The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-01 00:00:00

,EPARTMENT.

Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £11,141,284
Other Securities 22.6 3,119
Notes
Gold and Silver 698,545

X 42,084.389
RSHALL, Chief Cashier.

FOURTH EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 o'CLocK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

NEWMARKET RACES—Tins DAY.

CESAREWITCH.
12 to 1 agst Lioness (taken)
25 to 1 agst Drummer Boy (taken)
25 to 1 agst Limosina (taken)
28 to 1 agat Romanoff (taken)
30 to 1 agst Anfield (taken)
50 to 1 agat Fantail (taken)
100 to 3 aget Chere Arnie (taken)
100 to 3 apt Umpire (taken)
40 to 1 agat Hurricane (taken)
40 to 1 aget Buckenham (taken)
50 to 1 agst Twilight (taken)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
100 to 8 agst Catch em Alive (taken)
25 to 1 agat Exchequer (taken)
40 to 1 agat Cairncastle (taken)
50 to 1 agst Bathilde (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Jacqueline c. (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Polynesia (taken)

THE SUMMER OF 1863,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BM

SlR,—Because last summer was somewhat warmer
than its three predecessors, which were cold, an im-
pression is prevalent that the temperature of the
season just closed exceeded the average of former
years. This was by means the case, a deficiency
instead of an increase being the fact.
I beg to furnish the result from observations
taken here, compared with the mean temperature of
18 years—from 1846 to 1863 inclusively. I may
premise that in estimating a fair value of monthly
mean temperature the range of period should not
be less than 12 or 15 years; at Greenwich the com-
putations are made on much longer time.
Mean of 18
Years. 1863. Above. Below.
May
Juno
July
.. *1.3 deg.
August . 59 deg. .. (30.1 deg. 1.1 doff...
September.. 55 deg, .. 52 deg. .. .. 3 deg.
It will be seen that the only month which had a
surplus was August, and this was a very wet
month. Rain fell on 20 days; total depth 3.69
inches ; which quantity is a,most double the ave-
rage. Four but of the five months were, therefore,
characterised by deficiency of temperature.
The above realises my anticipation. My predic-
tions in Mey last, and reiterated June 27, were
accompanied by the reasons which induced me to
expect a falling off of mean temperature this sum-
mer. The data comprising the theory on which my
calculations were based applied to mean temperature
exclusively.

Confident that this will be useful for future com-
parison and reference, I am, Sir, your obedient
servant,

TIIOIIAS L. PLANT, Member of the
British Meteorological Society.
Birmingham, Sept. 30.

* At Old Trafford, Manchester, the deficiency I J
thalY
t
was 1.7, from observations made by. Mr. Vernon 10
city extending over 15 years.

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THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL'S
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recent gun explosion at the fort oof:Sasti:iit;
47, aend'KdeNziA: BBeeattailliteire3t.r ood with some
been most remarkable. He was otan" t although
Mr.
three yards of the gun, and .__,.
soldiers were killed and
into the deaths
HORRIBLE DEATH OF
held
Friday last an inquest wast,
)11614, mother and
G. 0. Thirkell, in Leeds,
of Harriet Beaney,
had been employed by Mr.
Yhl who lived at
daughter. The dece.aB„ the neighbo
had
el:::' aud. %ere sheltered, with many
Chatham,
five or six of her childrc
The
N,
Thirkell in hop
other pickers, 11' "w
thatch temporary huts, the roofs and sides
... of straw and hop-bines, with wooden
confosung d rafters. The ' k•
pic ing having been brought to
uprights 50 'Wean d
ciasien on ea ay, the hoppers were paid off, and
a con
night the deceased
at g and a number of others went to
a public-house at Leeds, where they remained drinking
for several hours, returning to their huts shortly atter
twolvo o'clock, the 'whole of them the more or less intoxi-
cated ; in fact, some of them dropped down on the road,
and remained there all night. The deceased, Harriet
Beaney, Was quite drunk, and her two eldest sons were
also the worse for liquur. About 4 o'clock in the morning
the Beaneys were awoke by finding that their but was on
fire, and the two deceased lost their lives. Both bodies, when
brought out from the ruins of the huts, presented a fright-
ful spectacle, none of their features being distinguishable,
and en one of the hoppers taking hold of the girl's arm it
crumbled to pieces in his hand. Nothwithstauding the huts
were built upon the bank of a running brook, they were en-
tirely destroyed; and considering the rapidity with which
the flames spread, it is a matte.' of surprise that more did
not lose their lives. As it was, three or four children were
severely burnt, and everything iu the huts belonging to the
hoppers was entirely consumed.
MAHOE LEAVES is the name of a little book,
published in New Zealand, giving au account of the present
condition of the Maori race.
A NEW ROMANTIC OPERA is being prepared in
the Grand Opera of Paris, entitled ~Roiand of Rottmfil,"
text and music I:7 .I%ivrtaptp . .