The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-28 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG UST 28, 1850.

party might pass, protected from the weather, to their
carriages. The- road thence to the casqe is exceed-
ingly hilly, and at mzny points reminds one of
Devonshire. From it fine views of the surrounding
country are occasionally obtained, and glimpses of
cultivated fields and harvest labours appearing amidst
the deep woods. The wayside presents at first a very
rural countryfied aspect; a small village and an ex-
tensive quarry, the working of which has been dis-
continued for some time, being the principal objects.
Then the road passes under an old-fashioned arch-
way, flanked by battlemented walls, terminating at
either end in small turrets. Another equally old
fashioned archway, crowned by a pyramidal orna-
ment, is passed through, and then the road, turning
to the right by the obelisk, is carried forward to
the north front of the Castle. A few ornaments of
flowers and ever-greens decorated these archways,
and completed the preparations fur her Majesty's
reception.
At the time appointed for her Majesty's arrival the
platform was lined by a guard of honour belonging
to the 21 Dragoon Guards, under Ilia command of
Major French. A party of special constables also
were drawn up at the station and in front of the
Castle to preserve order. They were marshalled by
the county police, and arrayed in the f ivourite drab
of Yorkshire agriculturista. Such being the state
of matters at Castle Howard, a few words will suf-
fice to describe her Majesty's progress northward.
The royal party left Osborne this morning at eight
o'clock, proceeding by the South-Western R uilway,
and reached London about eleven. The departure
from Euston-square took place shortly before twelve
o'clock. At Wolverton her Majesty and suite partook
of refreshment; at Rugby the directors and principal
officers of the Midland Company took charge of the
special train, and conducted it in safety to Normaaton,
where the directors of the York, Neweastle, and
Berwick Company were waiting to receive the royal
party. Thence by York to Castle Howard the train
proceeded, reaching its destination shortly before six
o'clock.
As her Majesty alighted at the station, the band
of the 2d Dragoon Guards played the national
anthem, the guards of honour presented arms, and
the 'assembled spectators testified their loyalty by
loud cheers.
In fact, all along the route, notwithstanding the
unfavourable state of the weather, the Royal party
was most entlausiactically greeted.
Her Majesty and suite were received at the station.
by the Earl of Carlisle, and conducted at once to
some seven or eight carriages waiting to convey them
to the Castle. At the most convenient points along
the route the peasantry were collected to see the
Queen, who acknowledged very graciously their
simple-hearted demonstrations of loyalty. Arrived
at length at Castle Howard, whitheir they were ac-
companied by a mounted escort, the Royal party
were received at the,grand entrance by. the Countess
of Carlisle and other members of the family assem-
bled on an occasion which will long be remembered
by them with natural emotions of pride.

