The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-25 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON _DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)
In winter the mortality, chiefly of the old, is
increased by cold ; at this season it is raised, chiefly
amongst the young, by heat. In the week that ended
last Saturday the deaths in London, which in the
two previous weeks of this month had been succes-
sively 1,043 and 1,106, rose to 1,171. The average
number of deaths derived from returns of corre-
sponding weeks in the ten years 1851-60, and cor-
rected for increase of population, is 1,168. There-
fore the actual amount agrees almost exactly with
the estimated number ; and the heat of the summer
months has not yet produced any result worse than
that which it usually brings.
It may be added, that ifiee'nb,
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noaaeu,r,shrr. diarrhoea," ewoe
uykarm,
In the two previous weeks the deaths from
diarrhea were 61 and 87 ; last week they rose to
134, the corrected average for last week being 138.
Of the 134 cases, 106 occurred to infants in the
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Bermondsey,a dysentery,"
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schtihl der endeoant
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syernerfeorlrde,dbutot
otflw4aoga.ere assigned in the table to cholera,
sdlfieoirsmassrteryhtohealaawanr,hich were cases of " choleraic diarrhoea."
' 'et" diarrhea
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vegetables,e llm o n g er ,
"choleraic diarrhea," and "cholera," are taken
indiscriminately, they were fatal to 20 persons 20
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A commercial clerk, aged 49 years, died at 12,
Pitt-street, Southwark,Kentrforaomd
from cholera (3 days);" and a custom-house weigher,
~-Asiatic cholera (36 hours)." '
aged
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31,aeat:1442,
erysipelas, caused by
matter received from a diseased sheep, which he
had been dressing. The oldest .
person mentioned in
the week's return is a widow, who died at the age of
98 years.

Last week the births of 905 boys and 914 girls, in
all 1,819 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851-60
the average number was 1,574.

PLYMOUTH, Tuesday.—As already reported by
telegraph in Thf Sun, the ship Dover Castle, 11102 tons
register, Captain John M. Ayles, 85 days from Melbourne,
passed up Channel for London yesterday. A copy of her
log, with which we have been favoured, gives the following
details :—Gold .dust on freight, 30,000 oz. Cargo, 750 bales
wool, 100 bales leather, 1,119 casks copper, and sousva su
ster n-
dries. Passengers in the cabin, 38, including r.b,
ts
wt staff-surgeon; ulr7go and
eon in the; tweesenwedsetc klosn,g2oituodetontumal,
e2r3oBu.s Bicee--
11Od 'egre
bergs were observed. Eighteen days Hatt winds and calms
were experienced during the passage. Between latitudes
30 and 40 north a large number of homeward bound ships
were observed. The passengers who landed at Plymouth
left the Dover Castle at 2 a.m. yesterday, near Start Point,
under all sail, with the wind fresh from southwest. She
44sighted, May 29, in lat. 56 S., long. 59 W., a French ship,
standing to the westward, under double topsails ; and June
19, lat. 7 N., long. 32 W., the ship Calabar, supposed from
Sydney. Spoke, July 4, lat. 37.30 N., long. 42 IV. , the
schooner Exile, from Neva for Brigham ; July 13, lat.
N., long. 38 W., the George Marshall, 105 days, from Ran-
goon,afor nLeyive for
r-
London; for
the Londone om; 0 therin, Tloi p 5 days,
r eaey,
srfrodm tt Sydney flrcouna
Calcutta
Liver-
pool ; the British Lion and the British Flag, from Bombay
for Liverpool; the Andromeda, 38 days, from New Orleans
for Liverpool; the brig Limas, 27 days, from the Island irf
St. Vincent for London ; and the barque Simes, 103 days,
from Porto Rico for London.

The students of Leipsic have sent an address to
the King of Prussia, expressing their regret that any one
capable of attempting his life should have been found among
them, and assuring his Majesty of their entire devoteduesi.

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SPORTING INTELLIGRIVC.E.

