The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-14 00:00:00

LONDON GAZE T TE—Yesterday.

FOREIGN OFFP E, JAN. 13.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
following gentlemen, now Attaches at the places under-
mentioned, to be Third Secretaries in her Majesty's Diplo-
matic Service :
Christian William Lawrence, Esq., Madrid.
James George Ferguson Russell, Esq., Berlin.
Frederick Antrobus, Esq., Paris.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 12.
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The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Peter
Neil Mackichan to the church at Lochgilphead, in the
parish of Glassary, in the presbytery of Inverary, and shire
of Argyll, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. John
Stewart to the charge and office of Third Minister of the
united parish of Inverness and Bona.

CRO WN-OFFICE, SAN. 12.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Kent (Eastern Division) Sir Edward
Cholmbley Dering, Bart., in the room of William Deeded,
Esq., deceased.
THE INDIAN ARMY.

The Gazette contains a number of promotions in the
Indian Army.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.

William Hambidge, licensed victualler, Great Warley.

BANKRUPTS.
The following are the only bankrupts of any importance
which appear in the Gazette :
Richard N. Collier, clerk, Chatham
Thomas Peet, publican, Thomas-street, Oxford-street
Wm. M. Edwards, wine merchant, Mark-lane
Wm. H. Robinson, draper, Southampton
Thomas Y. Kimpton, surveyor, Hertford
John Marklew, licensed victualler, Stafford
George Mortimore, baker, Chelsea
John Winchester, plumber, Chelsea
Samuel Griffiths, iron manufacturer, Wolverhampton
Thomas Atkinson, publican, Gateshead
Daniel Wharam, publican, Kingston-upon-Hull
Thomas Joshua Lockwood, coal merchant, Sheffield
Elizabeth Alway, licensed victualler, Bristol

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
James Reggie, grocer, Glasgow
Alex. Kinghorn, draper, Dunbar
Andrew Craig, cattle dealer, Dunfermline
David Edward, farmer, Huntlyhill, Forfarshiro
William APGregor, farmer, luveriscandye, Forfarshire

HEALTH Or LONDON.

(From the Regi3trar General's Report)

The deaths in London in the week that ended on
Saturday were 1,535, and were nearly the same in
number as those of the previous week. The average
number of deaths in the second week of ten years,
1853-62, is, with a correction for increasing popu-
lation, 1,492 ; and the deaths in last week were,
therefore, more by 43 than they would have been if
the average rate of mortality had prevailed.
The births in last week exceeded the deaths in
the same period by 419.
There were 24 deaths from smallpox in the week.
The complaint appears to prevail chiefly in the east
districts. Measles was fatal in 61 cases, 6of which
were in the Belgrayia sub-district, 6 in Pancras,and
6 in Islington. Eighty-two deaths were referr©d to
scarlatina, and 13 to diphtheria. Scarlatina is com-
mon in Marylebone, where 11 deaths from it were
returned in the week. It caused 5 deaths in the sub-
district of Hackney. Nearly a half of the deaths
from typhus—viz., 28 out of 62—occurred in the
East districts.

The most fatal of all the diseases in the list was
bronchitis, the deaths from which rose to 194;
phthisis was fatal in the next degree, and rose to 174.
An interpreter, aged 50, who had been brought
from 13k, Queen's-road, Chelsea, to St. George's
Hospital, is stated to have died on the last day of

1862 from "starvation." The son of a widow, aged
3 months, died from want at 27, Cambridge-street,
Camden-town. A boy, aged 1 year, died of" sero-
tula, caused by impure vaccination."
A family at 1, Glocester-row, Hoxton Old Town,

,as suffered very severely from typhoid fever.
Of eight nonagenarians, whose deaths are re-
corded, the oldest was a widow, aged 96 years.
Last week the births of 1,024 boys and 930 girls,
in all 1,954 children, were registered in London. In
the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61
the average number (corrected) was 1,946.
METROPOLITAN WATERS IN DECEMBER, 1862.

According to the analyses of Dr. R. D. Thomson,
F.R.S., the waters of London are more impure than
in the preceding month, as usually happens in win-
ter, their sources being exposed to impurities which
have no means of access to the pastoral waters of
Glasgow and Manchester. The impurity of the
the New River still continues greater than in the
earlier part of the season. The organic impurity cf
the Kent water was thoroughly oxydised, and
therefore not comparatively unwholesome.

Total impurity Organic im-
per gallon. purity.
g-,rs. or deg. grs. or deg.
o'o 0.0

Distilled Water
Loch Katrine water, new supply
to Glasgow
➢lanchester water supply
Queen-street Well, Edgware-rd lOO.lO

THAMES COMPANIES.
Southwark
Chelsea
Grand Junction
West Middlesex
Lambeth
OTHER COMPANIES

•680
12'96

20*88
20'16
22.00
20.98
18'70

1.60
2'40
2'02
1'36
1.65

Kent
New River
East London

24'00
'1.154
24.56

The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the
gallon 215 degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution,
of which •605 degrees or grains are of Vegetable or animal

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.258 in.
On Mond..y and Tuesday the mean reading was
below 29in. The readings fell from 29.38 in. on
Sunday to 28•S91in. on Tuesday, and rose to 29.65 in.
on Friday, The mean temperature of the air in the
week was 40.1 deg., which is 4.2 deg. above the
average of the same week in 43 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily tempe-
rature was above the average on every day of the
week, but the excess was moat considerable on the
first three days. The highest day temperature
was 48 6 deg. on Monday. The lowest night tem-
perature was 29.9 deg. on Friday. The range of
temperature in the week was therefore 18.7 deg.
The mean daily range was 9.5 deg. The difference
between the mean dew point temperature and air
temperature was 2-7 deg. The mean degree of hu-
midity of the air was 90, complete saturation being
represented by 100, which point was nearly ap-
proached on three days. The wind blew from the
south-west till Tuesday afternoon, when it changed
to south-east, and blew generally from this point
during the rest of the week. The amount of rain was
0 77in., nearly all of which fell on the first three
days. The mean of the highest temperature of the
Thames was 43.6 deg.; that of the lowest 41 deg.

CITY SEWERS COMMISSION.

The Commissioners of Sewers of the City of Lon-
don assembled yesterday at Guildhall, for the first
time this year, for the despatch of public business.

The chairman of the Commission, H. de Jersey,
Esq. (who has been appointed deputy of the Ward
of Aldersgate), presided, and there was a large
number of commissioners present.