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• .5 SEPTEMBER 17 1851,

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW,
No. CXCIL
ADVERTISEMENTS intended for insertion are revested to be
forwarded to the Publishers before Tuesday, the 30111 inst ; and
BILLS not later than Wednesday, October 1.
London: Longman, Brown, and Co., 39, Paternoster-roar.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
IPSWICH, SEPT. 16.
Harvest being now over, our market resumed its usual
appearance as regards the attendasce of farmers, and
this produced a fair supply, both of wheat and barley;
the former met a tolerably free sale, and only partially
declined from last week's prices. Barleys also met a
ready sale, the trade assuming an unexpected firmness.
PER QUARTER. 1 PER QUARTER.
Wheat, rel 36s to 39s Beans 32s to 00s , '
Do., new OO3 to 00s Peas
Do., white 4os to 45s Oats
Do., now oos to 00$i Rye.. .. 00s to 00s
Earley, malting 26s to 30s Malt .. 003 to 00s
Do., grinding... 003 to 00s Flour, per sack.. 003 to 00r
AVERAGES FOR TELE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 13.
Wheat 1,170 quarters at 38s Bd.
Oats
Beans 2O „ 303 6d.
Peas.... .
HULL, SEPT. 16.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states:—We
have had a splendid week of harvest weather, and the
fields in the district aro nearly clear of white corn, and
the whole gathered in fine condition. The markets
generally aro excessively dull, and wheat declines
seriously in value—probably too seriously to last. We
had a large show of new wheat at market to-day, qua-
lity fine, and weighs heavy; condition universally good.
The market was much depressed, and about 2s lower,
343 to 36s being the general rates paid; the present low
prices are attracting the attention of foreigners, and
some purchases of new English wheat were made to-day
for Hamburgh account. No transactions in foreign be-
yond the merest retail. There is amply choice of bdr-
ley, and a fair sale for grinding qualities at a trifling
ra uction on last week's rates. A small parcel of new
Saal has arrived, quality, weight, and maltinz properties
first rate; it had previously been sold at a price free on
board at Hamburgh. Several samples of new English,
quality various, but weiOt good, price 243 to 28s. Oats
are the turn dearer. Nothing doing in beans or peas.
The linseed market is only dull, but cakes are unaltered.
A fair sale for rapzseed, at our quotations, both English
and foreign. Rape cakes are only dull.
Ths following arc the present prices of grain :
s. 5.1 13. F.
Wheat, English, red 34 to 36,Peas, white and yel. 28 30
Do. white 36 38 Do. grey
Dantzic and Ko- (Linseed, Black Sea 47 49
nigsberg .. 38 40'Do. Petersburgh ... 42 46
Pomeranian and Do.Riga&Archngl. 33 —42
Hamburgh . t6 38,D0. Konigsberg .... 36 40
Danish, Holstein, & Per toe.
Friesland 32 36!Lins. c,liull 710 s to 71 2s 6d
Russian and Odessa 30 --34,D0. fine foreign . 61 103
Oats, English
Do. Danish....
Do.Friesland l9 21 Rape cakes...oo3 Od to 80s Od
Do. Russ. & Odessa 18 20 Tares, English OO3 003
sarley,malting 25 —2B Do. foreign o[,s CO,
)o. grinding 23 24,Guano ... 51 71 to 101
30 32 Bones, do
leans
00., foreign
CORK, SEPT. 15.
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DR. CUMMING'S NEW VOLUME OF LECTURES.
This day is published, in Lap. Bvo., price Ps., cloth, full gilt, uniform
with "Apocalyptic Sketch2s,"
F 0 R E S ki ADOW S;
or, Lectures on our Lord's Miracles as Earnests of the Age
to Came. By Rey. JOIIN CUMMING, D.D., Minister of the Na-
tional Scottish Church, Crown. court, Covent-garden.
Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Paternoster-row.

DR. RAMADGE ON ASTHMA. AND DISEASES OF THE
HEART.
One vol. Bvo., greatly improved, Scoond Edition. price 10s. 6d.,
ASTIIMA, its VARIETIES and COMPLICA-
TIONS ; with Practical Remarks on their Specific Treatment.
Illustrated by Cases, and Plates coloured from stature. To whirls
is annexed, a Succinct Treatise on the princir,al Diseases of the
Heart. By F. H. RAMADGE, M.D., Fellow of the College of Phy-
sicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Asthma and
Consumption.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

ALL SOP P'S EAST INDIA PALE and
other BURTON ALES.
The public is respectfully informed that these favourite Ales'; may
be had Genuine, in Casks of 18 Gallons and uawards, at their respec-
tive Stores as under, where also a List of the Bottlers may be ob-

tamed :

The Brewery, Burton-on-Trcur,
City

Stores, 61, King William-street,
Cook-street, Liverpool.
Ilign street, Birmingham.
The Exchange, Manchester.
33, Virginia-street, Gla.gow.

tty:London.

The GREAT EXHIBITION and the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION.
All the moat interesting Deposits at the Great Exhibition will, In
turn, be lectured on at the
t OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION
110 The present Lectures are by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on the Ap-
plication of Iron and Steel in the Manufactures of the united King-
dom, now exhibiting in the Crystal Palace ; and by Dr Bachhoffner
on the Electro-Metallic Deposits there, illustrat,d by a splendid se-
ries of Messrs. Elkington's Specimens, —The Exhibition of the Oxy.
Hydrogen Microscope, magnifying objects upwards of 100,010 times
their natural size.—The great economy of Cooking by Gas explained.
—A Lecture on the History of the Harp, by Frederick Chattertcn,
Esq., with Vocal Illustrations.—A Series of splendid Dissolving
Views.--Diver and I 'lying Bell, &e.
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.
Open daily from Half-past Ten to Five, and every Evening from
Seven till Half-past Ten.

LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO,
Licensed by Act of Parliament.
A
11GYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-
Elk_ STREET, ST. JAMES'S.
Sole Lessee, CharlesOP EEN aurenEVEt, juNNn., 57,
, Bromptcn-square.)
mile L
EVERY EVENING,
With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND.
Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt.
Deers open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to cont./nal:lee al
Nine and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely.
Admission, One Shilling.

Barrels. Currency.
0 White wheat oos ed to 00s Od ODs Od-20 stone
62 Red wheat 143 Od to 163 Od 00s Od-20 do
90 Ditto l6s Od to 16s 9d
75 Ditto .163 9d to 17s 3d
30 Barley
140 Ditto ... les Od to 10s 4d OOs Od-16 do
65 Ditto los 4d to lOs 6d
19 Bere
rl2 Oats ... Od to 8s 5d
83 ad to 8s 10di
ilO Ditto
S2O Ditto Es 10c1 to 9s 6d)
3 Pigs 2os Od to 25s Od 00s Od per cwt
Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:-
0 barrels white wheat; 0 red; 25 barley; 2 bere; 16 oats;
pig.
Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week:—
Wheat, 2,218. Barley, 1,239. Oats, 9,865. Pigs, 0

THE GREATEST WONDER IN LONDON IS
BATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL
HIPPODROME, Kensington:
OPEN DAILY.
In consequence of the Evenings drawing in, the Doors will be
opened at Half-past Four, and the performance commence at Five
o'clock.
Immense success of Franconi and his celebrated trained horses.
THIS DAY, the performances will be under the immediate
patronage of Colonel Williams of the 2d Life Guards, and the whole:
of that gallant Re4ment with their splendid Band will attend, and
play several favourite airs.
Mr. Batty has much pleasure in announcing,' to his Patrons that
TO-MORROW September 18, there will ba a Grand DAY PER-
FORMANCE. Doors open at One, to commence precisely at Two.
The entertainments in the Evening as usual.
The proprietor, determined to keep pace with its rival, the Great
Exhibition, has decided upon continuing the Hippodrome open until
the close of the Crystal Palace, and begs to intimate to hi:, patrons
and the public that as he opened on the same day as the Palace o
Industry, and as his career of success is without parallel, that he
would impress upon the minute of his friends the necessity of an early
visit, as it will positively close on the llth of October. This Evening
and during, the week, the performances will assume the most novel
and unique caste.
Doors open at Half-past Four, commence precisely at Five.
Private Boxes
Admission to the Reserved Seats - 3s. Oct.
First-class do.
Second do.
Third do.

- -
PRICES OF BUTTER.
CANT. cuauxtrcr•
First quality
Second quality
third quality
Fourth quality
Fifth quality
sixth quality
Return of Cattle sold for week ending Sept. 6.
Pigs, 281. Sheep, 275. Cows, 75.
Coax.—Flour—First Its 63 to 123 6d; extra 13s Od;
seconds, 10a Od to 111 Od; households 83 to 10. Od; thirds, 6s toes
)er cwt. Oatmeal 11 i to 00s Od; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s 03; wheat.
neal, °is to 10. Od per cwt. Indian corn 61 Os to 6110 s Od per
on. Bran 70. to 72. 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 17s to 309; average
)Os; dealers 30s to 35s Od; average 00s per ton. Straw—Farmers
12. Od to 20s 03; average 189; dealers 27s Od to 34. 03;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 5d to 6d ;
lousohold loaf 4,-Ird to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to
A per lb. Eggs-4s 8d to 4. 10d per hundred. Coals—
gewport 14s Od ; Lydney 15s ; Landore COs ; Calm,
12. 6d per ton. Tallow 38a Od to 39. per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 5d to 6icl ; veal 4d to
rid ; pork 43 to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb.
Aopis 6110 s to 0100 per cwt. Bangor slates Si 2s 6d to 315 s per
-,on. Bark—Barbary 710 s to 810 s; Valonia 151 to 01; French
;.? Os ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleeeo Wool 14e to 15s per stone.
.lernp 29/ to 32/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 195 to 000 ; red
ditto, 2Gs to 000 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 101 Os to 11/ per
on. Timber—Memel, 800 per ton ; red pine, 31 108 ; yellow
Otto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 12s to 150 per 100. Hides—
tlarket 21s to 303; salted 22s to 30. per owt ; calf skins
to 3,14-d per lb. Potatoes, white 6P to 3d; Minions,
103 to 00d. Guano—Peruvian, 11l 10x; leliaboe, 8/ to 910 s
par ton. Tar_Archangel, 193 per barrel.

CREMORNE.—Admission, One Shilling :
Children, Half-price.
A new Italian Ballet Pantomime, entitled harlequin and the Four
Elements ; or, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, with entirenew scenery,
appointments, &e., of the most magnificent description, arranged by
the Deulin Family.
Engagement of the celebrated Italian Rope Dancer and Ascention-
ist, S!gnora Pauline Violante ; also Herr Henric, the celebrated Pos-
ture Master and Equilibrist, assisted by the renowned German Buffo
Herr Jung, will appear every evening.
TIIIS DAY—Grand Balloon Ascent by the celebrated Spanish
Aeronaut, Giuseppe Lunardini, in the Royal Cremorne Balloon.
TO-MORROW—For the Benefit of the Duelin Family, the Grand
Naval Fete at Half-past Ten o'clock, of the Taking of Gibraltar, and
Storming of the Town and Fortress, by a numerous fleet of steam-
vessels manned by experienced crews, with the sanction of the di-
rectors of the Citizen and Iron Boat Companies. T. B. Simpson has
the honour to inform his friends and the public that nothing has been
neglected to render this representation truly magnificent, new and
extensive scenery and costumes having been made for this occasion.
The River Esplanade is the only place in London where a spectacle
of this magnitude can take place. The Pyrotechnic department un-
der Chevalier Mortram.
FRIDAY—Grand Italian Galas, with, at Ten o'clock, Night
Balloon Ascent, with brilliant Pyrotechnic Display.
SATURDAY—Illumination Gala, with brilliant Fetes.
M. Bosislo, the celebrated composer of da❑cing music, con-
ducts the great Cremorne Band, and will execute all the
music which he composed and conducted at her Majesty's
Ball at Buckingham Palace. Exhaustless entertainments daily, in-
cluding the Bosjesmans or Bash People, Deulin's Ballet the Star oi
Beauty, the Ethiopian Serenaders, the double-sighted Youth.
Cantello's Egg-hatching, the Bowling Saloon, &c. Doors open at
half-past Two, admission Is., Children half-price. The Hotel affords
every accommodation for private and public dinner and shaper par-
ties. Steam-boats and omnibuses nightly after the entertainments,
the transit being superintended by Directors. Fare, 'ld. by Boat,
and 6d. by Omnibus.
On Sunday the Gardens are open in the afternoon for refreshment.
admission by refreshment card 61. Table d'Hote at Four and Six
o'clock, 2s. 6d.

