The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-07 00:00:00

OBALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK

(Front the Report of the Registrar-General. )
The return of the Registrar-General shows that in
the week that ended on Satnrday last 2,515 person.s died
in London. This number exceeds the average 1,248 by
1,267, but is 281 less than the number of n
cholera deaths in the
week that ended September 1, 1849, whe was
epidemic, and 2,796 persons died.
The air was stagnant in the early part of the week ;
no rain fell, the sun shone brightly, and the tempera-
ture of the atmosphere and the Thames ranged from 60
deg. to 70 deg.
1,287 deaths are referred to cholera, 243 to diarrhoea.
The deaths from cholera during the last nine eeks have
been 1,5, 26, 133, 336, 644, 729, 847, 1,287.
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The present cholera epidemic, like that of 1848-9, has
appeared in two eruptions. The first broke
hearliearr
(August 21, 1853), the latter eruption. late.rhineittheery
ethe
(July 8) than the corresponding erup_tjontshi
the date of
epidemic of 1832-3, or of 1848-9. U
September 1, 1849, the epidemic in
inlspondon during fif-
teen weeks destroyed 8,117 lives ;the present epi-
demic 4,070 lives have been lost in the eight weeks end-
ing Sept. 2.
Although little more than a fourtvhasptarctit(y6li6s,
2,317 6o3ns)the
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the population (2,362,236 of this
south side of the Thames, of the 4,070 deaths from
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cholera have happened in the southern distric s d
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there the mortality is still heavy ;
101 persons died of
cholera last week in Bermondsey.
On the north side of the Thames there has been a
remarkable outbreak in the St. Jamess district.
The local authorities should immediately make ar-
rangements for carrying out the instructions of the
Board of Health. No time should be lost. Inspection
and the house-to-house visitation should be at once in-
stituted. The maxim with every person now should
be :-Follow your usual pursuits ; live temperately, but
well ; fear nothing ; but the instant you perceive any
disorder, however slight, in yourself or any members of
your family, apply for medical advice.
On the water companies that supply the population
with the dirty water of rivers a serious responsibility
rests. The water of every company is as impure as it
was in 1849, except in one instance. The Lambeth
company now procures its water from Thames Ditton ;
and in the districts which it partially supplies the mor-
tality from cholera is largely reduced.
Statement of deaths from cholera in London, showing
the elevation in feet above high-water mark, thei popu-
lation in 1851, and the number of deaths from cholera
registered in each sub-district.
The 1,2 87 reported were distributed according to dis-
tricts thus :-West districts, elevation above Trinity
high-water mark, 28 feet ; population in 1851, 376,427;
deaths, 300. North districts, elevation 135 feet • popu-
lation, 490,396 ; deaths, 99. Central districts, elevation
49 feet ; population, 393,256 ; deaths, 69. East dis-
tricts, elevation, 26 feet ; population, 485,522 ; deaths,
149. South districts, elevation, 6 feet ; population,
616,635; deaths, 670.
The following is the distribution among the sub-
districts :-
Sub-districts of Kensington.-Paddington, St. Mary,
elevation, 82' feet : population, 17,252 ; deaths, 3. Pad-
dington .St. John, elevation, 76 feet ; population,
29,053 ; deaths, 6. Kensington town, elevation, 23
feet ; population, 29,183 ; deaths, 20. Brompton, ele-
vation, 12 feet ; population, 14,870 ; deaths, 7. Ham-
mersmith, St. Peter, elevation, 4 feet ; population,
4,467 ; deaths, 5. Hammersmith, St. Paul, elevation,
8 feet ; population, 13,293 ; deaths, 14. Fulham, ele-
