The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-04 00:00:00

CLAY HALL, OLD FORD.

This ancient place for all kinds of sport and amusement
was pretty well attended yesterday. Very many years have
passed since hundreds, especially juveniles, congregated at
these grounds to witness the celebrated " mill where old
women were ground young:" The weather was rather
unpropitious for pedestrianism, the rain occasionally de-
sconding, and the wind from the north rather chilly.
The first race on the card was a handicap for a silver
watch, distance ono mile, nine times round the ground ;
Young Clark at scratch, Joe Sargeant FM yards, and E.
W., 110. The race was an exciting one, inasmuch as
Clark gradually gained on his opponents, and at last Sar-
geant came round the last turnwithin a dozen yards of the
goal, when Clark, who was close on his quarter, came with
a rush, and breasted the tape abreast of his game antago-
nist, the referee deciding it a dead heat. Clark was so
exhausted that be fell at the finish on his face, and the
other was placed hors de combat by his strenuous exertions ;
consequently they did not appear again in the handicap.
The next heat was between Anderson, 180 yards start,
and Morton 10 yards. The latter made of course the run-
ning for about five roands, when he gave up further com-
petition, and Anderson took it leisurely the remaining
L. the fluid Anderson "had no vompetitul, and
became entitledto the prize.

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS.

(Front the Registrar-General's Weekly Report•)

In the week that ended on Saturday, March 31,
the births registered in London and 12 other towns
of the United Kingdom were 4,649 ; the deaths re-
gistered 3,722. The annual rate of mortality was
32 per 1,000 persons living.

In London the births of 1,082 boys and 1,025
girls. in all 2,107 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of 10 years
1856-6 the average number, corrected for increase
of population, was 2,191.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,582. It was the 13th week of the year ;
and the average number of deaths for that week
is, with a correction for increase of popula-
tion, 1,576. The actual mortality of last
week agreed very closely with the amount calculated
for the last week of March.

Since the deaths rose above 1,800 in the first
week of March, they have shown a constant weekly
decrease. Fatal cases of bronchitis have declined to
197, the correct average being 184 ; those of pneu-
monia to 85, the average being 110. There were
16 deaths from small-pox, 40 from measles, 30 from
scarlatina, 10 from diphtheria, 18 from croup, 76
from whooping-cough, 71 from typhus, 18 from
diarrhoea. Five children died of measles in the
Islington West sub-district, and five of the same
complaint in the sub-district of St. John, West-
minster.

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A man, unknown, aged 65 years, died on 26th of
March in St. Giles's Workhouse, from " effusion of
serum on the brain, accelerated by want." (Inq.)
A boy, aged 11 months, in Short's Gardens, was
killed by swallowing a darning needle which lodged
in the right bronchus and perforated the heart.
The following 7 deaths were registered in the
week as having been caused by carriage accidents :
A bootmaker, aged 76 years, knocked down by a
cab in Bloomsbury-street—died on the 12th March
in St. James's Workhouse; the wife of a green-
grocer, aged 59 years, fell out of a cart—died on
22d March at 21, High-street, Shadwell ; a college
keeper, aged 6
down by a cab horse
—died on 20th March in Westminster Hospital ;
dikn 18thked
the widow of a skin dresser, aged 58 years, run over
by a hansom cab—died
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brewer, aged 50
Hospital ; a years, run over—died
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on 21st March at 1, North-street, Bethnal-green ;
an oil and grease refiner, aged 60 years, by the up-
setting of a cart—died on 27th Mareh in the Lon-
don Hospital ; the son of a labourer, aged 4 years,
fell from a cart in Thornton-street—died 23d March
at 34, Freeschool-street , Horsleydown.
The annual rate of
mortality last week was 27 per
1,000 in London
and
32 in Dublin; 36 in Bristol,
29 in B. •
trmingham, 48 in Liverpool, 42 in Man-
chester, 38 in Salford, 35 in Sheffield, 36 in Leeds,
39 in hull, and 28 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.909
inches. The mean daily reading was above 30
inches on three days of the week. The barome-
trical pressure was 29.10 inches on Sunday, and it
was 30.05 inches on Monday and Friday. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 49'8 deg.,
which is 6.5 deg. above the average of the same
week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
The mean daily temperature was above the average
throughout the week ; and on three days this ex-
cess was equal to 9 deg. or 10 deg. The difference
between the mean dew-point temperature and air
temperature was 5.7 deg. The mean humidity of
the air was 81, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100. The direction of the wind was
variable ; south-west predominated. The amount
of rain was 0.46 inches, of which 0.30 iricltes it 11074
Saturday.

