The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-06 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. —FR.B. 5.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
Motion made, and question put, “ That, on those days on
which the house shall sit in the evening, the debate on
any business under discussion at twelve o'clock (mid-
night) shall stand adjourned to the next day on which
the house shall sit ; after which no opposed business
shall be proceeded with; and that, whenever the house
shall be in committee on any evening at midnight, the
committee do report progress, and Mr. Speaker do re-
/Mlle-Met chair." (air. Brothertom) The house divided
—Ayes 50 ; Noes, 111.
4 AYES-50.
Anderson, Sir J. Greene, Capt. John O'Connell, J.
Bailey, C. Gregson, Samuel Oliveira, B.
Barrow, W. Gwyn, Howol Pellatt, A.
Bass, M. 'Ladd°, Lord Pilkington, J.
Baxter, W. Hadtield, George Reed, J.
Beaumont, W. Hastie, Alex. Sanders, G.
Bellew, T. Headlam, T. Scoball, Capt.
Biggs, W. ilindiey, G. Scully, V
Brady, J. Kennedy, T. Thompson, G.
Challis, T. Kershaw, J. Thornhill, W.
Crook, J. Lindsay, W. Tite, W.
Crossley, F. MacEvoy, E. Walinsley, Sir J.
Dent, J. Meagher, T. Williams, W.
Duncan, George Michell, William Wise, A.
Ewart, J. Moffat, G. -
Ferguson, J. Murrough, J. P.
Foley, J. H. "'Tooter, Sir C.
Fox, W. J. Oakes, J.
NOES-111.
Baird, J.
Ball, E. French, Fitzstephen Monck, Vis.
George, J. Moncreiff, J.
Ilatti-J. Gifford, Earl of Monsell, W.
Baring, Sir F. Gordon, A. Montgomery, Sir G.
Bell, J. Grenfell, Charles Mowbray, J. R.
Bentinek, G. Grey, itt. Hon. Sir G. Mulgrave, earl of
Bothell, Sir R. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Naas, Lord
Bignold, Sir S. Guinness, R. S. Newdegate, C.
Blackburn, P.. Hall, Sir Benjamin Newport, Viscount
ltouverie, lion. F. P. liankey, T. Osborne, R.
Bramley-Moore, J. Harmer, Sir John Otway, A.
Brand, 11. B. W. Heathcote, G. Packe, C.
Bruce, C. L. C. Mileage, Geo. H. Palmer. Robert
Buckley, Gen. Herbert, S. Pahnersten, Viscount
Burke, Sir T. Holland, E. Peel, F.
Cecil, Lord Horsnutu, E. Philipps, J.
Child, Smith Hallam, Lord Phillimore, J. G.
Clay, Sir W., Bt. Ingham, R. Phillunore, It. J.
Cowper, W. Johnstone, J. Rice, E.
Cranfurd, E. H. J. Jolliffe, Sir W. Robertson, P.
Daikeith, Earl Jolliffe, IL Scholetield, W.
Davies, D. Kendall, N. Shafto, It.
Davies, J. Keogh, W. Shelley, Sir J.
Deedes, William Kinnaird, A. Smith, M.
Dering, Sir E. Laing, S. Smith, R.
Dillwyn, L. L. Langton, 11. G. Stewart, Sir M.
Disraeli, 11. Lennox, Lord H. G. Thorntly, T.
Duckworth, Sir J. T.B. Lewis, Sir G. C• Villiers, C.
Duncan, Viscount Lockhart, W. Wickham, Ti.
D.- .ng ary an, Viscount Lowe, R. Wigram, Loftus T.
bunion, A. Luce T. Wilkinson, IV.
Dunne, Colonel Lushington, C. M. Wilson, J.
Elliott. JE. . Macitrtney, G. Wilmington, Sir T.
Ferny ck, li. Wcann, J. Wood, Sir C.
Fergus, John • MacGregor, James Wyvili, M.
Ferguson. sir R. AI alins, Richard TELLERS.
Fitzgerald, J. Massey, W. Hayter, W.
Forster, John Mall, E. Berkeley, G.

