The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-03 00:00:00

_AIRS. AND ERSON'S CONCERT.

Mrs. Anderson's concert is sure to be one of the
most brilliant of the season, and yesterday it outdid
itself. No reception could be more cordial than that
which the beneficiaire received, when, after a profes-
sional silence of many months, she sat down to the
pianoforte to accompany Mario in the "Adelaide."
The programme included twenty-four pieces. The
whole force—vocal, instrumental, nod choral—of the
Royal Italian Opera were in the field ; and in addi-
tion, Miss Louisa Pyne and Madlle. Clara Novello
contributed their aid, while Miss Kate Loder and
Miss Anderson Kirkham were the pianoforte soloists.
Herr Joachim also performed a fantasia upon Scotch
airs, which exhibited to the full his powors of strong
and fervid bowing, and his rapid and distinct mani-
pulation. Miss Anderson Kirkham played Mendels-
shon'a concerto in G minor, and, with Miss Kate
Leder, a very attractive duo, by Osborne, upon
themes from the Huguenots. The lady in question,
who is a niece of Mrs. Anderson, bids fair to bear
well aloft the musical honours of the family.
Her style is light and delicate, and her
touch remarkably nimble and neat. Over the key-
board, so far as rapid brilliance is concerned, she rules
with absolute sway. Miss Anderson Kirkham's ren-
dering of the sonata was marked by much apprecia-
tion and perfect executive facility, and in the Hugue-
nots duet both performers gave a brilliant reading.
Tne execution of the poignard chorus was particu-
larly good. The single overture was that to Oberon.
The choral performances included the well-known
Wolpurgis .Aright chorus, " Disperse, disperse ;" the
madrigal, "Now is the month of Mu,3' ing ;" and a
composition from the Preciosa. Besides Beethoven's
great song, Mario gave, with Grisi, the principal
duet from Don Pasquale, and Grisi and Formes were
associated in the well-known " 0 Zerrer," from the
Huguenots. Madlle. Anna Zerr was encored in a
Germau Lied, " Das Scriiussle," Madame, Clara No-
vella gave the " Bel raggio," and Miss Pyne an air
from Coppola. Madame Castellan sang the favourite
bravura, " 0 lace," from the Linda, and, with Ron-
ccni, the as wail-known " Quanto amore," tican
L'Etisir. A duet by Piatti and Bottesini, and seve-
r son and
concerted pieces by INI. Gueymard,
Sign Galvani,or Marini,
closed the
principal
fAitures of thef222.

quar-
terly court of the governo.rs.
1778 for the reformation of
tion, which was founded ini°--- subscribers es
t etroatahYi this institu-
tion, itu-
PHILANTHROPIC INSTITrUnTd
pur-
pose of transacting the usual .
The report, which was
the
t ion ;
juve-
nile offenders, wa s held
cfoorrptohr
Mr. William Gladstone in the chair•
very
emigrated satisfactory,or
()er stateds e
bteheant
discharged,the number
number
during the past year was 74, of which n.,1 . 23 boys had
admittedhad
pardons, commuting
been received from Miliback Prison under
.coad. conditional
their sentence of transportation; and
7bberoysthere
others had been received under a similar pardon.
school
Westminster Bridewell. The number of boys in the _
at the commencement of the past year was 96, and there. are
at the present time 99. It is the intention of the committee
to increase the number of boys from
exclusive of emigration expils",
from the
100 to 200 ; and the
average cot.t per head, svil
sink from 321. to 25/. per annum. The; total receipts for the
past year had been 16,139/. I:3a. 10d., and after the necessary
expenses had been defrayed there was left a balance in hand
of 223/. 4s. Some routine business having been transacted,
the meeting separated.
THE EARLY CLOSING MOVEDIENT.—It was extra-
ordinary the number of betting offices that were closed early
the morning after Oa Derby I—Punch.

FACES BY THE FIRE.
(From Eliza cook's Journal)
I pass a ,4vindow in the dusk of the evening. A
broad stream of light flows across the darkening
street, and shines ag,Anst the opposite wall. The
blaze flashes in my eyes, and, but for an instant, un-
consciously I turn aside to la.eet it. I catch but a
glimpse of the interior of a home, but it is enough.
Through a screen of green leaver, I see a group of
merry faces by the fire, the cheerful blaze making " a
sunshine in the shady place." The light flashes upon
the features of a bes.utiful girl, with a laughing child
upon her knee; a little ruddy fellow is crouched at
her feet, and a cheerful-looking old dame, in specta-
cles, busy at her knitting, from which for a moment
she looks up to watch the gambols of the youngsters,
occupies the farther side of the hearth. There is
another figure, that of a man, with his back toward
me, on the opposite side ; doubtless the fire brightens
his face, too, hut the faces of the women and the
children are enough. What is a cheerful fireside with-
out them ? they are the precious jewels which glitter
and shine around the happy hearths, and make light
and beauty there even in the saddest hours. Like
white flowers in the duels, they cheer and hallow it—
they speak of the thousand hopes and joys which
cluster about a home—they are the emblems of vir-
tue, cheerfulness, beauty, and divine comfort.
Burke has said that "to love the little platoon we
belong to in society, is the germ of all public affec-
tions." Yes, unless the faces shine by the fire, they
will shine nowhere else. If we feel not warmed by
the fire which glows about the hearthstone—we mean
the affection and love which are its true moral glow—
how can we, feel affection and sympathy for those who
compass us about in ever-widening circles in the
outer world ? All genial warmth emanates from the
home; it is there the affections are first moved, and
there the heart is first attuned to human sympathy.
You see that child laughing in the full glow of the
firelight—it is drinking in impressions which will last
its life out. The little child is formed by love, its
character is moulded by love, its future is determined
by love—
" Ah! how Ellin' grows the hand
That obey eth Love's command.
It is the heart, and not the brain,
That to the highest doth attain;
And ho who fulloweth Love's behest,

Far exceedet'a all the rest."

