The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-02 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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TATTER SALLS'—LAST EVENING,
ST. LEGER.
2to 1 agst Maid. Athol (offered)
7 to 2 agst General Pee! (taken)
7 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered)
200 even on General Peel and Blair Athol agst the geld (i)
DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Longdown (taken)
20 to 1 agst Ostregor (taken)
25 to 1 agst A. 1 (taken)
40 to 1 agst Joker (taken)

BmonTori STAKES.—DoIIar scratched Aug. 1, at 9 a.m,
First Flight Was struck out of his York engagements,
July 30, at 3 20 p.m., and out of Doncaster engagements,.
Aug. 1, at 145 p.m.

RACING FIXTU:
AVG

RES FOR 1864.
11.75 T.

Brighton .............. 2
Brighton Club
........ 4
Ltes
....... 5
Huntingdon. .......... 9
Wolverhampton ..... , 9
11,3ading
Egham
Dover ...... 18

Oxford • 18
Yarmouth •. 23
York August .
Plymouth .. 23
Lichfield 29
Devon and Exeter 30
Stockton
Derby

SEPT:
WeyMOllth 1
Baden-Baden
'Warwick September 6
Bridgwater 8
Leicester
Doncaster

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Brecon 19
Richmond
Royal Caledonian Hunt 21.
Monmouth 22
Manchester Autumn
NewmarketFirst October 27

Births, Marriages, and Deaths in England,

The Registrar• General has just issued the qulrterly
turn of the marriages, births, and deaths, registered in the
divisions, counties, and districts of England.

This return comprises the births and deaths registered by
2,200 registrars in all the districts of England during the
spring quarter that ended June 30, 1861—and the mar-•
riages in 12,670 churches or chapels, about 5,022 regis-
tered places of worship unconnected with the Established
Church, and 641 superintendent registrars' offices, in the
quarter that ended March 31, 1864.
MARRTAGER.—The marriages in the March quarter num-
bered 37,918. The acceleration of the marriage-rate at-
tained in that period appears by comparing corresponding
quarters in 1861.61, in which, using round numbers and a
thousand as the unit, the figures run thus-33, 34, 35, and
38. There was a decided decrease in Devonshire and Corn-
wall. The marriage-rate assumed great activity in York-
shire. In Bradford marriages rose to 499 from 431 and
460 in two prev;ous winter quarters—in Leeds to 496 from
317 and 374—in Sheffield to 506 from 335 and 399. In
Newcastle-on-Tyne they were in the three quarters succes •
sively 357 ,407, and 413—in Merthyr Tydfil, 173, 189, and
257—in Swansea, 96, 106, and 127. The marriage-rate in
England and Wales (persons married to population) was
was 1.472 per cent. against an average of 1.379.

BIRTHS —The birth-rate in the spring quarter (ending
June 30) was 3.617 per cent. per annum, against an ave.
rage of 3.611, The excess, which is not great, is due almost
wholly to the returns of Yorkshire, the Northern Counties,
and Wales. In the eastern counties and the south western,
to which population is not drawn by a power of attraction
equal to that which the great mining districts supply, the
birth-rate was not as high as it had been in the two previous
corresponding quarters. The total number of births was
198,611. This is less by about a thousand than the num-
ber in the same quarter of 1863. In Lyndon 25,000 chil-
dren were born. In the counties of the cotton manufacture
—Lancashire and Cheshire—where about 30,000 were born,
the birth-rate was higher. But the births were not nume-
rous in those counties, if they are compared with former
results; and West Derby alone in Lancashire gives indi-
cation by its returns of rapid growth in its population.
INCREASE OF POPULATION.—The deaths in the quirtGr
were 116,899; and as the births in the same time were
188,641, there was an excess in the latter amounting to
71,742, which represents the natural increase of population.
Immigration of unknown amount would modify the effect
of emigration; but the return of the Emigration Commis-
sioners shows that nearly 20,003 persons of English origin
left their native shores for distant settlements in the quar-
ter that ended June 30, Out of that number nearly 12.,000
went to the United States, and 5,000 to the Australian
colonies. The number of emigrants of all nationalities was
86,783, of whom about 66,000, chiefly Irish, were bound to
the United States. The emigration to that part of America
his not before been so great in the June quarter since 1854.
Almost nine-tenths of the Irish emigrants left for the
United States.

