The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-07 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Yesterday the receipts for season tickets amounted to
221., and the payment at the doors realized 2,833/. 41.
Gd., making a total of 2,8551. 4s. Gd. The number of
visitors, according to the police report, was 59,139.

THE LATE ESCAPE OF HACKETT FROM
THE MODEL PRISON, AND HIS ARRI PAL
IN NEW YORK.
At the close of an inquest yesterday, at the Model
Prison, Pectoavide, on a prisoner who died there, Mr.
NVakley, M.P , the coroner, and the jury, expressed
their surprise at Hackett's escaping from so well watched
and so strongly secured a prison. Mr. Bridby, the house
surgeon, joined in the surprise, and said that he effected
his purpose by cutting his way through the flooring of
his pew during Divine service in the afternoon of Sun-
day. He out his way through the flooring with the hoop
of his door, which he broke off, fastened to a spoon, and
converted into a saw. So anxious were the prison au-
thorities to remove all chance of escape from him, in con-
sequence of his having twice before relieved himself
from custody, that they put him to the tailoring trade, as
thus any implement would be put beyond his reach,
needle and thread alone being allowed for his trade.
Lately he wrote from New York to the governor, in-
forming him that he (Hackett) had arrived safely there,
and kindly hoped that the governor enjoyed the same
freedom and happiness which ho (Hackett) enjoyed in
the land of freedom.

The Coroner expressed his surprise that the noise of
the working of the saw did not attract the attention of
the persons in the chapel.
Mr. TuHls, the summoning officer, replied that the
operation was, no doubt, performed during the singing of
the palms.—(Laughter.)

BALLOON ACCIDENT.
Tuesday evening witnessed an accident which all but
resulted with loss of life to the unhappy female aeronaut
engaged. The lady in question was the celebrated Ma-
dame Palmyre Garm roe, and the scene of her operations
was Batty's Hippodrome, at Kensington, whence Mrs.
Graham took her disastrous flight last June. The ascent
took place about seven o'clock. The wind was rather
strong at the time and blowing south-west, and the
moment the machine was rt-leased from its moorings it
rose very heavily, and barely cleared the circus inelc-
sure. Madame Garneron immediately emptied a bag of
ballast among a large crowd who were watching it in
Victoria-road, but before she was able to discharge
another the car of the balloon struck the projecting
garret window of No. 1, Madeley-villas, which is just on
the opposite side of Victoria-road to the Circus, and is
an instant the poor lady was seen with her feet entangled
in the netting at the side of the half inverted car, and
hanging right out of it with her head downwards. A
' loud exclamation of horror burst from the frightened
crowd, and just at the critical moment, when they ex-
pected to see the ballooa (out of which a sand bag had
rolled) rise with its unhappy occupant in that fearful
situation, the netting caught in a stack of chimneys, the
balloon at once collapsed with the shock, and in a few
seconds it was hanging helplessly flapping over the
house side into the garden, while the unfortunate lady
was left lying on the roof. Wonderful to say, she had
receivt d no injury, and after she had recovered from the
faintness caused by the sudden escape of such a vo-
lume of gas she stood up and feebly waved her acknow-
ledgments to the spectators below, who hailed her safety
with loud cheers. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Peter Cun-
ningham (whose houses have a joint roof), with their
domestics and policemen, immediately rendered her
every assistance.

On several occasions we have had to speak severely
of Lamartine's undignified traffic of his great reputation.
There is nothing in the trade of literature at which he
seems abashed. To put money in his purse is so
absorbing an aim, that he seems almost reckless
of the means. What will the reader think of Lamar-
tine--once the greatest name in France—now reduced
to such straits that he bribes the subscribers to his
paper by the offer of a free passage to London, so that they
may see our Crystal Palace, and read his eloquence for one
year's subscription ! A theatre once tried to lure unwilling
audiences by the premium of "a glass of gin and an apple"
to each visitor; and in the same spirit Lamartiue placards
the walls with—
" Voyage 3 Londres sans rien payer!
Abonnez vous au Pays par A. de Lamartine."
Is not this pitiable ? What a degradation of a great name!
Is it then so? All that eloquence, all those sounding periods,
all that self-laudation, magnificent, heroism—and no readers
unless you lure them with a trip to London ? Through
Grecian literature there runs a boding voice," Count no man
happy till you see his end ;" for the end may efface the hea-
venly brightness of those early years; the noon may ruin what
the morn began! Who that applauded Les Meditations,
Jocelyn, Les Harmonies, ever thought to see the poet drag-
ging his name thus servilely through the dirt? Such cob-
webs to catch flies will not prepossess readers in favour of
his Histoire de la Restauration, the two first volumes of which
lie on our table; and yet those volumes arc the least egotistic
and offensive of all his writings, and may be commended as
fascinating romance of history, if not very grave and instruc-
tive.—Lcader.

VISITORS TO THE HOUSES OF LORDS AND COMMONS.
--Great disappointment was yesterday experienced by a
large number of persons, who, having possessed themselves
of the admission orders of the Lord Chamberlain, came on a
visit to see the Houses of Lords and Commons, bat who bad
to return ungratified with a sight, in consequence of the
early sittings of both branches of the Legislature. The nut;
bers, more particularly on a Saturday, that, after visiting the
nut;
great Exhibition in Hyde-park, wend their way,
their tour through town, to see the great seats of" a
number °f visi-
labour, is astonishing. On :Saturday last the numob
10,600, a
tors to sea the House of Lords alone amounted
tisitors from
large majority being foreigners and Exhibitione vcommittee.
Peoria!
the manufacturing and rural districts. n
on
view,"rootns of
andth e
many House
are
reoft'hCe Commons
ss
oa
long enough for the longest rifle range;M
rich maroon and dark
wainscots of polished oak, and the
stsr.the richly-paneled
501. alone for each
both houses open for
green papering, which, it is said,
intentione of the authorities
room. It is understood to beflso areßTacrornylstancotlay
•osa of the session, to give the
two months after the terminati
of both the Lords and Commons keep
of seeing them.
multitude of visitors an opportunity
A MANIAC AT TIl
}-,. ExHIBITION.— Abollt SIIE P.M ,
the Crystal Palace were alarmed
by the ex raordi
on Tuesday the visitors of
e on
duct of a respectably-dressed man
tnary
s osnickle that he had seized, threatens
a gentletnan near him, and but for
ce nil at
ny
would
restrained
who,some serious brandishing
assault
a e
and jumped
re-
moved made a desper t
galley}. a e resistance, and
was so powertu
ftrhoeminthnieedgiat,e
lasssi s tt:n cbee
wo fi
tahpdoilfai
ourt adjoining- thsuperintendent's
d tnto the c e office.
move jog been carried about ,intimating
that a medi-
A board In"' was wantec in e south transept, Dr. Badeley, of
cal roan who happened
Chelmsford, to be there with his family,
d forward, and was conducted to the patient,and at
stepped
once pronounced .
the he NN. •
as suffering from a violent
paroxyrestrained from an injury to or .
()a searching him four sovey reigns and ahimself others
half, with some
silver and pence, were found on him, and a small memora-
dum book, but as it contained nothing that indicated his
name or address, Dr. Badeley advised that lie should be re-
moved under a proper escort to St. George's Hospital, which
was done accordingly, but where, on visiting him at seven
o'clock, Dr. Badeley found him still very violent, and nar-
rowly escaped having his front teeth knocked out by hint;
indeed, so strong was he that it was with difficulty five or
six policemen could control his struggles. He appeared,
from his memoranda, to have been recently admitted into
the company of Foresters, and he ejaculated " The Foresters
fur ever" in the gallery when he was Wien. There was no
evidence of inebriety, and it isbelieved that he is a teetotaller.
THE T.VIURDER AT THRAUDEsTON.---L' TE , Aucia 6-
—We mentioned iu yesterday's .Sotsthethis servant,
committal of John
Mickleburgh, the farmer, for the murder o
A
lary Baker, at Thraudeston village fair.i V° being con-
ducted to the gaol at Ipswich, after b ente, to destroy himself
g temporarily p
I
exa-
mined by the magistrates,
he
eatte
attempted
perhaps would have
by seizing a knife from off a table,
succeeded but for the prompt interference of the police who
accompanied him.
- aTte w'ards became wretchedly de-
jected. He refused his food,lle t'arnd when brought up for re-ex
he appeared much reduced. Indeed,
sanitation on Monday, •• l the ground from
Hogs, he fel to apparett
during the proceeding,
exhaustion. Ile is
about 41 years•of age, and his countt-
mince is not of the most pleasing
character. As may be
ined, the affair
ma i has produced the most intense excite-
1a meat in the district.

