The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-18 00:00:00

THE SON, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1849,

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LONDON.

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NIG.2T•
The royal mail ',team-ship Canada, Captain Jud-
ltins, which passed Holyhead at noon to-day, reached
the north-west Lght -ship about six o'clock this evening,
where she was obliged to stop for water, the state of
toe tide at that time not permitting her to cross the
Bar. The steam• tender Satellite, Captain Parry, met
the Canada below the light ship, and took up the mails
sod papers on board the Canada. She reports that
the Niagara at Halifax had arrived out, and that the
Caledonia was met at Boston on the 31st ult.
The Washington, from Southampton, had, after a
passage of fifteen days, reached New York.
The Canada brings 112 passengers, and details of
the cause why the Hibernia has not made her passage
in the regular time, gd is yet on the other side of the
Atlantic.
One of the Halifax papers of the ith inst. says :
" The Hibernia, on entering the harbour, slruck on
the rocks at Chebucto Head, and knocked a hole in her
bottom. She was grounded in the dock immediately
after her arrival, and the pumps have been incessantly
worked to keep her free of water. Efforts were made
to stop the leak by building over it. They must have
succeeded, as she sail( d again on Saturday afternoon.
"From one of the Admiralty agents, Lieutenant Ray-
mond, we have received the following report :
" The Hibernia was proceeding at slow speed, the
weather being foggy ; she had a sea pilot on board in
whose charge the ship was then placed, and she c.,n-
-tintn:cl to proceed at the same reduced speed.
" At 6 30 A. m. (August 31) she struck on Chebucto
Head Rocks, and sp'rang a leak forward.
" The engines were immediately reversed and trimmed
by the stern. At 6.55 the port anchor and fifteen
fathoms of chain cable were dropped under foot, and
she was backed off and proceeded up the harbour to her

West Districts

North Districts
Central Districts
Eist Districts
South Districts

Total

237 249 53 58

HOP I.IN TE LLI GEN CE.
MAIDSTONE.—The hops seem to come down short
of expectation in every ground that we have heard of,
in this neighbourhood. One of the best (Mr. Gur-
ney's) will full short one-third. The quality, where
the hol:s have grown out of the blight, is generally
very fine, but many other grounds are much damaged
by the mould. Indeed it is the opinion of some old
planters that in some of the first•mentioncd grounds
the samples will be better than they have been for
years. It is not expected here that the duty will
reach 90,0001.
WATERINGBURY, TESTON, MEREWORTII, AND NET-
TLESTEAD.—The hops in these parishes are far from
good as to quality and also far from great as to
quantity, as the pickings w ill show ; although there
may be instances to the contrary, yet the result will
prove that we are far from an average crop.
WEST DIALLING.---This week will nearly finish the
picking, which will be made short work of this year.
All come down much short of expectation. The duty
is supposed to be much over-rated.
EAST MALLING.—NearIy all the planters have be-
gun to pick, and some have left ofi again owing to
the blighted hops not being bufliciently ripe to take
the fire. It is a general complaint that they come
down full one third short of expectation. But few
pockets have as yet passed the excise scale.
BILENCULEY.—Picking is now in full operation.
The crop is evidently very much short of what many
have set them at on the poles, and the opinion of ex-
perienced planters is that we shall not average 4 cwt.
per acre in this parish, the number of acres in plant
being nearly 500.
YARDING AND HUNTON.—Picking has become
general. The hops come down generally far short of
what before was anticipated, but there are many fine
samples procured.
ROLVENDEN.—Picking became general yesterday.
Some planters who began last week cleared the
ground quite as fast as expected. A few pockets
have been weighed, which required about sixty-three
bushels to the cwt. According to our parish we think
the duty overrated.
HORSMONDEN.—The picking in this parish will
very soon be over as we fall shorter and shorter, from
the slackness of bine ; the hops having the advantage
of sun and air, are excellent in condition. Every
planter in the parish has overrated his growth; in
fact, there was but one person who had any accurate
idea of the growth, and that was the wile of one of
our largest planters. The very best garden in the
parish was laid at 5- tons ; it came down at 3 tons 12
cwt. ; so on in every instance and shorter still.
CRANBROOK.—Picking is proceeding rapidly, the
complaints of short returns are universal.
EDENBRIDGE. ricking has commenced in this
parish, hut the hops come down very light, under one
cwt. per acre as yet.
CANTERBURY.—Picking is now in general opera-
tion in this neighbourhood, and in most instances the
produce falls below the estimated quantity. It is
generally thought that this district will not contribute
more than one-third of the amount of last year's duty,
and hence the cs!imate for Canterbury which has ap-
peared is overrated. The duty meets supporters at
90,0001. to 95,000/., to reach which some districts
)' must prove more favoured than East Kent promises.
ORPINGTON.—We commenced picking on Thurday
) last, in the only ground that will have a bin in it,
) and to give you as correct an idea of the crop this
) year, compared with last, in this particular ground,
) we have picked off the best two acres 369 bushels
(of which last year we picked 1,381 bushels). The
rest off the ground will come down shorter than this,
and we cannot reckon on more than 11 cwt. per acre.
7 TICEHURST.—Some good samples have been ga-
thered in this parish, hut the quantity per acre in
most places comes short of expectation, and the
general opinion is that the present estimated duty is
s too high.
2 HURSTGREEN.—Picking has become general, and
0 many come down short of expectation, about 75
8 bushels to the cwt.
2 FARNLIAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS,
3 SEPT. 17.—The hop-picking at Farnham is progress-
° ing very favourably both as to quantity and quality.
1 We wish we could say as much of the " country;
the quantity falls short, but the quality is very good.
—Maidstone Gazette of this day.

