The Sun. — London, England, 1851-10-28 00:00:00

g oo o t ell pe rft ' t •fivi _pitrl 1 0 I. ... o' o' o' , too, KOSSUTH. yroheSuriscAdr•tihayiAchml3l‘T°ll'uti\hi%L:rAdYrn continuedl i i r t nhis hilici i e r V t: 171 , , to the dejezin(r at the Mivor of Southaulp [Q4%, h ad be to tell upon the health of the exile, ~. n°t Yet quite recovered from the effects of' the sea ''' were The remainder of that day and the Sund , ly , er e Vent in seclusion, with the exception that he . ' werlt, accompanied by the ' Mayor, to attend morning 4,:swotal.. service in the cathedral at I Vinchester. It was not '41.7.t! get'EtallY known that he intended to be present, ar h 11 0117 4 ' ,i , way of avoiding anything. like excitement, the .4 31;., way A I r " an '' ne walked down by the back 4:,,, street, etheets:LS,ev‘eral visitors quietlyuelled . upon him in the course ,:ii,.., to_ee,,4o,ribluintgthheestate of his health permitted him Thisa only a fe w. it) jai Madame 4 . 1 early trtin to lo Lo d 1 ' n '° ll . They are all expected back to-morrow, e ( l i i - o u s P s u t to h and Londonhis f z b i, t 3 n 7 i a ly n, A lth lr 6l , c are t° t ake up their residence for the day will roskey, the American consul. Aooth • ' Ault er hßalt ob ject of hi s j ourney to town is toe hison th - • ra Zith an eminent physician of sician on t h e state is in , Whieh 14t:„,.r.,a delicate state. tytO `hence re to the report that has be: . n cir,clod , ti i B°v° m ce, that the Austrian Minister I . • ki n: t erled to demand his passports if oar Foreign •. a e u l tE r should grant Kossuth an interview, there is , nous story current here, and stated too on no gae a i , ,, authaorai!hority, that Lord Dudley Stuart has been 01710, 11 , 0414 --a toy, assure Kossuth that Lord Palmerst , o c n . '4A s te r a if p_e h g re ; a , n t i !: 3 i . tn an interview of an unofficial . char,.. IN oesired it • and that so far as his Lordship conc'erried, he was rattier anxious to 4, If _Duf t,laan otherwise. Iota"! ith,4:br• Cobden returned to town on Saturday ere an n : •1,,:. qu ' et at ii expected to return to-morrow for theb tiheil.i...ll.lpre.cAtebdb;otaeLdawrence, th e American Minister, to -11 algo ex , Lilt I Shit -Mr. Walker, late Secre i t l a a r s y ne. "Pted th e . . esTreasury, Mr. Lawrence . of 8 0... e invitation a Mr. Deacon, the town-clerk 'La, ,`"naropton, to take up his residence during y riti tn i e 44 Southampton at his house. Beyond the, a 3 of Lord a ° no s hear Dudley Stuart and Mr. h _Co , bl i e i n htm m , el e i *ho a re t °f any other distinguished .-g ,r4l._ o.join in this demonstration., Rat e , f ' will, however, be a great attendance of dole - 1(t),,,,,r°41 different towns to present addresses to Ntitl;`" l ,' and a special train has been ordered on the totiti.'iestern Railway, and is expected to-morrow, Nl:aiSng deputations with addresses, from most of 18 Re in Yor'kshire and Lancashire. The P l ace L ic 'n of these addresses will of sours® take °o'ore the dinner. h e rb t r i 3 BOnle talk of a Procession being formed 4ity , so meet liossuth on his entrance into the town— Procs i t People are sanguine enough to propose a distance f rotn the Mayor's house in Winchester, a ki, e ~, l lottii .''' twelve miles. We believe, however, that . o R - , 'finitively settled on the subject. The ver, is very likely. The popular 'our of the Hungarian is very strong o ; , s u rf Hungarian party in the borough, who 'Posed to stand aloof, and look askanc C hief, have been almost completely 1/e eches, and are now as enthusiastic Inonstrations as any of their fellow ~~` elO~.~ ) , ~+ i ~tiia the Mayor's be att ew Mayor's long the in , t.ossuth had been lost during Jay.in c i d T e w n to cOacsckuertrseodf up as lost, It °n War in Rungary, and were given they had 1, SeerlN, however, that somehow or , other w h o on prijuits(l been recovered by Madame Pulzs cY, to thei r 3:1 had the gratification of restoring them are worth f rot h 'IN owner, The • ewels, it is said, 3 ,000 / i . to 4,000/. Phiv., • y ATE Vr --------------H TO LONDON. - Bte &S IT OP IiOSSUT of the raelaebe tdaY Morning liossuth, with a in f"v strictly Prirtit,ll°l his suite, left Southampton a for the latrp,),,ttleatMer by at nine o'clock train, family pre -las i - ci tt: Passing a few hours with his hampton ''ltoot), -"e f atigue at the banquet at Southampton Waterloo %telt (1"1 ' t he the „ o h tit party arrive-d at o'clock, but owing to *at 4 a liar tof LI ter past eleven unknown except tot hees ‘,1113 arrival being wholly train, 12° f esli e r, l :: 4l ',.ti of the company arriving with the place, 'hi tb, - 1 ot welcome or demonstration took .into UN, nk"lnstriens h. f with his friends got to tttqt,e'v3 tr iers t e ie With and drove at once to tail, "Plae e, t ,. g: a. the station, Kossuth and her . tha":_ I{ '' Jii Madame 100 station b t) ''lltil tru t h will leave the Water Southampton titttarl till to-Morrow morning for 'ttl ' banquet. orn kitt24'ettie F---------________ C IN 1, 11 , la, t 4.8 b the Central Demonstration Strand, felt hq:attli 1 8' 4, at 10, Southampton -street, e of the anxiety ii,,,er. Y ~titY; attended, in Consequence of the anxiety reference to th expected an b of k i's with reference to to a public tiollgaet a4essath to the invitation nublic recep -04 1., ti,etha,4ttEqiiested concurrence in r him by deputation \ittiay qtion, conveyed to ~ ttaslaerd. li/IQIINT taking the chair, in ti,4 t , Ol t co_ C,?i HUNT, on , r to their havita thtt..`'oll.(l arCiv.'ll,e4lttAe that an ansyv e few remarks upon t,r,P_Sitiot ;°_e_lie offerei.l a and re- Kossuth, tctitletided C o P.' etit occypied by entire deference by 1,74t1t54 ufttntele orntiaatttttie atoapr•layn, i and concluded h itl the answer Kosusugtb, as follows :1851. diire—ri'4l. Sir, 1,-. Winchester, Oct. LAS, you ad (l,.t.h., 1 [l4l e":,:ibtivithstanding the arguments. to persist in titup4g th e -,`"P lied, with deep regrei, my sincere gm' li n e 44d er°Posed banquet, which - i t is to ,:llclar b.,, 48ket for tilos wh-)se purpose 'in se- Pti --- would ha .• 4 so much pleasure . . vlpi t 1 bltt wbi _, .!e glVf n /110. the broad klißhtu tiot ac zt , e : i : I Must deeline, on nstration which d with inibje,t _ _r Ing any similar dem? having mired N .,ti oy put a, to the imputation of ' • n , t ha - t ,, rla th ia 3 whatever, or any party u n stio ue .. s a_d "tt an • tintr xi onclsi,eil y, a connexion Which, notwitti t_ li the i ltil et at th.. 5 , nation or disavowal on the part of id not 4,:qtto be '' uenionstration or on my, ' t,k. CO4strued b eemiy in e q i t , th 7 malevolence into an uns m, tv ittla vs,tli,liedomestic concerns of a country not pro eel_ and h'• tees, so g,.lnerously afforded me t , .ospitatit ill ;-'4,tln., ae_. Y. line to decline lkti,alvite,tiop:'onnt I.have found it necessary corporate 44_4, *1 14 4:: rq thoie nature, unless fromosed not to %;,14etit ti,), pLaTt4l th ir nature, are supp titiaitt, eoteluhiPa Yi definitively to tic- IN„ t Yon th a , , Must beg leave and con k '44 to , "it Would be moat agreeable 114 ....tb to , , in . ac- Neit, me °b re the address by which y ou _, ow vvbrn - t honour nr, t'! 4 r,,i,i,.. -g classes propose o w, ... h i to Ilia kdri4ce, the day following that on. Llle I alb --4 teas f rotn th . L d n Corporat ' 4ar sir,c j" • ervant, your very obedient s ` L. KossUTH. p i , ' ro T h lit'll the4A,ll2!°e 1 1unt E. ~ i ll , Info-ljo;Iti4011 then' stated that he proposed to re. '% u. SO 4 , h g a nswer • :.—. Nl l tel e ti--Th 4nPion•street Strand lB5l. 0 o) o t e C entr a l e '. r• ' Oct.' 28, you a t,. te , t a l uttdo _ L ettimit,eo to:med to Alive ) , _ ',N N , t o f v0 ..4 have instructed m e to acknowledge, 1 tbjt whicti`yomat iilinswer, and to thank you for _t i b ia ! are shown in the manner of de .1 el;„ it ,hey ill d 'it%ti on, ih a - '1 t o a ° not th e 1 , .1 4 , tk de t, vss regret that you have . felt com- Nl,e,the te '' 'At had the spontaneous manifestation of tn eo eilie„,4 . Prompted thousands to bid you welcome i sidoi t tl 9ll w 4 si iv: % 44ttloreuh:le.ehritthgousands httVe already shown adequate to the occasion, to et 0o d ° nut tlYl°us tai atiinn in Europe. I :aitp l ,Pfor t o 4i, less resolve to do all that lies in tl. Itnihe %olid g that mission —the rescue of Hungary si t meter ott © of the l Trade, . a e , t , peop es. Nt,,i,) 44 ,uepretienting a large itat tee _ ~ Your wishes, the address adopted by eti thm a to y ott t;'er inhabitants ot London, will be pre proportion of United 4MistiflttY natZetlllet, eniumittee at your own residence, te rva ilt, 'I Yourself: ----I am, sir, your most .