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(From, the Report of the Registrar-General. "
In the week that ended on Saturday the deaths of 931
persons (namely, 466 males and 465 females) were regis-
tered in the metropolitan districts, a number which
shows a decrease of about 100 on each of the three pree
vious weeks, and indicates a satisfactory condition of the
public health. In the corresponding weeks of 1850 and
1852, when the population was less than present, the
deaths were respectively 858 and 913. Except in these
instances the number of deaths in corresponding weeks
since 1846 was greater than that which appears in the
present return.' In the epidemic years of 1849 and 1854
cholera had by this time shown some abatement ; but in
the third week of September in the former year it raised
the deaths from all causes to 1,981, and in the latter
year to 2,504.
The diseases of zymotic character produce at this time
more thin a fourth part of the rivirtality. Of 253 deaths
referred to this class last week, 76 were caused by diar-
rticea, 63' by typhus and other fever, 50 by scarlatina, 16
by 1360011 w :cough, 11 by small-prix, 9by cholera, 7 by
erysipelas; 5 by measles, 5 by croup, 5 (of which 3 oc-
curred in the Paddington workhouse) by syphilis in in-
fants, 3by dysentery, 2 Wier* 1 influenza. Diarrhcea
continues to fall rapidly, the mean weekly temperature
having also fallen considerably since the'period in which
the disease attained its maximum. A case of malignant
cholera of 24 hours' duration was fatal in Victoria street,
Homerton, and anofger case, apparently of severe char-
acter, in Waggoner's-place, Shad well. It was mentioned
in the return for the previous week that a plumber died
on the 9th inst. of " Asaitic cholera" at 50, Market-
street, Londen-road ;it is now reported that the wife of a
shoemaker died of cholera on the 16th in the same house.
Fever has prevailed to some extent in the sub-district
of Mile-end Old Town Lower ; and the registrar of
Mile end New Town records the death of a child, on
which en inquest has been held, from neglect, and from
the unwholeeonie and overcrowded state of the house in
which it dwelt. Mr. Leach adds the following remarks :
"The zoom in which the death occurred is only about 12
feet square, and when I saw it, was occupied by 8 persons,
all in great poverty and distress. The debris of two
' houses, which had fallen down, nearly prevented com-
munication with it, and the court, which is over-crowded,
was in consquence of had smells and want of pure air in
an extremely offensive condition"
Last week the births of 841 boys and 817 girls, in all
1658 childi en, were registered in Louden. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1845.54 the average
number was 1361.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29-984 in.; on
the last three days the mean reading was above 30 in.
The mean temperature of the week was 59.6 deg., which
is 3.8 deg. above the average of the same week in 38
years. The mean temperature was above the average on
every day after Monday, and this excess was from 4 deg.
to nearly 6 deg. The highest temperature in the week
was 75 deg., and occurred on Friday ; the lowest was
48:3 deg., and occurred on Saturday. The range of
temperature, both on Friday and Saturday, was 25.7 deg.,
which is nearly the whole range of the week. The mean
dew point temperature was 54.6 deg., and the difference
between this and the mean temperature of the air was
5 deg. Tne temperature of the water of the Thames was
60.4 deg. The general direction of the wind was south-
west. A thin misty rain fell in the early part of the
week, but towards the end the weather was fine, though
sometimes with haze or fog.

[PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD•

and which was raging around them, would cut
them off from all succour for several, days, if, in-
deed, it did not consume them altogether. Such
acts as this no considerations of policy can justify,
and they throw a darker shade over the defeat of
the Russian armies. To both sides war certainly
was nevcer more terrible than it has been is this
siege, which is more than equivalent to several
campaigns in the field ; and we feel confident,
whatever may be still before the army, that its
most formidable privations and trials have already
been surpassed.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER. OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 22.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 4B
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration B3
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Musoles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 4
Premature Birth and Debility 23
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden lO
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 25
Causes not specified

DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES .

931

Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. eponding week in the

1851. - of 1854. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals
Males
Females

2,504

466
465

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females..

