The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-26 00:00:00

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gout, as increasing every year. Gout has infecto
some of the ablest men in England, and it is sug-
gested that there is, perhaps, some connexion
between the phosphorus abounding in the brain,
and the excess of phosphoric acid in the blood of the
gouty, before a paroxysm. Gout is five times as
common in men as in women, and is very rarely
fatal under 35 years of age. To it 361 deaths were
attributed in 1865. Unlike gout, dropsy is most
fatal to women ; and the substitution of dropsy in
women for gout in men after the age of 15 is worthy
the attention of pathologists. Cancer more than
twie3 as fatal to women as it is to men. The mor-

tality by all constitutional diseases is rather less
than it was in the decade 1850-59; and this is partly
due to the decrease of the number of deaths referred
to phthisis. Still they reached 53,734 in 1865, the
greater part of them deaths of adults; more than
half the deaths of young women between 20 and 20
were caused by phthisis. The fourth class of di-eases
—the developmental—were fatal to 77,806 persons
in England in 1865. 8,791 infants born alive died
from being premature, and other 22,436 died of de-
bility before they were a year old. Besides 1,333
deaths by puerperal fever, and 2,490 ascribed to
childbirth, 490 women died of specific diseases com-
plicated by parturition. The deaths by ordinary
diseases of the 560,000 encieute women constantly
existing in the population of England could not be
entirely distinguished from the deaths of other
women of the same age ; of course they were sub-
ject to the same diseases as others, but probably the
class of mothers belongs to what, in a certain sense,
the insurance offices call select lives. The list of
developmental diseases closes with the deaths of
28,709 persons from old age, 154 of the men and 402
of the women aged 95 and upwards. Thus We
reach the last class of deaths—the 17,374 persons
put out of life by violent deaths ; 15,232 by accident
or negligence, 443 under circumstances bringing the
case unier the legal denomination of homicide,
1,392 by suicide, 6 on the scaffold, and the remain'
in
which 301 not classed. These are the several ways n
which 490,909 persons died in England in 1865.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

SALISBURY.-TUESDAY.

At market this morning there was a fair attendance
of farmers, millers, and dealers. A very short supply of
old wheat, but new a good show. Trade slow, and pre-
vious prices generally declined is per qr. Barley iu mo"
derate demand for malting purposes, and the figure in ono
case was 45s per qr. In oats there was an average busi-
ness, and easier to buy. In beans former quotations were
unaltered. Peas were a short offer, and at .late prices.
Flour inactive.
The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from
44s to 75s ; barley, 38s to 45s ; oats, 25s to 30s; beans, 463
to 58s ; and peas, 40s to 48s per qr. Tares, from 5s 6c1,t0
7. 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 16d ; household ditto,
per 81b loaf. Flour, 47s to 50s per sack.

HULL.—TUESDAY.
At our market to-day there was a pretty fair show of
wheat offered: a fair business done in English, at is to 25
decline; foreign in improved demand at fully last week°
prices. For barley the demand was of a retail character,
but held for late rates. Oats were steadily inquired for,
and advanced slightly. Beans steady. Peas scarce.
English white wheat, 66s to 70s; red, Gas to 65s ; Dan':
sic and Konigsberg, 62s to 72s ; Baltic red, 60s to 625,
Danish and;Hamburg, GOs to 628 ; Russian, 59s to 605•
Barley, English, 38s to 458; grinding, Mediterranean'
34s to 35s 6d. Oats, new English, 26s to 28s; Russian+
2Gs to 275. Beans, old English, 45s to 4Gs ; foreign, 'PS
to 435. Peas, English blue, 44, to 46s Od; foreign white,
43s to 445; grinding, 42s to 43s Od per qr.