The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-09 00:00:00

MINORITY-NOES, 135.

Abdy, Thomas N. Du Pre, C G. Lowther, Henry
Acton, Colonel Edwards, Henry Lygon, Gen.
Adderley, C. B. Egerton, Sir P. - 111`Naghten, Sir E.
Alexander, N. Egerton, W. T. Manners, Lord C.
Arbuthuott, Hugh Farnham, E. B. Manners, Lord G.
Arkwright, G. Ferrer, James Masterman, J.
Ashley, Lord Ffolliott, J. • Maxwell, J.
Baillie, 11. J. Fitzroy, Henry Moody, C. A.
/la'dock, E. H. Floyer, John Morgan, O.

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Barrington, Viscount Forbes, W. Mundy,"E. Miller
Bateson, Thomas Fox, S. L. Newdegate, C. N.
Beckett, William Frewen, C. H. Noel, Gerald J.
Benbow, John Gooch, E. S. Oisulston, Lord
Bennet, P. Gordon, Admiral Palmer, Robert
Beresford, William Gore, W. 0. Plumptre, J. P.
Blackstone, W. S. Goring. Charles Reid, Colonel

Bolling, William Goulburii, Henry Rent . ____.....
on, John C.
Bourke, Richard S. Grogan, E. Richards, Richard
Bowles, Admiral Gwyn, Howel Sandars, George
Bramston, T. W. Raiford, Sir 11. Scott, Francis
Bremridge, Richard Hall, Colonel Seahain, Viscount
Brisco, M. Halsey, T. I'. Sibthorp, Colonel
liroadley, H. Hamilton, G. A. Smyth, John G.
Broadwood,:II. Hamilton, J. 11. Smollett, A.
Brooke, Lord Barris, Ilon.Capt. Sotheron T. 11. S.
Buller, Sir J. Y. Hastie, Archibald Spooner,
Bunbury, W. Heald, James Stafford, Augustus
BuiToughes, 11. N. Iteatlicote, Sir W. Stanley, Edward
Carew, W. I'. Henley; J. W. Stuart, henry
CastlereaghoViSC. Berries, John C. Stuart, J.
Chaplin, W. J. Hildyart, It. C. Thompson, Aid.
Charter.s, Francis Hildyard, T. B. T. Tollemaclie, John
Chichester, Lord J. Hodgson, W. N. Trevor, J. It.
Clive, Henry B. Hood, Sir A. Turner, George
Cobbold, John C. Hope, Sir J. ' Tyrrell, Sir J. T.
Cocks, Thomas S. Ilernby, John Verner, Sir W.
Codrington, Sir W. Hudson, George Vivian, J. E.
Cole, 11. A. Ireland, Thomas J. Vyse, R. 11. R. H.
Cripps, W. Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Waddington, 11. S.
Cubittt, William Jones, Sir W. Walpole, S. 11.
Deedes, W. Jones, Captain Welby, G. E.
Deering, John P. Knox, Colonel Willoughby, Sir H.
D'Eyncourt, T. Lennox, Lor i A. Wodehouse, E.
Duckworth, Sir J. Lennox, Lord H G. TELLERS.
Duncuft, John Lindsay, Colonel Inglis, Sir B. 11.
Dundas, George Lockhart. W. Law, C. E.

