The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-30 00:00:00

THE SON, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1856.

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THE QUARTERLIES.

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING TIIE
, WEEK.

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The National Review. No. 111.

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The queerest oddity of a critic) has penned the
opening contribution to the third number of this
new quarterly—the National. A biographical
paper upon " Edward Gibbon," beginning with
these words—" Papa, I wish I was the Roman
Empire !" Going on to tell us that the paternal
property descending to the historian was "enor-
mously less than 140,0001." Describing Gibbon's
mother rather unpleasantly as "a faint inoffensive
woman." Talking of Mr. Burke as "the Cobden
of that era"—the Cobden, foriooth ! And with
similar running;coramentaries of absurdity recount-
ing the principal events which transpired during
the career of Edward Gibbon, from his birth on the
27th of April, 1737, to his death on the 16th of
January, 1794—conspicuous among those events,
of course, the issue, in the spring of 1776, of the
first volume of his immortal " Decline and Fall"—
a quarto, one-sixth of the -whole famous master-
piece. Another contribution to the National in-
dulges its readers with a disquisition upon " The
Present State of France," through the which many
oracular words of advice are vouchsafed to the
third Napoleon for his future guidance ! Mr.
Arthur Helps, by his two recent volumes about
"The Spanish Conquest in America," has suggested
to yet another reviewer the subject of a rather in-
teresting chapter upon au epoch in history always
fraught to us with, a peculiar fascination. The
account given in a separate article relating to the
" Life and Writings of Dr. Thomas Young" is
truly marvellous revealing that gifted man to
us as another Admirable Crichton in his way, a
veritable paragon, a phenomenon of most varied
learning and accomplishment—philosopher, dis-
coverer, experimentalist, astronomer, electrician,
linguist, equestrian (after the manner of Ducrow),
tight-rope dancer (after that of Madame Sacqui),
chemist, optician, metaphysician, archaeologist,
geographer, antiquary, Harlequin Such were
among a few of the characters sustained, and all
of them admirably sustained, at intervals by Dr.
Thomas Young during his extended and remark-
able life from June 13, 1773, when he was born at
Milverton, in -Sumernetshire, to the date of his
lamented decease, shortly after which his Eloge was
pronounced by f. Arago. Besides an essay on
"Atheism," and another on "Phoenicia," the
National contains an ingenious argument upon
"Foreign Policy and the next Campaign ! " and,
all things considered, one of the justest and
shrewdest criticisms yet written upon the genius of
" W. M. Thackeray' —viewing that great writer
at once as an Artist and as a Moralist.

(From the Report of the Registrar-General.)
The health of London is now in a more satisfactory
state than it has been usually at this period of the year.
' In the week that ended on Saturday 1,029 deaths, of
which 500 were those of males and 529 those of females,
were registered. Iu the ten corresponding weeks of the
years 1846-55 the average number was 1,165, which if
raised in proportion to increase of population becomes
1,282. The deaths in the present return are less than
the corrected average by 253.
Scarlatina has become less fatal than it was two
months ago. In November the deaths from it were
about 70 in a week ; last week they were 43. Hooping-
cough, which has rather increased lately, carried off 56
children ; and typhus (which appears to prevail to some
extent in the East districts) was fatal in 44 cases. Four
of these cases occurred in Whitechapel North ; 3 of
them in the Workhouse ; 3 persons died of influenza ;
10 of erysipelas ; 8 of syphilis ; 17 of cancer ; 1 of car-
buncle ; 1 of intemperance ; 2 of delirium tremens ;.1 of
want ; 7 infants from want of breast-milk.
It was stated in last report that 10 deaths from
typhus had occourred in tbe London Fever Hospital be-
tween the 11th and 19th January. The return for the
last week contains 11 deaths that have occurred there
since the 19th, all caused by the same disease. Mr.
Watts, the registrar, adds that theladmiesions are'nume-
rous, and in many cases free ; that the hospital is unen-
dewed, and makes an appeal to the public for support.
Mr. Faulkner, the registrar of the south sub-district
of. St. Giles, records 2 deaths in Wild-court, which he
calls " an unusual occurrence" now in that locality. He
attributed the remarkable diminution of mortality to
sanitary improvements effected in the court. Wild-
court (the register adds), from being the worst, is now
the best court in my district, aid ii a striking proof how
much the health of a neighbourhood may be improved
by attention to cleanliness and comfort.
At 19, Chapel-place, Bloomsbury, a crossing-sweeper,
aged 70 years, died on 22d Jan. of "diseased lungs and
exhaustion from destitution," as returned by a coroner's
jury.
It may be noticed that in the last 2 weeks the deaths
of 28 shoemakers and only 3 tailors were registered.
The cause of so great a difference is not obvious, for the
numbers who were living in the two trades in 1851 were
not very unequal. The shoemakers were 26,639 ; the
tailors 20,257.
Last week the births of 897 boys and 866 girls, in all
1,763 childten, were registered in London. In the 10
corresponding weeks of the years 1846.55 the average
number was 1,497.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer irethe week was 29.100 in. The read-
,
, inge were low. On 3 days the mean reading was less
than 29 degrees. The lowest reading was 28.83 in. on
Thursday. The highest was 29.40 in. on Saturday. The
mean temperature of the week was 44.5 degrees, 6 degrees
higher than that of the previous week, and 7.7 degrees
higher than the average of the same week in 38 years
(as determined by Mr. Glaisher). rThe mean was
almost high the whole week, and en four days was 9
and 10 deg. above the average. The highest in the
week was 54 deg. on Thursday ; the lowest was 36.5 ,
deg., and occurred on the preceding day. The mean
dew-point temperature was 40.8 deg., and the difference
between this and the mean air temperature was 3.7 deg.
The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was
43.3 deg. The river's temperature rose to 45.5 deg. on
Friday. The wind was for the most part in the south-
west, in which direction it blew regularly on the last
three days. On Tuesday, the coldest day, it blew from
the north-east. There were heavy squalls of wind and
rain during Thursday ; frequent flashes of lightning, ac-
companied with thunder, were seen in the evening ; and
it blew a gale.

