The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-07 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY
E E N G "•,
AUGUST 7, 1848.

No. 171-130.]

CHESTER find HOLYHEAD RAILWAY,
OPENED THROUGHOUT TO HOLYHEAD.

London to Dublin In Thirteen Hours

The CHEA FEU and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY is NOW OPEN
THROUGHOuT, with the exception of about three-and-a-hal miles
adjning the Menai Straits, for which the Company have provided
properly-appeinted Conveyances, the charge for which is included in
the railway tar,s.

The Admiralty and Company's splendid Steam-packet, G7O ton,.
370 horses power, run between Holyhead awl Kingstown, in con-
junction w th the following Trains, performing the passage in about
•our hours.

LONDON TO DUBLIN.

1, From Ettston-square, London, at aQuarter to Nine in the E, e-
ning, with the Irish Maiis, and from Chester at a Quarter to Three
in the Morning leav ng Holyhead for Kingstown (and Dublin) at a
Quarter to Seven in the Morning.
2. From Euston-square, London, by Express Train, at Nine o'clock
in the Morning, and from Chester at a Quarter to Three in the Af-
ternoon, le.tving Holyhead for Kingstown at a Quarter to Six in the
Afternoon.

DUBLIN TO LONPOIsT.
1. From Kingstown at a Quarter to Nine in th Dublin 71Sorning,
time; Ten minutes past Nine. London time, arriving at Chester at
Ten minutes past Five, and in London at Half-past Ten in the Eve-
ning

2. The Admiralty Packet, with the Mails from Kingstown, at Ten
In the Morning, reaching' Hob head about Two, the Frain in conjucc•
Hon therewith leaving Holyhead at Twenty m'nutei past Six.
arriving at Chester at Twenty-five minutes past Six in the Eve-
ning, and London at a Quarter to Five the next Morning.

By order,
GEORGE KING, Secretary.

August 4, 1848.

THE

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF FRIDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Bash►ghall•street.
J. Johnson, Chelmsford, Eisex, grocer, Aug. 25, at
one—S. Davies, Pimlico, coal merchant, Aug. 26, at half-
past twelve.
In the Country.
T. Crowther, Liverpool, wine merchant, at the Court,
Liverpool, Aug. 31, at eleven—F. J. Smith, Eceleshall,
Staffordshire, currier, at the Court, Birmingham, Aug.
29, at half past ten—G. Meeks, Birmingham, hardware-
man, at the Court, Birmingham, Aug. 29, at half-past
ten.

jun., Worcester, glove manufacturers—R. Addison and
R. Hodson, jun., Regent-street, music publishers—J.
Scott and R. S. Everitt, Liverpool, wino and spirit mer-
chants—A. W. Eves and P. Eves, York-street, City-road,
chemists and surgeons—T. Rigby and E. Mercer, Liver-
pool, timber merchants—J. B. Rawlings and R. Worsley,
Sherborne, Dorsetshire, chemists and druggists—T. B.
Crompton and C. E. Michele, Wellington-street North,
Strand, newspaper proprietors—J. Hitchcock and T.
Hart, Holborn, wine merchants and hotel and tavern
keepers—D. Mackie and A. Mackie, Wakefield, York-
shire, woolato.plen—P. Winans, 0. Willans, jun., and J.
Wiliam, Leeds and Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside, woollen
cloth manufacturers and merchants (so far as reprds
Willans)—S. West and W. Holiidav, Littlebourne, Kent,
millers—R. Owtram and E. Tootal, Watling-street,
Manchester, warehousemen—D. Leveque and C. Ho-
reau, Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital, upholsterers—
R. Greenwood and T. Bottomley, Brighouse, Halifax,
joiners and builders.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
•
James Weaver, Bath, butcher.
Henry Sceats, Bath, market gardener.
Thomas Henry Spencer, Bath.
All. n Davies, Snedshill, Shropshire, blacksmith.
Stokel, Chirton. Northumberland, steam-boat-
builder.
George Welch, Winsham, Somersetshire, innkeeper.
Robert Hobson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, furniture broker.
.John King, Ely, Cambridgeshire, shoeing smith.
Wm. Edward Williams, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset-
shire, glazier.
Edward ,Ltnes, Liverpool, labourer.
James Hervey, Liverpool, grocer.
'satin Spurgin, Liverpool, draper's assistant.
Richard Tombs, Chel enhatn, brewer.
Nicholas Connett, Iloniton, Devonshire, general shop-
keeper.
Henry Snell, Monkton, Devonshire, cattle-dealer.
James Hyatt Price, Treforest, Glamorianshire, publican.
Mark Maths, Casdiff; auetioneer
Abraham.Fletcber, BrAford, shoemaker. --
Lydia Spencer, York, widow.
. _

SC() Lull SEQUESTRATIONS.
T. Lawrie, Cu-rie, Edinburgh. grain •dealer, to meet
Aug. 10, and Aug. 31, at two, within Taylor's Rooms,
Eutuburgn.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PRINCE ALFRED'S BIRTLIDAY.--Yesterday the fourth
anniversary of the nativity of the Prince• Alfred Ernest
was notified throughout the fleet at home by a royal
salute at one o'clock from all the ships included in the
order.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE C0313/AND.—This appoint-
ment has at length been filltd up, and confrs.* d upon
the officer whom we stated some months since would re-
ceive it—Rear-Admiral of Blue, Barrington Rey nolds,
C. 8., whose services are thus briefly given in the " New
Navy List (Parker's):—" B. Reynold% lieutenant of
Niube, in 1836, at capture of French 16-gun corvette
Nearque, of which vessel he took possession in the pre-
sence of three French frigates _commander Reaper at
the capture of the island of Java, 1811." The South-
ampton, 50-gun frigate, ready for the penant some time
since at Chatham, is selected as the flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Reynolds, to which the following officers have
been appointed:—
Captain—Nicholas Cory.
Lieutenants—L. R. Place, B. H. Dalton, S. F. Day,
and A. B. Warre.

