and mildness, and has carried its respect for their national peculiarities and religion so far, as even to have this tolerance held up against it, as a matter for scorn and reproach ? Shall we allow the sacred cause of national liberty and independence, and the open and honourable warfare of chivalrous ana highly principled patriots, to be confounded with the cause of a set of eowardly and treacherous ruffians, whose only deeds of valour consist in the butchery. and worse than butchery, of helpless infants and defenceless women, and whose sole aim seems plunder? Nay, every manly feeling revolts against the idea of such an identification of causes, and I am sure, I may say, in the name of all Polish patriots at least, that our sincerest wishes are for the success of the nation, which has for so many years afforded us generous hospitality, and of the country that is the chief represen• tatiee of liberty, true order, and independence in the world. Major Gielgud proposed the following resolution : " That this mooting deeply sympathises with the disasters which have befallen England in her Indian empire - ; and, grateful for the generous hospitality which she long afforded to the Poles, begs to testify its feolings by con tributing, as far as the means of the refugees allow, to the fund which is now being raised for the relief of the sufferers from the Indian mutiny." Colonel B. Wiercinski seconded the resolution, and said that he felt horrified at the deeds of Nena Sahib—. for, supposing the movement in India were even a national one, such deeds as were committed by that Monster would, certainly, in the_ opinion of every man, soil for ever the cause of so unscrupulous an assassin. Thi3 recalled to his (Colonel's) memory the acts of the late Emperor Nicholas, in 1831, during the late Polish war 'of indepenclenes, when the Cossacks, whose Hetman or Chief was the present 'Emperor, cut off the breasts or all Polish women at Oszaniena. .• The present Emperor begged his father, on his knees, to bestow a medal of honour on the regiment which had committed such a barbarous atrocity on that unotronding cla s. Yet none of the foreign prints had the boldness of informintz the English ptiblic of that fact. Now AtexAndux and Nena Sahib may pass to posterity as brothers in crime com mitted upon the weaker class •of humanity, whom every aw, human and divine, confides to get;eral protection. several U4IJcC 6,1413 I.laCal separated after a vote of thanks to the chairman. A sum 'of 45 5s was :-übscribrd, chieflir in amounts from Gd to a few shillings; which will be duly forwarded to the Indian Relief Fund.- KENTUCKY FUGITIVE SL IVES At the Southwark Policceeourt, on Tuesday, two very fine-looking Colour , d girls, about 18 and 20 years old, who are called in the slave states quadroons, were brought before Mr. -Burcham for further examination, charged with begging in the public streets. The prisoners, who were welt conducted, and appareutly of good education, were seen on Saturday evening walking along the side of the kerb in Blacknoore.street, dressed in white. One of them carried a box, and the other a placard, on which was written " Fugitive Slaves?' Constable 85 M seeing several persons put copper money into their box, took them into custody for begging; and when before Mr. Combe on Saturday evening, he remanded them until to-day, in order that inquiries might be made about them. The elder prisoner, an intelligent and good-looking female, said they were fugitives from Kentucky. They were born and brought up on a plantation, and about twelve months ago their father died. Their mother was sold to a distant planter, and they were about to be parted and sold also, when they succeeded in getting away to Philadelphia. There they were taken care of by a bene volent individual, and through the kindness of some free coloured Persons there, their passage was paid to Green ock, where they arrived last spring. They tried to get into domestic service, but being unable to obtain situations there, they made their way to London. Here they were equally unfortunate, and at the present time they were without the means of subsistence. They had lately lived along with a labourer and his wife, named Glynn, in a courtin Bishepsgate-street, and gained a few pence by selling tracts. Mr. Burchano asked whether inquiries had been made as to the truth of the story ? The constable replied that they had, and he had reason to believe that it was true. Two officers of the Mendieity Society who were in attendance, also informed his Wore hip that they were not known as beggars. Mr. Burcham asked them what they could do for a living ? The elder girl replied that they were both domestic servants, but people objected