vation, 6 feet; population, 11,886 ; deaths, 13.
Sub-districts of Chelsea.-Chelsea, south, elevation,
10 feet ; population, 19,050 ; deaths, 15. Chelsea,
north-west, elevation, 12 feet ; population, 17,669 ;
deaths, 11. Chelsea, north-east, elevation, 13 feet ;
population, 19,819 ; deaths, 7.
Sub-districts of St. George, Hanover-square.-Han-
over-square, elevation, 64 feet ; population, 20,216 ;
deaths, 4. May-fair, elevation, 56 feet , population,
12,980 ; deaths, 6. Belgrave, elevation, 12 feet ; popu-
lation, 40,034 ; deaths, 35.
Sub-districts of Westminster-St. John, elevation, 2
feet ; population, 34,295 ; deaths, 38. St. Margaret,
elevation, 4 feet ; population, 31,314 ; deaths, 33.
Sub-districts of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields.-Charing-
cross, elevation, 17 feet ; population, 12,587 ; deaths, 5.
Long-acre, elevation, 60 feet; population, 12,053 ;
deaths, 0.
Sub-districts of St. James's, Westminster-Berwick-
street, elevation, 65 feet; population, 10,791.; deaths,
27. St. James's-square, elevation, 40 feet ; population,
11,469 ; deaths, 2. Golden-square, elevation, 68 feet ;
population, 14,139; deaths, 49.
Sub-districts of Marylebone-All Souls, elevation, 76
feet ; population, 28,841 ; deaths, 30. Cavendish-square,
elevation, 73 feet ' • population, 14,687 ; deaths, 0. Rec-
tory, elevation, 68 feet ; population, 27,633 ; deaths,
13. St. Mary, elevation, 79 feet ; population, 22,814 ;
deaths, 8. Christchurch, elevation, 92 feet ; popula-
tion, 33,895 ; deaths, 3. St. John, elevation, 124 feet ;
. population, 29,826 ; deaths, 2.
Sub district of Hampstead-Hampstead, nlevation,
350 feet ; population, 11,986 ; deaths, 0.
Sub-districts of Pancras-Regent's-park, elevation, 87
feet ; population, 31,918 ; deaths, 5. Tottenham-court, I
elevation, 73 feet ; population, 28,433; deaths, 10.
Gray's-inn-lane, elevation, 52 feet ; population, 26,523 ;
deaths, 3. Somers-town, elevation, 60 feet ; popula-
tion, 35,641 ; deaths. 5. Camden -town, elevation, 52
feet ; population, 21,115 ; deaths, 4. Kentish-town,
elevation, 110 feet ; population, 23,326 ; deaths, 2,
Sub-districts of Islington-Islington, West, elevation,
100 feet; population, 47,881; deaths, 5. Islington, East,
elevation, 88 feet ; population, 47,448 ; deaths, 4.
Sub-districts of Hackney-Stoke Newington, eleva-
tion, 72 feet; population, 4,840; death, 1. Stamford-hill,
elevation, 76 feet ; population, 5,549 ; death, 1. West
Hackney, elevation, 55 feet ; population, 18,732 ;
deaths, 3. Hackney, elevation, 44 feet ; population,
20,850 ; deaths, 0. South Hackney, elevation, 44 feet;
population, 8,458 ; deaths, 0.
Sub-districts of St. Giles.-St. George, Bbomsbury,
elevation, 71 feet ; population, 16,807 ; deaths, 3. St.
Giles, South, elevation, 64 feet ; population, 19,951 ;
deaths, 9. St. Giles, North, elevation, 68 feet ; popu-
lation, 17,456 ; deaths, 10.
Sub-districts of Strand.-St. Anne, Soho, elevation,
64 feet; population, 17,335 ; deaths, 12. St. Mary-le-
Strand, elevation, 48 feet ; population, 11,615 ; deaths,
0. St. Clement Danes, elevation, 36 feet ; population,
15,510 • deaths, 2. •
Sub-districts of Holborn.-St. George the Martyr,
elevation, 66 feet ; population, 18,813 ; deaths, 2. St.
Andrew, Easter, elevation, 50 feet ' • population, 13,971 ;
deaths, 0. Saffron-hill, elevation, 40 feet ; population,
13,837 ; deaths, 0.
Sub-districts of Clerkenwell.-St. James, elevation,
44feet ; population, 21,529 ; deaths, 0. Amwell, eleva-
tion, 68 feet ; population, 15,720 ; deaths, 1. Penton-
ville, elevation, 84 feet ; population, 11,904 ; deaths, 0.
Goswell-street, elevation, 78 feet ; population, 15,625 ;
deaths, 0.
Sub-districts of St. Luke.-Old-street, elevation, 60
feet; population, 10,617 ; deaths, 1. City-road, eleva-
tion, 52 feet ; population, 16,840 ; deaths, 1. White-
cross-street, elevation, 52 feet ; population, 13,657 ;
