The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-13 00:00:00

MURDER.

LEICESTER, JN DA A murder of a most appalling cha-
racter occurred here this morning. A young man, about
four or five and twenty, named William Hubbard, a framework
knitter, had lived with his wife for some time past in a small
tenement in a street leading out of what is called the Newarkes
(occupying it jointly with his brother, who is also married).
Their matrimonial career, but of about three years' duration,
has been, it is said, most unhappy from its commencement.
The wife is reported to have been a still, steady, hardworking
woman, and he, on the contray, to have been improvident
and idle. They had been, it was well known, but poorly off
for some time, and he was determined at length to fall upon
the union house. This his wife strenuously resisted, de-
claring her intention of proceeding to Birmingham, where
her mother and a sister reside, and there earn her own
maintenance. This morning was fixed upon by her for her
departure hence. About six o'clock the husband, who, in con •
sequence of their disagreements, had slept at his mother's over-
night, knocked at the door, desiring his wife to let him in. She
came down but with her night-clothes on, and had no sooner
opened the deor than a scream' was heard, and the brother and
his wife coming down on the instant, the unfortunate wo-
man, the wife of William Hubbard, was found weltering
in her blood, with a frightful gash in her throat from which
the life-blood was still flowing in torrents • indeed, she was
only noticed to give one deep sigh ere she expired. The
murderer fled immediately down a lane leading to the
Leicester canal, along the towing-path of which he ran for
some hundreds of yards, and, crossing into a Mr. Stretton's
field, hid himself in a dike nearly covered with nettles and
briers, where he was found, in less than an hour afterwards,
by some lads, who, with a great number of policemen and
others, instantly set off in search of him. He made little
or no resistance, but expressed his sorrow for what he had done.
No knife, razor, or other instrument with which the deed ap-
pears to have been committed was found either upon him or
upon the premises where the murder was perpetrated. '[he mist
probable supposition is that the instrument was a knife used
for the purpose of scraping the butchers' stalls in the market-
place, at which the prisoner's father had been employed for
many years, and this may have been thrown in the river by
the unhappy man himself as he passed. Hubbard underwent
a brief examination this morning before two of the borough
magistrates, and was remanded until Monday next. The
coroner's inquest is expected to be held to-morrow, the result
of which will duly appear. The prisoner's demeanour before
the magistrates was remarkably cool and collected, and he ap-
peared to evince little apprehension for the ultimate con-
sequences of h' rt act.

INSPECTION OF THE TUNNEL ON THE GRAVESEND
AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY.—Major-General Pasley, the
inspecting general of railway!, accompanied by Mr. Coild, the
Company's superintendent, proceeded on Saturday morning,
three hours before the train commenced running, to inspect
the tunnel and line of railway. At the entrance of the tunnel
was a barge, on the deck of which was constructed a wood
framing sufficiently high as to enable any person thereon to
closely inspect the top. The general and superintendent
having mounted the scaffold, the barge was taken into the
tunnel, propelled by a small steam-boat, the general examining
closely every part, occupying him until seven o'clock. The
general, having completed his examination, was pleased to
declare that the line was in superior order ; that the roof of
the tunnel was perfectly secure ' • and that there was no appear-
ance of any possibility of chalk falling. It appears that this
inspection was owing to the members of the Board of Trade
having, within the last fortnight, received several anonymous
communications from this locality, pointing out in strong
words the insecurity of this tunnel. The general left far
London immediately after completing his inspection.
THE NEWS VENDEIV.—That highly respectable
body, the news venders of the metropolis, on Wednesday last,
the 6th instant, celebrated their sixth annual excursion in aid
of tho funds of their benevolent and provident institution. The
committee of management engaged the Vivid steam-to it for the
occasion, and as she touched at the respective piers, numbers
of members, with a due proportion of the fair sex, hastened on
board, until nearly 200 were assembled. Rose Cottage, Rich-
mond, was the place selected for the dinner, to which 60 sat
down, Mr. Wild in the chair. The day was one of unbroken
hilarity and enjoyment, dancing on deck, and rural amusements
on terra firma having been pursued with equal zest. We are
happy to announce that the contributions to the fund, after the
dinner, were exceedingly liberal. The party reached town on
their return before nine in the evening.
