The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-09 00:00:00

AUGUST 0, 1849,

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. • TRANSFER OF LICENCES.
(From the Registrar- General's Return.) HOLBORN.
It is unsatisfactory to observe that the constant (Present—JAMES WilisKlN, Esq., Chairman; THOMAS
increase of mortality, which commenced in the RussELL, Esq.; HENRY POWNALL, Esq.; and R. B.
second week of July, was maintained in the week ARDEN, E,,q.)
ending Saturday last. The deaths from all diseases ST. GEORGE THE MAIITYR.—The Angel and Crown,
in last week were 1,967—a mortality nearly double Clll)oaucte.ter-streel, James Wiukworth to Charles Thomas
the weekly average of the season, which is 1,008. IS:.
r GILES IN THE FIELDS.—The Archer Newton-
The progress of the total mortality is shown by the street, Mary Dennis Pilik to James Hall. dross Keys,
following numbers returned in the last four weeks : Endell-street, Thomas Sutton Briggs to Williamitlenry
1,369, 1,741, 1,931, and 1,967. The deaths from Whiting Coman. Grapes, Duke-street, Frederick New-
cholera, which in six previous weeks were 49, 124, house to Henry Moss. Fountain, King-street, Nicholas
152, 339, 678, 783, increased in the last to 926. A O'Brien to Harriet O'Brien. Royal Oak, Great Earl-
feature worthy of notice in the present return is the street, Elizabeth Garden to Thomas Davies. Spread
fact that while the mortality caused by cholera has Eagle, Broad-street, Richard Warner Wood to John
increased, there has been simultaneously a decrease Dove Grove.
reYtoorNkisihhiraee?Greryie.
Great White Lion-street,
in the deaths attributed to diarrhoea; for whereas Andrew
GEORGE,
Ha
BLOOMSBURY!
ST.
Bedford Arms, Char-
the deaths from this disease (including dysentery)
lotto-street, Thomas ‘Viiks to William Camp. Turk's
were in four previous weeks 54, 100, 146, and 238, Head, King street, Thomas Palmer to Edwin Power.
in the last week they declined to 198, an amount Yorkshire Grey, Hart-street, Alexander Cock King to
which is nearly the same as in the corresponding Alexander Young.
week of the summer of 1846, and little more than DucHY LIBERTY.—AngeI and Sun, Strand, Joseph
that of the same week of 1848. It is shown, there- Maycock to James Moorman.
fore, that the total mortality from diarrhoea, dysen- HAMPSTEAD.—White Horse, Hampstead, Jowett
tery, and cholera amounts in this return to 1,124, Eastburn to Jonathan Gieen.
while the average is only 92. Consequently the ex- Sr. MARGARET AND ST. JOHN, WEST-
cess from the three epidemics exceed in some degree MINSTER.
(P sent—TuomAs ArmoT Esq Chairman, and NA.
the increase above the average of the mortality from \-- re riq' • "
all causes, which is owing partly to the circumstance TIIANIEL ...,oULD, Esq.)
Castle, Chapel-street, Edward Wordley to John Cook.
that the eaths from fractures, burns, and other in-
jury registered in the week were unusually few. Plou,h, -Rochester-row, to Elizabeth Cropp, widow and
executrix of Thomas Cropp, the late occupier. King's
Other epidemics besides those mentioned are under Arms, Strutton-ground, Henry Robert Abraham to Elias
the average, with the exception of hooping-cough, Glover. Three Johns, Carteret-street, to Frances Wil-
which a little exceeds it. The mortality from cho- hams, the late occupier, Trevor Arms, Trevor-terrav,
lera still predominates on the south side of the river, Knightsbridge, James Law to John Woods Cave.
the deaths there, which in the preceding week were ST. PANCRAS.
514, rose in the last to 621. On the north side of (Present—Tuns. RUSSELL, Esq., Chairman, and
the Thames the deaths in the western districts r NATHANIEL GOULD, Esq.)
were 56, showing an increase; in the northern
Marquis
saonces of Camden,liziEbeth FranceColleg e
to street
William Grimsdell.
North, Camden
27, or nearly the same as in the former week; in the Town, s
Oxford Arms,eymou:-place, Camden Town, Maria
eastern 127, a slight increase ; and in the central, oSugden (late Maria Bridge) to Benjamin James Sugden,
which include St. Giles and St. George, Strand, her hu.band. Southampton Arms, Tottenham-court-
Holborn, Clerkenwell, St. Luke, East London, West road, Richard Whiting to Wm. Wheeler. Roebuck,
London, and City, there is a small decrease, the Tottenham-court-road, Wm. Halifax to George Young.
number being 93, though in a previous return there Railway Tavern, Hampstead-road, Samuel Tipping to
were 97 deaths. The greatest number in any district Samuel Pelham. Bricklayers' Arms, Gresse-street,
on the north side of the river is in West London— Rithbone-place, to Henry Freeman and Joseph Salmon,
namely 32. Of the southern districts there were 67 executors of Edward Freeman, the late occupier.
in Bermondsey, 86 in Newington, 112 in St. George, Builders' Arms, Comptou-street East, Henry Mathews
Southwark, and 143 in Lambeth. The deaths in to William Byrn. Hare and Hounds, Chalk Farm,
Thomaseriand Thorntonrm s, , 0
ttto,
na
ra -
c Edwardo u
rCt Cole a
Rotherhithe are now comparatively few. The deathTritcoe.
Jane Mary
of a man of forty years, in Brompton, was caused Loader, widow and executrix of Thomas Loader, the
by erysipelas of both legs of putrid character (after late occupier.
five days' illness), caught from sleeping with a child
who suffered from the disease.

