The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS,

ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB REGATTA.

NEW RACE FOR THE £5O CUP.
ItTAL, TUILIIDAY.-113 eousequenue of the decision of
the committee on Saturday rendering void the sailing of
Tuesday for the prise cup of 501., yesterday morning was
appointed for 'gam contesting it. It was expected that a
larger number of yachts would have been entered, but the
following only appeared at the starting point off the pier:
Team. Owners. Tons.
Vestal Yr. It. 6. Itnwies
Priocess Ole/ ... hr. Th.= AS Bilberries d
Bonita
The coarse was the same as sailed on 'Tuesday, viz., round
the Nab Light-ship, passing each time outside the Noman
and Bandhead buoys, round the Calshot light-ship and all
the four buoys of the Ilnunbles, twice round; but with this
difference, that no time for tonnage was allowed.
At half-past ten the startirg gun w.a find, and the yachts
soon got wider weigh ; and the Vista speedily began to
show ahead, followed by. the Prineus Olga,: and lastly by
the Benito, but the latter won fell a .00g way astern. Al-
though they started with a stiff breeze, yet, the tide being
against them, they made but little progress, and had to beat
up against both wind and tide the greater part of the round.
After some line tacking be wren the Vestal and the Prin-
cess Olga, the lint round was completed as follows
Vestal .
Princes Olga
They then proceeded again over the course, the interest
being excited as to the respective merits between the Prin-
cess Olga and the Vestal. hey round, d the Cslshot Light-
ship, but on their return to the Nab signals were mane to
them, in consequence of clarkee n approaching, and the re-
gatta ball being appointed for the evening, that the race
should conclude on coming abrea. Ityde l'ier. Thus
about only half of the second round was completed. They
arrived as wader:

Void
Mamma Olga 7 al IN
The lienita gave up on completing the first round, which
she did about an hour after the Vista! and Princess Olga.
The Vestal, therefore, became :he winner of the cop, which
was originally claimed by the Dianci, who, fur some cause
not stated, did wit start a second time for it.
Thus it will be seen with even a tolerable, though not a
favourable breeze, the Vestal, built to a great extent in imi-
tation of the celebrated America, has miceeeded in gaining
the prise, notwithstanding tho fact of her having made
rather an unfavourable impression on her debut at this
regatta on Tuesday last.

CRICKET.
ELEVEN OF ENGLAND o TWENTY-TWO OF
THE lIIINGERFORD CLUB.
The following is the statement of the game up to Tuesday
evening. It will be seen that the Eleven" were disposed
of for the extraordinary low score of 12:

C. W. Bradford, Esq., e Cesar, b
Clark
W. limit; Eart., b Clarke
H. Fenwick, Eaq , b Blab y
Oay, ale.. b Clarke
J. Srultb, 7.11., b Blekley I b Clarke
11. Yfw% PA.. C Omar, b Orundy 14 b Cla•ke
11. Ilagbes, Biqa run oat
E. Monte, Erw.,6 Boa, b Clark 0 b Grundy 9
G. Graham, Eaq. run out
C. bloceek, Esq., b Grundy I
J. A. NarittaU, E.g., eit b Grundy 22 e C .ftyn, b Clarke I
Bev. IL 01bba, e Lam b Grundy 0 nut out 5
0. Vonge. Mg, b Clarke a
C. Mandato, keg., b Grundy 2
0. N ombwell, keg, a Blakey, b
auk. a
my* Fp, 1 b w, b Grundy 2
J. Preto, Esq., a blertlegell, b
Clarke I b Clarke
WCells. Ea e Blekl7, liCarke 2
Bev. W.lO Hicks., b laundy 6
Barrie, a 800, b Clarke
P. Wright, Paw., e and b Clarke
Capt. 0O
. With', not. out
-- .....
; lb,l; w

W. Clarke, e Smith, b Benin— IJ. cur, a Beak b Bertin...... 3
J. Unlit o Graham, b Yonne N. Melte, Esq., e tkoltb, b
W. Nader. run out Burma
O. Parr. b mite g1
W. Cakftyrot and b Tonga I J. Itirkley, mot out 0
T. Bon. 0 Yonie
0. Anacreon, a °sebum, b
Popp

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.
The official report says : In the week that ended
last Saturday 912 deaths were registered in the metropolitan
districts. la the week that endtd July 10 the mean tem-
perature rose suddenly to 709 degrees, which was eleven
degrees higher than it had been in the week preceding.
Next week it declined to 67.3 degrees ; and last week it
was 6.; degrees. In the same three weeks the deaths have
been respectively 1,080, 921, 912.
In the corresponding weeks of the ten years 1842-51 the
average number of deaths was 1,046, which, with a correc-
tion for increase of population during that period, and up
to the present time, becomes 1,151. The present return
therefore shows a mortality less by 239 than the estimated
&moans.