Master—G. H. Raynes.
S.cretary to Admiral Reynolds—E. Waller.
Paymaster and Purser—N. B. Lamb.
Chaplain—N. Procter.
Naval Instructor—H. M. Leiroy.
Second Masters—G Turpen and W. E. Troutbeck.
Clerk—S. F. Norman.
Gunner—S. G. Cameron.
Boatswain—J. Dowrick.
Carpenter—J. Quick.
Master's Assistant—J. M. Hockley.
Clerk's Assistant—J. Hill.
To other Ships.—Captains—Peter Richards, of the
Hibernia Flag Ship in the Mediterranean, to be superin-
tendent of Pembroke Dockyard, vice Falcon, promoted;
C. Wise to the Hibernia, vice Richards.
Lieutenants—C. R. Read to the Inconstant frigate in
the River Plata; Andrews,•J. King, and J. C.
Hughes to the Raleigh, Commodore Herbert's ship in
the River Plata; 0. M. C. Read, H. Nelson, W. H.
Payne, and W. F. Warren to the Hibernia flag ship in
the Med►terranean; S. H. Henderson to the Excellent
gunnery. ship at Portsmouth; B. Priest to the Wool-
wich steam-factory, for study.
Masters—T. Wallis confirmed to a death vacancy in
the Ringdave sloop, on the East India station; 11. T.
Ellis to the Driver steam-sloop, on the coast of Ireland.
Mate—W. E. Stone to the Strninboli steam-sloop, on
the Irish station.

Ni!d,hipmetl—Lord Guildford to the Raleigh ; T.
Slzeichouse to the Stromboli.

THE IRISH SQOADRON.—The command of the ships
and vessels on the Irish co.ist have b, en thus divided:—
The S. Vincent, 120 gun Prince Regent, 92; Belle.
rophon, 80; Blenheim, 5-51,47fragOn steam-frigutei-ana
Trident Nad Rid 'MUM steam vessels, are to be under the
or,lers of Rear-Admiral of the Red, the Hon. Donabi
Hugh Mackay-, the commander-in-chief of the Irish
station ; and the Amphion, Birkenhead, Strombo'i,
Cych,ps, Shearwatt,r, Lucifer, and Ithadatnanthu,
steamers, and the Frolic, Tweed, Helens, and Pilot sail-
ing sloops, are to be under the orders of Rear-Admiral
of the White, Sir Ch ,rlos Napier, K.C.B. The Reynard
screw schooner dispatched for Portsmcutb, and the
Driver steam-sloop, will also be under the temporary
orders ,-f the latter officer.
The Fox, 44-gun frigate, Commodore Sir 11. Black-
wood, Bart., was paid off into ordinary at Portsmouth,
on Saturday.
The Princess Royal naval transport, and the Reynard
10-gun screw-schooner, arrived at Portsmouth on Satur-
day, the former from the West India stat:on, with in-
valids and obsolete Government stores, acd the latter
from Woolwich to receive orders.
GOOD SERVICE PENSION.—This boon, which reverted
to the gift of the Lords of the Admiralty some time
since has been conferred upon Captain George Edward
IVatta (1814), whose claims stand thus in the naval re-
cord:---" G. E. Wa,ts served at the attack upon the
French frigate squadron, and capture of the DS iro63 in
Dunkitik Roads, 1800. Lieutenant of the Collins, aid
commanded her boats, cutting out six vessels at Grand
Canaria; and severely wounded, cutting out from the
same place the San Pedro, armed Spanish packet, from
undt r the muzzle of the enemy's guns. In same ship, at
the capture of Danish frigate Fredrickscuaru, Oil which
occasion he headed the boarders. Commander of Ephira,
at capture of Cuxhaven; and again wounded in the
attack upon Ciessendorf on the Weser, which led to im-
portant results. Commanded Woodlark in the Baltic,
and in 1812, engaged a Danish fLuilla in the Malino
Channel; and as commander of Jaseur, assisted at the
capture of the towns of Benedict and Marlborough, on
the Paturens. Gszetted twice in 1807, twice in 1809,
and twice in 1810."

PRODIOTION.
Lieutenant P. Somerville,
late acting commander of
the 80 gun flag-ship Collingwood,
is confirmed in the
rank of c( zamander.

