The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-03 00:00:00

RAILWAY EXCURSION TICKETS.

At the Southwark County Court on Wednesday, be-
fore Mr. Clive, an action was brought by an individual
named Raikes, against the South-Eastern Railway
Company, to recover the sum of 17s. for an alleged
breach of contract on the part of the company.
Mr. Church appeared on behalf of the railway
company.
Plaintiff stated that a month ago he took three return
tickets for Abbey Wood and back, and paid a shilling
each, expecting to return at eight o'clock. When that
train came up to the Abbey Wood station, he wai told
the train was quite full, and that he and his party must
wait for another. Being compelled to be in London at a
certain time, he took a conveyance to London for him-
self, sister, and niece, fur which he paid 143.; which
sum, with the 33. paid for the tickets, was the amount
sought to be recovered.
Mr. Robertson, a gentleman who was on the platform
at the time the eight o'clock train arrived, when there
were 500 persons waiting to be conveyed to London,
said he tried several trains afterwards, but could not bo
conveyed hence. There were no printed bills posted up
stating that there would be other trains run until all
the people were carried to London.
Mr. Church, on behalf of the company, contended that
the Abbey Wood, being an intermediate station, no ad-
ditional trains could by any possibility be added there,
and that they were protected by their by-laws (which
were hung up in every station) Irons taking passengers
when the train was full. They (the company) bad
destination com-
pleted their contract with the excursionists by sendiag
additional trains until all the passengers were taken to
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company had broken their contract they 31
et must wait un-
til the last train.
His Honour
portance to the public, and as he had some doubts as to
the liability of the company, ho should take time to
consider his judgment.—Judgment deferred until Mon-
) day next.

THE TRAGEDY at CAMBERWELL.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The evidence of the policeman and others who en.
tered the premises immediately on hearing the alarm,
and also of Dr. King, who described the appearances of
the bodies, and stated the cause of death, and the pro-
bable way in which the wounds were inflicted, was next
received by the Coroner, and the inquiry was adjourned
to Wednesday next, when it was expected the widow of
Faucett and the surviving child would be able to attend.

HEALTHOF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.
(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The health of London is much better than it was in
the two previous weeks, when the deaths of 1,026 and
1,097 persons were registered. The deaths of 958
persons were recorded in the week ending Saturday,
September 27 ; 473 were males, and 485 were females;
190 were of the age of 60 and upwards, 460 were
children under the age of 15, and 308 were men and
women in the middle period of life. The decrease in
the mortality is general over the five divisions of
London. 141 persons died in the public institu-
tions ; 69 in workhouses, 8 in military and naval
asylums, 58 in hospitals, 3 in lunatic asylums, 2 in
military and naval hospitals, end 1 in prison. Small-
pox and typhus have declined, but they were the
causes of 13 and 46 deaths. Of the small-pox victims
11 had not been vaccinated ; 2, it is stated, had been
vaccinated. 39 children and 2 adults died of scarla-
tina, which is prevailing in many districts. 7 per-
sons died of erysipelas, 8 women of childbirth and
of metria, the following fever. Consumption was
fatal to 123 persons ; 100 of the 308 deaths at the
age between 15 and 60 were referred to this constant
cause which bereaves so many parents of their chil-
dren, so many children of their parents. Violence,
typhus, heart disease, bronchitis, and cancer, are the
diseases next in the order of fatality at the same
period of life. Diarrhoea is declining ; the deaths in
the five last weeks were 174, 192, 101, 97, and 91
in number. The deaths from cholera in the same
weeks were 28, 17, 17, 7, 9. Half of the cases were
of more than three days' duration. It has been men-
tioned before that half the fatal cases of the
‘ epidemic
cholera terminate in 24 hours after the. first striking.
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numbers 74 0,09 5,
nearly in the proportion of 3to 1. Yet the number
of deaths from cholera in the year 1849 on both sides
of the river was nearly equal, 7,000 and 7,137. In
the recent summer cholera the deaths have been dis-
tributed more equally, and in the proportion of the
population.