to them in such situations in this country owing to their colours. They were able to knit gloves. Mr. Burcham told them that knitting gloves would be much better than begging, which was not allowed in this country. He would advise them to knit some, and sell them. The cold weather was coming, and no doubt they would get a ready sale for them. The poor girls forthwith ex iTessed their willingness to do so, provided they had I he means to obtain the wool. Mr. Burcham told them, that if their story was true, there was some commisseration for them, and he did not think they were actual beggars. As they seemed willing to obtain their livelihood by their own labour, ho would assist them in purchasing tools. A shilling was found on them, and he would direct four shillings to be added to it from the poor box, and he hoped with that they would be able to earn their own subsis tence. He earnestly exhorted them not to be led away by bad women, and to avoid the streets of London. Tile poor girls, who listened attentively to His Worship, promised to comply, and thanked him earnestly for the assistance he had so kindly rendered them in a strange country. They thought they would be able to gain a good living by glove making. TUE FRENCH' AND RUSSIAN EMBASSIES TO CHINA. — By a cl , spatch from Trieste, dated Nov. 15, we are informed that the French Emlrsq had arrived at Singa pore. The Embassy from _Russia had net been received at Pekin. It is said that the arrangement b 7 the Cunard steamer Africa, to call at Cape Race, bas been defeated by the Admiralty agent not having attempted to send the requisite authority to her commander until two hours after the vessel had sailed. A Irrucoaa FALLACY.—There is a vulgar fallacy at the bottom of the assumption that no consii,erahle political measure can be brought forward without a great public agitation—without some elamourous demand. Push the fallacy to its extreme, and it amounts to a recognition of what M. Ledru Bonin calls direct legislaion—that ic, legislation by the mob in person. It may not he literally true that "the great b9dy of the nation" is at the present moment pressing a specific demand for improvements of our representative system ; it is certain that no large change is just now urged upon government or legislature ; but it is as obvious that all persons who possess a leading position are either actively expressing dissatisfaction with the de fects of the existing electoral arrangements, or, where they are of the most Conservative stamp, are admitting defects to be remedied. If improvements are to be made, if faults are to be cured in the most deliberate and judicious manner, the best season would not be une of a great spCcial agitation, but precisely the opposite, when plans of improvement can be arranged, discussed, and fettled on their merits.— Spectator, ATTEMPT TO SHOOT MR. WILLIAM MADDEN, OF LONDON-ROAD. Yesterday, we gave a short account of an attempt made on Tuesday night, by a man named Pattick Hughes, to shoot Mr. William Madden, a respectable and extensive cattle dealer and victualler in London-road. Yesterday morning, at the police court, the case came on for hearing, before Mr. ?Mansfield, when Patrick Hughes, who resides at 12, Key-street, and described as a butcher, we; put to the bar, charged with an attempt to shoot Mr. Madden. The latter was accompanied by a considerable number of cattle salesmen, provision merchants, &c., who seemed to take a deep interest in the case, and who congratulated him on his fortunate escape. Mr. Goodere conducted the case fur the prosecution, and Mr. pluck defended the prisoner. Mr. Goodere, in opening the case, said his client was very extensively engaged in the import cattle trade of Liverpool, and also kept an establishment iu Londoe-road. Same time since, the prisoner - was taken into partnership by Me. Madden, who had a kindly feeling towards him, and wished to do him a service, althpagh he had no capi tal. A short time since, however, Mr. Madden, in conse quence of having discovered some large mistakes; and other affairs, refused to have anything to do with the pri soner for the future. There might be a sum of some eight or nine pounds between them, although Mr. Madden con sidered he Vies at a loss of from £l6O to £2OO by the effor. The previous day the prisoner cited three rimes at Mr. Madden's shop, Lendon.road. The third time was at night, when he saw Mr—Madden, and said he had come o settle the accounts between them. Mr. Madden, seeiug the man was excited, very properly said he would not enter into the matter then; but if the prisoner called in the morning, he would settle with him. Prisoner cooly remarked " Per haps you will net live till morning," and drew a