APPOINTMENTS.
Mate—Robert Gibson, of the Victory, at
Portsmouth, to the Southampton, Cape of Good llope
flagship, at Chatham,
Engineer—James M'Gregor, to the Bulldog, steam-
sloop in the Mediterranean.
Midshipmen—l). B Packe and W. Spratt to the
Southampton.
Muster's Assistant—A. It. Burmester to the Victory.
Navel Cadets—A. A. Hanson, L. Brine, and A. T.
Denham to the Southampton.
THE FLEET AT CORK.—The Cork Comtilution,
speaking of the movements in Cove on Tuesday, says—
" Rear Admiral Mackay did not receive the orders to
send up the blue jackets and marines from the fleet in
Cove until four o'clock on Tuesday morning. The ad-
miral immediately proceeded in a barge to the St. Vin-
cent, 120, and communicated the order 'to Rear Admiral
Sir Charles Napier. The ocher ships were iestantly
signalled, and in an incredibly short space of time the
gun boats and barges were seen falling from the sides of
all the ships of war, arid the seamen were immediately
in them with heavy field pieces, muskets, pistols, cut-
lasses, boarding pikes, and a day's provisions for each
man. Four steamers were at this time actively getting
up their stt am, as time would have been lost in rowing
up the boats against a heavy head gale of wind and strong
ebb-tide. In twenty minutes atter Signal 19 boats
were astern of the steamers with 300 seamen, and 300
marines were on board the steamers, under the com-
mand of the Commander-in-Chief and Admiral Napier,
and the steam being put on they proceeded up the river,
and were at the Custom- heuse of Cork at seven o'clock
t o'clock."st
e
in the morning. 'the boats having been rowed up the
north and south channels, made sail' from
hee
o
heuse n their return to the fleet at half-past t n
On Friday morning the Dragon arrived at Kingstown,
with about 200 marines on board. The Cyclops was
expt cted to arrive iu the course of the evening, with an
additional force of marines.
Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence made his
first official inspection of the Royal Marine Barracks at
Fortun on Saturday, at half-past ten o'clock. lie after-
wards inspected the men of that corps in heavy marching
order. •
The A,lmiralty have ordered the rigging to be pre-
pared at Devonport for the Canopus, 84 ,
; 50 ;
Stag, 44 ; and Amazon, 26, repairing at that port. The
Canopus turns out, however, remarkably Bound, and
will be completed by the 27th SepternleT. The Amazon
will be completed by the 10th of next month.
Vice-Admiral Decres arrived in the Mauritius, in his
flag ship, the President, 50, on the 12th May, the Rosa.
mend steam-sloop accompanYing him. T'he Geyer
steam-sloop arrivel at Mauritius on May 8. e Rosa-
mond has since returned to the Cape.
Snips ORDERED IIoNE.--The knowing ships on the
East India stations are peremptorily ordered home with-
out th,lay--Vertion, 50; Dwilalus, 20;
Calliope, 26;
1)ido, 18; Racehorse, 16; Ringdove, 16; and Espiegle,
12; as their reliefs have already been dispatched. The
Vernon was to leave Bombay about the Ist of July.
From the Pacific station the Grampus, 50, to be relieved
by the Incon6taut; and the Juno, 26, to be relieved by
the Chempion. From the south-east coast of America
the Conies, 18, which ve-sel had repeated orders to that
effect. From the Mediterranean, the Ilecute steam-
sloop.—United Service Gazette.

SCREW STEAM-VESSELS.—The alterations made it
the Conflict, screw steam-frigate, since she was launched
having been found, on trial, to be satisfactory, the Ad
miralty have ordered her sister-ship, the Desperate.
building at Pembroke, to be altered after the same plan
rue T.-rrnagant, with her 650 horse po:eer, has no
realised the anticipations of her projectors. She car
wittier stow her coals nor berth her men. it is said.
The Reynard schooner answers well. Her averagt
speed is nearly nine knots, and it is expected that aft.
will attain a higher rate than that, after some slight
alterations.--United Service Gazette.

HER MAJESTY'S THEARRE.
REVIEW OF THE SEASON.

On Saturday night the subscription season terminated
most worthily with I Puritani and the Pas des Dersses
These works were received with the loudest demon-
strations of satisfaction by a crowded audience; and
when the national anthem was sung—the whOle troupe
being present—the array of rank in the house, and the
array of talent on the stage, equally prove that her Ma•
jesty's Theatre, up to this moment, presents more than
ever that character of high art, and that prestige of
fashion, which has rendered it the great centre of refine-
ment and the chosen rendezvous of good society. Thii
result will appear more remarkable if we reflect under
what adverse circulastances this position has been main-
tained ; and that this season, this costly establishment
has had not only to battle with and conquer the same
hostility as in the preiioas year, but has had, likewise,
to contend, first, with a state of commercial depression,
and next, with one of public alarm• and mental absorp-
tion, which have ruined other establishments on a lesser
scale of expenditure.

. .
If we look back to pass the customary review, an& dis-
eover through what means this result has been pro-
duced, we find that the first source of success has been
the spirit of order and upright feeling with which the
establishment has been conducted. From this spirit of
management it has arisen that the public has never been
disappointed, nor the relations of good feeling betwixt
the audiences and the management been disturbed—all
theatrical bickering*, caprices; and jealousies (if any
have arisen) having given way to the fairness and firm-
ness of the ruling principle.
. . . .

To estimate the claims of the establishment on the
lovers of art, and see how many new artists have been
introduced to the musical world, we need only throw a
glance at the performances with which the theatre
opened on the 19th of February. There we see the fol-
lowing artists added to the resources of the opens in this
country. In Ernani there was GAidoni- and Bondi&
fully established in public estimation by their exertions
of the previous year; whilst Cruvelli and Belletti curie
forward for the first time to claim their large share of
public favour. Cruvelli is an excellent exponent
of the new school of Italy, whilst Belletti, in his
department—an infinitely varied one—has no rivalry
to fear, combining, as he does, a fresh and powerful
voice with unerring execution and justness of intonation.
In the ballet department (in Fiorito) we beheld once
more two new and admirable acquisitions, Rosati and
Marie Taglioni, who, on Saturday last, at the close of
the long subscription season, after standing the test of
the most powerful rivalry, still claimed not only undi-
minished, but increasing public favour. Nor can we for-
f,et that Fiorita—a ballet so often repeated with the
same success—proved how judicious was the engagement
of M. Paul Ta,glioni as an additional maitre de ballet.
In the orchestra the acquisitions have been no less re-
markable. Piatti, Lavigne, Langlois, Zeiss, Remusat,
and other professors of the highest reputation form the
important addition to the instrumental department,
which Mr. Balfe has ruled with consummate talent.

