The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-25 00:00:00

CIVIL LIM PINSIORS.

The following is a Bet of all pensions granted be-
tween the 20th (loyal June,lBs9, and the 20th day cif Jaw,
1980, and charged upon the civil list (pursuant to Act 1
Vial c. 2.) : Catherine Bailey, Miss Emily Bailey,
Mrs. Mary Ward (in addition to the pension of 501. ranted
to them in 1955), in consideration of the long
and meritorious services of their late father in the War
Mos, and of their present distressed circumstances, 501.
Was Caroline Lanlner, Miss Louie" Ladner, Miss Amelia
lArdner, Miss Adeline lardner, Mies Clarinda lardner,
and Miss Jane Larduer, sisters of the late Dr.
Dionysius Lardoer coal proportions), in consi-
deration of their Late brother's labours in the cause
of ocisace. and of their meaty means, 1251. Mn.
Helen Gallwer (daughter of Hoppoer, the painter), in ooa-
sideration of the long services of her husband, as British
consul at Naples, 1001. Dr. Robert Blakey, in °winders-
tion of his exertions to aid and promote the ,leis of philo-
sophy, and of his straitened circumstance", 1001. Mr.
Edward Atherstone (in additioo to the pension' of 75/.
granted to him in 1858), in consideration of his rest
services to literature, and of his advanced age, 23/.
Min Julia Pardoe, in consideration of 30 years' toll in the
field of literature, by which she has contributed both to
cultivate the public taste and to support a somber of help-
less relations, 1001. Mrs. Ellen Beecroft, in consideration
of the services of her late husband, Captidn Beecroft, for
the emersion of the slave trade, end the advancement of
British internee and of science, during 25 pears on the coon
if Africa, where he ultimately fell a victim to the climate,
Dr. Robert Rigsby, in ermaideration of his great
arviees and contributions to the litenitens of his country,
1001. The Rev. Henry Logan, in consideration
of his contributions to mathematical and scientific

literature, and his present state of destitution,
in consequenoe of the loss of his 'plight, 1001.
Mrs. Lucy Bdgaud, in consideration of the labours of her
late Maimed, Bishop of Antigua, and of her distressing
position, left with • family of sever. children, quite en.
provided for, 1501. Mrs. Catherine Lid.lon (daughter of
I the late Henry Cori), in consideration of the great benefits
which hays accrued to this country from her late father's
inventions in the manufacture %/1 iron, and of the large
fortune which he expended in carrying them into execu-
tion, 501. • Mies Caroline Cort (daughter of the late
Beery Cr'irt), (the same observations apply to this
as to the preceding pension to Catherine Liddon), 50/.
Mrs. Janet Taylor, in consideration of her benevolent
khans among the seafaring population of Londoe, and of
the circumstances of difficulty in which she is placed by the
death of her husband, 501. Mrs. Sarah Jane Le Blame, in
consideration of the great benefits conferred on Naval science
by her late father, the late Sir liameal Bentham, 1001. Mrs.
Charlotte Rowcroft (in addition to the pension of 501.
granted to her in 1858), in consideration of the long services
of her late husband, and father-in-law, as • British consuls
in the United States and South America respectively, 501.
Total, 1,2001.

HEALTH or LONDOIF.—The weekly return issued
by the Registrar-General states that in the week that ended
lad Saturday the number of deaths registered in London
was FM • For the corresponding weeks of the ten years
1850-50, the average number of deaths is found, with correc-
tion for increase of population, to be 1,156. The result of
the comparison is satisfactory ; for the actual number of
deaths in last week was leas by 181 than the estimated
number. The deaths from small-pox were not more than
11. There were 51 from measles ; 4 of which occurred in
the Belgrave sub-district, 3 in St. Mary (St. Geome•in-the-
East), 4 in the Leather-market, Bermondsey, and 3 in the
East sub-district of Greenwich. There were 32 from war-
Wins ; 4 of which occurred in Poplar. Martha^
exhibit& a slight increase; for it was fatal in the two
previous weeks in 12 sad 21 cases respectively,
let week in 32. There were also 2 deaths from
cholera ; viz., that of a woman aged 22 years, on the 10th
indent, at 42, Wellington-place, Mile-end Old Town ; and
that of a woman aged 55 years, on the same day, at 22,
Tottenham.place, Tottenham-court-mad, from " cholera
(15 hours), omendsions." A boy aged 3 years died from
burns received by Inciter matches. A captain, R.N., aged
58 years, died from " coup-de-so/6i (8 years), hemiplem (1
year), hypertrophy of the heart." A pnvate soldier killed
himself loy tamping from a window of the Grenadier
Guards' Hospiml, and a corporal of the Royal Artillery at
Woolwich also committed suicide by throwing himself from
a window 45 feet from the ground. Last week the births of
809 boys and 827 girls, in all 1,636 children, were registered
in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years
1850.59 the average number was 1,530.
TEI SMITHFIELD MARL= BILL AND THE Glo-
VIRNORS OF THE CHARTZROOCKIL —Last evening a
. . . . .

