The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-20 00:00:00

HEALTH COMMITTEE.

Atthe fveekly meeting of this Committee, Mr. Alder-
Man Dover presided ; and the other members present
were Messrs. Crellin, Beckwith, Job, Crosthwaite, Ridley,
Nickion, Bowling, Barton, Haydoek, Steel, Shell,
Holden, and Stilt.
The ' Borough Engineer, Building Suitevor, and
Inspector of Nuisances repottel vatitnig pai.trellart Of
the operations in their several depahnients during the
week, front ivhich it appeared that 242 nuisances com-
plained 'Of by inhabitants had been inspected and means
taken to remedy thein. 1,077 houses in the unhealthiest
districts,. containing 3,321 apartments and 621 cellarr
had been put under examination with the vied Ad
impioVing their sanitary caii*iOn,
The medical 0f.60r tepoiteci that or the week ending
Saturday last the deaths in the borough were 165, `
being 14 more than in the previous 'Week, and 32 more
.than
,the corree it average of the, same week of the
preccotirt;; ten years,
,The deaths .in the parish were
i 59, and in the out-tolynships 100. Zymotic diseases
caused .56 deatlis, a larger number than: in any weak of
the, Previous eeven months Of thrise_ three from
typilll6, siga.i 10, , Measles, 15 ; croup, 5 ; diarrhesa, 4 ;
scarlatina, 3 ; influenza, 3; hooping cough, 1 ;
1; scurvy, 1; diptheria, 1. From diseases of the lungs
with .'eciiisumption the deaths were 96, 10 more than
the average. A man aged 48 died • from daJiriwis
treme;:s. The returns indicated the deaths of three
soldiers, passengers by the Great Tasmania, making 17
deaths in all since the arrival of the ship.

THE HEALTU OF LIVERPOOt:

- The following important annual report Of 1)r. bunean,
the medial Ater to the health Committee, *as read
ANNTJAL OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER, OF MEALTII

Pox 1859,

1 The mortality of Liverpool in 1859 was forcer thin lAun
previous year within the peried;otituthentic records. In 18.50,
the year f,llowing the (alai cholera epidemic, the mortality
was lower than any which had then been recorded; in 13,36 it
was still lower; and Isp has now the.dietinction of being the
. „..
year of,loweq • mortality-which- Liverpool has-ever--kno*n.
lsfore than one cause hat contributed :to 'this result. The
abundance of enaployinent, together with the coruparathely
moderate .price of plovisions and clothing, by ,giving the
working classes an easy command of the netesseries of life,
must, no'ilouht, have had cOntiderible influence; hut it may
be asserted with equal confidence that the large,,s4r4 which
have been so Wisely-expended in the sanitary impret•ftinciat of
the town; and•especia27 of tha totalititt ,Itlliabited bY the
poorer tended very largely it the same direction.
rtporta of the Itegistrar-Gencral have occasionally con-
WnedreMarks which IfaVe been thought diepiriging to Liver-
pool, brit fn env of hit reedit qdatterly returns it is admitted
that "the'exPenditUre tie, to the present time has laOrne aftple
frnits." The expenditure tip to the .present time.for sanitary
purposes, directly and indirectly, has bur. IpWards O P'vo
iltons sterling, . excinsixe of more ?lean a half
for An
, iniprovsd :valet
The deaths regis.thAel. if "the borough during the 5:2 weeks
•
endiAlk• 31st December 77erc 11,821, being 2,113 fewer than in
tile. previeur year, and 1,156 less ..than the. averaga of the prc-
-..ectling nine years, corrected for increase of population: - In-
-1852, the deaths' were the same in .nninber Stalest year, but
the population cf the borough was less by nearly 70,009:
Of the total, deaths 8,031 occurred-in the parish, and 3,740 in
the cut-tervnships; showing a- death-rate for the former of

26.7; for the latter of 211, and for the boroUgh of 2C-..0 per
, 1,000. The'mean der:..th-rate of the'lzorough for the prcrioui
ten yearn was 31.1; Mi
2. .
or, 6tting 'year of epidemic
per -
Comparing the mortality o Liverpool with that of some
other large towns -during last fear, it appears that while in
Liverpool the deaths were 260 in 10,000 living, in Manchester
they Ineie 271, In Glasgow 271, and in Greenock 352, In
Loadoz ,the number was 223 ; but the London registration
.area, or _what. is 'called the raetrepolis,",com.priser.
large extent of rural district. ThißegistrarlGentral states
that the mcrtality. of Lonien last ear \vas about 2 per,1,200
Aces than the-average of tic gevions 18 years.- •Tbe-redtiction
in the mortality of " -Liverpool in the same period was,raore
than thtie. times as great.

,With regard to diteates of the zymatic class, many cf
Which.find their chief suste-nance in 'the ah'senc-e of sanitary
precautions, it is satisfactory to and that they shwa decrease
of mortality even greater in proportion than the aeerei!.. in
the mortality from all causes. It is always' a favourable
feature when a: reductlnn sw tie general mortality is chiefly
owing, at in this case, to the diminished mortality from this
class of Af&eases.

