The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-28 00:00:00

SUN,

1,000 in the two groups of districts; it was a little
below the average in the country, and considerably
below the average in the towns. The annual rate of
mortality per cent. in all England was, on the average
of 10 summers, 2,099 ; in the summer quarter of 1851
it was 2.020.
London has enjoyed a degree of health above the
average in the last' summer quarter; 13,064 deaths
were registered, which is a less number than was
registered in the summer quarters of 1847 and 1848,
and half the number (27,172) registered in the sum-
mer quarter of 1849, when cholera was epidemic.
During the three months of July, August, and Sep-
tember, more people have passed through or resided
temporarily in London, with its 2,361,640 inhabitants,
than ever passed through any city before in the same
time. The past experience of large armies, or of the
pilgrimages of the East and of the middle ages, might
have justified the sinister forebodings which some en-
tertained; but the railways and the improvement in
sanitary arrangements have now rendered it possible
to move massea of men about in thousands and mil-
lions without danger to the public health, as the event
has here proved. The deaths by violence, though
less than in previous summers, were 363; 10 by
poison, 35 by burns and scalds, 43 by hanging or
suffocation, 89 by drowning, 153 by fractures and
contusions, 21 by wounds, and 9 by other violence.
The number of suicides and murders registered in
London was less in 1851 than in the summer quer-
tem of 1847, 1848, and 1850.
The deaths by poison in the summer quarters of
1843-50, were 15, 20, 26; and, instead of increasing,
they were only 10 in the summer of 1851. This de-
crease is highly gratifying, as it follows so immedi-
ately the recent legislation on the subject. Fractures
and contusions were more fatal than in 1849.50, but
not more fatal than in 1848. That other form of poi-
soning, intemperance, in the use of alcholic drinks,
seems also to be declining; 16 deaths were ascribed to
intemperance,ss to delirium tremens, in the summer
quarter of 1850; while 13 end 35 were referred to the
same causes in the summer quarter of 1851. No person
has died of hydrophobia in any summer quarter
since 1843. The deaths from that cause in the
6 years 1846.51 were 3 ; in the 6 years 1840-5 they
amounted to 15 ; in the year 1839 to 4 ; in 1838
to 12. The decrease of this dreadful form of
disease may be fairly ascribed to improved police re-
gulations. 34 women died of metria ;55 of the other
incidents of childbirth. 1,683 persons died of con-
sumption ; next to this disease in fatality, and far
above all other diseases, was diarrhoea, which destroyed
1,456 lives in three months. Summer cholera was
more fatal than it was in the summer quarters of
1847-8, and more than twice as fatal as it was in the
summer of 1850. There has been a progressive in-
crease of diarrhoea since the summer of 1841, when
only 228 persons died of the disease; 627 deaths
were referred to typhus, 38 to remittent fever. Ty-
phus was increasing at the close of the quarter.
The South-Eastern Division has been less healthy
than it was last year. The mortality was above the
average in the Medway district (including Rochester),
the Isle of Tbanet (including Margate, Ramsgate,
and Brosdetairs), Dever, Brighton, Worthing, New-
port in the Isle nf Wight, Hungerford, and Abing-
don. Diarrbcea was prevalent, as well as typhus and
scarlatina, in several of the districts. Three cases of
cholera were fatal at Newport, in the Isle of Wight.
The South Midland Division was generally healthy.
The Mortality was much below the average in the
counties of Hertford, Northampton, Huntingdon,
Bedford, Buckingham, and Cambridge. In Oxford-
shire the mortality was above the average in the dis-
tricts of -Theme, Headington, and Oxford. In Oxford
19 persons died of scarlatina, 16 of diarrhoea, and 3
of typhus. The health of Cambridge has, on the
contrary, been unusually good. The deaths Were only
105 in the quarter; whereas the death's in the cor-
responding quarters of 1847-50 were 135, 137, 133,
and 151. The registrar of St.. Andrew the Great,
Cambridge, states that " very great improvements
have been made in the sanitary arrangements of the
town." There was a small local outbreak of Asiatic
cholera in Leighton Buzzard.
" Three deaths from cholera occurred as follows :

At L7nsiale,-a;voman aged 51 years, cholera, 24
hours.' She had been from home some time, and had
recently returned from Manchester.—At Leighton
Buzzard, a woman aged 43 years, cholera (6 hours)
and apoplexy: The cottages where this case occurred
are below the public road; the back premises con
fined, and drainage bad.—At Bellington, a woman
aged 17 years, cholera, 60 hours.' Drainage bad ;
the situation adjoins a farmyard. It was stated by
informant that the carcase of a calf was lying in a
barn in a putrid state."
In the Eastern Division the:mortality was below the
average in Essex and Suffolk, above the average in
Norfolk. Diarrhma prevailed at Leyton in West-
ham, Wickford, and Rayleigh; in Rochford fever of
the remitting and typhoid type prevails. Ipswich
suffered from diarrhoea; Lowestoft from scarlatina
and English cholera. Diarrhea was fatal in Nor-
wich and Yarmouth ; scarlatina in Yarmouth, Pegg,
Walsingham, and Docking ; heaping-cough in
D ownhana.

