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London, England, 1853-11-05 00:00:00

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QUARTERLY RETURN OF MARRIAGES, the cholera poison, be it what it may, is conyeyedwbays
Bh.
Lunar
was seen
aonndthre[ar2t9wthenSnepeotteomrbye.r, about 1
BIRTHS, AND DEATHS. water as well as air, hence the following precaution
cited in the cholera report :-
•" Lunar rainbow was seen on the 25th September, at
(Published by authority of the Registrar-General.)gathered on the 6th August at t,
to "Thewater precautions
wuteilolnsstattoodtahkye
Dagr.aiest
Snow, cholera,andthionyraergearodf 9h.,,3womh.eapt.nhs.e,graant Durham.tohe
The return comprises the births and deaths registered
so sin le
by 2,191 registrars in all the districts of England during nn. e atl l
Rose-th a fin ,
9 131 nature that, considering all the facts, no par- ExHaerttewre;llonßtelgo 7ryth, aatnGdueernarsdeiyug;tooon
;theonBtltihaet
9th e,
au,
son can prudently neglect them.
the summer quarter ending Sept. 30, 1853 ; and theeonl4t.thhe.a
marriages in 12,039 churches or chapels, about 3,424
li"Waterersons intoliving whichio hoats, sewersor flow,whio h ori
sin whichany
is
othr navigatedwa y HolkhamHawarden;
andon t the
Gainsborough
1 Oth at Grantham;
ont
h;
registered places of worship unconnected with the Estab-
contaminated
tc
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fished Church, and 625 superintendent registrars' offices, should disused."
be entirelyDunino.
b contents of the drains or cesspools, hill ;on the 18th at Warrington ; and on the 26th at
" The wheat crop was small in breadth and rather a
in the quarter that ended June 30, 1850.
1' ht • it was generally of good quality ; a good part P
The return of marriages is not complete, but the de- h No person,
dtottheastt tahelavragleuetoowfnsucwhhaiorhulew,aws osnulpdpehyeedr
ig ,
ropose
fects are inconsiderable, and approximate numbers have have p d
Potatoes diseased n
carried unripe. everywhere. Har- t]
been supplied from the records of previous years. with goo water, and escaped with no considerable loss was spring sown. Oats not very good, and a good deal
The marriages exceeded the average in the quarter in a previous epidemic, should on the eve of another
n
operations late."
P
ending in June. For the quarter that ended September epidemic do all that is here forbidden. What no seep- vesting
tical philosopher would have dared to propose as an ex- P
30. the births have also been above the average number, periment, what no haughty conqueror ever condemned LAW INTELLIGENCE. 0
AMr.
GENTLEMAN
DEBTORS'Commissioner
ON COT COURT, T , Nov,
while the deaths have been fewer than is usual in pro- • ee n
portion to the population. The mortality of the town the inhabitants of a subjugated city to endure-this
fine English town on the Tyne-the centre of the cpall
population has experienced a marked diminution during INSOLVENT
(Beforeßy
the summer, but one town has suffered severely, and
trade--of intelligence of every kind-and of engineering
knowledge-has done and suffered. All the excreta,
ASSAULTSI TT
Uhl). -IN TH E i'3'
others are threatened by Asiatic cholera. which are thrown into the streets or water-closets, ar
This insolvent,MATTER
whOoFhjaTbNetted HENRYon tNlfelitiNurf., applied to 1 MARRIAGES. washed down the acclivities of the streets into the river ;
(
40,335 marriages were celebrated in the quarter thatn .nes be discharged under the act.
ended in June, 1853, a number exceeding by 328 the and has thence since July been pumped by the engines the fermenting mass is driven up and down bythe tides,
Mr. Macrae opposed on the part of Mr. Morris and re
marriages in the corresponding quarter of the previoushis wife, and also for a Mr. S •h• M
has mit . r. Sargood sup-
year. The marriages in the spring quarter have thus for domestic uses ; it has been used for ablution,ported.
at Elswick all over the town through the water
itpipes
gradually risen 30,048 in 1842, to 40,335 in 1853. The
the wives, as well The complaint was that the insolvent was indebted
increase'of marriages within th last five years is parti- beverage by many of the children andfor dam in two actions
as well as the
middle
been washed over the doors, it has been drunk as a
ages
cularly conspicuous in London, Cornwall, Staffordshire,
This sad fact the history injury complained of was malicious. It aeared that
he lodged at the house of Mr. Morris, whops a printer,
Cheshire, Monmouthshire, and South Wales. as
worklarigoeg numbersm eo oft ofhe tthnewhni g. he r and
in .
BIRTHS. in Tennison-street, York-road, Lambeth. In the
147,581 births were regisiered in the quarter ending lives, by which it was followed, is forgotten.
the Tyne after September
of Newcastle will be remembered. when the loss of 1,500
early part of February he went home at past twelve
September 30. This is above the average number • but No water was drawn from .