deaths, 0. Finsbury, elevation, 43 feet ; population,
12,941 ; deaths, 1.
Sub-districts of East London.-St. Botolph, eleva-
tion, 36 feet, population, 23,824 ; deaths, 3. Cripple-
gate, elevation, 44 feet ' • population, 20,582 ; deaths, 5.
Sub-districts of West London.-West London (North),
elevation, 36 feet ; population, 12,946 ; deaths, 7. West
London (South), elevation, 24 feet ; population, 15,844 ;
• deaths, 5.
Sub-districts of City of London.-City of London,
south west, elevation, 21 feet ; population, 9,204 ; deaths
1. City of London, north west, elevation, 44 feet;
population, 11,847 ; deaths, 1. City of London,
south, elevation, 21 feet ; population, 11,461 ' • deaths,
7. City of London, south east, elevation, 21 feet •,
population, 10,594 ; deaths, 2. City of London, north
east, elevation, 44 feet ; population, 12,826 ; deaths, 2.
Sub-districts of Shoreditch-Holywell, elevation, 36
feet ; population, 17,245 ; deaths, 11. St. Leonard,
elevation, 41 feet ; population, 19,449 ; deaths, 5.
Hoxton New Town, elevation, 52 feet ; population,
23,505 ; deaths, 4. Hoxton Old Town, elevation, 52
feet ; population, 17,431 ; deaths, 1. Haggerstone,
west, elevation, 52 feet ; population, 20,276 ; deaths, 3.
Haggerstone, east, elevation, 52 feet ; population,
11,351 ; deaths, 1.
Sub-districts of Bethnal-green-Hackney-road, eleva-
tion,' , 44 feet • population' ,23 910 • deaths, 5. Green,
elevation,
36 feet ; population, 23,655 ; deaths, 10.
Church, elevation, 36 feet ; population, 21,787 ; deaths,
4. Town, elevation, 36 feet ; population, 20,941 ;
deaths, 6.
Sub-districts of Whitechapel-Artillery, elevation, 36
feet ; Population 6
tio n, 36 feet
aStphist,alofie 1 dms , eevnad-
New Town,deaths, 6. sehit_stan, 36 feet; population, 14,543 ;
pulation, 12,53jr deaths, 5.
elevation, 36 feet ; po-
pulation, i; t edoehaat
hp
se,l
I.Church,G ood.
elevation, 32 feet ; papniast:,• 5'
Good-
man's-fields, elevation,
.2enfoe'e7t'; population, 12,069 ;
deaths, 1. Aldgate, elevation, 19
10,694; deaths, O.
Sub-districts of St. George',B-11".
;deaths,
20,319 ;.
elevation, 26 feet ; population,
elevation, Paul, elevation, 27 feet ; pop
oneaths, 1.
deaths, 8.
fillvae:tein7odnfe,
St. John, elevation, 2 ft.; population
Sub districts of Stepney-Shadwell,
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population, 16,179 ; deaths, 9. Ratcliff, lg
feet ; population, lation, ; deaths, 7. Old
Town, upper, elevation, 32 feet ; population, est 582 .
deaths, 6. Mile-end Old Town, lower,
.elevation, 28
feet ; population, 27,020 ; deaths, 13. Limehouse, ele-
vation, 10 ; population, °2,782 ; deaths, 9.
3 ; popula-
tion,Sub-districts of Poplar-Bow, elevation, 12 ; popeia.
18,778 ; deaths, 8. Poplar, elevation,
tion, 28,384 ; deaths, 10.
Sub-districts of St. Saviour, Southwark-Christchurch,
elevation, 2 ; population, 16,022 ; death s, 14. St. Sa-
viour, elevation, 4 ;population, 19,709 ; deaths, 55.
01
Sub-districts of St. Olave, Southwark,-St. Olave,
elevation, 6 feet ; population, 8,015 ; deaths, 13. . St.
John, Horsleydown, elevation, 2
11,360 - deaths, 9. feet ; population,
Sub-districts of Bermondsey-St. James, elevation,
1 foot ; population, 13,899 ; deaths, 42. St. Mary 'Mag-
dalen, elevation, 0 feet ; population, 13,934 ; deaths 33.
Leather Market, elevation, 0 feet ; population, 15,295 ;
deaths, 26.
Sub-districts of St. George, Southwark-Kent-road,
elevation, 1 foot ; population, 18,126 ' • deaths, 11. Bo-
rough-road, elevation 2 feet • population, 15,862 ;
deaths, 25. London-road, elevation, 0 feet ; population,
17,836 ; deaths, 8.
Sub-districts of Newington-Trinity, elevation, 1
foot ; population, 20,922 ; deaths, 19. St. Peter's,
, Walworth, elevation, 2 feet Population, 39,861; deaths,
r
43. 11
Mary, elevation, a toot ; population, 14,033 ;
deaths, 15.
et' e s . Sub-districts of ate. rloo-roed, Ist eleva-
• #s on, 9 v99i "MID 1 Weiterloo.

