The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-25 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEAL TB. (From the Quarterly Return of the Registrar-General.) This return comprises the births and deaths re gistered by 2,197 registrars in all the districts of England during the autumn quarter that ended on March 31, 18.59 ; and the marriages in 12,350 churches or chapels, about 4,072 registered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church, and 630 superintendent registrars' offices in the quarter that ended on Dec. 31, 1858. The returns- present an unfavourable view of the public health; the people have suffered and have died in unusual numbers in many districts. Dipthe ria has prevailed extensively. The marriages indi cated some improvement in the prospects of the people at the end of last year; and in the first three months of the present year the births have not only exceeded the average, but have exceeded the num bers registered in any previous winter quarter. MARRIAGES. 47,726 weddings were celebrated in the three mouths that ended Dec. 31, and consequently 95,452 persons were married. The marriage rate in the quarter was 1.932 per cent. per annum ; so if the rate prevailed a year, more than 19 persons would marry to every 1,000 living. The increase on the marriages in the corresponding quarter of 1857 is observable in every division except in the northern counties and in Wales. BIRTHS. _ . The births of 175,429ciiildren were registered in the quarter that ended March 31 last ; and the birth rate was 3.621 per cent. per annum, or rather more than 36 in 1,000. INCREASE OF POPULATION. As the births amounted to 175,429, the deaths to 121,682, the natural increase of the population was 53,747 ; or, on an average, 597 daily. The probable increase in the population of the United Kingdom was at the rate of 896 daily. 17,314 persons emigrated from the ports of the United Kingdom at which there are Government emigration agents. 5,565—0 r, after correcting for those of u ndistinguished origin, 6,452—0 f the emi grants were of English birth; of whom 3,719 sailed to the Australian colonies, and 2,263 to the United States. About 72 English, 16 Scotch, and 94 Irish emigrants, on an average, left the country daily."* PRICES, THE WEATHER, AND PAUPERISM. The price of wheat during the 13 weeks was 40s. Bd. a qr.; the prices in the first 13 weeks of 1857 and 1858 having been 565. 10d. and 465. sd. The price is less by 12 per cent. than it was 12 months ago. It is remarkable that after due corrections have been made for measure and for quality in the Eton returns the average prices of wheat were 40s. 7d. and 40s. 6d a qr. in the 17th and 18th centuries. The price of potatoes also fell considerably; in the first 13 corresponding weeks of 1857-8-9 York Regents sold at 110 s., 1525. 6d., and 90s. a ton at the waterside market, Southwark. At Leadenhall and Newgate markets the price of beef of the lowest and of the highest quality is more by Id. a pound than it was in the winter of last year; mutton is at the same price. The mean prices per lb. in the three winters 1857 8-9 were—beef, 51d., 51d., and 51d. ; mutton, 6 2-Bd., sid., and 54d. The meteorology is ably described by Mr. Glaisher (p. 18). The mean temperature of the quarter that ended on March 31, at Greenwich, was 43.3 deg., or 5.5 deg. and 4.1 deg. higher than the temperature of the two corresponding quarters of 1837-8 ; and 4.9 deg. above the mean temperature of 88 years. There are only two instances (1832 and 1846) since 1771 when the winter temperature was higher. The excess of temperature was observed in each of the three months. The air contained more than the average amount of water, but the humidity was less than usual, being 83 (saturation being —100). The fall of rain was 3.1 inch at Greenwich ; so it was 1.6 inch below the average. The rain fall was deficient in all the southern counties, excepting Cornwall and Devon. The deficiency was less in the northern stations. At Stonyhurst the Rev. A. Weld says, " The wea ther has been so wet that scarcely anything can be done on the ground ; no one remembers so wet a season." At Bristol 3.29 inches fell in three days (March 11th, 12th, and 13th.) The Rev. J. Slatterj of Rose-hill, near Oxford, says," The great absence of rain has produced much low fever." The people are often driven in droughts to the use of impure water, which is a common cause of disease in men and animals. Altogether the meteorology of the season has been exceptional. The returns with which the Registrar-General has been favoured by the Poor-law Board exhibit the improvement in the circumstances of the people which the marriages indicated. The average num ber of paupers in the receipt of relief (865,818) was less by 108,199 than the numbers (974,107) receiving relief in the first 13 weeks of 1858, and 46,729 less than the numbers in the corresponding quarter of 1857. A part of the improvement is fairly referable to the mildness of the weather ; but a part is un doubtedly due to the improvement in the circum stanc•.3 of the people which was perceptible in the latter part of last year. STATE OF TILE PUBLIC HEALTH. 126,682 deaths were registered in the quarter. The mortality was at the rate of 2.512 per cent., or rather more than 25 in 1,000. The number ofdeaths was less than the number of deaths in the winter of last year by 4,200; and the rate of annual morta lity was less by lin 1,000. In both the winter quarters the rate of mortality exceeded the average rate prevailing during the winters of the last 10 years, which was 24.55, or nearly 241 in 1,000. In the first quarter of the year 1858 the weather was unusually severe; in the first quarter of 1859 the weather was unusually mild. In both quarters the rate of mortality exceeded the average. Upon com paring the rate of mortality in 125 districts and 23 suirdistricts comprising the chief towns, with the average of 10 previous winters, it is found to have slightly decrea se d—it was 26.47 ; it is 26.09 in 1,000. Upon the other hand, the mortality in the remaining districts and sub-districts, comprising chiefly small towns and country parishes, has in- Greased from 22.18 to 23.54 ; or the increase is 1.36 in 1,000. It will be recollected that the sanitary meaasures in Ely reduced the mortality of the town below that prevailing in the surrounding parishes. And such will probably be the course matters will take unless sanitary measures are extended to the coun try as well as to the towns. The superior health of the country arises mainly from the circumstance that the population being widely disseminated, the poisonous exhalations which are produced around the dwellings are` destroyed to a considerable ex tent by the atmosphere. Now tbe houses in the suburbs of London and of the provincial towns are generally built by the architects with cesspools, which are not emptied daily, and which have not the advantages of drainage ; so that the beneficial effects of the open country air in the daytime arc likely to be neutralised by the impurity of the night exhalations in -doors. The mortality of the quarter in England at the rates prevailing i n 63 of the healthiest districts would be 17-64 in 1000 ; and if the mortality of the whole population had been at that rate, the num ber of deaths would have been 86,624 instead of 121,682. Consequently 35,058 unnatural deaths Were registered in the 90 days. Thi s i mp li es not only loss of national life, but loss of health and English vigour, which it is desirable on every ac count to raise to the highest pitch in the present days. The mortality has prevailed with different degrees of severity in every division; but the number of deaths was muoh greater in every division except London, than the deaths in the winter quarter of 1857 ; and le ss th an th e num ber of deaths during the winter quarter of 1858 in every division except the north and we s t m idl an d di v i s i ons . The reason of this will be apparent upon examining the returns in detail. Diphtheria has prevailed. with varying degrees of severity, in different parts of the country. The ravages of this disease deserve particular attention. In the south-eastern division the deaths from all causes amounted to 9,765. In Guildfordt the morta lity was unusually high ; hooping-cough and bron chitis have been prevalent, and some cases of fever have been fatal. The cause of the high mortality in Dorking is not explained. The deaths in Parn ham have apparently been raised by the Alder shott camp. Tonbridge, Maidstone, and Cranbrook have experienced high rates of mortality ; out of 45 deaths, 18 were caused by diphtheria, which was exceedingly fatal in Brenchley and Horsmon den, two parishes in the Tonbridge district. In Cranbrook, Tenterden, Ashford, Deal, and Dover diphtheria proved fatal. The deaths in the sub district of St. Peter, Brighton, are 63 above the average for the corresponding quarter of the last five 3 ears. Zymotic diseases have prevailed, and 53 persons have died of scarlatina and diphtheria, 1 0 of typhus, and 13 of smallpox, none of the latter having been vaccinated. In Worthin,g, where sanitary measures have been carried out, 83 deaths O i f a c ,7red ;in Brighton, 459 ; th e respective popu i'"ons of the two districts having been 18,746 and 65,5 69 in 1851. Assuming that the popu• Laic:al increased at nearly the same rates, the mortality out of equal populations was about as four in 'Worthing to seven in Brighton. All the facts tend to show that sanitark improvement i it: a question of life and death tion of every town. to the popu a- Sevexal districts of Hamp !shire suffered severely ; smallpox prevailed at with which the R,etiistrar-Ueneral Fr®m a return Ceneral has 'been favoured by the Emigration s,sB6 S\lh e il e a e bo th v e Isi ners the 'number returned as of English origin wag birthplace of '2,380 . was not distinguished. statement a proportional number . of these have been added to those returned as of Englis.h origin. 