T I-I. E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVI
---
to raise to the report to-morrow, as there were flight; small hand lamps 50 or GO yards off in a HEALTH OFLONDONDUREVG THE WEEK
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
many Members out of town, who could not return in hollow were as visible as in a dark night, and with (From the Report of the Registrar-General.)
----en— their red colour, contrasting strangely with the gene- The mortality exhibits a continued tendency to in- I
crease; the deaths in London, which in the three pre-
HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 6. ral green hue of everything immediately around. But
time to take advantagehe wofasthanexblllsoth,
ebwuttea
rreufmerouter. had
ceding weeks of July were successively 881, 373, 956,
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) gone abroad which . . .
the appearance of the country seen through that lurid
PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL. wa3 said that Cabinet Ministers were to have pests- the
under the clouds was the most appalling, rose in the last week to 1,010. The average number of J
deaths in the ten corresponding weeks of 1841.50 was
The House then went into Committee (progress) on deuce of other Members on state occasions. Now no
'Though standing in the centre of the shadow, we 1,028, and with the same rate of mortality amongst a
this Bill. such distinction ought to be recognised, nor was it
could yet, by reason of their great height, see the
Mr. WILLIAMS protested against proceeding further recognised at the last Coronation, for then it was sup-
but excluding 1849 from the •
with this Bill, and demanded that it should be with- posed that Members attended upon the Sovereign not
distant
of the people, who peaks of the lofty Jostedals and Dovrefjeld populationv :gibe:lento
Ithrte3l;
present number of inhabitants it
account, in the corresponding week of which year
drawn with the view of its being renewed next session. as Ministers, but as representatives
mountains, still illuminated by the rays of the sun
Mr. LABOUCHERE declined to accede to the re- all stood on an equal footing.
quest, and declared that it was not the fault of the Go- After a few words from Mr. M. J. emoNetieen, and descending upon them from on high, but we were cholera had raised the mortality from all causes to
vernment that the Bill had come down so late. It had Lord Jon, RUSSELL, the motion was agreed to, and shut out into outer darkness. Some approximation nearly 2,000, the number of deaths registered last week
been considered by an able Committee of the House of the report ordered to be printed. to the appearance might be obtained by watching the does not differ materially from the average thus ob- A
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. . opportunity of a similar configuration of clouds in the tained and corrected for increase of population. 13
Lords, and as it was calculated to confer vast benefits
respiratory organs were 84-almost exactly the same c
g north from the Calton Hill during a midsummer's mid- While the persons who sank under diseases of the cc
upon the industry and intellect of the country, he at- A messenger from the Lords brought up the following
passing without delay. Bills, which their Lordships had agreed to:-
number as in the preceding week, which showed a de- a
lathed great importance to its night, but still it would be only an approximation, for
tided reduction-and while phthieis, one of the tubercu- i
If the House thought the Bill was calculated to work an Metropolitan Interment. never have we observed all the lights of heaven
ler class, has fallen to 122, the complaints classed as I:
improvement, he hoped that it would not interpose any ' Constabulary Force (Ireland).
and earth so entirely confined to one narrow strip
obstacle in the way of its passing this session. He hoped South Holland Drainage Acts Amendment.
epidemic" continue to increase rapidly. Epidemics L
along the horizon, never that peculiar greenish e
that no factious opposition would be offered to its further General Board of Health (No. 2).
hue, and never that appearance of outer darkness in
thisillucmasie- were fatal in the two previous weeks in 209 and 282 1'
Metropolitan Sewers.
progres. ,
Sirs J. GRAHAM disclaimed a desire for any factious Emigration Advances (Distressed Districts of Scotland). the lace of observation, and of excessive distance cases respectively, and in last week the number rose
to
T33h3is.
in
by the
th
e verge
hi
ll
so f
there the horizonheing more(caused
highly inn
increase arises from di h
the
ee garpopwrienagehpreef-
s,.
s
opposition, but he did not think that there was any neces. New Zealand Settlements.
nated as they receded, by a less and less valence of which, coneurrentlyarrwiTha'
sity for Hon. Members to remain mute and leave the Bill Canterbury Association.
to her Majesty's Government in its entirety. Even if they Coalwhippers (Port of London).
li sed sun • while in a mornin
did so, he could not sea what prospect there was of pass- Amendments to Attorneys and Solicitors' Regulation ec p , g or evening sky
autumn, is shown by the numbers of the last five weeks '
ing the measure this session. If the other House showed Acts Amendment.
they are, on the contrary, most in the shade, and -namely, 23, 53, 64, 83, and (in the week ending last c
the slightest disposition to differ from the very ex.ensiv© Church Building Acts Amendment.
therefore are dark and unnaturally thrown forward).
•
Saturday) 143. The number now returned does not t
alterations which had been made in this House it would Canada and New Brunswick Boundary. Though none of us were unmoved with gratitude at exceed the usual weekly amount at this period during
having been allowed to witness such a spectacle, the last five years; but it would appear from a review of -
be quite imp_ to get the Bill through. Barton's Estate.
athmeoelagstehdielcdernenhiahlapseorfioldatethyaetatrhse
ifnaetareliatysedof tthoisandiesehaesre.
Ner, LABOUCHERX was afraid that at least one Felstead (Lord Riche's) Charities. though we should have been glad to have enjoyed its
function of "mutes" was sought to be exercised with re- Lord Bateman's Estate. teaching for a longer space of time and should h
beenan dwail
tahr mod,su ch rodewondde r
fu a ve
spect to this Bill-that of strangling.-(Laughter.)mous extent.
accuracy 'to the computed sauces in connexion with
, fit had not happened as it did
Sir DE LACY EVANS was sorry for the course Duchy of Lancaster (High Peak Mining Customs and
Mineral Courts)., It will be seen thatithe registrars specify local nui-
which had been taken by the Right Hon. Baronet oppo- Amendment to Stapylton's Estate. the appearance of diarrhase in A
Amendment to the Amendments to Farmers' Estate time, yet a certain feeling of relief was experienced particular instances. A child died of it, as reported in ''
site, and he thought the country ought to know that if
the Bill did not pass it would be mainly owing to the op- Society (Ireland). when the lurid streak in the sky suddenly changed to the last return, in a house in Payne-street, Islington;
yellow, when the clouds brightened up, and the dark-position which that Right Hon. Baronet had offered to it. Amendments to the Amendments_ Lincolnshire Estuary.another has since been registered, and now the father
Sir J. GieteHAM again disclaimed any factious o ness seemed to be wafted visibly away to the south- and a third child are suffering. The smell of a drain, 1
position to the Bill ; but he was not afraid of taking Crown Estate paying. „
Ps Collection of Fines,
east. The sea-birds that had stopped their screaming which the registrar describes as" overpowering," is con- (t
Consolidation (Ireland). sidered the exciting cause.
upon himself the responsibility of endeavouring to en- Lands Clauses C &c. (Ireland).
during the darkness now re-appeared ; but the wild c
sure a fair and ample discussion to this important mesa Merchant Seamen's Fund. Norsemen of those rocky isles, who had congregated Twelve fatal cases of cholera were registered in the I
previous week, and the same number appears in the I
sure. Lunatics (India)• so curiously around us during the commencement of present. The following are the • particulars:-
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL explained that the Battersea-park Amendment and Extension.
the eclipse, when the light returned, where were
Government did not seek to complain of factious oppo- Appointment to Offices, &c._ . . In Paddington, St. John, at 3, Market-street, on the
they ? gone to nide themselves in their huts, 29th of July, the daughter of a servant, aged two '
sition on the part of Honourable Gentlemen opposite, General Board. of Health (No. 2 A).
thinking that they were in the jaws of died of " English cholera (40 hours)." months,
but he pointed out that if discussions were reiterated on Petty Sessions (Ireland).
every
BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN SCOTLAND.