• public
meeting of tits-cah-aitiaSta at the wari-al- •
F-arrhicd- -----
on 'ith-
out was held at the Seatom-house, Old Bailey, to consider
a report from the committee appointed at the meeting held
on the 22nd December, 185 S, to promote the establishment
of meat sad poultry markets on the north side of Long-lane,
Smithfield; So relative to the Smithfield Market Streets
and Iniproverste Bill, now before the Home of Lords,
mid the eppositsou to the ball by the governors ef the Mar-
imbas. Sir Jamie Duke, Bart, M.P. and alderman at
the ward, occupied the chair ; and in opening the badness
said that there was every desire ois the pert of the corpora-
tion to set the wishes of the inhabitants as to the forma-
tion of a meat market at Smithfield. Mr. Pontifex, the
want clerk, read the report of the casualties, stating that
they had received a letter from Mr. C. Peens, the City
Solicitor, which stated that the select committee of the
House of Commons had introduced in the bill a clause to
the interest of the Cbarterhouse, interdicting the use at
the railway and market at Smithfield until • Safest
nod should have been made on the owl of Went-
street to Victoria-street. The committee sae Anther
informed that notwithstanding this the (loafers 411
Charterbouse had manifested a determinatioa to Ike
bill io the House of Lords, and the committee hsd, la wave
to protect the intermits of the inhabitant* of the ward, ais
=til: deputation, who bad waited upon the Master awl
of the Charterhouse, and the latter had intimated
iiisi7Cding short of another new street beyond that which
was already conceded to the public would satisfy the views
of the Charterhouse. This requisition the committee con-
sidered so monstrous and exorbitant that it was immedi-
ately resolved to convene a ward meeting to support the
City and oppose such extra vr demands.-Upoo the
motion of Dr. Boss, seconded Mr. Potter, the re
was received and adopted.—Mr. . Pemson, the ClVat .
citor; Deputy Barmaid, Mr. Butcher, Mr. Pedler, and other
gentlemen, addressed the meeting, commenting strongly
up.o the opposition of the governors of the Charterhouse ;
and it was ananimossly resolved that a petition should be
prepared sad signed by Sir James Duke and the inhabitants
of the mud in rapport of the bill.
M zniorouvor Fogs Hoorrrnt., DEVONSHIRTe
Orr.—Them;retvte number ci
patients relieved
da▪
ring the week July 21 was—Nedirei. 1.007 ;
musical, 453 ; total, 1,51 ; of which 444 were sew firm.

[T WOPENCE.

THE GREAT EASTERN IN iIIyYORK.

Gaon 001 eowsrownarr.)
The arrival of the Great Eastern in New York
was the signal for an amount of interest and excitement far
greater than that exhibited M England at the period of her
first trial. Keenly appreciating any improvement tending
to promote the progress of commerce, the Americans have
cordially recognised the new era in steam navigation which
the first voyage of the great ship has inaugurated. The
press of the country bee accepted this marvel of etigineer-
ing skill as a genuine triumph of British enterprise.
♦ few days before the ship's arrival a berth had been
prepared for her at a wharf some two miles above tho
Battery, on the North or Hudson River. By dredging out
the bed of the river a sufficient depth of water was ob-
tained to admit of the vessel being brought alongside.
Visitors were thus welded to go ma board by stage,, at the
bow and stern, from the entry port to the shore. The
locality is somewhat out of the way, but it is the only
place where the ship could be accommodated, without in-
terfering.too much with the ordinary business of the port.
On the day of her arrival the wharf was cumbered with
huge pike of lumber, and was covered with a stratum at
least sic inches in depth of impalpable powder. This
agreeable compound appeared to be composed of pretty
• nearly equal proportions of ordinary dust and the debris of
camps& el seal sag lima. The slightest breeze from the
river trim. saffiskst to raise • sae ineoevenieat cloud.
The Imalier wee speedily cleared sway, so as to leave a good
frontage for visitors; but the dust offered a greater dif-

•ficuky. Tie city aatborities promised to hive gravel
stye's& ea the whirl sad its approaches; but, failing this,
the dust nuisance baa been entudderably abated by a liberal
employmmit -of the watereart. For the first four days
after the ship's arrival no visitors were admitted on board.
All hands were engaged in classing, painting, scraping
decks, masts, and bulwarks, polishing up brass work, sad
preparing the ship generally for exhibition.

