The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-25 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.
By way of Callao, advices from Melbourne to
April 26 have been received, brought to that port
by the Liverpool ship Mooresfort.
The intelligence is of little interest.
The White Star ship Annie Wilson (82 days)
and Gambia, from Liverpool ; Czar, froni Glasgow ;
Rienzi, from Dublin ; and Agnetta, from London,
had arrived at Melbourne. The Northumberland,
from London, at Geelong. The Duke of Welling-
ton and Hooghly, at Adelaide.
The Royal mail ship Boomerang had not arrived
out, though 78 days from Liverpool.
The latest advices from England were by the
Annie Wilson, Jan. 28.
The Red Jacket was to sail for Liverpool on the
ist, and the Eagle on the 23d May. The Boome-
rang, with the mails, was to sail in the same
month.
An escort from the Beechworth digging arrived.
at Melbourne on the 24th of April, with 8,000
ounces of gold.
Gold at Melbourne was rather more active, but
prices remain at 3/. 16s. 6d. to 3/. 17s. per otmce.
On the 24th an extensive boot sale took place at
Melbourne, the largest ever held. Men's stout-•
nailed watertights, 13s: to 16s. 6d. ‘; ditto stout
kip front lace boots, Welch bobbed, 9s. 6d. to 10s.
6d. ; ditto ditto army bluchers, Bs. 2d. to 9s. sd. ;
ladies' cachmere and cloth boots, goloshed, ss. 9d.
to 6s. 4d.; men's stout Wellingtons, 9s. to 125.; chil-
dren's velvet and coloured boots, ls. sd. to 2s. 7d.
per pair.
In general commercial affairs there was no par-
ticular change.
Adelaide advices to April 20 have been received,
but are unimportant.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 24.
The steam-ship Alhambra, of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Capt. Ed-
ward Christian, with the usual Peninsular mail, in
charge of Lieut. Reddeck, R.N., Admiralty agent,
arrived this evening at half-past seven o'clock p.m.
Her dates of sailing were—Gib2oraltar, July 14 ;
Cadiz, 15 ; Lisbon, 19 ; Oporto, ; Vigo, 21.
She brought the following number of passengers :
—First class, 41 ; second, 19 ; deck, 4.
The freight of the Alhambra consists of 12 pack-
ages of specie, value 7,4381. ; 94 boxes of eggs, 339
half-chests of lemons, 2 baskets of potatoes, 9
baskets and 9 boxes of onions, 28 bales of ochella,
alai 17 packages of sundries.
Her Majesty's steamer Malacca had arrived at
Gibraltar, from Malta.
The Alhambra passed the. Peninsular and Orien-
tal Company's steamer Euxine on the evening of
the 22d, and the Madeira packet Brilliant on the
evening of the 23d.
The Dutch frigate Dogc,ferbank and the French
steamer Levassier wery lying in Cadiz. The Pe-
ninsular and Oriental steamer Iberia arrived at
Vigo on the morning of the 21st.

fi EALTH OF LONDON DURING THE TVO'f'

