The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-31 00:00:00

CUP BETTING.

2 to 1 agst Cariboo 5 to 1 agst Clincher (t)
I3to 1 agst Nancy (taken) 10 to 1 agst Montes (taken)
The attendance this afternoon was moderate, and the
weather, after three o'clock, wretched; destroying the
interest of several of the races, and causing such a rush
for shelter to the piazza of the Stand, and into the weigh-
ing room, as to render it difficult to get through business
of any kind. The "retreat" from the course, at the
conclusion of the racing, was most disastrous.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

,From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30.

CHURCH BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.
(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
Clause 9 (Commissioners may accept, for the purpose of an
Endowment and a Repair Fund, lands, &c., and money) :
Amendment proposed, in pa,ge 5, ine 19, to leave out
from the word " the" to the word " said" in line 24 :
QueAion put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand
part of the Clause." The Committee divided :
MAJORITY—AYES, 49.
Adderley, C. B. Dunne, Colonel O'Brien, Sir Lucius
Armstrong, Sir A. Estcourt, J. B. Ogle, S. C.
Armstrong, R. B. Evans, J. Rich, Henry
Berkeley, 11. F. Ferguson, Sir R. Russell, Lord John
Blandford, Marquis Fitzroy, Henry Somerville, Sir W.
Bouverie, E. P. Forester, G. C. Spooner, Richard
Boyle, Colonel Freshfleld, J. W. Thompson, Colonel
Bramston, T. W. Frewen, C. H. Thornely, T.
Brotherton, J. Gladstone, W. E. Watkins, Colonel
Carew, W. H. P. Goulburn, Henry Westhead, J. B.
Chatterton, Colonel Hatchell, John Wilson, Matthew
Child, batith Hawes, Benj. Wood, Sir Charles
Christy, Samuel Henley, J. W. Wood, Sir W. P.
Conolly, Thomas Jones, Captain
Conolly, Thomas Labouchere, Henry TELLERS.
Cowper, W. F. llullings, J. R. Hill, Lord M.
Dodd, George I,i aa.s, Lord Craig, Sir W. G.
Duncan, George liorreys, Sir D.

MINORITY-NOES, 19.
Barrow, W. H. Hall, Sir B. Scobell, Captain
Booth, Sir B. G. Dardeastle, J. A. Teanent, R. J.
Buller, Sir J. Y. Heald, James Williams, John
Buxton, Sir E. Hindley, C.
Duckworth, Sir J. Kershaw, James TELLERS.
Goold, Wyndham Peelle'', Sir G. Drummond, Henry
Grenfell, C. Pascoe Romilly, Colonel Headlam, T. E.
Grenfell, Charles W. Salwcy, Colonel

Clause (That upon the next avoidance of any benefice,
which has no church or chapel belonging to it, and which
has a population of forty persons, or upwards of forty persons,
and which has not been united to any other benefice or bene-
fices by order of her Majesty in Council, the said benefice
shall remain and continue void antil a church or chapel is
built wherein divine service shall be performed ; and the
fees and emoluments arising from the said benefice shall
from time to time, whilst it is void, be paid over to the
archbishop or bishop of the diocese, who, together with the
archdeacon of the archdeacoury, and patron or patrons of the
said benefice, shall act as trustees for the receipt of the said
fees and emoluments, which shall be appropriated by the
said trustees for the purpose of building or assisting to build
a church or chapel for the said benefice; and as soon as such
church or chapel has been consecrated or licensed for divine
worship by the archbishop or bishop of the diocese, then it
shall be lawful for the patron or patrons to present a spiritual
person to the said benefice, who shall enjoy all the rights,
fees, and emoluments, and perform all the duties appertaining
thereto, and who shall be ueder the same ecclesiastical con-
trol and authority as any other incumbent in the same dio-
cese : provided always, that if the said archbishop or bishop
shall license any room in the said parish for divine service,
then it shall be lawful for the patron or patrons to present a
spiritual person to the said benefice, who shall perform all
the duties appertaining thereto, and who shall be under the
same ecclesiastical control and authority as any other in-
cumbent) :—Motion made, and Question put, " That the
Clause be read a second time." The Committee divided :
MAJORITY—AYES, 40.
Bass, M. T. Dunne, Colonel Pechell, Sir G.
Blandford, Marquis Edwards, H. Salwey, Colonel
Booth, Sir H. G. Evans, John Sandars, George
Bramston, T. W. Goold, Wyndham Scobell, Captain
Brocklehurst, John Hall, Sir B. Tennent, E. J.
Burrell, Sir C. Hallewell, E. G. Tollemache, F. J.
Buxton, Sir E. N. Hamilton, G. A. Wakley, T.
Carter, J. B. Hardcastle, J. A. Walmsley, Sir J.
Chatterton, Colonel Hayes, Sir E. Westhead ,J. .I'.
Child, Smith Heald, James Williams, John
Christy, S. Lacy, Henry C.
Conolly, Thomas Matheson, Colonel TELLEIV.
Dawes, Edward Mullings, J. H. Frewen, C. H.
Dodd, George Naas, Lord Spooner,
Duncan, George O'Brien, Sir LuciaS