this, that the finest exhibition in the world is such a
one as we have now the pleasure to witness—the ex-
hibition of fair women's faces.—(Loud cheers and
laughter.) Ladies and gentlemen, I will no longer
detain you at present. The tea tables shall now be
removed, so lee to give you an opportunity of having
a dance beneath the bough.—(Laughter and cheers.)
I only hope that you will enjoy yourselves, and be
merry, and if there are any deficienciei in the ar-
rangements of this day, I hope you will be indulgent
and forgive them, and accept the will for the deed.
As practice makes perfect in this as in other matters,
I hope that on another occasion you will give me an
opportunity of remedying any deficts which may
now be apparent. And now, in a cup of tea (holding
a cup in his hand), I have the pleasure of drinking
your healths, as cordially as though it were a glass of
XX—(Laughter)—wishing prosperity to trade; and
better times to farmers.—(Cbeers.)
The pavilion was then cleared of its forms and
tables, and dancing immediately commenced, and en-
gaged in very enthusiastically by a large portion of
the company. After the "poetry of motion" had con
tinned to the accompaniment of "sweet sounds" for
about an hour, it eves temporarily interrupted by
Y. CRAWLEY, Esq. (Mayor of Hertford), who ad-
vanced and said :—Ladies and Gentlemen,—l have
been requested to seize this opportunity—and, though
I fear I am somewhat disturbing the order of the
proceedings, I hope you will cheerfully allow me, as
I have not been able to address you earlier in the
evening—to thank, on the part of the company pre-
sent, our boat, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, for his
kindness and hospitality on the present occasion. I
hoped I should have had the opportunity of doing so
before; but as Sir Edward suddenly made his escape
(to use a vulgar phrase), that opportunity was lost.
And now, therefore, on the part of the company, I
express our heartfelt thanks to him for his great
kindness in suffering us to inspect one of the finest
mansions in the country—a kindness which I, for one,
duly appreciate. On this occasion lam forcibly re-
minded of the lines—
" The stately homes of England,
How beautiful they stand ;
Amidst their tall ancestral trees,
O'er all the pleasant land."
lam not much in the habit of indulging in poetical
quotations, but these few lines struck me as so singu-
larly appropriate to the mansion of Sir Edward that
I shall be excused for quoting them.—(Cheers). It
was suggested to me that as I happen to hold an offi-
cial station in a neighbouring town it would not be
inappropriate if I were to express, on the part of the
company, our great *thanks to our illustrious host—
illustrious, indeed, he is, and his character casts a re-
flected honour on the county of Hertford. I, fur
one, have often luxuriated in his admirable writings,
&nth do feel that I owe him ne small debt of gra-
titude for the many hours of enjoyment be has
afforded me.—(Applause). I cannot help again
saying that the high position he has obtained in
the literary world reflects singular honour on
the county that gave him birth ; and, indeed, his re-
putation is world wide. I know it may be said that
my language appears somewhat like adulation; for
somehow or other people are apt to think, that when
one expresses admiration of an individual in the pre-
sence of the individual himself, he is an adulator.
But I desire only. to express my ardent feelings of
gratitude to Sir Edward for the extreme enjoyment
he has afforded me and hundreds of others here as-
sembled. I should think that I was not doing justice
to my, own feelings—and I believe I should not be
doing justice to the feelings of the ladies and gentle-
men standing around me—if I did not indulge my.
self in the expressions of gratitude such as those I
have given utterance to. Pardon me if I have
taken more upon myself than I ought to have done
—(Cries of " No, no")—and if I have done so let
the occasion itself be a sufficient apology.—(Cheers.)
Again, in the name of the meeting, I tender our
heartfelt thanks to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton for
his kindness to us this day.—(Applause, and cries
of "Bravo.")
Sir EDWARD BULWEa LYTTON rose, amidst loud
and continued cheering, to return thanks. He said—
I must thank you most heartily for the kind manner
in which you have received the honourable mention
Mr. Mayor has made of me. You see already how
prophetic I was in saying that occasions like the pre-
sent serve to bring together town and country trade
and agriculture—(Cheers)—and it is a great satiefac•
Lion to me to think that an individual holding the
honourable position of Mayor of Hertford was the
person to propose the health of a country gentleman.
—(Cheers.) I can only say, for the rest, it is I who
am the obliged party, and that I hope this sociable
meeting may frequently be repeated. I regret ex-
tremely that, partly from ill health, and partly from
severe domestic calamity, I have been so little in this
county since I have had property in it ; but I hope,
in future, to see around me more frequently the cheer-
ful, smiling faces that I have the pleasure of observ-
ing now.—(Applause.)
Mr. PASSINGIIAM, of the Holt Farm, Kimpton,
rose and said—The company had experienced a great
,neat in being permitted to view this noble architec-
urat pile, so adorned and beautified under the direc-
on of the master-mind of the owner, and which

VISIT TO KNBBWORrH,„THE
SEAT OF SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON.
(From the Lincolnshire Chronicle.)
We are not unfrequently reminded of the superior
attractions of those olden days when baronial hospi-
tality was certainly more extensive, and less exclu-
sive, than at present ' • and for that noble and generous
hospitality we could almost forgive the rudeness of
the times. But why the polish of civilisation should
be a bar to any practice of the elder time, good and
humanising in itself, we could never understand. Why
the landed gentleman, whether baron, knight, or
squire, should no longer met his agricultural tenants
or the neighbouring burghers in his halls, has been a
problem which we have only been able to explain by
preSuming that the present age is transitional, and
that a higher civilisation will more intimately unite
classes too far sundered by a change which has, per-
haps, refined more than it has elevated society.
It is not difficult to suppose that some such thought
—some aspiration after a unity of classes, rendered
necessary by the inevitable unity of interests, ani-
mated Sir Edward Bulwer ,Lytton when he invited
his tenants, together with tradesmen and neighbours
from the neighbouring towns, to share the hospitality
of his ancient and magnificent home, with the distin-
guished guests visiting there.
The invitations were issued for Monday last, and
on that day 200 ladies and gentlemen attended at the
bidding of the illustrious owner to inspect the grounds
and mansion of Knebwortb, and beneath the fair
towers of that ancestral borne to enjoy the social in-
tercourse which, more than anything' else, tends to
obliterate the prejudices of class, and to wear down
the asperities of too absolute an individuality.
Of the guests in the house it is sufficient to say
that they included gentlemen well known to the
public for their position in society and their elevated
tastes. One poet, whose graceful compositions have
delighted the solitary hours of thousands, and shed a
cheerful radiance over domestic and social circles;
one writer, whose exquisite wit and powerful under-
standing have been an enjoyment and a good to many
who scarcely knew his name; and one actor, whose
transcendent genius, high scholarship, and moral ex-
cellence, have, perhaps, raised him to a higher posi-
tion than any member of his profession ever attained,
were present. Add to this, that the owner of that
fair estate, whose writings are household words to the
people of these kingdoms, and have done more to
elevate the taste and cultivate the imagination than
any modern fiction, was himself present on the scene,
entertaining his guests, and it will be admitted that a
more interesting occasion, a more inviting gathering,
could scarcely occur in the oldest and the noblest
times of merry England, either io olden or in modern

