The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

WATERFORD AND KILKENNY.

The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of
this company was held on Wednesday at the London
Tavern ; Mr. P. D. Iladdow in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report
(which has already appeared), said that the board of di-
rectors desired to express their disappointment at having
to subinit a report of such a discouraging complexion.
The returns for the half-year had been small, on account
of the break in the line, occasioned by its non-completion
as far as the town of Waterford, and from the line itself
being as_ yet only a single one, as well as from other.
local peculiarities. There must, however, be a consi-
derable loss of passengers until the terminus of the rail-
way was advanced to Waterford, since, under present
circumstances, persons who were bound for England
preferred going straight up to Dublin. Notwithstand-
ing the drawbacks, the returns for the last few weeks
had been, upon the whole, increasing ; and the directors
were of opinion that by economy, good management,
and strengthening their connections at Kilkenny and
Waterford, the affairs of the company would soon wear
a more cheering aspect.

In reply to a question from Mr. DOWLING,
Mr. NIXON, the engineer of the company, said that it
would require from 10,000/. to 20,000/. to cover the
liabilities of the company.
Mr. Ews, the contractor, rose, and stated that three
times the former amount would not by any means be
sufficient for that purpose.
Mr. DOWLlNG,_after commenting severely upon the
general bad management and most unsatisfactory re-
turns from their property, moved the following amend-
ment ---" That the committee appointed at the special
meeting held in London on the 12th of October last be
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re-appointed, and that they have power to make such
affairs of the company, and tghe
generally daneedm necessary in regard to the
nion thereon to the shareholders."
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Mr. GODDARD seconded the amendment.
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low prices.

Afr. ELLIS rose in great indignation; but, in com-
pliance with the general wish of the meeting, he re-
sumed his seat.

The CHAIRMAN stated that in the event of the amend.
ment being carried he should feel himself obliged to
retire from the board of directors, as he considered au
imputation was cast upon their integrity and fitness.
After some further discussion, Mr. DOWLING with.
drew his amendment for the time being, but stated his
determination to bring it forward again at the next
meeting unless the report then submitted should furnish
less ground for animadversion.
The report was then agreed to.
A vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to the
chairman, after which the meeting broke up.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(From, the Registrar• General's Report)

The Registrar-General's report announces that the
mortality of the metropolitan districts has risen consi•
derably during the week. In the preceding week the
deaths registered were 1,162 ; in the week that ended on
Saturday last they were 1,339. The mean weekly tem-
perature has suffered a great fall. In the last week of
October it was 55.5 deg., in the four weeks that followed
it was 48.9 deg., 45.7 deg., 35.5 deg., and (last week)
36.7 deg.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52
the average number of deaths was 1,093, which, raised
in proportion to increase of population, becomes 1,202.
There is an excess in last week's return, amounting to
137.

Diseases of the respiratory organs have suddenly be-
come more fatal ; they rose from 180 in the preceding to
297 in the last week ; in this class bronchitis rose from
68 to 134, pneumonia from 92 to 124. Phthisis was
fatal in the two weeks respectively iu 133 and 166 cases.
Cholera, it is gratifying to observe, subsides, and last
week was fatal to only 46 persons. In the first fourteen
weeks of the epidemic of 1848.49 (reckoning from Ist
October), it destroyed 529 persons ; in the same number
of weeks of the present attack, commencing 21st August,
it has earned off 744, or 215 persons more than in the
former. But the epidemic, beginning at an earlier sea-
son in 1653, the mean temperature has been on an ave-
rage 5 deg. higher, and making allowance for this cir-
cumstance, there does not appear any sufficient ground
to conclude that .the distemper now prevailing is of a
more virulent character that of 1848.
The following is a comparative statement of the mor-
tality of the districts supplied by the different water com-
panies. It should be premised that the averaire eleva-
tion of the metropolis above the Trinity water mark is
39 feet, and that the mortality from cholera during the
thirteenweeks ending November 19 has been 30 to every
Hampstead Company—Sources of supply, springs at
Hampstead and Kenwood, and two artesian wells • ele-
vatiou_Bo feet; deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, 5. [This
district is also supplied by the New River Company.]
Rew River—Sources of supply, Chadwell Springs,
Hertfordshire, the river Lee, and four wells in Middle-
sex and Herts ; elevation 76 feet ; deaths per 100,000
inhabitants, 9.
Grand Junction—Source of supply, the Thames, 360
feet above Kew-bridge ; elevation 38 feet ; deaths per
100,000 inhabitants, 13.
Chelsea—Source of supply, the Thames, at Battersea ;
eletation, 7 feet ; deaths per 100,000 persons, 18.
Kent—Source of supply, the Ravensbourne, in Kent ;
eleiation. 18 feet ; deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, 22.
West Middlesex—Source of supply, the Thames, at
Barnes ; elevation, 72 feet ; deaths per 100,000 inhabi-
tants, 30. . _. _

East London—Source of supply, the river Lee, at Lee-
bridge ; elevation, 26 feet ; deaths per 100,000 inhabi-
tants, 33.

Lambeth—Source of supply, the Thames, at Thames
Dittos ; elevation, 1 foot ; deaths per 100,000 inhabi-
tants, 61. [This district is also supplied by the South-
wark Company.]
Southwark—Source of supply, the Thames, at Eat-
tersea, ; elevation, 8 feet ; deaths per 100,000 inhabi-
tants, 94. [in a district supplied by the Southwark and
Kent Companies, and by ditches and wells, with an ele-
vation of 0 feet, the mortality has been 107 per 100,000.]
The following is the distribution of deaths from cho-
lera last week :—West district : population 376,47,
deaths from cholera G. North districts :
.
population 2
490,396, death from cholera 1. Central districtsspopu-
lation :
393,256, death from cholera 1.
1-!;. South
deaths from East districts
population 485,522, deaths from cholera 8
dis-
tricts : population 616,635, om cholera 20.
Last week the births of 777 boys and 665 girls, in all
London. The aver-
age number in eight corresponding
weeks of the years
1845-52 was 1,387.
Greenwich, the mean
week was 29.998 in. The
was 36.7 deg., which is
mean temperature of th
of the same week in 3S years.
below the average
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5.1 deg. was below the average on
week, and t e depression on Tuesday
every day of the
nearly 8 deg., and on Wednesday nearly 12 deg.
was
The mean daily temperature h
The mean dew-point temperature was 35.8 deg.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER. OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 26
Zyrnotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 155
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels. 59
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 57
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion ..................................
Diseases of. the Kidneys, &c.
12
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 8
Diseas,-

......... t 6

Malformations
............
.......................
Premature Birth and Debility ........................... 42
Atr0phy......................................................
Old Age .. ............................. 50
5udden................................. 7
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ........ 27
Causes not specified ......................................
DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ...

............... 1,339

Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week in the
1851. of 1852. Week.
West Districts ...... 376,427 .... 149
North Districts ...... 490,396
Central Districts..... 393,25 G
East Districts ........ 485522 .... 191
south Districts ...... 616,635

Totals .
Males
Females..

.... 2,362,236

1,339
634
705

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Femaleß

Total ...............

1,442

INVERNESS AND NAIBS IZAILW!.T.-Thi, important
section of the Perth and Inverness is preparing for Par-
liament. The whole details have been so satisfactorily
arranged, economy so carefully studied, and the most
complete results so well effected by the smallest possible
means that we must take an early opportunity of pro.
mincntly noticing at. what rate, and with what expects.
tions, this undertaking to to be constructed,—R6/,,,ay
Times.