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London, England, 1852-08-12 00:00:00

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SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.

(Before Mr. W. BuRcrrELL.)
BAIL V. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE INSURANCE COMPANY

This was an inquiry to assess damages in an action
brought on a policy of insurance granted by tile Royal
Exchange Insurance Company. The plaintiff now car-
ries on business as a butcher in Tottenham Court-yard,
but, in 1848, was a farmer at Dagenham. 11111 Farm, near
Hemel Hempstead. Plaintiff insured his stock for 8001.,
and a fire having occurred on the premises, the stock of
wheat, oats, &c., was completely consumed. A fsioily
dispute arose, in consequence of which proceedings
were taken in the. Court of, Chancery. which
prevented the plaintiff from clearly and satisfactorily
making out his claim on the company, who at first con-
sidered that the plaintiff had made fraudulent represen-
tations as to the value of the property destroyed, and so
pleaded on an action brought against them; but, after
oonsideration, obtained a Judge's order to withdrew
the plea, and leave the plaintiff, on the present inquiry,
to prove
evidencebeval ueadodf
utehood w
s tocaks.
The
on mere conjecture, and
was totally devoid of interest, but the case was likely to
take up the whole of the day' great as ab f
'he t
num er o
witnesses were to be called on either side.

The Electric Telegraph is complete to Exeter.
There are six wires—two for the use of the railway compa-
nies, two for commercial and other intelligence, and two for
the Admiralty, wbo will thus be enabled to communicate
with the great naval arsenal at Plymouth, and have the
means of ascertaining the shipping intelligence of the port.
As the electric telegraph has been instrumental in facili-
tating the adoption of Greenwich or railway time in those
towns situated on or near the other great trunk lines in the
United Kingdom,
we expect, ere long, to hear that all the
towns connected with the lines of the Great Western,
Bristol, and Exeter, and South Devon Raiways, will also
adopt Greenwich time. At present there exists such an
anomaly in the west of England in the time question, tha
the most inteligent persons in the large towns—such' as
the
Bath, Bristol, Exeter, and Plymouth, are desirous that
"national" or Greenwich time should be the only time used.

HOW A COAT_ WAS IDENTIFIED.—At the justice
court in New Orleans, a case was recently decided in a most
novel way. A coat was in dispute, and the evidence was
direct and positive for both claimants; both parties were
Irish, and " full of gift," ready to spend all they had rather
than "give up beat." The affair had been carefully exa-
mined and the Court was " in knowing
a quandary," not
said Patri,k,
who had the best claim to the garment. However, a mo
ment before his Honour was to sum up his evidence Patrick
Power, one of the claimants, made the following proposition
~'efii,m)n otz.tsh yt 0 Maguire" said r e
13, ; I s
ay i t
,f,onrosseytyt.loinugsat3h,ettallYataicro:a—t
b
is me own. .tiow, mind ye, Timothy, the both iv us
will
take the coat an' look it all over; the man that fithls .his I
name on it shall be the owner. Will ye stick to that bar-
gain?" asked Patrick. "To be sure," said Timothy, to
whom the coat was given, and who vainly searched every
saying, "And now let us see if you can be fi Patrick,
•
part for his name, and then passed it over to boast-
thaekidngrestvhere therefrom two very small i
hisf knife and opened a
ingly
" Thenndihno'ltvhlde
likes iv yer own name upon the garment."
said l)a t
collar,r ic ka,
and
ds
peas, he exclaimed, as he held them
d'ye ses that?" " Yes; but what '
coonrnaebritin"
out in his hand, 4 There,
"A mighty dale it has to do with it?, that ?" said Timuthy. ,
sure—pea for Patrick, and pea f it is my name to be
Patrick got the cost—he did. for rower, be jaberer So
,

