The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-01 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There was a full average supply of beasts on offer hero
to-day, but the general quality of the stock was inferior.
Primo Scots, &c., moved off steadily at full prices. Other
breeds were very dull, and the quotations lied a drooping
tendency. We were fairly supplied with sheep, which
met a dull sale at, in some instances, reduced currencies,
The top figure was 6a 4d per 81bs. The few lambs in the
pens sold at mutton prices, the lamb season being over.
Calves were very dull, and 4d per Sib, lower. The supply
was large. Prime small pigs were firm at lull quotations,
but large hogs and milch cows were heavy.
Per 81bs. to sink the offal..

15. d. 8. d. s. d. s. d.
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 10 5 0
Secondquality do. ;) 8 4 4 Pene.S'thdowndo.s 2 5 4
Prime large oxen 4 6 4 10 Large arse. calves 3 8 4 4
Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 6 4 8
Crse. Ez. inf. sheep 4 0 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0
Second quality do. 4 6 4 8 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 8
Lambs....i:s 4d to 6s 4d.
Suckling calves, 16s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs,
20s to 26s each.
TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts ....
Cows l3O . Sheep and lambs .... 3,300
Sheep and lambs 9,20 i Calves
Calves 620 , Pigs
Pigs . 350

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat
are moderate, and the detnand is steady, as follows :—Beef,
from 3s 2d to 48 4d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to
Os Od; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s Bcl per
81bs by the carcase.
SOUTHALL, August 31.—Prime stock was in fair request
at full prices. Otherwise, the trade ruled heavy on lower
terms. Beet, from 3s 4d. to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4cl ;
lame, Os Od to 6s Od; veal, 3s 84 to 4s ; and pork, 3s 6d
to 4s 6d per 81b8, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, August 31. The supply of stock was
good„ and sales progressed slowly, as follows :—Beef,
from 3s Gd to 5s Od; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d; lamb, Os Od
to Os Od ; veal, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; and pork, 38 6d to 48 6d
per 81b8; suckling calves, 14s to 19s ; quarter-old store
pigs, 20s to 255; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB Os each.

The Explosion on the North London
Railway.

Dr Lankester resumed the adjourned inquest en the body
of the stoker, whose death was occasioned by the explosio a
of the locomotive engine on the North London Railway.
The jury having inspected the wreck of the locomotive
at the company's works, at Bow,
Captain Tyler, of the Board of Trade, was examined at
great length, the effect of his evidence being thct the ex-
plosion was owing to a weakening in the bolts and stays of
the engine.

The inquiry was proceeding when we went to press.

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(FI•om the Registrar• General's Report.)

The mortality in London has shown no great fluctuation
in the last three weeks. The number of deaths registered
in the week that ended on Saturday was 1413. The health,
of that part of the population to which hummer cholera
chic fly fatal has improved ; for the deaths of young pers(Jas
(under 20 years of age) declined crow 081 in the ficst week
of August, to 803 in the last.

The average number of deaths in the thirty-fourth week
of ten previous years, 1861.63, is, with a correction fur
increase of population, 1359. The mortality of last week
therefore exceeds the estimated amount by 54 deaths.
Diarrhoea was returned in 190 cases in the meek, the
number in the previous week having been 242. Out of the
190 cases, 168 occurred to children under two years of age.
Also 18 deaths (10 of children, 8 of adults) were returned
as caused by "cholera.' Twenty deaths from diariLcstA
occurred in Mile-end Old Town and Poplar ; and 17 in the
Greenwich district, which includes Deptford and Woolwich,
There were 74 deaths from measles in the week, which
complaint was very fatal in the East districts, where 43
deaths were caused by it. Six deaths occurred from it in
the St. Paul sub-district of St. George-in-the-East; 5 in
the sub-district of Poplar.

On the 19th instant, at 39, Hanover.atreet (St. George,
Hanover-square), a widow died, whose age as recorded. in
the register was 100 years. Another widow died at the
age of 93.

Last week the births of 992 boys and 923 girls, in all
1,915 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1854-63 the average number
(corrected) was 1,814.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.91 C inches. The mean
daily reading was above 30in. on the last three days. The
reading fell to 29.56 in. on Tuesday, and rose to 30.21 in. on
Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week
was 52 2 degrees, which is eight degrees below the average
of the same week in forty-three years (as determined by Mr
Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was much below
the average on every day, and on Tuesday the defect was
nearly 11 degrees. The highest day temperature was 68.4
degrees on Sunday; the lowest night temperature was
38.1 deg. on Saturday. The range in the week was there-
fore 30,3 deg, The mean daily range was 21,6 deg. The
difference between the mean dew point temperature and air
temperature was 8.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of
the air was 73, complete saturation being represented by
100. The wind blew chiefly from the north. Rain fell in
the week to the amount of 0.6.5 inch. More than half an
inch fell on Tuesday. There were showers of hail and rain,
accompanied with thunder, on Sunday. The mean of the
highest temperature of the water of the Thames was 63.4
deg; that of the lowest was 61,3 deg.
The births registered in Dublin during the week ending
27th August were 119, and the deaths were 106, in a popu-
lation of 251,808 (in 1861), spread over an area of 3,808
statute acres. The numbers are kindly furnished by the
Registrar General of Ireland.
The deaths in Vienna, as returned by Dr. G:atter, were
291 in the week ending 29th August, when the mean tem-
'perature was 59.0 deg., that at Greenwich having been
59.6 deg,