The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1853.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

SECOND TRIAL OF THE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 7.

The Duke of Wellington, 131 guns, screw steam ship,
Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., having completed her fit
out, got up steam this morning in harbour to go out to
Spithead. The importance of the event excited the ut-
most interest at this port, and caused thousands to
assemble at every point of view on the sides of the har-
bour, to witness the progress of this magnificent ship to
Spithead. High water was at about 10 minutes to 12
o'clock, and some speculation was indulged in as to
whether there would be a sufficiency of water on the bar
outside the harbour to enable her to cross it in safety.
The public were not generally admitted on board, but
those having a reasonable excuse for being there were
not excluded. Among others, the following were on
board :—The Right Hon. Earl Spencer, Sir Thomas
Byam Martin (Admiral of the Fleet), Vice-Admiral
Bowles, Rear-Admiral Fanshawe (Superintendent of this
Dockyard), Rear-Admiral Fanshawe Martin, Major-
General Simpson, Lieutenant-Governor Major-General
Fanshawe, Captains Henderson, Harris, Pelham, Robert
Sharpe, Mr. Dinner, from Somerset House, &c., &c.
Several ladies were also on board.

At a quarter to twelve the ship was under weigh, but
a hulk being in the way a little delay was thereby occa-
sioned, and she was carried by the tide somewhat astern.
She soon got herself into a suitable position by the care
and presence of mind of Mr. Underwood, the Master-
Attendant of this dockyard, and Mr. Jones, the pilot on
board. She then began to make head way, and was
soon breasting the strong tide that was running into
harbour at the time. In passing the Victory, flag-
ship, the band of the Duke struck up "God save the
Queen," and another minute brought in view the
crowds of people assembled on the Hard, Portsea,
and other places, from which could be obtained
a view. There must altogether have been some
10,000 or 15,000 persons present on the shores of the
harbour. The noble ship proceeded through the Chan-
nel with slack speed, but with perfect ease, against the
tide, and as she neared the bar, which is situate between
Hollingsworth's Rooms and Southsea Castle, right across
the harbour channel, deep interest, if not anxiety, began
to be felt as to whether she would quite clear it. The
speed of the ship was diminished, and the utmost atten-
tion was paid to the reports of the leadsmen on both
sides of the vessel. Every throw of the vessel produced
a diminished depth of water, till at length their reports
showed that there was only a space of 14 to 2 inches be-
tween the after part of the keel and the bar. The sus-
pense as to what the next throw of the lead would indi-
cate was, at least on the part of the non-professional
persons present, greatly relieved by its showing an in-
crease in place of a decrease of water, and in a few
minutes an ample depth was obtained, and all danger
was at an end. Full power was then put on, when it
became obvious that although the ship was much deeper
in the water than on her previous trial, she was never-
theless going at a very high speed. At her first trial
she had no guns on board, to-day she had the whole of
her main and middle deck guns on board, besides 22 of
her lower deck guns ; these latter were placed forward
to bring her down by the head. The total number of
guns on board was 97. She had also a large quantity
of ship stores, provisions, &c., on board to-day, besides
her crew of officers and men, at present amounting to
840. These include 210 marines, 30 marine artillery,
and 66 boys. Her full complement will be 1,100 men.
As the vessel approached Spithead she saluted the
flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir T.
Cochrane, with 15 guns, which the Victory returned
with 7. The Duke of Wellington then made her way
to the measured mile in Stoke's Bay to try her speed,
and made two runs there, the result of which were as
ollow

Revolutions of Speed in knots Average
Time. Engines. per hour. speed.
M. 0.
First run, with/ 5 16 32 11.392
tide .... • • • • j 9.902
Second run, 1 7 , 32 8.413
against tide.

