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London, England, 1852-07-29 00:00:00

11.RSDAY EVENING JULY 29, 1852,

cracy, which has not its representative in the Mi-
nistry whom accident has called into existence,
and still chooses to la-ep in being' In the person
of the Premier wo h,iyea a man whose
ihorror of
democracy is as great as that which is fe't by the
deTot whose throne is established in the icy regions
of the north ; while in the person of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer,
of political demo-
the Premier in the House. of Cam_
mons, we have not only an abettor i:
cracy of the rnoq ultra character, but a man whose
rampant Socialism cannot fail to endear him to the
hearts of Robert Owen and Louis Blanc; for if Mr.
Disraeli was serious in what he said some months. ago
about
enfranchising the industrial classes, and ir?vestaf
ting them with Powers which the great majoritybo ;
their number never coveted or dreamt of attainsinigo,tbee I
has an undoubted right to have his name placca„ 8 I
category of the abettors of Socialism. " What,d
to
oaye 1
Sir James Graham, "are the elements supposed b
the ingredients of democratic Power ?
suffrage.—the ballot. What, then, is the language,
Universal
with regard to the extension of the suffrage used
by the leading Member of the
Com-
mons ?
He proposes the enfranchisement
much
labour. `Hell House of
of
, what is that? That is very
of the character of the wildest propositions we have
a
heard of in France. It is not education—it
is
notto
property—it is not successful industry that
be taken into account, but it is dealing withlst.he
humblest class first those upon
fluences may be brought directly to bear. It is going
twhom undue in-
he whole length of universal suffrage, without safeguard." But by far the most practically im-
portantt
part of the speech of the Right llon. Barone
which he refers to the ballot. The Ion;
guage of Sir James, i
, without being so explicit as
might have been made, leaves no room to doubt that
he is prepared to give in his unconditional adhesion
to the ballot, whenever he thinks that the proper
moment has arrived. But hear what be says
on the
" I
subject
have
"With regard to the ballot," he remarks,
al ys told you that I cannot myself be
satisfied that the ballot is not a security against
bribery and intimidation. At all events, it is a very
specious and attractive remedy. You must be very
abuse
careful—
our mean those in power—that you do not
yor the ballot will be universal." W the e
have
self no de-
reason to doubt that in thus expressing him-
f
Gra on
ham is the subject of the ballot, Sir James
giving utterance to his honest convic-
tions in favour of the right of secret voting ; but we
have no idea that we do the Right Hon. Gentleman
any injustice when we assume that when he thus
alluded to the ballot he had an eye to the Premier-
ship—an office on which his heart and his eye have
been notoriously set for the last three years. Nor
can we withhold from Sir James the credit of being
an excellent tactician, in thus taking care to let the
country know that he is prepared, should he be
called to office, to bring forward a measure in favour
of secret voting. The country was clamorous for
the ballot before—it will become doubly so now
after what has been seen and experienced in the
course of the elections just brought to a close.
Never was bribery so gross and flagrant, and never
was it carried on to so great an extent as on the pre-
sent occasion. The ballot would have prevented
this wholesale bribery. And there is no other
remedy for the evil. In respect to Ireland again,
the intimidation and coercion far exceeded any-
thing ever before seen or heard of. The ballot
would have greatly diminished, if it had not entirely
prevented, that gigantic evil. The events of the last
six weeks, both in England and Ireland, will do more
to advance the cause of the ballot, than scores of dis-
cussions on the subject. It is now sure to be adopted.
Sir James Graham is shrewd enough to foresee that
the ballot will be among the first questions which
will be carried. Re plainly intimates that he will
be quite prepared tc propose the measure. It would
not surprise us mach to see the Netherby Baronet
make the ballot the stepping-stone to the Premier-
ship. Fortunately for his ambitious aspirations,
though unfortunately for themselves, both Lord John
Russell and Lord Palmerston are resolutely opposed
to it. We especially regret that the latter Noble
Lord persists in his hostility to the vote by ballot.
Were he to express himself in the same terms on the
subject, as Sir James Graham did at Carlisle, he
would be compelled, by the force of public opinion,
to accept the Premiership before the first fortnight
of the session had passed away, however indisposed
he might be to assume the responsibilities of that
office.