The South-Western Division, with the exception of
Cornwell, was healthier than is usual. In Amesbury
and Salisbury the mortality was high. Scarlatina
was prevalent in Marlborough, Wilts; tjphus in
Wareham, where, in the opinion of medical men,
it was aggravated by bad drainage. Scarlatina and
diarrhcea, prevailed in Plymouth and Stoke Damarel.
Scarlatina was the chief cause of the high mortality
iu Cornwall. Small-pox has also been there.
dysentery is now prevailing in St, Ives. In the Pen-
z ince sub-district the deaths exceeded the births re-
gistered ; and sanitary measures are 'so grossly ne-
glected by the inhabitants, that 57 of their children
have died of the small-pox, which is still prevailing.
In Bath diarrhoea, was prevalent " in confined, dirty
localities, where there were bad effluvia from nui-
sances."

In the West Midland Division the public health was
as good as usual in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire,
and Shropshire. One death from cholera occurred in
St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, and one in St. John the
Baptist, Gloucester. A low fever and scarlatina were
fatal in Stroud ; dysentery prevailed in Aibrighton,
Shiffnal ; and it is stated that the population is de-
creasing in Shiffnal " from emigration and want of
employment in the agricultural districts." Small-
pox has nearly disappeared from Shrewsbury; one
person died of cholera in Burslem, where diarrhea
prevailed, as it did also in Longton, Darleston, and
Dudley. The deaths in Birmingham were 1,237 ;
diarrhea was rife, and several cases of cholera were
registered. The high rate of mortality in this well-
placed town proves how much wise and timely sani-
tary measures are neglected. Coventry is in a still
worse condition; the mortality is higher.
In the North-Midland Division the mortality was
high iu Nottinghamshire; Leicestershire, Lincoln-
shire, and Derbyshire enjoyed an average degree of
health. In the towns of Leicester and Derby, how-
ever, as well as in Nottingham, the mortality was
above the average. Diarrhoea and cholera prevailed
in Nottingham and Chesterfield.
The North-Western Division constantly suffers
more from death than the other divisions of England;
the mortality of the summer has been less than usual.
In Manchester the decrease of deaths is considerable.
Diarrhea prevailed in many districts. The registrars
mention 7 cases of cholera in Liverpool, 2 in Toxteth
Park, 2in Wigan 7 in Warrington, and 3in Little
Bolton. In Hulme,i Chorlton, 40 children and 8
adults died without medical assistance. The registrar
of Market-street, Manchester, says :
" The improved health, and, it may be added,
temper of the people of the district may assuredly be
ascribed to the cheapness of provisions, which are not
only abundant but also of better quality, because the
temptation to adulterate food is not so great."
The population is quitting Colne, in Burnley, in
search of employment; and increasing in Blackburn
in consequence of the erection and enlargement of
cotton mills. The registrar of Poultan-le-Fylde
says :
The harvest has proved very good, and the la-
bouring classes have been fully employed, which,
together with the inestimable blessing of cheap food, I
presume hae been the cause of the healthiness of my
district."
The registrar of Sedbergh says:—
" The deaths have, for upwards of two years, been
much below the average of former years. lamat a
loss to account for it otherwise than that the labour-
ing population have in general been better employed
thalnainyformer years, and with the low price of pro-
visions that class has been able to procure all the ne-
cessaries
oorfklsifheir"e the mortality has been slightly
above the average ordinarysummers. Diarrhcea and
summer cholera prevailed, with scarlatina, and in
is usual in The
Leeds,mortality
Sheffield,
higher
d than
some parts influenza.
Sheffield, and
diarrh, said to be Asiatic, occurred in
ce a was. exceedingly prevalent. The
withwithmepdr.easleworthy promptness, sup-
plied the poor
guardians
few ce s cases
actingo f choleraYork.
diminished the mortalityt.ca aid and medicines, which
The mortality in the Northern Division Was above
the average. Diarrhceaeale
prevaileds in several districts;
dysentery are re-
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persons.
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sanitary arrangements have been effected."
Mr. Glaisher has given a full and interesting ac-
count of the weather.

