The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-30 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The total number of deaths registered in the metro-
politan districts in the week ending last Saturday was
977. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1841-
50, the number was not so great as that of last week,
except in two instances, namely, in 1843 and 1848,
when it rose above 1,100; while tho average was
929. But if this average, for the sake of better com-
parison, be raised in proportion to the increased po-
pulation of the present time, it will became 1,022,
and last week's return will show a decrease of 45 on
the estimated amount. .

There is a considerable increase in cases arising
from epidemics ; the number in this class of diseases
having risen from 242 and 229, the numbers returned
respectively in the two previous weeks, to 268 in the
last. The two epidemics which attract notice in the
table are scarlatina and typhus, the fatality from both
being evidently on the increase, and the former
having 67 deaths assigned to it, the latter 79.
At 1, Dean-street, St. Dunstan's, in West London
(South), on the 24th of October, the daughter of a
compositor died of dropsy consequent on scarlatina.
Mr. Nason states that " this is the third death in a
family of six children, all of whom (as reported a
fortnight ago) have had scarlatina." In the town
sub-district of Bethnal-green, at 18, Nelson-street,
two children of a typafounder, aged 6 and 8 years,
died of scarlatina maligna after 10 and 11 days' ill-
ness ; in the same house two sons of a sawyer died,
one of " fits from worms (5 days)," and the other of
" scarlatina maligna. (5 days)." Mr. Gregory adds,
that " the house in which these four children died be-
tween the 15th and 24th of Oct. is situated in a street
which is badly drained, and which has no communi-
cation with any sewer." A family is also mentioned,
who reside at 29, London-street, Ratcliff, where two
children of a labourer died of the same disease.

Among fatal cases of fever is one which occurred
at 17, Charlotte-street, Whitechapel ; the deceased,
as stated by the registrar, having been " a very valu-
able officer of the Whitechapel union, who caught
fever in the discharge of his official duties?'
Small-pox was fatal last week to 22 persons, of
whom all, with only two exceptions, were children
under 10 years. In only two cases, those of a boy of
five years and a girl of ten, it is stated that vaccination
had been previously performed.
In Spitalfields, at 6, Paternoster-row, the son and
two daughters of a licensed victualler died within a
week of confluent small-pox, all without vaccination.
The house (Mr. Deboos reports) is close, the situa-
tion confined, and also unwholesome from bad drain-
age and noxious effluvia.
one
reference to two fatal cases which occurred,
Britannia-row, Islington, and another in
Windsor-street, both without vaccination, Mr. Butter-
field
; beur
tv ells
stotrhroanitg he e
impressioni is
s t 3 inth
that
the vaccination habit
recommending
parents to have their children vacci-
rei:sirirlinhge aee'le:
manyoewxhibts
surprising
a furtherperson a
decline, object
and
t on thisnumbers
ndeeing other diseases, and it is
thein the
child presentofa labourer,returpn .ee
Peter's-attest,
car-
riedognr ground.
on3:10.
Cholera.that ,
tAt
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street
is
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5 days' illnesisr,.
Tatar6n,
`Valworth-
common•
without drainage, and on one
filthy stagnant water that smells very
child died at No. 7 in the same street, on the offensively.
of
July, of the same disease, after 26 hours' illness."
Other epidemics, besides those already mentioned,
present nothing of unusual character. 13 children
died of measles, 11 of pooping-cough, 7 of croup, 5 of
thrush, one of purpura, one of remittent fever, one of
infantile
rheumatic f feevveerr. ,; dysentery,
and
10 w women
sm(eonf
211 persons died of erysipelas, 3 of
whom 3
which areweerne
died after childbirth, to half of whom the cause of
death children)
syphilis o
appears to have been puerperal fever.
of The class
mortality
hydrocephalus,
i The last-mentioned buted thna•—
bydroce o 1 , is
ascribedmatetaotee
enumerated
I Id7e4mt
cases.i c e ,
theas regards
These
es e t"tubercular,"ahree
di amountii
:crofule, 9 ; tabes mesenterica, 17;
phthisis or consumption, 123.
rnalady destroys more lives than

When made up is From what
PLACES. General Post-office port dis- When
due.