Have you seen the child's face by the fire, half
concealed in his mother's lap, while, knelt there, he
whispered out the faint accents of prayer which she
had first taught him, and which he never after for-
gets ? She it was who first told him of God and
Heaven, and by her daily example inspired him with
love of holiness. And even though the child, when
grown up into manhood, has gone astray, and the
chain of Love which bound him to the Home has
been snapped, the links still drag at his heels, and he
is never happy until they are bound together again.
The bright fire is the eye of the home; it
bespeaks cheerfulness, peace, cleanliness, comfort.
Ab-out it the small sweet courtesies of life—in which
there is no parade nor affectation, which manifest
themselves in kind words and affectionate looks,—
cluster naturally and gracefully. The seeds of love
are fostered by its genial warmth, and the faces by
the fire look bright through affection and lively inter-
course. The cheerful fire indicates domesticity, love
of home, and humanity. Even though the circle be
a small one, there are larger circles beyond ; and still
it is the centre of a congeries of rays which extend
beyond the home, and warm the world without, even
to far outer circles. The root is hid in the home, but
the branches extend into the glad daylight of society
and public life.
Faces by the Fire ! how many pictures spring to
view at the words ; how the poets of England have
revelled around the fire,ide and the home—the great
national temple of our race! Longfellow has written
his delicious poems of " The Fireside." You remem-
ber his " Fire of Drift-wood :"

66 We sat and talked until the night,
Descending, filled the little room;
Our faces faded from the sight,
Our voices only broke the gloom.
6' Oft died the words upon our lips,
As suddenly, from out the fire
Built of the wreck of stranded ships,
The flames would leap, and then expire.
66 0 flames that glowed! 0 hearts that yearned!
They were, indeed, too much akin I
The drift-wood fire without that burned,—
The thoughts that burned and glowed within."

And there are his lines on the " Twilight" by the
Fireside, certainly the most luxurious point of time
which a fireside can present—the time when old re-
collections are brought forth, and old stories told, and
old poetry talked of, and old songs chanted,—music
at such a time opening the windows of the soul, and
letting heaven peep in. A t such a time the feeling of
snup;ness is delicious ; perhaps the wind blows with-
out, but all is warmth and comfort within :
" Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely,
Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely;
The storm withaut might rair and rustle—
Tana didna mind the storm a whistle."
Or, more temperate than Burns in his "Tam
O'Shanter," there is our genuine Home Poet, Cowper,
who thus introduces one of his finest poems :
" Now stir the tire, and close the shutters fast,
Let fall the cur:sins, wheel the sofa, round;
And while the bubbling and loud-hissiug urn
Throws up a steamy column, and the cups,
That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,
So let us welcome peaceful evening in."
Even the Italian poets, whose skies are in a glow,
have been inspired by the Homer Fire, and felt that
human faces looked the brighter by its light. Alfieri
makes a commodious fireplace the climax of his
wishes with regard to lodging; and old Horace tempts
his friends to visit him by the promise of a neat room
and a sparkling fire :
" Dissolve frigus, ligna super feed
LarLe repenens."
Or, as Dryden translates it :
" With well-heaped logs dissolve the cold,
And feed the genial hearth with fires."
Then there is the exquisite little cabinet picture,
painted by Milton, a master of description, and a true
lover of home and home joys:—
"Or, if the air will not permit,
Some still, removed place will fit,
Where glowing embers through the room
Teach light to counterfeit a gloom;
Far from all resort of mirth,
Save the cricket on the hearth,
Or the bellman's drowsy charm
To bless the doors from nightly harm."
Of course., es there are children, about a family
fireside, there will be lively prattle, mirth, and
laughter, which cornea of freedom. In the glad fire-
light the young Limn rejoices ; for the time, merri-
ment suffices. Pleasantry in the home is like the
flowers which often float around the margin of deep
streams, beautifying
the solemn waters of life. The
heart will be free and will dance nowhere if not in the
home. Young nature is ever happy.
"The young, they laugh: laughs not the sky?
The winds, they laugh as they pass by;
The sun, he laughs, and Nature's face
Beams with a joyous, laughing grace.
Yes, laughing ever she renews
The verdant fields her morning dews."
" Yes," exclaims Theophilus Trinal, " we will
sing, and we will laugh, and rejoice in the lily-work ;
but we will also be wise of heart' concerning the
' pillars' of the world—the great truths of conscience,
the paril and the worth of free beings, the saving and
perfecting love—by which truths alone can our well-
being, and the well-being cf our race, be secured."
Speaking of the prattle of children about the fire-
side, reminds us of a touching passage in the life of
Dr. Kitts., whom an accident in early life deprived
of the faculty of hearing, wherein he says, in lan-
guage of deep pathos, " I never heard the voices of
any of my children." The reader, of course, knows
this ; but the fact, as stated in plain words, is almost
shocking. Is there anything on earth so engaging to
a parent as to catch the first glimpse of his infant's
tongue? or so interesting ns to listen to its dear prat-
tle, and trace its gradual mastery of speech ? If
there be any one thing,arising out of my condition,
which more than another fills my heart with grief, it
is this ; it is to see their blessed lips in motion, and to
hear them not ; and to witness others moved to smiles
and kisses by thesweet peculiarities of infantile speech
which are incommunicable to me, and which pass by
me like the idle wind."
Thus, how many of our richest blessings are un-
thought of until they have been taken away ! Even
the light of the sun is scarce valued, because it comes
to us daily, and we regard it as a thing of course.
And the sunshine of the heart is unnoticed and scarce
felt until, alas ! has gone down in darkness, and
then we awake to a sense of the blessing we have lost.
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CHANNEL
iSn'tic -
BMAIZIINE TELEGRAPH
connexion with the laying
e and the coast
C o THEmp Am t . T IRISHtie arrangements
down the isulated cable between D°onnna
a islands,submarine
are
of Scotland, for the purpose of establishing
v offered spiri spirited
telegraphic communication between the tiwngo
already upon the very point of being comme&cerd. The
cable, we understand, is already manufactured.
townsman, Mr. Robert Henderson, has promptly
use of a steamer and steam-tug to render any assistance that
the
may be required from the 2d to the sth of June. Here then
is a public company, established by enterprising Englishmez;
—the submarine cable already manufactured and paid for—
all the necessary contracts, eic., arranged—and now it is to
be hoped that the people of Belfast, who will so largely par-
ticipate in the immense advantages the undertaking will
confer upon them,
for their benefit, and give the project that encouragement
V, ill
and support it so eminently merits At their hands.--Belfast
, News Letter,

PERPETUAL INVESTMENT, LAND, AND

BUILDING SOCIETY.

