The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-02 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

The Ilegistrar-General in his usual return states that
in the week that ended on Saturday, June 27, 4,776
births and 2,997 deaths were registered in London
and in thirteen other large towns of the United King-
' dom. The annual rate of mortality was 21 per
1,000 persons living. he annual rate of mortality last
week was 24 per 1,000 in Loudon, 24 in Edin-
burgh, and 13 in Dublin ; 21 in Bristol, 13 in
Birmingham, 27 in Liverpool, 27 in Manchester, 20
in Salford, 31 in Sheffield, 31 in Bradford, 20
in Leeds, 25 in Hull, 22 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 29
in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 28 per 1,000 during
the week ending the 20th inst., when the
-mean tempera-
ture was 3.3 deg. Fahrenheit higher than iri the same
week in London, where the rate was 20. In London the
births of 1,122 boys and 1,047 girls, in all 2,169 Chil-
dren, were registered in the week. In the correspond-
ing weeks of ten years (1858.67) the average number,
corrected for increase of population, is 2,072. The
deaths registered in London during the week were 1,454.
It was the twenty-sixth week of the year, and the
average number of deaths for that week is, with a
correction for increase of population, 1,304. The
deaths in the present return exceed by 150 the esti-
mated amount, and exceed by 226 the number recorded
in the preceding week. The annual rate of mortality
was 22 per 1,000 in West London, 25 in North
London, 23 in Central London, 31 in East London, and
21 in South London. The deaths from zymotic diseases
were 466, the corrected average number being 345.
Nixie deaths from smallpox, 55 from measles, 28 from
scarlatina, 8 from diphtheria, 65 from whooping-cough, 42
from fever, 171 from diarrhoea, and 18 from cholera were
registered. The mortality from diarrhoea exhibits a con-
siderable increase. The deaths from fever were at the
annual rate on 10,000 living of 2 in West London, 4 in
North London, 13 in Central London, 8 in East London,
and 9 in South London. At the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week
was 29.869 inches. The highest clay temperature was 88'0
deg. on Saturday, June 27. The lowest night temperature
was 48'4 deg. on Tuesday, June 23. The highest reading
of the thermometer in the sun was 157 deg. on Saturday,
June 27. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 68,
complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell
to the amount of 0'29 inches. The general direction of the
wind was S.W. Ozone was observed on six days during
the week ; the greatest amount was on Monday, June 22.

LAW AND POLICE.

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INSOLVENCY IN THE COLONIES—IMPORTANT POINT.—
Before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council the
case of Gill v. Barrow was heard and involved a question
of.some magnitude in connection with bankruptcies in the
colonies. The appeal was from a dicision of the Court of
Common Pleas at Barbadoes, by which the appellant,
Howard Gill, w('3 sentenced to twelve months' imprison-
ment; He had been a merchant in that island; and in
April 1857, when in England, was declared insolvent. In
September of the same year he was made bankrupt in Lon-
don, and eventually obtained his certificate. In 1865, when
at Barbadoes, his case was restored, and he was sentenced
to twelve months' imprisonment, on which he appealed.
The question now raised was whether the bankruptcy in
England and the certificate ousted the jurisdiction in the
bankruptcy at Barbadoes. Their lordshipa were of opinion
that the court at Barbadoes had jurisdiction, and that the
insolvency in the island was first in point of date, and that
the bankrupt ought not to have appealed.
A PARROT CALLED AS A WITNESS.—At Wandsworth
Police-court George Herbert was charged with being in
unlawful possession of a parrot, the property of Unis Coe.
The defendant lost his parrot on the 4th June, and it was
brought back on the 16th. The complainant, however,
lost her parrot on the last-named day, and said it was the
very same bird that the defendant had possession of. At
the request of the magistrate the parrot visa taken out of a
hand basket which had been put on the table in front of him.
The bird NMS taken out by the defendant's wife, who said
it belonged to her. As she carried the bird in her hands
it made a great no:se, and endeavoured to peck at them.
The bird was then placed in the hands of complainant,
when it immediately ceased the noise, and showed signs of
affection for her. Both sides still claimed the bird, but the
magistrate said from what lie had seen that day he
believed the bird belonged to the complainant, and he
made an order that it should be given to her.

A CHILD KILLED BY A COCK.--Mary Lynch, a
little girl, residing with her parents in Hockenhall-alley,
Liverpool, was playing in the street and holding a piece
of bread and butter in her hand, when a ccck flew
at her, and so severely pecked her about the head and
face as to cause her death. Aninquest was held onWednes,
day, and a verakt accordanoe with the circurAstgaisi
Rturixd,

BAN QUE 7 70 MI?. CYRUS FIELD.