DEATHS AND THE STATE Or THE PUBLIC HEALTH.--
The deaths which were registered in the quarter that waded
on June 30 amounted to 116,899, This number is above
the average of the deaths in the months of April, ..day,
and June ; but it is less than the number of deaths which
were registered in the corresponding quarter of thou pre-
vious year, and less by 26,131 than the deaths in the
three first fatal winter months of this year. Then 1,572
deaths were registered daily; in the present quarter the
daily deaths have been 1,284, The mortality has been at
the rate of 2.260 in 100 living, or .073 above the average of
the spring quarters of the previous ten years. The mor-
tality of the town populations has been at the rate of 2.369,
and of the country populations 2.110 per cent. ; thus the
towns lost 18,392 lives, and the country 10,000 lives, in
excsss of the deaths which would have been registered had
the mortality been at the rate prevailing in the least un-
healthy districts of England and Wales. Ae a general
rule the three spring months, April, May, and June are
healthier than winter, and somewhat less healthy than the
summer in ordinary years. They express very closely the
average mortality of the year. Thus the average annual
mortality per cent. in 10 years (1854-63) was 2 214, and in
the 10 springs of those years 2.187, It was less in spring
quarters by .027.

We learn (says the Conseiller) that the indemnity
allowed to the Isthmus of Suez Company by the
compromise effected with the Viceroy of Egypt is
84,000,000 fr., payable is 16 annuities, representing
a present value of about 50,000,000 fr.

ASTRAY IN THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS.—The
persons residing near the entrance to the Catacombs,
at the old Barriere St. Jacques, were last night alarmed by
hearing a loud knocking and shouting, apparently proceed-
ing from persons below. The police being informed of the
fact, the keys were procured, and when the door was opened
five men came out. It appears that while working fa the
cellar of a brewery in the Rue Darrean they had found a
grated opening leading to the Catacombs, which they im-
mediately determined to visit. They accordingly broke
away the bars, and, having provided themselves with lan-
terns, commenced their explorations. They soon got be-
wildered in the intricate passages, but, fortunately, after
wandering about for more than three hours, at last reached
a place where their cries could be heard. They were con-
ducted to the nearest commissary of police, who, after
ascertaining their identity, discharged them from custody.
EreGLIsII PUBLISHERS AND FRENCH TRANS-
LATORS.—M. Louts Reveil, a young French author, being
in London lately, happened to meet with an English, novel
which he found interesting. As it bore the usual notice,
" the right of translation is reserved," he applied to the
publisher and obtained the necessary permission. Having
finished his task, he offered his translation to M. Dentu,
Why, youhave
who, on reading the first page, exclaimed
actually been translating Paul FZvales Fas du Diable'
into French !" and such was really the case. So that it
would appear that the London publisher, after translating
the work into English without permission, had authorised
M. Reveil to turn it back again into French
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DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTOR. _
thunder
storm of Thursday last has not passed over Without
leaving behind it memorable traces. In Glasgow, no injury
either to person or property, so far as
is known, has taken
place; but in Partick, where the storm raged with the
greatest intensity, the buildings for the Western Cooking
Depot have been completely destroyed. The event took
place a few minutes past 6, shortly after the workmen en-
gaged in the erection of the building had left their work.
The building was nearly finished, the exterior being wholly
complete, and the interior fittings being also to some extent
advanced. The structure, which is about 80ft. long and
401 t. broad, was a brick erection, with a frontage of stone,
and the roof was4composed of iron beams, the empty space
being filled with wood. Immediately after a bright, vivid
glare of lightning, the whole of the roofing and the brick
walls fell with a crash that mingled loudly with the roar of
the thunder. A portion of the building falling on a wooden
tenement used as a mission station in connexion with the
Free Church broke through the roof and damaged one side
of it very considerably. The destruction was complete, only
the stone frontage being left standing; and yesterday the
scene of the occurrence, which was visited by many hun-
dreds, presented a curious illustration of the pranks the all-
powerful fluid may pErform—wood, iron, and bricks being
mingled together in odd confusion, the wood being twisted
into the most fantastic forms. Luckily no one was
in the
building at the time, the workmen employed thereon having
just left.—eYorte British Daily Nail.
DROWNED WHILE BATHING AT RAINISGATE.—A
shocking accident has just occurred at Ramsgate. A
young man of the name of Handconab, of Blackheath, was
drowned while bathing. It is supposed that ho was taken
with the cramp while at some distance from the machine,
and no one was able to render any assistance until too lat