The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-10 00:00:00

ANOTHER PEER AN. THE PRESS,

(Prone the Norfolk News.)
Lord Hastings, in accordance with his threat, came to
Norwich on Saturday last, and presented himself at No.
5, Exchange-street. He was at once introduced to our
publisher, who received him with proper respect, and
attentively listened to him for nearly half an hour. His
lordship expressed his wish to ascertain who wrote the
article which appeared in our last number, acknowledg-
ing the receipt of his threat, and making sundry com-
ments thereon. Our publisher politely declined to
gratify his lordship's curiosity, especially as the noble
lord had broadly intimated that his object in requiring
that information was to wreak his vengeance in some
way on the writer. This communication and the brunt of
his lordship's persevering interrogations were borne
without the exhibition of alarm or irritation. Finding
ail efforts at exploratian in this quarter uuavailing, the
node lord then decared that he knew who the writer
was ; and after declaiming against the cowardice of those
who wrote scurrilous articles and were afraid to avow
them, intimated his determination to seek an interview
with the presumed culprit. He accordingly left No. 5,
Exchange-street, turned sharply to the right, and
hastened to the house which fronted him at the bot-
tom of the street. He rang the bell, was asked in,
and then up stairs into the room where the master of the
house was. The domestics certainly were a little asto-
nished at the rapidity with which the stranger ascended
the stairs, but without hesitation they ushered him into
the apartment. His lordship began by asking sundry
gut stio us. Our readers know how very easy it is to ask
questions. This part of his mission the noble lord dis-
charged with great fluency ; but the answers not com-
ing with corresponding rapidity, his lordship became
very much excited, and some strong coarse words, pre-
fixed with other words coarser still but shorter, came
forth explosively as from a little volcano. His lordship
flung out his words in showers—as children fling hand-
fuls of sand and stones on the sea beach. They do it
playfully, but not so his lordship ; he seemed to be in
earnest, and declared that his object was to blow out
the brains of the individual who stood before him. He
was informed, with as much gentleness as was poasible
under the circumstances, that his wishes on that point
were notreciprocated. He was reminded—and obviously
there was need for it—that he was a juetiPe of the peace.
Tais pertinent observation he disposed of with one of
those ready phrases not necessary to be repeated in our
columns, and which we hope his lordship will not let
fall when sitting on the bench. Then followed in
rapid succession the words " scoundrel," " coward,"
" " blackguard"—all, or almost all, with em-
phatical prefixes. kVlien he had relieved himself of these
he was informed that, if he had come with the intention
of behaving as a nobleman or gentleman he should be
treated with all possible courtesy ; but if he lowered him-
self to the level ,:f the blackguard he should be treated
as he deserved. The doctrine was obviously reasonable.
No one could complain of being treated as ho deserved.
A jestice could not object to justice, and if Lori Has-
tinge bad forgotten that he was a lord he could not be
surprised were the memories of other people no less de-
fective than his own. His lordship revived under this
intimation, and discharged a fresh volley. He was then
told plainly that he had not complied with the specified
condition, and could not be suffered to remain where he
was. A.fiuger was pointed to the door, and the noble lord
was requested to say whether he would walk out himself
or would require assistance. his lordship looked at the
door, and for a moment seemed undecided. Apparently
disposed to I.nger on the forbidden spot the peremptory
order was repeated—" Move off, and be gene !" Certain
" lords iu waiting" manifested signs of iinnatieuce at his
lordship's waiting so long. His motion towards the door
was certainly at firet very slow. Those " lurds" there-
upon making their thumbs into bayonets, gently pro-
pelled the lingering nobleman towards the path of duty,
which led to the outer door. It was for a moment an
anxious question whether his lordship would not be saved
the trouble of walking down stairs, but happily ho was
permitted to do so. He was as much as possible spared
indignity. Though the house resounded with his oaths
and his threats, better discipline than his lordship prac-
tises saved him from violence and excessive insult ; and
his lordship at length departed, we trest a wiser, and—
we are sure—a sadder man. The echoes of his maledic-
tions died away, and all was still except the laugh that
a lord could be so silly, and the sigh that one pos-
sessed of no mean talent and large powers of doing
good, should have journeyed to Norwich on such an
errand and have made the grievous mistake of thinking
(if he thought at all) that a lord in lording himself was
still a lord, and that the supreme master of Melton
Constable bad a ticket-of-leave which exempted bins
from the observance of law, order, or decency. The
next time Lord Hastings enters a house and deals out
his threats and curses in this fashion, we hope he will
have as peaceful an exit as he was favoured with on this
occasion.