The first annual general meeting of the share-
holders of this flourishing society was held last night
at Radley's Mite', New Bridge•street ; Mr. John
Gayer, of Southwark, chairman of the board of di-
rectors, in the chair. The meeting was numerously
and respectably attended, and the proceedings of the
evening appeared to afford great satisfaction to the
shareholders.

The advertisement convening the meeting having
been read,

The CHAIRMAN proceeded to make a few prelimi-
nary remarks. Building societies, be said, bad in-
troduced a new and improved mode of investing
capital for the middle and humbler classes of the
community. In former times the mode of preparing
money for investment prevailing amongst those classes
was simply that of collecting it together and hoarding
it up until it reached a sufficient amount to be laid
oat either in mortgage security, the purchase of land
or houses, or in the public funds, and in the mean-
while the money so collecting remained idle and un-
productive.—(Hear, hear.) But, even when it was
collected, there were great obstacles in the way of its
investment, such as the charges of auctioneers, agents,
or attorneys; while if a party borrowed money upon
the security of any little house property he might
happen to possess, the probability was that in the
event of a foreclosure, which often resulted in former
days from the absence of a few pounds to
make up the mortgage money, the poor
mortgagee had his estate sold in de-
fiance of himself and the proceeds swallowed up by
the charges and expenses incident to discharging the
mortgage.—(Hear, hear). Now the Perpetual In-
vestment, Land, and Building Society would obviate
ell that. It had been formed as the result of a long
experience, the promoters and directors having been
for many years connected with similar institutions,
and they had taken care that it should be free from
those manifold difficulties and objections which had
characterised' the earlier societies of this nature.—
(Hear, hear.) The principal objection to the old
societies was not only the complicity of their rules
and regulations, but their manifest uncertainty in re-
lation to the ultimate end to be obtained, or the mode
and manner of getting out of them.—(Hear, hear.)
The shareholder, in fact, never knew exactly how he
stood, or where or when his liabilities would end ; but
is this institution there was no such uncertainty, for
everything was defined, and the interest of both the
invester and the borrower was amply secured.—
(Hear, hear.) If a man wanted to invest his money
with safety he could do so here from 51. upwards, and
he would always know what he was about and how
he stood, while, on the other hand, if a member
wanted to borrow, say 5001., he would obtain the
loan upon terms that no one could possibly
misunderstand. (Hear, hear.)
Too much
could not be said in favour of such an
institution as this. People frequently spoke of the good
old times, but in those good old times the mechanic
and the small shopkeeper enjoyed no society of this
kind, and he was therefore not sorry to find that the
public were keenly alive to the advantages which this
and similar societies conferred upon them.—(Hear,
hear.) As a proof of this, he need only mention that
withiu the last twelve months this society lied received
in its deposit department numerous sums varying
from 51. to 7001. for investment at 4 per cent. in-
terest; and he was satisfied that the industriously
disposed part of the community could accumulate
wealth and property at home, without going
to seek
for it in the gold districts of California or Australia.
—(Hear, bear.) A man with a clear head, a steady
determination, and temperate habits, found no diffi-
culty in making his way in this country ; and it was
gratifying to know that the wealthier classes—as
indeed did the public generally—appreciated the value
of all institutions that, like this, were established to
advance the interests of such men.—(Elear, hear.)
It now only remained for him to call upon the secre-
tary to read the report.
The report was as follows :
" The directors have much pleasure in reporting the
business done during the first twelve months.
" The total issue of shares since the formation of the
society to April 30, 1852, was 1,176.
" In the deposit departmea: numerous sums have been
received, varying from 5/. to 700/., upon which 4 per
cent. per annum interest has been paid, proving, that
while by the employment cf the money, this feature of
the scciety's business forms a source of considerable
profit to the unadvanced shareholders, it also offers to
the depositor a covenient and satisfactory mode of in-
vestment.

" The advances made to members upon the security
of property mortgaged to the society amount to
11,1361. Ios.

" 220 agents have been appointed in different parts of
the kingdom, who, it is hoped, will bring a large increase
of business to the society.
" The directors earnestly invite the co-operation of
the members in making known the advantages of the
Society, and increasing the number of shareholders.
In conclusion the directors refer with satisfaction to
the stability of the institution, the correctness of the
principles upon which it is founded and the success that
has attended its operations." ,
The accounts were also read.
Mr. J. WILLS, churchwarden of St. Mary's, New-
ington, moved the adoption of the report, which he
considered highly satisfactory. The management bad
been both economical and energetic, and when he re-
savings-bank with the advantages of a build-
membered that this institution combined the princi-
he had no fears whatever for its ultimate
for lt presented a most makingfavour-
provision for children, and
asp:
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ser
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principlesbecame known to ths public
the more it would be encouraged and supported.—
the report which they
had just heard reai, together
(HAelarr.)vili. enh.adm:
with the accounts, be received and adopted.--(liear.)
great pleasure in moving that
de-
clared his belief that the founder of the institution had
veryyAngseconded the motion, and
conferred a national benefit upon the country.
The motion was then put and carried unanimously,
the enuuing year.
after which the retiring directors were re-elected for

