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London, England, 1849-09-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATUR DAY EVENING-, SEPTEMBER 8, 1849.

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SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAIt'S DISTRICT.
DJatlis.
Attacks. Cholera. Marrh.
liolb,irn ULion 2
St. Giles and St. George ... 4 0
West Loi.don ••• ••• 6 2
Sr. George, Southwark ••• 9 1
G reenn kb ... ... ... 19 0
lii-Lboal green ••• ••• 6 1
St. Olavo ••• ••• ••• 2 0
Berniontliey ... ... ... 7 1
Lambeth ... . . ••• 31 4
Whiteehapel ... ... ... 21 2
Steprey ••• ••• ••• 0 2
St. George-in- the-East • 6 1
Newington, Surrey ... ... 32 2
Mary le bone ... ... ... ^ 3 2
Sr. Pancras ... ... ... 5 1
Poplar ••• •• • ••• ••• ...." 7 2
Strand ... ... ... ... 4 0
St. George, Hanover-square ... 2 2
St. James, Westminster ... 4 0
Clerkenwell ... ... ... 1 1
St. Luk2 ••• ••• •.• 2 1
Camberwell ... ... ... 4 1

thercliaeretea a vestry met to A ;V:l4 !It•lIl en 'I hureaty
in the ci.urce, 12,:ehopigate -street, to titke into cons der
&lion a Lett), r S'.)1110 erreng-emeets could not be reed to
prevt nt further interan ats it the churchyard and in the
vaults under the parish church.
The Rtv. Dr. RUSSELL the rector, occupied the chair,
and expressed his sorrow that a pre•engagement of an
important character would make it necessary for- him
to geit the encetiog early. Indeed he would have
asked the churchyard, es to poetp..ne the meeting to
another day, it he had not been afraid that to some it
might seem like a watt of interest in a subject which at
present was sit-important. In respect to that subject,
he might be allowed to state that they might discuss it
from noon to midnight.
llr. METCALFE HoOPGOOD rose to order. He said it
was quite in order for the rector to apohgise for his non.
attendance, but he hoped that nothing would fail from
him to pi ej tediee a oi-cus:::ion which wcs still to be held,
or to prejudge a statement which he (Nlr. Hopgood), as
bringing the suj-ct before them, had yet to make.
Dr. RUSSELL said if after discussion they should ap-
point a committee, as the rector and churchwardens
would probably be members ex officio, he would render
the parishioners all the service he was capable of, and
indeed do everything in Accordance with their wishes.—
( dear, hear.) He hoped they would allow him to state
two things before leaving the meeting. The first was,
that in consequence of communications received, the
guardians had prohibited oa the 22d of August last the
burial of paupers in the churchyard. Again, ho wished
to remind them of an Act of Parlianient which very re-
cently received the Royal assent, and a copy of which
was sent him by the Board of Health, the other requiring
a detailed statement from him of all the deaths and bu-
rials which took place in the parish. The Rev. Gentle-
man, after deprecating anything like difference or disa•
greement between himself and the parishioners, then
retired from the meeting.
Mr. JAMES R. CARR, churchwarden, then took the
chair.
Mr. 1101,0 )CD said it was no intention of his to use one
word at all offensive to the rector or any other gentleman
in the meeting. He was afraid that the rooter was
about to introduce to them a- statement relative
to the guardians, which he was sure must have
misled the meeting if lett unexplained. It was in conse-
quence of fears he entertained of such a statement being
made that he had taken the unusual ceurse of sending
round a circular to the parishioners. He trusted that
the position he had taken up with regard to the sanitary
movement would seem the less out of course since the
ward had done him the honour of electing him a com-
missioner of sewers; and, in regard to the more imme-
diate subject of their meeting, he appeared before them
as one having business premises that looked into the
churchyard, so as to have been compelled to become an
unwilling witness of the proceedings in that place. lie
was sorry to say he had seen transactions in the church.
yard for many years which were a disgrace, he would
not say to the rector, or the churchwardens, or any in-
dividual whatever, but to the system of burial in the
heart of large towns. Since the public agitation on the
sal} ct began he had from time to time received com-
munications, and only that morning others had come
to him containing details of a most
.di-gusting cha-
racter. At that meeting, however, he said he was de-
termini d to disclose no details for the mere purpose of
excitement. In consequence of representations which
had reached him, he said his attention had for some
time teen called to a pit in the churchyard. He saw
the pit, and he was told that it remained open for
the reception of bodies for days and days together.
He did not believe the report, ens he therefore
called the inspector of police, and with him and others
proceeded to examine the pit. They had not removed
more than two or three feet of earth when they came to
a coffin. The churchwarden who should knowingly per-
mit this preceed:ng was liable to a heavy petelty.
Whether he knew ot• it he could not say; but be believed
that there was not more than two teet and a half of
earth upon that coffin—a circumstance which was posi-
tively prohibited under penalty by the City of London
sewers Act. He was told, however, that in the pit one,
two, or three were piled one upon another, if so many
were brought in one day, and then five or six feet of
earth were thrown over them, to be all removed, t xcepi.
a few inches, for the interment of others next day. That
was a preceeding which was unwholesome, and prohibited
under penalty. Any opinion which he might give as
to the unhealthy character of these circumstances would
be of little consequence; he depended on the learning
and skill, and research, of such gentlemen as ho saw
before him—as Dr. Hamsbottona and others. Dr. Adam
Clark said—" Every man should know that the gas
emitted from putrid flesh, and especially from the human
body, is nut only unfriendly to, but destructive of
human life." But whilst he was making examinations
in the churchyard he was attracted by an unusual ap-
pearance in the shed at the end of the churchyard. He
inquired what was there, and ascertained that it was the
corpe of one who had died of the cholera. Yet exactly
over that shed containing the dead body were the Ethel-
burga Schools, at one ut the windows of which were
three or four little girls amusing themselves, uncon-
scious of the poison they were inhaling. Yet it was a
familiar fact among medical gentlemen, that children
breathe nearly twice as quick as adults, and about twice
as often; so that their blood receives a double dose of
the poison inhaled. These poor children, for whom the
parishioners paid their guineas, were sent there for
secular and moral education; and, anfortunately, they
were now obliged to look upon them in circumstances
the most fatal to their existence. He said, he had
lisened the other day with great profit to a popular
lecture, delivered by Mr. Grainger on the sanitary
condition of the metropolis; and from that lec•
ture he learned that medical men knew, months
ago, in what districts the cholera would appear,
if it visited London. The lecturer, on that occa-
sion, brought out a large map, partly coloured black, and
traced his finger over a certain dotted line, saying that
exhibited the progress of the cholera, and that line he
remarked, invariably paased in the neighbourhood of
graveyards. It was not one division of the churchyard
only, but altogether it was in a state which made the
toleration of it any longer impossible. They had it on
good authority, and their own senses convinced them,
that dead bodies emitted gases of the most deadly de
scription to human life, and they ought not to allow in-
terments in the City any longer. He was not to be
stopped from preventing wrong by any consideration of
ees, whether of 201. or of I,uool. He, therefore, was
pressed by the circumstances to send a letter to the
guardians, and also to the rector. The rector, in his
usual kind way, sent him a reply, stating he would do
all he could to remedy the evil complained of, pro-
vided it was found to be au evil. But he (Mr. Hop•
good) said he was nut in that meeting to discuss whe-
ther the practice of intramural burials was an evil; on
that point he had made up his mind. Ile on that oc•
casion waited on the board of guardians, when, after
much discussion and some little difficulty, he got them
to promise um geivocaLy that no more pauper burials
should take place in the churchyard. Ile said, in mov-
ing in the meeting that day, his object, although imme-
dietely local, extended to the system wherever practised
of burying in large mats or towns. At the same time,
he had nu desire to interfere with vested rights; and he
thought, while they must act in defiance of these imme-
dietety, they could ultimately be compen,ated. The
speaker then lead the resolutio which he proposed fur
the adoption of the meeting. It affirmed the danger at-
tending intramural burials, and appointed a committee
to inquire cud report as to the best means of remedy lug
the evil in that parish.
Mr. BRIGGS, interrupting, asked him whether he sup-
posed they could hinder burying in the churchyard or
under the church? lie had a vault; and if any of lis
!welly were to die, did they suppose he would be hin-
dered from using his on n vault by any resolution of the
vestry? lie advised them rather to apply to the House
of Commons.
- -