„1,,... ktA h & Inni s x " TUOttIiTONI HUNT, Chairman. —4, "ItIttl" Of okr a . • 4etethe de put4 s t a i l o d he had !understood from the re tiNile,Ptsd th tl on Friday night, that Kossuth It t `' e demonstration, although not the e e ttlY 4l4AtAtt • Os ; a l'efe rreci L replied that the deputation had `'estutt(l h e h ad , . the acceptance of the demonstra it Aft e ,. did inte nd d°llbt whatever that at that time NI iatte,- re-il to accept the demonstration. _ k t. r ti t hr roni various delegates the draft of kotit 1'4.14ra pro fr om by the chairman was adopted. kwon ° .....,t, 44_ 'secretary, then proposed the following hi:llag l ' o a t Prs4 n t it o t thls In consisting of dele int e Pini e4 A the industrious classes of London, 4 ts tit4 end ed h at the character of the demenstra kbb 1,4 9 the Workin and other inha te )bb oaci, r , , g men I lii 4 Per m has been m isrepresented to K05(411,4, ( 41 1 , 4 , Inf ttl4l Who either hate or fear the workin g athtt,_,9odie, cirlei°cl, resolved, that the trades and app,ol`lt to ars e presented in this committee be re -4k'N-14,40!:(1 forillthble in public meeting on the day ot - 0 ell k i h , e Presentation of the address, and in 1144ti"n, t t "'' 16 Plao • ek " t hat ek e contiguous to the residence k:l ts ' l •Prt the deputation proceed from the 1th1440 ftent t he dd s. S r L. „withretur jes t ills 411 %op t , et . k swe r i n t.,k rn i ° Nth', d person to the people; and in the %oh alkiedi eclining So to do, the deputation i t t kt of theh. d 4t elY to the meeting, and report the lime 1e,49,.0r.0f _e_le,tptti Mr. Pattie believed that t. etatio4'',.`"nampton had in reality answered Nitte station °I the , oft, tt -n It a.. worainen of Southampton, and , a t l i t t le % ,`%. 0 ?s,suth k" w ered the invitation of the coni 14 tit tetnit Ile`er nothing. of the real sentiments -11 t yen ih_ t Pi 4 i ° atte °f L ondon, and it was necessary - .I ki °a mush Pt to enlig.hten him . upon the point. ttl it ii it,i, hittleeaof. ttitittaCh to his conduct if he rejected . aeciettillillt wetelluitidtikaueedwtoorcliting classes of this country , when fairly informed, mr,,tai''''''st_tlte fai r infers,oferaele that 4 lr ° t he ''''' t which bore his K?ssuthdid not name, ad 4, At cores og core s of %oat‘n4 ll ,_`, 1-1 ~" to,, n i Marseilles.—Hear. ~,' 'x. 1,r 1 , (.4 'd the motion. Vtitte!tte-`•111t tle 14014.8 said that Kossuth's firat 447r,J1 1„ aum,,eeaserlY be of Hungary, and the , tiowas n ° n ot to force him into any course ttliVot ;Liiits tkwhling to take. 'llstrtiotrught the delegates ought to go • , ' 44 to the bodifs whom they repre.- "rely' .mtog yet deft Prbeession, howev tee here in fay( E'n the Con! *ere at first disPo 04 t o Ibogarian *on 'over by his 81 ill the popular del toharben. An reeidebee ittekating ob Frida ibg to to Mad ettrreetion n.—atte f THE The CHAIRMAN suggested that the address should be privately presented, and that the deputation should report the result to a public meeting. Mr. PninnAux defended the course taken by Kos suth as sound and rational, and exonerated Mr. Cob den from all blame in the matter. Mr. HEristiaw opposed the motion, and stated that, in his Opinion, the people of this country, even if shunned or insulted by Kossuth, would Mill cling to the cause of Hungary.—(Hear.) Other delegates having spoken, principally in de fence of the course taken by Kossuth, and in oppo-i- Lion to the motion, Mr. Handles moved, as an amendment, that the delegates should be sent back fur instruction, which having been seconded, \lr. H. NICHOLLS moved another amendment, to the effect that a great public meeting should hs con vened in the must spacious pima/ obt a inable. The second amendment baying been seconded, a long discussion followed, in the cow se of which, Mr. DELAFORCE expressed his regret that the de monstration had been abandoned, as he felt assured that it would have powerfully aff,cted the despots of the Continent. He thought that Kossuth was too wise to publish all his sentiments, and he (Mr. Delaforc,-) for one was content to know that Kossuth had struggled for the liberties of Hungary.—(Bear.) Mr. IRONSIDES, of Sheffield, stated that he had reason to know that the parties who surrounded Kos suth had determined before Kossuth arrived to keep him from fully reTonding to the sentiments of the English people. He (Mr. Ironsides) was going down to Southampton to-morrow, and hoped to have some serious conversation with those who had induced Kossuth to send such an answer. _ _ The discussion terminated by the adoption of the original motion, it being understood that the meeting should be an open air one. It was then objected that the working clasEes could not be called out on Friday, and, after a somewhat desultory discussion, it was decided that Kossuth should be requested to accept the address on Monday, and the letter originally agreed upon was altered in accordance with the decision, and Mr. Ironsides was requested to carry it to Kossuth. THE MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, and BEAMS OF ENGLAND. (From the Quarterly Return of the Registrar- General.) This return comprises the births and deaths regis tered by 2,189 registrars in all the districts of Eng.. lane during the summer quarter ending September 30, 1651 ; and the marriages in more than 12,000 churches or chapels, about 3,190 registered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church, and 623 superintendent registrars' offices, in the quar ter that ended June 30, 1851. The return of marriages is not complete; but the defects are inconsiderable, and approximate numbers have been supplied from the records of previous years. The marriages still exceed the average, but are less numerous than the marriages i❑ the corresponding quarter of last year. The births continue to increase rapidly, and the mortality is below the average. The returns, therefore, present a favourable view of the state of the country. MARRIAGES. 38,498 marriages were registered in the quarter ending June 30. This number is less by 520 than the number registered in the spring quarter of 1850, but more by 3,777 than the number registered in the spring of 1848. The marriages only amounted to 30,048 in the spring quarter of 1842 ; they rose to 34,268 in the spring quarter of 1844; to 37,111 in the spring quarter of 1846; declined to 35,197 in 1847 ; and rose again to 39,018 in the spring quar ter of 1850. Every marriage is the establishment of a family, and is generally the result of some delibera tion ; it is not surprising, therefore, that the pros perity of the country and the prospects of the people should be expressed pretty accurately by the fluctua tions in the marriage returns. While the marriages increased rapidly in some parts they were stationary or decreased in others. In London 6,515 couples were married, which exceeds the number married in the summer of 1848 by 1,;06. In Surrey out of London, in Sussex, Kent, and Berkshire, the marriages were nearly stationary; in Hampshire they decreased. In the South Midland, the Eastern Counties, es well as in Wiltshire , Dor setshire, and Devonshire,' marriages were stationary or decreased; in Cornwall and Somersetshire there was an increase. In Gloucestershire marriage was stationary ; in Herefordshire and Shropshire, the numbers married were unprecedentedly low ; in Staf fordshire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire—in cluding the chief seats of the Midland iron trade— the marriages increased. The marriages rose from 383 in 1848, to 487 in Birmingham. In Leicester shire, Itutlandshire, and Lincolnshire, the marriages were below; in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, above the average number ; the excess occurring chiefly in the districts of Nottingham, Chester field, and Hayfield. The marriages in Cheshire and Lancashire decreased. The decrease was considerable in Liverpool, end greater still in Man chester. In the west riding of Yorkshire there is an excess ; and this is moot conspicuous in Sheffield, where the marriages in the five summer quarters ending June 1847-51, were 283, 273, 289, 339, and 404. In Leeds the marriages were 351 in the June quarter of 1848 ; 5:30 and 457 in the corresponding quarters of 1850 and 1851. In Hull the marriages increased from 147 in the .Juno quarter of the cholera year 1849 to 175 in 1850, but have fallen again to 158. The marriages decreased in the north riding of Yorkshire, in Northumberland, and Cumberland ; increased in the coal districts of Durham. In Mon mouthshire and Wales marriages were less frequent than in 1850. It has been observed that the marriages increase after a fatal epidemic ; and in the present return the marriages, it is seen, have been in excess generally where cholera was most fatal in 1849. BIRTHS. 150,584 births have been registered in the quarter endi❑g Sept. 30, 1851. This is the greatest number of births ever registered in the same season of the year, and exceeds by 23,411, and 15,361, and 3,614, the births in the September quarters of 1847, 1849, and 1850. The births of 467,096 children have already been registered, and it is probable that in the year the numbers will not fail short of 600,000. The increase is distributed over all the divisions of the country except the South Midland. INCREASE OF POPULATION. While 150,584 children were born and registered in the summer (porter, 91,600 persons died ; leaving. excess cf 58,984 in the population. The excess of births over deaths in the first nine months of the pre sent year has been 170,411, which is probably more than equivalent to the actual increase of the popu lation. IL is well known that up to a late period there has been a constant immigration of the Irish and Scotch into England, which appears to have been fully equi valent to the emigration of the English into the colo nies and to foreign parts ; but no exact statistical in formation on this subject exists. 