The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 5, 1853.

the cholera poison, be it what it may, is conveyed by
water as well as air, hence the following precaution was
cited in the cholera report :
" The precautions to take against cholera, in regard
to water, are well stated by Dr. Snow, and they are of
so simple a nature that, considering all the facts, no par-
son can prudently neglect them.
" Water into which sewers flow, or which is navigated
by persons living in boats, or which is in any other way
contaminated by the contents of the drains or cesspools,
should be entirely disused."
No person, to test the value of such a rule, would ever
have proposed that a large town which was supplied
with good water, and escaped with no considerable loss
in a previous epidemic, should on the eve of another
epidemic do all that is here forbidden. What no scep-
tical philosopher would have dared to propose as an ex-
periment, what no haughty conqueror ever condemned
the inhabitants of a subjugated city to endure—this
fine English town on the Tyne—the centre of the coal
trade--of intelligence of every kind—and of engineering
knowledge—has done and suffered. All the excreta,
which are thrown into the streets or water-closets, are
washed down the acclivities of the streets into the river ;
the fermenting mass is driven up and down by the tides,
and has thence since July been pumped by the engines
at Elswick all over the town through the water-pipes
for domestic uses ; it has been used for ablution, it has
been washed over the doors, it has been drunk as a
beverage by many of the children and the wives, as well
as large numbers of the higher and middle as well as the
working men of the town. This sad fact in the history
of Newcastle will be remembered when the loss of 1,500
lives, by which it was followed, is forgotten.
No water was drawn from the Tyne after September
15; the cholera then raged with less intensity, and the
epidemic speedily subsided.
The intensity of the epidemic at Newcastle-upon-Tyne
is, under the circumstances, no decisive proof that in its
essential form cholera is now more fatal than it was be-
fore ; but it is unquestionably a warning to those towns
which derive their water from polluted tidal rivers to
abandon such sources, and to accelerate their works for
supplying the population with pure water before June
next, otherwise the death registers may, it is to be
feared, be filled with the names of innumerable victims
of a practice which is as degrading as it is destructive
to the English nation.
* The Newcastle water taken from the River Tyne has
been analysed by Dr. Robert Dundas Thomson. He found
it to contain a quantity of organised matter mechanically
diffused through it (loaded with living vibrios) to the
amount of 4'552 grs. per gallon. Of this 0.545 grs. was
destructible matter ; the remaining 3'957 grs. consisted of
siliceous forms resembling the shields' of infusorial animals
or diatomaceous plants. Dissolved or finely diffused in the
water, he further found 2.68 grs. per gallon of organic
matter. The water likewise contained 1.18 gr. per gallon
of chalk, and 7.3 grs. of rauriate and sulphate of soda and
sulphate of magnesia. The total solid contents were
15.662 grs. per galon. This water was, it is said, filtered,
but the process is not described by the water company.

THE WEATHER.

The following report on the meteorology of Eng.

land and Scotlnd,'during the quarter ending Sep-
tember 30, is by Mr. James Glaisher, F.R.S.,
secretary of the British Meteorological Society :
" The daily temperatures have been below their aver-
ages throughout the quarter, with few and trifling excep-
tions. - The month of July was wet ; the fall of rain
exceeded the double of the average fall for this month.
The sky was cloudy. The first half of August was fine
and dry, and was the only fine weather in the quarter.
From the middle of August to the end of September
the sky was mostly cloudy, the air damp, with a thick
and hazy atmosphere. The motion of the air was less
than its average. During parts of the month of Sep-
tember different places in England and Scotland were
visited by numerous swarms of a black fly (Aphis Fabce) ;
their appearance in a locality was sudden, and they con-
tinued till a brisk wind arose and carried them suddenly
away. The numbers of these insects were extraordinary,
and they were very annoying by settling in great num-
bers upon the face and hands.
" The mean temnerature of the air at Greenwich for

