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IRELAND.
TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P.,Bze.

LETTER 11.
l‘rettls nYalioird,-- I stated in my last " that the surplus
profits should be divided every ten years,"
but I should have aildid until the 70th year had
elapsed, when such division should he annual.
No reas, nAble person would require that the exact
benefit_ a shareholder would receive should be stated,
Dut not difficult to make a fair estimate, and with
the view of doing so in the most iwelligible mode, I
Will suppose class A, instead of being tilled by shares
Of different values, to be divided into 10,000 shares of
1001. each.
Looking at the present condition of the land, and
.t.'S certain increased value after it had been improved,
•!, trust your Lordship will concur with me in think-
ing that five per cent. is a very moderate estimate on
Which tofounilcalculations of the probable advantage
to the
bce subscribers.
Five per cent upon class A would 'be 50,0001. per
annum, and supposing the annual interest of this sum
!,ufficient to cover the expenses of management, the
decennial division would be 500,0001. net.
t It h, of course, impossible to say exactly what
jirnher of lives would reap the benefit of this decen-
nial divison at each period; but by a table now before
re, the accuracy of which can be tested by a refer-
nee to the insurance tables, the following would not
rfar from the result :
the end of 20 years, the proprietor of every existing life
would have received 10 per cent.
more than the original sum of his
subscription.
70 „ the proprietor of every surviving life
would have received £1,144
80 „ the proprietor of every surviving life
would have received —. £1,901
81 „ the proprietor of every surviving life
would have received £5,479
And the next year would have an
estate worth 1,000/. per annum.
iikSurely, this is a sufficient inducement, not for men
beene -----, and dozens besides who have not yet
detected, and who never enter into such under-
takings', except with the view of plundering the public,
but for men with children or relatives for whom they
are desirous of providing, and who can spare 1001., or
501•,
or 251., or even 121. 10s.—for each of which
Bums they would receive a proportionate benefit.
ft_ecuessaory quietly compare this mode of introducing the
capital into Ireland with any yet proposed,
for 1 feel confident that the result should be its *clop-
". This comparison I will undertake in a subse-
quent letter; but if you should approve of the plan,
"Pt it, and pursue a course similar to this.
Suggest to her Most Gracious Majesty the expe-
!y of permitting the tontine to be called " The
Victoria Tontine," taking the first share for the Earl
I,ef Dublin, and one for each of her other pets. Ask
"'s Royal Highness Prince Albert to become the
Patron, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Leinster,
and Lord John Russell to be trustees. Request Sa-
tatiel James Loyd (whose currency doctrines I
believe most pernicious), as good a man as breathes,
t 0 become the managing director and let him choose
il
alf-a-dozen other City men as like himself as pos-
tible• Let the following appear in the London Ga-
zette, dated Balmoral
414 E VICTORIA TONTINE FOR THE BENEFIT

OF IRELAND.
PATRON.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert.
TRUSTEES.
The Lord. Lieutenant Earl Clarendon.
The Duke of Leinster.
The Lord John Russell.
DIRECTORS.
Samuel Jones Loyd, with those he may appoint.'
it Let the above appear heading such a statement as
kee ••
la directors would propose, and within a month
eras, would be filled, and there would be a
pr0“;°,1! of money for the purchase of land, and for
All'u'og profitable employment for the people.
j suggestions occur to my mind, with which
use trouble riot trouble your Lordship at present. A most
quartere ol ne would be allowing proprietors of half, and
ea„.i and eighth shares, who possessed sufficient
arilt4.li to become tenants of land of that annual
emit,' and in the event of their nominees being
hod titled to a prize, let them take the farm which they
rented as their share.
Such persons would then, in addition to the
ord hr_loary inducements of a tenant, have those of a
''2sPective proprietor to make his improvements of a
711 anent character, and cultivate his land in the
,77..5t possible manner, the only mode of providing
ev?'lll4nent employment for the Irish peasantry.
that would be the colonization of a statesman. Sir
Aohert Peel's was the propoi,ul of an empiric—first
Protesting he would not prescribe until regularly
e!tlit'd in, and he had received his consideration, then
thrusting his placards, interlarded with great names,
I,nto the hands of every passenger—a political Dr.
4aorrison.—l have the honour to remain,