L ITERAT URE.
A PILGRIMAGE to the LAND of MY
FATHERS. By the Rev. Moses Margoliouth.
2 Vols. Bentley.
The relation of his trevele and adventures in big
fatherland written by a Christian Israelite, is notf
ten to be met with, and consequently is always on'
ceptable to those who take an interest in Eaeern
travels. But the present work, coming from the
masterly pen of Moses Margoliouth, is doubly Wre n '
tive. The work com.ists of a series of letters written
by the author to various friends during his travelgt
describing and expressing his sentiments concerning
the incidents that came under his observation ; the
contents of the letters vary according to whom the);
are written—for instance, to the bishop he speaks OT,
religion, to the statesman of politics, to his broth
ter 0.1
the Jews, and to his other friends, according to he!
character, of general matters. Throughout the will
work the writer shows goad practical knowledge,o
many curious revelations are to be found, amon._
which we learn that the celebrated Dido who buil!
Carthage was the niece of the infamous Jezebel; 6.113,.
Mr. Margoliouth contends from this cause tbe
curse that caused the destruction of Tyre and Saw
fell also upon Carthage.
A
REPORT of the MORTALITY of CHOLERA nRs•
in ENGLAND in 1848 1849. Cowes anz,
This report of the mortality of cholera in .r-411g0.,
in 1848 and 1849 has been furnished by
his'
Graham
the Registrar• General. It contains
tory of the Asiatic cholera, its course and progirf:
the dates of its reaching different places, witil statbigces
cal details of the mortality from cholera and diarroe
in the various districts of the United Kingdrtat'ous
districts forcibly demonstrates the evil
extraordinary difference in the mortality in 'lO%
kffecta ar'ssind
from the want of proper sewerage and ventil3ti°l3l; are
whio
the effect produced by the use of waters
tainted by the sewers of towns, as an co d
tbs
which, in one district, out of 1,000 children under
age of five yeare, only 40 die, and in another re 18342,
withb water, but from a pure source,
dred and twenty die out of the same number. 111„„lied
when the town of Hull was scantily "rrios
ut slight, and confined chiefly to the poore ownel 455wat
hut, in 1849, when the greater part of the ted
supplied by the new water-works, which distribuif
of
the waters of the river Hull, into which one'b,aritf
the sewers of the town were emptied, to the orthis
them ortalltY
es;
of the inhabitants, the epidemic was more fatal this
in almost any other town in England.
feetB Pr-
the ravages which it made, there is the that
Sept. 6, 1849, 1,130 persons died of cholera
UCEU
&We'
lIVSTINCT AND REASON D-g Alf ea
FROM ELECT RO-BIOLOGY:
Smee, F.R.S. Rave and Benham.
Mr. '
Sane informs us in his prefacer
prevented by indisposition some time backnbiect!
prosecuting the study of the more important subjects
of
on which he was engaged, he, at the gllgges" gOf
his friends, resolved to demonstrate the
which
ore
electro-biology on the various matters jell
hiole.gence
comprised within the range of electro•
research. In this interesting and abstruse ne,.skf
the author has shown himself fully equal to the ring
which embraces every form of life, whether afietinct
or vegetable. Mr. Smee, in his comparison of I°,oo
and Reason, describes the similarity and diffetr_bie,
between the human species and the animal,Tege
and mineral productions. In fact, in this extraoorro,
nary volume subjects the most dissimilar ore cool
pared and the result of the comparison commewith
that heats
upon by the author. The book is illu
many well drawn plates and diagrams. Toe fr°tions
piece represents the inhabitants of the various divided
in their native costume. All the chapters are aro,
into sections, and the subject to which each re 5
to be found in the contents. strafed nos,

EVERY JIAN 11------:IS OWN BUTL."I7' d
(CyrusDfiei-
vv a ianzßeTd
ed
gi
gng
~ author of the ".HistorY ali-z,ris.
scription qf Modern Wines." Second Ar4l
for
This clever and useful little volume is designekie to
"
everybody who buys wine, and desires the artic'ood
be good. The author considers that as the g soy
old days of three-bottle men" have passed allY.,' itb
quantity decreases quality should increase; an" - be
the 'audible desire of bringing about this object' _,
has presented the public with this vvork, winch cop,
decanting, serving, and drinkng ivioe.
tains explicit and valuable directions as
Redding re
of the baneful effects of bads wine Mr'
marks, that "at public dinners, where with Eil:
sevenths of tavern wine great hazards are rap, I,'"
large companies, where the individual is throw! o.'„
his guard by speeches, toasts, and clap-tra order:
kdinds, it is far better, it agree with him, to,,
round. Many would this way escape a NO
and
danter of weak cold punch, or of very weak
to botty.nc
flesifsupieakto,
water,i and pass the wine-bottle as it coo;
bait,
. A decanter ofsherry and water half and 'lib,
i„lt.t teescan be obtained, or even lemonade, may be sOl
ffi u.ed. It is at public dinners that bad Wine is g„p
o , just as bad champagne and genuine gooseo bst
°ri;
Pass unnoticed at balls and places of public p
where dancing and exercise, or the heat of the 09 be
may make any liquid grateful to the palate. ' 0
work is well written, and must prove valuable to 4/
those who prefer drinking good wine to bad.
,r.

HOM(EOPATIIY IN—
-1851. Edited bg,ji;°
Rutherford Russell, 111. D. James Hogg, .'4"—.
burgh. 10
To this work Mr. Russell has certainly done pt
best to support the doubtful theory of hounceopat7
..t,
opposition to the established medical practice• l',:o
monopoly of a medical university ja
although we by co means approve' of the deep° ,'
e certificate to a student, because "he announced 4:,
intention of devoting himself to the study of home' ;°
szTo.h,esceb
.o,oikn
pathy," 3 et we consider that the author has dealt W '„
unwarrantable harshness upon the established tret i't
letters,
ment of consists of a S att ?
physic.extracts, of om yr, ~.
with comments thereon, and will doubtless b
received by all its advocates.
suppo.rt refilhiDgcetolprgier.s4.-Soll;