THE HERRING FISHING.

The daily mean of the barometer was highest on
Thursday, when it was 29 9G5. The mcan of the
week was 29.793. The temperature was under the
average of the corresponding days of seven years on
every day except Thursday. The highest in the
shade was on Thursday, namely, 74.5. The mean
temperature of the week was 59.5.
The following is the return of cases of cholera
reported to the General Board of Health from the
13th day of July to the 6th of August, 1849, both
inclusive :

ST. MONANCE.—Last week several of our boats
here have had good takes. From Tuesday until
Friday the success was good, when we take into con-
sideration the early stage of the fishing. On Friday
one crew had 36 crans, one 29, one 26, and 20, down
to half a cran. On Saturday very few were caught.
The Friday's herrings were spent—a sure sign that
the early shoal were about to depart. Prices have
been from 225. to 10s. per cran.—Fifeshire Journal.
ANSTRUTHER.—We have had a fair fishing during'
the past week, considering the early period of the
fishing. A considerable quantity have been cured
after supplying the cadgers, but as yet the price has
never been below 12s. to curers. A number of
French vessels are in the offing purchasing, which has
a tendency to enhance the prices during a light fish'
ing. The general average for the week is 121 crans,
and for the season 141 crans.—lbid.
WICK, AUG. 2.—The fishing continues to be pro-
secuted in this district with a very encouraging de-
gree of success. Since our last week's report, about
16,800 crans have been landed here, or an average of
twenty-one crans for each boat, bringing the entire
catch of the season to about 32,800 crans, or an ave-
rage of forty-one crans per boat for 800 boats. This
is eighteen crans more than the average at the same
date last year. In fact, few, if any, remember of so
large a quantity of herrings being caught in July
as our fishermen have this year brought ashore in that
month, or of so high an average as our boats have
now reached at this date. At th larger stations on
the Aberdeen shores, however, the take has been pro-
portionally under that of last year, while at the
smaller stations, Macduff for instance, the success has
been much better; but we believe the entire take on
that coast is several thousands of barrels under that
of 1848 up to the same period. Shipments, chiefly di-
rected to the Baltic, are going on pretty briskly,
large number of vessels being now on their passagei+
in the hope that the blockade may be off the ports 01
their destination ere their arrival. Most of the car'
goes are intended for Stettin ; some four or five for
llamburgh, and one or two to markets of less eon'
sumption.—North British Mail.