1- The Superintendent Registr . ar's district is in all cases re 4 terred to, except where otherwise stated. Southampton, scarlatina at Kingsclere. Reading continues an unhealthy town ; in Windsor the mortality has fallen. In the South Midland counties 7,235 persons died ; the deaths in every county, except North ampton, being below the' deaths in the previous year. Newport Pagnell, Chipping Norton, Ket tering, Wellinborongh, and several other districts have experienced a high rate of mortality. In the Northampton district, with a population of 33,857 in 1851, the deaths amounted to 306. The deaths in the two previous winter quarters, 1851-SS, amounted to 239 and 231 ; so the mortality is ex cessively high, and above the average. Measles and whooping-cough have prevailed. It appears that there has been a strike in th© town. In the Cambridge district 159 deaths were registered ; in the Ely district 118 ; the population of the two districts in 1851 having been 27,815 and 22,896; so that the mortality of Cambridge is greatly in excess of the mortality of Ely. In the years 1841-50 the mortality of the population of Cambridge was at the rate of 23 in 1,000 ; .hence taking the excess over 17, the rate prevailing in healthy dis tricts, it exhibited six degrees of insalubrity, and during the ten years the unnatural deaths amounted to 1,568. How long is this state of things to continue in the seat of one of the great Universities of the country ? Science has here a wide field of useful ness before it. It has the great opportunity of saving many lives, and at the same time of applying its principles. By the energy of one of the departed ornaments of the University, Ely has been rendered comparatively healthy. And from Ely Cambridge has now evidently , much to learn. It is a matter of national importance that the places where some of the principal youths of the country are educated should be healthy. Why are not the schools of medicine in the Univer sities schools of health ? Why are not the undergraduates taught practically the conditions most favourable to human development ? Why are there not tables of mortality at Cambridge and Oxford, as well as in London, pointing out monthly the effects of all the noxious agencies infesting the houses, colleges, and streets ? This would be teaching by example, and could not fail to leave permanent impressions on the minds of many men who will have unusual means of directing public opinion. In the Eastern counties the registered deaths amounted to 6,211, or were less by 1,380 than the deaths in the first quarter of last year. Rochford, in Essex, experienced a high rate of mortality; 91 persons died. The reg istrar of Great Wakering, one of the sub-districts, explains this in his note : " The deaths have greatly exceeded the average, in conse quence of the fatality of diphtheria among infants especially in the island of Foulness. Many ditches there are in a very filthy state, and the efilu.viam arising from some is intolerably offensive. Ague also has been more prevalent, more severe and obstinate, during the last two years, than I have ever known it in a period of 35 years." Some general measure is desired to deal with the drainage of all the marshes on the banks of the Thames. Parts of Maldon, Dunmow, and Saffron Walden, in Essex, have suffered from diphtheria ; so have parts of the districts of Cosford, Tunstead, Erpin ham' Aylsham, Blofield, and Loddon, in Suffblk and Norfolk. 10,798 persons died in the south-western coun ties, but the mortality was lower than it was last year. Diphtheria is still prevalent at Christian Malford, in Wilts. Trowbridge has also suffered from that and other diseases. Plymouth and the surrounding districts have suffered severely. The registrar, in explaining the excess in the number of deaths in East Stonehouse, says that 16 Turks died in the quarter. Four persons in Parkham died of scarlatina in one house. The deaths in Launceston and in Redruth have exceeded the average from diphtheria, smallpox, measles, and diseases of the respiratory organs. Epidemic sore throat prevailed. and three cases of diphtheria were fatal in a sub-district of Taunton, Somerset shire. 27 deaths from smallpox occurred in Bridge water. Scarlatina and diphtheria attacked nearly every person in Chew Magna, Clutton. 16,144 deaths were registered in the West Mid bland division ; 8,955 in the North Midland divi sion. In these two divisions the deaths exceeded the deaths in the severe winter quarter of 1858. In many districts of Gloucestershire, including Stroud and Cheltenham, the mortality was high ; diphtheria and scarlatina prevailed in this county, in Hereford, and in Shropshire. Three deaths from diphtheria occurred to children in one family in the Condover sub-district ; the cesspools con nected with the cottages are generally in a bad state. The sanitary state of Staffordshire is very unsatisfactory, and the mortality has been exces sively high. Diphtheria and scalatina have pre vailed in many of its districts ; and in Stourbridge, and in Foleshill, where the mortality has also been very high. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester, and several dis tricts in Leicestershire, have suffered. from epide- mics ; 150 cases of measles and scarlatina occurred in the village of Sutton Bonnington alone. Diph theria was prevalent in Lincoln, where typhoid fever also prevailed • six persons died from it in one family. Their residence is a mile from the village, a solitary farmhouse, and no special cause of the attack has been ascertained ; but the adequacy of the inquiry may be questioned. Diphtheria has prevailed in many districts of Lincolnshire, Not tinghamshire, and Derbyshire, which have all ex perienced heavy rates of- mortality. 19,431 deaths were registered in the counties of Chester and Lancaster; nearly as many were re gistered in the last winter quarter. Diphtheria, scarlatina, measles, and typhoid fever, have pre vailed in many districts. The 12,304 deaths in Yorkshire imply a heavy rate of mortality. Scarlatina and diphtheria occur over and over again in the " notes." Sheffield con tinues to suffer severely from these and other epi demics. Of the Northern counties, in which 6,590 persons died, Durham appears to have suffered most severely from various kinds of zymotic diseases • scarlatina and diphtheria occupying conspicuous Places in the registers. _ _ Diphtheria has spread over the remotest parts of Wales. We find it in Haverfordwest, in Cardiff, and in Corwen. The deaths in the Principdlity from all causes amounted to 8,250. It is a melancholy task to record the fatality of diseases arising through the neglect of sanitary arrangements in this and in other countries ; and to observe so much activity in inventing opportunities of destruction, with so much apathy in applying measures already invented for promoting the well being of the population. Man is the only animal, Pliny says bitterly, that takes a pleasure in the de struction of his own species. Surely somebody will one day arise to teach the world the truer pleasure of saving mankind ! (Front the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The total deaths registered in London, which were ,207 in the last week of April, have constantly de creased in the three weeks of the current month, and in the week that ended last Saturday they were 1,057. In the ten years 1849-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,041 ; but, as