The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-17 00:00:00

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Sporting Intelligence.

rived with an empty collier to receive' our guns, and cast
eff her tow accidentally more than a mile to leeward of
us, and she was obliged to pick her up again, and we WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON OCTOBER
got the collier lashed alongside ; about 11 p.m. prepared MEETING.—TUESDAY.
her hold for the guns, and landed the first one into Sweepstakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added, for three-ye.
it at a few minutes after midnightovhen we thought that, olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 100 son,
as all hands had been at work since we struck, it would allowances if entered to be sold for less. Three-quar-
be advisable to "splice the main brace." A very few .ters of a mile. 8 subs.
minutes were allowed for this, and at 12.30 we were all Mr, Evans's Sextus. 5 yrs (201.), Bst llb (Wells) 1
at work again. Commencing with the maindeck guns Mr. 'Worthington's Vivid, 4 yrs (201.), 7st 71b (T. Cliff) 5;
with a strong party, Goodenough (Second-Lieutenant) Mr. B. Land's Bordeaux, aged (201.), Bst 51b
prepared them with a party on the maindeck ; Rogers(Land, jun.) 3
(Third-Lieut.) bad two boats getting the Cossack's cables The following also ran :—Pope Joan, Census, Sack-
from where she had anchored (500 yards on the weather but, Merry Monk, and Hothorpe.
quarter) down to us ; Jackson (Fourth-Lieutenant) had Betting-2 to 1 agst Sextue, 3to 1 agst Bordeaux.
a party in the collier, receiving the guns and stowing Won easily by a length ; half a length between the
them in the bold, which part of the business caused great second and third ' • a head between the third and fourth.
delay ; ColomS (Fifth-Lieutenant) had another party The winner was bought in for 50 guineas.
getting out the shot and sending them to the Driver ; The Two-year-old Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with
and Patrickson (mate) had another party, pumping out 50' added. Winners 51b extra. T.Y.C. 27 subs.
the fresh water and bilges. We had the additional dis- Mr. Goodered's Diego, 7st 61b (Fordham) 1
advantage of a dark night for our work, which was par- Mr. Worthington's Adam, 7st 2lb (T. Cliff) 2
ticularly felt in getting the guns into the collier's hold. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Sauve-gui-Peut,•7st llb (Quinton) 3
However, everything went on admirably, without any The following also ran :--Swaleliffe, Miss Harkaway,
noise or confusion, and with a hearty goodwill. At 2 Jane Shore, and Ugly Mug.
a.m. the shot were cleared (60 tons), and Colomb's party Betting-5 to 2 each agst Diego and Swalcliffe, sto 1
went on with the ballast. Some time afterwards the agst any other. Wen by a neck ; four lengths separated
water and bilges were cleared, and that party went the second and third ; two lengths the third and fourth;
on with the coals. At 6.30 or thereabouts the main- the other three tailed .off.
deck guns were all stowed, and the cables from the A Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. The winner to be sold by
Cos-sack fast and hove taut. We now went to break- auction for 501., and the surplus over the selling price
fast for half an hour, and then again set to with fresh to go to the fund. One mile. 17 subs.
energy, especially with the lower deck guns. About 10 MT. Gulliver's Noisette, 5 yrs, 7st 61b (Prior) 1
a.m. she began to get a little lively, and we gota heave on Mr. Moseley's Romeo, 6 yrs, Est 2lb (T. Cliff) 2
all the cables; but this proved ineffectual,and our own 23- Mr. Lloyd's Petticoat, 3 yrs, fist 81b (Fordham) 3
inch came hornealittle ;so we madefastagain, and finished The following also ran :—Mash, Nightcap, Freckle,
the lower deck guns and all the ballast that could be got Miss Cioldscluoidt, Vestige, Venture, and Dispute.
at without great trouble and delay, and then went on Betting-7 to 4 agst Noisette, 7to '2 apt Romeo, 7
with the shells. About noon we had half an hour to to 1 agst any other (offered). Won in a canter by two
dinner, by which time the breeze was sensibly freshen- lengths ; a length between the second and third.
ing and the sea rising, and the old ship changed her Freckle was fourth, and Vestige fifth. The winner was
quiet position for an unmistakeable bumping. We went bought in for 70 guineas.
at it again about 1 o'clock, starting coals and getting Great Warwick Handicap of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with
out our shell and provisions, and lowering the mainyard 100 added. The winner of the Cesarewitch Stakes
to be secured for our only remaining guns, the six heavy 101 b, the second 51b extra ; and the winner of any
ones on the upper deck. White this was been prepared other handicap value 1001., after the declaration of
we hauled the Driver close to our stern by an 8-inch the weights, 51b extra. The second to save his stake.
hawser, leaving the two 14-inch cables' line slack ; then Once round, starting at the Stand. 36 subs.
the Driver went off full speed ; we slipped the 8-inch Lord Clifden's Poodle, 6 yrs, Get 61b (Fordham) 1