.The deaths were- 0,755, being 1,510 fewer than in the pre-
ceding year, and 1,245 less than the corrected average of the
previous five years. •Thezymotie death rate was 6 per 1,000,.-
metropolis of the etropplis for the same period having been.
1,000.
The Only disease ai thisrciass**.hel•e WAS above the
average Wag heoping cough, i`vh4 *a.l fatal to 474 children,
.the average being ,43's. Liar)Alta caused 649 deaths, a number
which is 146 fest than the' average. This comparatively' low
tOinewhat unusual, when accompanying, as it did,
'll'll:his instance, a high temperature, the mean of the three
summer months having been abOut If deg. above the average.
- From typhus and infantile fever the deaths-Were 508, the average
being 625; scarlatina 400, average 342; measles 157, average
334 ; eroup,l2o, dysentery 87, syphilis 56, erysipelas 60; cholera
32, remittent fever
,39, purpttera 13, thrush, 11, quinsy 10, cpr-
buncle 5, chicken pox_4, influenza 3, agile, -2 ; ritinteitt, )1. The
mortality from small-pox wee lower:OW.l in any previous-
year. It waS.' fatal to 42 cliildr;ip 4attlts, in all 54, of
whom 21 were said2to have been vaccinated. Of the 54 deaths,
51 Occurred in4he higtfiiit'fiiontlis, and only three in the last
-seven inenths of ths Ytar: -The fatal-cases of diphtheria were
65 (dl-ehildreth. , four: adults), the number in the prorioue
year hiving been 62 (60 children, two adults). Of . the 6.5
ctees, 35 occurred us the out-townships,' giving a mortality
nearly twice as-great as in the parish. The disease was chiefly
prevalentin Everton (as in the previous year)'and in'Webt
Derby wards. In the rural district of West Verb.* the deaths
were more numerous in proportion to the population than in
even the mest:densely.peopteit pirit of the borough.
As in the preriats year, 116 o; scarlatina was more fatal in
the out-townships than in the parish, the death having been
one in 1;063 in the forn,er and only one in 1,183 in the latter.
Typhus, on the other hand, was more fatal in the parish, as it
hat always bern. The rates were one in 814 and one in 1,085
respectively.

Diseases of the lungs caused 2,040 deaths- dearly 300 less
than the corrected average-,-in taclition to 1,532 from con-
sumption, the corrected average being about 1,600. The
minimum Mortality (V) occurred in the third week of July,
when the Avetkly mean temperature was the highest in the
year (68.8 deg.) ; and the maximum (89) in the last week of
December, which followed the lowest weekly mean (30.7 degs.)
The extremes in the previous year wore 68 degs. and 351 dhgs.,
the deaths from lung diseases in those weeks benk 18 and 91:
It was noticed in the last annual repoit that the excess in
the death-rate from consumption in the parish over that in the
ont-townihipi Was much sznaller than the excess from lung
diseases without ConsUmption. The same- peculiarity is to be
remarked in the mortality of 1859. The deaths from lung-
diseases in the parish Were 1,500; in the out-townshipg 540;
Troni- consumption, 1,010 in the parish, and 522 in the out-
townships. The death-rate (excluding deaths in hospitals)
was from lung diseases, in the parish, 1 in 192; Ind in the
out-townships;l in 319; and from consumption, in 296 in
the parish, and 1 in 829 in the out-townships. The total deaths
from consumption in the borough were 1 in 256 of the popula-
tion, the annual average 20 years ago having been so high as 1
in 170. St.. Anne's ward had the higheSt consumption death-
rate---1 in 255; Rodney-street ward, the lowest, lin 502. The
next lowest in the scale is Vatixhall ward (1 in 434), notorious
hitherto for having a higher general death-rate than any other
district'of the bdrough. •
Six fatal eases of gout were reported—a larger number than
in any previous year.
• The mortality in each quarter was as follows :
All ' Diseased Con- •
. .
- causes. , lungs. fllnaption.
Marti/ quarter
June quarter ' .2,798
'Sent quarter ...... 2,921
Dec. quarter
As-in the previous year, it will be seen that, while the deaths
from lung diseases in the warmer six months were only about
one--half of them in the remainder of the year, the deaths from
consumption were more numerous in the warmer than in the
colder seasons.