The public, and especially the medical profession,
will sympathise in the deep regret with which we an-
nounce the death of Mr. Liston, the eminent surgeon.
Mr. Liston had suffered for some weeks from an atfec-
tion of the throat, which proved fatal at half-past ten
o'clock on Tuesday night. Although he had scarcely
more than reached middle age, Mr. Liston had achieved
an European reputation. As an operator he was unri-
valled, but it would be unjust to suppose that in this
consisted his high excellence. No man was less inclined
to have recourse to operation when relict could be at-
tained by any other means, and no lecturer ever took
more pains to inculcate the duty of pursuing this course
of practice. To the public and to science Mr. Liston's
death may be considered a national loss ; it will be
deeply regretted by the many who have profited by his
eminent talents, and by the numerous friends in private
life to whom his kindly disposition and estimable quali-
ties had endeared him.
DEATH OF SIR CHARLES DALBIAC.—We regret to
hear that the death of this gallant officer took place
yesterday morning; at his chambers in the Albany. His
Grace the Duke of Roxburghe, who married Sir Charles's
only child, was with his father in-in-law to the last, un-
remitting in the attention he bestowed. Sir Charles
entered the army in 1793, as cornet of the 4th Dra-
g') )ns, the colonelcy of which he held at the time of his
death, having got that Regiment in September, 1842.
His commissions were dated, lieutenant, February, 1794;
captain-lieutenant, October, 1798 ; captain, May, 1800 ;
major, October, 1801 ; lieutenant-colonel, November,
1808 ; colonel, June 4, 1314. His latest commission,
that of lieutenant-general, was given in Jane, 1838. He
served with the only regiment.in which he ever held a
commission, namely, the 4th Dragoons, during the
campaign of 1809, and was engaged in the battles of
Talavera, the 27th and 28th of July. He served the winter
campaign of 1810 in the lines of Lisbon, and commanded
the regiment at the affair of Campo-Mayor, in March
of the next year. In 1812 he was actively engaged at
Los Santos, Llerena, and at Salamanca, July 22. For
the gallantry of the regiment at this last named place, it
has been since permitted to bear the word " Salamanca "
upon its standards and appointments, an honour which it
shares with the sth Dragoon Guards and the 3d Dra-
goons. Sir Charles Dalbiac was the author of a Military
Catechism for the use and instruction of young officers
and non-commissioned officers in the cavalry. He was an
ardent disciple of Izaak Walton.
The remains of the late lamented Mrs. Brydges,
of Catherine-place, Bath, were on Monday privately
removed thence for interment in the vault of her great
uncle, the late rector of St. James's, Westminster, un•
derneath St. James's Chapel, H.R., built during his forty
years' incumbency. The first occupant of it was his
wife, Mrs. Griffin Parker, sister and heir of Griffin Lord
Howard de Walden and Baron Braybrooke, who died at
Bath in November, 1799 (vide obituary in the Gentle-
man's Magazine). Mrs. Brydges was the only surviving
issue of Captain W. Parker, and ward of Dr. Parker,
who, with her aunt, brought her up as their adopted, in
the rectory house,. with the tenderest care and affection.
She was extensively known, esteemed, and regretted.
Her father and her husband's mother lie buried near.
In the chapel are some simple monuments and tablets to I
the memories of Mrs. Griffin Parker, Dr. Parker, le
Comte de Welderen, their brother-in-law, &c., twenty
years ambassador from Holland to this country.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM-NAVIGATION
COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company
was held yesterday, when a favourable rep irt of the
Company's operations was presented to the share-
holders. The twelve months operations showed a
balance of 115,9561. d. to the credit of profit and
i
loss, after provion,
1
fiosr. 6
all charges of repairs and the
insurance of the company's property. The directors re-
commend that the dividend or the twelve months be
made equal to 8 per cent. perf annum, by now declaring
a dividend of 4 per cent. for the last six months, which
was agreed to accordingly.
THE INFLUENZA.—Ten thousand persons are said
to be laid up with the grippe (influenza), at Litle, but
no case has terminated fatally. At Toulouse there are,
it is said, 15,000 persons, in a population of 55,000,
suffering from that malady.
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At a congregation holden this day the following de-
grees were conferred :
Master of Arts—Barry Girling, St. John's College.
John Harries Thomas, St. Joh's College.
Algernon Wodehouse, Grand Compounder, St. John's
College.
Bachelor of Arts—Thomas Inman, Queen's College.