:clock at night, and asked Mrs. Morris, who lighted
it is less by 3,612 than the numbers (151,193) Which
were registered in the corresponding quarter of ,1852. 15 ; the cholera then raged with less intensity, and the .0
epidemic speedily subsided. him stairs and gave him a candle, whether the
The decrease is, singularly enough, observable in every - The intensity of the epidemic at Newcastle-upon-Tyne "felon" in the first floor had come home, as he should
county except
Middlesex, Surrey, Cornwall, Stafford- is, under the circumstances, no decisive proof that in its not sleep there again. He was informed that he had
shire, Rutlandshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumberland, essential form cholera is now more fatal than it was be- not come home. Without the slightest provocation
and Monmouthshire. fore ; but it is unquestionably a warning to those towns he struck Mrs. Morris and blackened both her eyes,
INCREASE OF POPULATION. which derive their water from polluted tidal rivers to and she declared would have thrown her over the
As 147,581 births and only 92,332 deaths were regis- abandon such sources, and to accelerate their works for stairs had not her dress given way. She cried " mur-
tered, a balance of 55,249 remains in the population• supplying the population with pure water before June der," and her lodger Mr. Smith (the other opposing
The births and deaths are not registered in Scotland and next, otherwise the death registers may, it is to be creditor) came to her assistance. The insolvent attacked
Ireland, as they are in nearly all other civilised coun- feared, be filled with the names of innumerable victims him, and whilst on the stairs struck him with a poker,
tries, so that the increase of the population of the United of a practice which is as degrading it is
to the English nation. as
Both Mrs. Morris and Mr. Smith were attended by a
Kingdom cannot be ascertained ; but if the excess of
births in those divisions of the United Kingdom bears s The
Newcastle water taken from the River Tyne has surgeon, and confined some days. An action was brought
the same proportion to the population as it does in Eng-
been analysed by Dr. Robert Dundas Thomson. He found and tried at the Surrey Assizes. In each case the jury
awarded 751. damages, which, with the costs, amounted
land and Wales, the increase by natural causes must be it to contain q nifty of organised matter mechanically
about 83,000. But 87,467 emigrants sailed from the
amount of 4'42
diffused throau it(loaded 1" • vibrios) to the to a considerable sum, and for which the insolvent was
ports of the United Kingdom at which there are Govern-
ment emigration agents in the quarter ending September destructible matter; the remaining 3.957
oAnhis 0-545 grs• was now in custody.- •
The uestion raised was whether there was "malice,"
orderbring the casewithin Parliament?
J. to
30, 1853, so that, allowing on one hand for births un- siliceous forms resemblinz the shields of infusorial animals
grs. per gallon. Of 1
grs. consisted of
registered, on the other for emigrants unreturned,' it is or diatomaceous plants. -Dissolved or finely diffused in the It was stated that the insolvent was tipsy at the time he
probable that the population of the United Kingdom has water, he further found 2'68 grs.. per gallon of organic committed the assaults.
declined rather than increased during the summer, matter. The water likewise contained I'lB gr. per gallon Mr. Commissioner Murphy thought there was malice
13,623 of the emigrants sailed from London, Plymouth, of chalk, and 7.3 grs. of muriate and sulphate of soda and in law, but he wished to hear the evidence of the parties,
and Southatnpton, 63,600 from Liverpool, 2,807 fromwhereupon Mrs. Morris and Smith were examined.
Glasgow and Greenock, 7,437 from Irish ports. As a sulphate of magnesia. The total solid
is Bald, 15.662 grs. per gallon. This water was, The Insolvent stated to his counsel that he had been
large proportion of the emigrants from Liverpool, as well to a dinner party, and was intoxicated when he returned
as front the Irish ports, are natives of Ireland, it follows but the process is not described by the water company.
•-•••••""""'.__-------------____ home.
that the population of Ireland is decreasing, and that the Mr. Macrae wished to know whether the insolvent
population of England is slowly increasing, while the TEE WEATHER.
was not connected with a gambling-house ?
contributions of both countries within the lastptlho.ree .....---*---.
In answer to questions,
years to the colonial plantations are without example, The following report on. the meteorology of Eng- The Insolvent stated ;hat he was not connected with
PRICES OF PROVISIONS• land and Scotland, during the quarter ending Sep- a gambling-house. He had betted, and on the last Ches-
The prices of the chief articles of food are much higher tember 30, is by Mr. James Glaisher, F.R.S., ter Cup lost 1101. He had betted on a good many
than they were in the corresponding quarter of the last secretary of the British Meteorological Society ,-,- races.. He had bought ticketaat betting-offices, and had
year; the rise in the price of wheat is 26, mutton 23, "The daily temperatures have been below their aver- lost money.
beef 24, potatoes 31 per cent, ages throughout the quarter, with few and trifling excep- Mr. Macrae prayed a judgment for the damages
The rate of wages has been raised in several trades ; tions. The month of July was wet the fall of rain awarded in two cases of gross assault, and contended that
and at"the same time the labourers and artizans leave exceeded the double of the average fall for this month, the injuries had been maliciously inflicted. It would be
been more fully employed. The sky was cloudy. The first half of August was fine an abuse of the act to allow a person who had dissipated
f
STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. and dry, and was the only fine weather in the quarter his means in betting transactions to wipe out the damages
92,332 deaths havebeen registered during the quarter, From the middle o August to the end of September. and costs by going through this court, without a serious
the
a' number less by 8,165 than the number of persons the sky was mostly cloudy,• air damp, with judgment.
