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Of the 774 deaths from scarlatina 236 occu;rc d
on the south side of the river. There were 19 in
Lambeth Church sub-districts,first and second, 17 in
Norwood, 12 in Peckham, 10 in ltotherhithe, 45 in
Deptford, On the north side of the Thames 18 were
returned in Fulham, 18 in Belgravo, 26 in Camden
Town and Kentish Town, 65 in Islington, 21 in
Mile-end Old Town ; but measles was mere fatal
than scarlatina in Mile•end Old Town, where 26
children died of it.
Typhus appears to have prevailed chicfly in the
east districts, and in those on the :Guth side of the
river. Thirty-three persons died of typhus in
Hoxton New Town, the same number in a sub-
district of a much smaller population, Mile-end New
Town, 36 in Mile-•end Old Town, 18 in Poplar, 21
in the sub-district of St. Olave, Southwark, 24 in
that of Borough-road, 30 in Greenwich. In Isling-
ton West there were 109 deaths from typhus, nearly
all of them in the Fever Hospital.

_RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

COLCHESTER AND WYVENHOE.

The works on this short line are being actively
proceeded with, and are expected to be completed
by the autumn.

LYNN AND SUTTON-BRIDGE.

This line, which is NI miles in length, has been
staked out, and the works have been contracted for.
At Sutton-bridge the line will form a junction with
the Norwich and Spalding, and at Lynn the line
will form a junction with the East Anglian.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.

A dinner in aid of the funds of this benevolent
establishment took place last night at the London
Tavern, under the presidency of the Duke of Argyll.
Among the various charities of the metropolis, very
few afford a greater amount of relief in proportion
to the funds at his disposal than the University
College Hospital. Last year upwards of 21,000
patients were under the treatment of its medical
officers, and of these about 1,300 occupied beds in the
building. In consequence of that) demands on its
resources, a debt unfortunately has been contracted
of £5,600, of which £3,000 is due on loan, paying
interest, and £2,600 consists of outstanding trades.
men's bills. Either this expenditure, which is " the
smallest consistent with the efficiency of the hospi-
tal," must be supported by more generous aid from
the public, or the poorer classes, who abound in the
neighbourhood of Totten ham-court-road and King's-
cross, must be deprived of the advantages which
the hospital affords them—a calamity most sincerely
to be deprecated if possible. The dreadful railway
accident last September at Kentish-town at once
showed the advantage of such buildings in the neigh-
bourhood of our great railway termini, and gives a
very fair insight into the manner in which debts
are unavoidably incurred or greatly increased. On
that occasion 32 sufferers were received into the
hospital, and 24 were eventually restored to health.
Under these circumstances it was not surprising that,
in proposing the toast of the evening, the Doke of
Argyll dwelt with particular emphasis on the pre-
eminent utility of hospitals as charities, pointing to
them as one of the distinctive featurea between an-
cient and modern times, and as one of the marked
peculiarities of Christian civilisation and humanity.
In the course of his speech the financial difficulties
of the committee were pointed out by the Duke of
Argyll in terms of much eloquence and feeling, and
with an effectiveness which elicited a subscription
of no less a sum than £1,504 from his numerous
hearers. Of this amount Sir F. Goldsmid contributed
200 guineas, and Mr, Jeffrey 250 guineas, the latter
sum for the introduction of baths and sanitary im-
lprovements, A good dinner was enlivened by the
musical efforts of Madame de Grau and Miss Lin-
ington, whose execution on the pianoforte in a duet
of a selection from the " Huguenots" was enthusi-
astically applauded. Some very good singing, under
the direction of Mr. T. E. Williams, assisted by
Messrs. Genge, T. Williams, Ball,. Cooke, Fagan,
and Hatton, also added to the amusement of the
assembled company, and had, no doubt, a material
effect on the amount of the subscriptions.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.

WORCESTER, TUESDAY.

A good deal of excitement has been occasioned
in this city by the sudden and mysterious disap-
pearance of two gentlemen frcm this city about
three weeks ago. Their fate was unknown until
yesterday, when the bodies of both of them were
found in the river Severn—the one close to the city,
and the other at Tewkesbury, 16 miles distant.
Inquests have been held on both bodies.