London: patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Oct. 31 .. .. Liverpool .. Nov. 4
America (by U.S. pkt.) N Nov. 11 .. • • Liverpool .. Nov. 1
America (by U.S. pkt.) M'Nov. 5 Southampt.
Africa (West coast)•. N 14th of the month Plymouth Nov. 3
Alexandria* • • ...... N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Nov. IS
Belgium N Daily • • .. .. Dover .. Daily
Brazil • • 3119th of the month Sonthampt. Nov. 16
Buenos Ayrss •• M Dth of the month Southampt. Nov. 16
Ca.lifornia(viaChagres) M, 2cl & 17th of month Southampt. Nov. 5
Cape of Good Hope 1,114 th of month Plymouth.. Nov. 3
Constantinople* N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Oct 30
Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. Nov. 5
Channel Isles •• N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tu. Th. Sat
Chili .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Nov. 20
France 3i &N,Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily
Greece* • • .. • • N 7 th 17 th27th of mo Dover • • Oct. 30
Hamburgh isT Tuesday & Friday London .. Toes. Sat.
Holland If Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mon. Thur.
Honduras Nll7th of the month Southampt. Nov. 20
Ireland .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead •• Twicedally
India(via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Nov. 23
India (viaMarstilles) N Sth& 24th efmonth Dover •• Nov. 2
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Southampt. Nov. 23
Medlterrcuncan (via
Marscillee) N Btb.&24thofmonth Dover • • Nov. 2
Mexico •• .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. Nov. 5
Madeira •• •• M 9th of the month Southampt. Nor. 16
regiitSuitiaartea* N ,5t1415th 25th ef mo
Naples* •• •• •• NI
57tthh,1157tthh,2195tthho,2f7mthe
Malta*
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rvr e r
sOct.oy N0v.3220
& 30th of month j
SS°ouuthtbamampPt
Pero
Tuscany* _ N,sth 15th25th NNoovv..
560
West
Indies
34
17th
of
the
month
.. Nov. 2
West Indies (except nth Southampt. Nov. 20
Havanna & Nassau) 31 2d of the month ..ISonthanspt.lNov. 5
* The mails to tho se countries thus marked (*)
French packet via Marseilles, are conveyed by

CALIFOANIA.—MaIIs to and from Callll3l7th
now despatched and due by every Amerb

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A CURE FOR BAD LEGS,—Bloomerimi,puyich.

THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1851.

SOUTHWARK COUNTY COURT.—Oct. 29.
(Before G. CLIVE, E.g., and a jury.)
MILLER V. ROBERTS.
This action was brought to recover the sum of
201., which plaintiff claims under the statute 25th of
George 11., cap. 3(3, sec. 7, by reason of the defen-
dant (who was and still is a constable of the parish
of Lambeth) neglecting and wilfully refusing to pro-
secute a brothel and disorderly house in the parish of
Lambeth, after being duly served with a notice signed
by the plaintiff and a person named Price, both inha-
bitants and ratepayers, and after entering into recog-
nizances to du so.
Mr. Mathews' of the firm of Terrell and Mathews,
solicitors to the London Society for the Protection
of Young Females, attended to support the claim ;
and Mr. Rogers, barrister, for the defendant.
Mr. Mathews, in opening the case, stated that it
was one of unusual occurrence against a parish
officer, to recover a penalty for refusing to perform a
certain duty which the Act of Parliament imposed
upon him. The Act under which he made the claim
was passed to encourage the inhabitants to suppress
all disorderly and bad houses through the means of
their pariah officer, and en that officer refusing to
prosecute he rendered himself liable to a penalty of
20/. Such was this ground of the present action for
the defendant not carrying on the prosecution against
a house in St. Albans-street, Lambeth, after receiving
due notice from two inhabitants and ratepayers. The
house in question was for a long time a disorderly
house. At the time of the complaint open debauchery
was carried on there, and the characters who frequented
it were so notoriously bad and degraded as to render
the whole neighbourhood a disgrace to the parish;
consequently, Mr. Miller, the plaintiff, and his partner
Mr. Field, undertook to put a stop to the nuisance by
serving notices on the defendant as their parish con-
stable. He (Mr. Mathews), as solicitor to the Lon-
don Society for the Protection of Young Females,
brought forward the case and served the notices
according to the Act. The defendant, with the
overseers of the parish, attended at the Lambeth
Police-court, but he refused to prosecute or interfere
in any way ; consequently, the plaintiff employed the
society, and, with the assistance of the police, the
parties were prosecuted, and the nuisance suppressed.