Attacks.

Deaths.

In London and vicinity, viz.:--
Lambeth .. ..
Bermondsey ... ...
Southwark .. ..
• Newington Butts
Camberwell ... ..
Whitechapel ... . .
Poplar .. .. ...
Stepney • • ...
Lhnehouse .. ..
St. George's-in-the-East
Shadwell ... ...
Wapping , , . .
liatcliff ... ~,
Spitalfields ... ...
Holborn Union.. ..
St. Giles's .. ...
Rotherhithe .. ...
Deptford • • ...
Greenwich ... ..
Lewisham .. ...
Other localities in London

1,160
630
316
~ 337
~. 173
~ 166
~ 138
.. 94
51
65
46
.. 37
... 20
.. 26
... 91
.. 40
.. 38
... 98
... 104
.. 25
.. 1,313

Total
In England and Wales, viz.:—
Liverpool • • •••
Merthyr Tydfil •• •
Dowlais .. •••
Gloucester ... ••
Cardiff ••• 90.1
Salisbury • •
Nantwich •••
Portsmouth .. ..
Portsea Island ... •••
Plymouth ••• •••
Mevagissy •••
Bristol ••• •••
Taibach .. ...
Aberavon ••• •••
Cwmavon ... ...
. Clifton Union ... ...
Brighton ••• •••
Poole •.• •••
Other towns in England and
Wales

.. 4,968

.. 1,970
... 405
.. 650
.. 47
.. 59
.. 81

126

2,062

.. 115
... 443
... 484
... 87
... 176
.. 65
45
29
"' 82
... 43
... 23

Totals . • • ...
In Scotland, viz.:—
Dundee ... •••
Other towns in Scotland

.. 1,901

General total

.. 6,831

532
42

574

... 12,373

694
169
279
24
38

69
73
259
164

870

3,005

264
27

5,358

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

BOROUGH, AUG. G.—The accounts this morning
rom all quarters come decidedly worse and worse.
The duty has fallen to 65,0001. Nearly all the good
hops are withdrawn from sale.
MAIDSTONE.—The few good grounds still continue
to progress, and branches of hops have been gathered
in some forward grounds, such as that of Mr. White-
head, of Barnjet ; but where there is one good ground
there are probably a dozen bad ones, and many which
promised to produce a few hops have decidedly
retrograded within the last week. The burr " hangs
fire," where there is any at the top of the poles, and
there are scarcely any lateral shoots. Even the
present duty will, we fear, go down.
WATERINGBURY, MEREWORTH, TESTON, AND
NETTLESTEAD.—The hops have improved only in very
favoured grounds, which are very few, but many have
got worse, and the mould is making rapid advances in
some of the grounds.
MALLING.—The main bine now looks very black.
The young shoots, though green, are infested with
vermin, and the burr is very weakly and slow
growing.
CRANBROOK.—The few fine days, with which we
have been lately visited, has had the effect of improv-
ing those pieces of bine which have been compara-
tively clean, and of developing the burr ; but the bad
pieces, which are far more numerous, appear to have
lost all signs of improvement, save and except a few
green shoots which are at the heads of the poles, and
which, with a continuation of propitious weather, may
perhaps produce a few hops. Opinion here is de-
cidedly against 80,000/. duty.
GOUDHURST.—The late rain, followed by a succes-
sion of cold nights, together with the vermin close to
the shoots, will cause about three-fourths of our
plantations to be irrecoverably ruined, and the frosty
nights (having had two this week) will retard those
which looked a little promising, from growing to any
size. In a portion of a garden the poles have been
taken up and stacked.
HORSMENDEN.—Our plantations have not derived
the benefit from the showers that we expected they
would. In many gardens the vermin is following the
young shoots ; in others, that are clean, the bine
does not grow away vigorously. We do not antici-
pate so large a crop as we did a fortnight ago. We
do not think it possible for our parish to average more
than from four to five cwt. an acre.

