The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-07 00:00:00

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-MONDAY.

To-day being the calling over day, and the last for meet-
ing previous to the great event on the Rhodee, our rooms
were full to overflowing, but nothing being supported with
any spirit but the first four favourites, there was not that
amount of speculation that might have been anticipated.
There was always money for any of them if any slight
advance was offered. Anything done on the others was
but to small amounts, and more indicative on the part of
the layers of getting a little out of them at any price.
Closing prices :

CHESTER CUP.
sto 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken)
6to 1 agst Man-at-Arms (taken)
6to 1 agst Wallace (taken)
13 to 2 agst Ben Webster (taken)
20 to 1 agst Flirtation (offered)
20 to 1 agst Herne (taken)
25 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken)
25 to 1 agst First Lord (offered—take 30).
25 to 1 agst Predictor (offered)
30 to 1 agst Millionaire (offered)
33 to 1 agst Optimist (taken and offered)
60 to 1 agst Satellite (taken)
60 to 1 agst Horace (taken)
50 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken)
100 to 1 agst West End (taken)
200 to 18 agst the three-year-olds (taken)
sto 2 agst Chere. Amie and Man-at-Arms coupled
(taken)

THE DERBY.
7to 2 agst Dundee (offered)

14 to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken)
20 to 1 agst Imans (taken)

SALE AT THE EAST INDIA HOUSE.

Yesterday there was a giant sale by auction of
furniture, fittings, and thousands of other articles
at the East India House, as a preliminary to the
sale on a future day of the huge building itself.
From an early hour in the morning the spacious
rooms in which the business of " the depart-
ments" was carried on prior to her Majesty's
Government taking possession of the East India
direction and transferring it to the hotel in
Victoria-street, and the spacious theatre in which,
in past times .glowing eulogia were pronounced
upon distinguished Indian Goverbors and con-
querors, and where the grievances of unfortunate
Rajahs were discussed, were filled with Hebrew
gentlemen and others, who eagerly scrutinized
all the articles arranged for their inspection, with a
view to securing good bargains. Mr. Thomas Fox
was the auctioneer, and in the discharge of his duties
he made some pertinent remarks on the antiquity of
the articles which he was offering for competition
and the useful purposes they had served in their
generation. The rostrum was transferred from room
to room as necessity required, and in each new cham-
ber which was visited new interesting articles were
exhibited for sale, in nearly every case meeting with
ready buyers and good prices. Several hours having
been spent in this way, further proceedings
were adjourned until this morning, when the sale
will be continued, terminating on Thursday even-
ing, so that at the close of the present week all that
will be left of the once thriving and populous esta-
blishment in Leadenhall-street will be the walls of
the deserted house. At present it is impossible to
guess what will be the fate of the old house itself.
In the course of a week or two it will be knocked
down to the highest bidder, who will be able to
apply it to the extension of Leadenhall Market
(which has been suggested as probable), to convert
it into a railway station, chambers, offices, or any-
thing else he pleases. The East India-house was
built in 1726, and the present portico was added to
it in 1797 from the designs of Mr. Jupp, the com-
pany's surveyor.

.DEATH OF A SURGEON FROM DRUNKENNESS.