OUSES.—Messrs. TOTLIS and ROBERTS
have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN,
'unurban, and Country RESIDENCES to LET or SELL.
PartiCillard upon application forwarded tor two stamps,
upon stating requirements and rental. Offices, 2, Conduit-
street, Regent-.treet, and South Kensington, facing the
Museum.

QOUTH KENSV. GTON, HYDE-PARK,
10 Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters-
ham Terraces, Queen's-gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort
Sardens, Elvaston-place, Cromwell-roid,Onslow and Thurloe
Squares, Boltons, Sm. Messrs TOPLIS and ROBERTS have
B,E SI Offices,NCSELL and LET in these and surrounding
localities. 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and
50 utll Kensington, facing the Museum.

ROYAL LYCEUM T EIEATRE.-
Under the sole Management ed Mr. Fechter.
THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER
Mr. H. Viiiddicomb.
pater which. THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD.
Mr. k'rchter; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin,
J. H. Flizpatric,, D. Evans ; Idesdames Ternan, Elsworthy,
Lavenu, and C. Leclercq.
Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.--
Sole Lessee and 31ansga, Mr. Buckstone
TEITS EVENING, h. ROMANTIC ATTAcIIIIENT
Mr. Co.inpton, Mr. W. Farren ; Miss Ada Cave dash.
After which, THE FAVOURITE OF FOR kt3NE : Mr.
So kern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, ea. ; Mesdames
Chippendale, Saville, Moore, Fitzwilliam, iii ii, Lindley, Sze.
Concluding with SHOCKING
dale, EVENTS : Mr. Chippen-
dale, Mr. Compton, ex.
Commence at Seven.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING. THROUGH FIRE AND WATER:
mews. J. L. Toole, It Phillips, Billington ; ',llss Woolgar
and Miss H. Strums.
tter which, THE WRECK ASHORE : Messrs. J. L.
P. Bedford. Stuart, Billingtcr, Ashley; Miss Woolgar
Ind miss H. SIMMS.
To collciude with BEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole B.
Zhillips..Etame. C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman, drc.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
k IS EVENOW, A GHOST IN SPITE OF HIMSELF.
Alter which, at a quarter to Eight, THE S GREETS OF
LONDON. Messrs. Vining. T. Mead, Murray, Sho
re,
re,
Villiers ; Mrs. H. Manor', Miss E. Barnett, and Miss
Rodgers.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Sirs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, PERI4'E ;TION.
After which will be produced a grand Easter Burlesque,
PARIS or, Vive Le mpiere : Mes,rs. Stoyle, Thorne, James :
Mesdames A. Swanbovough, Raynhara, Simpson. Johnstone,
Baum and Holt.
To conclude with DEAF AS A POST : Mr. Belford.