the deaths returned for last week occurred in a population which has increased, they should be compared with the average raised in pro portion to that increase—namely, with 1,145. The comparison shows that the deaths that occurred last week were less by 88 than the number that would have occurred if a mortality equal to the average rate for the third week of May had prevailed. The births - of last week exceeded the deaths of the , same period by 612. fhe pre sen t returns, i n connex i on w i th those of previous weeks, show the deaths from smallpox in several sub-districts, and a certain though not strong or uniform tendency of this disease to in crease. Last week it was fatal in 23 cases, 19 of which occurred to children under 10 years of age; nine occurred to infants less than a year old. Four children died from it in the sub-district of Bethnal-green ; and the Registrar of St. Mary, Newington, who returns two cases , states that it is ve ry prevalent in his sub-distr ic t. Th e deaths from scarlatina, which were 57, 55, and 47 respectively in three previous week, declined la s t wee k to 39, of which six occurred in Lambeth, and three in Plum stead. Besides the 39 cases of scarlatina, th ere were 16 of diphtheria, which has not declined concur rently with the former disease. The deaths from diphtheria occurred as follow:---One in Ladbroke villas, Kensington ; one at 8, Thayer-street, Mary lebone ; one in Upper Avenue-road, Hampstead ; one at 34, London-street, St. Pancras ; one at 9, Cambridge-row, Camden-town ; one at 10, Ander son's-road, Homerton ; one at 41, King-street (St. Anne, Soho) ; one at 30, Ann's-place, Hackney road ; two in one famlily at 35, Coventry-street, Bethnal-green ; one at 8, Worship-square, Shore ditch; one at 1, Marth a - s t ree t, H ag gerstone East; one at 18, Price'-street, St. S av i our s ; one at 67, Nelson-square; one at 36, Felix-street, Lambeth ; and one at 13, Vauxhall-place. There were eight deaths in the week from erysipelas, three of which occurred to infants. Three children and two adults died from syphilis. Two persons died of ischuria. Of 47 violent deaths 39 were by accident or negli gence, four by murder (three of these infanticide), and four by suicide. A widow died on the 19th inst. at 15, Wellington-street, Shoreditch, at the age, as stated, of 100 years. Last week the births of 859 boys and 810 girls, in all, 1,669 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849- 58 the average number was 1,574. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.668 in. The baromet er f e ll f rom 29.92 i n . on S un d ay t o 29.55 in. on Thursday, those points being the highest and lowest in the week. The mean temperature of the week was 52.6 deg., which is 04 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaishier). The thermometer in the shade attained its lowest point (39.7 deg.) on Sunday, and its highest (67.9 deg.) on Thursday. The range of the week was therefore 28.2 deg. ; the mean daily range was 13.9 deg. On Sunday the range was 24.3 deg.; on Tuesday it was only 4 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air tempe rature was 44 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 88 ; on Wednesday the humidity was 99, approaching complete saturation. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 55.9 deg. The wind blew invariably from the north-east, which has also been the prevailing direction since the beginning of the month. Rain fell to the amount of 1.60 in., the proportion of which that fell on Friday was 0.77 in. There was a thunderstorm on the evening of Thursday. THE RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS. (From the Times.) Now that the election is over, it is time to ask, what has been gained by Lord John Russell's Resolution ? We may ask the question with utter impartiality, for that resolution was no child of ours, and from the first moment we declined all share in the responsibility. It is not taxing the recollection of our readers very severely to remind them that we strongly advocated an entirely different treatment of the Ministerial Reform Bill. Considering the quarter from which it came, we regarded it as an immense concession, and capable of being amended into a useful mea sure. Insufficient, indeed, it was, and in some points dishonest. That was the inevitable misfortune of a Conservative Reform Bill, for it was evident that the measure must first be accepted by the Conservatives before 'it could even be proposed to the Liberals. But, in our general estimate of the bill, we rested rather on the £lO county fran chise and the recognition of popular rights involved in the other newfranchises than on the maintenance of the £lO franchise for boroughs, and the restric tion of borough freeholders to their own boroughs. It certainly did seem to us that-the House of Com mons was committed to give the bill a fair trial, and that if it . meant only to throw out the Government the right time to act was on the Address, or before the introduction of the mea sure, or -et all events on the second readily , . Lord John Russell, however, is a great consti tutional authority. If the turn of things is at all in his favour, he speaks and acts with irre sistible weight: Like the country physician called in to give dignity to the last days of the gouty baronet, Lord John Russell has a vocation for splendid failures. Nobody can smash his cause with such heroic grace and facility. In the name of common sense, of Cocker, and of all that is calculable, what has been , gained by this precious Resolution ? It is vain now to question the dissolution. Time may come when, among the crimes and errors of all parties, these too may have a place, and even Conservatives may lament an appeal to the people in favour of the less, as against the greater, Reform. Viewing the matter as one of constitutional right and the usual party licence, we must admit that Lord Derby did no more than his opponents would have done in his place, and the responsibility of all that has followed dates from the first declaration of war—Lord John's Resolution. The object, doubtless, was to unite parties; but what the union was to be for, and where the boat was to land its united cargo, would I seem to have been the last matter taken into account. As, then, the Resolution has done it all, let us ask, with all due reverence, " What has' it done ? " Se far as regards the balance of parties, it has given Lord Derby 26 seats, or 52 votes on a division. That is so much gain, and is not to be explained away. We cannot help looking back to the very hard-fought battle, on a very definite issue, which Lord Derby lost by 39 votes, and with that recent instance we cannot but think Lord Derby has every reason to rejoice with a gain of 52 votes on a division. It is true that Lord Palmerston could honestly count 30 votes that would have mustered to his lead, though they held back from Lord John Russell's; but such caprices of feeling there will be on all occasions, under every leader, and, if Lord John Russell could not muster all the Liberals, neither could Lord Palmerston be sure of doing so. For other matters of party significance, we should thing that Lord Derby prays devoutly that Lord John Russell may always direct and confound the politics of the Liberal cause. Lord John has shelved for this year, we apprehend, the disagreeable question of Parliamentary Reform ; he has reinstated the Conservatives in greatly increared force, with at least one quarter more office and salary than they ever hoped for, and so late in the year that they can do nothing even if they wished; and he has relieved them from the 'fearful respon sibility of a year wasted in doing nothing at all. With Lord J. Russell's invincible self-complacency we could not hope to interfere, but many a man has accepted a peerage for less. Though to Lord John Russell himself it may be rather a novel view of the question, we cannot see how the public interest stands better now than it did at the beginning of the session. The whole year has been lost to the country. Be Parliamentary government a good thing or a bad thing, there has been none of it—there will be none of it this year. The Queen's Speech is fixed for June 7, and whether the Opposition should decline to give battle, or, giving battle, should win the day, nothing will be done beyond the barest formalities before the inevitable hour of separation in August. For several years past little has been done, but this year absolutely nothing. With a great war blazing up before our eyes, and with the old stories of French and Austrians that enlivened the existence of our fa•hers re-enacted to the life, it is quite possible that the nation may some what abate its