St. Saviour, Southwark ••• -
Hackney ••• ••• .••
blington ••• ••• •• • -
Kensington ... ••• ...
Wandsworth and Clapham ...
Lt vviinam ... ... •••
East London ... •• • 0• • ..."'".
-Shereditch ... .•• •••
R)therhithe ... IP" ••• ".'..
Chelsea... ••• •.• ..•
City of London •••
St. Martin in-the-Fields ...
Westminster ... ... •••
Edmonton ... ...
Hampstead ... ... •.•
Total ... ••• ••• ----

THE COUNTRY.

Attacks.

Liverpool •.•
'terthyr Tydvil ... •••
Clifton • • ••• ----
Carmarthen ...
Swansea ••• ... •••
Portsea Island... ••• •••
Salisbury ...
Warrington ... ...
Nuwcastle-under-Lyne •••
Tynemouth (Aug.3lA Sept. 5)
Lancaster ... ... •••
Bright,n ••• •-•••
Neuth ...
West Dam ...
1 Bradford and North Bierley ..
Scuicoates ... .
Brist‘.l ... ••• •
Gravesend and Milton
Mallicone ... .
St. Germans ... ~
Boston... ••• •••
%V almsg,tte, Yu r k s lair e ...
Derby ... ••• ... •••
Dover •.. ~... ... ...
L•-eds ... ••• ••. •••
dunslet ... •••
Hastings ••• ••• •••
N.aitwich ••• ••• •••
~Volverhampton and Siesdou
Bridgwater ... ••• •••
Barn.taple ... ...
E,ist Stunehouse ••• •••
South Shields ... •••
Hull .. ... ••• •••
St. Ices (Penzance) .. •••
Sulford... ... ... •••
Nottingham ... •••
13,,1t0n •••• ••• ••• ......
Pontypool ... ••• •••
Worcester ... ... ••• ----•
Bury ••• ... ... ••• "—".
Preston ••• ... •••
Sheppey ... ...
Wolstanton ...
Manchester ... ... •••
Gaihshorough ... ... •••
Ashton-uoder•Lyne ...
•••
Alverstoke ... •••
Amersharn ... ••• •.•
Ald-rbury ... •••
Aston ... ... ••• •••
Bedminster ... ... •••
Birmingham ...
Belper ••• ••• •••
Berkhampstoad ... •••
Great Boughton (Chester) •••

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Chtherue
Chaelton•upon-Medleek
Charlton•upou-Stretford
Charlton•upon.Hulme •.•
Coventry
Croydon ••• ••• •••
C.istor ••• •••
Cheadle (Alton) . . •••
Chertsey (Aug. 12 to Sept. 6)
Chippenham
Coppermouth
Dudley ••• ••• •••
Dav entry
Dorchester and Cerne •••
Dorking (Capel) ••• •••
Droitwich
Exeter ...
Eeclesall, Bierlow
Eccles fie I d ...
Falmouth ••• ••• •••
Gateshead ,
Glanford Brig (Barton), (Aug.

25 to Sept: •••
Goole ... •••
Howden
Ileadington(St.Clement), (Aug.