The season is best divided betwixt the epoch before
and that after the arrival of Jenny Lind. In the
first period we had, besides the two best operas of
Verdi, Ernani and Nino, a new opera of this same
author, Attila; then came Coletti (thronghout the sea-
son applauded) to revive his matchless impersonation of
I Due Foscari. This constituted a full representation
of the new school of Italy—the best works in that
style that can be found. During this portion of the
season we had also other operas of older reputation—
!! Barbiere, performed seven times with success, in
which we had besides an excellent Rosins, in Cruvelli,
not only a Figaro of such merit as we little expected to
behold, but likewise a Bartolo beyond expectation in
that most efficient vocalist, F. Lablache ; whilst that
sterling basso, Bouclé, by condescending to a small
part in this, as on many other occasions, added greatly
to the effect of the cast. Lucretia Borgia, likewise
given within this period, merits particularly to be sig-
nalised, since in this opera Lablache—most versatile
vocalist, the greatest basso of this or of any past age—
made his re-appearance. This wonderful actor and
singer, we are happy to say, displays the same vocal
no --"er as well as the same genius as when he first drew
crowds to her Majesty's Theatre to behold his perform-
ance in the Matrimonko Segrcto. This season, whether
we look to hie terrible Impersonation of the truculent
tyrant Alfonso, on his first re-appearance, to his all
pathetic delineation of the character of Giorgi .on Sa-
turday, or•to his tnereerial, fantastic embodiment of the
Malian charlatan nalarbasara, -in all thrso parts WBB tie-
livid the same unrivalled elasticity of frame, as well as
striking individuality of dramatic conception.
Then came the long expected: moment of the re-ap-
pearance of the peerless Swedish vocalist, who was
beheld'once more on the anniversary of the saute night.
Most justly did a gifted contemporary entitle it, in the
previous year, The ever-memorable 4th of May." In
the fervour of their enthusiarn, numbers there are,
amongst the lovers of art, who would speak of this first
meeting as the great poet of that which ever alter ruled
his thoughts
" 13enedetto sia '1 giorno, e '1 Mese, e.'l anno,
E la stagione e'l tempo e '1 ore e '1 punto,
e '1 loco, ov' io fui giunto "

All criticism of Mddlle. Lind's performances is more
than supertlaeus. Originality and novelty characterise
all she undertakes ; she resembles no one but hersele ;
and still, in spite of these gifts, it has been as impossible
duly to describe as it is to caricature the mare, lous
portraitures she presents. The reason is simple: whilst
other artists put forth their physical resources, so as to
display the mechanism which moves the springs,
Jldlle. Lind is all intellectuality and all soul. The
parts in which she appeared last year she performed
with more power ; with these the public is never sur-
feited ; and crowds after crowds flock to the theatre, to
attest her paramount, enduring ascendency, whenever
La Flylia, Alice, or La Salami:ll)ula are performed. But,
unquestionably, she has made a still further advance in
the career of art in Susanna, of which the neglected
Deh vieni " is such a gem, that it is alone worth a visit
to the theatre. Lucia di Lantmermoor is sublime in its
intimate combination of tragic feeling and vocal power,
whilst Elvira is one of those impersonations in which the
most extraordinary effects are produced by the most
subdued physical power imaginably, and from the most
novel resources. But, as we said before, description can
never do justice to such singing and such acting.
Amongst the other creditable features cf the season was
the engagement of the celebrated Viennese contralto,
Mdlle Schwartz, and of Madame Tadolini, long deemed
the first soprano remaining in Italy, and therefore
engaged with the most praiseworthy liberality.
We cannot pass over, likewise the re-appearance of
Nldile. Cerito and of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, the bright
leaders of the two opposite schools of dancing. Still less
can we omit to notice the return of Perrot, who has
established the highest reputation to which a maitre de
liana ever attained, by combining every possible resource
of his art in that poetical and classical ballet, Les
Quartre Saisons. The pas, whether for the talent dis-
played in its conception and production, or for the talents
engaged in its representation, is the most remarkable
piece of choregraphy ever brought out on any stage.
This short retrospective will suffice to show what have
been the great merits, under unprecedented difficulties,
of the past subscription season.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured
the performances with his presence. In the Queen's
b.:x were the Earl of Leitrim, the Countess of Charle-
wont, Lady Elizabeth Clements, Honourable Mr. Cle-
ments, and Mr. Caulfield. ller Majesty the Queen
l)owager's box was occupied by the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Chinricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh.
Among the audience we observed the Duke of Wel-
lineton, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster and Lady
Jane Fitzgerald, the Duke of Leeds, the Duchess of
Richmond and the Ladies Gordon Lennox, his Excel-
lency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunuow and
Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Westminster, the Marquis of Donegan. the Marquis
do Lousada, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister,
his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the
Sardinian Minister, the Earl and Countess of Jersey
and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl of Lonsdale,
the Earl Granville, the Earl of Cardigan, Viscount
Cantilupe, Viscountess Dungannon, Viscount Exmouth.
Count de Bark, Lord Forrester, Lord George Gordon
Lennox, Baron Nicolay, Lord Foley and the Hon. Miss
Foley. Lord and Lady De Dunstanville, Lady Fitzroy
Somerset and Miss Fitzroy Somerset, Lady Foulis,
Lady Rokeby, Lord Gardner, Lord Gerald Fitz-
gerald. Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Sir T. Rentford, Sir/T.
Barrett and Lady B. Lennard, Sir G. Wombwell, Sir
J. Yarde Buller and Miss Buller, General the Hon. H.
Cavendish, the Hon. C. Cavendish, the Hon. C. Forester,
Sir Alexander, Lady, and Miss Woodford, Sir George,
Lady, and the Misses Carroll, Sir B. Walsh, Lady
Warneford, Sir A. Clifton, Sir 11. Meux, Lady Jones,
Sir J. and Lady Flower, Sir Samuel East, Mrs. Wynd-
ham, Colonel Meyrick, Captain Seymour Sadldr, Cap-
tain and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips. Mr. Little •
ton, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. B. Trelawney, Mrs. Howard,
Mrs. Dennistoun, Mr. Hubert De Burgh, Mr. C. Barry
lind a in, .sI.P., M. C. Koudriaffsky, Mr. Drummond,
Mr. H. Btoadley, M.P., Mr. G. Cornwall, Mrs. Hui-
lord, Major Baring, Mr. Sturt, M.P., Captain Chaloner,
Mrs. Crawshay, Major Buckley, Mrs. Ascue, Captain
Douglas and Mrs. Paget, Mr. and Mrs. Vivian, Mr.
Blackwood, Mrs. Langford, S.:c.