.________
WRECKERS at the MOUTH of the THAMES'
SHEERNESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The recent
attack by boatmen upon the wreck of the schooner
Renown, which went ashore on the Nore Sand on
Saturday night, and the prompt and vigorous steps
adopted by the naval authorities to stop the alleged
wreckers in their work of destruction, has produced
no small amount of commotion along this and the
opposite range of coast (Essex). Some difficulty has
been experienced by our correspondent in collecting
all the facts relating to the conduct of the parties ac-
cused, involving, as they do, the character of a large
number of boatmen, many of whom have distin-
guished themselves for their zeal and humanity in
rescuing life. For some time past there has un-
doubtedly existed a system of obtaining salvage by
force from vessels thrown on the sands in the vicinity
of the mouth of the Thames. Numerous
remon-
'trances have been made, but with no salutary effect;
and the existence of such evils led the commander-in-
chief of this port, Admiral Jocelyne Percy, to dis-
patch two war vessels to the wreck.
The spot where the schooner went ashore on the
on the
Nore Sand is about three-quarters of a mile on the
west of the Nore light, and within gunshotdockyard.
Waterloo (flag) ship, lying abreast of the .
The crew, it will be recollected took to their
made for
long-
boat for the preservation of their lives, and -...eornb,
the port. After communicating Lloyds' agent, the mate and some of the
with Mr. Eoge
crewobein
re-
turned to their vessel, which they found
to she
charge of the Coast Guard. Up to this time
bad escaped the notice of the boatmen, but
had com-
menced men had got into the rigging and down,
fter the
stripping, a host a boatmen bore down'
yes-
and, as before noticed, took possession oft the
he at
eel. This reaching the ears of the ma'mer. once put himself in communication with and the
Edge-
combe, who waited upon Admiral Percy,
was
African, with a party ofsand and
at once ordered to proceed to the
urged to
Marines on board,
drive away the boats. The Admiral was
direct the African to remain by the
i A wreckwners of
such steps could be taken until
by t'l- owners
of her
the schooner as would ensure the
property. The African went °Purl: the marines
threats from her commanding officer that
disperse,
would fire upon the boatmen if the P:rnrafter some
did
not
some time,
they hurried off. After waiting about away,
and seeing that they apparently bad clearedntany hours
the African returned to her post. Ere information that
had elapsed the Admiral received
infdremolition of
the boats had returned, and that the
than before.
the wreck was proceeding more rapidly ,pot, with
He forthwith ordered the Wildfire to theres.
Several
directions to adopt more rigorous measnd
boats were spoken, and the men observed They
were perfectly justified in what they had a
longing to the
had worked for the interest of those they
beofficers of the
ship, and what they hail removed the 'onteh.at
in the care
Wildfire would find at Southend, lodged
the certifi-
of the receiver of droits, and, peodug
defied the
cafe of what they had received, they The Wild-
interference of her Majesty's officers'
fire remained by the wreck, and prohibited any
the consent of
one interfering with it without
Lloyd's agent, or those rep Wllresent.ibg 1
dfire
the owners.
brought up i
The men withdrew, and the f the Sand, where 1
an anchor within a short distance of
c correspondence
she continued up to the period nt, °t
evenjog). Since
leaving Sheerness (five o'clock las sunk into the
the occurrence the wreck has gradually
robabilfty of any
sands, and there seems very littlesoP-called " salvors"
portion being recovered. The
and
observe that had
appear to chuckle at the event have got everything
it been left to them, they wouldformer occasions, when
out of her, as they had done on
the owners reaped the benefit.
took part in the work
Some of the boatmen who on of their con-
be interference of the
have issued a statement in exti? lanati
duct, but it does not notice
given them as to the
Government vessels.l the
, 1
cautionn
dreturn their in to
manner of obtaining salvage"een dispersed byg the
e wreck after they had n
'
o
African. They declare that
about seven
discovered a vessel clock on the
morning of Sunday they di to be on
.At eight they arrived at
shore on the Nore Sand.
f,
the wreck, and found eight feet of water on her deck
and the mate and one of her crew in the rigging, who
was taken off. All
immediately turned to,
hands
with the mate's consent, to save as much of the cargo
and stores as possible, for ale
interest of all parties
concerned. They remained by the wreck for such
purpose, working up to their
middle in water, for five
hours, and succeeded in saving 116 cases of bottles,
the whole of the sails,
anchors, chains, spars, and
tackle, and proceeded "
t with the whol© for Southend,
the materials were handed over
where, on her arrival,
and
officially taken charge of by
CO the authorities, . laying the statement before
them. They add that invindication of their character,
the public they do so inninbs
c a the 'Tent at Sheerness.
and to refute the aspersions h..,.. George Myell, master of
The doeureent la sigitb-rah'aul Robinson, master of the
the New Dart, and as
end Thomas Robinson,
Ives ; Hamburgh, fortheinse
master of the Susannah, William Robinson; Four
Brothers W
John Jenson, illiam John Elliott, Ocean
Child,
Samuel Robinson,' Nancy, William Frost, As.
Absalom,
Mary. 1
There does .seem to
sistance, Henry be some difference of opinion as
to the conduct of the men in the minds of the repro-
se.ntatives of Lloyd's at
Southend and Sheerness. The
rt in his report of the disaster
officer of the former p° '
to the schooner, re
ords the amount of salve.'ee
brought in by the boatmen from the wreck, but makes
fetn
nn mention of the interference of the Government

steamers, although their attendance must have been
clearly observable from that place.