MARKET IN TE L LIGEN CE.
(From the London New Price Current, Sept. 16.)
SUGAR.—To-day there was even less demand for West
fudia Sugar than at the close of last week, purchases
sere small in both refining and grocery qualities, al-
;hough iu some cases the rates accepted were rather
under those of Friday. Only 368 hhds, &c., were sold;
including a public sale of 170 hhds Barbadoes which
went heavily, and a small portion only sold at easier
terms: fine yellow wont at 383 6d to 403 6d; mid to good
34s 6d to 38s; and low 33s 6d to 34s per cwt.
REFINED.—To-day limited purchases were made in
Refined Sugar for home consumption, although brown
lumps were to be had at 44s to 44s 6d, and common
faders 44s 6d to 45s per cwt.
MAURITIUS.—To-day dealers operated with reluctance
in Mauritius Sugar. Of 4,468 bgs at auction a small
part only sold at 6d per cwt decline—very ord brown
went at 25s to 265, rather better 27s to 28s, mid
to fine 28s Gd to 323, low to mid yellow 32s 6d to 34s 6d,
vod to fine 35s to 38s, and grey sorts 30s to 36s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the market was plenti-
fully supplied with Bengal Sugar, and there was a reluct-
ance to operate in all descriptions, prices in consequence
declined 61 to is per cwt. Of 9,000 bags at auction, only
one half found buyers•' Benares good to very fine white
went at 39s to 423 6d; low to good mid 37s 6d to 38s 6d;
lamp and washed 36s to 41s 6d; low yellow like Mauri-
tius 323 to 235; mid to good 34s to 35s 6d; fine 36s to
37s 7d; damp 323 to 355; low soft brown 25s to 26e;
good grainy yellow 39s 6d to 403. Of Madras 228 bags
sere taken in at 27s for low damp brown.
FOREIGN.—Since Saturday a fair export demand has
been experienced for Foreign Sugar, still better rates
have not been obtained. A cargo of yellow Havanneh
has sold at 20s 9d for number 12/. 1,000 bkts Java 163
6d to 233; 6,000 bgs Manilla 27s to 33s duty paid. At
public sale 1,198 bgs Manilla in part sold, 31s to 32s for
elayed, unolayed at 26s to 28s, these are easier rates;
of Porto Rico 148 hhda, 82 boxes went at about the
rormer rates; fine yellow selling at 38s 6d to 403; good
364 to 38s, low to mid 333 63 to 35s per cwt.
MOLASSES.—AIthough prim;_: continuo low purchases
have been upon a limited scale—Antigua at 14s to 159,
anti other sorts of West India 123 to 13s Gd. In Bengal
and Mauritius there are no sales to report. Although
some parcels are offering at 11s to its 6d. Porto Rico
and Cuba are dull of sale, and can be obtained at 13s to
13s 6d per cwt. Stock of Molasses is 2,000 tons smaller
than last year, and the decrease in arrivals is 2,600,
whereas deliveries are 600 tons larger. Supply is scanty
of Jennies Honey and several inquiries have prevailed;
the rates paid are 38s to 603 per cwt for low to fine
quality.
COFFEE.—This afternoon the tininess in the market
for Plantation Ceylon Coffee further increased, and
prices further declined is per cwt. Of 400 casks and
390 bags at auction about one-half sold—fino went at
603 to 623, good mid to good 53s to 565, low mid to mid
493 to 525, fine to fine fine ord 44s to 483 6d, other
sorts 423 to 433 6d; Triage 383 to 43e; and Pea Berry,
563 to 60s. For Native the market is quiet, and at auc-
tion 527 bags were taken in at 39s 6d to 403 for good
ord: these are full rates; but damaged sold at 35 to 38s
6rl. Toe stiff prices asked for Mocha checks business,
and 290 bales were all taken in at 75s for mid
clean;
Costa Rica 153 begs were disposed of at easier prices;
a small part selling at 72s 61 to 733: of
find ord wont at 433 6d to 475; 340 bags Madras taken
4iBemtoid4Bs6s Of Tellicherry 432 cases and
s6tigfooordfionredo4r4ds. to 455: but 50 cases sold at
1205w0 bitniigdsi4w9e3rteo p531r3t;1 yfidn ies pfionsee do
rod! :
44ms itdoa4t
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36s to 435; and Pea Berry 53s to 553 per cwt.
Cocoa.—Prices do not show any improvement for
Foreign; there is, however, a better demand, Bahia
and Para realizing 26s to 27s and Guayquil
30e to 31s per cent. At Audcgtiitootoondio6ir9dgd:bio:itoddgitstoso9l6filtndd.i;
Domingo of low quality went at 255. Fine red
Trinidad continues to be wanted, and is yet in
small supply: the rates paid are 48s to 523. For ail
4other
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operated with caution, and there is no decrease of sup-
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1 pekoe Flavour is 2d to is 7d, and the latter is must
difficult of sale. Prices continue to
chong, and dealers to operate with reluctance • ord and
good ord have been selling at 9d to 11/d,
Is to Is 7d; superior is 8d to 2s. Oolong is offered
at 11d to is 7d; yet few transactions have tskee place, and
larger paieels are on offer. In scented and Pekoe sorts
operations have been trifling, although lower terms are
agitin acceded to. Of 14,200 pkgs Tea offered at auction