EXTRAORDINARY PIIENOMENON.---Itl the forenoon
of Monday last, about eleven o'clock, the passengers in
the railway train to Methley were attracted by an ex•
traordinary circumstance— so extraordinary, indeed, that
the engine-driver pulled up. The attention of the pas-
sengers was directed to a mown field. Towards the
centre of this piece of ground a gush of water burst out
to the height of about lo inches. Irnmediately,after
wards it was followed by fire and vapour to the height of
about three feet. This extraordinary circumstance oc-
curred about a mile from lietbley.—Dencuster Gazette.

L 41 s

[]PELPE SD.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH BILL IM-

PROVED BY THE LORDS.
Mr. Editor, —,I trust no apology is necessary for
7ontinuing .my strictures on the progress of this im-
aortant measure. My excuse will be found in the
4-velty of Sanitary Legislation, the apprehension that
•reors in details, or complication in the inschinery, may
impair the working of the measure, the literally vita!
eamern which the people have in its enactment, and the
inusual psi ils ti which the public health is exposed,
inn extraordinary states and charges of the tomes-
.hr re, end•the con:inm d mennces of r newed in veeion
,y the cholera, Another reason, of a (tiff rent kind, for
ecilliug the attention of your readers to :he subject is,
that it becomes us to render justice to the House of
Lords in this matter. The forebodings of my letter of
June the 11th have not been verified. Instead of sus-
'alining further damage, the Bill has been marvellously
i4nproved. G nerally speaking, the amendments of the
cords are as judicious and salutary as those tithe Com-
'reins were the contrary. The wilful and selfish blun-
lerines of the Squirearchy have been corrected by the
Peerage. We should give Dukes their due as well as
&vile. The occasion for Cobbett's devotional precept,
t,r thank God that we have a House of Lords, are not so
frequent as to palliate our neglect of them when they do
occur. If .the expression of such gratitude is culled f.rr
but rarely, legit be frank and hearty when it does come.
From even the most Radically disposed, it is a rightful
tribute on the present occasion.
As the Bill left the Commons its provisions could only
he introduced into any locality on the petition of not less
than one-tenth of the rated inhabitants, with the further
limitation that such tenth must consist of at least thirty.
inhabitants. Without this condition, not even the pre-
liminary inquiries-could be made. This was an instance
of the entreme jealousy of central interference, on which
I have had se much occasion to comment. Sanitary re-
form has been treated, by the local magnates and their
Parliamentary advocates, as an intruder, who was to lie
barred out with all conceivable diligence. They were
for keeping watch and ward against its approach, as if
it were a band of robbers ; and be ready to expel in-
quiry by a Borough Alien Act. They stuck seriously
;o the old j ke of the Frenchman's exclamation in the
water—" I will be drowned—nobody shall help me ;"
and resolved to have no compulsory deliverance from
filth and fever. Unhappily the declaration was only
that of the dominant Squires. They had the swagger,
while it was left for the poor people to perish. The
amendment interpolated by the Lords is to this
effect : Inquiry shall take effect whenever and
wherever the deaths in any locality, as reported by
the registration returns, exceed, through a period of
three consecutive years, those of the adjacent districts,
or the general average of the kingdom; or than when
more than twenty per cent. of the deaths in such locality
result from typhus fever, diarrhoea, or " other febrile
epidemic, endemic, and contagious diseases, classed in
the Registrar General's return as Zymotic." Such a
state of mortality is wisely held by the Lords to super-
sede the votings of vestries, and override the objections
of country squires and town councillors. Disease is al-
lowed to speak for itself. Fever is heard in evidence,
though landlords may protest. The testimony of deceit
is taken as decisive, though against the deuble votes of
parish proprietors ; and open graves are counted 'to
compare their numbers with filthy cottages. This test
is peculiarly objectionable. The Healing Act only asks
to come where pestilence has come before it. Like the
Angel of Pity, in the parable, it only tracks the foot-
prints of pain and suffering. According to the old dra
inatic rule, its interposition is only introduced when the
difficulty is worthy of a deity fur its solution. Those
ho wish to resist the interference, must first resist the
fever. The law appeals from the, perhaps, uninfluenced
decision of a parish junta, to the decision of Providence
itsslf. And it declares, in the spirit of Christian legis-
lation, " Wherever the ravages of mortality are authen-
ticated, as beyond what they actually are on the ave-
rage, there will I come to put down the nuisances by
which ignorance, indifference, or
.cupidity minister to
human suffering and destruction."
This is the great point gained by the deliberations of
the Select Committee of the Lords. Its worth can
scarcely be over rated. The wretchedest districts will
reap the advantage. Relief and want wilt have their
fixed relation ; but, together with this most important
change, there are others of a minor character, almost
every one of which is in the right direction, and deserv-
ing of notice ou that account. Some of these I proceed
to specify.
The Lords have refused to allow the Chief Commis-
sioner of Woods and Forests to act alone, as if he were
the whole Board ; and, except in the event of vacancy,
they require any two members (ot which it is not neces-
sary that he should be one) to act in the application of
the law. This is a manifest improvement. The power
originally vested in the Woods and Forests tended to
reduce the Board to a political accident. It was aeti to
the tail of an Administration. The neat unfit person
at the three might uhaTb all the authority. We do not
generally find the most capable functionary installed in
the Woods i;_nd Forests. Some of the tk cants of that
office which are about to be dragged into light. will. b
is said, furnish an astounding display of inefficiency,
neglect, and confusion. The Lords might have done
better than they have by effacing the political character
of the Board altogether, and providing that ail its mem-
bers slioull be sett cted for " appropriate intellectual ap
titude." But so great a departure from the constitution
of the Board was scarcely within the scope of an
amendment. They have done much. We take the im-
provement as a gift-horse.
The smoke nuisance is very pithily provided for, in
an interpolated clause. This object was relinquished in
the Commons by the infinitely conceding readiness of
Lord Morpeth, as played upon by the proprietors of
the Staffordshire collieries. They had the impudence to
stiegeet something about the healthiness of smoke. As
the prohibition is restricted within the limits of the
" practicable"—and those limits are notoriously large
•ough to purify many cubic miles of air, and render
them fit fur human breathing—l trust this valuable
boon will escape the sinister influences that are so
powerful in the House of Commons. There are compa-
ratively few cases in which, either by the consumption of
the smoke in properly constructed furnaces, or its avoid•
ance by the use of Anthracite coal. this is anything more
than a question of expense, and that of no very heavy
amount. The victims of the nuisance, by its deleterious
4 Met on the lungs, are numerous. In Lancashire and
Yorkshire, the pestiferous effect on vegetation forces itself
en the observation. Trees and plants are poisowed by
the vomitiegs of the tall chimneys. They turn sickly,
shrivel, and die, exhibiting most forlorn emblems of the
sufferings of humanity amid these pestiferous exhala-
tions. The breathing apparatus of the human frame is
not less delicate in its structure than that of leaf and
blossom, fine as these are. Many of cur towns have an
atmosphere nut to be inhaled with impunity. The
abundance of smoke occasions also, by its actions on
the density of the air, that of moisture. Damp and
disease are near relations.

