The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-19 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Registrar General's Report.)
In the week that ended on Saturday the death of
1,651 persons (802 males and 759 females) were
registered in London. The average number in cor
responding weeks of 10 years 1853.62 is, with a
correction for increase of population, 1,432. The
deaths of last werk were therefore more by 129 than
they would have been if the average rate of mor-
tality had prevailed. The increase in the number of
deaths is caused principally by pulmonary diseases.
The births last week exceeded the deaths in the
same period by 391..

336 persons died of zymotic diseases, including
47 by small pox, 36 by measles, 66 by scarlatina, 16
by Diphtheria, 35 by typhus, and 67 by whooping
cough. Of 337 deaths assigned to diseases of the
respiratory organs, 170 were caused by bronchitis,
114 by pneumonia, and 16 by asthma. Phthisis
was fatal in 191 cases.

A labourer, aged 48 years, died in Guy's Hasp
tal from glanders.

36 per-sons died by accidents ; but it is evident
that while some deaths are really accidental, the
greater part arise from the negligence of the persons
themselves or of others, and many such deaths may,
therefore, be prevented. A case of infanticide was
registered, and five suicides.

The deaths of five nonagenarians are recorded
the oldest was a widow, who attained the age 01
94 years.

Last week the births of 1,006 boys and 946 girls,
in all 1,952 children, were registered in London
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1853-62
the average number (corrected) was 2,038.

CONFESSION OF THE HEYFORD MURDERER,—
Noah Austin, who was found guilty at the last Ox-
ford assizes of the murder of Mr. Allen, miller, at Heyford,
and was sentenced to death, made a full and circumstantial
confession of his guilt, and acknowledged the justness of his
sentence yesterday. Tha confession was taken down in
writing by Mr. Davenport, clerk of the peace for the county,
in the presence of the Rev. Dr. Wynter, one of the visiting
magistrates of the prison, the chaplain (the Rev. J. Thorp),
and the Rev. W. Rogers, Wesleyan minister. The parti-
culars of the confession will not be made public until after
the execution, which it is expected will take place en Tues
day morning next at 8 o'clock. It appears the murderer
was visited yesterday morning by his father and two sinters,
and at that interview maintained the same coolness and in-
difference as have characterised him from the commence-
ment of this tragic affair. Subsequently, however, he re-
lented, and arranged that his father should visit him again
in the afternoon, when ho said he should have something
to communicate to him. The result of the second inter-
view was that he resolved to make a full confession of all
the circumstances of the case, and when it was reduced to
writing he signed it,

HORRIBLE MURDER AT WIIITTLESEA.—Yester-
day a man named Green was charged before the
local magistrates with the murder of Elizabeth Brown, a
woman of loose character, at Whittlesea, near Peter-
borough, on the 11th inst. The body of the murdered wo-
man was found partly burnt in Mr Whyle's malt-rooms.
On Thursday morning about 6 o'clock Mr Whyle's head
italister, on going to his work, saw smoke issuing from a
window. He at once entered the place, and found the door
eliding from the passage into the kiln was on fire, and that
s settle ranged along the wall was also burning. He
wrenched the door off its hinges, and with a few buckets of
water subdued the flames. It was not till then that he ob-
served the body of the unfortunate woman, frightfully
charred, lying upon the floor. The body was discovered
with the head towards the kiln and the feet towards the
fire; and it is a significant fact that, though when a surgeon
first saw it, smoke was issuing from the chest, as if the vis-
cera was still on fire, and though the upper part of the body
was so burnt as to be quite unrecognisable, the legs and the
!ewer portions were comparatively untouched. The suppo-
4tion therefore that the deceased's clothes accidentally
caught fire whilst she was lying on the ground, in the same
position as when found, is rendered almost impossible. The
deceased woman had been seen in Green's company. The
,risoner was remanded to await the result of the inquest
which will be held to-day.

ASHBURI\IIA3I DOG Snow.- .The preparations
or this important exhibition are drawing towards
completion. The entries in every class have long since
been made. The valuable prizes have been for some time
view. The judges aro appointed. On Saturday the
twarle will be made, and on Monday the public will be ad-
mitted to view what we understand will be one of the most
varied and interesting canine collections ever brought to-
gether. It is reported that dogs of every good colour, form,
breed, and almost from eve, y country, will have in it its
representative. The hall itself in which the exhibition
takes place will be well worthy of a visit, as those of ou,
readers will readily credit who recollect what the great
American flower shows were, and are informed that the
space occupied by the beautiful rhododendron gardens
of 1858 is more than covered by the present
hall, and that the artistic stereorama, with its
truthful and extensive Swiss and Italian scenery,
is thrown into it. The en trance from the King's-
road gives a tolerable idea of the importance of the build-
! ing, as it is approached by a carriage drive through a pair
of splendid Exhibition gates, the aides of the drive being
thickly studded by statues and vases, imbedded in neatly
shrubbed borders. Over the entrance a splendid royal coat
of arms is raised upon columns of statuary, enclosed in plate
glass. In the centre of the hall a stone fountain of consi-
derable pretensions is placed, the upper portion being sup-
ported by sea lions. This will, when playing, have a very
happy effect, particularly when viewed in connection with
the real waterfall of Grieve and Telbin's Devil's Bridge, in
the beautiful stereorama, which now forms part of the hall.
The platforms for the dogs are arranged lengthways, with
wide promenades between, each platform being fenced by
wirework netting, a plan conceived with much judgment,
as it will enable the visitor to take an uninterrupted view
of the whole show. A special saloon has also been arranged,
upwards of 300 ft. by 40ft., for the toy and pet dogs, and a
marquee will be placed on the Ashburnham Lawn for the
accommodation of ladies and subscribers. For the last few
years exhibitions of these domestic animals have increased
in importance. Mr. Smith has, no doubt, kept this fact
steadily in view, or he would not have considered himself
justified in laying out the sum of money necessary to pro-
duce the hall, and, in addition to other heavy expenses, to
incur the risk of offering upwards of £BOO in prizes. He
has adopted the term "National" for the show; we sin-
cerely hope it will prove so, and that he will meet with a
liberal reward for his exertions. The first day will be a ss.
one, the second 2s. 6d., and the ls. days will commence on
Wednesday.

THE BRIDAL PRESENTS.—In the magnificent
array of bridal presents made to her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales, none can be more beautiful, or of greater
interest, than that by her Majesty, consisting of six India
shawls. This gracious recognition of the importance of
Indian products cannot be other than pleasing to the people
of our " Empire of the East," whose future Queen is thus
early bestowing her patronage upon ono of the principal
articles of their manufacture. The fashion for the Cash-
mere shawl being now decided, no doubt every lady will
at once adopt this becoming portion of female costume.
Difficulties once attending the selection of an Indian shawl
no longer exist; it has become an important trade with the
East, and large importations are annually made. A few
establishments in Loudon have made this business their
particular study, and are holders of very large stocks.
Amongst these the firm of Messrs. Farmer and Rogers, of
Regent-street, are, perhaps, the most celebrated, and
whose collection of India shawls is well worthy of a visit of
inspection.