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last week, only 6,000 found buyers, plr.in scented
Orange Pekoe only realized lad bo 118; extra fins, in
boxes, Is 7d; sourions Caper 711 to 8d; extra fine Chu-
lan Is 88 to is Sid; Gunpowder in boxes Is 2d to 2s 4d;
cud spurious in I-chests 9d to 9:,1-3 per lb.
RICE.—To-day there was a reluctance to operate in
Eact India Rico, end previous rates are barely sup-
ported. Of 684 bgs Bengal at auction a small port ow;
sold at 9. 6,1 to 103 for fine white; and at 4s 6d to Ss 6.d
for damaged.
GINEER.—Tc-day a public sale of 850 brls Jamaica
went at irregular prices; good mid to good selling at 70a
to 823; end low to mid at 413 to 658 per cwt.
SPIRITS.—In East India rum large transactions have
taken place ; price:, however, are not better, 13 31c1
per gallon proof having been accepted for 500 pun-
chcoos. Leeward Island sells . more freely at is 5d
to is sid proof, but Upon theao terms holders are
dispued to realise. In Demerara sales have been
small, 32 to 40 over proof at 2s id to 2s 43. and 28 to
30 par cent at is 10d to 2s. In the market for inferior
sorts of Jamaica much dulness prevails, and easier rates
are taken, but fine is wunte.d, and cannot be obtained at
a reduction; prices for low and mid quality 28 to 33
per cent over proof rule at 2s 33 to 2s 7d,
mid to good 32 to 36 over 23 Sd to 3s 2d,
fine and choice marks 33 to 38 over 33 31 to 4s 4d
per gallon. Havarnalt in small parcels realised la 21
proof. The Government contract for 50,000 gallons,
half East and half West India, has been taken within a
fraction of is 4d per gallon proof. Brandy sells with
more freedom; at present there is, however, no advance,
but holders are firsts; Cognac, best brands of the vintage
of 1830 realized 4s 4d to 4s 6d, of 1849 4s 7d to 4s 9d, of
1848 5s to 5s 28, older sorts 5s 43 to 63 48, low to mid
23 8d to 33 Sd, and Bordeaux 2s 2.1 to 2s 48. A good
demand pr- vails for British made Spirit at 93 58 to 9s 6.1
net cash, and Gin at 7s 10d for 22 under proof. Geneva
is in fair request at Is 78 to is 88, and flue is 9d to
2s 61

