The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-04 00:00:00

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Ti LLIGENCE.

SMIT II FIELD MARKET.
(Prom the Herald.)
Mr. Stafford has welt observed, that " &fore the
Legislature determines to alter the whole system of
supplying two millions of our fellow-subjects with
fresh msat, the plan to be substituted, as well as the
system to be abolished, should undergo the most
careful examination."
Even were this remark not commended to our
minds by its obvious good sense, the lesson it contains
might be learned from observing the wretched
failures which have already taken place ; among
which the Islington experiment claims a prominent
rank. All persons who liave had any experience in
such matters will testify, that to destroy an old
market is not very difficult, but that how to create a
new one is one of the as yet undiscovered secrets of
human life.

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In the great question, then, which has been re-
cently raised, and which, we trust, may be brought
to some decision in the approaching session, it is of
the utmost importance to try well the ground before
us. That is, not rashly to begin by assuming that
" Smithfield is a nuisance which must be utterly
abolished," without having well considered, and
adopted after mature deliberation, some plan which
gives reasonable promise of a preferable substitute.
No man of ordinary powers of reasoning can give
even an hour's attention to the question of the Lon-
don meat market, without perceiving that the
question of position is so much the principal one,
that it might almost be described as the sole point
at issue. Clearly, the present controversy is entirely
governed by it. If the great meat market of the
metropolis ought not to be placed in or
near the centre, then Smithfield, in its presnt
form, and in all possible shapes of improvement, is
is at once condemned. But if, on the other hand, the
decision is, that the market ought to be in a central
part of the metropolis, then, assuredly, the Corpora-
tion of London has the advantage of possessing and
tendering to Parliament the plan, the only plan, which
is at present extant, and against which it is in the
highest degree improbable that any rival scheme,—
central like itself,—will ever be brought forward.
Now, in order to find our way, by degrees, to a
reasonable judgment on this question, let our readers
ponder, with us, for a few moments, the following
simple diagram :

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Here we have a rough sketch of things as they are,
and as they have been in times past. Let it be con-
sidered for a few moments.

The principle on which it must be defended is, that
a central position is the fittest and best for the pur-
pose of a great beast market. Smithfield, it will be
seen, while it obstructs no great thoroughfare, lies
just to the north cf the City, and is within a few
minutes walk and twenty minutes' " bullock-drive"
of every part of the City proper. To all the rest of
the metropolis it is central. It nearly touches the
foot of Holborn, from which a straight road of two
miles leads through all Bloomsbury and Marylebone.
Westminster is nearly as accessible. From Holborn-
bridge to Blackfriars is not half a mile, and thus
Lambeth and Southwark are at once reached. 'sling.
ton is about one mile of straight road up St. John-
street ; and to Whitechapel it is little more than the
same distance. If, therefore, it be wise to fix the
market in a central situation, it seems quite beyond a
question, that somewhere near its present site must be
the fittest place. For it is quite certain, that in no
other central spot, but that which the Corporation
has pointed out, can it ,possibly be placed, except
Parliament is prepared to vote some millions of money
to clear the ground.
But now let us contrast, for a moment, this plan,
with one of the latest of the counter-projects, put
forth by those who have land to sell, and who want a
good price for it. It is proposed to clear the market
altogether out of the metropolis itself, and to place it
somewhere about Hornsey or Highbury. Let this
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Now let the results of this scheme
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be pondered

First, there is the task of bringing the cattle into
London. We presume that no one gravely proposes
to shut out all the southern counties, Kent and Surrey,
Sussex and Hampshire, from the London markets.
But how are all these supplies to be brought to market ?
They must cross the rivei by one of the bridges.
We begin, then, by forcing perhaps 50,000 or
80,000 beasts, and 300,000 or 400,000 sheep,
to traverse the whole breadth of the metropolis,
from its southern approach to its northern suburb,
before they even reach the market ! This is pretty
well to begin with—as a scheme emanating from men
who are horrified at the thought of driving cattle
through the streets
But this is only the first item out of a pretty long
account. The southern counties send, of course,
cattle to Smithfield in large numbers. But, when
there, purchases for southern use are made to a
large extent—purchases both of stock for grazing
farms, and of sheep and oxen by Lambeth and South-
wark butchers. " I am in a condition to state," said
Mr. Deputy Hicks—himself a large salesman—" that
one-thirdsupplyhen of Smithfield-market, both
a ttndsold, are driven over Black-
friars-bridge." This " one-third of the supply,"
according to the estimate of the Commissioners them-
selves, would amount to 78,990 beasts, 430,590 sheep,
c of
sheep,the when
and 18,730 calves and pigs. All these enormous
droves, now sold within about half a mile of the
bridge, and all, therefore, easily transferable to the
southern side in half an hour after leaving the mar-
ket—all these droves it is proposed to send up to
Highbury or Hornsey—theaoe to travel back more
than three miles through the streets of London be-
fore they reach the bridge ! And this, forsooth, is a
plan gravely proposed with a view "to diminish or
remove the existing evils and inconveniences !"
Still, however, we have touched on one point only.
We have spoken only of the southern supply.
But what will the other great districts of the
metropolis say to a market beyond the northern
suburb ? Will Highbury be a convenient market
for the Pimlico butchers ? Or will the 400,000
inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets, Shad well,
Poplar, St. George's-in-the-East—will they like to
be sent to the north of Islington for their supply ?
Is it not quite clear that to remove the market from
the centre of London to one of the suburbs is to
serve, perhapa, that suburb, but only by the sacri-
fice of all the rest. Islington, or at least the butchers
of Islington, might be served by having the market
settled among them. But the city of London, the
borough of Southwark, the Tower Hamlets, Lambeth,
and all Westminster, would be grievously injured and
inconvenienced. Of this there can be no doubt.
But the importance of a central position for the
market is remarkably proved by the admission of the
very first witness—Mr. Giblett. He was evidently
put forward as the main reliance of the opponents of
Smithfield. He was a great butcher, and, strange to
say, he was in favour of removing the market ! Yet
even he, when asked the question, what he considered
to be the advantages of Smithfield, was obliged to
reply in these decisive words
" The advantages of Smithfield-market I consider
to be very great to the trade of butchers in London,
inasmuch as the position is central, particularly with

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reference to their shops ; and they can always pro-
cure, to any extent, whatever they want. They have
it almost at their very doors. It is the locality of the
market that gives the butchers those advantages I
am speaking of."

Exactly so; but does not that fact govern the whole
question ? The market is for the butchers ; they only
frequent it, and it is happily placed, very much out
of the way of the other trades of London. But is not
the convenience of the butchers a main consideration
in the matter ? When an exchange is built for mer-
chants, are not the merchants consulted as to what
will be suitable for them ? If a coal-market or a
corn-market is planned, is not the suitability of the site
to the frequenters of such markets always regarded
as a main consideration ? And how plainly absurd
would it be, to form a beast-market in a manner, or
in a place, inconvenient to all who are to do business
therein.

