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London, England, 1854-09-14 00:00:00

The Gas-lighting by JOHN LESLIE, Esq.

'TUE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA,
October 4, 1854.—The General Screw Steam. shipping Corn-
ge:oY 8 screw steam-ship 1,50 tons, 300-horse power,
.14 rge Hyde, Commander, will sail fBrom Southampton with her
thVeslY's Mails for Adelaide,' Port-Philip, and Sydney, on Wednesday
e 4th October, 1854, at Two o'clock p in. punctually. The " Argo,"
`to 2440 f the fastest ships afloat, is justly celebrated for her last passage
tistralia, having made the run cut in C 4 days, and home within
the say—
knoa..cf period. She is also the first steam-ship that returned .to
World i n via Cape Horn, thus accomplishing a voyage round the
Ka._ a 128 days. The vessels forming the superb fleet of screw
rer !laers of this Company, of which this ship is one, are well known
Icothe Punctuality and speed with which their voyages are performed.
datusi'ox.yense has been spared in their construction, and the
by any an rlieh they clfer to the pu'die are tansurpased, if equalled
a.eco—Y ships afloat. Rates of Passage Money vary, according to th e
ectTodation rectal, ed, from 30 to 100 guineas. Full particulars
as to
Freight and Passage may be had at,the Company's Offices, -7,
London.

VARISII of SAINT GEORGE, Hanover-square.
elian,To Millers and Mealmen, Butchers, Cheesemongers, Corn-
eha,„°!rs, Grocers, Milkmen, Potato-dealers, Oilmen and Tallow-
rs, Colourmen, and Cotilnmakers.--‘;uch persons as are
~,,f17,1. to Contract with the Governors and Directors of the Poor
frorat”l.!l Parish for Supplying the two Workhouses for Six Months,
iplvauel:l9th. day of September, 1854, to the 25th day of Starch,. 1855,nt
ttreet tr in their sealed Proposals at the Board-room,,
or be.fore Ten o'Clock on Wednesday, the 20th t•empt.,oluBs_4.
Mount-
era na„T.ll7lclering must be in attendance at that time, and all tend-
fornis":f e Made upon, and strictly in accordance with, the printed
If„ aster tender, which may be obtained on application to the
rarticc:rfs the Workhouse, in Blount -street, as well as any further

