The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-23 00:00:00

THE FUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINCV JANUARY 23....i856

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE
"WEEK.

(Prom the Report of the Registrar-General.)

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NIT3IBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL OA.USES REGISTERED

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 19.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
177
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels, 43
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 227
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
Premature Birth and Debility
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance l3
Causes not specified

47
15

29
43
53

Totals

1,549

1,121

Males 578
Females 543
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females

817
827

Total

Sporting Intelligence.

OUNDLE STEEPLECHASES—TUESDAY.
The Farmers' and Tradesmen's Steeplechase. About
three miles.
Mr. More's Little Yeoman
Mr. Price's filly by Cranbrook, dam by Sir Hercules 2
Mr. Percival's Mise Coilingwoud 3
Mr. Deacon us Marmaduko
Won by four lengths ; two leagths between the second
and third.

The Fox-hunters' Stakes. About tbree miles.
Mr. Allenby's York You're Wanted
Mr. Pereival's The Times
[lon. Captain Lawley ns The Serf
Won by b length.
Grand Handicap Steeplechase. About tour miles,
Mr. Thorp's Toni Gurney
Mr. Golby's Ploughboy
Mr. Land's Odiham
Mr. Capers Ganymede
A fine race. Won by a length.
The Selling Steeplechase. About two miles.
Mr. Henderson's Lincoln
Mr. Price's Cheddington
Mr. Whitahead's The Squire
Won by two lengths.

LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING, FEB. 26.
WEIGHTS for the LIVEPPOOL SPRING Cur. Mile and

a•balf. 31 subs.

Age at lb
Alonzo
Eulogist 6 7 10
Beer
Lightning
Gamekeeper
Saraband
Jemmy the Black a 7 0
Little Davie a 7 0
St. Clair 5 7 0
Bolton
The Rajah 4 7 0
Surgeon General 5 6 10
Cossey
Ilary
Prince Plausible 4 6 6
Ben zins 4 6 2
WEIGHTS for the AINTREE
Age st lb
The Assayer
Gamekeeper
Mary
Sir Rowland
Trenchard
Menzie
General Picton
Hoddam 4 7 4
Tue SEFTON HANDICAP. N.

Age st b
fioddani 4 6 2
Laura Selina
Bold Bowileuch 3 5 8
Bobby Taft (h b) 3 5 0
Staffordshire Nan 3 5 0
Prince of Orange 3 4 12
Shelah
Lady Florence
Pollux
O'ner Pasha
Ihranyss
Van Brakell

De Ginkel 3 4 7
Fby Birdcatcher 3 4 7
rho Village Cock 3 4 7

'LATE. Oue mile. 15 subs.
Ace st lb
Gathereole 3 6 0
Janet Pride
Salmon
Pera
Pollux
Shelah
De Ginkel 3 5 0
The Village Cock 3 5 0

file and a quarter. 18 =bp.
Age Fit lb
IMenzie
Prince Plaußible 4 6 6
Hoddam
Laura Selina 4 6 0
Bold Baccleuch 3 5 10
Alfred 3 5 6
Prince of Orange 3 5 2
Shelab
De Ginkel 3 4 9

Age et lb
Alonzo
Eulogist 6 7 11
Gamekeeper
Little Davie a 7 .2
Bolton
The Rajah 4 7 2
Sir Rowland

Trenchard a 7 0
Mary 4 7 0
General Picton 4 6 10
WEIGHTS for the GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE.
About four miles. 51 subs. Forfeits to be declared
on or before the Ist of February.

Age st lb
Bourton a 11 10
Sir Peter Laurie a 10 12
Frank Picard a 10 12
Trout a 10 12
Jean du Quesne a 10 6
Star of the West
(h b)
Major 5lO 5
The Pasha a 10 4
Emigrant
The Seaman .
The Forest Queen a 10 4
Tom Gurney (h b) a 10 0
Molly Bawu (h 1)) a 10 0
Flying Buok a 7 12
Odiham (h b) a 9 12
British Sailor a 9 12
Lady Arthur st 9 10
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JumPawaY (h b) a 9 10
Harold ........
Master David
99
19s
Minerva (h b) 9 10
Potter