28 to Sept. 6) ••• . • --
Hereford and Dore
Herne ... .s.
Hitchin ••• ..• •••
Honiton (Aug. 26 to Sept. 5)
Ramsgate
Ipswich •••
Kid&rminster
Kingston (Surrey). ...
Home (Lincoln)
Leighton Buzzird •••
Leicester
Linton (Cambridge)

Total ... ... ...

6COTLAND.

Deaths.
Cholera. Dlanh.
17 4
3 0
14 2
2 0
11 1
2 1
1 0
1 1
8 0
14 1
1 0
9 2
4 0
3 0
9 1
21 1
10 0
2 0
O 1
3 0
1 0
2 2
O 1
ll 0
60 3
24 1
1 0
2 0
46 2
1 0
1 1
2 0
2 0
35 1
1 0
5 1
O 2
3 0
1 0
2 0
1 0
O 1
4 0
2 0
22 7
12 2
2 0
3 0
O 2
1 0
O 2
4 0
O 6
O 1
1 0
1 1
2 0
4 0
1 0
8 7
8 1
4 0
2 0
O 1
23 2
2 0
1 1
1 0
1 0
2 0
1 1
1 0
O 1
1 0
3 0
1 0
2 0

Dundee ... ... --- 16 0
Perch ... 2 0
Sc. Andrew's ... ... ... 1
0

Arbroath

1 0
••• ••• 0.. •""

Elawick ...
Furfar

1
.... 1

Total ... ... .., 22 0
General total:—
Metropolis ... ... 273 46
Country ... ..• 485 81
Scotland 22 0

General total ... 780 127
Note.—The above returns include 214 deaths from
cholera in the metropolis which are given in the returns
of the union officers. The number of attaeks reported by
the union officers are—tor the metropolis 315, and for
the country 373; but their returns do Rot, in general,
comprehend the cases that are treated by medical men
in private practice.

Mr. HOECOOD said the gentleman must know that the
members of that assembly 'were now engaged on the
moors, end would be for some time. What he wished
the vestry to do was, to make a strong declaration on
the subject, not that lie Wl3B such a fool as to suppose any
resolution of theirs could override the law of the land, i
but he still believed that their opinion, strongly ex-
pressed, would go fir to prohibit the churchwardens and
Lae rector from encouraging such burials. Ile wished,
in fact, such an expression of opinion (as would be a
moral obstruction to the carrying out of the law. Why,
when they knew the character of the gasses emitted
from dead bodies, were they to permit, whatever it
might cost, the interment of them longer in an over.
crowded church yard, or in the vaults under the church.
Lead was of no aid in confining these gases—that was a
popular delusion. Revelations were now made as to
these leaden shells that were astounding. The gases
puffed them out to the full extent, and, if not relearned,
burst them with the report of a pistol. To prevent that,
however, the sexton was employed in a process of what
was called " tapping:" he made a puncture in the shell,
so as to give vent to the gas into the vaults and the
church overhead. Already the doings in the crypt of
Bow Church were before the public; and why should
they tolerate the nuisance any longer in the church
where they were essemblel ? As to the churchyard,
perhaps gentlemen were •not aware of the number of
bodies deposited in it. He could give them on the
authority of the parish books the details for the present
3 ear. In January there were haired 17, in February 17,
in March 15, in April 12. in May 20, in June 9,in July
11, and in August 35, mulling iu a 11136 bodies deposited
whhin that small space, which was comprised within the
southern half of the ch urch yard. Yet the very shortestlime
allowed for the destruction of the human body was tive
years. The consequence therefore a as that the bodies
were placed within four or five feet of the surface.
Then look to the neighbourhood they were in. There
were neighbouring churchyards still more crowded than
theirs was. In Spitalfiel6s' burying-ground, he had
reason for believing, although he had not been able to
ascertain the fact from weir books, that as many as 50
bodies were being deposited weekly, and in Bethnal-
green as many as 100 a week. With 150 bodit s added
weekly to the corrupting mass now in the neighbour-
hood, how could the locality be healthy. It was asto-
nishing, that in spite of all difficulties, tnese should not
be removed to be) end the precincts of the metropolis,
which now contained no fewer than 250 burying-
grounds. lle was sure that the parishioners, rather
than endure the disease and death among their families
at present, a ould compensate for fees to the rector, or
to tne sexton, and give vaults elsewhere to those who
now claimed them Lanier the church. He concluded by
moving the resolution which he hail read.
Mr. SCAMBLER OWDEN, Common Councilman, se-
cond, d the resolution. He said he bad heard one allega-
tion, made in a petition to the Commou Council, to the
ffect that since the 221 of August the guardians had
renewed the burial of paupers in the churchyard. Was
that true?
The CHURCHWARDEN—No; it is not true.
Mr. PARNELL could not agree with the resolution
which had been moved. Instead of appointing a com•

TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD DUDLEY STUART
My Lord,—Pray excuse my troubling your Lordship
with the accompanying 24 rosewood paper knives, made
from a pattern which was given to a lady by an Hun-
garian, which was made of oak. As it is not in my
power to contribute to the fund in money, I trust those
trifles will find purchasers amongst the friends of free-
dom. If the ladies would get up a fancy fair in aid of
the wounded and widows, I will ,;,ladly make 24 more,
besides F e silk-winders.
As I do not wish my name to be made public, it might
be noticed as a contribution of a week's work and ma-
terials by a working man, B. C. N., and I hope the
example may be of some service, as there are many who
can contribute their labour but not money. I feel that
we cannot do too much for a people who have proved
themselves worthy of freedom.
Your Lordship's most obedient servant,
C.
ept. 4, 1849. B
•

Ttie wholesale price of the paper knives, by the dozen,
is 125., retail, ls. 6d. each, but for this purpose I think
they ought to be offered to the friends of the Hungarians
at 15. each. They will be found to answer the purpose
quite as well as ivory, which are ss. each, the same size

