The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-19 00:00:00

METED.

,OLO

IGICAL REPORTS.

This Day,
between 8 and B. E. M. D. P. C. I. S.
9 a.m.
Nairn 130'09 51 49 S.S.W. 2 3 0. 2
Aberdeen-- 30'08 54 51 N.W. 2 5 m. 1
Leith:... 130.10 53 51 W. 1 7 f. 1
Berwick 13010 so 60 w. 2 9 0. 2
Ardrossan 130.09 53 62 S.S.E. 2 3 b. 2
Portresh 130V7 54 53 S. 2 2 b. 2
Shields
Galway 29.90 58 57 S. 4 9 r. 2
Scarborough 3Ol 154 52 W. 2 1 b. 2
Liverpool 3015 52 51 S.S.E. 1 6 f. 1
Valentia
queenstown 30102 60
Yarmouth 3015 56 55 N. 2 1 b. 3
London 3OlB 54 50 N.W. 1 1 b.
Cover 3019 63 58 N.W. 2 4 c. 1
Portsmouth 30'23 58 50 N.E. 3 5 m. 1
Portland 13017 56 54 S. 1 4 m. 1
Plymouth 140'14 57 54 E. 3 5 f. 1
Penzance I 301 14 57 56 N. 2 6, 0. 2

lJ XPLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

MADAME IIND-GOLDSCHMIDT AND "LONDON
OVER THE BORDER."—A performance of Mendelasohn's
oratorio of " Elijah" is announced to take place at Exeter-
hall, on Thursday, the 22d of October, which presents
peculiar features of interest and attraction, both to the lovers
of music of the highest class and to the humane and chari-
tably disposed. There exists on marshy ground on the
Essex shore of the Thames, about four miles from the
General Post-office, a district, to which public attention was
last year called, under the name of " Londoners over the
Border." It has but lately been inhabited thickly, and owes
its population almost entirely to the establishment of the
Victoria Docks and sundry manufactories in the neighbour-
hood. The number of people at present resident in the pro-
posed new parish, which includes North Woolwich, is about
7,000. The demand for labour is, by necessity, far from
constant. The people are frequently left for very long
periods without the means of subsistence from their own
resources. 'When labour exists, the remuneration leaves
no margin for saving. Hence, when the time of l
eed
comes, furniture and clothing are sold or pawned.
Want, hunger, disease, and misery follow.
years ago, Mr. Herman Douglas, a clerNgeyaLlaynfourof
the Church of England, whose private resources were
sufficient to render him independent of the scanty
stipend appended to this district, undertook its charge, and
it is in aid of the charities and industrial institutions esta-
blished by this benevolent and energetic clergymen that
the proceeds of the performance here referred to are to be
devoted. Madame Lind-Goldschmidt having with cha-
racteristic generosity offered her gratuitous services, it was
decided to give at Exeter Hall a performance of Mendels-
shon's " Elijah" on a grand scale, in which Madame
Goldschmidt will sing the principal soprano part, the exe-
cution of which is by many considered her greatest achieve-
ment. Our great English tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves, has
been engaged, being the first time in which these distin-
guished artists have sung together. Mr. 'Weiss and Miss
Palmer will sing the bass and contralto parts. Mr. Otto
Goldschmidt will be the director and conductor. We are
happy to find Mr. and Madame Goldschmidt quitting their
retirement, if only for a season. Few public characters
have diffused more real intellectual enjoyment by their pro-
fessional tsbiliLy or dioronooa grog} or hoppinpeo swirl benefit
by unostentatious., generosity than Madame Goldschmidt,
nee Jenny Lind,
FATAL OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday two workmen
named Cave and Farrell were killed in consequence is the
falling of a bridge in process of removal near the goods eta-
' tion Of the North Western Railway at Manchester.

DONCASTER RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
Adrasta
ZETLAND SEAKES.
" 1
Blue Stocking . 2
Ziragaro
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS.
Johnny Armstrong
Zetland
Neptunus
Nine ran.
JUVENI LE STAKES.
Miss Pennell
Gazelle
Jackal
1 3
Nine ran.
PORTLAND PLATE.

