The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-05 00:00:00

TEE BEGISTRAR-GENERAL'S REPORT,

That particular branch of the national accounts
which falls under the superintendence of the Regis-
trar-Gee oral is kept with great ability and success.
Items are promptly entered, returns scientifically
digested, and a balance struck at very short dates.
Already we know the rate at which births and
deaths proceeded in England up to the 30th of last
Sept., and we have an accurate statement of mar-
riage transactions up to the 30th June previous. It
happens, too, that the results are generally favour-
able, and that the co.idition of the country, rela-
tively speaking, is such as to inspire satisfaction.
The marriages exceed the average of the quarter for
the last ten years—a sure proof of popular prospe-
rity and well-doing. The births exceed in number
any previous return for the like period, wkile the
deaths amount to less than the average mortality
of the season. If we add to these announcements
that the price of wheat is 17 per cent., of beef 8i
per cent., of mutton 4 per cent. below the average
of the two summer quarters last past, we shall have
said enough to establish the agreeable character of
the return before us. As our readers were pre-
sented with the details themselves in our columns
of yesterday it is unnecessary to enter upon any
recapitulation of items ; but one or two points of
peculiar interest deserve attention.
The season bas been a remarkable one. So very
modern is the science of statistics that trustworthy
records of temperature do sot extend to a remoter
period than the year 1771, but the 86 years which
have elapsed since that date present very few exam-
ples of greater heat than prevailed last quarter. In
the whole of that interval 13 years only have been
found in which a July was hotter than the July of
1857, and six years only in which the September
exceeded in temperature the September of the pre-
sent year. As to cur month of August, it carries
off the palm without t rival, so warm au August
having never been known. Taking the three
months together, the average temperature prevail-
ing is exceeded by that of one year only out of all
the SO—viz., the year 1818. It may surprise some
of our reaers to learn that, as a general rule,
there is no month out of the twelve in which a
thermometer placed with its bulb upon the grass
does not show a fall of the mercury below the
freezing point at some moment or other ; but it is
now recorded as a notable fact that during the
quarter last Fist this never happened at all—or, at
least, did not occur at the place where observations
were taken. The rainfall does not appear to have
been excessive ; indeed, it seems to have been re-
' served for the present quarter. July and Au !us'.
together were not so wet as usual—September
somewhat wetter, but not much so.
Now, the question is, what effect was produced
by these atmospheric conditions on the public
health, and it certainly does not appear, on the
whole, to have been an unfavourable one. The
Registrar-General, indeed, distinctly enunciates the
doctrine that "a summer of unusual warmth in our
European climates not only promotes the growth of
corn and wine, but is probably salutary to the
human frame." This proposition however, is de-
pendent on certain conditions. Perhaps we may dis-
cern some evidence of its general truth in the fact
that the deWlis of the quarter really were below the
average, but we are told that they exceeded the
rates of the two previous summers, and it appears
beyond doubt that diseases were prevalent indi-
cating an unusual action of the sun. To deprive
solar heat of its injurious powers we need only
pay attention to the rules of cleanliness. The
sun's rays have no noxious properties in them-
selves ; they are fraught naturally with vital
warmth and comfort only ; it is when they are
permitted to act upon undrained soil or decaying
refuse that pestilential exhalations are produced.
The Registrar-General takes more account of our
shortcomings than our performancaa in the way of
sanitary improvements, and records with a moni-
tory severity the avoidable loss of life during the
last quarter. According to his figures, upwards of
17,000 of the deaths in England during this perio,l
may be regarded at untimely. Probably war never
cost us so much in the same space of time.