85,603 emigrants left the ports of the United King dom at which there are Government officers in the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1851. 4,378 6 , 51 t O r o a mG week.l emigration 1-r3h,,i 563 is at the rate of 930 a day ; sailed from Irish ports, English asgow and Greenock, and 67,26 2 from three namely, 10,062 from London, 2,799 from Plymouth, 54,401 from Liverpool. Many of the Irish emigrants are returned at Liverpool. Of the totalTh number, A 68,960 emigrants sailed to the United S e tat es, emigration9,26B to British North America, 6,097 to th e Australian colonies, and 1,278 to other places. has hitherto been greater in 1851 than it was in the corresponding quarters of 1850 . * The present movement of the population is in I many o respec t s remarkable. The free admission of grain, fruit, and meat since the scarc i ty is equivalent an addition to the country of a vast tract of fertile soil, which calls for cultivators, and, as the land is abroad, for agricultural emigrants who prefer the cheap though distant lands of America to the high -rented farms of Ireland, no longer possessing a monopoly for its produce in the English market. The fact deserves attention, that while the United Kingdom has been importing food in unprecedented quantities, it has been sending out swarms of emigrants from the popu lation, of which the marriages and births promise to keep up a perpetual and increasing supply. PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C., IN THE QUARTER ENDING SEP TEMBER 30, 1851. Average price of Consols, 961. 10s. V 4 A,verage price of wheat per quarter in En g land and ilatee, 40s. 7d. Quarters o Quarters o f of wheat sold in the 29 0 citie s and towns in Engl an d and Wales making return s, 971,276. o/ne consumption at chief p o rts of Great Britai n, wheat and wheat flour entered for 1,183,523. .. gate ladr.kteo.tss God. 5d.; mutton, 3 Average prices of meat per pound at Leadenhall and New gate (York regents) per ton at Waterside -mar ket, the carcase), beef, 3d. to Southwark, when the supply of old potatoes ceased, 90s. to 1103. STATE OF THE PUBLIC REALM ~ The health of different widely, and the difference is greatest in summer: In the'lo summer quarters of 1841-50 the mortality in 506 506 districts, comprising, when the census was 10,126886 people, was at the rate of 18.15 in 1,00 . .. parts of the country aitre .. 7 l ; annually ; while in 117 districts, ,comprising the chief towns, and 7,795,882 people, the mortality rate of 25 iu 1,000 annually. Thus, at Jest 7 i n every ar -25. deaths whicn occur in towns are the result of 9tici,l causes, The mortality in the quarter ending September, 1851, was at the rate of 23 and 17.93 in was at the * Retu rn w i th which the Registrar _ ..r favoured by the Emigration Cow General has missioners. At the been time return WEli made it was not quite complete. SUN, 1,000 in the two groups of districts; it was a little below the average in the country, end considerably below the avenge in the towns. The annual rate of mortality per cent. in, all England was, on the average of 10 summers ; 2,099; in the summer quarter of 1851 it was 2.020. London has enjoyed a degree of health above the average in the last summer quarter; 13,064 deaths were registered, which is a less number than was registered in the summer quarters of 1847 and 1848, and half the number (27,172) registered in the sum mer quarter of 1849, when cholera was epidemic, During the three months of July, August, and Sep tember, more people have passed through or resided temporarily in London, with its 2,361,640 inhabitants, than ever passed through any city before in the same time. The past experience of large armies, or of the pilgrimages of the East and of the middle ages, might have justified the sinister forebodings which some en tertained; but the railways and the improvement in sanitary arrangements have now rendered it possible to move masses of men about in thousands and mil lions without danger to the public health, as the event has here proved. The deaths by violence, though less than in previous summers, were 363; 10 by poison, 35 by burns and scalds, 43 by hanging or suffocation, 89 by drowning, 156 by fractures and contusions, 21 by wounds, and 9 by other violence. The number of suicides and murders registered in London was less in 1851 than in the summer quar ters of 1847, 1848, and 1850. The deaths by poison in the summer quarters of 1848-50, were 15, 20, 26; and, instead of increasing, they were only 10 in the summer of 1851. This de crease is highly gratifying, as it follows so immedi ately the recent legislation on the subject. Fractures and contusions were more fatal than in 1849.50, but not more fatal than in 1848. That other farm of poi-, soning, intemperance, in the use of alcholic drinks, seems also to be declining; 16 deaths were ascribed to' intemperance, 55 to delirium tremens, in the summer quarter of 1850; while 13 and 35 were referred to the samecauses in the summer quarter of 1851. No person has died of hydrophobia in any summer quarter since 1843. The deaths from that cause in the 6 years 1846.51 ware 3 ; in the 6 years 1840-5 they amounted to 15 ; in the year 1839 to 4 ; in 1838 to 12. The decrease of this dreadful form of disease may be fairly ascribed to improved police re gulations. 34 women died of metria ;55 of the other incidents of childbirth. 1,683 persons died of con sumption ; next to this disease in fatality, and far above all other diseases, was diarrhoea, which destroyed 1,456 lives in three months. Summer cholera was more fatal than it was in the summer quarters of, 1847-8, and more than twice as fatal as it was in the summer of 1850. There has bean a progressive in crease of diarrhoea since the summer of 1841, when only 228 persons died of the disease; 627 deaths were referred to typhus, 38 to remittent fever. Ty phus was increasing at the close of the quarter. The South-Eastern Division has been less healthy than it was last year. The mortality was above the average in the Medway district (including Rochester), the Isle of Tbanet (including Margate,. Ramsgate, and 13roadstairs) ' Dover, Brighton, Worthiog, New port in the Isle of Wight, Hungerford, and Abing don. Diarrheas was prevalent, as well as typhus and scarlatina, in several of the districts. Three cases of cholera were fatal at Newport, in the Isle of Wight. The South Midland Division was generally healthy. The mortality was much below the average in the counties of Hertford, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, and Cambridge. In Oxford , shire the mortality was above the average in the dis tricts of Theme, Headington, and Oxford. In Oxford 19 persons died of scarlatina, 16 of diarrhoea, and 3 of typhus. The health of Cambridge has, on the contrary, been unusually good. The deaths were only 105 in the quarter; whereas the deaths in the cor responding quarters of 1847-50 were 135, 137, 133, and 151. The registrar of St. Andrew the Great, Cambridge, states that " very great improvements have been made in the sanitary arrangements of the town." There was a small local outbreak of Asiatic cholera in Leighton Buzzard. " Three deaths from cholera occurred as follows At Lonsdale, a woman aged 51 years, cholera, 24 hours.' Sae had been from home some time, and had recently returned from Manchester.—At Leighton Buzzard, a woman aged 43 years, cholera (6 hours) and apoplexy.' The cottages where this case occurred are below the public road; the back premises con - fined, and drainage bad.—At Bellington, a woman aged 17 years, cholera, 60 hours.' Drainage bad ; the situation adjoins a farmyard. It was stated by informant that the carcase of a calf was lying in a barn in a putrid state." In the Eastern Division the'mortality was below the average in Essex and Suffolk, above the average _in Norfolk. Diarrheas prevailed at Leyton in WeSt ham, Wickford, and Rayleigh; in Rochford fever of the remitting and typhoid type prevails. Ipswich suffered from diarrhoea; Lowestoft from scarlatina and English cholera. Diarrheee was fatal in Nor wich and Yarmouth ; scarlatina in Yarmouth, Flegg, Walsingham, and Docking ; hooping-cough in Downham. The South• Western Division, with the exception of Cornwall, was healthier than is usual. In Amesbury and Salisbury the mortality was high. Scarlatina was prevalent in Marlborough, Wilts ; typhus in Wareham, where, in the opinion of medical men, it was aggravated by had drainage. Scarlatina and diarrhea prevailed in Plymouth and Stoke Damarel. Scarlatina was the chief cause of the high, mortality in Cornwall. Small pox has also been there. dysentery is now prevailing in St. Ives. In the Pen zance sub-district the deaths exceeded the births re gistered ; and sanitary measures are so grossly ne glected by the inhabitants, that 57 of their children have died of the small-pox, which is still prevailing. In Bath diarrheca was prevalent " in confined, dirty where there were bad effluvia from iati sauces." In the West Midland Division the public health was as good as usual