James Burroughs, Magdalen College.
At the same congregation, a °Taco passed the senate
to authorise the admittance of john Dawson Gibson,
8.A., of Trinity College, to the degree 0f,8.A. by Royal
mandate. _ _

Da. ITAMPDEN.-At the afternoon congregation there
was a more than usually numerous attendance of mem-
bers of the Senate, under the expectation that they
would have the opportunity of recording their votes for
or against the adoption of a petition to her Majesty
deprecatory of the appointment of the above-mentioned
divine to the see of Hereford. A requisition for its
adoption was signed by 64 resident members of the
Senate. The Vice-Chancellor refused to entertain it,
and it was next submitted by its promoters to the Caput,
or Council, in which assembly it was also negatived.
The petition was thus finally rejected, but a most liberal
distribution of copies was made in the Senate-house this
afternoon. Its chief promoters, already acquainted with
its fate, were absent, blit,.As has been said, there was a
large assembly of members to vote for its adoption. An
effort also had evidently been made to assemble sufficient
members to outvote the promoters of the petition in case
of its presentation as a grace. These latter remained in
the Senate-house to the close of the congregation, with
the exception of two or three of the heads of houses.

SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE
SHOWN

This exhibition was thrown open to the public at day-
break yesterday morning, and before noon it was densely
crowded. The Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of
Exeter, Lord Portman, the Earl of Warwica, the Earl
of Radnor, Major-General Wemyss, Mr. Pusey, M.P.,
and a great many leading agriculturists visited the show
during the early part of the day. At twelve o'clock the
anniversary meeting of the club took place in the com-
mittee-room. The Duke of Richmond presided, and was
supported by Lord Portman, Mr. Pusey, M.P., and a
large body of members. The husiness transacted was
merely of a routine character, and possessed no feature
of public interest. Mr. B. T. Brandreth Gibbs, hono-
rary secretary to the club, was in attendance. The sale
of stock during the day was unusually brisk. On no
former occasion do we remember to have seen a greater
number of lots purchased on the first day. Those
animals which have obtained the highest prizes are not
as yet disposed of, probably owing to the extreme
prices demanded for them, varying from 50 to 80 guineas.
The annexed is a list of stock sold up to last even-
ing:—
His Royal Highness Prince Albert's 4 years and 10
months old Hereford ox, which is commended by the
judges, has been sold to Mr. Ryder Oliver, of South-
ampton. An Ayrshire ox, 3 years and S months old,
bred and fed by Mr. Overman, of Weasenham, Norfolk,
was bought by Mr. Hale, of High-street, Marylebone.
Earl of Leicester's 4 -years old North Devon ox, by Mr.
Waite, of Wormwood-street, Bishopsgate. The Mar-
quis of Exeter's 3 years and 10 months old short-horned
ox, by Mr. Ryder Oliver, of Southampton. Mr. John
Wippell's 4 years and 4 months old North Devon steer,
commended by the judges, by Mr. King, of Padding-
ton-street. Mr. Edmond Calvert's 4 years and one
month old short-horned Durham ox, by Mr. Ban-
nister, purveyor to her Majesty, of Threadneedle-
, street. Mr. Stewart's three years and eight months
old Aberdeen and short-horned steer, by Mr.
Budge, of the New-cut, Lambeth. Mr. W. Trin-
der's 4 years old Hereford ox (prize of ,10I.), by Mr.
Bannister, of Windsor. Mr. Trevor, senior's, 4 years
and 11 months old Hereford ox, by Mr. Osley, of John-
street, Smithfield. His Royal Highness Prince Albert's
3 years and 11 months old Hereford ox .(commended),
by Mr. Alder, of Esher. The Earl of Warwick's 4
years and 11 months old Hereford ox, by Mr. Mann, of
Croydon. Mr. W. Trinder's 3 years and 11 months old
Hereford steer, by Mr. Statham, of Datchet. The Earl
of Warwick's 4 years and 7 months old Ilereford steer,
by Mr. Pawsey, of Bath. Mr. Quartley's 3 years and
10 months old North Devon steer, by Mr. Copeland, of
Windsor. The companion beast, bred and fed by the
same gentleman, was purchased by Mr. Guerrier, of
Islington. Mr. Manning's 3 years and 11 months old
Hereford steer, by- Mr. Pawsey, of Bath. Mr. T.
W. Fouracre's 3 years and 6 months old Devon
steer, by Mr. Payne, of Cheshaw. ..Mr. Keith's
5 years and 7 months old short horned and
Aberdeenshire ox, by Mr. Budge, of the New Cut, Lam-
beth. Mr. Stewart's 4 years and 7 months old Aber-
deenshire and short horned steer, by Mr. Garner, of
Little Chelsea. His Royal Highness Prince Albert's 5
years old Highland ox (prize 100, by Mr. Slater, of
Kensington. Mr. Majoribank's 4 years old West High-
land ox, by Mr. Kitchen, of Blandford-street, Portman-
square. Mr. Knowles's 4 years and 9 months old polled
Scotch ox, by Mr. Withers, of Guildford. Mr. Oven-
ham's 3 years and 11 months old Ayrshire heifer, by Mr.
Mitchell, of Kilburn: Mr. Hassell's 4 years and 9
months old short horned, or Durham heifer (prize of
101.), by Mr. Radford, of Derby. Mr. Moon's 4 years
and 7 months old North Devon heifer (commended), by
Mr. Banister, of Threadneedle-street. In the sheep
classes the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Exeter,
and several other leading exhibitors have already found
purchasers. Mr. Whitfield's pigs, for which he obtains
the Ist prize of 101., with a gold and silver medal, have
been bought by Mr. Wilcocks, of Tottenham Court-
road.