pass Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland):
and in the shadow of death. Such we heard the 30th of July, the daughter of a servant, aged one
it this session. Now, that the question of colonial
and foreign patents had ben abandoned by the Viscount ,MELGUND moved an address for returns afterwards was the general feeling amongst them all year,
"cholera infantum (4 days)," post mortem.
Government, the only object which the Bill now em- stating the number of births, of deaths, and of marriages,
e months, " cholera infantum." along the coast, even beyond the limits of total ob- In Chelsea, north-west sub-district, in °' The Vale,"
on the 28th of July, the son of a gentleman, aged five
braced was to cheapen and facilitate the obtaining pa- registered in each parish of each countyin Scotland,in scuration. Horses and oxen began to wend their
way homeward, and poultry to fly up to their roosts •
tents, and he appealed to the House, as it was almost each year since theb 31st day of December, 1841, and the.
unanimous on this question, not to defeat the Bill by scale of fees established in each parish for such reps- In the sub-district of Charing-cross, in the workhouse,
on the 28th of July, the widew of a brewer, aged 44
but one farmer informed us that an scene of
trations.-Agreed ta. amusing
lengthened and reiterated opposition.confusion took place when the fowls found the years, " cholera (3 days)." Mr. Leonard states that
dark-
Lord PALMERSTON considered the proceedings of The remaining orders were then disposed. of, and the
ness coming on so quickly that they could not all " this case was brought from No. 16, Bedfordbury.
the Committee entirely out of order. The objection House adjourned at Twenty minutes to Six o'clock,
get placed on their perches in time ; and then, Since the sanitary inspection in the spring of 1849 the
which had for the last hour been made to this measure
was, that the time for its consideration during the pre- THE TOTAL ECLIPSE IN NOR WAY. again, when they found by the quickly returning cesspool has been removed, and a trapped pan supplied
sent session was too short; and, by way of remedying
light that they had had a false alarm. We also heard with water upon a drain has been substituted. The
this evil, Hon. Gentlemen, instead of confining them-
The Scotsman of Saturday last contains an inte- that there had been over all that line of the country supply of water is good in quantity, but bad in quality, '
selves to a consideration of the 18th clause, which was resting communication from the Astronomer-Royal such excessive rain that day that our party, enabled and the butt is uncovered, while the dustbin, which con-
at that moment the subject solely before the Committee, for Scotland, who proceeded to the western coast of by the lighthouse steamer to take up the peculiar tains decomposing vegetable matters, is also uncovered.
Norway, for the express purpose of witnessing the The rooms, though small, are clean. The patient, who
had launched into a discussion of the principie of the spo ition we did, was probably the only one that had
solar eclipse of July 28. This account of the re- was formerly a nurse in Guy's, St. Thomas's, and
Bill. This he deemed to be most disorderly. The Right had the good luck to make any accurate observations ; •
Hon. Gentleman (Sir J. Graham) had complained of his markable phenomenon is important, not only as
a circumstance the more fortunate, inasmuch as that continues prevalent.' '
Charing-cross Hospitals was of reguar habits. Diarrhoea
(Lord Palmerston's) Right Hon. Friend (Ur. Labou- being the first which has appeared in this coup- was the earliest part of Europe visited by the shadow
Bill accused Hon. Members who were opposed In sub-district of Berwick-street, at 7, Rupert-street,
chore)
to this
'of offering to it a vexatious and factious ob- from any
try
In its progress from west to east." on the 26th of July, the keeper of an eating-house, aged
- He believed that those who heard his Right total, but as being probably the only account which 42 years, "English cholera (3 days), delirium cum tre-
struction. we shall have from all that part of the line of corn - STATE OF TRADE.
Hon. Friend would concur with him (Lord Palmerston) more (2 days), apoplexy."
that no accusation of that description bad been made by plots obscuration, bad weather seeming to prevail (From the Manchester Guardian.) In Regent's-park sub-district, at 89, Albany-street, on
his IV ,lit Hon. Friend. He certainly thought it a most everywhere else in the neighbourhood, which was, MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The prevailing spirit of the 2Sth of July, an engraver, aged 49 years, "cholera,
disorderly proceeding, that when they were considering moreover, one that could hardly have been reached this day's market has been of a satisfactory character, exhaustion (8 days)."
the 13th elluse of a Bill in Committee they should be but for the unusual assistance which was obtained in Though extremely cautious, and not inclined to exceed in Tottenham-court sub-district, at 17, Fitzroy-market,
called upon to discuss a general question involving the the present case. The paper is as follows :-. their previous limits, the buyers of yarns and goods on the 24th of July, the daughter of a bricklayer, aged
principle of the Bill. On that point the House, he " After all that has lately appeared in print in va- have yet shown a rather better disposition for business 2 years, "English cholera (7 days), chronic bronchitis
hoped, would allow him to 38v a few words. His Hon. rious places, it is perhaps hardly necessary to refer to at the rates of last week; and, at the same time, both (4 months)."
spinners and manufacturers, though wishful to keen In Clerkenwell,Suffolk-street, on the 28th of
Friend who had just spoken wa's of opinion, as his words the extreme importance of a total eclipse being ob-
would import, that the law of patents ought to be ago-under contract, are enabled to manifest fully as much July, the son of a tailor, aged 1 year, " English cholera,
lisped, and the conclusion his Hon. Friend therefore served at that narrow strip of the earth's surface where firmness as they did a week ago. The buying has been exhaustion."
drew was, that they ought to withdrar the Bill. If the it is quite total. There it is everything, elsewhere it of a general character in goods and yarns, and of con- At 8, Rose-alloy, Bishopsgate, on the 29th of July,
a darkness approaching to
That
. g is, there,
i nothn
rejection of the Bill would have the effect of abolishing issiderable aggregate amount, effected generally et the full the son:of a labourer, aged lleronths, " choleraic diarrlices
that of night is experienced, and a host of interesting previous rates, and attended with a hardening tendency (3 d.,ye)e, Mr. Spencer describes this as " a close and
the patent law, he could understand that argument, but
it tee only effect would be to leave the law as it was, phenomena then, and then only, reveal themselves) in some articles. • For low mule and water twist, extra crowded neighbourhood; the parents of the deceased are
without the improvement which the present Bill was in- and furnish the only clue, which we can ever hard twisted Mediterranean yarns, and throstle warps Irish, and with his wife and tour children, and his sister
ten:leei to make, he could not comprehend it. He aP- hope for, to the physical nature of the light and heat up to No. 28's, for -th and 36-inch cloths, domes- (a widow) with two children, making altogether nine
pealed to the House whether they would not be acting giving surface of our sun, with the state of which the tics, T's, and long cloths, there continues to be a
persons, occupy a single apartment.
more in accordance with order by goiug on with the whole of our well-being is so intimately bound up. demand, which keeps the market extremely bare. ,In sub-district of Hackney-road, in Birdcage-walk, on
discussion of the clauses of the Bill; and if it should But elsewhere than on that contracted line, but 100 The Germans still show much hesitation, yet their the 30th of July, the son of a licensed victualler, aged
timid operations ere of fair extent on the whole. Last 3 months, " cholera infantum (4 days)."
appear that that discus ion would occupy more time
, or 150 miles broad, though the eclipse be a large one,
th In the session would afford, then the Bill must 01'
still if the smallest particle of the sun's disc be left week, there might he said to be no commissions in the In town sub-district of Bethnal-green, at 11, Princes-
Course he postponed, but he certainly was of opinionmarket on Eastern account; to-day, however, some court, on the 28th of July, the daughter of a trim-
unobscured, there is still the brightness of day,and
orders, attracted by the low point to which prices have ming manufacturer, aged 5 weeks, " infantile cholera
Olt if they would at once proceed with the considera-