InqueSts were held on-636 cases of sudden and violent death.
In 68 of these cases death took place stiddenly from the effect
of natural disease, leaving 568 ea the result of violencf.. 'Of ,
these, 351 were males., 181 females ; 261 children, 307 adults
The particular causes were—Fractures, wounds, and contu-
sions, 226 ; burns and Scalds, 78 ;. drowning, 66 ; hanged for
murder, 1; suffocation, 94; poison, 5; murder,'lB; manslaughter,.
7.; exposure to cold arid want of food, 8; neglect of mother,-
&e., 7 ; excessive drinking, 35 ; suicides, 23, of which from
hanging and strangling 8, drowning 2, shooting 1, cut throat 5,
pmping from window I; poison 6.
Of the 91 "suffocated," 32 were infants found 'dead in bed
beside the mothers, several of whom are recorded to. have
been intoxicated at the time. In seven cases suffocation was
paused by thefalling in of buildings or excavations, in one by.
lim.evecrks,one by a briokkiln, One by iMmersieni in a Midden;
one by a piece of beef, and: one'was the cap of a soldieettrarig-
led in a.railway carriage, while,intoxicated, by. the tighteieSS,
of hie stock.
In at least ten :other cases of death. by Violence, the parties:.
were intoxicated when the fatal accident occurred.
Of the 66 deaths by drowning, 32, or about one-half, occurred
in the docks, 21 in the river, E in the canal, 6 in pits, and one
child was drowned in' a tub. ••
.Of the 23. suicides 17 were males and 6 females. The ages of
,:the former varied from. 20 to 65, and of the latter from. 17 to
86. Only one of the females was married. AbOut one-third
of the entire number were in good Circumstances. •
In four of
_the si_ cases_ of suicidal poisoning prattle acid
was the poison employed, the aaarties, in three instances, •
making use of it in the course of their business. •
Intemperance caused the deaths of 46 males and 21 females--
in all 67. The number in the previous year was 54. Of the
females 15 were married, 2 single, and 1 a widow. Of the males
.24 were labourers or mechanics, 6 seamen, 14 tradesmen,
clerks, &c., and .2 " gentlemen." The ages of those who died
from eifestive drinking varied from 10 to 70 more than hal
the number were between 10 and, 50 years of ige.
'l' Of the, total deaths, 6,158 were those of males, and 5665
females, giving a death-rate for the former of 25 and for the
latter of 24 per 1,000. . . • .
The • ages at death were—Below 1 year, 3,014 ; 1 t 0.5 years,
2,715; 5 to 20 years, 843; 20. to 604• ears; 3,761 ; above 60 years,
1,478; imknoWn, 13. Of 182 who died at the age of 80!andlip
wards,- 110 were females. Only. 1 ' death was recorded at'loo
and upwards---a widow, who died at the age of 104, .
The number of deaths and the rate of mortality in the differ-
ent districts of the borough were as under :---
In 10,000 .
. . Deaths. Inhabitants.
'Fichange
yauxhall 680
. -Scotland ., n 439
,
St. Anne's
Castle-street , - • :-203
:It: Paul's ' 369
Lime-street • 429
Pitt-street
Great George
Abercronaby
St. Peter's
Rodney-street . , 317
-work-house and Fever Hospital 984
Hospitals , • • 391 .
Parish of Liverpool

Wards, &c.

.8084 ' 287

Everton and Kirkdale . ~. 1266
South Toiteth • • 854
West Derby
North Toxteth
Workhouae and Fever Hospital 211
Kirkdale Gaol • 6
Industrial SehOol

Out-tiiwnshipi 3740
torough of Liverpool • 11824
In every district of the borough the mortality was lowers
than usual, aktough it varied from 17 inl,ooo,in Rodney-stree
ward, to $1 in Imo in Exchange ward. Perhaps the most
remarkable feidure in the table is 'the unusually low rate of
mortality in 'Vauxhall ward, which now stands Second in the
list; having yielded to Exchange ward the unenviable position
it has hitherto almost invariably occupied as the ward of
highe'st mortality iii Liverpool. Its death-rate was formerly
from,4o to '5l in 1,000, and has never previously been lower
than 35. Last year it was 27.

In comparing the wards of high mortality--as Exchange and
Vauxhall—with those of low mortality--as Rodney-street and
Aberpromby—the obvious difference in the structural arrange-
ments and sanitary condition of the dwellings of the poorer
classes in the two districts will at once occur as one cause of
their different rates of mortality; but independently of thii there
is an important difference, toe much lost sight of in considering