If it be replied, that " the cattle must and shall be
taken out of London streets,"—we answer, as we
have already answered, that the removal of the market
to Islington will of itself effect no such object. But
we must postpone any further remarks 60 a future
opportunity.

THE PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF
SMITHFIELD MARKET.

Yesterday the Bill to be introduced into Parliament
by the City authorities in the ensuing session, " Fur
enlarging the site of Smithfield Market, and for improv-
ing the approaches thereto," was published. It is en-
titled " The Smithfield Enlargement Act," and proceeds
from the office of the City Reinembrancer. The general
public interest felt in respect of this and similar matters
of municipal improvement, will probably render an ab-
stract of its provisions of interest. Tho Bill proposes
that the Corporation of London may enlarge Smithfield
Market, and make the following improvements:—Take
down the houses and buildings between Snow-hill on
the south, King-street and West Smithfield on the
south-east, Smithfield-bars on the east, Cow Cross-
street on the north, Turnmill-street on the east, Castle-
street on the north, and the new street called, or in-
tended to be called, Victoria-street, on the west, and
to " lay" the site of them, and of the streets in-
tersecting, into the live-stock market of Smithfield,
for the purpose of enlarging the same, as the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Commons shall think necessary; and to
erect on other parts thereof a dead-msat market and
slaughter-houses, and other buildings connected with
the market, and to provide it with expedient conve-
niences ; and also to widen the avenues leading to the
market, and to improve the approaches thereto. The
plan of the proposed improvements has already been de-
posited in the office of the town clerk of the city of
London, and is to remain there for the inspection of all
persons at one shilling each. The limitation power of
purchasing houses and lands is five years from the
passing of the Act. The Corporation are to be em-
powered, with the consent of the Lord Bishop of
London, to take or use for these purposes one of the
burial grounds of St. Sepulchre's Church, situate in
Durham-yard, West-street, the amount of compensa-
tion to be settled by the Bishop, and applied as he may
direct for the benefit of the parish. The graves are to
disturbed "as little as may be," and the bodies dis-
turbed are to be removed, the expense not ex-
ceeding in any one case 10Z, to be paid by the
Corporation. The grave-stones are to be re-
moved, and put up and laid in some other burial-
ground, at the cost of the Corporation. The Corpora-
tion are to be empowered to change the present market
days and market hours, if they shall think proper. When
the intended new dead-meat market has been erected,
the present Newgate Market is to be removed thereto,
and its existing site to be applied to such purposes as
may be mutually agreed upon by the Corporation and
the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The whole of the
markets and slaughter-houses are to be under the exclu-
sive jurisdiction of the same authorities that have juris-
diction over the present site of Smithfield Market. The
schedule of tolls proposed to be taken is as follows:—
Beasts, each, existing tolls-Id. toll, Id. tie; new tolls,
4d.; total tolls 6d., to include tie. Sheep and lambs
each, existing tolls-1-10th of Id., or 2d. per score;
new tolls, 2-10ths of Id., or 4d. per score; total tolls,
3-10ths of Id., or 61. per score. Pigs each, existing
tolls-1-sth of id.; new tolls, 4.sths of Id.; total tolls, Id.
Calves each, existing tolls—ld. tie; new toll, •Id. ; total
toll, 2d., including tie. Horses each, existing toll-2d. tie,
4d. entry; new tolls, 2d. tie; total tolls, Bd., including
tie and entry. Hay each load, existing tolls-6d. tell,
Id. entry; new toll, Id. entry each cart load; total
toll, Bd. each cart load, including entry. Straw, each
load, existing toll, Id. entry; new tolls, Id. entry each
cart load; total tolls, 2d each cart load, including entry.
Sheep, calf, and pig pens each, existing toll, Is.; new
toll, nil; total tolls Is. Graduated regulation tolls, in
addition to above, on beasts, sheep, lambs, pigs, and
calves leaving the market after 7 and before 6 o'clock;
existing toll, nil; new tolls, beasts, 2d. each; sheep,
lambs, pigs, and calves, 4d. per score. Before nine
o'clock, existing tolls, nil; new tolls, beasts, 4d each;
sheep, lambs, pigs, and calves, 8d per score. The sur-
plus of all tolls, after payment of the cost of maintaining
the market is to go to discharge the principal of bor-
rowed money; and the additional tolls proposed as
above are to cease on repayment of the principal of the
money borrowed on the credit of them. Money may be
raised by the Corporation on bonds at interest, fir the
general purposes of the Act, on the market tolls and on
the credit of the estates of the Corporation, for the pur-
poses of the enlargement, to the extent of 245,0001., and
a further sum of 220,0001. for the erection of a dead-meat
market and slaughter-houses.

CHOLERA IN THE WEST INDIES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Siu,--aie rapid advance of the cholera in the West
India islands, and the want of medical assistance to re-
lieve the sufferings of those affected by it, having caused
several West India proprietors to request us to forward
to them for the purpose of circulating among their
people some plain and intelligible instructions, we have
made application to the medical department of the Ad-
miralty, and have received the following practical rules,
the observance of which may do much to check the pro-
gress of this mysterious disease. These rules will be
distributed (gratuitously) in several of the islands, but
much more extensively by your affording them space in
the columns of your journal.
The awful havoc the disease is making in Jamaica,
where the ignorance of the blacks causes it to be doubly
fatal, renders their speedy circulation very desirable.
We have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient
servants, GIFFORD and LINDER.
104, Strand, Dec. 28, 1850.

RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN THE WEST INDIES DURING
THE PREVALENCE OF CHOLERA.
1. Avoid all kinds of food which have a tendency to
produce relaxation of the bowels; and abstain from ex-
cess in the use of intoxicating liquors.
.2. Let the diet be generous, using rather more animal
food than usual; as a rule, taking animal food in pro-
portion to the amount of vegetable food omitted; and
never on any account eat fruit, vegetables, or shell-fish
late in the evening.
3. Free ventilation and cleanliness are essentially
necessary. Every door and window of a house in which
there is a case of cholera should be thrown widely open
during the day; and during the night the windows and
the door also, if possible, should be left partly open.
4. Avoid being chilled by exposure in low, damp
places at night; and if a person gets wet he ought to
change his wet clothes for dry ones as soon as possible.
5. Looseness of the bowels should be immediately
checked by the following, or some similar mixture:—
Prepared chalk, 2 drachms; compound tincture of car-
demoms, 1 ounce; tincture of opium, 2 drachms; syrup
of ginger, 2 ounces; peppermint water, 8 ounces. Two
table spoonfuls to be taken every two hours, or more
frequently should the purging not cease—and in that
case the patient ought to be put to bed, and artificial heat
applied to his feet and belly.
6. No person ought to enter a house in which there is
a case of cholera unless his assistance be required.
7. Localities in which cholera is prevalent should be
avoided, for whether it be propagated by infection or by
an atmospherical agent, the presence of a number of
eases in one place shows that there the cause of disease
is rife.
8. An elevated residence it more safe than ono situated
on a low level, or on the sea shore.
9. Avoid as much as possible taking purgative medi-
cine so long as the disease remains in the neighbour-
hood; but should it be absolutely necessary to open the
bowels, use the following pills:—Extract of rhubarb, 24
grains; extract of cedocynth, 24 grains; extract of
aloes, 12 grains. Divide the mass into twelve pills, and
take one, two, or three for a dose.
A. BRYSON, M.D.
Medical Department, Admiralty, Somerset-
house, 27th December, 1850.
NOTE.—Every small town or village in which there is
no medical practitioner should bo provided with a supply
of these medicines, in order that the patients may be
supplied with them as early as possible. They might
be placed in the keeping of some respectable person
who would take an interest in their proper adminis-
tration.

