The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-13 00:00:00

MILITIA.

The Montgomery Rifles are undergoing steady and
constant drill at Welshpool, where they have been sta-
tioned since January last. The full complement is 320,
but the corps is about 80 short, in consequence of the
large number given to the regulars and the loss occa-
sioned by those who availed themselves of the provisions
of Lord Panmure's order. Of the latter, however,
many who were disbanded have been re-attested, and
the regiment is now about 240 strong. The corps has
given 100 men to various regiments.
Yesterday the billets of the City of London Militia
having expired, were renewed, by order of the Adju-
tant-General for 28 days. It was expected that the re-
giment would have proceeded to the camp at Aldershott
on Thursday ; but it is understood that its destination
has been changed, and that the corps will proceed to
Woolwich and relieve the Queen's Own Light Infantry
(Tower Hamlets), which regiment will remove to Alder-
shntt.

Orders have been issued for the embarkation of those
regiments of militia which have volunteered for service
at Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonian Islands, to relieve
the regiments of the Line at those places which are un-
der orders for the Crimea. Those corps for service must
number at least 450 bayonets respectively. The Oxford-
shire, Monmouthshire, Essex Rifles, and Berkshire Re-
giments of Militia, it is believed, will be the first to
embark.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

MAIDSTONE.—The bine is now growing fast in this die
trict, and the plants are recovering their healthy colour.
after the yellow tinge imparted to them by the cold
winds a fortnight ago. We have received several other
reports of the progress of the plantations from our cor-
respondents ; the whole of them speak of the generally
healthy state of the plants, and the comparative absence
of vermin.—Seuth, Eastern Gazette.
THE CROPS IN MID KENT.—The weather during the
past week has been highly favourable for the whole of
the growing crops, and corn especially is making satis-
factory programs. Turnips and rnangel wurzel are also
doing well, and the grass, though it must necessarily be
very short in quantity, is coming forward better than at
one time was to have been expected.—South Eastern
Gazette.
SUSSEX AGRICULTURAL REPORT.—We have had a
week of splendid weather, and vegetation has made a
Vast stride. Of the crops the reports from all quarters
are highly satisfactory. Even on thin light soils, where
the severe winter has made itself felt and given rise to
anticipations of a very barren yield, appearances are now
much improved, and promise far more satisfactory re-
sults. On the heavy lands there would seem nothing
left to wish for. The wheats are of a rich colour, look•
ing as luxuriant and vigorous as possible, and holding
out the prospect of a magnificent growth. Other grain,
as well as peas and beans and potatoes, also present a
most flourisbin appearance, the late rains having ope-
rated most beneficially on all these crops. The pastures
have improved wonderfully, and though the hay harvest
, must necessarily be late and the grass of less length than
I usual, there are strong indications that the crop will by
no means be of the meagre character anticipated a few
weeks ago. On all aides the most glowing descriptions
are given of the orchards. The show of blossom is every.
where most splendid, and there is every reason to anti-
cipate an abundant crop. By way of climax to this pro
mising condition of things, it may be added that the re-
ports from the hop districts are of the moat encouraging
description, all concurring in the statement that the bine
is clean, healthy and vigorous. We have experienced in
its full rigour the severity of an
and there appears to be every reason
" old-fashioned winter "
tlodavnetrticts.ipera.te that'
we shall in turn enjoy the blessings and abundance of
an Q 1 otd-faehioned summer."—Sussex

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OPINIONS OF PRINCE ALBEI2T 0 N
PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