ASCOT RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added, for all
ages ; the winner to be cold for £2OO ; if entered to be
cold for £5OO to carry 71b extra, if for £lOO allowed Sibs.
T.Y.C. G subs.
Mr. W. Day's Anxiety filly, 2 yrs (£100), Get 21b (car.
6st 101 b)
Mr. Stepherson's Tambourine, 2 yrs (k.',loo)2fiet.2ll)

( idgley) 2
Mr. Melton's Scorpion, 2 yrs (200), 54 7lb (J. Reeved) 3
Mr. Raynor s Hypocrite filly, 3 yrs, Bst Slb (Longhurst) 4
Betting-5 to 4on Tambourine, 3'to 1 agst the Anxiety
filly, and 7 to 2 agst Scorpion.

The running was made fo the distance by Tambourine
and Scorpion, the Anxiety filly then passed them and won
in a canter by four lengths; Scorpion was a bad third, and
the Kingston filly beaten off.

Mr. Stephenson claimed the winner for Mr. Wm. Day.
A Plate of 100 sovs for two-yr-olds ; colt Bst 71b, and fillies
Bst 41b, winners extra. T.Y.C. 14 subs.
Mr. R. Law's Ineitatus, Bst 71b (G. Pordharn) 1
Lord St. Vincent's Draghound, Bst 71b....., (J. G eater) 2
Mr. Reeves's Master Flatman, Bst 7th (Dales) 3
The following also ran :—Grindoff, Letty Long, Peru,
True Blue, Tibbie Shields, and Cotherstone filly.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Letty Long, 9to 4 agst Draghound,
5 to 1 agst Incitatus, and 10 to 1 against any other (off.)
The filly by Cotherstone, Master Flatman, Incitatus, and
Letty Long got off slightly in front, and led to opposite the
old stand, where the Cotherstone filly dropped back and
Draghound took close order with the three leaders ; a good
race from this point ensued, Incitatus winning by a neck,
Draghound beating Master Flatman by three lengths for
second place; Letty Long was a good fourth, the filly by
Cotherstone next, True Blue, Tibbie Shields, and Grindoff
were the three last.

The Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added,
for three-yr-olds and upwards. Half a mile. 22 subs.
Mr. Wm. Gulliver's Dr. Nichell, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Cresswell) 1
Mr. W. G. Craven's Woman in Red, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
(L. Snowden) 2
Lord Coventry's Mousetrap, 3 yrs, Gst 71b.... (J. Daley) 3
The following also ran :—King of the Forest, Libellous,
Ellen, Apoll erby, Gauntlet, Fox-
head, Lzi on,
et; 6okaloom, and Robia.
Betting-7 to 2 agst Mousetrap, 6to 1 agst Ellen, Sto 1
each agst Libellous and Robia, 10 to 1 each agst Gauntlet,
Dr. Nicholl, and King of the Forest.

Mr. Barber declared to win with Ellen. More than half
an hour was wasted at the post owing to the breakings away
of Ttobia, Tartlet, Gauntlet, Woman in Red, King of the
Forest, and Lady Derby. The flag was lowered to a pretty
even start. Spanish Fly, with Woman in Red, Dr. Nicholl,
King of the Forest and Libellous in close attendance, show-
ing slightly in advance. Soon after crossing the road
Spanish Fly fell back, and Mousetrap, Ellen, Apollo, and
Bookaloom took close orders with the leaders. At the half-
distance the finish of the race was left with Dr. Nicholl,
Woman in Red, Mousetrap, Ellen, and Libellous, the first
named ran the longest, and won cleverly by a length ;
head between second and head ; Libellous was fourth, Ellen
fifth, Apollo and Bookaloom the two next, the rear being
brought up by Lady Macdonald, Foxhead, and Lady Derby.
On returning to scale the starter lodged a complaint against
Grimshaw, Walters, and Lambourn for disobedience of his
orders at the post, and they will have to go before the
stewards to answer for the same.

A Plate of 50 sovs, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; to
sold for £2OO ; selling allowances. The Old Mile. S subs
Mr, Godding's Lancaster, 3 yrs (E 100), 7st 41b.. (Perry)
Mr. B. Land's Dartmoor, 3 yrs (E 100), 7st 41b (J. Daley)
Mr. Hope's Chirper, 4 yrs, (E 200), Sat 121 b .. (Kendall) 3
Mr. E. Brayley's Sycophant, 3 yrs (E 200), 7st 91b
(Lambourn) 4

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THE SUN.

LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1881.

SYDNEY SMITH'S grotesque saying about the round
men being popped into the square holes, and the
square men into the round holes, is at this moment
being more flagrantly illustrated than ever through
the medium of those eccentric chopping and changes
inLord PALMERSTON'S Government. Hands across—
chassee—balancez—down the middle and up again ;
it is the veriest maze of a country dance that we
are just now witnessing among the elderly gentle-
men making up the bulk of the Coalition. It bears
a striking resemblance either to this—or to that
dexterous display, apparently, of cross purposes
constituting the fun and frolic of the merriest dance
of all, that of Sir ROGER DE COTERLEY. Yet the
worst of it is that the fun and frolic of these
same fantastic and sudden movements, the mem-
bers of the Cabinet keep almost entirely to
themselves. Scarcely one outsider is admitted to
any direct participation whatever in the somewhat
dubious gratification derivable in any way from this
Ministerial divertissement. Literally there is not
" one" outsider permitted to enter the inner circle of
the Government, that sanctum sanetorum of official
life, the mysterious region in which the Cabinet
assembles together. Trocul 0 procul este profani !
Even the one conspicuous personage added to the
thinned ranks of the Administration—though him-
self a man of shining parts, and one, moreover, who
carries with him a historic name to whatever de-
partment he might chance to be nominated—even
he is peremptorily denied admission within those
consecrated precincts sacred to the hallowing foot-
steps of your Cabinet Minister.
A simple matter-of-fact enumeration of the
Ministerial changes adventured upon by Lord PAL-
MERSTON, will serve to illustrate more pointedly
almost than any syllable of comment the narrow
spirit in which our veteran Premier has undertaken
to conduct the now apparently forlow hope of re-
juvenating his grand do.nothing, laissez-aller,
laissez faire Administration.

Everything in the way of change among our
administrators at the present moment is said to be
attributable directly and exclusively to the forced
retirement of Lord HERBERT of LEA (by reason
wholly and solely of his regretted indisposition),
from the conduct of the War Department.
Long delayed, in the illusive expectation
that temporary repose or change of air and scene
might renovate the shaken constitution of the War
Secretary, the withdrawal of that eminent and
popular statesman altogether from the
the responsi-
bilities of power at length became, even
estimation of his reluctant colleagues, imperative
and unavoidable. Consequent upon the resigna.
tion of Lord HERBERT, came Lord JOHN'S claim at
length of his Earldom. And so soon as that noble
lord, by intimating his willingness to be removed
from the House of Commons to the House of Lords,
had thus proposed to carry with him into the
latter House the Secretaryship of State for
Foreign Affairs— it became incumbent upon
Lord WODEHOUSE to resign his under-secretaryship
for the same department. Whereupon, as a matter
of course, Lord WODEHOUSE resigned accordingly.
It yet remains to be seen who will be nominated
the noble lord's successor in that under-secretary-
ship in the Commons House of Parliament. Other-
wise than in this instance, and the instance of the
Under-Secretaryship for War, the Ministerial
vacancies have been filled up in the manner we are
now about to indicate.
First of all, however, let it be borne in mind for
a moment that—notwithstanding Lord HERBERT'S
resignation of the War Department—there will yet
remain in the House of Lords two of the five prin-
cipal
Secretaries of State. This—by reason of Lord
JOHN'S
elevation to the peerage as Earl RUSSELL.
There will be that new peer as Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs. There is already there
in the Upper House, the Duke of NEWCASTLE as
Colonial Secretary. And, besides this, there is the
monopoly by the Peers
of the chief of the Naval
Department in the
,person
of
anotherraof the
Admiralty.
It Duke of SOMERSET a 3 First L
It was impossible, therefore, under the circumstan-
ces, for the noble Vis count, the
Premier, with all
his aristocratic pre, iilections, to a, a
ar to yet
another member of tb House of Peers the
of War) left vacant by
Lord
Secre-
taryship of State (th
HERBERT'S resignati on. That office—by reason of
Lord JOHN'S advance to the House of Peers—be.