was a place worthy to be the residence of such
a man as Sir Eiward Bulwer Lytton—a place
which must please the most fastidious taste, and
the most critical eye, and administer even to the hap-
piness of those who were accustomed to all the
luxuries of life. He considered that one great
element in England's prosperity was her possession of
an abundance of such noble seats as this one. The
revenues connected with those seats were generally
spent in the neighbaurhood, thus promoting the local
prosperity ; and not only in this way were they ad-
vantageous to a place, but the vast amount of labour
they employed, and the number of munificent charities
they supported, materially restricted the amount of
poor-rates, contributed to the comfort of the poor,
and smoothed the pillow of affliction.— (Loud cheers.)
The best way in which the company could show their
thankfulness to Sir Edward for his great kindness,
Was to comply with the request in the invitation to the
meeting—that the proceedings should terminate at
nine o'clock. As, therefore, it was now nearly nine,
he would call on his friend, •Mr. Croome, of Hitchin,
to sing " God save the Queen."—(Cheers.)
The National Anthem was then sung by Mr.
Croome, all present heartily joining in the chorus.
The company then severally took their departure
from the beautiful scene where they had spent a day
of enjoyment.

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The following gentlemen conseow en'
ted to officiate as
'stewards over the entertainment ' •
Mr. Pessingham
secretary to the Herts Agricultural .
Society; M G'
W. Roberts, Mr. Beaumont Col Al Groom,r.
of
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Hitchen ; Mr. Inskip, of Hertford e'
; and Mr. Good,
of Stevenage, &c.
The company began to arrive at o'clock, ol three 'cand
from that time until half-past five, perambulated
the
beautiful ground:, and went over the mansion for the
purpose of viewing its noble apartments,•
and their ex -
quisite artistic decorationsand
• magnificent antique
furniture.
The day was fine, and as the gleamed
th sun on the
richly ornamented front, and e light breeze dallied
with the bright-hued flag floating from the tower,
the tout ensemble was strikingly beautiful. Turning
our eyes from it into the delicious
visions
garden side walks,
imagination conjured up
th of the noble owner
wending thither, wrapped in
ofose beautiful dreams,
and gathering from the depthshis richly-endowed
mind those exquisite picture
with which be has de-
lighted thousands ; and our s
svappreciation of the place
became intensified when reflected that its fair
scenes, its superb adornments, and even its antique
furniture, might have been agents in exciting trains
of thought which have been
so skilfully elaborated to
the world.
We concluded our perambulation with a visit to the
church—which is situate with in the park, near to the
mansion, but is not remarkable,
sepul-
chre of many members of the Lytton
as the
ytton family. Here
were numerous memorials of the departed owners of
the estate ; some elaborate inscriptions in Latin,
others brief to a fault ; but on
a mausoleum near the
church there is one of exceeding beauty
and language, for which we mustin sentiment
find a place. In
this mausoleum reposes the ashes of
the late Mrs.
Bulwer Lytton, and the writer of the elegant and
touching inscription is the present owner of Kneb-
worth :
" Within this mausoleum, which she".erected, and by
the side of her mother, its first inmate
mortal remains of Elizabeth Barbara Bd repose
wer the
Lytton.
Uniting with the justice of a man the charity
woman, her life was devoted to useful and noble of
pur-
poses. At once self-denying and muniflcent
saved in luxury to be liberal in distress. In her' she
re-
ligion she made manifest the earnest faith by 0 tie
tive works; end the heathen, in remotest lands and
sd-
far distant times, may, under,the blessing of the Al-
mighty, owe the light of Divine Revelation to the
er within
generous hand and the pious heart that mould ' • n
these walls. Obiit 1843:1
Having concluded our survey of Knebworth, we
repaired to the pavilion, where we found Mr. Lowden
already preparing tea, and most of the company
seated, Sir Edward Bulvver Lytton occupying the
head of the table. The air of Knebworth, and the
occupation of the afternoon, had evidentles
v► produced a
healthy exhilaration, and the tea was discussed with
a delicious vivacity, occasionally interrupted by
a very
good band from Snefford.
At the conclusion of 'the repast,
Sir EDWARD BULWRR LITTON rose, amidst loud
cheers, and said—Latiies and Gentlemen, I thank you
cordially for the great pleasure you have ante—me ein
coming—many of you from a great deso
simple and humble an entertainment as the present.
I feel it as a sign that you reciprocate the feeling of
good will and neighbourly kindness which induced
me to request the pleasure of your company._(Rear
and cheers.) It is my belief that the safety of this
country—and indeed of every other—consists in an
affectionate uniun between all classes—(Loud cheers)
—not only between landlord and tenant, but bet% e.-:n
firmer and tradesmen—between town and country.
(Much applause.) Tnerefore, [ rejoice on very ec-
(lesion like the present, which brings us more so-
ciably tlgether.—(Cheers.) Ladies I have to thank
you especially for the grace and charm wh;eh your
presence gives to the present meeting ; for I am One
of those who think an entertainment without ladies
is a garden without flowers.—(Laughter, hear,
hear,
cheers, and Cries of " Bravo.") I k
now that we
,
country folks are supposed to be over fond of
agricul-
tural exhibitions—fat sheep and prime oxen—but we
have not such bad taste but that we shall all
agree in

