The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-27 00:00:00

iIEALTII OF LONDON.

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temperature was 4.9, The mean degree of humidity
of the air was 83, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100. The wind was the south-west on
Sunday, but afterwards blew from the north-east.
Rainfall was 0.73 in., nearly all of which fell oc
Tuesday and Wednesday. The mean of the highest
temperatures of the water of the Thames was 57.2
deg, ; that of the lowest was 55 deg.

Extraordinary and Mysterious Death,

The neighbourhood of Millwall was on Monday
last thrown into a state of the greatest excitemen:
in consequence of the discovery, in the back room
of a small house, of the body of a woman lying in
a pool of blood, with her throat cut from ear to ear.
A rope was also found by her side, and her neck
bore strong mules of strangulation as if a rope had
been used for that purpose. On examination it
also appeared that the throat had been cut from
right to left, showing that unless the deceased bad
been left-handed it was at least improbable that the
wound was self-inflicted. On the discovery of the
body search was made through the house, and in
rho yard the deceased's children, who were all of a
tender age, were found locked out, On further

inquiry it was found that the unfortunate deceased
was the wife of John Brown, a foreman ship-
wright at Messrs. Snook's yard, Mil!wall, and that
for some time past, the deceased and her husband
had led a most unhappy life arising from intemper-
ance on her part, and intemperance, coupled with
the most extreme violerce, on his. It iu also rumoured

that a third party, a young and handsome woman,
had taken some trouble to induce the unfortunate
deceased to drink, and when intoxicated had fetched
the husband and shown him the state his wife was
in. On other occasions great violence is said to hays
occurred, even to the extent of several stabs having
been inflicted on the deceased, but no complaint to a
magistrate was made, as the deceased refused to give
any evidence which might criminate her husband.
The husband's account of the matter is, that he left
his house, 12, Thomas-street, Westferr3 -road,
Millwall, on Monday morning, at nine o'clock,
after having had a serious quarrel with his wife,
during which he had informed her that it was
his intention to leave her, and did not see her again
until she was discovered by her son. On examina
tion of the body by Dr. M'Andrews, of 6, Limekiln-
hill, Limehouse, it was found that there were seve-
ral stabs on the body, which must have been inflicted
',bout a week previous, and that although there
were signs of strangulation, yet death must have
resulted from the cut in the throat.

From inquiries instituted on the spot it appears
that John Brown, the husband of the deceased, has
been dismissed from the Messrs. Snook's employ-
ment, and that the greatest excitement still exists
in the neighbourhood, crowds congregating rouna
the house and discussing the act committed, with
the rumours current concerning it. It would appear
that the poor woman's death could not have been
immediate, as the floor of the room was literally co
vered with her blood, having the appearance, as the
police described it, of a slaughter-house. The man's
own cceount of the discovery of the body of his wife
is that he came home at 1 p.m., and, not finding
her, sent his eldest son to seek her ; that he being
unsuccessful, he (the father directed him to go to
the top of the house, where she was discovered; a
razor was also found, which he (the husband) at
once smashed, cursing it es the instrument which
had done the deed. The body is now in possession
of Mr. Mills, the coroner's officer, and the police
have charge of the rope and the razor which were
found in the room.