(100,497) whose deaths were recorded in the summer and hazy atmosphere. The motion of the a thick
air was less Mr. Sargood insisted that there was no malice in law.
quarter of 1852. The depression of the mortality ex- than its average. During parts of the month of Sen. and that the case could not come under the act of Parlia-
tendedover nearly every county except Durham and Nor- tember different places in England and Seotland were ment. , The insolvent was drunk at the time, and not in
thumberland, and indeed over all except a few districts visited by numerous swarms of a black fly (Aphi • s Fake) ; his senses.
of those counties, their appearance in a locality was sudden,Mr. Commissioner Murphy expressed himself clearly
A similar depression of the mortality was observed in tinned till a brisk wind arose
and carried and theyo-
cnthem suddenly of opinion that there was malice in law proved against
the summer quarter of 1848, immediately before the the insolvent, and that intoxication was no palliation or
away. The numbers of these insects were extraordinary,
outbreak of the epidemic cholera. extenuation. Here was a woman who, without any
and they were very annoying by settling in great num-
The mortality during the quarter of the districts corn- hers upon the face and hands, provocation, had her eyes blackened, and a lodger, who
prising the chief towns and a population of 7,795,882 "The mean temperature o the air at Greenwich for
was at the rate of 2-4 per cent, per annum nearly ; the the quarter ending August, constitti the three came to see what was the row, felled to the ground
with a poker. If it was not malice, then, as the song
ung sum-
mortality of the districts of small towns and Countrye
Bm2eryomaorsn. g months,. was 59°'5, being 0°.4 below the averae of said, "it was for love he was knocked down." Malice had
's been made out, and for the damages awarded, the insol-
rates are higher, or 2.6 and I'9 per cent. a vent would receive a judgment of six months.
Thunderstorms occurred, or thunder was heard
The number of deaths in .London was 12,918, which and lightning seen, on the Ist July, at Hartwell-house,
is below the average. The deaths by zymotic disease Linslade, Cardington, Bedford, and Holkham, and Dun-
were, 3,456, including 1,232 by diarrhoea, and 137 by ino ;on the 6th, at Ryde -on the 7th, at Jersey, Guern- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
cholera. The deaths by diarrhea were 200 less than in sey, Exeter, Newport, Worthing, Clifton, St. John's- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
4, -
either of the summer quarters of the preceding years ; wood, Rose-hill, Bicester, Oxford, Stone, Hartwell-! EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING-FRIDAY.
the deaths from cholera did not exceed the average of house, Hartwell Rectory, Aylesbury, and Linslade ; on
the 3 preceding summer quarters. 595 deaths were re- the Bth, at Helston, Greenwich, Stone, and Hartwell. THE STEEPLECHASES.
ferred to typhus : and over the country scarlatina pre- house ; on the 9th, at Jersey, Helston, Linslade, Nor- DURDAN'S PLATE (flat race), of 70 sous., for 2-yr-olds
wailed with great severity in several districts. The wich, Hawarden, Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester, and upwards. Optional selling weights. About
local epidemics are indicated in the registrars' reports three-quarters of a mile over the Hurdle-race Course.
Seventeen subs.
and Stonyhurst ; on the 13th, at Jersey, Oxford, Stone
The appearance of the Asiatic cholera in London, and Hartwell-house, Hartwell Rectory, Hawarden, and
the terrific Mr. Merry's Mysterious Lady, 2 yrs, sst 41b (201.)
mortality which it has occasioned withinrta. Liverpool ; on the 16th, at Gainsborough ; on the 17th,
few weeks in the north of England, are of such impo at Rose-hill, Bicester, Oxford, Stone, Royston, and (Fordham) 1
ance as to demand the whole of our attention, Grantham ;on the 18th, at Hartwell-house, Mr. Hadland's Hyacinth, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (200 •
As a means of guidance and a basis of reasoning it Rectory, Aylesbury, Royston, Cardington, North (Kendall) 2
may be useful to present here a brief summary oethe Shields, and Dunino • on the 19th, at Royston • on the Mr. T. Barnard's Lady Isabel, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (201.)
facts which regulated the course of the epidemic that 22d, at York.; on the' 26th, at Bedford ; on the 27th at(Glazebrook) 3
broke out five years ago. The following also ran :-Sabra, Tobolski, Chs,un-
Guernsey and Newport ; and on the 28th, at Lewisham tress, and Little Naughty.