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, TUESDAY,

The Queen and Prince, attended by Viscountess
Canning, Lady in Waiting, and Major-General We•
myss, Equerry to her Majesty, left Osborne this
morning at seven o'clock, and crossed to Gosport in
the Elfin steam-vessel, en route to Castle Howard, the
seat of the Earl of Carlisle. _ _ _

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness paid a short
visit of condolence at Claremont, to the French Royal
Family, at that place.
The intelligence of the sudden death of the Count
de Neuilly reached Osborne yesterday by a special
messenger.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, in conse-
quence of the receipt of the announceraent of this
melancholy event, immediately countermanded the
military music and other celebrations of his Royal
Highness's birthday.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, the Prime's Alice, and Prince Al-
fred, attended by the Hon. Elizabeth Lennox, Miss
Hildyard, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon,
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. POPO, and Mr.
Birch, embarked in the Fairy, at eight o'clock, to
join her Majesty at the Esher Station, to proceed
from thence to Castle Howard.
The august party, on arriving at the Nine Elms
Station, proceeded in royal carriages to the Euston-
square terminus of the London and North-Western
Railway, escorted by a detachment of Lancers.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received at
the terminus by Sir George Grey, Secretary of State
for the Home Department, who attended the Queen
to Castle Howard. The Marchioness of Duuro,
Lady in Waiting to her Majesty, attended at the
Euston-square terminus, and left in the, Royal
suit. The special train quitted the station at twelve
o'clock.

Mr. Leonard C. Wyon has had the honour of
sittings from his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
and the rest of the Royal Family for wax models
executed by command of her Majesty.
Sir William C. Ross, R.A., bad the honour of
attending at Osborne, by command of the Queen, to
execute a likeness of his Royal Highness Prince
Arthur.
tohfe
Kent, residenc
ate o
elevenf her
His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen
landed at Dover at an early hour yesterday morning
from Calais, and left by the eight o'clock train of
s'
the South-Eastern Railway for town, arriving at
Clarenceito.
s i lHouse,huesses,
theS James
h e s s
St.
o'clock A.m.

THEATRE• ROYAL, HULL.—Mr. Caple, the new
lessee of the York circuit, opens the Hull Theatre on Monday
next Money is announced as the opening play. Mr. Wm.
Harrison, Miss Louisa Pyne, Mr. and Mrs. Weiss, Mr. H.
Corti, Miss Goddard, and a full corps dramatigne, are an-
nounced, with a promise of many other attractions in rapid
succession. Judging from Mr. Caple's late management of
the Queen's Theatre, where he had the honour of receiving
the patronage of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, we think
he will be supported by the elite of the town and neii,h-
hourhood.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

MAIDSTONE, AUG. 26.—The hop is certainly a plant
which seems to puzz'e everybody. Last week it was
imagined that the occasional cold nights and great want
of sunshine must operate in checking the growth of the
bines, and in more than one quarter we heard rather
gloomy anticipations expressed. In this district, how-
ever, nothing seems to stop them; wet or dry, cold or
warm, they still grow, and keep up their luxuriant ap-
pearance. The hops are developing themselves in a moat
satisfactory manner.
TESToN, MEREWORITI, AND WATERINGBURY.—The
hops are likely to exceed in quantity, and excel in qua-
lity, what was expected of them a week since.
YALDING AND HUNTON.—Our hops have not got on
so well during the past week, owing to the cold nights
we have had. •

MALLINCL—The hops in this neighbourhoo3 are in two
crops, and if the weather does not prove more favourable
than of late to bring out the backward ones, we question
whether the duty will reach the present estimate.
lIOLLINGIBOURN.-.-The hops continue to look very
healthy and clean. . . .

BRENCIMEY.—Sunday night was extremely boisterous.
The hops are injured materially. The grapes, in parti-
cular, are still backward, and the late cold nights are
mimh against them.