station.
" After undergoing repairs she resumed her voyage
with her passengers and the mails.
On the 4th she experienced unfavourable weather,
which caused her to labour heavily, and the leak to in •
crease to three feet an hour by 9 A.M., up to which time
her four bilge pumps, with the aid of an injection every
hour for eight minutes, kept her free. The leak had
now increased nice inches in fifteen minutes upon the
four bilge pumps, being at the rate of three feet per hour,
as above stated. These circumstances rendered it neces-
sary to use the injection for ten minutes every quarter
of an hour. An attempt was made to place a foresail
over the leak, but it was unsuccessful. A consultation
was then held between the Admiralty agent, the com-
mander, and the chief engineer, who, after maturely
considering the imminent risk of continuing her on her
course, agreed upon the urgent necessity of bearing up
for Halifax_, r. here she arrived at 5.20 All. On the 7th.
"On the Bth, at 3 20 A.M., the Canada arrived from New
York, and having taken on boat(' her own mails and
passengers, and those of the Hibernia, proceeded on her
voyage to England at six o'clock the same morning."
Captain Stone, of the Hibernia, thus writes to the
agents:—
" So far as I am able to form an opinion, I think the
injury the ship has sustained is entirely confined to her
fore foot or, in other words, she only touched the rock

forward.
" Hibernia proceeds to New York for repairs."
On considering this unfortunate accident, it is
pleasing to find that the captain and his officers
are entirely without blatne in the matter, and that in
the trying emergency in which the ship was placed
they have manifested that skill and coolness which
is so eminently requisite in persons having such an
important charge in hand, and for which, moreover,
the captains and crews of the British and North
American royal mail steam-ships are justly celebrated.
This opinion was very strongly expressed by the
passengers, who met on board the Hibernia on the
Gth inst„ and passed the following resolutions, the
Hon. Joseph Balestier in the chair :
" Resolved—That this meeting is of opinion that Capt.
James Stone is in no manner whatever blameable for the
grounding of the ship Hibernia on the morning of the
31st of August on Chebucto Head Rocks, as he had at
the time two experienced pilots iu charge of the ship, and
was himself on duty.
‘*Re.c.dved—That Captain Stone acted strictly in ae
cordance WI his duty in returning towards Halifax on
Tuesday, the 4th inst., as, in the disabled condition of
the ship, the lives, mails, and property on board, would
have been put in imminent danger had the vessel pro-
ceeded on her voyage to England, and they cordially ap-
prove of the conduct adopted by Captain Stone.
" Resolved—That this meeting is of opinion that
Captain Stone, his officers, engineers, and crew generally,
have ever shown great skill and zeal in craning out the
duties of the ship, when placed in danger, as well as at
all other timss, and that Captain Stone, his officers, engi-
neers, and crew generally are entitled to the best thanks
of the meeting.
" Resolved—That the chairman be requested to com-
municate the above resolutions to Captain Stone."
These resolutions were signed by all the male
passengers on board the Hibernia.
We regret to learn that the splendid packet ship
Henry Clay, which formerly used to bring us late
intelligence from New York has been wholly
destroyed by fire.
A communication from New York, written just
before the steamer sailed, thus alludes to the

CORONEIcS' INQUESTS.
ALLEGED MAN SLAtiGHIER OF A MARRIED
WOMAN BY HER lIUSBAND.—Before Mr. H. M.
Wakley, at the Perseverance, Weston-street, King's-
cross, on the body of Nary Anne Porter, aged 846
Mary Casey, a midwife from the workhouse, who
was on Thursday last sent to attend deceased, said
that she had then all the symptoms of Asiatic
cholera. In the evening the husband came home in
a state of drunkenness. He kissed her and said,
" Tell the nurse did I ill-use you." She replied,
" Leave off—don't kill me altogether." She had
been delivered of a child the previous Monday, and
it died of cholera on Wednesday.
Elizabeth Randon saw the husband, on the day
before the child was born, throw his wife on the bed,
and dreadfully beat her; after which, he and his son
(deceased's stepchild) went out. Deceasea's che4
and lips were frightfully swollen by the beating.
Matilda Maddow stated, that on the Sunday men-
tioned by the previous witness, deceased came into
her room, and said that her husband had stabbed her
in the arm. Her lips were dreadfully swollen.
Mr. Popham, surgeon, accompanied by Mr.
Eastell, another district surgeon, visited deceased
on the Wednesday before her death. The husband
and her sister were in the room, and attempted
to force her from the ,bed, when he (Mr. .Popham)
said, " Fellow, what are you doing ? You will kill
the woman." She gradually sunk until Fridpy,
when she died. lie performed a post sear
tea examination. The body was one mass
of bruises. Her upper lip was swollen and
cut inside. On the top of the head was a wound
which reached the brain, causing congestion of the
brain. There was a wound behind the ear. The left
side along the ribs was also bruised. She died of
Asiatic cholera, and the injuries might have been
moving causes to the disease. Had she not died of
cholera, the injuries in course of time wote_cl have
caused death.
Verdict—Deceased died of Asiatic cholera, after
having been cruelly and disgracefully treated by her
husband.
At the close of the inquiry the police arrested the
husband to charge him with his wife's death before
the divisional magistrate.
DEATH OF MR. W. WALKER, STOCKBROKER, /ROM
CH, L,Ra.—Before Mr. Baker, at the Horns, Hackney-
road, on view of the body of Mr. W. Walker, aged sixty,
who died of Asiatic cholera, at No. 45, CultaM-road.
Deceased was by profession a stockbroker, and was a
trrquenter of the Si.ock Exchange. He was of the most
penurious habits, and lived with his brother, who was also
of an eccentric disposition. They would never allow visits
from any one, and the room which they occupied had not
bc, n entered for months by any one except themselves.
It was in a most filthy state, and there were boxes in it
piled one above another. Deceased was in the course of
the last fortnight twice attacked with Asiatic cholera.
He was attended by Mr. Bowen, who stated that the
room occupied by the deceased was in such a revolting
condition as was quite sufficient to lead to an attack of
the disease. Deceased was stated to be in possession of
property. Verdict—"Death from Asiatic cholera."