Your Lordship's most obedient servant,
Corwar, Sept. 4, 1849 RIGBY WASON.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, SEPT. 4.
We regret to state that the cholera, which had to a
considerable extent subsided during the past w, ek, has
l'alein broken out amongst I.l* here with increased malig-
,,!'3'• At an early hour ou Monday morning, Makir
Turner, Master of the Horse to the Lord-Lieutenant,
Was attacked with the disease, which terminated fatally
F.ter
h a few hours. Major 'ruiner was in attendance on
tiB Excellency on Sunday. and as one of the officers of
the C
Household, attended Divine service in
C,istle chapel.
--TB OF W3l. MURPHY, Esct —Mr. William Blur-
Y, the wealthiest and most eminent of our merchants,
Ijki's attacked some days ago with cholera, and although
et? worst symptoms of the disease had yielded to medi-
. !! treatment, he remained in a very precarious state
Sunday evening, when he gradually sunk under ex-
th ustiun. Mr. Murphy was for many years identified with
itle Liberal party. and took an active and influential part
in rthe political conflicts of the day.
active was a Catholic
e,,v,i'ligton, and as such became an Member of the
*"°lte Association, and subsequently of the " Generul
ssociation of Ireland." He had the repution of being
47solensely rich while living, and now that he is dead,
'wealth has been estimated at nearly half a million.
4-...• STREET, POLICE-OFFICE, YESTERDAY.—At ter
5 f
wan investigation of the charge. brought against Mrs.
of absconding with 1.8001, the property of the
pr'd!t°rs of her baukrupt husband, Doctor Kelly, the
che,3,;(iing magistrate, ordered the prisoner to be dis-
rkteed, on the ground nd that no case of felony had been
left ",°ot tgainst her. Mrs. Wall, however, had scarcely
ft I" police-office when she was arrested by a bailiff
cin the Bankruptcy Court.

n :NCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—There was a
r market yesterday than there ha:3 been for some
got' Past, and on the whole but little business has been
to through during the past week. The uncertainty as
in the harvest operations has had an influence in check-
extensive transactions for the home market. The
`;ninued firmness in the raw material market is also
ttirertTerating as an extensive check, both to manufac-
to r B,4nd buyers. None but those who are compelled
pr,eptaee stock or to complete positive orders, are at
th sent doing nay thing in the market. There is not
%ta t -
bu°Yancy in the home trade which it was expected
prere Would be. Heavy goods, though not so much de-
a"ed as some time ago, are still heavy on the market.
e'lnters keep actively engaged. There has been consi-
trfahle fluctuation in the prices, but on the whole they
e Yet exceedingly firm.
On Monday a concert was given at the organ
„,
irnufactory of Messrs. Bevington and Sons, 48, Greek-
teer, Soho square, tor the purpose of displaying the
capabilities of a splendid new organ built by the Messrs.
erington, for the Music Hall, Nottingham. A numer-
Nis company, who had been favoured with private in-
:44l4ons from the talented manufacturers of the instru-
''ent, availed, themselves of the entertainment so kindly
Provided for them; and a variety of selections from the
cUmpositions of Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, and. other
• dthe occasion by
great masters of song, were perfume on
Sir. E. J. Hopkins on the organ. The trial proved a very
IllteesS ful one; and the auditory,including several excellent
ges of musical instruments of this description, evinced
the highest. approbation at the richness of tone and
kaasive power of the organ, the introduction of which into
Nottingham must constitute a new epoch in the musical
history of that important borough. Some slight idea of
the instrument may be gathered by those versed in such
matters from the fact that the total number of pipes in
e gteat, swell,'.. choir, and the pedal organs of the
instrument is no fewer than 2,309; and there are 10
c°l4Position pedals to shift the stops by the feet; and
4 euuPling movements to connect the 4 organs together.
I,h
case designed by the builder, is 27ft. high, 18ft.
-4" e, 16 feet deep, and is constructed in the Grecian
fatYle, being adorued with four elegant lonic columns in
"(int.