If something has been clone, therefore, much
more remains for ua to do, and we are urged,- above
all things, to establish pure water supplies and good
systems of drainage. These ara the first rules of
sanitary science, and we may well be shamed into
wisdom by the Chinese, whose waters, even amid
the population swarming on their banks, are still
kept uninfec'ed and wholesome. It is impossible to
over-.stitnate the imt ortaece of these observances.
The deadliest scourges of humanity are not, as we
have repeatedly observed, thOse tremendous epi-
demicswhich expend their fury in short periods and
at considerable intervals. What we, have most to
fear is the quiet incessant march of death under
ordinary forms, but in defaillt of sanitary precau-
tions. The wasting fever in its varieus
types, the many shape.; of agues, and the thousand
plisses of general infirmity resulting from impuri-
ties of air and water—these are the agents
which, without always operating immediately to the
destruction of life, infallibly curtail its duration and
uuremit.ingly impair its vital powers. The Regis-
trar-General speaks with a terrible comprehensive—
ness
says he, " the English race cou'd lose strength,
beauty, health, and life in the impurities of its
dwelling-places with impunity, the imagination of
Swift alone could conceive—his pencil dpict—the
depth of degradation t) which the nation might
fall." There is more truth is this kind of warning
than in most such prophecies. It isa cowmou thing
enough for enthusiasts of all sorts to connect na-
tional ruin with inattention to their own saying ;
but we need little reticttion to a.-sure us that the
destinies of England must indeed depend upon the
vigour of Englishmen, and the vigour of English-
men upon the conditions of English life.
The acuteness of modern observers has brought
the fruits of the year into immediate connection
with the subjects of the Registrar-General's re-
turns; so completely so, inde.xl, that the prises of
various articles of food are recorded with as mudi
interest as ttie numbers of mat rages or births. We
haVe already said that wheat and butcher's meat
have become cheaper than they were, but, on the
other side, there is a serious decrease in the potato
crop. Potatoes are now costing nearly half as much
again as they did two years ago, the difference being
no less thaw 42 per cent. in favour of 1855. Nor is
the loss merely one of aliment, simply considered.

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The fact is that the potato discharges a very impor-
tant and necessary function in the nourishment of
man. It is an excellent anti-scorbutic, and unless
its action in this re,pect can be replaced by that of
some other vegetable, the greatest abundance of
bread and meat will not *make up for Ile) deficiency.
Fortunately the crop of apples has been plentiful
in the extreme, and the cheapness of this wholesome
fruit may help to establish the wholesome equili-
brium in our elements of food.
The actual increase of the population in the
United Kingdom may probably to computed at
1,000 souls a-day, bet against this must be set the
efflux of people by emigration. The returns 'from
the ports at which Government emigration-offices
are stationed show that somewhat above 50,000
emigrants left these shores during the period under
review, but it is calculated that of these only some
20,000 were of English origin. The tide still sets
towards the United States, hut by ne means so
strongly as in former years. Not quite half of the
English emigrants betook themselves to the terri-
tories of the Union, while almost half-8,947
proceededito Australia, and 1,707 to our own North
American colonies. Such are the principal features
of the last retail), and if there is still much in our
sanitary position to be deplored and amended there
is also much to be thankful for it the actual state of
affairs. In reality, we have done and are doing a
respectable amount of work in the way of sanitary
improvement, but the arrears of past years were so
vast, and the tendency of people to inaction or in-
difference, except under immediate pressure, is so
strong!, thati the Registrar-General performs a very
prudent part in keeping our omissions and our
obligations prominently before our eyes.—Times.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING.

Handicap Plate of 25 soya. Entrance half a soy, to go
to the second horse. Five furlongs. 19 subs,
Mr. Bates's Jane by Mickey Free, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Bray) 1
Mr. Mellish's Rotterdam, 3 yrs, 74 21b ...(Custance) 2
Mr. Evans's Amorous Boy, 3 yrs. 7st 21b (Creasman) 3
Mr. Webb's Eardrop, 4 yrs, 84 121 b (Prior) 4
The following also ran :—Mitraille, Kenordy, Earth.
stopper, Stormy Petrel, S D'Arcy, Chaperone.
Betting.-4 to 1 aget Jane, 6to 1 agst Eardrop, 7to
1 agst Kenerdy, 7 to 1 agst Amorous Boy, 8 to 1 net
Rotterdam, Bto 1 aget Mitraille. Won by a neck,
half a length between the second and third ; good fourth.
Autumn Flying Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added.
The second to save his stake. About halt a mile.
27 auto.
Mr. La Mart's Admiral of the White, by the Flying
Dutchman, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (Ducker) 1
Mr. Dray's Little Gerard, 6 yrs, Est 131 b (car. Tat)
(Prior) 2
Mr. J. Dawson's Agra, 4 yrs, 7st Sib (Snowden) 3
The following also ran :=Olympus, Prestbury, Lord
Nelson, Prince's Mixture, Ella, Raven, Captain Wed.
derburn, Lass of Richmond Hill, and Magnus Troil.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Captain Wedderburn, 7to 2 aget
Olympus, 4 to 1 agst Lord Nelson, 7 to 2 aget Little
Gerard, 8 to 1 agst Magnus Troil. Won by a head ;
half a length between the second and third. Raven was
a good fourth.