POST-OFFICE NOTICES.
VIGO, OPORTO, LISBON, CADIZ, GIBRALTAR, MEDI--
TERRANEAN, EGYPT, INDIA AND CHINA,—The next mails
for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt,
India, &c., via Southampton, will be dispatched from
hence on the morning of the 20th instant. The next
wails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, &c., via Mar-
seilles, will be dispatQhed from hence on the evening of
the 24th instant. The Indus, for the Meditterranean.
Egypt, India, &c., mails of the morning of the 20th inst.
MADEIRA, BRAZIL, AND BUENOS AYRES.—ller
Majesty's brig Seagull with the mails of the evening of
the 4th inst., detained by stress of weather. [From
August to January inclusive, the packet touches at
Pernambuco and Bahia on her outward passage to Rio
Janeiro, and the other six months on her homeward.]
\VEST INDIETS
for the mails of
the morning of the 17th instant.
AMERICA.—
INDIES,
&c.—The Medway, e
Caledonia, for the mails of Friday
evening, the 17th instant.

HOTEL AND TATERN KEEPERS PROVIDENT INSTI-
TUTION.--About sixty of the principal hotel and tavern
keepers of the metropolis assembled yesterday at the
Piaata Coffee-house, Covent-garden, to assist in the
celebration of the ninth anniversary of this institution.
Tne Lord Mayor presided, supported by Mr. Sheriff
Cubist, M.P. The usual loyal toasts having been dis-
posed of, the secretary read the report, which showed
that the first object of the institution, the granting of
temporary relief, had been accomplished, the subscrip-
tions having amounted to the sum stipulated, namely,
5,0001. The present recipients enjoyed annuities vary-
ing from 131. to 251. a-year. The second object of the
society, which was to be carried into effect when 5,000/.
more was subscribed, to grant permanent relief, the
committee hoped would be, by means of this meeting
and the exertions of the friends of the institution,
speedily accomplished. The present amount of funded
capital was 5,1881. ; the amount in the hands of the
treasurer, 151.; making a total of 5,203/.
PARLIAMENTARY PASTIMES.--TWO new games
have been introduced into the House of Commons since
the commencement of the extraordinary session, and
played with much spirit by Hon. Members. The first
is called " Hunt the Pressure," and is thus played:—
Members having taken their seats, all the events of the
last two years are called in, and set down before the
House. They conceal- " the Pressure" among them, and
the game consists in finding out under which of them it
is hidden. The House presents the most animated ap-
pearance while the hunt is going on, and the greatest
amusement is caused by the wild attempts of Members
to guess where " the Pressure" really is hidden. " I've
!,of it I" cries Lord George, seizing furiously on Free
Trade. "Here it is I" and he brings to light something
which turns out to be " Plenty" instead of " Pressure."
" Nonsense!" cries Sir William Moleaworth, " here
it is under Railways," and he pulls out " Em-
ployment." "It's under Famine!" shouts another
Honourable Member. " It's under Bank Restriction!"
interpose half-a-dozen Members at once, tumbling
over each other in their eagerness to lug the Act of 1844
out of its place, to seize on "the Pressure" under it.