MINORITY—NOES, 37.
Adderley, C. B. Collins, T.
Armstrong, Sir A. Cowper, W. F. Rich, Henry
Russell, Lord J.
Armstrong, R. B. Drummond, Henry Seymour, H. D.
Bagshaw, John Duckworth, Sir J. Somerville, Sir W.
Baines, M. T. Esteourt, J. B. B. Thompson, Colonel
Barrow, W. H. Ferguson, Sir R. Watkins,
.Colonel
Bellew, R. M. Forster, Matthew Wood, Sir C.
Berkeley, H. F. Gladstone, W. E. Wood, Sir W. P.
Bouverie, E. P. Goulburn, Henry Wrightson, W. B.
Boyle, Colonel Hatchell, John
Buller, Sir J. P. Henley, J. W. TELLERS.
Carew, W. P. Jones, Captain Hayter, W. G.
Clements, Charles Norreys, Sir D. Hill, Lora M.
Cockburn, Sir A. Pusey, P.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PIIISICIANS.N--Last night this
distinguished body held a conversazione at their rooms in
Pall-mall, which was attended by a large number of eminent
persons, native and foreign. Such meetings are very un-
usual with them, but they have yielded with appropriate
grace to the spirit of social intercourse which is prevalent
in this remarkable year, and the apartments of the college
were yesterday evening decorated with as near an approach
to festive and convivial effects as is reconcilable with the
profession of physic. The attractions of the occasion were
evenly divided between flowers and fossils, between refresh-
ments and the study of microscopic phenomena. A Persian,
arrayed in magnificent eastern attire, helped by his presence
to break down the monotony of our English full- dress cos-
tume, which, especially when the wearers of it are chiefly
medical men, produces by no means an agreeable or re-
assuring impression. For the rest the occasion appeared
to pass off very pleasantly, the variety of curious and
scientific objects arranged on the tables supplying ready
sources of conversation. Among those present we observed
the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Colborne, Lieutenant-Colonel
North, Captain Sibthorpe, the Bishop of Sodor and Man,
Archdeacons Hale and Burney; Sirs Henry Ellis, Richard
Westmacott, William Newton, Benjamin Brodie, Charles
Fellow, James South, John Herschel!, and Charles Young ;
Rev. Doctors Russell, Croker, and Plumptre ; Revs. Richard
Foyle, Russell, Williams, Edwin Foyle, Babington, and Row-
latt ; Judge Patteson, Sir F. Thesiger, Sergeant Stokes;
Sheriffs Carden and Hodgkinson ; Drs. Paris (President),
Monro, Thomson, Alison, Dunlop, Cohen, Goodfellow, Potter,
Manson, Humbv, Scholefield, .Roberts, Toogood, Griffith,
Moore, Beattie, Scott, Coxe, Lee, Diraf, Bondi, Silvester, J.
Ogle, Burslem, Henley, Reid, Meryon, and Fincham ; Seyd
Abdoollah, Baron Holmfeldt, Don Jose de Odriozola, Don
Miguel de Odriozola, Don Cubi y Solis, Father Gavazai Pro-
fessor Pattison, Mr. Pusey, M.P., Mr. Gladstone, M.P., Mr-
Hastie, M.P., Mr. Goulburn, M.P., Mr. Pickersgill,
Copley Fielding, Mr. David Roberts.
DEMOCRATIC LOGIC AND ELEGANCE OF DICTION.
,a
—At the meeting last night of the democrats, in the
'N-
tional Hall, Holborn, held for the purpose of instructing the
Legislature in its duties, one of the orators emphaticallyar-
gued,in that " if a Jew was not entitled to take his seat And
Parliament, he ought to be illegible to be an elector."
another Demosthenes, rejoicing in a huge corduroy jacket as
a substitute for the toga, exclaimed in
tones of burning in-
dignation, violently turning his whole body,s
oke and clear
Aing
the unoffending air with his hands,
" dbpthe decisionre the
y of
great voice of the people to be drowndhe
Parliament ?"—Advertiser.