TILE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT
STO CKT ON-ON. TEES.
We regret to state that two cf the passengers who
were so severely injured by the collision on the
Leeds Northern Mile ay, on Wednesday last, have
since died. One, a lady,
named Mrs. Cunningham,
from the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, expired on
Saturday morning; but, from the medical testimony
adduced at the inquest, which was held on the same
ddY, the jury came to the conclusion that she died
from natural causes, and not from the effects of the
collision. The other, Mr. Grainger, C.E., of Edin-
burgh, the engineer in chief of the line, sustained a
compound fracture of the leg, and mortification su-
pervening, he died on Sunday morning. An inquest
on his body was held at the Borough Hall, Stockton -
"-Tees, on Monday afternoon, before Mr. Settle,
the coroner for Stockton ward. The driver of the
luggage train, (George Welborne) which ran into
the passenger train was taken before the magistrates on
Friday, and charged under Lord Seymour's Act
with putting in jeopardy the lives of the public, none
at that time having died ; and he was committed to
prison for six weeks.
At the inquest, Mr. Blanshard, barrister, ap-
peared on the part of the Leeds Northern and
Clarence Railway Companies, at the junction of
whose lines the accident occurred ; and Mr. Fowle,
of Northallerton, appeared on behalf of the engine
driver, Welborne ; another professional man being
present to watch the preceedings on behalf of the
friends of the deceased. Several gentlemen connected
with the two companies were also in attendance.
The CORONER requested the jury to dismiss from
their minds all they bad heard of the accident, or the
proceedings before the magistrates in reference to
the engine driver, and to begin the inquiry as if it
was totally new to them.
Mr. Blanshard said the companies for whom he
appeared were anxious that the jury should have all
the information that could be adduced. The compa-
nies had but one feeling, that of deep regret, at the
accident; and a full inquiry was due both to the re-
presentatives of the deceased and the public. Whether
the inquiry may end in crirninating any person or
not, he would just mention that, under Lord Camp-
bell's Act, the company was liable to damages in a
civil action, which he had no doubt they would be
disposed to meet liberally.
The evidence of the medical attendants, and of a
relation of the deceased, having been given,
George Maughan, pointsman and signal keeper at
the junction of the Clarence and Leeds Northern
Lines, near Stockton, said—l was present on Wed-
nesday when the collision took place between a goods
a passenger train. The passenger train
w
train and
from Ferryhill, and due at Stockton at 5 40 P.M.
Tahse goods train had five vans on, three trucks, an en-
d tender. The driver of the goods train was
Ggienoe; end
eWelborne ; Edward Calvert was the driver of
the passenger train, but I don't know the name of the
I have two signals in use at the junction,
fscfiinrdreeerai the s:nn.
eded on both sides, and the other red on one
white on the other. I manage them both
Clarence and the Leeds Northern. The red
and white one acts for the Leeds Northern ; it is to
let trains either in or out of the station along a curve
between the station and the junction. The other
signal, which is red on both sides, is used solely for
the Clarence line ; when a passenger train is coming
down Clarence from Ferryhill or Hart-
lepool, we thee a
ie the signal which is red on both
by turning off the signal slantways—to let the
sidtraeins come in. I take care to satisfy myself that the
,line is pertetly clear before I do that ; if it is not
keep the board in. When the train whistles
off if the line •
signa.
on Wednesday night whistled about a
leseletnnagrr
the
in
mile off, down to within 40 yards of the
The switches are at the same place as
signal post.
turned off' the signal when the train
quartenelrrtoraf a
The train ran to within 40 or 50
the signal post before I turned it on again
afnrodrnthethgeoogdosotdrsai.nst.atTinhne,
yards
thearsr
first
swi
of
me distance from
the signal as
goodsto s t e gptbartiaahslitesni .epdvia.
and was about the sans assseonognierintgraninp
aired my hand as well to the goods
the passenger train. The signal was for both trains
to stop, and I w
train. The passenger train tried to stop ; it was
going at the rate of seven .
pl
oonr ratherw
whichs
aw. als
have
ae
usual speed at that point, ortgeighht.miles an hour just
before it came to the
of a passenger train, and can judge of speed.
guard
is strong incline on the Clarence line towards
'There a
Stockton. I thought the passenger train travelled at a
less speed after I showed the signal. I noticed no dif-
ference in the speed of the goods train, It wets tra-
velling at about the same speed as the passenger train.
'The trains were meeting each other when I first saw
them on the same line ; they were both on the down
line of the Clarence. The Leeds Northern use the re-
verse line to the Clarence. The wrong line of the
Clarence is used for engines to get upon the Leeds
Northern. The line upon which the goods train was
travelling was the wrong line of the Clarence. I could
not see either the goods engineman or the fireman
when I looked oat tor them. I saw Calvert, the en-
gine-driver of the passenger train. I was out upon
the line, not far from the signal post, all the time from
the passenger train first whistling. The passenger
train got first to the points. I placed the points so as
to allow the passenger train to get upon the curve
leading to the station. Almost instantly the last
Waggon of the goods train was at the points, and
when it got there the truck struck the passenger train,
as it was taking the points and going upon the Leeds
Northern. The goods train struck the tender of the pas-
senger train, and took the end or side off; it then struck
the luggage van, and then the carriages, two or three
of which were arnashed, one very much so. Some of
the passengers were hurt. I saw them thrown Out,
but cannot say how they were hurt. I heard that
Mr. Grainger was in the train, and I saw him. Both
trains were in motion at the time of the accident. I
saw George Welborne soon after the smash took
place, but I had no conversation with him about it.
lie was walking alongside his engine backwards and
forwards with his arms across. He rendered no as-
sistance to the parties. I thought he seemed much
concerned about the matter. After I put the red
signal on the trains had not time to stop. The train
going against the incline could have stopped easier
than the passenger train coming down the incline. I
saw no man at the end of the goods train looking
out, or walking before it to guard it. It is customary
in such cases for some one to go forward. It is
safer for a man to go first. It is customary for the
fireman to go forward when goods trains are shunt-
ing. The five vans were close goods vans, and are
high and lofty. It is more necessary to send a man
forward when the train consists of high vans than
when they are open trucks. The signals are disc
signals. At the time of the accident there was a se-
maphore signal. It was near the otber. We had
left off using it for about three weeks, and ever since
that time we have used the disc signals, and flags
were used too; but I did not understand it.
After some further evidence, the jury returned a
verdict of " Manslaughter" against the driver of the
goods train.

The deceased (Mr. Grainger) had effected a policy
for 1,000/, in the Railway Passengers' Assurance
Company, the surgeon of which (Mr. Holt) was dis-
patched to his assistance from London as soon as the
news of the accident was received ; but the state of
prostration in which the patient remained from the
time of the occurrence till his death rendered it im-
possible to perform the necessary operation of ampu-
tating the limb. The 1,0001., which of course Mr.
Grainger's relatives will have the benefit of, is the
largest claim which has yet arisen on account of this
new principle of life assurance.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE,
WEDNESDAY.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Alice
and Princess Helena, and attended by the Countess of
Gainsborough, drove over to Carisbrooke Castle yester-
day afternoon. The lion. Colonel Grey was iu attend-
ance on horseback. _

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at_
tendpd by Lady Caroline Murray and the Hon. Eleanor
Stanley, also drove to Carisbrooke.
Lord Alin d Paget had the honour of being invited to
dinner yesterday.

