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TIIE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JEVENING, SEPTEMBER l2, 1849.

LITERATURE.
STRATAGEMS ; a Story,
.fi,r Young People. By

Airs. Newton Crosland.
A sweet tale, penn'd in a fair mood, awl such as
will make a rare gift for a child. The aim of this
small book is good, tor that aim is to show the grace
of Truth and the joy of Love. Mrs. Crosland (once
Camilla Toulmin) has felt the force of the pen when
it tends to teach a young mind, and she has known
the worth of those tales, which prove how vain sin i,,
how false pride is, and how fair truth is to see in
that germ'of a man—a boy ;or in that germ of the sex
which is kith and kin to his—a girl. Her book is,
then, far from low in tone. It soars high up on the
wings of thought to the realms of youth—to the dawn
of life—to the sense of a child. She has read (it is plain
to learn) the leaves of those dear books which have
once had a charm for us all—those books, the queens,
the seers, the bards of which are Mrs. Hoffland, Mrs.
Barbauld, Mrs. Trimmer, aye, and Miss Edgeworth,
too, in her old age and just close on her death.
" Patience," " Orlando," and the " Robins," are tales
of a like kind R ith " Stratagems." But " Strata-
gems," though last, is not least; is far from least; is
one of the best. Each child who reads it will know,
and love well, poor Susan the maid, and Tiny the
dog (not the dog of a dream but the dog of a home),
and Oriana the black, and Helen, and Frank, and
Mrs. Beecham, and Mrs. Travers. The gold coin,
the doll, the thief met in the green lane, the
craft of Oriana, the grief of Susan, the pains
borne by Helen, the glad heart of Frank—all
tend to raise the grace and charm of the
book. To add to its look as a gift, it is
deck'd with prints; and though the first leaves are
sad, the last are fill'd with joy. We trust some
kind hand will buy the tale, and give it as a boon
to each child, to touch its mind and lips with truth,
and to lift its heart to Love. There are books worse
than tales for the small ones of earth—on art and
such like—far out of their ken. Give them things
like this. Force not the mind as a vine to yield
fruit ere its time. Let the germ rise ;do not lift it.
The bud first—then the leaf. The bloom first—then
the fruit. The prime comes at noon not at dawn.
So with the soul of„a child. "Boa" has told this well
in Mr. Toots—whose mind was made to blow, and
blow, and blow, till he was left but as a stalk. So
say we. Mrs. Hoffland must be read first, then Mr.
Pinnock. Mrs. Barbauld must take the lead of Mr.
Parley. Hence we hail " Stratagems " as a boon
for each child, and we hope that friends, young and
old, may glean some joy from the book as a tale or
as a gift.

CHATEAUBRIAND'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
Vol. 111.

The continuation of an admirable translation of the
celebrated Memoires d' Outre Tombe forms the last
volume of that most excellent and deserving serial,
published by Messrs. Simms and M'lntyre, "The
Parlour Library of Instruction." We cannot too
highly commend a periodical of such a sterling and
elevating character, contrasting as it does so strongly
with those demoralising and prurient effusions which
have hitherto been spawned from the printing-press
under the attractive title of cheap literature, and the
principal peculiarity of which is that their depravity
is only equalled by their foolishness. Among the
many benefactors of the population we regard as about
the most eminent, because the most practical, those
publishers, who by a laudable enterprise and a judi-
cious selection, present the public with wholesome
food for the mind. Conspicuous among these are
certainly the publishers of the "Parlour Library of
Instruction," a series of volumes in which entertain-
ment and improvement have been most felicitously
combined. Besides our well wishes, they have
secured our most cordial felicitations.

GRIFFITHS v. WALFORD.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—My attention has been recently drawn to a
report in your journal of the 15th instant, of the trial of
this cause at the Guildhall County Court, on the 13th
of July last. The case is headed as "Important Case—
The Public and Medical Men."