PRESENT TO THE ADMIRALTY FROM THE FRENCH
alitr3 by the French
o,Boulogne, m
GOVERNMENT.—The box of charts and books which have
Aimierratem
ad-
dressed to Sir F. Beaufort, hydrographer. The necessary
been
Government prne presented e d
has to thea rrißveodarbdy of
a s
orders have been given for the free delivery of the package.
A JUDGE AT A CRICKET MATCH,--At the conclu-
sion of the trials at Winchester, Air. Justice Coleridge, having
disposed of all the cases of the assizes, afterwards presided at
a cricket match between the Bar of the Western Circuit and
the North Hants Club; and his Lordship found that the
learned gentlemen were as eminent in the field as in the
court, for they beat their adversaries by eighteen runs, the
number being—For the Bar, 145; for the North Hants, 127.
—Western Luminary.

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‘,OF
HEALTH OF LONDON DUBIN 1:1E IYEAkhci.° i
(From the Report of the Regist Jeneral.) -'p,:;;;,:si4
The official report says:—The death i., ^ *pp '7,..),"
politan districts, which in either of tli,trt Wei'lStavio ' 'A, f
Mks
weeks hardly exceeded 870, again show 'an ineftvase ;,
for in the week ending last Saturday they rose to 956.;-
In the same week of 1849 cholera was rapidly spreading
and swelled the amount to 1,931; but setting aside that
year, and taking the corresponding weeks of other years
in the series 1841.50, it appears that the lowest number
was 749 in 1843, and the highest 1,201 in 1848, and
within the weeks subject to comparison the amount did
not in general exceed 900.
Of the 956 deaths of last week, 282 are attributed to
diseases of the zymotic or epidemic order, showing a
sudden and remarkable increase on the 224 and 209
cases of the same description registered respectively in
the two previous weeks. On the other hand, persons
who died from diseases of the respiratory organs (ex-
clusive of hooping-cough and consumption), in the pre-
vious week were 112, in the last week only 85; but
within the same period phthisis has risen from 110
to 141.

