The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-02 00:00:00

rate of mortality, 2,093 per cent., is below the
average (2,138); the excess in that average being
due to the epidemics of cholera. A certain number
of the deaths in the quarter may he set down a
natural deaths, and they would not have exceeded
73,533 if the mortality in the sixty districts of
England, by no means in unexceptionable sanitary
condition, be taken as the standard. The 30,806
deaths in excess of that number are unnatural
deaths, the results of causes which it is the duty of
every member of the community to endeavour to
remove. It is a remarkable fact that the mortality
of the quarter in the small towns and the country
parishes was above their avei age, to the extent ofmore
than one death annually out of every 1,000 living. A
still greater excess might have been expected in the
large town districts, whereas the reverse was ob-
served ; the mortality having been at the rate of 2
in 1,000 less than the average. The summer mor-
tality in the town districts was formerly to that of
the rest of the country as 26 to 18 ; in the last
quarter it was 23 to 19 ; and the difference will
undoubtedly be still considerable when all the dense
districts are supplied with pure water, and with the
means of returning all their refuse to the fields as
manure in an innoxiovs state. The deaths in Lon-
don clurieg the quarter exceeded the average.
The high temperature facilitated the decomposi-
tion of the impure refuse under the houses, in
the streets, and in the river. Diarrhoea was un-
usually fatal all over the London area ; scarlatina
and diptheria were epidemic. In the surrounding
divisions the mortality was also above the ave-
rage, as there the same diseases prevailed, with
variable degrees of severity. In Kent diphtheria
was the cause of several deaths in Brenchley near
Toubridge, Aldington, Wingham, and Deal. In
New Romney, of the Romney Marsh district, re-
mittent fever was prevalent and fatal ; to 9 births
there were 31 deaths. The deaths in Brighten
amounted to 423; in the Worthing district to 84.
The Broadwater Register says :—" The deaths are
20 per cent. below the average, very few having
occurred in, the town of Worthing, namely, only 17
nut of a population, including visitors, of 8,000.
The deaths in the previous quarter were only 20.
I attribute this result, principally to the complete
sanitary measures carried out in the town, under
the supervision of, the 80-ird of Health." When
will all the English watering-places carry out " com-
plete sanitary measures," and thus assert their su-
periority over foreign places of resort ?
In the South-Western Division, Wilts, Dorset,
and Devon suffered an unusually high rate of mor-
tality ; scarlatina, diphtheria, and smallpox have
proved fatal in many cases. " Sanitary arrange-
ments are far from gaod, in many houses" not only
of Abbotsbury, where three deaths occurred in one
house over drains in the worst possible condition,
but it is to be feared in many other parts of these
great counties.

In the West Midland Counties the deaths
amounted to 12,675. The health of several of the
Stafford districts is still bad. Measles, scarlatina,
diarrhan, and typhus have ken fatal ; in several
houses of Bilston two and three children have been
carried off by measles. " I fear," says the Regis-
trar " that often little notice is taken of illness,
until secondary symptoms appear, when medical
aid is too late. Persons first apply to a druggist,
and afterwards to a medical man, but not till the
day before death. _ _

The North Midland Counties have suffered in
various parts from diphtheria ; the low marshy dis-
tricts have been severely visited; but the deaths
(6,467) do not imply in the county aggregates
higher rates of mortality than usual.
In Lancashire and Cheshire the deaths (15,509)
are in numbers below those registered in the sum-
mer quarters of the two preceding years. The
mortality is below that of preceding years in
Liverpool, and will be still lower when all the
required sanitary works are carried out. The ex-
penditure up to the present time has borne ample
fruits.

In Yorkshire 10,983 deaths were registered. The
rate of mortality is lower than it was. Yorkshire.
lying between the Humber and the Tees—lofty
moorlands and the German Ocean—is now occu-
pied by nearly two millions of people, living much
in aggregated masses, but with families charac-
teristically distributed in 400,000 separate dwell.
ings. The workpeople are now in an average town.
health ; and through the incessant noises of ma-
chinery are often heard as the day declines pleasant
voices singing the concerted songs of the Bradford
minstrels.

31AYORAL7'Y PREPARATIONS.