Amongst other alterations, I will only just notice
the suppression of a vexatious clause, requiring
plans of all intended public ' buildings, courts,.
chapels, schools, factories, &c., to be previuusiy sub-
mitted fur the sanction of the Board; the restora-
tion of the power of the Local Boards to provide
adequate supplies of water; and the requirement of
open contracts for works done under the Act. As a
questionable change, or one of an opposite character, I
may notice the suppression of the clause which allows
the sanitary rate to be remitted on the ground of poverty
in the occupier or the party liable. Why should a
measure of peculiar beneficence be accompanied by this
peculiar severity ? The poor-rates are a heavy burden
on the poor. They descend much too low on the scale
of rents. Often are the contributors more in a condition
to be recipients. Often are they actually pressed down
into that condition. Enforcement of the relief of pau-
perism transforms poverty into pauperism. Remission,
entire or partial, is continually found to be necessary,
and is actually conceded; ar.d the last case of all to make
exceptional is, surely, that in which the rate goes, not to
feed the hungry, but to promote the general health,
comfort, and well-being of the community, rich as well
as poor.
It only remains to observe how the Lords have dealt
with the sutiji et of burials. The Commons gave it up
in despair, after rejecting propositions for free Cemete-
ries on the one hand, and on the other a new scheme for
new Churchyards, to be bought by rates, levied on all
classes, and vested as a freehold in the clergyman. The
Bishops have very much bettered the instruction. The
provision is really made on a liberal principle. On the
closing of burial-grounds, so full as to threaten injury
to the health of the neighbourhood, " the Local Board
may, subject to the approval of the General Board, pro-
cure some convenient place wherein interments may take
place, en conditions to be settled by the said General
Board, and (so far as relates to the interment of persons
belonging to the Church of England) approved by the
Lord Bishop of the Diocese." Lord Morpeth promises, in
the next session, a Bill to prohibit intriimurgl interimf
theent
alt,igether. Meanwhile, the worst of the evil will,
Government and the Commons permit, be"exeePCon-
ri,7 rights
of mt.ltet by the above arrangement Its h e
hset
Church-
of Dissenters, and leaves the clergy and t
people in the hands of that Spiritual authority to which
they profess allegiance.
Occasions for the expression of censure and disap-
pointment are of such continual occurrence
that it is
very
pleasant
to record these instances of re al
and judi-
cious improvement; to have to praise the Houseof Lords
for them; and to find them in so needful and important
a measure as that which will now soon become the law
of the land. Around this bright page there are but
too many dark ones. The failure will be lamentable,
should, as there in:reason to fear, Ministers allow some
of these important amendments to evaporate as
meanssme forrely
good intentions. And this is, after all, only a
the alleviation of miseries of our own creation. Still,
they were created unconsciously; in disregard, it may
be, but not in hostility, to human health and happiness;
and their removal or alleviation is the work of science
and legislation consciously, diligently, and philanthro-
pically directed towards their noblest ends.
Weekly Dispatch. PUBLICOLA.

