The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-09 00:00:00

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LITERATURE.

second horse to save his stake the winner to be sold '
for 100/. ;.allowances if for less. Five furlongs.- .-
Haneicap Plate of 5 SONIA each, with 30 added ; for two-
; the scc.-nd horse to save his stake. The winner
to be. sold for CO/. Seven furlong,.
The Elawkst.me Cup. value 100/. and upwards, by sub•
scription of 10 sore: each ; three-yr-olds, 7st Gib ; four,
08t 41b • fire, Oct 121 b ; six and vged, 104 111); insrs
and geldings allowed 51b ; the winner of the Queen's
plate, or of the Cleveland; or ShroY.),hire, to carry 101 b
extra ; or the winner of any other race value 1001.
after the day of closing to carry 101 b extra ; the se-
cond in any such race receiving 101. or upwards to
carry 51b extra. Ilorz.,es having started twice as two-
. yr-olds (now three) without winning, allowed 31b ;
four-vr-olds never having won 100/. allowed slb ; five-
Sr-olds,-71h ; 10ib. The winner to be sold
for 000/. ; if entered to be sold for 500/., to be allowed
711; ; if for '4OO/.., 121 h ; if, for -300/., 17th ; if for 2001.,
231 b ; if for 1001., 281 h. Cup Course, two miles and
a half. .Each uarty receiving a nomination to pay 2
sovs to go to 'the second horse. 02 subs.

Jenny Wren, 4 yrs ; Lady Bird, 4 yrs;Joe Miller, 6
'
yrs ; Little Davie, 6 yrs • Cock Pheasant, 5 yrs • by
Cellingwood—Lucy Bank's; 3 yrs ; Vingt-Un' 4 yrs ; Le
Juif, aged ; Hybla, 5 yrs ; Bolton, 3 yrs ; Veteran, 5
yrs ; Mishap, 4 yrs ; m by Faugh-a-Ballagh—Jenb-
Wren, 5 yrs ; Banbury, 3 yrs ; Jujube, 4 3rs ; Seducer,y
4 yrs ; Lurley, 4 yrs ; Cardsharper, 4 yrs ; Sine.lua!
non, 4 yrs ; Little Tom, 5 yrs ; Catastrophe, 3 yrs ;
Moor Cock, 3 yrs.
The Shropshire Sweepstakes (Handicap) of 10 sows each,
3 ft, %:ith 50 added ; the second horse to receive 20
soya out of the stakes, and the third horse to save his
stake. A winner this year of any race value 100 sovs
to carry 141 b, and the second in any such race, 71b
exti a if after the declaration of the weights ; if of the
Cleveland or Queen's-Plate to carry 71b extra, over
and above the other weight. Horses having run in
the Cleveland, and not being winners or receiving,
allowed 31h off the original weight. Shropshire course,
about a mile and a quarter. 38 subs.
Scbsrz, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; Typee, 5 yrs, ist 91b ; Kite-
flyer, aged, 7st 41b ; Vanderdecken, 5 yrs, 7st 411) ;
Pumicestone, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ; Goorkab, 5 yrs, 7st ;
La
Juif, aged, 7st ; Priest, aged, Est 121 h
;Joe
Mil
Jler, 6
yrs, Est 121 b ; Hobby Hove, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b ; Titter-
stone, aged, Est 91b ; C:ck Pheasant, 5 yrs, Est 91b ;
Exile of Erin, 4 yrs, Est 81b ; Nally Hill, 4 yrs, 64 71b;
Pharaalus, 4 yrs, Est 61.1); Catspaw, 5 yrs, Est 41b ;
Medal, 4 yrs, Est 41b ; Eulogist, 5 yrs, 6st 31b ; Ban-
stead,syrs, Est ; Whiteloek, 4 yrs, 6st ; Blossom, 4 yrs,
6st; Surgeon• General, 4 yrs, Est ; Roebuck, 4 yrs, 64;
Ballooon, 5 yrs, bet; Inder, 5 yrs,' sst 131 b ; oisy, 3
yrs, sst 121 b ; Escape, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ; Field Marshal,
4 yrs, sst 101 b ; Frederick, 3 yrs, 54 81b ; Bolton, 3 yrs,
sst 61b ; Polestar, 3 yi a, sst llb ; General Picton, 3 yrs,
44 12ib ; Chisel, 3 yrs, 4st 91b ; See Clear, 3 yrs,- 4st
711) ; Ivloorcock, 3 yrs. 4st jib ; Alonzo, aged, Bst Sib,
paid ; . Orinoco, 5 yrs, Bst 51b, paid ; Chicken, 3 yrs, Est
61b, paid.
The Acton Burnel Stakes of 5 SOW each, with 30 added,
for three-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling and
other allowances. Penalties for winners. The second
horse to save his stake ; if ten subscribers, the second
horse to receive 10 sows out of the stakes. Three-
quarters of a mile.
The Corporation Handicap of 3 sous each, with 25 added
by the corporation, for tyro-yr-oh:Is and upwards ; the
second horse to save his stake ; the winner to be sold

A Handicap Plate of 50 soca ; any number of horses be-
longing to the same owner may run for this race.
About cue mile and
The races commence on Thursday at two o'clock.

SHREWSBURY RACES.
ARRIVED. -- Joe Miller, Gamekeeper, Goorkab,
Seducer, Soleetar.

LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET•

OAKS.
5 to 1 a?;st Nettle (taken).
ARRlVED.—Jonathan Martin.

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST, NIGHT •

[Extract from the Dublin Gazette of the 4th of May, 1855.
CROWN AND HANAPER OFFICE, DUBLIN.
In pursuance of an Act passed in the fortieth year of the
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intitnled
" An Act to regulate the mode by which the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons to serve in
the Parliament of the United Kingdom, on the part of
Ireland, shall be summoned and returned to the said Par-
liament," I do hereby give notice, that the Right Honour-
able Hayes, Viscount Doneraile, has been chosen by a
majority of votes to be the Peer to sit in the House of
Lords of the United Kingdom, in the room of John Bruce,
Viscount O'Neill, deceased.
Dated the 2d day of May, 1855.
C. FITZ-SIMON,
Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 7.
Corps of Royal Engineers.—Lieutenant Charles Her-
bert Sedley to be Second Captain, vice Crofton, died of
wounds before Sebastopol, April 16.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 5.
The following promotions, dated the 2d inst., have this
day taken place consequent on the decease, on the Ist inst.,
of Rear-Admiral of the White Armar Lowry Corry :
Rear-Admiral of the Blue, the Hon. Richard Saunders
Duudas, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain Follett Walrend Pennell, Captain William
Alexander Baillie Hamilton, Captain Edward Purcell,
Captain Charles Elliot, to be Rear-Admirals, on the re-
served half-pay list.
Captain Thomas Bennett to be Reitz-Admiral of the Blue.
The following captains on the retired list have also
been promoted to be retired Rear-Admirals on the terms
proposed in the London Gazette of Sept. 1, 1846, without
increase of pay :
Captain Theobald Jones.
Captain George Lloyd.
ARMY AND ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPART-
MENT, MAY 5.
The office of the Army and Ordnance Medical Depart-
ment has been removed from No. 13, St. James's-place,
St. James's, to No. 6, Whitehall-yard, Westminster.
[This Article is substituted for that which appeared in
the Gazette of 6th April last.]
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant
William John Robinson, of the Royal Cumberland
Militia, to be Acting Quartermaster, vice Lumb, who
retiree, April 3.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Berks—The Honourable Jacob Pleydell Bou-
veil° commonly called ViScount Folkestone, to be De-
puty 'Lieutenant ; the Right Honourable William Good-
enough Hayter to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Walter,
Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Allfrey,
Esq., to be DeputfLieutenant, May 2.
Royal Berks Militia—Ward Soane Braham, Gent, to be
Ensign, vice Williams, resigned, May 2.
King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Ensign
Peter Wells to be Lieutenant. vice 'Kell - John Robert
Conway Hickson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice' White ; Alex.
Milford Sutherland, Gent., to be Ensign ; Willis Peat,
Gent., to be Ensign.
Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia—William Maitland Chiffeey, Esq., to be Lieu-
tenant, vies Ridge. who retires.
Li ht Infantry Dattalinn of the:Royal Sussex Mili ti I.
James John Pickford, Gent.. to be Ensign ; Charles Wal-
-1 linger, Gent., to he Ensign, May 1.
2d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—
Captain Charles Augustus Cobb° to be Lieztenant-Coloncl,
vice Brandling, retired ; Lientenant Robert Grea.ves
Walker to be Captain, April 26 ; George Williams. Gent.,
to be lieutenant ; Ensign Francis Morley to be Lieutenan# ;