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM T[l 'MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES—The best part of a year has slipped away
since we parted company from the Metropolitan Coin-
mistioners of Sewers. Despite the ominous hints of
its friends and the determined opposition of its ene-
mies, this body has maintained itself outwardly un-
impaired, and while other Commissions have been
consigned to disrepute or extinction, the Greek-street
Court is apparently entering upon a fresh lease of
official vitality. It has been reorganized under a new,
and, as we are told, a more efficient chairman ; it
certainly levies a considerable amount of money, and
it transacts no small quantity of routine business.
We had not intended to do more than watch its per-
formances in what may be, perhaps, only a transition
state of existence, but an incident occurred the other
day which indirectly produced disclosures of great
general interest. At the Temple-pier, as we need
not tell anybody residing between Charing-cross and
St. Paul's, an enormous sewer is incessantly dis-
charging its contents into the tidal waters of the
Thames. Of course the immediate neighbourhood
experiences the usual results of such arrangements ;
but the nuisance, in the present case, was not confined
to the population of the vicinity. The pier is in great
request as a landing-place, and thousands of visitors
from healthier quarters of the metropolis were thus
indulged with a taste of what was daily endured
by those less favourably lodged than themselves.
Accordingly there was a resolute "representation"
made to the Commissioners on the subject. The
steam-boat company complained, the passengers com-
plained, the inhabitants complained, and a large
number "of barristers and others" signed an indig-
nant memorial. Attached to the document also was
a " mark" resembling the famous sign manuel of the
King of Ave, which the British Ambassador com—
pared to the impression producible on a sheet of paper
by the dirty claw of a hen. This was the attestation
of the Chinaman on board the junk, who, with all the
training and patience of his countrymen, found it,
nevertheless, impossible to support the customs of our
good city olLondon. On Friday last, therefore, the
Chairman of the Commission introduced this subject
at a special Court, which incontinently proceeded to
discuss and resolve thereon. There was no doubt
about the magnitude or reality of the nuisance alleged.
The sewer in question was "one of the largest run-
ning into the Thames ; it collected the drainage of
"an immense district ;" the river was "greatly pol-
luted and exceedingly offensive," while the crowded
state of the thoroughfare was undeniable. In point
of fact, one of the best frequented spots in the metro-
polis had been selected for the most profuse discharge
of sewage, and, to mend the matter, the Chairman
was fain to admit with remarkable candour that
" under the recent proceedings of this Commission tha
place hod become decidedly more offensive than be-
fore." All teis was extremely ingenuous and in-
teresting, but what was to be done ? The expense
of covering in the sewer with a trunk was
estimated at 4501., and though the outlay might not
appear unreasonable in itself considering the occasion,
it could not be forgotten that we had been promised a
bodily extinction of the whole system together. To
expend 4501., therefore, in patching a sewer which
was to be presently disused, end in modifying a nui-
sance which was to be summarily abated, naturally
looked unbusinessliko and extravagant. Thus the
very essence of the Commission's capacity and fonc-
lion was accidentally brought on the table. If Lon-
don, including the Thames, was to be forthwith
scientifically and comprehensively drained, the
Temple-pier nuisance would vanish of itself ; but if
not, or if only at some indefinite period, then some
expedient in mitigation of the evil must be employed
meanwhile. Which of these presumptions was to be
accepted? Is the great work of drainage going on
or not ? The question is none other than the iden-
tical inquiry which has been made so earnestly and so
often ; and here are the Commissioners inveigled
against their will into a practical confession of the
truth. The chairman boldly expressed his own
opinion that it would not be advisable to incur much
charge on a work which " must be rendered
useless by the general system of drainage the
Commissioners had then in hand." Mr. Itendall
very justly observed that the question turned
"on the time the nuisance would have to
be endured," pending the accomplishment of the new
works. " If," he added, " there was little prospect
of such completion within a few years, then some
expence might be incurred at present." Mr. Ste-
phenson came nearer to the point by remarking that
" the system of intercepting sewers could not be com-
pleted until four or five years at least, even if their
construction could be commenced at once, which could
not done." He fcrther stated it as " Manifest that
the Committee must not entirely abandon outlets into
the Thames for the sewage, but retain them as safety-
valves, in case of the other outlets becoming acci-
dentally choked." These were the opinions of the
Metropolitan Commissioners on the case before them,
and these are prospects in the matter of drainage as
authentically depicted. The only conclusion at
which we can arrive from such information is that
the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers is just as
much in the dark respecting the drainage of London
as the chief mate of the Chinese junk. If there was
any single point on which a plain categorical reply
might have been expected from the Commissioners,
it was surely the position of their own proceedings.
We left them regenerate in constitution and sentiment,
resolute to drain the city forthwith, and actually decided
upon certain specific plans for that purpose. Every-
thing at last was in proper train, and the only ques-
tion was one which could be approximately answered
by any experienced contractor. Yet now, after the
lapse of nine months, when a point arises involving
the reality of all these doings, neither the Chairman
nor his colleagues appear to have any definite infor-
mation on the subject. Mr. Lewes, to be sure, spoke
of the general system as being " then in hand," but
Mr. Stephenson tells us not only that no "commence-
ment" has yet been made, but that it is impossible to
make ouc, while Mr. ltendall speaks of the " pros-
pects" of the Commistion as a point on which the
Commissioners themselves are left wholly to conjec-
ture. But if the Court knows so little, who knows
any more ? \Vhat upon earth are ordinary ratepayers
to conclude about their chances of relief if these
chances appear utterly inscrutable and obscure to
those charged with the accomplishment of the
task ? As some indication of their convictions, the
Commissioners ordered a plan and estimate to be
prepared for covering in the Temple-pier sewer, so
that we may take their general impression as un-
favourable to the proximity of any " general
system" of' drainege. We have no wish to be under-'
stood on the present °cession as imputing any perso-
nal blame to the Commisioners engaged. Taking
the "prospects" as they actually appeared, there could
be no question about the propriety of mitigating the
Temple-pier nuisance without waiting for the Cf.)111-
pletion of a work which it is judged impracticable to
commence. Neither is the indefiniteness of these
views probably chargeable on the members of the
Commission. Perhaps the course to which public
opinion compelled them was not altogether acceptable
to those prepossessed with conclusions of their own ;
nor do we conceive that the diversion of the sewage
from :the Thames has been acquiesced in as an in-
dispensable condition without considerable reluctance.
But the obstacles at present opposed to efficient action
are more likely to be concerned with the constitutional
and financial prospects of the Commission than with
the caprices of its individual members. Lord J. Rus-
sell dropped a hint in Parliament about the possible
amalgamation of these duties with the great busi-
ness of water-supply, and funds, we know, are hard
to come by when credit is shaken. It was to some
such considerations, we suspect, that Mr. Stephen-
son's "impossibilities" referred; but although we
give these embarrassments their due allosvance, we
cannot disguise from ourselves that the actual result
is as detrimental to the sanitary interests of the me-
trepolis as the most wilful neglect. In plain words,
the drainage of London is no nearer than before. We
have secured the recognition of a principle, but we
have made no further advance towards the execution
of the work. Oar streets are ripped open, our houses
are bodily undermined, and our pockets are heavily
taxed, but by the confession of the Commissioners
themselves there is no prospect of even commencing
an effective reform, while in the meanwhile the offen-
siveness of the existing system is somewhat greater
than before. This state of things must he termi-
nated. If the Commission is to be charged with the
projected duty, it should be invested with prolvr
powers; if a better machinery is available, it should
be substituted at once. At present we actually pay
for damage instead of bentfit, and should esteem it a
Awrur. OCCURRENCE.—An old man named Mark positive improvement to get nothing at all for our
Bassett has been committed to Winchester gaol for the man- money.
slaughter of his son, aged 13. It seems that the unhappy
parent threw a walking-stick, which he held in his hand, at CHRON ICLE.—The Admiralty have at length
the deceased with such force that the small and of the stick issued an advertisement, calling for tenders for a line
passed through the poor little fellow's hat and entered his
skull to the extent ot some four or fire inches. The wretched of postal screw-steamers to Australia; but we much
regret to be compelled to add that the proposed con-
father was found sitti:,g on tne ground with his son lying i
The coroner's jury returned tract s fettered with conditions, and is brought
across his lap in a dying ttate.
a verdict cf manslaughter against tbe father, who is in his forward under circumstances, which will prevent any
66th rear. and his agoinas are so great that it is thought he real progress being made at present towards the
will not live to take his trial. effectual settlement of the question which has been so
Ttvawroa LONGEVITY.—The following is a striking long at issue. The chief features of the scheme are,
,satublity
proof that theof cur climate tends greatly to that it stipulates for the dispatch of a steamer from
strong then and et:.1111)71 the declining years of man. From England to Sydney, and vice versa, not every month,
'the 2d to the 9th SA)tember, were registered successively
but only every alternate month; that it confines the
seven persons, Cf the following ages-67, is, 55, 74, 79, 7G, contract to screw-steamers ; that it fixes 8 knots au
82. iroolmer's Exeter Ga:ette.