On her first trial, which we reported on the 12th of
April, this leviathan steam-ship realised the following
results :

Runs. Revoin- Time. Knots per Average of Mean.
tions. hoar. knots per hour.
min. sec.
First ... • • 29 5 43 10.495 10.022
Second... • • 30 6 15 9.057
Third .... • . 29% 5 28 10.975 1 10.187 10.031
Fourth ..... 31 6 23 9.399
Fifth • . 29 523 11.145 1 10.100
Sixth ..• • .. 29 3a 9.068

The pressure of steam was nominally 15 lbs., but in
reality the engines could not be worked beyond a pres-
sure of 81bs. to 101bs., owing to the boilers being too
small. To-day the ship's draught of water was 25 feet
10 inches ' • on her first trial it was 24 feet 3 inches. The
difference between the averages of the runs made to-day
and those made at her previous going out showed a
difference of about three-tenths of a knot in favour of
the latter. The results of the above trial are obviously
of the most satisfactory character, and were regarded as
such on board. After the two runs the ship was put
through several evolutions, exercising her expansion-
gear, turning round in a circle, backing astern, &c., all
of which she performed with the utmost facility, and in
a manner that excited the warmest admiration of all on
board. The shake of the vessel to-day was apparently
much less than on the previous trials, owing no doubt to
her being deeper in the water, and consequently steadier.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon the Duke of Wellington came
to an anchor at Spithead, and her visitors departed for
the shore, but just as she was doing so, there was a cry
raised of " A man overboard." It appeared that one of
the crew had dropped from the side of the vessel into the
water, but without striking against anything. He was
picked up unhurt. The Duke of Wellington remains at
Spithead.

The gunnery experiments from the Excellent upon the
old oonvict hulk York, 74, have soon demolished that
venerable relict of the wooden walls. She was very
rotten, or she would have held a longer tug with the
gunners ; she has fallen over upon her broadside, and
her upper broadside has fallen in upon the lower. Such
was the state of decay of her timbers that several of
Moorsom's shells went through the ship without burst-
ing. Apropos of gunnery, while Hogue's crew were
being exercised in that science at Plymouth, a few days
prior to her leaving for Portsmouth, " No. 3," in taking
the fusee cap off an 8-inch shell, turned the screw the
wrong way, which screwed out the fusee itself, the con-
sequence was that when the shell was fired it split the
gun (a 50-cwt. 8-inch on the main tier), near the muscle,
in three places.
The Blenheim, 60, screw guardship, Captain Hender-
son, C. 8., was paid wages at Spithead yesterday.
The Neptune, 120, Captain E. H. Scott, ordinary
depot ship in this harbour, was yesterday ordered to fit
for sea immediately, it is conjectured, to reinforce, if
necessary, the Mediterranean or home fleet. She com-
menced sending down her jury yards and topmasts this
morning, and returned them to the dockyard, and all
her seagoing gear has been sent off to her, which she is
setting up with all expedition. Either the Princess
Charlotte, 104, advanced three-decker, or the St. Vin-
cent, ditto, 101, will be fitted out to take the Neptune's
place as ordinary depot ship.
The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Crispin,
hauled out of dock this morning, and had her masts
stepped in the fitting basin. The vessel will be a model
of elegance in a few days.

SHEERNESS, JUNE 6.

The Monarch, 84, guard-ship of ordinary, Captain•
Superintendent Charles Hope, has this day been taken
into dock. Her copper is being cleaned down, her top-
gallantmasts, topmasts, and topgallant and topsail yards
are being sent down, and her sea-going masts and yards
are ready to be sent aloft. She will be put out of dock
on Wednesday next, and prepared for immediate depar-
ture from here. It is reported she is to join a squadron
of 15 sail of the line for service in the Mediterranean.
The Comus, 14 guns, sloop, Commander William A.
Fellowes, will be out of the dockyard hands on Wed-
nesday next. She is only six AB.'s short of her com-
plement, and these are expected round from the west-
ward in a few days.
The Tribune, 30, new screw steam-frigate, Captain the
Hon. S. T. Carnegie, will be put into dock on Thursday
next, on the Monarch being undocked and the blocks
being examined.
The President, 50 guns, at Chatham, has this day
been put out of dock, and the Boscawen, 70, guard-ship
of ordinary, has this day been taken into the dock for
overhauling and cleaning copper, &c. She is also
expected to join the squadron for service in the Medi•
terranean. _ _ _

