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on August 10, the son of a poulterer, aged eight ' hand where Gladding left it, and were until recently
weeks, choleraic diarrhoea (10 days), convulsions (8 subjected to the scoffs of many incredulous heirs ;
days). Marylebone; The Rectory.—At 12, Gray's- but the announcement of the finding of the will
buildings, on August 15, the daughter of a plas- silenced cavil, and drew together the largest multi-
terer, aged four months, choleraic diarrhoea (30 tude of the heirs that ever assembled. Mr. Ingra-
hours.) Pancras ; Regent's Park.—At 13, Little ham has no doubt whatever that the descendants of
Albany-street, North, on August 13, the wife of a Sarah Cowell can recover this enormous property,
carman, aged 32 hours, English cholera. Totten- which he estimates to be worth much more than
ham-court.—At 35, Howland-street, on August 11, $100,000,000—exclusive of theback-rents, for which
a needlewoman, aged 51 years, cholera. Gray's- it may not be worth the while to contend.
inn-lane.—At 2, Chad's-place, on August 11, the COPY OF THE RECORDS OF TIIE INGRAHAM FAMILY.
daughter of a carpenter, aged 10 weeks, choleraic The old and magnificent estate of Temple New-
diarrhoea (48 hours). In same sub-district, at 16, some, originally a preceptory of the Knight Tern-
Argyle street, on August 12, a gentleman, aged plars, was escheated to the Crown in the year of
about 70 years, choleraic diarrhoea, followed by re- 1312, and in the reign of Henry VIII. was given, to
active bilious fever. Camden-town.—At 19, the Earl of Lennox, the former occupants, Lords
Suffolk-street, on August 10, the son of a beershop d'Arcy and Meywell, to whom the estate had been
keeper, aged 7 months, chronic meningitis, choleraic granted by Edward 111., having been beheaded.
di:trrlicea. Islington ; \Vest. —At 11, ifundell- The grand3on of Lennox, " James First of Eng-
street, ou August 13, the daughter of a charwoman, land, gave the estate to the Stuarts, who sold it to
3 months, chokraic diarrhoea. East—At 15, Fre- Sir Arthur Ingrain or Ingraham. Sir Arthur was
derick-place, Orchard-street, on August 13, the son a cavalier, and only saved his head and estates by
of an excavator, aged 3 years, cholera (Asiatic). his connection with Lord Fairfax and the Earl of
Shoreditch ; 110xton Old-town.—At 13, Queen's- Manchester. At the Restoration his son was created
place, on August 8, the son of a horse-dealer, aged Viscount Irwin. This title died in 1778, when the
8 months, choleraic diarrhoea. Bermondsey ; property, after passing through several hands,
Leather-market—At 196, Bermondsey-street, on finally came to Hugo Charles Meywell, with the
August 10, a wharf labourer, aged 43 years, diar- condition that he should take the name of Ingram.
rhoea (eight days), cholera (24 hours.) Greenwich ; Temple Newsome is one of the most magnificent
St. Paul, Deptford.—At 60, Railway-grove, on houses in England.
August 17, the daughter of a railway platelayer,
aged 8 months, choleraic diarrhoea ; Wool-
wich Dockyard.—At 10, Parson's-hill, on
Aug. 17, the daughter of a tailor, aged 7 months,
English cholera (about a fortnight), convulsions.
The deaths of seven persons who were killed by
horses or carriages in the streets were registered.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 24 per
1,000 in London, 22 in Edinburgh, and 21 in Dub-
lin ; 17 in Bristol, 24 in Birmingham, 27 in
Liverpool, 26 in Manchester, 28 in Salford, 24 in
Sheffield, 29 in Leeds, 23 in Hull, 28 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 25 in Glasgow. The rate in
Vienna was 23 per 1,000 during the week ending
the 10th inst., when the mean temperature was 5.2
deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the same week in
London, where the rate was 22.
The fatality of summer diarrhoea usually reaches
its maximum about the end of July. London,
Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham are the
only large English towns in which the mortality has,
during the past few weeks, been raised to any con-
siderable extent by deaths from this disease. In
Manchester the greatest mortality occurred at the
end of July, bat has since declined ; in London,
Liverpool, and Birmingham it is, however, still
high, and the 200, 47, and 42 deaths from diarrhoea
respectively returned last weak in these towns give
annual rates in the proportion of 3.4 in London, 5
in Liverpool, and 6.4 in Birmingham, to 1,000 per-
sons living. This fatality from diarrhoea in Bir-
mingham is the more remarkable from the compa-
rative immunity from cholera and diarrhoea which
that town has usually enjoyed.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.789;n.
The barometrical reading decreased from 30.02 in.
on Sunday, Aug. 11, to 29.50 on Thursday, Aug.
15. The mean temperature of the air in the week
was 661. deg., which is 4.5 deg. above the average
of the same week in 50 years (as determined by
Mr. Glaisher.) The highest day temperature was
89 deg. on Wednesday, Aug. 14. The lowest night
temperature was 50.2 deg., on Sunday, Aug. 11.
The entire range of temperature in the week
was, therefore, 38.8 deg. The highest read-
ing of the thermometer in the sun was 147.1
deg. on Tuesday, August 13. The mean of the
highest temperatures of the water of the Thames
was 61.5 deg. ; that of the lowest was 62.6 deg.
The highest temperature of the water of the Thames
was 66, on Wednesday, the 14th of August.
The difference between the mean-dew point tem-
perature and air temperature was 8.4 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 75,
complete saturation being represented by 100.
The air was very dry in the early part of the week,
but on Thursday, the 15th of August, the degree of
humidity was 95. Rain fell to the amount of
0.77 in., of which 0.76iu. fell on Thursday, the 15th
of August ; during the early morning hours of this
day the rain was accompanied by thunder and light-
ning. The general direction of the wind was S.W.
London, according to the returns of the eight
companies, was supplied daily with 108,000,000
gallons, or 491,998 cubic metres of water, equal to
about as many tons by weight ; the supply is equal
to 35 gallons per head on the population.
A considerable quantity of this water, however,
was used for other than domestic purposes.