Your report contains a very full statement of certain
parts of the case, but there are two points entirely
omitted, which, in justice to the defendant, should have
been inserted. I allude first to the statement of the
plaintiff's demand, and secondly, to the amount of the
verdict which he actually obtained. The particulars of
the plaintiff's demand are as follows :-
1849.—T0 expenses incurred by the plaintiff, £ s. d.
being detained in London two days, namely
the second and third days of April, 1849,
in consequence of defendant having admi-
nistered to him a solution of sulphate of
magnesia instead of Sir James Murray's
fluid magnesia
To loss sustained thereby in consequence
of having to pay the wages of twenty
men and servants, who were unemployed
for two days waiting for plaintiff to give
them orders
To loss sustained in consequence of three
horses standing idle for the same cause
To rent and common charges of concern for
two days
To loss of profits of trade for two days in con-
sequence of the above .
To injury and inconvenience to plaintiff's
health in consequence of the above

6 0 0

1 16 0

2 0 0

6 0 Q

Total £l7 16 0

The plaintiff thus endeavoured to obtain 171. 16s. from
the pocket of the defendant. The jury gave him a ver-
dict for five shillings, which entitled him to 3s. 4d. costs.
I must also be permitted to observe, that the evidence
of Alexander Jackson (the most important testimony in
the case) is not reported so fully as the addresses of the
plaintiff. This witness stated most distinctly that when
the plaintiff first came into the defendant's shop (no
other person being present) he, the plaintiff, said he
wanted some advice, and did not ask for fluid magnesia,
or any ether particular medicine—if he had witness
would have readily supplied him, (it was proved that
Murray's fluid magnesia was kept in the shop); but as
the plaintiff said he wanted advice, which he (the wit-
ness) did not feel himself qualified to give, the plaintiff
was about to leave unsupplied with any medicine what-
ever. He was, in reality, in the act of quitting the
shop, when dr. Walford, the defendant, came in, and
the witness informed Mr. Watford that the plaintiff
wanted some advice., The plaintiff complained to the
defendant that he was suffering from flatulency and
heartburn, and the defendant having asked him a ques-
tion or two as to what he had been taking, and looked
at his tongue, administered to him a mixture of bicar-
bonate of magnesia, which had been prepared by Mr.
Lunn.

I feel bound, in justice to the defendant, to trouble
you with these observations, because the report as it now
stands, unaccompanied by the facts which I have stated,
is calculated to convey an erroneous impression of the
defendant's conduct, and injure him seriously in his pro-
fession.—l have the honour to remain, Sir, your obe-
dient servant, THOS. FRYER,
Defendant's Attorney.
11, Artillery-place, Finsbury-square, Aug. 30.

. THE CHOLERA.—In consequence of the alarming
prevalence of this disease in various parts of the metro.
polis, it has been deemed advisable to recommend a day
to be observed as one of special supplication, and yes-
terday the following official notice was issued:—" The
Lord Bishop of London has recommended the clergy of
those parishes in his diocese where the cholera prevails
to urge upon the;r parishoners the observance of some
one Sunday as a day of special supplication and interces-
sion with reference to that fearful visitation. His Lord-
ship has suggested a Sunday for that purpose, being of
opinion that any other day not appointed by authority
would probably not be so generally or devoutly observed.
The form of prayer about to be put forth by authority
will facilitate a compliance with his Lordship's recom-
mendation." Sunday next, the 16th inst., has been ap-
pointed for this purpose according to his Lordship's re-
commendation, when the general form of prayer will be
used, and appropriate sermons delivered in most of the
metropolitan churches.
STATE OF TRADE—MANCHESTER.—There was an
exceedingly heavy and inactive market yesterday in
Manchester. Manufacturers were unable to transact
any great amount of business, because of the high prices
ruling in the goods market. Many buyers held back to
the last moment, expecting the arrival of the steamer
from America. The demand for yarn was limited.
There was a good inquiry for printers' cloths, both nar-
row and broad, but very few would submit to the ex-
treme rates, and in some cases a slight reduction was
submitted to. Parties are anxiously watching the
cotton market, and on account of the uncertainty always
existing at this time of the year, are holding off till the
real state of the cotton crop is known. The country
houses are not so actively employed as they usually are
at this season, and considerable disappointment has been
manifested.