We have great pleasure in announcing that the
Earl of Cardigan, who haA been for some time the owner
of the splendid yacht the Enchantress, has been elected
a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.—United Ser-
vice Gazette.

reached this port at five o'clock this rooming, com-
pleting another extraordinary passage across the At-
la.itic of ten days and seventeen hours, including her
stay at Halifax. The Niagara left Boston on Wed-
nesday, July 26, and Halifax on the 28th, and brings
upwards of fifty passengers.
The steam-ship Hibernia arrived at New York on
the 21st;- the United States steamer, from Havre, at
New York, on the 25th; the Europa, from Liverpool,
with the mails of the 15th of July, was met by the
Niagara oil' Boston.
- Congress continued the discussion of the territorial
Bill relating to Oregon, and . the ceded Mexican
lands. The Bill reported by a Special Committee- of
the Senee ::s being calculated to meet the existing
differences- of parties in Congress on the subject,
leaves to the Legislature to be ehosten in Oregon the
power of slnctioning the introduction of slavery. For
the southern territories, boa ever, the Bill proposes
that the Governor and judicial officers shall be tip.
pointed by the executive ut Washington, under the
s2tiction of the Senate, that, being Government
officers, they shall in no way interfere with the
slavery question. The Courier arid Inquirer, of
New York, referring to the intentions of the Bill,
says—
" The efft ct of these arrangements and prohibitions,
if adopted by Congress, would be to leave these two ter-
ritories open to the settlement of slave master's with their
slaves, and to the Courts of Law, constituted by the Pre-
sident and Senate of the United States (both now in the
interests of slavery), 'the faculty of deciding whether
slaves thus carried to New Mexico and California are to
be rightbdly held in slavery, with au appeal from the
decisions of those Courts to the Supreme Court of the
United States.
" The sure result of this arrrangement, if sustained by
Congress, will be to plant slavery in portions of the
country acquired from Mexico, where before it was for-
bidden, and against such a use of the fruits of victory
by a free people, all freemen everywhere, unh-ss misled
by personal interest, must revolt. Yet we fear the deed
will be done."
Many conflicting reports were received from
Mexico respecting the proceedings of Paredes and the
progress of the movement against the existing Go-
vernment, but the general opinion seemed to be that
he would be unsuccessful, as neither the people nor
many of the soldiers were inclined to espouse his
cause.

From Canada there is no important news. The
provincial Government were about issuing deben-
tures in amount of five pounds and two pounds ten
shillings each, payable one year after date with in-
terest. This currency will be received in payment of
all public dues, but no interest would be allowed on
the bills till they had matured, as at the custom-
houses or elsewhere they will be received at the value
on their face without interest. The wheat crop is
described as being most flourishing in every district
of the province.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
In New York business generally is reported dull,
and would continue so until the close of the warm
weather, and the commencement of the fall trade.
Money was scarce, however, and considerable anxiety
existed as to what course foreign exchanges was
likely to take, the continued extensive imports from
Europe, and the absence of a demand for bread-stuffs
aggravated by the low price of cotton, warranting the
belief that a rise of the rate above the " exporting of
specie point " would take place. The bills drawn
against the new loan will, however, most likely keep
the market down. Exchange on London was 1091 to
110, and occasionally 10i, but the last rate barely
maintained. Treasury Notes, Six per Cents.,
were 104.
The Cotton Markets in New York have become
firm, a good business had been done, and the advioes
received by the Hibernia had the effect of advancing
the prices of the lower descriptions c. The receipts
at all the ports since the lst of September were
2,240,000 bales, of which 1,205,000 had gone to
Great Britain. The last week's shipments to Eng-
land were 15,000 bales. The price of flour had de-
clined-4 dollars 75 cents. being the rate for common
and good brands, 5 dollars 12i cents. for superfine.
There was none shipping for Europe. The wheat
crop was represented quite an average one, some ac-
counts saying even more. Indian corn was 52e.
to 56c.
Freights remained unaltered.

A FEMALE KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.—Yesterday
afternoon the neighbourhood of Cowheel-alley, White-
cross-street, St. Luke's, was thrown into a state of con-
siderabte exeitemtnt in consequence of the foilowing
t.ecurrence appears that a man, named Win. Mer-
rick, had been for some time past residing with his wife,
incrod Amelia Merrick, in Maidenhead court, Alders-
gttr•atrt c. Owing to their manner of living, they Ire-
Tiently quarrelled, and about two n'elnek- yretprilay 41F-
ternoun Merrick:Met his unfortunate wife in Cowheel-
alley, and inquired the reason of her not being at home
cooking his dinner, he gave her a violent blow under the
left ear, which knocked her to the ground. In falling
her head came in contact with the paings facing one of
the tet.etrents in the court. The poor woman, after
making two or three convulsive struggles, was noticed
to turn perfectly black in the face. She was immedi-
ately carried into one of the adjoining houses, and a
surg. on was sent for, who upon his arrival pronounced
life extinct. The body was therefore placed in a shell
and conveyed to St. Luke's workhouse. The husband,
who obtained a living by jobbing at the Post office,
was taken into custody by an officer of the G division.
and removed to Featherstone-street station-house. The
deceased was about 45 years of age ; and the prisoner
is about the same age. Since his incarceration in the
station house he has refused to take any sort of food,
and appears to lament over the untimely end of his wife.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained
his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, the Earl and
Countess of Alinto, and Lady Elizabeth Elliott, the
Countess of Lichfield, and Lady Harriet Anson, the
COuntess Dowager of Morley, Viscount Morpeth, Lord
Howden, Lord Holland, Lady Ashley, lion. William
Temple, Hon. William F. Cowper, Hon. Henry Howard,
Sir George Shee, and a distinguished circle at dinner
on Saturday evening, at their residence in Carlton-
gardens. There was an assembly held by her Ladyship
after dinner.