COURT OF INLAND RETENUE.—Yesterday several..
spirit retailers were fined under the recent Act 11 and
12 Vic. cap 121, and sec. 12 and 16, for neglecting to
enter in their stock-books an account of spirits received,
and for not cancelling the permits or certificates receivedwith the spirits. Henry Sampson, keeper of the Saloon.
Bow-street, Covent-garden, was charged with retailing
spirituous liquors, having no licence. After hearing the
case, Mr. Commissioner Hart Davis gave judginenv,.
against the defendant in the penalty of 201.
IMPORTATION OF GUANO.—A vessel, named the
Beethoven, belonging to Bremen, has arrived in the
ducks from South America, with a cargo of guano, which
is entered to be warehoused for exportation only, being
inadmissible for home use under the navigation-love
at present in force. This is the first instance which has
come under our notice of the existing laws of navige"
tion being the cause of a cargo of this article being
obliged to be re-exported from this country.
FOR HOW LONG HAS TILE QUEEN GONE TO Ilir
LAND?—We hasten to contradict an absurd rumour,
that it is the intention of our Most Gracious Sole'
reign to reside permanently in the Sister Island. This
ridiculous report has originated from the prevalent illy
pres,ion that her Majesty has gone to Ireland for good'
—Punch. . . _

WROTHAM.—The hops still look very black and
withering. The young shoots seem quite dying
away, and there is very little prospect of anything
like a crop of hops this year.
YALDING.—Our hops in some grounds have im-
proved a little since the last rains; but the others
are still getting worse.
BRENCHLEY AND HAWRIIIIRST.—The weather being
more congenial, the hops during the last few days, in
our best grounds, are doing a little better, but not to
any amount. A great portion are completely gone
and given up to the blight.
IGHTHAM AND SEAL.---.There is no material im-
provement in the hops during the past week, there-
fore the crop must be partial and very slight.
EDENBRIDGE.—We can see but little improvement,
if any, since our last. The nights are too cold to curl
the hops.
ORPINGTON.—The hops are decidedly worse.- The
burr (what little there is) is followed up so close by
the lice, that it is very questionable whether it will
ever come into hop, and their appearance is altogether
of a lifeless character.
ROLVENDEN.—The hops in some parts of the pa-
rish during the last few warm days and nights have
made improvement. The vermin is leaving the
young shoots. They are coming into burr, and if
we get showers, with sun, we may grow a few in some
gardens.
HURSTGREEN.—Some grounds have slighly im-
proved since our last, while others are worse,
and get blacker. The fresh shoots that do look
well do not seem thick with fruit ; taken in the
aggregate they seem to have made a retrogrtd?
movement.—ln one instance the poles have been taken
up.—Maidstone Gazette.