THE EXPLOSION AT KENSINGTON.—ADDITIONAL
PARTICULARS.—The explosion which occurred on Mon
day evening on the premises of Mr. Jones, a firework
maker, in Oliver's Cottages, High-street, Kensington.
briefly reported in this journal of yesterday, was at-
tended with a far greater destruction of property than
was at first anticipated, and unfortunately the injuries
the wife of the proprietor sustained have terminated
fatally. From the inquiries instituted yesterday by the
brigade, it seems that Mr. Janes had obtained a larger
order than usual for a stock of fireworks for the Flora
Gardens; that they were nearly finished, when his wife
accidentally let fall a box of lucifers, which becoming
ignited fired the whole of the fireworks, as well as a
quantity of loose composition and gunpowder, and hence
the disaster.
So loud was the noise caused by the ex-
plosion that people at a distance at first thought the
powder magazines in Hyde Park had blown up. Mr.
Jones, the proprietor of the premises, is in the infir-
mary, suffering from the injuries he received
ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSIIIHE.—His
Grace the Duke of Devonshire nod numerous suite ar-
rived at his noble resickucc, the Li,more Castle, on
Friday last, the 7th inst. He was accompanied by the
Larl of Burlington and several other distinguished mem
bers di the nubility. t)n the evening of his Grace's ar-
rival the town (if LiAnore arid the adjoii,ing districts
were tiridiantiv and public rejoicings kept
up until a late hour that, night, as a strong mark of the
respect which the inhabitants of Li,niore so justly (.11"
; ertain towards the Noble Duke.—Cork Examiner.

Ihe treasures of the deep are not so precious as are
the corceuled comtortb o: a mum lovked up to wouutu, $
loye.—Eliza Cook': Journal.

IRELAND.

TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, lI.P.,Ecc.

LETTER 111.

My Lord,--There was an omission in my last,
after the words "to become tenants of land of that
annual value," there should have followed, "to
which they would be entitled if their share became a
prize."
Previous to comparing the proposal I have made
with the plans suggested by others, it may be as well
to state shortly the advantages which the proposed
tontine would confer on every one ; saying nothing
of those which would accrue to the Irish people by
giving them employment, for these are apparent to
every rational being.
Independent of the fact that it is hardly possible
any gambling could take place in the shares of the
tontine, such shares would only be taken by those
who desired to make a permanent investment as a
provision for children ; and this is a most important
element in considering the most eligible mode of rais-
ing capital for agricultural purposes.
For such operations, if conducted in the best and
most profitable manner—and it is only in this way
the people can be employed—can 'only make an
adequate return after the lapse of several years.
Subscribers to a joint-stock company will not wait
for this, while the shareholders in the tontine I have
proposed would advance their money as a permanent
investment, the first return of which would be at
the expiration of ten years.
The proprietors who are unfortunately obliged to
sell their land will assuredly obtain a higher price
from a tontine company than they would from an
individual capitalist; for few would like to wait so
long for an adequate return ; while that delay is the
characteristic of a tontine, and one source of its
profit. Who would grudge this advantage to a dis-
tressed proprietor ?
And to those whose distress has been caused by
vicious legislation—yes, it can never be too often
repeated that the national cause of Irish distress has
been the wicked measures of Sir Robert Peel and his
party. Individual cases of extravagance may un-
doubtedly have occurred, but his Currency Bill gave
Irish proprietors the first blow ; then his corn-law,
which promised them a high price for their corn;
then his repeated assertions, down to a late period,
that he would never consent to a departure from the
principle of the sliding scale.
These were the measures to which Irish proprietors
are indebted for their present position. They
.be-
lieved then high rental was safe ; they entered into
mortgages and family settlements,
Justice
pecuniary en-
gagements, under this impression. to the people
at last prevailed, and with classic retribution, by the
hands of the principal delinquent ; but where is' the
Englishman who would not do all in his power to
alleviate the distress of the victim?

Then, with regard to the shareholders, who (un-
like the gamblers in joint-stock companies, taking
shares with the view of selling them at a profit), are
prepared to make a present sacrifice for the benefit of
their children, or those whom they love. Is not
this a feeling which should be encouraged by all wise
statesmen ?
A tontine such as I have suggested would confer a
great social advantage to the community ; for if there
is one subject more than another on which there is
greater unanimity of opinion, among all wise men of
all nations and of all ages, it is the magnitude of the
evil which inevitably occurs in every wealthy coun-
try by the tendency to accumulate large masses of
property in the hands of individuals.
Various remedies have been proposed, and some
adopted to meet this admitted evil ; but all of them
fraught with the still greater danger of an inter-
ference with that bond of society—the rights of pro-
perty. But the tontine which I have proposed, having
a great number of prizes of different value, combines
all the beneficial effect of occasionally breaking up
and dividing large masses of property, without the
slightest possibility of incurring that serious danger.
If then the adoption of the proposed tontine would
confer such advantages to all—to the community, by
finding a remedy for an admitted evil—to the em-
barrassed proprietors, who will obtain a higher price
than they would otherwise expect—to the subscribers,
by enabling them at a present trifling sacrifice to
provide for a loved object—to the Irish people, by the
introduction of that capital which is essentially ne-
cessary for their employment—and to Great Britain,
distressed by Irish woes—will your Lordship hesitate
to adopt it, because, forsooth, " One-eyed Men" will
persist in calling it a lottery.
Now, let me compare this proposal with others
which have been made for the benefit of the Irish
people—first, that introduced by your Lordship for
the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland, a wise and
salutary measure, faulty, as I believe, in some of its
details, but in its broad outline the proposal of a states-
man ; and it possessed, independent of its intrinsic
merits, this inestimable advantage—that men of all
parties and creeds in Ireland believed that it would
be most efficacious, both in its immediate effect and
in its certain consequences.

