The Press.
London, England, 1853-09-24 00:00:00

Vain! anb Otani

A CoItItEhI9)NDENT, noticing the homage paid to
the nwtnory of Marshal Bugeatid on the Mut inst.,
when his stntne was set np in his native town of re
rigettx, with all military Itiatottrs,—a marshal of the
empire and seven generals of division standing by,
- -stiggests that measures should he taken to engirt.
lasting 111111 appropriate t tttttt 'lntent to the fame of
the gallant soldier who hilw.iiist passed from amongst
11S-I.IIC 1114411i' vompter(or of Seitle.

Tom ItlosEY I'lrry.o under the head of "Sherif&
Expenses" is shown by a parliamentary return to he
thus expended. The Bost in Isroi 1 ,if judge's aml
cnurts was 164311/. 11k.1d.; !stinting calendars of
prisoners, 552/. ss. 211.; allowances for publishing
and dispersing prclamations, 1,4151. I Is. hi.; allow-
ance for attending persons to read arts of Perlin
!VAIL ; balloting hexes fur special jurors,
hllBl. Ilk. ; expense* attending the executien of
criminals, :11119. 1091. ltd. ; sundries, 11971. 9%..141;
allowance for grunting warrants upon Crown pro
"%, 8631.; Hllowauee fir 4 Aellit ing war-nude upon
prowess, Wlll. sm.; creati. in looney to Ducky "f
la:waster, A.e., ;24/. The slim ha." justices' wages-
is 3,11:'•/. ilk. 'fise expenses in IMSII were 14,-,65/.
Irk. id.; in 11451, fs,i:ll/. Ma. suid its I ''',re•!,
I+,/•4141/. 12s.
MeNTALITY IN Irian all eilllMll4, fur
the Weil elethlg the Ili!, inst., was 11.11.1; in the
furnsiT ue, k bale deaths wert• registered. Its the
Tess 44 11.11.1.4,m ling weeks of I p•ars l'sI:1:•2 the
I verage manlier, with eorrectien for incrensu el
population: wits 1,1,55. cholera was fand 111 II;
sw,
persons, to males and 7 fetaides. Four 1I
are ilescrilied as " Inkling' in the duration
of 11w attack Irma ;to Is loites. 'Elie deaths front
I liarrilivit were I:II, heir) a tlecoatusa of 53 on titt•
itre‘ions return.

‘ta\ii %NI) Hi I:fr.s II II?T 11:11i0UK "OK TIM
‘VidtklNii 4.l.A,piEs )ire Wing ustaklialwil in Woil
ininster, near the .11)be.
I 111. aleh ti,aerataenl ia sham ti. e•ltibit, at
N.. IL Rue lhatrnivite. V coVtertinn Ilf N 111111•.
frean .llgee e.ae.isting of rotten, silk. elpehateal.
corn, ailsce4l-. wine. sugar 1.1411(.,
fir ernantritteti ith gultl,baddlvs,
hutintz., awl talus vhjka:le. of mtt rcbt.

