The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-20 00:00:00

PUGILISM.

JOB COBBLEr AND ROBERT TRAVERS, THE BLACK,
Fon 100/.=-The passage of arms between these mem-
bers of the-P.R. took place yesterday, pursuant to
articles, and proved to be one of the hardiest fought
battles of recent times. Cobbley is a fresh importation
from Nottingham, being brought out under the auspices
of Ben Caunt, the ex-champion, while Robert Travers is
prot6g6 of Nat Langham, and it may be said that he is
the best man of colour that 1,3,3 been seen in the ring
since the days of Young Sambo. Both men have before
fought in the ring, and been victorious—the Black de-
feating Baker, of Chatham; and George Crockett, while
Cobbley had been triumphant over young Webb. The
combatants were confined to gat 71b, and on going to
scale on Monday they were ascertained to be well -within
the mark, the Nottingham man having a trifling when
-
tags of a pound or so. An aquatic trip was agreel upon
and after a speedy voyage, a debarkation was effected on
the Kentish marshes. By the time the commissary had
completed the ring arrangements there could not have
been less than two thousand spectators, some of whom
had come from Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham,
and other provincial sporting towns. Both men were
in good condition. -:Tile Black was waited on by
Jemmy Welsh and James Massey, while Johnny
Hannan and Young Sambo did the attentive fur Cob-
bley, on whom the odds were 7 to 4. The Nottingham
man had the advantage in height. Travers, however,
after some hard hitting, gained an immense lad, and
after the combatants had been fighting sonu-pihing
more than an hour the friends of Travers thought it
a-perfect certainty, and offered 10 to 1. Unquestion-
ably at this period no one could have supposed that
Travers could be defeated. Still Cobbley kept coning
up in the most indomitable manner, till, by sheer per-
severance alone, he wearied cut the Black and turned
the tide 0' war in his favour. At the finish of the 110th
round he was bailed the winner. The contest lasted
three hours and twenty-seven minutes.
DAVID INGRAM (OF BIRMINGHAM), AND THOS. BROOKE
(01" NORWICH), Foil 50/.—These lads, who were con-
fined to Set. fib., also fought in the same ring. The
contest turned out to be a very merry affair. Tuaram
for a novice, is a smart clever boxer, and, throughout
the battle, bad the best of fighting, but his courage was
found to be far from first quality. The contest was
maintained in a rapid style until 47 rotitas had been
contested, when the "Brume refused to again come
from his corner ; therefore, the sponge bad to be thrown
up in token of submission. The battle occupied an
hour and twenty-five minutes.

A report is current that Prince Peter Napoleon
Bonaparte, formerly a member of the Mountain in the
National Assembly, and who has lived of late in Algiers,
is the candidate for the throne of the united Princ:pali-
ties of Moldavia and Wallachia, whose pretensions the
Emperor Louis Napoleon desires to see favoured.
THE LATE COLLISION oN'THE SToIIR VALLEY BRANCH
OF THE LoNDoN AND NORTH• WESTERN RAILWAY.—BIit-

HINGHAM, Tuesday.—An inquest was held yesterday
evening at llandsworth upon the body of Thomas Wil-
kinson, of Stoke-upon-Trent, whose death was caused by
injuries received by a collision of trains at the Albion-
station nn the Stour Valley line, on the afternoon of the
6th of August. Mr.hffe, one of the coroners for
the county of Stafford, presided. The jury returned a
verdict of manslaughter against Thomas Baxter, the
engineer of the passenger train.
DANGEROUS STATE OF THE CLIFF AT DOVER'—It
will be remembered that in the winter of 3853-4 there
were many falls of cliff around Dover, rendocirg heavy
operations necessary for the security of the rublic. Since
• .
tbat,time the cliff standing beyond the j tty at East
Cliff has been in an exceedingly dangeroun state, and
the owners of property have been called on by the coil.
mandant of the garrison to remove the loose portions i f
overhanging chalk, and "face' the cliff so as to render
it safe for the persons patsing below. This workcannot
be done in winter,
owing to the rotten state of the ma-
terials to be dealt with, which are made more soft and
insecure ky frost.—Soutie-Eastern GRIN,

HEALTH- OF LONDON DURLY•G THE
WEEK.