By order,
T. B. CIIAPPELL, Clerk

UNITY FIRE and UNITY GENERAL
INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
Chief Offices, 40, Pall-mall, London,
September 14, 1854.
°entle
taterda To Tile stIAREEIOLDZIts AND INstritEns.
tnell,---I have the pleasure to announce to you that on
cohirrinsy next, the 16th instant, an advertisement, occupying many
l'aPers...__' will be inserted in the " Times," and other London morning
lion Of
,le object of which to place before the public an expotr-
/s
andn principles of these two Associations, together with
To
themes i,r addresses of a large number of the Shareholders, iol
atse,i`ir tent proceeding I am desirous of drawing your speea
lhareh„". A circular from this office will. be despatched. to the
It has ,',,inersi on this subject ; but, lest the circular might miscarry,
the I,l4e"er.eri deemed desirable to address you through the columns of
It ts :0*
tiou cool w bordering upon two years since the Unity FirelAssdoctina-
abase ,nleneed business. At this period last year w
lion frr L, having issued 500,000 shares, obtained the fuell2csol9isis9c9riple-
s4th of 8e
°II th,. e, Our capital, and effected 4,277 policies insuring ,3 ,
t 4 .
the att ptember the great advertisement, which a,,ttrac el,
4141 "ion of the whole country, was inserted in the Times
such other Morning' journals. The immediate effect was to arouse
tiseman• amount of attention as it may safely be affirmed no advtenr-
Ifistitut ever before succeeded
veryg and ita effect on e
,been fr,fl far excee!ed the highest expectations that hadi
.ary, formed of it. Notwithstanding the immensity of the prompTmed-
far shares Was greatly increased ; and in November, only six i,i
eased
e appearance of the advertisement, we create an n-
eent. eaPital with the issue of 1,900,0 0 new shares at cent. per
the 0 Prennum, Of these new shares, 116,000 have be., n issued., and
Pron,rruin received amounts to more than 10,0001., showing a
sTen: the Association of nearly 501. ler diem since the Ist of
beees7• The proprietary, already increased some thousands, is
slug daY by ilay more wffuse.
She
RI:1 three quarters immediately succeeding the appearance Of
110 VIP advertisement, we issued 8,245 policies insuring 5,985,6331..
0, _ , in 21 months, 12,523 p Aides had been issued insuring
'_,,b27/., while the business for six months from Christmas •howed
9:'00,00 01 ge
15Vera
a-y of 30ear,00el. per diem, 175,0001. per week, or upwards of
. .
8
.s. easedsults, gratifying as they must be, should be stimulants to
,iii 4 cexertions ; and the Directors feel bound to pursue a course
over
has been attended with so much benefit to the Associations
i,e,,r which they preside. The Unity Associations have enormous
--' unprecedented proprietaries, but nevertheless they look io the
public. .
principles,and to that unlimited
fer the appreciation of their.
'Oa for the ' of their business. The public mind must be
irer_ extension
1 f the Unity, of te a .vantages it offers to
inse;" il of the princip e.s is , .
5,,,, ers of the extent of its rem:tames, of ~ he perfect security it affords,
--`,l the large amount of support , f ' it has already received.
0
It in occa.ion a vast deal
... ust be in your memory . . that, on a former . .
_was said by the of rival institutions respect
agents nz the policy of Vie
',Um, uneasy feeling was a• tempted to
he _ Pursued hy the Unity, and au
pursuing
in the, minds of the shareholders that the management was
'filling sn extravagant course, adverse to the pecuniary interests
of to some of' the
e shareholders. It may have occurred, however,
-"arsh i anxiety for their interests ex-
pr__, o ders, that the extraordinary
hieh had been most 'n by the agents of rival companthiees
Association—was not above
un-
scrupuloussee,s_nin their attempts to injure
ofet; cw • Itis not usual for rivals tobe . so anxious for the welfare
eo eir
,_, Cometitor and you may well look with distrust upon advice
'lung from '
all i... such quarters. other
Ifcompanies have any interest at
ill
~. u our Association, it is hi its downfall, and they certainly w .
Bleep sil
le_ ence, rather than volunteer advice, when they see us parse
lSva course which they fancy leads to destruction.
• rre may, however, be those who. unacquainted with the philo-
to!: Y of advertising', might be inclined to doubt the prudence of the
tieunrseadopted, and to such I would address a few words of explans-
Preps' , BuPPosing that an ordinary advertisement were to appear
you weekly in
_ Your local papers—Liverpool, for example—for 12 mouths ;
p.`"Kild consider, and naterally, such advertising necessary for
sie Publicity, seeing that there are numberless insurers and a great pub-
.aneeal to. You would not think that course extravazant. fhe
Zenditure of the money would excite no surprise. No " friendly
ts)„„rning" would reach your ear of the reckless expenditure of the
reragernent. Shareholders in Manchester, Nottingham, Bir-
ssonghlin, Leeds, Eastern Counties, Hampshire, and in the west,
thitild think with you. But what would be the result ? In doing
whi. We should have expended, in 12 months, 30,0001.! And for
go V As it created no surprise in the mind of the Shareholders,
Bo would have aroused no attention with the public. But we
brrd, 01 one day, a `• thirtieth" part of the money, and in the
adsheets of the great metropolitan press, whose circulations
re Proscribed by the boundaries of the world only, we exhibit in one
tli'Vur Prosress, position, and principles. It is the concentration,
~, on
attention ly to be obtisined, which startles and most effectually attracts
panne
n.
16th 'ilehing your attentive perusal of the advertisement of the
mineral lostant, I could just remark that the principles of the Unity
;...'' Assurance Association, and the benefits which will accrue
'' ,!!'e assurers in that institution, you will also find there explained.
b.crie interests of the two associalions are now so identified, that
0 is
eacarcely possible to take any step with regard to the one without
fitting the other. Last year the expense of the large advertise-
"'Lent w
Den., i ,
as borne by the Unity Fire Association alone. Now the ex-
,„_
_s divided in proportion between the two associations. This is
e..of the many advantages which will be derived by the two asso-
""10n8 acting in concert.
I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen.
Your most obedient servant,
THOMAS 11. BAYLIS,
Managing Director.

No. 19,335.]

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I_ purchasing and removing from the Royal Arsenal forthwith
an accumulation of surplus Shavings, Sawdust, and small pieces of
Wood and Chips mixed therewith (being the excess which the present
contractor has tailed to clear away) are requested immediately to
send in prepaid sealed Tenders for the same to the Stotekeeper's
Office in the Roy d Arsenal, viz.,—
Mixpd Shavings, Sawdust, at per cart load.
Small pieces of Wood and Chips, at per waggon load.
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barges, assistance being afforded by the Storekeeper's Department to
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Office of Ordnance, 12th Sept., 1854.

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•
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Established ♦.D. 1844.
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are requested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which
a high rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect security.
Interest payable in January and July.
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.
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COLONEL ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman.
Every description of Life Assurance business transacted, With or
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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1854.

Batb. They are armed with the Minie rifle, having the
new French bayonet attached to it.