Her Serene Highness the Princess Ilohenlohe Lan-
genbourg, with Prince Charles and the Princess Ade-
laide, arrived at Clarence House, St. James's, yesterday
morning. Her Serene Highness, with the young Prince
and Princess, returned to Frognaore in the afternoon.
The Duke of Leeds had an interview with Mr. Secre-
tary Walpole yesterday r.t the Home-office. Mr. Drax
had &so au interview with the Right Hon, Secretary.
The Bishop of Cape it own had an interview with Sir
John Palkington yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Hon. H. Butler Johnstone, M.P., and Mr. H. P.
Gipps, ALP., had an interview with Mr. Secretary Wal-
pole. yesterday.
Mr. Thomas Somers Cocks, jun., bad an interview
with Sir John Pakibgton yesterday.
The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most 11°.:
nourable Privy Council sat yesterday in the Gouet.i:
Chamber. The Lords present were—Lord Cra.hii.r
Lord ,ftWic,--+ Brace, the Jrflgn et the Adri:eani-Yil
Cesrt. and Ekvard Ryan. Jeds.7rm-nt wll6:i Watson
the appeal from British Guiana, " l'+fnt on
v. Racket."

A RATHER
that the representative of a certain district of Scotch burghs,
ExiTiN.iivn SEAT.—We understand 1
finding himself hard run by an opponent, in the contempla-
tion of the election just concluded, purchased a certain
number of houser. for `,5,0001.. which carried with them some-
where about fifteen votes. The property, we are assured, is
not worth snore than 15,0001, so that the widitional votes
which the Hon. Gentleuiau secured by the purchase must
have stood him at the rate of between 7001. to sofji. each.
On cool reflection we sbould fancy that he will h -—,"e of the
same opinion as us— that he has paid too dear i c.-nr his I.i •
N wit te.
—Advertiser.

LITERATURE.

ADVENTURES and RECOLLECTIONS of
COLONEL LANDAIAN: 2 Vole.- Cob urn.

These volumes contaw :1 tic ries of very ariusiii.g and
remarkable occurrences, well calcuiatea to attract at-
tension and interest. The se:
America, but there are some p,artions sr etched in
England, which are very entertninCig. Tia y time was
in the latter end of the last century and the c, onamence-
ment of the present one. The following Ira ssage de-
scribes an adventure in America:--
`• With the bsteaux much crowded we pushed off, and
without much labour to the rowers we ran down w.'th the
strong current to the mouth of the Chippawa Cr ,e 1:, I
must hero describe that the two currents of the Niagara
anrl Chippawa Creek, uniting at this place, cause:]
lung shoal of sand to extend from the urper side of Chip-
pawn Creek, over which the water was too ioconsidemble
to allow a boat to pass upon it, so as to enter the creak.
—thus rendering it necessary to follow the :Niagara to
some distance aercss the mouth, belore there would be
water sufficient for the boat to turn into the creek with-
out touching. Under many other circumstances, the
necessity of thus pissing the creek before it became
practicable to enter it, would have been quite unworthy
of remark, but here, within half a mile of the
first cascades above the falls of Niagara,
where the current was already running with great speed
and increasing in swiftness at every yard, the turtling
out of that torrent into the current was very naturally
a subject of the utmost importance, and required consi-
derable coolness, courage, and experience, since, if it
the bow of the boat would
were attempted too soon,
touch the sand, upon which the rapid current following
the boat, impelling it forward with great force, would
instantly catch the stern and swing the boat round, and
before it could be possible to recover the full command
of the direction of the course it would' inevitably have
entirely passed beyond the rocks, and be carried away
into the falls. Oa the other hand, to delay the turning
into the creek until the boat should have completely
cleared the shoal required much nerve and a perfect
knowledge not only of the locality, but also of the
degree of reliance which might be placed in the implicit
obedience of the boatmen to the orders of the guide.
" As we approached the creek we kept hugging the
shore closer and closer, and I freely admit, the sight of
the tumultuous waters as they dashed up the spray,
preparatory to their taking the final plunge over the
frightful cliff into the roaring gulf below, caused me to
wish myself well out of it. Our steersman was inex-
perienced, wanted nerve, and in every respect was to-
tally unfit for the important trust he had undertaken;
and the result was, that he turned the bows into the
creek too soon, so that the current caught the stern of
the boat immediately on the bow, striking the shoal, and
sent it round, by which the bow lost its hold of the
sand, and away we went, twirling round and round,
passingas the creek at least one hundred yards before it
w
possible to recover the command of the steering.
" The soldiers and others on shore, who were watch-
ing our arrival, now ran along on the rocks, by the
water's edge, calling out to do this, do that, do all sorts
of things; no doubt with the best' intention, but with
the worst possible effect, for it merely diverted the at-
t-ntion of the crow from co-operating in any one course.
I was in the middle, the usual place of passengers in
these bateaux, but instantly scrambled over the wild
beasts' cages, as well as I when is such a hurry,
and ran to the could bows, ordering the men to pull together,
and the steersman to keep the head towardse the land.
or
We were not thirty yards from the
yet our side
movement with the current renderedit exceedingly
doubtful if we should be able to go that thirty yards
ahead before the stream would carry us past the w
mill, and if we passed that point no hope could be -en-
tertained of our escaping the frightful horrors of beinrs
ground to atoms in the whirlpool below the falls, whereiit
every tree of the larger dimensions is reduced to

splinters.
"The men pulled heartily, their lives depending on
their exertions, and as the boat was approachiug a large
mass of stone, which I foresaw it would almost, if not
quite graze, I leaped out with the long rope fastened to
the boat, expressly for hauling her up the current, coiled
in my hand, and flinging a tew turns of it round the
rock, I threw myself down in the water on my back,
with my feet against the rock, the only means
I had of holding the rope from slipping away
with the boat. I finally thus succeeded in stopping the
boat, perhaps but for a few seconds, yet long enough to
give time for several of the zealous people who had fol-
lowed us along the shore to come to my aid, which I
seriously needed, being nearly suffocated by the water
dashing over my face, and forcing itself into my mouth,
nose, ears, and eyes. I was rescued, but the boat was
torn out of our hands by the violence of the torrent, and
away went the boat and every one in it.
" The screams of the men on board, and the cries of
distress put forth by the powerless spectators on shore,
were most terrific; just es the boat was on the point of
entering: some of the first of the cascades the towing
rope, ono hundred and twenty feet long, dragging after
the boar, having a strong piece of wood well fastened at
its extremity to aid in the hauling of the boat, most pro-
videntially caught between two rocks, and saved the
boat and people. Tho dragging back the boat into
Chippawa Creek was an operation both tedious and
dangerous.

