The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-06 00:00:00

THE BALTIC TRADE.

The Belfast Chronicle says :—" A natural uneasi-
ness exists at present in the minds of merchants
and shipowners engaged:. n the Baltic trade, lest in
case of war Russia should place an embargo on
British shipping and cargoes coming from the Bal-
tic this month with flax and flax-seed. For the
purpose of, if possible, removing the apprehen-
sions so generally prevalent, or at least of obtain-
ing some reliable information, Mr. Davison, M.P.,
addressed the following letter to Mr. Cardwell,
President of the Board of Trade :

"Belfast, 24th Sept., 1853.
"My dear sir—l am sorry to trespass on your va-
luable time, but I do so at the instance of some of the
leading merchants of Belfast, engaged in the Baltic
trade, who naturally enough begin to entertain serious
apprehensions for the safety of their ships and cargoes
coming next month from the Baltic with flax and flax-
seed, should the pending negotiations fail amicably to
adjust the Eastern question. As the subject is one
which deeply affects one of our great branches of com-
merce—the linen trade of Ulster—l feel I shall readily
be excused for troubling you with this communication.
" 'The value of flax-seed imported annually here from
Riga may be estimated at something about 70,0001.,
whilst the flax brought from the Baltic may be taken at
five times that amount ; and this is the season at which
merchants generally send forward their ships, or orders
fur supplies of seed. The value of property, therefore,
at stake in the United Kingdom is very considerable,
more especially when we include the value of the ships
conveying it.

" The merchants apprehend that, in the event of
war, the Russians might confiscate their ships and car-
goes ; and this apprehension is increased from the fact
that there is no British fleet of the line in the Baltic
capable of affording them protection. I know not how
far it comes within your province to quiet such alarms,
or to satisfy the mercantile community that the Govern-
ment will afford them all requisite protecaon ; but,
having been requested to make this communication, and
concurring in its necessity and importance, I should be
culpable if I omitted a post in submitting these details
for your consideration. Hoping that you will favour
me with an early reply on this all-important subject, I
,
have the honour to be, my dear sir, your very obedient
servant,
" 'RICHARD DAVISON, M P. for Belfast.
.
" 'To the Right Honourable Edward Cardwell,
President Board of Trade, London.
" gln reply to the foregoin document, Mr. Davison
has received a communication from Mr.Cardwell, Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade, acknowledging its trans-
mission, and stating that Government would give the
subject due and full consideration.

Ills. —By a new regulation,
CUSTOMS APPOINTME
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it is directed that person
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be 18 and under 40 persons •
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of
age, must produce
certificates
of age and character, and will be subject to
examination in writing and arithmetic ; and, should it
appear from such examination that they will be qualified
after a probation, they will be placed on duty for a
month. If not qualified at the end of that time their
appointments will be cancelled, and in that case they
will not be paid the uo.ual allowance for the time they
were on probation ; but, should their conduct have been
in all respects satisfactory, the Board will have to con-
sider whether half the pay of an extra clerk should not
be allowed. In all cases the principal officers are to
satisfy themselves, as far as practicable, that the persons
are proper to be admitted into the service, and to state
their opinion as to their age, when reporting to the
Board the result of their preliminary inquiries, in cases
where they have reason to believe that they aro either
over or under the ages specified.
THE NEW ASSESSED TAXES.—Before Monday next
the articles, &c., now exempted from the assessed taxes,
which will in future be taxable, are to be discontinued,
or the parties will be charged with the new duties for
the year beginning in April neat.

Cholera

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NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
Deaths on the 3d of October :
Cholera
Diarrhoea 4
The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhcaa
in Newcastle during the present outbreak has been
1,427. In the same period (viz., the first 34 days)
during the prevalence of epidemic cholera there in
1831-2 the number of deaths was 246.

THE CHOLERA.

DARLINGTON.
Died on the 3d of October :

ACRINGTON.
Deaths on the 3d of October :

The attack of cholera at Walker has proved to be a
severe one. One extra medical officer, two visitors, and
an inspector of nuisances has been appointed, and two
houses of refuge have been established. Seven deaths
have occurred since Monday midnight. Five have been
found lying dead, and many in a state of collapse, chiefly
among the tenants of lodging-rooms. The disease has
thus far been confined to two spots. Much overcrowd-
ing exists in those parts. The total number of deaths
since the 13th ult. (in a population of 3,200) has
been 17.

GATESHEAD.
Oct. 4.—One death only registered for cholera.

LONDON.

Oct. 5. —A fatal case of cholera occurred yesterday in
a respectable family in Kennington Oval, Lambeth.
The open foul sewer ditch, of which the residents have
so long complained, passes at the rear of the house.
The local authorities of the parish have made urgent
complaints of the long lines of filthy ditches and badly-
constructed sewers traversing the district. Most of the
latter were represented rather as depositories of putrid
mud than channels for the removal of the sullage. Dr.
Milroy, in conjunction with Mr. Hall, of the Poor-law
Board, had a conference with the board of guardians of
St. George's, Southwark. Several attacks of cholera
have already taken place in the more neglected and
filthy parts of the parish, and there is much diarrhoea in
some of its districts.

SPECIAL SERVICES IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE REAP-
PEARANCE OF THE CHOLERA.—Yesterday morning special
services, under the sanction of the Lord Bishops of
London and Winchester, were performed in the several
churches and chapels throughout the deanery of South-
wark, including the parish of St. George-the-Martyr,
Bermondsey, Christ Church, Surrey, St. Mary, New-
ington, Lambeth, and also at Guy's Hospital, and other
metropolitan parishes, praying the Almighty to avert
and altogether withdraw the cholera.

WINDSOR.
Yesterday, in consequence of a circular received front
the Poor-law Inspector, a special meeting of the guar-
dians of the Windsor Union was held at the board-room
of the workhouse, Old Windsor. The medical officers
were all in attendance, viz., Mr. Pearl, for the Windsor
district ; Mr. Ridout, for the Egham district ; and Mr.
Brown, for the Sunning-hill district. Each of these
officers reported that all had been done that was neces-
sary or advisable in the way of prevention ; that the
whole of the districts were in an unusually healthy con-
dition ; and that no cases of cholera or malignant fever
had come under their notice.