There is nothing. The struggle waxes warmer. Lord
John grasps Railways and Famine at once, in his con-
viction that they have hidden the missing object between
them. His example is followed by 20 others. The
whole circle- of events is hurled topsy turvy. Every-
body declares he knows exactly where " the Pressure"
is, but somehow, nobody catches it. The fun of the game
consists in its never coming to a conclusion. The other,
and equally favourite game, is called " Blind Member's
Buff. A member is blindfolded. The Pressure is
allowed to run: about the house, with Famine, Free
Trade, Railway Works, the Bank Act, and the others
who have just formed the circle for "Hunt the Pressure."
The object is to catch the Pressure. Of course, the
Blinded Member is continually catching the wrong
thing, and the fun of the house is excessive at his asser-
tions that he has got hold of the Pressure, when he really
is grasping one or more of the bewildering crowd about
him.—Punch.

PANAMA, OCT. 21, 1847.—The Pacific Steam
Navigation Company's steam-ship Peru, from Callao,
arrived here this day, bringing, in addition to her usual
passengers and cargo, the mails, in continuation with
the Company's steamer New Granada, which left Val-
paraiso Sept. 28, and the undermentioned ports. in Chili,
Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and New Granada, of the re-
spective dates as undernotcd :—Chili : Valparaiso, Sept.
28 ; Coquimbo, Sept. 29 ; Huasco, Sept. 30 ; Copiapo,
Sept. 30. Bolivia : Cobija, Oct. 2. Peru : Iquique,
Oct. 3 ; Arica, Oct. 4 ; Islay, Oct. 5 ; Pisco, Oct. 7
Callao, Oct. 11 ; Paita, Oct. 14.
.„ Ecuador : Guayaquil,
Oct. 15. New Granada : Buenaventura, Oct. 19.
THE CHOLERA IN AIJSTRIA.-It iS stated in a
letter from Vienna, that the cholera has broken out in
the circle of Tarnopol, in Gallicia, and that it was
raging with a certain violence. The great scarcity of
food which at present exists in that district favours the
spread of the disease.

It is not only a species of influenza, but it has
been attended with severe fever, and ultimately, if
not checked, affecting the respiratory organs, in toe
many cases with fatal- results. Whatever mystery,
however, may be attendant upon the internal work-
ings of the complaint, it is too obvious that the pre-
sent damp, changeable weather is intimately connec-
ted with it; for ever since November set in with its
chill, foggy atmosphere, the epedemic has increased
in a uniform ratio. It would appear, therefore, that
the only hope which is left is, that when the weather
changes to a clear biting frost, and more especially
when the natives have thoroughly ensconced them-
selves in their winter garments, we then may reason-
ably expect a subsidence in the disease.

Although no age is exempt from its prostrating
attacks, yet it is evident that it extends chiefly
amongst the youth of all classes. Indeed, so uncom-
mon and so singular is its present aspect and power,
that there is not an educational institution in the city
open at the present time. The High School, Edin-
burgh Academy, Hill-street Institution, Ladies'
Institution, and a great many others, we regr& t to
state, are all closed at least for one week, until it is
seen how this distressing state of matters will even-
tually result.