Rear• Admiral Sir Francis A. Collier, C. 8., com-
mander in chief of the East Indies, arrived at Suez on
the 10th ultimo, on his way to Singapore. The gallant
officer had been seriously ill on board the Oriental steam-
ship, from an attack of hooping cough. On his arrival
at Alexandria his Highness Ibrahim Pacha generously
lent Sir Francis his carriage, with six horses, to carry
him across the desert. The latest accounts describe the
Admiral as very much better. On his (Sir FranciA)
arrival at Singapore, which was expected to be by the
latter end of this month, it is his intention to hoist his
flag on board the Alelampus.—United Service Gazette.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPIRA, COVENT•GARDEN.—Her
Majesty's box was occupied on Saturday evening by the
Countess of Lichfield, Mr. and Lady Anne Charteris.
Among the visitors were—His Royal Highness the
Conde de Montemolin, his Excellency the Austrian
Ambassador, his Excellency the Danish Minister and
the Countess Reventlow, the Duke and Duchess of
Cleveland, the Duke and Duchess ee Montebello,
Duchess de Coigny, the Marquis of Tichfield, Marquis
of Lansdowne, the Marchioness Dowager of Lansdowne
and Lady Mary Hood, the Countess of Morley, the
Countess Dowager of Essex and the Ladies Keppel,
the Earl of Errol, Earl Of Morley, Earl of Verulam,
Countess Dowager of Listowcl and Miss Buahe, Vis-
count Exmouth, Viscount lidworth,Viscount Ebrington,
Viscount Templetown, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord Ward,
Lord Mountcbarles, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord and
Lady Heywood, Lord Hawarden and Miss Ward, Lady
Scott, Lady Webster, Lady Morgan, Lady Brougham,
Viscount and Viscountess Dungarvon, Viscount and
Viscountess Sydney, Viscountess Dillon and Miss Dillon,
Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Upton, Hon. J. Fortescue, Lord
Walpole, Lord Nugent, Lady Georgians. Capel, Lady
Louisa Tennyson, Sir John and Lady Burgoyne and the
Misses Burgoyne, Sir Fitzroy and Lady Kelly,_a Sir Jas..
pt.r and Lady Atkinson, Sir Francis and Lady Lawley,
Sir Fran
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Francis Stanhope, T. Mare,
ISilo. D. Asue
rnWlltamdye,
Bathe. Sir • , s Newton,
Hon Mr. and Mrs. C. Ashburnham, Hon. Hussey Keane,
Hon. Mrs. Murray, Colonel and Hon. Mrs. Fitzgibbon,
Mrs. C. Mills and the Misses Mills,
Colonel
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Blanc,
Mrs. Hayter, Airs.
Misses Richma.rpd.s,,
Captain Bosvile,
Coglan, Miss Byrne, the
emoauj
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aanndd piarrat.y, Colonel,Ga
Captainge,
Cuddy,
Captain Knox. Captain Stacey, Mr. Majoribanks, Mr.
H. Greville, Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Briscoe, Mrs. Mountjoy
Moran, General Grosvenor, General Forbes, Colonel
Stewart, Colonel Horton, Major Ponsonby, Major Ha-
milton, Captain Webster, RN., Captain Cleveland, Mr.
nine, Mr. Beauclerk, Mr. Chichester, Mr. H. Baring,
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relal,niL '&G.AUGES.—The important contest for
the lines between Salisbury and Exeter, which has been
going on for several successive sessions, has terminated
in the Committee of the Lords grantingt the two Bills of the
South-Western, and rejecting he s
mixedii2ay
bgeacuognesicdlaeuresde
proposed by the Great Western.Thusas ended one of' the severest, most obstinately contested,
and moat expensive contests of the present .
is estimated that this contest will havecoat the session.,
Great
Western Company nearly, or quite, 300,00Osie.s,ianndrtehaIett
South-Western not much short of 250,000/. The Com-
mittee were, we understand, three to two in favour of the
South-Western scheme. A Committee of the Lords
has also decided to permit the narrow gauge to be laid
down by the Midland, from Stonehouse to Bristol, by
the side of the Great Western broad gauge. This will
complete the narrow gauge all the way from Bistol to
every part of the north of England. As the South-
Western will have a narrow gauge to Exeter, there only
remains the Bristol and Exeter link to complete the
entire cha,:.n of narrow gauge from the west to every
part of the kingdom. As soon as the lease is out, that
line, of course, will be put on the narrow gauge.—
Western Times.
Viscount Beresford, we are happy to learn, is re-
covering from his recent severe indisposition.
The young lady who studied medicine at Geneva
College, Pennsylvania, is sow assistant physician at
Philadelphia Alms House.

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