The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 185 4.

with pushing education through every possible avenue
that we can find for it. Now, I think that the Society
of Arts, in their forthcoming exhibition, are likely to be
most u.sefel for this purpose. This society numbers
among its members some of the most distinguished men
in every line of life that we have in this country, and yet
I do not value the society so highly for having pushed
any particular branch of science, as on account of its
universality and its versatility in shaping itself to
the wants and feelings of the present age. (Cheers.)
As a body, they are a rough-and-ready, bustling com-
munity (laughter) they are constantly pushing
themselves into corners where I really believe they
have no business to go at all—(renewed laughter)—and
where, if the Government attempted to follow, nothing
but the most irretrievable ruin and confusion would
be produced. (Cheers.) I had myself grave doubts of
the expediency of a society like this mixing itself
up with that most difficult question—strikes and lock-
outs ; but I believe the conference which took place on
that subject has resulted most usefully ; not only in the
discussion of it ; but the attacks that were made upon
the society for having embarked upon that topic have,
as forcibly as anything could do, brought before the
minds both of workmen and employers the real grounds
upon which that most difficult question rests. (Cheers.)
There is another exhibition to be opened in a neighbour-
ing country, in which the most liberal conditions are
proposed to the British exhibitors. The Society of Arts
took themselves to sugzest certain modifications, which
were adopted with the utmost liberality by the French
Government; so that there can be no doubt that the exhi-
bition at Paris will be a highly successful one in every
respect. Another thing they have done. They have
circulated a proposal amongst local bodies in different
districts, who, it has been suggested, should establish
themselves as treasurers to take care of the savings of
those working men who may wish to visit Paris when
this exhibition takes place. (Hear, hear.) I look for-
ward to the result as one of the greatest use in opening
the minds of the working classes in this country, and as
highly calculated to aid in cementing still further the
union which now so happily subsists between the two
countries. (Hear.) As one of the Commissioners of the
Exhibition of 1851, I do not wish to be supposed to
attribute results to that Exhibition which may not be
justly traced to it, but among the circumstances which
attended it were the intermixture of foreign with English
workmen, the intermixture of foreign and English ex.hi-
bitors, and the singular probity and honour which cha-
racterised the awards of the jurors ; and without being
considered invidious, I may particularly mention those
from the neighbouring country, as they formed the ,1
greater number. And I think some small influence of
the same sort may have been exerted in producing that
cordial feeling which exists between the combined armies
and the fleets of the two nations, which have exhibited
nothing but the most generous rivalry and anxiety to be
distinguished in company with each other, in defence of
what we and they consider the just rights of civilisation
and the interests of Europe. (Hear, hear.) To such
an extent is this feeling carried, that when the French
sailor wishes to compliment the English sailor, not being
able to find words to express himself as he could wish in
our language, he slaps him •n the back, and cries—
" Brave, Jackey." (Loud laughter.) I now ask you
most cordially to drink the toast of the Society of Arts,
and join with me in wishing that it may continue its
course of usefulness, and by its future exertions confer
immense benefits, not only upon the population of this
country, but upon the people of the whole world. The
noble earl coupled the toast with the names of Sir C.
Eastlake fur the fine and industrial arts, Mr. John
Dillon for manufactures, and the Lord Mayor for com-
merce.

Sir C. Eastlake, Mr. Dillon, and the Lord Mayor
having briefly acknowledged the toast,
Mr. C. KNIGHT proposed the " 355 Institutions in
Union with the Society of Arts." He felt singularly
honoured in being permitted to propose the toast, seeing
that these institutions represented more or less the pro-
gress of educ ition in this country. It was a great thing
to see assembled so many distinguished men connected
with arts, manufactures, and commerce, He dwelt on
the vast number of mechanics' institutions which had
sprung up in a few years. He recollected, only a few
years since, that such institutions were comparatively
unknown, and he now found 355 such institutions in
union with the parent society.
Mr. EDWARD BAINES returned thanks, and said lie
had seen the rise and progress of mechanics' institutions.
The Society of Arts had attained its centenary, and for
two-thirds of that period its benefits had not been ex-
tended to the working classes. Mechanics' institutions
had not been in existence more than 30 years, the Lon- '
don Mechanics' Institution taking the lead, when it was
held in an old chapel near Falcon-square. There were
now in the country 800 such societies, and in Yorkshire
there were societies numbering 20,000 members. He
believed that the mechanics' institutions had a great in-
fluence in sustaining the Society of Arts, and in making
possible the Great Exhibition of 1851, and the magnifi-
cent Crystal Palace of 1854. He wished all prosperity
to both, and again returned thanks on behalf of the in-
stitutions in union.