A number of Coast Guard men, selected for service in
the navy, being late men-of-war's men who have entered
the Coast Guard, and now in this district, have received
orders to hold themselves in readiness for being imme-
diately draughted to ships in commission and fitting at
this or any other ports. It is reported that 8,500 sea-
men, serving at present in the Coast Guard in the
United Kingdom, are under similar orders. These alone,
it is calculated, will man 10 sail of the line with first-rate
experienced seamen accustomed to all naval discipline
and tactics.
An order has recently been issued here by Captain-
Superintendent Charles Hope, of her Majesty's dock-
yard, which has been most joyfully received by the
aspirants to promotion by merit and ability. In conse-
quence of a vacancy for an assistant master-shipwright,
by the promotion of Mr. Laing, late assistant to the
master-shipwright at Chatham yard, now promoted to
be master-shipwright at Pembroke yard, an Admiralty
circular has been sent requesting the professional officers
to report to the captain-superintendent the names of
three of the foremen of shipwrights who in their practical
opinion may be considered most eligible for promotion.
It is understood similar orders have been sent to all
the other yards, and the captain-superintendents are de-
sired to send the names forward to the Surveyor of the
Navy. He (the surveyor) will, after mature considera-
tion, select three of the candidates from the entire num-
ber ; these three will then be sent for and undergo a
rigid examination, and the one who shall in most re-
spects have attained the highest knowledge, practically
and theoretically, of his profession, will receive their lord-
ships' appointment to the situation as assistant master-
shipwright at Chatham yard.
JUNE 7.

CIVIL SERVICE.—It is currently reported here to-day
that the three candidates for the appointment of master-
shipwright's assistant, vacant by the promotion of Mr.
Laing, have been selected by the Surveyor of the Navy
to undergo their examination at Somerset-house. The
following are the names of the three fortunate can-
didates selected, namely—Mr. Cheesman, foreman at
Chatbom yard ; Mr. W. Lang, timber inspector; and

Mr. P. Thornton, foreman at Sheerness yard. We are
gratified to find that the recent inquiries connected with
promotions in the dockyards are likely to prove bens.
ficial to the service generally—as the selection of the
officers above mentioned is another proof that the pre-
sent Admiralty are really in earnest, the two first-
named (Messrs. Cheesman and Lang) being officers of
great experience and long servitude ; and the third (Mr.
Thornton) an officer, whose zeal, alacrity, and general
acquaintance with the routine of fitting out ships at this
yard have been of the greatest assistance to the com-
manding officers, and have frequently been the theme of
conversation in naval circles at this port, particularly in
the case of the Agamemnon, which was fitted out here
in the most inclement season of the year in a particularly
short period of time. We trust the officers of Sheerness
yard will now come in for their fair share of promotion
—as in consequence of this not being a borough, this
yard has generally been overwhelmed by the nominees
of the members of the more fortunate ports. It would
be an instructive return for some hon. member of the
House of Commons if he were to move for the number
of officers and clerks promoted and appointed to Sheer-
ness yard during the last twenty years, distinguishing
those who were promoted from Sheerness yard and
those who were sent from other ports and inland
boroughs, &c.
Mr. John Cheesman, liner in the mast-house here for
many years, has ben recommended to the Admiralty
through the captain-superintendent, on the report of the
professional officers to be promoted to an inspector, vice
Betts, superannuated.

WOOLWICH, JUNE 7.
APPOINTMENTS.

Captain James J. M'Cleverty (1848), to command the
Terrible paddle-wheel steam-frigate, with engines of 800-
horse power, commissioned this day at Woolwich.
Captain Thomas P. Thompson (1847), to the Vestal,
26, on the West Indies and North American station,
and at present at Havannah, under the command of
Captain C. B. Hamilton.

Commanders—JamesA. St. Leger (1848), to the
Coastguard ; Woolcombe, to command the Styx paddle-
wheel steam-sloop, on the East Indies station, whither
she recently went from the Cape of Good Hope station.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUI LDHALL.—A mite Mack was brought up charged
with cutting and wounding Mary Ann Fitz with a razor,
sith intent to do her some grievous bodily harm.
The prosecutrix said that about half-past nine o'clock
on Monday evening she was at the corner of Oxford
Arms-passage, in Warwick-lane, when the prisoner came
up and asked if she had anything to say to her. Prose-
cutrix replied that she had not, and the prisoner then
said she (prosecutrix) was wanted down the passage.
She asked who wanted her, but the prisoner refused to
tell her, upon which the prosecutrix declined to go. The
prisoner immediately drew one hand from under her
shawl, and threw a quantity of pepper into her (prose-
cutrix's) eyes, and then, with the other hand, she pro-
duced an open razor, with which she endeavoured to cut
prosecutrix's throat. She, however, succeeded m parry-
ing the blow with her hand, which got frightfully lace-
rated, and several of the fingers were cut nearly off, but,
notwithstanding, the razor wounded her slightly in the
neck and on the breast, and cut the clothing that covered
her shoulders. Prosecutrix bled very much, and she was
taken to the hospital, where she had her wounds dressed.
She had had no quarrel with the prisoner beyond having
seen her in her own (prosecutrix's) room on Sunday
night, and told her to quit it immediately.
Thomas Bailey said he saw the prisoner and prosecu-
trix struggling together in the street, and observing an
open razor in the prisoner's hand, and the prosecutrix
bleeding, he interfered, and the prisoner allowed him to
take the razor from her, and he afterwards gave it up to
the officer at the station.