when it had as much strain as it could bear, and she Mr. E. R. Clark's Mr. Sykes. 5 yrs, Bst...(J. Mame) 2
brought up with a tough jerk against the 14-inch cables Mr. Pelf's Pole Star, 3 yrs, sst 21b (Snowden) 3
(at the same time we put 500 men into the collier) ; the The following also ran :—Gamelad, Mishap, and Imo-
result was one inch more water astern, but we wanted gene.
nearly two feet to float. However, we tried the expe- Betting-6 to 5 agst Mr. Sykes, sto 2 agst Poodle,
riment again (the Cossack heaving and steaming at the and 4to 1 agst Pole Star. A fine race in; won by a
same time), and when the Driver brought up she car- short head, Mr. Sykes beating Pole Star by a short
ried away both 14-inch cables like ropeyarns ; but the head also for second place ; very bad fourth. Imogene
effect was perceptible ; we deepened the water one foot finished a long way in the rear.
by the stern, and shoaled it two feet under the bows, A Handicap Stakes of 2 sovs each, with 15 added, for
evidently having our forefoot under the shoalest part of two and three-yr-olds. The winner to be sold by
the reef in our immediate neighbourhood ; but, as we auction for 40 cove, esc. Six subs.
were well hung by the stern that was of no conse- Mr. Wilkins's Dwarf, 2 yrs, Get Glb (Stagg) 1
quence. While the cables were being carried out again Mr. Jone's Indian Queen, 2 yrs, fist 41b ...(Fordham) 2
we commenced on the upper-deck guns, and at the Mr. Byrne's The Vine, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b (Snowden) 3
same time were busy passing cables from the Bull- The following also ran :—Usurer and Cocksparrow.
dog, who had also arrived to our help, the same par- The betting opened at evens on Usurer, subsequently
ties as before about the coals, provisions, and shell. 6to 4 was betted on him, but at the close sto 4 was
The breeze had stiffened, and the weather looked offered agst him, 3to 1 agst Indian Queen, 9 to 2 agst
dirty with the sea rising, and the old HaStings bumping the Dwarf. Won by a neck ; bad third.
sensibly, when, at 3.45 p.m., the Cossack's cables hay- The Leamington Welter Cup, value 100 sovs, the rest in
ing a heavy strain, away the old ship glided off the reef, specie by subscriptions of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5
to the relief and thankfulness of every one. The poor only if declared, &c. Certain winners extra. Gen-
old collier that was lashed to us was cast off as quickly tlemen riders ; professionals 51b extra. Once round.
as possible, but nearly the first roll knocked her top- 18 subs, sof whom declared.
gallantmast away, then her bulwarks followed, and she
Lord Clifden's Poodle, 6 yrs, llst (Captain Little) 1
had considerable damage done before she cleared us. Mr. E. Parr's Little Davie, 6 yre,llo 121 b (4r. Blake) 2
Our anchor, with the hemp sheet fast to it, was fortu- Mr. Daley's Black Swan, 5 yrs, 10A 12113
nately now directly to leeward of the reef, the cable
(Mr. Belville, jun.) 3
came through the wardroom stern-port on the lower
The following also ran :—Bright Phoebus, Master
deck, and double-bitted forward ; we swung to this, Horton, Man-of-War, Red Rose.
and found ourselves in 9 fathoms, riding by the stern,
Btbitilrilsrg,dh6;t troAhilcsaattguesrst
andMH ausrivitteorahn-wofa. Horton.ssv af
Betting-6 to 4 agst Poodle, 4to '1 eget Bright Phee-
and no other cable to let go. The gale was rising fast,
fourth,
en
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Rosehe ad
fifth
ftbadh ; and we were, till about 9 o'clock, clearing the hawsers
ef the other ships, hoisting our boats in, &c., when, our
ruhrWteha
fellows being much knocked up, we spliced the main-
brace, and piped the hammocks down. It was about
10.30, after going round the ship, I laid down, but the
gale was fast increasing, and, after an hour's most un-
satisfactory snoozing, I went on deck to look on a pretty
prospect. The night was very dull and black, and
by this time blowing very fiercely, with a nasty sea
rising and breaking through the stern-ports. About
one o'clock, though there had been no indication
of dragging, we found the water was only six and
a half f ithoms amidships and six fathoms for-
ward, and the hemp cable had ground to dust
all its chafing-mats, and was being injured seriously ;
besides this the upper deck guns showed an evident in-
clination to capsize, and the empty gun carriages were
as lively as the ship, so I most reluctantly turned the
fellows out of their hammocks again to make all snug ;
and certainly the feeling that we were shoaling our
water, and that, if we againestruck,-nnthing could save
us from going to pieces, made it an anxious moment.
Thank God, however, our anchor and cable held on till
daylight, by which time the weather had considerably
moderated, and we were fortunate enough, after a heavy
heave, to get one cable (the one we did not slip the in-
board end). About 6 a.m. the wind shifted several points,
which took us a little closer to our old danger, so we
determined to clear off at once. Accordingly we buoyed
the cable that had served us so well during the night, as
well as the stream, let fall the sails, and slipped ; and
soon nothing but the white foam breaking over the reef
indicated our late peril.