TIIE CHOLERA. and Greenwich. On the 19th August, at Norwich and
Evident cases of the epidemic of 1848-49 were reeis- Dunino ;on the 25th, at Exeter ; and on the 26th, Sweetheart, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b (201.), (PalmeT) ; and
at Corfu 4 yrs, Bst 41b (301.), (Poole), did not get off.
tered in London and in Sunderland during the first week Helston, Midhurst, Clifton, Durham, and Dunino. On bettingNo'
of October. The deaths from cholera in all England the let September, at Rose-hill, Bicester, Oxford, Hart- all the running,
ad quoting. Lady
won easily Mysterious made
by two lengths - three
'
were 1,105 during the last three months of the year. well-house Aylesbury, Cardington, Hawarden, Gains- lengths between the second and third, and about the
The epidemic declined, and in April, 1849, the deaths borough, lN'arrington, and Manchester ; on the 10th, at same distance between the third and fourth. The winner
were only 107 ;in May, 327. The great epidemic Grantham, Gainsborough, and Stonyhurst ; and on the was brought in for 150 guineas.
eruption began, and in June 2,046 persons died of it, 24th, at Rose-hill, Bicester, and Oxford. The FREE HANDICAP HURDLE-RACE Was won by Mr.
July, 7,570, August 15,172, September 20,379, October "Thunder was heard, but lightning was not seen, on Searle's Edward of York, 5 yrs, lOst 41b (Poole), beat-
-4,654, November 844, December 163. The thirty-sixth the Ist July at Exeter, Bicester, Stone, Hartwell Rec- ing Mr. B. Land's The Screw, lOst 21b (Greene), Mr.
and thirty-seventh weeks of the year 1849 were the most tory, and North Shields ; on the 7th, at St. John's- Turner's Songster, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b (C. Boyce), and Mr.
fatal ; the deaths from cholera in those two weeks were wood and Holkham • on the Bth, at Helston and Dawbin's Sir Philip, 6 yrs, 9st 81b (Weever). At the
12,592. On the most fatal day, September 6, the Holkham; on the 9th, as Helston, Stone, Hartwell second turn Sir Philip fell, and was left out of the race.
deaths by the disease were 1,121, A Rectory, Cardington, and Holkham ;on the 10th, The SCRAMBLE STEEPLECHASE was won by Mr. Baird's
The total deaths from cholera in 1849 were 53,293. at Ryde ;on the 12th, at North Shields ;on the 13th, gelding chesnut aged, lOst 41b (Boyce), and was the
12,152 of the number were of persons under 10 years of at Guernsey, Rose-hill, Bicester, Cardington, and only one placed ; Rob Roy (301,), lOst 41b (carried lOst
age. The mortality by the disease was at the rate of Warrington ; on the 14th, at Grantham and Wake- 61b) (Mr. Frederick), Annie Laurie (201.) 9st 111 b (car- '
30 in 10,000, of the inhabitants. Diarrhoea of a severe field ; on the 15th, at Greenwich ; on the 16th, at ried lOst), (Ablett), Simon the Cellarer (201.), 9st 111 b
form was fatal in the same year to 18A87 persons, chiefly Grantham ; on the 17th, at Hartwell-house and Hart- (Hicks), The Monk (201.) 9st 11Ib (Lamplogh), and
children ;ortoll in 10,000 of the inhabitants, well Rectory ;on the 18th, at Rose-hill, Bicester, Stone, Arlette (20/.), 9st 111 b (Sait), fell, and only Arlette fol-
The danger of dying by the epidemic was greatest at Grantham, Gainsborough, and Dunino ; on the 19th, lowed the winner home ; at the finish she was fully a
advanced ages ; the rate of mortality was 13 in 10,000 at Hartwell-house and Cardington ; on the 26th and quarter of a mile behind.
at the age of 12 ; 64 in 10,000 at the age of 70 ; the 27th, at Guernsey; and, on the 28th, at Cardington. EPSOM AUTUMN STEEPLECHASE (Handicap) of 50 sous.
danger advancing progressively with age. On the 21st August, at Bicester; on the 23d, at Wake- each, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake.
The duration of the fatal attacks of cholera is recorded field ;on the 25th, at Grantham '• on the 26th, at Mid- Certain penalties-and allowances. Mice round and
in 39,468 cases ; and it was found to be 50 hours on an hurst, Royston, Stonyhurst, and North Shields ;on the a distance, about four miles. Twenty-three subs, 11
average. More than half of the cases (20,684) termi- 27th, at Wakefield ; and, on the 30th, at Warrington, of whom did not accept.
rated within 24 hours. On the eat September, at Stone, Hartwell Rectory, and r. Sait na Sam Hood, aged, 9st 41b (Sait) 1
In 85 of the 623 districts of England no death from Grantham ;on the 10th, at Cardington, Grantham, M
and
cholera was recorded. Wakefield ;on the 24th, at Lewisham, Greenwich, Mr Jones's Cervus, aged, 9st 41b (Laniplough) 2
Only one death was referred to chol in Stone, and Hartwell Rectory the 5
era Hereford-
shire, and only one in Westmoreland. The following also ran :-Cigar. Viscount, Beresford,
and Aylesbury ; and, on the 30th, at Stone.
The centres of the attacks of the great epidemic were " Lightning was seen, but thunder was not heard, on Sir Philip, Needwood, The President.
London, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Bristol, Merthyr Tyd- the 7th July, at Helston, Oxford, and Cardington ;on Betting-7 to 4 agst Ploughboy, sto 2 agst Need-
vil, Wolverhampton, Liverpool, Hull, d Tyne-mou-th. the Bth, at Rose-hill, Bicester, Oxford, and Cardington ; wood, 4to 1 agst Ci4ar, 7to 1 agst President, Bto 1
In the following districtsotohe ateomaonrtality by cho- on the 15th, at Stone ; on the 1Bth, at Newcastle ; and,
lea exceeded 100 to 10,
Hull 241, Merthsr Tydvil 2inhabitants :-It was in on the 27th, at Greenwich, Aylesbury, and Linslade. distance between the second and third.' Needwood and
Salisbury 185, Neath 169, 1.43i4, Stoke Damerel 193, On the 19th August, at Stone and Hartwell Rectory ; and Sir Philip fell and threw their jockeys. The horses
157, Scutcoates 152, East erpool 167, Plymouth on the 25th at Helston ;on the 26th, at Helston and got away, and joined in the race, taking leap for leap.
Storehouse 148, Leeds 145, Newcastle; on the 27th, at Grantham ; and, on the After the first round, Viscount and Beresford pulled up.
St. Germans 143, `'Wolverhampton
Gravesend 119, Newcastie.u,_,deorn 137, Tynemouth 129, 30th, at Hawarden, Warrington, Liverpool, and Wake- MATCH : 100, h ft. Three miles.
Lyme
(near Leeds) 102. The districts - • 117, Hunslet field. On the Ist September, at Midhurst, Greenwich, Mr. Jordan's Fourteen-two, 10st 61b ..(C. Boyce) 1
which in London were Stone, Hartwell Rectory, Aylesbury, Royston, Carding- Mr. Robert's Dandy Jim, list 21b, (Darling) 2
most fatal were Rotherhithe 205, St.l6oilave 181, St. ton, Bedford, Grantham, Wakefield, Stonyurst, and Betting-3 to lon Fourteen-two, who won in a trot.
George, Southwark, 164, Bermondse
153, Newington 144, Lambeth 120. ylt , St. Saviour, York ; on the 15th, at Truro ; on the 24th, at Hartwell The weather was fine and the attendance of company
was in
worth 100. Wands- Rectory ; and, on the 25th, at North Shields. pretty good. As usual, some of the proceedings with
onl th "Hail fell on the 16th July, at Aylesbury and Grant- the "jumpers" were of a very discreditable character,
The mortality was at the rate of 50 in 10,000 e ham ;on the 17th, at Stone, Hartwell-house, and Hart- and we were glad to find a determination on the part of
coasts ; 17 in 10,000 over the inland districts.
It was well Rectory ; and, on the 30th, at Manchester. On the the steward, Mr. Arthur Heathcote, to prevent a recur-
at the rate of 125 in 10,000 in the districts including the Ist September, at Cardin an and Bedford ; on the 23d, rence of the doings and arrangements which were too
large ports ;47 in the districts of the secondary ports ;at Stonyhurst ;on the 24th, at 'Rose-hill, Oxford, Hart- palpable to escape indignation.
15 in the other coast districts, well Rectory, Stonyhurst, and North Shields ; on the
Of the inhabitants of low river and seaside districts. 25th,
c) atn
the R y d3eo
tandh aLt isvteornpyoholur;
sotn. the 26th, at Liverpool ; TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.
85 in 10,000 died by cholera ; in London the loss was and,
62 ;in inland towns 38 ;in small towns and the coun- " Remarkable' falls of rain--on the 9th July at Hel- Miles
try around the river sources only 12 in 10,000 perished. ston 1- • opened,
5 in. at Norwich 1.6
.in., at Hawarden 3.6 in., 1853. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts.
Of the inland towns, Wolverhampton, Merthyr Tydvil, at Warri ' . 1852. 1853.
ngton 1.4 in., at Liverpool 2.0 in., at Stony-
Manchester, and Leeds, experienced the greater part of hurst 1-6 in
at Bedford 11 in.
and at North' Shields 2.1 in. ;on the 10th 72
BAJTUSEL -----"
41,632 1,803
the mortality ; in the 3,5 other large inland towns the at Falmouth' I'2 in., and at Truro 11 in. ; on the 13th
-nl....yde 1.5 in.,3-7-% Belfast Aberdeen
Wen.; : : *** : : : : . : : :' : : 653 720
mortality was at the low rate of 11 in 10,000.220 211
In London the water supply had considerable influence on the 14th at and at Holkham I'4 in in hours ; 33n Belfast and Count Down.. ...
-6 in., at St. Jola'
Lewisham at Worthing. 1.27 in., at Birkenhead, Y
Lancashire, and. C••hes•ltir'e 1,621 1,873
on the mortality. The density of population and the Clifton 1.8 in., at 26% Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• - - -
2.8 in. in 17 hours, at
.S.Mi Bristol and Exeter ... ..
4 809 5,410
poverty of the inhabitants were not without effect, but Greenwich 2
the effect of elevation of the soil transcended all other hill 1.7 in. in a few hours, atnßs-iwo ood I'3 in., at Rose- 15
IiZI filedi;DurniT.zl.d.;sl... .0.; .......... } 14,719 13,77
influences. On an average the mortality by cholera was in 1.8 in., at Hartwell Rectory
2.0 eisteral.sin., at Stone_ CIA St
--," Chester and H01yhe11..... • . •••
: L.:: .. 3,333 4,387
the several London districts at elevations of less than 20 ia. in 8 hours, at Linslade 1.8 in. in nl2 .
hours,t Aylesbury_o 2 3
206% Cork, Bla,ckrock, and Passage -- • • 11; 219
feet above Trinity highwater mark, 102 in 10,000 ;in I's in., at Grantham 1.2 in., at Hawarden at R. yston 6 Cork
u and Bandon ..................
