The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-11 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
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The Prince of Wales rode out yesterday, attended
by Mejor Teesdale.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, at
tended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales went to the Italian Opera, Covent-garden,
in the evening, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey
and Mejor Teesdale.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the Prince of
Wales at Marlborough House.

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HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS,

(From the Registrar• General's Weekly Report.)

Thirteen hundred and seventeen deaths were re-
gistered in London in the week that ended last Sa-
turday. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years
1854-63 the average number was 1,192, which, if
raised in proportion to increase of population,would
give a mortality for the present time of 1,311. The
deaths of last week approximate closely to the esti-
mated amount.
Three hundred and nineteen deaths occurred from
zymotic diseases; of these 9 were caused by small-
pox,ss by measles, 40 by scarlativa, 9 by diphtheria,
61 by whooping-cough, and 65 by typhus.
Two hundred and twenty-six persons died from
diseases of the respiratory organs (exclusive of
phthisis ; bronchitis was fatal in 121 cases, and
pneumonia in 74. Phthisis carried off 183 persons,
136 dying between the ages of 20 and 60 years.
The daughter of a gentleman, aged 15 years, died
at Sydenham-rise, Forest-hill, from typhoid fever
two months, pneumonia three days. The medical at-
tendant remarks, " The drainage of Sydenhana-rise
in the parish of Camberwell, is in a most unsatis-
factory state." A boy, aged 13, apprenticed to a
pawnbroker, committed suicide. A woman, aged 30,
died at the Union-house, Greenwich, on the 2d May
from destitution and starvation.

Last week the births of 967 boys and 912 girls,
in all 1,879 children, were registered in London:
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1854-
63 the average number (corrected) was 2,015.

METROPOLITAN WATERS IN APRIL, 1864,
These waters, according to the analyses of Dr.
Robert Dundas Thomson, F.R.S., still contain a
greater amount of organic matter than might be
anticipated in such a dry month, when the rainfall
was less than an inch. The least total impurity
was found in the New River, and the smallest quan-
tity of organic impurity in the West Middlesex water.
The Kent water was free from surface impurity.
The composition of a well water is given, which
varies remarkably in the amount of its im-
purity, ranging to upwards of 90 sometimes, while
it contains much ammonia and nitric acid, the pro•
ducts of sewage.

Total impurity Organic
per gallon. purity.
gre. or deg. grs. or deg.
• 0.0 0.0

Distilled Water
Loch liatrine water, new supply
to Glasgow
Manchester water supply
Marylebone-lane Well

2 *3 5
3 '3 3
68'24

'6Bo
B'oo

THAMES COMPANIES.

Chelsea
Southwark
Grand Junction
West Middlesex
Lambeth
OTHER COMPANIES

20 •C 8
18.20
20'40
19.28
19'61

Kent
East London
New River

2340
17.0)
1884

1.36
1.32
1'44
1'24
1.23 -""

The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the
gallon 2.3 i degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution.
of which •605 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal
origin.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.754 in.
The barometrical reading decreased from 30.04 in.
on Sunday to 29.56 in. on Tuesday. The mean tem-
perature of the air was 52.1 deg., which is 0.9
deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years
(as determined by Mr Glaisher). The highest day
temperature was 69.6 deg., on Friday. The lowest
night temperature was 4'28 deg., also on Friday.
The entire range was therefore 26.8 deg. The
mean temperature of the water of the Thames was
56 8 deg. The difference between the mean dew*
point temperature and air temperature was 6.1 deg.
The mean degree of humidity of the air was 80,
complete saturation being represented by 100. The
direction of the wind was variable. The amount of
rain that fell during the week was 0-87 in.

The deaths in Vienna, as returned by Dr Glatter,
were 478 in the week ending April 23, when the
temperature was 4617 deg.

CITY SEWERS COMMISSION,

Yesterday a meeting of the members of this
commission was held at Guildhall, under the
presidency of Henry Do Jersey, Esq. Of the
commissioners present were—Deputies Read, Un-
win, Perkins, 0 wden, Cork, Lott, Burnell, C.
Reed, Bone ; Messrs. George Walter, T. Symonds,
Botterill, F. Cos, J. T. Young, Israel, Dadswell,
Straker, Chaplin, Banning, &e.

Two summonses ware heard against Mr Wright,
the landlord of several houses in Providence-place
and Braziers-buildings, for having neglected to
carry out certain sanatory works in accord-
ance with the notices served upon him by the
officer of the commission.
The commissioners in each case ordered that the
works should be performed within seven days, and
in default that the landlord should be summoned in
the usual way before a magistrate.

The attention of the Court was drawn to the
circumstances in connection with the proposed
purchase of some property in Newgate-street, for
the purpose of effecting a further public improve'
ment in that thoroughfare. The property in quesm
tion consists of two houses belonging to the Taller
Chandlers' Company, who offer the same to the
commissioners for the sum of £lO,OOO.
The CHAIRMAN having explained the cirvum"
stances in connection with the proposed improve'
ment, it was decided that application should be
made to the Common Council to contribute one"
third of the cost of carrying out the same.