Sir Robert Peel opposed the measure, and, according
.0 his usual practice, commenced with misstating its
character. He untruly called it the " Drainage of
Bogs." In all probability his opposition would have
been unsuccessful, had it not been for the discreditable
conduct of a member of your Lordship's Cabinet. Be
that as it may, your Lordship was obliged to with-
draw the very best measure yet introduced for alle-
viating the condition of the Irish people.
Next came the proposal of Lord Stanley, also
bearing the mark of a statesman's mind. He did not
believe that the adoption of any one measure, however
useful in itself, could possibly be sufficient to relieve
the country ; and he would apply, with an unsparing
hand, to each distressed locality that remedy which
was most appropriate to local wants.
Then Sir Robert Peel introduced his nostrum, and
remembering the year when he used to drink
" Protestant ascendancy " and the " Immortal me-
niory," at a time when the surest path to place lay in
pandering to Orange bigotry, seriously proposed to
try colonization in Ireland, because that had been
successful nearly two centuries ago 111
The public were amazed, the Irish rejoiced, for the
silly proposal was announced with all the pomposity
for which he is celebrated ; and they believed that
one who called himself a statesman would not con-
descend to raise hopes and expectations, without
being prepared to satisfy them by laying on the
table a Bill showing the mode his proposition might
be practically carried out.
Those who had watched his conduct on this and
other questions entertained no such belief—they knew
that the same motive actuated him in opposing your
Lordship's measure for the reclamation of waste
lands, and, in proposing this shadow, the result has
been that those three proposals, so singularly indi-
cative of the respective characters of the individuals
introducing them, have produced nothing for the
benefit of Ireland or of the Irish people.
Then came the proposal of Sir Charles Wood, by
the grace of the Greys Chancellor of the Exchequer;
but I must leave this and other measures for a sub-
sequent letter, and have the honour to remain,
Your Lordship's most obedient servant,
Cor, war, Sept. 5,1849. RIGBY WASON.

CO URT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, SEPT. 9.

Her Majesty and the Prince, attended by the Mar-
chioness of Douro, the Hon. Miss Dawson, Earl Grey,
Mr. Sheriff Allison, Mr. Anson, Lieutenant-Colonel tke
Hen. Alexander Gordon, and Mr. Birch, attended
Divine service this morning at the parish church. The
duty was performed by the Rev. Mr. Anderson.
Her Majesty and the Prince, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice,
and Prince Alfred, walked out this afternoon.

Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governor of the Gambia.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
Ile who seeks on earth repose
b bereft of common sense;
Soon the day of truth would close
In the night of indolence.
Mind bath much to learn below;
Knowledge hourly must be sought;
Ever seeking truth to know,
Wisdom comes with work and thought.
He is not the friend of man,
Nor his own—it cannot be—
Who pursues a selfish plan,
Basking 'neath his own fig-tree.
Ile's a noble man, who seeks
'Mid the world's love, toil, and strife,
Right; and giveth, as he speaks,
Thought to thought, and life to life.
Ever in his onward way,
Beauty, grandeur, he descries—
Or in summer's azure day,
Or in winter's stormy skies.
Blest the mind to which is shown,
That there is—on earth, in heaven—
Ever something to be known:
'Ds the greatest blessing given.
Ever mind must mind employ,
Ever must receive and give;
Still to learn is to enjoy,
And enjoying is to live.
Nature is an ancient college,
Free to all its open portal;
Make thyself a man by knowledge,
And then hope to be immortal.

J. NEVAY.

DEVON AND EXLT/c.R. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.--
~.xhiithion for the sil,stin was held at Northern-
hay, on Friday last. The show of flowers, fruit, and
vegetable: was maguifivent, but the attendance of visitors
thin, in e.naparisun wi,h former Devonshire
Chronicle.