LOCK-JAW CAUSED BY CUTTING A CORN.— On
Sunday morning James Rance, a journeyman coach spring-
maker, residing in Great Wild-street, Great Queen-street,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, was suddenly seized during his breakfast
with lock-jaw. It appears that on Friday night he cut with a
razor a corn en his great toe, when the razor slipped and made
apparently only a slight incision, which caused it for a short
time to bleed profusely. The bleeding having abated, a piece
of rag was placed over the out with some salt. On Saturday
morning he proceeded as usual to work, thinking nothing
more of it. On his return at night, and having been drinking
spirits rather freely, he complained of acute pain in his toe, but
retired to bed, and the following morning was seized with
lock-jaw. A medical gentleman was sent for, who recom-
mended his removal to the hospital, as his life was in imminent
danger.
CMICKET.—The return match between Sussex find
the Marylebone Club (with Fuller Pilch) commenced on Mon-
day, at the Royal Cricket-ground, Brighton. Sussex won the
toss, and put in Dean and Mr. King, Royston and Hillyer
bowling. At first the play was very careful, and 30 runs were
scored, when Mr. King was bowled by Royston, with a score
of 14. G. Picknell took Mr. King's bat, and played spi en-
didlv, headily, his score by a 4, and with Dean running
_uup the
joined Picknell rapidly,el,the play pro-
score to 70, when the latter was run out. After dinner
awndhellsuevs:‘heirbray.l
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ceeded,
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a ball from Royston, after the player had obtained
Mr. C. Taylor, soon after which Picknell's stumps were also
leDrsortroi
79 runs. Box went in with Mr. Taylor, and the
ihcekre teh wasan changes
lowered db 967
abrynereased to 207, when a shower put a stop to the
scoreuo scatteredi
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h tand
play about half-past six o'clock.
TILE LATE AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE AT ABERDARE,
MERTHYR TvnviL.—Mr. Powell, the proprietor of the
Duffryn colliery, in which 2S men perished on the 2d inst.
from an explosi(4l of foul air, has done all in his power to
soothe the grief and supply the wants of the survivors of the
deceased. Having secured to the latter, at his own expense
and in a most respectable manner, the last rites of sepulture,
he settled upon the widows pensions of 9s. a week each, and
a'so gave them a house to live in, with liberty to take what coal
they Klay require for their consumption. He relieved the
other relatives in proportion to their wants.

MORTALITY IN THE METROP ()-
LIS AND PROVINcEs.
The usual quarterly tables of the mortality in 115 of the' .die-
tricts of England (inclusive of the principal towns), showfs if;
the number of deaths registered in the four quarters of 1844.:s
the number of deaths in the June quarter of 1845, and the
average number of deaths in the five June quarters, 1840-44.
have ;seen published by the authority of tile Registrar-General
In the metropolis, the population of which is estimated at
1,913,104, according to the late census, the deaths in the
spring quarter, ending on the 30th of June last, amounted to
11,267, .omewhat above the ordinary average. The quarterly
average of five June quarters, from 1840-44, having been only
10,555, end that of five years (1840-44), 11.948. The deaths
registered in the four quarters of 1844 amounted, respectively
to 13,471, 11,471, 11,825, and 13,565.
Of the 11,267 deaths in the quarter ended the 30th of June
last, 1.843 occurred in the western district of the metropolis,
2,13 f) in the northern, 2,056 in the central, 2,389 in the
eastern, .and 2,849 in the southern, which are invariably the
most unhe,,'thy and most inimical to longevity.