The following are the particulars of nine cases of
choleracal which
attendants wer were
fr etties tedreeode a
sae ndd ducreirntgifiethdobwyetehke.
The cause of death is stated in the words of the
medical certificate :
In Kensington, at Southend, on the 22d S pte
her, the daughter of a carpenter, aged le-yemar,
" cholera infantum (5 days), hydrocephaloid disease
(5 days)."
in St. George, IHanover-square, Belgrave sub-dis-
trict, at Upper Belgrave-place, on 20th September,
the daughter of a builder, aged 15 years, " cholera
(14 hours)."
In Marylebone, Christchurch sub-district, at 10,
united-buildings; bingo-grove, on 214 September,

the daughter of a labourer, aged 9 months, "cholera
infantum (12 hours)."
In Islington, at 20, Rufford's-buildings, on 24th
September, the daughter of a baker, aged 11 months,
" cholera infantum and dentition (6 weeks)."
In Clerkenwell, St. James sub-district, at 8,
Brunswick-street, on 16th September, a messenger,
aged 71 years, " cholera morbus, and consecutive
fever (8 days), preliminary diarrbcea (13 days.)"
In Bethnal-green, at Trinity•ground, on 18th Sep-
tember, a master mariner, aged 75 years, " low fever
consequent on English cholera."
In St. Olive, Southwark, at 7, Neve.street, on 24th
September, the wife of an oil cooper, aged 61 years,
"choleraic diarrhea (7 days)."
In Lambeth, at 10, Thomas-street, Kennington, on
21st September, the son of a whip-mounter, aged 5
months, " cholera infantum (2i days)."
In Greenwich, at Greenwich Hospital, on 22d Sep-
tember, a pensioner, aged 71 years, " alleged cholera
(time uncertain fever (3 days).",
The following are taken from the Registrars'
reports

In Fulham, at 16, Star-lane, on 24th September,
the daughter of a night watchman, aged 18 years,
" childbirth labour (28 hours), died one hour after de-
livery, supposed in a fit (no medical attendant) ;" had
previously applied for admission into the workhouse,
and had been refused.

In the same sub-district, at [3, Nell Gwynne-cot-
tages, on 31st September, the daughter of a journey-
man smith, aged 12 months, "small-pox (9 days)."
Mr. Knight observes that " another child of the same
family is since dead from the same disease."
In Somers-town, at 2, Charles-place, three chil-
dren of the same family died of scarlatina—viz., on
Sept. 21, the daughter of a farrier, aged 11 years,
" scarlatina (3 day s) ;" on the same day, sister to the
above, aged 2 years, " scarlatina (3 days) ;" and on
27th, a brother to the above, aged 16 years, " scarla-
tina (2 days)."
The wife of a coach-painter gave birth to twin
daughters, born at six months. Mr. Popham, the
medical attendant, adds that " the children were
united along the chest and neck ; that there were two
heads, two arms, and four legs, and that they lived a
quarter of an hour."
In Shoreditch, St. Leonard nub-district, at Old-
street-road, on Sept. 19, a domestic servant, aged 30
years, " natural death, sudden in the street, accele-
rated by want of proper nourishment and care." In-
quest.
In Bethnal-green, at 6, Satchwell-rents, on Sept.
21, a weaver, aged 29 years, "debility accelerated by
an extraordinary susceptibility to the action of opium,
administered in ordinary doses." Inquest. An out-
patient at the London Hospital.

STATE OF THE 'WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.

SUNDAY.—The sky was for the most part covered with
cloud throughout the day; cirrostratus.
MONDAY.—The sky was covered with cloud till lh. P.M.,
and clear during the remainder of the day; cirrostratus and
light clouds.
TUESDAY.—The sky was clear until noon ; one-half covered
with cloud till 6h. rat., and overcast afterwards; cirrostratus
and haze.

WEDNESDAT.—The sky, with slight exceptions, was
covered with cloud during the morning and afternoon, and
clear at night; stratus and light clouds.
THURSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day;
cumulostratus and cirrostratus. Rain fell at intervals
during the afternoon and evening.
FRIDAY—The sky was generally one-half covered with
cloud till near noon; overcast till 7h. P.M., and the amount
of cloud was variable afterwards; cumuli, cumulostrati, and
cirrostrati.
SATURDAY.—The clouds were broken until noon, and
during the remainder of the day the sky was overcast;
cumulostrati and cirrostrati. Misty rain fell during the
evening.
ELECTRICITY.—No electricity was shown during the week.
The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast, and read each day at 9b. A.M. was 55'3° ; and the mean
reading at 9h. P.M. was 53.9°; the mean readings at the
Royal Observatory for the same times were 55•8 Q and 52.50
respectively.
The reading of the barometer decreased from 29 95 in. at
the beginning of the week to 99.90 in. on the 2ht at 9h. r.st. ;
it continued at about this value till after 3h. P.M. on the 22d ;
then increased to 30.0 in. by 9h. r.st. on the 23d; turned to
decrease after 9h. A M. on the 24th; it was 29.50 in. at 9h.
rM. on the 25th ; and increased to 29.67 in. by 9h. r.m.. at
the end of the week.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGIVERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1551.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*267
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 43
Tubercular Diseases ... 173
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 110
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 31
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... 77
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
- -

of Digestion... •• • •• •
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ..
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &o.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &o, ... ... ...
Malformations... ... ... ... ...
Premature Birth •• • •• • . • • •• I
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• .•I
Old Age ••• .•• ••• ••• .•,
Sudden ... ... ... • •• **.
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified ... ...