ALI4Ors, TYE HISTORIAN, AT COURT.—We under
ta,() that Sheriff Alison left Glasgow this tuurning► tor
fialoaoral, by special invitatioa of her Majesty.—North
Mail

THE CHOLERA.
RETURN OF CASES, SEPT. 11.
THE METROPOLIS.
SUPERINTENDING REGISTRARAI DISTRICT.
Deaths.
Attacks. Cholera. Diarrh
WEST DISTRICTS.

Kensington ••• ... ...
Chelsea... ••• ... ...
St. George, Hanover-square ...
Westminster
Martin-in-the-Fields
St. James, Westminster
NORTH DISTRICTS.

10 3
9 1
8 2
13 2
2 0
1 1

Marylebone ... ... ••• ---- 6 1
Hampstead ... ~. ... .0.1 0 0
St. Parierge ... ... ••• 12 2
Islington ... ... ... ---- 13 2
Hackney ... ... ... 2 0

St. Giles ...
Strand ...
HolVrn Unien
Clerkenwell
St. Luke
East London
West London
City of London

CENTRAL DISTRICTS.

• • • "...'•

EAST DifiTEIC'TS.
Shoreditch ••• •••
Beth nal•green •••
Whitechapel ••• •••
St. George-in-the-East •••

Stepney ...
Poplar ... ...

•• • •••
SOUTH DISTRICTS.
St. Saviour, Southwark •••
St. Olave ... ... ...
Bermondsey ... ••• •••
St. George, Southwark •••
Newington, Surrey ... ...
Lambeth • ... • • ...
Wandsworth ... ... ~.
Camberwell ... ... ...
Rotherbithe ... ...
Greenwich ...
Lewisham ... ... ... -•--

24
29
42
60

W...., ~..• OM

Total ... 432 43

Liverpool ...
Merthyr Tydril
Clifton .••
Portwa •••

THE COUNTRY.
Aback,.

Warrington ... ... ...
Newmanle-under-Lyne ... ---
Salisbury ••• ... •••
Tynemouth ... ••• ••• --•
Lancaster ... ... •.•
Brighton ... ••• ...
Neath ... ... ... ... —.
West Ham ... ••• ••• —•
Bradford and North Bierley .•
Sculcoates ... •••
Bristol ... ... •••
Gravesend and Milton
Maidstone ...
St. Germans ...
Rochford ..-
Dewsbury ...
Prescot .••
Dover ... .••
Anglesey .••
Leeds ... •••
Hunslet •••
•
Hastings . ••• •••
Wolverhampton and Siesdon
Holywell ••• •••
Bridgwater ... •••
Barnstaple ... •••
East Stonehouse •••
Halifax ••• •••
Hull ... ••• •••
Wilton ••• •••
Salford... ••• •••
Devizes ••• •••
Nottingham ... •••
Bolton ••• •••
Tavistock ••• •••
Worcester .-• •••
Bury ... ••• •••
Madeley ••• •••
Sheppey ••• •••
Wolstanton ... •••
Manchester ... •••
Gainsborough ... •••
Ashton-under-Lyne .••
St. Albans ... .••
Abergavenny ... •••
Abingdon ... ..•
Alverstoke ... •••
Aston ... ... •••
Alderbury ... .. •••
Great Broughton (Chester) •••
Birmingham ... ... •••
Bedminster ... ••• •••
Blackburn ... ••• •
Billericay ... ••• •••
Chorlton ... ••• •••
Coventry ... ••• •••
Chester-le-Street ... •••
Dudley ••• ... •••
Dartford ... ..• •••
Eton ... ... ... •••
Exeter ... ... ... ...
Ecclesall, Bierlou ... •••
Fordingbridge... • •
Falmouth ... ...
Goole ... ... •••
Gateshead ... ... ...
Howden .e•
Headington ... ... . •
Henley ... ...
Huddersfield ... ... ...
Hitchin ••• ... ...
Ramsgate ••• •.• •••
Margate ••• ... ..•
Keynsham ... ... ..•
Kidderminster ••• ..•
Leicester ..• ... •.•
Mansfield ••• ...
Mailing (Kent) ..• ...
Bourne ... ••• • •
Banbury ... ••• ...
Basford ... ... •••
Cheltenham ... ... ~.
Crickhowell ... ... ...
Flegg (Norfolk) ... „.
Godstone ... ... ...
Knaresborough ... ..•
Llanelly ••• ••• •„
Leaden
... ...
Lewes (Chailey, Firle, and
Newnhum) ...
.. •„

••• .....
••• ••• ...
••• ••• ......

