The Press.
London, England, 1856-03-01 00:00:00

ferenceof the Government, and observes :

Immediate steps should also be taken to prevent the
crowded state of the house by removing the schools. The
arrangements by which the casual women are mixed with
those waiting for admission into the workhouse, in the n•
ceiving ward, is most likely to introduce and keep up au
outbreak oflow lever. These wards should be immediately
separated. It is very desirable that an entirely new build.
iug should be made for an infirmary, where the access of
foul air would be prevented. The cellars for out•door
relief are described as the worst pieta the workhouse. It
is fortunate that death has not taken place among the
poor in them—that disease and death have come out of
them is certain, and although everything has been done
that can be done, no word is more suited to them than
horrible.

The suggestions of the report have been adopted
by the authorities.

THE REGISTRAR•GENERAL'S returns for the past
week show a very satis.actory state of the public
health. The deaths last week amounted to 1,062,
against the average of 1,320 ; while the births
amounted w I,Bls, against an average of 1,554.
THE GREAT RAILWAY COMPETITION between the
Great Northern, the London and North-Western, the
Midland, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln.
shire Railway Companies, has terminated, and the
low fares between London and various places on the
two north routes, which have been in operation on
the Great Northern line since the Ist ult., and on
the Midland and London and North-Western about
a week previous to that date, will be discontinued
this day, March Ist.

THE PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY
YO Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons was unanimously
agreed upon on Thursday at the Court of Common
Council.

LIGHT PENNIES, according to a correspondent of
the Morning Herald, are now issued by the Mint. " I
happened," says Denarius, "to weigh • George W.
penny against a new Victoria one of 1655, and found
a difference in weight of no less than 5 dwts. 15 gr. :
Victoria weighing only 12 dwts. 1 gr. against 17 dwts.
10 gr. of old George." The difference of thirty per
cent., Denarius calculates, enables the Mint to save
Bs. 7 on every pound's worth of pence coined ; and
then he very naturally asks where goes this money
saved ?

A MISER died at Holton this week, (from self
starvation, leaving property and money to the amount
of 9001., found in the house, with Bank receipts tor
1751. more. He bequeathed the principal portion of
this hoarding to the bookbinders' almshouses.

Sato and Volta.

ADJOURNED INQUEST orr MR. SADLEIR, M.P.
ON Monday, at eleven o'clock, the adjourned inquest
of Tuesday week was resumed before Mr. Wakley, at
the Hampstead Workhouse. Great interest was
excited, as it was known that the letters written by
Mr. Sadleir on the night preceding his deatl► would
be read in evidence. After a preliminary explanation
by Mr. Manning on behalf of the family, in which be
stated that. they bad every wish for a full and corn
plete inquiry into all the circumstances, Mr. Norris,
solicitor, 2, Bedford-low, repeated his evidence given
on the previous occasion, and proposed to band in an
attested copy of the original letter received by him
from Mr. Sadleir, with the view of avoiding the pubi
lication of certain names mentioned.
The coroner having privately read and compared
the original and copied documents, Mr. Norris read
the following letter :
Saturday Night.
I can not live—l have rained too many-1 could not
live and see their agony—l have committed diabolical
crimes unknown to any human being. They will now
appear, bringing my family and others to distresrcaus►ng
to all shame and grief that they should have ever known me.