489

THr. SUNTERRANPIAN llAlt.w4,tr Art for making •
line underennuid from the north-western "met of
the metrepolis to Battle bridge has st beim
The railway is to be called "'Pb. Nardi
\letropolinus." Capital, 300,000/. The pleas are
tisr a railway commencing at or neer the south sad
of Westbourne terrace, Paddington, and terminable
at or near Battle-bridge by a jimetion with the
intended line. of railway tram thence to Holborn.
The company are authorised to interfere with the
several streets requisite to constructing their line.
Ax Art to regulate the conveyance of passengers
to Victoria has been passed in that colony, and will
come into force in regard to English teasels on the
Ist of October. The act specifies the number of
passengers ships may carry, and what description of
cargo or not to be carried by emigrant vessels, It
contains provisions AM to the food sup to
passengers, their maintenance, inspeetion, ,rei.f,dafter
their arrival; together with orders as to the property
of deceased person's. 'l'hice act iv one which entareem
penalties, anti, applying as it dorsi to ships ferrying
passengers Irian this isimitry, it lioNimes tooporwas
shipbrokers and others to make themselves ac-
quainted with its details.
A \lceristi was held on Tuesday evening
in Sheffield Town hall for the purpose of considering
**the present unsettles! and unsatisfacti ry state of
the Easteni question, and the propriety of memorial-
ising the Government, urging them to wise prompt
and decisive measures bemuse the immediate evacu-
ation of the Danubian principalities, and to prevent
Russia roan again outragingoodiee and international
law by a forcible and warlike neenpation of the
Turkish territory." The meeting wax called by the
mayor, and the moat entire unanimity appeared tee
exist, among a densely-crowded audience., in &veer
of the 'sentiment embodied in the above emulsifies.
Tem ExrEsr Asn ltiou•trs on Limo K IN TIIIPS
titan is shown by a parliamentary
return just printed. It appears that the lead attached
to workhouses under cultivation loot year was 1,2111 a.
Ir.IN p. The number of permute employed en
farms was 5,7 V, of which 2,551 were *hove fifteen
years of age, and 3,141 under fifteen. The number
employed in manufactures and trade was 114155-
15,320 above, and 11,335 under, fifteen. The value
of the stock on hand on the 30th September, 1551,
was 2,1115/. 19s. old., and at the close of the year It
was 3,1111.1. 4s. 1 id. Thu profit On the year was 3,191111.
19s. .10., and the loss 105 f. ss. The value of stock
consumed in the workhouses was 2,31171. Vbs. Old,
(in the aeeount. of the expenses inettmvl in maim-
factures and trades carried on in workhouses in
Ireland, it appears that the value of stock in hand on
the 311th September, 1551, was 11,07/41. Ha. Ilid., and
at the close of thu year, 7,5251. I Iti. bid. The profit
in the year was 5,9251. lim. ltd., and the low Mil. Ile.
slid. expenslitun4 during the year rudest the
:tooth Soptember, 1552, was 9,755 f. les. Ilia., and the
value of the preshicts i5/.nits. Ili.l.
IN Friruslissi.r. of the proposed Wellingtne we..
morial in Liverpool, a public meeting was held on
Tuesday last. It appeared (non a statement then
le by the Mayor that the Arrillo_ri...sl
hits! ilis'ilissi to rysliMltietiil the erection of a es slum el
in is suitable part of the ton, snemounted by mistletoe
of the illustrious duke, the cost Isf whirls was anti-
ingted at 111,1111111. (ll' this sims 5,111101. had been
Mill the for wlvieh the mettehte wmi
held was to further measures fur the purpose
of obtaining the remainder. l'hu meeting wars ad-
dressed by Mr. W. Brown, M.l'., and other gentle•
taco, and reseliaiiseis calculated to attain the desired
end were proposed and earned.
A Isaionoenso.st: for unmarried workmen
was opened 4111 Al /OM IllY last by the directors of the
Windsor o) al Soeiety, of which his Royal Iliglinese
Prince Albert is the President. 'rite house binned
at part of the original mellow of the society, but the
difficulties ex I wrieneed in pressuring suitable pre-
anises, tool adapting them to the purpose., have de •
kneel until now the carrying out of the intention.
The directors bads on lease one of the laryc himself
in Church street, the residence formerly of noble
families attacked to the 4 'fitirt, boot in latter slays suf-
fered too fall into dilapidation. This house they have
thoroughly repaired, drained, and %etolilated, pro-
% idea ait 11 every convenience, and fitted up with
acrommoslati 111 l tiny single men. Side
by side with this new and rommislious lodging house
is Mug a los .r I n sir sign ilar iiimense,sts, I ieele4vol tinder
the Public Ilealtli Act, 'mil oreis for the reception of
t ranops. The If wlgers are to he schnittiol by the oturk,
4111 payment at the rate of 2s. per week in iseiwneso ;
in eats,' fit ad mission after Mo nday. until the fai-
lgoving Msellishly, whelt the oven/Anion ja to beanie
weekly. Tills, an me town Wi111111411% where lodg-
ings for single men are not May very scarce, but
exorbitantly high, will lie no slight boon 16 the
working class's.
qtr A \lv iir Tll E. 1.1\1.111555.1 Ts ,a (*num.'!"
sum Wednesday, the Mayor staled that William Breen,
Esq.. M.ll. 1;4- South Lancashire, howl salvo'
...viol the town with 14 511111 of 41,INsti. for the ereectloq
of a budding fur a public library.

490

THE SPEAKER hits Ihe (azrite 11131.
at the end of fourteen day, Irian the Inth ite.t. be
will issue his warrant for the election of u new
member for Lisburn, in the room of IL J. Sul)th,
Esq., deceased.
Tits Lash As!) Emioakrios Com m,sstosilts re-
ceived last year 91,0112 Lai cr., Mid tie-vitt:lied
11 i ,45:1.