Henry Charles Chaumer, Gent., to be Ensign, May I.
Cth Regiment of West York Militia—John Bradley
Swann, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; James St. Clair Gleason,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 25.
1 let Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia--
William Philip Allington Jones, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
April 25. _
6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—John Ireland
1 Blackburne, Esq.. late Paymaster of the 4th, or Duke of
1 Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry)Royal Lancashire Militia,
Ito be Captain; Edward Francis Roche, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant ; Joseph Banks Sledge', Gent., to be Lieutenant ;
William Edward Whelan, Gent., to be Ensign, May 5.
West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Lieu-
tenant Alexander Henry Rosa to be Captain, vice Godden,
resigned, May 1.
ad Or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Ensign James Henry M`Ewen to be
Lieutenant, vice Halswell, resigned ; Ensign Henry Bulke-
ley to be Lieutenant., vice Lea, resigned ; Frederick Alfred
Stone, Gent., to be Ensign, vice 'Ewen, promoted
311 ,
May 4.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Major Lodge Murray Pnor, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Commandant, vice Villiers, resigned ;
Charles Seaton, Gent., vice Blake, resigned, May 4.
Warwickshire Tililitia-2d B:egiment—Wm. Henry
Bennett, Esq., late cif the 30th Foot,
ti Seaton
be Captain ; Geo.
Woodyatt, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 27.
2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Milia—eaton Ralph
Foster, Gent., to be Ensign, .74n. 27..
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of Jan. 23.1 .
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Stafford Chas.
Mathews, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 9.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of the let May inst.)
lre2ryit-h-
CharlesForfar
arnede
dlinienkcaordibinsoonß, ezgismq.e,ntlaotfe MBirleivtieat.Amr:llo
Regiment, to be Captain.
BANKRUPTS.
Middlesex, to surrender, May 22, at el Henry Joseph Pratt, trunk-maker, Bond-street,
Barnard-inn,
fell, official assignee ; Smith -sod b
at half-past twelve, at the Court of
1 June 30,
Holborn. Sheffield, 31"' " An( • lassn -
John Bradbury, joiner,
our,. 331.,,,,,,i,,, official .
at ten, at the Leeds District_Ueld.
nee, Sheffield ; Unwin, to _Botruptcy. staas.
Thomas Purdy,
May 23 at
18 and June 19, at halV3s'; Jay and Pilgrim, Nor-
ruptcy. Graham, officoiryi . assignee
wich ; Jay, Buckler b
wine
otfhß' Mayank-
ecylf,orpkisslitririeet,
eeteleven, and June . ,
'elSevuennaeraltantlide Newcastle
Bradford, "f"13.---- Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon.
District Court.v
Thomas Thornpson, book2a6elaletr
gay 18 and June . , a
T Ykn'reerleTc-lci(lsTNeweewlel.,27ltilei-ettniPeda-aTopne7B.t
Court. young, officia assignee, Leeds ; Carriss and Cud-
worth, Leeds.
Erasmus Symonds, merchant, 15, Great B 11
Moorgate-atreet, May 17, at half-past one, and Juneße
-alitlY'
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 13,e11 2t, at
assig-
nee, Coleman-street-buildings ; A la , official
Old Jewry. s urst, Son, and Morris,
John 1-torrocks, grocer, Salford,
twelve, at the Manchester District
May 18 and Juno 8, at
official assignee, Manchester Court. Hernaman,
Thomas Southward, c ; Limb, Manchester,
Bolton-
le-Moors, Lancashire, orn and flour merchant, Bolton-
at the Manchester May 22 and June 19, at twelve,
Manchester • District Court. Pott, official assignee,
Tit3mas Sp' Richardson Bolton-le-Moors.
19 slid June Spurrier, maltster, Walsall, Staffordshire, May
at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christ?' le, official assignee, Birmingham; Jackson,
West Brom • wich ; Hodgson, Birmingham.
David
Foster, gunsmith, Goole, Yorkshire, June 4, at
*put eleven, and July 1, at eleven, at the Leeds Dia-