••• .......

•••

Deaths.
Ckolera. Diarrb..
16 3
3 0
12 0
6 2
1 0
6 0
2 0
3 0
4 1
18 0
2 0
4
7 1
19 0
9 3
2 0
1 0
5 0
5 0
8 1
1
• 1
4 0
58 7
33 4
1 0
32 1
1 3
2 0
1 0
2 0
1 0
50 5
O 1
7 6
2 0
O 1
2 0
5 0
1 0
2 0
2 0
1 0
1 0
18 4
9 1
1 0
1 0
6 1
2 0
2 0
3 0
2 0
2 0
O 9
3 0
3 1
O 1
4 4
3 4
8 0
3 1
3 1
1 0
2 1
O 1
1 0
1 0
2 2
2 0
4 0
2 0
3 0
O 1
1 0
4 0
1 2
1 0
1 0
O 2
O 1
1 0
1
• 1
O 1
O 3
2 0
1 0
1 0
O 1
2 0
O 1

Total ... ... ~.

449

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

MAIDSTONE.—Picking has commenced in many
places, but the result of the yield is not yet suffi-
ciently known to form an opinion on. The mould
seems to be fast increasing, and the nights having
been generally cold during the last week, the bales
have probably done all they can do. As an instance
of the irregular character of the crop, it may be.
mentioned that in part of Air. Gurney's Maidstone
plantation (in which picking commenced yesterday),
the crop will probably exceed six bags an acre, whilst
in other parts it will probably not exceed one. In
few recent years has there prevailed such an uncer-
tainty as to the crop.

WATERINGB MU; MEREWORTH, TESTON, AND NET
TLESTEAD.—Picking has just begun by several of the
growers in these parishes, and the result proves that
the crop will fall far short of the supposed amount,
and most persons express their surprise as to the
ravages of the mould, as it was never seen to make
so rapid increase. There are acres in these parishes
of which the produce will be shorter than was ex-
pected by most persons, and. the duty is called gene-
rally about 80,0001., and in many acres a bin will not
be put.
MALLING.—Where picking has commenced they
are found to come down light„ and in some grounds
both red and white mould is progressing fast.
YALDING AND HuraoN.--Several began picking
last week, and this week it will become general.
There is great complaint of the mould. The hops do
not come down so well as was expected.
HORSMONDEN.—Picking commenced in this parish
on Friday last, and we do not remember the samples
so good for the last twelve years, both ripe and full
of condition, but we seem to clear the ground at an
awful rate. Where the 100,000/. duty is to come
from will be a puzzler. Supposing every parish to
average half of last year's growth, deducting one-
sixth less plant, it would stand at 88,0001. Now
start from Edenbridge, to Rochester, Canterbury,
Tenterden, and East Grinstead, back to Edenbrifige.
What will they do ? Not more than one-sixth
last year's duty ; certainly there are a very few
parishes which will do three-fourths. We must de-
duct far mould, 7,000, and the growth is done with
the black hops, which had been improving until the
cold three days commencing on the sth.
BRENCHLET.—Some of our planters have com-
menced picking during the past week, others began
yesterday. In consequence of the hops coming down
very short of the estimation on the poles, the duty
has materially receded in this vicinity.
GOUDIRJEST.—Our picking will generally com-
mence about the latter end of the week. The late
few cold days have retarded the growth of the back-
ward grounds where they were partially affected.
There is in some grounds a fresh attack of fly, but it
is absolutely impossible that they can do any harm so
late in the season.

CANTERBURY.—The hops here are said now to have
done all that they can do, and the picking will shortly
commence. Slappington grotmds are very indifferent
indeed, but there are some grounds very promising
for the season at Wingham, Ickharn, Harbledown, &c.
EDENBRIDGE.—The hops are getting full of condi-
tion, and will be soon ready for picking. They are,
however, generally very short—about one cwt. per
acre in this parish.
HUESTGREEN.—The hops are about the same as
last week, with the exception that they will want
securing in a short time, in consequence of the
ravages of the flea. Maidstone Gazette.

SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL
FRENCH, BELGIAN, GERMAN, AND
AMERICAN RAILWAYS.
`an following are the names and number of miles in
length of each railway,viz.:—French Railways—St. Ger-
mains, 114 miles; Versialles (right and left bank), 244;
Strasburg and Basle,B7; Paris and Orleans, 82; Paris and
Rouen, 84; Rouen and Havre, 59; Avignon and Marseilles,
33; Montpellier and Cette, 164; Mulhausen and Tham,
11i; St. Stevens and Lyons, 31; Orleans, Tour, and Bor-
deaux, 80; Orleans and Vierzon, 1441; Boulogne and
Amiens, 95; Paris and Lyons, 320; Great North of
France, 337; Lyons and Avignon, 142; Paris and Stras-
burg. 410. Belgian Railways —North line, Brussels to
Antwerp, 274 ; West Line, Malines to Ostend, 76i;
East Line, Malines to the Prussian frontier, 821;
,South
line, Brussels to the French frontier, 51; Ghent to the
French frontier and Tourney, 48; Tournay and Jurbise
and Landen and Hasselt, 48 ; Braine-le-Compte to
Namur, 41 ; Sambre and Meuse, 60; Louvain a la
Sambre, 53; Namur and Liege, 49i; Great Luxemburg,
84. German Railways—Leipzig-Dresden, 71k; Leipzig-
Magdeburg, 72 ; Leipzig-Ho, 96 ; Berlin-Cothen, 96 ;
Berlin-Potsdam, 18 ; Berlin-Stettin, 89 ; Berlin-
Frankfort-on-Oder, 48 ; Berlin-Hamburgh, 175 ; Halle-
Esienach, 120; Hamburgh-Bergedorf, 10; Altona Kiel,
63; Magdeburg-Halberstadt, 30; Brunswick-Hanover,
40; Hanover-Harburg, 110; Hanover-Bremen, 80;
Cologne-Minden, 190 • Cologne-Aix-la-Chapelle, 54 ;
Cologne-Bonn, 20; Dusseldorf- Elberfeld, 17; Frank-
forto M. Wiesbaden, 26 ; Frankfort- on-the-Maine-
Manbeim, 48 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine-Cassel, 104 ;
Manheim-Carlsruhe• Kehl, 70; Bexbachline, Manheim-
Sarrbruck, 65; Augsburg-Lindau, 87; Augsburg-Munich,
45; Ausburg-Hof; 220; Nuremburg-Furth, 5; Bam-
berg Frankfort • on-the- Maine, 25; Vienna- Glogg-
nitz, 53; Gloggnitz-Trieste, 350; Nordbalin Vienna-
Prague, 500; Prague-Dresden, 115; Dresden- Gorlitz, in
progress; Frankfort-on-the- Oder-Breslau, 200; Breslau-
Frieburg, 40; Oppelm-Crakau, 90; Bud weia-Germur-
den, 120. American Railways—Portland, Saco, and
Portsmouth, 50; Concord, 35; Boston and Maine, 56;
Boston and Maine Extension, 17; Boston and Lowell,
26; Boston and Providence, 41; Boston and Worcester,
44; Berkshire, 21; Eastern, 54; Fitchburg, 50; Nashua
and Lowell, 14; New Bedford and Taunton, 20; Nor-
wich and Worcester, 59; Western, 156; Taunton
Branch, 11; Housatonic, 74; Hartford, Newhaven,
and Springfield, 63 ; Stonington, 48; Attica and
Buffalo, 31; Auburn and Rochester, 78; Auburn and
Syracuse, 26; Buffalo and Niagara, 22; Erie, 446;
Harlem, 26; Hudson and Berkshire, 31; Long Island,
96; Mohawk and Hudson, 17; Saratoga and Schenec-
tady, 22 ; Schenectady and Troy, 20 ; Syracuse and
Utica, 53; Tonnawanda, 43 ; Troy and Greenbush, 6 ;
Troy and Saratoga, 25 ; Utica and Schenectady, 75 ;
Camden and Amboy, 61 ; Elizabeth-town and Somer-
ville, 26; New Jersey, 34 ; Paterson, 16 ; Beaver Mea-
dow, 26 ; Cumberland Valley, 46 ; Harrisburgh and
Lancaster, 36 ; Hazleton branch, 10 ; Little Schuylkill,
29 ; Blossburg and Corning, 40 ; Manch Chunk, 9 ;
Minebill and Schuylkill Haven, 18 ; Norristown, 20 ;
Philadelphia and Trenton, 30 ; Pottsville and Danville,
29; Reading, 94 ; Schuylkill Valley, 10 ; Williamsport
and Elmica, 25 ; Philadelphia and Baltimore, 93 ;
Frenchtown, 16 ; Baltimore and Ohio, 188 ; Baltimore
and Susquehanna, 58; Baltimore and Washington, 38 ;
Greeneville and Roanoke, 17 ; Petersburg and Roanoke,
60 ; Portsmouth and Roanoke, 78 ; Richmond and
Fredericksburg, 61 ; Richmond and Petersburg, 22 ;
Winchester and Potomac, 32 ; Raleigh and Gaston, 14;
Wilmington and Raleigh, 161 ; South Carolina, Colum-
bia, 202; Central, 190 ; Georgia, 147 ; Lexington and
Ohio, 40; Little Miami, 40 ; Mad River, 40 ; Madison
and Indianopolis, 56; Champlain and St. Lawrence, 15 ;
State Railways, Columbia, 82 ; Portage, 130 ; Central
Railway, 110; and Southern Railway, 68.