HEALTH OF LoND,)N DURING THE

WEEK.

( Front the Registrar-General's Report.)
The deaths of 870 persons were registered in London
during the week that ended on Saturday, Oct. 13 ; 449
of the number died under 20 years of age ; 131 young
men and women died of the age of 20-40 ; 124 persons
had lived to the age of 40-60 ; and 124 more to the age
of 60-80 ; while only 22 had passed 80 years, and .ap•
proached the natural limit of human life (100 year,).
223 of the deaths were by zymotic diseases, including
16 by small-pox, 50 by scarlatina, 44 by diarrhoea, 4 by
cholera, 45 by typhus and other fevers. Consumption
was the cause of 108 deaths, apoplexy of 23, paralysis of
16, bronchitis and pneumonia of 92. Eighteen violent
deaths were registered. The average deaths in the c
responding week of the previous 10 years was 995, or
corrected for increase of population, 1095. The deaths
in the last week were 870, or 225 below the corrected
average deaths in London.

The standard of comparison here is the average mor-
tality of London ; but that average is itself much
above the average of England and Wales, and still fur-
ther above the mortality in several of the healthiest dis-
tricts of the country, where the annual deaths have been
on an average of ten years at the rate of 14, 15, 16, and
17 in 1,000 of the population ; while the average mor-
tality of London was nearer 25 than 24 in 1,000.
At the annual rate of 17 deaths in 1,000 living, the
weekly deaths in London would amount now to 836 ;
and the excess of 34 may he referred to causes which
were in operation, destroying during the week nearly
five lives daily.
The 836 deaths may he held for the present to be na-
tural deaths, as they are the result of natural causes ;
the 34 deaths may be considered unnatural deaths. As
they are the results of extraneous causes that admit of
removal.

" We were on the reef 37 hours exactly, and it may
interest you to know in detail what we lightened the
ship of :

Guns (54)
Shot
Cables
Water in boilers
Fresh water and bilge
Coals
Ballast
Shell
Anchors

Ton g.
• 140
. 60
▪ 60
. 50
. 50
. 40
. 30
. 12
. 10

The steps that have already been taken to supply the
people of London with purer water than they received
during the last cholera epidemic are already producing
beneficial results ; and the next most effectual measure
of sanitary improvement will be the purification of the
London atinosph re by the completz removal from the
houses and streets daily of the residue of the organic
matter which is brought into them daily.
Last week the births of 793 boys and 771 girls, in all
1,564 children, were regi-stered in London. In the ten
ourreeponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average
number was 1,313.
The new moon on Thursday was ushered in by rain,
of which 0.39 in. fell in five days of the week, and wind
which blew from the south-west and north-west over
Greenwich, at velocities ranging from 70 to 250 miles a
day. The barometer was low (29'443 in. ; the thermo-
meter in the air 52'2 deg., so the mean temperature of
the week is now descending to the mean temperature of
the year. The mean dew point was 46 8 deg. On Wed-
nesday night the temperature of the air fell to 42.7 deg.;
of the grass to 33 0 deg. The mean of the highest tem-
perature of the air was 60'1 deg., which was nearly the
mean of the highest temperatures of the Thames ; but in
the nights, while the air was on an average at 46 2 deg.,
the water of the Thames remained at 56.7 deg. On Tues-
day the Thames was at night 13.3 deg. higher than the
lowest temperature of the air, and gave off vapour,
which in the calm air was thrown down in fog.

Total..