955 1,241
1-3 in and , D bib' and Belfast Junction ••..• • • •
the districts at an elevation of 20-40 feet, 65 in 10,000 ; at North Shields 1.0 in. ;on the 15th at Stonyhurst 1.4 5° Dublin and Drogheda- •• • • •• • • ••• 1,146 1,6,9
of 40-60 feet, 34 • of 60-80 feet, 27 ; of 80-100 feet ; in., and at Arbroath 1.0 in. ;and on the 28th
nYa'turs2x Dublin and Kingstown .. -••••• • • • • • 1,52 r 1,257
9 497
22 ; of 100 feet, 17 ; of 350 feet, 8 in 10,000 inhabi- ham 1.0 in., at Greenwich 1.1 in., of which 0,25 fellw • Lewis--
31 Dundee and Arbroath ••.••••• • • .. • •
666 --
tants. 20 minutes, and at St. John's-wood 1.0 •m. On the 17th
in Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction
160
. Dundalk and Enniskillen- - • • • • .... -
The present epidemic has appeared first, like all that August at Grantham 1.6 in., at'Holkham 1.6 in. in 10 68_ East Anglian.. ..... •••..--- •• •• - A 836 915
have preceded it, in the seaports. The first well-defined hours, at Hawarden 1.3 in., and at Alderley 81,4 East Lancashire •• • • ........ •••••• •• --' 448 49310
16,097 18,465
Edge 1-2 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk • • ....
cases in London were registered in Auust, and the epi- in. ;on the 20th at Greenwich 0.25 in. fell in five 95. Eastern Union ••••••••••• • - • • • • • • •• 2,313 2,725
demic may be dated from August 20 ;g up to October 1, minutes, and on the 22d 0.72 in. fell in ten hours ; 7Z Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee" •• •• 2124 2,467
the registered deaths, including some by English cholera, on the 22d at Worthing 1.2 in. ;on the 25th at 19 . Exeter and Credlton•• •• •• ••••" - '• 512 4((),
1.1 in., 26th at Stone have amounted to 133. The origin of the last epidemic North Shields 1.1 in., and 171% 4!;tllasmgesswßallnLiti;:w.L.Cern- ** •** •'''' 4'207 4,586
may_ be dated from October 1, 1848.; and that of 1831- at Hartwell Rectory 1.1 in. ; and on the 27th at 283
Great Northern and E. L... .... ........ 14,773 18,774
4,929 6,465
32 also began in the month of October, 1831 The Clifton 1.4 in On the Ist September at Guerra 1881
,s , Great Southern, and Western (Ireland)
sent epidemic h • r, . pre- . . •
d at North Shields 1.0 • ssae Great Western ••• • • ••••• • • • • 18,102 21,022
leasnot • yet in the
as attacked us earlier in the year, but it sey l'O in. in 9 hours, an in. ;
..i.•4 Irish South Eastern 167 238
Gainsborough 1.10 in.; on the 12th a '`) Lancaster •• -••••••• • - •• 4,996 6,139
than it was during aggregate been more fatal in London on the 10th at
Shields 1.6 • in.; on the 260 and Carlisle.. •••••• •• • • • • 17 009 17,599
In Newcastle the same number of weeks in 1848. Wakefield 1.1 in., and at North 70 Lancashire and Yorkshim •.. •• • ••• '
in 1851, the moruZin-TYne, with a population of 89,155 13th at Cliften 1.0 in.; on the 25th at Stonyliu
1 i in 6 rst 1.0
gas" Leeds Northern ..••••••-" " • ' •• • • ----1414 372
, Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.• • •
by all causes from tfrom cholera has raised the deaths in.; and on the 27th at Holkham 0. n.'l
t hours.
l ?N London and North Western ..... .... 46,485 49,217
374 to 771 in three 638 to 2,035 ;in Gateshead from "Fog was prevalent on the 23th Ju y a icester, 1,7til
.1.00nc!on and Blackwall.- - ••• - •••• 934 1,232
months. On the sth sss% '' nu". ltdshten, and South Coast.. '°'7l3 12'355
no sooner introduced into . The epidemic poison was Stone, Hartwell, and Hartwell Rectory.