MEDICAL DiszniCT VISITORS.— Yesterday the City
Board of Health appointed upwards of forty medical
gentlemen to visit the houses of the inhabitants (in ad-
dition to the regular medical staff), so that any perscns
,Atacked with diarrbcea or the other premonitory symp-
toms of cholera should be promptly assisted.
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR—At the moment of
putting the Standard to preys this day (Friday), we
were unceremoniously visited by a bullock of huge di-
mensions, on its way from Smithfield to the slaughter-
house. Having walked into our machine-room, he took
up his station between two engines, where he became, for
about fifteen minutes, a fixed prisoner, not being able to
extricate himself from his tiifficult position. By the as-
sistance of drovers and others, however, his liberation
was at length effected, to the great delight of ourselves.
and apparently not less so to the beast itselt.—Standard.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS--The new Act of Parlia-
ment tar the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, pai,sed
on the Ist of last month (August), provides that if any
person shall cruully beat, ill treat, over drive, abuse, or
tort ut e, or cause or procure to be cruelly beaten, ill-treated,
over-driven, abused, or tortured, any animal, is liable to
a pf-lially of not exce,ding live pounds. A constable,
upon his own view, or upon the complaint and infoima-
ti.pn of any other person who shell ci clan, his or nu'
name and place of abucle to the constable, may seize and
secure any off nder at .d convey him b tore a magistrate.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We
hay,. to announce the approaching marriage ot Captain
Edward Arthur Somerset, M.P. for Monmouthshire,
eldest eon of the lute General Lord Edw-Lid Somerset,
and cousin of the Duke of Beaufort, with Miss Sales,
daughter of Mr. W. Miles, M.P. for Eaht Sowersetsbite.
The nuptials will be celebrated at Leigh Court, the
splendid seat of the fair fiancee's father, near Bristol, in
tato course of this month.