double barrel rifle pistol from his breast pocket; it was capped, and loaded with powder and ball, and he levelled it deliberately at,Mr. Madden's head, and swore an awful oath that he would blow his brains out. Mr. Madden was, however, not to be frightened, IT he wits a man of great personal end moral caurage, and he sprang on his asssilant, and knocked him down ; at the same instant that the prisoner fell on the floor of the. shop, Mr. Msdden placed one of his feet en the wrist of the prisoner Ore hard in which the prisoner held the pis , o), and, seizing him by the neck, he held him fast until assistance came. The prisoner, a 0 the time, held the pistol, with deadly grasp, and it was only after a great struggle that it was ;got out of his hand, Mr. Madden was then cel!ed, and proved the above facts eenerally, and stated teat his loss by the prisoner lea; con siderable. He was only in partnership with him so far as beef was concerned, bet not in other branches of his tra'..e. A boy, who is in the employment of Mr. Madden, proved that he had just gorse out of the shop, wbeu he heard a scaffle, and, on going into the shop again, he saw the prisoner on the floor with - a pistol in his hand, and his master holding hire down. Re could see the caps on the pistol, so that it mast hare been at least at half, if not et whole cock ; bat he was so frightened he could not tell which it was in the eanfusion. He helped to wrench the pistol from the prisoner, and gave it to officer 559. A gaesion arose as to whether the pistol was leaded with ball or not, nod, in reply to His Worship, the officer said he could not tell if there was a ball in the pistol. Mr. Mansfold : Why can't you tell if there was a ball in it? Officer : Why, the charge vtas not drawn, sir. Mr. Mansfield : Not drawn ; why not ? Offirier : Because it was fired away. Mr. Mansfield : Fired away ! Where ? At the statioe house, sir. Mr. Mansfield : By whom 2 By a police officer named Smith, a turnecol. Mr. Mansfield : Hon did such a thing happen ? Officer : Whilst we were engaged booking the prisoner, he took the pistol up arid •ran out with it, saying he would prevent any more acci , dents, and he fired it off before we knew he had done so. Mr. Mansfield : I n , ver heard the like of this. I think, Mr; Clough, that this man ought, at least, to get a very severe rewiruand, to say the least of i , f,:r his extreme folly. Mr. Moffat, the keeper of Prescoa-street bets: a veil, was called, and said, whilst he and the others were engseed abut taking the ehareo against the pdsener, the effieer Smith, unknown to him, ran out with the pistol and fired it off. Mr. Block asked officer 559 if there was a ball in the piwol, and he replied he could not tell, b it c:rtainly there wee powder, for he heard tie report . . Mr. Block: Will you swear there was even waddin•-; in i ? No, for I did not see it. Mr. Black : What did :he prisoner say ? He said there was only powder in the pistol. Pnilip Skinner, a person in the employment of Mr. Madder, corn b irated the evidence generally about the prisoner going.to the shop, &c., but he could not tell if the pistol was on _volt, although he helped to wretch h. from the prisoner, whilst he was held down by Ma Madden: He, however, saw the cans plainly on it. M . Black contended that the charge of felony failed altogether, as there was no proof that there was a hall in "the pistol. Indeed, his client told him that there was nothing but p , .wtler in the -pistol. The unfortunate man had been drinking heavily fur the last ten days, and really ' was - qtri`e excited, hot new that he bad coaled down, and ass naible, Le was extremel3 sorry for what he had done, 'lllt,i,ougn he pact no int:mann waatever to no air. semen any injury. Mi.. Madden : Way, he told the officer, iu the prese.oce of seve.al persons, that if be did not shoot me then, he would do se another time, when he got out. Mr. Black : It is a very unfortunate and painful case, but at most, it is only a case to hold the prisoner to bail, as it stands at present. Mr. Martsfi•dd said, it the prisoner had a difference with Mr, M.ditn about accounts, he should have gone to a rPsprnable at•orney, and settled the affair in the County Curt, and not resort to a pistol. Mr. Bina said his client Ville very sorry, indeed, for what had taken place, and wean promise , not to go near Mr. Madden any mere. Mr. Madden : He nosy come behind me atm wares, awl sh• of ma whet I am nut prepared to meet him. I have ne protection from such a man, Mr. Mhorsfiel, - 1: Yes, I will give you protection ; I will bind shims if ie a sum of £lO, and two sureties in £25 each, to keep tile peace. Mr. Malden then left with his friends. MURDER. We deeply regret to