" A. D. SIDERA VULTUS."

COUNTRY MARKETS.

BRISTOL-TUESDAY.

The corn market to-day had a thin attendance, and there
was littlo or no demand for wheat, unless at a decline of is
on the prices of last week. Maize fully as dear. Barley
firm. Weather very unsettled.

THE INGRAHAM CLAIMS.

The following is an extract from a Portland
journal, dated July 25, 1867, and also a copy from

,he records of the Ingraham family:—

AN AMERICAN TITLE TO AN ENGLISH CITY--A BIT OF

ItO3IANCE.

About 200 representatives of the Ingraham fa

mily, from different States in the Union, met in
New York on Wednesday, to devise means to pro-
secute their claims against a large property in Eng-
land. The leading points of this claim we noticed

a short time ago. It was stated to be necessary to

raise $20,000 to secure the will of Joseph Cowell,
which, it is said, has been found in America, but
the location is not stated. Only $1,500 was sub-
scribed at the meeting, and the subscription is to
by resumed.
This remarkable claim to lands which were be-
queathed nearly 200 years ago, and on which an
opulent and busy city of 200,000 population has
been built, involves a love-story which might form
the thread of a readable romance. The daughter
of Joseph Wilson, a wealthy freeholder of proud
descent, married, without her father's approval,
Edward Cowell, a plebeian of Yorkshire, and the
young couple, renounced by Wilson, emigrated to
the American colonies, and cast their lot in Boston.
In 1680 Wilson died, without, however, relenting
toward his daughter, and when his last testament
was opened it appeared that he had given his pro-
perty, consisting of lands on the River Aire—about
six miles in length by three in width—to his grand-
daughter, Sarah Cowell, entailing it, however, to
the fourth generation. The will was sent to Sarah
Cowell lung before her marriage with Timothy In-
graham, and was banded down to her daughter ;
but the estate, being unsettled and yielding no
revenue, and being, moreover, entailed to the de-
scendants of heirs dwelling at a great distance, was
left in the hands of agents and almost wholly for-

gotten except by them.
At length a manufacturing town of considerable
importance rose on the Wilson lands, and a grand-
son of the devisor made an attempt to recover the
property, but he died on shipboard before reaching
England. The next effort was made in 1803 by
Capt.. Solomon Ingraham, a great-grandson of the
devisor. He was an East India captain, and sailed
with his wife from New York, taking all the papers
relating to the estate. These be intrusted to Mr.
Erskine, of London, then an eminent lawyer, but
afterwards Lord Chancellor of England. Captain
Ingraham having died at Madras, the papers were
retained by Erskine in London, nobody making
further inquiry touching the property until 1825,
when the Ingraham family learned that London
newspapers had contained advertisements seeking
the heirs. They then sent Isaac Smith to England
to look up the estate, which was then reported to be
worth more than .£lO,OOO a year. Ile learned that
the papers had been left by the first Lord Erskine
to his son and successor, then Minister to Belgium,
awl that they were locked up in London. There-
fore Smith returned unsuccessful to America.
No further effort was made until 1852, when
Gilbert It. Gladding, of Providence, and Columbus
Smith, of Vermont, the latter a lawyer, who had
been eminently successful in prosecuting American
claims to English estates, went to London and saw
the late Lord Erskine, to whom the papers had
fallen ; but Lord Erskine dallied with Messrs. Glad-
ding and Smith, until, their funds failing, they were
compelled to return to America. Mr. Gladding
pursued his researches, and, after scouring England
in vain, died in Providence in the full belief that
the will had been brought back to the United States,
and was somewhere to be found iu this country.
Mr. W. J. F. Ingraham and others took the task in