He called—
Inspector Rogers, of the L division, who said he
attended the police-court on the 25th of February
last, when the parties who carried on the disorderly
house were before the magistrate. The defendant
was there, and entered into recognisances to prose-
cute them at the ensuing sessions. On that occasion
witness had some conversatiola with him, when he
said he did not know anything about the house or the
parties, and he seemed reluctant to be bound over,
until witness told him he was liable to a penalty if he
did not.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per 01 Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
------ -- -
australasia -.• •..... 4/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
Britsh North American M. ner cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Commercial of London 6/. p•ir cent. 100 9 0 20 0 0 25%
Colonial .• ••• • - ..... 2/. per cent. IGO 0 0 25 0 0 -
Gloucestershire ...... 151 per cent. - - -
lonian .. • • .....• .• •• 6/. pr cent. 95 0 0 25 0 0 -
London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
f..)udn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 293
London Joint-Stock . -6/. per cent. 150 0 0 10 0 0 -
Provincial of Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 44
Ditto, New.• •••• • • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland •• Si. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Not. Provincial of Eng. 61. per cent. 180 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New. •••• • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
Orin tat Dank Corpora. - 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
South Australia •• •• - 61, per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Onion •it Australia- • • Si. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto .............. 61. per cent. - 210 0 -
Union of L0nd0n..... 171. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
anion of Madrid ..... ! - 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
I:MIDGES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. I per of Paid. Prise.
Annum. Share.
------ ---I X. B. d. X. 3.d. -.
Hungerford .. • • •• .. •• - - - 15
Southwrk .......• .. - 100 0 0 - -
Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 705. per cent. 50 0 0 - lf•
Waterloo ............ - )100 0 0 - 3
Ditty Old Ann. of 81. 2/. Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 25
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 21. 23. Od. - 40 0 0 -
Vauxhall - - ... A-v. 21. 70 10 3 , - 18
WATME-ViTON.MB
-
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--- -
£ a. d. X a. d.
East London..• ••••• •• 81. per cent, 100 0 0 - 151
Grand Junction ••• • • • 4/. per cut. 50 0 0 - 69
Kcnt................ 41. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 80
Lambeth .............Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97
New Rivr Lndn Brdge 4/. Os. - - 57%
Vauxhall' ............ i Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97
West Middlesex • . • ;61.05. pr cut. , - - 108
DOOMS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-------- --. -
.0 s. d. X s. d.
commercial ...... •• .. 41. pr cent. Stock. - 84
East and Kest Ind'a ... 61. pr cent. Stock. - -
East Country - -
London • - 116
Ditto Bonds.• • • • • - , 4/. per cent. - - -
St. Katharine -• • .... 3y4 per cent. Stock. - -
Ditto Bonds •••• - • • I 1.r., I. pr cent. - 1 - -
Southampton •• ...• •• I 21. per cent. 50 0 0 5O 0 0 163(

Names of
C .111,15.1.A.1613 ..
i Di vidend
Names of ll:livid/3nd Price. ~4 per
Companies. A I per Companies. 4 ; Annum. Price.
; Annum. c .