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THE WAR.

Great Meeting this Day.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of the metropolis
took place this afternoon at two o'clock, at St Martin's
hall, Long-aere, to protest against any peace being con-
chided inconsistent with the honour and dignity of the
country. The announcement calling the meeting was
headed, " Do the Men of Westminster desire Peace or
War," and was to the following effect :—" Sir, I am
desired to request the attendance of yourself and
friends at a public meeting of the inhabitants of
Westminster, to be held on Wednesday next, the
30th instant, at St. Martin's-hall, Long-acre, to
protest against the conclusion of any peace on terms
inconsistent with the honour and dignity of this coun-
try. The chair to be taken at 2 o'clock, by Mr. C.
Westerton. By order of the committee, James Beal,
Hon. Sec., Mr. C. Westerton took the chair at a quarter-
past 2, and proceeded to address the meeting. He said
that as one who had taken a prominent part in
calling this meeting, it was necessary he should
state the grounds on which it had been called.
Those who acted with him felt that a crisis ,yeas at
hand, and that whilst the peace party were active in
disseminating their opinions and which were gaining
grohnd, that the opinions of the acting men of West-
minster being against a conclusion of a peace at any
price, they should have an opportunity of expressing that
opinion. (Loud cheers.) Their object was not to sup-
port any particular set of men who were in office, but to
declare their opinion irrespective of party. One resolu-
tion only would be submitted for their consideration,
embracing two points, one that they were determined to
carry out the war vigorously, and that no armistice
should be concluded until the preliminaries of peace had
been signed, and the other that the war should not close
until they had secured for Turkey her independence and
freedom. Lend cheers.) The Chairman read a letter
from Sir De Lacy Evans, sympathising with the object
for which the meeting had been called, and expressing
regret at his not being able to attend.
Colonel SMYTH VERIKER then carp forward to move
the resolution. He said, as a moderate Conservative,
it gave him great pleasure in coming before them to.
day. Ho felt sure that men of every party would be
found to be united in their endeavours to carry the
war to a successful conc'usion. Ho felt that, looking
at the articles of peace, they were not at all satisfactory;
indeed the fifth article meant nothing, and the proper
course would have been to have embodied the whole of
the demands into one resolution, and ask Russia whether
she would accept such ternir or not.

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MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS,
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 26.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases

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Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Btood-vessels 42
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 4

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Premature Birth and Debility 27
Atrophy 3l

Old Age
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Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 25
Causes not specified

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DEATHS 11110 M ALL CAUSES 1,029
Population Deaths in come- Death
Enumerated. sponding week in tlp
1851. of 18Vi. Week
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
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1,029

Males
Females.
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

500
529

Males S97
Females 866

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CRYSTAL PALACE.—Yesterday the admissions on pay-
ment were 773; ditto, by season tickets, 219—total,
994.

[Ws will give tbe conolusien in ear next edition.)