TELL ERR.
Brother ton, J.
Ewart, W.

Early in March, Mr. E. Miall, M.P., will move that
the. IL use of Commons resolve itself into a committee to
" consider the temporal provisions made by the law for
religious teaching and wo stip in Ireland."

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WEEK.

(From Ike Report of the Registrar-Central.)
Nine hundred and forty-nine deaths were registered
in London in the week that ended on Saturday, Feb. 2'
In the corresponding week of last year the
mortality
was 1,604. The difference is 655. The average °°r.
rooted number of deaths, derived from the mean in"'
tality for the ten corregponding week., in the preceding
ten years, is 1,279 ; and this number compared with this
week's return shows a decrease in the latter of 330
deaths. The state of the public health may, therefore,
be considered as remarkably good.
The mean air temperature for the two preceding wee
was 38.7 and 44.5 ; for last week it declined to 3°•-
deg. ; in the same week last year, when the weather
was considerably colder, the mortality was nearly 7°
per cent. more. the mean temperature then descending
as low as 29.3 deg.
this return includes 476 deaths of males and 473 °f
females, and gives a total number of 777 less than the
births : 433 were children and young persons ; 146 were
of the age 20-40 ; 160 of the age 40-60 ; 175 of the
age 60-80 ; and 27 at the age of 80 years and upward!:
Deaths arising from zymotic diseases, of which smell,
pox, measles, scarlatina, hooping-cough, diarrhoea, 04°'
fevers form the principal heads, numbered 228. Typhus
shows a tendency to increase, and was fatal to 69 1:'?'
831)S. The registrar of the Islington west sub-district
states :—"Nine more deaths from typhus have bee:
registered as occurring in the London Fever Hospital.,
Fever is also stated to be prevalent in the WhitechaPe'
workhouse, situated in the Mile-end New Town 8011
district. Bronchitis' whier was fatal in 112 cases, fell
to 93. Pneumonia declined from 69 to 56. Phtblei9
(or consumption) carried off 131 persons ; of this num•
leer 111 were between the ages of 15 and 60. Apoplexy
and paralysis are returned in 33 cases, and diseases
the heart and blood vessels in 38 cases. Two deaths
are registered as having occurred from cholera. .1%,;
female, aged 22 years, " cholera biliosa (24 hours),
and a girl, aged 9 weeks, "cholera infantum."
Last week the births of 880 boys and 846 girls, in all
1726 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 184655 the averse
number was 1530.

A triple birth (2 girls and 1 boy) is recorded ; the
mother is the wile of a journeyman baker, residing at
3, Nun-gate Cottages, Peckham.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
beight of the barometer in the week was 29.776 in.
The mean air temperature for the week was 33.5 deg.,'
being less by 11 deg. than in the week preceding, and less by 4 deg. than the average of the same week in 38
years. The air on the average was colder than in the
five previous weeks, the mean temperature having her
below the average every day excepting Sunday. The
entire range of temperature was 18.4 deg. The mesa
dew-point temperature was 29.4 deg., or 4.1 deg. less
than the mean air temperature. The temperature o
the water in the River Thames felt from 44.0 deg. t°
36.1 deg. The electrical state of the atmosphere was
positive throughout the week. The air for the greater
part of the week was compartively calm, with light
breezes from the south-west. Snow, hail, and occe.
sional showers of rain fell on Monday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS,
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTER

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 2. 228
Zymotic Diseases
33
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses 9l
Diseases of the Heart and 8100d-vessels
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
183
Respiration .
Diseasesf
Digestion of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
o
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. lO
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 1
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 4
Premature Birth and Debility 96
Atrophy 2l
Old Age
Sudden
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance .9
Causes not specified

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DRAWLS FROM ALL CAUSES 949
Population Deaths ha corre- Deaths
the
Enumerated. spondin 11' g week -
1851. of 1855. week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals
Males
Females..

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476
473

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