~...2
Ashtn& Oldh 981 71. 140 Macclesfield. 100 2/. 10s. 50
Barnsley ••• • , 160, - - Neath •• •• • • 1001 181. -
Brknk&A.brgllso W.' 85 Oxford.. •• • • 1001 13'. 135
Birmingham 140 41. I 933¢ Peak Forest. 78 3i. 18s. 70
Coventry.. •• 1100 251. 200 Regent's •• • • 33 1/. 35. 19%
Derby ••• • • 1100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 2/. 42
Ellsrnre&Chs, 69 2% p. ct. 3c14 Somrset Coal 150 - -
Grand.iunctnlloo 3/. pr. ct. 52 Do.LkFdSt 12 - -
Do., 6 pr.Ct.l 10 6/. pr. ct. 11 Stefra &Wore 140 281. 405
Grand Surreyiloo 21. Os. 3214 Shrewsbury.. 125 - -
Grand Unlon 100 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 290
Kennt & Avn 39 4s. 04. 6 Severn and 1 21. Os. 24
Lancaster . 100 - - Wye Rail. 1 26
Leeds& Livrp 100 201. 405 Warwick& 1 41. 40
Leicester .. •.; 1001 Si. 66 Rirming. j 100
Leicstr &Nth 1 831 41. 44% Warwick& 1 ~,,, ~,
Loughboregh 142 701. 510 Napton..i liv" "" 28
Monmouthsh. 100 - - Worcstr
&j 78 31. 33
Mntgemrysh 100 - - Birming.
MoltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts Si, Brks - lie. 6d. 714

GAS-LEGIT 112ZZI COBS coraPANams:
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Prim.
Annum. Share.
_--------- ---- ---
X. s. d. X. a. d.
British • • • • •• • • • • •• •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 1136
Ditto Erovincial.• •• 11. 81. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18%
Brighton • • • • • • •• • • • • 51. 20 0 0 - -
City of London .. • • - 61. 160 0 0 150 0 0 120
ContinentalConsolidat. 605. 75 0 0 31 5 0 395(
Equitable -• •• • • • • • • •• 60e. 50 0 0 50 0 0 25%
Imperial • • - •• • • • • •• 3/. 50 0 0 60 0 0 70
Independent ..• • • •• " 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46
- 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
- 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Do., Parl. Preference 6/, 25 0 0 7 10 0 -
Phcenia . • • • • • • • • • • • • 4/, 50 0 0 49 0 0 2754
Ratcliff • • • • • •• • • • . •• 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 -
United General •• • • • • 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 16
Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 45
Ditto, New • • •• • • • • 125. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9
LIST 011 SCOTTISB COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
Name of CompallY• per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
---.--.....-
£ s. d. X e. d
Bank of Scotland •• • •• 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 180
British Linen CoMPanY 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200
rank .1. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11%
Caledonian Bank
•••• •• 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12%
71. per cent. 1500 0 0 100 0 0 175
CacioitymydmeosfedGracliisoasf
Beanawtu
..
Eastern Bank • • •" • • •
6/. per cent. 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 3%
zx
61• per cent.l 25 0 0 10 0 0 10
di
of Scot.. 41, per cent. ;100 0 0 42 0 0 8
National Bank •• •
North of Scotlandßank sLper cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 2%
Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 • 100 0 0 135
Union Bank of Scotland Al. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 91
EfhbanAgGe IBans rev 13 ank
Western Bank - •• •• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70%
Alliance Fire and Life A y.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2154
British Guarantee
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31.153
%
per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 2/. 2s.
Insur. 6L per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21%
CE iatiyn
ColonialbufrG gilhai
fs
Leg oi
Life
. . . . . . .
51.
,
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 17 6 314
per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 '255.0d
North British luau. •• 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 1 27
Scottishtinionlnsrace. 6%1. Pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 255.6 d
and
dtlLainfd 31. 15s
Life
51. 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 10 0
National Fire Fcir o
e f
Standard Life •• • • • • • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 1214
United Dep.Assurance 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 175 Od
MISCELLANEOUS.