disaster :
" The New York and Liverpool packet-ship Henry
Clay, took fire at her wharf, foot of Marden-lane, East
River, at three A.M. to day, September 5. She was
loaded eith cotton and turpentine. It is expected she
will be a total loss. She was scuttled, with the view to
save her, but the water at the wharf was not deep
enough, and the effort tailed. She was to have sailed
for Liverpool to- morrow, September 6. She is still
burning, and is now nearly destroyed to the water's
edge. All hopes of putting out the fire have of course
titer' given up. The cause of the fire is unknown. One
reason that has been assigned is the heating of the damp
cotton on board."
The United States sloop of war Dale arrived at
New York on the 80th ult. from San Francisco, with
65,000 dollars in specie ; no freight. The Empire
City was expected in a few days from Chagres. It
is probable she will bring two or three weeks' later
intelligence from California.
General Taylor was at Niagara Falls.
The cholera was decreasing.
Colonel Benton had been arrested for a libel.
A meeting of Northern and Southern delegates,
with regard to a revision of the tariff, had been held
at Noe port; about fifty delegates were present.
Nothing was finally agreed on but the policy of
changing the basis of duties from ad valorem to
specific. A slight increase of duty on iron, coal,
wool, woollen and cotton goods was recommended.
The annual report of the State Treasurer of Penn-
sylvania gives a most gratifying exhibit of the condi-
tion of the finances of that state. From Mexico we
learn that the Mexican Government on the 11th ult.
was in difficulty with Mr. C. Wintosh in regard to a
contract for the railroad across the isthmus of
Tehuantepec. The Government intend to back out
from the agretnent; while li‘lntosh insists on its
fulfilment. The Chamber of Deputies authorised
the Government to raise half a million on the pledge
of the imports, but the measure would probably be
defeated in the Senate.
The late Financial Minister, Senor Arranjeus,
has been appointed Minister to France. It was
rumoured that Herreira intended to resign the Pre-
sidency in favour of Gutierres, the present Minister
of Finance.
The municipal elections, which have just closed,
give a large majority to the monarchical party Con-
gress was still in session, but was doing nothing of
importance.
The cholera was prevailing in the state of Durango
to a frightful extent.
The Traite d' Union of Mexico, of the 11th ult.,
says, " As to the regulation of the debt, it is postponed
to a more propitious epoch. Two new projects have
been presented. Mr. Robertson, the agent of the
English creditors, published in a lengthy article do-
cuments relating to the recent negotiations with the
Minister of Finance. The press is earnestly discuss-
ing the pro and con, but nothing has been done, and
we do eot hesitate to say that nothing will be likely
to take place.
Advices from I-lavannah to the 27th of August
have been received. The stock of rice was large and
,he sales small, at 10i- reels. There were four cargoes

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING,—The steamer
from llavre which arrived here this morning
brings but a repetition of our last advices respect-
ing the cotton market. Yesterday's sales were
144 bales for immediate consumption, without any change
in prices. The Narraganset, for New Orleans, and the
Elizabeth, for Constantinople, sailed from Havre yes-
terday.
PORT AND HARBOUR OE CHESTER, RIVER DEE
A most important inquiry took place at the Town-hall,
Chester, during the last week, before two Admiralty
Commissioners. The object of the inquiry was to ascer-
tain how tar the River Dee Company had carried out its
engagements respecting the maintenance of a depth
of water for vessels drawing fifteen feet at high
water of a moderate spring tide in this important
and once flourishing navigation. It is contended by
its opponents that the company has embanked large
estates from the estuary of the Dee at the sacrifice of •
the navigation. The meetings were numerously and
respectably attended, and among those present were
Sir A. Dalrymple, Mr. Rabitie, Mr. W. A. Provis, C.E.,
on the part of the company, Mr. Henry Robertson,
C.E., Mr. Hobert Ray, and Mr. Martin, Parliamentary
agent, representing the Chestor aed Shrewsbury Railway
Company, and Mr. 1. L. Marriott and Mr. .11,miltee
Fulton, C. E., on the part of the shipping end manufac-
turing interests. The report of the Admiralty is looked
for with much interest by all parties concerned, and the
citizens of Chester are sanguine as to the Dee Company
being compelled to restore the navigation to its lormer
efficiency,
The mortal remains of the late Bishop of Norwich,
who died on the 6th instant, while on a visit at Bra,htln
Castle, Inverness-shire, the seat of the Honourable Mrs.
Stewart Maekenze, will be interred in Norwich Cathe-
dral, on Friday next.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN HYDE PARS.—A French
gentleman attempted to commit suicide on Sunday
afternoon, near the Magazine in Hydnpath, by shootit:g
himself through the body with a pistol. The report
se as heard by some boys passing, who gave the alarm to
the police, and the unhappy man was conve) ei on a
stretcher to S. George's Hospital. lie wus severely
wounded in the rib;, and the all, ged cause of the rash
att4lnlit was that he had been plundered cf 30,000 f. the
preceding evening in the Haymarket.
Cherish your best hopes as a faith, and abide by
them jn action,—Eliza aoh's Journal.