interest in Parliamentary debates and domestic legislation. A Tory Cabinet and wars all around us are an association of ideas for which Englishmen are but too well prepared. It is quite possible they may fall into it as into the very cradle in which they were nurtured. There is a sort of lullaby in the recurrence of precisely similar circumstances, and men have been cozened out of their very power of choice and action by being put in the old harness, or sent sliding down the old groove. Whether Derby, Malmesburv, and Disraeli would make up one Pitt is a matter for national taste and understanding, but nobody ex pects the revival to be quite equal to the original. Supposing, however, what in point of fact is the more likely alternative, that Lord Derby should be beaten somewhere about Waterloo day by a narrow majority, we should then find ourselves with a Liberal party " in power " indeed, but with fewer votes by 50 than it had at the beginning of the year, and with 300 instead of 250 Conservatives dead against them. Whatever difficulties there were before in Parliamentary government, these would be immensely aggravated by the results of the election. It would be a great satisfaction to us if Lord Sohn Russell could show his move an advantage. To us it seems as mere a blunder as any tyro in politics could commit in a moment of rash confi- dente. Had our advice been taken; and the bill been passed, we will not say improved, but largely chastised, so long as the £lO county franchise was left it would have been impossible for a Conserva tive Government to go to the country and expect to gain mar* county-seats. But let it not be sup posed that Government has quiet days in store. Adversity makes strange bed-fellows, and Lord Palmerston and Lord. John Russell will no doubt co-operate to restore what their differences have overthrown. They will act together, whether in Opposition or in office, and, if election pledges are to be trusted, they have a good majority over the Conservative 300. Mr. Bright's intentions are a mystery perhaps even to himself, but the inde pendent party may not be so satisfied with this gentleman's lead as to follow him into a deliberate alliance with the Conservative Cabinet. In all probability we shall have a question of confidence; and if proper care be taken, and votes ascertained in time, there can hardly fail to be a majority against Government, followed by a resignation. What we lament is that the Liberals should return to power with an aggravation of the difficulties which drove them from it. If their divisions left them before at the mercy of an independent party, steady to no other game but its own advancement, much more so will it be now. We cannot flatter ourselves th a t t h e events w hi c h h ave reconciled Palmerston and Russell will make Bright less assuming and confident. Whatever mischief he did before he can do now ; and whatever he can do to stop Government on ordinary principles he most probably will. Wh at, t h en, have we gained by the resolution which gave Lord Derby a fa'r pr:tence for going to the country ? We have gained only the moral lesson for the Liberal chiefs, and we only regret that at their respecta b le time of life they s hould require such a lesson, and have to learn to be wise at such a cost to themselves and their country. (Elwin, the News.) A Tory Government is on the point of perishing by the sword which with its ow n h an d s was draw n against Reform. It will not be p erm it te d to put up that sword into its sheath again when th e ti me h as come for it to face the encounter it wilfully p rovo k e d , and when the penal dissolution is Lund to be a two-edged weapon in the hands of i m pl aca b le an tagonists. A few weeks will show whether a re united Liberal party is disposed to ratify with its deliberate and decisive approval a desperate though the conscience of the defeated attempt to debauch THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1869. country • the wholesale profligacy and corruption which has sought to purchase the. public virtue of constituencies in the mass; and the base intimidation which would fain have bullied into subjection all whom it could not buy into silence and subserviency. It is probable, nay, it is certain, that the Cabinet of peers, romancists, squires, and rhetoricians who have with shameless effrontery conspired to set the yoke of Toryism on this realm for years to come, - who have spared neither violence, nor fraud, nor foreign intrigues, nor domestic jobbery, nor the pressure of secret influences, nor complicity with anti-national and anti-Protestant designs, nor appeals to ignor ance, prejudice, and passion, in the hope and expec tation of restoring the happy era of the Castlereaghs and the Sidmouths among hnglishmen in the year of grace 1859, will not survive in the Ministerial flesh to meet that solemn inquiry into the electoral transactions of the last two months which will assuredly be demanded by the Legislature, as it is already demanded by the voice of the nation. It will have passed away—not, indeed, into forgetful ness, but into the impotent rage of a malignant opposition, obstructive ever and aggressive, but capable of insolence and obstruction only, not of mischief and disaster. We trust the great Liberal majority out of doors and the Liberal majority in Parliament will not suffer so severe a warning to slip unheeded from their memory. Twice in seven years they have seen a forsworn but incurable fac tion clambering into office by Liberal aid, and after a term of unexampled forbearance on the one side and cringing falseness ou the other—after exhaust ing all the arts of treachery towards their friends, and all the resources of trickery towards their foes, sentenced to ignominious dismissal by a house of their own creation. These narrow victories are dearly won when all but the last, and greatest, and most irreparable consequences of Tory supremacy are accomplished—when we are trembling on the verge of war, under the flimsy semblance of a neu trality which takes delight in rekindling the worst passions of the worst times, and grasps at every pretext for surrounding the monarchy with soldiers, while it shrinks from entrusting a loyal people with defensive arms. We do not affect to deny that there are individual members of a Tory Cabinet who are as honourable and high-minded gentlemen, as sincere patriots, and as honest, if not as able, administrators as any to be found in the ranks of their rivals ; but as a Cabinet, steeped in the wis dom of Tory ancestors, professing the Nil/us of Tory traditions, these excellent , men are hopelessly and helplessly the tools of two or three more malignant plotters, and more unscrupulous confederates. In quiet times the worse men may do little harm, and the better men may even do a little good; but let a Reform Bill in arrear fall due at home—let a war of principles spring up abroad—and all the heredi tary Tory taint comes festering to the surface of public affairs like transmitted gout in the aristo cracy of the pantry. Thanks to the generous and inspiring emulation of those eminent men whose names, as liberal chiefs, should never stand apart, and whose historic repu tations, in spite of all shortcomings, must ever and inseparably be linked with liberal hopes, the knell of a Government which, Austria-like, has thriven on the divisions of its adversaries, has sounded—not an hour too soon. If, without overstepping that caution which a due sense of responsibility imposes even on the servants of publicity, we could make our readers understand the full significance of a change of Ministry in this country at the present moment. and the bearings of such a change upon the vital questions of Reform and Peace, we are per suaded that the opening debates in the House of Com msns, the week after next, would be awaited with more impatience than even the bulletins from the banks of the Ticino and the Po. Let one or two considerations suffice for the mo ment; we reserve the rest. England—if we do not strangely misinterpret and misrepresent the feelings of our countrymen England demands in the present European crisis that her coasts shall be unassailable, and invasion not improbable but im possible. She demands this, not from a mere blind instinct of self-preservation, but because she desires ample leisure and calm security for the internal develoyment of those precious liberties which make her the beacon light of civilisation to the world. Now, it is not the desire of a Tory Government to. enable us to laugh the idea of invasion to scorn. A Tory Government will double and treble a Channel fleet, will plant heavy ordnance here, there, and everywhere ; will screw tighter and tighter the