mass of his a ssailants, who rained blows upon his head
every step. Hie seuses were gone, yet he ran on hard,
and still E u fft Ted n beating tufficient, in the opinion of
those who leo !led on but dare not interfere, to kill half
a dczcn men. During the butchery, and while five or
six men were heating, his head with bludgeon!, the dra-
goons were orderad by Mr. M'Cance to charge up the
street. They did so. They endeavoured to disperse the
mob, hut did not succeed in doing so before the de.
ceased, who was one of the assailants, bad fallen under
the feet of ono of the horses. lie was taken up insensible,
and he died shortly afterwards. An inquentt was held
on Saturday, when a verdict was returned aocording to
the cireunzi.tances, without imputing blame to the mili-
tary. There are about seventeen others in the infirmary,
suffering from various wounds received during the re.
volting scenes of the riots, and many others are under
private treatment."

WEALTH OFLOSD6 DCRING THE WEEK.
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it 7boa. dd
e beenet- e eiss; which n degrees
the weekpre eceeding. Next
week it declined to 67.3 decrees, and last week it was
65 degrees. In the same threeweeks the deaths have
rthesepeecotrirveeslyponl,doiBnog,
el4k9sl o2f. th_ emt e6n, yweahircshlB42- 51,
beelna
tcahonerdraeulepteltoaongtefhoenr up increasemr
ebs ee rn
tof
time,odf epa ot hbp
becomes
was toe
ns
Id, during
1. Tt hh ae; pweirtihod
present,a
rnshows a mortality less by 239 than the
estimatedret u, therefore,
ess b amount.
But notwithstanding the mortality is still below the
average, it will be seen that fatal sickness amongst
to frequent in London in the summer months,
eased exceedingly in the last week. Thoughhchaisldirneen;
the last two returns are nearly the same as regards the
total number of deaths, they differ materially in the
proportions assigned to particular causes. In the pre-
vious week 48 persons, mostly children, sank under
diarrhesa; last week the number rose to 94. The deaths
by cholera have risen Mtn 4 to 10; those by !scarlatina,
from 31 to 45. Fatal cases produced by pneumonia have
declined in the same time from 45 to 26; those by
disease of the brain from 25 to 10; while those referred
to enteritis have increased from 4 to 11; those to disease
of the liver from 7 to 14.
The following are 10 cases of cholera in detail regis-
tered last week-.
On 17th July, in William-street, Kensington, a brick-
layer, aged 57 years, died of cholera (24 hours).
On 19th July, at 8, Nightingale street, Marylebone,
the widow of a gardener, tred 66 years, English cholera
(8 hours); exhaustion (24 hours).
On 20th July, at 34, Tom's-buildings, Somers-town,
the son of a silversmith, aged 16 months, cholera Asia-
tioa. Mr. Matthews, the Registrar, nays:—" The dust
is not taken away as often as is required; for the Wm-
bitants are poor, and dustmen will not remove it without
remuneration."
On 22d July, at 17, Church-row, in the sub district of
Camden Town, the son of a traveller, aged 6 months,
died of " cholera infantum (3 days)." With reference to
Weller's-place, in the same sub-district, where a child
died of disease of the lungs and bowels, who had previ-
ously suffered from hooping-cough and measles; Mr. Hell
observes that " the neighbourhood is crowded and un-
healthy."
On 22d July, at 18, Cecil-court, Long-acre, the Pon of
a licensed victualler, aged 7 months, " diarthea (three
days), cholera (12 hours); collapse."
On 19th July, at High Hill Ferry, Upper Clapton, the
daughter of a blacksmith, abed 18 months, " English
cholera (30 hours)." Mr. Montaigne states that " a
black uncovered ditch runs quite close to the house, and
is so offensive that in very hut weather it is enough to
knock one down."
On 20th July. at 7, French Horn-yard, Holborn, a fe-
male servant, aged 24 years,
_"cholera (2 days)."
On 20th July, at 31, Red
poulterer, aged erer,Lion-street, Holborn, the
daughter of a ll months, " English cho-
leraat 14, Well-street, Mile-end New Town,
(323ddss)
on July,
a weaver, aged 73 yearn. " cholera (48 hours)."
On the 18th July, at 58, Beresford•street,
a lighterman, aged 77 years,
arrcue (2 day s) ;
Woolwich,
cholera (6 hours); consecutive lever."
hospital, adults.
Three its
Small-pox was fatal to 28 children and 5
particulars Three deaths occurred in the Small-pox IlosP
the 18th of July. The following are the
the cases :
An apprentice to a smith, aged 15 years, brought from
" ,
Streatham-place, Brixton-hill, died of small pox
con-
fluent, unmodified (21 days)." He had been inoculated
when three and a half years old at Tedbury: no cicatrix,
bat some pits left by the eruption.
A dressmaker, aged 20 years, brought from Chapel-
row, Clerkenwell, " small pox, confluent, unmodified
(13 days)." She had been vaccinated in infancy at
Cherteey ; ono doubtful cicatrix.
A female servant, aged 26 years, from Warwick-street,
Eceleston-square, " small pox, confluent, unprotected
11 days." ,
At 2, Edward-street, in sub-district of Lambeth
Church, second part, the son of a labourer, aged one
year 10 months, died on the 17th of July, of small-pox,
9 days, without previous vaccinnation. Mr. Wheatley
the Registrar, states, that this was " the only child in
the family omitted to be vaccinated, and the only one
who took the disease. In the same sub-district at 9,
Queen's-place, on the 17th of July, the son of a smith,
aged two years, died of general cachexia, one month,
following the rapid supervention of variola after scarla-
tina, without vaccination. This is the second fatal case
in this family, none of the children in which had been
vaccinated, and all took the infection. At 57, James-
street, Lambeth, Waterloo, second part, the son of a
mason, aged two years, died of small-pox, 11 days.
Mr. yaws adds, that the deceased bed not been vac-
cinated; two other children in the house who had bee*
vaccinated took the disease, but are recovering, Ile was
informed that small-pox had been in James-street for
some months past. At Coldbath-lane, Hackney, a
butcher, aged 20 years, died from confluent small-pox,
11 days. The deceased, says Mr. Steib, had never been
vaccinated, owing to prejudice against it on the part of
the parents.
In the east sub-district of Islington the son of a spin-
ner, aged 2 years, died, on the 17th July, at 29, Bra_
tannia-row, of scarlatina maligns. Mr. Butterfield re-
ports that " this row is a long narrow-street, containing
a large population; an open sewer crosses the bottom of
it, which since the hot weather has been very offensive."
In the same row, at No. 57, on 19th July, a glasscutter,
aged 34 years, died of typhus from long-continued
anxiety; and at No. 48, a dr:ssr, aker, aged 16 years,
died of consumption (six months). In the same sub-
district, at 12, Greenman's-lane, on 15th and 18th July
respectively, the daughter and son of a tailor died, one
of pertuseis, the other of scarlatina. The west sub-dis-
trict of Islington contains the Small-pox and the London
Fever Hospitals, in the latter of which two girls died of
scarlatina, a woman of typhus, and a girl of pleuro-
pneumonia, pericarditis. Besides the deaths in the two
hospitals, three deaths occurred from scarlatina, one
from small-pox, one from pooping-cough with measles,
and two from diarrhcca, in this sub-district.
In St. George, Southwark, epidemic disease seems to
prevail considerably at present. The district consists of
three sub-districts: in that of Kent-road a child died of
scarlatina, two of small-pox, one of 'looping cough; in
that of Borough road three children died of scarlatina;
and in that of the London-road three of scarlatina and
one of dist Aces.
old, died
Last week a labourer died in St. Saviour's workhouse
at the great ago of 100 years. A boy,
at Orchard Cottages, West Hackney,
I drowned in
(1 day)." Six persons were accident7athy
July,
in the
bathing: a boy, aged 14 years, ofs;‘ ceoaurps-de-soleil
k aged 75, on
Thames, off the Belvidere-road;
the 16th, in the river Lea;
a "'ant Battersea a man on
the 12th, in the Bathe, Dals,thoen;
Themes; a boy of 16
the 22d, aged 20
scars, on the 18th; and a
tac howtnneaa veer,' Cig
ed
76,
on
years in a pond,
at
1013rn'd at Hampstead, on the same
porter, aged 17, in
ha :°weeks 17 persons have been re-
gistered who
have whilst bathing.
day. In the lust
three
their lives in the Thames and
other waters in London