say that our neighbourhood hrs been stained by a horrid murder. It appears that on Sunday last Henry M'Grath, Matthew Dannelly, Hugh and John M`Carron, and others, all residing- in the town land of Killycloglier, near this town, who had been in Omagh chapel together, met on returning home in the evening, and had hot and angry altercations, it is said, about a young woman. They again met, with others, ar, the house of a shoemaker, named James M'Etroy,, a , Killyclogher, about nine o'clock that night, and a regular boxing match took place between Patrick M'Carron and M'Grath. They had seconds, and fought two or three rounds, when they were- separated, and it was proposed that M'Grath and Donnelly should fight the two M'earrons the next morning. To this Hugh M'Carroe objected, and insisted that his brother and M‘G-atli should then fight it out. Patrick M'Carron would not do this, and M'Grath said he could beat either of the brothers. While they were so (parrelling in the street outside the house, Hugh M'Ci.rron was seen to enter it, and appeared to be looking for something. The woman of the house told him not to take anything from the house, and he went out again to the street, where he was seen to strike M'Grath on the breast. It being rather dark, M'Grath was not observed after this for a few minutes, when he was found about fif . teen yards off lying on the ground, quite dead, the road from the place .he was when struck to whore he was found, being marked with a stream of blood. Lights were procured, and a search made near the place, when a few yards from the spot, on the other side of a ditch, a shoemaker's knife was found, stained with blood. This knife had been lying on the shoemaker's seat before Hugh trron was seen looking in the house as if for some thing previous to his going out, as ahoy.? stated. An inquest was held„ on view of the body by William 0. Orr, coroner, when a mass of evidence was adduced, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and the jury found, as their verdict, that deceased cznie by his death from the stab of a shoemaker's knife in the left breast, which had penetrated the heart., and that the wound was inflicted by Hugh 11I`Carron, his brother Patrick being aiding and assisting. Hugh is in gaol, committed for the offence, but Patrick has not yet been made amenably, The parties are young men, farm servants, and unr,sarried. Deceased was about 20 years of age, and was also unmarried. They were all under the influence of liquor at the time of the melancholy occurrence.—Tyrone Con stitution. FATAL ACCIDENT.—MO LIVES LOST —Yest( rday morn ing a small yawl, belonging to Mr. F. W. Birkhead, of Rotherhithe, was bAng taken up the River Thames by two of his sons and a you:h named Fendy, with the sup posA intenti)u of witnessing the launch of the Leviathan. When off Cuckold's-point tha youths put on too much sill, and, from want of skill in its management, the boat was capsized and the entire party thrown into the water. Some blots put off and r( sexed W. Birkhead ; his brother Ft ede rick and the lad Frendy were drowned, and their bodies are not vet recovered. THE WATERLOO BRIDGE 3.11-SlERY.—nOring the week the police have received some important information respecting the mutilated remains found on Water:cal B. idg , , and on Saturday, further communications were r,c.ived of the same character, and the opinion now begins to gain ground that the victim is one of the political agents employed by the continental police to iLsinuate themselves into the society of the numerous refugees who fi.ck to this country, to inveigle them into plots that will, if adopted, lead them an easy prey into the hands of the foreign police. Forrester, the well-mown officer, has recently been in Paris, and some of the other experienced detectives have been instituting minute inquiries in certain directions, that at present it would be inopportune to mention. A foreign police spy, named Fouat, rs missing in a most unaccount able manner ; the funds he was supplied with must have been long since exhausted, and his not applying fur more leads to the belief that he is the murdered man. CONFESSION OF MURDER AND ROBBERY. On Tuesday, Emma Middleton, alias Hannah Bourg, sullen looking woman, about 25 years of age, 40 been in custody a month, and who has given such trouble to the magistrates of Thames police. court, to the police, - to the warders of Clerkenwell Prison, and to several chari table institutions, was brought tip on remand before Mr. Selfe, charged on her own confeseicn, with the murder of an il'egitimate child about eight months ego, at Brighton, and also with stealing property of the value of £4O and upwards from the Magdalen Hospital, Blackfriarseroad, of