The total ts.urnbar of deaths registered in the spring quarter,
ended the 30th sa.June last, in the 115 provincial districts of
England, amounted, _exclusively of the metropolis, to 29,462 ;
of which, 1,121 occuraos-1 'n the south-eastern division, includ-
ing Maidstone, Brighton.; Oct Isle of Wight, Winchester, and
Windsor ; 939 in the souOt InfvSand, including St. Alban s,
Wycombe, Oxford, Northampton, .Psedford, arid Cambridge ;
900 in the eaatern, including C.'`lchee;er,
Dorchester, Exeter, Plymouth, Bath,
and Yarmouth ; 1,695 in the south-e-estes. Devises,
Norwich,
n, including
and Penzance;
4,750 in the western, including Bristol, Craitoala'
tenham, Flereford. Shrewsbury, Worcester, Idd Stroud,
nster,
Chel-
Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Birmingham,
>,ermi
....rad Coventry;
1,513 in the north-midland, including Leicester:.
.Lincoln,
Nottingham, Basford, and De: by; 10,308 in the nerth-dsys'stern;
including the great manufacturing and commercial tassels.' of
Stockport, Macclesfield, Liverpool, Blackburn, Preston, Roes.'"
dale. Bury, Bolton, Wigan, Prescott, Chorlton, Alanchesteta
Salford, and Ashton ; 4,611 in the York division, including'
Sheffield, Husider.field, Halifax. Bradford, Leeds, York, and:
Hull; 1,827 in the northern division, including Sunderland,.
Gateshead, Tynemouth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Carlisle, Kendal,
and Caekermouth ; and 1,793 in the Welsh division, including
Abergavenny, Pontypool, Merthyr-Tyc4.il, Wrexham, Holy-
well, and Anglesey.
The quarterly average of five June quarters (1840-44) ira
the above 115 districts amounted to 28,639 ; and the quarterly'
average of five years t 3 X 9,316. The number of deaths regis-
tered in the fur quarters of 1844, amounted, respectively, to
32,570, 27,454, 26,959, and 30,302. The population is taken
at 4,663,808.
The grand totals, including both the metropolis and the
115 provincial districts, give, with a population of 6,578 912,
40,729 deaths, during the last. quarter (ending June ;.30) ;
39,494 deaths, as the average of five June quarters. from 100
to 1844 ; 41,624 deaths, as the quarterly average of the (Iva
years, 1840 to 1844 ; and 46,041 deaths. 39,925, 38,784, and
43,958 in the four quarters of the year 1844, respectively,
of the 11,267 deals:. (from all causes) registered in the me-
tropolis during the 13 weeks ending 28th of June, 16*,
1,885 were occasioned by zymutie (epidemic, endemic, are!
contagious) diseases. Of the deaths tram epradie ors--
eases, 1,193 were caused by dropsy, cancer, and other die
eases of uncertain or variable seat; 1,938 by diseases of the..
brain, spinal marrow, nerves, and senses ; 3,478 by diseases of
the lungs and other organs of respiration; 419 by diseases of
the heart and blood-vessels; 860 by diseases of the stomach,
liver, and digestive organs generally; 125 by diseases of the
kidneys; 150 by pa turition and diseases of the generative!
organs; 85 by rheumatism and diseases of the bones andi
joints, &e. ; 25 by diseases of the skin and cellular tissue ;
744 by old age ;
3ct that 246
cent,
lonpveeearstslhocens,sa
average
ge
and 329 by violence, privation, and
smallpoxintem-
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perance. Amongst the deaths fraim zymotic diseases, we find
r
quarters, t
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bose
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dysentery,
(nearly
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83 by croup, 45 by thru
11 by influenza, 309 by typhus, 80 by erysipelas, and 13 by
syphilis.
The quarterly meteorological tablee, compiled from the'
weekly tables furnished to the registrar-general by the astro-
nomer royal, show that the mean height of the barometer during
the last quarter (from sth of April to 25th of June), from 72
observations corrected and reduced to 32 deg. Fahrenheit, was
29.731 inches, the highest point having been 30.094 inch,*
during the second week of June, when a constant calm Free-
sailed in the atmosphere, and the lowest point 29•332 incire‘a
during the second week of April, when the general direction
of the wind was from N. N. W. The highest point attained
I by the thermometer was 83 deg. 2 min., and the lowest point
to which the mercury fell 29 deg. 5 rain., marking an extreme
difference of 63 deg. 7 min.
