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-
didates, 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, has been 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.—Scotenzan.

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
iu 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 merchant vessels are also to be
warned against carrying munitions of war to any belli-
gerent.

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HER MAJE ST Y.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 15.
Princess Helena dined with the Prince and Frill-
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. PhiPl3s'
honoured the performance at the Olympic Theatre
with her presence. •
The Queen drove out this morning, attended bld
the Duchess of Roxburghe, Lord Alfred Paget, metal
Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge, and visited the Genera'
Lying-in-Hospital, York-road, Lambeth.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Helena,
Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, left Bil°l%,
ingharu Palace at a quarter to 1 o'clock to-dal for
Windsor Castle, attended by the Countess of Gains"
borough, Lady Augusta Stanley, Lady
Barrington, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, the Ile?:
Florence Seymour, Lord Alfred Paget, and Col. the
Hon. A. Hardinge.
ed at
His Royal Highness Prince Leopold arks/
Windsor Castle at 11 o'clock. Caroline

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut. C°l;
Keppel, hunted with his harriers at Staines, Ilea
Windsor, yesterday.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, 3t.
tended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. Present the Lords Justices Foligiit
Bruce and Turner, and Dr. Lushington.
Despatches were received yesterday at thevial-officeC°l°'
nial-oce from the Governors of New Zealand' c
South Australia, Tasmania, Labuan, Malta, all

St. Helena.
The Right Hon. W. Hutt and Mr. Emerson Ten-
vent, accompanied by Mrs. Hutt, left town Yester-
day for Vienna, via Paris, on a special mission•

THE QUEEN AT THE GENERAL LYING-IN HOSTITA
YORK-ROAD, LAMBETH.—The Queen was graci°l/511
pleased to visit this institution yesterday morning. /I,e:
Majesty, attended by her Grace the Duchess of Ro2cburg'
Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel the Hon. Arthur gardiege'
aed
and Dr. Jenner, arrived at the hospital at 11 o'clock' 0.,
was received at the entrance by Sir Charles Locock7
„d t
and
surer, Mr. T. Somers Cocks, vice-president,
surer, Mr. J. D. Allcroft, vice-president, Dr. Hutton, b
Dr. Clarke, two of the physicians, and Mr. T. It srait
the secretary and solicitor. Her Majesty, accon3P3l3;!;.el). t
the ili physicians, passed through the wards, and evinced ;Le
interest
in the health of the patients. Her MaieetY:ssed
her name in the visitors' book, and on leaving eXP This
herself pleased with all that came under her notice. *--ci
charity was instituted in the year 1765,
to be an asylum for the wives of poor industrious trade
or
men and mechanics, who from unavoidable misfortnues'f,
the burden of large families, are rendered incapable of be,:„
and has 0061°0_
ing the expenses incident to childbirth, and also for ty;
wives of soldiers and sailors. During the Crtreear`:. d.
relief was given to the wife of every soldier who
litp
The objects of the charity are not confined to the ic'e'P on
in which it is situate. During three years eudingf:
31st December, 1864, the board passed 793 women
their
mission as in-patients, and 3,158 to be attended 6'
~seS.
own homes as out-patients, making a total of 37951 :,-og
The hospital is in need of income to meet the inure
and pressing demands on it. COO'
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has i •
sented to open the International Reformatory
en
at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, on Friday, May - ape
The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia vio
gone for a visit to the Baltic seaport of Stettin.
Crown Prince has promised to open the IndustrialA of
bition in that town on the 12th of May. On the '•°
May the prince will open the International Exhibition 1
the city of Cologne. elect
The Duke of St. Albans entertained a s
party at dinner last evening at his residence in Park-str °'sq" ,
The Marchioness of Ely entertained the f°ll t
ing select circle at dinner last evening at her residenc";
Princes-gate :—Their serene Highnesses Prince ilho
Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, his Excellency 0
Russian Ambassador, and Baroness Brunnow, the ii
sr
and Duchess of Roxburghe, Lord Walden, Lord West'
Roderick Murchison, Major Jocelyn, &c.
The Marquis and Marchioness CholinoncleleeY
will arrive at their residence, on Charlton-house-teriltei;
next week, from Cholmondely Castle, Cheshire; f°l4
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season. i e ect
The Countess of Newburgh received a s
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t 0 -
party at dinner last evening at her residence in 117