Amongst the passengers by the steamer Severn, which
left Southampton yesterday with the West India mail,
were the following surgeons and physicians, sent out by
Government to Jamaica on account of the cholera in
that island, viz., Dra. Tucker, Beveridge, and Joseph
Brown; and Messrs. Campbell, Crawford, and Murphy.
The following medical inspectors were also sent out, viz.,
Drs. Gavin, Laidlaw, and Milroy. Dr. Beveridge, who
only arrived from Jamaica by the last West India
steamer, where he had been serving on board her Ma-
jesty's ship Imaum, volunteered to go out again. About
GO or 70 casks, cases, and packages of medicines were
sent out to Jamaica by private merchants, and between
40 and 50 by Government.
The following staff of military officers also left yester-
day in the Severn for Barbadoes, viz., Colonel Yule,
Captain Maxwell, and Lieutenants Bruce, Sandeman,
Barber, and Grantham.
On the subject of the cholera in Jamaica the follow-
ing letters have been received;—
, " Admiralty, Dec.3l, 1850.
"Sir,—Having laid before my Lords the Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 30th instant,
forwarding memorials respecting the cholera in Jamaica,
I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you
that the same have been transmitted to the Secretary of
State for the Colonies.
"I am, Sir, your very ble
hum servant,
(Signed) " W. B. HAMILTON.
" J. W. Dover, Esq., N 0.24 d 1, Fenchurch-street.'
Amiralty, Jan. 1, 1851.
" Sir,—With reference to the memorials transmitted
to' the Lords Commissioners of tho Admiralty by
bankers, merchants, and brokers of the city of London,
praying that medical men and a supply of drugs might
I be sent to Jamaica by the mail of the 2d instant, to

meet the exigencies occasioned by the prevalence of eho-
lerain that island, I am commanded by my Lords to no-
w/aim you that the commodore commanding on that
part of the station has already given such assistance as
was in his power,Und that ho would continue to do so,
when not inconsistent with the public service.
"My Lords would beg to point out to you that
any directions for sending out a medical staff to the
colonies should come through the Colonial-office, to
which department the memorials to their Lordships
have been duly forwarded.
"I am, Sir, your very humble servant,
(Signed) " W. B. HAMILTON.

"J. W. Dover, E;q., 124, Fenchurch-street."
Whatever the Government may do, the merchants are
doing their duty. Many have sent out medicines and
medical instructions, and one merchant applied to a sur-
geon in whom he had confidence, offering him five
guineas a day for his services in the island.

MINING INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Mining Jow nal of this day.)

There is a perceptible difference in the amount of
business transacted this week, attributable probably, it
not wholly, to the season of the year, and a rather lower
range of prices may be quoted, both for dividend and
other mines, with, however, some exceptions. We
consider we were right in our assumption of last was k,
that an increased rate of discounts might prove beneficial
to the mining interest rather than otherwise, in the fact
that the inquiry for mining shares has not in the least
diminished, and it is probable they will receive a still
further stimulus from the payment, next week, of the
January dividends. The reports received since our last
of the workings and production of ores of the numerous
mines in favour with the capitalist are of a healthy and
most satisfactory character.
In the Metal Market, Staffordshire Iron fully main-
tains its improvement, and Welsh is gradually assuming
a better position—a large business having been done
during the week at advanced rates. Copper continues
Steady. Lead is firm, with a good business. Tin has
an upward tendency; and Tin Plates have advanced 6d
per box. Spelter is very dull.
From our statistical returns of the sales of copper
ores, by ticketing in Cornwall and at Swansea, given in
another column, it will be seen that the amount raised
and sold in Cornwall in the quarter ending 31st De-
cember last was 39,343 tons, producing 3,103 tons of fine
copper, realised 210,1221. 7s. 6d., and an average price
of 51. 6s. 94d. per ton: this is an excess over the quarter
ended September 30, 1850, of 949 tons, and 5,9301. 195.;
over the corresponding quarter of 1849 of 2,535 tons of
ore, 293 tons of fine copper, in money 16,6771. 165., and
on the average price Is. 2id. The excess on the total
Corhish sales of 1850 over 1849 was 8,690 tons of ore,
568 tons of fine copper, 76,8251. 17s. in money, and 4s.
per ton on the average price. On the Swansea sales, on
the contrary, there has been a decrease on the previous
quarter of 3,447 tons of ore, 76,4091. 17s. in amount, and
11. 17s. 3d. on the average price. On the corresponding
quarter of 1849 of '2,069 tons of ore, on the amount
43,688/. 135., and 1/. 2s. 6d. on the average price; and
the year 1849 exceeded that of 1850 by 1,880 tons of
ore, in money 17,019/. ls, 6d., and in the average price
3s. 7d. per ton.
By referring to our Share List, which is arranged on
a new, and, we trust, improved plan, the business done
in the various mines will at once be seen.

The sale of copper ores at Redrntb, on Thursday last,
amounted to 3,546 tons, producing 16,8681.
East Wheal Rose has sold 74 tons of lead ore; the
Newtonards 100 tons, at 11/. is. per ton; the Callington
39 tons, at 181. Os. 6d. per ton; Tregorden 5 tons, at
271. 15s. 6d. per ton.
Tregorden Mine sold 5 tons of ore to the Tamar
Smelting Company on Tuesday, at 271. 15s. 6d. per ton.
There was a sale of Court Grange ore last week, to
Messrs. Walker, Parker and Co.-21 tons, at 171 3s.
These mines look well.

The two-monthly sale of silver-lead ores from South
Tamar, 68 tons, realized 141. 18s. 6d. per ton.
The sampling at Tamar Mines is computed 75 tons of
rich silver-lead ores.