This fine vessel, the property of the firm of Messrs.
Graves and Son, New Ross, is still engaged in the
transport of troops in. the East. By a letter from
Varna, dated August 24, it appears that at that
date she had taken on board a battery of artillery, and
no fewer than 90 horses, with a corresponding number
of soldiers of the cavalry, intended for the land opera-
tions against Sebastopol ; and her master was in daily
expectation of receiving orders to sail with the fleet.
The troops were in excellent spirits at the prospect of at
length being permitted to enter upon active service.
The following is a copy of a letter received from the
Board of Admiralty by the owner of the Glendalough:—
" Sir4—l have to acquaint you, for the information of
the owners of the troop-ship Glendalough, that their lord-
ships have received with much satisfaction a report from
the commanding officers of the troops conveyed in that
ship from Dublin to Constantinople, of the creditable
manner in which the master has discharged his duties, and
of the way "in which the service has been performed.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" WM. LEYBURN,
" For Comptroller for Transport Service."

was. her envoy to the Court of Persia when, in the
month of March last, he attempted to establish the as-
cendancy of his master by giving a blow with his cane to
tne Sedr Azim, or First Minister of the Shah. But
Germany is fur the present more delicately handled,
and, though the struggle for the supremacy of Russia in
the C ,urts of that country is carried on with as much
activity ash the struggle for domination in the East, it
wears a more civil mask and a softer disguise. In the
present instance, Russia contents herself with expressing
her surprise that Austria should have transmitted these
four propositions to St. Petersburg, unaccompanied by
the offer of any reciprocal concessions on the part of the
Western Powers ; and she endeavours to represent her
evacuation of the Principalities as a sacrifice which en-
titles ber to some return. She also expresses surprise
that Austria should have given her assent to proposi-
tions so adverse to Russia, and so much in favour of the
Western States ; and, in announcing her determination
to reject them, she declares that the Emperor abides by
his determination to withdraw behind the Pruth, to
stand upon the defensive within his own territories, and
to resist aggression, from whatever side it may come.
It is scarcely necessary for us to expose iu detail the
egregious bad faith of the attempt to represent as a con-
cession to Europe the evacuation of a territory which
the Emperor of Russia had no right to seize, and which
he had not the power to hold, His official journal,
somewhat more sincere than his diplomatic agents,
has distinctly acknowledged that the Russian army is
compelled to retreat by the menacing attitude of Aus-
tria, which rendered its military position quite unten-
able ; and the attempt to make a virtue of so evident a
necessity will impose on no one but the King of Prussia.
Equally unfounded is the assumption that, in forwarding
these proposals to St. Peterburg, Austria had. assumed
the functions of a mediator. She had no commission
from the Western Powers to mediate in t/ieir name, and
the terms to which she gave her consent were not con-
cessions, but demands, their object being not so much
to terminate the present war as to prevent by perma-
nent and effective securities the recurrence of a similar
calamity. The same artifice was resorted' to in Febru-
ary last, when, although Russia perfectly knew that
France and England were on the brink of declaring
war, she affected to regard their entry into the Black
Sea as an act of mediation, and expressed surprise that
they had no reciprocal concessions to propose to her
from Turkey.

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It is, however, true that this Russian Note does
clearly mark an important epoch in this contest. The
war begun by Russia in July, 1853, was essentially
offensive ; it had been preceded by a wanton provocae
tion, and it was marked by a deliberate territorial en-
croachment; throughout the present spring the Russian
armies threatened Bulgaria, and they even commenced
the invasion of Turkey Proper by entering the Do-
brudscha and laying siege to Silistria. All these attempts
have been successively abandoned, and we are told by
the Cabinet of St. Petersburg itself that the war is hence-
forth to be strictly defensive. Although the decision
taken at Vienna upon the receipt of this communication
was to adhere to a temporising policy, and has conse-
quently revived some distrust of the intentions of that
Court, it must not be forgotten that this important
change in the attitude of Russia is mainly due to the in-
fluence of the Austrian forces on the frontier, and that it
is precisely because Austria gave her powerful support
to the heroic exertions of Omer Pacha that the French
and English armies escaped the necessity of a campaign
ou the Danube, and are at this moment able to turn
their strength against the Crimea. The effect of this
important demonstration has been to enable us to trans-
port the seat of war from the Turkish to the Russian
territories—a distinction of incalculable advantage to
the cause we have taken in hand.
The present state of affairs has, therefore, prac-
tically accomplished three out of the four points
which are required. The protectorate and occupa-
tion of the Principalities by Russia have ceased ;
the Black Sea is held by the Western maritime
Powers ; and the claim to protect the Christian subjects
of the Porte is, atleast, in abeyance. But the fourth point,
which concerns the navigation of the Danube, and which
is the most essential of all to Austrian and German inte-
rests, has not yet received the same practical solution.
The Russian province of Bessarabia forms the left bank
of the Danube, from the confluence of the Pruth to the
sea, and the /ins branch of the river flows through
Russian territory. Along the shore to the east of Galatz
the Russians are doing all they can to strengthen
their position ; batteries are erected wherever the banks
are firm enough to bear them, as at Reni and Satunovo ;
and it must be remembered that even Matschin, Isaktchi,
and Tultcha—the Turkish forts on the right bank—are
still held by the Russians. The fact then is, that the
Lower Danube is in the possession cf the enemy ; that
the line of Austrian communications with the Black
Sea and the East is still interrupted, and that the navi-
gation of the Danube is still closed. So that on the
very point on which Austria had most reason to in-
sist she obtains no satisfaction or security at all ;
and when the Cabinet of Vienna declares that it finds
no cases belli in the refusal of Russia to entertain
the. four propositions, it appears to have overlooked the
injurious and humiliating consequences of a state of
things on the lower Danube, which has been repeatedly
deplored and denounced by the whole of Germany. At
present the great expedition to the Crimea absorbs all
the available forces of the fleets, and the summer season
is unfavourable to any attempt upon the marshy banks
of the Danube, which might be made with far greater
facility in the early spring, when the water is high from
the melting snows, and the climate less unhealthy than
at any other part of the year. We have always been of
opinion that an attack on the Russian positions on the
Lower Danube might have been the first operation of
the war, and that some blame attaches to the naval
authorities for not setting more seriously about it.
However, the Sulina batteries are destroyed, and we
believe that measures have been taken to deepen
the passage on the bar, so that this expedition may
eventually be made. But, whenever our naval forces
are employed for this purpose, we shall have a
right to expect that Germany will lend something
more than sterile negotiations and wordy despatches
to an object of such extreme importance to herself.
Sooner than tamely surrender the control of the naviga-
tion of the Danube to Russia, which she acquired by the
cession of Bessarabia in 1812, and Ly the use made of the
Treaty of Adrianople in 1829, the Court of Vienna
ought not to have hesitated to make any sacrifices. By
an extraordinary combination of events, the Austrian
forces are now advancing to the Moldavian frontier;
the naval forces of the greatest maritime Powers are
within reach of the spot ; the Turkish army is in a con-
dition to render important services in the field ; and if
the whole course of the Danube is not swept clear of all
military impediments in the next few months, it will be
solely because Austria may fail in that portion of the
enterprise which naturally devolves upon herself. Such
an opportunity will probably never occur again if it be
neglected now, and, while France and England are
carrying on undertakings of far greater magnitude, in
which they are only interested as the champions of
civilization and good order in the world, we hope it may
not be too much to expect that, with their assistance,
Germany may be capable of one effort to secure the
independence of that great river which flaws from the
Black Forest to the Black Sea.