FRUIT.—The price of new Valencia Raisins is 404 per
cwt, bat.the trade are not much disposed to operate
thereat; old is, however, in good Zemand at 27s to 28s.
New Turkey pulled Figs and Sultanas only in limited
demand. at 60s to 70z. In Currants, business is of little
moment, en] 423 is the opening price for new; the value
of low and mid old is 24s to 323, and better kind 343 to
42s per cwt.
INDIGO.—TO-day at auction 26 ma Guatemala Indigo
sold at 2s 81 to 4s; these ore barely former rates.
SALTPETRE.—At auction 472 bags Bombay were in
par; sold at 25s for 1 to 124, per cent ; 723
bags Calcutta 81 to Kt ditto 263 to 263 6d, end
141 to 291 ditto 253 to 26s 61. The finest
cannot now be quoted above 28s. British Refined has been
operated in with reluctance at 28s 6d to -29361. In Nitrate
of Soda a good business is doing at 143 61 to 15s, and
there is a firm market.

COCHINEAL—To-day a public sale of 130 bags Hon-
duras Cochineal went rather better at full rates to a
small advance; low to tine silvers realised 2s 10d to
35 61.

TALLow.—In RAMIa on the spot large transactions
have r.l-un place, and advanced rates arr., obtained, fine
new Y.C. realizing 39s 9d to 40;, g;nd old 333 per ewt;
it these terms thea: aro not generally- sellers; for deli-
very a good bu*inesa has been traasactea; new
realized 403 to 403 3d for the last 3 months

of the year, 403 3d to 40s 6d for theconly part of

1850. Homo melted met with a free sale, the prices-
paid being 37s 6d to 38a net cash for fine quality. Ope-
rations in .'her sorts aro also upon r, larger scale, and at
an advance ; at auction 540 casks of Australian sold,
Beef at 35s to 373 She:-p, 34s 6i to 383; 270 pkge
South American 353 to 333 9,i, 28 casks North Ameri-
can. fine 383, cad 30 ca•As Italian 37s 3i to 383.
Ons.—.T.l Seal Chi less business is doing; supply is
more plentiful, and prices are lower. Of 60 tuns at
auction a part only sold, pale at 33/ 10i, tinged at 33!,
straw, 32/ to 32/ 103, brown 31/. Only Ealall put&mtecs
made iu Cod, and there are adlers ut 361 to 361
Southern is not cheaper, and there (170 at present
tew buyers;
.prices for low to flue rule at 311 los
to 331. Sperm is, however, in brisk reque;it, and rates
are rising; a public sale of 20 tuns went at 851 to 861
15s for first sort: there is only a limited supply at
market. In Olive large transactions have taken place,
avd rates rule firm, Gallipoli at 401 to 411, and other
sorts 391 to 39/ 10s; the stock alAo continues to de-
crease. Linseed Oil has further declined in value;
several export orders, however, have been executed
during the last few days, and the home trade demand is
now good. To-day at auction 114 hhds Ceylon Cocoa
Nut Oil sold at 31s to 325.

MR, HUME, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.

On Saturday last Mr. Hlma met a large number
of his constituents in the Town•hall, Montrose, the
Provost in th© chair.

Mr. Hume, on being introduced to the meeting by
the chairman, was received with loud cheers. After
referring to several local matters, he said that, al-
though his constitution bad received a severe shake,
be did not believe that there was another Member of
the House of Commons wboeenauleappea,red so,to_ ften
in the division list as his own.- The amen was that
he 44i's anxious to do his duty, to excluded all class
interests from legislation, and to look to the good of
the community at large. Government was estab-
lished for the interest of the many, and all public
measures ought to be of the same character. When
he entered the House of Commons class interest was
triumphant. He therefore set himself in opposition to
this, and advocated the removal of all monopolies, so
as to give fair play to talent and enterprise, to do away
with all unnecessary taxation, and to allow no man to
put his band into his neighbour's pocket. The cause
of reform had advanced greatly since that time, but
still there was much to do. Those who now occupied
a prominent place in political affairs would pass away
and be forgotten, but the country• would remain.
We must therefore look to the future, and apply all
our energies in endeavouring to place the country in
a condition to compete with the United States. That
is the only country which will press us hard ; there
is nothing to fear from any other. But the Ameri-
cans are an economical people; they have not useless
offices, and they pay only in proportion to the ser-
vices received. If England is to remain at the head
of the commercial world, or even to be able to com-
pete with that rising power, she must reduce her ex-
penditure ; and in order tllet this may be done the
people must have the direction of that taxing machine
—the Howe of Commons. This shows the necessity,
for Parliamentary reform. England owes her supe-
riority to her perfect machinery, and to maintain her
political and commercial superiority she must perfect
the taxing machine. At present it does not
work well—it does its work badly. It taxed those
who should not be taxed, and passes by those who
should bear the public burdens. The reason of this
was that class interest to a certain extent governed
and swayed the House of Commons. There must,
therefore, be a fresh accession of popular strength.
The people, must now, in short, be thoroughly repre-
sented. Ihe bees who make the honey must have a
voice in the government of the hive. Lord John
Russell had promised an amendment of the repre-
sentation, and he had been asked what length the
Bill would g•-). That he did not know. He did not
believe the G-overninent had made up their mireis
about the matter. But there was one thing they
might be sure of, and that was that the Government
would give es little as possible. The extent of re-
form would depend upon the pressure from without.
The people must tell the, Goveroinent what they
want. They must demand that every householder
have a vote in the national representation. The
country will not be content with leas. This would
increase voters from 900000 to between 3,000 000
and 4,000,000. That would be the result of home-
, hold suffrage ; but we must have something more.
Tne voter must he protected from intimidalion ; the
ballot must accompany household suffrage. He
was sorry to sly that Lord John Russell was
opposed to the ballot, but what was the practice of
the aristocracy ? Why, in all their clubs the ballot
ws used. Let them do, then, as they would be done
to themselves. The electoral districts must also be
equalized. Many were opposed to the idea of taking
population as the basis of representation, and con-
tended that property ought to form the basis. Now,
it was a curious fact, shown by the census, that as
population had increased, property had also increased
in proportion. He could speak long enough
about the inequalities of our representation, but, in-
deed, it was not necessary. Look at Dundee and
Hare ich, for example. The former with a popula-
tion of 70,000 returned one Membsr, while the latter
with only 200 electors returned two Members to
Parliament. Was this state of things fair ? Was it
reasonable, or in accordance with common sense ?
Such were the reforms the people wanted. By
granting these the Ministry would satisfy the
country and increase the happiness and prosperity of
the nation.