Thunki ware then voted
meeting, which was exceeclin-Bi—
y unanimous through-
out, terminated. to the Chairman, and the

RAILWAY TRAITIc RETURNS-
LONDON AND NokTri-w
STERIT RAILWAY.—Return of
Traffic for the week ending ha`, 30
Passengers, parcels, mails,
£30,372 17 2
Merchandise ...' ••• Cattle ..• 17,799 510
7.: 970 18 8

Total
••• £49,143 1 8
Corresponding wee.. last year 53,035 6 6
LONDON AND SOUTFI-Wr-STERN PAILWAY.—Amount of
Traffic for the week ending May 30
Passengers
£10,279 15 5
Goods
". "' 2,599 15 11i

Total
Corresponding week last £12,879 11 4i
Year... 12,876 12 7
THE GRZAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. (Miles in work, 223 i)
-Return of Traffic for tho Week ending May 23, 1852:—
Passengers, parcel; carriage
horses, dogs, and mails •
5,865 17 4
Merchandise and minerals ▪
5,749 17 3
Cattle ••• •" 238 19 11

Total
Corresponding week, 1851 (2:36,,,, ....£11,854 14 6
Passengers, parcels, B,e. -",tes)
Dlerchandise, Cattle, &c. £7,171 2 6
••• 3,6i0 5 6

Total ...
.£10,781 8 00
LANCASIDRE AND Y. ORK
(260 miles
op for
Corresponding week ineni ast
e 30 £17,168 1 4
miles open) yar (260
•••.£15,403 18 1
MaY 2 en.)--Tratfi.e wee k.-nn g

Increase ~,,
4,947 0 0
canall
last-
-4:4,910 0 0
..12i113e,37:-604pe1n4,1132.)...
Nonni STAFFORDSHIRE RAirmrAy.....
3,ear
Note. —The above exclusive of the receipts available
Return
ictooafri
it:revasaffii
under the agreement with the London and North-Western
Railway COMPanY.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD Rimwmr.--Traffic for the
week ending blaY 30 :
)yondicluir gth;•eNeYeieklending: Ma(
MAIN LLNE.

Passengers "' ••• X 1,515 16 9
Parcels, H. C. and D.
96 2 10
Goode, cattle, &C. *** ••• 515 7
Mails ••• 575 0 0

Total •• ••• ... X 2,732 6 8
mow.

Passengers ... £59 4 1
Parcels, 11. C. and D.
1 16 9
Goods, cattle, &C. ••• 67 0 5

Total ••• ". •** Xl2B 1 3
ETEAM-BOATS.

Passengers ••• ••• £421 8 5
pm), parcels, hones,
Parcels, 11. C. and D. 25 6
Total ••• ••• ••• £446 17 11
Scorrxsa CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week
ending May 30, 1852 :
PaaBnsedncgaerrraia(giels ... £1,115 14 6
Goods, cattle, &c• •• "* 1'62 3 7

Total „„
.. 2,077 18 1
ue 2, 1852.
week in last ye
Corresponding ar... 1,830 14 0
Perth, ju

NEWen-fieldslds for new
gchase has accordingly
SITE OP TAE METEOPoLITAN
%.,ATTLE-
MaitkEr.—We are enabled to state that the corporation of
the city of London agreed unanimously, a few days ago, to
been made. The price is 159/. per acre, making the entire
sum 45,0001. The land is said to be more than worth the
amount, apart from the
3ilaluertcrhoapsoeu6t
aona
cc acres
Cattle-market. ril landar
14
.11 CT(bpee nphuar
special purpose for which it has been
purchased.—Morning .Advertiser.
EDUCATION IN IRELAND.—Among the Parlia-
mentary papers printed on Wednesday was one containing
the annual renort of the Commissioners of Education in Ire-
land to the L'ord-Lieutenant, for the year ending the 25th of
March last. A list is given of the students selected to fill the
royal scholarships. The Commissioners regret that from the
Want of funds they had been obliged to defer °nave on some
sehoolhorma which were required,