TUE MOORS.—Recent reports from the hills as t°
the prospects of sportsmen, though not so favourable tg
they were represented in the early part of last moatu'
are on the whole more cheering than for some yea%
past. In the crack districts of Aberdeen and Ban ~„
shires, the birds are said to be plentiful and strong. his
covies are not so numerous as expected, many inr
having proved barren this year, but it is nothing uncoui-
mon to startle eight or ten birds, which is fully an Wye'
rage. On the Deeside moors there is an excellent prof
spect—partridges everywhere well-grown and strongion__
promises better sport than for several bygone season'
—Aberdeen Journal.
AN INCORRIGIBLE BEGGAR.—A man who bad been„
employed in the ateliers nationaux was recently brongu:
before the Tribunal of Correctional Police on the 'bark,
of mEndtcity. " Have you ever been condeaaned before?
IshouinldfatchtintlhcesoLnagnswere has bed be'
an°
.sa,aHpideortwfheecotfPtberoner?se,i,lefon.rt,,
Always;every
time I've been caught, I've been
condemned." " You have lived 40 years by beggine;
" No; 39 only—as I passed the first year of my life :-
nurse!" And you are decided not to work ?I
Why, if I found a lucrative place with nothing to do a
might not object to take it." The tribunal condemned
the fellow to three months' imprisonment.
BIRMINGHAM AND STOUR VALLEY. The half'
yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company Iv°
to have been held at the company's offices in Birmingi
ham on Tuesday; but at the hour appointed there was 11,
a sufficient number of proprietors present to constitute
a quorum, and the meeting consequently adjourned. -"‘
report was produced. In the course of the mornin g,s4-
deputation from the inhabitants of Dudley, headed "/
Thomas Badger, Lq., waited upon the board of dire'
tors to complain, which they did in strong terms, of °I,:
proposed abandonment of the fork or branch line fr°7",.
Oldbury to Dudley. If the directors persevere in th,eL
present intentions, the nearest station (Tipton)
will Z
one and a half or two miles from Dudley, by far 1."";
most important town in the district. Mr. J. F. Ledssir'
the chairman, intimated that they were in communication
with the directors of the South Staffordshire Compsnli
with a view of running on a portion of that line; en
that the subject should also be mentioned to the direr:
tors of the London and North-Western Company, Ow
lessees of the Stour Valley Railway.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE, AUG. I.—The public 111.°
cautioned against retaining money orders too long 1;
hand. By the 11th and 12th Viet., cap. 88, it is en 4
acted, " That all money orders issued before the end,,vis
August, 1848, and not presented for payment before t:t,
end of August, 1849, shall be null and void." And f:,
a regulation made under the authority of the same oho
by the Postmaster• General, with the consent of !",„
Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, ev'ic
money order issued subsequently to August 31st, lte
shall be void, unless presented for payment before 114
end of the twelfth calendar month after that in which
was issued. Thus, a money order issued in Septet:o7;
IS4B, will lose all value, unless presented for Parlie
before the end of September, 1849.

BIRTHS.
On Old
Bo the sth
6t inst.,
daughter.
On n r wife of Henry Folkard, Esq , of
s'otfh a
inst., at Belitha-villas, Bamsbury-park, tl3°
wife of E. Christian, of Bloomsbury- square, of a daughter:,
rt
On the 6th inst., the wife of J. Bullock, Esq., of BO'
bourn-house, Lark-hall-rise, of a son.
On the 6th inst., Mrs. F. Gade, Islington, of a son. ee,
On the 7th inst., at Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh-squat
the wile of Dr. William Smiles, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Montagu-street, Portman-square, Lob:,
wife of H. Loder, Esq., of the High Beeches, Susses,

We understand that the Countess of Landsfeldt
and. Mr. Heald left town on Alonday evening for the
044wat.

MARRIED.
On the 7th inst., at St. Mary's, Marylebone, John
I`l°lti.,ll'
Esq., of Glocester-place, Portman•square, to Elizabeth W',
Glo
second daughter of the late Jedediah Kerie, Esq., of
caster-place. Ev;ii
On the 4th inst., at St. George's, Camberwell,
ia
Besemeres, Esq., Old Kent-road, to Elizabeth, eldest daub
ter of the late A. Ewings, Esq., of Sydenham, Ken

DIED, •feOf
On the 24th ult , at Genoa, Margaret Smyth, v 4,1
Lieutenant-Celonel Thomas Fothergill, ofg Kin thorp, +°'
sh re. both,
On the 23d inst., at Southsea, near Portsmouth, -raiz" 110
widow of Captain George Tupman, R.N., and eldest datigrv,
ter of the late A. L. Emerson, M.D., of Ulverscroft Fri°
Leicestershire, -b"
On the sth inst., at Rugby, Emilia Williamina -°
second daughter o C. H. Forb es. Esq. st.
On the 7th inst. f , Mr. John Wald, of Ashby-street,
John's-street-road.
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Munday, August 9,1849,