The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

The Flower Show at the Industrial
Exhibition.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

MANSION-HOUSE.

(From the Revi:fra:•-Genr:-a,'s Pe:urn)

USING ABUSIVE LANGUAGE.—Mary Fletcher, a dissolute-
looking woman, was charged with using abusive language.
Mr. Hurst, landlord of the public-house, 26, Lower
Thames-street, said that about 11 o'clock last night the
prisoner was outside his door, and used the most offensive
and abusive language to a gentleman who was then staying
in the house. He remonstrated with her, and she then
commenced abusing him. Finding that ske would not go
away quietly, he gave her into custody. For a consider-
able time she had been in the habit of coming to his house
and using the most insulting language towards him and
his customers, and she was a regular nuisance.
Police-Coustable Shoe deposed to having taken the
woman into custody, and having used very disgusting
language.
Sir Robert Carden sentenced the prisoner to seven days
hard labour for causing an obstruction in the streets.
Henry ll.ighes, a young man, was charged with ob-
structing the thoroughfare in Leadenhall-street.

A very interesting feature has just been added to
the Working Men's Industrial Exhibition at the
Agricultural Hall, Islington—viz.: a working
man's flower-show; and when the lateness of the
season and the uncongenial state of the weather is
taken into consideration, the greatest loverof flowers
could. not wish to see a greater variety of well-
grown plants even at the Herticultural Gardens.
The " show" is very tastefully arranged in the lec-
ture-hall, and the splendid and unusual appearance
it presents attracts general attention and commenda-
tion. Although the competition for prizes was
solely confined to working met, a large number of
very splendid specimens of exotic plants have been
contributed by the great nurserymen surrounding
the metropolis, to " back up" the amateur display,
and such a proceeding entitles them to especial praise.
The plants arc arranged in the usual form adopted
at such display, and embrace fine specimens of
roses, dahlias, fuschias, balsams, geraniums, &e.
Amongst the principal objects that attract the
audience is a splendid collection of coniferme lent by
Mr. Gordon, and certainly a more unique display
we have never seen. Then the gorgeous contribution
of (gladioli, ferneries, - and ornamental boxes for
window gardening, all filled with the most lovely
plants by the Messrs. Carter, of Holborn, present a
very striking feature, and elicits universal admira-
tion. Mr. Puig, the ornamental rock-worker, of
St. John's-wood, sends two elegant designs in orna-
mental rock-work for out-door ferneries—one in
imitation of ruins, and the other cragged rock, with
natural dried ferns, both of which are most cleverly
executed. The amateurs who have succeeded in
taking prizes are--For roses : Mr. Murray, of Ley-
ton, and Mr. Mathews, of Lea-bridge ; for fuschias,
Mr. Gray, of Islington, and M. Green, of Green-
wich ; for geraniums, Mr. Mathews and Mr.
Gray ; for balsams, Mr. Green; for foliage plants,
Mr. Long and Mr. Trushell, of Stoke Newington ;
for dahlias, Mr. Mathews ; for exotic ferns, Mr.
Young ; for hardy ferns, Mr. Trushell ; for asters,
Mr. Mathews and Mr. Rose ; for cacti, Mr. Cappus ;
for fruit and vegetables, Mr. Young; for grapes,
Mr. George ; for table decoration, Mr. Hester ; for
bona nets, Mr. Russell and Mr. Bent ; and for de-
signs for flower gardens, Mr. Powell and Mr.
Murray.

Police-constable C 59 said that about 11 o'clock this
morning ho saw the prisoner, who had a basket of walnuts
on his head, looking in at a picture-shop. Having the
basket it caused an obstruction on the pavement, and
ho desired him to move on, which he refused to
do. He the took him by the arm and pushed
him but without unnecessary force into the road, upon
which the prisoner abused him in the coarsest manner, and
he took him into custody.
The prisoner denied the charge, and flippantly inquired
of the magistrate whether he had not a right to look into
a picture shop if he liked.
Sir It. Carden—Certainly not, with a basket on your
head, and I shall fine you five shillings, or send you, in
default of payment, to prison for seven days.

All the specimens sent in competition are worthy
the highest praise, especially as many of them have
been produced under the deadening effect of London
smoke.

The show has been produced entirely through the
praiseworthy exertions of Mr. Broome, Mr. Gordon,
and Mr. Green, seconded, as they have been, by
the contributions sent by the following nurserymen,
viz., Mr. Henderson, of Pine Apple-place ; Messrs.
Downie and Laird ; Mr. Burley, Mr. Williams,
Mr. Legge, Messrs. Cater of Holborn, Mr. Preston,
and Messrs. Barr and Sugden.