6 h ~, London and South Wes.te ... 10,033 11,981
exploded, and destroyedn the region, than it, as it were, August at Stone and Hartwell-house ;on the tat 4, _ Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 439 485
~ XI Manchester B
In neither of the previoearly 2,000 lives Hartwell-house ;on the 12th at Bicester ;on the 11th 167%
Inuichester:
silston, and Matlock, Btc. 7 --0 8 7,71-
sudden destruction of life uepidemics was any such at Bicester,
_Stone, and Hartwell-house ;on the 18th at 1% Manchester andfrUitindauLcitleninsiilre - '5342 629
demic-so quickly following observed.tb.e Is the present epi- Stone and Hartwell Rectory; on the 19th at St. John's 1% ttect-eardit and Carlisle ,°..::::•• 685 828
a different and more fatal charact
epidemic of 1848-9-of wood ;on the 23d at Midhurst and Linslade ; and on 126 Midland Gr•ea•t•We •-• • • ' •' • • .... 23,624 24,655
circumstances, independently of the Or
are there local the 24th at Lewisham, Greenwich, St. John's-wood, NI aronuanes .........r.n..(.1r.2,1? -- ': 2'M 11/2
N that account for the desolation ti,liaature of
the epi- Stone, Hartwell-house, and Hartwell Rectory. On the
149/4 rowrtrisZtiir Car1ia1e.................., 2,515 2,756
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ? These importanttnow surrounds sth September at Manchester ;on the 6th at Clifton ; 232 •North Staffordshire • :::::: •':••• ** • • 3'833 4,558
it is evident, only be definitively answercelictlestions can, on the 7th at Gainsborough and Manchester; on the Bth 47 North-Western .... - :: :: .::• •' - 7792 1 -121
inquiry into all the circumstance ;but enough
by careful at Clifton ;on the 9th at St. John's-wood and Wakefield;
I. 0 Scottish Central ..............
.: :: I • - -
32 Scottish Midland ...... , 2,741 2,892
elicited to justify us in refusing to admit at has been on the 11th at Lewisham, Greenwich, St. John's-wood ; 2956 Shrewsbury, and lilrtninl;•• •• •: •'
the epidemic is in its nature more destrucitirvees
than
that Bicester, Stone, Hartwell Rectory, Grantham, Gains- 47 Shrewsbury and Chester ~.m.........,;: I,Cn 1,7881(1
predecessors, while it yields an awful sanction ti its borough, •and North Shields ;on the 14th at Clifton, • 29 Shropshire Union ....
on to the Lewisham 58 South Devon ••••••...•• .. • • .• •• . 2 064 2,149
hygienic law, which prohibits the use of impure water. Re , Bicester, Stone, Hartwell-house, Hartwell
288 q South Eastern -•••• •• ........ ; .... 14:605
The superintendent registrars of Newcastle and Gates- Micdtl7, •Wakefield, and North Shields ;on the 16th at 131 South Wales .. ••••• • • • • •
head, in reply to inquiries which the Registrar-General to rst, Lewisham Greenwich, Stone Hartwell Rec- 77 South York., Doncaster, and -Gooia .. 1,475 1,509
ry,Gra.ntha. Gainsborough,2,765 3 14:4
has made, state, and have forwardedl documents show- 17th at Clifton'', and North Shields ;on the ,th Tati. vela •• •• •• :::•.::::::::::::::::::: .2,), i;i2i
ing, that from the sth of July tilt the town, Which had tory,
Clifton Stone, Hartwell-house, Hartwell Rec- n
Waterford and Limerick •• .... 7 .... 481 750
Grantham Gainsborough
been supplied before with salubrious water, was su •
supplied the 18th at Stone li, and North Shields ;on 25 West Cornwall • •
.• •••••••• • • • • • • •• V3:23 570
largely "from the impure source of the Tyne, in the vici- I Grantham ;on the a.rtwell-house Hartwell Rectorland
of the town." 19th at Clifton ;on the 20th at 652 York and Newcastle, and Lerwick &
.....
pity of the sewerage hurst, Bicester, and L. i Mid- York and North Midland & Leeds '40.331 28,141
that
The fact cannot be questioned the water with Stone. Hartwell-house
ins Linslade ; on the 21st at Bicester,
in 1848-9 was Hartwell Rectory ; on the FOREIGI4.
which Newcastle-upon-Tyne was supplied 24th at Bicester; on the 27th 1,211 1,300
and that in 1853, when the cala- 29th at Lewisham and G at Midhurst ; and on the 57!,% Dutch Rhenish •••••••••• • • • • • "• • • 6,835 7915
comparatively pure ; Greenwich. 183% Lyons and Mediterranean ••••• • • • • • 1,022 1,1u7
MitoUS loss of life was recorded on the registrars, the city " Snow fell on the Grampians • (.3 afuntereau and Troyes ...• ••••• . • • • • 1,143 1,671
was supplied with water containing a strong solution of " Aurorae were on the 25th Seetember
seen on the 12th July,l . 63 Namur and Liege .. •• •••••••••• •• •• 27,283 33,981
the contente of the sewers. The same effect was the re- and 30th August, at Hawarden ; and on
20th, 26th, 413% Northern of France •••••• • • • • • • •". 23,438 34,354
suit of same cause in Hull in 1849. And other ex- Arbroath ;on the Ist September at G on the 31st at 240 Orleansnifilar,d Cuusentral* •,.. : .. :::.• .... •• :
16,700 '18,614
amples may be cited in which the converse happened, as 2d at Exeter, Clifton, Greenwich,
nawraererich ;on the -84 ' Paris and Ityonen. •••• •••• •••• ••
••• • • •••• •• 176,82 g 281182
at Exeter where the inhabitants, after having suffered ton, Liverpool, Manchester, York, Dn' Warring- 392 Paris and Strasburgh ••..••• • " " ** 3'137 3.80.
and Dunino •• on the 31st at Clifton • Durham, and 59 Rouen and Havre • '
severely from cholera in 1832, obtained pure water, , ,on the Bth at Arbroath,f 3.766 i 4,856
and on the 28th at Durham. ; 66 Western . •••
••
••.•••• • • • . • of France- ......
escaped its ravages in 1848-9. - - •
" Solar halos were seen on 20 days during ' * The receipts include at 4.,cutrai or-
the traffic on tile OrlemlS air r
In the East and in Europe, observation has shown the ' the quarter. leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes lines.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 5, 185

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY.

