The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-23 00:00:00

SHREWSBURY, MARCH 22.

The commission for this county was opened at a late
hour last night by Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams, Mr.
Justice Talfourd being detained by the amount of crimi-
nal*business at Stafford.

The calendar contains the names of forty-three pri-
soners, of whom there are for feloniously cutting and
wounding, 3 ; burglary, 1 ; uttering forged receipts, 1 ;
concealing birth of child, 1 ; unlawfully entering land
by night in pursuit of game ; bigamy, 1 ; stealing a
bullock and a cow, 1 ; assault, 5 ; together with several
cases of larceny and o stealing from the person. One
of the poaching cases, in which six persons are impli-
cated, is likely to prove very serious.

HOUSE ON THE WATER.--A few days since, a two-
story house was removed from the foot of Jay-street to
Red Hook Point, by water. The house with contents was
placed upon two large barges and towed to its new loca-
tion by a steam-tug,—.lVoq York Time,

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

( From the Registrar-General's Report.)

The effect of sudden changes of temperature does not
immediately become perceptible to its full extent in the
register of deaths. A period of more genial weather
succeeded the low temperature that marked the month
of February, and the mortality at length appears to have
yielded slightly to its influence ; for the deaths in Lon-
don, which had continuously risen during six weeks till
they numbered 1,436, fell in the week that ended last
Saturday to 1,274. How far the sudden severity that
changed the character of the weather last week has
affected human life remains to be seen in future returns.

The following are the principal meteorological facts of
last week :—On Sunday, 13th instant, the highest tem-
perature was 60.5°, the mean was 48.8°, or 7,6°, above
the average. The mean daily temperature was below
the average on the three following days ; and on Thurs-
day the highest temperature was only 34.8° ; the mean
was 29.2°, or 12.6° below the average. On Friday the
mean was 28.5°, or 13.3° below the average ; on Satur-
day it was 10.2° below the average. The lowest tempe-
rature of the week occurred on Saturday, and was
24.2°, showing a range of temperature in the week of
36°. The mean dew point temperature was 31.1°.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52
the average number of deaths was 1,095, which, if raised
in proportion to increase of population, gives a mortality
for last week of 1,205. The 1,274 deaths actually regis-
tered last week therefore exceeded the estimated amount
by 69. _

Fatal eases arising from zymotic diseases decreased
from 244 in the preceding week to. 229 in the last,
though the mortality of hooping-cough, which is consi-
derable, remains at nearly the same amount. Phthisis
decreased from 167 to 131 ; other diseases of the respi-
ratory organs from 391 to 332. In the latter class are
included bronchitis, which declined from 233 to 174,
and pneumonia which was fatal to 101 persons, or about
the same number as in some previous weeks.
In City-road sub-district, at 11, Ratcliffe-row, on
16th March, a cooper, aged 29 years, died of " disease
of lungs, kidneys and heart." (Post-mortem.) Mr.
Hamlin, the Registrar, observes :—" There is a grating
over the sewer in the street in front of this house, of
which the inhabitants are continually complaining.
When passing the spot I have repeatedly been obliged
to cover my mouth with my hand to avoid the smell.
In Pentonville, at 20, White Lion-street, on 14th
March, the son of a locksmith, aged 5 years, died of
" hooping-cough (8 weeks), scarlatina (4 weeks)." Mr.
Upjohn, deputy-registrar, sayi :—" I have twice before
referrred to, the great mortality in this house, in which
five deaths have now occurred from hooping-cough
within a period of five weeks. In the present case
hooping-cough was followed by scarlatina, and the child
was taken to the Fever Hospital ; but as the medical
attendants gave no hope of its recovery, the parents
had it removed home again. There are now two
children suffering from hooping-cough in the same house,
whose recovery is considered hopeless by the medical
attendant. There does not appear to be any local cir-
cumstance to account for so unusual a fatality."
In St. George, Bloomsbury, at 3, Russell-mews, on
the 15th of'-March, the daughter of a servant, aged 1
year and 9 months, died of "diarrhcea some months
since, and subsequently broncho-pneumonia." With
regard to this case, Dr. Richards writes that "it was
treated homcepathically, under which system the com-
plaint was allowed to progress, and he was called in just
the final to witness a life lost, in all probability, from
want of active treatment."