the quarter ending August, constituting the three sum-
mer months, was 590.5, being 00.4 below the average of
82 years.
" Thunderstorms occurred, or thunder was heard
and lightning seen, on the let July, at Hartwell-house,
Linslade, Cardington, Bedford, and Holkham, and Dun-
ino ; on the 6th, at Ryde ; on the 7th, at Jersey, Guern-
sey, Exeter, Newport, Worthing, Clifton, St. John's-
wood, Rose-hill, Bicester, Oxford, Stone, !Hartwell-
house, Hartwell Rectory, Aylesbury, and Linslade ; on
the Bth, at Helston, Greenwich, Stone, and Hartwell-
house ; on the 9th, at Jersey, Helston, Linslade, Nor-
wich, Hawarden, Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester,
and Stonyhurst ; on the 13th, at Jersey, Oxford, Stone,
Hartwell-house, Hartwell Rectory, Hawarden, and
Liverpool • on the 16th, at Gainsborough • on the 17th,
at Rose-hill, Bicester, Oxford, Stone, Royston, and
Grantham ; on the 18th, at Hartwell-house, Hartwell
Rectory, Aylesbury, Royston, Cardington, North
Shields, and Dunino ; on the 19th, at Royston ; on the
22d, at York ; on the 26th, at Bedford ; on the 27th, at
Guernsey and Newport ; and on the 28th, at Lewisham
and Greenwich. On the 19th August, at Norwich and
Dunino ; on the 25th. at Exeter ; and on the 26th, at
Helston, Midhurst, Clifton, Durham, and Dunino. On
the Ist September, at Rose-hill, Bicester, Oxford, Hart-
well-house, Aylesbury, Cardington, Hawarden' Gains-
borough, Warrington, and Manchester ; on the 10th, at
Grantham, Gainsborough, and Stonyhurst ; and on the
24th, at Rose-hill, Bicester, and Oxford.
"Thunder was heard, but lightning was not seen, on
the Ist July at. Exeter Bicester, Stone, Hartwell Rec-
tory, and North Shields ; on the 7th, at St. John's-
wood and Holkham
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Holkham ; on the 9th, as Helston, Stone, Hartwell
Rectory, Cardington, and Holkham ; on the 10th,
at Ryde ; on the 12th, at North Shields ; on the 13th,
at Guernsey, Rose-hill, Bicester, Cardington, and
Warrington ; on the 14th, at Grantham and Wake-
field ; on the 15th, at Greenwich ; on the 16th, at
Grantham ; on the 17th, at Hartwell-house and Hart-
well Rectory ; on the 18th, at Rose-hill, Bicester, Stone,
Grantham, Gainsborough, and Dunino ; on the 19th,
at Hartwell-home and ardington •on the 26th and
27th, at Guernsey ; and, on the 28th, at Cardington.
On the 21st August, at Bicester; on the 23d, at Wake-
field ; on the 25th, at Grantham • on the 26th, at Mid-
hurst, Royston, Stonyhurst, and North Shields ; on the
27th, at Wakefield ; and, on the 30th, at Warrington.
On the Ist September, at Stone, Hartwell Rectory, and
Grantham ; on the 10th, at Cardington, Grantham, and
Wakefield ; on the 24th, at Lewisham, Greenwich,
Stone, and Hartwell Rectory ; on the 25th, at Helston
and Aylesbury ; and, on the 30th, at Stone.
" Lightning was seen, but thunder was not heard, on
the 7th July, at Helston, Oxford, and Cardington ; on
the Bth, at Rose-hill, Bicester, Oxford, and Cardington ;
on the 15th, at Stone ; on the 18th, at Newcastle ; and,
on the 27th, at Greenwich, Aylesbury, and Linslade.
On the 19th August, at Stone and Hartwell Rectory ;
on the 25th, at Helston ; on the 26th, at Helston and
Newcastle ; on the 27th, at Grantham ; and, on the
30th, at Hawarden, Warrington, Liverpool, and Wake-
field. On the Ist September, at Midhurst, Greenwich,
Stone, Hartwell Rectory, Aylesbury, Royston, Carding-
ton, Bedford, Grantham, Wakefield, Stonyhurst, and
York ; on the 15th, at Truro ; on the 24th, at Hartwell
Rectory ; and, on the 25th, at North Shields.
"Hail fell on the 16th July, at Aylesbury and Grant-
ham ; on the 17th, at Stone, Hartwell-house, and Hart-
well Rectory ; and, on the 30th, at Manchester. On the
Ist September, at Cardington and Bedford ; on the 23d,
at Stonyhurst ; on the 24th, at Rose-hill, Oxford, Hart-
well Rectory, Stonyhurst, and North Shields ; on the
25th, at Ryde and Liverpool ; on the 26th, at Liverpool ;
and, on the 30th, at Stonyhurst.
"Remarkable falls of rain—on the 9th July at Hel-
ston 1.5 in., at Norwich 1.6 in., at Hawarden 3.6 in.,
at Warrington I'4 in., at Liverpool 2.0 in., at Stony-
hurst 1.6 in., and at North Shields 2.1 in. ; on the 10th
at Falmouth 1.2 in., and at Truro 1.7 in. ; on the 13th
at Bedford 1.7 in., and at Holkham 1.4 in. in 7 hours ;
on the 14th at Ryde 1.5 in., at Worthing 1.2 in., at
Clifton 1.8 in., at Lewisham 2.8 in. in 17 hours, at
Greenwich 2.6 in., at St. John's-wood 1.3 in., at Rose-
hill 1.7 in. in a few hours, at Bicester 1.5 in., at Stone
1.8 in., at Hartwell Rectory 2.0 in., at Aylesbury 2.3
in. in 8 hours, at Linslade 1.8 in. in 12 hours, at Royston
1.5 in., at Grantham 1.2 in., at Hawarden 1.3 in., and
at North Shields 1.0 in. ; on the 15th at Stonyhurst 1.4
in., and at Arbroath 1.0 in. ; and on the 28th at Lewis-
ham 1.0 in., at Greenwich 1.1 in., of which 0.25 fell in
20 minutes, and at St. John's-wood 1.0 in. On the 17th
August at Grantham 1.6 in., at Holkham 1.6 in. in 10
hours, at Hawarden 1.3 in., and at Alderley Edge I'2