Lill and W. Taylor, Nottingham, lace-manufacturers—F.
Potter, E. Potter, and E. Barrow, Manchester, wine agents—
J. Plant and E. S. Woolf, Wheelock, Chester, common
brewers—R. M. Eastman and W. C. Hill, Liverpool, ship
smiths—P. Davies and T. Chancellor, Reading, grocers—
E. J. M., and B. Corrie, and H. F. Barclay, Mincing-lane,
colonial brokers (so far as regards E. Corrie)—S. T. Has-
sell, T. Horncastle, and J. Watson, Kingston-upon-Hull,
seed crushers (so far as regards J. Watson)—W., T., Thos.,
and J. Horsfall, Bradford, manufacturers (so far as regards
Thos. and J. Horsfall)—T. and It. Whipp, Bury, curriers
—W. Moss and E. Newman, Newport, cabinetmakers—
J. P. Wall and J. H. Trouncer, Mount-street, Grosvenor-
square, surgeons—M. and M. Whitwell, jun., and H. Fry,
Bristol, ship brokers—A. Guedon and J. Cockshoot, jan.,
Middleton, silk dyers—R. B. Blackader and H. J. Clark,
Aldine-chambers, Paternoster-row, publishers—R. and W.
H. Nightingale, Little Bolton, quilting manufacturers—J.
A. Groome and It. Huntley, King's Langley, Hertford-
shire, brewers—J. R. Wilton, W. Blackman, and A. G.
Guy, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn, attorneys (so far as
regards J. R. Wilton).
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
George Henshall, Walsall, Staffordshire, journeyman
carpenter.
Edward Bird, Birmingham.
Henry Boden, Birmingham, military gun finisher.
William Holmes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, eating-house-
keeper.
Robert Wheatley, jun., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ware-
houseman.
John Dale, Selby, Yorkshire, beer-seller.
Joseph Parrock, jun., Kingswinford, Staffordshire, mill-
wright.
William Pete, Wolverhampton, jeweller.
Thomas Lowe, Wolverhampton, boat builder.
George Calleear, Wolverhampton.
George Enoch Onions, Wolverhampton.
Francis Taylor, Pen Wood, Staffordshire, cow-keeper.
John Evans, olverhampton, labourer.
George Neville Gibbons, Chester, banker's clerk.
Edward West, Tivetshall, Saint Margaret, Norfolk,
carter.
William Last, Stowmarket, Suffolk, publican.
Henry Keer, sen., Marlesford, Suffolk.
Edward Drake, Barton Mills, Suffolk, horse dealer.
Edward Barkway, Diss, Norfolk, gardener.
Charles Wellington Hill Mammary, Herne Bay, Kent.
William Clinch, Cirencester, cooper.
James Simpson, Bermondsey.

NEW WRIT FOR SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE

In pursuance of the directions of an act passed in the
twenty-fourth year of the reign of his Majesty King George
tlie Third, intituled "An act to repeal so much of two
acts made in the tenth and fifteenth years of the reign of
his present Majesty as authorises the Speaker of the House
of Commons to issue his warrant to the Clerk of the
Crown for making out writs for the election of Members
to serve in Parliament, in the manner therein ment'oned,
and for substituting other provisions for the like pur-
poses :"
I do hereby give notice, that it hath been certified to
me in writing, under the hands of two members serving in
this present Parliament, that George Guy Greville, com-
monly called Lord Brooke, late a Member serving in this
present Parliament for the southern division of the county
of Warwick, is become a Peer of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and to whom a writ of sum-
mons hath been issued, under the Great Seal of the United
Kingdom, to summon him to Parliament ; and that I shall
issue my warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a
new writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this
present Parliament for the said county, in the room of the
said Lord Brooke, now a Peer of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and to whom a writ of sum-
mons hath been issued as aforesaid, at the end of fourteen
days after the insertion of this notice in the London
Gazette.
Given under my hand the 2nd day of November, 1853.
C. S. LEFEVRE, Speaker.

BANK OF
An Account pursuant to the Act
the Week ending on Saturday

ENGLAND.
7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for
the 29th day of October, 1853.
AJLTMENT.

IBSaE DEP,
Z 1
Notes issued ........ 28,658,850

Government debt .... 11,015,100
Other securities...... 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 14,658,850
Silver bullion -

£28,653,8b0 £28,658,850
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 3d day of Nov., 1853.