The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-24 00:00:00

them he pulled up as well as he could. He ad-
mitted knocking the deceased down, and called a
witness who saw the accident, and who deposed that
he (Brooker) was not going more than four or five
miles an hour. He further deposed that the child
absolutely run out from one side of the road against
the van, and that Brooker was using due caution.
The Coroner put it to the jury whether this was
a case of manslaughter or not, and the jury, after
deliberation, returned a verdict of Accidental Death,
with a very strong censure on Brooker, which was
duly passed upon him by the coroner.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING Tit

WEEK.

(From the Regzstrar-General's Weekly Return.)
The deaths registered in London in the week that ended
last Saturday were 1,185, showing a slight increase on the
previous week's number, which was 1,138. If the deaths
from epidemic cholera in the 38th week of 1854 are ex-
cluded, it will be found that the average number of deaths
in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,029, which,
corrected f,r increase of population, will become 1,131,
Hence it appears that the deaths of last week are 54 in ex-
cess of the estimated number. The increase is chiefly duo
to heart and bronchial affections.
The deaths from zymotic diseases were 385. Under this
head are included 55 deaths from measles, 18 from whoop-
ing-cough, 66 from typhus, 85 from scarlatina, 8 from dip-
theria, 67 from diarrhoea, and 2 from cholera.
A journeyman carpenter, aged 27 years, died at 22, Dal
ston-terrace, Dalston, of cholera, one week. The son of a
ballast-heaver, aged six months, died at 1, Painter's-rents,
Ratcliff, of cholera infautum, five days. Three children,
aged two, eight, and eleven years respectively, died at 207,
Bethnal-green-road, from scarlatina roaligna, aggravated
by the foetid exhalations from an adjoining sausage factory.
A carriage painter died at 36, Upper Park-place, Maryle-
bone, from chronic lead poisoning. A female, aged sixty -
nine, died at the Poor-house, Bermondsey, from old age,
accelerated by want of proper nourishment and warmth.
She was formerly a dealer in hair for building purposes,
and was destitute of bedding for a long time.
Of eight nonagenarians whose deaths are recorded in the
week the oldest persons were a man and a woman, who had
each attained the age of 96 years.
Last week the births of 872 boys and 888 girls, in all

1760 children, were registered in London, In the 10 cor-
responding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average number

(corrected) was 1833.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 30.045 in. The baro-
metrical readings rose from 29.70 in. at the beginning of
the week to 30.27 in. on Thursday. The mean temperature
of the air in the week was 58.6 deg., which is 2.3 deg.
above the average of the same week in 43 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature
was 73.8 deg. on Monday ; the lowest night temperature
was 43.6 deg. on Thursday. The range of the thermometer
in the week was therefore 30.2 deg. The mean daily range
was 18.9 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point
temperature and air temperature was 7.3 deg. The mean
degree of humidity of the air was 78, complete saturation
being represented by 100. The mean temperature of the
water of the Thames was 60.6 deg. Rain fell on Monday
The general direction of the wind was north-east.

COUN2RI MA RILL' S.

t.-__.

LEEDS-TUESDAY.

At to-day's market we had a good supply of wheat. the
trade in which was inactive, though holders were disposed
to accept less money than on Friday. Barley gives way
in price. Beans in limited demand. Oats and other arti-
cles at last Friday's rates.

LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY.

At onr market to-day there was a good attendance of
country buyers, and a fair amount of business was done in
wheat and flour at last week's quotations. New oats and
oatmeal the turn easier. Egyptian beans 3d to 6d per qr
dearer.