in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire. One death from cholera occurred in St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, and one in St. John the Baptist, Gloucester. A low fever and scarlatina were fatal in Stroud ; dysentery prevailed in Alhrighton, Shiffnal ; and it is stated that the population is de creasing in Shifinal " from emigration and want of employment in the agricultural districts." Small pox has nearly disappeared from Shrewsbury; ono person died of cholera in Burslem, where diarkbcea prevailed, as it did also in Longton, Darleston, and Dudley. The deaths in Birmingham were 1,237; diarrhcei was rife, and several cases of cholera were registered. The high rate of mortality in this well placed town proves how much wise and timely sani tary measures are neglected. Coventry is in a still worse condition ; the mortality is higher. In the North-Midland Division the mortality was high in Nottinghamshire; Leicestershire, Lincoln= shire, and Derbyshire enjoyed an average degree of health. In the towns of Leicester and Derby, how ever, as well as in Nottingham, the mortality was above the average. Diarrhoea and cholera prevailed in Nottingham and Chesterfield. The North- Western Division constantly suffers more from death than the other divisions of England ; the mortality of the summer has been less than usual. In Manchester the decrease of deaths is considerable. Diarrhoea prevailed in many districts. The registrars mention 7 cases of cholera in Liverpool, 2 in Toxteth Park, 2 in Wigan, 7 in Warrington, and 3 in Little Bolton. In Hulme, Chorlton, 40 children and 8 adults died without medical assistance. The registrar of Market-street, Manchester, says : " The improved health, and, it may be added, temper of the people of the district may assuredly be ascribed to the cheapness of provisions, which are not only abundant but also of better quality, because the temptation to adulterate food is not so great." The population is quitting Coln®,_ in Burnley, in search of employment; and increasing in Blackburn in consequence of the erection and enlargement of cotton mills. The registrar of Poultan-le-Fylde says : -4 ‘ The harvest has probed very good, and the la bouring classes have been fully employed, which, together with the inestimable blessing of cheap food, I presume has been the cause of the healthiness of my district." The registrar of Sedbergh says:— " The deaths have, for upwards of two years, been much below the average of former years. I am. , at a loss to account for it otherwise than that the labour ing population have in general been better employed than in former years, and with the low price of pro visions th a t c l ass has been able to procure all the ne cessaries of life." In Yorkshire the mortality has been slightly above the average ordinary summers. Diarrhoea and summer cholera prevailed, with scarlatina, and in some parts influenza. The mortality was higher than is usual in Huddersfield, Leeds, Sheffield, and York. A few cases of cholera, said to be Asiatic, occurred in Sheffield, and diarrhoea was exceedingly prevalent. The guardians acting with praiseworthy promptness, sup plied the poor with medical aid and medicines, which diminished the mortality. The mortality in the Northern Division was above the average. Diarrhoea prevailed in several districts ; scarlatina, small-pox, measles, and dysentery are re ferred to ; and the register of Sedgfield mentions one case of cholera. Typhus prevails in Ilswcastle, High Longtown, and has been fatal to two persons. Th e mortality has been above the average in Mer thyr Tydfil and Pembroke ; but Wales and Mon mouthshire generally have been healthy. The regis trar of Llantrisaint, Cardiff, remarks-- 4 , It is a most singular circumstance, that not one death happened within this district within the 15th o f August last and the 11th of September, a space of though the population is nea r ly 11,000. N o of the population has taken plac e , an d no sanitary. a rrangements have been eff ec t e d." Alr. Glaisher has given a full and interestieg ac he Weafbers count of I movement 27 days, LONDON; TUESDAY C• ~= i ,ir; EVENING, OCTOBE r THE ARMY. L IMERICK, OCT. 25.—Major-General the Duke of Cambridge is'expected to arrive this day in Dublin, aridre . sume the command of the Dublin district. .M ., j , ;r-G-eneralPier inspected the detachments of 4th Dragoon Guards and 17th at Gort;; the 63:1 at Clare Castle, and returned to Limerick with Lieu tenant-Colonel Doyle on Thursday night. Captain Pretiman, 331; Captain Lyon, 92d ; Mr. Carden, 93d ; Mr. Hawker, Carbineers ; Mr. Thursby and Mr. Bidgood, Royal 'Regiment; and Captain Mansergh, Queen's Bays, are on leave in this city. All the military recruiting parties in this garrison have been withdrawn, and joined their corps; how ever, a number of remarkably fine young fellows have been enlisted for the 52d and G3l. `rwo hundred of the 90th Light Infantry from Cork will replace an equal force of the 40th at Spike bland on Tuesday next. Major-General Bainbrigge inspected the battalion of the 91st at 13c11:.st, under Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell. The officers afterwards entertained the gallant General and a number of fashionables at lun cheon, and in the evening the General and staff at the officers' mess. LAUNCH OF"THEC'APE SCREW STEAM SHIP THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH. A very fine vessel was •yest?r(lay launched from the yard of the eminent builder, Mr. Charles Mare, of Black wall. Precisely at three o'clock, r :v., the dog shores were knocked away, and the gallant vessel, after receiving at the fair hands of Miss Ford the poetical nalric of 4 , The Queen of the South," glided most majestically into that element where we trust she is destined to perform some good service. The Queen•of the South has been built for the General Screw Steam Navigation Company, and is intended to convey the m a il s , passenge r s , and cargo, bet ween this country and the Cape, under the contract which the company have taken. The Queen of the South is a very beautiful model, and refl,cts high credit upon those who have designed her, and upon the company who have had the spirit to make so noble an addition to our mercantile screw fleet. The dimensions of the Queen of the South are as follow : Feet. L6gth between perpendiculars ... 240 Length of keel for tonnage ... 216 f Breadth for tonnage ... ... ... 39 Depth of hold ... ••• 25 Burden in tons ... 1,752 36- 94tbs She has two direct acting engines by Maudslay, Field, and Co., of 300 horse power, and her rig will assimilate as near as possible to that of M.S. Daunt less, as now fitted. The Queen of the South has ample cabin accommodatiou. for 120 passengers, and is finished in a style equal to any of the crack sailing ships of Messrs. Green, Smith, Wigram, or any other of the large shipowners of the port of London. She will, without loss of time, take her engines on board, and as soon as ready will be placed on the line, where we doubt not she will amply realise all the views that are entertained by the most sanguine supporters of the , crew principle. The Queen of the South has caps _city for stowing about a thousand tons of cargo, and independent of her facilities, for passengers, she pos sesses a number of large single cabins of ample di mensions, which, with the others, are entirely pre• pared for the reception of passengers, at the sole ex pense of the company, with every regard to as much comfort as can be found in any ship Oast, whether propelled by sails or steam. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal visited the Countess de Neuiily at Claremont today, attended by the Vis countess Canning, Major-General Sir E. Bowater, and Colonel Buckley. ' Prince Alfred and the remainder of the royal chip dren took their usual pony and walking exercise. SPORTING NOTES. No. CXLIX. ODDS AND ENDS FROM. NEWMARKET. " Van Tromp" is informed that time is compara tively of but little importance as a criterion to judge a horse's merits by; I give an instance of this—Sweet heart, who never did anything remarkable, except in the two first races of his career, won the July Stakes in a canter in three seconds less than the Flying Dutchman. It all depends what pace is made, and how the race is run.—l am, Sir, yours, &e., Oct. 28, 1851. THE . SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY. Handicap Plate of 501., for three . yrs old and upwards. Cambridgeshire Course. Mr. Greville's Barcelona, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Delamere's Guy Mannering, 3 yrs, 7st (J. Mann) 2 Mr. J. B. Morris's Vatican, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (F. Butler) 3 Sir W. Booth's Retail, 5 yrs, 7st 121b...(W. Abdale) 0 Mr. R. Barrow's Abdallah, 7st 21b. ..... (G E. Sharp) 0 Lord Clifden's Borneo, 5 yrs, 6st 111 b (G. Mann) 0 Lord H. Lennox's Mokanna, Est 1 llb (Charlton) 0 Mr. Carew's Prestige, 3 yrs, E s t 101b...