SINGULAR. AND SHOCKING ACCIDENT.--A most
unusual description of accident, attended with very se-
rious results, occurred to Mr. Thomas Brooks, boot and
shoemaker, of Broad-street, on Monday last. He had
placed a pair of kid gloves upon his hands for the pur-
pose of cleaning them, and was washing them in turpen-
tine, when, finding the exhalation affecting his throat, he
went to the kitchen to fetch his pipe. He lit a piece of
paper at the fire, in order to ignite the tobacco, when,
unfortunately, the flame came too near one of the gloves,
then soaked and wet with the inflammable liquor, and in
an instant his hand was in a blaze. Taking hold of it
with the other hand to pull the glove off, that too ignited,
and then in his alarm he rubbed both hands in his hair,
which was directly burnt off, and the right side of his
face was dreadfully scorced. He only extinguished the
flames upon his hands at last by throwing himself down
and wrapping them in the carpet. We are sorry to say
that his hands are most terribly injured, the skin being
entirely burnt off with the gloves; and he has remained
since in the greatest suffering, and indeed danger.—
Worcester Herald.
A GIRL SHOT.—Yesterday morning, while a party
of mill-workers wero proceeding to their employment at
Mr. Couper's mill, Calton, some of them commenced to
assail with stones, and otherwise to annoy, a person who
had been stationed to guard a field in the vicinity. This
fellow had provided himself with a gun, and, crossing
over the hedge into the road, ho deliberately raised it
and fired on a girl of the party, about fourteen years of
age. The girl, instantly fell; but on examination,
though it was found that no less than ten drops of lead
had entered her body, no vital part had been touched,
and nothing serious was anticipated. This must have
been the result of the shot having been far spent before
it reached the girl, otherwise the consequences would
undoubtedly have been very serious. She was immedi-
ately removed to her mother's house—a woman of the
name of Morgan, residing in Canning-street—where the
lead was extracted and her wounds dressed. She is now
progressing favourably. The party who fired the gun
proved to be a middle-aged man, somewhat eccentric and
uncouth in appearance, named David Kerr, a weaver, in
London-road. He was immediately apprehended and
locked up in the Calton police-office.—!forth British
Mail.
Nzw CHURCHES.—The twenty-ninth annual report
of her Majesty's Commissioners for Building New
Churches was published on Saturday. The last report
stated that 420 churches had been completed, in which
accommodation had been provided for 464,008 persons,
including 267,767 free seats, appropriated to the use of
the poor. The Commissioners now have to report that
twenty• nine churches have, by the aid of grants from
the funds placed at their disposal, been completed at va-
rious places throughout England, in which accommoda-
tion has been provided for 19,265 persons, including
13,309 seats for the use of the poor. Thus, in the
whole 449 churches have now been completed, and pro-
vision therein made for 483.273 persons, including
281,076 free seats for the poor. Twenty-one new
churches are now in course of erection, and plans f osvL
the building of twenty-two more have been app&of
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local
The remain r of the report refers to matters
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property of Mr. Lawrence, surgeon, nt3hisol Monday
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lIRICES OF SHARES
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM
YANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List.
PUBITSZIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11.

ZOINT-.STOCIL BANKS.

Name of Company.

Dividend
per

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Commercial of London
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Gloucestershire • • • • • .
lonian ....
Loudn and Westminstr
Ditto ..............
London Joint-Stock ...
Provincial of Ireland

Annum.

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National of Ireland ..
Nat. Provneial of Eng.
Ditto, New.
South Australia ......
Union of Australia....
Unioa of L0nd0n.....
Union of Madrid .....

31. per cent.
51. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
151 per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

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61. per cent.
51. per cent.
51. per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

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