' Dividend Amount
Name of Cen3pany• per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
........1.1.!.....~......M0
X. Il• d. X. s. d.
Assam Tea • • •• • • • • • • - 20 0 0 20 0 0 9
Suction Mart • • • • • • • • 21. 53. 50 0 0 - 2654
Australian Acriculturl IL 100 0 0 30 0 0 15
Australian Trust • • .. 6/. per cent. - 35 0 0 20%
Knglo-Mexican Mint.. 11.108. 10 0 0 10 0 0 235(
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 2 10 0 -
British American Land - - 38 10 0 -
Canada ... • • .... • • .. GI. per cent. 100 0 0 ' 32 10 0 47 ),9
Do. 5 per cent Bonds - - - -
Ditto, 6 pr ct. Bonds 61. per7cent. - - 109
City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. - - 9354
Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5 p. c.& b 5,21 100 0 0 100 0 0 95
Equitable Reversienry 5 p .c. & bs. 5 / 100 0 0 100 0 0 10854
Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p.ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2756
Hudson's Bay ...... • • - Stock. - 206
liungerford ...... • • .. 2/. 55. - 100 0 0 47
London Institution . • • - - 78 15 0 7
New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 i 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New ........ - 25 0 0 i 12 10 0 -
Russell Institution.... - - I 26 5 0 -
Peninslr&Orient.Stm. 41. per cent. 50 0 0 ' 50 0 0 67
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 10154
Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 ' 60 0 0 78
South Australian... •• 11. per share. 25 0 0 i 25 0 0 2334
VanDieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 29 0 0 1
MONEY MARKET.-The quotation of gold at
- - - •

Cross-examined—Defendant was at the sessions on
the 19th of March, when the bill was found by the
grand jury. The trial took place on the 14th of
April, when defendant was there also. Two of the
defendants were convicted, and the other three
acquitted. The nuisance was then suppressed. Wit-
ness's attention was called to the house a long time
before by his superintendent, and afterwards he spoke
to Mr. Field about it. The latter person is an officer
of the London Society for the Protection of Young
Females. The defendant did not conduct the pro-
secution, hut Mr. Field, from whom he took direcs
tions. He told defendant to attend at sessions to
prosecute.
Richard Field, an officer of the London Society for
the Protection of Young Females, said he had known
the house in question about twelve months. It was
frequently resorted to by juvenile prostitutes and
thieves of the lowest description. In consequence
of that, the property about there was much de-
preciated. Ile was in attendance before the ma-
gistrate with defendant, when they were all bound
over; the defendant was present by direction of the
overseers. He said to witness that he did not like
it. Defendant attended at the sessions on the 19th
of March, when the evidence was completed.
Witness told defendant so, and requested him to
obtain the indictment, as he was the proper person to
prosecute. He replied that he would have nothing
to do with the case. Witness told him that if he
would not get the indictment, be must. He (defen-
dant) exclaimed, " You may do as you like. I will
have nothing to do with the prosecution." Defendant
never interfered with the prosecution, but his name
was on the back of the bill. After the prosecution
was taken up by the society the nuisance was sup-
pressed, and the houses respectably inhabited.
The defendant was put into the witness-box by
Mr. Mathews, and said that he communicated all he
heard of respecting the prosecution to the plaintiff,
and had frequent conversations with him respecting
the nuisance, and always took his instructions. He
never refused to act in the matter, after Mr. Elliott
told him if he did not he must fine him 50/. He did
not prefer the bill, although he was at the Sessions-
house at the time it was preferred. He had been
many years a constable of Lambeth, and never had
occasion to indict any one. On the 18th of March
last he received a letter from Mr. Mathews, which he
showed to Mr. Miller. It was a notice for him to
attend the sessions on the following day and prosecute.
The Learned Counsel for the defendant then ad-
dressed the jury. He contended that there had been
no refusal on the part of the defendant, and that the
action was solely got up to get the solicitor's bill of
costs, amounting to 49/. 175., from the overseers, and
that was the screw they put on to get it. The Act of
Parliament provided for costs to be ascertained by two
justices of the peace, and after their decision to be
paid by the overseers. The latter would no doubt
have paid the plaintiff, had his bill been just, and he
gone the proper way to work. No justices would,
however, have allowed such enormous costs. The
Act of Parliament set forth a " wilful refusal on the
part of the parish officer ;" now he contended that no
wilful refusal had been proved, as defendant attended
at the sessions and had his name placed at the back of
the bill. He therefore contended that the plaintiff
had not made out his case.
His HONOUR, in summing up, read the Act of Par-
liament, 25 Geo. 11., sth and 7th sections, which set
forth the penalty to be for " wilful neglect, and re-
fusing to go before a justice to prosecute." The de-
fendant did attend before a magistrate, and was bound
over to attend the sessions. The question then was,
did he wilfully refuse to prosecute ? That was proved
by Field in his evidence, but they must consider
whether it was wilful. The Act of Parliament was
passed about a century ago. At that time London
was quite different to what it was now. There were
no police or police magistrates, and no such societies
in existence to put down nuisances, therefore parish
officers were called upon to prosecute in such cases.