Our correspondent, writing on the sth, says :
" I hay,' he,ird from Washington to the following

effect:—
" "rhe Cabinet have Ipld a meeting, and the impres-
si,in prevails that they have decided to rect ive an accre-
dited Minister from Hungary, to rccognise its independ-
ence, and to enler into treaties.'
" This, however, is nothing but a rumour; yet I have
heard from another quarter that the affairs of Hungary
have been actually discussed at a meeting of the Cabinet
Coumcil.
" Thus far the United States House of Representatives
shows 109 Whip and 104 Democrats. A few more
Members are yet to be elected."
The crops of provisions bid fair to be very large
this season, and buyers are holding back before
making their purchases.
Suiars remain the same as last quoted. There was
not a hogshead for shipment to France.
The mazket was almost entirely bare.
Exchange on London was quoted at 13 to 15, and
on New York 5 per cent. premium.

COMMERCIAL IN TELLIG ENCE.
NEW YORlL—Since the last steamer busines: has re-
vived to a great extent, and all departments are now
very active. The disappearance of the cholera had
brought a large accession of visitors from all parts of the
country, and goods are going off freely. The payments
from the interior are prompt, and the trade of the sea-
son promises to be as large and safe as that of any pre-
vious one since 1836.
The money market remains abundantly supplied with
capital, and there is no change in the rates on bills. On
good collaterals loans are made at 4 to 8 per cent., and
even lower in some cases. Business paper sells at sto
7 per cent. for short time, and 8 to 10 per cent. for long
time. The banks are full of specie, and are discounting
all the good paper offered. The amount of coin in the
State Treasury at this point has accumulated to 3,200,000.
The exchange market has been inactive for this steamer,
with a good supply of bills. First class sterling closed
dull, at 9i ; but good nanr's could be had at 84 91.
Frt.ncs, 5 27i to 25.

CANADA.
The news from Canada is not important. We
make the following extracts :
" MONTREAL, AUG. 25.—The long and arduous
labours of the coroner's jury over the body of Mason,
shct, during a recent enuute, have at length come to a
cl se. They rendered a verdict that the deceased
kMason) came to his death by having been shot by some
person or persons unknown to them; and that such
person or persons vs ere firing in defence oe the life and
property of M. Lafontaine. The jury, at the same time,
expressed their opinion that, had the corporation used
timely and necessary precaution, the calamity would
have been avoided; and that said corporation were very
much to blame for such neglect.
" MONTREAL, Aua. 27.—At a meeting of the Exe-
cutive Ccuncii it was said to be determined to retain the
seat of government here, and to keep the horse police
out of the city. MM. Lafontaine and Merritt have left
for Halifax, supposed on business of the Custom-house

-
League.
" MONTREAL, Ana. 29.—Everything here now is
quiet, and judging from the general feeling of the people,
is likely to remain so. Special constables patrol the
streets all night, to prevent the occurrence of fires, which
are feared from depredators.
"Five huLdred houses are vacant at Montreal, and
rents have fallen considerably. Many labouring people
are finding their way to the United States, not being able
to get employment in Canada.
" MONTREAL, Aug. 31.—The opinion is becoming
general that differential duties will be imposed on Ame-
rican good 3, unless the Government of the United Stales
will consent to reciprocity in navigation-laws.:
" MONTREAL, SEPT. I.—To-day Government Ex-
change on L Anion for 25,000 sold, by tender, for 10 to
101. The Grovernr,r is expected to arrive in town to-
morrow.
" MONTREAL, SEPT. 3,—Governor-General expected
and he will attend the church.--26,000L. in Government,
Exchange sold at 10i per cent.—Wheather fine, cholera
bad."

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 15.

There his been no interruption to the usual even
tenour of the life of her Majesty and her Majesty's
family at Balmoral for the last two days.

Dispatches were received yesterd:y at the Colonial
office from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope,
the Mauritius, and St. Helens.

"BETTER FED THAN TAUGHT."
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
Let him look about who wanders,
And he'll surely find,
When he notes where Fortune squanders,
That she must be blind.
Gilded ignorance will jostle
i'oor Wit from the wall;
While brute Wealth pursues its wassail,
Worth waits in the hall; ,
And when such strange things confound us
Well may come the thought,
Oh how many are there round us
" Better fed than taught!"
When we see a stately madam,
In some lofty place,
Proud as any child of Adam,
Of her worldly grace,—
When we hear her lips inveighing,
Bitterly and long,
Against some lowly sister straying
In the path of wrong,—
When she breathes the loud decrying,
As no Christian ought,—
Charity keeps gently sighing,
"Better fed than taught."
When we find a Priest, who groweth
Greater every year,
Taking corn that labour soweth,
When %is in the ear,—
When we see his heart get thinner
As bis tithes increase,
Snatching from the helpless %inner
All he can of fleece,—
When we find such saints defaming
Creeds with mercy fraught,—
Tell me, who can help exclaiming,
" Better fed than taught!"
When we see a young man leaning
Idly on his gold,
Large in speech, but small in meaning,
Out of danger, bold,—
When we see him rude to Weakness,
Insolent to Age,
Trampling on the words of Meekness,
With a braggart's rage,—
When we note the revel vision
Of his brain distraught,—
Wisdom sneers, in cool derision,
" Better fed than taught!"

