The Sun. — 1856-07-10 (London, England)

JOSEPH WINDLE COLE. The bankrupt wai a merchant, of Birchin-lane. The case obtained some notoriety owing to the prosecutions instituted against him for obtaining. advances on fictitious dock warrants, the sentence fit which has been declared nn the estate, the proofs against which amounted to about 81,0001.  The minutes of the committee showed that since Dec. la,t there bad been 56 cases of immersion, attended with risk to the lives of 56 persons, and that 12 of them had been cases of attempted suicides. Of the 56 persons so immersed 54 had been successfull treated ; the other two having been past recovery. Eleven of these cases had been referred to the general c"urt. Since the commencement of the present year to Sunday last 78,117 persons had bathed in the Serpentine River,'Hyde-park, during the hours appointed for the morning and evening bathing, when the society's boats attend. There had been 32 casualties, of which 27 had been successfully treated, 1 had had terminated fatally, and 4 persons had been found drowned. Six individuals bad alio been saved from committing suicide through the watchfulness and exertions of the society's boatmen. The one fatal accident occur' ed only last Sunday morning, the unfortunate individual having been a lad of about 17 or 18 years of age. At the time of the occurrence were no less than 6,000 bathers, all of whom, with th , exception of five or six, were on the south bide of the Serpentine. The drowned youth was among the few on the north side ; and it is a singular and remark. able fact that fatal cases never occur on the south, but only on the north side of the Serpentine, where, in spite of the urgent remonstrances of the society's servants, persons will persist in bathing.  tehneceguti3pitn Englishittyofh su erehceoanpwminpetio ? e?n Thirdly,lnwhat will 1830, the eextent he t thanthe s; e eyla7rBds in nd France inlB was49h greaterte extent by wa5438,000 greaterhectares2oo,ooo hectares than in 1830. The average produce of a vineyn,i per hectare (two acres and a half) in France was in 1788. 13 92 hectolitres (of 22 gallons each) per hectare ; in 1829, 16.70 hectolitres per hectare ; and in 1850, 26.16 hectolitres per hectare. The av,rige produce of a vineyard per hectare, in the department of Herault in the same years, waQ, in 1788, 17.75 hectolitres per hectare ; in 1829, 22.15 hectolitres per hectare ; and in 1850, 40 hectolitres per hectare. As to the second ques • tion. Will the price of French wine be such as to have any serious influence upon English consumption ? I have weighed and estimated all the various expenses with the greatest possible accuracy, though always trying to avoid underrattne., and after allowing 10 per cent, to the French and 10 per cent, to the English merchant, I can Positively assert that (supposing cur desideratum obtained, and the duty lowered to Is. per gallon) wine from the south of France could be sold in London at the price of 53. or 6d. per bottle (;ix bottles to a gallon). The quality of the wines I am speaking of would he a very good one indeed—much better in average than that of most of the vine ordinaires that are to be met with at the hotels on the Continent. Tne alcoholic strength of these wines would be of from 11 to 13 per cent. It has often been urged that French wines do not always keep in England on account of its peculiar climate. Hamburg has a much colder climate than Great Britain, and still the consumption of French wines, and especially of southern wines, is there a very considerable one, and the taste for lighter wines is constantly increasing. On the one hand, people wish to have unbrandied beverages ; and, on the  OP A