S 17
. •, • . .
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- ..-
b. 4 ,;.5, ! .: . • tr 4 , N -1 t-j 1
trict Court. Hope, official assignee ,t. , t.*.k.3i10.1. , illi.
Goole ;--Naylor,-Leeds. . _ . - , •-.4!„,:.;,,_, ~,‘,..- -•- '' '` c 4
Joseph Whiteley Broadhead, woo til4.oDlßlmolu'.'" , ,
_}. -.1 •,:..1,,,
Green Owlers, near Holmbridge, York,
_,,,`1i,t1 u ' ' IN
z
22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Cou t-..' i.3_ ,W . 7 .11-!' U
aF.si7,nee, Lco,ls ; Kid.d and Jessup, Hol, rl -).
Barwick, Leeds.
:3 COT C H S'EQUESTR&TIO q;I: P.L"Allg
Robert •LaSkio, wright, Pollokshaws, •en rowshire ;
Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, May 16.
George Robson, interim f,ector, GlAsgow.

.DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
Owen Gray, of 2.1, Great Tower-street, City, builder,,
first dividend of 2g, 4d. in the pound,
man-street, City, on Thursday, Mtiy 10, and three follow-
payable at 25, Cole-
man-street,
oSnt:pe
rb.e
ill! d Barris,ofilide nKd ionig3s tso. Tour.° ni Surrey,n-Tthhaerr.epso,und,
follow-
ing Thursdays. , -
pa P.oabt 11
e
at 25,,Colernan-street, City, on Thursday, May 10, and
three following Thursdays.
Mary Ann and Willia,n Thomas, of Upper King-street,
Bloomsbury, builders, first dividend of 3s. ld. in the pound,
payable ut 25, Coleman-street, City, on Thursday, May
10, and three following Thursdays.
Henry Shepparil„ of Salisbury, grocer, first dividend of
1 2s. sd. in the pound, payable at 25, Coleman-street, City,
l'on Thursday, May 10, and three following Thursdays.
Joseph Head, Exeter, silversmith, a final dividend of
3s. lid, in the pound, payable at Queen-street, Exeter, on.
any Tuesday or Friday.
Robert Wilson Wyllie, St. Leonard, Devonshire, first
1 dividend of 2s. in the pound, payable at Queen-sheet,
11 Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday.
Francis Blarney, Crofthandy, Cornwall, grocer, further
dividend of 2s. 7d. in the pound, payable at Queen-street,
Err:ter; on any Tuesday or Friday.
John Bush Mercer, Bath, carpenter, a dividend of 2s.
4.1. in the pound„ 'payable at 19, St. Augustine's-place,
Bristol, on 'Wednesday, May 9,--and any subsequent Wed-
nesday. .
• Wiliam Rollason, jun., Birmingham, tin plate worker,
first dividend of Is. li. in the Pound, payable at 29,
Waterloo-street, Birmingham, on Thursday, May 10,
Thur
dayday, Mays. 24, and the two following alternate nuns-

Horatio Adolphus Port, Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford-
shire, hairdresser, a dividend. of 2s, lid. in the pound, paY-
able at the County Court, Burton-upon-Trent.
'John Morris, FiApool, Lancashire, journeyman black-
smith, first div.. of 9e. Bd. in the pound, payable at 14,
Union-street, Bury, on any Tuesday.
DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED.
C. and J. Heaton, 23 and 25, Lime-street, City, and 15,
.NAThite Lion-street, Spitalfields export oilmen, May 31—
E. Harratt and J. Bland, Huntingdon.und Godmanchester,
builders, May 31—J. Haydon, Barnstaple, Devonshire,
draper, May 29—H. Savill, Colchester, grocer, May 29
T. Freck, Nottingham, grocer, May 29.

CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED:
Surrey,baker,
City,
er'May
31—C.
and J.
W Hatennetyo,n,W2i3mbandd2,s.
Lime-street,White Lion-street, export oilmen, May 31—fir. Winder,
anidn dels,
Haymarket, tavern keeper—J. Howell, 2, Judd-street,
Brunswick-iquare, builder, May 3 -J. F. Bentley, Selby'
near Welford, Northamptonshire, coal merchant, ;.7-e 1—
C. 11. Harben, Goulstone-street, Whitechapel, and Carl-
ton-hill-villas, Carndon-road, Holloway, wholesale cheese-
monger, June I—H. G. Cable, 127, Goswell-street, Clerk-
enwell, draper, May 30—I. Pothecary and W. Symes, of
Nursling, Southamptonshire, boarding-house keepers, May
3C-I'. Tyler, of Wood-street, Cheapside, warehouseman,
May 30—J. A. Clarke and J. Davison, of ClleaPsicie, ware-
housemen, May 30—Id. Shepherd, Warwick, draper, May
29 —H. La pra ik, 18, Harrison-street, Gray's-in.ir-road,
draper, May 29—J. Beavea, Bedminster, beer retailer,
June I—R. Barber, Phcenix-wharf, Surrey canal-bank,
Deptford, rosin and tar distiller, May 29- J. C. Stivens
and J. Stower, Liverpool, British wine merchants, May
29--T. F. Merrick, Wolverhampton, commission agent,
Jane 11—T. Hollier, of Leicester, woolstapler, May 29
T. Charles worth, Nottingham, plumber, May 29.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Sarah Lewis, Birmingham, milliner—William Marsh,
Birmingham, journeyman brazier—G. Andrews, Wolver-
hampton, Stafferdsbire,bailder—R. Weston, Wolverhamp-
ton, Staffordshire, out of basincss—J. H. Harda, Wolver-
hampton, Staffordshire, game dealer—G. Smith, Wolver-
hampton, Staffordshire, fishmonger—R. Noake Wolver-
hampton, Staffordshire, manager of an iron safe and box
manufactory—A. Woodward, Wolverhampton, Stafford-
shire, grocer—J. Pearrnan, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.
butcher—T. Brant, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, licensed
retailer of ale—B. Dale, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire,
file grinder—H. Lovatt, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire,
ont of business—W. Morgan, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan-
shlre, leather dresser—M. Maley, Ryecroft, Rushall, Staf-
fordshire, licensed victualler-3. Tinsley, West Bromwich,
Staffordshire, foreman in a brickyard—E. Phillips, West
Btomwich, Staffordshire, agent to a brewer—T. S.
hiill-
ward, Dudley, Worcestershire, iron roller—J. Quint, Tor-
quay, Devcinshire,cooper--R.ll,ttenbury,Torquay, mason
-J. Coombe, Torquay, Devonshire, baker—W. Slaughter,
Brighton, grocer-IZ. M. Mornement. Brighton, out of
business—T. Edwards, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, plumber
—S. Bradshaw, 11, Museum-street, Bloomsbury, trainer
of race horses—S. Cradock, Frome, Somersetshire, wheel-
wright—lf. Down, Rodden and Frome, Someisetshire,
bnilitf to a farmer—J. R. Stanbrook, Great Berkhamp-
stead, Hertfordshire, stable keeper—C. Currie, Crosby-on-
Eden, Cumberlandshire, cattle dealer—G. Parrett, Lymp-
sham, Somersetshire, cordwaiuer -J. Kirkman, Bury,
Lancashire, painter—T. Kimber, Millbrook, Southantp-
tonshire. carter—F. West, All Saints, Southamptonshire,
boot and shoe maker—J. Palmer, Kingsland-place, South.
amptonshiro, baker—C. Hobley, Brincklow, Warwick-
shire, out of business -3. Dowler, Warwick, Warwick-
shire, pump maker—H. Lawton, Wolstanton, Stafford-
shire, boot and shoe maker.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
G. Mayston and J. Andrews, of Great Cambridge-street,
Shoreditch, gas fitters—F. Williams, W. J. Edgecombe,
and J. J. Williams, Worcester, wholesale grocers (so far
as regards J. 3. Williams)—W. Gibson, W. Gibson, jun.,
and R. Munkittrick, Manchester, general commission mer-
chants—T.Wilkins and J. S.Wilkins, Lesdenhall-market,
I City, butchers—E. B. Hippisley and W. Wheller, Bristol,
provision merchants—J. Davison and W. B. Davison,
Liverpool, commission agents—W. Chattle and J. M..
Clements, Birmingham, tailors—B. Balfour, A. S. Owen,
and R. H. Hazel', St. Mary-axe, City, and Southampton
ship and insurance brokers (so far as regards B. Balfour)—
,
F. Carritt and G. Osgood, 24, Basinghall-street, City, at-
torneys-at-law—J. Trencian and R. Bracher, Reading,
watchmakers—G. H. Ford and W. West, 54, Hatton-
garden, lithographers—T. Hawksley and T. J. Sturt,
Zi7, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, surgeons—Georg•
Salmon and Edward Houghton, Keppell-mews North,.
Russell-squats, coach builders—Wm. F. Wratislaw Bird
and Jt,s. Moore, 5, Gray's-inn-square, attorneys—Joshua
Lord, Wm. Lord, and J. Robinson, Manchester, manufac-
turers (so far as regards Wm. Lord)—F. Seaward and A.
D. Harding, New Inn-yard, Old Bailey, carriers—J. Brier-
ley, G. Raines, and J. Nason, Leicester, lambs' wool yarn
spinners—S. Fulljames and J. Castreo, Gloucester, land
agents—J. Collinson and W. Collinson, 36, Bold-street,
Banelagh-street, and Elliott-street—C. Poppleton, W. Hep-
den, and F. Hepden, York, linen manufacturers—J. Ben-
nett and R. W. Dewing, Cannon-street West, City, com-
mission agents—J. T. Leakey and E. Charsley, Lincoln's-
inn-fields, attorneys—C. J. Taylor and 3. Bentley, 4A,
Gresham-street, City, foreign flour and fancy warehouse-
man—D. Cox and R. Lead'oetter, Arborfield, Berkshire,
carpenters—G. Pell and C. E. Banks, Welford and North-
! atupton, attorneys.

