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to fine at 45s to 48s 3d, ordinary to middling 42s to
44s 6d per cwt., which is.lather higher.
Oms.—Fer Southern Oil have advanced ss_-to •10s per
tun ; fine qualityat 271 to 271 to 10s, good 26/ to 26/ ss,
ord to mid 25/ to 25/ lOs per tun ; Seal, pale at 32/, yel-
low at 291 to 30/, and brown 261 to 271 per tun ;
Ccil Oil 271 'to 27/ 103 ; Newfounland Whale at
110 to 26/ 6s ; - Sperm has• given way ; British at
91110 s to 924 ord dark 901 to 914
veryinferior 771 to
to 821 per tun ; fine quality at 93/ to 941 per tun. Lin-
se 41 Oil at 29s 6d to 29s 91 per cwt. Rape at 46s to
46s 6d, and broan 45s to 45s 6d per cwt. Olive has
been in good request, and advanced rates have been given.
Gallipoli at 681 to 69/. Spanish at 60/ to 62/ per tun.
Palm good quality at 34/ per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil at
38s to 39s 3d per cwt.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Cause
Registered in the week ending July 31, 1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General _ _

Weekly
Total. Average

CAUSES OF DEATH,

1838-9-40
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 132 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses .156 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Hea-t and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

_
• Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the, Kirlivys' &C.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the. Joints Bones, and Muscles
iseases of the Skin, '&e 2 1
Diseases of Uncertain 5eat...... Bl 103
Old Age, or Natural Decay 52 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 14 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes '
Average Weekly Deaths

Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week: Deaths,lB3B-9-40
125 139
147 163
150 ..... 190
173 - 211
183 223

Western Districts • ...
North Districts
Central Districts
East Districts . . .
South Districts ......

T0ta1....,.... 778
.
' It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned; Achich include the City of Lon-
don. with and without. the walls, the City'and. Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—•
and the parishes of St. Marylehone, St, Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, 1-lammersmith( Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom-
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camber • '4,11, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich'. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890. The weekly averrge for
1838, 1839, and 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156. •
TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
July 21. July 31.
74 71°
• 51 b 2
. 60 60
5,1841.

Highest
Lowest
Daily Mean .
General register Office, Aug.

COAL MARKE'.
Ships arrived since
_.
8. d a .d.
Dean's Primrose ls' 0 W. E. BraddylPsHetton ... 21 6
Hebburn Main
Nelson's West Hartley
Old lantield M00r.... ....... 15 0 Walls End Lambton .....
Pontop Windsor l5 6 Walls End Hartlepool 2l 6
Ravensworth's W. Hartley 16 0 Tennant's Hartlepool 2l 6
South Hartley ..... ....... ...... 16 1 Walls End West zietton
wyia,„
........
.. ... ..” ........ lii '9 gralgoll 21 0

'.-(THIS DAY.)
act market day, 20.

Walls End Clennell
%ails End Hedloy

Hartley .•.. 17 • 6

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
A very thin attendanep; and no betting worth a
quotation.

BRIGHTON RACES--TifunsnAv.
The Two Years Old Stakes,of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft. T.Y.C.
Mr. Shelley's lole (allowed ,31b) (Nat) 1
Mr. Coleman's Gazelle (51b extra).. 2
Sir G. Heathcote's Pannakeen
Even on Gazelle, and ,6 to 4 agst lole. Won by a
length.
The Queen's. Plate of 100 Guineas, Heats, the Old
Course.
_ _

Mr. Goodman's Orelia, 5 yrs
Sir G. Heatheote's Argos, 4ps

Mr. Booth's Benjamin, 4 yrs
Both heats won in a canter
The Tradesman's Plate was not over when the coach
left. •