REGULATION 01! FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

The report from the Select Committee on the proposed
bill for the regulation of Friendly Societies has just been
printed, and details the amendments recommended.
These include a clause, repealing all previous acts, and
placing the whole of the existing societies on the same
footing as if they had been established under the new
bill, without prejudice to existing engagements, together
with the omission of the proviso that a justice of the
peace shall be a trustee of all emigration societies, and
also of that which limits the amount of sick pay to be
insured in any society. The committee have likewise
withdrawn the clause requiring all societies to be regis-
tered, and have given power to the members of all
friendly societies, unregistered as well as registered, to
sue and be sued, as between themselves and their own
officers. The establishment of a board of unpaid com-
missioners has been sanctioned, some public centre of
information being regarded as desirable, and power has
been assigned to them to modify in special cases the ope-
ration of the act. At the same time the duties of the
registrar have been more clearly defined, and the fees
hitherto payable upon registration abolished. The
settlement of disputes is to be left as at present, to be
enforced according to the rules of each society. and ques-
tions respecting the removal of a trustee or a misappli-
cation of funds are to be referred to the County Courts.
With regard to the popular impression that burial so-
cieties are dangerous, by operating as a stimulus to
child-murder, the committee, after examining several
judges, coroners, and others, have arrived at the con-
clusion that the instances where the motive of the cri-
minal has been to obtain money from a burial society
are so few as not to render necessary any preventive
legislation. With the view, however, of meeting some
of the objections to those clubs, they recommended that
the amount that may be received should be limited,
and that no money shall be paid on the death of any
child under 10 years of age without a medical certificate
from a qualified practitioner. Finally, with regard to
those societies originally enrolled uuder Friendly Socie-
ties Acts before there was any limit as to the extent to
which they might carry their transactions, and which
have since grown to the magnitude of assurance coin-
panies, the committee are of opinion they should be
dealt with exceptionally, and that an act should be
Passed which, without violating the rights they have
acquired under their constitution, shall withdraw them
altogether from the category of friendly societies.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATE.—
Yesterday, at the meeting of.
the St. Pancras Vestry,
Mr. Billett, the chairman, said that it was his painful
duty to announce to the meeting the death of their re-
spected colleague, Mr. Stock. He was in perfect health
on Monday, when he attended a meeting of the burial
board, of which he was a member. He (Mr. Billett) left
him at 5 o'cloCk in good health and spirits, and in a few
minutes afterwards he was a corpse. Deceased was in
his 70th year of age, and had been in her Majesty's
commission of the peace many years. The vestry passed
a resolution honourable to the memory of the deceased
gentleman.

L/?',

[PRICE SD.

