The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-03 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

CITY BETTING---SATURDAY.
ST. LEGER.
5 to 2 agst General Peel (taken and offered)
3 to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered, 100 to 30 taken)
19 to 2 agst Miner (taken)
100 to 7 agst Baragah (offered)
18 to 1 agst Master Richard (taken)
30 to 1 agst Claremont (taken)
40 to 1 egg Breeze (offered)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

WEYMOUTH RA CES-FEIDAY.

Tho Nursery Stakes (Handicap) of 40 sous, for 2-yr-olds.
Three-quarters of a mile.
_

Mr Brayley's Endaleigh, let 101 b (including 51b extra)
1
Mr Walter's Latitude, 7st 1216
(Pearson) 2
Mr W. Day's Cramp, 7st 61b (Dowling) 3
Fille du Regiment, Sister Mary, Tring, Camelia, and
Rosette also ran.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Endsleigh, 2to 1 agst Latitude, 6to
1 agst Tring, 10 to 1 agat any other.
Won by a head, the same between second and third.
Fille du Regiment and Sister Mary bolted.
A Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; weight for
age, with selling allowances. Half a mile.
Prince D. Soltykoff's Rapid, 2 yrs, sst 121 b .. (C. Page) 1
Mr Brayley's Wee Aggie, 3 yrs, Bst lib
Mr Shrimpton's Diploma, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Artaull) 3
Betting-5 to 4on Diploma, even on Wee Aggie, 3to 1
agat Rapid.

Won by a head, a neck between second and third.
The winner was bought by Mr Domone for 45 guineas.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Two miles.
Mr Perry's Oldminster, 6 yrs, 9st 12!b (W. Boyce) 1
Duke of St. Albans' Brindisi. 3 yrs, Sat 71b.. (F. Adams) 2
Mr Brayley's Pelios, 3 yrs, 83t 71b .. (Cannon) 3

Mountain Doo also ran.
Betting-5 to 4on Oldininster, 6to 4 apt Brindisi, sto
asst Folios.

Won by a length, a neck between second and third—
Mouutain Doe tailed off.

A Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added;
winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile.

Mr George's Rosette (b. b), 2 yrs, Get 21b .... (G. Sopp) 1
Mc Brayley's Wee Aggie, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Cannon) 2
Mr Howard's Duenna, 2 yrs, ost 101 b (Scorey) 3
Betting—Even on Duenna, 6 to 4 agst Rosette, 3 to 1
agst Wee Aggie.
Won by two lengths. Duenna bolted.

The winner was bought by Mr Dowding far 62 guineas.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
There was a good attendance at the Subscription-rooms
to-day, and a fair amount of speculation on the St Leger
was transacted; but the business did not indicate any alte-
ration in the relative positions of the candidates. For the
Derby, 10 to 1 was taken in hundreds about Ostreger, and
40 to 1 was taken to £5O about the Wizard's dam colt.
Closing prices

DONCASTER ST LEGER,
sto 2 agst General Peel (taken and offered)
sto 2 agst Blair Athol (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Miner (taken and offered)
14 to 1 agst Baragah (offered)
100 to 6 aget Ely (offered)
25 to 1 agst Master Richard (wanted)
25 to 1 agat Claremont (offered)
50 to 1 agst Plon (taken)

THE DERBY.
1C to 1 agst Ostregcr (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Wizard's dam colt (taken)
50 to 1 agst Brown Dayrell (offered)

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)

The mortality in London has shown no great fluctuation
in the last three weeks. The number of deaths registered
in the week that ended on Saturday was 1413, The health
of that part of the population to which summer cholera is
chiaiy fatal has improved ; for the deaths of young persons
(under 20 years of age) declined from 981 in the first week
of August, to 803 in the last.

The average number of deaths in the thirty-fourth week
of ten previous years, 1854-63, is, with a correction for
increase of population, 1359. The mortality of last week
therefore exceeds the estimated amount by 54 Deaths.
Diarrhoea was returned in 190 cases in the week, the
number in the previous week having been 242. Out of the
190 cases, 168 occurred to children under two years of age.
Also 18 deaths (10 of children, 8 of adults) were returned
as caused by " cholera." Twenty deaths from diarrhoea
occurred in Mile-end Old Town and Poplar; and 17 in the
Greenwich district, which includes Deptford and Woolwich.
There were 74 deaths from measles in the week, which
complaint was very fatal in the East districts, where 43
deaths were caused by it. Six deaths occurred from it in
the St. Paul sub-district of St. George-in-the-East ; 5 in
the sub-district of Poplar.

On the 19th instant, at 39, Hanover-street (St. George,
Hanover-square), a widow died, whose age as recorded in
the register was 100 years. Another widow died at the
age of 98.

Last week the births of 992 boys and 923 girls, in all
1,915 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1854-63 the average number
(corrected) was 1,844.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.910 inches. The mean
daily reading was above 30in. on the last three days. The
reading fell to 29.56 in. on Tuesday, and rose to 30.21 in. on
Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week
was 52 2 degrees, which is eight degrees below the average
of the same week in forty-three years (as determined by Mr
Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was much below
the average on every day, and on Tuesday the defect was
nearly 11 degrees. The highest day temperature was 68.4
degrees on Sunday; the lowest night temperature was
33.1 deg. on Saturday. The range in the week was there-
fore 30,3 deg. The mean daily range was 21.6 deg. The
difference between the mean dew point temperature and air
temperature was 8.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of
the air was 73, complete saturation being represented by
100. The wind blew chiefly from the north. Rain fell in
the week to the amount of 0.65 inch. More than half an
inch fell on Tuesday. There were showers of hail and rain,
accompanied with thunder, on Sunday. The mean of the
highest temperature of the water of the Thames was 63.4
deg ; that of the lowest was 61.3 deg.
The births registered in Dublin during the week ending
27th August were 119, and the deaths were 106, in a popu-
lation of 254,808 (in 1861), spread over an area of 3,808
statute acres. The numbers are kindly furnished by the
Registrar General of Ireland.

The deaths in Vienna, as returned by Dr. Wetter, were
291 in the week ending 29th August, when the mean tem-
perature was 59.0 deg., that at Greenwich having been
59.6 deg.

A GENTLEMAN ATTACKED BY BEES.—On Thurs.
day, while Dr. Bonthron, of West Linton, Peebles.
shire, was being driven along the road leading from gar-
veld to the railway station at Dolphinton, he was attacked
by a swarm of bees, apparently newly "cast off," and so
severely stung on the face and head as to be unable to
attend to his duties for the present. His face and head be-
came dreadfully swollen and disfigured an hour or two
afterwards, the eyes being firmly closed, and the face and
throat greatly swollen and discoloured,while a considerable
amount of fever has set in from the effects of the poison—
in fact, but for the precautions taken, it is probable that
the case would have proved fatal. The driver of the vehicle
was also stung cn several parts of the head and neck, and
only escaped further mischief by a timely use of whip and
rein. The queen bee of the cast must have limn directly
on Dr Bonthron's head, from the instantaneousness with
which he was perfectly covered by the bees ; and it is sup-
posed that the motion of the vehicle nust have irritated the
insects to use their stings. Upwards of 30 bee-stings wore
taken out of Dr Bonthron's face, neck, and head.—