7 TiT -.1; TT R.", 17111.1,‘ ISI IN ST. to inrriro t,,py At ()nee to on some

I(Lc urehe ttiel VV:I3 net a subject
roe high he (tidy now berg :a to fee 1 inteetest el. lie bad
he ei sidle g with reference to the memorial presented to
the L•:rd Mayor for the elosipg of the churchyard. The
Lord Mayor on that cccasion accompanied him to the
churehe ardens and the rector, n ate of whom were in;
but he hoped to see him at the meeting that day, so
much interest had he been pleased to express on the sub-
ject. As for any fear of &tine- what was illegal, he
thought the time was come when, to use the language
of a great man, they must exercise a vigour beyond
the law. Ones their city was in flemes, and then the
people exerted themselves in pulling down their
neighbours' houses, an act which wt.:es felony by the
law, but it was done for the putle.,se of checking the
fleines. He asked now, when men's lives were at stake,
when the disease was encroaching on them, whether
they were to be delayed by the technieelitie3 of the
law in preventing what was a grievous wrong upon the
whole parish ? Ile moved, as an amendment, that
henceforth the south division of the churchyard be closed,
and that no interments take place in it on any pretence
whatever.
Mr. GREEN, in seconding the amendment, said that,
living just opposite the churchyard, "his bedroom was
visited in the morning with an f filavititn which was
disgusting. He complained that the whole atmosphere
in Bishopsgate-street stunk. No such smell existed in
Wormwood-street or Liverpool-street, and he attributed
its existence in Bishopse,,ate-street to the churchyard.
Mr. TACO said it might seem unreasonable to close
the portion of the ground which was allotted to the poor,
while they left it in the option of those who could pay
more to bury still in the neighbourhood. It was striking
at a branch only, when they ought to lay the axe to the
root of the Upas tree. He would have it all closed up,
whatever might be the effect upon fees; for it was a
trine preached from that pulpit that duty was binding
upon them, however it might affect their worldy interests.
lie felt himself obliged to send his children fifteen miles
into the country to stop the horrible stench which poi-
soned the air iu consequence of the barbarous practice of
burying the dead among the living. The Act of Parlia-
ment, it was true, required that five feet of earth should
bo laid above the coffin; but he believed it was daily vio-
lated iu the absence of persons who had any authority to
see it carried out. In the vaults lead was of no use, and the
arched vaults above were of little use, so long as between
those two pillars (pointing to the south of the church
under the organ gallery) two trap-doors opening into
the crypt existed, ill suited to keep down the stench, and
though c .ncealed with matting, not the less destructive
to those who worshipped in the church. He would
never allow his children to worship in a place so
infested with plague. They all knew that a
celebrated surgeon the other day opened his bedroom
window, which looked into a graveyard where two graves
were opene:l. The gentleman felt himself on the
sudden seized with the poison, and from that moment
he concluded himself a dead man. Mr. Aston Key
died in twenty-four hours after. He said he was sorry
that the House of Commons, or others, should have
ever trusted to the evidence of grave-diggers, whose ex-
aggerated statements had thrown an air of the ridiculous
over the report of the Committee of that House upon the)
subject. But let them state the truth, express a strong opi-
Moe, and he defied any one to come forward in the face of
the press of this country, and claim the right of burial
amidst the masses- of the living. He moved, as ate
amendment—" That it is highly dangerous to the living
to bury the dead in the midst or the population; that till
interments in the churchyard of this perish, and in the
vaults under the church, be henceterth discontinued;
and that a committee be appointed to carry oat the
objects of this resolution, and to take every measure to
enforce them."
Mr. T. HALL seconded the resolution.
Tee LORD MAYOR, who had enter, d the vestry during
the meeting, and was at once cordially greeted by all pre-
sent, now rose to address them. lie said—Mr. Church-
warden and gentlemen, I owe you an apology for appear-
ing here to interfere eith your local matters, but I felt
it. no more than my duty, not only as Lord Mayor, but
else as one of the Members for the city of London, to
coins for the purpose of ascertaining what your senti-
ments are upon these subjects, as I am now about
to attend a meeting of the Board of Health in the
West-end. In the meantime I have called attention to
the subject as to which you are met by a circular letter
sent round to every churchwarden in the City, with a
view to strengthening their hands in their endeavour to
remedy the evil. Although the law will not strictly
allow us to proceed with the removal of this nuisance,
still I have just received a copy of a recent Act of Par-
liament, which, at least, renders it questionable whether
we shall not be able to deal with it. I felt it but re-
spectful, in consequence of a memorial which was pro
sented to ma in reference to the present state of the
churchyard, and understanding that you were to hold a
meeting today on that subject—l say I thought it re-
spectful to come here to know what were your sentiments,
and what you proposed to do, for I nen determined to
use all means to induce the authorities to accede to your
wishes.—( Hear, hear.) Any resolution which you may
come to, although not all potent, will yet go as far as it
is possible for such a resolution to go towards attaining
the olijeet you have in view. I will not say more, and I
cannot continue longer amongst you, as I must now at-
tend a meeting of the Board of Health. His Lordship
then left the church, after distributing several copies of
his circular letter, a copy of which we annex:—
"Guildhall, Aug. 28, 1849.
" Gentlemen,—l am directed by the Committee of
Health, appointed by the corporation of London to in.
form you that the strongest representations have been
made to them by the officer of health of the City, that
the interment of the dead in the confined churchyards is
in his judgment most dangerous to the health of the in-
habitants of this City, and calculated to propagate the
prevailing epidemic, which appears to be on the increase.
" The committee desire me to say that they look with
the greatest confidence to the public spirit and philan-
thropic feeling of the parochial authorities to suppsess
this practice in your parish during the prevalence of the
disease.
" I am directed, at the same time, to refer you to the
provisions of the Act of the 12th and 33d Victoria, cap.
111, on this subject.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
"H. A. MEREWETHEIt.
" To the churchwardens of the parish of --."
Some conversation ensued as to the amalgamation of
the various resolutions.
The CIIURCHWARDEN said he should be happy to be
strictly bound not to permit more burials in the church-
yard or the vaults, and ha should do all he could to
obey such a resolution.—(Hear, bear.)
Mr. HOPGOOD at length,- by leave of the meeting,
withdrew his resolution, and substituted the following:—
" That in the opinion of this vestry the public health is
lamentably endangered by the continued practice of in-
terring the dead in the parochial burying-grounds and in
the vaults under the church; and that all interments in
the churchyard of this parish and in the vaults under
the church be henceforth discontinued; and that a cuin•
aiittee be appointed to carry out the ref.lutior:, with full
powers to th he every measure for its enforcem,ut.”
The CHURCHWARDLN said, before putting the resolu-
tion he wished to say it would give him great pleasure
to put that resolution in force. During the time he
haft acted as churchward.-n his attention had been care-
fully given to the churchyard, with a view to the sani-
tary condition of the neighbourhood. As to the shed at
the bottom of the yard, ho was called on to clf-ar it out
by the Commissioners of Sewers, for the reception of
bodies, if necessary.
The other amendments having been wale...ram], tie
resolution wise passed without a dissenting voice.
A committee was then appointed, consisting of the
rector, the church.% arch es, Messrs. Hopgood, Owdee,
Hall, Tagg, Gilpin, and Taylor, to carry out the rest....
Mr. JAYNE, Still-alley, Bitihopgate- street, came to
complain of a nuisance which had been occasioned by the
Commissioners of Sewers. He said they came on Friday
fortnight and pumped out the contents of the cesspools
in the court into the sewer. After seven days they
came again and turned cut the contents of the cesspools
into the middle of the court, and left it there all Friday-
and Saturday, the stench being intolerable. He himself
at the dk sire of the neighbours, went to differen: quar-
ters ou Saturday night, applying to have it removed, and
at last they came. Whin they came to remove it, how-
ever, instead of carrying it away, they lifted the flag
pavement, dug a hole, and buried it in the court. No
sickness or disease was existing in the court up to this
time; but on Sunday morning, a man living in the alley
was seized with cholera, and taken to the hospital,
where he died in a few hours. His children were
seized with cholera; another man with severe diarr-
hea; two children in the next house died; and of his
(Mr. Jayne's) own family, where no sickness previously
existed, one child was taken with cholera, but recovered
with great dificulty. He felt i t right to expose this
disgraceful conduct of the Commissioner?.
The meeting then separated.

THE CIVIC CHAIR.—The following gentlemen have
been fixed on by the Court of Aldermen to be put to
the choice of the Livery, to serve tLe office of Lord
Mayor on Michaelmas Day :—Thornas Farncomb, Esq.,
alderman for the ward of aissishaw ; John Musgrove,
Esq., alderman for Broad-street ward; and William Hun-
ter, Esq., alderman for Coleman-street hard.
Who does not remember passing a street corner, in
the dale of a raw Deermber evening, and catching a
glimpse of ,a frozen unhappy f!tce, turned towards you,
and rather gazing than asking fur alms? You had
beforehand, per haps,insde up your mind that begging
was only the shift of idleness, and had steeled your heart
against the professional appe.als of beggars. You walk
on, summoning up this conviction, and there rises before
you the piteous face of that poor man standing at the
corner you have just passed. You cannot banish it
from your memory; the man may have left wife and
children at home, and there may be no fire in the grate,
no food in the cupboard. Thus thinking, you reach
your own comfortable home, aryl the taco still haunts
you—you wish you had given him something, bat it is
too late. You will never see that suffering face again ;
Glimpties," from Eliza Cook's
it was only a glimpse.--("
Journal.
DEATH OP LIEUT.-COLO ICELMAUNSELL.—We have
to announce the demise, in Limerick, on Tuesday, of
Lieutenant-Colonel George Maunsell, who for seve-
ral years commanded the 3d, or Prince of Wales' Dra-
goon Gwirds, and served with great distinction in that
reginant, and the Peninsula, Ir,,m April, 1809, to the
end of the war in 1814, including the battles of Tata-
vent ; the winter campaign of 1810, in the lines of Lis-
bon; ,c...iorts of Campo Mayor and L.'s Santis; battles
ut thistle° and Alonera ; action of Usagre ; sieges of
Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajos; battles of Vittoria and
Toulouse. He commandid a squadron at the cavalry
French affair of Usazre, where three regiments were
de eat( d by the 3.1 Dragon Guards. lle retired on half-
pay unattached in 1843, but, like his old brother officer
in arms, Colonel S:awell, 12th Lancers, he declined
retiring from the service.