At the annual dinner of the Trinity
Corp oratit in, on
Saturday evening last, at the Trinity House, his Royal
Highness Prince Albert proposed the health of ter Ma-
jesty's Ministers in the following terms :
Gentlemen,—The toast which I have now to propose
to you is that of her Majesty's Ministers. (Cheers.) If
there was ever a time at which her Majesty's Govern-
ment, by whomsoever conducted, required the support,
aye, not the support alone, but the confidence, good will
Iw t- ci os
ardentlyu
nnot rt y mt heen4,
rslvidta ly! surelyenthusiasti-
cally, su cctehs the
et. a
(Loud
supportt h y o f
cheers.) theirhoweverl 1 o
aipnnr edws esanyr
,tm.
and at the same time to tie down and v reaken the
hands of those who have to conduct it. (Chee ring.) We
are engaged with a mighty enemy, who is using against
us all those wonderful powers which have sprung up
under the generating influence of our liberty and our
civilisation. You find him with all that force which
unity of purpose and action, impenetrable secresy, and
uncontrolled despotic power., have given, while we have
to meet him under a state d! things intended for peace,
and for the promotion of that very civilisation, the off-
spring of public discussion, of the friction of parties, and
of the popular control on the Government and the state.
(Hear.) The Queen has no power to levy troops, nor
has she any at her command, but such as offer their
voluntary services. (Hear,) Her Government can take
no measure for the prosecution of the war which it has
not beforehand to explain in Parliament. Her armies
and fleet can make no movements, nor even prepare for
any, without their being publicly announced in the papers.
No mistake, however trfling, can occur, no want or
weakness exist, which is not at once denounced and even
sometimes exaggerated with a kind of morbid satisfac-
tion. (Loud cheers.) The Queen's ambassador can enter
into no negotiations without the Government having
to defend him by entering into all the arguments which
that negotiator, in order to be successful, ought
to be able to shut up fin the innermost recesses of his
heart. (Loud cheers.) Nay, at the most critical posi-
tion, when war and diplomatic relations may be at their
height, an adverse vet- in Porn •
ament may at a moment
deprive the Queen of the whole of her confidential ser-
vants. Gentlemen, our constitutional government is
undergoing a heavy trial, and we shall not get success-
fully through it unless the country willrs ' its g. n.
confi-
dence—patriotic, intelligent, and self-denying confidence
—to her Majesty's Government. (Loud cheers.) Gen-
tlemen, I propose to you to drink the health ofann
Vi u t
Palmerston and her Majesty's Ministers. n
The toast was drank with great cheering..
Viscount P ... ALMERSTOIT replied —May it please your
Royal Highness, my Lords, and Gentlemen : I beg, on
the; part of my colleagues and myself, to return tisyou
our best and sincere thanks for the honour you have
dooe us in drinking the toast which his Royal Highness
has, been kind enough to propose. and for the flattering
manner in which you have been kind enough to receive
it. ' I can assure you that there is no roof ander which
that toast could be more agreeable to our feelings than
the roof under which we have now had the honour to
have it proposed. We are assembled under the roof of
a body whose duties are intimately connected with those
arrangements which form one of the most important
elements of our national wealth, and which also lay the
foundation for one of the most important sources of our
national strength. There is, indeed, a unity of opera-
tion between the Government that may have to admi-
nister the affairs of this country and the body which has
done us the honour to receive us, which also tends to make
that honour which has been conferred more agreeable to
us, for it is the function of the Trinity Corporation to pro-
vidp pilots for those thousands of keels that plough the
waves that wash our shore ; and, on the other band, to
erqt those lights which warn navigators from dangers
whch they would otherwise have to encounter, and
which point out to them the havens where safety is to
be obtained.. Well, gentlemen, the duty of ministers is
of a somewhat similar description.' It is the duty of mi-
nisters to guide and to enlighten, and we well know
taking the example from yourselves, that properly to
guide, we must begin by enlightening. Gentlemen, we
are: now entrusted with the command of the vessel of the
stae, and I am proud to say that that noble vessel was
never in better " trim," was never better formed, never
bad on board a more noble crew than at the present mo-
mebt. It is full of men animated by the most exalted
detion to their duty, and determined to bear in the
" liattle and the breeze" with honour and safety that
royal standard which floats nobly and gloriously over
th r herds. (Cheers.) We have certainly up to the
present moment had storms and difficulties to encounter,
but I am convinced that, with the assistance of that
crew which I have mentioned, those difficulties and
disasters will be surmounted, and that by a " strong
pul), a long pull, and a pull altogether," we shall be
enabled to bring the vessel of the state safely through
and anchor her in the harbour of honourable and perma-
nerit peace. (Cheers.) His royal highness has been
Pleftsed to say that a government, especially in such
perlods as the present, ought to receive the generous
co 'fidence and support of the nation. I am bound to
say that we have received that support, honourably and
ger4erously, from the country, and that the unanimous
feeling of the nation supports us in the course which we
feeit our duty to pursue, and we should indeed be un-
wotthy of that support, we should be little deserving
theihigh position in which it has pleased her Majesty to
place us, and in which we are supported by the confi-
dence of the parliament and by the support of the whole
Bri ish nation, we should be unworthy of that confidence
an support if we were not determined to exert our best
enei.
v,ieq, and to direct the beet energies of the country,
to Ards obtaining that victorious result of the conflict
in 'Mich we are. engaged, which alone can be consistent
I wiiii not say with the honour and glory, but with the
safety of the British nation.
The noble lord resumed his seat amid much cheering,

FR.4 LTH OF LONDON DURING TffE WEEK.