THE CHOLERA.

lowing circular has n issued to the members
of the medical profession :

"General Board of Health, Whitehall,
September 1854.
"Sir,—My experience of this department, brief as it
is, has strongly impressed me with a sense of the great
want that is now fait of some systematic record of cases
of choleraic disease, their treatment and results, with a
view to determine, in so far as may be possible, the best
mode of meeting this formidable epidemic.
"Hitherto no successful attempt has been made to
collect such a record ; and as I find that my feeling of
the want of it is very generally shared by the medical
profession, I have obtained the sanction of her Majesty's
Government to the nomination of a medical council, re-
presenting all branches of the profession, and consisting
of Dr. Paris, Sir James Clark, Dr. Alderson, Dr. Ba-
bington, Dr. Tweedie, Dr. Baly, Mr. Lawrence, Mr.
Simon, Professor Owen, Mr. B. W. Ward, Mr. John
Bacot, and Dr. Farr.

" Under the sanction of this council, the following
form of return has been prepared for transmission to all
qualifiei practitioners in the metropolis, to be filled up
by them, with a view to obtain their experience of the
present epidemic.
"The deaths from cholera, as well as from all other
causes, are registered in England ; but it is evidently
desirable that in this, as in other countries, the cases of
recovery, as well as of death, should be systematically
observed and recorded. But this can only be accom-
plished by the cordial co-operation of all the medical
men in practice, which the board hopes, in this im-
portant matter, to obtain, by acting on the advice of
a council in which all branches of the medical profession
are represented.
"By means of a return, in the accompanying forms,
the observations of all qualified practitioners on the
cases that come under their care may be collected and
made available for determining the laws which regulate
choleraic disease, and the effects of the- different sys-
tems of treatment now in use.

" Any return that you may make will be considered
strictly confidential, but your name will be recorded as a
contributor to the observations, when the general results
are made known.

" Under the urgent pressure of practice to keep any
accurate record of the cases will often be attended with
difficulty; but this difficulty will, I feel assured, be cheer-
fully encountered by you, ifyou agree with me in think-
ing a record of the experience of the present generation
of medical men as to this epidemic likely to contribute
to the alleviation of the sufferings of mankind for the
future.

" The return on the other side is sent filled up, as a
specimen, with blank forms. Any number of such forms
you may require will be furnished by this office.
"It is recommended that the forms should be filled
up from day to day, and returned to the board on or be-
fore the 15th of November next, addressed to the Secre-
tary of the General Board of Health, and the postage
of the letter enclosing the return need not be prepaid.
—I have the honour to remain, sir, your obedient ser-
vant, "B. HALL."

[The return alluded to sets forth the residence of the
patient, when attacked with the disease, his profession,
and indicates whether the disease has assumed the forra
of simple or choleraic diarrhoea, cholera, consecutive
fever, &c. ; with the treatment, &c.]

THE ROYAL MlNT.—Yesterday afternoon a malignant
case of Asiatic cholera occurred in the Royal Mint,
Tower-hill. The deceased's name was Mary Cook, aged
29 years, a domestic servant in the house of Mr. Brand,
the master of the Mint. The deceased was previously
in good health, and had only• been married a fortnight.
She was seized with violent diarrhoea and the usaal symp-
toms of the disease, and although she received every pos-
sible attention from Mr. Cooke, of Tower-hill, she ex-
pired from a malignant attack of the epidemic. The
body was subsequently conveyed to the dead-house of
St. Botolph Without, Cartwright-street, Rosemary-lane,
and was buried last evening.
THE PRECINCT OF THE TOWEL—Late on Monday
evening a respectable-dressed man, about 40 years of age,
was suddenly seized with spasms of the stomach as he
was walking along Tower-hill facing the garrison. The
foot passengers, who saw the deceased fall to the pave-
ment in a state of great agony, carried him to the Old
George Tavern, Trinity-square, where a medical gentle-
man was soon in attendance, but the unfortunate de-
ceased never rallied, but died in a few minutes. Mr.
Orton, the beadle of the Tower precinct, was called to
take charge of the body for a coroner's inquest ; the
gates of the Tower being closed the deceased was placed
in a cellar adjoining the public-house, but yesterday
morning was taken in a shell to the dead-house in the
Tower moat. An inquest will be held by the Tower
coroner (Mr. Baker, jun.) this day.
ST. BOTOLFH WITHOUT, ALDGATE.—The seaman who
was removed from the schooner, Glencarty, on Monday
morning, off the Irongate-wharf Lower East Smithfield,
expired on board the Cholera Hospital ship, Deptford,
soon after his arrival. Several new cases of Asiatic
cholera were reported yesterday in the district of Upper
East Smithfield, Rosemary-lane, and Hurn's-buildings.
THE HAMLET OF RATCLlFF.—Yesterday morning the
registrar of the district of Ratcliff received information
of the following fatal cafes of cholera :—A youth named
Green, the son of the captain of the brig James, of South
Shields, died on board the vessel, which was lying in the
river, off Bell-wharf, Ratcliffe-cross. The deceased ex-
pired after an attack of four hours, and was attended
by Dr. Carson, of Broad-street. The body was brought
ashore to the Ratcliff green-yard, under the Blackwall
Railway. A person named Vince died in Regent's-
street, Commercial-road East. A coal meter, named
Harry, of Beath-street, Ratcliff, expired after a few
hours. A girl, named Mary Ann Gale, also fell a vic-
tim to the decease. Timothy Driscoll, aged 34, died at
No. 19, London-street, after a few hours illness. The
deceased had been a ballast-heaver, employed on the
river.
THE STEPNET UNION.—In consequence of a commu-
nication from the Board of Health the following medi-
cal gentlemen have been appointed by the board of
guardians of the Stepney Union to form the medical
staff of the district during the prevalence of the epide-
mic :—Mr. G. B. Millar, No. 5, Mount Etna, Mile-
end-road ; Dr. Humble, No. 3, Warkworth-terrace,
Commercial-road East ; Mr. Henry St. John Bulten,
No. 13, Stepney-causeway, Ratcliff ; Mr. Elsom, No. 6,
Salmons-lane, Limehouse ; Mr. Sturge, No. 1, Sydney-
square, Mile-end Old-town ; Mr. Handy, No. 12, Wap-
ping-wall ; Mr. Cleland, No. 113, Cock-hill, Ratcliff ;
and Mr. Bateman, No. 174, High-street, Shadwell.
The dispensary in York-square is open day and night,
where medicine and advice can be had gratis, without an