(E Harrison) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 4 yrs, 6st (Ashman) 0 Mr. Gurney's St. Fabian, 4 yrs, 6st (Hatlock) 0 Mr. Bickbam'e No Chance, 3 yrs, sst 121 b ('r. Smith) 0 Betting-4 to 1 opt Humphrey, sto 1 each ags t Va tican, Retail, and Guy Mannering, 6 to 1 each agst Prestige and No Chance, and 8 to 1 agst Barcelona. Humphrey took up the running immediately after start ing, and with No Chance, Retail, Barcelona, St. Fabian, and Guy Marinating in waiting, carried it on at a mode rate pace till half-way between the Duke's stand and home; he was then joined by Barcelona and Guy Man nering, and Vatican joining half a distance from home, the four went on singled out, Barcelona obtaining the advantage in the last stride, and winning by a neck; Vatican a good third, and Humphrey an indifferent fourth. Run in 2 min. 9 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old, 7st 61b; four, 83t 41b; five, Bst iilb; six and aged, Bst 10Ib. The winner 'to be sold for 60 toys., if demanded, &c. D. M. Lord Clifden's Sagacity, aged (Robinson) 1 Mr. 11. Stebbings Palmyra filly, 3 yrs ...(Basham) 2 Mr. Wadlow's Lady Bibina, 5 yrs (Marlow) 3 Betting-13 to 8 agst Palmyra filly, and 3 to 1 agst Lady Bibina. A very fine race for the last 50 yards between Sagacity and Palmyra filly, terminating in favour of Sagacity by a head. Run in 1 win. 47 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; fur three yrs old, 7st 91b; four, Bst 71b; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9al; the winner to be sold for 250 soya., if demanded, &c. Ab. M. Lord W. Powlett's Vanguard, 5 yrs (Rogers) 1 Mr. Pedley's Paqutta, 3 yrs ...(Charlton) 2 Mr. Sargeant's Knight of Gwynne, 4 yre (W. Treen) 3 Betting—Even on Vanguard, and 6 to 4 agst Paquette. Won by three lengths; the Knight of Gwynne beaten off. Run in 1 min. 49 secs. Match-Bst 71b each; 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Capt. Lowther's 'rumbler received 25 soya. ft from the Duke of Bedford's Sophistry, by lon. Match —too, h ft. T.Y.C. _ _ _ Mr. W. E. Hughes's Sophistry, 7st 1 11b...(Flatman) I Lord Clifden's Coticula, Bst 71b (Robinson) 2 Betting-11 to Bon Sophistry. Won by a length. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Sst 51b; the winner to be sold for 250 soya., if demanded, &o. First half o f Ab . M . Lord Derby's Mceanee colt (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Stephenson's Ravenswing (Flatman) 2 Mr. Jones's Diamond (Whitehouse) 3 Mr. Rogers's Theodine (Rogers) 4 Mr. King's ch fby Young Lochinvar (R. Sherwood) 5 Betting—Even on Ravenswing, and 3 to 1 agat Meeanee colt. Tho lot ran in close company to the dip, where Ravenswing and the Mceanee colt went in front, the latter, who waited into the cords, winning very cleverly by a length; Diamond a bird third. Run in 54 secs. The Criterion Stakes of 30 soya. each, 20 ft; for two yrs old colts, Sat 71b; fillies, Bst 51b; winners extra. Criterion Course. Duke of Richmond's Red Hind, Bst 101 b (carried 61b extra) (Flatman) 1 Lord Exeter's Ambrose, Bst 71b (Robinson) 2 Lord Bruce's Knight of the Shire, Bst 71b...(A. Day) 3 Lord Exeter's Stockwell, Bst 71b (Marlow) 4 Mr. Bowes's Dani,l O'Rourke (F. Butler) 5 Sir J. Hawley's Bilberry, Bst 71b (J. Marson) 6 Betting -7 to 4 agst Daniel O'Rourke (taken)-7 to 4 agst Red Hind, 5 to 1 agat Stockwell, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Red Hind wade all the running, and won with nothing to spare by a length; The Knight of the Shire a bad third; and Daniel O'Rourke was beaten off. Run in 1 min. 26 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 31b; five and upwards, Bst 81b. The win ner to be sold for 350 soya. if demanded, &c. Crite rion Course. Mr. Carew's Longinus, 4 yrs (J. Sharp) 1 Lord Clifden's Loadston e , 6 yrs ... (Robinson) 2 Duke of Bedford's Newport, 5 yrs (Butler) 3 Lord Exeter's Turtle, 3 yrs (Flatman) 4 Mr. Rogers's Pulcherrims, 5 yrs (Rogers) 5 Betting-2 to 1 agst Newport, 7to 2 agst Longinus, and 4to 1 agst Turtle. Won by a length; Newport a bad third. A great number of arrivals have taken place in the course of the last twenty-four hours; all the lodgings are taken, the stables are full, and the weather fine; every thing, in short, leads u s to ant i c i pate a very full meet ing, and a plethora of sport. Since our last parcels were forwarded, the following horses have come in :—Hernan aez, Ebor, Falcon, Congratulation (late the Flying Dutchwoman), Cyclops, Young Altisidora, Clincher Aphrodite, Bilberry, Caloric, Breba, and Mountain Deer. The Nigger reared up yesterday on the exercise ground, and fell backwards, but was out this morning. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES. 5 to 1 agst Brcba 20 to 1 agst Ariosto 7 to 1 agst Newminster 22 to 1 agat The Nigger 11 to 1 agst Mountain Deer 25 to 1 agst Manifold 15 to 1 agst Prime Minister 30 to 1 agst Italian 15 to 1 agst Curl 30 to 1 agst Hernandez 20 to 1 apt Candlewick 40 to 1 agst Heriot 20 to 1 agst Darkie (r) 50 to 1 agat Faux Pas. NEWMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. Sweepstakes. D.M. Winner to be sold for 2001. C by Touchstone, dam by Emilius—brother to Wil lingham—Greengage—Cerito--Urbanity. Plate of 601. Last three miles of B.C. The Swede, 3 yrs—Miss Bunny, 2 yrs—Grand Duchess, 2 yrs—c by Alarm, dam by Dromedary, 2 yrs —f by Ugly Buck, dam by Vestris, 2 yrs—M. Robin, 2 yrs—Hippy Joe, 2 yrs—Fleur de Lis filly, 2 yrs— MBA. filly, 2 yrs—Herculaneum filly, 2 yrs. Sweepstakes. Last half of Ab. M. Winner to be sold for 801., &c. Arlette, 4 yrs—Flare-up, 4 yrs—California, 4 yrs— Bastinado, 4 yrs—Le)bourne, 3 yrs—Forlorn Hope, 3 yrs—Sorus, 2 yrs—Scar, 3 yrs. Handicap Plate. D.I. Mrs. Taft, 6 yrs, Bit 71b—N uts h ell, 4 yrs, Bst—To phana, 6 yrs, 7st—Cerdirtal Wiseman, 3 yrs, 7st—Louis Napoleon, 3 yrs, 6st 91 b—Brother to Willingham, 3 yrs, 6 it 71b. Handicap. T.Y C. Prince Camden colt, 2 ycs, Bst 71b—Cornelius, 3 yrs, 7st 111b—Glenlnee 3 yrs, 7st 71 b—Black Sea, 3 71b—Ventre-is-terre, 3 yrs, 7 st 4 1b . yrs, let The following we the limb:Allows for the Nursery IRELAND. THE POLICY OF THE DEFENDERS. DUBLIN, MONDAY.—The rumour of Mr. Hawes's retirement frem Parliament was scarcely two hours old in Dublin before at least a dozen imaginary can didates were put in nomination for the representation of the borough of Kinsale. Of these the Defenders monopolised five-sixths, the balance being divided between the Conservatives and the Government. Should the vacancy actually occur, the contest will possess more than ordinary interest, as it will be the first opportunity afforded to the Defence Association towards carrying out the policy of inflicting upon the Imperial Parliament some seventy or eighty Irish Members pledged to thwart any Administtation hostile to the supremacy of Rome. Among the rumoured aspirants for senatorial honours the name of Mr. Fre derick Lucas, of the Tablet, was classed among the probabilities on the Roman side; while on the part of the Protectionists, also as a matter of course, Mr. Butt still maintains his position as first favourite for the race. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR, — Yesterday's racing decided the chances of more than one nag engaged in to-day's Handicap. The Han dicap Plate of 501. over the Cambridgeshire Course was a most decisive affair, Mr. Greville'a three years old Barcelona disposing of Guy Mannering, 7st; Vatican, Bst 101 b; Retail, 7st 121 b; Mokanna, 6st 121 b; Hum phrey, 6st, and five others. The race was rather a close one, Barcelona not getting up until the last stride or two, winning by a neck only, Vatican being well up, and Humphrey a bad fourth. In the 10 Sovs. Sweep stakes, Vanguard, at Bst 121 b, disposed of two more Cambridgeshire candidates in Paquette and Knight of Gwynne, as ho won very easily by three lengths. As I expected, Sophistry beat Coticala cleverly. The Criterion Stakes, the principal race of the day, was won by Red Hied, as I predicted it would be should she start, notwithstanding the pe nalty. Lord Exeter's Ambrose pertinaciously sticks to the second place, although this time receiving the ar tistic assistance of " our Jem ;" the Knight of the Shire was a bad third, the great gun of Scott's stable, Daniel O'Rourke, together with Stockwell and Bilberry beaten off. I may as well observe that Red Hind made her own running, and won cleverly by a length. In the 10 Soya. Sweepstakes that followed, Longinus dis posed of Loadstone, Newport, Turtle, and Pulcherrima somewhat easily by a length. It is expected that Her nandez will supersede the Ni gger in the race to-day. Falcon and Aphrodite will, perhaps, be added to the list of starters. With regard to this great stake my opinion remains unaltered in every respect, although my Goodwood correspondent writes from Newmarket to say that, if they mean it with Officious, she might show them the way to victory. Breba still con tinues in immense force in the betting, after having re ceded for a short period to 6to 1; sto 1 is now the highest figure to be obthined. Newminster, after having advanced to 6to 1, has declined a point. Mountain Deer is steady at 10 to 1, Prime Minister at 14 to 1, Curl at 15, and Candlewick, Ariosto, and Darkie are firm at 20 to 1 each; the Nigger somewhat unsteady at 25 to 1; Hernaudez and the Italian firm at the same price. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of tho North American provinces. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Rev. W. W. Champneys; rector of White chapel, has been preferred tq the vacant Canonry of St. Paul's. The Rev. John William Clarke, M.A., has been instituted to the Rectory of Catistock, Wiltshire, void by the death of the Rev. R: Broadley, on the presen- Aation of the trustees - of the Rev. Peter Still, deceased. The Lord Bishop of Killaloe has appointed the Rev. Wm. Henry M`Causland, for many years the re spected curate of I3ifr, to the Prebend of Tulla, vacant by the lamented death of the Rev. Richard Brew. The Lord Bishop of Cork held a confirmation at Christ Church, Cork, on Tuesday, when 600 persons were confirmed, and 51 of his clergy were present. The parish church of Durringtc,n, Wiltshire, which (with the exception of the tower) has been rebuilt on a larger scale for the better accommodation of the inhabitants, will he consecrated for Divine service on the Ist November next, by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury. • THE BISHOP OF GLOUCBSTER AND BRISTOL. —At Cheltenham, on Thursday, Mr. Holt, the bishop's registrar, attended and ,furniserl each of the clergy • with a Copy of his Lordship's charge, Before the b us i ness a the visitation was over the Rural Dean rearl a letter from the Bishop, wherein b e explained the cause o f his unavoidable abse nce (ill ness ) , and stated that in regard to the Horfield e s t a t e, , wh i C h b as l a t e ly en gaged so large a shar e o f pu b lic attention, i t was hi s intention to appropri a t e one moiety derivable there from to the augment a ti on o f poor livings throug h ou t the diocese, and the second to the employment of curates in those parishes where the advanced age of the incumbents appeared to render such assistance ne cessary. Upon this latter part of the proposition, however, the Bishop sought the opinions and sugges tions of his clergy, and, in order to obtain this, had adopted the course he had done, of writin g to the Rural Dean, who, o n hi s part, requeste d hi s brother clergymen would consider this matter over, and com municate to him their views in the course of the afternoon, that he might forward a reply to the Bishop as soon as possible.—Glouceste r Journal. PARISH OF ST. ANNE, BLAcKraLuts.--The dispute between the Lord Chancellor and the united parishes of St. Anne, Blackfriars, and St. Andrew -by-the- Wardrobe, respecting the successor to the Right Rev. Dr. Harding, Bishop of Bombay, is likely to be forth with settled. It app ears th at the Lor d Chancellor, who claimed the ri g ht o f presentation in consequence of the late incumbe n t b e i ng promoted to a bi s hopric, hns some doubt hi mse lf whet h er the l aw a ppli es t o colonial bishoprics the same as to English. It has been submitted to his Lordship that it does not, and he has therefore handed the case over to the law officers of the Crown, in whose hands all the papers relating to the matter have been placed, and their decision is expected to be given in the course of the present week. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending Oct. 25, 1851 ... £13,426 5 5 Ditto, Oct. 26, 1 8 50 ... ... 12,424 6 1 Increase in 1851 ... £l,OOl 19 4 London Terminus, Oct. 27, 1851. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. , --TraffiC for ,he week ending October 25, 1851: ; Passengers 04,287), goods and parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,055 4 6 Corresponding week in last year for' Glasgow and Ayr, and Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle Railways Glasgow, October 27. ... £3,315 6 7 ACCELERATION OF THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA by ln t h hetrl n e t aiate putgoing him's. —The outward China mail, of the 24th of Jane, ar- I t a ll the evidence taken before ar rived at Hong Kong on the 7th of August, and was only forty-three days and a half in its transit, being the quickest on record. The last homeward mail from India, China, &c., clearw a s mail.d al deliveredlyya afor paper, ea n ppl L eyr o i, an Printed g de t n e o lettersn wt the Select Committee of the House of Commons of last ses sion on steam communication with India, it appears that for nearly two years past the mails have been delivered at Lon don and Calcutta respectively in time to affind, on the average, from five to ten days at Calcutta, and from six to eight days at London for replying to letters by the first out going mail. The contract with the Oriental Company only provided for an interview of a day or two at London for re piing to letters by the immediate outgoing mail, and n one a t Calcutta. During the above period it also appears that the steamers arrived at Calcutta twenty-two times in advance of the overland express established rid Bombay. Th e im provements is the vessels which have produced these results, it also appears in the evidence alluded to, were commenced by the company upwards of three years since. EXECUTION AT GLASGOVir.—On Friday morning Archibald Hare suffered death for the murder of Ronald M4Gregor—apparently from drunken frenzy or bravado. Although not a doubt existed on the mind of any one as to the guilt of Hare, the duty of the officials was rendered ad ditionally painful from the determination with which he continued to protest his innocence. He was 25 years of age, short, and strong built, and his manner throughout the period of his imprisonment was wonderfully courageous and self-possessed. At a little past 8 o'clock the wretched cul prit ascended the scaffold, and on taking his place on the drop faced the multitude with great firmness. Having O m o l l i n l com pany, and sig nified to the chaplain that he was going to address the people, the Rev. Mr. Smith retired a few steps behind, and persecuted me. All Hare, raising his voice to its utmost pitch, in order to be heard by the crowd, spoke nearly as follows :—"Fellow- men, I am going to die for a crime of which I am innocent, but I pray God to forgive all those who have of you beware of dram -drinking, and beware of Matthew Lord" drop fell, Miller, and take warning by me this day to keep out of bad leave to put y y o l ir e r h c a o a n 1 g i d i s en e a c e al in the grace tlie this and I care no more fo - r o d a eath than any person going to his bed man, after by a thep p rotracted t e r le c execution oer, struggle,th o this night, for I have found favour with Christ Jesus our l a l n e d r t o li p e e wretchedatcthheedn adjusted ceased t 9 live.--Gies gow C i t i zen, 28, 1851 PUNCH'S PLAY HOUSE. Steady to its tactics of producing in quick succes sion a profusion of slight but dashingly written farces and short burlesques, got up without any pretence to the spectacle, which is made so important a portion of this class of pieces at the larger theatres, the management ckf the quondam Strand treated its patrons last night to a couple of no ve l t i es — a farce, with the significant title of Circumstantial Evidence, by Morris, Barnett, and an act of mythological extravaganza, founded on the adventures of Peleus and Thetis. Both pieces were perfectly successful. WESTERN DRAMATIC AMATEURS. The third series of the private performances of this admirable corps dramatique took place last evening, at the Soho Theatre (late Miss Kelly's). The pieces selected were Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's popular comedy of Money, and the two-act drama, Honesty the best Policy. We were not merely delighted, but surprised at the efficient manner in which the per formance of Money was sustained by every individual of the troupe. Old playgoers as we are, we sat it through with unqualified enjoyment, and in so saying there is no flattery, as we never had previously en joyed the pleasure of witnessing the efforts of any of this clever and well-disciplined company. Without making any invidious preference, it would be impos sible not to accord special mention to the delicious impersonation of Graves, whose representative ex cited the repeated laughter and applause of the audi ence. The parts were cast as follows Lord Glosamore, Mr. Chas. Vere; Sir John Vessey, Mr. Kingdon; Sir Frederick Blount, Mr. Spicer; Stout, Mr. Godfrey; Graves, Mr. G. Harrison ; Evelyn, Mr. Edwards; Captain Dudley Smooth, Mr. Emery; Sharp, Mr. Purdy; Old Member, Mr. Wilton. Lady Franklin, Mrs. Newbery; Georgina, Miss Seymour; Clara Douglas, Miss Emily Parrey. The house was completely crowded, and the intel lectual treat thoroughly and universally enjoyed. MADAME CELESTE. HER FIRST APPEARANCE AT THE BROAD WAY THEATRE. Last evening Madame Celeste, a lady long and fa vourably known in this city, made her first appear. ance for the last seven years before her old and warm-hearted American friends at the Broadway Theatre. The house presented a magnificent appear ance ; it was filled in every part, and was adorned by a galaxy of fashionable and beautiful women. Amongst the audience there were hundreds of Madame Celeste's earliest patrons and friends—those who saw her first essays as the pantomimist and the danseuse. How were they now greatly gratified to witness her ar tistic and graceful representation of the affecting part of the Indian girl of the valley of the