The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-31 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WORCESTER RACES—TUESDAY.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 !Joys each, with 25 added.

22 subs.

Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Ripon, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (Grimshaw) 1
Mr. E. Brayley's Watersprite, 3 yrs, 7st .. (Lambourn) 2
Mr. Draper's Marwell, 4 yrs, 7st 81b........ (A. Sadler) 3
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The following also ran :—Ellen, Bonny Lass, Libellous,
and Orion.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Libellous, 4to 1 agst Ripon, sto 1
each agst Watersprite and Ellen. Won by a length and a
half, a neck between the second and third, a good fourth.
Orion did not pass the post.

The Visitors' Plate (handicap) of 30 sous. Five furlongs.
Mr. C. J. Sadler's The Gift, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Sadler) 1
Mr. Reeves' Wee Polly, 2 yrs, Est (Reeves) 2
Mr. T. Cliff's Creeper, 3 yrs, Est 71b • (Taylor) 3
The following also ran :—Diamant, Chanoine, Sir Joseph,
Vulture, Pallas,; Coquette filly, Ringbone, Malvern Hill,
and Yaffa filly.

Betting-4 to 1 agst Vulture, sto 1 apt Wee Polly, G
to 1 each agst Creeper and Gift. Won by a length ; a head
between the second and third ; Vulture and the Yaffa filly
the next two ; Ringbone and Malvern Hill last.
Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added. Optional
selling weights, &c. Five furlongs. 5 subs.
Mr. Copperthwaite's Zingari, 3 yrs (DO), Est 111 b
(Gtlmshaw) 1
Mr. Brayley's Pescatere, 3 yrs (i3O), 7st .. (Lambourn) 2
Capt. Coote's Swertha, 3 yrs (L3O), Cat 1111.) (T. Johnson) 3
Bonny Lass and Flamo also ran.

Betting-5 to 4on Poscatore, 2to 1 agst Zingari. Won
by three-quarters of a length; three lengths between the
second and third ; a bad fourth. The winner was sold to
Mr. Nightingale for 43 guineas.

The Worcester Autumn Handicap of 10 sous each, h ft,
and only 3if declared, with 100 added. Winners extra,
&c. 1 mile 3 furlongs. 38 subs, 15 of whom declared.
Mr. T. Cliff's Lustre, 4 yrs, Est 111 b (Taylor) 1
Mr. Robinson's The Prophet, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Swindell's Weatherbound, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (inc.lolb ex.)
(J. Adams) 3
The following also ran :—Defender, Timandra, Barege,
Athos, Forager, Remunerator, and Sheffield.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Weatherbound, 7to 2 agst Defen-
der, 6 to 1 each agst Forager and The Prophet, 7 to 1 agst
Timandra, Bto 1 agst Lustre. Barege made the running,
followed by The Prophet, the last three bring Sheffield,
Weatherbound, and Timandra. At the half distance De-
fender showed in front, but was beaten within a quarter of
a mile from home, where Lustre came out, winning easily
by three lengths; two lengths between the second and
third. Sheffield was fourth, Remunerator and Athos fifth
and sixth, Defender and Barege the last two.
The Nursery Plate Handicap of 50 sous, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 soya each, for 2-yr-olds ; the second to save
his stake; winners extra, &c. T.Y.C., straight half
mile. 22 subs.

Mr. Cliff's Nutbush, Sot 21b (inc. 101 b ex.) (Grimshaw) -j- 1
Mr. Newiand's Astarte, 7st 81b (Charlton) f- 2
Mr. Osbaldoston's Camerino, 6st 91b (B.•ay) 3
The following also ran:—Conqueror, Miss Dr lqtable,
Namur, Ringbone, Wee Polly, Sloth, Marquise, Acre, Dog
Rose, f by Loup Garou, eud c by Tempest.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Miss Dunstable, 5 to• 2 agst Nut-
bush, 6to 1 agst Conqueror. After come delly at the post
the lot got off, Conqueror, Nutbush, Wee Polly, Miss Dun-
stable, and Astarte comps; ing the font rack ; at the hay
distance an exciting race took place between Nutbush and
Astarte, resulting in a dead heat ; Camei'no, a head from
the pair, third; Wee Polly and Miss Dunstable, the next
two.

Deciding heat-3 to son Astarte. Won by a head.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TrEspAr.

LIVERPOOL CUP.
sto 1 agst Mr. Godding's two—Summerside and

Chere Arnie (taken)
12 to 1 agst Killigrew (taken)

12• to 1 agst Industrious (taken)
15 to 1 agst Golden Pippin (taken)
20 to 1 agst Highwayman (1 aken)

DERBY.
11 to 2 agst Dundee (taken)
20 to 1 agst any other (offered)

REALTII OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)

The deaths in London, which had been in the
previous week 1,116, fell to 1,026 in the week that
ended last Saturday. The average for correspond-
ing weeks in the 10 years 1850-9, after correction
for increase of population, is found to be 1,141, and
therefore the number in the present return is less
by 115 than that which would have been recorded
if the average rate of mortality towards the end of
October had prevailed.

Fluctuations in the public health, as indicated by
the mortality, are marked chiefly by the increase
and decrease of deaths from zymotic diseases, and
from diseases of the respiratory organs, which
latter become more prevalent as the winter ap-
proaches. From zymotic diseases in the aggregate
the deaths last week were 269, while the corrected
average is 306 ; from pulmonary diseases the deaths
were 190, the corrected average being 183. A
hundred persons died of phthisis (consumption),
which stands in the tubercular order f tiseases
and this number is less than that obtaioned by cal-
culation by 42.
Among zymotic diseases, smallp.ox still shows a
low mortality; the deaths from it wer.e
and 13
not more
than 6. There were 54 from scarlatina,
from diphtheria. Twelve fatal cases of scarlatina
diphtheria 5 of
occurred in Islington, e
distict.
whooping-cough in the sa2nhotfe r
One infant died of ct yma, another pem-
phigus gangrenosus, a third of hernia cerebri, and
a fourth of purulent ophthalmi. The daughter
aged three years, died from her
of a gardener,
two children from scalds, and
clothes taking_finrue,
from burns. A charwoman
a young w°"'"
was suffocated when in a state of intoxication. Of
four nonogenarians the oldest was a Woman
who
had attained the age of 97 years.
Last week the births of 994 boys and 955 girls,
in all 1,949 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-
59 the average number was 1,595.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.911 in.
The readings fell from 30.10 in. on Sunday, the
21st, to 29.79 in. on Friday. The !mean tempera-
ture of the air in the week was 53.2 deg., which
is 5.2 deg. above the average in the same week
in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The
mean daily temperature was above the average on
every day except Sunday, and on the last five days
the amount of that excess was from 6 deg. to 9
deg. On Sunday the thermometer fell to 39 deg.,
the lowest point in the week, and on Thursday it
rose to 64 deg., its highest point. The range of
temperature in the week was therefore 25 deg.
The mean daily range was 13.3 deg. On Monday
the thermometer in the sun rose to 102 deg., and
that on grass fell to 32.6 deg. The difference
between the mean dew-point temperature and air
temperature was 2.1 deg. The mean degree of
humidity of the air was 80, complete saturation
being represented by 100. The mean temperature
of the water of the Thames was 50.6 deg. The
wind blew almost constantly from the south-west.
The quantity of rain that fell was only the 700th
part of an inch,