The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-04 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY NIGHT.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steaula
ship Sultan, Captain Cook, has arrived, bringini
34 passengers, £2,038 in specie, and a cargo 0f
oranges, eggs, potatoes, wine, copper, and sundries'
She left Lisbon at 10.55 a.m. on the 27th ult.'
but finding it impossible to cross the bar; in ease'
quence of the tremendous sea and heavy westerlf
gale, came to an anchor until 6.5 a.m. on the 28th
Had no communication with Oporto.
April 29, at 12.30 p.m., when 21 miles frelli_
Vigo, and steering to the northward, the Sultan
saw a schooner exhibiting signals of distress, 03"
quiring immediate attendance : ran down to he"
and found her to be the Portuguese schooner Prt:
Hilda, with bowsprit .gone, and making vita'
Two hawsers were made fast to her, and she
towed into Vigo, where they arrived at 5 p.m., tn.,
the schooner came to an anchor, the Sultan leavam
at 6.20 p.m.. for this port.
May I.—At 11.30 a.m., in lat. 43.2 N., loot
5.54 W., passed a Turkish line-of-battle ship,AMOD
steam, steering to the southwest.
From Ushant the Sultan had strong north-eest
winds, with very heavy head sea and much raid*
Lisbon advices are to the 27th ult. The-roire:
which had been general in Portugal after tile.ue
parture of the previous packet, had a very beliss
ficial effect upon the harvest prospects for vih
and maize, but it was supposed that barleY, T./;:t
and beans would be little benefitted, and lhor.
foreign grain in general must be admitted into
tugal during the greater part 4 the year. "
e new Electoral Reform Bill for Portugal "51,
about to commence on the 27th ult., and the "
was expected to pass this session. • • tar
The scarcity of bills and heavy remittanoeso
grain had brought the rate of exchange at Lisicat
to 53, and even to 52Z: for three months, so
sigh
sovereigns equal to a remittance of 521 itt,.°11.4
must be expected back from Portugal. Par" vii
done at 537, Genoa 553 to" 555, and Hamburg 'sVtos
Three per Cent. stock, resistered, was at •47.41
; Coupons, 46-1 to 471; and Registered, 311t1)10-
Bank of Portugal shares 71 to 71,- per cent. Pre--0,
and Bank of Oporto shares 25 to 251 per cent. P
The stock and share market closed low.

lIEALTH OF LONDON DURING To

WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's .Report.) i3OS4
The deaths registered in London, which had beense to
and 1,126 respectively in the two previous weeks, r. o' e tea
years 1819-58 the average number of deaths in the ;000
1,207 in the week that ended last Saturday. In tneelo
corresponding with last week was 1,061; but as the' 00
pulatioarge
paredwipo
the
avthe66l.
raised in proportion to that increase, namely, with
i
has includedincreased,
they e pre sen
can t returno ny b occurredco in a
The deaths of last week, therefore, exceeded by 40 tlle of
ber which would have occurred under the average
mortality for the last week of April.
adto
The births registered last week exceeded the ue—
the same period by 485. het
The deaths from measles, which fell to 15 in .i•egaas
week of April, when the temperature was high, hay.„,° -af:
increased, and last week were 36. The deaths fr°lo
latina and diphtheria together were 73, having bee!! ,1-
"o;re
previous week. The cases recorded as " diphtheria' "WOW
and - occurred aft follow :--One in Berkeley .mews eller
Paddington ; one in Queen-street, Brompton ; one i¢
ter-terrace, Belgravia ; one in North-street, and pkoolt.
Sherborne-street, Marylebone ; one in the German „—„0
tal, Dalston ; one in Miles-place, Finsbury ; Or
Ireland-yard, City (south-west sub-district) ; one "ile
London Hospital; one in King-street, Aldgate ; (c.),arter
County-terrace, Newington • two in one family ill:" ell°
street, Walworth; one in 'Aldred-road, wahvortota•
:
in Richard-street, Lambeth ; and one in Wic
street, Lambeth. There were 15 deaths front t 3, calr
%ion&
pox, 11 of which occurred to children. The resi oriop
goon'. the- Siitall-i.tox Hospital states that, , ttblea
to the increase of small-pox in London during the 1000;
months, the hospital has become nearly full of Pate'
were 312 have been admitted this year, of whom 111 Ittitiaii
muted in April." Five deaths occurred in that Lao
last week. ate
Fourteen deaths were caused last week by rheunirocat
and rheumatic fever, nine by syphilis, two by inteneto
besides five where the cause of death is stated cos
delirium tremens. 184 persons died from orphthisis.,,boy"
sumption. Only two nonagenarians are record'
all
widows, aged 93 and 96 years.
A
Last week the births of 865 boys and 827 o-rlo/ r
teo ,se
1,692 children, were registered in London. In the 0,04,-
responding weeks of the years 1849-58 the average ,„
was 1,633.
.„ heal''
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the Delaroal'is
of the barometer in. the week was 29.678 in. The °a
trical readings varied from 30in. on Tuesday to 20;83 deg;
Thursday. The mean temperature of the week was ;the 010
which is neither more nor less than the average ,e' ). 31"0
week in 43 years. (as determined by Mr. Glaisflekcieg• °
lowest point attained by the thermometer was 40. fridf,
Sunday ; it rose to its highest point (67 deg) °lda. to
The extreme range in the week was therefore 26.5 .dor vr,
mean daily range was 12.2 deg. ; the range on Faqiair ait
19.5 deg. ; that on Saturday was only 5.8 dog.
once between the mean dew-point temperature a° •ty 01
perature was 3.7 deg. The mean degree of humid'Dan to
air was 88, saturation being equal to 100. The
perature of the water of the Thames was 49 deg.
fall was 0.76 in.

SERIOUS RIOT AT THE CALNE ELECTIVCe; th•
very serious riot occurred here oh Saturday nig,htth dlitril
close of the poll, and which it is feared will end 01 —:, lu..
in greatly
ts'A i: 4:111a;
of at least one person. On the retirement of Cart.'h—t ion'
shall, Mr. Henley was put forward to oppose the 1t.,,ifg,... lit.
a ley.
mob Tohfe
personsresu l t tohebapdollcosleleeommded
R. Lowe, and the result was the defeat of -,---* 00-3
ofw h
a row commenced, which the police endeavour% a re 611„,/
but without effect. The mob attackel them, 313' -eS c---
fight ensued, in which the police used their eta vrticikl;
freely. One man, who is said to have been 21° pa ado in
tor in the riot, but who was endeavouring to persto itepo-pi
son to go home, received such severe injuries Olt he vi,.A
it is said from the policemen's truncheons) ths ii
hi, m.:
carried home home insensible, the blood streaming Troll otlleli
and ears. His case is said to be a very serious 0ne:,.4
.70
were much hurt. The mob became perfeetlY ePgo i:,
this, attacked the police in force, and drove 11101, tyre_
Town-hall, where they kept them prisoners
,P9tibea en
hours, but eventually they escaped. The 00" soli;
molished every pane of glass in the police stationo,_t d
the windows of Mr. Clarkson's, office (the ag,na,; toll
Lowe and Lord Lansdowne's solicitor), and kept was swk
in terror until a very late hour at night. Mr. Lorrarhe oil!
It il:Zediog boo
spell in, Cable at all on. the, polling day:
to London by an early train. 'iSiiish A riotous .
not been known in this town for a long period'