Susan Marshall, the housekeeper at the Smithfield
station, said she searched the prisoner, and found on her
a door key and a razor case. The prisoner told her she
bought the razor in the morning for the express purpose
of cutting the prosecutrix's throat, and that she pur-
chased it in St. Paul's-churchyard.
The prisoner, in her defence, said that the prosecutrix
followed her about on Sunday evening, and called her
"a good for nothing ," and told every one that she
wished to stab her, and she (prosecutrix) wanted her to
do it, and that was the reason why she tried to cut her
throat. She was also instigated to do so by the prose-
cutrix accusing her of seducing her (prosecutrix's) hus-
band.

Sir Chapman Marshall committed the prisoner for
trial.

MARYLEBONE.—WiIIiam Earl, a watchmaker,
9, Caledonian-road, Islington, was charged with having,
by false pretences, endeavoured to obtain 501. from the
London and North-Western Railway Company.
William Gardner, railway porter at the Leighton Buz-
zard Station, said that on the sth of May the prisoner,
with another man, arrived by train from Dunstable. He
came up to witness, and said that he wanted to leave a
carpet bag. Witness asked him if he wished to book it ?
He replied that he did, upon which witness gave him a
ticket. He and his companion then left him. They had
with them also a blue bag and a box. The prisoner re-
turned and asked for his bag. Witness gave it to him,
and received the ticket. The prisoner remarked that he
believed there was a train to Bedford at 20 minutes past
twelve o'clock. Witness stated that there was not.
The prisoner then put the carpet bag, the blue bag, and
the box near the scales on the platform, and asked for
the ticket. In the hurry of business witness gave him
the ticket, but omitted to take the carpet bag, as he
ought to have done, and which he should have placed in
the office. Witness after this went to dinner, leaving
the prisoner and his companion on the platform. He
was relieved by Hall, another porter. The down train
to Leighton Buzzard was due at half-past one o'clock.
On witness's return, that train was in sight. At that
time witness saw Hall take the blue bag and the box
across the line for the down train. The prisoner and
his companion also crossed the line, and one of them
had the carpet bag.
By Mr. Humphreys—No complaint was made by the
prisoner or his companion as to the carpet bag being
missing. The first time I heard of one being lost was
on the following Sunday, the Bth ult.
Mr. Beresford said that on Wednesday, the 19th ult.,
he went to 9, Caledonian-road, and found there a man
of the name Gwyn, a police-sergeant, in the service of
the company, at Oxford It had been previously ar-
ranged that he should be in the house. He was taken
into custody by witness on the assumed charge of felony,
for stealing some carpenter's tools in the country. Gwyn
was in plain clothes. Witness went into an inner room
at the back of the house, which is a coffee shop, and was
admitted by the prisoner. Witness there observed two
carpet bags, which the prisoner admitted was his pro-
property. After some conversation with the prisoner,
witness told him that he should take him into custody
for attempting by false and fraudulent representations
to obtain 501. from the North-Western Railway Com-
pany.