Among epidemics which have become more fatal may
be mentioned scarlatina, which numbered 6 in the pre•
ceding return, and 18 in the present; typhus, which has
risen from 32 to 59, and diarrheas, almost exclusively
confined to children not older than one year, whose pro-
gress is marked by the numbers of four successive weeks;
via., 23, 53, 64, and in last week 83.
In sub-district of Sydenhaw, in Jew's-walk, a gentle-
man died after suffering 24 hours from diarrhoea. The
medical attendant states that " within one hundred yards
the residence of deceased, and on his own property,
there is, and has been for a considerable period, upwards
of 20 square yards of surface overflowed with sewage,
emptying itself into a ditch of about 30 yards long,
' which has no outlet, and is constantly stirred up with
rains and exposed to the rays of the sun, emitting at all
times the most pestilential effluvia. The immediate
neighbourhood is thickly populated, and the health of
the inhabitants much endangered. Choleretic and
Fastro-typhoid cases are constantly occurring. The evilis
referribl© to the adjacent property; it does not come
under local jurisdiction, and the deceased had no redress."
Two cases of diarrheas, one of which has been fatal,
are reported, in Payne-street, Islington; and here also
the drainage is bad, a circumstance to which the medical
man attributes the origin of the disease.
The following are the particulars of twelve cases of
cholera registered during the week:—ln Kensington, at
5, Queen's-road, on 15th July, the son of a cab proprie-
tor, aged 3 months,. died of " cholera infantum (3 days):'
In Fulham district, at Parsons-green, on 25th July, the
soofnT
gardener,ane ootcottage (says Mr. aged 5 weeks, died of "English cho-
lera." Knight, the registrar) is
aged 9 months, died of
i
u Parsons-green-lane the
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obfadalny
Irisn
labourer,ventilated.
" English cholera (4 days). " The cottages are small
and over-crowded. The medical attendant mentions
that English cholera is very prevalent in Parsons-green-
lane, and likely to prove fatal in several cases; he attri-
butes it to over-crowding of the houses, and the dirty
habits of the cottagers." In Gray's Inn-lane sub-
district, at 8, North-place, on 21st July, the daughter of
an artificial flower maker, aged 15 months, " diarrhoea
(2 months), English cholera (3 days)." Mr. Worrell
describes the dwelling as " confined and unwholesome."
In St. Clement Danes, at 10, Craven-buildings, on 17th
July, a waiter, aged 62 years, " cholera (4 days).', At
88, Holborn, on 19th July, the daughter of a confec-
tioner, aged 11 months, "diarrhoea (21 days), cholera
infantum (48 hours)." At Saffron-hill, 16, Charles-
street, on July 19, the son of an optician, 16 months,
"diarrhoea (3 days), English cholera." In Clerkenwell,
at 11, Lamb-court, on July 15, the daughter of a
labourer, aged 1 year, "cholera (40 hours)." In Hor-
ton New Town, at 7, Craven-street, on July 20, the
daughter of a gasfitter, aged 9 months, " cholera (3
days)." In the sub-district of Hackney-road, at 8,
Vincent-street, on July 17, the son of a labourer, aged
10 weeks, "English cholera (1 week)." Mr. Murray
states that" the street is close, crowded, and undrained."
He adds, that "up to Saturday, the 26th, the child had
not been buried, and lay during the hot weather in a
close room, containing six persons who had only a single
apartment for all the purposes of life. The decomposi-
tion of the body rendered the place very offensive, and
cannot be otherwise than injurious to health. Old
Nichol-street, where a child died of diarrhoea, and
Mead -street, a continuation of Vincent-street, where
another died of scarlatina maligns, are also described as
close and undrained streets. In St. George-in-the-East,
at 24, James-street, on 22d July, the son of a cabinet-
maker, aged 8 months, " English cholera (3 days)." In
Kennington, at 3a, Henry-street, Vassal-road, on 21st
July, the daughter of a commercial traveller, aged 4
months, " diarrhoea ; cholera infantum (6 days)."
" This [is a new house; there is no drainage, and the
water, which stagnates in the garden, is at times very
offensive."

In the above list the disorder is designated in nearly
all the cases " English cholera," or " cholera infantum,"
and, with one exception, the patients were still at that
early age in which so many at this time of the year fall
under "diarrhoea," a shorter term, and applied to a
milder form of the same complaint. The duration of
the disease, as stated in most of the 12 cases, is also
characteristic of the ordinary form of cholera, for dur-
ing the severe visitations or the epidemic one half of
the cases terminate in less than 24 hours.

STATE OF THE WEATHER Du RING TILE PAST WEEK'
SUNDAY.—The sky was covered with cloud throughout the
day_; cirrostratus and scud ; rain fell generally. Electricity
—Nothing was shown at any examination.
➢Sower.—The sky was free from cloud till noon, one-half
covered till t.h. r.M., and clear during the remainder of the
day ; cirrostratus and fleecy clouds. Electricity—Positive,
and tension strong during the evening.
Tt."EsnAy.— The sky was clear during the morning, during
the afternoon one-half was covered, and overcast at night;
cumuli, cirrostrati, and ileecyslouds. Electricity—Positive,
and tension weak at noon.

WEDNESDAY.—The sky was covered with cirrostratus and
scud throughout the day; rain fell heavily till Oh. 30m.
r.:Nt., and again from 40. 30m. P.M. till midnight ; distant
thunder was heard during the afternoon. Electricity—
Nothing was shown throughout the day.
THURSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day;
cirrostratus and scud. Rain was falling throughout the day.
Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day.
FRIDAY.-The sky, with slight exceptions, was covered
with cloud throughout the day ; cumulostratus, cirrostratus,
and fleecy clouds. Electricity—Positive, and tension strong
during the afternoon.