the influence of local cirennistane!s on mortality, namely, the
varying character of the population in the different dietriets•
The wards of high mortality---Exchar_ge*Sauxhall, and Scot-
land—arc those which contain the largest proportion of Irish
of the lowest eass---not only the most destitute, but the Most
improvident and the most filthy in their habits ; while those of
low mortality---Rodney-street, Abercromby, and St. Peter's--.
are those which contain the smallest proportion of this clash of,
the,pOpulatiein. And ad• 4orig as such an essential difference
exists in the character And liabiti of tie dpiilation df the
districts, no sanitary arrangements; hinteieti henttleial they
may be can ever reduce the raortiliti, of the less healthy fd
that of the more healthy district;
Elv, :"hid'' has,iidd tin litYar,iilCt9.Z4l7T7Pol2' as
.- • •
havitig,hadVs,niertal4 kedtieed, to 10..,ter.,, tri.Ori
itaU ufbau UlitYlct, and zi Btolt pkAably hat a shiglA
111s}I inir4bitant of the class described, But in the borough of
Liverpool we hate: a:district with a population ,of 126,000.
(twenty times that of Ely) comparatively free from that class
of inhabitants, but labouring in other respects under disadvan-
tages from which Ely is exempt, and whose mortality last year
was as low as-7-a fraction,. indeed; lower than;--that'of
At a recent meeting of thillealth Committee, when'a depu-
tation frornthe llonsecw_nere! Asse:datiori attended to object
to the adOptirin Of bye-laws,tiet the. Local GOVetatietit Act,
the chairman of the association stated hie behsf that theisani-
tary operations of the committee, costly as they had cen, bad
not resulted in any reducticy, of Mortality in Liverpool. To
this authority it might be suM.cient to oppose that ottho Regis-
trar-General for England, in the passage already citiWti, viz.,'
1.. The txpeiditurd (in Liverpool) up to fba present time has.,
borne ample fruits." The chairman of the • Ilouseowners'
Asseeiaticrt appeared to found his statement en fig:tree drawn
• front certain isrilated Departs, acid eyeri partly On rettlfr.s
applying to particular districts only of the borough. But it is
impossible to form any eerrect estiMate of' the progress of
iniproVeniont Ey conipiling the returns of bidividiial years or
for partinitar portithit of the lioroiigh. A ediripaiiicht of the
rivei*ages Of a series df Yearl, ',Pith other siriiilardberages ab
different perieds, :will Alone furnish reliable results. taking,
then, three periods of five sears each, commencing with, the
Ave years)mitiediately previous to the operation of the Sani-
tary Aet„Oiritipg the three,follOWing years, unfair for com-
_parison, the first and Is:A'bdng• the years of -Irish famine and
epidemic eiclerai a'nci.AiNidilig the remaining ten years up to
the present time into two equal periods, we get the follo-,Ving
results

Deaths per 10,000.
Five, years, 1842-46, previous to Sanitary Act
Fi7a years, 1850-i4 • 3.:16
Five years, 1833-39
A comparison of the first and last of these periods shows a
saving in the latter of nearly 1,600 lives yearly on the present
poptilation of Lircrpoal, or, if a comparison of individual,
year's be preferred, and we contrast the year immediately pre-
ceding the Sanitary Act with the year ending 31st December
last, the result shows a taring of :3,500 fires in 1859. '
The 'birth:: registered during the year were 15,:83, of which
8,5;(:) were in the perishithd 6,313 in the oiit-io7iinishitity'-giving
2,l2iiiharttc cif 31816 r the tormer,, far tite hitttir, and 335
,pci• 10,000.f0r the barotnig-11... in London the tate was 333 add in
England": 349, the average of the last ten years in England
having boon 333. , The parr:` tii•th-rate has been. low during
the last ten years, lint last year it was even lowar than usual,
the avoruge rate 'of the provi.ms die Tears (1834-38) liaritur
been 236._
_

The natural tr.4.-:ase of the population of
.Liverpcol lasti year
by the e:,.-erss of births over deaths wa., 3,453, and the proiahle
-.inereuse-. by im:-.l”'gration nearly doable that amount.. •

Mr. NICESON asked the medical officer "how it was
that consumption was so prevalent t St. Ann.e's Ward,
Dr. Duices.x said the deaths, were chiefly among
unfortunate females inhabiting brothels.
Mr. Bncicwirn—lt might be accounted for by the
furious contests of a former date in that ward, when the
beer was poured downthe,channels. , (Latighter.)
It was ordered that the relied shonad rinted..
The report of the todging--.hetists thiniitithe
beep. rq
Mr. BOWRING called attention to the fact that the
magistrate had disrniesed an information for over-crowd-
ing, on the ground that there was only one loder.over
the prescribed number. He characterised the decision
as extraordinary, and held that the offence was limp the-,
same, however considerable or intOtsideraln the ever-
cro*ding might td,
the Cg.'IIIMAS said the committed must still do their
duty ; but in reference to the complaints brought against
them by :gr. Eathboue, it must be borne in mind; that
the committee had difficulties to contend with, and that
some of the magistrates were acting• in a way to induce
parties rather to dare detection than to go to the expense
of registration and fitting up their premises adocAing to
the regulations.
t ,
•J,ltr. gitT.lttx!. the name of the magistrate
illimea to should. be mentioned.

_The CHAIRMAN objected to that course, and the
'matter then dropped. ,
On the motion of Mr. Job, it was decided that the
wages of all the servants of the committee should be
paid on Friday evening, instead of Saturday.

Hoitsr, RI4ILNTAYS_ ros LIVERPOOL

Mr, STITT said that some time ago the Council had
memorials presented to it, relative to the lay* Ad
of horse railways in Liverpool:. .Tlim MetiOri6.ls *ere
sent to the- hearth C''okitlikteV, km by teem referred to
a speOal 'atilititft6i.. That special committee had: been
Waiting for the report of the engineer and the town-
clerk on the project. It was a subject of great import-
mice, and he wished to ask when-they would be likely
to have the report of tilt' special committee before them
for investigation and discussion,. , _ _

Mr. said that a few days ago the chairman
of the special -committee iufermeel him that they verc
only waiting for the reports front the berenit h. exklintei
and the. Town-clerk, ad tat só6n. as these reports
were .rets4V6d a meeting of the committee would `.be
called. Tie understood that the borough engineer had
prepared his,report, and no doubt the Town-clerk Would
shortly be in the same position.
Mr. NEWLANDS 'said his report was ready to be sub-
mitted to the Town-clerk.