tion of the clauses, the Bill still might pass this session. none of those phenomena are displayed. fallen, have been received by the agency houses, and pur- (12 days)."
Sir JAMES GRAHAeI denied that he was either " The places where an eclipse will be total, are, in chases of shirtings to a fair amount have taken place. In Spitalaelds, at 63, Wentworth•street, on the 28th
out of order or had offered any factious opposition to the the present state of astronomy, easily and accurately There has been a little inquiry also for Indian yarns of of July, the daughter of a labourer, aged 2 months,
Bill. His observations were strictly germane with the computed beforehand, so that observers may choose some counts. There continues to be a moderate call for
"infantile cholera (4 days), cerebral congestion (24
question beeore the House. their stations with certainty. After full considera- fine yarns on Russian account, and also for some numbers hours)."
Mr. L seBOUCHERE said nothing was further from tion of what was preparing, and was likely to be done of doubled. The number of deaths from cholera now returned is
his intention than to accuse Hon. Members of taking a elsewhere, there seemed a probability of the western ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—Wc have had a steady demand not greater than is usual in a week at the end of July in
factions course iu oeposition to the Bill. All he said was, for flannels to-day, without any change of prices from ordinary years; and it appears from the above list that,
coast of Norway being less effectively occupied than
the preceding week. Wool is firm, at the last week's with the exception of three cases, which occurred to
that if Members persisted in discussing every clause, any other part of the line ; by reason, probably, of its
and starting general questions upon each, it was sups- inaccessible- quotations. persons between 40 and 50 years, the sufferers were
nature, caused by the absence of any di •
• MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.-Nothing has taken place children of very tender age.
rent that the Bill could not pass before the close of the
rect means of public conveyance by sea or land. But, since Friday's report to give an impulse to business in
session.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS condemned the Government for at the same time, the eclipse happening earlier there silk manufactured goods, though some of our principal STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.
pushing such an important measure through the House than in any other part of Europe, would render it, in manufacturing houses have begun to put out their pat- SuNDAT.—The sky was for the most part covered with
at the eleventh hour. He contradicted the statement of so far, the most eligible station of all. A representa- tern warps for the approaching autumnal season. cloud throughout the day; cumulostratus, cirrostratus, and
Mr. Labouchero that he was the only Member in the tion was therefore made by the Astronomer Royal for Henieax, SATURDAY.—The aspect of business in our scud. Light rain fell at intervals during the evening.
Piece Hall to-day has not varied much from that of last MONDAY-The sky was overcast throughout the day;
Ihuse who was opposed to cheapening the price of ob- Scotland to the Commissioners for Northern Light-
taMing patents. His whole ()eject was to prevent persons houses, on the important results which might accrue Saturday.. Lowd lastingo are still inquired for; but_ the cirrostratus,,uEspAy and 1
rscud.ce- 0
uSrhtowers of rain fell frequently.
rtlt. theone - al
one-fourth
t hwpearret
wc covered tillecroevdered ,
sale of other escriptions of goods is s.emew hat limited.
noon, from ihis time fill shh.s
obtaining patents for worthless articles. to the science of astronomy from the total eclipse being
cannot. note any improvement in the demand for
Mr. RIC ABDO was willing to sacrifice his whole in- well observed on the western coast of Norway, and the We and the amount of cloud was variable afterwards; cumuli,
which meets a heavy sale, at late rates. The
terests as a patentee, in order that the whole system of the
Commissioners, with their usual readiness to do all that Yarn' . • , • cumulostrati, and cirrostrati.
patent laws might be altogether abolished.transactions in wool are far from extensive, and, in con- WEDNESDAY.- One-fourth part of the sky was covered
they fairly and p.ro, perly. could towards. the promo-. sequence of the depression, it may be purchased in rather
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that the
tion of science, without detriment to their own theme- till noon, and, with slight exceptions, it was overcast during
Bill left the patent laws entirely where they stood at easier terms. the remainder of the day; cumuli, cumulostrati, and cirros-
present, it being confined to legislation in regard to the interests, examined theirprogramme of work
diate
cost of patents. for the season, and finding that their steam-vessel to-day; but the woollen trade generally continues active, distant thunder was heard at 4h. 18m. r et.
Mr. HENLEY considered the House had great rea- would be employed at almost the very time of the and stocks keep low. A fair business doing in the THURSDAY.-The clouds were broken between 2h. and 4h.
son to complain of the Government. 'The President of the eclipse on a point in the Shetland Isles, only 20 hours warehouses, both for home and foreign trade. r.sr. • otherwise the sky was overcast throughout the day;
Board of Trade had thrown the responsibility of delay distant from the desired part of the coast of Norway, HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.-Iu our market to-dayß • fellslightly d •
cirrostratus. sunduring the evening.
on the House, but the fact was, the clauses might have kindly expressed their readiness to concur in there has been an increased activity upon last week's. FRIDAY.—The sky, with slight exceptions, was covered
with cloud • ' .
throughout the day; cumuli, cumulostrate Rain
been got through by this time had that Right Honourable 1 the general object proposed, so far as the means In the Cloth Hall a good business has been done in
fell during the evening.
Gentleman nut made certain observations as to Members of conveyance were concerned. The next step, blacks and mixtures of the middle qualities. Fancies, of e
..ATuaDAI. •
SATURDAY.-The sky was for the most part covered with
availing themselves of the forms of the House in order
therefore, to insure this liberality being turned to new and seasonable qualities, have been in demand.
Stocks 'the
to prolong their oppoeition.-(Hear.) good account, was to provide a sufficiency of ob- afterivards • cumuli, cumulostrati, andcirrostrati,"
After nom© further observations, more so than is usual at this time of the year. The ELEcr ' JuIy,RICITY.-30th 3h. P.M , negative, and very
and of instruments. The former requisite • •
Sir J. GRAHAM thought it right the public should servers . . shipping trade at present is quiet. The market in wools active. Aug. 2d, positive, with variable tension at each
Rev. Dr. Robinson
uuderstand that the real cause of the delay was to be at- was eminently secured by the , has been rather more brisk than last week. examination. These were the only times electricity was
tributed to the Government. Hon. Members had been the well-known astronomer of the Armagh Observa- BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY.-In our last notice of the shown during the week.
led astray on the subject under discussion by the impu- tory, having engaged to join the party, and to him iron trade we mentioned that expectations were enter- The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
tati,m of motives which were thrown out right and left the general direction was unanimously awarded. tained of the gradual giving out of such orders as had mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M. was 63.2; and the mean
by the President of the Board of Trade. He hoped the The latter desideratum was supplied by making been withheld at quarter day, at the prices current reading at Oh. F.M. was 63.3' ; the mean readings at the
Royal Observatory for the same times were 65.0 Q and 62•51
irregular discussion would now terminate, and that the application to the H . ydrographic Department of before that time ; and we are happy to say they are es actively.
p
House would proceed calmly to consider the clauses of
the Admiralty, which, in the person of now being realised. During the past week, the demand r The reading of the barometer decreased from 29.77 in. at
the Bill. has become. more active, and specifications are more
its chief Sir F. Beaufort not onl offered the beginning of the week to 29.65 in. on the 29th at 3h.
Lord PALMERSTON again accused Sir James , _
the loan of any of the royal navy s surveying
Graham of being out of order, observing that when a no tendency towards improved prices. Throughout creased to 29.72 in. by 9h. A.M. on Aug. 1 ; and increased
instruments, thus rendering the Scottish expedition