in. ; on the 20th at Greenwich 0.25 in. fell in five
minutes, and on the 22d 0.72 in. fell in ten hours ;
on the 22d at Worthing 1.2 in. ; on the 25th at
North Shields 11 in., 26th at Stone 1.1 in., and
at Hartwell Rectory 1.1 in. ; and on the 27th at
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Clifton 1.4 in. On the Ist September at Guern-
sey 1.0 in. in 9 hours, and at North Shields 1.0 in. ;
on the 10th at Gainsborough 110 in.; on the 12th at
Wakefield 11 in., and at North Shields 1.6 in.; on the
13th at Cliften PO in.; on the 25th at Stonyhurst PO
in.;, .9_,nd on the 27th at Holkham 01 in., in 6 hours.
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the 24th at Lewisham, Greenwich, St. John's-wood,
Stone, Hartwell-house, and Hartwell Rectory. On the
sth September at Manchester ; on the 6th at Clifton ;
on the 7th at Gainsborough and Manchester • on the Bth
at Clifton ; on the 9th at St. John's-wood and Wakefield;
on the 11th at Lewisham, Greenwich, St. John's-wood;
Bicester, Stone, Hartwell Rectory, Grantham, Gains-
borough, and North Shields ; on the 14th at Clifton,
Lewisham, Bicester, Stone, Hartwell-house, Hartwell
Rectory, Wakefield, and North Shields ; on the 16th at
Midhurst, Lewisham, Greenwich, Stone, Hartwell Rec-
tory,Grantham, Gainsborough, and North Sliields ; on the
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land on the 28th at Durham.
" Solar halos were seen on 20 days during the quarter.

" Mock sun was seen on the 29th September, about
Bh. 45m. a.m., at Stone and Hartwell Rectory.
" Lunar rainbow was seen on the 25th September, at
Oh, 301 r,, p.m., at Durham.
" Wheat began to be gathered on the 6th August at
Exeter • on the 7th at Guernsey ; on the Bth at Stone,
Hartwell Rectory, and Cardington ; on the 9th at
Holkham ; on the 10th at Grantham ; on the 11th at
Hawarden and Gainsborough ; on the 14th at Rose-
hill ; on the 18th at Warrington ; and on the 26th at
Dunino. _

" The wheat crop was small in breadth and rather
light ; it was generally of good quality ; a good part
was spring sown. Oats not very good, and a good deal
carried unripe. Potatoes diseased everywhere. Har-
vesting operations late."