This concluded the general business befort the com-
mittee.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLE .)

STAntiro.---Robert Gitten, alias Copeland, was charged
'with stabbing Mary Goldsmith, a brotfitl-keP'et; l'ellaink
68, Gascoyne-street. On WeditiidiY night, about nine o'clock,
the parties quarieelled, and the prisoner stabbed the woman in
the nZek, slightly wounding her: He was fined £3 and costs,
or in default, two months' imprisonnient.
Faarn ON THE BOARD OF THADE.---ThOMRS Burns, a sea-
man, was brought up on a charge of fraudulently using a false
discharge. Mr. Tyndall appeared for the Board of Trade ; and,
by means of witnesses, proved the offence. The prisoner was
fined 40s. and costs, in in default, a mouth's imprisolnirat.
A similar charge was preferred aguinat ±Meek&n3ed Michael
Murphy. There were, howeitf.-, some defccts.in the evidence,
and he was dismissed.

• Sitlitixo BitieeceTs.---Caitierine Pedley was charged with
stealing blankets from Margaret M`Phinn, Commercial /lota,
slington. The prisoner attempted to enter three er four
houses on Wednesday evening, evidently with a felonious
intention ; but she was in each ease detected,. she
succeeded in getting into a bedroom at the hetet, frog which
:she stole a number of blankets, to the value of £2. A Mr.
Poole saw her going out with the articles in her possession,
- and she was inimediaiely given into custody. She pleaded,
guilty; and was sent to gaol for two months.
ILLEGALLY PLEDGING.---A very respectably attired woman
of middle age, named Mary Boden, was charged ender the
following circumstances. In' October last her husband ob-
tained lodgings at the house of a Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon. He
pretended that he was a. Sea captain, out of employ, and
alleged, that a Liverpool merchant owed him a large amount
of money. Ultimately he stated that !..6 had taken legal pro-
ciedinge against the merchant in order to recover the debt,
adding that. Mr. Raffles had taken the matter iritd his own
hands, and wodid doubtless succeed in getting the money.
The prosenntrix believed his statement, and 'allowed him and
his wife to remain in her hence until a few days ago, When it .
was found that some of the bedclothee had been illegally
'pledged by the prisoner,
,who pleaded guilty ,to the charge.
A servant girl named M'Cartney preferred a second charge
against the
.prisoner. It appeared that she had giVen her
• three dresses to make • up, which were pledged, Mt. Bluer,
who appeared for the prisoner, pleaded guilty to this charge
also, and remarked that poverty had obliged her to act as she
had done. He hoped Ms Worship would inflict I pecuniary
fine only, which he would pay. Mr. Raffles cculd not do eo,,
but hinted that the amount of the punishment *Uhl
'be
greatly diminished if the dresses were returned to the girl.
The case was adjourned until to-day.
Cgatrev,.4.reancearen.-e-A. female, named, eree
charged with stealing a lecket and gold chain, the property of
Ellen Brady. On the 24th of Match last the prceeceari.
;charitably took the prisoner into her service to' alleviate her
great pciverty, and on the same day a locket and chien•Wore
.missed from the, house. The prisoner acknowledged e.teelitig
them, and was remanded for seven days.
CEA RCA Ot 'OBTAIX:FC: MONEY 9Y FAL9?..
lad named Joeeph Welsh, employed by George ConEcr, brush._
maker, was charged with friudulently obtaining 1.5 e. 1151.--The
money was obtained from a Mr. Murphy, but the prosecutor
did not wish to press the charge, • therefore, the prisaher was
dismissed.
(Before Messrs. Gwr and BAnaza).

The officers of the Victoria Legal Burial Society were sum-
Maned under the following circumstance:. David.
son, of Birkenhead, insured in March, 1533, his own life, and
the lives of his wife and son, in the Victoria Legal Burial
Society, and paid regUlarly the subscriptions up to Mar., IM,:'
when the officers refused to receive further contributions, on.
account of . the wife alleging that she ivas in a bad state of
health when she Entered the society. 3.1 r. Cobb, who appeared
for the complainant, "called the society's colktoter, who 'assertecf
that he never had reason to,believe the woman to be in a bad.
state of health, for svhenever he called at the hones for the
.subecriptions, he found her attending to ber domestic! duties.'
Aspinall called attention to the society% rules, and con-
tended, under rule 6, "That if, at any time, any person gains
admission into. the- society in a bad state.of health, he or she
should be' excluded, forfeiting all monies paid into the funds."
Judgment was' given for' the plaintiff, who was ordered to lie
reinstated ainember of the society, as they believed her to be
in a good state of health When she entered.