Mississippi ! The Green Bushes was the melo-drama selected for this event. On Madame Celeste's first entrance she was received with the warm welcome of old friends, who had come to express their recollection of her former triumphs, and with the encouraging cheers of strangers to her talents, who had come to witness that genius of which they bad heard so much by fame. The Green Bushes is a piece of startling interest, as well as of genuine humour and fun. The scene is alternately laid in Ireland and on the shores of the Mississippi, the time that of the rebellion of 1745, and theincidents are founded on the strange scenes which that unhappy insurrection gave rise to, mingled most artistically with others drawn from the shores of the Mississippi. Madame Celeste's imper sonation of Miami, who falls in love with an exiled rebel, was a beautiful and a touching portraitare of the affectionate, but, at the same time, the jealous and revengeful Indian woman. In the natural and pas sionate portions of the character, she not only excited the deepest attention, but the deepest emotion. The quick and sudden promptings of her passion were most exquisitely represented, and came out with all the spirit of an original conception. In such characters as Miami she stands alone. The wild and picturesque attitudes, the energetic eloquence, de voted love, and quick passions of the child of the forest, were each exhibited with grace and skill. She was warmly applauded throughout the drama in every scene. At the conclusion of the drama, Madame Celeste was loudly called for, and having been con ducted before the curtain by the tnaneger, Mr. Barry, she received a due proportion of floral tributes. When the applause subsided a little, she said— " Ladies and Gentlemen,—You cannot conceive the extreme pleasure I feel, my kind, my first friends, in hearing your generous greetings once more ring in my ears. It comes upon ma like the memory of happy days.—(lmmense cheers.) I am proud, very proud, ladies and gentlemen, that your flattering judgment of my youthful efforts has been approved of in other coun tries, and in no country has that judgment been so warmly seconded and rewarded as by our elder brethren the British public. The Theatres Royal Adelphi and Haymarket (the former of which I have hail the honour of being the successful directress for seven years) have specially won my sincere devotion to their interests, by the steady, firm, and friendly encouragement the ma nager of these popular establishments has given to our American dramatic talent—as the triumphs of Forrest, Charlotte Cusbaaan, Hill, Marble, Hackett, Davenport, and last, though not least, Silsbee, can prove. M.ygra titude to you, my gratitude to tho se f rien d s o f my fr i en ds is so deeply engraven on my heart, that I can scarcely believe it will die with me. Ladies and gentlemen, once more I thank you, and, with heartfelt gratitude, allow me to bid you good night." This simple but sincere address was delivered with much feeling, and received with great spplause.— New York Herald, Oct. 14. EXPLOSION OF A POWDER MAGAZINE. ti lENNAL, Ocr. I7.—Every topic of political in terest is thrown completely into the shade by the accounts which arrived last night of a terrible catas trophe near Krems. On W e d nes d ay morning the large powder magazine at Gneixendorf blew up, whether by accident or design is not known. Its contents at the moment were only ten hundred weight of powder, more than eight hundred weight having been removed to Vienna on the previous day. The loss of life has been trifling, owing to the few persons about at the time. The sufferers whose bodies have been found are a major, a lieutenant, and an auditor of artillery, the inspector of the magazine, and the two sentries on duty. A young girl, the daughter of a subordinate labourer, is also missing. The officers of artillery, who met their death in conse quence of the explosion, had only that instant reached the entrance to the magazine in a carriage and pair, having been ordered by the military authorities to inspect and report upon the quantity and condition of the powder in the magazine. Their deaths must have been instantaneous, as the bodies were found completely crushed by the enormous masses of brickwork hurled from the building by the force of the explosion. Strange to say, the carriage horses escaped entirely unhurt ; the driver, however. is said to have received mortal injuries. It appears that the inspector of the magazine entered the powder rooms alone about an hour before the arrival of the inspecting commi s sion, that he shortly afterwards sent the little girl mentioned above for some wine, and that nothing was seen or heard of him until the ex plosion took place. Several of the letters published in the papers contain hints respecting the deceased inspector, which can be only interpreted into an accusation of peculation. An inquiry is of course taking place. Of the magazine itself not one stone remains standing ; large portions of the brick work, tiles, and beams were hurled to a distance of more than 2,000 yards. The vineyards and fields in the immediate neighbourhood hove suffered conside rable damage. Two or three labourers in the fields received severe contusions from the descending ruins. One mzn will have to lose both his legs in consequence of a double compound fracture. In Gneixendort not a single window remains whole, and in Krems, which is more than three quarters of an hour's distance from the magazine, much,damsge has also been done. The report of the explosion was heard in Vienna, but was considered to emanate from one of the many military reviews which expend powder daily in the neighbour hood of the metropolis. Immediately after the event, the military stationed in Krems was ordered to Gniexendorf to lend assistance, but not one of the sufferers was dug out alive from the ruins. Krems is situated in Upper Austria, on the banks of the Danube, about five-and-thirty English miles from Vienne. WHOLESALE CHILD MURDER. NOTTINGHAM, MONDAY. —The greatest excitement pervades this district at the present time in conse quence of the discovery of two more children in the River Trent, a mile and a half from Nottingham, yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. In consequence of a child having been found last week near the spot of the present tragedy, this fact, coupled with the present case, has created a sensa tion rarely exhibited. The particulars ,of this latter atrocity are as follow : Some youths were walking on the margin of the River Trent yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, when they perceived something strange in the water; their attention being thus aroused, they immediately went to the spot, where they discovered the bodies of two children. The bodies were consigned to Wilford Church, there to await the coroner's inquest. Various bruises were found upon them. It is a melancholy fact that within twelve months no fewer than e i g ht c hild ren h ave b een found in and near this locality. Thi s s t a t e ,, o f t hi ngs has caused the authorities to i n stit u t e a searching invtsehaseyti,gehffatooiwrutu: for the purp ose o f v h e N i V r th i e n e g r a t r o e t a h s t o e t srsdderissc. has re rnyperpetratorsof ever, these n e s o a s l e u c m c e u of the police. The bodies had nothing upon t hem when t covered, with th e exception of acord whic h round the w a i s t o f ono of them. was dis ied ARGYLL ROOMS. A fortnight ago the mansgers of these agreeable and popular assembly rooms brought their third an nual season to a successful termination, and within a few days afterwards they not only obtained a renewal of their licence, but were highly complimented by the authorities upon the skill and enterprise which bad marked their previous career. Encouraged by this substantial appreciation of their past labours, they appear determined to sustain the fame they have won from the public, and in the brief space of time which has elapsed since the closing, the rooms have been re fitted and decorated upon a scale of magnificence that is, perhaps, unequalled, either in this or any other metropolis. This may seem an exaggeration, but those who saw the rooms last night, as they were thrown open for the commencement of the fourth season, will bear us out in the opinion we have just expressed. Some idea may be formed of the magni tude of the principal salle de dance, when we:mention that it is nearly one hundred and fifty feet long, forty five feet wide, and thirty-five feet high. It is lighted by seven cut-glass chandeliers, and the walls are painted with designs in flowers. At either end there are immense squares of plate glass framed in gold, and the reflexion of the dancers in these adds much to the splendour of the rooms, while the ceiling and galleries display an array of harmonious colouring that both dazzles and enchants the eye. These improvements wore suggested and carried out under the immediate direction of Mr. G F. Bryer, one of the managers, who may well be proud of the result of his labours, for it would be impossible to find either in L on d on or Paris a more finished piece of artistic decoration. The seats in - the lined with green velvet, galleries are while thos e i n the body of the room are covered with crimson ' • and the toute en• semble of th e i nterior is brilliant and imposing. The orchestra, which has been considerably aumen ted, remains, as b e f ore, in the charge of M. L 1. aure g nt, jun., who waves his baton as _gracefully as ever. Amongst his solo performers are to fla be found Boulcourt (cornet- Ir p i ston), Streather geolet), A. Wall (olaronet), Horton (oboe), Snelling (bassoon), and many ot er names well known and appreciated at the two Operas. It is therefore almost needless, to add, that the music is quite as finished as the rooms are beautiful. ELOPEMEAT AT DUNGARVAN. The Waterford .News contains the following from a corespondent at Dungarran:—" On the evening of the 10th inst. a quiet and peaceable neighbourhood, not 20 miles from this town, was thrown into the deepest melar . l; choly and sorrow on understanding farmer turning the sear of life had made his exit to land of freedom with a young and lovely fair one, aged that a resPceta t ll e about 19 years, leaving a.wife and,two children bewailing Irish his lose, and perhaps to end:their days in following is a bastiles uncared and unsought for. 