HoesEmoNDEN.—The hops progress very tardily; they
cannot contend against the ungenial weather which Las
prevailed the last ten days.
STAPLEItURST.—The hops in this parish continuo to
do well; they are getting well into hop, and we are likely
to groe, a good averrge crop.
WitoTnAsx.—The late unpropitious weather has not
retarded the growth of hops to such an extent as was ex-
pectqd.
,Icskrnest AND SEAL.—Notwithstanding the cold windy
weather during the past week, the h ,ps have come out
fast in sheltered situations, and most grounds bid fair for
a crop.
TENTERDEN.—The hops are progressing favourably.
Picking is expected to commence in about a fortnight or
three *seeks.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—We have no alteration. The
hops are coming out well all round here.
HURSTGREEN.—The hops are progressing very well,
considering the weather they have had to contend with.
Susstx.—Our accounts from nearly all parts of Sus.,
six agree in the complaint that the hops do not come
out freely, and that they are suffering from the ungenial
weather. The high figure of the anticipated duty has
gone back during the past week.
WORCESTER, Auo. 23.—The plantations have no!
come on much this last week, the weather, being too co!
All that is wanting now is warm nights/ then we sha,
lvtve .a good crop. Duty called 20,000. to 25,0001..
Maidstone Gazette.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Srit;—With respect to the issue of threepenny and
fourpenny pieces by the Mint, and referred to in a
letter in your paper of this day, I would add, that on
paying cash into the Bank of England some time
since, a threepenny piece was returned to me by the
clerk to whom I offered it, stating that it was not a
legal coin for circulation in this country, but that it
was issued for the colonies only. If this is correct,
surely they should not be circulated here.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, G. K.
London, Aug. 27.

•CROSSING TUB ATLANTIC.—Captain Emmons, the
veteran chief steward of the Royal mail steam-ships, came
from Boston in the Asia. on his oue hundred and sixty-eighth
voyage across the Atlantic Ocean within the twelve years last
past. Allowing the distance across to be 3,000 miles, he has
sailed within the period named over 500,000 miles averaging
one trip each twenty.tivedays.—Lircrpool Standard.

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-VALES or NIZATII RAILWAY —Therf. is now eir.TV
prospect of the works for the completion of this railway being
prosecuted with renewed vigour. Ines short tune ten miles
will be ready fur the laying of the permanent way, and no
doubt is entertained that, early next year, the line between
Aberdare and Neath will be ready for traffic Mr. G. lien-.
nett, of Bristol, has taken the contract for making the bridges
over' the Neath canal and Neath river; also for the erection
of the viaduct near Cadoxton. It is in contemplation by the
proprietors of the Monmouth and Forest of Duan trauiroad
to.convert their line into a locomotive une, in order to con •
nett Monmouth with Gloucester and South Wales, by way of
Park-end, and the Severn and Wye tramroad. A committee
heti been formed to effect an arrangement with the Severn
anu Wye Company, and thus carry out the views of the pro-
!
prietm.

Cuelons EPITLPH.—The following epitaph may be
seen in Longnor church-yard, Staffordshire :—" Here lieth
the body of William Billinge, who was born m a corn-field.
At the age of 21 he enlisted in his Majesty's service, and
fought at the ever-memorable battle of the -Ramifies. Re-
turned to hit own country, and died within a hundred and
twenty yenta of where he was born, at the.age ,of one hun-
dred and twelve years.
" Biflited by death I quartered here remain,
And when the trumpet sounds and' march wiz."