When some little miss or master,
Fresh from desk and form,
Manages to spread disaster
In a household storm,—
When they cry for " moons" above them,
And for " chimney bricks,"—
When they cling to those who love them,
With most filial kicks,—
Let us brand such olive blossoms
As wise people ought,
And hang this label on their bosoms,
"Better fed than taught."
Good sooty! we must mind our manners,
One and all and each,
Or Shame will leap and plant her banners
In some moral breach.
When Prosperity's broad table
Yields us all we ask,
'Tis to make us strong and able
For some Duty-task;
Let us feast, but let us render
Goodly deed and thought,
Lest our lives bear this addenda,
"Better fed than taught,"

ELIZA Coox

CURE OF THE POTATO DISEASE.—The following
letter from Capt. Elliot. RN., inspector-general of High-
land destitution, will be found deserving of attention:-
4 Lechilsh, Aug. 29, 1849.
,The existence of the potato
blight in Wester Ross and bkyo is certain. It is ge-
neral, but it is not, as yet, so universal or destructive as
hitherto. its ravages are now, however, much more
rapid than when I discovered its re-appearance in June,
and gave so much unintentional offence by stating the
fact in a waning tone. The season is now far advanced.
The tuber is of some siv, and in some of the early va-
rieties near maturity. I think the poor people might
save some portion by attending to the following two
experiments, the result eca which. was also wit
nessed by Mr. 0;d, of Muirhouselaw, Rox-
burghshire, a most extensive and intelligent agri-
culturist, and Mr. Macleod cf Kingsburgb, on
whose farm the experiment wanedad. About the 4th
of August the black spot app
on the leaf. It was
spreading. After a few days, Mr. Maclecd selected two
different situations for experiment. He teok three drills
in each case; he let the shave remain on the middle one;
he cut those on ono side of it, h
and e pulose on
the other. On the 28. h w? found the reled those
in both
cases exactly similar. In a given space the drill that had
the shale, pulled was sound, without an exception that
we could discover, and of a size scarcely less than ordi-
nary. On the middle drill, where the shaw had been
left untouched, but which by that time was almoet all
FJ..tid away, we did not discover a single sound potato.
I think the tubers were larger, but the difference was
trifling. On the drill where the shares were cut, the
potatoes were all sound, with a single, or at most two
exceptions. I saw the sound potatoes cooked, and they
were mealy, laughing fellows, more like the olden time."
—Aberdeen Herald.
ACCIDENT IN WATFORD. TUNNEL.--The train from
the north due last night at five minutes past nine o'clock
did not arrive at Euston square station till half an hour
after midnight. It appears that about the middle of
Watford tunnel the axletree of the tender broke, and the
train was immediately brought to a Uandstill, without,
however, any further damage. After nearly three hours'
detention the train was taken back to, King's Langley,
and brought through the tunnel on the down line. From
the same cause the later trams did not arrive till much
atter their time.
NORWICH, SEPT. 16.—1 t is confidently stated here
that Id: rd Auckland, the present Bishop of Sodor and
Man, will be translated to the see of Norwich. Several
gentlemen, two or tht ee of whom are connected with the
diocese of Norwich, have been spoken of as successors of
Lord Auckland, but it would be invidious to particularise
newer.

afloat.
Respecting the general news by this arrival, the
Courier and Inquirer says
" lii political /natters we have nothing of moment to
communicate.
" The journey undertaken by the President is likely
to be circumscribed by his illness, induced by over-
exertion, and the cholera atmosphere. He will probably
go back from Niagara, where he now is, to Washington,
without visiting the Eastern States, cr delaying for the
great agricultural fair at Syracuse, in this state, to be
held next week.
" From Canada we have no news of special interest.
A new paper is about to be undertaken there for the ex-
press purpose of advocating the independence of the
British North American colonies, with a view to ulti-
mate annexation to the United States. We presume
such P. paper will be abundantly sustained on both sides
of the line.
With respect to the movement against Cubs, which
the Preident in his proclamation denounced—very vi-
gorous measures are taken by the authorities for its sup-
pretsion. A cream-boat cleared at this port with arms
and tunnauniti,,n for Curecoa, has been seized on suspi-
cion, and acme arrests, it is rumoured, were made to-day
of persons connected with the entiaprize against Cuba.
" While aus observing good faith towards other na-
tions, the Administration at Washington aro not un-
mindful of the rights of their own flag, and hence upon
a peremptory demand upon the Governer of Cuba for
the surrench r ef Bey, a Spanish subject forcibly ab-
ducted, or representing Linitelf to be, from New Orleans
and :.!arlied to I-I ..zse.neah, that individual was promptly
surr,-.ndcred to the American Consul and restored to the
151. i ,d Stat, s.
Iu Mexico all goes on, or rather stands still, as
, usual. From California no very late news."