Worcestetsliire Steeplechase Handicap of 20 Bove. each,
h ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 100 added ; the
second to save his stake. About four miles. 17 subs,
four of whom declared.
Mr. B. Land's Theodine, by Them, aged, 9,t 41b
(Nightingale) 1
Mr. Prin gle's Forest Queen, aged,lost 81b(Waddington) 2
Mr. S. Williams's Omar Pacha, aged, 9st 71b (Green) 3
The following also ran :—Minor, Evington Lase,
Hindley, Al it rabott, Bellman, and Peacock.

Betting-3 to 1 agst Forest Queen, sto 1 agst Omar
Pacha, sto 1 agst Minor, 6to 1 agst Bellman. Won
by a head ; good third ; the others beaten off.
The Selling Steeplechase, a Sweepstakes of 5 130,73 each,
with 40 added. About two miles. 3 subs.
Mr. Black's The Farmer, aged (301.), ilst...(Weaver) 1
Mr. B. Land's Vestige, 6 yrs (300,115 t (B. Land, jun.) 2
Mr. Dart's Innkeeper, aged (300, list (G. Stevens) 3
Betting— sto 4 agst Vestige. Won by two lengths.
The winner was sold for 90 guineas.
The Worcester Hunt Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 5 NOVI
each, with 25 added. Two miles. 4 subs.

Mr. J. B. Starkey's Laverne, 4 yrs, list 1 llb (Mr. Dart) 1
Mr. Price's Brompt,n, G yrs, 12st 4lb (Owner) 2
Mr. Halford's Kingfisher, 4 yrs, 12st 4lb (Mr. Edwards) 3
Col. C,owes's Conrad, aged, 12st sib (Mr. Woodhouse) A
Betting-5 to 4 each aget Kingfisher and Laverne.
Won by a length ; bad third. On returning to scale an
objection was lodged agst Laverna on the ground that
she had gone the wrong side of a post.

Country Markets.

EDINBURGH HAY
NovAND STRAW MARKET
. 3.

Supplies of all kinds these last. six days large.
Oat straw, from 8s Od to 99; Oa per lzemple of 16 atones
tron ; wheat do., 6s Od to 7s ; barley do., 5s Od to 78
Od. Hay from 10d to 12d.

EDINBURGH MEAL—NOV. 3.
There were in the market today 11 sacks oatmeal, each
weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 38s Od and —ll.

DALKEITH MEAL 1
There were in the market tc
barleyineal, and 0 pot barley.

EARKET—Nov. 2.
•dtty 13 bags of oatmeal, 0 of
Sales dull.

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Oatmeal., per sack of 2801bs First.--
Second. Third.
=penal
Barleymeal, per ditto
Peasemeal, per ditto
Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —a Od —3 Od
Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od —a 04 —a Cd

BANK OF DEPOSIT, 3, Pall-mall East.
Established A D. 1844.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That from this day until thrther
notice the INTraxerr payable on deposit accounts will be increased
to £6 PER CENT. per annum. Parties desirous of investing Money
are requested to examine the Plan of the 13a, k of Deposit.
Forms for opening accounts and every information post free on
application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.
Oct. 10,1857.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY
OF CANADA.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an In talment of 2" 7. on the
nominal amount of the Preferential Bonds of the above-named Com-
pany, for which provisional certificates have been issued, has been
called, and will be due and payable on Fi Way, the 20th November,
1857, at the Banking House of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67,
Lombard-street, London, E.C.
Six per cent. interest will be charged en all such instalments not
paid, and so long as they remain in arrear no Interest will be pay-
able on the instalments already paid,
Interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum will be paid on all
sums received in advance of calls. Holders haves the op' ion of pay-
ing any amount in dtivance, and if they pay up n full, of receiving
the definitive bonds,.with coupons attached.
These Bonds bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum,
and are re-payable on the 31st day of December, 1881.
By order of the Directors,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
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21, Old Br2Bth Oct.oad street,B London, E.C.
151.

r' EATHER'S TRUST.—tinder the Manage-
mint of the Clothworkers' Company.—At the Court to be
holden on the 2d of December next, this Company will distribute to
nix poor Widows of Decayed Housekeepers, the amount divisible
under the above trust, being about 8/. to each. Printed forms of
application may be obtained at the Company's Temporary Offices,
Barbers' Hall, Monkwell-street, Cripplegate, London. The appli-
cant must state therein such particulars relative to her condition
and circumstances as may be proper to be considered in decidirq on
her claim, and name references from whom information may be ob-
tained for verifying such statements.