charge was disclaimed by an Hon. Member, it was every branch of the business, complaints of losses and to 29'90 in. by the end of the week.
against the rules of the House to again refer to the more complete in this respect than perhaps any want of remuneration are most energetic. Confidence, ---
subject. He denied and repudiated the imputation that other, but prevailed on the Board of Admiralty to indeed, is fast giving way to a feeling of anxiety for MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
the Government had obstructed the measure by intro- procure through the Swedish ambassador, from the the result of the present unmodified production under NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
during topics which did not belong to the subject under Governor, General of Norway, full leave for the party such ruinous circumstances. Still the aggregate THE wEEK. ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 2, 1851.
immediate discussion. That charge rested with the to land with their instruments on any part they employment of our mills and forges is again about Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*333
other side. If the measure did not pass, the public pleased of the coast of Norway, of which, moreover, equal to that of the same period in the last quarter. Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... ... ... 38
should know that the fault rested not with the he procured an accurate manuscript chart. For rails also there are considerably more contracts in Tubercular Diseases ... ..„ ... ... 182
Government, but with the Right Honourable
" These matters, therefore, being arranged, the as- the market; but the figures at which they are required Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 107
Baronet and those who took part with him. On themrender them either unworthy of notice or altogether im- Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 36
trononiical party being taken on board as the vessel
rested the responsibility, and he (Lord Palmerston)_.practicable.
We have not heard that more than one Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Go- passed on its way to the Shetland Isles, and the in-
would not swept it on the part of her Majesty's furnace has been put out of blast, though at some the Respiration ... ... ... „, , ... 84
vernment, who were there to do their duty. spection of the light-houses there being completed, make has been
restricted.-Ares's Birmingham Gazette. Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was useless going on with a rapid run was successively accomplished to the of Digestion... ... ... ... ... ... 71
the Bill under the circumstances.-(Cries of " Proceed," Norwegian shore, and a station was selected on one THE NEW SCREW STEAMER PIICEBE. Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• ••• ••• 5
and "Go on.") He was entirely in the hands of the of the outlying ]due Islands in lat. 61 degrees 20 The advance of improvement in the manufacture of Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, etc. ... ... 11
House. If anything had fallen from him to which ob- minutes. This position not only placed us in the merchant vessels, says a correspondent, is in no instance Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
jectiort might be justly made, he begged to express his centre of the line of shadow, but gave us a clear mere. strikingly developed than in the building of Diseases of the Skin, &c. ..„ ~,, ~, 2
regret, and to withdraw what he had said. horizon in the direction of the sun at the •
auxiliary screws in the present year. We have had Malformations... ••• ... .., „„. ... 1
The clause as amended was then agreed to.occasion to take notice of several this year, which Premature Birth ... ..,, 34
time of the eclipse, and removed us suffi-
Clauses 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 were agreed to; meridian have attracted great attention, but in no instance Atrophy "' *** ••• ... ... ... 24
and after a brief discussion, ciently far from the great chain of moun- have the lines been so fine, or has the model eli- Old Age
Clause 25 was struck out, on the motion of the tains, running along the western coast of Norway, cited such general gratification, as in that of the Sudden ... ... ... ... .., ... .., 2
ATTORNEY-GENERAL. and gathering about them that morning •
a multitude of phoebe. This fine vessel, of 600 tons register and 150 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance -27
The remaining clauses, up to the clause which pro- clouds, to make up, as it seemed, by an unprecedented horse power, was launched on Saturday last, from the Causes not specified ... ~, ..
• ••• ••• 4
vides for the compensation of officers paid by fees in the deluge of rain, for th..e.e unusally long space of uninter- building yard of Messrs. Alexander Denny and Brother,
various patent offices, were agreed to. rupted fine weather, which had been experienced before of Dumbarton, who appear rather favourite builders with i DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,010
On clause 47, our arrival. The instruments were landed at an our Liverpool folk; and she certainly does them every Population Deaths in corree Deaths
Sir J. GRAHAM wished to know the probable early hour, and there sufficientof
were glimpses the credit, as she promises, from her peculiar model and Enumerated,lBsl. sponding week in the
amount which would be required to give compensationgreater proportionate power than some of the steamersof 1850. Week.
sun through the clouds to obtain the necessar West Districts...
to persons for loss of office under the Bill. He en- b . - • - 376,332 .. 119 ... 145
observations for time and for latitude, and before North Districts.. 490,441
_,•• 190 ... 200
tertained a strong opinion that the patent laws would °terranean trade. Although remarkably yacht-like in ap-
the commencement of the eclipse each observer was Central Districts 392,386 ... 166 ... 188
soon disappear from the statute-book, and supposing pearance, as she gracefully entered the water, still, for
that opinion to be correct, the compensatioa told off with his instruments prepared, and with a code strength of construction, her builders have challenged all East Districts ... 485,336 ... 194 ••• 241
awarded to these officers, instead of coming of instructions. These, too, were so arranged that by competitors. Her plates throughout are double rivetted, South Districts.. 616,545 ... 248 236
•••
out of the funds voluntarily paid by division of labour it was hoped that, although the im- and she has a larger scantling than any other steamer we
persons who wanted patents, would fall on Ithe public portant part of the eclipse was of so short a duration, have seen. Her commander, Captain P. P. Brenan, who ls
Tote ... 2,361,640 ... 917 ... 1,010
purse. Ho confessed that he had himself made a mis- and the number of phenomena to be noted so many is also a large proprietor, expects to have her in Liver- Males ...............512
take in regard to the compensation of the six clerks in and various-that yet none of them, whether refer- pool this month, when she will be laid upon her intended Females
... ... ... ... ... eett
Chancery, but the error he had committed ought to act ring to the purely astronomical bearings of the case, station, viz.,-Malta, Syra, Constantinople, and Smyrna, BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
as a caution to the Government not to proceed with the or to cosmical or terrestrial physics, could be and from an experience of upwards of twenty years in
clause without some consideration. . the trade we have no doubt he will make the most of her. Males ... ... ... n, ••• 773
well lost sight of-that is, weather only permit-
•GENERAL
The ATTORNEY said, as many of the ling, but this was by no means so favourable as could She is the first of an intended line of new iron screw Females .•• ••• •.• ... ... 67S
old officers would be employed under the new system, ' steamers for the Levant, under the management of ----
S •
have been wished. till, however, the commencement Messrs.
the amount of compensation would be very small. Preston and Watson, of this town, who have
Total ••• ••• ••• IGO ••• 1,451
Mr. C. LEWIS also considered that the compensation of the eclipse was very fairly observed, and sufficient adopted all the most recent improvements in naval archi- *ln this number are included 14 by Scarlatina, 53
would be very limited in amount. was seen during its progress to enable the observers lecture, and who seeing the daily increasing demands by Typhus Fever, 143 by Diarrhoea, and 12 by Cholera.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS thought the Government ought to take accurate notes of some spots on the sun, of the trade are by this means securing _
to give a more explicit answer to the question. He re- and of mountains on the edge of the moon, so as to their former prominent position in the Turkey SEABORNE MAILS.