17---- F LONDON HACKNEYS.
llisTOß-
earv,c_ 1
back,,,,ern• coacheson d o na7t,h,seayidwtetorwehenatztyeen.imn, asadle.sthmerir.
first aIF6P2S„ ; ghe, e London, only number,
not ply in the streets, but were sent for by those
feorratihhe, iwiToi"e'boe the capital and contiguous parts; and
they did
who wonted
Ten years later, however, we find the king
Li them to the stables of certain inns, where
they 'T— a proclamation, in which he declares that
Pubils-li'- number of hackney coaches of late time seen
the great
and
and
the general and promiscuous coaches there were not
only
a great disturbance to his majestic, his dearest con-
sort the queen, the nobility, and others of place and de-
gree, in their passage through the streets, but the strectf, themselves were so pestered, and the pavements so
broken up, that the common passages were hindered
and made dangerous, and, besides, the prices of hay
and provender made exceedingly dear; ' Wherefore,
concludes the proclamation, ' we expressly command and
forbid that no hackney k r hired coaches be used or
suffered iu London, Viietuainster, or the suburbs thereof;
except they be to travel ut least three miles out of the
same ; and also that no person shall go in a coach in
the said streets except the owner of the coach shall con.
stantly keep up four able horses for our service when
required.' " This ridiculous order, as might have been
expected, met with very brief attention.—Builder.

IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER TII
GRATIoN ACT. —At the Liverpool Police Court, on Saturday,i,.oflol.
Richard Boothroyd, an emigrant, claimed a Payine t
S• de Wolf, as
and the return of passage money, from Mr. J. for Port
charterer of the emigrant ship Ottillia,
E RECENT Mo-
on Sunday,
Phillip, which vessel had taken her departure,,tb.
i causing him
the 16th of July, instead of Monday. the
behind. Mr. Blair, barrister,
and other passengers to 1)0 left juivey, solicitor, for the
attended for the plaintiff, and Mr.
the
defendant. Mr. Blair stated that the
property, to the Amount,
passengers had been
left on shore without money,. theirbeing on board. Mr. Har-
vey, on behalf of the owm
he understood, of about 1,000/0.
i the vessel, expressed great
gave.regre regret that any
property should be taken care of,
etihsesrhould have been left behind, and
a various owners as soon as they arrived
anti be delivered to the
they
should be taken out by another
promise that
tphaastonli.f
out. He proposed thatfr which they should pay the usual
vessel on Mondaya,a
the conclusion
of 51. each, under the cir-
conclusion of the evidence on both
charge,
cumstances. .*,f
ter
Blair submitted that the case had been entirely
sides, ---r. lansfield, in deliveting judgment,said there was
proved. M. r.
subject to au
s intended that the ship should sail on Mon-
dayno doubt
;it w 'but that, for some reason or another, the time
morn•l'g' d There
had been altere •
.appeared not , .l,
the bench was, that. the
flee given to the passengers of that alteration.„ .
to h
cient.no ,
passage money should Be
r 1 as compensa•
awned, and that the defendant should pay ') •
returned,
Albion. lebeen Eutlihe.
decision ef