Lord Viscount MAHON gave, the distinguished
foreigners, commissioned by their respective Govern-
ments to take part in the Educational Exhibition, and
with it coupled the names of M. Milne Edwards on the
part of France, and on the part of our brothers of Ame-
rica, the Hon. Henry Bernard, of the State of Connec•
ticut.

•
M. MILNE EDWARDS said, that France could not but
feel deeply animated by that generous and enlightened
sentiment which actuated the promoters of knowledge
assembled in the spacious hall of that fairy castle. (Hear,
hear.) He begged leave to state on the part of the Em-
peror (by whom he was ordered to visit this country)
that he felt a deep and warm interest in the cause of
education. (Cheers.) Amon, the most powerful, gener-
ous, and Christian features of the present age was the
diffusion of knowledge in all classes of society, from the
highest to the lowest. (Cheers.) France had long been
desirous of instilling into the minds of all her citizens
those elementary notions of science, of literature, and of
art, which were sought to be protected in a special mode
by the Society of Arts. The two nations which in former
ages cau4efl so much blood to be shed uselessly, and led
to the infliction of so much misery upon mankind, were
now rivals no longer as slaughterers in the field of battle,
but as the benefactors of the human race. (Cheers.) In
the work of civilization England and France could be no
rivals. (Cheers.) In history we could find no period in
which such successful and powerful efforts could have been
made. Our great predecessors in civilization—the Romans
—had but a slight influence over mankind, compared with
that actually iii the hands of England and France. Their
steamers, like the radii of the glory which crowns the two
nations, were sweeping in all directions, carrying their
example to the most distant shores. (Cheers.) Our
predecessors, the Romans, quailed and fell before the
invading hordes of Scythian barbarians. England and
France would in their time be more fortunate. (Cheers.)
The Hon. H. BARNARD, of Connecticut, United
States, also returned thanks on behalf of the Foreign
Commissioners. The early settlers of Connecticut, he
said, were graduates in the grammar schools and uni-
versities of this country, and it was to them tha`, they
provision—and if there was ever to be a
owed it that they had inscribed on the laws of the State
the simple
monument erected with an inscription upon it to the
State of Connecticut, he trusted it would be the words
of that law—it was an injunction on the authorities of
the towns that they should not allow of so much bar-
barism to exist in the midst of this State as that of a
single child who was unable to read the Holy Word of
God and the good laws of his country. (Cheers.) He
trusted he would be permitted to say that there were
many of the public men of the State with which be was
connected who had had much experience of public life, who
stated that in the course of 50 years they had never seen
or met with a single native-born citizen of Connecticut
who could not write his name or read the laws of his
country. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman concluded by,
proposing " Success to the Educational Exhibition,
which was drunk with loud cheers.
The Earl of HARROWBT. proposed the health of the
noble chairman in very
Earl GRANVILLE having returned thanks, the proceed.
ings terminated.
Mr. Chidzey, of the London Tavern, officiated as
toast-master. complimentary terms.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.-WEDNESDAY.
HANDICAP PLATE of 701., for three-yr-olds and upwards.
Chesterfield Stakes Course. The highest weight re-
maining in at ten o'clock the night before running
being Bst 41b, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the others

in proportion.
Lord Clifden's Cheddar, 4 yrs, Bst llb (F/atman) 1
Sir R. Pigoes Folly o' the Day, 3 yrs, 7st slb (J. Mann) 2
Duke of Bedford's Dabchick, 4 yrs, 7st 10lb (E. Sharp) 3
Lord Wilton's Orson, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Palmer) 4
The following also ran .—Legatee and Petrel.
Betting-5 to 2on Cheddar, 6to 1 agst Orson.
They ran in a line, Petrel, if anything, having a slight
lead, until they were half-way up the hill, when he
dropped back. A fine race in with the four placed en-
sued, Cheddar winning by a head, a head only between
the second and third, and half a length between the
third and fourth. Legatee was fifth.