The deceased were Mr. E. Walter, a gentleman
of independent property, and a member of the town
council; and Mr. W. Jones, cashier to the West
Midland Railway Company at Worcester. Mr.
(Tones had obtained a fortnight's leave, being in a
bad state of health. He was observed to be rather
strange in his manners, and one evening he left his
home to take a walk. Nothing more was heard of
him until his body was found in the Severn yester-
day. Mr. Walter had been unsettled in his mind,
and left his home on the 17th WI. at seven o'clock
in the evening. Next morning his hat was picked
up and was kept by a boatman until last Friday,
when it was sent to Worcester. Yesterday morn-
ing the lock-keeper at the Digles lock on the Severn,
at
riv ten
river
minutes
and
jumped
past
pea
about half a mile from Worcester, found the body
of Mr. Walter in the river. It was in an advanced
state of decomposition. His watch was in one of
his
from pockets,
hai and stoppeddrehsiaddenceto
the
seven, so that there can be little doubt that he went
direct
into the water.
The coroner's jury in each case returned an open
verdict of " found drowned."

ROBBERY-CLEVER CAPTURE OF

THE THIEVES.

A robbery of a most desperate character was at-

-eznpted on Saturday last, in open day, on the foot
road close to Honey Well, near Barnsley, upon an
old man, more than seventy yearsTooafneaxagpela,inwhhoomw
three stalwart fellows had knocked down and were
unexpect-
edly
need when
upontheyby
wtehr
the police.
suddenly
this was accomplished, we shall have to go back to
a fine moonlight night early in December, on which
night Superintendent Greenhalgh was walking the
streets of Barnsley a little past the midnight hour,
when he observed a notorious character making his
way in the direction of Cockerham. The superin-
tendent's suspicions were excited, and be dogged
the fellow as far as the Honey Well, which locality
have been secreted
on Saturday,
the man seemed to examine very minutely. As
there were no houses near, Mr. Greenhalgh came
to the conclusion that some other object than bur-
glary
was intended. He made inquiries, and found
that Mr. Beards a 1 1 ,b
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ottMessrs.ewonsdfiapatrsau:Sril.
etndoudoariy:tithenhtsigoes,
Paley, and Co., proprietors of the New Gawber Col-
liery, and an old man
in the habit of going
get money from the J wages,
named Charles Smith,mitta were
ferea
the present
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opinion,
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The superintendent, policemight
neighbourhoodi
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was bid, with Inspector
Sykes, under a haystack ;
Sergeant Brannagan and P '
olice-constable Law-es
were concealed in a co 1 •
a pit cabin, through the wall
of which they had perforated a hole for the purpose
of making observations;
other men (all in plain
clothes) were disposed behind hedges, where, during
the late cold
'weather, they had lain for hours on
the qui vire. After a while the old man Smith was
observed . -
coming along, Mr. Beardsall, who had the
gold, having preceded him, and passed unmolested,
and when he was nearing the gate leading from
Honey Well-lane to the colliery he was suddenly
knocked down by three men, whose movements,
however, had been watched. Superintendent Green-
halgh fired a pistol (a preconcerted signal); his men
rushed from their hiding places and arrived at the
scene of the robbery just as the villains were throt-
tling their victim, and trying to
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occur.c e rs
stuff a handker-
chief in his mouth. After a desperate struggle the
rascals were secured, and brought to the Barnsley
lockup, and subsequently remanded for exaraina.,
tion. Smith had £lB 12s. in silver in his basket.
A portion of the silver was strewn upon the ground,
and a lot of groceries. The names of tho captured
men are John Hewitt, of Doncaster ; Wiz. Donkin,
beerhousekeeper,Lundhill ; andThon,E c., ,
r on 00waenn
of Alexhorough.

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The
igh es
.:re more than twice as many as usual.
Those from scarlatina, diphtheria, and troop roco
respectively to 774,216, and 284.