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY.

NEW WRIT FOR SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE

In pursuance of the directions of an act passed in the
twenty-fourth year of the reign of his Majesty King George
the Third, intituled "An act to repeal so much of two
acts made in the tenth and fifteenth years of the reign of
his present Majesty as authorises the Speaker of the House
of Commons to issue his warrant to the Clerk of the
Crown for making out writs for the election of Members
to serve in Parliament, in the manner therein mentioned,
and for substituting other provisions for the like pur-
poses!" _

I do hereby give notice, that it bath been certified to
me in writing, under the hands of two members serving in
this present Parliament, that George Guy Greville, com-
monly called Lord Brooke, late a Member serving in this
present Parliament for the southern division of the county
of Warwick, is become a Peer of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and to whom a writ of sum-
mons hath been issued, under the Great Seal of the United
Kingdom, to summon him to Parliament ; and that I shall
issue my warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a
new writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this
present Parliament for the said county, in the room of the
said Lord Brooke, now a Peer of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and to whom a writ of sum-
mons hath been issued as aforesaid, at the end of fourteen
days after the insertion of this notice in the London
Gazette.

Given under my hand the 2nd day of November, 1853.
C. S. LEFICVRE, Speaker.

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 4

3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Henry
Freeman George Coleman, from the I2th Light Dragoons,
to be Lieutenant, vice Hill, who exchanges, Nov. 4.
3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Wm. Hickes Slade,
from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice
Penton, who exchanges, Nov. 4.
10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Frederick Thomas
Ongley Hopson, from half-pay 3d Light Dragoons, to be
Lieutenant, vice Stapylton, deceased, Nov. 4.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Penton, from
the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Slade, who
exchanges ; Lieutenant John David Hay Hill, from the 3d
Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Coleman, who
exchanges, Nov. 4.

14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry Topham Clements,
to beLieutenant,withoutpurchase, vice Holliday, deceased,
July 21 ; Cornet Standish Radley Jackson to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Clements, whose promotion, by
purchase, on 12th August, 1853, has been cancelled,
Nov. 4.

3d Regiment of Foot—Captain Robert Neville, from the
51st Foot, to be Captain, vice Bridge, who retires upon
half pay, Nov. 4.
...._ ,
...

4th Font—Ensign Thomas Sheppard to be Adjutant,
vice Robertson, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Nov. 4.
18th Fool,—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Grattan,
C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Coote, deceased; Brevet-Major Clement Alexander 'Ed-
wards to be Major, without purchase, vice Grattan ; Lieu-
tenant and Adjutant Edmond William Sargent to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Edwards, May 25.
19th Foot—Lieutenant George Varnbam Macdonald, to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Ashworth, who retires ;
Ensign Ramsay Wardlaw to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Macdonald ; William Frederick Hothersal Phipps,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wardlaw, Nov. 4.
22d Foot—Ensign Thomas Newton Young to be Adju-
tant, vice Bouverie, who resigns the Adjutancy only,
Sept. 12.
27th Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Stewart White,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Viscount Forth, appointed to the 42d Foot,
Nov. 4.

42d Foot—Ensign Malcom Drummond Marquis Drum-
mond de Melfort, Viscount Forth, from the 27th Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Ainslie, deceased, Nov. 4.
45th Foot—Captain Henry John Shaw, to be Major, by
purchase, vice Kyle, promoted ; Lieutenant Robert Beck-
ford Johnstone, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Shaw ;
Ensign John Cornelius Craigie-Halkett to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Johnstone ; George Champagne Close,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Craigie-Halkett ;
Quartermaster Richard Power, from the 60th Foot, to be
Quartermaster, vice Fitz Gibbon, who exchanges, Nov. 4.
56th Foot—Lieutenant George Scott Hanson, to be Cap-
tain without purchase, vice Hare deceased, Sept. 18 ; En-
sign William Alexander Godley to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Hanson, Oct. 21; Gentleman-Cadet, Henry
Fraser Curwen, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Godley, Nov. 4 ; Gentle-
man-Cadet John Daunt, from the ,Royal Military Col-
lege, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thackeray, de-
eeased, Nov. 5.
60th Foot—Quartermaster Luke Fitz Gibbon, from the
45th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Power, who exchanges,
Nov. 4.
63d Foot—Lieutenant Francis Douglas Grey to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Sheldon, who retires ; Ensign Fre-
deric Lattin Fitz Gerald to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Grey ; vice John William Doveton Lewis, Gent., to
Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald, Nov. 4.
64th Foot - Lieutenant Richard Charles M'Crea to be
Adjutant, vice Bell, who resigns the Adjutancy only,
Sept. 12.