Monesses.—Bengal Treacle has been dealt in with
est:den, and sellers are ready to accept 15s to 15s 6d per
cwt; there are also several parcels on offer. In West
ledta the business done has been small, and 15s 61 to
18s 6d is the value of low to fine, whilst the tendency of
prices is to recede.
COCOA.—The good and fine red sorts of Trinidad are
still wanted at 44s to 501 per cwt, but other kinds have
been dealt in with caution, and can be obtained at a fur-
ther,
reduction. A public sale of 100 bags Trinidad
went at from 383 to 395 6d for mid and good mid grey.
For Foreign the market is quiet at 26s 6d to 28s 6d
per cwt.
TEA.—Former rates are well supported for low and
middling sorts of Green, and a good buisiness has been con-
; eluded this week. For the better kinds previous prices are
sustained; still dealers have made purchases with less
freedom. The value of Gunpowder Canton kind is from
Is 3d to is 6d; Hyson kind Is 8d to 4s; Imperial Canton
is to is 4d; Hyson sort Is 6d to 2s Id; Young Hyson
10d to is 10d, better sort 2s to 3s; Hyson, low to mid
I ld to is 81, good to fine is 9d to 3s; Hyson Skin 8d to
Is 3d; Twankay, ord 6Ael to 7d, better sort 8d to is 31;
Twanksy, ord bid to 7d, better sort 8d to Is. Scented
Caper and Orange Pekoe met with a free sale, and full rates
are paid. There has been less disposition to do business in
Congou, yet holders will not sell, but at full rates. Oaly
a limited business has been concluded in all sorts, and
prices rule for ord and good common at 9d to 9d,
medium kinds 10d to ls, strong blackish leaf is Id to is
2d, fine and Pekoe flavour is 3d to is 10d.
COFFEE.—This afternoon a greater demand existed
for Native Ceylon Coffee, and prices advanced 6d to Is
per cwt. At public sale 2,870 bags were sold at 39s 6d
to 40s for good ordinary, and 40s 6d to 41s for real good
ordinary. A fair demand exists for Plantation, and 81
casks 368 bags went at the full value, middling and good
57s to 653, other sorts 47s 6d to 565, and triage 32s 6d
to 41s 6d per cwt Of Mocha 69 packages were taken
in at 52s 6d to 55s per cwt.
HICE.—To-day East India Rice was offered at former
rates, still few buyers were to be met with. Of 2,392
bags offered at public sale, a part only sold—Bengal
good white 9s 61 to 10s, mid 8s 61 to 9s, low 7s 6d to
88, and Madras pinkey white 8s to 8s 61 per cwt.
SALTPETRE.—Previous rates obtained for Rough, and
none has been offered at auction this week. The value
of low to fine is from 26s to 28s per cwt. English Re-
fined is less wanted, and prices are not so firm • the value
is 303 to 30s 6d per cwt. For Nitrate of Soda the de-
mand continues to get larger, and prices are still on the
advance, sales having been made at 12s to 125 6d per
cwt, and there is a firm market.
FRUM—There is very little to notice in the Fruit
market this week, and there has been a steady business
in Currants at firm paces. The consumption continues
very large. Valencia Raisins are selling slowly at 40s.
SPICES.—In the value of Black Pepper there is no
variation to make known, but the demand has been
limited by private treaty, both for home use or exporta-
tion, Pod is cheaper, and a public sale of 400 bags went
at from 34s 6d to 38s for low to middling, but the whole
sold. For white a fair sale exists at 4d to Bd. A
good sale exists for Nutmegs, and full rates are
paid. A public sale of 30 cases went at from
2s 101 to as for mid and good mid brown. Ginger
is still in good demand by home dealers, the
rates paid are fully equal to this day week. At auction
100 cases Cochin were sold at 83s to 108 s for mid to
good bold, and 180 pkgs of Jamaica at 31 13s to 5/ 5s
tor ord to good mid. Pimento is still in small supply,
and wanted at 41 to 4id per lb. The rates pain for
Cloves are fully equal to this day week. To-lay a
public sale of 350 pkts of Bengal Ginger went at 21s to
22s 6d for shipping sort; these are rather luwer rates.
SPIRITS.—There are free sellers of Jamaica Rum at
former rates, still on the pert of home dealers or
shippers little desire has been evinced to operate, and
the quantity on offer of all sorts is larger than in the
formtr year. The value of ord and mid quality 30
to 34 per cent over proof is 2s 21 to 2s Bd, better
sort 32 to 36 over 2s 9d to 3s, and fine
3s 2d to 4s. P.r Leeward 'slued held( rs ask full rates.
still the business concluded has been very limited at
Is 41 to Is 51 proof; there is also a desire on the part
of holders to sell. East India is not much wanted, and
proof can be obtained at is 3d to is 41. Only small
purchases have been made is Demerara at 2s to 2s 31
for 30 to 40 par cent. over proof. In Brandy the busi-
ness done continues to be extensive, and former rates are
well supported. There is no variation in the value of
British made Spirit or Geneva.
TALLOW.—A further reduction has taken place in the
value of Russian on the spot, still the purchases made
by town and country dealers have been of little moment..
Fine P. Y. Candle is to be obtained at 38s 31 to 3Ss 61
per cwt ' • prices, however, are not expected to rule much
lower. Only limited sales were made for delivery in the
last three months of the year, and sellers are ready to
accept 38s per cwt. Home melted is cheaper, and only
a limited business has been concluded at 36s 6d to 37s 6d
net cash, whilst the quantity on offer is larger than in
the former week. Other sorts of Tallow are to be
obtained at a further decline. Rough Fat is offered on
rather lower terms.

same of Company.

instralasia . •• •• • . ..
BritshNorth American
Ceylon .........• • • • •
C nnutercial of London
C ..
Gioucesterahire . • •
lonian .. • • • •
Londe and Westminstr

Dividend
per

_inxrara.

