The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-30 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CLUBS RACES.

The final heat of tho eight-oared race amongst the
metropolitan clubs for handsome silver cups was rowed
last evening from Putney to Chiswick Church as under :
Loudon Rowing Club (Middlesex Station).—W. Atkin-
son, E. A. Do Paiva, J. P. Moore, W. V. Ilarton, H.
J. Edwards, C. Dickens, jun., 11. K. Stinton, C. Baines,
P. Weston (cox.) 1
Thames Rowing Club (Centre Station).—W. C. Swale,
G. Wright, H. Gore, W. Page, W. S. Talbot, J. P.

Hodgson, T. S. Orr, W. Kipling, W. Clare (c0x.)... 2
West Loudon Rowing Club (Surrey Station).—J. 11.
Lee, 5. Gouldsmith, W. Todd, W. Shepherd, G. Ber-
ridge, F. Drake, W. Mares, A. Mares, S. Frost (cox) 0
West London got away with the lead, Thames second,
and London last; these positions were, however, quite re-
versed at the Star and Garter, for hero London led by half
their length, the others about a quarter of a length apart,
West London last. In spite of the hard rowing of Thames,
the Londoners drew clear below their boat-house, and the
West Londoners tailed past. At the Point half a clear
length was between the first and second, same between
second and third, and so continued to the Soap Works,
whore London left Thames, and the West Londoners had
lost all chance. After passing through Hammersmith-
bridge the crews assumed very different positions, London
literally rowed away from Thames, and the latter left the
West Londoners in a still worse plight. The race was won
by half-a-dozen clear lengths ; eight between second and
third. Time, 14 min. 26 sec.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The ironclad ship of war Lord Clyde sailed from
Pembroke-dock on Saturday for Plymouth. A trial
trip had previously been made outside the harbour,
and the engines worked remarkably well, the average
speed being 12 knots. The Lord Clyde was accom-
panied on her voyage to Plymouth by her Majesty's
ship Gladiator.
A series of important trials has just been com-
pleted on the Thames and Medway, to discover the
best form of screw propeller for the propulsion of
steam vessels, by which some exceedingly valuable
data have been arrived at. The vessel experimented
upon was a screw steamer belonging to Messrs.
Rennie, fitted with an improved Griffith's propeller,
as supplied to the ships of the Royal navy, with the
addition, and in which lies the improvement, of
what may be termed a fixed screw, or " boss," hav-
ing a number of arms attached, similar in form and
design to the sails of a windmill, the invention of
Mr. Rigg, a civil engineer at Chester. The atten-
tion of Mr. Griffith has been directed to this subject,
from the fact that nothing has been done during the
last few years to improve the propellor invented by
him. The new invention may be described briefly
as a " boss" attached to the rudder-post of the ves-
sel, behind the ordinary screw. Emerging from the
" boss " are a number of blades, which, for the sake
of description, may be called a fixed screw, which
in reality it really is. These blades are set at a
directly opposite angle to the screw, and on the.
latter being set in motion the water acted upon. is
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with the vessel's keel, taking away all vibration,
rendering the action of the rudder more perfect,
and, as a consequence, enabling the ship to be more
easily steered. The result of the trials, which were
conducted personally by 11r. Griffith and Mr.
Rigg, under the supervision of Mr. Rumble, late
chief inspector of machinery of the steam reserve in
the Medway, was in the highest degree satisfactory.
The new system, itmayberemarked, has been tested
in juxtaposition with the improved Mangin screw
now introduced into the royal navy, and fitted in
the first instance to the iron-clad frigate Achilles,
built at Chatham dockyard, as well as to the iron-
cased frigate Bellerophon, now preparing for sea at
the same establishment, and the results obtained are
somewhat surprising. With the Griffith screw work-
ing in conjunction with Mr. Rigg's invention the
mean speed attained was 7.574 per hour, with 114
revolutions per minute. With the ordinary screw
now in use by the Admiralty in the new ironclads
the average speed attained by the same vessel was
only 5.871 knots per hour, with 227 revolutions of
the screw per minute. The resultsof the experiments
were consequently ascertained to be an increase of
F 703 knots per hour in speed, with 43 revolutions
less per minute ; or, in other words, a gain of 22.48
per cent. in speed, with a saving of 18.94 per cent.
in power. It is hoped that the Admiralty will grant
the use of the iron screw steam yacht Fairy for fur-
ther experiments with the invention, as that vessel
is in every respect better adapted than perhaps any
vented tried upon her.
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The grand annual prize shooting
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adjoining
under the superintendence of Capt. Bunce, the
musketry instructor to the division, to whose deci-
sion all reference was considered final. The firing
was according to Hythe regulations, and all ties
were shot off at 600 yards. The prizes varied from