Mr. Hume was greeted during his speech with re-
peated applause, and after a vote of confidence was
unanimously accorded him the meeting separated.

hour as the average speed during each voyage, both
out and home ; that it limits the duration of the
arrangement to four years, subject to a twelvemonth's
notice
at the end of that tune; that it does not exclude
either iron or wooden vessels from the service; and
that it does not specify any particular period within
which the first steamer is to be dispatched. As re-
gards several of these points, the present advertise-
ment i▪ s a great improvement upon former ones of a
similar nature. For example, to stipulate for a par-
ticular rate of average speed is far better than to
demand vessels of a specified amount of horse-
power ; and the omission of the usual clause re-
quiring the dispatch of the first vessel within some
fixed period—the interval named in such cases
being often unreasonably short—is only fair towards
the general body of shipowners, as it gives them
a chance of competing with the powerful
joint-stock companies embarked in steam-naviga-
tion enterprises. There is wisdom also in leaving the
competition open both to iron and wooden vessels ;
and we are glad to observe that the Admiralty intend
in the first instance at least, to try the experiment of
offering only a short term—in this instance four years
—of guaranteed continuance of the contract. Here,
however, our commendations must end. Whi▪ lst, as
regards details, the Government seem prepared to
profit by the discussions of the last three or four
years, and particularly by the evidence laid before the
Select Committees of the last two sessions, it is too
plain that, in everything which relates to the prin-
ciples which ought to determine such G question, Sir
Charles Wood adheres as obstinately and blindly as
ever to the narrow and mischievous fallacies whi▪
ch
he developed, in the early part of 1650, in his famous
India House controversy. The limitation of the pro-
posed service to six voyages each way in the course of
a year=in other wards, the adoption of LII " alter-
nate-monthly " instead of a " monthly" service—is
fatal to the whole scheme as regards the establish-
ment either of an efficient service viii the Cape, or of
a sati▪
sfactory postal intercourse with the Australian
colonies. There is already a monthly screw-steamer
to the Cape, which is a 'fall half of the distance to
Sidney. Extend that monthly line to an Aus-
tralian terminus, and the arrangement will be
effective, economical, and complete. But the
proposal to run once a month to the Cape,
and only once in two months to Sydney, is ab-
surd on the face of it. If the Cape route to Sydney
is worth adopting at all, it is worth adopting in its
integrity ; and it can only be so adopted by entering
into arrangements which will render the service effi-
cient and profitable—which will attract towards it
that large and constant traffic which is only to be se-
cured by the combined inducements of frequency, ex-
pedition, certainty, and cheapness. An alternate-•
monthly steamer to Sydney wino e a costly plan for
Government, a hazardous undertsking for the con-
tractor, almost useless as respects the colonies, and in
the highest degree unsatisfactory to the Australian
interests in this country. It will facilitate nothing,
develop not: inn, and please nobody but Sir Charles
Wood. We are, however, led to believe that, behind ,
this proposal, there is a scheme of which the public
have as :yet had no intimation. We shall he prepared
to see a a advertisement issued by the Admiralty, be-
fore the end of the year, for such an adjustment of the
existing contract with the Peninsular and Oriental
Company as will permit that company to run a steamer
every alternate mouth from Singapore to Sydney; and
it is pie;niable that, in the official notice which has just
made its appearance, we have before us only
half of the exquisitely ridiculous plan which
Sir Charles Wood has conceived for the
eettlement of the long neglected Australian
mail question. The country will, we suspect, be
called upon—notwithstanding all the discussions
which have taken place, the evidence which has been
collected, the facts which have been established, and
the distinct recommendations which have been made
by Lord Jocelyn's Committee—to support some in-
geniousty complicated scheme for reaching Sydney
twelve times a year, partly via Singapore, and partly
by way of the Cape. We have no hesitation in saying
that a more delusive and unsatisfactory arrangement
could scarcely be imagined. We could understand a
plain and open preference either of the one route or of
the other—and the multiplication of risks and uncer-
tainties which such a scheme involves—all this consti-
tutes one of those peculiar exhibitions of perverse and
obstinate ingenuity which have already made Sir
Charles Wood's name the bye-word of his party. We
cannot hope that, under present circumstances, he
will reli squish the impracticable project of which the
recent Admiraliy notice may be regarded as the first
developeaent; hut we are certain that, no matter
how it may be introduced and supported, it will not
succeed: It is no doubt in -his power, by further
procrastination and delay, to inflict severe injury on
every interest connected with the Australian colonies ;
but in the end the Cape line will be adopted, and Sir
Charles Wood will only succeed in confirming and
improving the very peculiar and most undesirable
reputation which ho has already acquired in connexion
with this question. As regards the average speed re-
quired by the contract, we do not think that the pro-
posed rate of Si knots is open to any valid objection.
It must be remembered that this part of the subject is
simply a question of cost. If the Admiralty think
proper to pay the price, they can have 101 as easily as
Si knots an hour ; but the circumstances of the Aus-
tralian packet service do not call for any such extra-
vagance. In the communications with India and
America the case is different. Oa those lines
the ptfalic expect to have the highest speed
which, in the present state of science, can
be attained; and when, either in consequence
of gold discoveries, or—which would be still
better—of the legitimate and healthy deve-
lopment of its resources, Australia shall have become
of as much consequence to us as India or America, we
shall be prepared to place the Cape packet line on
the same first-class footing as our communications with
those countries. In the meantime, however, it is
important that the public should clearly perceive the
absurd and mischievous nature of the present device,
which virtually tends to supersede the Cape line by
introducing a mere alternate monthly service. Noth-
ing could be more clearly established thane fact
of the practicability and desirableness of that li▪
ne, its
shown ;by the evidence given before Lord Jocelyn s
Committee of last session. Many of the members of
that body, who entered upon the inquiry with a pre-
judice in favour either of the Singapore or of the Pa-
nama route, were so impressed by the testi▪
mony
adduced in favour of the Cape line, that they became
its active supporters, and the decided views enter-
tained by the Committee on the subject may be in-
ferred from the following paragraph of their first
report, which was adopted without dissent or opposi-.
tion :—" Your Committee consider that it has been
satisfactorily proved that, by the Clpe, postal service
with England may be conducted with sufficient re-
gularity and rapidity to meet the present require-
ments of the colonies; that it would bring into direct
communication with each other the principal colonies
Australia;of that it would furnish the most econo-
mical, and, at the same time, the least inconvenient
meeans of transit to passenger;, including even the
labouring classes ; that it would offer facilities for the
transmission of merchandize without the inconve-
nience of transhipment; and that it would establish a
line of communication, independent of other nations,
between the mother-country and her distant colonies,
which might, in case of any sudden emergency, be
useful in keeping open the communication between
England and her Empire in the East." When it is
remembered that this passage is not the language of
partisans wedded by interest -or prejudice to the ad-
vocacy of a particular project, but that it conveys
the deliberate judgment of a Select Commi▪ ttee of the
House of Commons, composed of men of all parties,
our readers will feel no difficulty in perceiving the
mischievousness of the course to which Government
:seemed resolved on committing themselves.