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road, 2nd elevation, 2 feet ; population, 18,348 ; deaths,
15. Lambeth Church, Ist elevation, 2 feet ; population,
18,402 ; deaths, * ; Lambeth Church, 2nd elevation, 1
foot ; population, 26,784 ; deaths 21. Kennington, 1s:
elevation, 4 feet ; population, 24,261 ; deaths, 40. Ken-
nington, 2nd elevation, 8 feet ; populataon, 18,848 ;
deaths, 17. Brixton, elevation, 56 feet ; population,
14,610 ; deaths, *. Norwood, elevation, 128 (?) feet,
population, 3,177 ; deaths, 0.
Sub-districts of Wandswerth-Clapham, elevation, 21
feet ; population, 16,290 ; deaths, 22. Battersea, ele-
vation, 3 feet ; population, 10,560 ; deaths, 23. Wands-
worth, elevation, 12 feet ; population, 9,611 ; deaths, 9.
Putney, elevation, 12 feet ; population, 5,280 ; deaths,
3. Streatham, elevation, 72 feet ; population, 9,023 ;
deaths, 4.
Sub-districts of Camberwell-Dulwich 'elevation, 68
feet; population. 1,632 ; deaths, 0. Camberwell, elevation,
population, 17,742 ; deaths, 41. Peckham, elevation,
4 ; population, 12,444 ; deaths, 22. St. George, eleva-
tion, 3 ; population, 15,849 ; deaths, 21.
Sub-districts of Rotherhithe-Rotherhithe, elevation,
0 ; population, 17,805; deaths, 30.
Sub-districts of Greenwich-St. Paul, Deptford, ele-
vation, 10 ; population, 24,899 ; deaths, 10. St. Nicho-
las, Deptford, elevation, 4 ; population, 7,071 ; deaths,
14. Greenwich, West, elevation, 12 ; population,
18,800 ; deaths, 25. Greenwich, East, elevation 7 ;
population, 16,228 ; deaths, 15. Woolwich dockyard,
elevation, (?) ; population, 17,140, deaths, 4. 'Woolwich
Arsenal, elevation, (?) ; population, 15,227 ; deaths, 2.
Sub-districts of Lewisham-Plumstead, elevation,
(?) ; population, 13,191 ; deaths, 4. Eltham, elevation,
(?) ; population, 2,568 ; deaths, 0. Lee, elevation, 44;
population, 8,478 ; deaths, 2. Lewisham Village, ele-
vation, 16 ; population, 6,097 ; deaths, 3. Sydenham,
elevation, 188 (?) ; population, 4,501 ; deaths, 1.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
reading of the barometer in the week was 30.212 in.
The mean readings were above 30 in. every day in the
week. The mean temperature of the week was 65.1
deg., which is 5.9 deg. above the average of the same
week in 33 years ; on Monday 11.2 deg. above the
average, on Tuesday 8.1 deg., and on Wednesday, 10.1
deg. The highest temperature of the week occurred on
Monday, and was 85.2 deg. ; the lowest on Saturday,
and was 44.5 deg. The mean dew point temperature
was 55.4 deg., and the difference between this and the
temperature of the air was 9.6 deg. The temperature
of the water of the Thames was above 60 deg. every day
in the week. The wind was calm, and blew generally
from the north. No rain fell during the week.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. 1
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 2
Zymotic Diseases 1742
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Biood•vessels 33
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration. .
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion .
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 4
Premature Birth and Debility 3l
Atrophy 54
Old Age ... . . . .
Sudden 5
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 35
Causes not specified
DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES

. 2,515
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week . in the
1851. of 1853. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490.396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
Routh Districts

Totals
Males
Females

1,021

2,515
1254
~ 1261

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females..

Total

..1.625

* The returns for these districts have not been received.

THE CHOLERA.

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GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
• The following is the list of the members of the Med
cal Council appointed by the President of the Genera
Board of Health :-
41. John Ayrton Paris, M.D., F.R.S., President o:
the Royal College of Physicians.
§2. Sir B. Collins Brodie, Bart., F.R.S., Sergeant
Surgeon to the Queen, Consulting Surgeon to St. George's
Hospital.
*3. Sir James Clark, Bart., M.D., F.R.S., Physician
in ordinary to the Queen, and to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.
*4. James Alderson, M.D., F.R.S., Fellow and Trea-
surer of the Royal College of Physicians ; Physician to
St-. Mary's Hospital.
+5. Benjamin Guy Babington, M.D., F.R.S., Fellow
of the Royal College of Physicians, late Physician to
Guy's Hospital.
I's. Alexander Tweedie, M.D., F.R.S., Fellow of the
Royal College of Physicians ; Physician to the Fever
Hospital ; Examiner in Medicine in the University of
London.
*7. Williain Baly, M.D., F.R.S., Assistant-Physician
to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Physician to the Mil-
bank Penitentiary.
§B. William Lawrence, F.R.S., Vice-President of the
Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeon to St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital, Surgeon Extraordinary to the Queen.
*9. John Simson, F.R.S., Surgeon to St. Thomas's
Hospital, Officer of Health in the city of London.
*lO. Richard Owen, F.R.S., Professor of Zoology in
the Royal College of Surgeons.
-Nathaniel B. Ward, Master of the Society of
Apothecaries.
1:12. John Bacot, Inspector of Anatomy, Member of
the Senate of the University of London.
*l3. William Farr, M.D., Registrar General's office.
These gentlemen, with the exception of S;r B. Brodie
(who, being out of town, had not sent in his answer)
and Mr. Green (who has stated his inability to attend,
in consequence of his other avocations), met yesterday
at the office of the General Board of Health, when the
following letter was read by the President :
" General Board of Health, Sept. 6, 1854.
"Gentlemen,—ln opening the first sitting of the first
medical council that has allowed itself to be associated
with this department, it becomes my duty, after thanking
you for the public spirit and benevolence you have shown
in undertaking this service to the community, to point
out briefly both what appear to me to be the general ob-
jects in respect of which your assistance and advice will be
useful, and the more special and immediate matters to
which your attention is invited at present.
" I am charged with the responsible duty of directing
the sanitary administration of the country so far as we
have as yet anything deserving the name.
" But, upon scientific matters connected therewith,
where the medical profession are to be consulted, advised
with, laid under contribution for service or information,
or called upon to act, I wish to have the aid of a medical
council, to whom I may submit questions for considera-
tion, and whom I may ask to suggest or undertake in-
quiries as may from time to time be necessary.
" The special work of this department is the applica-
tion of the Public Health Act to such towns as petition

handbills issued by the board, giving plain advice adapted
to the emergency. Any suggestions as to these I shall be
thankful for, as indeed for everything that may briefly and
clearly inform the public mind ; and, while promoting
calmness and confidence in the means of prevention, in-
dicate these means, in the way best adapted to popular
apprehension.
" I have the honour to be, gentlemen,
" Your most obedient servant,
" B. HALL."

given into my custody, when he flourished a stick, and
said "He would kill us all." I then wrenched the stick
from him. He was very violent.
The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was
fully committed to Newgate for trial.