D endary tsao, anaonum
lsc TANKS.—The Town Council of Glasgow
have recently constructed some tanks for purifying
Water
a ebymist has since been appointed to advise
committee in making the necessary experi-
ments. The council have now three tanks, 60 feet in
ingginieo of
eiameter
an s
diameter, an engine
deep, with a mixing well 10 feet in
iation tirpWlg that the " eight-horse power, and a pump
capable of rais
1e75 00fi.,
but gallons in a minute, the calcu-
t_ :e tanks are quite capable of purif
ink;
heentents of the Pinketon Burn.
The cost is
bsthat includes 1951, for which
:urn the contractors
if for six months. At 21r.
nte.ighbourhood of LeiceAer,
for three mentlig, or 2504. if
to work the engine
Whhealperocess is precipitation.
iViekstoe.d's works, in the
the deodorant tk.ed is liTratten,
s anodt the sewage matter,
dic:varruesteortvhne. works at the out-
It is thus described :
the proper pro-
b including'
the n)
a itnh er
bowersefuse
of fromb e
scourers, id brought
theis then passed
fall, and in its passage to the
portion of cream of lime is pumped into Pipe through
which the sewage water passes. :
through agitators before entrance into the reservoir, and,
when admitted, the solid matter begin, to
immediately, while the sewage water, thus gradually
precipitate
freed from impurities, flows into the river i,I a disin.
!ected state at the further end of the reservoir.. From the
beginning to the ending of the works no unpleasant
smell whatever was perceivable, although the Subsiding
taks, and all the processes mentioned are in the eovere;t
-,art of the buildings. The deoderisation is complete. .

SMITEFIELD CATTLE SHOW.

THE PUBLIC DAY.
The first public day at the Smithfield Cattle Show
ofers attractions considerably in excess of those of the
private view, when only the quadrupedal results of scien-
tific feeding present themselves to the gaze of the curi-
ous spectator. On the public day the aristocracy rush
in, the " distinguished foreigners" congregate, and the
butchers accumulate, in order that they may make selec-
tion amongst the fat martyrs of mangold.wnrtzel for the
Christmas entertainments of their anxious customers.

At the private view the audience fit but few, while on
the great public opening the whole area is thronged,
specimens of every variety of the Anglo-Saxon race
abound, while in addition the prevalence of whiskers and
moustaches, of dark skins and sparkling eyes, proves how
widely extended is the interest taken in British bucolic
progress. Groups of sturdy farmers are encountered at
every corner, six feet high by four across the shoulders,
looking with sympathetic complacency on the results of
country air and high feeding on the oxen and the pigs
and the sheep, the metropolitan butchers may be seen
in groups poking and punching, and measuring, and
making mental calculations as to how a beast will turn
out " sinking the offal," and foreigners from France,
Italy, and Germany glide about, and admire, and
wonder at bovine, ovine, and porcine—results such as

they had never seen realised in their respective coun-
tries. Perhaps some Russians—for there are Rue-
sians everywhere—might be singled out, in yesterday's
crowd ; and, if so, they must have been not a little
astonished at the difference of rotundity exhibited by
the honest, placid short-horns and Herefords of England
as compared with the seared, four-footed skeletons that
flash across the gaze of the traveller between St. Peters-

burg and Moscow. The Parisians may have their Ver
sallies with its tawdry dec.Tations, and the Russians
their Kremlin with its barbaric splendour, but we have
our Smithfield show with its unmatchable cattle, and
pigs, and sheep, and in them the materials for that
muscle which enables us to push our way from one end
of the world to the other. One could almost imagine
yesterday that the splendid animals were conscious that
they were on their trial before the world, the "observed
of all observers." The massive but still graceful oxen
stood proudly in their stalls, or reclined with dignity on
the soft couch which Mr. Balnois had prepared for them,
while some few regaled on delicate slices of •S wedish
turnip, which an obsequious herd offered to their fas-
tidious palates. The sheep showed off their dense fleecy
pile to the best advantage, and the pigs kept up a con-
stant discussion (we suppose) on agricultural statistics,
which was quite as vociferous and almost as intelligible
as some which the papers have recently had the honour
of reporting. Fair ladies generally caressed the adipose
monsters ; while the latter in gentle grunts testified
their high appreciation of the honour conferred. It
was, in truth, a sight at once national and charac-
teristic to see all classes of society thus doing homage
to a first principle by their undisguised admira
tion of the success achieved in the production of
human food. !Amongst the visitors might be
recognised many members of the aristocracy, of course
including the Duke of Richmond, who came to pay his
respects to the animals from whom be derived a medal
as useful, if not so glorious, as that which his grace
brought from Waterloo. The heir-apparent of Oude
was also among the visitors, attended by his interpreter,
Captain Brandon, and made a most careful inspection of
the contents of the exhibition. Taken altogether there
bas seldom been known a better attendance than
thronged the Bazaar throughout the whole of yesterday.
As usual on these occasions, the galleries offered a va-
ried collection of agricultural machinery, including
steam ploughs, reaping-machines, and an almost endless
collection of clod-crushers, beetle-traps, patent churns,
and reaping-machines. The last-named invention would
now appear to be naturalised in the country, seeing that
so many of the great machine-makers have essayed im-
provements in its construction. Not only are specimens
exhibited, but the walls are ornamented with attractive
landscapes, in which the machine forms the centre figure,
while swathes of golden corn fall on every side as it
urges along•eits fiery course. The comparative merits of
the different principles is still under discussion, and far
be it from us to pronounce dogmatically where . " doc-
tors disagree." In the galleries are also exhibited
numerous samples of green crops, turnips, beet, and
mangold-wurtzel, and the enormous size of the specimens
toows how much care is now being devoted to their
cultivation. The Royal Dublin Society have a
well-furnished stand, which is worthy of note as being
the only contribution from Ireland, the land of
beeves and porkers, sends to the Cattle Show. With all
these combined attractions, it is hardly to be wondered
at that yesterday, the first day, should be so fully and
fashionably attended.