D. Stark, the indefatigable medical statist, has
been collecting a number of facts bearing upon the
cases of children attending the various public and
private schools throughout the city. He informs
us that of 4,925 children on the roll of the
schools, 2,213, or forty-four per cent., were absent
in consequence of this complaint on the 29th of
November. The children of the different classes
of society appear to have suffered in different pro-
portions. Thus, of 2,962 children of the labouring
and artisan classes, only 1,054, or thirty-five per cent.,
required to absent themselves from school on the 29th
of November, the remainder appearing quite healthy ;
while of 1,591 children of the middle and upper
classes, 988, or 62 per cent., were confined to the
house, while many of those attending school were
labouring under the epidemic. From the returns
procured, it appears that the epidemic was most
severe and general in high or exposed situations.
Thus, while the_boys in George Heriot's Hospital
(on a high and exposed site) have suffered so severely
that a full half (96 boys) were in bed on Monday,
those of George Watson's Hospital (on a low shel-
tered site) have been so slightly affected that not
above five required to be sent to the sick-room, and
even these cases were very slight. This connexion
with the weather was very marked in some schools,
but in none more so than in the Merchant Maiden
Hospital. On Saturday, the 27th, before the thick
frosty fog came on, only one girl was slightly affected,
but by next day no fewer than fifty were confined
to bed.

Whilst thus noticing the spread of a new epidemic,
let it not be supposed that the fever has in any way
abated. On the contrary, if anything, it appears to
be on the increase ; and although in a great measure
the progress of typhus depends upon the habits of the
people, and the sanitary condition of the various
localities, still it would appear that the causes which
maintain the epidemic aid the extension of febrile
infection. On this head we are glad to perceive that
the magistrates are duly alive to the prevailing causes
of the fever. They have accordingly issued a procla-
mation, calling upon the inhabitants to aid and assist
them to improve the sanitary condition of the city.
We are afraid, however, that mere proclamations,
however important they may assume to be, will not
altogether secure the end to be desired. The inspec-
tor of cleansing must even yet be more active. In
these febrile times, why, we would like to be in-
formed, are there multitudes of congregated heaps of
filth itnd rubbish allowed at the doors of stables and
cow byres throughout the city ? These and similar
other nuisances must be removed, otherwise farewell
to freedom from infection.
Again," there have been 40 or 50 deaths this week
in the Royal Infirmary, independent of the excessive
mortality throughout the town.—North British Mail.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 4, 1847.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 638
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... ... 144
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves,' and Senses... ... 231
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... 994

Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 77
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... ... 113
Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. 14
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e. ... 19
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 17
Diseases of the Skin, ace. 6
Old Age,or Natural Decay ..; ... 165
Deaths by Violence, Privation; or Intemperance ... 28
Causes not specified ... 8

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES .... ... 2,454

Population Average weekly Deaths
Enumerated, Deaths, 1842-6. in the
1841. Five Autumns. Week.
West Districts... 301,326 . 146 ... 300
North Districts.. 376,396 .., 164 ,„ 422
Central Districts 374,759 196 ... 530
East Districts ... 393,247 .. 232 ... 602
600
South Districts .. 502,483
„,. 288 ...