The display will remain open till Friday, until
which time it will assuredly attract thousands to
the Agricultural Hall.

Metropolitan a,2d Provincial Working Men's
Exhibition.

This Exhibition, which is attracting vast crowds
of visi;ors to the Great Metropolitan Hall, Isling-
ton, has been now open for three weeks, and, judging
from the ill:inters who have already attended it, is
likely to Le even a greater success than that of 1864,
held "n the same place and under the same manage-
ment. The arrangement of the numerous objects
of &splay, which was far from complete on the
day of inauguration, has been carried out with
great care and excellent effect, even. the articles
which arrived after the opening day obtaining e•F__
Bible places in the tasteful distribution. Some of
these latter are of rare merit, so that those who at-
tended on the earlier days of the Exhibition will
be fully repaid by a second visit. During the first
week 42,000 persons paid for admission, during
the second 54,000, and during the third 55,000 ;
making a total of something more than 150,000
visitors during three weeks. 'lhcse numbers, how-
ever, are not to be taken as a criterion of the pro-
bable success of the undertaking, for the promoters
of it expect that when man,/ who are now from
home come back to town that the returns will show
a great increase, -especially-in th number of day
visitors, who have to pay more than those who
attend in the evenings, and to whom the manage-
ment looks for success in a pecuniary sense. But
even with a weekly attendance of about 50,000
there is no doubt that there would be a consider-
abla surplus after paying all expenses. After the
Exhibition of 1864 alluded to above the surplus
then in the hands of the treasurer was forwarded
to the Society of and the interest of that sum
is now given in prize money to the ethibitor in art
workmanship from the northern district who may
prove successful in competition held annually. This
year, however, whatever remains i i the hands of
the committee after all expenses have been paid
will be added to the prize money already voted, so
that there is every reason to
hope that the number
of awards wall be more than usually large, and the.r.
value more than usually substantial. During this
week there will be a great variety of entertainments.
On Wednesday there will be a musical reunion of
the children of the Band of Hope schools, which
is expected to be of a varied and interesting cha-
racter. •

The Emperor and Empress of the French

at Biarritz.

The Emperor, almost immedi7tely on his arrival at Biar-
ritz, took a walk on the terrace overhanging the cea, ac-
companied by the Prince Yrnperial and General Floury. At
night the whole town was illuminated ; and about nine
o'clock his Majesty and the Empress walked for some time
in the midst of the crowd, and were everywhere received
with the greatest cordillity and respect. The day after
the Emperor paid a visit to the works !a pzogres3 for form-
ing a pelt of reluge.

A letter from Biairitz gives some detals of the Empress's
excursion to the grotto of S!,re

"Her Majesty, the Prance Imper:al, and a suite of about
30 persons, arrived at Sare at one o'clock. The journey
was made in bre:_ks drawn by horses from the imperial
stables. The travellers alighted at the house of M. Michel
Dihursubehere, where they stopped about two hours, wait-
ing till the weather, which had become rainy, shou'd clear
up, as they intended to go on, after seeing the grotto of
Sara, to that of Zugarrarnurdy, in Spa;n. The Emprese,
Prime, and many of the suite Mounted on horseback, while
most of the ladies and General Fleury's clai'den took their
places in pack--addles on the backs of mules, thus revivi ig
that ancient mode of travePing formerly so well known in
the Pyrenees, and now almost forgotten. Nothing could
bo nio:pcurious than this caravan, which was guided by
a troop of young men of the neighbourhood, who, by their
height and the elasticity of frames, as well an their
bold, free bearing, bought :o mind that proud nation of.
Cantabrians from whom they are descended. The party,
furnished with torches, went through the grotto of Sara,
and afterwards v:sLed that of Zugammurdy, which is
open at both ends, and in which slows a large rivclet,
which all the party forded. Here the travelle:s requested
the guide:, to sing some of their country conga, end in-
slan,ly a number of I' ne voices aroused the echoes of the
spot. The En pre.3s and the Princeimperial, on their re-
turn,know angatoi
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Michel. The imperial par 4 arrival at the Villa Eugenic
at about 10 at night."

