The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-07 00:00:00

Fatal Occurrence.—This Day,

This morning an accident, attended with fatal results,
took place in High-street, Bloomsbury. A man, very
respectably attired, was observed by some persons standing
on the kerb, apparently waiting for an omnibus. Just,
however, as one of the Company's vehicles plying between
Westminster and Camden-town was within a yard of the
spot on which he was standing, the man suddenly fell into
the road, and before the driver could pull up his horses both
wheels passed over his body. On being raised from the
ground he was found to be dead. The body was given
over to the parochial authorities of St. Giles's, and the
driver of the omnibus was taken into custody.
On his being placed at the bar, before Mr. Vaughan,
at the Bow-street Police-court, he gave his name as
Joseph Prescott, but that not the slightest blame
could attach to him was clearly proved by the evi-
dence of two of the passengers on the omnibus, who saw
the man stagger and fall, but whether from a fit or the in-
fluence of drink of course an y could not say. The driver;
they wore of opinion, did all that was in his power to pre-
vent the accident, but the unfortunate man fell s.o near and
directly in front of the wheels that the unfortunate circum-
stance was beyond control.
Mr Vaughan said he should adjourn the case for a week,
in order that a coroner's inquest and post mortem examina-
tion might be ratio of the body. There was nothing on
the person of the deceas2d which could lead to his identity.
Thetriver was released on his own recognisances.

THE MINOR GERMAN STATES.

(From the Times' CorresAnnient.)
LEIPSIC, Sept. 3.

Damascus ............
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Chelsea
Rose filly ................... 2
............ 3
Four ran.
GRAND STAND PLATE.

Birdfinder
Practitioner 2
Orphene

Eleven ran.

DONCASTER ST LEGER.
sto 2 agst Blair Athol (taken)
11 to 4 agst General Peel (taken)
Bto 1 agst Miner (take 9)

ARRIVALS AT LEICE "TER,

Telegram, Roes, Corkscrew, Rattler, Land of the West,
Catenue, Vision, Caller Ou, Duenna, Tyke, and Sensation.

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

AMERICA.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAM. 3

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF LIMERICK.
QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 7.

The extra Inman steamship City of Limerick,
from New York, on the 25th ultimo, arrived here et
1 35 p.m. She brought 146 passengers, 45 of whom
landed here, and proceeded at 1 45 p.m. for Liver-
pool.

Her news has been fully anticipated by the City
of Baltimore, which brought adviecs to the 27th

August,

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(Front the Registrar• General's Report.)

The deaths registered in London in the week
that ended last Saturday were 1,441, showing a
slightlincrease on the number in the previous week,
which was 1,413. If the deaths from epidemic
cholera in the 35th week of 1854 are excluded, it
will be found that the average number of deaths in
the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,113,
which corrected for increase of population will be-
come 1,227. Hence it appears that the deaths last
week were 214 in excess of the estimated number.

The deaths from zymotic diseases were 513.
Under this head are ineuded seven deaths from
smallpox, 58 from measlee, 62 from scarlatina, 18
from diphtheria, 23 from whoopingcough, 87 from
typhus, 180 from diarrhcel, and nine from cholera.
Of the 180 deaths caused by diarrhca 1, 159 were
of children under five years of age, and the nine
victims of cholera were under two years of age.
Of the 1,441 persons who died during the week,
800 wero under 20 years of age, 210 were 20 and
under 40, 180 were 40 and under 60, 207 were 60
and under 80, and 44 were 80 years of age and up-
wards. The deaths of five nonagenarians are re■
corded; the oldest was a man who had attained the
age of 93 years.
One hundred and fifty-one persons died from
phthisis, the total number of persons dying from
other diseases of the respiratory organs, bronchitis,
pneumonia, asthma, &c., being 149.

Last week the births of 970 boys and 897 girls, in
all 1,867 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1854-63
the average number (corrected) was 1,872.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 20.775 in.
The barometrical reading was 30'13 in. at the begin-
ning of the week, and decreased to 2952 in. on
Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the
week was 60.3 deg., which is 1.3 deg. above the
average of the same week in 43 years (as determined
by Mr Glaisher). The highest day temperature was
81.0 deg. on Tuesday. The lowest night tempera,
ture was 474 deg. on Thursday. The entire range
of temperature in the week was therefore 33.6 deg.
The mean temperature of the water of the Thames
was 61.3 deg. The difference between the mean
dew-point temperature and air temperature was 9.1
deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was
73, complete saturation being represented by 100.
Rain fell during the week to the amount of 0.33 in.
The general direction of the wind was aouth.west.
The births registered in Dublin daring the week
ending the 3d of September were 174, and the
deaths were 120, in a population of 254,808 (in
1861), spread over an area of 3,508 statute acres.
The numbers are kindly furnished by the Registrar
General of Ireland.

The deaths in Vienna, as returned by Dr. Glatter,
were 280 in the week ending the 27th August,when
the mean temperature was 61.2 deg., that at Green•
with having been 52.2 deg.

WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS.—YesA
terday, by order of the Chief Commissioner of Public Works,
the removal of the whole of the houses required to com-
plete the approaches to Westminster-bridge was commenced
in Parliament-street, New Palace-yard, and Bridge street.
A STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE FOR BIRKENHEAD.
—At the monthly meeting of the Birkenhead Commis-
sioners yesterday it was agreed to appoint a committee to
take into consideration the question of providing a stipen-
diary magistrate for. Birkenhead. The commissioners gene-
rally are in favour of the appointment of a paid magistrate,
and the committee's chief business therefore will be to fix
the salary, &c.
THE ARREST. OF MULLER —On the arrival of
Muller in England the officers in charge will at once pro-
ceed with him to London, where his examination will take
place at the Bow-street Police-court, from which office the
warrant was issued for his apprehension. It is expected
that the examination will last two or three days.
EIGHT NEW CRUISERS FOR THE CONFEDERATES:
—A despatch, dated Baltimore,..Ang. 20, and which
arrived in Liverpool by the Persia, says :—" A --fierruan
mechanic, who has been employed for two yeantiathe Con-
ach
federate navy department, in the construction of ironclad
vessels, states there are two vessels at Wilmington, North
Carolina, ready to run the blockade. They
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North Carolina. One of them is named the Moose.
She carries 24spounders, and is to be commanded
by Captain T. F. Lloyd, of the Confederate States Navy.
There are also two vessels in the Pedee River, north of
h of which will be ready fur duty in about
Georgetown, Dot
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Lieutenant
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is called the Nation, to
which uo officer has been appointed as yet. Both these ves-
sels are clad with iron four inches thick, and each carries
four guns, 24 pounders. There is one ironclad budding at
Plymouth, North Carolina. Her armour is 12 inches in
thickness, and she is to be ready for sea in two months,
She is to carry 12 pounder guns, and will be named the
Albemarle: This German also reports a new gunboat
getting ready in Richmond, which will be coated with
4-inch plates. One eingular featpre about the armament
of these vessels is, that not one of them carries guns of
a heavier calibre than 24 pounders.
The Earl and Countess of Egmont left town
within the last few days on a visit to the family estates in
Ireland.;
Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Misses Jocelyn will
leave Switzerland next week on a tour in Italy. From
Switzerland her ladyship and daughter's go to Turin.