On Friday evening- last an inquest was held at
Cosham, near Portsmouth, on the body of Mr. Thos.
Charles Marrett, a surgeon. The deceased had, it
appeared from the evidence, of late been addicted
to drinking. On Wednesday last he was sent for
to attend a person named Humphreys. While there
he asked for some brandy, which was supplied to him.
John Fades, horse keeper to Mr. Wheeler, con-
tractor for the Holsea defences, deposed as follows :
—On Wednesday afternoon about two o'clock I was
sont for to go to Mr. Wheeler's office by my wife.
Deceased had been sent for to attend Edward Hum-
phreys, who was ill. I went into the office on the
basement. No one was there, and I went up stairs
and found Mr. Marrett and Mr. Humphreys. Mr.
Marrett was kneeling beside the bed which was
there. He had one hand on Mr. Humphreys and
the other on the bed. When my wife came to me
she told me to go to Mr. Humphreys, as Mr. Mar-
rett was there tipsy. Mr. Humphreys told me
that he had been there about half an hour. I went
and tried to lift him up, but I could not. His eyes
were closed. I took hold of his hand and took him
away from Mr. Humphreys. He did not speak at
all ; he was tipsy and insensible. Mr. Humphreys
told me that the deceased had drunk a pint and a
quarter of brandy ; he also stated that he had drunk
it out of a half-,int glass. The bottle and glass
now produced are the same which I saw in the room.
The bottle was empty ; there was a small quantity
of brandy in the glass. Mr. Humphreys said that
the doctor gave him a powder, and then asked him
if he had any brandy in the house ? Humphreys
said " Yes," and told deceased where to get it,
which he did. He gave Humphreys half a wine-
glassful of brandy. He then looked out of the
window and saw his wife coming, and said
-- wife coming ; I must put the
or else she will say I have been
b"oititleere'aswmayy
drinking." He then put the bottle and glass under
the bed, and his wife came upstairs to him. She
asked him if he was going home, and he said, " Yes,
presently." She then went down stairs. Nn el.eu
took the bottle up and dranlr tL. orandy from a
half-pint tumbl.r. me drank it off without stop-
pine. After he had done he fell on the floor in the
position I found him. This is what Humphreys
told me in answer to lily inquiry as to what had
taken place. I got assistance, and we removed him
to the stable. He was then alive, but not sensible.
We put him into his gig and were going to remove
him to his home, but his wife, who was there, said
"No ; take him to the stable ; I don't want every-
body to see him." I wanted to send for a doctor,
but deceased's wife said "No ; I have seen him in
the same condition before." We laid him on his
back in the stable. His eyes continued to be shut.
He was frothing from the mouth, and his hands
were discoloured. I saw him every half hour while
he remained in the stable. He was groaning very
much. At eight o'clock tale doctor was sent for, and
he directed him to be brought home. I and four
others brought him home in a hand-cart. He was
still quite insensible. When we got him home he
was taken into the kitchen and laid on the floor.
Mr. Jessett gave deceased a draught at the stables,
and also at his own house. He was kept in the
kitchen about an hour and a half, and he was then
removed upstairs. He was sensible once upstairs,
and once downstairs. Downstairs he wished a
neighbour (Mr. Clark) good night, and shook bands
with him. He was still lying on the floor. 1v
upstairs his wife caste into the room, and spoke to
me, and he said, " Jessie, I know you ; Iknow your
voice." He died about twelve o'clock.
Other corroborative evidence was given, and the
jury returned a verdict to the effect that the de-
ceased died from congestion of the brain
induced by
taking a large quantity of alcohol, viz., a pint and
a quarten of brandy.

A t
Lloyds
yesterday the war risk on American
vessels eonsideratly, in one exceptional case only
varied
followingo
15s. having been paid, while the general rate was about £2.
e Thecom Councile
Society have resolved
to m
gaelntlemen for election at the
ensuing annual meeting for the election of fellows :—C. S.
Bate, Esq.; H. Debus, Esq. ; C. De Morgan, Esq. ; T. A.
recommend the of the Royal
Hirst, Esq. ; A, Matthiessen, Esq. ; J. C. Maxwell, Esq. ;
F. Muller, Esq. ; Iv.
Newniarch, Esq. ; E. A. Parkes,
M.D. ; W. Pole, Esq. ; P. L. Sclater, Esq.; C. F. A. Shad-
well, Capt., R.N. ; H. J. S. Smith, Esq. ; W. Stokes, M.D. ;
G. J. Stoney, Esq. The total number of candidates thin
Yox i 4 fcrty-eight,

ALLEGED IMPROPER LTNDUVENTS

AT ASII2ON.