HEiiLTII OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(Frain the Report of the Registrar• General.)

An increase of death is the effect which was generally
anticipated of the late sudden changes of the atmosphere.
The amount of sickness in a population, at any time, is
measured only approximately by the mortality; and that
part of it which is fatal is of various duration, and is
recorded, therefore, not in one week, but a succession of
weeks. The deaths in London, which in two preceding
weeks were 1,261 and 1,158, rose in the week that ended
last Saturday to 1,318. The mean temperature, which
fell on the 25th ult., and continued below the average
during ten days, was on Tuesday last week only 27.7
deg., which is 14Cleg. below theaverage. On Saturday it
rose to 52.2 deg., which is 11 deg. above the average.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55
the average number of deaths was 1,291. If for com-
parison with the present return this average is raised in
proportion to increase of population, it becomes 1,420.
The deaths of last week are therefore less by 112 than
the corrected average.
The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory
organs, which in the previous week were 296, rose last
week to 363 ; and the mortality under this head is higher
than is usual in the first week of December. The prin-
cipal diseases in this class are bronchitis and pneumonia
—the former rose from 173 and 154 in the two previous
weeks to 194 last week, and the latter from 110 and 103
to 125. In the same three weeks the deaths from
phthsis or consumption were successively 169, 166, and
164. Hooping-oougb, which was fatal in 41 cases last
week, appears to remain unaffected by the weather. Of
42 deaths from measles almost half occurred on the south
side of the river ; 9 were recorded in the district of Lam
bath. Of 45 from scarlatina, S occurred in the sub-dis-
trict of St Paul (St. George-in-the-East) and 4 in that of
Kent-road. In St. Peter, Walworth, at :4 v, Trafalgar-
street, three children have died in seven days of scarla-
tina in one family ; and one child in another family in
the same house. In most of these cases the scarlatina
terminated in low fever.
One man and five women died last week who were 90
years old or more. The two oldest were widows, of the
age of 94 years.
Last week the births of 755 boys and 765 girls, in
all 1,520 children, were registered in London. In the
ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the ave-
rage number was 1,487.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.675 in.
The highest reading occurred on Thursday, and was
29.96 in. The mean temperature was 35.5 deg., which
is 6 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years
(as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily tem-
perature was below the average from 10 deg. to 14 deg.
till Friday, when ►t rose !6 deg. above it. The lowest
reading of a thermometer in the air was 19.4 deg. on
Sunday ; the highest was 56 deg. on Saturday, and the
range of the week was 36.6 deg. The mean dew-point
temperature was 32.3 deg., and the difference between
this and the mean air temperature was 3.2 leg. This
difference on Friday was only 0.6 deg. The mean tem-
perature of the water of the Thames was 39.3 deg. The
temperature of the river varied from 37.1 deg., the
lowest on Thursday, to 42.5 deg. the highest on Sunday
and Saturday. The wind, which at the beginning of the
week was in the north or north-west, blew at the end
from the south-west, sometime, in gales. The amount
of rain was 0.30 in., most of which fell on Wednesday
and Thursday. On the evening of Thursday an increase
of 10 deg. (of (temperature took place between six and
eight o'clock, followed by a nocturnal rising tempera.
ture.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NITMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 6.

Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 5B
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 368
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 .... '2
Premature Birth and Debility 3B,
Atrophy
Old Age
%Liddell 4... 7
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance,. ' 4l
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES c. 1,318
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spending week in the

1851. of 1855. Week..
West Districts
North Districts 490,30 n
Central Districts 393,2r,0
East Districts 485,r,22
South Districts
..., 283

Totals
Males
649
E;naale3
609
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females

755
765

Total -•••••"•••.

.•..1,524

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