PICCADILLY,—In Aggas's map of London, drawn
in 1.591, the present Piccadilly
as " the road to Reading," which is apt, at first sigdh.t,i tno
give us the idea that it was a sort of topographical
thate ion
is simply describcd
of Mayor's spelling, but, on calm reflection, we see
.denotes the road leading to that Berksaire paradisen.oDur-
ing the reigns or Elizabeth and James I. we find men-
that there was nothing to mention; but in the time of the
tion of Piccadilly—a circumstance accounted for by the fact
unlucky Charles I. the name of Piccadilly crops up for the I
first time as a gambling house, where, however, the playful-
UnsePttled
nests of visitors did not result in exactly innocent gambols.
is unsettled
a flower
How the name Piccadilly arose has been a cause of much
contention among antiquarians—a cause in which the üb-
iass rdereLlnamveersdaiyctitofen‘m‘ neosefffreocmts,'p'
ifeokraditii
which grew wild on the banks and hedges about
toilo this
this suggestion seems as wild as the flower, there ; but
draw on those banks for the derivation. Th and we decline to
opinion, however, is that the name e generally-received
kind of starched collar or ruff, originated'without
in piecadil,'a
man's toilet in the reignout l' high no gentle-
of
much worn by the frequentersof Charles I. was complete, and
perhaps, accounts for their Piccadilly-house; this,
being often fought there, c choleric propensities, duels
bling, we cannot be onsidering their love of gam •
A tailor named Hog,
~n surprised to find these gentry with rutr-;
these, built th: house, i .:
a, whod . was celebrated for making
received the nieknat.le
ofa Piccadilly.—Fora.
the nick of time, this place
CRICRET.— rim ALL adillY.—Fun*
ENGLAND ELEVEN AGAINST
THE UNITED ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN _The contest be-
tween these two great elevens
soon
much
resumed yesterday morn-
ing, at Lord's ground, soa f
uterhl.2
to'clock, and the result
was looked forward to
pre-
sentwioth on the ground no less than 5,000
srpeesett,atthoresre bAeilnigEng
land in their second innings had to
go in a ainst 167 but
although H. H. Stephenson, g Daft,' '
Tarrant, Hayward, and
Parr showed much skill, the United defeated them by 70
runs, the total on,y reaching 97.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mille pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of XS
76. mid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold Jo
n :anly 1-10th ker cent, dealer in London than in Paris.

(From the .Registrar-General's lreekly Return)
Tiny duAtin in .Lontiou decpned to 1,250 in the
week that ended Saturday. Till last week the num-
ber has not fallen below 1,300 in any week of the
present year; and the deaths returned last week are
fewer than they were in any previous week during
a period of more than six months, namely, since Oc-
tober in last year.
The average number of deaths, as derived from
the returns of weeks (in 1853-62) nearly corres-
ponding with last week is, with a correction for in-
creasing population, 1,219. The mortality of last
week was therefore still above the average, but the
excess was not more than 40 deaths.
'The births is last week exceeded the deaths by
629.

There were 68 deaths in the week from small-
pox. During the last seven weeks the mortality
from this disease has shown little fluctuation. The
sub-districts in which fatal cases of small-pox were
most numerous last week, are the following :—St.
Margaret, Westminster, which returned 3; the
Rectory, Marylebone, where there were 3 ; Camden
Town, 3 ; Islington, East, 4 ; and St. Peter, Wal-
worth, 5.
While the deaths from measles declined to 37,
those from scarlatina rose to 94. The latter com-
plaint was very fatal in Islington and Clerkenwell;
and in St. Botolph, where there wete five deaths
from it.

A remarkable case of longevity is recorded which
shou:d be authenticattd, if possible, by a reference
to the parish register of baptisms, or other evidence
in % hich confidence can be placed. A❑ in-pensioner
of Chelsea Hospital is stated to have died on the
19th instant at the age of 109 years.
A man, aged 28 years, died in King's College
Hospital, under " chloroform properly adminis-
tered." (Inquest.)
Last week the births of 961 boys and 927 girls,
in all 1,888 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1853 62
the average number (corrected) was 1,902.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the
mean height of the barometer in the week was
29.813 in. The barometrical reading fell to 29.67
in. on Sunday, rose to 30.04 in. on Thursday,
and fell to 29.68 in. on Saturday. The mean tem-
perature of the air in the week was 48.3 deg., which
is 5.2 deg. below the average of the same week in
43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The
mean daily temperature was below the average on
every day after Sunday ; and on four days the
deficiency was from 6to 9 degs. The thermometer
in the sun rose to 105 deg. on Monday and
Saturday. In the shade the highest day tempe-
rature was 66.5 deg. on Monday. Tke lowest
night temperature, 35.7 deg. on Saturday. The
range of temperature was, therefore, 30.8 deg.
The mean daily range was 16.8 deg. The range on
Saturday was as much as 26.4 deg. The difference
between the mean dew point temperature and air