THE BELGIAN STEAM LINE TO NEW YORK.—
SOUTEAMPToN, Jan. 28.—The unfortunate steam-ship
Belgique still lies in the inner basin of the docks at this
port. Since her arrival she has been surveyed by Lloyd's
agent and others, who have found her condition to be
most lamentable. From the careless and improper way
in which the ship appears to have been built it is sur-
prising she was kept afloat at all, and the saving of the
ship can only be attributed to the continued exertions of
the passengers in Whig out the water night and day
without intermission. Some inquiry ought to be insti-
tuted into the circumstances under which the Belgique
was classed A 1 at Lloyd's, as it is new stated that the
reams and crevices of the iron plates are payed with lead,
and this working out has caused the ship to leak univer-
sally. AR soon as a graving dock is disengaged the ship is
to be docked, and a conclusion will then be arrived at
whether she shall be condemned, returned to the hands of
the builder, or repaired at this port. Tile latter opera-
tion, if effscted, will be attended with considerable delay
and immense expense. The situation and prospects of the
passengers are most unfavourable. They are still weeder-
ingabout the portnot knowing what to do. The captain can
do nothing for them, and refers them to the agents at South-
ampton ; these parties in their turn referred them to a
director of the company (M. Spil!iaerdt Caymax), who
has arrived from Antwerp, and who, on being appealed
to, said he mild do nothing for them as they were en-
gaged through an emigration agent at Liverpool. It
appears, also, that the provisioning of the ship had been
given by contract to the steward, and this functionary
has to-day declined to issue any more rations. I%IIIR,
these poor peoples between one and the ether, can obtain
no redress. Mr. Smith, the emigration officer, has,
however, taken the matter in hand, and the passengers
have determined to appeal to the magistrates, not only
to recover compensation for the delay they have experi-
enced, but to enforce their being carried to their desti-
nation, and remunerated for the labour and hardships
they havelundergone in assisting to save the ship from
foundering.
THE Sr2AMEE BELGIQUE.-- Southampton, Jan. 2.9.
To-day Mr. E. A. Smith, Government Emigration offi-
cer at this port, accompanied by Mr. G. Pocock, solici-
tor, and several of the passengers of the Belgique, at-
tended before the magistrates to reqnest their interference
in reference to the detention which Inas been caused to
the passengers in consequence of the misfortunes whiels
have befallen the vessel, and also to claim the return of
the passage-mouey, together with such an amount as
might be deemed. by the magistrates an equivalent com-
pensation for the breach of contract, and also for the
hardships and privations which they have undergone
since the vessel first sailed. Mr. Pocock, after alluding
to the many applications which have been made by the
passengers to the owners and agents for assistance, and
also stating it as an impossibility that the Belgique, if
again got ready for sea, could lesl placed in a proper con-
dition under 3 months, drew the magistrates' attention
to the 51st clause of the Passengers' Act, 18th and 19th
Vict., ()bap. 119, in which it ;s stated dot if any pass-
enger ship shall put into any port or place the United
Kingdom in a damaged state, and that if the ship can-
not be made seaworthy so as to be despatched to ber
place of destination within 6 days of her putting into
port, the owner, charterer, or master shall provide tae
passengers with a passage in some other eligible ship, tte
sail within 6 weeks to the port or place at which they
respectively may have originally contrasted to land, and
shall, in the meantime on board in the same mannole as
if the ship were at sea, pay to such passengers subsist-
ence money after the rates stated. The clause further
provided that in the default of the requirements of
the act being properly obeyed the passengers respec-
tively, or any emigration officer on their behalf, shall
be entitled to recover the same by summary process,
which, by clause 63, can be determined by the justices
of the peace, who can award, in case of a breach of
contract, such damages as they think fit to the amount
of the passage-money and 201., which amount
must immediately be paid. Mr. Smith'said that he bad
taken consi,:erable interest in the matter, and after great
trouble be bad induced the agents to offer to return the
bare amount of the passage-money paid, but they refused
to give any compensation. Neither would the agencon-
t
engage a passage for them in any other ship. The s
tract ticket specified that they were to be conveyed by a
steam-ship, and the amount charged for such accommo-
dation on board the Belgique would not provide it on
board any other steam-vessel. After some conversation,
at the suggestion of Mr. Pocock it was decided that is
lieu of procuring a summons the captain should be re-
quested by the mayor to attend before the bench, so as,
if possible, to elicit the real intentions of the owners or
agents of the ship towards the paesenrs. During the
Captain-
afternoon the commander o the s ip, Tack, in-
pmserves that they could receive each their
formed the
passage-money, with an addition of 31.-7;z,, to the
second elms, 171. ; and to the third class, 13/. ; but the
offer was immediately declined. The steward has also
received orders to coutiuus to supply the passengers
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LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Sitting& in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Campbell,
Ji_stices Coleridge, Wighturan, and Crompton.)
THE QUEEN V. HODGSON-CRIMINAL INFORMATION.

