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CANTERBURY BALL.

In this country, as in many others, taverns were

business was increasing—but it was a gradual in-
crease, he admitted. One of the most prosperous
water companies in existence made slower progress
at first than this company had done. He believed
since these accounts were made up the increase had
been over £2OO.

for centuries conducted in a manner pernicious to

morals and scandalous to civilisation: So long ago
as in the days of Geoffrey Chaucer their abuses
were so flagrant as to incur the reprobation of
public writers, and we find the Father of English
Song denouncing them as the favourite haunts of
dissolute " young folke," who found delight in
"h a sard, riot, and grisly oathes." Shakspere describes
t hem as places which " unrestrained, loose compa-
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tfa tavern-keepersssthao teedahnoeu:r
shared the odium of their houses, anadsLionrdevAelray-
t:,street ; let it
age, the name of a publican was a proverb for all
that is most hateful." Towards the middle of the
last century a very perceptible improvement took
place, and there were established in London several
taverns conducted by intelligent and respectable
men in a style so unexceptionable as to command
the encomiums of Dr. Johnsen, who not only
honoured these places of entertainment with hi E
august patronage, but even went the length of
delaring that a tavern chair was the " throne of
human felicity." The number of these select
establishments, however, was c(.13 ieconsiderable ;
and the great majority of taverns were still, as of
old, mere tippling-houses, justly associated in the
estimation of the public with all that was frivolous
and disreputable. This state of things continued,
with litt'e mitigation, to a period so. modern
as to be " within the memory of living men ;"
but of late years there has been in this as in most
other social matters a marvellous change for the
better, and there are now plenty of taverns in
London conducted with so strict a sense of de-
corum, and with so diFgent and judicious a re-
gard to the rational recreation of the visitors,
as to deserve unqualified approbation. To this
result, so beneficial to the moral welfare of the
town, no one has contributed so signally and
conspicuously as Mr. Charles Morton, whose well-
known establishment in the Westminster-road af-
fords a striking instance of the complete success
and the salutary operation of the experiment for
converting a tavern from a place of mere sensual
gratification into one of intellectual enjoyment and
educational advancement. Mr. Morton has done
more than anv other person to redeem taverns and
" taverners" from the reproach to which both were
too long liable, and he presents in his own person
a notable example that a tavern-keeper may be not
only a sedulous host but also a man of refined tastes
and elegant sympathies, and therefore equally com-
petent to provide for the mental and cot poral com-
fort of his guests. In Canterlsury liall, which is a
building nf noble proportions and remarkable archi-
tectural beauty, choice selections from the WOl ks of
the b st . omposers, English and Italian, are nightly
performed with a skill, a precision, and an artistic
brilliancy of effect that would do credit to a regular
opera-house. Mr. F. Jonglimans presides with ad-
mirable efficiency over a well-trained orchestra, and
the artistes, both vocal and instrumental, fill their
various parts with equal zeal and ability. Among
the vocalists arc two whose accomplishments are so
distinguished as to merit particular notice. We
allude to Miss Russell, whose voice is a soprano of
pure tone and fine quality, and Mr. H Herbert, a
new singer, whose tenor is pure, flexible, and
melodious. The picture-gallery, the feature of
the establishment to which we would on the
present occasion more especially call attention,
has recently received some accessions which
materially enhance its value and interest.
Here Mademoiselle Rosa Bonheur's famous
chef-d'ceuvre, "The Horse Fair," was for months
exhibited to the delight of all beholders, and here
are now on view some excellent works by Con-
stable, Morland, Wilkie, Maclise, Ansdell, Bright,
Herbert, Sant, Colsbett, O'Neil, Grant, Hook.
Stone, Landseer, Frith, Ward, Knight, Creswick,
and other English painters, together with several
French pictures of high merit. The following aro
among the most noteworthy of the new additions
to the gallery :—" The Lobster-Catchers of the
Coast of Cornwall," by J. C. hook, a work which
attracted general attention at the Royal Academy
last year; " The Red Gown," by 11. M. Anthony,
exhibited at the Manchester Art-Treasures Exhi-
bition ; "The Cottage Door," by J. Linnell, a
charming scene of English rural life ; " The Young
Gleaners," by Verheyden, who painted " Coming
Events Cast their Shadows Before," in Mr. Morton's
collection ; " The Cook Turned Politician," by E.
Frere ; " The Foot Bath," a finished picture by
Schlesinger ; a scene from " Hamlet," representing
Ophelia and Gertrude, by the late Mr. Frank
Stone ; and " Pierre Buonaventart and Bianca Ca-
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Another PROPRIETOR inquired whether the pipes
had been affected by the frost this winter?
The CHAIRMAN replied that no casualty what-
ever had occurred. It had not been a severe winter
in Berlin. It was the opinion of the roost compe-
tent judges that the pipes were now hid at a depth
which secured them from all risk of that kind.
(Hear, hear.)
The resolatiln was then unanimously adopted.
Mr. J. C. Pickersgill and Mr. J. C. Sim were
unanimously se-elected directors ; and Mr. L.
Engstrom was again chosen one of the auditors.
A vote of thanks was passed to the directors for
their attention to the interests of the company, and
the ps_weedings terminated.