31. per cent.
51. per cent.
71. p,r cent.
61. per cent.
5/. per cent.
15/per cent.
i/. per cent.
61. per bent.

Ditto .
Loudon Joint-Stock 61. per cent.
Provincial of Ireland • • 81. per cent.
Ditto, New... •• • • 6'. per cent.
National of Ireland •• 51. per cent.
Nat. Provucial of Eng. 61. per cent.
Ditto, New. • • • • • 5/. per cent.
South Australia
Union of Australia • 61. per cent.
Ditto 61. per cent.
Union of L0nd0n..... 61. per cent.
Union of Madrid ..... I

Name of Company.

East and West India...
East Country ••
London ••.• •

Ditto 80nd5........
St. K atharine •• • • • • • •

Ditto, Scrip...... .

Ditto Bonds•• . •• ••
Southampton •• •• •• ••

Name of Company.

Chat-lug-cross."... ••
Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av.
Ditto Nw of 7% p.c.
Waterloo .... •• •• •• • •

Ditto Old Ann. of Si.

Ditto Nw ditto of 71.
Vauxhall .... Av.

6/. pr cent.
20s. per sh.
il. pr cent.
4/. per cent.
4 per cent.

4%1. pr cent.
21. per cent.

BILIDG:

Dividend
per

Annum.

Amount
or
Share.

t. d.
40 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

I 355. per cent.

£ e. d.
500 0 0
100 0 0
IGO 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
20 0 0

Stock.
100 0 0
'5OO 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
25 0 0
: 100 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0

20 0 0
100 0 0
i 0 0
Stock.

100 0 0

Amount
of
Share.

11. 43. Od.
11. Is. Od.

£ a. d.
Stock.
100 0 0
Stock.

Stock.

50 0 0

Amount
of
Share.

Z. a. d.

£ 5. .
50 0
11 0
5 0
5 6
5 0
10 0
10 0
5 0
5 0
2 12
AU paid.
4 0 0
3 0 0

36 10 0
50 0 0
10 0 0
5 13 1
2 10 0
10 0 0
2 0 0
12 10 0
12 10 0
15 0 0
2 0 0
2 10 0
5 0 0
2 0 0

1 0 0
10 0 0
0 10 0

Paid.

Z a. d.

50 0 0

Paid.

1632 12 8
50 0 0
kOO 0 0

Z. s. d.
25 0 0

Pri, e.

70 10 3

Price.

WATER-WORKS

4"'
220

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of
Annum. I Share.

X s. d.
Vast London.... •• Si. 1100 0 0
Grand Junction 4/. per cnt. i 50 0 0
Kent •• 31. 108. 1100 0 0
Lambeth 57. per cnt. 100 0 0
New Itlvr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s.
Veluxhall ...... • • .... 51. per mt. 100 0 0
West Middlesex • . . 61.05. pr cnt

£ s. d.

4%
16%
16%
9%
2%

21 Os

f)%
200
203

Price.

Price.

Price.

CAS-LIGHT AND COILE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Nzine of Company. per 1 of Paid. Price.
Annum. 1 Share.
• X. a. d. X. a. d.
British ••••••.. • • • • • • 1/. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14
Ditto Provincial— •• 1/. 85. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18
Bristol 10/. per cent. 20 0 0
Brighton .. 5/. per cent. ' 20 0 0 16
City of London .. •• • • 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250
COntinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share' 50 0 0 39 5 e 30
Equitable .....• •• • • 50s. pr share' 50 0 0 50 0 0 ; 26
Imperial ............ 6/. per cunt. ,50 0 0 50 0 0 ! 67
Independent ....... • • 6/. per cent. j4O 0 0 40 0 0 62%
London • • ............ 50 0 0 10 0 0
Ditto
150 0 0 50 0
Phcenix . 51. per cent. 150 0 0 46 0 0 28
Ratcliff .... • ........ 5/. 1100 0 0 90 0 0 75
United General 43 1. pr cent! 50 00500 0 13
Westminster chartered 3/. 50 0 0 44N
Ditto, New ••• 12s. 150 0 0 10 0 0 9

Names of ! 'Dividend
Companies. I per
u 1 Annum.'

CII.2LA.LEI.

Price.

Dividend

OILS.—In Seal an advance in the value is apparent,
sales of Pale having been made at 331 to 34/, straw and
tinged 301 to 32/, yellow and brown 281 to 31)1. Southern
met with more attention, and the parcels sold were
from 281 to 311 for ord to fine; Cod 27l 5s to
271 los. For Sperm trade is brisker—for fine Colonial
the rates paid are 801 to 811, and for Hi admatter 821 to
184/ per tun. The rates paid for Olive Oil were from 421
to 431 for Gallipoli, and 40/ to 411 103 for
others sorts ; the value of Lucca per jar is 61, and
Florence half chests 17s to 200. Palm is less wanted.
The value of fine is 30s 6d to 31s per cwt. Cocoa Nut
is offered at 30s to 33s 6d per cwt. For Rape-
seed Oil prices rule firm. Palo at 32s to 404
and Brown at 38s to 38s 6d. Linseed Oil
continues to sell freely for home trade purposes.
Few sellers are to be met with on the spot under 26s
per cwt, although the production of Oil is still getting
larger. For forward delivery some sales have been
made at 25s 3d to 25s 6d, upon these rates a desire is
evinced to sell. Lard Oil is quoted at 35s to 435, and Ground
Nut at 27s to 27s 6d rer cwt. There has been no public
sale of any sorts held this week.