... ... 60
.... ... 5

... 32
... 22
... 45

•:• 58

DEATHS FROM ALL CA.179E8 958
Population Deaths in corro- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week in the

mt.
Welt Districts... 376,332 ..
North Districts.. 490,441 ..
Central Districts 392,986 ...
East Districts ... 485,336 ...
South Districts.. 616,545 ...

T0ta15........ 2,361,640

of 1450.
127
212
170
171
301

... 981

Males •••
Females ...

Week.
... 133
... 189
... 163
... 190
... 283

... 958
... 473
... 485

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males •••
Females ..•

... 732
... 752

Total ... ...1,484
•In this number are included 41 by Scarlatina, 46
by Typhus Fever, 91 by Diarrhoea, and 9 by Cholera.

SEABORNE MAILS.
gates that the mails are sent from the General Post-ogle
by the night—and M by the morning--dispatch,]

When made up in i Fpraotmchwedh.at
PLACES. General Post-ofilce, port dia. When
due.
•1a11111a•MMM1N........... 1
I ............•
• • • • (Liverpool .. Oct. 8
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Oct. 3 .. .. :Liverpool .• Oct. 9
u.S.pkt.) hi3Oct. 8 „„ .. 'Southey:mt. Arrived
Africa (West coast)• • N,l4th of the month Plymoath Oct. 3
Alexandria' .. „..... N,l9th & 30th Of mo. Dover .. Arrived
AmericaAmemca (by -U.S. pkt.) N Oct. 14
„„ „. 61,9 th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16
Belgium • . .. • • N.DailY • • • • .. Dover .. Daily
Brazil • • „„ .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16
Ml24&l7thef month1 Southampt. Oct. 5
cßaufuenoorns
.. X 2d & 17th of mon. (Southampt. Oct. 5
Cape of lAYrGoa(vordaCHhoggrpees)N 14th of month Plymouth.. Oct. 3
Constantlnople* .• • . 17,7 th 17th 27th ef mo Dover .. Arrived
CCFherannatnrcenalelAmwoese.rica..
•. NMon., Wed., &Fri.lSouthampt. Ta. Th. Sat
..
M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily
chili
..
.. .„ . X'l7th of the month Southampt. Oct. 5
.. NI th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Arrived
aamreete:r,gh• • ••••••
....
m 2illwTueesdndesay.&B,Fsraidturay.
LoLonnddoonn ..
.. Tijtoe:..TShatzt.
„
Holland ..Honduras .. •• N,l7th of the month Southampt. Oct. 20
Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead .. Twicedaily
India(via Southamp.) 2,1'20th of the month Southampt. Oct. 23
India (viabiarseilles) NlBth& 24th efmonth Dover • • Nov. 2
Mediterranean Vria )
Southampton) .. Mi2oth Of the month Southampt. Oct. 23
Mediterranean (via 1
Marseilles) .. .. N Bth&24thofmonth Dover • • Nov. 2
Moiled .. .. .. X2d of the month.. Southampt. Oct. 5
Madeira ......359th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16
Malta* .. .. 117tahlolthho'71112 1 Dover Arrived
Naples* .. .. .. N'bth 15th 25th ofme Dover .. Arrived
Papal States* .. .. 24 sth 15th25th °fin° Dover .. Arrived
Peninsular.. .. .. M,7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Sept. 26
Peru .. .. .. .. 61117th of the month Southampt. Oct. 6
'Tuscany* .. .. .. N sth 15thh5thofmo Dover • • Arrived
West Indies .. .. M 17th of the month Southampt. 'Arrived

Naples* •• •• •• R
Papal States* .. .. li
Peninsular.. •• •• 31
Peru • • .. •• • • lif
Tuscany* .. • . • • N
West Indies .. .. M
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) M
* The mails to those c
French packet vi A Marge
CALIFORNIA.—MaIIs to
are now despatched and d

12d of the month ..1
ountries thus marl

ISonthampt.lOct. 20
red (*) are conveyed by

and from Californi
Lae by every Amer

La, via the United States
[can packet.