order.
ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.—Three more fatal cases
of Asiatic cholera occurred yesterday at the cholera hos-
pital, Bath-terrace, Back-road, St. George's-iu-the-East,
Ellen-street, Back-church-lane, and Buross-street, Com-
mercial-road. Other cases have been reported in the
district.

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DEPUTATION TO THE BOARD Or
BEAUS.

Yesterday afternoon, a deputation, appointed by a
public meeting of the ratepayers of All Saints, Poplar,
held at the Town-hall on the 6th inst., waited upon Sir,
Benjamin Hall, at the General Board of Health, White-
hall, for the purpose of presenting a resolution which
had been agreed to unanimously in reference to the
sewage of that district.
The deputation consisted of Mr. S. Knight, county
magistrate ; Mr. J. Fuller, churchwarden, Messrs. J.
F. Pannell and H. Shaw, overseers ; Mr. S. E. Ellison,
surgeon ; Mr. W. Pearce, Mr. T. Hughes, and Mr. C.
C. Ceeley, vestry clerk. They complained of the state
of the sewage throughout the district in question, but
more especially of the open sewers in North-street and
King-street. They desired that the Board of Health
should, if it had the power, interpose its authority, so as
to compel a more efficient drainage and sewage of the
district, without which it was impossible the health of
the district could be preserved. Another ground of
complaint was, that a large amount of sewage was
turned into the canal, and the water became in a most
filthy and unhealthy condition. •
Sir B. HALL, who received the deputation with great
courtesy, said, he was most anxious to do every-
thing in his power to assist in checking evils of the
kind mentioned; or in removing any nuisances which
might be considered detrimental to the public health ;
but he wished it to be known that that department
had no control over the Commissioners of Sewers.
He knew that the Commissioners of Sewers were
most anxious to do their duty, and to see their works
carried out properly and efficiently, and, at the same
time, as expeditiously as possible, but the task was such
a heavy one that they could not do all they wished. In
any future legislation upon the subject, it would be
ne-
cessary to place the district sewers under the control of
the local authorities, and make them responsible for the
main
board, sewers
n should
accordance
with the
proper management of the sewage of their respective
thedistricts,
controlwhile
of
the
centralrecommendations of the
Royal
Commission appointed to
inquire into the corporation of London. It would, in
his (Sir B. opinion, be quite impossible to secure
placede
anything like a sanitary condition of the inhabitants of
the metropolis unless they attained three great objects—
first, that the Thames should be purified by the nstru°-
tion of intercepting sewers ; second, that every street
should have a sewer run through it ; third, that the
owner of every house should be compelled to make a
drain from his house to that sewer, which drain should
be properly trapped, thus abolishing all cesspools. The
whole question of offensive trades mast also come under
consideration ; and, if those trades were to be perasitped
in the metropolis, all the appliances that art and science
could suggest must be enforced for the purpose of pre.
venting the annoyance to which the public were at pre-
sent exposed. Another and very important inquiry
must also be instituted when Parliament assembled
as to how far the metropolitan water companies had
complied with the engagements entered into in 1852.
The period of three years given to the water companies
to bring their supplies from beyond the tidal influence of
the Thames, and from other sources, expired next ses-
sion, and a question so important to the sanitary condi-
tion of the public as the water supply must be fully gone
into. The whole subject of sanitary reform, and the
amendment of the Board of Health Act and the
Nuiiances Removal Act should be considered as soon as
that board could have any leisure, so that bills upon those
important subjects might be brought in early in the
ensuing session. At that moment, however, it was im-
possible to do more than attend to the present epidemic
and reply to the innumerable letters which reached the
board, and which were much increased in consequence
of persons writing to them oa subjects which did not
come under the jurisdiction of the department. It must
be recollected that he (Sir B. Hall) had only been at the
head of that office about 3 weeks ; that the law was
most imperfect ; that when he entered upon office the
cholera was on the increase ; and that he had to make
all the necessary arrangements for meeting the disease
and checking it as far as possible. This, he was happy
to say, had been effected to a very great extent, and he
had been, generally speaking, ably and cheerfully assisted
by the local authorities. The gentlemen of the deputes
tion would see that at that time the Board of Health did
not control the Commissioners of Sewers, but he should
be happy at all times to receive suggestions from local
authorities which they conceived would in any way tend
to promote the public health and improve the sanitary
condition of the people.
The deputation then retired.