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. —that they had broken no law. They had not weak-
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
ened a good cause by one unseemly act of intern-
TIMES.—The resolute attack of the Board of perance. When they said that " they loved their
Health on the dangerous and revolting practice of country—they loved their Queen"—that" there is not
intramural sepulture meets, as was to be expected, in the wide circle of her Majesty's dominions a people
with an equally determined' opposition on the part of more grateful for benefits, or more patient under
the local authorities, whose,traditional jealousy of ten- ordinary errors incidental to all human institutions,"
tralized control is enhanced in the present case by we felt that they uttered no more than the truth.
their anticipation of direct pecuniary loss from the Their past conduct had entitled them to be heard, and
closure of the obnoxious graveyards. At a recent we believed that all their future movements would be
meeting of the St. Saviour's vestry, when it was re- governed by the same love of peace and order. Our
solved by a large majority to keep open the Cross-bones last intelligence, however, from the disturbed colony
burying-ground, notwithstanding the prohibition of proves that we have somewhat overestimated the
the Board of Health, the chief arguments employed patience and forbearance of the inhabitants of Cape
were, that the rich would lose the sums paid for 'Coven. We regret that even one blow should have
family vaults, and the poor find their burial fees been struck—that the slightest act of violence should
doubled if, yielding to a " meddlesome and itnperti- have been committed, under any kind of provocation.
Dent" interference, they gave up a burial-place Up to a certain point nothing could have been more
which they had enjoyed for 200 years, before an- dignified and decorous than the conduct of the Cape
other equally cheap and accessible should be pointed colonists. The means to which they resorted in
out. As fur the complaints of offensive effluvium the first instance, to enforce the withdrawal of the
preferred by persons residing in the vicinity of the noxious order, which had so excited their incligna-
ground, they were stigmatized by the chairman as tion, were likely to be far more effectual than any
exaggerated and false, ',seeing that the coffins were demonstrations of physical force. They petitioned
of lead and airtight; and the smell, even in the the Crown, and they petitioned the Parliament of
public vault, not offensive, but only " close, damp, Great Britain. Tne Governor, like an old soldier,
declared his fixed resolution to obey orders. A s they
and earthy." Setting aside the average intermixture
of prejudice and passion in all discussions which in- had nothing, therefore, to look for in that direction,
volve conflicting interests, .
Saviour's are the objectionsassape
urged by the they determined, ED long as the offensive order re-
Warden of St
. mained in force, to co-operate in various ways to
pearance of weight, and are such as plain men of render it inoperative. They bound themselves to
business, accustomed to compute their own interests, employ no convict labour; and to taboo any man who
and to manage their own local affairs, on rigorously did. He who lent himself directly or indirectly to
economical principles, might, at the first blush of the furtherance of the great iniquity was thenceforth
the proposition, very reasonably maintain. Much, to be a marked man. He was to be avoided as a moral
therefore, as we deplore the spectacle of an acrimo leper—as one who had contracted a noisome disease
nious conflict between rival sanitary authorities, in —a ho was to be printed at as a foul thing with which
the midst of a pestilence, requiring for its effectual no clean and healthy man would come in contact.
encounter the heartiest and most energetic co-opera- Evitandus est! lie was to be placed beyond the
tion, we shall, on the present occasion, refrain from reach of human sympathy. Buyers and sellers would
pronouncing a censure which would probably but have nothing to do with him. The banks closed their
aggravate existing animosities, and address ourselves coffers against him. The insurance offices agreed to
to the practical elucidation of the questions at issue. regard him as one tainted, and to deny their policies
The first point to be decided is, whether deleterious to him. Employment of convict labour was thus pub-
licly declared the one unpardonable social offence of
ffluvia really escape from graveyards, or whether, as
the chairman of the St. Saviour's vestry alleges, the the colony, and all classes of men combined to shoot
gases resulting from the decomposition of the dead their arrows at the offender. In this crisis Govern-
arement came forward to throw the aegis of its protec-
this retained in the "leaden, airtight" coffins? Upon
sUbject it is first to be observed that the bodies of tion over the social culprit. It promised aid to those
the poorer classes are not buried in lead, hut in who could get no aid from their knows. The public
coffins made of boards, often very slightly nailed to. treasury was opened to those to whom the banks
gether. Moreover, even in the leaden coffins it is denied accommodation. Provision contractors were
customary to make a number of holes• underneath the encouraged to supply food to the convicts by advances
coffin-plate, to give egress to the gases, which would from the Colonial, Treasury. The war was thus
else, by their accumulation, first bulge and then burst commenced in earnest, and there could have been no
the coffin. When this precaution is neglected con- doubt of the issue of the contest. The Cape Govern-
siderable danger ensues to the gravediggers, who ment could not gain a victory over such a combine-
have on many occasions been seized with asphyxia,l tion as that to which it was opposed. Already, in-
or even killed on the spot, by the poisonous deed, had it given way. Sir Harry Smith had
gases emitted from a suddenly-burst coffin. determined that when the convicts arrived they should
To escape these hazards they not unfre- not come ashore upon the main land, but be unshipped
quently " tap" the coffins, and let out a jet at Robbers Island, or placed on board a hulk in
of gas, which, being ignited, burns from ten Simon's Bay, and remain there until the pleasure of
minutes to half an hour. These are perfectly her Majesty should be known. In this position we
well-known facts, as any man may convince himself hoped that affairs would continue pending the
by inquiry amongst the undertakers and sextons. rescission of the noxious order. So far the colonists
The gases which thus escape are partly absorbed into had defended their rights without resorting to one
the earth which surrounds the coffins, and partly act of physical violence. But the last accounts
ascend into the air above the graveyard, from which, exhibit a different state of things. The movement
by the law of the diffusion of gases, they rapidly has assumed a more dangerous and less dignified
spread through the entire mass of the air of London. aspect. The new Members of Council, who had been
In old graveyards the earth becomes so saturated called in by the Governor upon the resignation of his
that it can take up no more gas ; the whole of which, old colleagues, have been mobbed, outraged, and
therefore, is emitted into the atmosphere, and may, assaulted. The property of one of them has been
indeed, in hot, close weather, be observed rising in a violently d, stroyed ; another has been reduced by
sort of steam out of the ground. Thus, during the the combination of his townsmen to the very verge
last century, have the two millions and a quarter of of starvation ; and it was at one time in contempla-
corpses buried in the merropolis within that period tion to cut off the supplies of the Governor himself.
ascended into the air, and been inhaled by the sur- Thus threatened, Sir Harry Smith has issued a pro-
vivors ; a species of gaseous anthropophagy, or demotion of no very conciliatory character. He has
aerial cannibalism, hardly less loathsome to our sense declared his determination—and situated as he is we
than the consumption of the same flesh, in its solid may pity, but cannot blame him—to uphold the '
form, as practised by the howling savages. The majesty of the law ; and so the case stands at present,
next question raised by the advocates of intra- or so it stood when the last advices left the Cape.
mural burial is, whether these effluvia, admitting Heaven knows to what extremities, in the interim,
them to be evolved, are in reality the cause of epi- the contending parties may have proceeded. We
demic disease. In Paris they argue there are regret that matters should have reached this pass—we
neither graveyards nor slaughterhouses, yet the cholera regret that the smallest act of violence should have