(Front th,e Report of the Registrar-GemeraZ.)
The inhabitants of London an not in an average state
of health. 1,250 deaths were registered in the week that
ended on Saturday, Aug. 16, whereas the corrected ave.
i rage of the corresponding eight weeks of previous years
when cholera was not epidemic, is 1,127. In the second'
( week of August 1849 and 1854 cholera was epidemic,
and the deaths ansouLtd to 2,230 and 1,833.
Summer chorera now prevails to a siight extent, and
was fatal in 22 cases; diaracca was faint in 253 cases ;
242 children died of these diseases under the age of 10 ;
11 of the alults were under GO years, and 22 were 60
years of age and upwards.
Of 1,250 persons of the various stated ages, 760 were
under 20 yerrs of age; 150 were of the age 20-24 ; 145
were 40.60; 156 were 60.80 ; 39 only were of the age of
80 and up ...amis.
620 of the persons whose career was cut short under
60 years of age died either of zymotic diseases, or of
the respiratory organs of consumption.
These diseases are natural to man, but their ravages
are greatly aee,ravatecl by the physical impurities of the
atmosphere, seen from a dietaries banging in a cloud
over London.
The smoke of our manufactories has been rendered
less dense than it was by Lord Palmerston's Act. It
will ascend as dark as ever in winter from the fires of
340,000 houses ; but Dr. Arnott has shown that the
evil may be greatly diminished, and by the mere modi•
fications of lighting the fire from the top much of the
smoke is burnt.
The dust of the principal streets, which are now co-
vered with horse dung, watered every day, and beat up
by omnibuses, may be got rid of by frequent cleansing,
and by new processes. The railways which traverse the
southern, the eastern, and the northern parts of London
would, if extended to the centre and the west, not only
relieve the thickest thoroughfares, but facilitate the move-
ments and the traffic of the population, dwelling in houses
which it was computed at the last census could, be all
visited by going over something more than 6,563 miles
of ground.

The third class of atmospheric impurities is invisible,
but it arises from the long retention of the excrement of
London under the houses and in the sewers. ACeording
to the estimates of Mr. Lawes London could supply the
farmers of England daily with 29 tons of ammonia, 51
tons of carbon, 14 tons of phosphates, 32 tons of mineral
matter, and 14 tons of other matter, making in the ag-
gregate 140 tons of dry manure, dissolved naturally in
about 19 times its weight of water. The country requires
this precious manure, which London is anxious to get
rid of at any reasonable cost, as it is now known to be
as insalubrious as it is offensive.

The problem for the engineer to solve is, how can 3,000
tons of town guano be returned daily to the disinfecting
soil, from which it was chiefly taken, with the least
offence to health and with the least cost ? Shall it be
distributed by pipes or by railways ? Shall it be disin-
fected by water, earth, ashes, or any chemical compound
Under the present arrangements some hundreds of
thousands of tons of this matter lie in store in London.
putrfyin in cesspools, and percolating the streets, while
the residue is thrown into the Thames at great cost.
All these impurities of the air we breathe in London
have evidently a natural tendency to increase more ra-
pidly than the population, and can only be removed by
the vigilance, intelligence, and energy of the boards of
works.

Every substantial sanitary improvement they effect
will be as evident as the diminution in the. mortality in
the districts which now receive a purer water, and which
will, it may be expected. ere long receive it on the sys-
tem of conutant 'supply.
Daring the week the births of 793 boys and 782 girls,
in ail 1,575 children, were registered in London. In the
ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the ave-
rage number was 1,427.

,
The meteorology of the week underwent great changes.
The barometer stood at 29.763 in. on an aytrage. The
mean temperiture of the air was 66.9 deg. during the
week ; it was 69.3 deg. on Sunday, 71.1 deg. on Mon-
day, and fell gradually t ) 62.5 on Saturday. The high-
est temperature of the air in the shade rose to 87 deg.
on Monday. The lowest temperature of 'the air, 48.5
deg., was observed on Saturday night. The thermome-
ter in the sun rose every day t 3 100 deg. and upwards,
attaining 105.5 deg. on Wc.inesday. The. temperature
of the Thames was 70.4 deg. The dryness of the air
was indicated by the 9.1 deg. of difference between the

temperature of the wet and dry bulb thermometers.
The wind was south-west, and-moved at the mean rate
of 90 miles a day over Greenwich. Nearly half an inch
(0.4) of rain fell on Thursday ; and rain fell also on Mon-
day and Saturday !n gentle showers. The electricity
was positive during the week.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER, OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES -REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 16.
Zymotic Diseases 4,r4. 454
Diseases of Uncertain S6:`,
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3)
Diseases of the Lungs aid other Organs of
Respiration BB
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, b...
Diseases-of the Joints, Bones, apd Mu.-cles .. -5
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformailions 4
Premature Birth and Debility 44
Atrophy .. 4B
Old Age
39
:udden
10
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 6O
Causes not specified

DRAMS PROM ALL CAUSES 1,950

Population Deaths in corm- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the
1851. of 1855. Week..
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts..... 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals
Males
Fomales

1,095

1,250
G 25
625