The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-13 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING,

NOVEMBER 13, 1851.

Wells-road, who has been several times examined,
charged with the wilful murder of Mrs. Elizabeth
Dorothea Davis, his wife, was finally examined.
Mr. Wakeling, for the prisoner, contended that
there was no evidence to prove how the deceased's
hand was injured. The coroner's jury had returned
a verdict that the deceased died from infisimmation
of the arm, but how it was caused there was not
sufficient evidence to show. If the prisoner was to be
committed for the manslaughter, he suggested that
bail might be taken for his appearance at the sessions.
Mr. Binns objected to bail.

Mr. COERIE said he had given the case his fullest
attention, and had decided on committing the prisoner
for trial, on the charge of manslaughter ; and as the
sessions were so near, he should decline taking bail.
The prisoner was accordingly fully committed to
Newgate for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday being the day appointed for the re exa-
mination of an extensive body of alleged swindlers,
who were charged with conspiring together to obtain
goods and money from merchants, tradesmen, and
loan societies, to a large amount, the court was densely
thronged with respectable persons from an early hour,
amongst whom were, as estimated by the officers,
nearly a hundred complainants, who had charges of
that kind to prefer against them.
The first prisoner so placed at the bar was George
Grey Kingdon, but also known under a number of
aliases, who was charged with obtaining numerous
sums of money from different loan societies under
false and fraudulent representations.
Upon several cases the prisoner was discharged, as
coming within the category of simple contract debts ;
upon others he was remanded for a week upon bail
and recognisances to the amount of 160/.
Matthew Matthews, Charles Richard Burdett
Walker, Horatio A.Ctainbridge, Richard Lowe, and
Francis Williams, five very respectable looking young
men, were next put to the bar for further exami-
nation.

Mr. Lewis, the solicitor, was now in attendance,
and stated that he appeared on behalf of the Trades'
Protection Society, 170, Regent-street, to charge the
prisoners with probably the most widely ramified and
systematic conspiracy to defraud the public that had
ever been brought within the cognizance of a police-
court. He was in possession of a vast number of
charges against them, but in consequence of being
only recently retained, and the complicated and intri-
cate nature of the facts, he was only at present pre-
pared to go into one, in addition to those before en-
tered upon, though at the next examination he should
be in a position to adduce such evidence as would con-
clusively implicate the whole of the accused in a
charge of conspiracy.
After some evidence, which went to establish the
joint conspiracy of the prisoners, the magistrate
ordered the whole of them to be remanded, and posi-
tively refused to accept any bail for their future ap-
pearance.

An elderly respectably dressed woman, named
Eliza Bachell, was next charged with being a party
to the fraudulent conspiracy of the last-mentioned
prisoners. She was also remanded, and ordered to
be brought up next week for re-examination with the
other prisoners.
Four other men, named William lon, George
Crowe, James Cowley, and Joseph Johnson, who
were transferred to this court from Marlborough •
street, upon suspicion of having acted in conjunction
with the former prisoners in carrying out their
fraudulent purposes, and in whose possession a num-
ber of documents was discovered, containing lists of
names for reference to each other, as fictitious secu-
rities in their operations, were next brought up; and
after a short examination were also ordered to be re-
manded.

child in this house, whose birth was registered last
week, is said to have symptoms of the disease. It
appears from the statement of my informant that the
house is clean, that there is complete ventilation, and
nothing to account for the disease can be assigned."
On the 6th November, at 67, Esgle•street, Red
Lion-square, the son of a bootmaker, aged 4 years,
died of " malignant scarlatina (6 days)." Mr. Good-
hugh, the registrar, observes that " another child in
the family has since been taken ill with the same dis-
ease, and that the malady must be attributed to local
circumstances. The house, which is situated on the
north side of the street, is let out in single rooms, and
at the back is a small yard about 10 feet by 5 in size.
In the corner are a dustbin and a privy in a foul state
with a cesspool which burst and allowed the contents
to run into the back kitchen, where the waterbutt is
kept. In the front kitchen adjoining, which is about
12 feet square, badly ventilated and damp, a man and
his wife with their four children live and sleep."
In 10 cases out of the 59 in which scarlatina was
fatal, it is stated that the primary disease was followed
by dropsy.