THE POPCIATION TEST.—The claims of the borough
of Guildford to retain the member which the Reform Rill
proposes to take from that borough, were tirged by a
deputation, which
Russell. They complained ,that. population should be
yesterday waited on Lord John
made the test of disfranchisement, and showed that
Guildford had as large a number of electors as many
constituencies allowed to retain their two members, their
only claim to do so being founded on the Superior
number of their population. His lordship justified the
use of the simple test which he had employed, and said
it. was the only one that would be likely to give satis-
faction. •
„,
Km; VICTOR EMMANUEL AND THE DUPE.—The rang
has demanded three things of the Court of Rode:-1. •
The setting at liberty of theSe natives of Romagna now
in the prisons of the Holy See for political offences or.
opinions.. 2. The expulsion of M. Bargagli, the ex-
Minister of Leopold, the ea-Grand Duke of Tuscany,
still recognised in that quality by the Roman Govern-
ment ; and the assignment to the Sardinian Legation of
the Palazzo Toscano, now inhabited by Bargagli: 3.
.'Reparation for the insult offered to the Sardinian flag
at Pesaro. I can almost guarantee the truth of what I
have just stated. It is said that the dethands created a
great sensation at Rome.' It iy clear that a categorical
answer must be returned.—Letter front Turin.
FATAL STREET ACCIDENT.—Sophia Reeves, a servant
of Lady Hope, of 1, Connaught-place, Hyde-park, has
died from the injuries she received by being run over on
the 31st ult., at the corner of the Edgeware and T_Txbridge
roads. She had just got out of au omnibus, when she
was run over by a van, but neither the van, nor the
driver have since been identified, although great exer-
tions have been made' by the company's superintendent
to do so. The whole affair was so shrouded in mystery
that the coroner, after hearing all the witnesses present,
adjourned the investigation to yesterday. Even then,
however, nothing was known, and the following verdict
was returned :--" That Sophia Reeves died from the
effects of -mortification from wounds received; having
been run over by a van unknown, carelessly driven by
some person Unknown."

.41 • • • • ,
THE YANItEE vERSIM pF‘THE GREAT
FIGHT. FOR THE chANIFIONSHIP:

(By George Wilkes, Editor of Wilkes' Spirit df New York, the
great sporting al.itlioritY of America).
TRIDMPH OP AMERICAN ENTERPRISE--,HEENAN reoves
HIS SUPERIORITY OVER SAYERS--THE iii BROKEN
INTO BY Rrrrt.tivs, TO DEPRIVE lIEENAN OF THE
BELT—THE 13ENIcIA BOY THE Cua"rioN OT inc
WORLIj.- ' ' 7
(Such ate th'g aheldings;" in 'fury large type, under
which the felloWing American aecOilo.f:dt re great Pght
is presented in _Frank lethlesilltc*lrd4 jeetthifiellidtf,fith:
tv4tiqlj9rie crf which a representation of *hit they
consider,.,"( theI4et.PMPICII • 111.7/lich, of cotirse, Heenan is
sc*n AO the; grc4esti advantage fifhe get of sending
Tom Sayers reeling ea r
THE FIGHT.
Round I.—The men went up with great n'uicness
at this call of time, and with a smile upon their .faces,
mixed, however, with a great degree of seriousness, and
commenced squaring away. Heenan choosing his posi-
tion, under the direction of _Macdonald, close in his own
corner, with the view of drawing Sayers upon him' and
hitting as he advanced, instead of following him, as
had been the fatal ,policy, of most of Sayers' previous
opponents. The r.osition of Sly,crawps very elegant,
touching the earth but lightly with Hit fat, and settling.
hiinzolf backward and forward while measuring his
man, with the ease t,,;d srace of a dancing-master. As
they sparred, the Alldittle4 almest held their breath—
two or three times Sayers feinted lightly, but ileena,p
.showed his readineis, and •laughed smartly at chocking
the goad intention, Heenan himself tried in the same
*ay, arid, Sayers- showed his wariness in like wanner;
at length, ho,*evet, pursing his brow and gatheriug:his
uiiiscles (ittioklyi he let fly. and • caught-,the Boy lightly
o the sligbi/Y &jilting blood. Immense rip_
,plafise; miler's's of " first blood far Satiftli Went xtp
at this?, and Sayers graceftillY sieOpacl,.hadt, td observe
his triumph, with a mile that seemed id say, "'That's
only. my. first ,instalinent:—.l'll soOn.give yon_•setond:"
They sparred away lear9fu.lit AgPAP, fleetian , at
length let ft v, b ,did nit get home fallowingthe blow, he rushed in and Clenched, and threw Sayers
easily. (Cheers from Heenan's friends.)
Round 2.—Both came up smiling, Heenan slightly
tasting .his lip. as if conscious of having been bled.
Sayers came over again to Heenan's corner, and they
began sparring just alongside the ropes, amid the encou-
ragement of • their respective partisans; neither of the
men, however, taking any notice of what the outsiders
said.. Both were intent upon_each other only; and could
not be diverted from their object. T After some cautious
sparring.. and feinting, Heenan let fly with his left, but
Saycis stopped handsomely,. arid fell short with' his
theij pfess,ed uPon-hint, and mensiititig
him hatidsOniely, Jet fly With his 15f1, dind Cadg,bi gfifi ari
the chin.' Sayers giVe way, And Heenan felleirifig,
planted two Mere straight hits in quick succession 611 the
mouth, this time calling .F.n the claret
.from the chaMpion
for himself. SaYerS then, in,endeaouring to coulter,
rushed in • and.lenched, acid iis-thidwn. (3.19 re cheers
forlleenan,) .

