The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-27 00:00:00

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swould not interfere, and he deprecated our ha•O , g
sent 3,000 troops to Canada, since there was no
prospect of an attack being made upon it by the
Americans, and since the act might engender ill-
foaling in the breasts of the Americans towards us.
After briefly speaking of co-operative societies and
Parliamentary reform, the hon. gentleman resumed
his scat amidst great applause. •
A resolution was moved, seconded, and carried, to
the effect 'that the meeting approve of Mr. Cobden's
address, of the principles of commercial policy enun-
ciated by him, and declare its entire confidence in
llitH, t. 6 their representative. It also declared that
Mr. Cobden deserved the thanks of the nation for
his having concluded the commercial treaty with
France, and thereby benefited Europe and the
world.
Mr. BRIGHT, who was loudly cheered again and
again, then spoke in support of a resolution which
had been moved and seconded, to the effect that the
present expenditure of this country was profligate,
and demanded the immediate attention of the Le-
gislature. With this object it was imperative there
should be granted a comprehensive measure of re-
form. He regretted that he had to say anything
after Mr. Cobden's speech, for he doubted whether
anything he could say would add to the public in-
terest that would be taken in the proceedings of
that meeting. He believed that by the treaty Mr.
Cobden had conferred lasting honour upon himself,
and immeasurable blessings on two of the greatest
nations of the earth. Mr. Cobden and he (Ur.
Bright) had been charged with taking the sordid
view only of every question which arose. But he
thought it was a great idea to save a nation money,
and a great idea was worth a host of small ones.
"' - ere money taken from the pockets of the
people. He remembered some years since seeing a
caricature of two or three overgrown footmen dis-
cussing the question of taxation. Thomas asked
John what taxation was, but he was unable to
answer the question, for the fact did not touch
him. Taxes were a levy made upon the
people by the Government, for the pur-
pose of preserving order, for the administration
of justice, and for the defence of the country ; but if
the Government took £1 more than was necessary
for all this, the people who paid it would not receive
any benefit from it. If the Government took five
minutes' worth of labour more than was necessary
the Government clearly gave no return for that
which they took, and it did not act in a friendly
way towards the people, but quite the reverse, and
against their interests. Now, he could not help
thinking that a Government that took £70,000,000
sterling annually from the people took too much.
He remembered that some time ago a very distin
guished military man in this country wrote to him
to oppose the vote on the navy and army estimates,
and stated as his reason for so doing, that the more
money there was voted the greater would be its
waste, the greater would be the confusion in the
departments, and the less there would be of real de-
fence of the country in case of need. In two life-
times the national debt had grown from nothing to
£840,000,000, and our expenditure had grown in
the same period from £2,000,000 to £70,000,000.
Well, ho would undertake to say that no one who
did not wear a straitwaistcoat, or who was outside
of an asylum, would express his belief that for all
this increased expenditure the masses of the country
had gained one farthing. He was told that the peo-
ple of Rochdale were greater readers of English his-
tory than those of any other town, for he had been,
told thata book canvasser had sold upwards of 500
copies of a history of England in Rochdale the cost of
which would be £3 per copy, and he would venture to
say that after reading theirhistory when they got it,.
they would arrive at the conclusion he had said all
sane men must arrive at. He then went on to speak
of the late Russian war, and the result which it
had had on Turkey—a result which had contri-
buted more to its injury than any other thing since
it had been a nation. The Sultan he learnt was
now dead, and there were those who feared that
his death would be attended with disturbances in.
that country. Now, if disturbances should take
place, then he hoped England would carry out her
policy of non-intervention, and that not one bit of
English treasure or a drop of English blood would
be spent or spilled in defence of a nation t hat was
doomed to decay as certainly as anything that was
written in the Book of Fate. Mr. Bright then re-
ferred, in passing, to the volunteer movement,
which he somewhat ridiculed. He alleged that
those who raised the cry which brought about the
movement were more to blame than the men who
had been induced to take part in it. Many old men,
however, although they had been misled by their
credulousness, had taken part in it from the best
and most laudable of motives. Mr. Bright con-
cluded his speech amid loud cheers, and the meet-
ing soon after separated.