452

"The breeze was fair for Nargen, and there we ar-
rived early in the afternoon, letting go our only cable fast
to a sheet anchor close to the Admiral. We met the
Edinburgh, GO, on her road down to our assistance, and
they were uncommonly glad to find us free. The Dri-
ver, with the gun c tiller, had preceded us. The Cossack,
who, by the way, parted an anchor during the gale of the
night, accompanied us up, and the Bulldog remained by
the reef to endeavour to recover the anchors and cables.
During the evening (Saturday) we got a hemp sheet ca-
ble from the Edinburgh, and a great many boats were
employed in transferring our shot and shell and ballast
back from the Driver, which was accomplished, and the
whole of them restored to their places by midnight, when
I went to my cabin to lie down and go to sleep for the
first time since the ship struck on Wednesday night,
though I had not felt much fatigue through it. However
I confess when I got up at five next morning (Sunday) I
could have enjoyed an hour or two more with great com-
fort to myself. By some mistake the .gun collier was
not brought alongside till nearly eight o'clock, instead of
daylight, as arranged ; but when once there we set to
work and got some guns in, transported and secured with
their own gear in their own ports, at an average rate of
six minutes a gun, counting from the time the first gun
was hooked on till the last was in its place. At the
name time we were coaling, and took in during the day
100 tons of coals, and our condensers in the engine-
room made us about 30 tons of water. I was just going
to bed at 10 o'clock when ;:d'aptain Gordon, of the Bull-
dog, came on board, having recovered the whole of our
chain cables, and one of the bower anchors, so we made
arrangements for his being alongside at 7 o'clock in the
morning, and after an early breakfast on Monday the
Bulldog lashed alongside, and transferred all these
valuable stores to us. At 1 p.m. the captain reported
the ship ready for sea, the only things deficient being a
bower and a stream anchor, our hemp sheet cable (23-
inch) and three hawsers (11, 10, and 8 inch). Between
Saturday evening and Monday at noon we had got on
board and stowed away—

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED

Guns
Cables
Shot
Coals
Ballast
Shell
Bower anchor

Tons.
~ 140
48
~ 60
~ 100
30
12

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 13
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 42
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration llO
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, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
3
Malformations _

Premature Birth and Debility
Atrophy
Old Age
5udden........ ................................................
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ........ 27
Causes not specified ....................................... 23
-

30
28
23
...............
........

And made fresh water

"The Admiral told us to take the afternoon to clear
the ship up and rest, remarking the men must be done
up, and the day before he had offered us 500 men, but I
begged the captain to refuse them, convinced that it
would have taken all the officers of the ship to look after
the strange men, and then not get the work done half as
fast, besides everything going to its wrong place, instead
of its right. During Monday forenoon, at the captain's
request, a court of inquiry, composed f Captains Cod-
rington, of the Royal George, Warren, of the Cressy,
and Hewlett, of the Edinburgh, sat on board to inquire
into the cause of our mishap, but we sailed early on
Tuesday morning without learning their opinion. We
had the unpleasant addition on board of 11 hospital
dressers and 30 invalids for a passage to England, and
the Driver accompanied us to call in at the reef and en-
deavour to recover the lost anchor and cable, but on
arrival we found that the Russians had been beforehand',
taken away the small hawsers, and cut away the rest.%
the buoys. We could see them watching us from th
shore, and doubtless but for prompt assistance the gun-
boats from Port Baltic would have been out, so we gave
it up at sunset, and steered down the gulf. I shall now
say good bye, devoting this long yarn ter the governor's
amusement." •

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ..................... 870
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. non:ar in the
1851. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396 ...... 229 ......
190
Central Districts 393,256 ...... 200 ...... 151
East Districts 485,522 -
South Districts ..... • 616,635 » 450 ...... 161
225
Totals ......... 2,362,236 1,394 -
870

Males ........ : .............................. 440
Females..t ................................. 430

BIRTHS IN TICE WEEK.
gales ....................................... 793
F *tales .................................... 771
Total ............. . ...................... 1,564

NEW GUN-BOATS.—Messrs. John Scott and Sons,
Greenock, have entered into a contract with Govern-
ment to build six gun-boats of about 90 feet keel each.
They are to be of timber, and are expected to be ready
;text opring.—.ousrow Doily me.

FUETIEE2 EXTENSION Or LIVERPOOL.—LIVERPOOL,
Tuesday.—Last evening a meeting of the ratepayers re-
siding • •
within the township of Tranmere, situated on
the Cheshire side of the Mersey, was held at the Britan-
nia iLtel, Tranmere, to take into consideration an ap-
plicAtion which had been made by Mr. W. W. Perry
and others, to the Town Council of Liverpool, for the
Purpose of amalgamating the township of Tranmere with
Liverpool, Birkenhead, and other townships. A reso-
lution proposed by Mr. C. Woodward and seconded by
Mr. D. Ross, stating that it was not for the interest of
Tranmere that an amalgamation with Liverpool andßirk-
enhead should take place, was passed unanimously, and
a deputation appointed to wait upon the finance com-
mittee of the corporation of Liverpool to acquaint them
of the township's decision.