The Ernpreis,tbroo days back, v:sited the hospital of
Sakt Leon, at Tosse, nerrßiarritz. ller Maje-ty was ac-
companicl by 31. d'Ar::beau, Prefect of the Department,
aad remained about an hoer conversing w:'.h the superior
and commit:ea o: management on subjeeLs connected
the insti:,ution.

Another letter from rarritz state-; that Count do Bis-
marck has engaged for the end of the pro;,ent month au
rpartment in ono of the principal hotels of that watering
place.

Lady Emily Toler and Miss Hos% ard have ar-
rived at Farrance's Hotel from Littlehampton.

A sad affliction has fallen on the family of the
great surgeon, M. N6laton. M. do Bagetteevr wille,s signed last
wfhaonsiae-myaarrd-
jriaangueacroyntbryacttiio EthuiMpe.roTlawtas standingon'odauh
in
.his was
giving orders to kis steward, belied a tart to which three
horses wore harnessed. M. do Basneville happened to be
leaning against .a wall when the horse* suddenly backed.
M. do 13asnoville instantly stooped and tried to get under
the body of the cart. In the attempt, his head was caught
and literally crushed by one of the huge back wheels with
such frightful violence that part of the b:ain and hair were
found adhering to the wheel. M. do Easneville had just
entered his thirtieth year, and leave~ his young wife
enciente.

TIDE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1866.

In the week that ended on Saturday, Sept. 23,
the births registered in. London and 12 other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 4,256 ; the
deaths registered, 3,003. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 26 per 1,000 persons living.
In Londun the births of 1,057 boys and 976 girl s,
in all 2,033 children, were registered in the week. In
tile corresponding weeks of ten years 1856-65 the
average number, corrected for increase of popula-
tion, was 1,9,50.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,350. It was the 38th week of the year, and
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,20 G. The
deaths in the present return exceed the estimated
number by 144. This number is exceeded by the
deaths in the week from cholera.
The deaths returned in the four last weeks from
cholera were 198, 157, 182, and 150 ; from diarrhoea
in the same periods 128, 132, 110, and 98. The
deaths from cholera are less by 32 than the deaths
from that disease in the previous week. Of deaths
registered last week from cholera and diarrhcea, 14
persons died from cholera and 11 from diarrhcea in
the West districts, 23 from cholera and 19 from diar-
rhcea in the North districts, 19 from cholera and 17
from diarrhoea in the Central districts, 56 from
cholera and 24 from diarrhcea in the East districts,
and 33 from cholera and 27 from diarrhcea in the
South districts.

Fifty-thrce young persons under 20 years of age
died from cholera and 81 from diarrhcea, at the age
of 20 and upwards 97 deaths occurred from cholera
and 17 from diarrhcea.

Woolwich, unlike the other parts of the metropo-
lis, had no medical health officer at the time of the
outbreak of cholera ; but the Board of Works, on
the appearance of the first case of cholera in Lon-
don, appointed a committee, who made the two
un'on officers health officers for the time being, and
took other-active -steps to combat the threatening,
epidemic..,, In the cane of Brewer-place, where six
deaths from cholera occurred, it is admitted that-
there was some delay in the application of proper
measures. Four deaths from cholera occurred last
week in Woolwich, and ten in Deptford.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 23 per.
1,000 in London, 19 in Edinburgh, 27 in Dublin, 18
in Bristol, 18 in Birmingham, 52 in Liverpool, 30
in Manchester, 29 in Salford, 21 in Sheffield, 26 in
Leeds, 21 in Hull, 35 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and
22 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 43 per 1,000
during the week ending the 15th inst., when the
mean temperature was 1.4 deg. Fahrenheit higher
than in the same week in London, where the rate
was 23 per 1,000.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29-564 in.
he barometrical reading increased from 29.94 in. on
Tuesday to 29-04 in. on Saturday. The mean tem-
perature of the air in the week was 53.7 deg., which
is 2.5 deg. below the average of the same week in 50
years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest
day temperature was 66.9 deg. on Wednesday. The
lowest night temperature was 42.4 deg. on Tuesday.
The entire range of temperature in the week was,
therefore, 24.5 deg. The mean of the highest tem-
peratures of the water of the Thames was 57.7 deg. ;
that of the lowest was 56.8 deg. The difference be-
tween the mean dew-point temperature and air tem-
perature was 5.3 deg. 'The mean degree of humidity
of the air was 83, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100. Rain fell on five days in the week
to the amount of 0.83 in., one-half of which was
mez.sured on Saturday. The general direction of the
wind was south-west. The mist was observed on
five days of the week.