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.
(From the Registrar-General's P p )
the
last
p ef
The return for the week that ended Saturday is
proof of considerable improvement in th
blic health.
The deaths registered in the second week- -were
1,070, in the following they declined to 94°3 May
and last
weak they fell to 883. In the ten weeks correspondingto last week of the years 1842-51 the avelagi,-e
which, if raised in proportion to the incrense- ofwasB a a
popula-
tion, will be 965. The mortality oflast week -
is there-
fore less than the calculated amount by 82.
In comparing the results of the last two weeks it will
be seen that there is a decrease in zyneotic diseases from
228 in the preceding return to 205 in the present, in
diseases of the respiratory organs from 131 to 115, in
tubercular diseases (including phthisis), from 189 to
177, in diseases of the nervous system from 120 to
104, and in those of the digestive organs from 59 to
50. Taking particular heads in the zymotic class,
the cases in which hooping-cough was fatal declined
from 42 in the previous week to 31 in the last, those of
croup from 10 to 4, of typhus, &c ,41 to 31. On the
other hand, the mortality caused by small-pox, measles,
scarlatina, diarrhoea, and erysipelas, does not vary, or
only to a trifling extent, in the two returns.
No death from cholera was registered in London
since the weeke that ended 17th April till last week,
when, as appears from the following statement of par-
ticulars, two persons died of it:—
On 22d May, at 53, Little Sutton-street, the daughter
of fa millwright, aged 3 months, " cholera infautum (5
days)
On 26th May, at 33, Adelphi-terrace, Victoria- park, the
widow of a watchmaker, aged 72 years, died of '• cholera
(28 hours), exhaustion?' Mr. Howard, the registrar,
states that the situation is very healthy and the drainage
good.
Last week small-pox destroyed 45 lives, these of .37
children under 15 years of age and 8 persona at that age
and upwards. In four cases it is reported that vaccina-
tion had been previously performed, the ages of which
were 16, 29,32, and 50 years. During the twenty-two
weeks of the present year that have now elapsed the aver-
age weekly number of victims of this disease was in
January 34, in February 28, in March 26, in April 34,
and in May 39. Hence.: it appears that this complaint
has latterly evinced a disposition to increase.
Five deaths occurred in the Small-pox Hospital; of
these the following are the particulars:—
On 21st May a boy, aged 11 years, from Princes-place,
Notting-hill, died of " small-pox, confluent, unmodified
(8 days)." Said to have been vaccinated in infancy at
Kensington; no cicatrix.
On 24th May, a grocer, aged 18 years, from Shoreditch,
" small-pox, confluent, unprotected (15 days)."
On 24th May, a girl, aged 5 years, from Vine-yard,
Tooley-street, "small -pox, confluent, unprotected (10
days)."
On 25th May, a female servant, aged 16 years, from
Throgmorton-street, "small-pox, confluent, unmodified
(9 days)." Vaccinated when 4 years old at Castle
ldeadingham, Essex; one imperfect cicatrix.
On 26th May a porter, aged 29 years, from Friday-
street, City, " small-pox, confluent, hemorrhagic, un-
modified (10 days)." Vaccinated in infancy at Ciren-
cester; one smooth imperfect cicatrix.
At 38, Worship-street, Norton Folgate, on 27th May,
the son of a carman, aged 7 years, died of " variola,
petechia (4 days); no evidence whether vaccinated or
not." The medical attendant states that "bad drain-
age and ventilation, together with the state of privy and
the contiguity of a slaughter-house, influenced the type
of the disease." In the sub-district of St. John. Mary-
lebone, at 54, Great Carlisle-street, on 27th May, the
son of a painter, aged one year, died of " small-pox;
not vaccinated." According to the statement of the
medical attendant, " five other children in the same
family are sufferieg from the disease; only one, namely
the eldest, aged 15 years, has bsen vaccinated, the
mother having an objection
to the operation. Three
children in a room above, belonging to another
are supposed to be sickening from the same disease." In
the sub-district of Trinity, Newington, at 53, St. An-
drew's-road, on 26th May, the wife of a carpenter, aged
32 }cars, died of "confluent small-pox (10 days); vac-
cinated many years ago; three distinct cicatrices."
In the sub-district of Camden-town, at 21, Weston-
street, on 24th May, the son of a hatter, aged 12 years,
died of scarlatina (5 days)." Mr. Hell mentions that
" there are two slaughter houses in the street, one of
which and a cowshed are near the house. It is a
crowded neighbourhood.
At 23, Crown-court, Pall-mall, on 26th May, the
daughter of a victualler, e.ged 3 years, died of " lever."
Most of the houses ire this court (says Mr. Roberts) have
no back windows, and they are consequently ill-venti-
lated. The house now mentioned has a skylight on the
top. At 15, Collingwood-street, in the sub-district of
Hackney- road, a drover, aged 56 years, died of " asthma
(2 months), dropsy (2 months)". This end of the street
is described by Mr. Murray as low, damp, and totally
undrained." On 28th May a grocer, aged 48 years, died
of " diabetes (duration unknown), constipation and vo-
miting (2 days)." He was only two days under medical
treatment. The medical attendant states that the con-
stipation and vomiting succeeded after the patient had
taken half a pint of whiskey as a remedy for the
diabetes. The son and daughter of a painter, at 42,
Molyneaux-street, Marylebone, aged respectively 1 year
and 7 years, died of pertussis within five hours of each
other.

STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.
SUNDAY.—The sky was for the most part overcast
throughout the day. Electricity—Nothing was shown at
any examination.
MONDAY.—The sky was overcast till near noon, was
generally free from cloud till the evening, and overcast at
night. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the
afternoon.

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TUESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day.
Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate after noon.
WEDNESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day,
rich rain falling generally. Electricity—Negative, and very
active during the morning.
TIIIIRSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day.
Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the afternoon.
FRIDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day.
Electricity—Positive, and tension variable during the morn-
ing and afternoon.
SATURDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day,
rain falling almost continuously till Bh. r.sa. Electricity—
Till the evening positive and negative electricity were shown
alternately; at times the latter was very active.
The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast, and read each day at 9h. A.m. was 52.2° ; and the mean
reading at 9h. P.m. was 51.9°; the mean readings at the
Royal Observatory for the same times were 50.8° and 50 9°
respectively.
The reading of the barometer increased from 29.91 in.
at the beginning of the week to 29.93 in. by 10h. A.M. on the
23d; decreased to 29.65 in. by 9h. A M. on the `26th; in-
creased to 29.77 in. by noon on the 27th ; and decreased to
29,19 in. by the end of the week.

SEABORNE MAILS.
signifies that the mails are sent &ors the General Post-office
by tho night—and NI by the morning—dispatch.]