In consequence of the large number of passengers booked
for Egypt and India on the 20th of October, the day the
next India mail is dispatched from Southampton, two
steamers, the Sultan and Pottinger, will leave that port for
Alexandria on the above-named day instead of, one. The
mails will be taken out by the Pottinger. This arrange.
ment will not interfere with the dispatch of an extra steamer
to Alexandria on the 3d of November.

at the meeting
THE NEW-ROAD.—On Wednesday,
of the vestry of St. Pancras,
a tio
the contractors to 'pave one half of the
New-road, between
•with the granite blocks
they are at present
proceeding being paved diagonally.
transversely, that portion with which
St. Pancras Church and King's-cross, carried directing
object is to sat at
•
rest by practical experience the disputed point
of whetherresola Then was
most durable.
the granite block-paving, laid diagonally or transversely, is
GETTING INTO BED. Mr. J. Dickson, a yeoman
of Clifton, Westmoreland, lies in a dangerous state from the
effects of a strange mistake. Returning from Penrith
market he went to sleep in a recess on Lowther-bridge; on
awaking, be
he was getting into bed, leaped over and fell into the river,
forty feet below. Though very much hurt, he managed to
crawl to the edge of the stream, where he was found next
morning.-
1 itr egurointiPeer:aandboFtita,cfgoutint,.d the parapet, and imagining
A MAGPIE._---Serne
goners of the Pelag months ago some of the pri-
of the courts, saw a magpie, evidently greatly fatigued,
alight on one of the trees. One of them immediately climbed
ie, whilst taking their daily walk in one
up and captured it. In a short time the bird became com-
pletely tamed, and WAS much liked by all the prisoners.
i
Every day it was accustomed to
fly away for a few hours,
but invariably returned at nightfall. Thefts of different
petty articles were from time to time committed by it, but
the prisoners did not complain. Yesterday they saw all at
once a
from one of the cells with a sheet of
pper
being frightened, let the prisoners shouted, and the bird,
paper fall. It turned out to be a
thine
imtsagpe mouth. ily
The
partly written letter; and as it had been taken from the cell
of a man suspected of being a spy over his comrades, the
prisoners insisted that it should be read. One of them, get-
ting on a bench, accordingly read it aloud. It was ad-
dressed to the director of the gaol, and contained details of
the conduct and conversation of certain of the prisoners. On
this loud clamours arose against the writer, and he would
have been grossly ill treated if he had not prudently beat a
retreat. It being dangerous to leave him longer in the gaol,
he was in the evening sent to the prison of La Rockoette,—
Gait;pani,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct 2.
(Before Mr. Commissioner EveNs.)
IN RE COLTER.
The bankrupt was described as Allen Colyer, of
Snargate-street, Dover, watchmaker. This was an
examination meeting. The following items appear
on the balance-sheet :—Property left in his possession
to pay composition on his debts of 103. in the pound,
1,5631.; creditors, 1,184/, ; cash recovered from a
robbery, 85/. ; profits, 4591.; payments to creditors
under composition arrangement, 1,431/. ; good debts,
391. ; property, 316/. ; housekeeping, rent, and taxes,
550/. ; interest and law, 630/. ; travelling and other
expenses, 1141.; losses, 4951. Examination ad-
journed three months.

IN RE FROGGETT AND VAN FUTTEN.

This was the last examination meeting in the bank-
ruptcy of Frederick Walter Froggett and James Yan
Putten, of Mark-lane, corn merchants. The balance-
sheet from December 31, 1849, to May, 1851, shows
the following :—Creditors, 15,2921.; ditto holding
security, 19,0661. ; profit and loss, irrespective of
grain account, 1,0591.; capital, Van Putten, 1,119/.;
Froggett, 5851. ; cash, 336/. ; debtors', good, 8681.;
doubtful, 1,8531.; grain held by creditors, 18,1131.;
loss on grain, 13,0231. ; amount drawn out by part-
ners—Van Putten, 1,5461 ; Froggett, 1,3011.
We understood that this examination was ad-
journed.
The Learned Commissioner was too unwell to sit
in court to-day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

William Moore, messenger to Mr. Osborne, news-
paper agent, was brought before Mr. Alderman Car-
den for final examination upon the charge of having
robbed his employer of 10 newspapers.
The prisoner—lt was the first time I ever did any-
thing of the kind, and I shall never do so again.
Committed for trial.

William Brown was charged by a sergeant of the
Royal Marines with having deserted from that corps
between 15 and 16 years ago. The defendant most
positively denied that he had ever enlisted or seen the
sergeant before. The case, which excited a great
deal of interest, was postponed for the production of
witnesses.