LONDON, TUESDAY

Increase in 1851 ...
London Terminus, Oct. 27, 1851.

THE ARMY.
LIMERICK, OCT. 25.--?tinjor-General the Duke of
Cambridge is'exi,ected to arrive, this day in Dublin,
1 and resume the command of the Dublin district.

M4jlr-General Napier inspected the detachments
of 4th Dragoon Guards and 17th at Gort:; the 63d
at Clare Castle, and returned to Limerick with Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Doyle on Thursday night.
Captain Pretiman, 33d; Captain Lyon, 92d; Mr.
Carden, 93d; Mr. Hawker, Carbineers ; Mr. Thursby
and Mr. Bidgood, Royal Regiment ; and Captain
Mansergh, Queen's Bays, are on leave in this city.
All the military recruiting parties in this garrison
have been withdrawn, and joined their corps; how-
ever, a number of remarkably fine young fellows have
been enlisted for the 52d and 631 _ _

Two hundred Of the 90th Light Infantry from Cork
will replace an equal force of the 40th at Spike Island
on 'Tuesday next. _ _

Aljor- G:eneral Ihinbrigge inspected the battalion
of the 91st at Belfast, undo: Lieutenant- Colonel
Campbell. The officers aft•erwards entertained the
gallant General and a number of fashionablesat Inn-

aeon, and in the evening the General and staff at the
officers' mess.

LAUNCH OF THE CAPE SCREW STEAM-
SHIP THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH.
A very flue vessel was yesterday launched from the
yard of the eminent builder, Mr. Charles Mare, of
Blaekwall. Precisely at three o'clock, P.M., the dog-
shores were knocked away, and the gallant vessel,
after receiving at the fair hinds of Miss Ford the
poetical nana, of "The Queen of the South," glided
most majestically into that element where we trust
she is destined to perform some good service. The
Queen of the South has been built for the General
Screw Steam Navigation Company, and is intended
to convey the math, passengers, and cargo, between
this country and the Cape, under the contract which
the company have taken. The Queen of the South is
a very beautiful model, and reflicts high credit upon
those who have designed her, and upon the company
who have had the spirit to make so noble an addition
to our mercantile screw fleet. _ _

Th 3 dimensions of the Queen of the South are as
rollow

Feet.
Length between perpendiculars ... ... 240
Length of keel for tonnage ..• ... 2164
Breadth for tonnage ... ... ... 39
Depth of hold ... .. ... 25
Burden in tons ... 1,7.52 36-94►ths
She has two direct acting engines by Mandalay,
Field, and C0.,10f 300 horse power, and her rig will
assimilate as near as possible to that of H.M.S. Daunt-
less, as now fitted. The Queen of the South has
ample cabin accommodation for 120 passengers, and
is finithed in a style equal to any of the crack sailing
ships of Messrs. Green, Smith, Wigram, or any other
of the large shipowners of the port of London. She
will, without loss of time, take her engines on board,
and as soon as ready will be placed on the line, where
we doubt not she will amply realise all the views that
are entertained by the most sanguine supporters of the
screw principle. The Queen of the South has capa-
city for stowing about a thousand tons of cargo, and
independent of her facilities for passengers, she pos-
86SSel a number of large single cabins of ample di-
mensions, which, with the others, are entirely pre•
pared for the reception of passengers, at the sole ex-
pense of the company, with every regard to as much
comfort as can be found in any bhip afloat, whether
propelled by sails or steam.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, MONDAY,

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales,
and the Princess Royal visited the Countess de
Neuilly at Claremont today, attended by the Vis-
countess Canning, Major-General Sir E. Bowater, and
Colonel Buckley.
Prince Alfred and the remainder of the royal chil-
dren took their usual pony and walking exercise.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the North American
provinces.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Rev. W. W. Champneys, rector of White.
chapel, has been preferred to the vacant Canonry of
St. Paul's.