GREAT GALE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—A great gale has been raging here to-day,
the force of which from 2 p.m. till 2 5 p.m. was
greater than I have before registered—viz., 201 b.
pressure on the square foot. In this short time it
did considerable damage to my instruments, and to
show its violence I may also mention that I myself
was carried across the observatory by the wind,
and thrown with much violence against a wall.
The following record will be read with interest :

BAROMETER READINZIS
• Deg:.
17th. 12 20 a.ni 30.430
7 30 a.m 30.509
9 0 a.m 30.535
9 50 a.m 30.518
2 15 p.m 30.482
6 45 p m 30.482
10 0 p.m 30.510
.nth. 9 45 a.m 30.397
10 30 p.m 30.144
9th. 12 30 a.m 30.966

REDUCED TO SEA LEVEL. •
Deg.
19th. 230 a.m .. 99'967
9 0 a.m ..29.733
9 35 a.m 29•G99
12 45 p.m 29.510
2 0 p.m 99.459
2 35 p.m 29.153
4 15 pin 29.444
4 55 p.m 29.444
8 10 p.m 29.467

The barometer fell° 698 in the 24 hours following
9 45 a.m. of the 18th, and 0 953 inch (or nearly an
inch) in the 361 hours from the same time. The
minimum was reached at 4 15 p.m. of the 19th, at
which point the pressure remained above an hour,
and then slowly rose.

TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR.

Deg.
l7th. 12 20 a.m 30.7
7 30 a.m 32.6
Greatest cold.. _29.8
9 0 a.m 36 0
9 50 a.m 38.5
2 15 p.m 42.0
6 45 pan 39.2
10 0 p.m
LBth. 9 45 aaa 4391.551
Greatest cold 37.2
10 30 p.m 41.5
Greatest heat 46.0
.9th. 12 30 a.m 39.7

Deg
19th. 230 a.m 40.5
9 0 a.m 41.0
Greatest cold 30.8
9 35 a.m 43.3
12 45 p.m 43.2
2 0 p.m 34.6
2 35 p.m 37.7
3 15 p m .32.9
4 15 p.m 35.4
4 55 p.m 35.5
8 10 p.m 32.2
Greatest heat 43.5

WIND'S

h. 12 0 a.m by W
2 15 a.m became N
330 a.m „ NNE
420 a.m „ Nby NV
9 0 aan „ NNE
10 15 a.m „ N
2 45p.m „ N
3 0 a.m „ Nby W
420 a.m „ NW
720 *Jo „ NN W
10 0 „ NW
Noon „ W

cello," a picture reproducing a romantic incident
in Venice in the sixteenth century, painted by
Muller. Of historical pictures there are four, de-
scribing stages in the " Battle of Cape St. Vin-
cent," by Anderson ; and a grand representation
of the " Battle of Trafalgar," by W. J. Knell. A
colossal picture depicting the scene of one of the
great inundations in France, finely conceived and
as ably executed by the great French artist An-
tigua, occupies a large portion of one end of the
gallery. The whole collection is exceedingly cre-
ditable to the good taste and liberal enterpri,e of
Mr. Morton.

11E-ILTH OF LONDON LURING THE

WEEK.
(From the _Report of the Registrar-General.)
In the week that ended oti Saturday, Feb 18,
1,454 deaths were registered in London ; 757 were
the deaths of males and 597 of females. In the 10
years 1850-59 the average number of deaths in the
weeks corresponding with last week was 1,171;
but, as the deaths returned last week occurred in
an increased population, the average, to admit of
comparison, should be raised proportionably to the
increase—namely, to 1,288. It appears, therefore,
that the deaths of last week exceeded by 166 the
number which the average death-rate would have
produced. Smallpox proved fatal in 31 oases, while
scarlatina carried off 40 persons, and whooping-
cough 40. Diseases of the respiratory organs were
the cause of 415 deaths ; of these 250 were attri-
buted to bronchitis (which is still on the increase),
and 125 to pneumonia. The deaths referred to
phthisis (or consumption) were 165. Eight persons
died at 90 years and upwards, and among these
was a man residing in Goulaton-street, Whitechapel,
who, it is said, had attained the age of 101.
Last week the births of 950 boys and 930 girls,
in all 1,880 children, were registered in London.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1850 59
the average number was 1,706.
ex
an increase of impurity in some of the samples in
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consequence of the rain which fell
portion of the month, although the duringdepth
was not
very considerable. For the sake of
comparison the
composition of Loch Katrine
water given,
well in a locality
to-
gether with that of a surfuceears
ago.
where cholera prevailed some y
Total impurity Organicim-
per gallon. purity.
gra. or deg. gra. or dog.
0•0 0.0
alarge
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Dundas Thomson, F.R.S., during January, 6no. bt

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supply
Loch Katrine water,
to Glasgow . .... **********
.Isbeae
i
Well, Newton,
THAMES COMPANIES.
Chelsea ........
Grand junction
West Middlesex
Southwark
Lambeth
OTHER COMPAN I ES.
New ltiyer
East London .................... 1•SO
Bent
23•24 112
The table Is read thus —Loch Katrine water contains in the
n11011,2'11 degrees or prains of -foreign matter in solution, •8
degree or gralus are of vegetable or animal origin.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 30 237 in.
The highest barometrical reading occurred on Tues-
day, when it was 30 430 in. The mean tempera-
ture of the week was 33.5 deg., which is 4.7 deg.
below the average of the same week in 43 years (as
determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest tem-
perature in the week was 44 0 deg. on Saturday,
the lowest was 23.5 deg. on Tuesday. The mean
daily range was 12.0 deg. The mean dew•point
temperature was 28.5 deg., and the difference be-
tween this and the mean air temperature was 5.0
deg. The mean temperature of the water of the
Thames during the last five days of the week was
34.2 deg. The water on Tuesday was below the
freezing point. The mean degree of humidity was
81, complete saturation being represented by 100.
Snow fell on Monday and Thursday, and rain on.
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.

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4 1.76 49.6

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21.60
23110
20.80

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