The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The official report says the health of London exhi-
bits some improvement. The deaths, which were
1,124 in the first week, have fallen to 1,091 in the
second week of August. Diarrhoea and summer
cholera are still fatal ; of 15 deaths from cholera 11
occurred in children under the age of 15, and 4 in old
people of the age of 60 and upwards; 4 only of the
deaths occurred on the south, while 11 occurred on
the north side of the Thames. 201 persons were de-
stroyed by diarrheas, 174 were children, 15 were of
the age of 15-60, and 12 were of the age of 60 and
upwards. The total deaths from all causes under the
age of 15 were 611 ; between the age of 15 and 60,
303; at the age of 60 and upwards, 171. The deaths
of females (555) exceeded the deaths of males (536)
by 19, a change in the proportions which was ob-
served in the corresponding week of 1849 when
cholera was epidemic, and 1,116 males, 1,114 females
died.

Sixteen persons died of smallpox, 14 of measles,
47 of scarlatina, 47 of typhus, 122 of consumption,
29 of apoplexy. The deaths referred to apoplexy
occurred at all ages, and in undue proportion under
the age of 15. Disease of the heart and arteries was
fatal in 36 instances, bronchitis in 29, and pneumonia
in 31. Child-bearing was fatal to 7 mothers, 3of
whom died from metria. Twenty deaths from vio-
lence are recorded, including 4 by poison.
One hundred and fifty persons died in the public
institutions of London, 106 in the workhouses, 31 in
the hospitals, 7 in lunatic asylums, 3 in military and
naval asylums, 3 in military and naval hospitals, none
in prisons.
The following are the returns of the 15 cases of
cholera registered in the week. " Summer" has been
substituted throughout for " English" cholera, or
England, and may
in the
cholerace__i Anglica, which is often used in the medical
E"!lcates, although the disease is not confined to
same form all over Europe.
cholera with equal propriety be called
Gallifea, Italica, or Germanica ; for it.prevails
a builder,
At 5,
Rea Li_ Y's-buildings, in the sub-district of the
At 21, Matthias-street,
of 'West"
ory, maryiebone, on 10th August, the widow of
daughter of a acilney,
aged 65 year, " summer cholera (5 days)."
-isitreet, Kingsland, in the sub-
districtAt 24, Matthias-street,
the sou
7th
thAeusgamu3et,sutbhe.
(7 (hys).,,labourer, aged 2 months, "cholera in-
fantumdi,trict, on 12th August, sou of a labourer, aged
10 weeks, "cholera iofactume
At the Blue Pig public-hou(st days),l.m' ary Axe, in
the north-east sub-district of the' ci3tv.
23d July, formerly a lighterraan, city ofea London, on
46 natural summer cholera. (5 days).e aged 73
Inquest.
At 12, Edward-street, in the sub-district ofs Ilox-
to, NQ w Town, on 9th August, the daughter of a
Union-street, in the sub-district of East
Haggerstone, Snoreditch, on 9th August, the daugh-
ter of a *eaver, aged 1 year and 7 months, " typhoid
miAllitnets',s, age r' 7 months, "cholera infantum (4 days)."
fever
(3 weeks), cholera infant= (2 weeks).
At 8, Belgrave-street, in the sub-district of Rat-
cliff, on the Bth of August, the daughter of a pilot,
"
aged 11 months, " infantile cholera (one month) ex-
haustion ; convulsions."

At 5, Jubilee-place, in the sub-district of Mile-
end Old Town Upper, On the 11th of Augu the
widow of a flock-maker, aged 76 years, " debility
l'encling in cholera (14 days)."
At 117, Lucas-street, in the same sub-district, on
the 12th of August, the daughter of a turner, aged
11 weeks, "cholera infantum (24 hours)."
At 10, St. Paul's-place, in the sub-district of St.
Peter, 'Walworth, on the 10th of August, a gentle-
man, aged 66 years, " cholera (3i days)."
At Union-road, Wandsworth-road, in the sub•
district of Clapham, on the 11th of August, the son of
a master carpenter, aged 6 months, " diarrhoea (36
hours), cholera infantum (24 hours)."
At Sun-alley, in the sub district of Woolwich
Dockyard, on the Bth of August, the son of a la-
bourer, aged 10 weeks, "cholera infantum (4 days)."
At Parron-hill, in the sub-district of Woolwich
Arsenal, on the 7th August, the daughter of a smith
and farrier, aged 5 months, " summer cholera
(2 days)."
At 4, the Orchard, in the sub-district of Ratcliff,
on 9th August, the son of a mariner, aged 3 months,
diarrhces (4 days), cholera infantum (20 hours)."
At 1 Church-court, in the sub-district of Shad-
well, on 9th August, the son of a mariner, aged 7
month., " cholera infantum (4 days)."
In Guy's Hospital, on the 9th August, a female,
aged 27 years, died by "poison from lead works" in
which she was employed.
On the 13th August, at 1, Sparm's-buildings,
Camden-town, the son of a clicker, aged 22 months,
" tabes uiesenterica (5 weeks)." Mr. Holl, the re-
gistrar,
adds, "the street is very badly drained, and
unpaved ; much ill-health arises in consequence. The
houses being below the level of the muddy and un-
paved road and footpath, the slush flows into the pas-
sages and front rooms."

STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.
SUNDAY.—The amount of cloud was very variable
throughout the day; cumulostrati and cirrostrati. Showers
of rain fell. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate
during the evening,
MONDAY.—Three-fourthe of the sky were covered generally
with cumuli, camulostrati, and cirrostrati. Showers of rain
were frequent; at 3h. 45m. lightning was seen, followed by
thunder. Electricity—Negative, and very active during the
morning and afternoon; sparks were shown.
TUESDAY.—The sky was for the most part covered with
cloud until evening, after which it remained clear; cirro-
cumuli and cirrostrati. Electricity—Positive, and at times
negative, with very strong tension during the afternoon;
sparks and galvanic currents were shown.
WEDNESDAY.—The sky was generally covered with cloud
throughout the day ; frequent squalls of wind and rain.
Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day.
THURSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day.
Rain fell generally. Electricity—Nothing was shown
throughout the day.
FRIDAY.—Three-fourthe of the sky were covered with
cumuli, cumulostrati, and light clouds. Electricity—Nothing
was shown throughout the day.
SATURDAY.—The amount of cloud was small till after
noon, and the sky was generally covered during the re-
mainder of the day; cumuli, cirrocumuli, and cirrostrati.
Thunder was heard during the afternoon, accompanied with
a few drops of rain. Electricity—Positive, and very active
during the afternoon; sparks and galvanic currents were
shown.

The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M. was 60.20 ; and the mean
reading at 911. P.M. was 58.2°; the mean readings at the
Royal Observatory for the same times were 61.2 Q and 56.9°
respectively.
The reading of the barometer increased from 2922 in.
at the beginning of the week to 29.52 in. by 9h. P.M. on the
10th; decreased rapidly during the night to 29.17 in. by
9h. A.M. on the 11th, and to 29.01 in. by 9h. P.M. on the
same dy ; increased to 29.67 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 14th;
and decreased to 29.46 in. by the end of the week.

DEATH OF THE DUKE OF HAMILTON.
The premier Peer of Scotland, the venerable Duke
9f Hamilton and Brandon, expired onWednesday morn-
ing at his mansion in Portman-square. His Grace was
one of the oldest, if not the very oldest member of
the Peerage, having been born in the year 1767, and
consequently he had attained the patriarchal age of
85. He succeeded his father, who was the ninth
Duke, in 1819, taking his seat in the House of Lords
by two titles—the Duke of Brandon and Baron Dut-
ton: His Grace never took any prominent part in
Polities. In the year 1810, when 43 years of age, he
married the second daughter of Mr. William Beck-
ford, of Foothill Abbey, whose celebrity in art and
literature will long be remembered. The issue of
this marriage was one son and one daughter. His
Grace is succeeded in his title and estates by his
son, William Alexander Anthony Archibald, Mar-
quis of Douglas and Clydesdale, who was born
in 1811, and who married in 1843 the Princess
Mary Amelia Elizabeth Caroline, daughter of the
late reigning Grand Duke of Baden, and first cousin
to the President of the French Republic. The late
Duke was a Privy Councillor, a Knight of the
Garter, a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the
Antiquarian Society, and President of the Royal
Society of Scotland. By his demise, a blue riband
is,placed at the disposal of the Earl of Derby. The
family is one of great eminence and antiquity in the
peerage of Scotland. The keepership of Holyrood
House is hereditary in it. The second Earl of Arran,
of this line, which title was created in 1503, was
chosen Regent of Scotland in 1542, and was the next
year declared heir presumptive to the Crown. He
was created Duke of Chatelherault, by Henry 11. of
France, a dignity which he subsequently surrendered
to the French Monarch. The first Duke was be-
headed, having been taken at the battle of Preston
fighting under Charles I. The second Duke was
slain at the battle of Worcester, in the service of
Charles 11. The present Duke, who is the eleventh,
has one son, born in 1845, who has hitherto borne the
courtesy title of Earl of Angus and Arran, but who
will now take that of Marquis of Douglas and Clydes-
dale. The Earldom of Angus was created in 1389.
Many noble families are placed in mourning by the
decease of the venerable Duke.