An inquiry was opened at the Town Hall, Ash-
ton, yesterday, before Dr. Holland, appointed by
the Home Secretary, to investigate certain allega-
tions which have latterly been made of gross
irregularities in the parochial burial grounds and
particularly in that attached to the parish church,
and in the ground belonging to the cemetery, in
Stalybridge Road. The order of July 1, 1855, it
seems, provides " that only one body is to be buried
in each grave in the new cemetery, and no burials
to take place without a covering of earth 4 feet
in depth, at the least, measuring from the upper
surface of the coffin." The parish churchyard had
been closed from the Ist of October, 1855 ; and by an
order dated the 13th November, 1858, the incumbent
and churchwardens were required to adopt the fol-
lowing measure as to the cemetery :—" That the said
cemetery be effectually drained, so that water
may not accumulate in any grave." The allega-
tions were that these orders had been systematically
set at defiance.—Mr. Hugh Mason, ex-mayor of
Ashton, who attended in support of the allegations,
said this inquiry had been promoted by the Town
Council, but he was also there in his individual
character to make certain statements.—A long dis-
cus
be made backed by the authority
etuh ion a
charges
se
should
took place, the question being whether
of the Town Council or by an individual.—The Rev.
Mr. Parkes, the Rev. Mr. Radley, Mr. Alderman G.
Heginbottom,Mr. Mel lor, Dr. Lees, and ot her gentle-
men, not wishing to submit to the Town Council the
question in dispute, Mr. Railley said he required
that the statements should be taken in the name
of Mr. Mason.—Mr. Mason agreed to this course.
—Mr. Mason then read a statement containing the
allegations referred to. He asserted that four cot
fins had been put into one grave in the cemetery
during the last twelve months; that in other graves
the covering of earth was not more than three feet,
or three feet two inches in depth ; that coffins had
been placed in actual contact, or that only one
inch of soil lay between them ; that the cemetery
had not been effectually drained, water having
been lifted out of the graves, and coffins having
been seen floating ' • that graves had been kept
open until four or five coffins had been put in,
covered with boards, and not filled up with earth
until the last coffin was put in ; that in Janu-
ary last, Thomas Moss was buried in a com-
mon grave in the parish churchyard, and that
a coffin was taken out of the grave belonging to
another person, and removed elsewhere; also that
Moss's coffin was not at a sufficient depth. Mr.
Mason said he was prepared to prove the strict truth
of these charges ; but his witnesses were poor men
and ought not to be brought forward. The Rev.
Mr. Parkes said he denied the general statement
of Mr. Mason. Mr. Mason then demanded a per-
sonal investigation. It was denied that the allega-
tions as to Moss's grave were true ' • but it was ad-
mitted that the cemetery had only been partially
drained. It was also admitted that the late
sexton, Thomas Newton, had acted in an
irregular manner; but it was urged that since
the present sexton had become acquainted with
the orders in council, no irregularities had occurred.
Mr. Mason, in reply, said the orders had been
grossly violated since Thomas Newton had been
discharged. Samuel Lomas, the sexton, in
answer to Dr. Holland, admitted that there might
be coffins in the cemetery something like four feet
from the surface ; but he was certain not one
within three ifeet. No coffins were put within an
inch of each other; there was the depth of a spade be-
tween them. Mr. Mason asked Lomas if, on a
rough Saturday, there were coffins put in a grave
and boarded over, and put in actual contact ?
Mr. Lomas denied that they were put in contact.
—Mr. Mason : I say they were. I will bring a
man who was at the funeral and saw it.—Dr. Hol-
land then asked as to the coffins seen floating.
Several persons present exclaimed, " It is not true."
Mr. Mason: hay it is the strict truth.—Dr. Holland
then put the question as to graves being left open
four and five days.—Lomas : It is not true.—Mr.
Mason : I say it has been done. I wish to ask Mr.
Lomas, on his solemn oath, if graves had not been
filled up atter several coffins had been put in ?
Mr. Lomas said he gave orders for the grave diggers
to fill them up; and Mr. Parkes explained that the
ground sank.—After a long and angry discussion,
Mr. Mason called Mr. William Wood, a town
missionary, who proved that he had assisted
Mr. Lomas to put two coffins upon each other
without any soil between them in a grave in the
cemetery yard. Witness acknowledged the day
was a very rough one, and that they were glad to
get the coffin anywhere.—Dr. Holland and a
great part of the audience then proceeded to
the cemetery, and the ground was probbed. It
was quite evident that this had been previously
done, as there were numerous holes, and a great
deal of indignation was expressed by the Church
party. One place was probed, and it was admit-
ted on all hands that there was a coffin 3ft. 41in.
from the surface. Dr. Holland and Mr. Mason then
took a coach for the purpose of examining the latter
gentleman's witness, Wm. Bradbury, an inmate of
the workhouse. Bradbury said: I have dug graves
at the cemetery this year. I have assisted to put four
coffins in: one grave. There would be 12in. or 2in.
between the coffins. I recollect digging a grave,
and when one coffin was put in the grave was not
filled up. The coffin was just covered, and it was
left until the grave was filled:up. Until abouttwo
er three months ago it was the custom to cover
gra7es with planks and leave them until they wee.
filled up. When the fourth coffin was put into the
grave, it would be rather better than two feet from
the surface. I have seen water in a grave, and had
to ladle it out. I dug a part of Moss's grave. We
found a very big coffin in the grave, about a foot
from the top. The coffin was put in the next
grave. It was dark. It was not taken out of the
grave, but the wall of the next grave was cut down
to a level, and it was pushed into the other grave.
Lomas helped to shift it. Dr. Holland having re-
ceived a good character of the witness from 'the
Governor of the Workhouse, closed his inquiries,
and will make his report to the Secretary of State.