When made up its ( From what
PLACES. General Post-ofnce, port die- When
London: I patched. due.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N June 4 .. Liverpool ..
America (by U.S. pkt.) N June 1 .. .. Liverpool .• June 9
America (by U.S. pkt.) 31 June 9 Southampt. 'June 3
Australia (via South-
Southampt.
ampton) .. M
Ditto (via Marseilles) N .. .. .. .. Dover
Ditto, via C. of G. llope N August 2 .. :Plymouth..
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month ;Plymouth June 3
Alexandria* •• .• N 19th & 30th ef mo., Dover .. June 18
Belgium •• •• •• N Daily • • .. • .......Dover .• Daily
Brazil .. 9th of the month ISouthampt. June 16
Buenos Ayres .. M 9th of the month ISouthampt. June 16
California(viaChagres)M Id & 17th of month Southampt. June 5
Cape of Good Hope N2d & 14th of June Tlymonth .. June 3
Cape de Verdi N August 2 .. 'Plymouth.•
Constantinople* N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. May 30
Central America .. Mj2d & 17th of men. Sonthampt. June 5
Channel Isles N Mon., Wed., &Fri.,Southampt. Tu. Th. Bat
M 17th of the month !Southampt. Jane 5
France &14 Twice daily .. ,Dover Twicedally
Greece* N 7thl7th27thofmo ,Dover .. Maw 30
Hamburgh NI-Tnesday & Friday London .. raja. tzat.
Holland .. .. .. MWednes. & Satur. London .. Mee.lhor
Honduras .. N 17th of the mouth' Southampt. June 20
Ireland .. IM & N Twice daily .. Holyhead.. Twieedeny
India (via Sonthamp.) M,2oth of the month Sonthanapt. June 20
India (viaMarsoilles) Ath& 24th efmonth Dover .. June 17
India, via C. of G. Hope NI 15th of month Plymouth..
Mauritius .. N 15th of month Plymouth..
Mediterranean (via
Southarrpton) DI 20th of the month Southampt. Jane 17
Mediterranean (vie •
Marseilles) N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover .. June 17
Mexico M 2d of the month.. Southampt. June 5
Madeira lit 9th of the month Southampt. June 16
c 7th,17th,19th,27th 1 Dover June 10
Malta* & 30th of month
Naples* .. •• N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. ,June 12
Papal States* .. N sth 15th25th of mo Dover .. June 12
peninsular 7th 17th 27th ef me Southampt. Arrived
Peru ;* M 17th of the month Southampt. June 5
. N sth 15th 25th ofmc Dover •• June 12
Tuscalt 31 17th of the month ,Southampt. June 5

Naples* •• •• N
Papal States* .. N
Peninsular.. •• ••
Peru •• •• 34
Tuscany* .. ••
West Indies ••
West Indies (excePt
Al
Havanna Nassau) 2d ofthe month iSonthampt.
The mails to those countries thus marked (5) are conveyed by
French packet via Marseilles.
The India mail, via Southampton, will be made up on the evening
of the 19th instant, in consequence of the 20th falling on a Sunday.
The Pininsula mail will be made up on the morning of the 28th
Pin consequence of the 27th falling on a Sunday.
instant,