Last night a grand banquet was given to Cyrus
W. Field, Esq., at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, as
an acknowledgment of the eminent services which
he has rendered to the New and Old Worlds by his
devotion to the interests of Atlantic telegraphy
through circumstances of protracted difficulty and
doubt. The chair was taken by his Grace the Duke
of Argyll, K.T., and, as a proof of the general in-
terest which was felt in the proceedings, the fol-
lowing were announced to speak: the Right Hon.
the Earl Russell, K.G., Lord Stratford de Redcliffe,
G.C.13., Lord Dufferin, K.C.8., the Right Hon.
Sir John Pakington, Bart., M.P., the Right Hon.
Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., M.P., Mr. John
Bright, M.P., Mr. Charles Dickens, and others. The
committee of invitation, of which the Duke of
Argyll was chairman, included gentlemen of all po-
litical opinions, and those most distinguished in
science. Amongst a long list were the- Earl of Airlie,
K.T., Viscount Amberley, M.P., Colonel Finley
Anderson, Sir-James Anderson, Mr. Thos. Baring,
M.P., Mr. Thomas Barnes, M.P., Captain R. T.
Baxter, R.N., Captain A.B.B2ccher, R.N., Captain
A. S. Bolton, Mr. Thomas Brassey, Mr. Thomas
Brassey, jan., Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., Sir Charles
Bright, M.P., Mr. Charles Buxton, M.P., Sir T.
Fowell Buxton, Bart., M.P., Sir Samuel Canning,
C.E., the Right lion. Stephen Cave, M.P., Lord
Frederick Cavendish, M.P., Lord A. S. Churchill,
Captain lion. A. Cochrane, R.N., the Right Ron.
the Earl de Grey and Ripon, M. Ferdinand de
Lessept, the Earl of Denbigh, the Hon. Geo. Den-
man, M.P., Mr. Edward Dicey, Major-General H.
Doyle, Mr. C. Edwards, M.P., Professor Fawcett,
M.P., Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., Sir C. Fox, C.E.,
Mr. C. Freshfield, M.P., Captain D. Galton,
C. 8., Mr. R. Garth, M.P., Sir Richard Glass, Sir
Daniel Gooch, Bart., M.P., the Right Hon. G.
J. Goschen, M.P., Mr. R. S. Graves, M.P., Sir
John Gray, M.P., Mr. G. G. Glynn, M.P., Earl
Grosvenor, M.P., Mr. Samuel Gurney, M.P., the
Marquis of ilartiogton, M.P., Sir F. J. Halliday,

K.C.8., Admiral B. Hamilton, Rear-Admiral Sir
J. C. D. Hay, Bart., M.P., Lord John Hay, Lord
W. Hay, M.P., Sir IL Holland, Bart., Sir George
Honeyrnan, Bart., Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., the
Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Loyard, M.P.,
Mr. G. S. Lefevre, M.P., Lieutenant-General Sir
Gaspard Le Marchant, the Marquis of Lorne, M.P.
Captain L. B. Mackinnon, M.P., Sir John IL Max-
well, Bart., Vice-Admiral Sir Alex. Milne, K C. 8.,
Viscount Milton, M.P., Captain Moriarty, R.N.,
C. 8., Mr. W. Morrison, M.P., the Hon. Freemaji
11. Morse, Mr. Henry Wikoff, Sir Roderick I. MuP!
chison, Bart, K.C.8., Capt. S. Osborn, R.N., C. 8.,
Capt. Gerard Napier, R.N., Sir C. Nicholson, Bt.,
Mr. T. B. Potter, M.P., Dr. W. H. Russell, Right
lion. the Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G., Sir J. K.
Shuttleworth, Bart., Mr. J. Stansfeld, M.P., Sir R.
Macdonald Stephenson, F.R.G.S., Mr. P. A. Taylor,
M.P., Mr. W. T. M'Cullagh-Torrens, M.P., Mr.
E. W. Watkin, M.P., Professor Sir C. Wheatstone,
LL.D., Mr. H. Martin, and Mr. W. M. Bell. There
were upwards of 300 guests present, amongst whom
were most of the gentlemen named above. The
band of the Coldstream Guards, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Frederick Godfrey, was in attendance,
and performed a selection of English and American
music. The room was decorated with a number of
flags of different nations, amongst which those of
the United States and Great Britain were the most
conspicuous. Mr. Toole, toastmaster to the civic
corporations, ably discharged the duties pertaining
to that office.
Grace was said by the Rev. Newman Hall before
and after meat.

Almost immediately after dinner was com-
menced, the noble CHAIRMAN rose and said that
during the repast messages would be sent to the
continent of America by electricians who were
present in the room. Arrangements had been
made, under the charge of Mr. George, for the
transmission of telegrams in the course of the
banquet, and the remarkable speed , with which
they were transmitted to and fro was one of the
most distinguishing features of the occasion. The
instruments were placed in the corner of the room
to the left of the orchestra. The wire with which
they were connected had uninterrupted cominuni-,
cation with Valentia, from which place the various
messages of friendship were scat to the station on
the American shore.