DEATH OF SIR GEORGE JACKSON, K.C.H.—One
of the oldest diplomatic servants of the Crown, in the per-
son of Sir George Jackson, died on Thursday last, at Bou-
logne. The late Sir George, who was son of the Rev. Dr.
Jackson, canon of St. Paul's, accompanied his brother, Mr.
Francis J. Jackson, to Paris, it being the first mission to
France after the French Revolution. He was attached to
7 h that e
was country
the mission to Berlin from October, 1802, to 1806, and
the on
latter a
special
e r
missionn 180 to
atw a sthe afterwards
end o; h
ap-
pointed Secretary of Legation and Charg6 d'Affaires, but
returned home in consequence of the peace of Tilsit,
having in the meantime been selected to bring home the
treaty of peace with Prussia, and subsequendy the account
of the surrender of Copenhagen to the King's forces. In
October, 1808, ho was appointed Secretary to the spe-
cial mission to Spain, and was ordered home in the
succeeding year in order to repair in the same capacity to
the United States, but did not go, in consequence of the
suspension of diplomatic relo;.us between the two coun-
tries. Early in the spring of 1813 he was appointed
Secretar:, ,f Legation and Charge d'Affaires at Berlin,
.ua remained with the army and at Berlin till after
the Battle of Waterloo. In 1816 he was appointed Secre-
tary to the Embassy at St. Petersburg. While at Berlin
he attested the marriage of the late King of Hanover, then
Duke of Cumberland. In 1822 he was sent on special ser-
vice to Madrid, and in April the following year was ap-
pointed Commissioner at Washington, under the Ist Article
of the Treaty of Ghent, which appointment he filled till
1827. The late Sir George was appointed Commissary
Judge at Sierra Leone in January, 1828; at Rio Janeiro,
in July, 1832 ; at Surianam, in August, 1841;sernv%::
Loanda, in December, 1845. For his diplomatico Royali
he was, in 1832, made a Knight Commanderll f the
Hanoverian Guelphic Order, by WiniamAt
the Dorset
A DORSETSIIIRE COTTAGE.
County Petty Sessions,
held at Dorchester on Saturday,
inoigne, near Weymouth,
April 20, Jessie Phillips, of er
Ow Dir. Thomas Maste for
refusing summoned by his employer, _
refusing to fulfil his agr
oewent. it appeared that defendant
had made a yearly agrceTn 5t for Bs, a week, potato ground,
house and garden, and heat at s, per bushel ; but when
refused
he saw the hou.,, to enter it, took away his
goods, and bad not been there since. Defendant said the
not tenantable • the water came up to the doors.
Iris wife had only been confined a month; he was agreeable
to go if he had a good cottage, but this was a disgrace to
put a man into. Joseph Hall, a waggoner, said the front
door was only three feet from the sea. He could not call it
a cottage at all; it was merely a hole dug in the cliff; it
had one room upstairs, and one down, and it was not plas-
tered, He was a farmer himself, and his cows had a better
stall. He had seen the sea fly all over it. Plaintiff said
the place, though not a very good cottage, was certainly
tenantable; it was stone built, thatched, and well play.tered and whitewashed. Defendant said a gentleman far-
pier would not put his hackney horse in there. The case
was adjourned till the Bench should make further in-
quiries. At the petty sessions of May, Mr. "Williams, the
presiding magistrate, read a letter from the surveyor who
had been appointed by the Bench to examine the cottage,
stating that he found the cottage in a dilapidated state, and
scarcely tenantable. The Bench decided that the cottage
was not fit for habitation, and held that the contract was
void.