Totals... ..... 1,948,911 ... 1,046 ... 2,454
Males 1,141
Females 1,313

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males 69e
• ••• ..• •••
Females 627

Total ... 1,323

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I~kLUEN.ZA IN THE 16TH CENTURY.—Of this
now universally prevailing malady we have the follow-
ing—" account
bassaJor at the Court of Mary Queen of Scots, to Cecil
(afterwards Lord Burghley) dated Edinburgh, Nov.
30, 1569. : May it please
upon the Queen's arrival here she fell acquainted with a
new di,tiease, that is common in this town, called the
New Acquaintance,' which passed also through her
whole Court, neither sparing lord, lady, nor damsel, not
Burghley),
honour, immediately
so much as either French or English. It is a pain in
their he ads that have it, and a
soreness in their sto-
machs, with a great cough • it remaineth with some
longer, with others shorter time, as it findeth apt bodies
for the nature of the disease. The Queen kept her bed
six days. There was no appearance of danger, nor
many that die of the disease,
except some old folks. My
Lord of Murray
is now presently in it, and lain ashamed
to say that .I am free from it, seeing it seeketh acquain-
tance at all men's hands." The letter is printed at pp.
105-107 of the Selections from Unpublished Manuscripts
illustrating t Lie Reign of Mary Queen of Scotland, pre-
sented to the Maitland Club, in the year 1837, by the
late Mr. Kirk man Finlay of Castle Toward.—Caledonian
Mercury.

'A gentleman
ACCIDENT AT THE STRAND TuEATRE.—Last
evening, durin .g. the performance of Valentine and Orson,
an accident
ish,aayseobbseeerivi
eadttseint
sitti
ng
on the front pm -',: of a private box, resting his foot on
with
serious
rce cursed,
cults. vilich ini
the seat, when 'ta o lost his balance and fell into the pit,
his head striki'Llg the orchestra partition with great
He was. immediately
force. taken on the stage by
Messrs. Broadfo, at and H. Cooper in an insensible state.
Mr. Fox Coopelr immediately stopped the performance,
with the permis 5 ion of the audience, and procured the
best medical aid.. he could, lie was eventually conveyed
home in a cab. The conduct of Mr. F. Cooper on the
occasion was hi;; WY commendable.
AROLITION ,) F CURISTMAS-BOXES.—Last evening,
a meeting of til.desmen was held at the Green Dragon,
Fleet-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the propriety
.of adopting measures to secure the abo-
lition of givii4; Christ alas-boxes. Several tradesmen
addressed the n eting,2wd complained of the burthea
they were liable -to at Christmas of
allowing gratuities,
and of the ill- -w ill whic 11
_frequently arose among the
parties receivilag• them' Very general complaint was
made against th e Post-o ffiee V
authorities, who countenanced
the solicitation. of Christmas-boxes on the part of the
general and dis trict postmen. A resolution in conformity
with the object s of the meeting was adopted, and a com-
-1 mittee appoint ad.
11 FIRE AT BrajELP,—Yesterday morning, shortly
before two o'clock, the village of Enfield was thrown
into a state of considerable confusion, by the sudden
outbreak of: M most disastrous fire upon the premises
known as Mulberry Lodge, situate in the Turkey-road,
Enfield-high way. The_building, which contained about
a dozen root no, was in the tenure of Mr. George Ryan.
At the timi : of the outbreak Mr. Ryan, was
up
in town,
but his wif .: and family were in their beds asleep, and
there is in) doubt, had It not been for the timely dis-
covery, whi ch was tnadelbdy one of the neighbours, every
person in t! he house wou have been burned to death.
As it was, they had the greatest difficulty in effecting a
safe retreat . The loss is very
considerable, the building
being burn tto the ground r. Ryan stated that he
was not insured for one-half his loss. The only in-
surances. oon the property were 7001. on the building, and
3501. on the furniture, which will fall on the Sun and
Atlas F sre-offices.
Stir 'DEN DEATu IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—
Yeste' !day morning, on the arrival of the Rochdale ten
o'cloc k train at the Miles Platting station, the clerk who
went tc, collect the tickets found a man in ono of the
third,-r lass carriages apparently in a dying state. When
spoke .1 to, the unfortunate man was found to be quite
insert sibie, and on the arrival of the train at the Hunts
it discovered that the vital spark had
Bare station, was
I h ben id • -
fled, Since then the hoc yas e entified as that of
a et inter from Rochdale, and has been removed to the
house,
Rai 'way Inn beer- .
at Miles Platting, to await the
. which will be held this day before Mr.
cm ones s inquest,
Ai 4tter,—Manchester Courier of yesterday.