'l: received on tho verbatim copy of a letter which tho wife 16th instant :-- some of the e l l e B f a s tly . p o l u e provisionaa sngmryy "better et f ht o t r emr i et its own amrt 'y' behind,od m fr u ea s r p r t r do i offspring. , pleaseA a susa fuodr shall support " ' My dear Margaret—l have arrived in Liverpool wlil 0ct.13 malv3aelk, safe, on board the Iron Duke, is company with Mi ss after a very violent and stormy passage of 48 hours, fair onepaatratdhieseothier aide O a t destined for the land of freedom. I hope you are not h y a o v u e ng a sweet my p l ao a r b t O mil ur by :1 : o : s a t her. Be Margaret, when God sends me any stiftelosthsrsreeultrAhaeu edt m ol,ura sen u mim p tyyi i ca t t, e iod l edeas t en o rhrda m emloal yfvaor " ILiverpool,tr Margaret;us iat thing I will sot forget you and the children. Give my love and best respects to a 1 1 inqu iring friends, and tell them that I will always kindly away. remember them when far - - - --- GLASGOW, OCT. 25.—Cotton—The market for cotton wool has been flat all the week, and prices may be again quoted V e d. par lb. lower, caused by the reliable news of the promise of an abundant crop in the United States. Goods and yarns are steady at former rates, but the amount of business doing is small. The tendency is rather down ward, however. from the lower range of terms going f or wool. The strike among the spinners terminated on Mon day last, after the men had been out a week. In th e present circumstances of the trade the operatives had no chance in contending with the employers. Iron--Ou market for pig iron during the week has been dull and i r tive, and for the last few days the business done has been very limited. To-day the quotations are, mi xe d -ee n warrants, 395. 3d., sellers; buyers at 3`Ss. • numbers, No. 1 g.m.b., 395., and No. 1 Gartsherrie, teoash3Sast. bill of w lading.ar d of prize s a t th e Great Exhibition was a The published in the Edi n b urg h G ViCul494 e of k'riday, of whi c h it " ' I remain, not yours, &c., , ~ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Pray ar e t h e water-carts, especially on the Surrey side of th e r i ver, laid up for the season ? Con siderable portions of the metropolis have been for the last few d a y s enveloped in clouds of dust, which, if not allayed by either natural or artificial means, threaten to suffmate the outdoor population. Yours, &e., ANTI-PULVIS, - -- - We understand that Father Gavazzi has been ad vised to enter an action for libel against some Newcastle and Sunderland newspapers, which have published, as hi s portrait, impressions from old stock woodcuts, that they had on hand, of Archibald Bolital and Patrick Forbc.—Shields Gazette, Ambrose, Peacock, Adine, Wingenund, Ilex, Richard THE LATE FATAL AFFRAY TVITH x..ARPR°IINAG,ChtENDILS; Primer, Grungage, Barbara Bell, Moimtain Flower, ! n e g . : — l a t Ar T t h h A e e 7 ° a h l d o !j u T o , u H e r n o N f e d: l i r 7 ' n . i Frantic, Glenlnee, Mary Ann, Toga filly, Scarecrow, ee resumed this morning, Hirsute, Magner, Poodle, Merry Bird, Orpheus, C) tbe roe, filly, My Dear colt, Happy Joe, Sophistry by Theon, , Fleur de Lis filly, Figurante, Houlakio, 11.R.H. filly, . Ceraeara, Old Rowley, Ravenswing, Cerito, Grey Ibefore the county , great excitement (iTu ß Se : B ) t be w rt a s s , Mr. Falkland. Very was. manifested, and a strong feeling 1 pervades the district in favour of the poachers, who Tommy, Senorita, St. Andrew, Bull's Eye, Maidstone, L iberty, Caloric, Lady Harriet, Brother to Willing- ,in several of the neighbouring villages have form ham, i 11.• Robi n , Jetnima, filly, Sabra, Delia colt, Mari a , themselves into associations or clubs for the destruct ed - Laomdy edar Agnes, Bilberry, Hyacinth, c by Alarm d, by tion of game, ever y mem b er of which has to pay a Dr y, Brother to Sledmere, Plumstead, Equal, fee upon his enrolment. Horeebrewed. NEM% - The substance of the evidence given is as follows :---- lARKET, TUESDA Y MORNING, NINE o'ceoca. The poachers belong to the villages of Sutton-in -9 to 2 agst Broba LATEST BETTING. C AMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 20 to 1 agst Darkie Ashfield, Arnold, Hucknall-Torksrd, Mansfield, and Bull well, all stocking weaving districts. A number of them are captured, but nothing can be decided upon 7to 1 agst Newminster 20 to 1 T agst he Nigger until the result of the inquest is known. One of the 14 to 1 agst Prime 20 ' - e inzster 20 to 1 agst Candlewick . 18 to 1 agst Cur lwitnesses stated that the keepers and watchers 30 to 1 agst Ariosto 18 to 1 agst Mountain Deer 35 'Hernandez amounted to ten men in all ;that they had no fire-arms to 1 aget 20 to 1 agst Haricot 40 to 1 ag s t F aux P as with them, with th e except i on o f two p i sto l s. Their LATEST BETTING, only weapons were what they term flails, made of two (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) pieces of wood, fastened together like a threshing flail. TUESDAY, TWELVE o'ceccx. An unusual thing was, that they left their dogs behind CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. them. About ten o'clock, or a little after, on the to 1 agst Breba (i) 20 to 1 aa's • ~ t Flarteot night of the affray, footsteps were heard on the Bile to 1 agst Newrninster ft) 20 to 1 to 1 agst Prime Minister 40 to 1 agst Candlewick thorpe-road, agst Tonic LO I agst The Nigger Cr) 40 to 1 spit Faux Pas -road, in the heart of Sherwood Forest. The poachers halted when about a dozen yards from the large stones. A number of these boulders the poachers keepers, and in the immediate proximity of a heap of Mountain Deer and Curl quite friendless. placed in their pockets, and they then went in the di rection of Bilsthorpe. The keepers quickly pursued them, but as silently as possible. A net for game being set, the keepers approached. A poacher ap peared to be on the look-out, who soon descried the watchers, and hurled a large stone at them. Witness intimated that it was high time to make a capture of him, and onwards the whole party dashed. In a short time two of the poachers were overtaken and knocked down by the keeper's flails. As soon as this was done, the keep ers rushed after other of the poachers, one of whom they quickly overtook ; he was also" felled" by a flail. U pon striving to capture a fourth, the F oacher gave a shrill whistle, leaped over a hedge, turned round, and hurled a stone w • ith great vio lence, whi c h struck one of the keepers on the shoul der._ Af ter this, the whol e b ody of poachers was discovered. They must have amounted to near forty men• rh® ke epers were immediat e ly sur oathrounded, and the poachers use d the most fearful s, Saying that they would emdurder the game keepers, and instantly murder throwing large stones at them. One of the watchers contrived to get in advance of the poachers, and beingonera several, used his flail with such successfollowed .that he " felled" two or three. Upon the keepers the field, for the purpose of securing thosegotihnft hintod been knocked down, they were met by Roberts (since a deceased), who complained of being hart. Think ing he was seriously hurt, the keepers advised • him to go to " the house," and upon their arriving there he was insensible. The poachers had only one dog with them, a bull-terrier, which, however, they did not let loose. Besides Roberts being injured, another keeper, named Charksworth, was hurt by a boulder. Roberts died on the 17th inst. The poachers were armed with no other weapons except stones, and were not told to surrender previous to their being knocked down with the flails. The man who struck the de ceased could not be recognised. At the time of our parcel being dispatched the in vestigation had not terminated, and it is currently believed that the jury will not agree as to their ver., diet, whether murder or justifiable homicide. It is, therefore, not improbable that another adjournment will take place. 4 6 10 20 „•