The Rev. John William Clarke, M.A., has been
instituted to the Rectory of Catistock, Wiltshire, void
by the death of the Lev. R. Broadley, on the presen-
tation of the trustees of the Rev. Peter Still, deceased.
The Lord Bishop of Killaloe has appointed the Rev.
Wm. Henry M'Causland, for many years the re-
spected curate of Birr, to the Prebend of Tulle, vacant
by the lamented death of the Rev. Richard Brew.
The Lord Bishop cif Cork held' a confirmation at
Christ Church, Cork, on Tuesday, when 600 persons
were confirmed, and 51 cf his clergy were present.
The parish church of Durrington, Wiltshire, which
(with the exception of the tower) has been rebuilt on
a larger scale for the better accommodation of the
inhabitants, will be consecrated for Divine service on
the Ist November next, by the Lord Bishop of
Salisbury.
THE BISHOP or GLOUCEST'ER AND BRISTOL.
—At Cheltenham, on Thursday, Mr. Holt, the
bishop's registrar, attended and furnised each of
the clergy with a copy of his Lordship's
charge. Before the business of the visitation
was over the Rural Dean read a letter from
the Bishop, wherein he explained the cause of
his unavoidable absence (illness), and stated that in
regard to the Horfield estate, which has lately en-
gaged so large a share of public attention, it was his
intention to appropriate one moiety derivable there-
from to the augmentation of poor livings throughout
the diocese, and the second to the employment of
curates in those parishes where the advanced age of
the incumbents appeared to render such assistance ne-
cessary. Upon this latter part of the proposition,
however, the Bishop sought the opinions and sugges-
tions of his clergy, and, in order to obtain this, had
adopted the course he had done, of writing to the
Rural Dean, who, on his part, requested his brother
clergymen would consider this matter over, and com-
municate to him their views in the course of the
afternoon, that he might forward a reply to the Bishop
as soon as possible.—Gloucester Journal.
PARISH OF ST. ANNE, Bracierriraus.--The dispute
between the Lord Chancellor and the united parishes
of St. Anne, Blackfriars, and St. Andrew-by-the-
Wardrobe, respecting the successor to the Right Rev.
Dr. Harding, Bishop of Bombay, is likely to be forth-
with settled. It appears that the Lord Chancellor,
who claimed the right of presentation in consequence
of the late incumbent being promoted to a bishopric,
has some doubt himself whether the law applies to
colonial bishoprics the same as to English. It has
been submitted to his Lordship that it does not, and
be has therefore handed the case over to the law
officers of the Crown, in whose hands all the papers
relating to the matter have been placed, and their
decision is expected to be given in the course of the
present week.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
Gross traffic receipts for passengers
and goods, week ending Oct. 25,
1851 ....£13,42G 5 5
Ditto, Oct. 26, 1850 ... 12,424 6 1

... £l,OOl 19 4

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWATe—TraffiC for
he week ending October 25, 1851:
Passengers (24,287), goods and
parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,055 4 6
Corresponding week in last year
for Glasgow and Ayr, and
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle Railways •••
Glasgow, October 27.

... £3,315 6 7

ACCELERATION OF TIIE EAST INDIA. AND CHINA
M Ans. —The outward China mail, of the 24th of June, ar-
rived at Hong Kong on the ith of August, and was only
forty-three days and a half in its transit, being the quickest
on record. The last homeward mail from India, China,
was delivered in London on the 17th instant, giving seven
clear days for replying to letters by the immediate outgoing
mail. By a paper, printed with the evidence taken before
the Select Committee of the House of Commons of last ses-
sion on steam communication with India, it appears that for
nearly two years past the mails have been delivered at Lon-
don and Calcutta respectively in time to afford, on the
average, from five to ten days at Calcutta, and from six to
eight days at London for replying to letters by the first out-
going mail. The contract with the Oriental Company only
provided for an interview of a day or two at London for re-
piing to letters by the immediate outgoing sail, and none at
Calcutta. During the above period it alsoppears that the
steamers arrived at Calcutta twenty-two times in advance
of the overland express, established vid Bombay. The im-
provements in the vessels which have produced these results,
it also appears in the evidence alluded to, were commenced
by the company upwards of three years since.
EXECUTION AT GLASGOW.—On Friday morning
Archibald Hare suffered death for the murder of Ronald
M‘Gregor— apparently from drunken frenzy or bravado.
Although not a doubt existed on the mind of any one as to
the guilt of Hare, the duty of the officials was rendered ad-
ditionally painful from the determination with which he
continued to protest his innocence. He was 25 years of age,
short, and strong
.built, and his manner throughout the
period of his imprisonment was wonderiully courageous and
self-possessed. At a little past 8 o'clock the wretched cul-
prit ascended the scaffold, and on taking his place on the
drop laced the multitude with great firmness. Having sig-
nified to the chaplain that he was going to address the
people, the Rev. Mr. Smith retired a few steps behind, and
Hare, raising his voice to its utmost pitch, in order to be
heard by the crowd, spoke nearly as follows :—"Fellow-men,
r this day,
a fory,
and He
will never
I am going to die for a crime of which I am innocent, but I
pray God to forgive all those who have persecuted me. All
of you beware of dram-drinking, and beware of Matthew
Miller, and take warning by me this day to keep out of bad
company,
I care and
leave to
you,pu yourije h
confidence
given
mien the e
g
a
no more for death than any person going to his bed
this night, for I have found favour with Christ Jesus our
Lord." The rope was then adjusted by the executioner, the
drop fell, and the wretched man, after a protracted struggle,
ceased to live,—. GIaVOUI Citizen.