He was not surprised that defendant was not so dili-
gent as he might have been, when he saw such an
excellent society and the police take the case up; and
had it not been sworn that he refused to prosecute on
the 19th of March, he should have directed the jury
to have returned a verdict in his favour.
The jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned
a verdict for the plaintiff in the full amount of the
penalty, with costs.

Paris is about at par (according Co the new tariff), which,
at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17; and the ex-
change at Paris on London at short being 25.271, it follows
that. gold is about 0.41 per cent. dearer in London than in
Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold
is 430 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange
of 13.71 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at
short being 13.81, it follows that gold is 0.41 per cent.
dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of ex-
change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is
110 per cent., and the par of exchange between England
and America being 109 23.40 pe-- cent.. it follows that the
exchange is nominally 0.12 per cent. in favour of England;
but, after making allowance for difference of interest and
charges of transport, the present rate leaves no profit on the
importation of gold from the United States.
ADULTERATION AND DEFICIENT WEIGHT OF
BREAD.—The sanitary commissioners of the Laiicet, in their
last report, have given the result of their examination of 28
samples of bread, 25 of which were purchased of different
bakers in the metropolis, and three from a company who
have numerous establishments for the sale of their bread, and
who in their advertisement declare that alum is not used by
them, and in every instance were the samples found to be
adulterated with alum—a substance calculated to exercise a
very prejudicial influence upon the digestive system, and
consequently upon the health of those who partake of it.
Having directed attention to the weight of the bread sup-
plied to houses, it was found, in 43 instances out of 46, to be
deficient in weight up to four ounces in the quartern, and 2i
ounces in the half-quartern—a double fraud being thus
practised upon the public, of the bread supplied, being
not
only adulterated but deficient in weight.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Robert Fortescue Machrill, a clerk in the employ of
Mr. James Colquhoun, a stockbroker of Shorter's-
court, Throgmorton-street, was placed at the bar be-
fore Mr. Alderman Finnis, charged with stealing a
letter containing a 51. Bank of England note, and
another containing fifty 251. shares in the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire Railway Company; a cheque
for 1/. 55., and several letters, the property of his
employer.
Mr. James Colquhoun said—l am a stockbroker,
and carry on business at No. 1, Shorter's-court,
Throgmorton-street. Prisoner has been a clerk in
my employ for the last year and a half, and discharged
himself from my service on the day before yesterday.
I suspected him, and accordingly gave information to
the police. Last night, however, he came to my
house at his mother's request, to try and arrange the
matter with me; but I detained him all night, and in
the morning I took him to the police station and gave
him into custody. On the 11th of this month I
sealed and addressed a letter to my wife, inclosing a
5/. note, and called prisoner to look at the note and
take the number to enter in a book, kept for that
purpose. I always do so, in order that if any money
should be stolen from my letters at the Post-office, my-
clerk may be a witness to the amount of money en-
closed, and the number of the notes. Prisoner
admitted that he had abstracted the Si. note, and
omitted to post the letter, which he
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to-day. I then went to No. 3,
Bethnal-green (where prisoner lodged with
ther), in company with the officer, and the prissolineer:
who there gave me a quantity of papers, among which
I found six letters that prisoner had
intercepted be-
tween my wife and me, and which if either of us had
received would have led to prisoner's
detection. I
fifty also found among the papers railway shares
(known among brokers as " Leeds Fifths"), value
about 2501,, which I enclosed, with a cheque for
1/ 55., to the secretary of the company in January
last, and which prisoner acknowledged he had stolen
at the same time the letter was given him to post.
The shares and transfers I found all safe. There are
a great many cheques and other documents, which I
know to be forgeries, and, therefore, apprehend that
prisoner has been carrying on a very extensive sys-
tem of fraud upon me. Under these circumstances, I
would ask your worship for a remand of this case,
and also to grant a warrant to search the premises
occupied by the mother of the prisoner.
Alderman FINNIS said there would be no difficulty
about that if the case were left in the hands of the
officer, who would make all necessary inquiries.