BELFAST. t‘:
If the extraordinary ruins and ancient montillie,fif
which we have already referred speak eloquentii,Lif;
Ireland of the past—dead Ireland, so to opeak---'''.o
in the north, illustrates no less forcibly and 118‘te,ral
the Iceland of to-day—living Ireland. The Pr-a-o! to
that has been made there within a few years isl:li °/)
marvellous: within less than a century iho pol/9,;0(
has ir.creased from 8,549 to 110,000. Nutolrousl7,3l
tent buildings have be n erectt,cl and are 11 Pilo ei;
improvements in the town are being made 113 Wi
fix]: the docks are full of vessels, the streets t;41:11 th
activity. The cotton-trade is at the bottom of •11 cof
but it would be usetul if all the springs ware s reset
•
and laid bare to view. Belfast should prove it, ie. tIY
rating centre: let its inhabitants endeavour
the
'11;
to t xeeute their mission. As it happens that tuvto 0.
Association for the Advancement of Science are
here on the Ist of next month, many of ti tlr re dos
will be led to see it fur themselves. There ism° the 1 to
here than in any other part of Ireland. Witilr'o,oool.
six years the town council have spent from °old on' oa
60,000/. in opening new streets and widenieg
buildir Is
quays have been formed, and all the necessarYt.house
for municipal purpo,es built. The new Cu" 7, , 1)31 .
,ust now ctnmpleted: it is built uf Scotch stoetseooolt: ;rt.
it
Corinthian portico of large size, and cost inoi col r,
contains a shire-hall, court ot record, and crireounty 6 ye,
The architect was d
the
Charles Lanyoet the c the I'l gici
veyor, who has had good fortune to createvvbere,; ,ge
archit:cturally. Foundations are nearly every cf
in Belfast, and require great care: even tb::,,ebo wipee of
art found to sink bodily several inches. 05E for
hydraulic lime, as we understand, preventsorted to
ny
concrete, and piling is therefore usually restofore nit cos
large edifices. It is a brick county, and hotedacert rao
,r 0
very bad bricks have been used: recently, h°" t, 'rm
improvement has been made in this resPetion of I ill
,C2Mi to be at present but little real apPreeili• 9 10 1.10
nut the School of Design, and other ageneleed, jn c
operation. will have their effect, it may be ticP
time. —B ; 13
,he J-1. • e.

c the - e
A GOOD RIDDANCE.—The emigration nice
ra
is called an Exodus. We wish its resemblance to that
rL
butted egress could be completed by their saard°
heading the expedition.—Punch.

Sabbat

BRACELETS FOR THE SEASON.—A. few „bijou 0
,:fisandeydgiady:oetiletxerceitdeathceerteanivn3chufrcahgifrnoutsvphoc'cl,efritehl:sgrieioui:e el:
hood of Invergordon, and not a little disturbed theccd, on K
mag:oda,
in the neighbouring pew, by the display ol
and interesting in the bracelet department.'paY 0 Indeed, so a
so beautiful, and elegant did thes ornaments aPPel'iwas i
,
lady's wrist, that the curio 't hbours hi et 8
tensely excited. What could
si yof the neig colt,- • r 5
t they be—where tiono ,
have got them—what might be their value—were q at
thought, but not spoken, andmuch
wered. The 0 6
tention of an elderly gentleman lessalasno'attracted t°o3et 11
novelty, and it required alli,iswas
iscriminating 501 00
assisted by a pair of specs. (whichwiped for the purpose
?... .
to discover that the bracelets he _„, they , l
were—aye, what w.' st--art` ,
talk of Your topaz—your dia d—your theme, ortl
even your Koh-i-noor—let thmesen and all such up,
tai rand
rays, and dim their brilliancyY,en 411,,reen
r and blushing reader ?—they were a double string ° '
gooseberries.'—lnverness Advertiser, Da.
iyo regret to hear that Mr. Urquhart, late
for Stafford, is seriously ill. d 03"
Tun Moons, &c.—Tice twelfth approaches, Oho d
influx of strangers into Inverness and its neighl,°%ir, °,A
en route for shooting quarters, is at present considerabLenoss, 7
correspondent sends the following from the west °1,,, wie
shire:—.6 We are happy to announce that the shepheror
viiid
other pedestrians who are in the habit of traversing o°. Dir.
and romantic bills state that the young birds are Ino'',oo
mc.,rous and stronger on the wing than informer
lea
hills ot Turridon were brought into celebrity by Mr. "nd by
from Ireland, who had the shooting here last year! ,a of to
his many acts of kindness and generosity endeared fun'A the
all. The rivers and lakes here afford excellent sport v
angler."—lnverness Courier. ;nz of
UNION BA:cx or AUSTRALIA.—The aleetr.„`;.esoo
the Union rank of Australia was held yesterday, en" "id o
lution was passed for giving the directors 3000/. insetrev‘ices
2,0001. per annum as the remuneration for their 5
commencing from Ist July in the present year.
abUrg
The postal service between Paris and Stra .e_,o
will soon be definitively organised. The Sw-
mail train wi111,..'11.
Paris every evening at half-past seven, and arrive At
burg at 25 minutes past eight next morning