The Balnoon Consols continues favourable; a consi-
derable improvement of the lode in the shaft is men•
tioned, it being now worth 501. per fin.
At Alfred Consols, the lode in the winze sinking
under the 60 fathom level is from 10 to 12 ft. wide, and
is stated to be worth at least 150/. per fin.
In East Crowndale an improvement is noticed, the 40
and 50 fin. levels looking much better, and the lode in
the 40 end, east of middle shaft, is large, with a good
leader of tin on the north wall 8 in. wide. The prices
of the last parcel of tin sold were 441. 155., and 231. 103.
per ton.

- At South Tolgus the discoveries of ore during the
past month have been about 235 tons, and the raisinga
205 tons, the present prospects being more than equaby
favourable.

At East Tolgus a lode has been cut in the eastern
adit level, and driven on a few fins.; but it has so far been
poor, and has a very flat underlay.
The West Wheat Towan report gives a favourable
account of the state and prospects of the mines. The
pitwork and engine work excellently, and the water is
very easily kept. Stamps are to be immediately erected
to return the tin stuff.

At Tywarnhayle the 90 fm. level east is looking better
than ever, and is worth 601. per fm. The lode in Ben-
nett's shaft is also very productive, but the water has
increased very considerably, to draw which rods are now
being put in. The lode in the 80 west has much im-
proved; it is 4i feet wide, and produces 44 tons of ore
per fm. The 40 west, on United Hills lode, is looking
very kindly.
From Cardiganshire we learn that the water-wheel
will be ready at Gaskis early in the spring and there is
every indication of a good mine.
The winze in Daren is holed to Francis's level, and
they are stoping in good lead and copper on the back of
Francis's adit.
The 45 fin. level west at Bwlch Consols continues in
good ore, as does Doran's shaft, now 6 fms, under the 45.
At Bronfloydd, good ore in the adit eastward, the rise,
and the shaft.

is now looking more settled. It was agreed that the ma-
nagement of the mine should be offered to Mr. Evan
ILpkins, at a t.alary of 100 guineas per annum, and a
committee w as appointed to wait upon that gentleman for
that purpose.
At the Peutira Glaze and Pentire United meeting, it
was resolved that the recommendations in a joint report
by Messrs. Rowlandson and Dunstan be carried into
effect. This recommendation was to clear away the
backs and other orey ground at presentin sight, in the
most rapid manner consistent with economy, and to drive
northward in the 22d fm. level, in order to arrive at the
orey ground gone down in the 10 fm. level.
At the Carvannall meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts
for October and Nov. show—Balance end of Sept., 2791.
175.; Oct. cost, 2371. 12s. Bd. ; November ditto, 2331.
85,7501. 17s. Bd.—By cost, divided 2/. 2s. sd. per Aare,
2791. 195.; by call, 2641.; leaving a balance against the
mine of 2061. 18s. Bd. The balance, or 4s. per 1,056 th
share, was divided and paid to the purser, and a call of
65. per 1,056 th share math, for the prosecution of the
Luke.

At the Botallack meeting the accounts for July,
August, and September were passed, showing-Labour
cost, 1.7471. ls. I Id.; carriage of materials, tin
stuff, &c., 295/. 9s. Gd.; merchants' bills, 585/. 2s.
t). 6271. 134. 9d. - Balance last account, 431.
10.1. ; tin sold (less dues, 794 195. 11d.)
1,839/. 193. 9d.; copper sold (1,88 dues, 24/. 3s. 9d.),
5564 7s. 6,14 sundries, 8/. ss. 6d.=2.4481 7d.: leav-
ing balance against adventurers, 179/. ss. 2d. The want
of rufficient stamping power has prevented the raising of
a greater quantity of tin, otherwise the accounts would
have presented a more favour able appearance.
The West Caradun accounts for September and Octo-
ber show-By ores sold, and carriages (less lord's dues,
3111. Bs. 6d), 4,6721. ss. ls.; materials sold, &c., 331. 19vs
10d.=4,7064 43. 11d.-Purser's agents', and counting-
house expenses, 831. 12s. Bd.; enginemen, smith's work,
&c., 1781. 6s. 11d.; tribute (exclusive of materials),
1,057/. 3s. Id.; tutwork (ditto), 9001. 16s. 6d.; pitman,
surface work, &c., 3491. 7s. 2d.; charges on ores, 586/.
15s. 3d.; parochial rates, doctor, and club, 52/. 3s. 6d.;
materials, 845/. 17s. 4d.; sundry labour cost, 10/. 19s. 2d
-showing balance, being profit, 641/. 3s. 4d.; add from
last account, 198/. 11d.=839/. lls. 3d.-No dividend
declared.

The Gonamena accounts for September and October
show—Labour cost, 176/. 2s. 6d.; materials, 16/. 2s. 9d....
192/. ss. 3d.—Balance from last account, 96L 7s. 10d.:
haves 951. 17s. sd. against adventurers. They have 30
tons of ore for sale.

The ore ground in Caegynon is also very good.
The adit at Gellerheirin has not yet met with any very
considerable quantity of ore.
The ore at the Welsh Potosi is 2 ft. wide, quite solid,
and very hard.
At Allt-y-Crib, the ore is good in the western end,
worth 251. per fm.; the new machinery works well. The
first sampling will be in next month.
At Cwmsebon, there is good or in the 40, 50, and
60 fm. levels eastward.

At Penrhiw, they have a very orey lode, in sinkieg a
surface shaft in Bryngarw, and in the stapes over the
35, at the engine-shaft, also in the 35 and 25 fm. levels
eastward.

At Cwmystwith, the 36 fm. level south is in a lode
producing 2f or 3 tons of lead ore per fathom. In the
36 east the lode will turn out one ton per fathom. There
are now 20 fms. of very good ore in this level. The
lode in Kingside adit is looking better, and has had some
fine spots of ore in it.
A dividend has been declared by the Mining Com-
pany of Scotland.
At the North Pool meeting, the accounts for Septem-
ber and October were examined and passed, showing—
Balance from last account, 7941. 188.; ores sold (less
dues), 3,776/. 7s. 9d. = 4,571/. ss. 9d.—To costs and
merchants' bills, 2,047/. 18s. I Id.—By dividend of 154
per share, 1,5001.; leaving balance iu favour of adven-
turers, 1,0231. 6s. 10d.

The Craddock Moor accounts for Sept. and Oct. show
—Balance fr mm last account, 981.175. 10d.; by call of 10s.
per share, 1051. 105.=.204/. 7s. 10d.—Labour cost,
761. 9s. 6d.; materials, 18/. 18s. 7d.—leaving balance in
favour of adventurers, 108/. 10s. 9d. A call of 10s. per
share was made.

The Tokenbury accounts for Oct. and Nov. show—By
calls, 5101.—Balance from last account, 3131. 17s. 9d.;
labour, 761. 11s. Bd.; materials, 131. 4s. Bd.—leaving
1061. ss. 101 in favour of adventurers. A call of 11. per
share was made.