wooden legs of pensioners, snatch at undersized recruits for the ranks of the standing army, and decimate our merchantmen for the service of the fleet by prodigious bounties; yet it will not allow the nation to bear arms, for if it did, the invasion panic would not be worth six months' purchase, and —no more panic, no more increase to the standing army, no more seasonable diversions to Reform. England demands Reform—such a measure of Reform at least as shall last a generation, and satisfy the majority of reasoning and responsible Englishmen. A Tory Government proposes to " setV. the question by removing it out of-harm's way—in other words, by adapting it to the conve nience of dependent counties and rotten boroughs. England demands absolute neutrality in the present European war. But the strange Phonetic dictionary which that eminent professor of calli graphy who still presides over the Foreign -office is in the habit of consulting, discovers a strange and ominous novelty in international law. A Tory Government, inspired by the prudence of a Derby, guided by the wisdom of a Malmesbury, teaches us, to our amazement, that there are two sorts of neutrality, as there are two sorts of warfare and two sorts of alliance. As there is offensive warfare, and defensive warfare, offensive alliance and de fensive alliance, so, too, it appears there is such a thing as defensive neutrality, which is the only sort of neutrality we have hitherto been ac quainted with, and such a thing as offensive neu trality taught and practised by a Tory Government. We know what a strictly defensive neutrality means. It means that England shall resolutely hold her own all the world over, while despots fight it out and freedom rushes in through the gap of armies to vindicate her sacred cause, without raising a hand in aid of the despots, and with all her heart and soul bidding God speed to freedom and the right. Offensive neutrality means a f bmtibnhareteadarginsggbsuulai subsidisedaocie: eno t soei:i t s lta o s ft h a Na s m l n?Fai sufferinge nert n Tragi a rnoe c craa i e g epaeGe kart Government sliding i nsoder u nns d rh, m e ouae , lr occult titaochlfieensindifferencefiafoi fontft d ilyolt y pi rne n 3oe.,s a \b: s al dso c lt, n l al ies, in ve her strength unimpaired, her liberties un corrupted, the a r x e se taxe s, ago. It means—but, in a word, if England is to religionrin ru gettingp t e d p , u commerce rid onf d m en undefiled,Nv ho f free e ls e ohte a w n m d i tuh fl s t o tulhroeisseh creature s ni n o g i he r ine of the Pope on the hustings, and who unite with the Holy Father in prayer for the perpetuation of temporal and spiritual darkness in Europe. 111IDDLE3EX SESSIONS —May 24. (Bofore Mr. Pashley, .C., Assistant-Judge.) A number of cases, in which prisoners pleaded guilty, were disposed of, and several known thieves, committed on trifling charges, were sentenced to various terms of penal servitude. The Court rose early, the learned judge being in a state of bodily health which prevented his sitting longer. (Before Mr. Creasy.) Thomas Cave, 30, a man of good a pp earance , was indicted fir steeling a watch, value £lB, the pro perty of Xames Blenkinsopp, from the person-of Wilhelmina, his wife. Mr. Gent was counsel for the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Ribton and Mr. Daly. This robbery was committed at the church of St. Barnabas, during a confirmation. The evidence clearly proved the guilt of the prisoner, and he was convicted. A long list of previous convictions was proved. His last sentence was four years'- penal servitude. Coombc3, an ex-policeman, said he had known the prisoner as a thief for eighteen years. Mr. Creasy said it was necessary to protect society from such depredators, and he should there fore double the last sentence passed. upon him, and pass upon him a sentence of eight years' penal servitude. John Moseley, 20, printer, and Frederick May, 21, brass-finisher, were indicted for hating stolen a pair of trousers, the property of Edward Turvey. Edward Turvey, a little boy, the son of Jesse Turvey, a tailor, of No. 4, Amwell-street, Penton vine, was sent by his father with a pair of trousers, wrapped up as a parcel, to the Seven-sisters-road Holloway. 'Whilst passing through Penton -street he was accosted by Moseley, who asked 'aim the way td Bridgewater-square, and having directed him they ,separated. Soon afterwards May came up and spoke to him, asking him where he was going to. Incautiously he told him, upon which he re marked that he had gone to the same school as the boy, and that as he was goin g th e same way he would accompany him, and immediately afterwards they were joined by Moseley. When they got into the Seven Sisters-road Moseley said he would give him a shilling a-piece for all th e birds' nests he could find, and sixpence a-piece fix all the horse leeches and newts that he could find in a pond in the field they were then in. Both prisoners asked him to put dowi his parcel, and May put his coat over it. The boy then went into the pond to look for leeches,- followed by May, who detained him there while Moseley ran away. The boy said he would go and get his parcel, but whin he got to the place where it had been left it had disappeared. May tiled to run away, but the little boy followed him for eight hours, and at last lost sight of him in Macclesfield-street, City-road. A description of the prisoners was given to the police, and on the following morning they were found in bed together at No. 23, Waterloo-street, and taken into custody. On searching the room a pawn broker's duplicate for the trousers, which had been pawned on the Saturday night, was found between the glass and the back of a photographic portrait in the room. Both the prisoners made a rambling defence, denying that they had stolen the trousers, May stating that he remained with the boy so long to assist him in finding them. The jury immediately found both the prisoners guilty. Charles Phillips, police-constable 438 N, said the prisoner May was convicted of felony at the ses sions of this court on the Gth of July, and sentenced to be imprisoned for 12 months. Mr. Creasy said it was really very cruel for two hulking fellows like the prisoners to go about for the purpose of robbin g poor children, and it was his determination to punish all such cases which might be brought before him with severity. In the pre sent case, as May had already been convicted, he should sentence him to be kept in penal servitude for four years, and Moseley for three years. Thomas Wallis, 21, was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the shop of James Lawrence, with intent to steal the goods and chattels therein. He was also indicted for unlawfully assaulting and beating John Randall, a constable of the metropo litan police force, in the execution of his duty. The assault upon the constable was committed before the attempted burglary took place, but the prisoner had contrived to get out of the way. When he was taken on the other charge this was .preferred against hink. It was proved that he thrust a tobacco pipe into the policeman's eye, penetrating his nose, by which he was seriously injured, and was still suffering from its effects. The prisoner was found guilty on both charges, and a previous conviction having been proved against him, - Mr. Creasy sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for seven years. ESCAPE OF A PRISONER AFTER SENTENCE. On Monday afternoon, after the business of the Court was concluded, it was discovered that a pri soner of the name of Coveney, alias Norman, who had been convicted of stealing a basket of linen from a laundress's cart, and sentenced to five years' penal servitude, had made his escape. Although but 20 years of age, he was a well known thief, and had been convicted something like fourteen times. It seems that he was placed in a cell on the female side, and contrived by sheer strength to wrench the iron-bar frame from the wood work, to which it 'was fixed by screws, to a sufficient extent to enable him to thrust his body between the end bar and the wall. He then raised the sash of the window and got into the area, a tolerably deep one, at the back of the Guildhall, from which he by some means managed to clamber up to a ledge, having reached which he would easily get hold of the outer railing, over which he would have very little difficulty in getting. He made good his escape, and though but a very short time could have elapsedi since he was seen safe, there is no doubt other prisoners who were walking abrnt were aware of the method of escape he had adopted, and but for the timely arrival of the warder, would have followed the example by playing " Follow my leader," under circumstances very gratifying to themselves. The police were at once communicated with, and from what is known of the prisoner, his haunts, and associates, it is thought he will not be long at large. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 24. LAMBETH.—THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ALLEGED CHILD MURDER AT PECKHAM.— Elizabeth Beagin, a middle-aged female, who had been remanded on a charge of having caused the death of her illegitimate offspring by overlaying and smothering it, in the month of October, 1857, was again brought up and placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton for further examina tion. Inspector Dann informed the magistrate that he had given notice to several witnesses whose evi dence he conceived to be necessary to the case, to be in attendance, and they promised him they , should, but some of them had forgotten their pro mise. Mr. Denne, a surgeon, of South Cottage-grove, Southampton-street, Camberwell, said that on the morning of the 22d of October, 1857, he attended the prisoner at her house, 16, Camden-square, and delivered her of a child arrived at proper maturity, and alive. He remained with her 20 minutes or half an hour , and on leaving proceeded to the hous e Smith, of Mrs. l her sister, to request she would go to her, as there was no nurse or female there. He saw Mrs. Smith, told her of the prisoner's confine ment, and requested her to go to her sister, as she had no female to attend on her. Mr. Norton—Did you see any person at the house besides the prisoner ? Witness—Yes, her father, by whose request I attended. Mr. Norton—Did you continue to visit the pri soner after her confinement ? Witness—yes, I attended her for some days after. Mr. Norton—What state did you leave the infant in when you left on the morning of its birth Witness—lt seemed quite well, cried, and I gave it into the arms of the mother. Mr. Norton—Did you see the child after that time ? Witness--No, I did not. Mir. Norton—Then, what account did the prisoner give you of its absence ? Witness—She said she had made arrangements with a party to take it. Mr. Norton—Then she did not mention anything about overlaying it, and its being dead and buried ? Witness—Certainly not, or I should, of course, have caused the 'necessary inquiries respecting it. Alfred and George Benin, the brothers of the prisoner, were called and examined, but not on oath, at some length. They admitted that they thought they had been made acquainted with the fact that their sister, the prisoner, had been de livered of a child on the morning of the 22d of October, 1857. They had never given themselves the trouble to inquire what had become of the infant, and declared they knew nothing of its burial in the garden. They acknowledged that they had spoken to a person named Gill on the subject of the birth of the child with the view of punishing their brother-in-law, Smith, for his gross indiscretion and misconduct, and had put their name to the following document Fetter-lane, Nov. 2, 1857. " This is to certify and declare on oath, before the undersigned witnesses, that I, Edward Greaves, hold myself answerable to the law if I at any time divulge anything respecting an affair that is sup posed to have taken place, whereby the character, situation, or liberty of Mr. S. B. Smith is in any way affected, and that, on the receipt of £lO, no further application or demand will be made by me, either directly or indirectly, as witness my hand. "EDWARD GREAVES. " Witness, Alfred Beagin, George Beagin. " I hereby acknowledge the receipt of £lO. " GEORGE GREAVES." _ In reply to the questions of the magistrate, both the Beagms said Greaves and. Gill, whom they had mentioned, were one and the same person, and further declared that, though the £lO had been paid by Smith, they (the witnesses) had not received a farthing of the money. Inspector Dann informed the magistrate that he had warned the person Gill to be in attendance to give evidence in the case, but ho was one of the absentees. Mr. Neale, who attended for the prisoner, con tended that the extent this charge amounted to was one of neglecting to register the birth and death of the infant, and which, no doubt, had been occasioned to avoid exposure of the unfortunate affair. Mr. Norton, however, considered the case was one calling for the utmost investigation, and told Inspector Dann that if the necessary witnesses did not think proper to attend on summonses which should at once issue, he should grant warrants to compel them. He then remanded the prisoner to a future day. WORSHIP-STREET.—MORAL TURPITUDE. — John Evans, 26, a carpenter, living at 45, Murray street, New North-road, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with grossly misconducting himself towards several young l a dies, the children of highly-respectable residents at KingsKingsland.The attention of the Court was directed to this case for two hours, and several of the complainants, varying in age from 10 to 14 years, were neces sarily subjected to much u npleasantness by having to give evidence in support of the charge. This however, was efficiently done, and proved that they had been, on more than one occasion, vi c ti ms of inherent vileness on the part of the defe n d ant, who, while in a field Ridley-road, Kingsland, . first invited their attent ion, and then most scan dal° isly insulted their modesty. Inspector Lang:don, N division, mentioned that numerous complaints had recently been made of a person answering the descriptio n of the defendant frequenting the fields and misconducting himself as deposed to by the young ladie s . Mr. Abraham Beresford, an accountant in the Hi g h-street, Kingsland, stated that, frominforma tion given by this daughters, he, on the previous evening, caught the offender, and handed him over to the police. Mr. - D'Evncourt told the defendant that he would assuredly have dealt with all the cases against him had the evidence in each been sufficient. The punishment he should inflict would be for one committed on Friday week last, which was indis putably clear. The worthy magistrate strongly remarked upon this class of offence, as effecting incalculable mischief by its demoralising character, and highly commended the parents of the young ladies for pursuing the perpetrator to justice. Defendant was sent to the House of Correction for three months, with hard labour. SPO.R TING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT NIANZHESTER—TUESDAY. The Bath and Somerset meeting has been sufficiently at tractive to have a thinning effect upon the attendance at the rooms here, and the betting upon the Derby was not marked by heavy investments. The Promised Land was in demand, at an advance upon 2to 1. Islusjid meets with little sup port, and was friendless to -day at 6to 1. 20 to 1 was cur rently offered on the field, bar two. Highwayman was in force at 25 to 1. The same remarks apply to Trumpeter. Electric continues to receive steady opposition in this market, and receded to 25 to 1, offered. 100 to 3 was offered in many places against Enfield. CLOSING PRICES. SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 4to 1 asst Orleans (taken) DERBY. 2to 1 agst Promised Land (take 9to 4 freely) 6to 1 agst Musjid (offered) 20 to 1 agst Ticket-of-Leave (taken and offered) 22 to 1 agst Trumpeter (take 25 to 1 freely) 25 to 1 agst Highwayman (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Electric (offered) 100 to 3 agst Enfield (offered) 33 to 1 agst Balnamoon (taken) OAKS. sto 4 agst Mayonnaise (taken) 6to 1 agst Rosabel (taken) 10 to 1 agst Summerside (taken) 10 to 1 Aliadne (taken) BATH RACES.