But, notwithstanding the mortality is still below
average, it will be seen that fatal sickness amongst childrst
so frequent in London in the summer months, has increuets
exceedingly in the last week. Though the last two returns
are nearly the same as regards the total number of deaths,
they differ materially in the proportions assigned to parti-
cular causes. In the previous week 48 person., mostly
children, sank under diarrhcea ; last week the number rose
to 94. The deaths by cholera have risen from 4to 10
those by scarlatina, from 31 to 45. Fatal cues prmueed
by pneumonia have declined in the same time from 46 to
26 ; those by disease of the brain, from 25 to 10 ; while
those referred to enteritis have increased from 4 to 11 ;
those to disease of the liver, from 7 to 14.
Small-pox was fatal to 28 children and 6 adults. Three
deaths occurred in the Small-pox Hospital, all on the 18th
July.
Last week a labourer died in St. Saviour's workhouse at
the great age of 100 years. A boy, 6 years old, died at
Orchard-cottages, West Hackney, of " coup de sole:1 (1
day)." Six persons were accidentally drowned in bathing:
• boy, aged 14 years, on 7th July, in the Thames off the
Belvedere-road; a weaver, aged 76, on the 16th, in the
river Lea; a watchmaker, aged 76, on the 12th, in the
baths, Dalton ; at Battersea, a man, on the 22nd, aged 20,
in she Thames; a boy, 16, in a pond at Brixton-hill, on the
18th; and a porter, aged 17, in a pond at Hampstead, on
the same day. In the last three weeks 17 persons have
been registered who have lost their lives in the flames and
other waters in London whilst bathing.
Last week the births of 795 boys and 773 girls, in all
1,668 children, were registered in London. The average
number in seven corresponding weeks of the years 1845-51
was 1,303.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer last week was 29.873 in. The mean tem-
perature of the week was 65 deg., which is 3.5 deg higher
than the average of the same week In ten years. The mean
daily temperature we. above the average on every day of
the week, and was highest on Wednesday and Saturday.
The wind was variable, but generally in the south-west in
the ant Svc days.

MANSLAUGHTER NEAR BRISTOL.—The inquest on
the body of John Goding, who died in the Bristol Royal
Infirmary on Saturday last, in consequence of a wound he
received at Banwell, Somersetehire, from a haypick,
was resumed on Monday, before the coroner, J. B.
()linden, Esq and a highly respectable jury, when the
evidence adduced completely negatived the generally MT*.
dited report--spread, no doubt, for political purposes—that
the homicide arose out of election proceedings. A number
of witnesses were examined, whose account of the transact..
ties was not a very clear or connected one, but the par-
ticularsfar as could be gathered, were these. On the
tes e
present month, a thunder storm was anticipated
at Banwell and a farmer named Hemmen' having a field
of hay about, which was sufficiently dry to justify its being
made up into a mow, he prevailed upon as many as he
could to assist him in an effort to get it together before the
expected rain came on. Many persons lent a hand, and
among them were the deceased, John Goding (a young man
of 22 years old, who lived as groom with a gentleman named
Simpson), his father and uncle, the farmer's son, George
Hemmens (a youth of 17 years of age), Hannah Marshall,
a female servant of the farmer, a man named
William Milkier, and several others. During the even.
ing, the deceased, John Oodlug, in a lark, caught bold
of the girl Marshall, at which young Hemmen' took offence,
and said, " If thee'st do that again I'll run the pick (hay-
fork) Into thee." Subsequently blows occurred between
them, and in the course of a scuffle at a later period Hem-
mens struck the pick twice at Goding, and wounded him
on the elbow of his left arm and on his right (train. Both
wounds bled, but both must have been of a trivial character,
for, although a very minute and careful pat-models exa-
mination was made, no traces of that on the groin could be
discovered, while that on the elbow was only skin deep, and
was nearly healed. The deceased did not work on the day
following the injury, but did so on the next day but one,
and continued to do so up to Thursday week, when he was
obliged to take to his bed. Subsequently on Wednesday
!ad it was deemed necessary to remove him to the Bristol
Royal Infirmary, upon his arrival at which institution he
was found to be suffering from lock-jaw. Every effort was
used for his recovery, but without effect, and he died on
Saturday morning. The coroner having carefully summed
up the evidence, and explained the law as bearing on the
case, the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
of manslaughter against George liemmens. The coroner
Immediately issued his warrant, and the accused will have
to await has trial for the offence at the next Somerset
@seise.

TIM SWAIN AND HAWKEY AEFAIR.—In conse-
quence of the evidence given during the recent courts-mar-
tial held upon Captain Hawkey and Lieutenant Swain, of
the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, Captain Hawkey
decided upon proceeding against Lieutenant Swain in a
civil action for damages, and it was originally intended that
the case should have come on at Maidstone on Saturday,
the 24th instant, on the opening of the summer assizes for
the county of Kent, the notices of action having been
served, and a number of witnesses subpoenaed to attend the
trial. Lieutenant Swain, on receiving notice of the action
being commenced against him, immediately adopted mea-
atim for his defence, and retained three of the most emi-
nent counsel on the Home Circuit, and subpoenaed a large
number of witnesses ; but after incurr ng great expense he
received notice on Thursday evening last that the plaintiff
had thought fit to countermand the notice of trial, and the
cause, if it is intended ever to try it, cannot be brought
forward until the next spring anises.


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