The mean of the highest point on each day from six obser-
vations, was 60 deg. 5 min. ; and the mean of the lowest, on
each day, 44 deg. 2 min., showing a difference of 16 deg. 3 Min.
The mean of 72 observations gave a result of 51 deg. 9 min',
The average dew-point (mean of 72 results) was 46 deg. 5 mina
The extreme altitude of the self registering thermometer in
the sun, was, during the week, 115 deg. 6 min., and the mean
of seven observations, SO deg. ; the lowest point on the glass
was, during the week, 12 deg. 2 min., and the mean of seven
observations, 36 deg. 3 min. The mean of 72 differences be-
tween the dew-point temperature and the air temperature was
5 deg. 4 min. ; the mean of the greatest on each day, 12 deg.,
and that on the lowest, 9 deg. The average difference between
the mean temperature of the quarter, and those of the mean
temperature of the same quarter, on an average of 25 years,
was 1 deg. I min. less.
The greatest pressure of the wind during the quarter was
lolb. the square foot, and the mean for the week 51b. The
mean amount of horizontal movement of the air in each week
was 956 miles; the extremes were 1,705 and 345 miles. The
mean amount of cloud was 6 4 ; the highest, 8.8 ; and the
lowest, 3.1. The fall of rain during the quarter was 4.80 inches.
We quote the following general remarks from the report of
the Registrar-General:—
" Small-pox has prevailed epidemically in many districts ;
and the mortality from that disease has been considerable
among children unprotected by vaccination. Several persons.
said to have been previously vaccinated, and one•who had beer
inoculated, also died of small-pox. In many districts no
deaths from smallpox occurred; in others, the disease was
introduced by migratory labourers, ill provided, probably, with
household comforts and conveniences. The neglect of vaccina-
tion is adverted to by several registrars. The registrar of Lei-
cester says, • I have registered 50 deaths by small-pox from
January 1 to June 30, 1845 ; only one of the 50 per-
sons hail been va,:cinated, and that was a doubtful case.
The registrar of Heaton Norris, Stockport, mentions that
• in one family, three infants, two sisters and a brother, all
died of small. pox in the short space of 11 days." Small-pox,'
observes the registrar of Great Marlow, • has appeared in
part of my district. I find, on inquiry, that a vast number
of parents have not availed themselves of vaccination,
although perfectly aware that it can be done free of expense.'
The number of deaths (143) in the north sub-district of Yar-
mouth is much above the average, in consequence of the pre.
valence of the small-pox, which has proved fatal in 62 cases.
Of this number 61 died without previous vaccination. One
case only is recorded in which vaccination is said to have been
performed, a midwife was the operator, and the patient was
attended by an old woman. The child was two months old.
Measles and scarlatina have been epidemic in several districts.
" The 11.267 deaths in the metropolis are near the average
of the season, if we allow for the increase of the population.
The weekly deaths fell progressively in the quarter from 884
to 756, as the temperature rose. 'l' h e deaths from small-pox
were 246, less by 235 than were registered in the previous
quarter, but 102 above the average• of the June quarter for five
previous years. 104 women died from childbirth in the me-
tropolis within three months.
" The following are the districts in which the mortality was
above the average of five June quarters:—West, north-east,
and south districts of the metropolis; Winchester, Northamp-
ton, Colchester, Ipswich, Yarmoth, Dorchester, Plymouth,
Kidderminster, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Leices-
ter, West Derby (adjoining Liverpool), Blackburn, Rochdale,
Chorlton, Ashton, Bradford, Leeds, Merthyr-Tydvil, Holy-
well, and Anglesey.