Age st lb
Cavendish ...... a 9 8
Freedom - a 9 8
The Black Swan . 6 9
Boundaway a 9 6
Freetrader ...... a 9 6
Spring a 9 6
The Widow ....a 9 6
Motley
Escape
British Yeoman
Teddesley
Little Charley
Jemmy the Black a 9 4
Minos a 9 4
Dan O'Connell
Banstead
Victor Emmanuel 6 9 4
Rockley 6 9 4
Stamford
Wilraont
Fennsan 6 9 0
Liverpool Boy
Taffy a 8 10
Dangerous a 8 10
harry Lorrequer 5 8 10
Alice Grey a 8 7

gat his reel-
SUDDEN DEATH os.CorLoriun LARDY 4.T BRISTOL—COL
Rment of Lardy, formerly of the 53d Shropahire
in-
fantry, expired suddenly on Monday morni
deuce at Bristol. The gallant officer had attended divine
service on Send sy me ruing and evening at the Church of
St. Matthew, Kingsilown, of which be was one of the
churchwardens, :tnd lie retired to rest on Sunday night
apparently in his usttil health. At an early hour in the
morning Mrs. Lardy beard a sort of moaning noble, and
on speaking to her husband shortly afterwards ehefound
that he was dead.. The gallant officer retired from;
active service at the brevet in November, 1846, and
since that time he has devoted himself chiefly to religi-
ous pursuits. lie was a staunch Protestant, and a lead-
ing and distinguiel led member of the Bristol Protestant
Alliance, over w 1 hose meetings he frequently presided.
Colonel Lardy wm I also an active promoter of the mis-
sionary cause, bot h foreign and domestic, as well wof
Church of England education.

Eleven hundred and twenty one deaths were registered
in London in the week that ended on Saturday, Jan.
IJ. The average number of deaths, corrected for increase
of population, is 1,332 in the third, week of Jan., which
is the coldest week of the year, in the ordinary course
of the seasons. The deaths were 211 below the average.
495 of the dead were children and young persona ; 156
were of the age 20.40 ; 211 of the age 40.60 ; 217 of the
age 60.80 ; and so few attain ripe old age in the present
imperfect state of the public health that 42 only were of
the age of 80 and upwards.

264- persons of all ages died of small-pox, measles,
scarlatina, hooping-cough, typhus, and other zymotic
diseases. Hooping•cough and typhus are epidemic.
Mr. Watts, the Registrar fur the Islington West sub-
district, remarks:—" That 10 deaths have ocourred in
the London Fever Hospital, between the 11th and 19th
January ; the whole of the causes have been from
typhus. The hospital is at present very full of patients
suffering from fever."
132 persons died et consumption, chiefly of the age of
20 and under 60 ; 26 of apoplexy, and 34 of paralysis ;
191 of inflammation of the lungs and air tubes; 12 women
died of childbirth.

Last week the births of 817 boys and 827 girls, in all
1,644 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the average
number was 1,494.

At the Royal Observatory, Green with, the meek height
of the barometer in the week was 29132 in. The read-
ing of the barometer increased from 30.40 in. at the be-
ginning of the week to 30.55 in. by 10h. a.m on the
13th ; decreased to 29.82 in. by 3h. p.m. on the 15th ;
increased to 29'87 in. by 9h. a.m. on the 16th ; decreased
to 29.35 in. by 9h. p.m. on the 17th ; was nearly eta
tionary at this reading till after 2b. p.m. on the 18th ;
and then further decreased to 29.07 in. by the end of the
week. Rain fell on the last four days of the week. The
wind blew chiefly from the south and south-west, with
an average horizontal movement of about 119 miles each
day. The sky for the most part was overcast, and the
electrical state of the atmosphere was positive through-
out the week. The mean temperature of the air was
38.7 degrees, which is 21 degrees above the average of
the same week in 38 years. The highest temperature
occurred on Friday and Saturday, and were 56 deg. on
each day ; the lowest, which occurred on Tae-day, was
24.3 deg. The entire range of the temperature of the
week was 251 deg. The air was milder than in the
previous week ; the mean daily temperature being above
the average on the last four days. The mean dew•point
temperature was 35.8 deg., and the difference between
this and the mean air temperature was 2.9 deg. The
mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 37.5
degrees.

DEATHS BROM ALL CAUSER
Population Deaths in corm. Deatl g
Enumerated. spouding week in th.
1851. of 1855. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts