The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

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(THIS DAY.)

ELECTIGN COMMITTEES
(THIS DAY.)
LEICESTER.

MORTALITY hi the METROPOLIS,

NUMBER Or DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED:IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 37, 1848.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 43
Turbercular. Diseases... 'lB3
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... :124
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 28
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...
Premature Birth .
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• •••
Old Age ••• ••• 0•• ••• ••
Sudden ...
Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance
Causes not specified
DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES

... 49

... 32
... 30
... 32

Population
Enumerated,
1841.
West Districts... 300,711
North Districts.. 375,971
Central Districts 373.,653
East Districts ... 392,444
South Districts ..501,190

Average weekly Deaths
Deaths, 1843-7. In the
Five Springs. Week.
. 143 ... 151
. 182 ... 186
. 171 ... 163
. 199 ... 211
. 24S .•• 268

Totals... ..... 1,948,369

Males
Females

... 979
... 505
... 474

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Bales
Females

... 763
... 709

Totdl ...

... 1,472

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 30.
In consequence of the melanchanly event of the death
of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia, Aunt to her
Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, notice is hereby
given, that the Drawing-Room, announced for June 2,
will be held on Thursday, .June 22. The Concert and
the ball are respectively postponed ; the former to Wed-
nesday, the 28th of June, and the atter to Wednesday,
the sth of July next. The invitations issued for the
concert and the ball are to be applicable to the days oa
which they are now announced to take place.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—Alexander Erasmus
Graydon, Gent., to be Ensign, May 23.
Royal South Lincoln Militia—William Whitworth
Hett, Gent., to be Ensign, May 23.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—
Lieut. James Randolph to be Captain, vice the Hon.
Edward. Herbert, resigned ; Cornet Stukeley Lucas to
be Lieutenant, vice Randolph, promoted, May 22.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Richard Hodson, ironmonger, Everton, Nottingham-
shire.

BANKRUPTS.
William Sage, tallow chandler, New Brentford, to
surrender June 8, at twelve, and July 10, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee, Coleman-3treet, City; Valiance and Vallance,
Essex-street, Strand.
Ilowett, bookseller, Strand, June 8, at half-
past one, and July 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Wire and Cdild, St. S within's-lane.
Robert Redman and Edward Redman, wharfingers,
Mark-lane, June. 7, at eleven, and July 25, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee,
Sambrook-court,. Basinghall-street; M'Leod and Sten-
ning, Loudon-street, Fenchurch-street.
James Do ws, corn dealer, Newbury, Berkshire, June
14 and July 11, at hall'-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Baylis and
Drew, Basingball-street.

Henry-Whitely, victualler, Waterman's-fields, Wool-
wich, June 4., ht-half-past eleven, and July 13,at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-,street buildings; Fry and Co., Cheapside.
Robert Tohn Cambridge, cigar dealer, Cheltenham,
June 26, at one, and July.2o, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Acraraan, official assignee, Bristol ;
Williams, Cheltenham.
John Edwards, mason, Horfield, Gloucestershire,
June 13 and July 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Hutton,. official assignee, Bristol; Maples and
Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Fox, Bristol.
Franci&" Tonab;', miller, Cheltenham, June 13, and
July 11, at half past twelve, at the Bristol District

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

GROUP No. 3.—NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—The Com-
mittee passed the above company's Bill for making a
deviation to Wellington upon their consenting to pay
an opposing landholder 6,0001. for the privilege of passing
through his park, and paying for the land at a valuation.
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—The Committee also passed
the same company's Bill for making their Ashbourne
branch and an approach to the Congleton station.
GROUP No. 4.—BIRMINGHAH AND OXFORD.--The
Committee were engaged all day in receiving evidence
as to the expediency and practicability of laying down a
mixed gauge from Oxford to Wolverhampton.
GREAT WESTERN. —The Eton Boys' opposition to
the, Great Western Branch to Windsor was heard, )Ir.
HOPE acting as their mouthpiece.
GROUP No. 7. —ROYSTON AND ITITCHEN.—The ob-
ject of this Bill is to enable the Great North Ct m-
pany to extend the above line to Cambridge, so ti,! to
establish a competing railway to the Eastern Counties.
The length of the extension will be 11 miles, and the
cost is estimated at 240,0001. Case opened, and ,evi-
dence heard in its favour.

GROUP No. S.—LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERX--
The whole day was occupied with evidence in favour of
the above company's Bill for purchasing the Taw Vale
and other undertakings.
GROUP No. 10.— DUNDEE AND PERTH.—The Com-
mittee passed this company's Bill for making a killed on
line to the Dundee and Arbroath Railway, but deferred
the clauses.

GROUP No. 13.—CALEDONIAN.—Case opened for the
above company's Bill, to lease or purchase the Wishaw
and Coltness Railway, and evidence taken in its favour.
GROUP No. 14.—PAISLEY, BARRHEAD, AND MYR-
LET RAlLWAY.—Thei:Committee, in passing this Bill,
agreed to the following resolution :—" The CommittE e
are of opinion that there was a bona fide intentic-n
in this case to complete the works, and that
the means are sufficient for the purpose, but it
was proved to the Committee that several of ti he
subscribers to the contract deed have signed other
contract deeds in the years 1845, 1846, and 1847, to
enormous amounts beyond their means of payment,
and that the evidence showed a recklessness which
implies the act of signing the subscription contmct
deed was merely formal, and binding only in respect to
the payment of expenses in the event of the applicaldon
to Parliament being unsuccessful."

The evidence of bribery Tv;sresume3. Several fre(
men proved that they received sums varying from 7s. &d.
to IL for performing the duties of runner, but actu.aLty
for voting for the two sitting Members. The sums were
paid at the Reform-office in Leicester, and when the
bargain was struck with the voter he was at once carried
off to a polling-booth in the custody of two agents who,
had since managed to get out of the way.—Adjourned.
DTJBLIN.
The whole day was occupied with technical argumen,t,
relative to the reception of the poll book.
The Committee then adjourned.

HUNGERFORD _MARKET CO3l

MANY.—(THIS DAY.)
A special meeting and a half-yearly meeting of I,l] e
proprietors of this company were held this day, at :b e
Company's offices, Villiers-street, Strand.
At the former meeting, Robert Biddulph, E3q., ova s
elected a director in tha place of Lord Ashburton,
ceased.

The report of the directors to the half yearly meetim g
gave a satisfactory statement of the company's affairs,
and the same was received and adopted by the meet/ ng.
The five directors and auditor going out of of ice,
by rotation, were unanimously re-elected, and a fter
passing a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman and, ,di-
rectors, the meeting adjourned.

THE AMIENS - AND BOULOGNE

- -
RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) -
A meeting of shareholders in this company was 'ii ad
this afternoon, at the Bridge-house Hotel, Long ,n-
-bridge, to receive the report of the committee of sh a; -e-
-holders appointed oa ;he 27th of February, 1847; Jan ies
Macgregor, Esq. in the chair.
The report stated that under the present state of at% irs
the committee did not think it necessary to make a ny
further inquiries into the management of the compat ty,
especially as a meeting had been called by the direcix rs
for to-morrow for the purpose of taking into consider a-
tion the terms offered by the French Government for co n-
fiscated railway property.
The CTIAIRMIN made a few observations, in the ceur se
of which he expressed an opinion that the terms offin, 3cl
by the French Government were most unfair si id
unreasonable; but said, individually, he had no objec-
tion to this absorption of railway property, provided tine
French Government would indemnify the proprietors-, in
an equitable and liberal manner.

Mr: ROYLE, a shareholder, condemned the proposed (.o n-
fif,cation of railways, which, he said, would have the cf-
feet of reducing shares in French undertakings to the
level of Pennsylvania bonds, and would exclude Eng3ish
capital from France, by the means of which capital a
very great portion of the French railways had been cot i-
s tructed.

.1 no meeting consequently broke up without comix ig
to any resolution.