The Wheal Caroline accounts for Sept. and Oct. show
-By call of IL per share, 1001.; sale of tin, 581. 4s. 10d.
=l5B/. 4s. 10d.-Labour cost, 1421. 13s. id.; lord's
dues, 2/. ss. ld.-leaving balance in favour of adven-
turers, 13/. 6s. Bd. A call of 21. per share was made.
At a meeting of Wheal Mary Consols adventurers, at
Liskeard, it was deemed expedient, to distinguish the
new working of Mary Consols from the old concerns of
Wheal Mary and Wheal Sisters, to adopt the new name of
" Wheal Caroline." The engine, which should have
been completed according to the contract in the early
part of last month, not being yet at work, a fine of 30s.
per week for eight weeks was, therefore, due from the
contractor; it was agreed, however, under all circum-
stances, to reduce the fine to 20s. per week, provided the
engine be at work within a week.
At the Wheal Carpenter meeting, the purser's ae-
count exhibited a balance in favour of adventurers of
242/. 9s. 10d., all costs being fully paid. Very satisfac-
tory reports were read from Captains Seccombe and
others. A committee was appointed to consider the
propriety of substituting water-power instead of steam,
and it was resolved that the engine-shaft shall be sunk
as soon as possible. Captain Hitching states that, when
at the mine, he broke some atones of lead ore, producing
14 in 20 for lead, and 26ozs. of• silver in a ton of ore,
worth from 141. to 141. 10s. per fm.
At the West Wheal Frances meeting the accounts for
August, September, October, and November were exa-
mined and passed, showing-Balance from last account,
5024 55.; costs and merchants' bills, 8181. 18s. I Id.
1,321/. 3s. 1 Id. By call in August, 1,0241.; leaving
balance against the adventurers of 2971. 3s. I ld. A call
of 11. 10s. per share was made.
At the Heignston Down Consols two-monthly meet-
ing, the account showed a balance, on the last two
months' operations of 1324 6s. 4d. in favour of the mine.
On an estimate of receipts and payments for the next
two months, there is a balance against the mine of
487/. 6s. 3d., to meet which a call of 2s. 6d. per share
was made. The mine cost for October was 310/. 14s. 9d.;
for November, 309/. Os. 4d.; and the estimated cost for
the next two months' workings is 6004 In his report,
Captain Richards expresses a sanguine impression as to
the profit of the adventure at increased depth.
At the West Wheal Treasury meeting, the accounts
for August, September, annd October, were submitted;
showing-Balance from last account, 1,0811. 11s. Ids;
costs and merchants' bills, 1,826/. 17s. 3d..-----2,9081. 88.4 d.
-By ores sold, &c., 1,4201. ss. 9d.; leaving balance
against adventurers, 1,4881. 2s. 7d.-The balance was
divided and collected.

At the West Ding Dong meeting, the accounts, for
five months ending October were examined and passed,
showing—To costs and merchants' bills, 3911. 14s. 9d.;
by calls received, 2401. 10s.; leaving balance against ad-
venturers, 1501. 14s. 9d.—A call of 7s. 6d. per share was
made.

In Foreign Mines, transactions have taken place in
Cobra, Copiapo, National Brazilian, St. John del Rey,
and United Mexican.

At Messrs. Tredinnick and Co.'s sale of mining shares,
at the Hall of Commerce, on Wednesday, although the
number of shares disposed of, in comparison to those
offered, was not numerous, yet a fair amount of business
was transacted, and a general disposition evinced by the
company assembled to support the sale of sharvs by
auction, which to the auctioneers was much more impor-
tant, considering the period of the year, and the infancy
of the principles adopted by them. The following is a
list of the prices realised:—Alfred Consols, 181.; Bed-
ford United, 6/. 10s.; Bryn-Arian, 2/. 10s.; Carn Brea,
1251.; Cefn Gwyn, 21.; Condurrow, 112/.; Copper Bot-
tom, 41.; Cwm Erfin, 7/.; Cook's Kitchen, 81.; Esgair
Llee, 4/.; East Frances, 41. 7s. 6d.; Stray Park, 20/.
108.; Tincroft, 111. 55.; Tregorden, 51.; West Provi-
dence, 654; West Francis, 141.; West Treasury, 71.;
Wheal Trelawny, 501.; Tremayne, 221. 10s.; Wheal
Harriett, 51. 21. 6d.

THE LATE PLATE AND JEWELLERY
ROBBERIES AT NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAM, FRIDAY.—Two men, named Clay and
Battersby, were apprehended by the police last night, on
suspicion of being concerned in the above robberies. A
private examination took place before the Borough
magistrates, and the men have been remanded. A pe-
culiar description of pearl button was found in Mr.
Drivel's shop (the scene of one of the late depredations),
and it was found that Clay, at the time of his appre-
hension, had on a coat with precisely the same descrip-
tion of buttons upon it, and that in front a button was
missing. It is said that the button was torn off while the
jemmy" was being used to force open a door on M. r.
Driver's premises. The whole of the property belonging
to Mr. Lamb (whose shop was broken into last Sunday
night) has been found. It was discovered by the police,
yesterday, in a pool of water, in Free-school-lane, a
short distance from the town. Several of the watches
were very much damaged, and the silver cups had
been bruised out of shape. The whole of the valuables
were tied in a bundle. A most daring attempt at bur-
glary was made last night, at about twelve o'clock, on
the premises of Mr. Lewin, of Bottle-lane, Nottingham.
A noise being heard proceeding from the roof of
Mr. Lewin's dwelling-house about that time, that gentle-
man was called up, and, with some of the police, exa-
mined the premises, when it was discovered that a por-
tion of the roof (sufficiently large to allow of the entrance
of a man) had been removed, and soon after burglars
were seen retreating from the lower part of the prepremises.Unluckily they effected their escape. Several daring at-
tempts at burglary have been made this week. The shop
of Mr. Bearsdall, grocer, Eyre-street, has been attempted
twice; as also Mr. Blathawick's, of ilocklry. Two de.
thtehenighti n
tectives arrived on Wednesday, but such is the excited
stele r
aosfsitshteanttoswn, ,
sit uptradesmen,
orderr
that their property may be rendered more secure. A
meeting of the magistrates; was held yesterday, to deter-
mine thatthe numbers
whole
of of
upon the adoption of means for the better security
of property; we have not, however, heard of the result.
A man, named Freeman, has been taken this morning, on
suspicion of being concerned in the above robberies.
None of the property except Mr. Lamb's has been found;
but from several circumstances there appears to be no
doubt that the prisoner was concerned in the whole of the
robberies. The bull dog so dreadfully wounded in Mr.
Lamb's shop is slowly recovering, and, it is said, this may
lead to the identification of the burglars.