which she was formerly an inmate. The particulars of the me which have transpired on the seve ral examinations of the prisoner, have already been fully reported. To-day, the prisoner was again arraigned, chareecl, on har own confession, with the crime of wilful murder, and on the inspector stating that he had no more evidence to offer, she was discharged, and again taken into custody immediately afterwards, on a charge of plundering the asylum. Mrs Elizabeth Donne, the as istant matron of the Magdalen Hospital, Biackfriars-road, said the prisoner was admitted as an inmate on the 2nd of April last, and absconded on the 12th August. Witness had been away from the hospital on the 2ail of August, and on her return ie the evening found the prisoner had absconded with two other inmates. On the same night she missed from her bedroom three silk dresses, eleven petticoats, f )er shawls, one cloth cloak, three bonnets, three pairs of boots, thirteen pocket handkerchiefs, one silver watch, two gold chains and ring, two coral bracelets, one gold neck chain, and £7 in gold. The whole of the property, including the money, was worth £4O Mr. Selfe : How was your bedroom entered? Mrs. Denne : I left the door locked, and the prisoner and her companions broke a pane of glass and unlocked the door, broke open my drawers and boxes, and took aeay everything of any value. The witness then identified a black potticoat and silk dress, taken from the prisoner when she was appre hended at the Asylum for Fallen Females in Whittchapal. Mr. Seife : Have you heard anything of the prieoner's two companion.? Mrs. Deane : I have not, sir. The prisoner went by the name of Hannah Bowran. She applied on admission day, and was admitted without any recommendation. Mrs. Jane Engel., matron of the Magdalen Hospital, c nToborated the above evidence. The prisoner, who was very sullen, said she had no d: fence to make and on being asked if she had any Taestions to ask of the witnesees, petulantly answered, "No, none at all." The depositi us having been completel by Mr. Bowden, the junior clerk, Mr. Selfe fully committed the prisoner for trial. INDIA.N MUTINY RELIEF FUND. The following communi ation has been received. by the committee : Alexardlia, Octob e r 8, 1857. At a public meeting of Britieh subjects, duly convened and held this day, at her 214je3ty's CJaculate, presided over by John Green, E q., her .llajesty's acting agent and Consul-General, the folio wing resolutions were un adopted :- 1. That deeply impressed by the sufferings occasioned to co many of our follow-subjects in India, and by the horrors inflicted upon delicate women and children, in consequence of the mutiny of the Bengal troops, this meeting desires to be permitted to contribute, in however small a degree, to the fund which is - being rained is England for their relief _ _ _ . 2 Tao Bank of Egypt having been appointed by the Lord Mayor of London to collect subscriptions in .egypt for the relief of the sufterers by the mutiny in India, Resolved, that the sums collected be paid into the Bank of Egypt, with a view to their being transmitted with the least possible delay to the Lord Mayor of London together with a copy of the resolutions pared at this meeting. (Signed) JOHN GREET. _ _ _ _ _ The result of this movement has been the re miEranee from Alexandria to the central committee of 4291. 10s. Tho committ2e hay., also recently received from British resident , : abroad, . the following suns :—From Cairo, 1921. is 31 ; St. Petersburg. 3121. its 8.1 ; Lisbon, 2001, ; and Corfu 1511 12s 5.1. MURDEROUS AESAULT IN CLERKENWELL PRISON. • Mr, Corrie, in the course of Tuesday, went to the Rome of Correction, Colebath.fields, accompan'ed by Mr. Mould, the chief clerk, and Mr. Bayliss, the u , . , her, to hear a case againsz, Joh , l CJlbraith, one of the prisoners, who is charged with committing a murderous assault upon Charles A.ldo W 5, a sub warder in the above prison. It' appeared from the evidence, that last Wednesday morning, about a quarter to seven, the complainant was standing near the ant of one of the passages to see the prsoners pass down and that they had no communication with each other, t.Ati, tom a em Ali but heavy tab, bound with Iron. When he passcd the complainant he turilea round and struck him with the tub on the front part of the head, inflicting a very serious wound, which bled a great deal. The wound was about two and a-half inches in length, and about an eighth of an inch in depth. Had he not had his cap at the time, Mr. Wakefield, the surgeon of the prison, stated that the wound would h .ve been much more severe, and was likely to have pro , ucod concussion of the brain or fracture of the skull. The complainant