at each visitation has ravaged Paris with greater weakened the cause of the Cape colonists. still, we
severity than London. What reason, then, is there cannot wonder at—we are scarcely prepared to blame
for anticipating any sanitary advantage from the their conduct. There has been nothing of factious
establishment of extramural cemeteries and abattoirs, opposition in the present movement. None of those
like those of Paris, around our metropolis ? This lower motives which impel men to place themselves
argument is plausible, but founded partly on igno- in an attitude of antagonism with constituted autho.
ranee, partly on misrepresentation of facts. In Paris, rities have been at work among them. The Cape
though there are no graveyards, there are large cess- cclonists are lovers of peace and order.
pools under all the houses. Each of these cesspools They would fain have preserved all the re-
is made of sufficient dimensions to contain the whole lations of society in their most settled and
ordures of the establishment beneath which it is organized condition, and maintained the political
placed for twelve months ; the object being to avoid institution of their country vi ith all loyalty and
paying the vidangeur's charge (100 francs) more respect. But there was a point beyond which their
than once a year. Now, the gas which accumulates forbearance could not carry them. All they de-
in these cesspools is identical in its nature and proper- speeded was, that the convicted crime of Great Britain
ties with that which accumulates in our leaden coffins. should not be poured out upon their hitherto urpol-
So deadly is it that the eidangeur whose duty it is to luted colony. This they have asked in vain, and now
raise the stone covering of the tank with his crowbar they are enforcing the compliance which it would
rushes back the moment he perceives a chink, in order have been wisdom to have granted in the first.instance
to escape the first outgush of gas, which, if inhaled, under the influence of something nobler than fear.
causes a man to fall dead, as if shot with a What her Majesty will be pleased to decree under
musket-ball. The Parisians, therefore, are in such circumstances no person can seriously doubt.
this respect nearly as ill-off as the inhabit- However disagreeable such retractation may be, the
ants of those Eastern towns where they bury responsible advisers of the Crown have now nothing
their dead underneath their houses; for it is ob- in the world to do but to slide out of their present
viously unimportant, so far as the production of dis- difficulty with what grace they may, and bow to the
ease is concerned, whether the putrescent gas be force of public opinion as it exists alike in the colony
generated from one kind of animal remains or another. and in the mother country. It is very plain the Cape
If we add to this the fact that the lower class of will have nothing to do with convict labour—
Parisians drink a thin sour wine, in itself deleterious, that it will not suffer itself, without a desperate
and rendered still more so by the adulterations prat- struggle, to be converted into a penal settle-
tised in consequence of the heavy octroi duties levied meat. The condition of our colonies all over the
at the city gates, we shall be at no loss to understand world is not such as to encourage Ministers to
why Paris is more fatally ravaged by cholera than trifle with, or to attempt forcibly to suppress, such
London. Gases distilled from coffins in the church- a state of public feeling as now exists at the Cape.
yard, and entering through our windows, reach us is Wherever we turn our eyes, if we have no recent
a more diluted form than when they are generated outburst to contemplate, there are symptoms of
under the house itself, as a chemist generates gas feverish unrest—of latent disorder, which may, we
under a bell-glass. Every other pretended exception know not how soon, develope itself in fierce and
to the established law, that putrescent effiuvia are alarming paroxysms, which must be suffered to take
deleterious to man, and promote the spread of pesti- their course. There is no other path open to
lential epidemics, will be found to disappear in like Ministers but concession. The convict experiment
manner before an attentive examination. Science, must be manfully declared a blunder ; and the crimi-
therefore, concurs with humanity in dictating the nals intended for the Cape must find an asylum else-
removal from among us of animal residua, where. It is well that the present difficulty should
whether contained in coffins or cesspools, and be got over without any loss of time—that an attempt
whether lying beneath or beside our dwellings. should be made to conciliate the Cape before new
But the Warden of St. Saviour's raises a question dangers threaten us more alarmingly from all guar-
of pounds, shillings, and peace. He reminds the ters. It is to be feared that this outburst in South
parishioners that those who have paid from sto 10 Africa will prove in the sequel but a faint reflection
guineas for a family vault in the Cross-bones grave- of a far more portentous storm in some of the Austra.
yard will require their money to be refunded if the lien colonies. We have been threatened with such a
ground should be closed, whilst the poor, whcsonly tempest for some time; the next arrivals may report
pay a burial fee of 13s. at the Cross-bones ground, that it has burst over us.
will, if driven to the parish churchyard, be charged
265. for interment. To this we reply,
•that it is the
declared intention of the Legislature to deal tenderly
with all vested interests with which the proposed
changes may interfere, and the bona fide proprietors
of family vaults in intramural graveyards need not
fear uncompensated expropriation. With respect to
the burial fee charged to the poor, it forms but a
small peat of the cost of interment, which amounts on
an average, to from 41. to 51. for a person of the
labouring class. It is, moreover, in the power of the
clergy and the parochial authorities to reduce the
parish burial fees to a level with the means
of the poor; and, for the price now exacted
from working men for intramural sepul-
ture they might procure equally decent
transmission, and far more decent and undisturbed
repose, in either of the suburban cemeteries. Indeed
the pecuniary side of the argument tells greatly
against the advocates of the intramural system. The
diseases promoted by graveyard gas cuts short many
lives at a period when they are profitable to the com-
munity ! and prevent the repayment, in reproductive
labour, of the social debt incurred during helpless
infancy. The workmen destroyed in their prime by
the present epidemic have left many thousands of
widows and orphans, of whom a considerable pro-
portion will become chargeable on the funds of their
respective parishes. And the parochial expenditure
necessitated by the fever cases which are promoted by
the putrescent effluvia in question is immense. In
the Bethnal-green and Whitechapel Unions alone the
charge for the relief of fever cases during the first
quarter of 1838 was 6161. 195., or at the rate of
2,4671. 16s. per annum ! We invite the attention of
the ratepayers of London to these simple but signifi-
cant computations, which, we think, go far to prove
that intramural sepulture is as inconsistent with sound
parochial economy as it is dangerous to the public
elfare, and repugnant to the general sense of the
community.
HERALD.—The intelligence received from the
Cape colony will be read with much interest. 'We
were quite prepared for the news which we received
last week from this dependency. We knew that it
must soon come; and it came in the very shape that
all our knowledge of the Cape colonists led us con-
fidently to expect. We knew that they were a very
loyal people; and we knew that they had been
grossly injured. We had the utmost faith in their
attachment to the Crown. We believed that, strong
in the justice of their cause, they would not suffer
themselves to be betrayed into any violent, unconsti-
tutional excesses. But we were equally certain that
moral force would be exerted to the utmost for the
resistance of the Ministerial attempt to force on an
unwilling and protesting people a polluting curse,
from which they shrink with horror and dismay. We
were equally certain that the Cape colonists, whilst
true to their Sovereign, would be true to themselves—
that they would not endure in patience the mighty
wrong which had been done to them vio of
b
their most cherished political rights, and h e lation
su ver-
The Cape colony
sion of their best social interests.
threatened with ruin and disgrace ; and almost,
it would would seem, as one man, the colonists have
risen up in resistance of the injuries and in-
dignities which were about to overwhelm them.
The tidings which we received last week
assured us that they had resorted to no violence

