The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-19 00:00:00

GAVAZZI OR SHAFTESBURY ?

Yet—Signor Gavazzi last night during a lecture
at Wilton-hall, Camden-town—adverting to Gari-
baldi's abrupt departure from this country, attri-
buted its cause to the conduct of the Austrian
Government, who urged the General's presence
here as an obstacle to the assembling of a Confe-
rence on the affairs of Denmark. He denied that
jeopardised health was the true cause, affirming
that Garibaldi was never in better health than
when sojourning in this country.

SUICIDE IN EUROPE.—A highly interesting paper
was received a few days ago by the Academie de
Medecine from M. Legoyt, Director of the Office of Statistics
of France, on the number of suicides in Europe. From this
laborious work it appears that suicides increase in a more
rapid ratio than the population and morality in general in
Bavaria, Denmark, France, Hanover,
Mecklenburg,
Prussia, the Kingdom of Saxony, and Sweden. Suicides
are most frequent in Northern Germany and in the
various parts of Denmark. Sweden and Norway,
though belonging to the same race, are proportionally
inferior to Denmark in that respect. Contrary to
a generally adopted opinion, England stands nearly
at the bottom of the scale; and so do Belgium,
Austria, and Spain. France holds an intermediate posi-
tion; she would rank with the three last-named countries,
were it possible to eliminate the suicides of Paris, which
are one-seventh of the total number in France. Generally,
for every 100 suicides of men, there are from 29 to 30 of
women. The number of suicides increases with the age of
individuals, at least until the age of 60. The number of
suicides
.is generally lowest in January, and highest in
July. As to the causes, insanity and physical suffering are
about as active in producing suicide among men as among
women ; as to the rest, the latter yield more to grief occa-
sioned by moral causes than men, who are chiefly affected by
material affliction, such as loss of property, bankruptcy,
&c. Drunkenness and debauchery only form an insigni-
ficant item among the causes impelling women to suicide.
In Denmark, Spain, and Saxony, the only countries
where it has been possible to obtain reliable information on
the subject, married people are least subject to commit
suicide, and widowers on the contrary are most liable to it;
but suicides occur most frequently
among worried people
that have been divorced or separated. In Prussia, in the
course of two years, there were 153 suicides of Protestants
per million, 51 of Israelites and only 47 of Catholics per
million of each. Suicides are much more numerous in
capital cities than in the country. The general result of
all these investigations shows a universal and rapid increase
of suicides. The author is of opinion that it is attributable
to unlimited competition, to the immoderate thirst after
wealth, to the progress of public instruction which excites
to ambition, to political agitation, and to speculation.
THE BISHOPS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.—A new
arrangement is likely to be made relative to the
attendance of the junior bishop in the Muse of Lords for
the purpose of reading prayers during
the sitting of Parlia-
ment, a duty which has been found to work very unfavour-
ably for the diocese to which he may happen to belong.
Henceforth, the duty will be divided amongst three bishops.
The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, who has hitherto
been the junior bishop, will, for the future, assist Dr. Harold
Browne, the new Bishop of Ely, who will be entitled to
take his seat on the reassembling of Parliament, and when,
by a vacancy in another bishopric, Dr. Jeune, the new
Bishop of Peterborough, takes his seat, the three will read
prayers in alternate weeks or months. On the accession of
another bishop, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol will
be entirely relieved from the duty. By this arrangement
no diocese will suffer by the continuous absence of its
bishop.
HOP INTELLIGENCE.
...—jENT.—The weather dur-
ing the past week has been exceedingly favourable
for the hop plantations, and the bine .
has made such
rapid progress that in many
grounds it overrunning
the tyers. There is still
a, considerable quantity iof
flea and weakly bine in some of the backward dressed pieces
in Mid-Kent, but many grounds which a fortnight ago
bore evidence of being attacked by this pest, especially in
East Kent, are now looking well. SUSSEX: Throughout
the various hop-growing districts in Sussex the late rains,
followed as they have been by genial sunshine, have had
a very beneficial influence upon the hop plantations. In
a few places the flea had made its appearance, but the rain
has served to clear the plant in those places where it had
been attacked. The bine shoots out vigorously, and has a
very healthy look. The work of tying is now being
actively pushed forward, and it may be said that every-
where the hop gardens have a most promising appearance.
South Eastern Gaz.tte.
The Liverpool Shaltspere Tercentenary Celebra-
tion Committee wound uptheir proceedings on
Monday. The balance remaining at the disposal of the
Committee does not amount to quite £2.00. It was origi-
nally intended to apply the available surplus in establish-
ing a local memorial of the bard ; but in consequence of the
amount being so small the Committee decided to divide
it amongst existing literary and dramatic institutions.
The Royal Literary Fund will receive 100 guineas, and the
remainder will be equally divided between the Newspaper
Press Funds and the Dramatic College.
The Gazette de 1367'0702e says :—" In the canal
near this place the body of Batel, mayor of
Flaucourt, has just been found floating on the surface. He
had been transacting some business at Peronne, and was
returning home when a violent storm burst over the place,
and the supposition is that in the midst of the rain and
lightning, he by some chance went astray, and fell int
the water,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]
SWEDEN.

STOCKHOLM, MAY 18.

Count Manderatrom, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, has stated that on the 18th April he sent
secret instructions to General Waehmeister, in
London, and that these despatches were opened in
Germany.