At the Spearne Consols meeting on Monday, the ac-
counts for the four months, ending October, were passed,
showing a balance in favour of adventurers, 8651, when
a dividend of Si. per share (6401.) was declared-leaving
a balance in favour of adventurers, 2251
At the Balleswidden meeting, on Tuesday, the ac-
counts for Sept. and Oct. were passed, and a dividend of
7s. 6d. per share (6021) was declared, leaving balance in
favour of adventurers, 1,5051.
At the East Wheal Reeth meeting, it appearing that
a large sum was due on the last call, a resolution was
adopted, declaring the forfeiture of such unpaid shares.
For the present the operations, except at the adit, are
suspended, with a view to the introduction of steam-
power. For providing further capital, a call of ss. per
share was made.
At the Praed Consols meeting, it was decided that the
business of the mine should, in future, be conducted in
London, and the shares increased from 512 to 1,024, to
be divided among the shareholders. Mr. Gray ex-
plained the prospects of the mine very satisfactorily to
the meeting, stating that a quantity of ore is now at
surface, and that there is every prospect of its being a
dividend pa3ing mine shortly.
At the Cara ion Vale meeting, a balance was shown
against the adventurers of 52/. 15s. Id., and a call of 7s.
6d. per share was made. A report of the operations on
the mine will be shortly published.
The mine accounts at the Wheal Russell meeting show
a balance against the adventurers of 365/. 12s. 2d. A
proposition was brought forward for increasing the
number of shares from 1,024 to 4,000, the decision of
which was left till the next meeting; 42 tons 5 cwts.
were sampled on Dec. 23.
At the George and Charlotte meeting there was a
trifling balance in favour of adventurers. A call of 2s. 6d.
per share was made, and the shares increased to 1,024.
The agent's report generally is favourable as regards the
workings now in progress.
At a special meeting of the finance committee of L
herooe Wheal Maria, on Thursday, the balance-sheet_d
presented showed-Calls received, 20,647/
11895.'.
2
portion of November costs unpaid, 118/
20,793/. 17s. Bd.-Cost of the mine to end of f Nov., and
in London to end of Dec., 20,4901. 13s. - o .l, assets and
cash, 303/. 4s. 6d.-leaving balance in favour of the mine,
184/, 6s. ld. A call of 10s. per share was made, being
the last instalment of 21. per share, made 27th Decem-
ber, 1849. Reports from the purser and agent were read
to the meeting
of the most satisfactory character, both
as to its present condition and prospectively.
At the East Crowndale meeting, the report stated that
the workings had been confined to sinking the middle
shaft to the 50 fin. level, extending the 28 and 40 fm.
levels east and west, and stoping the backs. As 3 et, the
returns had been inconsiderable, but still sufficient to
meet the current exyenditure, while a large extent of
ground had been laid open. In the 20 fin. level the lode
had fluctuated, which had caused some disappointment;
but an improvement was apparent in the character of the
lode in the 40 fin, level, and a good course of ore was
confidently anticipated, from which profitable re-
sults may be expected. The mine accounts showed-
Balance last account, 1011. 10s. 2d.; tin sales, 3,324/. 198.
9. d.,_-_-_3,4241 198. 9d.-Expenditure, 3,343/. Is. 2d.; leav-
ing balance in favour of adventurers, 831. Bs. 9d. The
committee, in conclusion, express their belief that the
mine will become profitable,
The accounts submitted to the Runnaford Coombe
meeting leave a balance in the hands of the bankers of
771. 7s. 7d. Cash received on calls, and from other
sources, 661/. 6s. 6d.-By cost for October, 99/. 7s. 4d.;
for November, 961. Is. Bd.; paid for lease, 881. Ins.; on
account of steam-engine, 300/.-leaving balance as stated.
The accounts were passed. The mine agents' report
states that the lode has been very mach disordered, but

ACCIDENT TO MR. CODD.—We find that Mr. Codd,
the coroner, met with rather a startling accident en Monday,
and had a narrow escape from being himself made the subject
of a judicial inquiry by some professional brother. While
on his way about six o'clock in the evening from Halstead to
Rocking with a horse and gig, driving at a moderate pace,
and on the near side of the road, he met between the toll-
gate and High Garrett a cart with a man and boy in it,
going at a smart pace, and in the middle of the road, and.
although Mr. Codd had a grey horse, they ran directly on t•
him. Mr. Codd was thrown out by the shock, and some-
what stunned. When he recovered himself he found that
the gig had been upset, both the shafts broken off close to
the dashing board, and the horse, thus freed from the
vehicle, had started oft. The man who had been driving the
cart raised Mr. Codd, inquired as to his injuries, and on
being requested to do so, departed as if to go for amstance,
i
but, conscious it would seem of being n the ,vrong, he never
returned, and left Mr. Codd to gain what aid he could from
casual passers-by. Through the help of these the gig was
hplacedig
h Garrett,
ina i
shed
wdsaos foundmedi thatstancthee off;e
and on predeeding to
horse had been stopped
between that place and Docking, being
i very little injured
except
.by the traces striking against t. Another vehicle
was then procured, and Mr. Codd proceeded to Rocking,
having received a cut on the heail, and being much shaken,
but escaping from the mishap without further serious injury.
—,Chelnafol d Chronicle.
IMPORTATION ofTEA.—The recent arrivals of
American-built ships from China with entire cargoes of tea
have just been followed by another arrival of the same kind.
which is especially interesting, as, until now, no arrivals of
this nature had taken place under the relaxed laws in force
during the past year. The American ship Roman, of 774
tons burden, has arrived in the London Docks from Canton,
with an entire cargo, consisting of nearly 10,000 packages of
tea, consigned to order, which is admissible by virtue of the
relaxed laws of navigation and importation to entry lot
home use.

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FRAN CE.

During the course of the sitting of the Assembly
yesterday the following discussion took place on the
subject of the orders alleged by the Pat-ie to have
been issued to the troops by General Chargarnier

The Algeria Commerce Regulation Bill baying
been read a second time,

The President announced that lA, Napoleon Bans-
parte demanded leave to address interpellations to the
Minister of War, relative to instructions given by
General Changarnier to the army under his orders.—
(Cries of "In three months ." others "Immediately.")
The Minister of War asked that they be postponed
until Monday._