THE DRAMATIC DILEMMA.

W. Disney, &c. The ground was in good order, and the
sport excellent.
SCURRY STAKES, 5 sovs each, 25 sous added. Anglesey
Po d.

Mr. M. Dunn's Simpleten,3Yrs, 7st 2lb (D. Wynne) 1
Mr. Murphy's Bacchus, 3 yrs, 6st 10lb ...(L. Mahon) 2
The following also ran :—Fuze, April Fool, Hunting-
horn, Manchester, Little Martin, Industry Rinaldo,
Wild Bird, Gaslight, Mary of Burgundy.
Betting-21 to 1 sgst Bacchus, 4to 1 agst Rinaldo,
7to 1 agst Manchester, 7to 1 agst Wild Bird. After
much difficulty a start was effected, and they ran in
close company to the half-distance, whore Simpleton
went ahsad, and, after a fine finish with Bacchus, won
by a
SWEEPSTAKES of 10 Sovs, h ft, and 40 sovs added.

Waterford Post. 2 sovs entrance.
Mr. J. Bayly's Simon Pure, 3 yrs, 70„ 61b (J. Wynne) 1
Lord Waterford's Lambay, 4 yrs, 7stlOlb (D. Doyle) 2
The following also ran :—Arbutha, Wild Irish Girl,
Cochin China, Syren, and Carthagenian.
Betting-3 to 2 agst Simon Pure, sto 1 agst Wild.
Irish Girl. A fine race between Lambay and Simon
Pure—the latter winning by a neck.
ANGLESEY STAKES of 10 sovs, p p, for two-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 41b ; fillies, Bst. Anglesey Post. 50 soya
added by the Turf Club. Second horse to save his
stake. The winner of the race to give three dozen of
champagne to the Club on the day of the race.
Mr. Courtenay's b c by Bantam (D. Wynne) 1
Mr. Keari's Mother Carey's Chicken (Magee) 2
Mr. Armstrong's Badinage..
The following also ran :—Old Malt, Cloud, Eliza
Day, Black Ppince, Sobersides, ch f by Tearaway out of
Grarnachree, Raven, b f by Seahorse or Coranna, out

of Monica.
Betting-2 to 1 aget Old Malt, sto 2 agst Mother
Carey's Chicken, 4 to 1 aget Bantam colt, 10 to 1 each
agst Black Prince and Sobersides. After two attempts
a good start was effected, and the lot ran closely to-
gether to the chains, when the three placed singled out,
and after a good race to the chair, Bantam winning
rather easily by a length ; same distance between second
and third ; Old Malt a tolerably good fourth. Cloud
never.showed in the race, and it wag the general opinion
that she was not fit—all the others were tailed off early
in the race.

SCURRY CORINTHIAN STAKES, 5 sovs each, 25 sous'
added. Anglei,ey Post, heats. Weight for age ;
three-yr-olds, lOst ; four, lOst 121 b ; five, six, and
aged, list 31b.
Mr. Clarke's Morgan Rattler, 3 yrs (100/ ), 9st 7113
(Mr. Knox) 1 1
Mr. P. Orford's May Day, 5 yrs (1001.), lOst 71b
(Mr. Quinn) 2 2
Mr. Balfe's Alexia, 4 yrs (751 .) , lOst 21b
(Captain Barclay) 0 3
Lord Waterford's Redmond O'Hanlon, 5 yrs (100/.),
lOst 101 b (Mr. St. John) 3dr

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First heat won by a length, second by a bead.
The winner was sold by auction after the race to Mr.
Thomas Burke for 1041.
The Viceregal party left shortly after five o'clock, and
returned to town.