THE COLLISION AT C.ROYDO.N.-EXPE-
.RIME...VIS BY CAPT. TYLER.

On Tuesday n series of experiments, of considerable
interest and importance, as tending to throw light upon
the causes of the recent fatal railway collision at Croy.
don, were made by Captain Tyler, of the Board of Trade,
on the Brighton line, between Reigate and Croydon.
The South-Eastern Company was represented on the
occasion by Captain Barlow, the superintendent of that
line, and the Brighton Company by Mr. Slight, their
secretary, and Mr. Hawkins, their locomotive superin.
tendent.

The experiments were chiefly directed to ascertain in
how short a time, and within hew small a distance, a
train of the bulk and momentum of the unfortunate ex-
cursion train could be stopped, or rather the second
division of it, with which the collision occurred, and
going at the rate of between fifty and sixty miles an
hour. For this purpose two trains were made up pre-
cisely as the "excursion" was, one by the Brighton com-
pany and the other by the South-Eastern, and laden re-
spectively with about 32 tons of iron and other mate-
rials, fairly distributed over the carriages, that being
calculated to be about the weight of the 450 passengers
and upwards, who were travelling with the division of
the excursion train which came into collision with the
ballast engine. In order that these trials might have
as much similarity as possible to an ordinary case of
driving a train, the men in charge of the trains were not
allowed to pull up from the first instant the distance or
the semaphore signal caught their eye, but at an arbi-
trary given signal, indicated by Capt. Tyler himself, at
a moment when they might not be expecting it.
Four trips were made between the junction of the
two lines at Redhill, near Reigate, and Croydon. The
first was a South-Eastern train and driven by men in
the employ of that company. It started from Redhill
at one o'clock, and eventually attained a rate of speed
of 62 miles for about a mile and a quarter ; and, when
travelling at the rate of 531 miles an hour, Capt. Tyler
gave the signal to stop, and the train was brought to a
stand at a distance of 2,077 yards from the point where the
signal was given, and that simply by the driver shutting
off his steam, and the guard applying the two breaks
attached to his van, without the engine having been
reversed. The second experiment was with a Brighton
train, driven by Brighton men. The last mile was run
in 661 seconds, or at the rate of about 54 miles an hour,
and the train was pulled up in 1.832 yards, after being
signalled to stop, by shutting off the steam, applying
two breaks, and without reversing the engine, or in
less space by 245 yards than the precedinz train. The
third trial was conducted with a South-Eastern train,
and by a driver and fireman belonging to that company,
and the object of it was to ascertain in what distance it
could be stopped by the application of the same means,
and added to them, the immediate reversal of the engine
after the signal to stop. The result was that the
train, while going a mile in 66 seconds, was brought
up at the distance of 1,790 yards, or in two
minutes ; but seven seconds were lost in the ap-
plication of the breaks by the driver not sounding his
whistle until after he had reversed his engine. The
fourth and last experiment was with a Brighton train and
Brighton men, and, by arrangement, every available
means was employed to stop it on being signalled—
namely, reversing the engine, shutting off the steam,
applying the breaks, and causing the engine to scatter
sand along the rails. The effect of all this was that the
train, while travelling at the rate of a mile in 63 seconds
was pulled up in a minute and a half after the signal,
and in the distance of 1,389 yards.
Now it is stated, on competent authority, that the
collision took place at a distance of 60 yards on the
London side of the north semaphore signal ; that between
that signal and the south semaphore there is a distance of
373 yards and 2 feet ; and that the south semaphore
signal can be seen by the driver of an approaching up-
train 1,120 yards before he can reach it. The effect
of a comparison between these figures and the results
abies
ttli
him
simply
m correctlyac:i
tr ~ aaa dttteegrnn.
of the experiments of yesterday is to throw consider-
able light upon what might have been done by the
ea
driver of the excursion train—shortly to be arraigned
on a charge of manslaughter—by
to the south semaphore signal, which on the day of
tphaei
nf
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tbhn
the
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figures
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ascertain
taogn
had 1,553 yards and two feet in which to pull up'
s be
his
train between the point where he might have first
seen
thehim dsefal, on thengersign instantalandt he place of collision. By availing
he saw the danger signal, of all
the means at his command to stop the train, the last ex-
periment of yesterday proves that he might have brought
it to a stand at a distance of 1,389 yards, or 164 yeabefore the point of collision ; but it also
proves that,
emitting any one of those means, he could not have pre-
usaedlnnydy aei
dic
Assuming
vented that collision, for he could not have brought his
train up till a distance of 237 yards beyond where it oc-
curred. There is this, however, to be said, that by ap-
plying any, though not the greatest amount of power
at his disposal, to lessen the momentum of the train on
first seeing the danger signal, the ballast engine would
have had more time to get out of the way, and though a
concussion might not have been prevented, the force of
comparatively little damage.
it might have been so diminished as to have caused

