The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-04 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, July 3.

Mr. Matheson, Secretary to the Privy Council, has
officially announced to the Lord Mayor that two
cases of cattle plague have occurred in the townland
of Ballynaskes, near Enfield, in the county of
Meath. Prompt steps have been taken, by the
establishment of a cordon and the slaughter of
animals which have been in contact with the infected
beasts, to prevent, if possible, the further spread of
the disease.

The Daily Express says it is rumoured that Mr.
Whiteside has been offered the choice of the office
of Lord Chancellor or that of Chief Justice of the
Queen's Bench, and says it is thought he will accept
the first mentioned. It also states that Lord Naas
will be Chief Secretary, and Mr. J. E. Walsh, the
candidate for the University, Attorney-General for
Ireland—adding that it is considered extremely pro-
bable that next Session Mr. Walpole will be elected
Speaker. There is no doubt that the Lord Chief Jus-
tice has placed his resignation in the hands of Lord
Derby. The arrangement that would give most
satisfaction to the bar and the public here would be
to make Mr. Brewster Chancellor, and Mr. White-
side Chief Justice. Other vacancies on the Irish
bench are expected to occur during the new Derby
Administration, so that the protracted suspense in
legal circles is becoming rather painful.
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The election of Lord Mayor
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yesterday. Mr.ade
Norwood Councillor
M'Clean, the gentleman whom the Conservative
members of the Corporation had selected as the
most fit and proper person to fill the civic chair in
pursuance of a compact, or arrangement, which,
they allege, has existed since the reform of the cor-
poration, to the effect that a Conservative and a
Liberal should be appointed alternately. Mr. Nor-
wood and Mr. Barrington forcibly urged the claims
of Mr. M'Clean, as a gentleman who had realised an
ample fortune in business, and spent it in Dublin,
who has been for a long time connected with the
Council and a steady attendant at all its committees
of which he is a member, and as being every way
qualified for the office of chief magistrate except in
one particular. He has one defect ; he is an aged
bachelor, a defect which is not irreparable, for his
year of office might be signalised by a wedding and
the birth of an heir in the Mansion-house. But
the majority of the Council saw no certainty in
this pleasant prospect, and one member, Mr.
Graham, was of opinion that a Lord Mayor, as
well as a bishop, should be " at least the husband of
one wife." Mr. Norwood, however, promised that,
independently of all matrimonial contingencies, Mr.
M'Clean, if elected, would have a lady to do the
honours of Lady Mayoress, so that the character of
the Mansion-house for hospitality should not suffer.
Alderman J. Reynolds proposed Alderman Wil-
liam Lane Joynt, and the nomination was seconded
by Alderman Boylan. An animated debate followed
on the alleged compact. Mr. Byrne, Mr. Sullivan,
and Mr. Devitt were the principal speakers. Alder-
man Joynt was elected by a majority of more than
two to one, the numbers being for him 36, against
him 14. The result was received with great cheer-
ing. Mr. Joynt returned thanks in an eloquent
speech, which excited the enthusiasm of the audi-
ence. He is the third Liberal Protestant ever
elected to fill the office ; the other two being Mr.
George Roe and Mr. Arabin.

The anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, which
happened on Sunday, has passed off without any
disturbance in Ulster.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

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

In the week that ended on Saturday the 30th of
June the births registered in London and 12 other
large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,554 ;
the deaths registered 2,519. The annual rate of
mortality was 25 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 982 boys and 937 girls,
in all 1,919 children, were registered in the week.
In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1856-65
the average number, corrrected for increase of popu-
lation, was 1,991.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,400. It was the 26th week of the year, and
the average number of deaths for that week was,
with a correction for increase of population, 1,263.
The. actual return is, therefore, higher than the
estimated number by 137.

The deaths from fever were not more than 38 ;
those from scarlatina were 34. But two diseases in
the zymotic class discover a disposition to increase
—viz., smallpox and diarrhoea, 41 deaths from the
former having been returned, and the latter hav-
ing increased to 67 deaths.
The following six deaths from cholera were re-
gistered in the week:—On the 27th of June, at 12,
Priory-street, Bromley, a labourer and his wife,
both of the age of 46 years, died of " cholera
Asiatica," the formerafter 15 hours', the latter after
12 hours' illness. On the 25th of June, at 20, New-
street, Berwick-street sub-district (St. James,
Westminster), two girls, the daughters of a tailor's
porter, aged respectively two years and six years,
" English cholera (18 hours)." On the 21st of
June, at 21, Old Bethnal-green-road, a boy, aged
11 months, " choleraic diarrhoea ; exhaustion." On
the 22d of June, at 51, Wellington-place, Hollo-
way, a girl, aged 14 years, " English cholera (38
hours), syncope."
On the 27th of June a charwoman died in the
Westminster workhouse of "inanition ; destitution."
Orr the 12th of June, at 11, Pleasant-place,
Bethnal-green, the wife of a general dealer, aged 49
years, " effusion into the cavity of the chest, acce-
lerated by privation and want of food."
The annual rate of mortality last week was 24
per 1,000 in London, 20 in Edinburgh, and 20 in
Dublin; 28 in Bristol, 18 in Birmingham, 35 in
Liverpool, 29 in Manchester, 22 in Salford, 24 in
Sheffield, 28 in Leeds, 27 in Hull, 26 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 28 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna
was 34 per 1,000 during the week ending the 16th
inst., when the temperature was 12.2 deg. Fahren-
heit 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 29.844 in.
The atmospheric pressure increased to 30.05 in. on
Sunday, and declined to 29.53 in. on Saturday. The
mean temperature of the air in the week was 66.3
dog., which is 4.8 deg. above the average of the
same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). On four days of the week the mean tem-
perature was from 6 deg. to 8 deg. above the average.
The thermometer in the shade rose to 86.5 deg. on
Wednesday; and that in the sun to 162.9 deg. on
the same day, both points being the highest attained
in the week. The difference between the mean dew
point temperature and air temperature was 8.2 deg.
The mean degree of humidity of the air was 75,
complete saturation being represented by 100. The
humidity
followingvaried from 66 on Sunday to 91 on the
day. The north-easterly wind prevailed.
Rain fell on two days, and the amount was 0.21 in.
At Manchester on Wednesday the temperature rose
to 91.3 deg.; and there was a violent thunderstorm
on the same day, with
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NOT ORIGINAL—A writer in Punch suggests that
a penny stamp-duty should be put on every photograph
portrait sold. The tax, he remarks, would not fall on the
poor. A London paper remarks, "it is a capital financial
idea, and quite original." The idea may be a capital one,
but it originated in America, we think.