ALL persons having claims fur repayment of in-
come tax oil the ground of exemption, by reason of
their incomes being less than 15401. a y tar, must WWI
in such claims, so far as regards the years ended the
sth of April, 1452, and the sth Of AFril, I "fi:t, to the
surveyors for the districts its which tiny reside, or to
the head milee in London or Edinburgh, on er before
the 10th of October next, and no such claims can be
received after that p. rilsl. This rule applies as well
to cases where claims have been established in
former years as to those where claims may now bu
made fur the first time.
Tim N►.MB►h:lt 01.' Divissioxs L.►sr SEssIoN w►s
257, of which 179 occurred below midnight, anu 744
alter
THE lIMMINtiIIAH GAOL 1.:41111Y C HIMISMONEHM
have not yet Inc:tented their report, but some striking
and even melancholy results of the investigation are
already announced. Mr. Cotterill, one of the warders,
died suddenly ins the very day alter the last examina-
tion by the commissioners from excitement a►td
mortification; Mr. J. Blount, the chief surgeon, has
resigned ; and Freer, the chisl warder, has been dis-
missed by the visiting justicei.
WtiItEMEN% Minims continue and extend
in various branches of manufacturing industry, it
would appear that the employers are securing at
least thew fair share of profit filen the present flush
of prosperity. A member• of one manufacturing eon•
cern in Preston, Lancashire, has recently purchased
three estates, at at itost of Mitsui. 120,41011/., and the
Saint. 111111 ane new erecting ►t lit w mill at a coat Or
HOMO I/. het 111111111fiteltircr have also given evi-
dence of the accumulation of insmcnse wealth.

THE lloAitio in. Ili:malt have held interviews with
parsons ant lioritiei and departmental functionaries
during the week respetting the provisions to be nialle
against the cholera. Anion others, Sir J.
inedieal insp.:4l44r of (Ireeinvich Hospital; Mr. Wal-
cott, secrettir3 to the Colonial Land sad Emigration
114iiird ; and the Hight Hon. t+. It. Dawson, ‘iee-
chairman of t'ustonis, have atten4led to confer upon
the means of protection to he adopted for the i.en-
si 111 l ers, emigrants, or crews respectively under their
control.

AN 01110 ER IN will forthwith issue for II
form of prayer, to he preuartml by the Archbishop of
Canterintry, of d oleru, to he
offere:l in all churches ht )011 IV: possible.
PitoFF.ssott No 4.1, late Professor of Geology in
Queen's College, Cork, tram inducted to the choir of
Civil anti Natural llistoty in Mstrisehal College,
Aberdeen, last weok. Mr. Nicol la the first proft•ssor
who has taken the new test under the Lord Advto
rate's l'itivt rsities Aet.
Tim Peninsular and I trii•lttel Company's sterner
Sultan is to be put almost immediately on the Ponin-
nular line to convey tin. ttwils. She I' 1,1011 tons
burden anti 4•20-horse Ismer.

Wiwi the packet- station is removed from Ply-
mouth to Southampton, whielt will silently be the
ease, there n 11 be eleven art;vals and eleven (Wpm
tures of foreign ine;l packets computed w;th the
latter port two; mouth. Southampton as a bl-ei:tn
mail packet station will shot tly connected *:th
the Peninsula, Mediterranean, Int' a, China, Mo.
tralia, West Indies, Mexico, Brazil, River Phtte, Celt
trill America, Spanish Main, Chili, Peru, California,
Cape of Good Hope, and the United State a.
Soso: small artivals of gold have been sent into
the Rank doesn't the week, but the drain continues,
and it is understood that very large atm:mils have
bet it wit'oleawn for transntissi 111 l Gt lia,sia and other
Slti:•ments of gold to Franco have also
volition at upon a moderate settle. Of the $O,llllO
4 owes of gold brought in last week by the Rent and
Marco Polo, by far tho larger proportion lots &ready
been despatched abroad. Ripon, which
Southampton on Tuesday Iv ith the heavy Indian
mails, eareiell away no less than 400,talni. in speeit,
for India tutu the Levant.

A Coma OF DIRECTORM with held at the Kiist India
House on Wednesday, when Dlr. Frederick James
Halliday was appointed a provisional wailer of the
Council of India.
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TnE F.l.Ecitox ot, A LOUD MAvon for the city of
London, in the room of Alderman Challis, M.P., will
take place in the Ouildhall on Thursday next, the
29th inst. Alderman being the senior of
those who have n r, prised the chir, will, in an pro.
Lability, be to till the in ~.orulty fur the year
1853.4.