The delay of three months was put to the vote and
rejected, Generals Lamoriciere and Bedeau end about
40 members voting in that sense. The immense
majority of the Assembly, however, rose against it.
The proposition to fix the interpellation for Monday
was similarly re-jscted, and the Assembly decided that
they should take place immediately.
M. Napoleon Bonaparte then rose and said, that he
had read with surprise and disgust an article inserted
in the Patrie on the liberation of M. Mauguin by
order of the National Assembly, stating that if the
director of the Debtor's Prison had refused obedience
most serious consequences might have ensued, inns-
niuch 23 it declares positively that the following are
aiming " the general and permanent instructions"
given by the Commander-in-Chief of the army of
Paris to the commanders of troops wider his orders :
—" I. Not to obey any requisition until after having
received the orders of the Lieutenant-General ; 2.
Not to listen to the Representatives ; 20. Every order
which does not came from the General-in-Chief is
null; 21. Every requisition, summons, or demand
made by a civil, judicial, or political functionary, shall
be rigorously rejected."
M. Bonaparte observed that if such instructions
were signed by Windischgratz or Redetzky he would
find it quite simple, but a French general's name
should never have figured at the bottom of such a
document. He expected this morning to read in the
Moniteur an article communique, denying the
existence of those instructions, which violated the
spirit of the Constitution and wounded public con-
science. The Assembly, he added, disposed of the
military force for its protection, and yet the troops
were enjoined not to obey any requisition that did not
emanate from the General-in-Chief. Traitors were
to be immediately shot, and who was to discriminate
between loyal citizens and traitors ? In presence of
such instructions, which he had every reason to be-
lieve real, it was important that the Assembly should
assume an energetic position. It was sovereign and
should be obeyed. He thought that every power
should be reminded of the respect due to the Consti-
tution, and he accordingly proposed the following
resolution :

" The National Assembly, blaming the instructions
given to the troops under his orders by General Chan-
gamier, invites the Minister of War to modify them,
and passes to the order of the day."
The Minister of War replied that he never refused
the combat, and that if he had asked that the interpel-
lations be fixed for Monday it was to have time to
maks inquiries respecting the existence of that docu-
ment. On reading the article in the Patrie he had
ordered research to be made in the War•ofce, and no
trace of it could be found. He was only told that
such instructions had been issued 29 months ago, but
he could assure M. Bonaparte that they were no longer
in existence.

General Changarnier, who followed, declared that
the alleged instructions inserted in the Patrie were
not the textual copy of any permanent or temporary
instructions issued' by the Commander-in-Chief.—
(Bravos throughout .the hall.) In no case could it
enter his mind to question the constitutional right of
the Assembly to dispose of the military force for its
protection.—(Redoubled bravos.) When his comrade
General Cavaignac invested him with the command of
tho National Guard, he had thought proper to frame
instructions which were to guide the officers under his
orders in case of a collision. He held them in his
hand, and if the Assembly wished—(No, no)—he
would read them to it. The Patrie might have found
them. in the journals of the time. They had since been
approved of by all the Administrations that had suc-
ceeded each other since that period.
The discussion being afterwards closed, the order of
the clay, moved by M. Napoleon Bonaparte, was re-
jected by an almost unanimous vote, and the simple
order of the day was adopted.
The Assembly subsequently adjourned at half-past
five o'clock, amidst the greatest agitation.

GREAT FLOOD AT CARLISLE.
(From the Carlisle Journal.)
It is not often that we have to record a circum-
stance of so extraordinary a character as has happened
in this district within the last forty-eight hours.
During the whole of yesterday, about a thousand
acres of ground in the neighbourhood of this city
were completely under water. Since the year 1822,
the waters of the Eden, the Caldew, and the Pet-
teril have not risen to such a height, and we ques-
tion whether at that memorable period the waters
were higher, though unquestionably the storm was
much greater, and the damage done to property
very much more. The weather, which has been very
changeable since our last, assumed on Wednesday
night a very serious aspect. The wind rose in the
afternoon, the rain came on and poured down in
perf et torrents, and storm and rain continued till a
late hour. The rivers, which during the day were
about their usual limits, gradually rose, and it was
evident that the waters were rapidly rising to an un-
usual height. At ten o'clock the rain cleared off for
a time, but the wind continued during the greater
part of the night, and passengers on the West Walls
could scarcely keep their feet. A gentleman who
was going home with his wife in that direction, be-
tween the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, had his
hat blown off and carried to a great distance; his
wife was blown down on the footpath, and it re.
quired every exertion to keep himself up. An
hour or two after midnight there was a heavy fall
of rain again, but the howling of the blast began
somewhat to diminish, and its strength seemed on the
wane. By daylight the atmosphere was compara-
tively placid, and the rain had altogether ceased. The
enn, howexer, rose upon a sight of the most astonish-
ing description. The whole of Rickerby Holme,
Stoney Holme, the Swifts, the Willowholme, the
Sorceries, and other low-lying lands, were com-
pletely under water. The currents of the rivers were
merged and undistinguishable in the vast expanse.
We are glad to find thot the loss of sheep and cattle
has been very trifling compared with what might
have been expected. Mr. John Irving had eighty-two
sheep at pasture in the Far Sorceries. Orders had
been given to have them removed on Wednesday
night, something like high water being anticipated,
though not a deluge such as it proved. The
orders given seem to have been either misunderstood
or neglected, and Thursday morning at eight o'clock
found them surrounded with water, and perched on
the sheep mounds. The water was fast rising, and
the most energetic measures had to be adopted to
secure them. A boat was obtained, and two men
(one of them naked) set to work. By dint of the
most persevering exertions, seventy of them were
brought over in the boat to terra firma. Four of
them swam across to Etterby Scaur and saved their
lives; two were carried through the railway arches and
were brought out at Etterby. They were thus all saved
but six, which fell a prey to the flood, and have not
been recovered. The exertions of the naked sheep-
elltehee excited considerable merriment amongst the
on-lookers at the Castle Bank. On the near Soceries
the Mess.
taken Dixon bad seventeen sheep. They were
by means of boats, about nine o'clock yes-
terday morning,
be seen quietlyand during the day they were to
grazing
on that portion of the Bitts
which was now under water. The lost cannot 'be at number of animals
lost
do not, however, olaiiroezent exactly ascertained
C le-
dewgate a number of thet housesy can be many. In a
lower stories. At the
had to go into and leiariv
were flooded in the
theiroimside the people
of planks placed across the water houses by means
-which could not
be kept out of the lower storiers ln the Willow
Holme the water got into the houses, to the great
discomfort and alarm of the inmates.
up rmabothvee
Castle bank the flood was seen to ris
the floor of Simpson's mill, and Within
dis-
tance of the windows. The wheel was ort
fourth submerged, and the block of buildings i n three.
neighbourhood appeared as if fully environedby tthbee
flood. The whole of the ground up above thelevel
of the moat round the castle was flooded. The para-
pets of the bridge leading into the Sorceries only ap_
peered above the water. The cricketers' tent door
was burst open by the flood, and the building Was
more than half under water. From the Castle-bank
across, to the foot of Etterby- Scaur was one continued
watery expanse, and scarcely broken even by the
insigratlcene tcp of a la dge.row. Had the Devon-
shire end other banks been as low as they were not
Inane leers ago there is little question that a large
portien of the lower district of Rickergate would
have been deluged. The scene from Etterby Scaur,
at four o'clock, was one of great beauty end gran-
deur. The whole of the vale below was one broad
expansive and placid lake, or rather resembled some
model bay fur the anchorage of an extensive navy.
The view towards Rickerby from Eden-bridge was
lovely in the extreme. As Tar as the vision could
penetrate there was one wide expanse of water, only
broken by the uprising plantations.
From Eden-
bridge the water on both sides would not he less than
an area of a thousand acres. Along Botcherby-road
the fields were flooded. The gardens at Warwick-
road were submerged, and the water reached up to
the road at the toll-bar. At Petteril-bridge, in place
of the usual rippling stream, we had a river of such
volume that it could scarcely get through the arch.