SWEEPSTAKES of 10 so-vs. each, for two-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for
200 sovs., if demanded, &c. Last half of R.lll. 3

__ _.--.
subs.
Captain D. Lane's Thessaly, by Epirus (Bartholomew) 1
Count Bathyany's Cacique (Flatman) 2
Mr. Copperthwaite's The Moor of Venice (Sly) 3
Betting-5 to 2on Thessaly, who made all the run-
ning, and won in a canter by 10 lengths. Three lengths
between the second and third.

SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sous. each ; three.yr-olds, 7st 71b ;
four, Bst 51b ; five, Bst 101 b ; six and aged, 8,4 121 b.
The winner to be sold for 150 Boys., if demanded, &c.
B.M. 4 subs.
Lord W. Powlett's Farmer's Boy, by Trueboy, 5 yrs
(S. Rogers) 0 1
Mr. Turner's Census, 3 yrs. . (E Sharp) 0 2
Mr. W. Cookson's Pebble, 3 yrs (Palmer) 3
Captain D. Lane's Charley, 4 yrs ...(Bartholomew) 4
Betting-5 to 4 agst Pebble-2 to 1 agst Census-4
to 1 agst Charley-5 to 1 agst Farmer's Boy.
They lay well together to the top of the hill, where
Charley shut up and was left in the rear—a capital race
in with the others ended in a dead heat with Farmer's
Boy and Census, Pebble finishing half a length behind
them—bad fourth. Pebble was claimed by Captain D.
Lane.

Deciding Heat.—Even betting—Won by a length and
a half.

The Towx PLATE of 501., for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. B.M. The Perram donation,
amounting to about 31/., not having been claimed this

year as a marriage portion, it was paid to the winner
of this plate.
Captain D. Lane's Epaminondas, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 1
Mr. Combe's Testy, 8.4 31b (Crouch) 2
Count Batthyany's Determination, Bst 71b (Whitehouse) 3
Mr. Richard Cooper's Red Rose, Bst 31b (Sly) 4
Mr. Peddar's Roumalie, Bst 31b (A. Day) 5
Betting-5 to lon Epaminondas.
The favourite took the lead, with Testy second, and
Determination third. Testy made a gallant effort, and
the favourite found it no easy matter to defeat her by a
nick—bad third. Roumalie pulled up and walked in.

BETTING IN THE TOWN.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
9 to 2 agst Heapy (taken).
GOODWOOD STAKES.
10 to 1 agst Heapy (taken).
500 to 30 agst Mentmore Lass (taken).
20 to 1 agst Torment (taken).
15 to 1 agst Diana, winning the Goodwood Stakes, and
Virago the Cup (taken).
Showery weather, a thinner attendance of company
than on the previous day, but a slight improvement in
point of sport.

SALE OF RACING STOCK.—In the course of the fore-
noon Mincemeat, the winner of the Oaks, was sold by
auction for 850 guineas ; Muscovado, 3-yrs-old, for 25
guineas, without his engagements ; and Lady of Lyons,
2-yrs-old, for 210 guinea, with her engagements, which
are very heavy. Several other lots were put up by
Messrs. Tattersall, but very few found purchasers.
NEw STEWARD. The Earl of Zetland was to-day
chosen the new Steward of the Jockey Club--the Mar-
quis of Exeter retiring by rotation.

NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY.

I ENTRIES for the SELLING PLATE of 50 sovs., for two-
yrs-old and upwards. Last half of B.M.—Oxus, f. by
John O'Gaunt, dam by Emilius, Helmet, Margareta,
Yalla, Leybourne, Emperor, Orson, Child of the Mist,
Dasobert, Mary Ann, and Chorus.
ENTRIES for the HANDICAP PLATE of 70 sovs., for
three-yrs-old and upwards. B.M.—Bluebeard, Orson,
Speed the Plough, Nestling, Sabra, Firebrand, tEolus,
Diornedia, Red Rose, Roumalie, Folly o' the Da'y, Miss
Bulton, Legatee, and Miss Charlotte.
ENTRIES for the SELLING SWEEPSTAKES Of 10 801,8
each, for two-yr-olds and upwards. New T.Y.C.—
Nicotine, Testy, Redemption, and Welhain.
The first race is fixed this day for half-past twelve ;
the Chesterfield Stakes at half-past one.