" The following are, on the other hand, the districts in which
the mortality was below the average of five June quarters
Central district of the metropolis, Devizes, Redruth, Penzance,
Bristol, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Macclesfield, Liverpool, Pres-
ton, Bury, Wigan, Prescott, Sunderland, Tynemouth, New-
castle-en-Tyne, Kendal, Wrexham.
" The mean temperature at Greenwich was 51 deg. 9 min.,
which is 1 deg. 1 min. below the average of the seasons. The
north and north-east winds prevailing, the temperature of the
whole month of May was below the average, but the wind
turning south-west, the temperature of June rose above the
average of the month. The fall of rain was nearly five inches
(4 deg. 80 min.) At Derby more than eight inches of rain
fell in the same time."

TII E NEW LIBEL AcT.—This Act, to amend the
6th and 7th Victoria, c. 96, has just been printed. it contains
only twe provisions, By the first it is declared that in cases of
actions for libel in Ireland, where the defendant shall plead
matters allowed by the 3d and 4th Wm. IV., c. 42, and pay
money into Court, such payment shall be of the same effect as
if required by the said Act. The second clause is in the fol-
lowing words :—" And be it declared and enacted, that it
shall not be competent to any defendant in such action. whether
in England or Ireland, to file any such plea without at the
same time making a payment of money into Court by way of
amends as provided by the said Act ; bet every such plea so
filed, without payment of money into Court, shall be deemed a
nullity, and may be treated as such by the plaintiff in the
action."
PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO DAVID SALO:MONS,
ESQ.—A deputation of gentlemen, consisting of Messrs. S. S.
Hall, James Thompson, J. Wales, B. Standring, S. Saul, J.
Kilby, Joseph Isaacs, and others, waited upon Mr. David
Salomons on Friday, for the purpose of presenting to him a
piece of plate as a testinony of their esteem for his character,
and for his conduct during the recent contest for the aldermanie
gown of Portsoken ward. The plate had been for some time
finished, but its presentation was delayed until " the Jewish
Disabilities Bill" had received the royal assent, the Committee
being anxious io combine the proceedings of the late election
with the issue of their exertions by the passing of the Bill to
relieve their Jewish fellow-subjects from the doubts which hang
over their rights to be admitted to municipal offices. The
plate consists of a triple-sided pedestal or plinth, with bright
panels, supported on three massive scroll feet. From the
angles of the above are placed three most beautifully moulded
female figures. These figures are in dead silver, bearin.gt
flower basket of most exquisite workmanship in filagree, edged. e
with a vine foliage. Upon one of the panels are engraved
arms of the City of London, upon another the arras of M •
Salomons, and upon the third is the inscription.
A " DEAF" .JUROR.—RATITER GREEN.—in the
Nisi Prius Court, at Bridgewater, on Tuesday last, a juror
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difficulty in hearing)—" I caught a severe cold." Jue (in
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defaultingpldae esrturryt
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property,f or arrdenaersfnorfserveneralt,
years prior to the present owner of the estate coming into pos-
session. The Sheriff was accompanied by fifty police, under
the command of Sub-Inspector Lewis, and fifty of the
Ist Royals, under the command of Captain Neville,
from Killaloe. Every house was locked up and well bar-
ricadoed, and there was not a head of cattle on the lands,
nor a human being to be seen, with the exception of a few
young chaps, watching as scouts to bring the news to ostler
districts. When the Sheriff knocked at the houses of the
principal tenantry, the inmates refused to open the doors. The
party had to retire as they came, being totally unsuccessful in
their mission. The tenants en the Derry Castle estates have
been permitted to fall into arrears, some for three, four, and
five years.— i'Venagh Guardian.
WARWICK AND JONES.—The race between these
pedestrians cane off yesterday, at Acton Bottom. They were
matched for 20/., to contend over 200 yards of ground. War-
wick is well known under the cognomen of " the Epsom Stag,"
and was the favourite in betting, at 6to 4. At the start Jones
obtained an advantage, and went away at a lead for 100 yards,
when his adversary came alongside, and, after a spirited neer
Jones came in by half a yard the winter.