Tenders have been invited for a Now Zealand
loan of £150,000 with interest at 6 per cent. from the let of
July, redeemable in 30 years. The adjudication is to be
made at the Union Bank of Australia on the 20th inst.
The instalments are to consist of 10 per cent. at the time
of contract, 20 per cent. respectively on the 20th of July
and the 20th of August, 25 per cent. on the 20t.h of Sep•
teraber, auci the kala4eo on thv 21. et of October.,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS7YEsTEnDAy,

The LOAD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

ROMAN CATHOLIC PAUPERS.

The Marquis of NORMANBY presented petitions in
favour of the better education and care of Roman Catholic
pauper children in workhouses.
The Earl of DERBY presented similar petitions.
Lord LLANOVER also prek ented similar petitions.
PRIVATE BUSINESS. _ _ .

The Wrexham and Minera Railway, Universal Plicate
Telegraph Company, Neath Water, and Elton and Black-
burn Roads Bills were read a second time.
Tho following bills were read a third time and passed :
Caledonian Railway (Cleland Branches); Dumfries, Loch-
maben, and LockerbyJunction Railway; Caledonian Railway
(Stonehouse branches), Caledonian Railway (Rutherglen
anti Coatbridge branches); Caledonian and Symington, Big-
gar, and Broughton Railway Companies, Blane Valley Rail-
way; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway ; Dunblane,
Doune, and Calendar Railway; Kinross-shire Railway,
Rhymney Railway (additional capital), Glasgow and Mil-
nagarvie Junction Railway, Stratford-upon-Avon Rail-
way, Garston and Liverpool Railway, Kingston-upon-
Thames and Leatherhead Roads, Alva Railway, Romney
Railway, Staffordshire Potteries Water, and Great Western
Railway (capital) bills.