DEATH OF THE HON. EDWARD CHARLES HERBERT
the
—This gentleman died at the seat of his nephew,
Earl of Carnarvon, Highden House, Hants, on Sunday n
last.
He was in his fiftieth year, and was the youngest soof
Henry George, second Earl. He married June, 1833, Eliza-
beth, daughter of J. Escott, Esq., of Hartron House, by
whom, who died, July, 1840, he has left issue, two sons,
ESCAPE OF A CONVICT FROM THE BATH PRISON.—
A convict under sentence of three months' hard labour for
pocket-picking, named George Wright, alias Morsey, lately
contrived to make his escape from the Bath gaol, in a manner
as astonishing as it was ingenious. It appears that the
doors of the cells which open into the corridor have double
locks, and every precaution is taken
teat nrigight'sht t
esc o turn the
the
bolts twice. On the night previousWape,
officer on duty turned the key once,
not and attempted
tol u give
it the second turn, but finding it would move, econcded
that some officer bad been before him and turned it
once, and that he himself had given it the additional turn.
The next morning, when the prisoner was missed from his
cell, it was ascertained that be had prevented the second
turn of the lock bolt by inserting one of the plates con-
taining the number of cells, which each prisoner has in his
possession on being locked up. By this means he was enabled
to force back the bolt, so as to let himself out. His next.
difficulty was to gettout of the prison, and this he effected
through a window in the corridor which opens upon the roof
of the chapel. Having made his rug into a rope, by cutting
it into pieces and tying a loop at the end of it, he fixed it
to a hook or nail, and thence let himself down into the yard;
the
but a great obstacle to his flight still prevented itself in
lofty exterior wall at the back of the building. Here, it '
pears, his
gly put to the test, but
ingenuity was exceedin
saving met with a piece of lead piping, he managed to bend
it into a zigzag shape so as to forma series of .
the aid of his rope and blanket he scaled steps, and with
clear off.—Bath Chronicle. the wall and got
EXTENSIVE FARMING.-A friend in South America
writes that he is now spending a month with a farmer who
, and a patch of corn owns a thousand miles of pasture
larger than Scotland, while he has
he haa to boil the fodder for them BA • get so many cattle that
a Volcano.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
MANCHESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Meiklam Handicap of 5 s :vs. eeela and 50 added.
One mile. (19 Subs.)
Mr. Harnaves's Osbaldeston, 7st 71b ...(W. Sharpe) 1
I Mr. J. R. Scott's Talc, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (Wells) 2
Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 7st 21b (Osborne. jam) 3
Mr. Merry's Mary Ann, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Knott) 4
Mr. Meiklam's Evadne, 3 yrs, 6st I 1ib......(Arn01d) 5
Mr. T. Shepherdson's fby lihuriel, Est 21b ( &spinal]) 6
Won easy by two lengths.
The Union Cup of 2001. (in specie), given by the mem-
bers of the Manchester Union Club, added to a handi-
cap of 5 sovs. each, for three yrs old and upwsitetis;
th 3 second to receive 201. out of the stakes. One mile
and a quarter. (72 Subs.)
Mr. Greville's Frantic, 3 yrs, 6st 81b.........(Char1t0n) 1
Mr. Austin's Miss Julia, 6 yrs, 6st 61b (Hiett) 2
Mr. Dawson's The Italian, 5 yrs, ist 21b ... ...... (Lye) 3
Lord Warwick's Grief, 6 yrs, 6st 10b... (Crouch) 4
LPL?, liorrr..
diA,DI otetsireebl,o;y,Ks'iiiinArig:oor4fzl, 5 yr.., Bst 71b ...( W. Sharpe) 0
(Flat-man) 0
Lord Chesterfield's (43.°Iaruds'dio17413e-t5,
Mr. Hesseltine's Lough Bawn, 4 yrs, 7st ...(Arnold) 0
1)21, Sit ilts (J. Sharpe) 0
Mr. Wright's Miss Flyaway, 4 yrs, Cat 91b (Osborne) 0
MAIM rrr... CMGo.apßretalin'tsodn'SliisCiLlamintadtilleiewlr,iWac
wke,nlsts,4ysYyrrYs:r: '6,61 ss6tt s61:18b1 ibb
((
AA(
,Clsdhenwr oaa IPI tl ) 000
6st 41b ((Johan) 0
Mr. G. Barton's Surveyor, 3 yrs, 6st (carried 21bs
over) .Farmer's Bo ..
.............
Mr. Curter's......
..r.5.,..5.
s. ...
1.2.1.1;
((DKiecnkdsaolnl )) 00
Mr. Pedley's Conrad, 3 yrs, sst 81b ..... (Lye, jun.) 0
Mr. Halford's Worcester, 4 yrs, 6st 81b ..... (Knott) 0
Mr. Worthington's Bache: 63, 3:yrs, sst 81b...(Caroll) 0
Mr. Jaques's Henrietta, 3 yrs, Sat 41b ......(Aspinall) 0
Mr. Sheiwardine's Morning Star, sst 41b ...... (Wells) 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst Frantic, 7to 1 egst Iris, 10 to 1
agst The Italian, 10 to 1 agst Lough Bawn, 10 to 1
Cshat Henrietta, 12 to 1 agst Miss Flyaway, 15 to 1 sgst
andlewick, 15 to 1 aget King of Oude, and 100 to 6
against Alonzo. Won by a neck; half a length between
second and third.
The Second Produce Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, and
100 added; for three yrs old colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst
31b; the second to receive 50 soya. out of the stakes.
One mile and a half. (56 Subs).
Mr. Parker's Bird-on-the-Wing (allwd 31bs) (Hiett) 1
Mr. Fowler's Calot (allowed 31bs) (Charlton) 2
Mr. Wentworth's Hafed (Bumby) 3
Mr. Hawkes's Womersley (allwd 3lbs) (Templeman) 4
Mr. Barton's Bethgelert (allowed Sibs) (Marson) 5
Mr. J. Scott's Don Carlos (allowed 31bs) (Holmes) 6
Mr. Denham's Babette (allowed 31bs) (Flatman) 7
Batting-7 to 4 agst Bird-on-the-Wing, 2 to 1 aget
Womersley, and 4to 1 agst Betbgelert. Won by three
lengths.
The Biennial Stakes (second year) of 10 soya, each, and 50
added, the second to receive 25 soya. cut of the stakes;
for three yrs old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Sat 31b. The
winner of this stake in 1851 to carry 51bs extra. One
mile and a half.
Mr. Pedley's Trousseau . ..(Terepleman) 1
Mr. Worthington's Rachetee (Osborne) 2
5t02 on Trousseau. Won easy by a length.
The Maiden Plate of 50t; three years old, 7st; foar,
Bst 41b; five, Bst 91b; six and aged,. Bst 121 b. Mares
and geldings allowed 31bs. Two miles and a dis.
Mr. Dobson's ch gby Malcolm, 3 yrs (Osborne) 1
Mr. Allardice's fby Fancy Boy, 3 yrs (Charlton) 2
Lord Chesterfield's fby Lanercost, 3 yrs (Ashmall) 3
Mr. Pilling's Event, 3 yrs (Aldcroft) 0
Mr. Moon's Anchises, 3 yrs. (Wert) 0
Mr. Dawson's Bit of Blue, 3 yrs (Arnold) 0
Mr. Wilmott'e Big Wig, 3 yrs
Mr. Hesseltine's Dismay, 3 yrs (T. Lye) 0
Mr. Pilling ns Reindeer, 4 )rs (Martin) 0
Won by a neck.

ASCOT HEATH, 1852.
Nowinations for the Gold Vase.
Mr. Bradshtvw's Barbarian, 3 yrs Mr. Martinson's
Nancy, 4 yrs--Baron Rothschild ch c by Phlegon, out
of Marinella, 3 yrs—Mr. J. M. Stanley's Ciincher, 5 yrs
—Mr. Creville's Frantic, 3 yrs—Lord Exeter's Mountain
Flower, 3 yrs—Lord Exeter':: ilhabrose, 3 yrs—Lord
Clifden's Sackbut, 3 yrs—Lord Clifden's PooLde, 3 yrs
—Mr. Howard's Little Harry, 3 yrs.
Handicap for the Royal Hunt Cup.
Yrs st lb Yrs at lb
Nancy .. 4 9 5 Phlegm
Hernandez
Danii,l O'Rourke 3 8 4.Kaight of the Shire 3 6 9
Officious
Darkie
Miserrima 4 7 12 Sally
Hothorpe . 4 7 12 Susan
laathe . 4 7 12 Sanita
Exeter ... . 4 7 10 Solynnan
Tonic . 4 7 10 harrier
Frantic .. 3 7 9 Mountain Flower 3 62
Ringleader .. 4 7 9 Wingenund 3 6 2
SirßowlandTron- Pun

chard ..... 4 7 8
The Heriot
Hardinge ... 5 7 7
Newport ... 6 7 4.
Eliza Middleton 5 7 4
Catalpa . . 4 7 2
Orelio
Merry Pcel .. 4 7 0
Pay master ...... a 7 01
Manifold . . 5 7 01
Ephesus 4 6 12
Dr. Puff,........... 5 6 12
Follow me Lad:3. 4 6 9

Tame 3 6 0
Little Savage ...... 3 6 0
Amoroso 4 6 0
Plurnstead
Ludo
l3enita
Ilex
Jullien 3 5 10
liSurpriso
1, Janina 3 5 7
! Robert 3 5 7
! Blood Royal

Handicap for the Great
Yrs st lb
Edward of York... 4 8 9
Sir Rowland Tr on-
chard
Storyteller .... 4 8 7
Merry Peel 4 8 1
Poodle 3 8 0
Sackbut

Western Plate of 1001.
Yrs st lb
Mountain Flower 3 6 10
Cabot 3 6 10
ifoulakin
Benita 3 6 7
Aerie 3 6 0
Chopkins
Cotton Lady 3 6 0
Greengage .
Freetrader
Elampton
Appleton
Nutshell, 5 yrs, pays forfeit.