Lady Clifden
Brahmin 2
Relight of St Patrick
Twenty-nine ran.
CLEVELAND HANDICAP.
Caller On
Flash in the Pan
King of Diamonds
3

Nine ran.
SCARBOROUGH STAKES.

knaus
Conjuror
EGLINTON STAKES.

Asteroid
Genealogie
Zetland

Nine ran.

SCRATCHINGS.

PORTLAND PLATt.—Oxford, Phantom, Robin Hood,
Be.ron Munchausen, Ranee f, Lopcatcher, Queen of Spain,
Donner and Blitz, Petra, Joey Jones, Squire Percy, The
Knave, Brassey, Antwerp, Babette f, Express, Vest colt,
and Goldseeker.

SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 Sovs.—Wimbledon, Breast Knot,
Fanfare, Bolero, North Star, Wingrave, and Hippodamia.

EaraxToN STATES.—Rubin Hood, Coulon., Neighbour,
Vaga, f by Fazzoletto, Vancouver, and Ensign.
CLEVELAND HANDICAP. —Cramonsi, Hetman, Wombat,
Drone, Babette f, Donner and Blitz, Vancouver, and
Betts.

LATEST BETTING.

DONCASTER CUP.
2to lon The Wizard

CESAREWITCII.
1000 to 70 agst Umpire (taken)
1000 to 60 agst Makeless filly (taken)
20 to 1 agst Paste (taken)
22 to 1 agst Claire (taken)
40 to 1 agst Ivanhoff

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
14 to 1 agst Asteroid (taken)
100 to 6 agst Donner and Blitz (taken)
25 to 1 agst Gabriel d'Estrees (taken)
25 to 1 agst The Roe (taken)
100 to 3 agst Sporting Life (taken)
100 to 3 agst Artless (taken)
100 to 3 agst Claire (taken)
60 to 1 agst Ivanhoff (taken)
5000 to 100 agst tom Bowline (taken)

DONCASTER, WEDNESDAY,

I hope the readers of The Sun followed my advice ifs
backing Brown Stout to be last instead of first. He never
took any part in the race, and had not Charlton pulled
u p he would have fallen with him, as this celebrated son
of Sir John Barleycorn was seized with an attack of the
" staggers," and he secured the exact place I assigned him
—absolutely lat. He walked in some time after the race,
and had great difficulty in making his way through the
crowd.

A FRESH MAN.

BA Ni'OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to t]
cap. 32, for the week ending
of Sept., 1861:

he Act 7th and Bth Victoria.
on Wednesday, the 18th day

ISSUE DEP
Notes issued !.......427,823,445i

ARTAIENT.

Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3.634,000
Gold Coin & Bullion 13,173,445
Silver Bullion ....

£27,823,4151

£27,823,445

BANKING D:
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14.553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding
~.E3che

PARTMENT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £10,450,800
Other Securities 17,289,032
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 826,347

quer, - Savings'
Banks, Commis-
mi s stoners of Na-
tional Debt, and

Dividend

counts) 5,061.928
Other Deposits 12,442,8',0
Seven Day and
other Bills 704,792
£36,653,444
M.
Dated September 19, 1861.

£36,553,444
.BSECALL, Chief Cashier.

VISIT TO ENGLAND OF THE SIAMESE AMBAS-
SADORS.—Phra nai Wai, the Second Siamese Ambassador,
who in his social grade ranks higher than the first, and
Naronwigit, the third, with five of their suite, have paid a
two days' visit to England. The visit was quite private,
and, we believe, has not been noticed by the press. The
ambassadors stayed at Morley's Hotel, and managed, during
their brief excursion, to see several objects of interest.
Their attention appears to have been. especially attracted
by the Arsenal at Woolwich,—London and China Tele-
graph.

VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A CON-
TRACTOR.—On Sunday evening the dead body of a man
named Edwards was found in a culvert on the banks of the
Avon. An inquest was held, and the jury returned a ver-
dict of manslaughter against Mr. Adams, the contractor
for the works, on the ground that the entrance to the cul-
vert was not properly protected.

RELEASE OF MR. A. DE VlDlL.—Yesterday, Mr.
Alfred Be Vidil was released from Newgate. Beyond the
confinement he has been subjected to n.o personal indignity,
but he appeared to be in ill-health. Several of the young
gentleman's relations were in attendance to receive him on
his discharge. The baron, his father, is still at Cold-bath-
fields, and is employed picking oakum, his age exempting
him from the labour of the treadwheel. He conducts himself
with apparent calmness and resignation, but he is subjected
to precisely the same discipline, food and clothing as the
other criminals.

A WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH IN A FIT.—On
Tuesday morning, a Mr. Duggins, of 81, Lillington-street
Pimlico, on passing the house, No. 73, of the same street,
occupied by Mr. Inns, cab proprietor, observed Mrs. Inns
enveloped in flames in the area, and apparently in a semi-
insensible condition. He at once exclaimed, "You are all
on fire ;" to which she made no reply, but hastened away
into the yard, followed by Mr. Duggins, who had climbed
the iron railings and jumped into the area from a consider-
able height, and, with the assistance of another neighbour,
smothered the smouldering embers of all that by this time
remained of her clothing: Her body was so frightfully
burnt that she shortly afterwards expired. The deceased
was aged 50, and subject to sudden attacks of epilepsy.

ANOTHER DREADFUL FIRE.--A fire,nnfortunately
attended with fatal consequences, broke out yesterday mern-
ing, between 3 and 4 o'clock, in a small house situated at
No. 4, Crown-court, Logerhead-street, Shoreditch. The
discovery was made by an officer of the H division, who
saw smoke issuing from the front room of the ground floor.
He at once gave an alarm. After repeated knocking at the
door he managed to arouse the inmates, consisting of 16
persons, the house being occupied by several poor families.
The fire in the lower part of the house, however, was at this
time so great that they were unable to descend the stairs.
Some jumped out of the wiLdows, and others were rescued
by Eilbeck, the conductor of the Royal Society's fire escape.
Mr. Roworth, a box maker, his wife, and his daughter
Sarah, were all severely, and, it is feared, fatally burnt
before they could be got out of the building. They were at
once removed to the hospital, where it was reported last
evening they could not live the night out. Barton
quickly attended with the parish engines, and was followed
by four of the London Brigade under the personal superin-
tendence of Capt. Shaw, the newly appointed chief of the
London Fire Establishment, and Mr. Bridges, the foreman
of the district. The firemen and parish engineer at once
set to work, and they soon, with the aid of a good supply
of water, furnished by the East London Company, managed
to get the flames extinguished. The firemen then found a
young girl named Martha burnt to death. She was only
four and a half years of age. They next found her brother
"William, only seven months old, burnt to death. The bodies
were taken out, and given into the charge of Mr. Pouneeby,
the Coroner's officet. The origin of the fire is not known
with certainty ; but it is the prevailing opinion, that as the
parents of the children came home in a state of intoxica-
tion, they must have dropped a light upon some boxes be-
longing to Mr. Roworth. None of the sufferers were in-
sured.

LATHE WOODLANDS MURDER.—The murder of
Sarah Watts, a confession of which has just been made by
a soldier named Joseph Sear (as stated in The Sun), took
place on the 25th of September, 1851, and not in August of
that year, as stated by the prisoner. The coroner's jury
on the occasion returned an open verdict, but subsequently
three men, named Sparrow, Maggs, and Hurd, were appre-
hended, and the circumstantial evidence against them was
so strong as to warrant their committal on the capital
charge. They were tried at the following spring assizes
for Somersetthire at Taunton, before Mr. Justice Erle, but
were acquitted. The verdict was not .r.‘'.lx•ea with s'i"-
taction at tue time by the public, but, supposing the con-
fession just made by Sear to be true, it will prove the cor-
rectness of the decision at which the jury arrived,