HEALTH of LONDON DURING the WEEK. GREAT ARTESIAN SALT SPRING
(From the Ittgistrar-General's Return.) AT KiSSINGEN.
The health of the inhabitants of London continues On Monday the 12th inst., says a letter from Kissin-
as good as it usually is. The deaths last wet k were gea, dated the 17th inst., the curious spectacle was ex-
-905, which is more by 31 than were registered in the hibitsd to us of a column of water, four inches in dia-
previous week, but less than the average, after ex- met, r, springing with a prodigious force out of the earth.
eluding the corresponding week of 1849. In that lat the height of 58 fie•; from a depth_ofl,B7B3-,
.spreadd-
week 2,456 persons died in London, 240 of diarrhces, 1 fin,grmout likheea vaceful pdalra tree
tattikiits highest
"ct-d'capuwonft, thisan
and 1,272 of cholera. The deaths from cholera last kindienig-ertbehollnde.'t Thean waft:x.l, sae clear as ais crystal, issues
week were five, from diarrhcea 118 ;of the latter num- from the soil with a temperature of 66 deg. Fahrenheit,
ber 105 were children under the age of 15, 4 adults charged with 3i per cent. of pure salt, at the rate of 100
under 60, and 9 old persons passed the age of 60. cubic feet pir miEute.
The deaths by cholera in the five preceding weeks, To such as had been previously initiated into the
including the last, were 13, 11, 15, 8, and 5, so that scientific part of the opration through which a result
the disease in the form it has usually visited London pot less surprising then profitable bad been obtained;
in August is declining. The deaths from diarrhoea in or, who like myssif, had had occasional opportunities of
the same weeks were 104, 136, 152, 139, and 118. watching for the last seven years the patient and skilful
manner in which tae artesian borings have been con-
Although the mortality of Loudon is now below the ducted by the very ineer, Mr. Inspector Joseph
averege, that average is itself high. And it appears Ipihneorer r
of; ci
carbonicr , v e lso‘Searfteet'di " awareg''tiu4, acting that a
a ftnee at mf 0:0-
scarcely to be a natural state of things that, in ordi-
nary tittles, of 905 persons whose career terminates in ordinary atmospheres, was, in thewpresent case,° the'
the week only 155 p:.ss the nee of 60; that 318 end propelling power, the phenomenon before us afforded a
their coulee in the middle of life., and 432 die in their philosophical gratification. To the rest it seemed like
way through childhood to youth. Yet the return gives magic.
this result. To compel a large body of water deeply buried within
the bowels of the earth,
One
hundred and twenty-nine of the deaths on- where it had been lying un-
fkuowpossiblyn
y is ,
of ore,
Artois of tbe
h modern
the
elnCe come
as
the creation, to coc forth and to
cured in public institutions, namely 79 in work-
l , n
eiuninterruptedtnet
. .
Thep
stream,reprovince houses, 4in military and naval asylums, 39 in hos-
triumphs
pi'als, 4in lunatic asylums, 2in military and naval ewin
of
merit of being the first place in which that triumph was
hospitals, and lin prison. The proportion of deaths achieved; and the successful termination of the Kreat
in public institutions is less than it has been ; for artesian boring in the plain of Grenelle, near Paris.
from an earlier return it was shown that about 1 in stems to have nationalized as a French discovery this
10 of the inhabitants of London died in the work- species of hydraulic operation.
houses, lin2l in the hospitals, lin 551 in prison., It will be in the recollection or your readers that after
1 in 102 in the lunatic asylums, and that 1 in .5 or 6 much patience and labour, M. Mulct did, on the 26th of
of the people die in a public institution of some kind February, 1841, draw forth from that plain, out of a
depth of 1,50(1 Lea a jet of 3,000 cubic metres of
or other. warm water (80 F.) per hour, which has ever since
lowß the Greenwich observations the barometer was last week, the wind was west or south-west, served to supply an exteniiive district in Paris with
that important fluid. The French ravens declared
rain fell on Wednesday ; on Saturday there was a at the time that M. Mulot's operation was une
thunderstorm, the mean temperature of the air was des plus &Wanks de ce genre. But the great
57 deg. through the week, or 3.5 deg. below the artesian fountain now disclosed to us at Kissengen, both
average. The mean temperature of the Thames was in its physical characteristics and its economical import-
-62.5 deg. The air was dry, the dew point having ance, leaves that of Grenelle far behind. One only
been 48 deg. other such artesian spring has been completed within
The following are the particulars of the five deaths the last two years at Preussich Munden, in which the
by cholera :
salt water is drawn from a greater depth, but rises to anOn the 20th August, in Westminster Hospital, an
elevation of fifteen feet only, and is not so intensely salt.
The saline valley in which Kissingen is seated stands
itinerant piper, aged 48 years, brought from 72,
at an elevation of 650 feet above the level of the Baltic
Great Peter-street, Westminster, " excessive want sea. The stratification of its rocks from the surface
(some weeks), cholera (3 days)." On the 19th August, downwards, as it has been revealed to us by the ne-
at Eton Villas,. Haverstock-hill, the son of a gentle- cesaive borings, is extremely simple. The boring
man, aged 3 months, " English cholera (36 hours), implements first went through 1,240 feet of
diarrhoea (10 days):' On the 18th Aug.; at 116, High- variegated sandstone, then through 350 feet of sand-
street, Camden-town, widow of a butcher, aged 56 stone of the Vosges formation, next through 150 feet
years, "English cholera 5 days." Mr. C. H. Spong, of Megnesian limestone (Zechstein), and lastly through
the Registrar, states that an open sewer is at the back 138 f feet of rock salt; thus reaching a total depth,
of this house. On the
,4th August,
,at 27, Gloucester- as before stated, of 1,878} feet. In the latter, or rock
street, Clerkenwell, an apprentice to a watchmaker, salt stratuml (which is presumedto be 1,000 feet thick)
aged 18 years, "English cholera; no medical attend- arocpkarseaslta
iinnewsaotuerrce,i(sbiosoice? i s f
lutiono r
hmase d
b by
ynalf).oluuthid to holdonofth
ant."—lnquest. On the 18th August, at 30, George- not less than 27f per cent. of salt, and as there is little
street, Shoreditch, a man aged 44 years, " Asiatic likelihood that they would be able to penetrate into the