' The preparations that have been some time in
progress for the Mayoralty Banquet, of the 9th
November, are now nearly completed, that is, as
far as they can be so far in advance of the time.
It is no secret that Lord Mayor's Show, as such, is
in its decadence, banners and plush are less and
less esteemed every year, at least in outward ob-
servances ; and Mr. Alderman Carter, the Lord
Mayor elect, has no intention to attempt a revival
of what the age has unmistakeably pronounced to
be superfluous and unnecessary. The procession
has declined since Alderman Mechi gave it a cha-
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bration may be very briefly described. The proemsion, as just remarked, will be as simple as possible,
without too rashly violating time-hallowed usages.
There will be no special feature of interest, but the
companies will be represented as usual, and esta-
blished forms adhered to. The boys of the Chelsea
Military School and the boys of the Marine Society
will not take part in it. The route will be chosen
as direct as possible, and, as all the world knows,
there will be no procession en the river. At Guild-
hall the usual signs of festis ity will be exhibited,
and the decorations will be but slightly varied from
the order obieryed on previous occasions. They
will be under the superintendence of Mr. Bunning,
the City architect, who will display his excellent
taste without stint, there being no intention to reduce
in even the smallest degree the splendour and libe-
ralty of the banquet. The presentation of the Lord
Mayor elect to the Lord Chancellor took place this
morning, at Stratheden House, Knightsbridge. The
Aldermen attended at Guildhall, in their gowns,
at 9 o'clock, and accompanied the Lord Mayor elect
thither. The Lord Mayor's state coach is painted
a rich blue, and lined with white and silver, with
handsome silver mountings. It is lined and full
padded with drab figured silk, with broad drab
lace, to correspond with festoon sun-blinds. It is
suspended on a fashionable perch carriage, with
under springs and carved blocks, and has a hand-
some standard box, and carved hind standards ; a
full-mounted seat-cloth of blue, with silver orna-
ments. The footmen-holders are of lace. The body
is emblazoned with the arms of the company, the
private arms of Mr. Alderman Carter, and the City
arms, with supporters and ornaments handsomely
painted in panels. The four-horse harness is of a most
elegant pattern, with richly-chased mountings and
ornaments attached. The coachman's and footmen's
hats will be trimmed with rich silver lace, of the
same pattern as that on the coat, with the crest
embroidered on the front ; the feathers are amber
and white. The postilions' caps will also be trimmed
with silver lace and rich bullion silver tassels at the
sides, with the Lord Mayor's' crest mounted on the
top. Tho banquet will be in no way shorn of its
customary splendour, nor will any detail be omitted
which might b© necessary to render it complete, as
an example of civic hospitality. The viands and
wines are to be of the best, and are to be supplied
by Messrs. Staples of the Albion, who have given
such great satisfaction on former occasions. The
dinner service, among which are the enormous
number of 220 soup tureens, will be entirely of one
pattern, as will also the plate and glass to be
used on the occasion. We mention this fact, be-
cause, we bel. ve, Messrs. Staples are the only
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and the Orpheus Glee Club and several eminent
leading roc 'lists are engaged for the entertainment
of the comp ny. The upholstery will be supplied
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by Messrs, erring and Son ; the gas fittings, by
Messrs. Lo e ; the decorations, by Mr. Fenton;
and Mr. Btmning will have the general superin-
tendence of the whole. The tickets for the dinner
will be issued after Monday next.

EXTRAORDINARY BRUTALITY.—There is now in
custody at Wednesbury a man named Joseph Hill, who has
been guilty of the most revolting brutality upon an Irish-
man named John Malony. Hill and Malony, with others,
had been drinking together in Mr. Woodward's public-
house, in High-street, before they proceeded together to
the house of one of the party, in a court in the rear of Mr.
Woodward's. Here a previously commenced dispute was
resumed, and Hill, seizing Malony, struck him, and then
held down his head before the fire with one hand, whilst
with the other he took from the grate a kettle of
boiling water. He first tried to pour the water down Ma-
lony's throat, but was unable, and the scalding water ran
over Maloney's face. Hill then poured the water into
his victim's ear, and over the other portions of his head and
face. Despite his screams and struggles, Hill continued to
hold him in front of the fire, and thus greatly increased the
otherwise intense torture that ho was soaring. Ho held
him till the pocr fellow became burnt as well as scalded.
When at length Malony was released he seemed to have little
vitality remaining in his system : the hair came off his head,
and his countenance was shockingly disfigured. A surgeon.
was sent for, and was soon in attendance, but expressedgrave
doubts of the man's recovery. On Saturday a local paper
reported that the case had had a fatal termination, but from
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