7EALTH OF LONDON D URING THE TVEEK.

(From the .Reylstrar-General's Weekly Return.)
In the week that ended last Saturday the total
number of deaths registered in London was 1,077,
exhibiting a decrease on that of the previous week,
which was 1,121.: The average number' as obtained
from the returns of corresponding weeks in the ten
years 1851-60, and corrected for increase of popu-
lation, is 1,119. The number contained in the pre-
sent return is therefore less by 42 than it would
haire been if the average rate of mortality had pre-
vailed.

The progress of putrefaction in the cesspools and
sewers will, it is feared, again give rise to some
epidemic, unless the health officers bestir themselves.
The offensive emanations from the gulley-holes in
the Strand and other principal streets may assuredly
be diminished by the use of M'Dougall's, Condy's,
or some other efficacious disinfectants in houses and
streets.

Zymotic diseases were fatal in 257 cases„ the cor-
rected average for corresponding weeks being 277.
Small-pox was recorded in only two cases, measles
in 23, scarlatina in 24, diphtheria in 12, whooping-
cough in 78, which last-mentioned complaint is still
by far the most prevalent disease in this class , whilst
it also considerably exceeds its usual mortality in
the third week of June. Measles was fatal in 7
cases in Westminster. Typhus, under which head
are included deaths from gastric fever, a ontinued
fever, &c., was returned in 26 cases; dial •rheea in
the same number. Three deaths from chc)lera are
returned as follows :—At 3, Park Cottage s, Ham-
mersmith, the daughter of a labourer, aged 4 years,
"purging and vomiting ;" at 6, Portia td-place,
Bethnal-green, the son of a fishmonger, aged
months, " cholera after neglected diarrhoea (20
hours) ;" and at 9, Crown-court, Cripplegate, the
wife of a bricklayer's labourer, " summer: cholera
(16 hours)." A boy in Putney of the a ,s7e of 11
years died from sunstroke. Eight infants and two
adults died from syphilitic disease. The dc)aths re-
ferred to pulmonary diseases, exclusive of I )hthisie,
are 130, the corrected average being 129.
Last week the births of 882 boys and 867 girls, in
all 1,749 children, were registered in Lon ilon. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the years, 1851-60

the average number was 1632.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.832 in.
Tha readings rose to 29.94 in. on Tuesday and fell
to 29.66 in. on Saturday. The mean tem...perature
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of the air in the week was 62.9 deg,, whit h is 3.3
deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years
(as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The there nometer
in the shade fell to 46.8 deg. on Tuesday, ;and rose
to 81.8 on Wednesday, being respectively t E Le lowest
and highest points in the week. The rang :e in the
week was therefore 35 deg. The mean daily range
was 23.8. The difference between the mu an dew-
point temperature and air temperature was 5.6 deg.
The mean degree of humidity of the air was 83,
complete saturation being represented by 1 00. The
highest temperature in the sun was 136.4 deg. on
Sunday. The mean temperature of the water of
the Thames was 63 deg. The wind was chiefly in
the north-east and south-east. The whole amount
of rain was 0.15 inch, most of which fell on Thurs-
day. There was thunder and lightning on the same
day.

THE REPRESENTATION OF WOLVERILAMPTON.
—A meeting of the electors of this borough in •t he Liberal
interest is to be convened immediately with the -view to fix
upon some gentleman for the representation of tb m borough,
consequent on the vacancy caused by Sir Rich= 51 13ethell's
elevation to the Chancellorship. The general fi ).:31ing is in
favour of some gentleman interested in the comm tercial con-
cerns of the district. In that spirit, Mr. John Hartley
(Thorneycroft and Co.) has been named, and 03 ie or two
others. Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. R. Malcob3 1 Kerr, of
the Nerthern. Circuit, and Judge of the Sheriff:;' Court in
London, have been in communication with son le of the
chiefs of the Liberal party, but have been infant led of the
preference far some one engaged in mercantile pursuite.
There are many rumours afloat, but until tho meeting
referred to Above has been held nothing will bo decided
upon.