Names of
Companies.

1
Ashtn & Oldb 971 71.
Barnsley •• • • ':160! 121.
grknk&Abrg 150; 51.
Birmingham 35! 41.
Coventry.. • • 100 25/.
Derby ••• • • 100 61.
Ellsmre&Chs 133! 565.
Erewash ,100 321.
GrandJunctn!loo 5/.
Grand Surrey 100 21.
Grand Union j 100 11. 10s.
Grantham ..1150.
Kennt & Avn: 391 7s. 6d.
Lee,ls& Linn: 100 301.
Leicester .. • • !140, 5/.
Leicstr &Nth' 83 41.
Loughborogh 142, 701.
Ntonmouthshi 100, 81.
Nintgsnarysh 100
Meltnll wbryl 100

5%
325
63%

Macclesfield .
Neath • . • • - •
Oxford.. • • • •
Peak Forest.
Regent's ....
Rochdale .. • •
Somrset Coal
Do.Lk Fd
Stffrd &Wore
Shrewsbury..
Stottrbridge..
1
Severn and
Wye Rail. j
Warwick&l
Birming. j
Warwick&l
Napton..
Worcstr &
Birming.)
Wilts & Brks

per
Annum

21. 10s.
581.
201.
31. 18s.
11. 2s.
41.
71.105.
61. p. c.
281.
181.
201.

Price.

IN
50%
130

2!. Os.

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
-- -
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 204
Caledonian Bank
City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 1134
Clydesdale Bank ••• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12%
Commercial Bank 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ,100 0 0 163
Eastern Bank •• •••• • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 9/. 7s
Edinb.t Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 5%
Exehange Bnk of Scot 4l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 24'.
isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 -
National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14%
North ot Scotland Bank 41. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.03
North British Bank • •
Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 129
Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 84
W.;stern Barak .• ••• • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72
I.ber leen Fire and Life 7%1.pr cent. 12 10 0 2 0 8 2
B. Accord. Life aad Fire 20 0 0 010 0 -
dritish Guar, ntee Ina. 47. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 93 6d
llale,lonlan Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 , 21
Church of Eng.and 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. is
Edinburgh Life Incur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18%
East of Scotland Life lO 0 0 0 15 0 98.0 d.
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6
aercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Imur. Co. of Scetlnd•• al. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 6s
Mercantile Life
National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 205.6 d
North British Insur. 5% Lpr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23%
North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 -
Scottish Life and Guar. 20 0 0 0 11 0 , -
Scot. Mai. and Gan. Life 0 0 015 0 -
Scottish Union Insrnce. 6%!. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 21
"Stan:lard Life •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 94
United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 '145.6d
IMEXISCEX.X.ANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company per of , Paid. Price.
Annum. Share. ;
s. d. X. s.
Australian Agriculturl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 ' 16
‘thglo-Mexican Mint ll. 48. 10 0 0, 10 0 0 -
Ditto, Half Shares.. 210 0 -...
Canada ... • • ........ 61. per cent. 100 0 0,32 JO 0 -
Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. per.cent. - 89
City Navigation - 90
Comp.Cppr Mnrs Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 .-
Gen• Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Equitable Reversionry 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 .100 0 0 104
Gen.SteamNavigation 11. 81. 15 0 0 14 0 0 -
London Institution - 78 15 0 -
Russell Institution - 26 5 0 -
Penhislr& Orient.Stm Bl. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74
Reversionary Int. Soc 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90
Royal Mail Steam.- 6/ 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 54
South Australian
Van Dieman's Land., 100 0 0 23 0 0 -

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current, Sept. 7.)
SUGAR.—To-day a small amount of buaines was con
chided in the West India Sugar market, and the sales
amounted to 350 hhds, &c. Prices closed the same as
on Friday last, and the purchases for the week amounted
to 1,944 lihds, &e. The quantity of both Colonial and
Foreign Sl,gar offered to-day was less than for some time
put, and the market closed with a steady appearance.
REFINED.—To day Refined Sugar was dealt in with
more freedom, and former rates are well supported; the
market has decidedly a firmer appearance, and brown
grocery lumps are not to be obtained under 485 61 per
cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is in limited demand.
Me n ..nrans.---Prices have undergone no further de-
pression fer either grocery or refining sorts, as the
quantity brought to market was less than in the former
week. Still only a limited business has been concluded
by private treaty, and the parcels offered at auction,
amounting to 2,478 bags, were only in part
sold ; fine yellow went at 39s to 40s, middling to
good 37s to 38s 61, low 35s 6d to 36s 6d, ordinary and
low brown 30s to 325, middling to good 32s 61 to 348 6d,
fine 35s to 35s 6.1, ordinary and middling grey 35s to 37s
61, good and fine 38s to 38s 61, and grainy: 38s 6d to
39s 61 per cwt; a fair proportion consisted of the lower
descriptions.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon full rates were obtained
for Bengal Sugar, but the demand was not more active.
A public sale of 1,793 bags went at from 37s to 40s 6d
for ordinary to good yellow Ilce Mauritius, and at 36s to
40s for damp and washed. For Madras the market has
a qr.iet aspect, and at auction 1,489 bags were taken in
at 33. to 34s for low soft yellow.
FOREIGN.'-Today there was no public sale of foreign
Sugar, but by private treaty a fair amount of business
was concluded at full rates.