crescent. Wn
The Baroness De Clifford will arrive
in t
early in the ensuing week from Kirkby Mallory, her
6e3
in Leicestershire.
The Right Hon. the Speaker will hold, his a y
dress parliamentary levees on the evenings of echles
March 29, and Wednesday, April 5. thaw
Colonel Harcourt, M.P., and Lady CA""- r :Oct
Harcourt will arrive in town to-morrow from Bilx'e-
Sussex, for the season. 31. r.
DEATH OF MR. JAS. WENTWORTH BULL—vit/'
n A-r•
—The respected Liberal member for North neve-Lao in
W. Buller, expired on Monday night at his resfloor
Jermyn-street. The deceased gentleman sat for, essAl„l
from 1830 till January, 1835, when he was an due,—,e al7
candidate. He unsuccessfully contested North l'eA;Prio
March, 1839, and was first elected in April, 1867. °"-s sub
College, Oxford, he was first class in 1819, and W.,,9vear.
sequently fellow of All Soul's. He was in his 6819" cof
DEATH OF MR. T. T. HODGES, LATE m.r. hey
ROCHESTER.—Mr. Thomas Twysden
known as the Liberal M.P. for Rochester, wiles° -flee Na
just announced, led a somewhat remarkable La
the son of a still better known M.P., Mr. Th,e''-„-: 001'
Hodges, of Hempstead Park, near Gra nbroolr, to 19;
the property of Mr. Gathorne Hardy, M.P. for Leeti e)
his mother being a daughter of Sir Roger TWY,-,,egoor
Bradborne Park, in the same county. In 1835, at t.-est for
ral election, he was returned in the Liberal Wroliarlei°
Rochester, the unsuccessful candidate being Ler; 184
Wellesley. He did not stand in 1837 or 1841, hil-voches'
he was again returned with Mr. Ralph Berns' fiel;ho
ter. Mr. Hodges sat till 1852, and voted for all g o°-
cal measures. He did not contest the city at thet'eAar
election of 1852. Mr. T. T. Hodges ernigrete+dr,cl°oso:
tralia, and is said to have done well as a -0-I,olle-t.
Having married first, Mary, daughter of Thc's• daeghs'eo
of London, he married secondly, in 1854, R°; arid -
of Major Dore, and widow of the celebrated ue-
William Nott,
The
THE TRIAL OF THE BELFAST RIOTER''Gea 000
assizes for the county of Antrim conaulell to 111,
Tuesday in Belfast. Baron Deasy, in his cl'riag°th° 1:00
grand jury, dwelt at considerable length '11)°0- offelibir
lamentable riots. After referring to the ca cons coaoo-14
which appeared on the calendar, the report of 1'"
lacy with regard to the riots, and also the retale loa:tp
by Dr. Murney of the killed and wounded, the wore ot
judge said that the last two documents read We_rpoote'or.
the Gazette after a serious naval or militarycetio
than a return presented to a judge of assize. ppiegA Do
menting severely upon the occurrences, and -,;(00174 or
law, his lordship o
expressed a hope that neth'-7.oligieetlita- ce
said in the court to irritate the feelings of itseis"
political party, and he confidently relied on dii, tuet
in that respect of all who might be onga'e wtia he
ministration of the law. He hoped the thne raig"
distant when Irishmen, from whatever race thecYr
loatsevera
sprung, whatever religion they might Prc)fess' r thel a tic
party they might belong to, would reraerabe wool r
children of a common country, and that theYio tboftiovr
content to dwell together and work togetheilrls 'Were
land where they were born. A number of h- vot
_,,a
wards found. The trial of the prisoners beg not,
and and we learn by electric telegraph that?, 17110331
M'Mullen was convicted of riot and an attacktwo s;eia
street Protestant-schools. He was sentenced, wan age:coci
imprisonment. He assaulted the gaoler, Oa seute 0.4
scene occurred in court. For the assault hocrtrer pri:reouwa..
to three months' additional imprisonment.
were convicted of participating in the attack °:'o,othe,
street schools, and were sentenced to tWely*egg
.e
prisonment each. rtir.T ,ot
DEATH THROUGH CRINOLINE.--An itAl /
jiOSP ea •
held by Mr. Payne, coroner, at CruY's,,4ey, ag.oo
night, respecting the death of Sarah C 70.00, 0100,
Mrs. Ellen Dobson, 31, Florence-row, Frig,jornil3,, peg
de ceas e d was servant to her father. On,lfii rae"_4oo'
while in the kitchen, she had occasion to tl" ifirgeoU; the
the fire. Her dress, which was distended hYl'ixio
line and projected much, went in upon.
beams tot'-oe
grate. It caught fire instantly. 61te ahel/ witl'
and ran out of the room and then ruttsri h
after -e.ro terl
house in a mass of flame. The witnessr_a Dobson'
t.l 0
a mat, but could not put out the fire.
hburnt that Ppoliee;
ing to put out the blaze, was so much
tijt
to keep his bed from his injwies. 1 the fh°e°' and
1"
constable came in and extinguished t.O died e
. where $u tilt° 1,04
deceased was carried to the hospita
,ur eon, e` t she • 3
immediately. Mr. Mickley, house-s
ceased was so much burnt over the whol ilea a Iry
not the slightest chance of life. The jut')
, of " Accidental death by fire."