THE SUEZ CANAL.
The Earl of CARNARVON moved for copies and cor-
respondence between the Government and the Consul-
General of Egypt, and any other communications that have
passed between her Majesty's Government and the Govern-
ments of Turkey and France relative to the Suez
Canal. The noble lord Bald he thought the con.
struction of such a canal was of very great importance
to this country both politically
and commercially, but that
it was full of difficulties of an almost insurmountable
nature, and that being so, it was to be regretted
that money was to be embarked in the undertaking.
But as there were political considerations mixed up with
this work, he thought it was the duty of the Government
to give all the explanations in their power to show the
policy they have pursued, as the canal was being prosecuted
with vigour by M. Lesseps and a foreign company under
powers granted to him by the Viceroy of Egypt, and he
wished the Government to inform their lordships of the
steps they had taken in the matter. M. Lesseps had per-
suaded the Viceroy to become responsible to an enormous
amount, not only during his own life, but that of his suc-
cessors, and in fact so securely fixed the Pacha that M.
Lesseps held, he might say, the government of Egypt. The
French Government was most interested in the question,
and though he did not wish in any way to obstruct the ex-
tension of the commerce of France, he thought it
was of the greatest importance that she should not,
unless in a fair and legitimate manner, take such
steps as to prejudice the neutrality of Egypt. He
thought the object of the company in executing the work
appeared clear and unmistakable ; its great object
seemed to be to identify every act of. their own with the
French Government at home. He sincerely hoped the
Government would not mix itself up with a bankrupt com-
pany or attempt to vamp up a mercantile failure, for a more
gross or delusive bubble was never launched upon the sea
of commerce.

Lord WODEHOUSE replied that it would be very inju-
rious to the public service to publish the correspondence
for which the noble earl asked ; but ho could assure him
that there was not the least discord in the Cabinet upon
this important question, nor had their policy in any way
changed. He believed with the noble earl, that the project
was in itself impracticable ; but still there were considera-
tions which rendered it necessary that it should be watched
with the greatest care, as her Majesty's Government felt
they were bound to carry out the engagements into which
they entered in 1856 for the maintenance of the Ottoman
Empire, and also the engagements of 1811 with respect to
the Pasha of Egypt. The history of the undertaking was
this. In 15.51 M. Lesseps obtained from the Viceroy of
Egypt a concession for this canal, but, as had been stated
by the noble earl, that concession had never been confirmed
by the Porte, which would not be given unless the security
of the Ottoman empire was guaranteed. There was, too, a
great objection to the system of forced labour, which was
contrary to law ; and with respect to the alienation of land,
spoken of by the noble earl, there was no doubt greatdanger
arising from keeping upon it a compact body of foreigners,
who might on an emergency prove themselves an army,
and cut off our communications withthe east. But although
M. Lesseps had actually commenced his scheme, there was
little likelihood of its ever being carried to a completion, for
as fast as a harbour was made at the Mediterranean extre-
mity of the Isthmus, the silt was so great as to imme-
diately choke it. Her Majesty's Government had never
hesitated to express to the French Government its opinion
upon the project, which he had hoped soon to see aban-
doned, on the grounds that the construction of the canal
would be dangerous to the peace of Europe.
The Earl of CARNARVON, satisfied with the state-
ment made on behalf of her Majesty's Government, then
withdrew his motion.
MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT.

Lord REDESDALE, in bringing up the report on this
bill, suggested that it was an indulgence to the Roman
Catholics. There ought to be a system of registration
fulepfed, t) prevent clandestinity.

The LORD CHANCELLOR considered that such mar-
tiag,es Were sufficiently gmardeil against by the bill. The
mPasure was not an indulgence to the Roman Catholics,
but a mere matter of justice to them.

Lord CHELMSFORD thought that, in order to prevent
abuse, there ought to be a registration of the marriages.
After some further conversation, it was agreed that the
bill should be recommitted on Friday next.

ROYAL ;iIARINE (EAST STONEHOITSE:DEVON.

SHIRE) BARRACKS BILL.

This bill was read a third time and passed, and their
lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY.
SvE.ui.Eit took the chair at four o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.
Captain JonNsoN took the oaths and his seat for Mont
gomery.

THE SPEAKER.

The SPEA.R.ER said, in reference t) his recent indis •
position, that it had been a matter of great regret and
annoyance to him that he should have been detained from
attending to his duties during the last two or three sittings
of the house. Ho trusted, however, now, through the
indulgence of hon. members, to be able to continue his
attendance without further interruption.