Raiind 3.:--This round Tees hegiin; like teeth the P*.
pious ones- inilecnan's corner, and both began. it by the
same' emblem of happiness that had been exhibited at
fleet • Several paeees I'vere made without effect, but
Heenan, watching his opportunity, let fly with his left,
and hit him clean down. Great cheers. First knock-
down blow for Heenan. -
Redid • 4.—Sayers carne up, readily and with good
will, notwithstanding -the disaster-which betel him at
the clasp ofahe last.round.. The same stereotyped smile
was of the, fire rf bolt ; bdt White it Yeti sweetest .on
thi, /e of Seyers; Heenan's left fist split the elpeeSeldte
in theaniddle, and away went Sayees clean agent froni
his feet and stretched upon the'greund., - ,
Round 5.--(Everebetting,on 'Heenen.) Her:lrian now
went et-Sayers and passed - o-ser, to his side ;of
..theering
and, opened,the fighting. ,EN,yerei.h9,l7evoireadnidtieehed
sy:;tl4; tearfit 4/iSittition, of the tee'elble lent nand,
had now. sent him twice to earth, began to get shy,: and
gave way; and. at length, when followed still more,
:closely by. Hcenan's contracting brow, fled from the
approaching -mischief by a sideway sort of run. But
Heenan. sc:med to have been -instructed in this artifice..
and; kathering lip his arms, smiled; and took a new and
a, waiting position. ;Sayers came up again, and they"
;began to 'vat- anew,. Paresently ,Fleenen found bee
qlleseeeoand,lettint Oa his lefts taught. F.'-eyeei inuack upon
tae forehead. Bewildered somewhat by the blow, Sayers,
gave. way, and Heenan, pressing on, repeated the visite-
_ tion twice more ; Sayers, after a slight return upon the:
cheek, going down to avoid. , •
Round 6.—" Six to four on -the Benicia Boy."
Sayers came up this time, looking as if he -.meant mis-
chief, and walked,' as: at first, to Heenau's corner, and.
there coinmencedlhe battle. In a few seconds his good
intentions were developed -by a tremendous hit under
the right. which.niade a clean otoeswise cut of half-
=titbit; ntlt atteile 019e(1/4,1iiid
_ft onee ,potted up
the We. Stung:by thii blow, teeilin rushed upon Eine,
and with another clean bit from what his friends call, -
"the left duke," knocked Sayers down.
Round 7.—When Heenan came up to the scratch this
time, his right eye was fearfully swollen; and PreiFcttd
upward like a cushion. This sins an immediate signal
for the jeers.and taunts of the friends of Sayers, and the
champion himself tank part in the enjoyment, by placing,.
himself in front of Heenan folded ataie.atid smiling
.epityingire en him. Redan paid. o- Ifeeditti-this, but
bore Mildonald's gloaming 4uietly, and when the dim-
. son tide from his
.puffed cheek was partly stopped, he
Went up to his adversary. The cheers were still greeting
:the ehampion's splendid cut, when Heenan went tip and
measured him. :He did so to Some purpose, for, after
a few passes, he sent his left upon its errand, and
-caught Seyere,bang,upon the mouth. e
gaYere returned
lightly„ on the &Imaged eye ataikt, and. Heenan
gave hijA another rifle shot Upon the head. A few
exchanges then took place, and the 'men separated of
their own accord, Heenan submitting to the sponge
again. Sayers smiled at Heenan with folded arms while
the process was gOillg, on. The seen resumed their work
again. Heenan
,trying. to. land Ills, left again, SaTets
cleverly .stopPed ct,,however; sotts eliateaeee took
plant; they separated far sponging again, *Abed
finishing the round. Sayers, not • having much blood
about
-him, was soon finished,,and he amused'r himself by
looking on at 'Heenan's eye with a broad smile, as if. to
say, "Ali! what an easy job I shill have to polish this
fellow off?", Heenan resumed again by leading off,'but
Sayers, propped him. as he came ; Heenan, however,
would not be denied, and, following ,up, he ;got his,left
in with a stiogittg ehot oei
,the modth, brought
another instktileiit of the claret. Mite more they Sella-
foi Heenan -to be sponged about the damaged eye,
and for Sayeis to enjoy the pleasant contemplation of it.
Once more, too, they resumed. and another clean hit
-sent, Sayers again to earth, with loud cheers from
Heenan's little • partly, and English - exclamations of
" He's ii-nrSt-rate.felle*!" "He'i a fine 'nix!"
Round 8.--Ae sopfi as Iteenan i;k4.nie tip thin dine he
*sent a.t once to work, and put, in his left with a straight
shot in the champion's right cheek. ' Sayers, however,
fought towards him, and getting an opportunity, sent a
light shot in, the chin, and then dodged under Heenan's
arm to avoid -a most wicked return. As. SayeiS vise,
-however, and Ifeean get liim square iii ft-tint of hird
again, he landed a heavy Hit on the, Chaiiiiiieti's noae,
-which nearly klio6leed hint down. Heenan then gale
, -way again, and Savers, Stung by the last visitation,
came pressing back, and when he thought himself at
, •
proper distance, let fly again, but' Heenan caught it
handsomely apon his right arm, and threw it off
,with a
smile, as if to say, such nonsense would not do. The