—TuEsnA.y. The Lansdown Trial Stakes (handicap) of 5 sovs each, with _ _ _ 40 added. Winners eitra. One mile. 19 subs. Lord Portsmouth's King of the Forest, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (J. Goater) 1 Mr. J. Powney's Felicitas, 3 yrs, sst Gib.... (J Adams) 2 Duke of Bedford's Pavilion, 4 yrs, Est 81b (Carter) 3 The following also ran :—Rouble, Table Bay, Tiara, and Halliford, Betting-2 to 1 agst Felicitas, 4to 1 agst Table Bay, 5 to 1 agst Pavilion, 7 to 1 agst King of the Forest. Won by half a length ; a length between the second and third ; bad fourth. The Biennial Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 50 added, for 2-yr•olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b. The second to save his stake. Certain allowances. T.Y.C. Half a mile. 57 subs. Mr. T. Parr's Lupullus, Bst 101 b Mr. T. Taylor's Hartley Wintney, Bst 71b (E. Sharp) 2 Mr. Merry's Brother to Rainbow, Bst 101 b .... (Plumb) 3 Lord Portsmouth's Buccaneer, Bst 71b (J. Goater) 4 The following also ran :—Herman, Chere Arnie, Brother to Tricolor, Man-at-Arms, Sleight filly, Sherborne, Eheu, and Market Gardener. Betting-6 to 4on Lupullus, 100 to 30 agst Buccaneer, 100 to 8 agst Hartley Wintney. After one slight failure they got away, Hartley Wintney showing in advance, with Brother to. Rainbow, Buccaneer, Chre Arnie, Market Gardener, anti Idupullus lying pretty close together, well up. At the distance the favourite joined Brother to Rainbow, disposed of him before reaching the Stand, and then challenged Hartley Wintney. The finish was most exciting, Lupullus getting up in the last few strides, and winning by a neck. Two lengths between the second and third ; and a neck between the third and fourth. Clear of them, in a body, came Sherborne, Herman, Man-at-Arms, and Brother to Tricolor. The Sleight filly was last. C. Marlow rode in this race for the first time since his accident on Nettle, for the Oaks in 1855. The Bath Handicap of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, if declared, &c., with 100 added ; winners extra. Once round ; about a mile and a half. 29 subs., 15 of whom declared. Mr. S. Williams's Blackmail, 3 yrs, 65t.... (W. Bottom) 1 Mr. W. Day's Schi sm , 3 y rs (i nc 51b ex ), 7 s t (J. Ad ams ) 2 Mr. Thellusson's Orleans, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b.. (A. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Tame Deer, Fadladeen, Linda, Olympias, The Gem, and Lassie. Betting-6 and 7to 4 agst Orleans, 4to 1 agst Schism, 6 to 1 agst Blackmail, 6 to 1 agst Fadladeen. Won by a length ; same distance between the second and third ; Lassie ran on the wrong side of a post. Second Year of the Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b. The second to save his stake. One mile and a _ - half. 55 subs., Mr. H. Hill's Tter, Bst 101 b ( A. Day) 1 Mr. C. Capel's Layman, Bst 71b (J. Osborne) 2 Mr. J. Clark's Scent, Bst 71b The following also ran :—Bribery colt, Sheffield, Cynri cus, Halliford, and Sir Hercules. The betting opened at 6 to 4 agst Trumpeter, but closed at evens on him, a to 1 agst Highwayman, 6 to 1 agst Cyn- ricus. Sir Hercules got away in advance, but on entering the far side of the course Cynricus deprived him of the lead and he also gave place to Halliford, and went on third with Sheffield by his side, Trumpeter dropping completely into the rear when half way along the back stretch. As they approached the extfeme turn, Halliford for a short time headed Cynricus, but soon afterwards dropped back. On making for the straight, Trumpeter was sent to draw up towards his horses, with Highwayman and Scent next in pursuit of Cynricus; the last-mentioned was, however, beaten at the distance, where Trumpeter took the lead, held it to the end, and won in a canter by three lengths; half way up the distance Scent passed Highwayman, who ran very unkindly, but she gave way to him opposite the Stand, and was beaten by three lengths for secoul place. On making the last turn the Bribery colt struck into something, supposed to be Halliford, and fell. Flatman was stunned for a short time, and severely bruised about the face. Fortunately he escaped further injury. His horse got loose, but was stopped by the crowd opposite the Stand. Halliford walked in some time afterwards. Before the race 20 to 1 each was taken about Trumpeter and Highwayman for the Derby; after it, 50 to 1 was of fered against Highwayman, and 10 to 1 was booked about Trumpeter. The County Members' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous. Winners extra. About a mile and a half. Mr. S. Jacobs's Eltham Beauty, by Kingston, 3 yrs, sst (Grimahaw) 1 Mr. Wyatt's Ferndale, 4 yrs, 7 at- 4ib (Ducker) 2 The following also ran :—Laodamia, Tame Deer, Apollo, Grillade, Corkscrew, Gala colt, Arcanum, The Poet, Aunt Sally, and Whimsical. Betting-7 to 2 agst Tame Deer, sto 1 agst the Gala colt, 6 to 1 agst Eltham Beauty. Eltham Beauty came in first, beating Apollo, second, by a head. Ferndale a bad third. On'returning to scale, the rider of Ferndale objected to the first two on the ground of a cross. The Stewards investigated the charge, and decided that Apollo had crossed Ferndale, and that Eltham Beauty was entitled to the Plate. The Free Handicap did not produce a race. LATEST DERBY BETTING ON THE COURSE. 2to 1 agst The Promised Land (taken) 6to 1 agst Musjid (offered) 10 to 1 agst Trumpeter (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Defender (wanted) 100 to 1 agst Cynricus (offered) Not a bet on either the Sornersetshire Stakes or the Oaks came under our observation. A bright, men s e sseni b a warmge of day, spectators and n a t a o t t ua r a e c t e i 9 v u e r s e a a t . d , T d h r e e w principalnm- runin with their carriages. On the b alcon y of the families of the neighbourhood closely thronged the straight rand Grand Stand were many ladies, and nearly all the most influential b e y s sbpa betting, produced and eturf.exciting T hes t p h o e r t l i w v e a l s i a n s i t o s e t n i r n i t n e s r i e t y s t . i n t‘liv will two be p ßiel a tr n o n n i s a o fS the t a klt m se a e r n k fom e r deff o nc u t r urpeotunrnhitshpaot s T it ru inn mp in eter h s e D su e c i c . an offer was made to back him for even money against Musjid "in their places." Musjid Was very unsteady, and Bath races are likely to maintain their reputation for being fatal to Derby favourites. PUGILISM. ITARRY POULSON (OF' NOTTINGHAM) AND )filseFeOß £ 5 O A-SIDE.— members of th e HARpßayss'argvesooNf arms oF between n N The ring, that created so much interest among the patrons of the noble art, took place yesterday ac cording to articles, in the "home circuit," when the event was brought to a most satisfactory conclu sion, the contest from first to last being of a good old-fashioned description, in which give and take was the order of the day. Poulson, who is now 42 years of age, has long been known within the ropes, having, with Tom Paddock and the present cham pion of England, fought some of the gamest and most resolute battles on record. Tyson, prior to the present tournay, has fought Dehany and Hall, and like the Nottingham veteran, gained the repu tution of being a thorough game 'un. In weight the combatants were not restricted, but in this Tyson had all the advantage, while in height and reach he likewise possessed an immense superiority over his opponent ; and, certainly, when this n powerful fellow stepped within the arena, he u questionably looked a most dangerous customer for not thought former the Notti ng h am c h a mpion to contend with, and that more particularly as Poulson was and undaunted mettle, were qualifications that marked him out as his youth, power, to be the same man he was in days, when boxers that ever the most resolute and determined being one of entered the arena. fi'll e management of the pro ceedings was entrusted to Alec Keene and Nat Langhlrn, by w hom everything was done that l ay in their pow er to bring the mill to a happy i ssue. After a pleasant trl 1)2 both by rail and wate r , the ring was formed on a well-known spot, some 50 miles from the metropolis. On entering the lists Poulson had behind him Jack 111‘Donald and George Brown, while Dan Collins and John Hicks waited upon Tyson. On the combatants throwing off their outer togs it at once became apparent that Poulson was a great deal too fleshy ; nevertheless, for an old man, and one that had seen so much hard service, he unquestionably looked wonderfully healthy. Tyson in age had fully the advantage of being nearly ten years younger, but still, judging from the appearance of the men, we really much question whether there was anything like that dif ference in the constitution of the combatants. In betting Poulson was a decided favourite, his parti sans freely laying the odds of 6 to 4, the needful being invested to a good amount round the ring. At six minutes to one o'clock the combatants had received the finishing- touch from their seconds, therefore they were conducted to the scratch, and left to begin the contest. From first to last the battle was characterised only by the bull-dog manner in which the men fought. the exchanges often being of the most terrific and sledge-hammer description, which re peatedly sent the belligerents staggering to all parts of the ring, P ou l son , i n t h e fi rs t roun d, hit ting his man until they fell with tremendous force. The Nottingham hero gained the first of the three events early in the contest, and fro n the ninth round, took a decided lead, which he maintained to the finish. In the whole, 25 rounds were fought, occupying 31 minutes, in the last of which Poulson got home the right th ree ti mes w i t h suc h t e lling effect, that Tyson on being taken to his corner, was found to be incapable of renewing the struggle , therefore, the Nottingham lad was hailed the winner. DENNY SULLIVAN AND EDWARD KEYTE.