COTTAGE ECONOMY.
BEES.— 1 corre',:pondent, who is a he,,-keeper, ob-
serves he often hears cottagers c 4 plain of the difficulty
of paying their rent, and as an efficient means of doing
so, ho recommends them to turn their attention to
bees. " I would udvite," 1-0 says, young People,
as soon as they are marriail, instead of buying so
many fine paltry things into the house, to endeavour to
save a half sovervigo. and buy a skep of bees. In two
years they can get a good stock, billet will bring them in
money enough to pay their rent every year. 1 have
kept b 025 for twenty-one years, and have been very for-
tunate with them; the account of honey and wax pro-
ceed 4 for the last three years is as follows:-
1849. 221 lbs of honey, at 63. per 1b.... £5 10 6
9 ditto wax, Is. 63 ditt? 0 13 6

185). 131 ditto honey, et 61. ditto ... 3 5 6
46 7 ditto wax, at Is. 41 ditto ... 0 9 4
1851. 170 ditto honey, at Gd. ditto ... 4 5 0
64 8 ditto wax, at ls. 21. ditto ... 0 9 4

Total in three years ... ••• 13 2
Pe: year •• ••• ••• 414 4i
This will p: y the reit and To tYC a few ahiliirga brides
to pus into the pock .As.--I am 3 OUT 3 (-.betliently,
" JAS. PETTS,
—Clair:Word Chronicle. Mashbury."
- _

TIM FATAL FIRE AT RoTHERewa.--Mr. Badger,
the coroner, held an inquest on Monday, on view of the
bodies of Ann Nicholson, aged 82, and Jane Taylor, her in-
fant granddaughter, whose deaths were caused by the con-
flagration which took place at the Black Horse, Rotherham,
on Sunday morning. The calamitous circumstance has
made a deep impression on the public mind, and it engrosses
a great degree of attention from the fact of Mrs. Nicholson's
grandson,
Joseph Nicholson Kaye, being suspected of hav-
ing designedly set fire to the house. He and his grandmother
have frequently quarrelled about money matters. 10/. in
cash, and a number of silver spoons, are missing from a chest
in an upper room. I.:rs. Hari iet Taylor identified the bodies
of her mother and daughter, and stated that her mother end
Kaye (witness's own :ion by a former husband) had fre-
quently quarrelled about money, and some property that Pa?
been left to witne:s by her brother. Kaye had also wished
sergeant
to know where deceased kept her money.
Hudson said he had caused the rubbish i
liluatbles, but he had
riddled, in seireh of the old woman's
orva four silver spoons.
only found 2s. in copper and threebeen taken, the inquest was
the kitchen to be
After some further evidence had 0
.er
at
th the police might
adjourned to Thursday week,
of in ra
procuring other =porta*
have ample opportunity
evidence.
TELEGRAPH Is BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.—The : The apple crop in Worectiterehfr eis generally
wire between Quebec and Halifax, including the submersion ' ciand iii,ome places profuse. At the Pheasant Inn,
in the gulf of St. Lawrence, is nearly completed. A new E.
feature, alike feasible for adoption, but apparently not thou *t Ireii;nd, there is a Keswick coddliug, cue branch of which,
but two foot long, has cluttered upon it th.rty-three apples,
of in this country, has been intreduced in America—that of egch apple being from seven to eight .ncles in circa:duel/oe.
marking the distance by railway on the telegraphic poles, at , —loucesterskire Chronicle.
given ranges.