Total

TREASURY WARRANT ON COLONIAL

POSTA GE.

(Front Tuesday Night's Ga:ette.)

Whereas by an act passed in the fourth year of the
reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the
Regulation of the Duties of Postage," it is enacted that
it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury from time to time, and at any time after the
passing of that act, by warrant under their hands, to
alter and fix any of the rates of British postage or inland
postage, payable by law on the transmission by the post
iof foreign or colonial letters or newspapers, or of any
.other printed papers, and to subject the same to rates of
postage according to the weight thereof, and a scale of
weight to be contained in such warrant.
Now we, the Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea-
,sury, in exercise of the powers vested in us by the
said recited act, and of all other powers enabling us in
this behalf, do by this warrant (under the hands of two
of us the said commissioners by the authority of the sta-
tute in that case made and provided), order and direct
that on every letter not exceeding half an ounce in
weight transmitted by the post direct by British packet-
boats between any ports in the British colonies, or be-
tween any ports in the British colonies and any foreign
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ceeding two ounces in weight, four rates of postage.
On every such letter exceeding two ounces and not
exceeding three ounces in weight, six rates of postage.
i On every such letter exceeding three ounces and not
jexceeding four ounces in weight, eight rates of postage.
1 And for every ounce in weight above the weight of 4
jounces, there shall be charged and taken two additional
orates of postage, and every fraction of an ounce above
the weight of 4 ounces shall be charged as one addi-
Itional ounce, and each progressive and additional rate
chargeable under this clause shall be estimated and
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('charged at the sum which any such letter would be
!charged with under this warrant, if not exceeding half
lan ounce in weight.
) And we further direct that the rates of postage charg.
}able on such letters as aforesaid, for the sea conveyance
thereof, shall be charged in addition to any inland co-
lonial rates that may be payable thereon.
lc, And we farther direct that nothing in this warrant
lcontained shall in anywise alter, prejudice, or affect the
exemptions and privileges granted by the'said recited act
Tased in the fourth year of the reign of her present Ma-
esty, nor in anywise prejudice or affect the privilege
which cfficers, seamen, and soldiers employed in the
ervice of the East India Company now by law enjoy of
ending and receiving letters by the post, subject to the
regulations and restrictions in respect of the same,
) And we further direct that the term "by the post,"
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Majesty's Treasury, or any two of them, by warrant,
tinder their hands at any time hereafter, to alter or re-
ineal any of the rates hereby altered, or the regulations
a ereby made, and to make and establish any new or
ether rates or reguNtions in lieu thereof, and from time
time to appoint at what time the rates that may be pay-
able are to be paid.
t Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, the 19th
day of September, 1855. DuNaix.
R. BRBND.