! ( From the Report of the Registrar-Gefteral. )

The mortality of London is still higher than it should
be in the beginning of June—a month which is usually
thel healthiest in the year ; but the returns of the last
twq weeks prove that the public health is approaching a
more satisfactory state. Last week 1,087 persons, of
wh m 565 were males and 622 females, died. In the
to corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the ave-
ra number was 931, and, if this is raised in a certain
pr portion as allowance for increase of population, it
be omes 1,024. There was an excess in the deaths of
las week of 63 above the estimated amount.
f the 1,087 deaths 515, or nearly a half, occurred
un er 20 years of age ; only 25 occurred at 80 years and
upwards. Of 235 deaths which are ascribed to diseases
of he zymotic class, 186 were among young persons not
moire than 20 years old, 25 occurred at the ages 20-40,
12!at 40-60, 11 at 60-80, and one at a more advanced
age. Of diseases in that class, scarlatina, which was
fatsl in 53 cases, is at present the most prevalent.
Nt in the number of cases referred to them are
typhus and hooping-cough, from each of these 43
dekths having been registered. Small-pox numbers
22 diarrhoea 16, and measles 10. Three deaths from
scarlatina occurred in the sub-district of Gray's-inn-lane,
and three in that of Poplar. The deaths of two persons
are returned as caused by intemperance.
Last week the births of 870 boys and 840 girls, in all
1,710 children, were registered in London. In the tea
coiresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average
nu nber was 1,414.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29'779 in. The
highest reading occurred at the end' of the week, and
was 29'99 in. The mean temperature was 58.5 deg.,
which is 1 leg. above the average of the same week in 38
years. The warmest day was Wednesday, when the
highest temperature was 83.5 deg. ; the lowest was 571
deg., and the mean was 71.4 deg., which is 13.9 deg.
above the average. The highest in the sun on that day
was 107.5 deg. On the following day the mean tempe-
rature fell to 571 deg., which is rather below the ave-
rage. The lowest temperature in the week occurred on
Sunday, and was 39.3 deg. The mean dew-point tem-
perature of the week was 48'4 deg., and the difference
between this and the mean temperature of the air was
10'1 deg. The temperature of the water on the Thames
on the first five days was 55'8 deg. The wind blew
generally from the south-west. On Thursday 0.08 inch
of rain fell, and the whole amount in the week did not
exceed 0 10 inch.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 9.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ......

235
48

Tubercular Diseases— 200
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ' 45
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration..
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
._ _

of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bores, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations
Violence,
osp
Sudden
ded mdAea
ng t
Atrophyeu re. .
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.. Birth
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................................................... 106306
Causes not specified ..... -...... ................... ......... 17

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DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,087
Populatieu Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. aponding week in the
NEI.
1854, Week.
West Districts ...... 376,427 of
...... 192
North Districts ...... 490,396 ...... 225
Central Districts..... 393,256 ...... 180
East Districts.,.,.... 485,522
'2 224.27
South Districts ...... 616,635
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'otals ......... 2,362,236
Ma1e5.....................
Females

1,110

BIRTHS 'IN TEE WEEK.

Males
Females..

1,087
565
522

870
840

1,710

Total ..

INOCULATION FOR THE YELLOW FEVER.—Dr. Hum-
boldt, a nephew of the great Humboldt, has established
a hospital at Havanna, to test a theory of inoculation for
the yellow fever, on the principle of inoculation for
small-pox. The inoculation is followed by a moderate
hmfeveraevne aa nod beend
Ae
submittedillnessri eoafn ao._bot uoAt
staph
jenlva
week. A number of soldiers
i process,
and some Engli6h-
Courier.

THE WEATHER—Sun OVTICII, June 13.
THIRMONZTES, Pi TEZ SHAM
67—highest since noon yesterday.
56—lowest this morning and during the night.
68—this day, at noon.
BABOMMT 7." ° 0.78.
B.—Light breeze, wit, dull, showery weather.