414th Foot —Lieutenant Frederick Rennell Thackeray to
be Adjutant, vice Falconer, promoted, Nov. 4.
89th Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class Frederick
Roberts to be Surgeon, vice Michael. M`Dermott, M.D.,
who retires upon half-pay, Nov. 4.
92d. Foot—Lieutenant George William Hamilton,
Viscount Kirkwall, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tat-
nall, who retires ; Ensign Maunsell Mecham to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Viscount Kirkwall ; the Hon.
Arthur Annesley to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mecham,
Nov. 4.

Hospital Staff—Assistant-Staff-Surgeon Robt. 119Vhar-
rie, M.D., to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice
Roberts, appointed to the 89th Foot ; Assistant. Staff-
Surgeon Thomas Dehane Ligethouse, M.D., to be Staff-
Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Blakeney, appointed to
the Royal Hibernian School, Nov. 4.
Royal Hibernian School—Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Class Edward Thigh Blakeney to be Surgeon, vice Elking-
ion, deceased, Nov. 4.
Memorandum.—The Christian names of Ensign Legett,
who was promoted to a Lieutenancy- in the 69th Foot, on
the 28th October, 1853, are Robert Aufrere, and not Henry
Aufrere, as stated.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Ist Regiment, of the Royal Surrey Militia—Ensign Eglin-
ton Ross to be lieutenant, vice Platt, promoted, Oct. 28.
3d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—John Lam-
brick Vivian, Gent., Oct. 27 ; Samuel Arthur Seawell,
Gent., to be Lieutenants, Oct. 28. Samuel Buckland
Mitchell, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 28.
' Huntingdonshire Rifle Regiment of Militia—First Lieu-
tenant John Vise Kelly to be Captain,/vice Desborough,
resigned; Second Lieutenant Henry Jordan Thornhill to
be First Lieutenant, vice Kelly, promoted, Oct. 31.

Lill and W. Taylor, Nottingham, lace-manufacturers—F.
Potter, E. Potter, and E. Barrow, Manchester, wine agen ts—
J. Plant and E. S. Woolf, Wheelock, Chester, common
brewers—R. M. Eastman and W. C. Hill, Liverpool, ship
smiths—P. Davies and T. Chancellor, Reading, grocers—
E., J. 31., and B. Corrie, and H. F. Barclay, Mincing-lane,
colonial brokers (so far as regards E. Corrie)—S. T. Has-
sell, T. Horncastle, and J. Watson, Kingston-upon-Hull,
seed crushers (so far as regards J. Watson)—W., T., Thos.,
and J. Horsfall, Bradford, manufacturers (so far as regards
Thos. and J. Horsfall)—T. and R. Whipp, Bury, curriers
—W. Moss and E. Newman, Newport, cabinetmakers—
J. P. Wall and J. H. Trcuneer, Mount-street, Grosvenor-
square, surgeons—N. and M. Whitwell, jun. and H. Fry,
Bristol, ship brokersA. Guedon and J. Cockshoot, jun.,
Middleton, silk dyers—lt. B. Blackader and H. J. Clark,
Aldine-chambers, Paternoster-row, publishers—R. and W.
H. Nightingale, Little Bolton, quilting manufacturers—J.
A. Groome and R. Huntley, King's Langley, Hertford-
shire, brewers—J. R. Wilton, W. Blackman, and A. G.
Guy, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn, attorneys (so far as
regards J. R. Wilton).