Mr. Wilde, Q C., moved for a rule calling on the de-
fendant to show cause why' a criminal information
should not be filed against bun under the following cir-
cumstances :—lt appeared that Hodgson was an assist-
ant to the late Mr. Isaac Higgs, surgeon, of Cradley,
in Staffordshire, who dial aeh ilt time since. Hodgson
having got possession of Higgs' diploma struck out the
latter and inserted his own name, and by which he bad
succeeded in obtaining the appuiatment of surgeon to
the Dudley Uaion.
Lord Campbell said the Court in this case declined to
avail it,elt of its powers and interfere, considering it
would be better fur the case to be disposed of by indict-
ment in the usual way.
Rule refused.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
(Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Baron Pollock,
Barons Alderson and Martin.)
JUDGMENT.—THE NEW SUCCESSION DUTIES ♦CT.
Baron Alderson gave judgment in a case relative to
the Succession Duties Act, in . which the Earl of Corn-
wallis was concerned. The question for the decision
of the court was whether the estate of that nobleman
was liable to the duties under the New Succession
Duties Act, or those of the old act. The learned
Baron said that as the annuities in question were pur-
chased prior to the passing of the above act, the duties
should be charged according to the old rate,
Judgment accordingly.

MARRIAGE OF CAPTAIN SAYER AND MISS PHIPPS
Yesterday the marriage of Captain Sayer, of the 23d
Royal Fuglien, to Mists Phipps, eldest daughter of
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, C. 8., Keeper of her
Majesty's ,Privy Purse, and niece to the Marquis of
Normanby, took place in the Chapel Royal of St. George,
Windsor, Her Majesty and Prince, Albert, accompanied
by the Prinoese Royal, the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Alice, and Prince Alfred were present at the ceremony.
Her Maps., on the recommendation of the Premier,
has been pleased to confer 6 pension of 501. on Miss
Thormasine, Ross, known for her long connexion with
literature and her admirable translations from the French.
German, and Spanish.
A prospectus has been issued reviving the proposals
put forward some years back for a Ceylon railway from
c,,lembo to the interior. The capital required is
1,000,0001. in 201. shares, and the board seek to obtain
from the government a guarantee of 0 per cent. intercet
secured as a first charge upon the revenues of the
island.
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Rua u,
SHOCKING MURDER IN PABIS.—A dreadful crime was
committed on Saturday merniog near the Jardin des
P
who occupied
thel a a
etreesa.t eA r
npa old woman,
Geoffrey, St.
Hilaire, where, with her son, she carried on the business
of a carrier, and who lived with the son in a detached
rt of pre mis ensa N named
building in a small court-yard at the extremity of the
premises, was seen yesterday morning, after the man
ha l left home for his day's labour, making her custo-
mary purchases of provisions in the neighbourhood.
Some time after a little girl, named Richard, daughter
of a married couple living in the house, called to ask
her to lend her parents a key, but she could not find her,
and on knocking repeatedly, received no answer. Having
asked the concierge if he knew where Mme. Cherean was,
the man went into the house, and to his surprise found
the bed-room in disorder, and three or four pillows placed
one on the top of the other at the head of the bed. Re-
moving the pillows, he saw a blanket spread over what
appeared to be a human body ; and turning it down, he,
to hie horror, found the old woman lying dead, with a
gag in her month and her hands tied behind her back.
The commissary of police being sent for, ascer-
tained that death had been caused by strangulation,
also that a box beneath the bed, which the son after-
wards declared had contained a rather large sum in gold
and silver, had been broken open and rifled. From what
the magistrate observed, he came to the conclusion that
snore than one person must have been concerned in the
crime ; and as some articles of jewellery, which were in
the box, were not touched, and as a bag filled with sous
were lett in the middle of the room, it appeared to him
that the murderers had been alarmed before they could
complete the robbery they had contemplated, and had
hastily taken to flight. A searching investigation was
immediately commenced to discover the criminals. The
affair has created an immense sensation in the neigh-
bOurhoPd, and a larks erewd remaisedtifore the liose
to ilsto IMNS Stiglitte

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