MALTA, DULL °",—Tht, Erbo, Odessa to Queenstown
put in hero on the 13th iubt.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
ROME CIRCUIT.--Zaidstone, July 27.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Lord Chief Juatiee JERVIS and
3 Common Jury.)
MICR :7,71S V. IRVING.
This- was an action to reeover dateages fora breach of
promise of marriage.
Mr. Forteecue and Mr. G. Denman were for the plein-
atff, Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Bovill were counsel
lor the defendant.
Mr. FORTESCUZ, in opening the case, said that the
plaintiff in this action was Misa Elizabeth Barbers
Iticketts, a young lady of great reepectability, the
slaughter of a deceased naval officer; and the decedent
'was Mr. Mendes Irving, a young gentleman who was
-very respectably connected, and the son of a retired Go-
-vernment officer. Miss Ricketts, after the death of her
rather, which occurred while he was engaged in the
Coast G-aatel srevica in Ireland, by the upsetting of a
boat, lived with her mother in the neighbourhoo.l of
Blackheath, her mother being in the receipt of a pension
'from the Government, which enabled them to live in a
position of greet respectability, but of course not of ex-
travagance or splendour. The defendant, Mr. Irving,
also lived with his parents at Greenwich, and it eppeared
that in November, 1850, the p!aintiff and the defendant
ware introduced to one another at a party, and he paid
ber aetentiens which eventually ripened into affection,
and resulted in 33 offer of his hand. At the period
the plaintiff was about twenty-three, and the defendant
twenty-four years old, and :'here was no doubt that very
soon after the parties became acquainted a sincere affec-
tion sprang up between them. At this time the defen
dent was employed as an extra clack in Deptford dock-
yard, at a salary of 801. a-year, and up-on his making
an offer of marriage to the plaintiff, his mother, on be-
ing consulted, very prudently suggested that such a ea-
-lary would be inadequete to the support of a wife, and
that he had better welt until he obtained some promo-
tion and an increase of salary, which it appeared he
anticipated he should shortly. receive. The mother of
the young lady was also anxious that his parents should
be made acquainted with his intention to marry her
daughter, but the defendant requested that this might
not be done, as he said his father :was very aid, :and
• also in a bad state of health, and that if he got worse
he should be taunted with having been the occasion of
it by exciting him upon the subject of his intended mar-
riage. For this reason it appeared that the mother of
the plaintiff forbore to make any formal communication
to the friends of the defendant, and the young people
soatinned to correspond with each other in terms ot af-
fection dawn to the month of March, 1852. About this
time it would seem that the mother of defendant had
become acquainted with what was going on, and that
she was averse to the match, for it appeared that
open one occasion, when the young lady went to pay.
visit to her house, she acted is such a manner as to Ina
duce the plaintiff to think that she had been trente
rudely, and on her informing her tar)ther, ,on her return
home, of what had happened, she forbada aer going to
the defendant's house Very soon after this, in
consequence, as the defendant said in one of his
letters,
of a long conversation he had had with his mother,h
asked the plaintiff to release him. from his promise, and
upon her declining to do s° he a baented.. himself alto-
and finally broke off
gether from her mother's house,
the match.
A great mass of correspondence was put in. It was
of the mole commouplaae description, and, ou the part of
the defendant.
mostly consisted ot statements with re-
gard was worked, th
to his duties and how
being enough in them, however d he
to show the natareere of
the connexion that exisued between the parties. The
defendant would seem to have had plenty of time; me_
withstanding hits complaints of bard work, for nearly
the whole of the lettere appeared to have been written
while he was " on duty" at the dockyard.
Mrs. Sarah Eleanor Ricketts, the mother of the plain-
- tiff, was examined, and she proved the facts as stated by
the Learned Counsel in his opening speech. She said
she considered the defendant was engaged to her daughter
two years ago, and after that period he came to their
house three or four times a week and every Sunday, and
was received as her daughter's suitor. tier daughter
visited at his father's, and the defendant frequently made
presents to her. The defendant's visits ceased altogether
on the 21st of March. On that day he had asked her
daughter to break off the engagement, and she told him
to say what he had to say to witness, and he then said
that he wished the plaintiff to consider the matter very
seriously, anti write to him and break off the engage-
ment. Witness asked him his reasons for such a course

of proceeding, but he gave her none, except,that he had
had a long conversation with his mother.
Cross-examined--Witness was the widow of a naval
officer, and she had a pension of sixty pounds a year.
The defendant became acquainted with her daughter at
a party gives by Mr. Taylor, the attorney in her be-
half on. the present occasion. Mr. Taylor was a friend
of the family. The plaintiff had been to school with
the defeladant's sisters, and they recognised her at the
peaty and introduced their brother to her. When
the defendant first made her daughter an offer, she
toad him that she Shought the marriage would not be
prudent while he was only in the position of extra clerk,
with a salary of 801. a year. It was never intended that
the marriage should take place until he procured some
better appointment. Witness heard from her daughter
that the defendant's mother had behaved rudely upon
one occasion when she visited there by not coming into
the room to see her. She did not after this say that the
defendant should not see her daughter again, but she
told her never to enter the Irvings' house again. The
defendant wished to see her daughter after March 21st,
but he was not allowed to do so. It was after the dis-
agreement to which she referred that the defendant said
he had had a long conversation with his mother, and
that, in consequence of that conversation, he wished her
daughter to consent to break off the engagement. The
defendant's father was very old, and his family consisted
of four sons and four daughters. When the defendant
rst made the offer of marriage to her, she did not com-
municate with his mother or any of his family. The
defendant wished her not to communicate with his
friends. as he said his father was very old and imbecile,
and, if he was told of his intention to get married, they
- would always be taunting him with making him ill.
She- considered the defendant had a right to please

