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HEALTII 'OP LONDON DURING
WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar-Generta.
The deaths registered in London, which in t
sous Week were 1,048, rose last week to I,of
the ten .weeks corresponding to,last week of th
'1846.55 the average number of deaths was 1,020,
if raised' prciportionally to increaaie of pepulatii
comes 1,122. The rate of mortality is, therefo
below the average. -
Tne present return shows an increase of 39 on 'that o
the previous week as regards the total numbers o.
deaths ; but in the five vicenniatia of a.:e in whih-they
are distributed in the tables the cumbers exhibit ex-
tremely little disparity, (+swept in the second, namely,
those -
the
,period of life 20-40 years. In the two wOks the
tshose and
elt 450 G-860 ;
years n 2. and 1
deaths which occurred under 20 years were respectively
408; years
thoseat t
were 141 grid y
d leBa7r
s;
172 and 170 ; and those which occurred at still more
advanced ages were 27 and 32.. The difference in the
second period arises to a great extent from phthifis, the
pertions 'who died in the prime of life from that d;seaee
having been in theme weak 54. in the other 79. Deaths
from phthieis at all ages were 139 in the previous week,
and 170 in the' last. The air last week was very cold.
Or 201 deaths in this return which result, d from
diseases of the zymotic c'ass, 64 were produced by
typhus and common fever. These occurred in re-y
equal proportions over the whole of the metropolis ; bit
it may be ;stated ths.t 6 were registered in Pancras, and
only one in Marylebone. The registrar of Ail S mule
Marylebone, mentions that aseajeleer and scarlatina are
rather prevalent in part 4 of his iftib-district. The death
of a dock labourer at /5, Emma-street, Ilicknely-r iad,
wkittestistered as caused by"typhua, after 3 weeks' ill.
nese. The medical ap‘endant adds ire his certificate of
this case that "the bound in-front of the househaving
been some menths filled in with vegetable matter, about
3 weeks ago they began to remove the putrescent mass."
Scarlatina carried off 26 children, measles 25 ; small-
pox 8, among whom was a person above 60 years -of
age. On the 28th and 29th April two young men,
sailors, died of scurvy on board the Dreadnought hos-
pital-ship.
The oldest person recorded in •the week is a female an-
nuitant in Marylebone, aged 93 years.
Last week the births of 901 boys and 806 girls, in all
1,707 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of tie years 1846 55 the average
number was 1,536.
At the Royal Observatory, Green rich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29'564 in. The
highest reading was 29.97 in., which occurred on Satur-
day. The mean temperature of the week was 41'3 deg.,
which is 9'l deg. below the average of the same week
in 38 years (as determined by MI. Glaisher) ; that of
the previous week was 48.5 deg. The mean tempera-
ture was below the average on every day, the amount of
depression varying in the week from about 6 deg. to 11
deg. The highest reading of the thermometer in the
shade was 53'5 deg. on Wednesday ; the lowest occurred
on the previous day, and was 31 deg. The thermometer
in the sun did not attain more than 77 deg. The mean
dew-point temperature was 35'1 -deg., and the difference
between this and the mean air temperature was 6.2 deg.
The temperature of the water of the Thames fell from'
54.9 deg., the highest on Monday, to 48.8 deg., the lowest
on Saturday ; the mean of the week 51.5 deg. Tee
general direction of the wind was nerth-west. The rain
amounted to 0.75 in., of which 0.60 in. fell on Sunday.
Showers of hail and rain fell on the afternoon of Satur-
day.

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MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 3.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases .. 219
Diseases sf the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 53
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 174
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, Sze. • l3
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, arc.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 5
Premature Birth and Debility 3s
Atrophy 4O
Old Age
Sudden 9
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance s3
Causes not specified • 14

DEATHS !BON ALL CAUSES 1,087
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spending week in the
1851. 0(1855. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

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Totals
Males 557
Females 530
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females..

901
800

Total 1,707

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, MAY 6.
The cottoc•market is firmer again ; but tie change
has had no effect here beyond strengthening the hands
of those manufacturers who are disposed to hold firmly
by last quotations. Buyers have not ken influenced by
it, and the result has been a very quiet market, in which
both home and trade shipping houses have alike refrained
as much as possible from business. In cloths it has
been felt by sellers that they would be unable to do busi-
ness without a sensible reduction of prices, say I?2d. to
3d. per piece, and this they are mostly unwilling to con-
cede with cop yarns at present rates. So far as manu-
facturers have made any abatement—and this has only
bees done where they have been obliged to sell—it has
been at a sacrifice of profit, previous rates, in most cases,
not leaving a margin of remuneration at the present cost
of yarn. In other words, sellers have made no aheration
in their price lists, and all that can be said is, that where
these aro strictly adhered to little or no business has
been effected. Spinners report a very quiet market both
for home consumption and export, prices being nominally
unaltered, but the position of the market tending to
rather lower rates.

Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report :—" The disincli-
nation on the part of buyers to do business at the exist-
ing prices has become more decided during the last few
days, and as it is only in very few instances that any con-
cession is made, the amount of business has again been
on a very limited scale. The difference, however, be-
tween buyer and seller is not very great, as at a reduc-
tion of 1.4 d. to 3d. per piece from our quotations a con.
siderable business might be done; bat there is as yet
no disposition to give way."
Messrs. George Fraser, Son, and Co. report To-
day our market has again been dull, and the prices of
many articles exhibit increased weakness. This is more
especially the case with India shirting's, which have de-
clined 33. to 41d. per piece from the highest point."

LEEDS, MAY 6.
Both clothiers and merchants are anxious about the
forthcoming wool sales in London, and while the for-
mer are not very anxious to sell goods at a shade lower
price than they obtained a month ago, the merchants
are unwilling to make the slightest advance. To-day's
market in both the cloth halls has been very quiet, and
scarcely as much business has been transacted as on this
day se'nnight. The purchases have been confined chiefly
to light goods and a few job lots. All parties appear
to be acting with considerable caution, and if the same
conduct is pursued at the sales of colonial wool whioh
commence on Thursday next, it is probable that the pre-
sent range of prices for the raw material will not be
exceeded.

The report of the Iluddersfield market to-day is as
follows :—" The market presents the appearance of little
business doing. There are few strangers, and purchases
are limited Small transactions have taken place at low
prices. Manufacturers are indisposed generally to sell in
consequence of expecting a rise in wool. The wool trade
is firm, and stocks are low."

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OLIOE RUPPIANisAr.

Police-constable Matthew Taylor, D 57, wan charged
before Mr. Jardine at Bow-street Police-offii re, with an
assault of an aggravated character upon Mi sa Archer,
a young lady who was one of theispectators assembled in
Cockspur-street to witness the procession on the occa-
sion of the proclamation of peace. The case bad
been referred to the magistrate by the Comaniasioners
of Police.
Mr. Parry (instrueted by Mr. Darks, of Southamp•
ton-street) att-nded as counsel for the complainant,
aid Mr. Wontner defended.
Mr. Parry, having opened the case, called the com-
plainant, Mies Clementine Archer, who stated that she
wls at present staying at 15, Percy-street, on a visit to
lady named King, a friend of her family. On the 29th
, tilt, she accompanied Mrs. King and another lady to
Charing-crass to witness the proclamation of peace, and
when near, Farrance's,the confectioner, she was parted from
her friends by the pressing of the crowd, but still saw
them at a distance. The procession had passed. She mai'',
an effort to rejoin her friends, when a policeman seized her
round the waist and forced her Lack again. Beforoshe had
time to speak ho seized her by the shoulders, and'when she
said she toshed to rejoin two ladies who were with her,
he replied heat sloe should not go, as nobody could be
allowed to pass there. He continued to hold her in the
same way, by the should: ra, in spite of her struggles to get
free. She jerked hera,elf partly round, and be then drew hits
staff and struck her a violent blow on the shoulder, upon
which a gentleman in the crowd cried out, " Shame,
ehaine, what are you funding her for ? Release her un-
mediatal ; you stall hear of this again." The policeman
then threw her from him so violently that but for the
support of this gentleman she must have fallen. Shtsi
tarried towards the Albion Hotel in Cockspur-street,
feeling faint at. d ill from the fright, and remained till she
was joined by 01. e of her friends. She suffered a good
deal from the Effiot of the blow, chiefly that night and
the next day. Sho was quite certain defendant was the
man. She bad sot the slightest doubt of it. rind been
with Mr. Macy hew, the husband of a lady of her cc-
quaintance to Scotland-yard, and also to St. George's
station, to see the constables, hut had not seen any one
like the defendant there. Afterwards went to the
Marylebone station for the same purpose.' Tbo first
tune she went round she did not see the defendant, but
the inspec or told her to go round again, and on turnir.g
to do so she saw the defendant standing beside her, and
instantly recognised him. She was so agitated at seeing
him that she believed she fainted, but she remembered
the charge being taken soon after.
The prisoner said, "I deny using my staff." He did
not deny being the mar.
In cross-examinatiors by Mr. Wontner, Miss Archer
admitted that in her first account of the assault she said
it occurred in Warwick-street, She did not know the •
:pot well, though she had resided many years in Lora.
don. She and her friends were all under the impression
that the place was called Warwick-street, but she had
since been to the place again and found that she was
mistaken as to the name ; it was Cockspurortreet. Had
told Inspector Hughes that she saw a constable, No.
194, but had never said that 194 was the one who had
struck her.