had had no quarrel with the prisoner, but had rep vte'd him to the governor for continuous talking in the yard. The prisoner had been several times in custody for felony, and was now undergoing an imprisonment for six calendar months. The prisoner did not deny the charge, but said that the complainant had reported him for no cause whatever. He bad more to say, but would reserve it for his trial. Mr. Currie committed the prisoner to Newg ate for trial for inflicting grievous bodily harm on the prosecutor. RE-CASTING OF THE WESTML.ISTEE. BELT. —'Phis bell is to be re-cast, and for this VUTO3C it will have to be broken up on the spot. The debris of metal will then b removed to the foundry, where the re-casting process, it is calculated, wll occupy ahout months. It is understo that the same shape and dimensions will be adhered to, and that early next year thit• bell iwy be in its place. INFORMATION AGAINST A BAKER F3R, SELLING BREAD On EMltrAY.—liefore the Exeter magistrates, on Saturday last, a baker of Exeter, named Stone, was summoteed byn man named Soutlicett, formerly in thei defendant's employ, for selling bead durino the prescribed hours on the nrevions Sunday. The information was laid under 6 and 7 Wm. IV., sec. 37, c. 14. The facts were ri ,, t diseuted, but the cemplainente in crest-examination by Itr. Toby, admitted that, in the previous week, he was in the employ of the defendan', and summoned him for wages, but thet the case was dismi-sect. Mr. Toby : Did you ,send the woman to get the bread ? Complainant : Mr. Toby : And you gave her the money ? Complainant : Yes ; she bought the bread for we, and gave it to me when she came out of the shop, (Hisses.) Mr. Toby then contended that no conviction e.:uld he sustained, as the Act prrvidid that the conviction rf the defendant must be' within six days of the commission of the offence," and es in law there was no frectionel part of a &y, the day o'a which the offence was committed Inuit be reckoned as one day, and conse quently tae conviction could not take place " within six days," The Bench were divided in opinion 011 the point raised, three being far a conviction, and three against, upon which the Mayor announced that ne conviction would be made, and the summons was accordingly di , missed amidst tee appl.use of a crowded court. HEALIII or Loeneer.—ln the week that ended on Saturday (November 14th), the total number of deaths registered in London was 1,161, which approximates very closely to the number in the previous week. In the ten years 1847-56, the enerage number of deaths in the weeks . elrresp - ,ndiq with last week was 1.088; and 'a the present population, which has received en inerease,•the same rate of mortality would produce 1,175 deaths. The difference, therefore, between the actual number of deaths and the number as estimated is inconsiderable. But the returns show that there has been a decided increase of deaths in the last two weeks ; for the weekly number itt October was only about a thousand. Old Perseus appear to have suffered from the weather that has lately prevai:ed ; for whereas in the List week of October' the number of persons who died between he ages of 60 and 80 years was 152; last week it was 207 ; and though of tle.sa who had attained the age of 80 years and tiewarcls, ttlere were in the former period only .32 deaths, the number last week was 50. Diseases of the respiratory organs (exclusive of phthisis and !tenpin; caugh) which in August were fatal to 70 or 80 cases weekly and in the last week of October in 190 cases r ose last week to 291. Of the number last mentioned, 152 deaths were referred to bronchitis, 108 to pneumonia, or inflammation of the lunes, 19 to asthma. At this time, when influenza is common, only s . x cass . arc returned under this specific designation in the m e dical certificates. phthisis attests to some exec nt the presence of the same atmospheric influence, the deaths under this head having risen from about 130 to 151. There were only 19 deaths last week from diarrhoea ;an it is satisfactory to find that no deaths from cho'era were reported. Scarletina is pre vnlent in the west districts, and in that part of London it was fatal in 22 cases ; the number returned in all the metropolitan districts is 56. Typhus (including under this head common fever) carried off .54 persons. Five nonage narians are returned as having died in the week; th oldest of these had arrived at the great age of 99 years e he had been formerly a farmer, and he'died at 3 Brewer.. street North, Clerkenwell. Last • week tbe,births of 907 boys and 830 girls, in all 1,737 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding wetks of the years [ 1847-56 the average number was 1,445.