- - These men also fought in the same ring for a fiver a-side, when Sullivan proved the winner, Keitef who is a younger br o th er o f D an K ey t e , of Val" sall, who fought and defeated Baker last week , cutting it on the termination of the 18th round , when he had decidedly a ll th e b es t o f th e fighting. The contest last 35 minutes, and in conclusion, we will briefly say, that K e yt e i s un d ou bt e dly with the " white feather," and th a t S u lli van , though a game man, will never m a k e a s t ar . LEECH AND JENNINGS.—Th ese l a d s wer e also to have fought for a fiv er aside at catch weight , but the unpleasant a rr i va l o f th e po li ce unfortu nately put a stop to all furth er h os til e p roce edings, therefore the contest had to b e adj ourne d to soot° future occasion. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS—MAY 24. Millers wanted to buy wheat today at a reduction of 3 0 to 4s per qr on the prices of this day se'nnight, which fAc" tors would not submit to, but withdrew their samples, hale consequently little business has been effected. Very hti' barley at market. Oats and beans support late prices. Arrivals this week : Wheat . Oats .. Barley Peas... Rapeseed Beans Linseed,,,, Averages for the week : Wheat 1,529 qrs., at 516 3 id 8ar1ey......... 69 „ 3ls afd Beans Peas __ n " __..g Od 26s 3 0 Oats • 107 Rye lB ~ 3ss 9cl 9 ,913 qrs. 234 LIVERPOOL—MAY 24. The arrivals from Ireland and coastwise during the past week have been fair of oats and oatmeal, but otherwvri quite insignificant. F rom f ore i gn por t s w e have rec .rt e i r 22,836 quarters of wheat (chiefly French), 1 / 784 q i e lie ll Indian corn, and 22,477 sacks and 976 barrels flour• exports, in the same time, comprise 1,906 q uarters of wheat, 1,969 qrs Indian corn , 2,163 sacks and 2,052 barrels flou r. The weather continues fine. We had a fair attendance of dealers at ou r market to-day, and a goo d consumptive demand. Wheat and fl our may be quoted at a decline of 4d per cental on th e f ormer , and 6d on the latter. Oats and oatmeal in limited request, but not quotably lower. The same remark applies to barley, beans, and peas. In dian corn not much inquired for—white was held for 8s per cental. SUNDERLAND—MAY 21. There was a moderate supply of grain to-day, and a fair business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, from 41. Od to 56s Od per qr ; red, 43s Od to 55s Od ; beans, 40s Od to 44s Od ; barley, 28s to 32s Od per qr. ; oats, 24s to 308. SHEFFIELD—MAY 24. There was a fair average quantity of wheat on offer, 'At we must quote a decline of is per load, with a dull trade , Beans had an upward tendency, but a slow cab). No change from last week in barley and oats. Flour declined 24 per 141 b. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels... 19a Od to 21s OA White If ), ...21s Od to 23s Od Beans /) 1) Peas, per qr Grinding* barley, per qr Maltingt"ditto ) )9 Oats 4 2 331 8 4 338 s s sss 1 0 :° dddd to 5 3 3 532 45 21 001 ........, Millers' prices for flour—ls 10d, 2s Od, and 2s 2d pet 141 b. Hay, 80s to 85s ; wheat straw, 28s to 36s ; oat straw, a° to 365; turnips, 14sto 16s per ton. RICHMOND—MAY 21. We had thin supplies of all descriptions of and a dull demand. White ruled from 7s Od to 7s 6 d P e • bushel ; barley, 4s Od to 4s 3d ; beans, 5s 6d to 6 s 3s Od to 3s 6d. grain to-dsy; , oats, NORWICH CATTLE—MAY 21. A good show of store beasts to .day, comprising Scots and shorthorns, with a few Irish. Sales were rather haft' and a fair attendance. Scots 4s to 4s 6d ; shorthorns, 45 "- 5s ; Irish, 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Fat beasts, 7s Od to 8s per stone* Sheep—The pens were well filled. Prices—Fat slieePP 8s to 8s 6d per stone. Pigs—Good store pigs, 25s to 30s. Fat pork, 6s to 60 64 per stone. THE TOWER OF LONDON.—The hoarding yr.,_k ic l i f has so long concealed Traitors'-gate f rom the sight - visitors has been removed, and few strangers now Pee. without looking curiously at it, associated as it is with ' many historical incidents.—The Builder. ~,iment.-- -- [AnvEausEmENT.l—Holloway's Pills and t.....--- the Flatulency, Nausea, ndigestion.—Nothing depresses mind more rapidly, or wears out t h e body much faster, than a. stomach incapable o f fully digesting its food. of Indiges tion renders life so miserable that from it spring most ,i, the suicides which daily shock our nerves. Pills be taken regularly for a time, and his Ointment twice daily rubbed over the digestive organs, these ni 1_ . _ choly symptoms will soon cease, and pleasurable er thoughts succeed the dismal forebodings engendered un ed d b d ) ;spai d7 ; spepsia, which drive the sufferer to misery If Holloway _ long stood promi nently priceless prep with flatulency, nausea, protean disorder, which beginning assimilates the most formidable listlessness, and headache, great injury inflicted on maul nently forward in the Wo a n ra d t e i i e f n u 6 l cures effected over this human complaints. —The e he interest thepublic take ill . increases alenta Arabica Food, which cures without Du Barry's Rev . (dyspepsia), flatule ncy , • lion, medicine indigestion . enCY, constipa invalids EADv m nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, con sumption, drugs lS mption, and debility. We quote a few out of many thou: S s u and cases of cures by this delicious f oo d : —C ure No. 180. ___,, T we nty five years' nervousness, constipation, indiges tion, and debility from which I have suffered great miserP and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have bed effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet, street, London." C ur s 4,208. -- ~ Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with crawl)s,., spasms,. and nausea, for which my servant had c onsulte"_, the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du;BartZ, ° Health .restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer atilb quiries. Rev. J. W.Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfe-"" P In tins, at ls. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., s's. 9d. ; 51b , 125.• 121 b., 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt Of post - office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, i . l-4°ll lo, Fortnum, Mason, and. Co., rB2, Piccadill • A' - ''' — ' d- Gracechurch-street ; 4, Chea side Y 'l.-0 Oxford street p ; 63, and .4,, s,ste street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bisi ' üblitit street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Bewley and D d Co.. Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes an .4 at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew •at Ma nc hester,SharP a" , Scott; at Y or k, R a i mes, Blanchard, and Co.; a t South ' ampton Randall and S on . _..—... --- BIRTHS. BEDELLiptpdlir e —On the 23d inst., the wife of Mr. IL P. '-' of 1, Circ us -pl ace , Fi ns bury, of a son. of HUGHES.— On the 20th inst., at Birch, Essex, the wife the Rev. A. H. Hughes, of a son. STEVENS.—On the 23d inst., at Hoddesdon, gertst tfh: wife of Robert Ingram Stevens, Esq., 111 R.C.S. , c " daughter. vet, SWAIIEY.—On the 24th inst., at 56 Upper Berkeley - st , , 1-1 L 1 W., the wife of M. C. Merttins Swibey, Esq., --• of a son. MARRIAGES. BEATT/E—AnAmsoN.--On the 23d inst , at the Pa ri l church of St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington,. Sohn, e lde° t son of Jas. Beattie, Esq., Montrose, to Emma, You n g es d daughter of James Adamson, Esq., late of the W all Revenue, London. SHAW—COLLARD.—On the 24th inst at St. GeorEectt Hanover-square, Joseph Philip Shaw, Esq., of ((fit ~r' House, Petersham, and of Piccadilly, t o Jane Sabina, so. widow of Captain Collard, of Walthamstow. DEATHS. BIGGS.—On the 22d inst., at 421, Strand, Mr. Geo. Bigg s, late proprietor of the Family Herald, aged 65. CIIAPI.Iti.—On the 24th inst., at 13, Montague - aq ua/ 1 Charles Chaplin, Esq., of Blankney, in the county Lincoln, aged 73. CowAN.—On the 23d i ns t., at Mi le-end, Portsoa , Ed t ivard Cowan, Esq., Deputy. Commissary-General, aged 67. nartk,he s 2 u 2d rrey in , st age ß d ip 3. ar d Cra wshay, CI O -vs f " Ott H e A rs Y ha . MUSGRAVE.—On the 16th inst , at Madrid, Philip 1411:4.- grave, Esq., e ld es t son of Sir George Musgrave, Bar" of Edenhall, Cumberland. OWLVIR.--OR the sth March, at Sydney , Re tired Commander William Ogilvi e , R.N. YAIR.—On the 21st inst., Archibald Yair, Esq., of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, aged 56. LONDON : Printed and Published by MUR.DO yoUNti2 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. ill St in the Precinct of the, Savoy, in. the WOO/ • Middlesex, Wednesday, May 25, 1859.