Sanita ........ ....... 3 7 2

Bushranger 3 7 !g-
Tophana a 7 0
Solyman ... 3 7 0
Pan
The Bishop 3 6 111
HAMPTON RACES, 1852.
Handicap foryle Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, 5 ft if

THE ROYAL HIBERNIAN MINING COM-
PANY.-OPENING OF THE FIRS 7' MINE.

CASTLEMAINE, MAY 31.—The ceremony of opening
the company's first mine took place to-day, and 1-5-e7ice-
n-
lebrated by a grand jets champetre. The nebilitY'
gentry, Roman Catgolic clergy, and other persons of in
fiance in the neighbourhood were invited for some days
preciously, and attended in large numbers. As the
most sanguine hopes are entertained that the company's
operations will prove successful in developing the mineral
resources of the county of Kerry, and effect a
social change of no ordinary character in the die-
tric`, a few particulars respecting the locale, and
other circumstances, can scarcely fail to be inte-
resting to readers on both sides of the Channel, and we
subjoin them before describing the proceedings of this
day. The Mine is situated near the town of Castlemaine,
which is distant about ten miles from the large and
flourishing town of Tralee, and quite close to the river,
which takes its rise a little beyond Castleisland to the
west of that town, and flows westerly, till it empties
itself into the sea at the Bay of Dingle. The river is
navigable for vessels of 200 tons. The Killarney Junc-
tion of the Great Southern and Western Railway passes
within a few miles of the mine, and, as the ground
presents no engineering difficulties, might be easily
connected with it. The soil resembles tha; of Flintshire
and Denbighshire, and the different analyses of the
one already raised give an average result of 77 per
cent. of lead and 19 oz. of silver per ton. The county
is extremely quiet, and the people are industrious.
The most favourable sentiments towards the company
prevail in the neighbourhood among all classes, and
the directors have been received with the greatest enthu-
siasmwithout exception. In addition to
lead,theby
theco people,pperore has been found of a quality which
justifies the expectation that that mineral exists to a
large extent in the mine. It was under these favourable
auspices that the mice was formally opened to-day, in
the presence of one of the most numerous assemblages
that have been witnessed for years in the county, and
which comprised the landed and commercial interests,
and the urban and rural population for miles around the
neighbourhood, as well as the clergy of all denomins-
, ions. At an early hour the ground where the shaft is
sunk was crowded by a large number of the peasantry,
who might have been seen pouring in streams down the
hills, and whose deportment during the day was orderly.
There were
occurred, and onlythe utmosta few of
but we are
people. not aware that any breach of the peace
g nt he
good
dhn constabulary
humour
rprevailed
present,am on
among
the I
compliance with a suggestion of the
town commissioners the shops
ere closed,o- aandabi lneother
icwd Iplaces,
mnda
k o
i obusi-
ness w
andnr the inhabitants poured
out to the scene of the ceremony
road animated with every
of pedestrians. The weather was
propitious,
available
lcvreoh seand
gthdse
in Tiee
circumstance appeared to concur in and every
interesting occasion. giving éclat to the
a
About one o'clock, Mr. Larches, tile , chairman of
the company ,•' Mr. H. Gibson, the
Messrs. Arrowsmith, R. Mat, Womodnafetiing director;
l l.
ono Rooney,tne
Lea, and other members of the direction, arrived
ground, and were greeted with loud applause by the vast
multitude.

rr
Amongst the gentry of the neighbourhood we ob-
served Sir W. Godfrey, Bart.; Mr. Maurice (More l I
M.P. ; Mr. M.`Gilcuddy, of the Rocks; W. penny,
Esq., &c.
The directors having ascended the platform erected on
the ground,
Mr. H. GIBiON read letters from Lord Headly, pro-
priAor of the soil, and other noblemen and gentlemen,
regretting their inability to attend; but expressing in
cordial terms their entire approval of the appearance of
the company in their district, and predicting considera-
ble social benefit for their spirited enterprise. Fle
then stated that he and his brother directors, in un-
dertaking the present speculation, were satisfied that
they were making a profitable investment of their ca-
pital, and that they would also confer vast social benefits
on tile locality. They came to the country with the
most friendly feelings towards the people, in whom they
placed confidence, the result of personal knowledge of
their conduct in their employment at the other bide of
the Channel, as well as of the manner in which they
behaved themselves in Ireland when they had the in-
centive of regular and remunerative labour. The fa-
vourable impassion which they had formed of the mine
was increased by their inspection of it since their
arrival, and the manner in which the labour had been
performed justified them in their estimate of the indus-
trial qualifications of the people. They did not propose
limiting their undertaking to this mine, but were de-
termined, if it could he done with profit, to extend their
(Terations not only in that county, but to other parts of
Ireland.

According to arrangement the mine was then chris-
tened the Headly Mine, by Allis Godfrey, daughter of
Sir W. Godfrey.

Addresses were subsequently delivered by the Chair-
man, Mr. Lea, and Mr. Rooney, which were warmly ap-
plauded. About 1,500 ladies stud gentlemen partook of
a dejeuner prepared en the ground, and the poor, to the
number of some thousands, were regaled with large
quantities of suitable fare, provided for the occasion by
the directors.

The day was terminated in a most satisfactory man-
ner, and we do not exaggerate in stating that the
general feeling was one of unqualified approval of the
company, and a firm conviction of its success, not only
as a remunerative undtrtt..king, but as an efficient agent
in ameliorating the condition of the country.