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRIJRY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH.— Acting Manager, mr. Charles
hl atnews,—Stage Manager, Mr. Robert Roxby.--I be public is re-
spectfully informed that this ESTABLISHMENT wit OPEN for
the regular DRAMATIC ..EASON, under the Management of Mr.
E. T. smith, on Monday, October 1, on which occasion Mr. Elliot
Geier, Lucy Escott, _Nis, Lanza, and the Company will sing the
National Anthem, and when the grand original and historical
Egyptian Drama, written by E. Fitzball, Esq., and which has for
upw,irds of 18 mon:hs engaged the attention of the scenic, mechani-
cal, and decorative departments or this theatre, will positively be
produced, with the utmost regard to splendour and accuracy of de-
tail. In accordance with this resolution to secure the services, when-
ever available, of the most talented artistes of the day, the Lessee
has the greatest pleasure in announcing that he has engaged that
inimitable comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, who will appear in a
series of new pieces, written expressly for him ; and to strengthen
the cast of which an engagement has also been made with the prin-
cipal members of the Lyceum Company. 1 hat distinguished tragic
actress, Miss Glyn, and that popular tragedian, Mr. Barry Sullivan,
will be likewise found included in the arrangements of the forth-
eolnirrg season, while the scenic department will be under the
Immediate superintendence of Mr. William Beverley. The Lessee,
in thus inviting attention to the long-promised Egyptian Drama,
which will be produced on Monday, October 1, feels it necessary
to state that, so connected as everything relative to Egypt is with
mystery and ingenuity, he felt it incumbent upon him to spare
neither traible nor expenditure in or er to present a strictly accu-
rate picture of the regal and domestic history, habits, manners, and
customs of that extraordinary nation, at the Pharaonic period, and
to reproduce, as far as possib e in scenic accessories, those colossal
masses of granite and porphyry, and those gigantic statues, whose
enormous dimensions, overwhelmed by the shocks of nature or the
fury of the elements, have been scattered in ages past over regions
at present inaccessible, or buried deep beneath those arid and i,urn-
In; sands which have been at once their tomb and their protection.
That nothing may be found wanting to give a completeness to its
production, the piece will be sustained by the highest dramatic
talent, and ted by artistic and mechanical effects of entirely
novel construction. Herodotus, Denon, Wilkinson, the libraries of
the British and Imperial Museums at London and Paris, together
with °tin r authorities, have been carefully consulted to insure the
most rigid correctness in all the details And appointments; and in
thus reviving the associations of a people that existed upwards of
4,000 years ago the Lessee hopes to make the stage present a com-
bination of amusement and instruction hitherto unknown. Rather,
however, than speak himself of what has been done, he leaves the
laurels to be distributed by the p'iblic to those artistes who will
be found to have distinguished themselreesdg,eanedf confidentlyits
eineritsand
in-
vites the critic and the antiquary to
attest the fidelity of the most minute details. The ancient
and modern authorities consulted by. and the whole of the
Egyptian accessories made and modelled under the entire
superintendence of Dykwynkin. The scenery, entirely new,
painted by Messrs. Nichols, Cuthbert, Richard Cooper, G. Gordon,
Aglio, and assistants. The gas fittings by James Palmer and as-
sistants. Th striking and novel costumes by Mr. Palmer, Miss
Brame ,cud assistants. The trophies, idols, properties, &c., are all
new. 1-ri.pertY-Master, Mr. Needham, and assistants. To give
greater effect to which the orchestra (20 feet) will be covered and
added to the stage (the largest in the world). The incidental dances
arranged by Madame Louise. The overture and music by H.
Laurent, Esq. Director, Mr. J. H. Tully. Machinist, Mr. Tucker
and assistants. The following artistes have been already engaged:
—Miss Glyn, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, Miss M. Oliver, Miss
Talbot, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mrs. Selby, Miss Robertson, Miss
Wadham, Miss De Vere, Miss Topham, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr.
Stuart, Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. R. Roxby, Mr. E. Stirling, Mr. A.
Younge, m r George Wild, Mr. Edgar, Mr. Swan, Mr. Vincent,
Mr. Robertson, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Craven, Mr. Templeton, Mr.
Laporte. The Ballet:—Madame Louise, Miss Rosina Wright, Miss
Charles, Mdlle. Therese, Miss Smith, miss Brown, and 24 ladies of
the Corps de Ba'let. The orchestra will be enlarged add complete.
A full and efficient chorus from the Royal Opera, and upwards of
300 auxiliaries will be employed in the procession and pageantries of
the Egyptian drama, presenting a coup d'ceil of surpassing magni-
ficence and grandeur, occupying the whole of the largest stage in
the world, the whole of the orchestra being converted into the stage.
In course of preparation a grand historical drama, by W. J. Robson,
Esq., author of " Love and Loyalty." The box-office, under the
direction of mr. E. Chatterton, open from 10 to 6. The theatre will
be open at half-past 6, and commence at 7.

ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE.

Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.

THIS MVE/TING.

Will be performed LUCIA DI LA.AIMERMOOR. Characters by
Messrs. Elliot (haler and H. Brabam, and Miss Lucy Escott.
After which, A MORNING CALL.
To be followed by a GRAND CONCERT:
After which, THE SPANISH DANCERS.
Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of
Boxes arid pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d.; stalls, 4s. • private boxes to
admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office
Open fYom 10 to 6 daily.