The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-21 00:00:00

THE BREAD RIOTS IN LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 20.
At the police court this morning 60 prisoners were
brought before Mr. J. S. Mansfield, the stipendiary ma-
gistrate, charged with being connected with the attacks
upon the bread-shops in the town yesterday.
The proceedings to-day Need that the riots in every
instance were perpetrated the low Irish population,
who inhabit the filthiest part of the town, in the neigh-
bourhood of Scotland-road. The district is locally known
as "Little Ireland."

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHISTIR, Feb. 20.—The market continues ex-
ceedingly flat, there being no increase of ffilemand from
any_ source, home or foreign. Thl prime of cloth axe _T
still giving way, but it is satiiai'iotorytd`•`k t4s-
- is also further declining under the discoursge-
ments of low prices and increasing stocks. SOWS large
offers have been made for 71b.-cloths, India quality, at
ss. 3d., such as are now selling at ss. 6d. per piece ; and •
for 81b.-shirtiags at 6s. 6d. such as are exceedingly mare-
munerative at the present quotations of 6s. 9d. per piece,
but of course they were not accepted.
In yarns the agents generally report a quiet market,
with prices tending downwards. This applies to the de-
mand from all sources, the offers from manufacturers
being confined to small quantities, and at lower prices.
For India yarns (as well as cloths) two or three very
large orders were offered at very low prices, but were
declined. _

Of the cloth-market Messrs. John Slagg and Co.
say :—" The accounts to hand from Bombay and Cal-
cutta on Wednesday last report, with the exception of a
few descriptions of goods for which there has been a
moderate demand here during the last few days, gradu-
ally declining prices, and there is no inducement to
enter into operations in the staple articles for those mar-
kets. There has coneequently been little or Nothing
doing in shirtings, jaconets, and maddapolams, and
prices of these goods are very irregular. For other
kinds the market is in ranch the same condition as for
the last few weeks, and the general tendency of pribes is
still in favour of buyers."
Messrs. G. Fraser, Son, and Co., say :—" We have
no improvement to notice in our market again today.
The extent of business is limited, and the general bias of
prices is downwards."
LEEDS, Feb. 20.—The cloth-markets to-day have been
much the same as were those of last Tuesday. Pur-
chases were not made freely, nor, in the aggregate, to
an average extent of what is usual at this period of the
year. Strong frost still prevails, and seems to impart a
degree of coldness to mercantile transactions as well as
to the general face of nature. Though there is a good deal
of distress among some classes of workmen, it is far from
being so extensive in Leeds as is experienced in some
other towns. The ordinary sources of charitable and
parochial relief have hitherto sufficed to meet the in-
creased demands of the poor, who are manfully bearing
their hardships, and giving no overt signs of discontent
or disturbance. _ .

In the Leeds corn-market to-day there has been but a
small business done, and that, at a decline of prices, say
wheat at fully ls. per quarter. The navigation being
stopped by ice, there have been. no arrivals but by land
during the past week. Altogether the corn trade is dull.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From. the Report of the Registrar-General. )

Ia the week that ended 'on Saturday the deaths of
1,475 persons—namely, 741 males and 734 females,
were registered in London. The mortality which, since
the cold weather set in, was highest is the last week of
January, has in the subsequent weeks exhibited a de-
crease, but it is still much above the ordinary amount.
The numbers in the last five weeks have run than
1,549, 1,630, 1,604, 1,546, and 1,475. The reean tem-
perature in the same periods has been, 28.9, 29.3, 29.3,
30.9, and (last week) 25.4.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of 1845-54 the average
number of deaths was 1,086, and if this is raised in
proportion to iacrease of population it becomes 1,195.
The result of the comparison is, that there died last
week, in addition to what is usual in the middle of
February, 280 persons, whose lives have been shortened
by the sharp and long-continued treat. The average
temperature of the 10 corresponding weeks was 36'5 ;
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The deaths registered last week are distributed over
five periods of life, as follows :-658 occurred under 20
years of age ; 198 at 20 and under 40 years ; 255 at 40
years and under 60; 302 at 60 and ander 80 years ; 62
at 80 years and upwards. It will be seen, on reference
to the table of fatal diseases, that while upwards of 100
persons died in the first, third, and fourth viceiniades
of life from diseases of the respiratory organs, only 33
deaths occurred among young men and women between
20 and 40 years of age, that period which is best quali-
fied to resist the inclemency of winter. Bronchitis was
fatal in 218 cases, pneumonia in 114, asthma in 42,
phthisis in 159, hooping-cough in 77, and influenza in
10 cases. Small-pox carried off 29 children and 4 adults.
This disease seems to prevail much in Plumstead, where
four deaths occurred from it.

Last-week the births of 903 boys and 912 girls, in all
1,815 children, were registered in London. In the 10
corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average

number wai 1,461.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.518
inches. The reading of the barometer increased to 29.85
by 9 a.m. on Friday, and, after decreasing, rose to
neaarly the same value by the end of the week. The
mean temperature was 25.4, which is 13.3 below the
average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily
temperature was 121 below the average on Sunday,
and on the following days the extent of depression was
as follows :-9.4 on Monday, 13.2 on Tuesday, 141 on
Wednesday, 12.3 on Thursday, 14.4 on Friday, and 172
on Saturday. The highest temperature in the week
occurred on Sunday, and was 36.5 ; the lowest on Wed-
nesday, and was 13.8. The highest' on Wednesday was
34 deg. Early on the morning of Sunday, the 11th, the
temperature was so low as 7 deg. in the neighbourhood
of Greenwich. The mean dew-point temperature was
21.8 ; and the difference between this and the mean air
temperature was 3.6. The mean temperature of the
water of the Thames was 34 deg. for the first five days ;
afterwards the instruments could not be raised on account
of thick ice. The wind blew from the north, except on
Friday.

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

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 17.

Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain. Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 62
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration .
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &C.
Ma1f0rmati0n5............................................... 4
Premature Birth and Debility 45
Atrophy 4l
Old Age
Sudden
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 3O
Causes not specified

DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES 1,476
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in ths
1851. of 1853. Week
West Districts
North Districts 490,396 . 234 ...... 312
Central Districts 393,256 ....... 164 ...... 257
East Districts 485,522
South Districts
- -

1,154

Total;
Ma1e5.................... . .................. 741
Females ................