Wm. Hall, the porter, said that on the down train
alluded to appearing, the companion of the prisoner
pointed to the luggage near the scales, and took the
carpet bag. Witness put the blue bag and the box into
the luggage van.
Edward Varney, porter at the Oxford Station, said
that on the day in question the prisoner alighted from a
down train. He gave witness a carpet bag, and received
a ticket. He then stated to witness that he had booked
a bag at Leighton similar to the one he gave witness,
for which a ticken was given to him ; and that he subse-
quently applied for it, when it was gone, and all the
satisfaction he could get was that, when it was found, it
would be sent to him. A man named Harms, two days
after, produced the ticket, and had the bag.
Mr. John Simonds, Pembroke-street, Oxford, watch-
maker, said that the prisoner called upon him on Thurs-
day or Friday, the sth or 6th of May. He asked for
employment, and said that he had lost a carpet bag, in
which were all the implements of his trade, with his
wearing apparel. He asked witness if he could not pro-
ceed against the railway company for compensation, and
observed that the contents of the bag was worth 501.
Witness said he would refer him to a solicitor, with
whom the prisoner had a conversation upon the subject.
He (the solicitor) wrote a letter to the secretary of the
company. [The letter was produced, the purport of it
being that the prisoner required compensation to the
amount of 501. for the loss of the carpet bag and its con-
tents] In a few days after the prisoner called upon him
and observed that he had settled with the solicitor, but
was afraid there was no chance for his carpet bag. The
solicitor, a few days after, made a claim upon witness for
the expense incurred on account of the prisoner.
By Mr. Broughton—lt is not usual for workmen at
the watch and clock trade in the country to have tools of
their own. The prisoner showed me an inventory of the
articles which, he alleged, were in the carpet bag. Some
of them were most entraordinary tools, such as I have
never seen. The price of an ordinary set of tools would
be about 301.

Mr. Beresford produced a mahogany box, and a red
morocco case which contained a quantity of watch-
maker's tools, that were found in the bags taken by him
at the prisoner's lodgings. He also produced a suit of
clothes.

The prisoner was remanded to have the depositions
taken. Bail was required, himself in 1001., and two
sureties in 601. each.

WESTMINSTER.—CharIes Cooper, a boy only 11
years of age, was charged with robbing his mother.
The prosecutrix, a respectable-looking widow, com-
plained, with terrs in her eyes, that she was reluctantly
compelled to bring her son before the magistrate. It
was impossible to keep him at home, or anything that
could be disposed of. She bad no sooner turned her
back than he made away with every article he could lay
his hands upon, and having disposed of every other port-
able thing, had absolutely disposed of the saucepans in
which she cooked food for her family. If she trusted
him with money to fetch any thing, she never saw him
again until he had spent it ; and she really did not know
what to do with him.

The accused, who heard his unhappy mother's state-
ment without exhibiting the slightest concern, was re-
manded.

THAMES.—Two lads, named George Lee, aged 17,
and William Bottomley, 18, of Collingwood-terrace,
Bethnal-green, were charged with violating the person
of a girl named Frances Brown, aged 14.
The prosecutrix stated that she was a servant, but
now living at home. About fifteen minutes before ten
on Sunday night she was knocking at the door of her
home, when the prisoner and two other lads came up
and pulled her away from the door. She told them to
go away but they would not, and forced her into Globe-
fields, Mile-end-road, about half a mile distant, where
they behaved very rudely to her, and tried to throw her
on the grass, but she resisted them, and they forced her
against a wall and asked her to walk farther with them,
which she refused to do. The girl then described the out-
rage committed upon her, and said Lee first violated her
and then Bottomley and another lad in succession.
There was a fourth youth present who did not
molest her. The prisoner Lee then saw her home to
her mother's door. It was one o'clock when she reached
home, and sho hesitated about going home at such an
unseasonable hour, but Lee said the longer she stopped
the later it would be, and she had better go in at once.
She then went into the house. On the following evening
she made known to a female in the house how she had
been treated by the prisoners, and that person told her
aunt of it.

In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, she said she
passed a great many persons on the way from her pa-
rent's house to the field. She did not speak to any one.
The prisoners and their companions had hold of her
arms, and forced her along.
Mr. Yardley asked the girl repeatedly why she had
not spoken or called out to some of the numerous per-
sons whom she passed on the way to the field, but could
not obtain a single word in reply.

Lee, after receiving the usual caution from the magis-
trate, said that nearly every word spoken by the girl was
false, and that she was a consenting party to the whole
transaction, never making the least resistance, or calling
out to any one; that she passed several police constables
on the way to the field, and selected her own road, ad-
vising him and his companions to pass by a church where
the bobbies (meaning the police) would not see them.
She was just knocking at her mother's door, and he and
three others went up to her. She said "Halloo, George,"
and called him away, and said, " Have you seen Harry
Bottomley," his fellow-prisoner's brother, and he said
"Yes." She then told him that she had been with
Harry Bottomley in the fields, and had some nice butter
cakes in her pocket ; and she also said that a particular
intercourse had taken place between her and Harry Bot-
tomley. She then walked along with him and the others
to Globe-fields, and freely consented to all that took
place.
Mr. Yardley questioned the prosecutrix on the pri-
soner Lee's statement. She admitted that he saw her
home after leaving the field, and that she had been pre-
viously taking a walk with Harry Bottomley. Moss,
not in custody, gave her 2d., and- she gave the money
back to William BOttooiley. She ran, away two or three

times, and the prisoners and Moss brought her back
again, and forced her to consent to their wishes.
Lee—lt is false. She walked quietly to the field, and
never offered to run away ; and she gave the money to
William Bottomley, and said she was afraid her mother
would hear it rattle.