EVENING, OCTOBE

IRELAND.
THE POLICY OF TIIE DEFENDERS.
DUBLIN, MONDAY.—The rumour of Mr. Hawes's
retirement frem Parliament was scarcely two hours
old in Dublin before at least a dean imaginary can-
didates were put in nomination for the representation
of the borough of Kinsale. Of these the Defenders
monopolised five-sixths, the balance being divided
between the Conservatives and the Government.
Should the vacancy actually occur, the contest will
possess more than ordinary interest, as it will be the
first opportunity afforded to the Defence Association
towards carrying out the policy of inflicting upon the
Imperial Parliament some seventy or eighty Irish
Members pledged to thwart any Administration hostile
to the supremacy of Rome. Among the rumoured
aspirants for senatorial honours the name of Mr. Fre-
derick Lucas, of the Tablet, was classed among the
probabilities on the Roman side ; while on the part of
the Protec:ionists, also as a matter of course, Mr.
Butt still maintains his position as first favourite for
the race.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CXLIX.
ODDS AND ENDS FROM. NEWMARKET,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Yesterday's racing decided the chances of more
than one nag engaged in to-day's Handicap. The Han-
dicap Plate of 501. over the Cambridgeshire Course was
a most decisive affair, Mr. Greville's three years old
Barcelona disposing of Guy Mannering. 7st; Vatican,
Bst 10Ib; Retail, 7st 121 b; Mokanna, 64 12Ib; Hum-
phrey, 6st, and five others. The race was rather a close
one, Barcelona not getting up until the last stride or
two, winning by a neck only, Vatican being well up,
and Humphrey a bad fourth. In the 10 Soya. Sweep-
stakes, Vanguard, at Bst 121 b, disposed of two more
Cambridgeshire candidates in Paquette and Knight of
Gwynne, as he won very. easily by three lengths.
As I expected, Sophistry beat Coticala cleverly.
The Criterion Stakes, the principal race of
the- day, was won by Red Hind, as I predicted
it would bo should she start, notwithstanding the pe-
nalty. Lord Exeter's Ambrose pertinaciously sticks to
the second place, although this time receiving the ar-
tistic assistance :of "our Jem ;" the Knight of the
Shire was a bad third, the great gun of Scott's stable,
Daniel O'Rourke, together with Stockwell and Bilberry
beaten off. I may as well observe that Red Hind made
her own running, and won cleverly by a length. In
the 10 Sovs. Sweepstakes that followed, Longinus dis-
posed of Loadstone, Newport,, Turtle, and Pulcherrima
somewhat easily by a length. It is expected that Her-
nandez will supersede the Nigger in the race to-day.
Falcon and Aphrodite will, perhaps, be added to the
list of starters. With regard to this great stake my
opinion remains unaltered in every respect, although
my Goodwood correspondent writes from Newmarket to
say that, if they mean it with Officious, she
might show them the way to victory. Breba still con-
tinues in immense force in the betting, after having re-
ceded for a short period to 6 to 1; 5 to 1 is now the
highest figure to be obtained. Newminster, after having
advanced to 6to 1, has declined a point. Mountain
Deer is steady at 10 to 1, Prime Minister at 14 to 1,
Curl at 15, and Candlewick, Arioste, and Darkie are
firm at 20 to 1 each; the Nigger somewhat unsteady at
25 to 1; Hernandez and the Italian firm at the same

" Van Tromp" is informed that time is compara-
tively of but little importance as a criterion to judge a
horse's merits by; I give an instance of this—Sweet-
heart, who never did anything remarkable, except in the
two first races of his career, won the July Stakes in a
canter in three seconds leas than the Flying Dutchman.
It all depends what pace is made, and how the race
is run.—l am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

Oct. 28, 1851.