cholera, 18 hours." Mr. E. Earles, the Registrar, rock beyond 30 feet deeper, to that extent the perforaa-
states that " this man had been idiotic from his birth, tion is to be pushed, and the well completed by the end
at all times subject to diarrhea, and requiring of this year.
medical assistance on every occasion of the attack At present the supply of water is at the rate of 100
The neighbourhood is healthy and well drained." cubic feet per minute, and the force with which this
The following selections are made from the Regis- quantity is ejected to the height already stated is due
tsars' reports :
to a source of almost entirely pure carbonic acid gas,
In St. James, Westminster, Berwick-street sub- '
which having been mot with at the depth of 1,680 feet
from the surface (at the junction of the gypsum and
district, a carpenter, aged 55 years, died of consump• sechstein), escaped with prodigious force into and out
tion (3 months). Mr. Walker, the registrar, states of the artesian bore-hole, propelling the superincumbent
that " the deceased had been under his medical at- column of water into the air iu the manner abovetaen-
tendant for 3 months, but had been a sufferer from Coned.
pbthisis 3 or 4 years." Its the course of the boring operations two distinct
In Holborn, St. AndreW Eastern sub-district, the salt wells were gone throne", at 222 and 1,240 feet
son of a wire-drawer, aged ten months, died at No, depths, with the respective temperatures of 50 degrees
5, Union-terrace, of marasmus, diarrheas (9 days). and 66 degrees of Fahrenheit, and li and 214 per cent.
Mr. Holmes, the registrar, states that " Union- of salt. It was under both these wells, at the depth of
terrace is open to a large yard and cowsheds, firstl,6Bo feet, that the great carbonic acid gas stratum was
This stratum of gas would seem
inhibited by working people. There is thickly
plenty oftapped.
to be equally spread under and throughout the breadth
water and good drainage?' of the valley, imparting its peculiarly piquant
In Fulham sub-district, at 2, Orchard-street, and pleasant character to the several mineral springs of
North-end, the son of a single woman, aged 3 weeks, this spa, described in my recent volume on Kissingen;
died of diarrhea (1 week). - Mr. Knight, the regis- and in an especial manner to the Ragozi and Maxbrun-
trart states that "the neighourhood is unclean and nen waters, now become universally known, and the last
badly drained." mentioned of which unquestionably deserves to take the
In Hvggerstone West sub-district, at 25, Mill- piece of Seltzer water as an atreeable and refreshing
row, the son of a fellowship porter, aged 9 years, died beverage.
of effusion on the .chest from previous inflammation ; But the presence of so enormous a quantity of gas
giving rise to an extraordinary commotion in the bore-
duration uncertain. Mr. Bowring, the registrar, hole soon proved an impediment to the further extension
states "tent this case was not seen by any medical
of the latter. This induced inspector Knorr to have recourse
man (nor was any one sent for) till within a few to a new and simple contrivance of his own iuvention
hours before death." (which he strongly recommends to the attention of all
In Waterloo 2d part, at 50, Charles-street, the son engineers engaged in the like operations), by which he
of' a bricklayer. aged 1
.month, died of diarrhoea (14 cats arrest, whenever it suits his purpose, and in less
days). Mr. Dawi, the registrar, states that time than I can write these few lines, the flow of the gas
" Charles-street is crowded with inhabitants; the into the artesian bore by compelling that elastio fluid
smell from the drains iri this house is very much to disperse itself through its subterranean recesses
complained of ; the water is also described as unfit whilst he proceeds downward with his work ot per-
for drinking." . . foration. This contrivance, and many other particu-
In Tottenham Sub-district, at 3, Southampton- lace connected with this great work, I forbear from
court the son of a labourer a ged 5 months died of g' describin as being far too technical in their nature to
, , , . .
be easily understood and appreciated. Suffice it to say,
diarrhoea (3 weeks). Mr. Wells, the registrar, states that when the entire work shall have been completed, 3!
" that this court is close, and overcrowded:' cubic feet of brine per minute, free from iron and all
In Hackney-road sub-district, at 10, Collingwood- other impurities, capable of yielding 50Ib. of crystallized
street, the son of a turner, aged 4 months, died of salt, will b. conveyed to the boiling house for crystalliza-
atrophy from birth, convulsions (5 hours). No medi- Lion, carrying with it a temperature of as much as 92 deg.
cal attendant. Mr. Murray, the registrar, states that of Fahrenheit, which it will bring up from a depth of 1,900
"this street is a close and crowded street, with cess- feet. It is, however, intended to limit the whole annual
pool drainage." produce of salt from this source to 6 000 0001bs., which
In the same sub-district, at 6, Half Nichol-street, at the current market price will add to the revenue of
the cr,wfin.ef Bavaria 300.000 florins, atter deducting
the daughter of a labourer, aged 5 years, disci of
60,000 onus for yearly expeuties of work, fuel end ma-
drained. This street is close, crowded, and un-
uagement
drained. The whole cost of this great artesian work, from first
In the same sub-district, at 37, Old Castle-street, a to lasi, will amount to 80,000 florins (6 6661.). including
box-maker's daughter, aged 17 years, died of phthisis all the requisite pumps, pipes, and pavilion to be erected.
(6 months). This street Mr. Murray states to he a It was begun in the shalt of an old well, called the
close and crowded street, having an excellent sewer *ehonborn, in 1832, from a bich time, and during a period
with few communications therewith. ot 11 yeais, 800 feet only were bred through the rocks,
At Charing-cross subdistrict, St. Martin-in-the- the operation being often interrupted, and even sus-
Fields, on the 26th August, in Cnaring• cross Hospital, pended from a feeling of discouragement. But in 1843
a cabriolet driver, .aged 32 years, died of "diseased Inspector Joseph Knorr, confidently predicating au ul-
timately successful result, advised the Government to
"
liver, general debility ; apparently from long intern-
resume operations, which have never since then been in-
perance. terrupted, either by day or night, and are now about to
•
b.! completed.