CITY SEWERS COMMNSION.—The annual holiday
forti,(l.e month, of the Commissioners appointed to carry
1,4°, City of London Sewers Act" into operation
atitlng now terminated, Mr. Daw, the principal clerk,
lialnded yesterday at the Council Chamber in the Guild-
-110:1;r1fur. the purpose of filling up the summons:is calling
1)1,„; the Commissioners to attend for the dispatch of
tar x 555 on Tuesday next. During the recess the sani-
noY work of the commission has been transacted by the
der
of Health, the inspectors and police having acted
er the direction of the medical officer. Perhrps at
thl3 Period, just before the resumption of the sitting of
sell'Conitnissioners for the ensuing year, it may be as
" to inform the public of the fact, that in case of any
cowamplaint being made us to inefficient drainage, or the
that of attention on the part of any officer of the court,
Jo ell applications may be addressed in writing to
i, Paw, Esq., the principal cierk, Sewers-office,
'Luall, or the same may 'we made to the inTectors of
theet several districts throughout the City. In all such
and the complaints are investigated, ,without delay,
rfl orders given for the removal of the same, according
the Proviiion of the Act of Parliament, intituled the
(Slity of London Sewers Act, 1848."
Bell
H. Powell, the fatuous steeple-chase rider, so
*mown in the sporting circle of Cheltenham, was
da7llght before the magistrates of Plymouth, on 'rues-
' on a charge of felony preferred against him by a
traP,t,in 11. Ittyes. The accusation arose out of a betting.
,„,k'fbaction which had taken place the previous evening,
t•un
lie hi ywr. Powell pocketed five pounds which he alleged
bi,,tl had fairly won. This trumpery case occupied the
,/,,ch some hours, and is reported in the Plymouth
fislnal at three columns length! The magistrates re-
t° wiMicate, and Tay wisely disinbeci the vase.

THE CHOLERA.
RETURN OF CASES, SEPT. 4.
THE METROPOLIS.
SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT.

Deaths.
Attacks. Cholera. Minh.
0 1
8 0
13 2
15 0
5 2
8 0
3 0
40 2
3 2
10 1
4 1
6 2
7 1
4 2
5 0
2 0
2 0
4 0
6 0
22 1
20 0
3 2
5 1
1 0
... ... 3 0

llolb,rn Union
St. Giles and St. George
West London •••
St. George, Southwark
Greenwich
Bethnal-green ...
St. Olave ... ...
Lambeth ... • •
Whitechapel
Stepney ••• ...
St. George-in- the- East
Newington ...
Marylebone
St. Pancras ...
Poplar
St, and
St. George, Hanover-square ...
St. James, Westminster
St. Luke ... ..1
Camberwell ...
St. Saviour, Southwark
Hackney ...
Islington ...
Kensington ...
Wandsworth ...
Lewisham ...
East London ...
Shoreditch
Rotherhithe
Chelsea... ...
City of London
Westminster ...
Bermondsey
St. Martin in-the-Fields
Clerkenwell
Hampstead ...

.•• --- 3 0
.•. 2 1
--
••• --- 21 1
••• - 12 1
•.• - 0 1
••• -- 1 0
••• -- 13 1
••• - 10 1

. •••• 1 0
}
No return.

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THE COUNTRY.
Deaths.
Attacks. Cholera. Diarrh.
~, ~, 16 0
... ... 4 0
... • • ... 3 0

- 1 0
- 6 3
- 1 0
- 17 0
- 13 0
- 1 0
- 2 1
2 0
4 0
- 15 1
- 10 1
- 2 0
- 0 1
- 5 0
-. 6 1
- 1 0
- 9 2
- 14 2
- 1 0
- 1 0
- 1 0
- 26 1
- 1 2
- 20 2
- 2 0
- 1 1
- 2 0
- 0 3
- 1 0
- 3 1
- 2 0
- 1 0
- 3 1
- 9 2

...... 12 10
- 0 1
- 0 1
- 0 2
- 2 0
- 1 0
- 15 1
- 0 1
- 1 0
- 4 0
- 0 4
- 5 0
- 0 1

- 12 5
- 5 0
- 0 1
.... 2 1

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