The application, accompanied by certificate of marriage, and a
certificate or other proper proof of the death of the husband, mast
be left at the Company's Offices previous to the 23d November instant,
addressed to

ROBERT BECKWITH TOWSE, Clerk.
Barbers' Nall, November, 1857.

XETER" HALL. —INDI A. Rev. Mr.
BELLICW. —THURSDAY, NOVEMTIER 12.-11 r. MIT-

CHELL begs to announce that the Rev. J. M. RBLLEW has con-
. sented to Repeat the LECTURE upon INDIA—Past, Present, and
Future, on Thursday Evening. November 12, the proceeds of which
will be banded over to the Indian Relief Fund. Admission to the
whole of the West Gallery, the Orchestra, and Under the Gallery,
ONE PHILLIFG ; a few Reserved and Numbered Seats near the
Platform, Five Shillings; Reserved Seats (not numbered), Three
Shillings. Tickets may be obtained at the Office, No. 6, in E eter
Hall; Mr. Carter's, Carlton Library, 12, Regent street ; Fentum's
Music Warehons^, 78, Strand; Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s Music
Warehouse, 45, Cheapside ; and at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library,
33, Old Bond-street.
CHRISTTSMINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIu-
HALL, nng-William-street, Strand, every Evening the
ZULLIEN BURLESQUE, received nightly with shouts of laughter.
Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ;
amphitheatre, Is.; Private Boxes, 11. Is. Seats can be secured at
Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Rond-street, and at the Hall. On Saturday,
a Morning Entertainment, commencing at 3.

ADAM AND EVE.—The TEMPTATION
and THE FALL.—These two sublime Pictures. painted by
CLArras M. Doarrk, are NOW ON VIEW, fora short time, at Leg-
gatt, Hayward, and Leggatt's New City Gallery. Principal entrance
by 28, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange. Admission, Sixpence
each person. N.B.—From 4 to 6 o'clock the Gallery is brilliantly
lighted by the patent sun burners.

DELAIfiE GALLERY, Adelaide-street,
West Strand.—Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament.—
GRAND CASINO.—The abtvo spacious rooms, elegantly decorated
with extensive alterations and improvements, opened for the
Winter Season on SATURDAY, with the original Argyll Band,
conducted by Mons. LAMOTTE, of Paris. Principal cornet-a-piston,
MORS. BOULCOURT. Leader, Mt. CIIAS. HALL. Admission, On•
Shilling. Doors open at half-past Eight.
The above Bond is at the service of the nobility and gentry for
Private 11,111 s, &e., &c.—Apply by Letter to It. R. Bignell, Argyll-
Rooms, Great Windmill-street.

FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. HOBSON begs
to call the attention if the pnblio to his NEW STOCK in
AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Beaver and
Venetian Cloths, Scotch and Heather Twist, Mixed Doeskins,
Cashmere and Toilanette Waistcoatings, both of English and Conti-
nental manufacture, which will be found en inspection at price; most
Moderate for Beat Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57 Lombard-street.

NOBLE CONDUCT of COUNT BATTHYANY
in reference to the Indian Relief Fund—No Prie3tcraft or
Doctercraft—Medical and Religious Liberty, and the Right of Con-
science and Private Judgment throughout the World.—Read the
lIYGETST and MEDICAL REFORMER for NOVEMBER.
To be had at the British College of Health, New-road, London ;
and of all the Hygean agents throughout the world. Price Id., or
2d. by post.— Office, 262, Strand, London.

IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORK GRATIS.
—On nervous debility, and diseases of a secret nature, dim-
Less of sight, shortness of breath. loss of manly vigour, and all im-
pedimenta of marriage, showing the surest means of recovering per.
fect health. Enclose two stamps to prepay postage, and address Dr.
W. B. MARSTON, 47, BERNERS-STREET, Ox'ord-street, Lon-
don, who may be consulted daily, with assured confidence of sue.
cess.

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A' ilk ; acidity, cramps, bowel comp:flints, flatulency, cough, restless-
ness, scrofula, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of
the system and sound sleep insured. Many respectable families who
have reared and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred
to, and a copy of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding
a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Barry and Co., 57,
Regent-street, London. Prices :—ln Canisters, is. ; 25.; and 121 b.
at 21e. The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on
receipt of Post Office Order.

BRANCH RAILWAYS.—A Letter to the
President of the Board of Trade, containing Suggestions for
the creation of a System of Secondary Railways, for the Agricul-
tural and Mineral Districts, subsidiary to the Main Lines. By
EDMUND SIIARPE.—London : Sirnpkin, Marshall and Co.