The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-16 00:00:00

Election Rumours.

Reports are flying about in allparts of the country
in reference to electioneering matters, the various
constituencies being under the impression that a
general election will take place in the present year.
In the metropolis some changes are anticipated. Sir
James Duke will retire from the City of London,
and three candidates for the vacant seat are already
mentioned, viz., Mr. W. Lawrence, late Lord Mayor,
Mr. R. N. Fowler, the banker, and Mr. Mackay,
shipowner. From Westminster Sir De L. Evans
retires ; Captain Grosvenor and Mr. J. Stuart Mill
are already in the field on Liberal principles, and a
Conservative candidate is promised. Mr. A. J.
Beresford Hope has intimated his intention of
standing for Stoke-upon-Trent in the room of Mr.
Alderman Copeland, who retires. Mr. H. J. Selwyn,
a son-in-law of the late Lord Lyndhurst, has an-
nounced that he will be a candidate for the borough
of Maldon in conjunction with Mr. Peacocke in the
Conservative interest. Mr. Western, the Liberal
member, offers himself for re-election. For the
little borough of Wallingford there are three can-
clidates, although Mr. Malins, Q.C., the sitting
member, has not said anything about retiring.
They are Mr. F. L. Austin, a gentleman of some
local influence, professing Conservative principles,
and two Liberals, in the persons of Sir C. Went-
worth Dilke, Bart., and Mr. G. W. Hastings. The
Hon. G. W. Craven is to be put in nomination for
the county of Berks, Mr. E. P. Bouverie retiring. Mr.
Haliburton, who at present represents the borough
of Launceston, will retire at the close of the present
Parliament. Mr. Campbell, the new owner of War-
rington, has announced his intention of coming for-
ward in the Conservative interest. In the event of
Colonel Powell resigning his seat for Cardiganshire,
Sir Thomas Lloyd, Bart., of Bronwydd, will solicit
the suffrages of the electors as an independent sup-
porter of Lord Palmerston's Government. Mr. J. J.
Rogers has intimated his intention of retiring from
the representation of Helston, and Mr. Grylls is in the
field as his successor on the Conservative interest. He
will probably be opposed by Mr. A. W. Goring, a
Liberal, formerly M.P. for the borough of , Great
Yarmouth. Sir John Neeld, Bart., has consented to
become a candidate for the representation of the
borough of Chippenham at the next general election,
in conjunction with Mr. Richard Long. The Hon.
Horace Forbes, eldest son of Baron Forbes, is an-
nounced as a candidate for the borough of Abingdon.
Sir George Stucley, Bart., offers himself as a candi-
date for the borough of Barnstaple. It is reported
that Mr. Chapman, the present member for Grimsby,
will not seek re-election on the dissolution of Parlia-
ment, and the Hon. William George Eden, of Cautley
Hall, near Doncaster, hasbeen asked to become a can-
didate. The'Liberal party in the borough of Harwich
have selected Mr. Michael Wells, of Foley House,
Portland-place, London, to fight their battle at the
next general election. Mr. Wells states that if returned
to Parliament, he will support reform in the national
expenditure, efficiency in its defensive forces, ex-
tension of the franchise, civil and religious liberty,
and freedom of commerce. Mr. A. Fowke is named
as a candidate in the Conservative interest.

HEALTH OF LONDON,

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)

In the week that ended last Saturday the births
in London and nine other cities or boroughs of the
United Kingdom were 4,280, the deaths 3,039.
The annual rate of mortality in the week in those
ten large towns was 29 per 1,000 persons living,
and greater than in the previous week, when it
was 28.

In London the births of 1,151 boys and 1,075
girls, in all 2;226 children, were registered. In cor-
responding weeks of 10 years, 1855-64, the ave-
rage number, corrected for increase of population,
was 2,094.

The number of deaths was 1,508. The corrected
average for the tenth week of 1855-64 is 1,484.
The actual return is therefore slightly in excess of
the estimated number.

Whooping-cough was the most fatal complaint
in the zymotic class of diseases; it caused 84 deaths.
Typhus was returned in 58 cases, a third part of
which occurred in the eastern districts of the metro-
polis. Both this disease and scarlatina appear to
be now less prevalent than they were in the earlier
weeks of the year. Of 41 deaths from scarlatina 16
occurred in the north districts. Sixteen cases of
small pox were recorded.