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cock, Corporal Hodgson, H. Sprin , m-
merskell, H. Chubworth, Sergeant John Morand,
Sergeant J. Tyrell, Private R. Morton, and Wm.
Stanley. The whole of the shooting reflected the
greatest credit on the instructing officers and on the
men themselves. The weather was exceedingly fa-
vourable, and large numbers of persons were present.
In addition to the prize shooting there was a course
of fetes champetres, which consisted of races over the
greensward, boxing, wrestling, throwing the ball,
&c. The starting and other arrangements were di-
rected by Lieut. Despard, Royal Marine Light In-
fantry. The ground was well kept by a detachment
of the corps. The regimental band, under the di-
rection of Mr. Bottoinlcy, played various airs during
the day. Booths were erected and refreshments
provided on the spot, according to regulations. The
whole available portion of the division were present,
and the performances appeared to be well appre-
ciated as a source of amusement and instruction,
which, it is expected, will be followed up by each
division of the corps, with equal benefit and advan-
tage. The proceedings commenced st midday and
continued, with an interval for refreshments, &c.,
until 7 o'clock p.m.
The following appointments were made on Monday
at the Admiralty :--Capt. J. M. Hayes to the Lion,
vice Capt. Farquhar, whose period of service has ex-
pired ; Capt. T. H. Mason and the Rev. J. Erskine
from the Blenheim to the Revenge, when the latter
ship is commissioned on the Ist September ; Com-
mander Henry L. Holder and Commander W. Ade
V. Brownlow to be

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Coastguard ; M. A. Hammen, naval cadet, to the
Constance; William Wright and S. G. T. Bourke,
naval cadets, to the Aurora ; C. Druitt, naval
cadet, to the Cadmus ; H. G. Giles and H. A. Ogle,
naval cadets, to the Duncan ; W. Gore, midship-
-1114,170 the trethusa ; A. Dove 'and H. L. Fleet,
midshipmen, to the Constance; A. P. Williams, mid-
shipman, to the Liverpool ; G. S. Deacon, midship-
man, to the Hector ; J. L. Bun, F. Hotham, C. H.
S. Pretyman, and G. A. G. Grant, midshipmen, to
the Duncan; Archibald J. Pocklington, midship-
man, to the Royal Oak; Edward Heath, sur-
geon, to the Frederick William ; John Andrews
(b) surgeon, to the Irresistible ; Frank
A. Halloram, James H. Purches, and JohnW. Jago,
master's assistants, to the Dasher ; Peregrine W. P.
Hutton, master's assistant, to the Octavio, ; E. W.
Wild, master's assistant, to the Arethusa ; G. A. W.
Webb and A. E. Joll, masters's assistants, to the
Scorpion; Fred. J. Atkinson, and H. C. Roche,
master's assistants, to the Salamis ; T. F. Thomas,
master's assistants, to the Hector; and A. J. Careand,
master's assistant, to the Liverpool.
The following appointments were made yesterday:
Commander Fred. Harvey, Commander Arthur R.
Owen, Commander Douglas Walker, Commander
Josiah H. Hatchard, and Commander Arthur Wing,
Lieut. Francis W. Turton, Lieut. Williams, Lieut.
Henry Berkeley, Lieut. Henry R. E. Grey, and
Lieut. Albert Nugent to the Revenge, for the coast-
guard, when commissioned on the Ist Sept. ; Thos.
H. Hood, acting second master, to the Victory; and
Cecil R. Bloxam and Edward B. Robb, master's
assistants, to the Himalaya.
The following appointment has been made in the
Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Lieut., James Teulon.

HEALTH OF LONDON.

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(Front the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.)

