The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-07 00:00:00

NO. 22,107.

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Distilled Water
Loch Katrine water, new supply
to Glasgow
Manchester water supply

TI-1 LON'DOV.

On ti 3!st of March, at 3, 011 N',eltll !,.!reef, Hackney-
road, the wife of a watchmaker, aged 42 years, died of
'fever, accelerated by long privation and want of proper
food." (Inqu,.'st.) And on the `9th of April, at 59, Old
Nichol street, the wife of a hawker, aged 36 years, died of
"disease of the lungs and liver, accelerated by pi ivation,"
(Post mortem. Inquest.)

Last week the bitths of 1,002 boys and 973 gh le, in all
1,975 children, were registered in London. In the 10 cor-
responding weeks of the years 1853-2 the average number
(con ected) was 1,981.
METROPOLITAN WATERS IN APRIL, 1863.
The waters used in the metropolis, according to the
analyses of Dr. Robt. l)undas Thomson, F.R-S., are some-
what less impure than in March ; but the Kent contains a
larger amount than any of them both of total and of or-
ganic impurities. The New River water contains less organic
matter than in the preceding month. The composition of a
shallow well in Castle-street east, Marylebone, is appended.
It is full of organic matter recently derived from sewage
and surface impurities, sinco it atf3rded no less than two
grains of ammonia per imperial g4'l,.n. Such sources of
water supply should be c.arefullY avoided by the population.
Total impurity Organic irn-
per gallon. puritty.
gra. ordeg. • gra. or of,.
0.0 .

'6BO
Castle-street East Well 111•14 11.8}81
__ THAMES COMPANIES.

17.02 11)4
16'80 SG
1795 112
13.66 0'96
1740 112

Chelsea
Southwark
West Middlesex
Grand Junction
Lambeth
°TITER COMPANIES.
New River
East London
'92
3•2 s
The table is read thus—Loch Katrlne water contains in the
gallon 2.3 . 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 29.909 inches. The mean
daily reading was above 30 inches on two days of the week.
The reading was 30 13 inches at the beginning of the week;
and it fell to 29.62 inches on Tuesday. The mean tempera-
ture of the air in the week was 47 8 deg., which is 1.3 deg.
below the average of the same week in 43 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was
below the average on the last five days. The highest day
temperature was 68 deg. on Monday. The lowest night
temperature was 31.4 deg. on Friday. The range of tempe-
rature in the week was therefore 36 6 deg, The mean daily
range was 22 6 deg. The difference betwe-n the mean dew-
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ration h ing represented by 100. The wind was generally in
the north-west in the earlier half of the week; afterwards
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55.5 deg. ; that of the lowest was 53.3 deg. Rain and hail
oi rain
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fell on Tuesday and Wednesday.
THE MITRDER IN ST. GILES'S.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. John Humphreys, Mid-
dlesex coroner, held an inquiry respecting the death
of a man, aged about 30, who is believed to have
committed suicide, and who is supposed to have been
the murderer of Emma Jackson, in George•street,
St. Giles's, last April.
The case, from the nature of the rumours afloat,
excited extraordinary interest, and the court was
crowded.
Richard Reilly, examining officer in the customs,
said that last Monday evening he saw the body of
deceased floating past witness's boat off the St. Ka-
therine's Docks. Witness assisted in getting it
ashore. It was that of a man about 30 or 32 years
old. It appeared to be that of an Englishman rather
than a foreigner. The hands were tied together
with a twine, apparently by himself. The face had
not the black appearance then that it has now. The
coat, trousers, and waistcoat matched. They were
made of brown and grey crossed tweed. The coat
was a lounging coat. The trousers had a russet
cord. A red shirt, a white all round collar, and a
black silk tie, completed the dress. When searched
a fusee box, a leather belt, two pieces of comb, and
a handkerchief, were found in the pockets. No
money or knife was found. Deceased was about
five feet seven inches in height, and was more stout
than slight built.
Inspector Henry Beckett, Thames Police, said
that he was present when the deceased was found.
He produced the articles found upon deceased. The
combs were apparently of caoutchouc, and were of
French manufacture. The cord on deceased's hands
was fastened in a running knot, such as he could
have put on himself. Witness thought that the body
had been from eight to twelve days in the water.
Witness should say that he was a clerk—not a la-
bouring man nor sailor. He arrived at that opinion
from examining the hands and nails. Deceased was
respectably dressA, and had on a red Garibaldi
shirt. There were slight whiskers and a small
moustache. There was a tuft on, or rather over the
chin. It was larger than an " Imperial." The face
was discoloured from decomposition now. The hair
was brown or chesnut, and the eyes hazel.
The Coroner said that be should take deceased to
be a foreigner from his appearance. The bootiOsad
kid tops, and they were certainly more slightly
fashioned than was usual with English ones.,

(B•o»rthe 149istrar-General's 'Peekly _Return )
In the week that ended last Saturd,ty the deaths in Lon-
don exhibited a considerable decrease; they fell to 1,374,
which is a loWer number then any that has been returned
since the first week of March, In four out of the e,ght re-
turns that have been mado subsequently to that date the
number of deaths was about 1,600. In three weeLs of April
the mean temperature of the air was about 60 deg. Last
week it was 47.8 deg
The average number of deaVas, as derived from weeks in
1 53-62 nearly. corresponding with last week, and corrected
far increase of population, is 1,287. The present return
shows an eXCZKR of 87 deaths over the estimated
Sixty-eight deathit from smallpox were registered last
meek, 13 of which occurred at the ;Igo of 20 3 ears and up-
wards. The Smallpox Hospital returned eight (I,..ithe
as
having taken place in that ins' itution. Th!.. iliseao ap-
pears to lict very common and fatal in Poplar, NV lure six
deatho from it °mural. There were seven in the Botburl-
green district; four in the south sub-district of St. Giles's.
Scarlatina was fatal in 74 cases, 10 of which were in
Niu"ton, sin St. Paul, Deptford. Measles in 47 cases, 7
of which were iu Chelsea, 4 in the sub-district of Kent-
road, and G in that of Trinity, Newington.

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