In the winter months the weekly deaths from
bronchitis much exceeded those from phthisis ; last
week the latter disease was the more fatal, but the
numbers were nearly equal. To phthisis were re-
ferred 191 deaths, to bronchitis 185, to pneumonia 71.
Five persons were killed by carriage accidents.
Eleven persons died at the age of 90 years and
upwards. Two persons had attained the age of 95
years, two 97 years. On the 2d inst., at 21, Lucas-
street, St. George-in-the-East, the death of a woman
was registered who had reached the age of 100 years.
On the 3d inst., at 40, Devonshire-street, St.
George-in-the-East, a female, aged 38 years, died
from disease of the lungs, accelerated by exposure
to cold and want of proper food—(inquest).
In Liverpool the births were 419, the deaths 342 ;
in Manchester the births 275, the deaths 214 ; in
Salford the births 82, the deaths 56 ; in Birming-
ham the births 292, the deaths 173 ; in Leeds the
birth 227, the deaths 121; in Bristol the births 107,
the deaths 94 ; in Edinburgh the births 132, the
deaths 91; in Glasgow the births 339, the deaths
297 ; in Dublin the births 181, the deaths 143.
The rate of mortality was 26 per 1,000 in London,
27 in Edinburgh, and 29 in Dublin, 37 in Liverpool,
31 in Manchester, 26 in Salford, 28 in Birmingham,
28 in Leeds, 30 in Bristol, and 37 in Glasgow.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.496 in.
The reading rose from 29.05 in. onMonday to 29.84
in. on Thursday. The mean temperature of the air
in the week was 37.3 deg., which is 3.1 deg. below
the average of the same week in 50 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily tempera-
ture was below the average throughout the week.
The highest day temperature was 46.6 deg., and
was obtained on Sunday. The lowest night tem-
perature was 30.2 deg., and occurred on Wednesday.
On five nights the thermometer fell below, or to a
point scarcely exceeding, the freezing point of water.
The mean daily range was 10.2 deg. The mean de-
gree of humidity of the air was 82, complete satu-
ration being represented by 100. The wind was
west-south-west at the beginning of the week ;
afterwards chiefly in the north and north-west.
There was rain on four days ; the whole amount
was 0.45 in. Snow fell on Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday.
At Eccles (Salford), Old Trafford (Manchester),
and Clifton, the lowest temperature on Friday but
slightly exceeded 25 deg.

MRS. YELVERTON AND THE SATURDAY REVIEW.
—The action of damages for slander raised by the
plaintiff in the Yelverton case against the Saturday Review
came before the Lord Ordinary, in the Edinburgh Court of
Session on Tuesday on the question of whether the juris-
diction of the court was sufficiently founded by arrest-
ment of funds owing to the defenders in Scotland. The
Lord Ordinary (Jerviswoode) gave his opinion for Mrs.
Yelverton.

FALL OF A PAPER MILL AND Loss OF LIFE.—
We learn, from our Greenock correspondent, that
on Tuesday afternoon, the three floors of the Overton
Paper-mill fell with a terrific crash. The two lower floors
were filled with machinery, and the upper was used as a
store, and all fell, leaving the walls and roof standing. A
girl who had been in the mill at the time of the accident
was crushed to death.—Scotsman.
THE WAR IN THE RIVER PLATE.—Yesterday
the official correspondence regarding the war in the
River Plate, presented to the House of Commons in pur-
suance of their address to her Majesty, was printed. The
correspondence consists principally of communications from
Mr. Lettsom, the English representative at Montevideo,
fully detailing the diplomatic steps which have been taken
in the quarrel, and the measures adopted to preserve our
neutrality, and protect British subjects and shipping. Some
communications have also taken place between the British
and French Governments, resulting in the adoption of simi-
lar instructions to the admirals of the two countries on the
South American station. These instructions are to use
every friendly means to secure the free navigation of the
river under the treaties of 4th March and 10th July, 1853,
but not to use force without reference to the Government
at home. Masters of mArchant vessels are also to be
warned against carrying munitions of war to any belli-
gerent.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 15.
Princess Helena dined with the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales, at Marlborough-house, last evening?
attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald and Col.
the Hon. A. Hardinge.
Princess Beatrice, attended by Lady Caroline
Barrington and Col. the Hon. Sir C. B. PhiPPs'
honoured the performance at the Olympic Theatre
with her presence.
The Queen drove out this morning, attended bY.
the Duchess of Roxburghe, Lord Alfred Paget, nn`!
Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge, and visited the General
Lying-in-Hospital, York-road, Lambeth.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Helena'
Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, left Buck-
ingham Palace at a quarter to 1 o'clock to-day for
Windsor Castle, attended by the Countess of Gains-
borough, Lady Augusta Stanley, Lady Caroline
Barrington, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, the LW'
Florence Seymour, Lord Alfred Paget, and Col. the
Hon. A. Hardinge.
His Royal Highness Prince Leopold arrived
at
Windsor Castle at 11 o'clock.