WORCESTER SUMMER MEETING —WEDMISDAY.
The INNKEEPERS' STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25
added, for three-yr-olds and upwards. One mile a par.
ter ; did not fill.
Tuz FLYING STAKES, a Handicap of 5 soya each, with
40 added. The second to save his stake. Winners
extra. T.Y.C. Straight half-mile ; 23 subs.
Mr. J. J. Henderson's Nelly Hill, by Springy Jack,
3 yrs, 7st 3lb (inc. 51b extra) (Wells) 1
Mr. T. Oliver's Battery, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Clieswass) 2
Mr. Gibb's Monimia, 3 yrs, 6st 12 (car. 7st (Charlton) 3
Mr. Saxon's Antonio, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Foster) 4
The following also ran :—Gay Lad, Master Slender,
Butterfly, Maid of Gulborne, c by Orlando, John Bull,
Crystal, The Governess.
Betting—Even on Nelly Hill-5 4-o 1 each agst Anto-
nio and Monirnia-10 to 1 agst Master Slender.
Nelly Hill led from beginning to end, and won in a
canter by four lengths, half a length between the second
and third, a head between the third and fourth; Crystal
was fifth, and Master Slender sixth.
The MADRESFIELD STAKES, a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each
with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b ; fillies Bst
41b. Optional selling allowances. 5 furlongs. 8 subs,
Mr. T. Steven's Questionable, by the Heron or Gab-
bier (501), 7st (Wells) 1
Mr. Gough's c by Melbourne out of Fausta (3001), Bst
71b
Mr. Holford's Myrtle, by Sweetmeat (1001), 7st 41b
(Ashmall) 3
Mr. Penn's Forward (501), 7st 31b (Charlton) 4
The following also ran :—Myrtle, Nelly Bly, Marvel,
and Banbury.
Betting-2 to I each agst Questionable and Myrtle.
Won cleverly by two lengths, a length between the
second and third, a head between the third and fourth.
The winner was not sold.
A HANDICAPPLATE of 50 soya for 3-yrs-old and upwards.
One mile and a half.
Mr. James Davies's Titterstone, by Greatbeart h),
6 yrs, Bst 51b (R. Sly, Jan.) 1
12Ib
(Ashmall) 3
Meliora and
,
Mr. Saxon's Hazlenut, 4 yr,, 7st 51b ........(Clement)Gst 2
Mr. W. Worthington's Voucher, 4 yrs,
The following also ran:—
Betty Pockets,
Waterfall.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Hazlenut-3 to 1 agst Voucher
—4 to 1 agst Titterstone.
Won by a length—two
lengths between the second
andthird,o fourth.
a length
of sovs, added to a Sweepstakes
of 3vs each,
for 3-yr-olds and upwards. The second
to save his stake. The winner to be sold for 50 BOVE%
About one
mile. 9 subs.
s
Mr. Frown's Economy, 6 yrs 9st 21b (W. Sharpe) 1
between the third and
The LADIES' LATE
Mr. G. Taylor's Lady in Waiting, 5 yrs 9st (Ashmall) 2
Mr. Blood's Ada, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (W. White) 3
The following also ran :—Sally, Omen, Bright
Phoebus, Mr. T. Flentoff's gelding, and Miniature.
Betting- Even on Economy, who won in a canter, by
two lengths ; same distance between the second and
third ; Omen was fourth.
The winner was sold to Mr. T. Stevens for 130 gs:
SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for horses
not thorough bred, 3-yrs-old, Bst 71b ; 4 yrs, 9st 91b ;
5 yrs, lOst 61b ; 6 and aged, lOst 91b ; mares and
geldings allowed 21b• One mile and a half. 5 subs.
Mr. Wellsbourne, 5 yrs (Wells) 1
Mr. Phillips's Le Juif, 6 yrs (Marlow) 2
Mr. Johnson's Louisa, 6 yrs (lt. James) 3
The following also ran :—Hopton and Omer Pasha.
Betting—Even on Wellsbourne ; 2 to 1 agst Le Juif.
Won easily by a length ; bad third.
The BENTINCE BENEVOLENT FOND STAKES, a handicap
T 8 e 161 )t 3
of 3 sovs each, with 30 adeled. The winner to give 5
soya to the fund fur the relief of decayed jockeys. One
Mr.ni iTle. anFdlinatqoffua,arte‘rv.
Whalebone, by
by 6
Ft Heron, 4
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101 b
Mr. Oliver's Battery, 4 yrs, 7—bsotLnei.b,.
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20 to 1 agst Ulster (taken)
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20 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken)
DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken to 2001)

