The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-17 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for
the week ending Aug. 6, 1854 £20,212 0 0
Corresponding week last year 18,341 6 10
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Aug. 13, 1854 £21,872 3 5
Corresponding week last year

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending Aug. 13, 1854 £6,445 19 5
Corresponding week last year 6,633 12 4
Decrease in 1854 £lB7 12 11

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie re-
turn for the week ending Aug. 12, 1854 £5,813 17 4
Corresponding week last year 5,369 10 3

Increase in 1854..,

1:441 7 1

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(Prom the Report of the Registrar-General. )

Last week the total number of deaths registered in
London was 1,832, whilst the births numbered 1,662,
the return exhibiting the unusual result of an excess in
the former over the latter. In the ten corresponding
weeks of the years 1844-53, the average number of deaths'
was 1,110, which, if raised in proportion to increase of
population, becomes 1,221. Hence it appears that the
actual number of deaths in last week exceeds the esti-
mated amount by 611.
This excess corresponds nearly with the number of
fatal cases of cholera recorded last week, which was 644,
while those of diarrhcea numbered 195. In the thirty-
second week of 1849, which ended August 11, 823 deaths
occurred from cholera and 173 from diarrhcea. The pro-
gress of the present epidemic, which slightly manifested
itself in the second week of July, is shown by the follow-
ing weekly numbers :—deaths from cholera, 5, 26, 133,
399, and 644 ; deaths from diarrhcea, and dysentery
(also in the last five weeks), 51, 63, 87, 146, and 200.
Of last week's deaths from cholera, 446 occurred on the
south side of the river, a proportion to the total num-
ber of 69 per cent.
The 644 deaths from cholera in the week now re-
ported on, were distributed according to districts thus :
West districts, 63 ; north districts, 39 ; central districts,
31 ; east districts, 60 ; south districts, 416.
The following is the distribution among the sub-dis-

SPORTI.

bold, and 2to 1 agst Lurley. Won by half a neck—a
length between second and third ; very bpd fourth ; and
Audubon quite beaten off. wi within a few strides
of the chair Amalgamation nil out to the left.
INNKEEPERS' PLATE of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes
of 5 soya each, for three-yr-olds and upwards. Op-
tional selling weights, &a. One mile and a half.
Mr. Morris's Phcenix, by Phlegon, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (2011

Mun) 1
Mr. Godding's c by Vernlam, out of March(ioness, dy3
yrs, Est 91b (200
(Fordham) 2
Mr. Turner's Hybla, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (201.) (S. Stegules) 8
Mr. Armstrong's fby Red Deer, out of Miss Ramp.
ton, 3 yrs, Est 61b (201.) (Rayner) 4
Betting-6 to 4on Rybla, sto 2 aZst Marchioness
colt, sto 1 agst Phcenix. Won by a neck ; a head only
between the second and third, and the fourth well up.
The winner was afterwards bought by Mr. E. Parr for
30 guineas.

TREATER STAKES 3f 5 soya each, with 20 added. Three
quarters of a mile.
Mr. Reynard's Cestrea, by Faugh-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs,
6st 41b (T. Cliffe) 1
Mr. G. Taylor's Raid of Golborne, 4 yrs, Bst 71b

Mr. J. Preston's c b (Ashmall) 2
y Vitellius, dam by Scroggins,
3 yrs, 7st 71b (Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—Voucher, f by Burgundy,
Remnant.
Betting-5 to I agst Ropeful filly, 3to 1 agst Ces-
trea, sto 1 agst Voucher. Cestrea made all the mi-
ning and won by two lengths. Bad third. The fa-
vourite lost start and never once showed in front.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
GREAT EBOR HANDICAP.
2 to 1 agst Heapy (take 5 to 2)
7 to 1 agst Hermit (taken)
12 to 1 agst Amalgamation (taken)
ST. LEGER
a to 1 agst Dervish (taken)
7 to 1 agst The Trapper (taken)
Notice.—All Mr. Mather's horses are struck oui
of their engagements at York.

THE SUN, LONDON, TRUItSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1854

cal gentleman could take it upon himself to pronounce
Mr. Ker out of danger before a fortnight. He had signed
a co,rtificato on the day before of the Olen state of Mr.
Ker, but could not say what had become of it.
In reply to Mr. Wontner, the witness said that he
had been requested to attend at this court on the day
before, but from very particular engagements he was un-
able to do so.
Mr. Henry James, of 17, Artillery-place, Finsbury-
square, surgeon to the Lying-in Hospital, said he saw
Mr. Ker on the night before, and he quite concurred
with Dr. Christian in his opinion as to his present state.
Mr. Ker was quite unconscious, his symptoms very
alarming, and he thought the probabilities were against
his recovery. He had not seen Mr. Ker before Tues-
day night.
Mr. Henry Charles Johnson, surgeon to St. George's
Hospital, stated that on Monday night last he was
called in by Dr. Christian to see Mr. Ker, and continued
to visit him since, and he considered his, life to be in a
great state of uncertainty. He also considered it im-
possible for any medical man to pronounce an opinion
as to the chance of his recovery in a shorter period than
a fortnight.
In cross-examination, the witness said he perfectly
concurred with the other gentlemen. He was at the
head of a large establishment, where he had much
experience in such cases, and from that experience
he could say that it would not be safe to pronounce
on such a case as the present in less thaioe. fortnight.
It was his opinion that Mr. Ker was worse to-day
than yesterday.
Mr. Woutner here said that this was all the evi-
dence he intended to place before his worship for the
present, and upon it he should call for a further remand
for a fortnight.
Mr. Salter urged that the remand might be of shorter
duration.
Mr. Wontner replied that this would be useless ;
for, no matter how favourable the change in the con-
dition of Mr. Ker, he could not think even at that
time he would be in a condition to attend and give
his evidence.
Mr. Elliott observed that the law did not give him
the power to remand beyond a week, and he should
therefore name that day week for the further examina-
tion ; and if Mr. Ker could not attend then, he should
have to extend the remand to a further week.
The prisoner William Philip Newton was admitted to
bail as before, but his brother was sent to Horsemonger-
lane Gaol.
Mr. and Mrs. Newton were present during the exa-
mination, but not a word as to the cause of the original
quarrel between Mr. Newton, sen., in the first instance,
and the Messrs. Newton, in the second, and Mr. Ker
has transpired ; on the contrary, it is kept a profound
secret.