-himself,

.•
Mr. CHAMBERS asked the witness whether she ex.
pected there weal.' be any happiness for the young
people when their mothers had quarrelled?
. . •
4k- The . witness replied that she did not wish to in-
terfere.
4 Mr CIIAMBER3, in a very htimourous and clever
speech for thedefendant, said that this was the dullest
rime?, love MUG he had ever listened to or been engaged in
•' during the whole course of his professional life. -He was
- ' not surprised at it, for it was perfectly clear that none of
?hat amatory and poetical affection which was calculated
14',, to win the female heart had aver bean felt by the de-
, fondant, and be WG3 sure that after the present trial the
- _ young lady would find a much more advantageous and
affectionate suitor, and one, too, viho would show her the
difference between such love as appeared to exist in the
~_, .
m, breast of the defendant and true and ardent aff,ction.
He siihealtted. to the jury that it was a very happy thing
a , '
for both parties that the match had been broken off; for
'6l'' independently of the *ant of means of the defendant to
. - support a wife with anything like comfort or Teepee,-
' ability, he asked th..m what earthly chance of happiness
there was for them when their mothers had quarrelled,
and the young lady would have been compelled to &ban-
-:-:': . don her parent, or the defaadant must have- incurred
4:. . . the disgrace of deserting and breaking off all connexion.
with his own aged mothei ? It appeared to him that
.-. there was not tae least prospect of happiness for the
~
.. young couple, and that it 13,43 goat fortunate for them
_ that; they had not entered iivo a connexion which would
only have lo,;aa pia fay o!' misery and urthappitr:es:
The .I...,acznd Conasul then referred to the eorrc6peii..
peen , . .n, anti said 'he had listened
. .
`-dz.±:,ce that had put i
•'.... -Vet attcntively.t ) Ali the latters as they were read,.
' . ' benanee he expected they woahl he-found full of expres-
;:' dons ()flow and affection day after day. They con •
- -::- *Wei; however, nothing of the sort—they were the
-,- -': : nwit commonplace things imaginable, for the defen-
dant, instead of talkirla, abut his own love, endeavoured
to amuse the joaag an; by talking to her about other
people's batinese and the nature of his duties at the
docAyard.:ellie attention tooupperred to be partionlarly
: .
-:''''tizeoted to the. stil4ect of the victualling . de,patieneer,
- , for on no leas than awe er three occasioeS the burden of
his letteri to the, pang lady consisted in an earnest
eutlty to her - not to eat tOO renal plum pad-
_ djater mince pie, foe fear tihn :.,licall make herself
• Itte'e-Vieroar of laugher in which the Learned Judge
,- Pined.) As to anything like poetical affection, such as
~.: i.
auttl4,_ been duo nested, why"tP-Are WAS nothing of the kind,
hada t trel" thing
approaching
to poetry that he could
hi
Le
it,nid_,nawnehtoht:ecese was the:" in one of the letters 'of
the 4„,,,:- Raid that ha would meet the young lady
her tau jiti
_,,E.teriril
.bring her h, Punch's Almanac to make
leivtzleetilpoecooatlininls,tilaceoinnecie.tued.—(ei
by
yenewed laughter.) The
urging upon the jury that
eenltional - ' Promise
saonld be of an opinion that an un-
broken, Hader °f
°l'lr".'i°l
._ , a had been made and
w the ci.curnstaucas th 3 sat, ..
damagesceee.mid be sufathbat to meeBtP2thejugtsline°:rthoef
Vie ear. T
, - -,..,....7 u USTI'S' ie wing
e. e. The 'Mee „a.
es -aor a ih'o4i - 4wm9:" no,
-diet for the plaintime...D'a- °ler3l,lo:-I, returned a V°T-
, r
_CROWN SlDEem...y
.(Efior:ea23l2lsrl..astiatifor ten„Ln-ei.o)tisly
, . Elizabeth Camp '
. ,
- . - • • - attempting to murder William C, indicted
casting him into a pond, . -Mperly. her son, 12,
y
, The eireacastatices of the ease were of rather .'-'
. traordinary character:" It appeared that 'the: prisoneran
had the care of a tollgate at Rawkherst, for whic'b, received 30. 6d.. per week. She had two childre: she
boy wimisra named innathimailiirlicatrmahe—ntnanad
it appeared
Y°ll n :r
---.
- - -child ecven yeirs °ld,
thather husband was a lunatic, and unable in any way
to provide forthe aepport oil .the family, and that. the
~, . prisoner scan consequently in.a s*ate of deep distreaa
of June Nit- appeared that the prisoner .ami
'2:-
'. On the' 23d
eve. et- fit. 714tv, :ic-_, n'6tur tiel:nigta,gdi
eialinagdofna'athdeieerpbpeoinni,4-
. both her nhthliee
clan to the t011g" a '
statement to the.
' rescued from the Waterbtne er.ay.
_effect, that his mother had ealled him and his liatereto.
• ',: the side of the ponu
-1 to see a fish, and that while
they..
slipped into the water by
(1 this
, were looking at :it they all .
• - accident. He afterwards reiterate . story, and said
, that his mother took him to the side of the water to
, - show him the fish;
threw h-
. _ im into te po ,
arid that she laid hold of him and
h nd afterwards threw in his sister,
and thearimped in herself, and upon this evidence the
prisoner Was committed to take her trial upon the pre-
sent charge.
pea. fed lain story - ' 13 • G. thrown hint and
The boy 0 on being now examined re-
of. the prisoner henna
ea his sister into the pond,' bat ° when she Learned Judge
ho reverted to his
- questioned,, him closely ' I'
upon the Lintp
L•l4'• ; original statement, leac,...ing
''''' ' ' aental!F into the wate-r."' that they all slipped acci-
.o -i.,. , . ' -
• Mr. Justice Mum-
stlp .-i.-.,• . upon thi3 put it to the jury who-
.. - " " ther they could rlaco any reliance c' on the t'estilkiwilY
.. .
giSan by the bay, ty'll they at onc ee turned 5 verdict
- - (Not Guilty. . ,