The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-11 00:00:00

REALM OF LONDON DU.RING THE WEEK.

(From the I?epstrar-General's Ireek!y Return.)
The deaths in London in the week that ended
last Saturday were 1,159. The mortality was rather
higher than it had been since May. The average
number of deaths for the corresponding weeks of
1852-61 (corrected) is 1,134; and the returns of last
-week exhibit a small excess above the average rate
of mortality.

The births in the week exceeded the deaths by
556.

Measles were fatal in 62 cases. Six of these oc-
curred in the west sub -district of Islington ; 10 in
Haggerstone; four in Spitalfields. Of 52 deaths
from scarlatina registered in the week, there were
eight in the Kensington town sub-district. Typhus
was fatal in 61 cases, of which 11 were returned by
the London Fever Hospital.
A girl age() nine mouths died at 44, Hereford-
street, Marylebone, of "choleraic diarrt•ce ; and a
boy, aged two years, at 25. George-street, Hammer-
smith, of " cholerice (eight days). cerebral conge-
ion." A woman, unknown, aged 23 years, died in
Westminster Hospital of "poisoning from filth and
neglect; starvation."

Last week the births of 862 boys and 852 girls,
in all 1,715 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851 61
the average number (corrected) was 1,684.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 22.697 in.
The reading rose to 29.86 in. on Sunday the 29th
ult., and fell to 29.32 in. on Sa.turday. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 56.8 deg.,
which is 4.6 deg. below the average of the same
week in 43 years (as determined by lir. Glaisher).
fhe mean daily temperature was below the average
throughout the week, and on Thursday the difi_
cieucy was as much as 10 deg. The lowest night
temperature was 44.4 deg., and occurred on Sun-
day ; the highest day temperature was 76 deg. on
Saturday. The range of the thermometer in the
week was 31.6 deg. The mean daily range was
19.6 deg. The difference between the mean dew-
point temperature and air temperature was 6.2 deg.
The mean degree of humidity of the air was 81,
complete saturation being represented by 100. The
wind blew chiefly from a south-westerly point. The
rain-fall was 0.351 n.

In the thirteen weeks that ended on the 28th of
June, the total number of deaths was 15,615. In
the four corresponding quarters of 1858.61 the
lowest number was 13,724, the highest was 15,238.
The mean temperature of the air was 53.2 deg.,
which differs but little from the average.
The mortality was above an average in 5 of the
13 weeks, and the mean temperature was below the
average in five weeks.
A fourth part of the total number of deaths was
from diseases of the zymotic class. An excess under
this head was caused by scarlatina and typhus, but
chiefly by the latter, which was nearly three times
as fatal as is usual in the spring quarter.

Whooping. cough was fatal in 519 cases, measles
in 501. The latter disease had its seat chiefly in
the eastern division, where a half of the deaths
that were caused by it were registered. 42 chil-
dren died of measles in Mile-end Old-town, 44 in
Bow and Poplar, 19 in Spitalfields, 30 in Ratcliff
and Limehouse. Diarrheea was returned in 217
cases ; and smallpox averaged 3 fatal cases in a
week, the total number in the quarter being 39.
There were 32 deaths by murder or manslaughter
in the quarter, 81 by suicide, 452 by accident.
Of 677 deaths from scarlatina 301 were in the
south districts, 18 occurred in Kensington Town.
sub-district, 17 in Somers Town, 34 in the first sub-
district of Lambeth Church, 91 in the 2d sub dia.
trict of Lambeth Church, 20 in Rot herhithe, 26 in
St. Paul, Deptford, 11 in Plumatead, were there
were also 11 from typhue.

PUBLIC VEHICLES AND THEIR

VICTI.SIS.

(Fr•onz Punch.)
One of the most curious and entertaining sights
at the Industrial Exhibition is the exhibition of
industry displayed by visitors who are leaving,
in their eager chase and chewy for an omnibus
or cab. Of course, months and months ago every.
body was aware the World was coming to its
::how, and doubtless everybody fancied ample
means would be provided for the World to get
there. The newspapers kept telling us how vastly
railways had been multiplied since 1851, and what
millions more of passengers they could now daily
bring to town; and everybody fancied that a simi-
Lir development extended to the means of transit
through the streets. Some ten thousand extra
'busses and twenty thousand cans were supposed
to have been ordered for the World's accommoda-
tion ; and, in short, it was imagined that no pains
~yould be spared to bring the World to Brompton
and to take the World away again with the utmost
ease and comfort, safety and despatch.

How thoroughly these sanguine expectations have
boon realised, by this time all the world is pretty
well aware. From statistics he has carefully col-
lected on the subject, Mr. Punch can state with
confidence that for the world to ride in there have
recently been added to our public vehicles no fewer
than four omnibuses and as many as six cabs. The
consequence has been that the Industrial Exhibition
end the neighbourhood adjacent have lately been
the scene of industry unparalleled, in the axertions
made by visitors to get a homeward ride. Diffi-
cult as it is just now to capture a cab anywhere, to
pitk one up near Brompton between four and eight
p.ir. is a feat demanding such great patience, skill,
quickness, and agility, that one bad well-nigh be a
Job, a Samson, and a Leotard successfully to do it.
For every cab that comes in sight there are at least
eager eyes on the look out, and
a couple of hundred
a hundred pairs of legs perform a simultaneous
of hundred hands are all
rush, while a couple
outstretched to .clutch the prize. As for getting
home by omnibus, the only plan to do so ap-
pears to be to walk about as far as Hyde-park
Corner, and then to jump into an omnibus that will
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and pay another fourper.ce, or more probably a
shilling, for the homeward journey to King's Cross
or the Bank.

The omnibus proprietors thus pouch a double fare :
and this is possibly a reason why they have ab-
stained from putting on more extra carriages this
season; another reason being the unwillingness they
show on every possible occasion to do anything
whptever for the comfort of the public.
[To avoid these inconveniences take a pleasant
walk (less than a mile) to the Cadogan Pier, Chel-
sea, then the steam boats which run continually,
stopping at all the piers, for which accommodation
you pay fonrpence.—ED. pun.]

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 181 11 19
Antwerp ..
Brussels — 25 471 25 55
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto ............ 3 Months. 25 421 25 "
Marseilles
I.'rankfort on Maine —119 a
13 10
Vie.una
Trieste
Peteraburgh
Berlin —
49 49
Madrid ..491
Cadiz -49/
26 55 25 60
Leghorn .... . — 25 55 25 60
Milan •• • 25 55 25 621
Genoa __
391 391
Naples
....
Palermo .. 1191 1191
Messina ............ _I- 521 521
Liston ........•••••' _ 52t 251
Oporto ........... .• • i", 17 9
..................
mexican Dollars .. , tandard), per ca .
Foreign Gold in Bard (S
Silver in Bars (Standard)
oo milkman like Pharaoh's daugh-
South iiinericallpoub
takes a little profit out of the water.—
terl'FV—hiecias:seL°b"e

Fun.
GONE ASTRAY, A GENTLEMAN.—If the Clerk of
the Weather, who has been missing from his duty all May
and June, to the great dissatisfaction of society, will return
to his disconsolate office, all shall be forgotten, and he shall
be at liberty to indulge in any antics he likes as soon as the
season is over. If he will not come back, at least he might
send the key of the Wind-Cellar. If jealous of Admiral
Fitzroy, the same shall be discharged. Don't be a fool,
but come and blow a cloud with your forgottenZEPATE.
--Punch,