collected that the Six Clerks' Bill was brought in at the be prepared to state their degrees of connexion, as trade. Messrs. Tulloch and Denny, of Dumbarton, (11 signifies that the malls are sent from the General Pat-amt
end of a session and pushed on with great hasta. In regards place, to those wondrous tongues of light, are putting the engines into the Phoebe, and, on close by the night-and Mby the morning-slispatch.]
reply to a question which he put, one of the. Government and the variations of the corona, the most inexpli- examination, they have been pronounced one of the When made up inl From what wh.,
of that day answered that the compensation under thecompactest and neatest jobs of the kind over turned out PLACES. General Post-oftice 1 port din- -"
434i1l would bo between 500/. and 700 Z a-year;
.. but thecable andthe most important of all the phenomena
,
a total eclipse. the •
Presentedduring Further, in-
' 84't was that these clerks received about i ,0001. with all their appliances, of receiving the liberal support ---' -......
out reprehensible stunt of complete obscuration was observed very ac-
of the Consolidated Fund. The most repreh t
o the shippers to the Mediterranean. eis 175 feet
part of the ensation was curately, and some interesting features were re-America (by Brit. pkt.)/i Aug. 5 .. .. Liverpool.. Aug.ll
paid c__ proceeding was, that the comp long 26 feet i
beam,
15 feet deep, is barque rigged, of a America (by U.S. pht.)lillug. 19 -- .. Liverpool • • Aug. 12
marked, tending to explain anomalies perceived in
. 'or seven years after their death.peculiar rakish
appearance,
. which is improved bv her America (by U.S. pkt.) M Aug. 13 .. .. Sonthampt. Aug.?
zefter some f • former total l•and • dicating a rapid fluctuation bow b •
ec ipses, ine Africa (West coast).. Nl4th of the month Plymouth
Air. Liuloirither discussion, etng planned so as to appear high out of the water- Alexandria*
..... 19th Aug.g'
... N &Seth of mo. Dover .. Aug. la
(MERE promised that the Government in the degree e '
e, brightness of the suns surface. 'lmme- nearly straight, and particularly light-an improvement Belgium .. .. .. NlDs.ily •... .. Dover .. Daily
would consid 1- tlr la e ft this ~,
they pro er the subect, and state what alterations Y after Lee, eowever, the clouds became so very on the late vessel, for which we sr© indebted to her practi- Brazil .. .. .. 31119th of the month Southampt. Aug. 12
posed in the clause t. thick that the emersion cal commander Ca tain P Buenos Ayres • • .. M'9l3 of the month Southampt. Aug. 12
The clause was
the on bringing up the re
rain of the sun was not seen at all, , p .I'. Brenan. Her screw has only eantottuatviackareom 2d&l7thof month Southampt. Au g.5
The remaining elan agreed to. and heavy beginning soon after, continued through two blades, but it appears particularly strong. She has Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. eueg..3
passed, the House es and the preamble were then the rest of the evening. But the terrestrial pheno- comfortable houses on deck for the officers and engineers, Constantinople* .. .. Ni7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Aug. le
resumed, and the Chairman reported niena, to which more and she has also a bath-room on dock, which is de- Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. Aug. 5
progress.e attention could be turned, on Channel Isles .. .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Soutkampt Ta. Th Sa
dl serve y appreciated
REGULATIONS TO BE OBSER the loss of the celestial ones, were of a nature shun- as a great luxury in trading Chili .. .. .. . M 17th of the menth Southam t: Au* *.5
VED AT THE to oriental shores. Her cabins were large and spa- France .. .. M&N Twice daily - .. Dover P.. T Aug
wicedall7
PROROGATION. dantly sufficient to satisfy any soul capable of entering eious ; in fact, the berths Greece* .. .. .. N 7thl7th27th efmo Dover
Lord J. RUSSELL brought appear to us BO •• Aag.lo
up the into and appreciating the awful and the sublime. As airymustgive Hamburgh .. .. NTuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
loot Committee appointed to inquire intoport of the Se- and commodious that passengers
. s
the totality
the arrange- approached, the air felt
sensibly colder at her a preference-their ventilation, comfort, and Honduras ..
Nixl of the moith'South n • • eß•Tiuu.
manta, on the occasion of this Howie being •• , ampt. Aug. 5
every moment, and the darkness plainly increased; elegance being superior in every respect. The la- Ireland .. .. lTwic,e daily .. -IHolyhead.. Twie,o,ll,lly
by her Majesty to at. tend the House summoned
of Lords, which the clouds seemed to lower, and under the sun was dies' cabin is a little drawing-room in • • miniature-is
. India(via Southamp.) M 20th of the monuesouthampt. 3
stated that the Committee had come to a resolution,ofrushing descendingfurnished;that lndia (viaMarseffies) N 7th& 24th efmonthiDover Aug.* • • Au. 15
ensure regularity, all Mernbe that seen an appearance - Mediterranean (via
in order to . I's who wished of them ; while the sea-birds appeared by room attached. She is divided into four air-tight com- Southampton) .. M 20th of the month gonthampt. Aug. 23
0, OF roro at'
to attend the opelainie P ion of Parliament their noise to be gathering around the rocks P
artments and is calculated to carry 650 tons of goods, Mediterranean (via
should give previous notice in writing aMarseilles) .. .. N 7th&24thofmonth Dover • • Aug. 15
theirshelter. The differenceand'of
220 tons coals, besides twenty passengers. From
the clerk of the House. for their nightly rest or for
intention to That the Mexico .. .. .. Al 2d of the menus.. Southampt Aug. 5
immediately follow of illumination had also become very marked on th,, the energetic character of her agent, and the great par- Madeira ••• .. .. M 9th of Me month So th t. Aug. 2
Cabinet Ministers should
h h the - tialit shown bold hands in the trade to the captain 7th 17th 19tn,27th u amP
• 4*
the names of teot er Members mountains at different distances, those far from us , Y is3l ., manta, _ „ ii. _ ,
Dover Aug. to
Speaker, and that dthe Phoebe
that success prophesied to which her Naples* & 30th Of month
lass and that the order i • b• n which eing brough et out with a vividness and distinctness • • , • —*Pies* •• •• •• li sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover - Aug. 12
should be put into a g , spirited originators deserve. '-Liverpoot Mercury.
should regulate the position which Papal States* .. .. N sth 15th 25th °lino Dover .. Aug. 12
the which made our own increasing gloom the more ob-tai iniN tt.: i ):\ t • they were drawn Peninsular,, .. 77h7 h f m Southampt. ,Aug. 15
-,--r -Members ought to occupy in the procession. The r0z,,0.. servable. Suddenly, at the moment of totality, the We are happy to be able to announce that two
should not cross ver
I lution further required that Members . _ y extremity of darkness seemed to fall upon us.
eatt, or recross any of the passages betwe,-
''':''''"t."- the House of Lords.
•:"ette"?te• ' -
, ...itt. ,
c en this House and Not s e
0, eow
closed in the
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said fr had now to move strip of ske
that the report be printed, and to-mo , rrew he should or three de
Itexceedingly desirable
move that it be adopted. It was
that such a scramble should be ever,e....
.. ... M
itili 1
eti 2
et o o
y, Tuscany*
•3{ 17th Cho month
absolutely, for the rain clouds which
greater part of the horizon left open a
y extendin
became of a dark lurid
avoided as toek plate red on one side to greenish southarupt. !Aug. 5
distinguished Hon. Members, Mr. Hume and Mr. Roebuck, roost Inds` •• • •. Nisth 15th Z 5 th of mo Dover .. ,Aug. 12
who have been absent from their Parliamentary duties West Indieses ( • ..
through severe indisposition are so far recovered as to be Havanna & ii.xcePt
able to resume • ' • • tl
their duties this session. Both gen etnea * The mail
g from N AV. to E.N.E., and two were present in their seats in the House yesterday morning. French packet v!.i Marseilles.
grecs high, and li. h t thi
Gran e colo L AND GEN CALIFOUNIA.-31 ' 1117th of the mouth Soutkarept. !A.ug. 20
assau) Mi2d of the month .. Southanipt. Aug. 5
s to those countries thus marked Co) are conveyed bs
W lc 11. .-.s moment LEGA ERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COM- I
are
sow , alls to and from _
-At a public meetin
g ur, verging from I'Ar-• _ gof proprietors in this company, ' California, via the United States
uespatched and due be every Anl.:ec ..1 oa,:lict.
nn on the other, and enabled which took place on Tuesday at the offices in Fleet-street, Mr. - ------
1-1. at the o_pening of this session. U 5 barely to see each other by The mother of Charles Phillips, Curran's congenial
Mr. V. SISLITH said he should have some objections I a faint unearthly sort i Crowder, Q.C., was elected a director in lieu of Sir Francis, .
Simpkinson, Q•Ce deceased. . biographer, has just died, at the venerable age of 85.
6

EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1851.

Same of Company.

Dividend
per

Alinum.

Australasia ..........
Britsh North American
Ceylon •• • • • •
Commercial of London
Colonial..
Gloucesterahlre
lonian .. • . ..........
London and County ..
Londn and Wostrainstr
London Joint-Stock...
Provincial of Ireland..
Ditto, New.........
National of Ireland ..
Nat. Provncial of Eng.
Ditto, New. . • . • .
South Australia . ...
Union of Australia....

41. per cent.
51. per cent.

61. per cent.
21. par cent.
15 /per cent.
151. pr cent.
61. per cent.
6/. per cent.
61. per cent.
Si. per cent.
8/.per cent.
51. per cent.
61. per cent.
5/. per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

Amount
of
Sham.

Union of London. •...
Union of Madrid .....

Z s. d.
40 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

25 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
10 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
26 0 0
25 0 0
25 0 0

Amount
of
Share.

Paid.

OPENING OF VICTORIA-STREET
The long-projected and greatly desired line of direct
communication between the neighbourhood of the Houses
of Parliament and that of Buckingham Palace and Bel-
grave-square has at length been completed, and was yes-
terday opened to the public under the name of Victoria-
street. The improvement thus effected will be readily
appreciated, whether regarded as a mere public conve-
nience, or as having changed to an aspect of comfort and
refpectability the face of a neighbourhood hitherto no-
torious for the squalid wretchedness of its appearance,
and for its unhealthy character. Victoria-street now forms
a short and pleasant line of communication, some 80 feet
in width, between two of the principal western thorough-
fares of the metropolis. It commences directly iu front
of Westminster Abbey, and runs in a straight line to the
Vauxhall-bridge-road—the towers of the old Abbey, and
the new Houses of Parliament, bounding the vista at
one end, and the large buildings forming Shaftesbury-
terrace the other. At the present moment the new road
shows only a rough surface of sharp granite stones,
flanked by a broad pathway on either side; the pros-
pects it commands are glimpses of dirty beck kitchens
and sculleries, broken brick walls, with here and there a
languishing effort at gardening. But this appearance is
temporary, almost the only efforts yet made having been
to complete the means of communication. In as short
a time as possible it is intended to erect a line of large
and comfortable dwelling-houses, to be built upon the
principle generally adopted in Scotland and upon the
Continent, of dividing the houses into " flats"—a prin-
ciple by which two or more families may be accommo-
dated on each floor in separate sets of apartments, each
set affording the same privacy and convenience now
attainable in London only by distinct self-contained
houses. It is also intended by the Westminster Im-
provement Commissioners to provide for the families
who, by the creation of the new road, have been dis-
lodged from their former retreats in this neighbourhood,
by the erection in Victoria-street of model lodging-
houses, capable of containing upwards of ninety fami-
lies at a weekly rent of 4s. for each ; and from these
houses a revenue of ten per cent. on the capital invested
is confidently expected.
The proceedings attending the ceremony of declaring
Victoria-street open for public traffic commenced yes-
terday by the performance of Divine service in West-
minster Abbey. The Improvement Commissioners, the
clergy of Westminster, the children of the four chartered
schools—the Grey, the Green, the Blue, and the Bieck
Coat Schools of Westminster—and many noblemen and
gentlemen of distinction, attended Divine service, and at
its conclusion assembled together in the western nave of
the Abbey, where they form-d into procession, and
thence issued into the street which was about to be de-
clared open to the public. The procession passed on the
north side of the street to the ter minus of the Vauxhall-
bridge, road, where the children of the several schools
formed into a square. Sir Edwin Pearson, the chit f
commissioner, then declared that Victoria-street was
henceforth opened as a public thoroughfare and dedi-
cated to the public—accompanying the declaration with
a suitable expression of hope that it might prove of per-
manent benefit to the district through which it passed,
and to the public generally. The barriers were imme-
diately removed, and the public allowed to pass amidst
the cheers of a vast concourse of people who had as-
sembled to witness the ceremony. The " National An-
them" was sung by the children, and the ceremony con-
cluded by the firing of a royal salute.
A grand dejeuner had been announced in the cards of
invitation to take place in a tent erected for the purpose
in the neighbourhood of the road, but snout an hour and
a halt remained till the hour of its commencement (one
o'clock) arrived. To while away the time the whole
party proceeded to visit the chartered schools of West-
minster, the pupils of which had taken part in the day's
proceedings. The halls and playgrounds; school-rooms,
and dormitories of these ancient and admirable institu-
tions were minutely inspected, and apparently with great
satisfaction. A visit was also paid to the new church
and adjoining schools of St. Stephens, the splendid offer-
ing of Miss Burdett Coutts to the relief of the spiritual
necessities of Westminster.
The party then returned to the tent, where the dejeu-
ner was prepared. Sir Edwin Pearson took the chair,
and was supported on the right by the Earl of Carlisle,
the Rev. E. Jennings, Sir R. Inglis, Sir De Lacy Evans,
the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Hon. J. C. Talbot, &c., and
on his left by the Earl of Shaftesbury-, Lord R. Grosve-
nor, Rev. Edward Repton, Mr. J. Burclsr. Rev. George
Ropton, Dr. Southwood Smith, Rev. H. Mckenzie, Rev.
W. Tennant, &c. Among those iu the vicinity of the
chairman were Messrs. W. Mackenzie, contractor for
the works; John Bates, town-clerk of Belfast; F. W.
Mount, &c.
After the usual loyal toasts, the CHAIRMAN proposed
the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, which was ac-
knowledged by the Rev. E. JENNINGS.
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The health of the Earl of
Carlisle," in honour of whom he henceforth called the
street which should be erected on the site where they
then sat—Carlisle-place.
The Earl of CARLISLE said that it had been a real
pleasure to him to attend the completing and crowning
ceremony of opening Victoria-street. Nobody could
tell so well as the chairman on this occasion, or the
Noble Lord himself—perhaps he might also include the
official gentlemen of the Woods and Forests—the diffi-
culties and perplexities which had gathered round the
early fortunes of the undertaking. They had, however,
been successfully encountered, and he now trusted that
the work might prove as profitable as it was honourable
toits spirited projectors. The area down which the
procession had that morning moved was formerly in-
fested with the worst holes of filthiness and impu-
rity; henceforth be hoped its noble frontage was des-
tined to be the abode of industry, comfort, refine-
ment, education, charity, and piety.—(Hear, hear.)
He sincerely hoped that the contrast which would be
thus exhibited, which was now witnessed, and which
would be still more apparent henceforth, would not
only be an indication of the purposes of the projec-
tors of the road, but might also be held as an emblem of
that still higher transformation which ho hoped, during
the lives of most of those present, would transform the
face of the whole metropolis—which would free it of all
the defilements by which it was at present disgraced.
and substitute the necessary appurtenances to public
health, comfort, and decency.—(llear, hear.) The feel-
ing of hearty good-will which he (the Noble Lord) felt
to this undertaking, ho hoped the meeting would allow
him to embody in the toast " Success to Victoria-
street," and with the toast he would couple the name of
their indefatigable and conscientious chairman (Sir E.
Pearson)—(Great applause.)
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Clergy of West-
minster," and in giving the toast ho alluded to the be-
nefit which would accrue to the poor of the district
from the construction of the road. They had, it was
true, destroyed dwellings and displaced occupiers, who
were obliged to withdraw to other districts, and to live
in houses for which they paid far too much, merely
because there was not sufficient accommodation for their
population. But to provide a remedy had occupied
much of the attention of the Commissioners. Many
plans had been proposed, but the want of public encou-
ragement had prevented their accomplishment. The
subject, however, could not be neglected, and he now
hoped that with the aid of the public they would soon
be able to erect lodging-houses for the accommodation.
of poor families which should meet the requirements of
the case, and which would yet prove remunerating as a
commercial enterprise. There would be no feeling on
the part of the occupants of these houses that they were
receiving eleemosynary aid.—(Hear, hear.) The new,
street would give light, health, air, and a wholesome
soil—inestimable benefits to a large and laborious popu-
lation.
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of the Earl of
Shaftesbury," and as an indication of the high esteem in
which the Improvement Commissioners held his perso-
nal virtues and piety, he would henceforth name the
street—in which a church, which was shortly to be
erected, should bethe placed—" Ashley-street.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY congratulated
Com-
missioners on the success which had attended their
efforts. The Noble Lord alluded to the inroads which
were made by such improvements upon the dwellings of
the lowest portion of the inhabitants, which he com-
pared to channels cut for admitting currents of air; but
it was necessary that they should make provision for
those who were displaced. The hardships suffered by
many of these unfortunates in removing were such
that he most earnestly prayed he might never
see such misery again. His Lordship hoped
that they might go on in the career of
improvement and extend the arrangements which were
now made. How beneficial were some of the arrange-
ments now made for the London poor he would show by
instancing the success of the boys employed in blacking
shoes in the streets.
.These boys brought home upwards
of 261. a week, one-third of which was devoted to liqui-
date expenses, one-third was placed in the savings bank,
and the remaining third was given to the boys them-
selves. One of these little shoeblacks had saved so much
money in this manner since the month of May that be
was enabled to determine upon removing to Australia.
The boys were improved financially and socially by be-
coming industrious members of society.—(Hear.)
.The CHAIRMAN gave " Sir R. Inglis and the Metro-
politan Improvement Commissioners," " The Rev. Mr.
Repton and the Clergy of Westminster," " Mr. Carter
Wood and the Governors of the Chartered Schools of
Westminster," and " Mr. Trollope and the Chairman
and Committee of Vestries of the parishes of St. Mar-
garet's and St. John's, Westminster.
The dejeuner, including the wines, was provided by
the managers of the Freemasons Tavern, Great Queen-
street.