Re-ex imined—Mr. Mayhew was present when In-
spector Hughes called, and requested that officer " not
to flurry her." Had seed defendant strug;liug with a
man in the crowd before the assault.

Mr. Parry applied for an adjournment, on the ground
that the publicity which would, no doubt, be given to
the crse, might attract the attention of the gentlemaa
mentioned by complainant, but
Mr. Jardine thought it only fair to defendant to hear
both sides befc re adopting that course.
Mrs. Henry Mayhew and Mrs. King spoke to the in-
jury sustained by complainant, who had a severe bruise
from her shoulder to her breast, which became at one
time completely black.
Mr. Henry Mayhew supportel the evidence of Miss
Archer as to the visits to the several police-stations.
In cross-examination he admitted that there had been
a conversation between him and Inspector Walker
about her passing the defendant the first time she went
round, but she did not hear what was said. She had
previously given a description of the man, which applied
to the prisoner, and had led the inspector to imagine
that he might be the person meant.

Defendant is a man of remarkable appearance, very
tall, powerful looking, and of marked features!
Mr. Wontner, after briefly addressing the Court for
the defendant, called several witnesses to show that
Miss Archer must be mistaken in the identity of the
defendant.

Four or five other constables deposed to the same
effect, and one of the inspect,irs stated that he selected
the defendant for this duty, because he was a " firm
and determined" man—by which he only meant that
he would do his duty.
Mr. Parry applied for a committal or a remand, but
Mr.Jardine, believing that complainant was mistaken
as to the identity of the defendant, and that it wail
clearly shown he could not be the man, and attaching no
weight whatever to his very natural reply, that he had
not used his staff at all that day, declined to adopt the
course suggested, and at once dismissed the case.

Mr. Rjrry said if that was not the man, some of th•
constables must know who was.
The parties then left the court.

CRYSTAL PALACE.

The following is the programme of arrangemesnte to
be followed at the inauguration of Baron Maroe-i)etti's
Scutari monument and Peace Trophy on Friday,
May 9 :

" 1. The doors of the Palace will open to the public
at 11 o'clock.

"2. The whole of the north transept and north end of
the building behind the screen will be reserved excln-
sively for her Majesty's use while she is in the building,
and the courts on the Alhambra side for her progress to
the dais in the centre transept.
"3. The Scutari monument is erected in the nave
on the south side of the great transept, the peace trophy
on the north side; Baron Marochetti's two equestrian
statues of Richard Coeur de Lion and her Majasty (Nee's.
Victoria stand respectively at the foot of the monument
and the trophy.
"4. Her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal /Ugh-
nes,; Prince Albert, &c., will enter the building by the
north transept at half•past three o'clock, and will pass
by the Alhambra, Roman, Greek, and Egyptian courts
to the dais in the centre transept, when she will take
her seat.

"5. A place upon the right of the Queen will be set
apart for any of the Ministers who may be present, and
one also on the left fer Crimean officers who have been
invited to attend. The Crimean soldiers will form a
guard of honour, reaching on each side from the dais to
the monument and trophy.
6. On her Majesty taking her place on the dais the
military bands and the band of the company will per-
form God Save the Queen.'

"7. The quartet VVe bless you in th• name of the
Lord,' from M. Costa's oratorio of Eli, will be sung by
Madame Rudersdorff, Mr. and Mrs. Lockey, and Mr.
Thomas.

"S. The Scutari monument will then be unveiled,
the band playing the March from the Sinfonia Eroica of
Beethoven.

"9. The hymn ' Give to us Peace' (to a Russian na•
tional air) will be sung by Madame Rudersdorff.
" 10. The peace trophy will be unveiled, the bands
playing the march and chorus See the Conquering
Hero,' from Handel's oratorio of Judas Maccabceus.

" 11. After the trophy is unveiled the duet, Oh,
Lovely Peace,' from the same oratorio, will be sung by
Madame Rudersdorff and Mrs. Luckey.
" 12. The bands will then perform the French and
Russian airs and Rule Britannia,' during which her
Majesty will retire to the north end of the building.
"13. After the ceremonial the fountains of the Upper
Terrace will play.
"14. The admission on this day will be confined to
season ticket-holders and to persons paying half-a-guinea.
"The Court will attend in uniform."
The building will be closed on Thursday to admit of
the preparations being made.