Warwick
Radcliffe 8
Weymouth .. 10
Doncaster
Saudbach

Bedford 22 or 23
E4linton Park
Manchester Autumn.... 25
Newmarket F.O 3O

OCTOBER.

1 Wrexham
I 1 Newmarket S.O l3

7 I Newmarket Houghton.. 27

NOVE

:BE It.

Worcester..

First week.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-FRIDAY.

The only betting during the week was on Tuesday,
when Grecian was backed for 1201. at 3 to 1, fur the
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, and Raby at 50 to 1, to
a pony, for the Chester Cup.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.-100 to 6 agat Sir John
(t), 100 to 6 agst Peter Simple (t).
JOHN DAY'S DERBY LOT, 1852.

Father Thames, Buckthorn, Odd Fellow, Stapleton,
San Benito, Don Issacher, General Washington, Little
Harry, Alhambra, St. Alban, Freetrader, Geleon,
Snarler.

OAKS, 1852. •
Alhambra, Catch'em, Cauina, The Chase, Miss Co-
nyngham, Mary Blane, Aitch-bone, Kate.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
EMBARKATION OF TROOPS.—Her Majesty's ship
Hercules has been appointed to convey the 41st Regi-
ment from Cork at the end of January to Corfu ; the
76th from Corfu to Malta; the 69th from Malta to Bar-
badoes; the 72d Highlanders to Halifax, Nova Scotia,
and the 38th from the latter place to Portsmouth.
SOUTH-WEST DISTRICT.—The effective Force of the
South-West District, on the Ist of January, consisted
of 2 troops of cavalry-76 men; 3 companies of Royal
Artillery-280 men; 1 company of Royal Sappers and
Miners-96 men; the 3d battalion Grenadier Guards-
-600 men; 5 regiments of the Line and the Provisional
battalion-4,237 men, making a total of Rank and File
of 5,689 men.

HORSE GUARDS.—We are glad to find that Colonel
Wetherall, the Deputy-Adjuntant-General, has quite
recovered from his recent severe indiapostion, and
has resumed for some days past his duties at the Horse
Guards.

NEW MILITARY HOSPITAL, PORTSMOLITH.—We are
glad to find that the arrangements for a new hospital
tor the troops in Portsmouth Garrison are now com-
plete, and that the offices, &c., of the Royal Engineers,
situated on the mill-dam, have been selected as the site
for the future accommodation and treatment of the sick
soldiers.

Captain Clifton, of the 12th Lancers, it is reported,
will shortly be appointed to the Staff of Major-General
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
THE CHOLERA AT CEPHALONIA.—We have much
pleasure in being ablo to announce that the cholera has
now entirely disappeared from Cephalonia, that the
troops are now healthy, and the island is now released
from quarantine.

Strange rumours of revolting scenes at the burial of
the military in a garrison town not a hundred miles from
Parsonstown, have reached our ears. As the consequences
are likely to be serious to those upon whom the culpa-
bility rests, and since the commanding officer has taken
up the matter, and no doubt, as in duty bound, has re-
ported it to the general, we refrain from entering into
details—merely premising that, should these reports find
confirmation, is is not very likely the affair will be per-
mitted to rest here.
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., has succeeded to
some considerable property on the death of his sister-in-
law, Mrs. Ogle, of Eaton-place. This lady was a sister
of Mr. Raphael, formerly M.P. for St. Alban's, who
died a few weeks since, and left her some 100,000/.
Although Sir Charles is known to be possessed of a
princely fortune, t uofn. e ,m ne
no one, we are quite sure, will begrudge
him any accession of wealth, for he is one of the most
b le
and his charities are unbounded.
Many a" known, but, more are only felt,
for Sir Charles
is truly one of those " who do good by stealth, and blush
h
t
to find it fame."
HER MAJESTY'S SHIP ‘7. In anticipation
of the Vengeance • ENGEANCE,--
84, Captain Sir H. 11. Blackwood,
Bart., beini, ordered
to private ledgiugs ashore° ship
his family from sea,
th the gallant captain has re-
movedlicar that the Uallant Baronet harbour
in Portsusouth
cube spec.
in-
disposed, and trust that he ewt'lllue' bee 0 very much A
DMIRAL ELLIOTS BlTTS-
resume the active duties ~f hist regret exceedingly to
be speedily eLabled to
Admiralty have or-
dered bites on the plan projected b ethdmeiral '
Chief at Sheerness, to be tittad to by the
ships of a and under
the class of 36-gun frigates. and have issued directions
for the manner in which to fit them.
COST CF OUR MEN-OF-WAR AND CONVICT LABORa
IN DOCKYARDS.—It is unfair to make a'comparison be-
tween the expenses of a man-of-war built in England
and a man-of-war built in France, without some expla-
nation with regard to convict labour. In the French ar-
senals there are employed at least 8,000 forcats; in the
English dockyards, the total number does not amount
to 800!
LETTERS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION.—We
1 have it from authority that the Admiralty have ordered

that in future all letters on service for her Majesty's
ships, on the New South Wales or the New Zealand di-
vision, are to be addressed to Sydney, at which place
measures will be taken for forwarding them to their des-
tii;ation.

bIIIUGGLING A PROMOTION.—In the Navy List, by
authority, published on the Ist inst., we find, page 57,
at the bottom of the list of Lieutenants, under the se-
niority, 1850—" Hon. Henry Weyland Chetwynd. Dec.
11." Mistrustful of our owu memory as to this officer's
standing as a " mate " or " passed midshipman," we re-
ferred to the Navy List, by authority, for October, and
not finding any such name among the list of some 150
officers, we turned over to the alphabetical list—but
without success. We then endeavoured to recollect
some dashing affair that had taken place during the past
three months of which any young officer of the name of
Chetwynd was the hero, and turned to our files to
assist us: but here, again, we were at fault. In
ignorance then of any justifiable excuse on ser-
vice grounds for promoting an officer whose name
now appears in the Navy List for the firA time,
over the heads of 150 seniors, we can only trace Mr.
Chetwynd's good fortune to the fact that he is the third
son of Viscount Chetw) rid, of Berchaven, co. Cork. If
these be all his recommendations for such a distinction
at the early age of 21, and at the expense of so many
deserving officers senior to him, wo do not at all wonder
that the Admiralty, being ashamed of the transaction,
have smuggled his name into the Quarterly List without
previous announcement.