In the sub-district of St, Paul, St. George-in-the-
East, at 20, Martha street, a child, the son of a mariner
aged 10 hours, died of " convulsions from premature
birth," on the 30th of January. Mr. Chatwood, the
registrar, mentions that " the mother of this boy, who
came to register the births of twins, states that the de-
ceased was buried at' a chapel ground as still-born al-
thoUgh the medical certificate given at the time stated
that he lived 10 hours."

The following six deaths occurred at the London
Fever Hospital between the 9th and 15th of March in-
clusive :

A girl, aged 4 years from the Newington Workhouse,
measles (duration unknown). In hospital 2 days. (Post-
mortem.)

A man, aged 56 years, from Holborn Union, typhus
(duration unknown). In hospital 6 days.
A woman, aged 19 years, a servant from Wands-
worth, typhoid fever (duration unknown), incipient ul-
ceration of Peyer's glands. In hospital 2 days. (Post
mortem.)

A woman, aged 24 years, from Neptune-Court, St.
George-in-the East, typhus (about 17 days). In hospi-
tal 9 days.
A man, aged 35 years, a labourer from Hartshorn-
court, Fore-street, pleuro-pneumonia (9 days). In hos-
pital 6 days.
A man, aged 22 years, a labourer from Catherine-
wheel-alley, East London, phthisis (long standing),
pleuritis (10 days). In hospital 5 days.
The following additional cases are selected from the
returns :—On 10th March, at 3, Artillery-place, Fins-
bury, a drawing-master, aged 51 years, died of "the
Croydon fever (3 months), ulceration of the small intes-
tines." (Poit mortem.) The son of a shipwright, aged
5 years, died of "enlarged tonsils (2 years), excision of
tonsils (2 months ago), croup (2 days)." A baker, aged
18 years, died of " phlebitis of ophthalmic veins" in
Guy's Hospital. In Herne-place, Water-lane, Brixton,
on 17th March, a gardener. aged 43 years, died of
" furunculus days), debilitated constitution." There
were four deaths from abscess :—ln Charing Cross Hos-
pital, a woman, aged 51 years, "chronic abscess (6
months), debility (3 months);" in St. George's Hospital,
a Chelsea pensioner, agdd 47 years, amputation of toe
of right foot, abscess in left leg, diseased heart ;" in
Middlesex Hospital, a man-servant, aged 53 years, " ab-
scess of thumb, inflammation of arteries (post mortem );"
at 4, Elm-terrace, Brompton, a female servant, aged 32
years, " cerebral effusion from fever occasioned by ex-
treme inflammation and abscess of the thumb." Two
fatal cases are ascribed to privation, and registered thus:
---In the Workhouse, Westminster, on 18th March, a
single woman, aged 50 years, " destitution ;" at 1, Three
King-court, Aldgate, on 12th March, the wife of a cooper'
aged 62 years, " want of proper food in sufficient quan-
tity; typhus."
Last week the births of 855 boys and 812 girls, in all
1,6q7 children, were registered in London. The average
number in 8 corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52,
was 1484.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.685 in.; on
Saturday it was 30.034 in. The mean temperature of
the week was 36.6 deg., or 5 deg. below the average of
the same week in 38 years. The wind blew from the
south on the first 3 days, and from the north-east during
the remainder of the period.

RA IL WAY SHARE MARKETS.

Li YERPOOL—MAncs 22.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was better to
day, but the buying continues of rather a weak character,
and very little business was done. The following were
the quotations :—Caledonians, 32i ; Chester and Holyherd,
21i ; Eastern Counties, 12 15-16 ' • Lancashire and York-
shire, 75$ • ' ditto, Fifth shares, 4 dis. ; Liverpool, Crosby,
and Southport, 17 ; London and North Western, 118 ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and -Lincoln, 301 ; Midland, 74 ;
North British,' 8i ; South Eastern and Dover, 23i.