Price.

Price

X s. d. £ s. d.
Albion ••••-•• • • •• • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86
Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 148.:6d.b5. 100 0 0 11 0 0 21%
Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 01 25 0 0 37%
Atlas 135.6 d. 50 0 0 1 510 0 17%
Argus Life .. •• •• 41. per cent. 100 9 0 1 0 0 -
British Commercial - 75. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6%
Clericl,Med.fis Gen. Life spr et.& los. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25
41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 84
145. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15
Eagle ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 636
Eqity and Law .... • • 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 4%
European Life ••• • • lOs. 20 0 0 All paid. 12
General --- - - - - - 5 0 0 5%
Globe • •• •• • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 133%
Guardian •• •• • • 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 54%
imperial Life •• -•• 121. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 245
Imperial Fire •••• •• • • 12s. 500 0 0 10 0 0 18%
Indemnity Marine•• •• 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 50%
Law Fire . .......... - 100 0 0 10 0 I 46
Law Life............ 11.16 e. 100 0 0 2 10 0 3
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 4%
London Fire •• •• •• .. 105. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 19
London Ship ........ 105. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 19
Marine .. ••••••• •• .. 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 16
Med. Invild &Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2%
Monarch •• • • ........ - 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 ; 2 10 0 2%
Palladium Life ..... .• • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 , 2 0 0 -
Ph )nix 3/. p. sh. & bs. - - 156
Professional Life....... 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 172.6 d
Provident Life •• -•• • • 11. Os. &los. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30
Pock Life-. ...... ss. 5 0 0 , 010 0 634
Royal Exchange).- ~. 6/. p.ct. & bs. Stock. - 221
Sun Fire . - - 209
Ditto Life . 1/. 6s. - - 48
United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct.&bs. 20 0 0 40 0 1 4
Universal Life........ 10% ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Victoria Life.. 51. per cnt. - 1412 6 534
WATEB-1:17072.1E5.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ a. d.
East London-- •••• •• . 81. per cent. 100 0 0 - 151
Grand Junction -.• •• , 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 69
Kent........ •••• •• .. 1 41. per cut. 100 0 0 - 82
Lamboth .......• •• .. i 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - 97
Now Itivr Lnd n Brdge 4/. Os. - - 57%
Vauxhall'.. •......... 5/. per ant. 100 0 0 - 97
West Middlesex . . • 61.05. pr cut. - - 108
DOCIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--.--- -
-
£ s. d. £ 5. d.
Commercial .....•
„.. 4/. pr cent. Stock. - 84
East and West Ind; a ... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 141%
East Country - -
London .... , ~...
.. 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 112
Ditto Bonds... ... .. 41. per cent. - - -
St. Katharine .........336 per cent. Stock. - 78
Ditto 80nd5........ 14361. pr cent. - - -
Southampton .. .. -• • 121. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1734
BRIDGES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--- - - -
X. s. d. Z. 5. d.
Hungerford- ........ - - - 15
Southvak - ........ - 100 0 0 - -
Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 703. per cent., 50 0 0 - 16
Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 - 3
Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 21. Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 25
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 21.25. 04. - 40 0 0 -
Vauxhall .... ••• Av. 21. 70 10 3 - 18
CAN.B.I.S.
4 .
' .
Names of ..) , I Dividend Names of „„
Companies. A per I Price' t Dividend
Companies. 2, Annum. Price.
e Annum.;
I - --•
£ 1
.£ \
Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 140 Macclesfield. 100' 21. 10s. 50
Barnsley.• •• 160 - _ Neatk .•• • • • 100 161. -
Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 15'. 135
Birmingham 40 41. 92 Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70
Coventry-- 100 251. 200 Regent's -.• 33 11. 3s. 19
Derby ••• • • 1001 61. 63 Rochdale.... S 5, 41. 42
Ellsmre&Chs 133 355. 267 Somrset Coal 150' 71.105. -
Grandlunetn 100 3i.pr.ct. 59 Do.LkFdSt 12 61. p. c. -
Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 6/. pr. ct. 11 Stffrel &Wore 140 281. 405
Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 3234 Shrewsbury.. 125 - -
Grand Ifulon 100 11. lOs. 24 Stonrbridge.. 145 201. 290
Kennt& ANIL 39 48. Od. 434 Severn and 21.03. 24
Lancaster . 100, 4/. - Wye Rail. (26
Leeds&Livrp 100 201. 405 Warwick&
Leicester .... 100, 51. 66 Binning. J 100 41" 40
Leicstr&Nth 831 41. 44% WarwickBsl
Loughborogh 142: 701. 510 Napton.. 100 N. 28
Monmouthsh, 100, - - Worcstr 81 78 31. 4034
Mntgomryshi 1001 - - Firming.
MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -, 11S. 6d. 718

GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X. s. d. Z. s. d.
British •• ••••.. • • • • ll. 40 0 0 18 0 0 -
Ditto Provincial •• •• 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18%
Brighton ••••..• • • • .• at. so 0 0 - -
City of London 6l. 160 0 0 150 0 0 120
Continental Consolidat 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 -
Equitable .• •.•• .. •• l5OO. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ; 27
Imperial •• ...... •-• 3/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 69
Independent ........• 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 ' 46
London• • ...... •. .. _ 50 0 0 50 0 0 -.
- 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 ; -
Phconia . .......... ,• 41. 50 0 0 49 0 0.1 2734
Ratcliff ..... ....., 5l. 100 0 0 90 0 0 ' -
United General ll. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1534
Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 4534
Ditto, New l2s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9
LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
Z s. d. Z s. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200
7aledonian Bank
City of Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11%
Clydesdale Bank •••••• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13
Commercial Bank .• .• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 172
Eastern Bank •• •• •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 91.105.
Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 434
Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 9
National Bank 635 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 ' 151
Northof Scotlandßank 51. percent. 20 0 0 210 0 2/.lBs.
Royalßank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135
Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 82
Western Bank •••• • • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Alliance Fire and Life 4341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2134
British Guarantee
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2334
City of Glasgow Life 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 12s
Colonial Life
Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21U
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. percent. 50 0 0 217 6 3
Life A.ssoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 31. 158
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 249.0 d
North British Insur Si. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 27
licottishUnionlnsrnce. 6341. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 249.6 d
Standard Lift •••• .. • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 12
United Dep.Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 'l7s 6d
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share,
..........••••••• .....•••=l..
X. s. d. Z. s. d.
Assam Tea ••.. •• .... - 20 0 0 20 0 0 8
Auction Mart ••••• • .• 2/, ss. 50 0 0 - 2634
Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15
Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 20
inglo-Mexican Mint ll. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 25
Ditto, Half Shares - - 210 0 -
British American Land - - 38 10 0 -
Canada ... •• .. •• •. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 49
Do. 5 per cent 'Bonds - - - 95%
17ppr Canada Bonds 61. per"cent. - - 105
City Navigation Bonds 3i per cent. - - 96
Gen. Revers.& Invest. sp. c.lcbs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 93
Equitable Reversienry 5 p.c.&bs.s/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 109%
Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
Geß.SteamNavigation 10 p. ct.& bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2734
205
Hudson's Bay ......•• - Stock.
100 0 0 47 -
Hungerford .......... 21. ss. -
London Institution - - 78 15 0 7
New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New ... ..... - 25 0 0 12 10 0 -
-
Russell Institution - - 26 5 0
Peninslr&Orient.Stm Bl.per cont. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 68%
Reversionary Int. Soc 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 10034
Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0' 60 0 0 7834
South Australian ..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 25_ 0
0 00 23341
Van Diemen's Land.. - 100 0 0 22

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