In the week that ended Saturday, Aug. 26, the
births in London and ten other large towns of the
United Kingdom were 3,820 ; deaths, 2,567. The
annual rate of mortality in the week of those 11
towns was 24 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 947 boys and 969 girls,
in all 1,916 children, were registered in the week.
In the corresponding weeks of 10 years 1855-64 the
average number, corrected for increase of popula..
tion, was 1874.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,135. It was the 34th week of the year, and
the average number for that week was, with a cor-
rection for increase of population, 1,290. The
deaths returned are less by 155 than the calculated
number.

The mortality from diarrhoea was almost exactly
the same i❑ amount as that of the previous week,
in which it has been shown that there was a great
decrease. In the week that ended Aug. 12 the deaths
from diarrhoea were 201 ; in the following week,
116 ; last week, 115. The registrar of the Hackney
sub-district returned 8 fatal cases of the complaint.
The registrars of St. Paul, Deptford, and Rother-
lithe returned 5 and 4 respectively.
Six deaths were registered as caused by cholera
or choleraic diarrhoea, three of which number oc-
curred to adults. A cowkeeper, aged 52, died on
the 21st inst., at 10, York-street, liaggerstone, of
" cholera (16 hours)."

All the 115 deaths from diarrhoea were amongst
children, except five cases which occurred to per-
sons aged 60 years and upwards. The mortality
from this cause is considerably less than the average
in corresponding weeks of former years. In the
thirty-fourth week of 1859 the deaths were 215 ;
in the same week of last year they were 190.
In High Holborn, a boy, 15 years old, committed
suicide by hanging. A tailor, aged 41 years, died
in Hampstead workhouse, of " disease of the
kidneys, accelerated by want and exposure." He
had been found on the heath in a dying state.
Two deaths from injury by carriages were re-
gistered :—On 19th August an engineer, aged 42
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On 3d August a carman, aged 60 years, by a wag-
gon, died in 'Westminster Hospital.
The rate of mortality last week was 20 per 1,000
in London, 24 in Edinburgh, and 24 in Dublin ; 30
in Liverpool, 34 in Manchester, 24 in Salford, 26 in
Birmingham, 30 in Leeds, 20 in Bristol, 32 in Hull,
and 29 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 29 per
1,000 during the week ending the sth inst., when
the temperature was 11.6 deg. Fahrenheit higher
than in the same week in London, where the rate
was 23 per 1,000.
In Liverpool the births were 377, the deaths 272;
in Manchester, births 222, deaths 228 ; in Salford,
births 80, deaths 52 ; in Birmingham, births 230,
€4eaths 165 ; Leeds, births 200, deaths 130 ; Bris-
tol, births 103, deaths 62 ; Hull, births 69, deaths
63 ; Edinburgh, births 109, deaths 80 ; Glasgow,
births 320, deaths 231 ; and, in Dublin, births 194,
deaths 146. There were 316 deaths in Vienna dur-
ing the week ending the sth inst.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.692 in.
The reading fell to 29.30 in. on Wednesday, and.
rose to 30.14 in. on Saturday. The mean tempera-
ture of the air was 61.7 deg., which is 1.1 deg. above
the average of the same week in 50 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). The difference between
the mean dew-point temperature and air tempera-
ture was 5.8 deg. The mean degree of humiditytl
the air was 82, complete saturation. being represented
100, which point was actually attamedonof
them pa'i:ts of the
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THE MODERN FATHER.—The British father has
undergone a great metamorphosis of late years. Ho
has relaxed his old severity of aspect, and become more
human. He plays Jove no longer ; he has cast aside his tin-
foil thunderbolts, and come down from his pasteboard
Olympus. He stands confessed a man—a man with the
same heart and the same sympathies as those which ani-
mate the breasts of boys. It may be said that children
have compelled their autocratic fathers to give them a
constitution. When they know how to use a knife and
fork—which is their qualification for the franchise—they
are allowed to sit at the same table with their parents.
They are permitted to have a voice in the house, and to
exercise their right respectfully think and. have opinions
of their own. Love and sympathy and intelligent com-
munity have taken tho place of a cold and senseless seve-
rity, 'and children, who formerly were little better than
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and bodies.—Dickettes "All the Year Round."