SEALTII OP LONDOY DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar-General. )
The present return discovers an increase in the deaths
of the went: that ended last Saturday on those of the
two previonc weeks. Having been in these weeks 1,087
;aid 1,132, they rose iast wee:: to 1,185, of which 597
were deaths of tna!er.;

1.538 of fernAleq. In the ten
correvene.i:lg woeki cf the year 1845-54. the average

•
aiber of deaths v..w 990, witich, if rased for increase

of popuhtion by a tenth put for the purpose of compari-
son, becomes 1,081 It appears that, nearly 100 deaths
occurred last week more than the ordinary rate of mor-

tality wou!d have produced. , ,
Last week the births of 845 boys and 779 girls, in all
1,624 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the year 1845-54 the average
number was 1,507.
At theßoyatObservatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29'844 in. The reading
of the instrument rose to 30.11 in. by nine o'clock a.m.
on the last day of April, which was the highest reading
in the week. The mean temperature, was 44 degs.,
which is 7 degs. below the average of the same week in
38 years. It was the same as in the preceding week.
The mean temperature was below the average on every
day of the week, and on Friday the extent, of depression
below the average was so great as 11 degs. The lira!
temperature of that...day was only 40.8. The thee"
temperatures of Thursday and Saturday were 63
week.
and 63.6 degs., and these were the highest' in the
onk
The lowest temperature in the week
Saturday, and was 23-3 degs. ;
oint terePeratnre was
was 281 degs. The mean dew-p
this and the mean
371 degs., and the difference between_
an wind blew
temperature of the air was 6.3 degs
No ;air) fell, except a
generally from the north-east.
Tuesday.
the lo:ecsctuon Thursday
METROPOLIS.
slight quantity on Monday and '.l--
I irNi t °TA ill AEL L CAUSES REGISTER
IN THE *IEEE EN SAT RDAY, MAY 5,
Zymotic Diseases
mar
13MEr
OTFADLBAITLs
ta..!n..._ 214
DIN
Tjother Organs of 1:3
Diseases of er i 6
Tubercular DiseasesD
Liver,
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and 8100d-vessels lBl
and other Organs 219
Sto
Diseases of al iiterus, &e. ,
DpiiEsseaseespasecissra.:;foa,:eLmuaneghs,
ehst,iroonisea
ChoifldDbiirgt
Diseases of the Kidneys &e.
9
Diseases of the Joints Bonese 14
Diseases of the Skin, I, and• Muscles
in.
Malformations . ' &c.
• 3
Premature Birth and Debi1ity........................... 5
Atrophy .
Old Age .............................. . ... .
48
Sudden
Violence, Privation o Intemperance ....•••• 43
1 Causes not specified' Cld, and
....................... 3

.
DDEATHSEROII ALL CAUSES .. . ,
................. 1,185
Popnlatina Deaths ins rre- din the
eaths
Enumerated. sponditig ek
tssl. , of 104. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396 .... . . 251
Central Districts..... 393,256 ...... 20
24 9,
East Districts ...••••• 485,522
South Districts .. . ... 616,635
• 321
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Totals ......... 2,362,236
:gales .....................
Feinales .

1,263

1,185
597
588

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Vernales.

Total