TBE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BELGIUM.
(From the Times.)
If we were only to keep as sharp a look out for enemies
as we do for our friends, the shores of England would,
indeed, be secure from invasion. We trust the public
will have been greatly edified by the account of all the
and blazing at
saluting our gracious Sovereign, as she
steamed to and from Belgium. It is difficult to imagine
how
the sense of dignity can be gratified by these ab-
surd displays. Had Queen Victoria been a pigeon let
loose from a trap in Battersea-fields she could not have
bees more sedulously Popped at than during her recent
up and down the channel. A rumour that the
squadron was in sight was sufficient signal for little cruise
com-
mencing the display of this sulphurous loyalty. We are
at a loss to conceive what gratification could have re-
sulted to her Majesty from so silly a demonstration. Of
positive results, indeed, we know but two—the waste of
an enormous quantity of gunpowder and the mutilation
of a wretched seaman in the Scheldt.
Were any argument necessary beyond the patent ab-
surdity of the existing custom to recommend so whole-
some a change, it might be found in the fact that, while
Our war ships and batteries are giving her Majesty a
series of headaches by the discharge of blank cartridges,
the supply of powder allowed for practising gunnery is
notoriously insufficient. We teach our sailors to fire at
their Queen) but we deny them the instruction which
would enable them to fire with effect upon the Queen's
en emi.
vve cannot forget that not many years since a French
ship of war steamed into Sheerness without being sa-
luted :at all, and that when at last the attention of the
authorities in that martial port was aroused to the
of their unexpected guests, they had 1301110
presence
considerable difficulty in carrying out the noisy cere-
monialwith any decency. Surely it would be better to
expend
our powder in the instruction of our sailors than
wade it in so scandalous and useless a manner.
to ;Ides, the custom must be as great a nuisance to
those illustrious personages to whom honour is intendedas it is t° the inhabitants of those ports which are se.
lected as their usual points of embarkation or return.

RACING FIX
AM

Radcliffe ................
Taunton .................. 23
Barnsley .............. •• 23
Barnet ................ . .... 23
Westbury ............... 24
Egham ................... 24
Derby .. . ................ 25
Paisley .................
SE. 26
PT]
Morpeth .................. 1
2
Stirling ..•.... ...........
Newport,Monrnouthsh. 2
3
Marlborough ............
Bridgnorth ............... 3
Cheadle .................. 6
Warwick ..................
Whitehaven ......
Southport .............. 8
Weymouth ............... 8
Rochester and Chatham 8
Airdrie ................. 9
Weston Zaylaud and
Bridgewater .........
ocTilo

URES FOR 1852.
HIST.

Tiverton .................. 26
Canterbury ............... 26
805t0n.... ....... ...... 26
Stourbridge ..... ......... 30
Eccles ................ 30
Lincoln .................. 31
Westbury ............... 31

Doncaster ...... 14
Redditch .................. 20
Tenby ..................... 21
Eglinton Club ......... 21
Bedford .................. 21
Leicester ............. 22
Liverpool R. (Lioylake) 22
Manchester Autumn ... 23
Newmarket F. (). ...... 28
Chesterfield ............ 29
Weaverthorpe... ......... 29
Western Meeting ...... 30

Chester ..................
Royal Caledonian Hunt
and Edinburgh Club. 6
York Union Hunt...... 6
Wrexham ............... 7
Newmarket S. 0. ...... 11 i
NoVEINIBER.
Worceste... r Autumn .•. 2 Liverpool Autumn ... ... 10
Epic= ................ . . 4 I Cowbridge Hunt......... 10
IRISH RACES TO COME.
AUGUST.
Tuam
SEPTEMBER.
Limerick ............... 1 Cashel
Curragh
28
Johnstown ............... 21
OCT(
Curragh l2 I
Duly 14
11 Royal C0rp...., 20

Perth ..................... 14
Holy well Hunt ........ 19
Richmond ............... 20
Lanark.. 22
Newmarket 22
Newmarket Houghton.. 25

IBrit.
Carlow

A WHACKER.—There is a man in New York who
was ao large when a babe that it was imirasible to name
him all at once. He was laid on his left side, when they
called him Sam, and as soon as they could turn him over he
was named. Snobble. A middle name was intended for him,
but his body was so round it wouldn t stay on.