Martha Hoy, a married woman, said, on Monday
evening, about eight o'clock, her niece first told her three
lads had abused her person. The girl was crying all
night, and said the young men forced her into a corner
of the field.

Daniel Smith, a police-constable, 215 K, said he took
Lee into custody, and upon acquainting him with the
charge he said, "Won't the others be charged as well
as me ?" The girl charged Bottomley, Lee, and Moss,
with rape, and said they were all equally guilty.
John Brown, a mechanic, said his daughter was 14
years and a few months old, and generally a very well-
conducted girl. He heard of the outrage on his daugh
ter for the first time on Monday night, and from his wife
and her sister told him there was every proof she had
been violated.

Mr. Yardley could not help saying the girl's conduct
was most extraordinary, and that she might have ap-
pealed to the people she passed on her way to the field
for protection.
Police-sergeant Fouke, 27 K, who took the
charge at the station-house, was called and asked
why the girl had not been subjected to a
medical examination, and he said he had strongly
recommended that course to the father of the girl
on Monday night. He also said, in answer to another
question, that the girl must have passed several police-
men on her way from Collingwhod-terrace to Globe-
fields, and that she passed through two or three much
frequented streets.
_ _ _

Mr. Yardley—And made no complaint. On the pri-
soners own showing it is a most disgusting and pro-
fligate piece of business. The best thing is for the
police-surgeon to examine the girl, and let me know
what he says. I shall remand the prisoners till Thursday.
A certificate from Mr. Horton, surgeon, of High-
street, Stepney, was subsequently handed to Mr. Yard-
ley, stating there were no marks of violence whatever on
the girl.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

The registrar's report says :--The present return ex-
hibits a lower amount of mortality in the metropolis than
has been observed in any previous week since January.
The deaths registered last week were 1,023, which is
about a hundred less than in the week immediately pre-
ceding. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years
1843-52 the average number was 892, which with a cor-
rection for increase of population becomes 981. Hence
it appears that the 1,023 deaths now returned exceed the
calculated amount by 42.
The recent decrease is generally apparent throughout
the table of fatal diseases, but is most considerable in
those affecting the respiratory organs. This class has
declined in the number of fatal cases to 129, of which 63
are referred to bronchitis, and 42 to pneumonia.
Phthisis, which numbers 152, maintains its preponder-
ance in the list. Typhus has declined in the last two
weeks from 53 to 41, diarrhoea from 32 to 21, measles
increased from 19 to 28 ; with these exception, zymotic
diseases discover no important fluctuation.
The following case of cholera was registered in the
week :

On the 27th May, at Saint Mary's Hospital, Padding.
ton, a labourer, aged 49 years, from Brook-mews, Pad-
dington, died of "cholera (3 days as far as known) ;
only well marked the last 25 hours." Post mort.
With reference to two deaths from cholera, which
have been registered in the sub-district of Fulham, since
the registration of last week was completed, Mr. Knight,
the registrar, writes as follows :—" I beg to state that I
have this day (sth June), registered one of two children
who died at 11, Palace-place, one according to certificate
from cholera infantum ; the other, I believe, from the
same disease. They were nurse children, and the female
who had care of them only came to reside at Fulham on
Saturday, 28th April, from Putney, when the children
were well. The house in which they died is a new one.
The woman herself is very poorly, and if this disease
spread I should consider that I had not done my duty
if I had not taken the earliest opportunity to give infor-
mation."

At 1O&, Queen's-head-lane, Islington, on Ist June,
the daughter of a house-painter, aged six years, died of
" scarlatina maligna, effusion into pericardium, exhaus-
tion." Mr. Butterfield, the registrar, states that " this
is the third death from scarlatina within a month in this
family, and the fourth in the house. The drains are
defective."