While the banquet was proceeding, his Grace the
Duke of ARGYLL read telegrams which had been
received in response to those sent. The congratu-
lations which passed between the chairmln and
various eminent personages arc appended :

Willis's Rooms, London, Wednesday Evening, July 1.

The Duke of Argyll. to his Excellency Andrew Johnson,

President of the United States, Washington.

I am now surrounded by upwards of 300 gentlemen, and
many ladies, who have assembled to do honour to Mr.
Cyrus Field for his acknowledged exertions in promoting
telegraphic communication between the New and Old
Worlds. It bids fair for the kindly influences of the At-
lantic cable that its success should have brought together
so friendly a gathering; and in asking you to join our
toast of " Long life, health, and happiness to your most
worthy countryman," let me add a Highlander's wish, that
England and America may always be found in peace and
in war, " Shoulder to shoulder."

Willis's Rooms, London, Wednesday Evening, July 1.
The Duke of Argyll to his Excellency Lord Monck,

Governor-General of Canada.

I am now presiding over a banquet of upwards of 300
gentlemen and many ladies to do honour to Mr. Cyrus
Field, of New York, for his devotion to the interests of
Atlantic telegraphy. It is a good omen of the influence
which the submarine cable between the New and Old
World can exercise in our offering this homage of respect
to a most worthy American ; and I shall be glad to find
you reciprocate.the sentiment from the table of the Go-
vernor of the Canadian Confederation.

Willis's Rooms, London, Wednesday Evening, July 1.
The Duke of Argyll to his Excellemly the Governor-

General of Cuba, Havana.

As president of a banquet, attended by upwards of 300
gentlemen, to do honour to Mr. Cyrus }lad, of New 'York,
for his eminent services in assisting the promotion of the
Atlantic Telegraph, I invite you to juin in the compliment
offered to him this day, and to ask you, while drinking his
health and happiness, to add the good old Sp uaish con--
gratulation, "May he live a thousand years ! "

Willis's Rooms, London, Wednesday Evening, July 1.
The Duke of Argyll to his Excellency the Governor of
Victoria, Vancouver's Island.

I am president of a banquet of upwards of 300 English
gentlemen, met to pay a homage of respect to Mr. Cyrus
Field, of New York, for his exertions in promoting the
laying of "the Atlantic Cable. Its success enables the Old
World now to talk to the New, and we ahall be gratified to
find that the English colonists, divided from us by thou-
sands of mi!es, are ready to join in so worthy a compli-
ment to an American citizen, and ask you to drink his
good health.
Willis's Rooms, London, Wednesday Evening, July 1.
The Duko Duke of Argyll to his Excellency the Ooiernor

of Newfoundland.

I am surrounded by upwards of 300 gentlemen, and
many ladies, to do honour to Mr. Cyrus Field, of New
York, for his well- known services in promoting the At-
lantic Telegraph. I ask you to join in drinking his health
and happiness, and that every prosperity may attend him
in all his important pursuits.

Willis's Rooms, London, Wednesday Evening, July 1.
The Duke of Argyll to Miss Mary Grace Fiela and
Brotbers, New York.

I have upwards of ZOO gentlemen around me to do
honour to your worthy father for all his past labours in
connection with tne Atlantic Cable ; and in asking you to
join us in drinking his health, let me offer you my congra-
tulations in Mug blessed with so excellent a father, and
also to express the hope that his example may inspirit all
his children to follow in the good path he has hitherto led
them.

The following were the messages received:—
" From IL Seward to his Grace the Duke of Argyll,

London.

" Your salutation to the President from the banqueting
ball at Willis's have been received. The dinner-hour here
has not arrived yet ; it is only 5 o'clock; the sun is yet two
hours high. When the dinner-hour arrives the President
will accept your pledge of honour to onr distinguished
countryman, Cyrus W. Field, and will cordially respond
to your Highland aspiration for iSerpetual union between
the two nations."

Prom Samuel F. B: Mors©, Columbia, July 1, 10 p.m., to

his Grace the Duke of Argyll, Willis's Rooms.

••. Greeting to all met to perform an act of national jus-
tice. Ally this divine attribute ever be the companion of
the telegraph in its true mission of binding the nations of
the entire world in bonds of peace! Special greeting to
the guest, to Cooke and Wheatstone, to Sir Charles
Bright, and to Whitehouse.

From Frederick Seymour, Governor, Victoria, June 28,
via Valentia, San Juan Island, to his Grace the Duke of

Argyll.
Columbia joins heartily in the cheers with which the
toast " Cyrus Field." will be received. We owe much to
the telegraph ; throe day.' new from England, inatanta-