RACING FIXTI
Odiham ..... JII.
7
Harrogate ................ l6l
Mansfield .............. 11
Liverpool
Abingdon l3
Ipswich l3
Stourbridge I7I
Stamford 18 I

RES FOR 1854.

'L Y.
Newton 18
linutsford. l9
Nottingham go
Great Grimsby 24
Good wood 25
Radcliffe 3l
Deritend Pool 3l
Ripon 31
UST.

AIR
Brighton
Airdrie
Durham....... 3
Brighton Club 4
Ripon 7
Yarmouth 8
North Staffordshire 8
Reading
Lewes lO
Wolverhampton l4

Egham
Folkestone, Hythe, and
Sandgate l7
York
Hereford 24
Eccles
.28
Chelmsford 29
Derby 99
Plymouth
Lincoln 3l
;MBER.

SEPT:

Warwick
Lichfield
Western Meeting 7
Rochester and Chatham 7
Doncaster 12
Pontefract 18
Bedford 19

Leicester 2O
Manchester Autumn 2l
Lanark 95
Newmarket F 0 26
Walsall
Northallerton 2B

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

( From the Report of the Registrar• General. )

In the week that ended last Saturday the total num-
ber of deaths registered in the metropolitan districts was
1,290. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years
1844-53 the average number was 990 ; and if this is
raised in proportion to increase of population it becomes
1,089. There is, therefore, an excess in last week's re-
turn of 201 above the estimated amount.
The numbers returned in the four weeks of June have
been 1,110, 1,085, 1,153, and 1,290. The rate of mor-
tality in London has been high for some time, but at
the end of the quarter the registration of many coroners'
cases, that occurred previously, was completed, and to
this circumstance the heavy return of last week is in
great measure due.
Scarlatina appears to be gaining ground, the deaths
referred to it last week numbering 72. Small-pox was
fatal in 10 cases, measles in 22, hooping-cough in 35,
diarrhcea in 25, typhus in 47. Six children died of
syphilitic disease ; a man of hydrophobia.
Last week the births of 920 boys and 844 girls, in all
1,764 children, were registered in London. In nine cor-
responding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average num-
ber was 1,453.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.618 in. The
reading of the barometer was 29.98 in. at the beginning
of the week, and 29.82 in. at the end of it. The mean
temperature of the week was 57.9 deg., which is 3.5
deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years.
The mean daily temperature was 6.4 deg. above the
average on Sur.day, and was below it during the rest of
the week. On Tuesday and Saturday it was 6.6 deg. and
8 deg. below the average. The highest temperature of
the week was 80 deg. on Sunday ; the lowest was 45.5
deg. on Friday. The mean dew point temperature was
was 52.4 deg. ; between this and the main temperature
of the air the difference is 5.5 deg. The wind blew
mostly from the south and south-west. The amount of
rain in the week was 0.52 in., most of which fell on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 1.

Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain. Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 57
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration . ... 136
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 3
Premature Birth and Debility l9
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden 79
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 173
Causes not specified

DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES .
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spending week in the
1851. of 1853. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490.396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522 ~ 207
South Districts

1,290

Totals
Males
Females.

990 1,290
703
587

Males
Females..

Total .