DEATH OF ANOTHER CHARTIST
Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Lang
ham, deputy-coroner for Westminster, upon the body
of Alexander Sharpe, one of the Chartist leaders, who
died of cholera in Tuthill-fields Prison, on Friday last,
under circumstances similar to those attendant upon
the death of Williams, the Chartist convict, whose
death from cholera we recently announced. Sharpe
was concerned with Williams, Fussell, and other
Chartist leaders, and was sentenced to two years'
imprisonment; at the end of that time to enter into
his own recognizances in 1001. and to find two sure-
ties in 501. each to keep the peace fcr three years.
The deceased was in good health when he entered
the gaol on the 12th of July, 1848, and, as in the case
of his friend Williams, a sum of ss. per week
was paid by his relatives to the governor of
the prison for his exemption from doing
any work, such as picking oakum. The money
was paid regularly until the 11th ult., when it was
stopped, and work was offered to Sharpe, who re•
fused to do any. On the 20th ult. Mr. T. Cue, the
deputy-governor, gave the deceased some oakum, and
ordered him to pick the usual quantity. The de-
ceased declined doing so. On the 20th of August he
was taken before the visiting magistrates, who ordered
him to suffer six days' solitary confinement, and to
receive bread and water; the amount of bread allowed
him being lilb. 'per diem. On the evening of the
Bth inst. the deceased was taken ill, having been seized
with bowel complaint. He was attended in his cell
that night, and the next morning removed to the
infirmary, but pain in the bowels and purging
came on occasionally, with cramps, until Friday
evening, when he died. He was generally restless,
and impatient of being kept in bed, saying that
the doctor wanted to try his constitution, and that
it was an infernal shame. Before his death he
told his wife that he had never been well since he
had been locked up and kept on bread and water..
Mr. Atkinson, the barrister, attended on behalf of
the relatives of the deceased, who expressed great
dissatisfaction at the treatment he had received.
Several of the warders and sub warders of the prison
were examined, and afterwards cross-examined,
by Mr. Atkinson, with a view to show _ that
the sudden change from full diet and plenty
of exercise to solitary confinement and bread and
water, whilst cholera existed in the prison, had caused
the death of the deceased. One of the jurors wished
to know how it happened that the deceased had either
to work or pay for his exemption, when his sentence
did not include hard labour, and also that he had been
confined to his cell and put upon bread and water upon
the authority of the governor only, unsupported by
that of the visiting magistrates? Captain Williams,
one of the in,pectors of prisons, referred to the Act
4th George IV., chap. 64, section 38, to show that
even where no sentence of hard labour was passed,
the country was not to maintain the prisoner unless
he was either incapable of labour or of paying for his
exemption. The 42d section of the same Act specified
certam breaches of discipline for which the Governor
might, of his own authority, commit any prisoner,
not exceeding three days, to solitary confinement and
bread and water. The inquiry having lasted three
hours, Mr. Atkinson suggested an adjournment,
which was ultimately agreed to; and the inquiry was
Adjourned to this day.