(From the Report of the Registrar-Generd.)
During three weeks of this month the population 01
London have enjoyed improved health. This is sh"t6n
,
by a reduction of the mortality to the extent of bet,'
150 deaths a week below the mortality of the prelie;
the corresponding weeks of the ten
month. Last week the deaths registered were 915-
average number was 1,027, which, if corrected for in,:
crease of population, becomes 1,130. In comparingtu'
present return with the estimated result, it is neces,trYa
to observe that in the week which ended July 2L
years 18,45-54, the
(embraced in the average), cholera was fatal in 678 crises*
and raised the deaths from all causes to 1,741 ; °ther-
wise, a conclusion will be drawn rather more favourab?'
for last week than the mortality that has prevailed Ili
ordi, ary periods would justify. 1, 29
The zymotic class of disfases produced last weee.„,-,1,
deaths, being a fourth part of the total mortality. .1,7
amount is as high as it usually is at this Per,le
Diarrhoea, of which there were 67 fatal cases, is mnslee
progress with the rising temperature. The numberafrl
this complaint in the last six weeks have been 17 ~
rel
`
33, 28, 45, and 67. Of the 67 cases, bee 1
amongst children under the age of one year ;
es
amongst those one year old and under 2 years, 4 c'lle
of cholera were recorded last week, 3 of which °owlia
et
to infants ; the remaining case was that of a woman, Big
56 years, who died in Walworth from " choleraic d
rhosa," after 13 hours' illness. Scarlatina carried Off 1
children, 6 of whom died in St. George's, Southwark
0r "
in Woolwich. In the former district 2 deaths from.`,.
latina occurred in one house situated in Elliott s•
and in the latter district 2 in a house in Mulgrave-131
Last week the births of 798 boys and 724 girls, ire.
:00
1,522 children, were registered in London. In tbe.,'
corresponding weeks of the years 1845.54 the avrr°
number was 1,327. rfinri;
At the Royal Observatory, Green ,rich, the meall., ,hi
int.? of the barometer in the week was 29.739 in. 49-'0
end of the week the reading was a3O 03 in. The rit
temperature of the week was 59 6 deg., which ear' (161;
below the average of the same week in 38 y.•td
Thursday, when it rained heavily, the mean temPaill,The
was 54.9 deg.. which is 7 deg. below the average. spa
highest temperature occurred on Sunday (the 150),.‘8.5
was 76.8 deg.; the lowest on Sftturday, when it was
der. The mean dew-point temperature was 520 ego
which is 7.6 deg. below the mean temperature of
40
air. The•temperature of the water of the Thames est.
66.9 deg. The wind blew generally from tbe ,of
Rain fell to the amount of 1.04 in., of which
an inch fell on Monday, and the remainder on Thurs dit
Frequent fla,,hes of lightning were seen and than
was heard between 5 and 6 p.m. on Thursday. ica;tl
SHOREDITCH ; Holywell.—At 5, Bowl-court,
one
July. a boy, aged 9 months, " cholera (24 hours).„,
WHITECHAPEL ; Ahlgate.—At the Refinery, if ,4
Mint-street, on 15th July, the son of a refiner, sg7,i
tti
months, " diarrhoea (1 week), then suddenly,takeo
cholera symptoms, and died in 3 hours after. 610
BERMONDSEY ; Leather Market.—At 9. Ship td
Mermaid-row, on 17th July, the son of a tripedrEs6
aged 7 weeks, " cholerine (8 days), diarrhcea; roil
NEWINGTON : Sr. Peter, Walworth.—At 3
6-100 E.
land-street, on 18th July, the wife of a greengrocer'''a
56 years, " choleraic diarrhoea (13 hours)." Amon.
In the same sub-district, on 15th July, a golly--
aged 74 years, " non me tatgere (many years)."
40pet ,
ST. PAN CRAS ; Somers town.—At 36, Chaltoo
on the 14th of July, an apprentice to a butcher, m
3
17 years, "livarophohia (36 hours)." Bitten by a ale, -
the n outh of December, 1854. Deceased was OP
ticed to a butcher in High-street, Caindefl-tewil.:ftE
whom the dog belonged. The dog was never seen •
it had bitten deceased.
LAMBETH ; Waterloo (2d Part).—At 62, James-04.0
on the 4th of July, the son of a labourer, aged 1" tb
" natural death, a fit (under 1 hour)." Mr. Davr,66,,,a,
registrar, writes :—" Deceased was blind and ,I'°„-1,0
deaf ; he could not hear himself speak, and his voleios
altered. He first gradually lost his sight, and was Lig' r
in the Blind School, where he learnt to read. '-'-
quently his hearing left him in a similar manner. is (/,'
friends communicated with him by touching Per
his body, hut more frequently by taking: his gngett 0 6,
writing with it. He was naturally very intelligeol'lll
the day of his death be was engaged in Bolin; a P—ot
shoes, when be was taken suddenly ill and 0'6:014
down stairs, saying, am dying, my jaws are
.r.c.la
and it was seen that they. were drawn aside. •Pl'.
pired in about an hour afterwards."

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOO" gj 9
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES BEGIS.r
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 25
ZymoticDiseases ........................................
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ......................... 9
.. 0

Tubercular Diseases . ..........
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses ...........•
0
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels .... . ...... of 0
Diseases of the Lungs and other, Organ° 11
Respiration..
.. .... _8 ~
Diseases of the Storna,ch, LiVer, and other Orgal` D:
of Digestion ... ~ ......... .
.... 1
.... . ...... ••• 1!
4
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ......... ..:...... . . .. ... .' 1,
he U. &c. ......... ..
1

Childbirth, Diseases of ti _ terus, _ ..••
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles .........
Diseases of the Skin &c ......... ... A
. ....................
....
- ..... • A

Malformations . ... ... ...............................
Premature Birth and Debility .......................

Atrophy
Old Age

......
...... ist,

Sudden....... . ....... ... ............................CBI

Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperao
Causes not specified

.. ..... /
..........
91'

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ..................... 01
I Pe 0
Population Deaths in corre" IS eep
Enumerated. sponding week./10
1851. of 1854. 1 .
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts
East Districts 485,522
South Districts
..,
a P

Totals
Males
Females.

1,008

476
............. 43,

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