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—There can be no longer any
doubt that the cholera has become epidemic in Liver-
pool, and that the disease is decidedly on the increase
in certain districts of the town. It is only right, how-
ever, to say that, so far, the great majority of the
cases are confined to Scotland and Vauxhall wards,
where fevers and disease of all kinds have always
abounded. Still the epidemic would seem to be spread-
ing, as appears from the meetings of the local boards
of guardians held to-day and yesterday. It appears
from the meeting of the guardians of the West Derby
Union (which includes that part of Liverpool known
as Everton, and Toxteth-park) to-day, that there have
been a great number of fatal cases in Toxteth-park
during the week. And from an official communication
made to the Liverpool select vestry, at their meeting
yesterday, it appeared that the number of deaths in
the parish of Liverpool (excluding Everton and Tox-
teth-park), for the week ending Saturday last, were
103, as compared with 79 during the preceding week,
and 36 the week preceding that. It will therefore
be seen that the disease is steadily progressing. The
attacks, moreover, are not confined to the lower
classes, inasmuch as there have been several fatal
cases amongst those in the higher classes in
society. Mr. Dewhurst, a respectable solicitor
in the town, fell a victim to the disease yesterday.
Ile was well and at business up to Monday even-
ing, when he was attacked, and died yesterday morn-
ing. The Rev. John Macnaught, incumbent of St.
Chrysostom's Church, Everton, was suddenly attacked
early on Sunday morning, and during the day was con-
sidered to be in a highly dangerous state. The rev.
gentleman was prayed for in his own church on Sunday
morning and evening, when the fact was made known to
the members of his congregation. We are glad, how.
ever, to be able to say that he is now convalescent.
There has been a decided change in the weather to-day'
and the atmosphere has become much cooler than for
some weeks past, which, it is hoped, will check the pro-
grass of the disease.

THE GUN TRAM—BIRMINGHAM, Tuesday.—Forms
of tender for materials for small arms were this morn-
ing received, and the trade is thereby animated with the
assurance that the Belgian gun-makers are not in that
state of perfection to complete with the tone and exact
finish of British manufactures. The Board of Ordnance
has manifestly acted only in a spirit of justice to the
country when it ordered from Liege, for instance, rifle
sights at 4s. 7d. each, which were charged hero at
ss. 10d. As soon, however, as foreign make are
believed to be vastly inferior to our own, and obviously
unsuitable to match the high class work in other parts
of British war guns, the board has wisely and judici-
ously, and, in the opinion of the trade, has handsom.ely,
(for it has acted without loss of time) decided on dealinc,
with fidelity to the nation and justice to the trade. Per-
suaded that kindly feelings rather than hostile.. motivess who
influence the conduct of the baard, the "erat"thea'n the
greatly appreciate these considerations no lteoss
contractors, are more disposed than
shoulders to the wheel, and by working.
hope to be
with increased nicety of finish in their work,an
d satisfy the
ever
ver?_ute,thaenidr
able to convince the board,
Duke of Newcastle, and prove
of small
the superiority of England in the fabricationttoheillsees able to sustain

NARROW ESCAPE OF A TIGHT-ROPE PERFORMER.--•
The entertainments at the Clifton Zoological Gardens on,
Monday evening were announced to conclude with Sig-
nora Pauline Violante's " terrific ascent on a rope 90
high and 300 feet long, amidst a brilliant display of
feet
fireworks." Accordingly about nine o'clock Madame
Violanto commenced the ascent, bat it was soon very
perceptible that the rope was not tight enough to be safe.
She, however, after one or two attempts, reached almost
the middle of the rope ; but at that part it oscillated so
thhouunsgan in
violently that, finding her balance gone, she threw away
her pole, fell across the rope, and luckily succeeded in
thousands,
mjiodinaeidr amidst
grasping
ami t
screams
tfhtilill
the
r assembled
hands, and
ihdliert
th
own piercing cries for help. For ten or 'fifteen •
she thus clung helplessly by her hands and feet, • minutes
of dragging herself forward or
backward incapable
so as to reach
an upright supporter, at untillength
a very long ladder
having been placed•
upright
against the rope, she was
rescued front her perilous position and led
fainting condition. Such f• • • l
away in a
follies will never be abandoned
until one OP more lives have
been sacrificed.--Sherborne
Journal.