CAPTURE OF A SEA COW.

By the arrival of the steamer Monmouth, Captain
Freeborn, from Indian River, yesterday, we
learn that Messrs. Clark and Burnham succeeded
in capturing a sea cow on the 17;11 instant, near
Jupiter Inlet, Florida. The animal was caught in
a net, is a mak, and nine feet three inches in length.
They succeeded in taking it alive, and have shipped
it to Charleston in the scnooner Charleston, with the
intention of exhibiting it at the north during the
ensuing summer. and of bringing it south next
winter. A person who saw it describes it as a re.
markahly curious animal It was very wild when
first captured, but soon became quite tame, and now
eats freely of grass, &c. Its tail is in the shape of a
fan, and is 2 feet 5 inches broad. It has no hind
feet; its fore feet are similar to those of a turtle, and
it has nails like those of the human hand, but no
claws. Its mouth and nose resemble those of a cow,
it has teeth on the lower jaw, but none on the
upper. Previous to the capture of the one above
described, they succeeded in taking a female, but
it was so large, and becoming entangled in the net
made such desperate exertions to escape that the cap-
tors were compelled to shoot i,. They preserved the
skin, however, which is fifteen feet long. The per-
sons who made the capture were in our city some
weeks ago making the necessary arrangements for
their enterprise, and expressed their determination to
make a capture. They have succeeded, and will no
doubt be amply rewarded by the exhibition of their
great natural curiosity. Barnum, of the American
Museum, is said to have offered them if successful,
10,000 dolls. for their prize. This is the second in-
stance within our knowledge that the sea cow has
been captured. Some years ago, during the Florida
war, Colonel Harney shot two of them in the Ever-
glades. He preserved the bides, and they were ea.
hibited at St. Augustine as a great curiosity. We
saw a rib of one of the animals yesterday in the pos-
session of a gentleman of this city, to whom it was
presented by Colonel Harney. He informed us that
be had partaken of the fle,b, and pronounced it re-
markably tender and palatable, far superior to beef.
Mr. Clark, one of the captors, is a resident of Florida,
a highly respectable gentleman, and well known in
this city.—Savannah News.
•

ROYAL 031THOPMDIC HOSPITAL.--The half-yearly
Meeting of the managers of this institution was held yester-
day afternoon at the London Tavern; Mr. Quarles Harris in
the chair. The report of the medical officers for the half-
year ending 26th August, 1850, stated that the number of
patients in the wards on the 23d of February, 1850, was
36 ; the number cf patients admitted, from the 23d of
February to the 26th of August, 1850, was'4l'; discharged,
cured, 32; discharged, relieved, 9 ; now remaining in the
hospital, 36. Total number of in and out-patients ad-
mitted during the half-year,793, being an increase over the
number in the corresponding period of last year of 28 ; total
number of patients since the opening of the charity, 9.908.
The financial statement being made only at the spring half;
yearly meeting, no other business of importance was brought
before the committee. The report of the medical officers was
received and adopted, and the chairman made a few remarks
upon the present state of the institution. The elaborate
mechanism required for the cure of contractions and de-
formities was a great cause why their funds were m. t ade-
(mute to meet a:1 the requirements of applicants tor relief.
There were at present only 36 beds vacant, wldle more than
300 applications had been made to the committee. They
would wi linglv afford 'chef to all; but until accommo-
dation could be extended, and the funds of the institution in•
creased, this was impossitde. A vote of thanks to the chair-
man concluded the proceedings.
CANAL Lucas SUPCI:.EDFD.----Snine months ago
operations were in progress at the Blackhill Locks, on the
Forth and Clyde Canal, to do away with the waste of time
attendant on so tedious and complicated an operation, by tb
substitution of an incline, on which the boats might be drawn
up to the proper level by means of a stationary steam-engine.
The works having now been brought to a completion, the new
process was put to the test on Saturday last. The result was
meat satisfactory, three boats having been drawn up in less
than five minutes, whilst to have made them pass through
the locks would have taken fully half an'hour. Lieerpool
Chronicle.

A valuable gold mine has Nen discovered in
Morgan county, Geo. ; particles the size of a pea are found
in abundance.