On 29th May, at 6, Great Stanhope-street, May-fair,
a carver, aged 38 years, "drowning, suicide, when insane,
found dead," in a tub of water. Inquest. Dr. Walsh,
the registrar, adds—" The widow states that this
man had been under private medical treatment for
symptoms of insanity. Very early on the morning of
his death he went out with a friend, saying he feared
he should do his wife some mischief, applied for admis-
sion at Bethlehem and St. George's Hospitals, and, not
succeeding, nearly killed his companion, then climbed a
hoard, and put his head into the shallow water tub of
the plasterers."
The following additional cases are selected from the
return of the week :—On 30th May, at 13, Circus-street,
Marylebone, the son of a domestic servant, aged 3 weeks,
" pemphigus (12 days), jaundice (9 days)." In the Clap-
ham-road, a gentleman, aged 68 years, "carbuncles (4
months)." In Belgrave sub-district, a lady, 83 years,
" carbuncle (14 days), erysipelas (24 hours)." In St.
George's Hospital, a woodcutter, 54 years, "wound of
finger, secondary suppuration, inflammation of lungs."
Post mort. The disease in the finger began as a car-
buncle, or whitlow, and was opened before going into
the hospital. At 47, Sidney-street, Islington, a brick-
maker, aged 53, died from "wound of the hand from
glass whilst engaged in moulding bricks ; locked jaw (4
days)." A boy and a girl, twins, were born prematurely ;
one was stillborn, the other lived 3 days ; the mother
had been residing at Holloway, and premature labour
was brought on by hearing of a murder being committed
in the neighbourhood. A journeyman carpenter, aged
44 years, died from "the bursting of a pharyngeal
abscess into the windpipe." Post mort. At Bermondsey,
New-road, a coach-painter, aged 47 years, died of " car-
ditis combined with gastritis (5 days)." The medical
attendant states that "the attack was caused by drink-
ing cold liquids whilst in a state of great beat and per-
spiration." At Lewisham, on 28th May, the daughter
of a wheelwright, aged 18 years, died of " confluent
small-pox (25 days)." She had not been vaccinated, but
had small-pox previously some years ago. In King's
College Hospital, a banker's clerk, aged 29 years, died
of "epilepsy depending on tumour in the brain." Post
znort. He had 35 fits in the last twelve hours before he
died. On 2nd April at 9, Blue-gate fields, Shadwell, a
child, aged six months, died from "impure air in an
over-crowded room." Inquest. A woman, aged 46
years, died from cancer ; she had concealed her disease,
and neglected to call in medical aid.

Last week the births of 758 boys and 686 girls, in all
1,444 children, were registered in London. The average
number in eight corresponding weeks of 1845-52 was
1,384.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29 880 in. The
mean temperature was 51.8 deg., which is 4.8 deg. less
than the average of the same week in 38 years. The
mean daily temperature was below the average on every
day of the week. The wind was in the north.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 4.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain. Nerves, and Senses l2l
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 5O
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 129
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 4
Premature Birth and Debility l9
Atrophy 36
Old Age
Sudden
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 53
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week is the
lissl. of 1852. Week
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals
Males 521
Females 502

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males 758
Females 686

Total

1,444

BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1853.
We observe that the New Edition, being the fifteenth,
of Mr. Burke's Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronet-
age is at length published. Great exertions have been
made to render this New Edition more correct and com-
prehensive than any which has yet appeared. The fol-
lowing are the main features of the Author's improve-
ments :—The genealogical history of every family has
undergone verification and extension. All details of in-
terest touching the lineage are given ; and each existing
member, however remotely descended, is introduced ap-
propriately in the pedigree. Public records have again
been consulted. Private information has been sought,
and obtained far snore copiously than before. Commu-
nications have been received, not only from the heads of
houses, but also from the various collateral connexions.
The Author has also derived much advantage from the
researches made in the course of his various other heraldic
and genealogical writings. New light and new know-
ledge have come through them to enrich his pages with
names and dates, with circumstances and consan-
guinities, which might otherwise have been unseen or
forgotten. In this Edition we observe also that a new
type has been employed, and many of the Arms have
been re-engraved. Thus it will be acknowledged that
Mr. Burke has set forth fresh claims on the public at-
tention and patronage by his unceasing and laborious
efforts to render this truly national 'York the most com-
plete and perfect of its kind.—Evening Per.