THAMES.—Gustaf Dromtrha, 43, a person of gentle-
manly appearance, who wore a large signet ring, and for
whom Mr. Straus acted as German interpreter, was
charged with violating the person of Ellen Downey, a
little girl between 12 and 13 years of age, at tho house,
1, Bridgeman's alley, Whitechapel. The prisoner is
described as a commercial traveller, 29, Clitton•street,
Finsbury.

The prosecutrix' a miserably-clad child, of most filthy
appearance, stated that, whilst she was looking at a shop
in Whitechapel, yesterday, the prisoner, who was walking
with another gentleman, winked at her. He then bade the
other gentleman good bye, and came up to her, asking
whether he should go home with her. She said she had
no home, and went towards the highway. He followed
her, and pushing her into a house, asked the woman
who owned it it she had a bed. The woman told her
servant to show them a bed-room, and he paid 2s. He
then caught her by the waist and pushed her up stairs,
the servant following to show the bed-room. He then
took off his hat and coat, and told her to undress her-
self, but she refused. He then put the pillow upon the
middle of the bed and threw her upon it. The girl then
gave a minute description of what followed, which, if
true, could leave no doubt that the offence had been
committed. She called out three times, but no notice
was taken. He then told her to meet him next day at
the corner of Red Lion-street, and though she was no
good he would give her half-a-guinea. He then put 7s
into her hand and went out. She followed almost im-
mediately, and saw two policemen at the corner of the
alley. One of them said, " What have you there ?" and
opening her hand took the money. The other constable
arrested the gentleman.
In answer to Mr. Pelham, who appeared for the de-
fence, as well as to the magistrate, Mr. Ingham, the
girl said her mother took her to the house where she was
in bed with the gentleman. Her mother saw the gen-
tleman with her, but never spoke to him. The gentle-
man said to her mother, "I do not wish to be seen with
a girl like that • go you and ask if you can get a room."
Her mother made no answer, but went to the door of
the house. She met her mother in Virginia street, whilst
the gentleman was following her. She and her mother
sometimes went to Virginia-street chapel, but not con-
stantly. She never went with any gentleman before,
nor did she ever get money from any gentleman. She re-
sisted the prisoner as much as she could, but he was too
strong for her. _

Mr. Ingham—Why did you not scratch his face ?
Girl—l could not, sir, he held my hands. She had
no father. A little Jew man once followed her, and
wanted her to go with him for a little time for a shilling,
but she refused. The Jew man asked her if she had ever
been seduced, and' she said, "I don't' know what you
mean." He said, "You do very well, and I'll serve you
out for this."

Mr. Pelham—Was it not a Jew boy, now ?
Girl—No ; he told me he was the father of children.
The Jew man saw her when she was walking with the
gentleman. She supposed it was he who told the con-
stables.

Mr. J. Comley, surgeon, of Whitechapel, examined
the prosecutrix and found marks of recent violation, but
from what he observed he was led to conclude that she
had had frequent communication with men.
Susan Wood, the servant at the house in Bridgman's-
alley, said the girl's mother came and asked for a room.
The gentleman in the dock gave 2s, but witness did not
see the girl go up. She saw her cone down. Witness
heard her say to the gentleman, "You gave me only ss,
I ought to have 10s. Had she screamed, witness must
have heard her.

Police constable 200 H, said that he saw the girl,
and a woman who called herself her mother, coining
down on one side of the street, and the prisoner at
the other. He suddenly lost sight of the prisoner and
the girl, but he met the mother, and said " Where is
the girl ? " To which she replied, " What girl ? There
was no girl with rue." He said " 'Tis false ; there
was ;" and she then said, " Oh, she is gone to look for a
place at Ratcliff." Shortly after he saw the prisoner
come out of the house, followed by the girl, out of
whose hand he (witness) took 75., and told his colleague
to take the prisoner into custody.
Sergeant Chigling, IG, H, said he had seen the pro-
secutrix for the last month about Virginia-street, and
from her conduct he considered her a little prostitute.
She used to handle men indecently, and but for her
youth be would have locked her up.
Mr. Ingham said that however revolting the case, he
must on that testimony dismiss the charge.