The prisoner requested a private interview with
the prosecutor, which was granted by Alderman
Finnis, who cautioned the latter to hold out no pro-
mise to induce the prisoner to,make any confession.
Remanded for a week.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE MEDITERRANEAN.
Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., with his
fleet, was to the eastward of Alicante, Oct. 19. A
correspondent, dating from Malta, Oct. 22, says-
" The exercises of the fleet under the orders of Sir
William Parker have continued. The time of those
of Oct. 2 and 8 were as follows at Rosas Bay :-
" Oct. 2-Sending up loweryards, topmasts, topgal-
lantinasts, and crossing topgallantyards.
Queen 9 min. 20 sec.
Albion ... ... 16 min. 25 sec.
Superb ... ... 7 min. 30 sec.
Ganges .. ... 13 min. 45 sec.
Trafalgar ... •.. 24 min. 0 sec.
Indefatigable ... ... 37 min. 0 sec.
"N.8.-The Firebrand also exercised, and was first,
but her time has not reached us.
" Oct. 8.-Shifting topsailyards and furling topsails
with one reef:-
Queen-fore, 19m. 495; main, 28m. 155.; wizen, 12m. 452.
Albion-fore,4om. 203. ; main, 39m. 505.; wizen, 17m. 20s.
Superb-f0re,18m.203.; main,l9m. 40s. ; mizen,l4m. 503.
Ganges-fore, 25m. 403.; main, 23m.; wizen, 15w. 555.
Trafalgar-fore, 41w. 40a.; main, 40w.; wizen, 23m. 30a.
Indefatigable-fore, 30w. 53.; main, 36m. 403.; wizen,
23m. 30s.
Phaeton-fore,2om. 305.; main, 17m. 208. ; mizen,22m 23s
Terrible (steamer)-fore, 23m. 215.; main, 21m.
Spiteful (steamer)-fore, 19w.; main, 17w. 30s.
Firebrand (steamer)-fore, 16m.; main, 17m. 30s.
Scourge (steamer)-fore, 18w.; main, 18m."
Albion,, 90, Captain Hope Johnstone, was lying
in the great harbour, Malta, her fore and main yards
down, and her rudder off. She was being caulked
inside and out. It is not likely she will put to sea to
rejoin the Admiral, whose return to Malta may be
now shortly expected.
Firebrand, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Codd, left
Malta on the '2oth instant for Naples, where she
would relieve the Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain
H. W. Giffard. She had orders to coast along under
sail if the wind was fair, On going out of the har-
bour she took in tow the Resistance, store-ship,
Master Commander Bradshaw, which had arrived in
the morning from Gibraltar, but owing to light airs
and calms was obliged to anchor off the mouth of
the harbour.
Medusa, steam-packet, Lieutenant- Commander
Bathurst, and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer Euxine, from Constantinople, the farmer
with the India mail, were expected in Malta on the
24th instant. The India mail was to be conveyed to
Marselles by the Medina, steam-packet, Lieutenant.
Commander Reynolds.
Admiral Parker has issued the following order to
the fleet under his command :-
" The following are the regulations for the admis-
sion and treatment of foreign ships of war in the har-
bour of Austria, and communicated for the informa-
tion of her Majesty's ships and vessels under my
command. " W. PARKER, Vice-Admiral.
" The following are the declared military har-

hours :
" 1. The harbour of Venice, under which denomi-
nation is included, on account of the local connexion,
the whole of the coast from the lighthouse of Casalino
to the Porto di Brondolo within gunshot distance.
" 2. The harbour of Pula, on the coast of Istria,
including all the neighbouring harbours and anchor-
age from the north end of the Bronisti Island to the
Punta di Promontore.
" 3. The harbour of Lissa, including all anchorages
and roadsteads on the whole island.
" No ships will be allowed to enter these ports.
" In Pola and in Lissa only will admission through
stress of weather be allowed, in which case the ship
must, if possible, enter the principal harbour and
anchor just within the entrance, waiting there for
instruction from the sea authorities as to the spot
where she is to anchor.
" Should the state of such ship render it necessary
for her to anchor in one of the outer harbours or
anchorages, her commander must, as soon as possible,
inform the commandant of the main harbour or mili-
tary station thereof, and wait for more precise in-
structions.