After due deliberation between the directory who crossed
in the ship and the consignee, the price of admission was
fixed at 1 dol. for an adult, and 50c. each for children.
This sum was generally thought to be too high, and the
entire press of the city united in condemning it as • false
step on the part of the management. The object in fixing
this high price of admission at the outset was, it is be-
lieved, to prevent too many visitors coming on board until
all the necessary interior work of the ship had been com-
pleted. It would have been judicious to have made this
reason public, as as impression was received that this
was to be the fixed price of admission. Barnum,
who is catering here for the testes of the country
visitors to New York, in his museum on the Broadway,
tendered his advice as to the course to be pursued in exhi-
biting the big ship. Ina letter se one of the papers he
suggested that the price of admission should be fixed at
25c. • heed during four days in the week, and that the
remaining two days should be eat apart, more especially for
the accommodation of ladies, at 50c. each visitor. Under
this arrangement he thought two or three millions of people
would visit the ship ; if, however, the high price for admis-
sion were retained he thought that public interest in the
skip would be cooled off and the exhibition be • failure.
Tuesday, July 3, was the first day that visitors were ad-
mitted on board. They were by no moans numerous, and
consisted chiefly of country folks temporarily sojourning in
New York. The following is the registered number of
visitors to the end of the first week:—July 3, 1,368 ; 4th,
1,783 ; sth, 1,618 ; 6th, 2,148 ; 7th, 2,500 ; total, 9,417.
The ship being by thia time brought into a tolerable con-
dition for exhibition, the directors on Monday, July 9,
reduced the price to 50c. for adults and 25c. for children.
They she appointed a gentleman, who is said to be well
qualified for such • position, to organise excursions by rail-
way and steamer from the different cities of the Union, so
as to enable visitors to see the ship under more favourable
conditions than if they came on to New York by the ordi-
nary means of communication. It has been urged on the ma-
nagers that after the ship has been sufficiently well
exhibited she should be allowed to make short excursions
along the coast, to afford an opportunity to those who are
not likely to cross the Atlantic of judging of the merits of
the great skip as • ssa boat. Three who make these sug-
gestions hardly appreciate the heavy expenditure which
such • course would involve, and the risk to which the
ship would be subjected. The insurance would probably
far exceed the receipts, and it is therefore scarcely necessary
to say that there is not much probability of the ship leaving
the wharf until she starts on her homeward voyage. The
numerous suggestions which are offered for the management
of the vessel are characteristic of the people. The foul
state of the ship's bottom at once attracted attention, and
several plans were proposed for remedying the evil. The
most promising of these was, that the proprietors
of • balance dock and of a floating sectional
dock should unite their forces and take the ship out of
water, so as thoroughly to remove everything which could
impede her velocity on the return trip. There is no doubt
that, if commissioned to make the attempt, they would do
all that the means at their disposal would permit ; but the
faint probability of such an undertaking being successful, and
the certainty of the great expense that would be sure to
follow either success or failure, are hardly likely to induce
the directors to forego the employment of the gridiron in
Milford Haven as a means of chiming the ship's bottom.
On the second day after her arrival a alight accident hap-
pened to the vessel, occasioned by the wind forcing her
port wheel against an iron scow or barge moored between
the ship and the dock. Several of the float beards were
broken, and the iron framework of the wheel bent out of
shape. prompt steps were taken to remedy the evil, and
to prevent its recurrence. A few bad characters appear to
have been shipped amongst the crew. These men have
given considerable trouble to the officers both on the pas-
sage and io New York. One of them spent the Wt three
or four days of the trip in irons, for an attempt to stab •
shipmate and for refusing to do his duty. Since the ship
has been in port, large quantities of spirits have been smug-
gled on board, in spite of the utmost vigilance of the officers,
and much drunkenness his taken place. Two fatal aocidesta
and one death have occurred, all distinctly traceable to this
cause. ODe man fell through the paddle wheel, while
trying to steal on shore, and fractured his skull ; another
fell through • port and was drowned ; and the third man
was found dead in his berth.

It was stated, soon after the arrival of the ship, that she
bad got fast in the mud, from the tide filling up the place
which had been dredged out to receive her. Careful
examination by the officers of the ship showed that there
was no need of apprehension on this score. Sise hes
touched the mud on several occasions at low water, but u
there is a riae of 6or 7 feet where she lies, it is only for
an hoar or two each day that any difficulty would be ex.
perieoced in warping her into the stream. The officers are
loud in their praises of the kind reception they have met
with and the hospitality they have experienced since their
snivel. Captain Vine Hall had apartments placed at his
disposal at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, the finest
establishment of the kind in the city, and he
and all his officers were entertained at a dinner
given by the proprietors of the Nee York
Illmetrated News, at the Laffarge-house. Free puns
have been issued by the railway company running
from New York, to enable the gentlemen connected with
the ship to visit the Falls of Niagara. As many as can be
spared at one time from the performance of their duty have
had leave of absence punted, so as to he able to avail them-
selves of this considerate kindness. On their return a fresh
detachment will take the trip, until all have had an oppor•
tunity of seeing this world-renowned cataract.

It is somewhat premature to speculate on the future of
the ship, before even the period of her return is an-
nounced ; tint it will, of course, be • matter of coosideration
with the directors to determine before the ship leaves New
York to what port she shall =tun- If there is any work
cut out for her the first thing to be done is to clean the
bottom, in which case Milford Haven will of course be
chosen. Hut if she is to go at sure into winter quarters
such an expense would be altogether thrown away, iui the
barnacles and gram would accumulate again during her six
months' idleness to an extent which would render • fresh
cleaning necessary before being despatched on her next
vo tifc-
The reduction of the price of admission was followed by •
larp increase in the number or visitors to the ship. The
follow* were the numbers on the several days specified
July 9 3,016 ; July 10, 4,150 ; July 11, 4,rn; July
the change in the pride becomes known, there is
no doubt that these in
will be still further increased.