The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-13 00:00:00

PAVILION THEATRE.

(THIS DAY.)

This morning, shortly before eight, the greatest con-
sternation was caused in the vicinity of Whitechapel by
a fire of a very alarming character breaking out at tyre
Pavilion Theatre, in the Whitechapel-road.
A number of the 'fire establishment engines were
quickly in attendance, and not a single instant
was lost in getting them into action. The fire ap-
peared to have begun in the painting room, and
to this part the efforts of the firemen were chiefly
directed, but without success. The ire in
a very short time seized hold of the " wings and bord-
ers," and then all hopes of saving the property were at
an end. The flames rose to an extraordinary height,
and must have been visible for miles around. After the
fire bad raged for about half an hour it seized hold of the
roof of the theatre, and in a few moments the great
chandelier fell from the ceiling into the pit, and shortly
after the roof of the building fell in with a tremendous
noise, and which for a few minutes seemed to have
smothered the fire ; but in a very short space of tine the
dames again rose araidAt a body of black smoke and at-
tained a greater ascendancy than ever. Of course by
this time the whole of the interior of the theatre, with
the exception of a few of the dressing rooms, was one
mass of fire, and the greatest feats began to arise for
the safety of the surrounding property, but fortunately
no very material damage was sustained, and the fire
was confined to the theatre.

About half-past ten the fire might be said to have been
subdued, although tLe engines remained playing upon
the smoking pile of ruins the whole of the morning.
It is supplsed that the calamity was occasioned by
some sparks falling the preceding evening a►nongst the
scenery or machinery—the closing scene in the drama
representing the tatal destruction of the Rabin Hood
Tavern.

We believe the premises, properties, and wardrobe
were insured, but the lessees, Messrs. Elphinstone and
Neale, are losers by the calamity to a large amount,
which will also cause great distress to upwards of one
hundred families.

FIEALTII OF LONDON DURING TIIII
WEEK.

(Prom the Report of the Regictrar•O.eeral.)

One thousand one hundred and fiftyone deaths were
registered in London during the week that ended on
Saturday, 9th February. The number is below the
average, but it is 202 above the number in the previous
week. Nineteen persons, namely, 9 children and it
adults of 20 to 60 years of age, died of small-pox, 31
died of scarlatina, 42 of hooping-cough, and 65 of
typhus, which is now the reigning epidemic,. Of 127
persons who died of consumption 77 were of the ago
20-40, and 36 were of the age 40-60.
40 persons died of apoplexy, 28 of paralysis, during
the week, or 08 iu the aggregate ; whereas the deaths
from those diseases in the week preceding were 9 from
apoplexy, and 18 from paralysis. There and other
sudden deaths have been frtquent, and account for a
part of the increase in the mortality. Bronchitis,
pneumonia, and asthma were fatal in 236 eases, many
of them probably terminations or modifications of in.
fluenza.

23 deaths from violent eautee are recorded : 12 by
burns and scalds, 2 by hanging, ta., 1 by suffocation,
2 by drowning, 3 by fractures, 1 by wounds, and 2 by
other causes.

570 males and 581 females died in the weak ; 480
were children end young person■ under 90 years of
age ; 189 were of We IWO 20--40 ; 208 were 40-60 ;
224 were dO-80 ; and 42 were of the age of 80 and
upwards.
The oldest person who died in the week was of the
age of 91 years.
The births of 895 boys and 893 girls, in all 1788
children, were registered in London. In tins ten cor-
responding weeks if the years 1843-55 the average
number was 1,593.
At the Royal Obeurvatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week ending February
the oth was 29.840 in. The reading of the barometer
increased from 29.86 iu. at the beginning of the week
to 29.95 in. by 10 h. a.m. on the 3d ; decreased to
29.85 in. by 3 h. p.m. on the 4th ; increased to 30.01
in. by 8 h. p.m. on the sth ; decreased to 29.54 in. by
noon on the 7th ; increased to 29.90 is. by noon on the
Btis ; decreased slightly by 3 4. p.m., and increased to
29.93 in. by 9 L. p.m. on the same dap; then decreased
to 29.80 in. by the end of the week. On Sunday the
■ky was free from cloud throughout the day, en the
following days of the week the sky for the most part
was overcast. The wind blew briskly from the south-
west, and rain fell on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday :
on Wednesday there was a new moon, accompanied
with a hard wind and driving misty rain. The mean
temperature of the air was 44.0 deg., which is 5 9 deg.
above the average of the same week iu 38 years. The
entire range of temperature during the week was 29.1
deg., the highest was 58.0 deg. on Saturday, and the
lowest 23.9 deg. on Monday. The air o❑ an average
was warmer by 10.5 deg. than the preceding week.
The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was
39'8 dig.