On the 29th October, at 41, Sutton-street, Lam-
beth, son of an Excise officer, aged 13 months, died
of "cholera infant= (5 days)."
In Bethnal-green, at 25, Emma-street, a tallow-
chandler, aged 73 years, died of "serous apoplexy
(one week)." Mr. Murray states that "the street
fronts a large stagnant pond abutting on a dustyard,
both of which emit an offensive smell that must be in-
jurious to health."

- At 10, Eagle-street, Hoxton, the daughter of an
ostler, aged 10 years, died of `• debility from ptyalism."
Two persons died of intemperance, 9 infants from
want of breastmilk and inanition, and 4 infants from
suffocation, in three of which cases the children were
suffocated in bed.

STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.
SUNDAY.—The amount of cloud was very variable until
night, when the sky became clear; cumuli. cirrostrati, and
dark scud. Showers of hail and rain fell at ll h. 30m. A.m.,
lh. 15m. P.m.' and 2h. 15m. P.M. Electricity—Active elec-
tricity must have been exhibited at some time during the
day, as the gold leaf of the dry-pile apparatus was cut off.
MONDAY.—Three-fourths of the sky were generally covered
till near noon; then the amount of cloud was variable till
sh. P.M., and clear afterwards ; cumuli, cirrocumuli, and haze.
TUESDAY.—The sky was overcast till 10h. A.M., mostly
clear till lb. r.ll, three-fourths were covered till 7b, P.M.,
and clear afterwads ; cirrostratus. Rain and sleet fell at
9h. A M.

WEDNESDAY.—The sky, with slight exceptions, was
obscured with stratus and thick haze throughout the day.
Slight rain fell during the evening.
TITURSDAY.—The sky was clear during the earlier portion
of the morning, and overcast during the remainder of the
day ; cirrostratus and haze.

. .
FRIDAY.—The sky was for the most part covered with
cloud until sh. P.M., and the amount that prevailed afterwards
was very variable; cumuli, cirrocumuli, strati, and scud.
Rain fell heavily from 2h. 10m. till 2h. 45m. P.M. Electricity
—Positive, and very active from 2h. 10m. till 2h. 30m.
P.M. ; sparks were shown. Positive, and tension weak at
other examinations.

SATURDAY.—The clouds were broken during the afterncon,
at other times during the day the sky was overcast ; cirro-
cumuli, cirrostrati, and haze.

The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast, and read each day at 9h. A.m. was 40•2° ; and the mean
reading at 9h. r.m. was 40.0°; the mean readings at the
Royal Observatory for the same times were 38.28 and 38.5 Q
respectively.
The reading of the barometer decreased from 29.46 in. at
the beginning of the week to 29.22 in. by 10h. A. u. on the
2d; increased to 29•79 in. by 9h. r.at. on the 3d; decreased
during the night, and was 29.67 in. by 9h. A.I. on the 4th ;
increased to 2991 in. by 9h. A.m. on the sth ; decreased to
29 73 in- by 3h. ratf. on the 6th ; and remained at about
this reading till 3h. r.m. on the 7th; after which time
it turned to increase, and was 29.78 in. at 9h. A.M. on
the Bth • remained at this reading till about noon, and then
decreased to 29.74 in. by the end of the week.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
N UMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN

THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 6,18 M.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*242
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... 40
Tubercular Diseases ... ... 171
Diseases of the Bolin, Nerves, and Senses... ... 115
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 40
Diseases of the Liiugs, and. other Organs of
Respiration 148
Diseases of the Stome'lh, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... ... 63
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••, ... ... 11
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 9
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 8
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... 1
Malformations... ... ... 2

... _
Premature Birth ... ... .. ... ... 26
Atrophy ... ... ... ... ... ... 23
Old Age ... ... ... ... ... ... 33
Sudden ... ... ... ... 8
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance . 40
Cruses not specified ... ... ... ... ... 9

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 989
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enomerated, sponding week in the
1851. of 1850. Week
West Districts... 376,332 .. 111 ... 140
North Districts.. 490,441 ~. 205 ... 194
Central Dis;;ricts 392,986 ... 146 ... 186
East Districts ... 485,336 ... 214 ... 213
South Districts.. 616,545 ... 245 ... 256

T0ta15........ 2,361,640
Males ... ...
Females ... ...

... 989
... 484
... 505