SATURDAY.-The sky was covered with cloud till near 10h.
P.m., and clear afterwards; a shower of rain fell at 4h. 30m.
P.M. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day.
The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast, and read each day at 9h. A.m. was 59.5 ; and the mean
reading at 9b. P.M. was 59.3°; the mean readings at the
Royal Observatory for the same times were 61.4 Q and 57.5 Q
respectively.
The reading of the barometer decreased from 29.71 in. at
the beginning of the week to 29.61 in. on the 20th at 10b.
A. M. ; increased to 29*92 in. by 9h. A.m. on the 21st; de-
creased to 29'35 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 24th; increased to
29.43 in. by 9h. P.m. on the same day; decreased to 29.35 in.
by 9h. A.m. on the 25th; increased after 3h. p.m. on the same
day to 29.65 iu. by the end of the week.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATILS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
TEE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1551.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*282
Diseases of Uncertain. Seat ... ... ...
... 31
Tubercular Diseases ... ... ••• ... ... 186
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 121
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 26
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Stomach, Liver, and oth;t•gans
Or
D ils teeasspeisr aot ifo n
the...
••• 85
of Digestion... ... ...
Ch,D isiel da
sbei rs t
oht Disease
s tos
,f the U t earnuds, *A
i&
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •-•• ... ... 54
16
Diseases of the Skin, &c,
...
...
"'
""t
Malformations... ... 6).
ue.sele:s.. :::
lo
•••
.-- 1

___. ••• ••• ••• •••
Premature Birth ••• Atrophy ...
•••
Old Age ••• ••• ••• •••
... ••• ••• ..• •••
Sudden ... ... ••• ...
Violence, Privation' Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified ... ••• ••• •••

••• 22
... 35
... 46
... 5
•:• 28

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 956
Population Deaths in eorre. Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week ill the
1851. of 1850. Week.
West Districts... 376,332 . . 130 ... 156
...
North Districts.. 490,441 .. 177 209
Central Districts 392,386 ... 158 ... 152
East Districts ... 485,336 ... 202 ... 195
South Districts.. 616,545 ... 231 ..• 241

T0ta15........ 2,361,640
Males ~, ~,
Females ... ...

896

... 473

... 433

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

... 709
••• 674

956

Total ... "••
••• 13383
*ln this number are included 18 by Scarlatisa 59
by Typhus Fever, 83 by Diarrhoea, and 12 by Cholera.

r.Orlando. Bernard, a baritone eleve, of whom the
Pa
spoken interms of warm commendation.
is about to make
Parisian press hashis &hit in England as a concert singer.
MONET AIARKET.—The
• 4i per mills discount (according to the
which, at the English Mint price of
qUotation of gold at
Paris is
ril'ffol,d.
3nle.vel7st!' per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change °,5 0.5 t • and the hat Paris on London at
of - • , exc ange
short being 25.02 k, it follows that gold is 0.12 per cent.
dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham-
burgh the price of gold is 425 i per mark, which, at the Eng-
lish Mint price of 8/. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold,
gives an exchange of 13.5 L; and the exchange at Ham•
burgh on London at short being 13.54, it follows that gold
is 0.29 per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is lio per cent., and the par of exchange
between England and America being 109 !z3-40 per cent.,
it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.92 per cent. in
tavour of England; and after making allowance for differ-
ence of interest and charges of transport, the present rate
leaves a profit on the importation of gold from the United
States.

THE RAILWAY TRAFFICS.—It will be seen by the
traffic returns which we publish to-day, that the receipts on
the leading trunk lines continue as great as ever. The in-
crease on the London and North-Western, in the week
ending on Saturday, as compared with the corresponding
week last year, is upwards of 14,0001., while on the Great
Western the increase exceeds 10,0001., or upwards of 70 per
cent. These enormous takings must tell on the value of rail-
way property. No wonder that the " Bears" should become
frightened.—. Advertiser.

HUMAN SACRIFICES.—The day of human sacrifices
is not yet ended. During a six weeks' stay of Mr. Becroft,
a British Consul, in Abomey, the capital of the kingdom of
Dahomey, forty-two persons were killed as sacrifices, " to
water the graves of the dead."i So numerous are such sacri-
fices there, that the place s characterised as " the Golgotha
of skulls.