champion Made it do,:liekie4i:: ter; ga.theSingehimself -
again, he let loose with his left a well-directed blow,
and caught Heenan again upon- the cushion undei the
right, letting out another little Till of blood. This-hit,
though not by any means effective, gave much gratifi-
cation to the partisans of Sayers, and a voice on that
side exclaimed, "I. say, Jade Macdonald, it this---the-
Yankee slob you rinse &Might over to lick the cham-
pion You'd better send him back'." " This is the very
fellow !" said Itiodonld caueily, "and I'm going over
with him soon and take With us the belt. Wait a minute
and you'll sae !" - As this- chaff was going on, Heenan
had' dravin close upon Sayers; and; getting his oppor-
tunity, away went the left-bower; again flattening the
Brighton here's nose, and sending him back several feet
"What do you think of the Yankee boy now 'r" said •
•lacdonalcl proudly at this hit, and spreading his handi
behind him, as if aboilt, to catch a cricket-ball. The,
'tide of war has its variations. and no sooner was the
joyful note of the Celtic second uttered, than bang came.
a -straight shotqroile Sayers; plump eh' the, cnShioned
eye, while Heenan's endeavour id connter passed by the
-chardpion's Heenan-nil* litgon-to exhibit signs -
of weakness, and. cries of "Iwo to one on Briers;" were
_beard Mixed with expressions of. derision. about-
tho—Yiiikee in hie- lege.— -XMidst this
encouragetheht; the keen and observant champion Pressed
forward, and planted' in another on Heenan's 'menthe.'
Still going at him, and getting him close. in his'corner,
and almost against the ropes, he deliveSed a ponderous and
sounding body hit full in the centre of the ribs. He had
been after this spot for some time, and exhibited great
satiefaction'at having so handsomely got it, hut before the
smile which celebrated it hid quits covered his entire
face, its sweetness of expression. was completely spiled by
a terrific paixhan from the left bower upen.th e ehampiert's
month, drawing the blood freely,and sending it trickling
down., his breast, Sayers tried.. .to :counter, but did
not quite get home ; .brit-he came after his revenge, and
seeing. he must have it, Heenan
_took Macdonald's
advice to try the dOuble 'with him"---which means to
take hit for • hit—and away flew, the two sharp left
hands at once, each man staggering and recoil* from
the shoek. .The men now separated for a moment, but
the round did not close, and, after the passing of the'
ever-ready sponge over their bleeding faces, they showed
an equal bull-dog nature by seeking each other again.
Heenan's Tight.eye was now featfully bunged up, and
almost entirely:closed, but, in retaliation for the coarse
derision it drew forth from Sayer's friends, he sent in a
spanking hit upon the champion's cheek, and repeated
with another- on the nose. - Sayers- tried to-rally, but.
was in, and, perceiving . that the • right •
fore-arm of the champion was fearfully swollen and
rendered useless from the effect of -the fall in the pre-
vious round, he went at him fiercely, and, by a thun-
dering stroke froM the left piston, levelled him ti the
earth. (Cheers 'from the little knot of Americans at
Heenan's corner, and an , exulting exclamation from
Macdonald' of "What do. you think of our Yankee
fighter' now !") 'This was a round of most terrific fight-
ing, highly creditable to the courage of both men, and
setting both on the top round of- estimation, by all the
capablrearities around the ring as first class, skilful, and
thorough fighters. It lasted nearly fifteen minutes.
Round 9.—Sayers came up showing signs of distress
(even batting on the- Boy),- and as Heenan went fiercely
after him he hurriedly' gave- ground, and as the Roy
presSed on, he commenced 'daubing off sideways, and
finally turned the Movement into a run. Heenan burst
out laughing at this shine, and standing in an easy and
nonchalant manner, wheeled easily on his heel,'so as to
continue to face him without following after. !Advan-
cing on him again, he planted a severe blow on the chin,
and followed it up by two repeaters, the last of which
turned Sayersluite around, whereupon, while' he was
pitching forward in that position Heenan gave chase,
and hit him down by a blow on the back. Cheers for
Heenan !
Round 10.-" Twenty to ten on the Benicia Boy !"
Sayers, yet growing weak, came sip rather uncertain on
his legs, with his wounded right arm ;till fearfully
swelled, clinging paralysed against his breast. No one
who knew his gallant history could help sympathising
with' him in his sore distress, and whiting he was well
:out of his present peril. But the gladiator who 'opposed
.him, like his screaming backers, hid no such thoughts
as these, but rather pressed on him the more, and, going
at him right and left, ended the round by again knock-
ing him clean down. .
Round 11.—Heenan went at Sayers briskly again, in
order to keep him hurried' while in his crippled state.
Being a little incautious in his advanpe, however, Sayers