The disasters created by the flooding of the coal
mines at Wigan have, since Saturday last, been in-
creased in a tenfold manner. We are glad, however,
to state that there has been no further loss of life.
The pumping water out of the pit where the unfortu-
nate colliers are immured continued with unabated
activity up to Saturday afternoon ; still the quantity
of water in the shaft, as far as we could learn, had
not been much reduced from what it was the pre-
vious Friday. On Saturday evening the rain again
fell in torrents ; and about eleven o'clock the water
rose above the banks of the Douglas, and, despite all
efforts to check it, again entered the hollows with
fearful violence. It reached Messrs. W. Lancaster
and Co.'s pit at four o'clock on Sunday morning,
when it rolled into the shaft in large quantities,
and by noon bad filled it on a level with the 4-foot
mine, the water being 130 yards deep. The noise
then ceased, but the water continued to rise in
the shaft, backed into Messrs. Preston's 4-foot
mine, which is a little higher, and has since filled all
the mines and hollows in the neighbourhood, where no
impediment or " fault" stands in the way of its pro-
gress. On Saturday night, during the whole of
Sunday and Sunday night, great exertions were
made to check the entrance of the water from the
river into the hollows; piles were driven, a space
three yards thick was puddled with clay to back up
the piles, and at least seventy large bags of cotton
were thrown into the hollows. Still, when the
strength of the stream abated, the water forced its
way beneath the clay, and rolled into the mines during
the whole of Sunday, and was not checked until
early on _Monday morning. By this time a
second barrier of thick planks and piles, braced
together, had been made in the field to hack up the
puddling of clay ; but again the heavy rains destroyed
all. Before nine o'clock on Monday morning the
stream had risen above its banks, the barriers were
broken in, and the waters entered the mines in larger
quantities than ever, and continued to do so
during Monday and Monday night ; for, in the
then state of the river, all hopes of stopping it
was abandoned. Many of the shafts at the coal-
pits are filled on a level with the Douglas, and the
water has, no doubt, backed into all the workings
under the town and neighbourhood, and into all the
crevices made in the rocks and other strata by the
draining of the mines during the last century. On
Monday great fears were entertained that the roofing
of the hollows would give way in other places ;
policemen were stationed to prevent parties passing
between the river and the darn adjoining Mr. Park's
forge, and some cottages in the neighbourhood were
abandoned by the tenants. The bed of the river, and
most of the property adjacent, appears to be under-
mined, and in some places the river bottom is worn so
thin that only a very few inches of slate or rock sup-
port the water, and keep it out of the mines. These old
mines were formerly the propertyof Mr. Jeffrey Lang-
Shaw, who was a bailiff of Wigan in 1806, and about that
time, we are told, these mines were in full work. The
small field in which the roofs have given way, is now the
property of Messrs. Eccles, spinners, and in it are
built the mills and large warehouses of the firm. The
mine, which appears to crop out in a part of this
field, falls in the direction of Ince, where, at Messrs.
Lancaster and Co.'s pit, it is seventy yards below the
surface; and, above it, in that part of the district,
there are other mines, which have been and are still
in working. The coalmasters had a meeting at the
Royal Hotel, on Monday, to consider on what steps
to take for their mutual benefit. It was determined
to proceed again on Tuesday (yesterday) with the
necessary repairs on the river bank, to examine and
secure its foundation ; and that all parties should set
their engines and pumps in order, and work simul-
taneously and vigorously together until the mines
were again cleared of water. Accordingly a great
number of men were actively at work yesterday; and
should the weather prove favourable, there is little
doubt but their dear-bought experience will enable
them to successfully carry eut their operations.—
Marchester Guardian of yesterday.