ASTLEY' S.—GREAT ATTRACTIONS.—
T HIS EVENING (Wednesday), April 3,
1866, and during the week, will be produced C. M.
von Weber's grand romantic Opera, entitled DER
FREISCHUTZ ; or, The Seven OLarmed Bullets. The
Libretto re-written by John Olenford, Esq. The new and
romantic Scenery of the Opera by Mess; s. Charles and
William Brew. The Band and Chorus under the direction
of Mr. J. H. Tully. The Dances arranged by M. Milano.
The characteristic Costumes by M. Laurey and Miss Yates.
Machinery by Mr. Lanham. Properties by Mr. Adams-
The Gas appointments by Mr. Pepper. The Stage ar-
rangements by Mr. T. H. Friend. All the remarkable
effects and supernatural Illusions in the grand Incantation
Scene invented, arranged, and produced by Professor
Pepper, t,f the Royal Polytechnic Institute.
Dramatis Personas—Prince Ottocar, Mr. Charles Lyall ;
Kuno (the Ranger), Mr. Corn; Rodolph and
.Cansseayr
(Huntsmen of the Ranger), Mr. Henry Haigh, Mr. Ay
Zamiel
Cooke • Kilian (a Villager), Mr. George, Honey
il Potter;; Agnes
(the Demon of the Forest), Mr-
(Daughter. of the Ranger, and bel3t6raoosuthsiend tom ißssodLoelpfah2;
Madame Haigh-Dyer ; Ann
(Mrs. H. Harper). uofLlLOy.Artistes.
Band and C(lllieorruTs
Conductor, Mr. J. H.
After the Opera, will
produced an entirely new and
F. C. Bunaand, Esq.,
sounded upon the Moorish riginal Burlesque ExtrabeyagParnozean,dby
of "The Two Sisters,"
Leg
ntitled BOABDIL EL CIIICO ; or, The Moor the Mer-
rier. Mr. J. 11. Tully. Scenery by Messrs. Brew.
ramatis Personae.—Moors—Boabdil El Chico (1. e.
Boitlylil the Cheeky, the last Moorish King in Spain, after
whom there wasn't any Moor; in love with everybody),
Miss M. Willmott ; Al Kali (his physician, one Moor), Mr.
E. Garden ' • El Bobbi (a little Moor : chief of the Moorish
police, and head of the private inquiry officers and court
detectives), Miss Rachel Sanger; Captain of the Body
Guard, Miss Maniata ; Ist Light of the Harem, Miss Annie
Payne ; 2d Light of the Harem, Miss M. Stanley; 3d Light
of the Harem, Miss Julia Brandon ; several other little
Lights of the Harem ; Zorah, the bighted Light of the
Harem, being the Light of other Days somewhat faded ;
considered by the other Lights as the Heavy of the Harem,
Mr. George Honey. No Moors, or Spanish. Don Ferdi- '
nand the Fearless (who loves his love with an N because
she's Nina), Miss Caroline Parkes ; Don Tito the Timorous
(who loves his love with an I because she's Isabella, Miss
Nelly Nesbitt; Don Pedro (the father of Nina and Isa-
bella), Mr. W. Templeton; Nina the Nimble (betrothed
to Don Ferdinand), Miss Marian ; Isabella the Indolent
(her younger sister), Miss Louise Laidla.w ; Kintinka (an
Ex-moor, not a pony, but waiting-maid to the two sisters.
She is in love with El Bobbi), Miss Minnie Sidney ;
Juanita, Inez, and Perea (Young Spanish maidens, com-
panions of the two sisters, Juanita, secretly attached to an
influential Moor, to whom ultimately she gives her hand),
Miss Clifton, Miss Kato Blandford, and Miss Velasquez.
The whole produced under the direction of Mr. -FRIEND.

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.—
Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation.-
2tll-01.1`. N for the Summer season.
During the recess the Theatre has been renovated and
decorated ; entirely new Orchestra • stalls, with a sel crate
entrance., added ; the Dress circle and Pit S, ate recovered,
and no expense spared to render this Theatre one of the moat
elegant and comtor. able in London.
T HIS E VEN ING WEDNESDAY), and during the week.
will be presented the great Domestic Drama, in Three Acts,
of BELPHEGOR: Messrs. T. Swinbonrne, Barrett, G. Bei-
more ; Misses Ada Dya., Hudspeth, and Mrs. Poynter.

Alter which (second time at this Theatre), the Ever-green
Burlesque, by F. C. Burnand, Esq., of IXIO2I : Misses Lizzie
Willa) ore, Fanny Gwynne, Ada Harland, 'Jetty Tracey;
Messrs F. Barby and G. Belmore.

To conclude with David Garrick's Farce of A MISS IN
HER TE PlCsi Mr. G. Belmore and Miss Fanny Gwynne.
Box-office open daily from Eleven till Three. No charge
for booking or programmes. Bonnets are not admitted in
the Dress Circle or Stalls. Doors open at halt-past Six,
commence at Seven. Entirely new Orchestra Stalls, with
spring stuffed seats and backs, and equal to those of the
West-end Theatres, 4s. ; Dress Circle, 3s. ; Boxes, 28. ;
ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, LI Is., £1 Ifs. 6d., and
£2 25.-2econd price at Nine.
Acting Manager, Mr. NYE CHART.

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