The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-07 00:00:00

ANDOVER.

" Gentlemen—A canvass having commeneed for the
representation of your borough I beg to announce to you
that it is not my intention to solicit a renewal of your
confidence at the approaching election. I have not taken
this step without great regret and reluctance, but I find
it impossible constantly to attend to my Parliamen-
tuy duties without a total sacrifice of my health.
During the last sixteen years I have served you in the
Commons House of Parliament. I have endeavoured to
act faithfully, honestly, and independently, in strict con-
formity with those liberal principles which first secured
to me the distinguished honour of being one of your re-
presentatives. I shall carry with me into private life
the sincerest wishes for the prosperity of my native
town, and a deep anxiety for the welfare and happiness
of its inhabitants. I shall still be as zealous as I ever
have been in co-operating with the unflinching friends
of the poor in my exertions to improve their condition,
maintain their rights, and redress their wrongs.
" With every sentiment, &c., &c.,
(Signed) ETWALL.
" Brooks's Club, St. James's-street, April 30, 1847."
Mr. Newton Fellowes, of Hartsbourne Park, a rela-
tive of Lord Portsmouth (Liberal) ; Mr. Cubitt, the
builder, of London (Conservative) ; and Mr. Coles, of
Andover (Conservative), have already addressed the
electors, and it is stated that a gentleman well known for
his Liberal opinions, will be put forward in conjunction
with Mr. Fellowes.

EAST USSEL—Lord Cantalupe's address to the elec-
tors has been issued some days. In the meantime much
uncertainty was felt as to the course that would he tak( n
by the present Member, Mr. Frewen. On Saturday, at
the Hastings market, that gentleman met a considerable
number of his constituents, and delivered an address, in
which he vindicated his recent conduct in Parliament,
and stated, that if any gentleman holding the same opi-
nions as himself, and possessing the confidence of the
electors, should come forward, he would place his seat
at their service. In conclusion, the Honourable Member
said he was chiefly anxious to consult the wishes of the
electors, and left it entirely in their hands whether he
should retire or not. Lord Cantalupe has announced his
willingness to join the Anti Malt-tax Association.
MA.LDON.—We understand that David Waddington,
Esq., deputy chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway
Company, has consented, in compliance with a requisition
numerously signed by the freemen and electors, to be-
come a candidate for the seat for this borough, to be
vacated by the retirement of John Round, Esq., at the
ensuing election.—Essex Herald.

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS.
In the week ending Saturday, May 1, 983 deaths,
being .;03 males, and 480 females, were registered in the
metropolitan districts. Of these, the zymotic (or
epidemic, endemic and contagious) diseases, the class
we have at present most reason to apprehend danger
from, was slightly below the average ; this, we think,
must be attributed to the unusually cold weather that
has lately prevailed, but should hot weather set in, that
is above 66 or 68 degrees, it is greatly to be feared that
the typhus fever now raging in Ireland, and to which
persons of the lower, middle, and highest classes have
already fallen victims, will appear in its worst form in
this crowded metropolis. Vast numbers of poor Irish
are, it is well known, flocking over to this country, their
oborddiineasryemaciated and their constitutions broken by
famine, their sole food having long been of a greatly
times
deteriorated description, composed of rotten potatoes
and refuse vegetables, the veriest garbage, such as in
given
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wretched
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wretched people bring over in their systems the seeds of
would not hdaovuebte beeni, then,giv that
a disease of a highly contagious character, which,
although it may be restrained for a brief period by a
low temperature, will inevitably break forth at last, and
spread death over the land. It is already on our thresh-
hold, for it is even now raging at Liverpool, where an
excess of nearly 100 deaths (from typhus) over the
ordinary weekly average shows how destructive this
scourge must prove when it reaches London, where
narrow streets, ill-ventilated rooms, defective drainage,
and an incessant vapour of miasma, arising from slaughter-
houses, gas works, chemical works, heaps of decaying
vegetables, and animal matters, and a thousand other
sources of the most noisome and deleterious exhalations,
will add incalculably to its powers of destruction.
Wirning ought to be taken in time, and some steps
adopted for the mitigation of the impending evil, seeing
that it is now too late to prevent its approach altogether.
Increased cleanliness and improved ventilation may do
much ; houses might be whitewashed, heaps of filth
removed from their ancient abiding-places, and other
means taken to counteract the pernicious effects that will
result from a rise of temperature. The number of births
last week was 1,276—males 622, females 654. From the
meteorological observations taken at the Royal Ob-
servatory, Greenwich, during tho week ending Saturday
last, we find the mean Night of the barometer to have
been 29 569 : thermometer, highest 59.5 ; lowest 37.8 ;
mean 48.1 ; mean direction of the wind S.W., with a
maximum pressure of 1001bs. a square foot. the mean of
horizontal movement of the air (for three days) being
785 miles ; mean amount of cloud 7.7; sum of rain 0.54
inches.

THE LEGTON OF HONOUR.---T1 e Presse announces
that M. Auber, diaector of the King's 1)-i" of music, has
been appointed commander of the order of the Legion of
Honour, and M. Spontini, leader of the choir of the King of
Prussia, officer of the same order.