The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-05 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON LURING THE WEEK.

factor.
"Nor did this diocese exhaust the measure of his libe
rality. Wherever he had property he has loft behind him
monuments of his religious munificence. Arundel and
Sheffield, for instance, will perpetuate its memory, Yet it
would be difficult, perhaps, to define the limits to which the
exercise of this virtue was carried ; because the extent of
private and domestic charity which he practised can never
be known. Instances have, indeed, come casually to our
knowledge, which migkt have been considered sufficient to
satisfy all the obligations of a rich and virtuous man for a
considerable period ; but where the left hand was not in-
tended to know what the right had done. There is no
doubt that this truly excellent man has cast his bread
largely upon the waters, which left no traps of his muni-
ficence inscribed on them ; but the seeds thus scattered
have met him now, and he has found them kneaded into
a food of eternal life.
" Nor was his charitable generosity confined to the will-
ing distribution of ample means, but it manifested itself in
a thousand other ways no less valuable. Influence is as im-
portant in this country as affluence, influence of rank, in-
fluence of power, influence of connexions, influence of
character, of abilities, of virtue, of manner even, can bear
much on the successful issue of great affairs. All these gifts
the illustrious object of our regrets possessed, and more;
and never did he hesitate or fail to bring them to the aid of
any Catholic interest. His name, a name full of weight, was
at the head of.any protest, petition, or declaration to which
he assented; his voice, one heard ever with respect, was
always raised, in spite of his natural retiring modesty,
whenever a calumny had to be dispelled, or a sophism
broken, in the high lists of the Senate ; his presence, at all
times bland and yet encouraging, was never refused when a
meeting, or a deputation on Catholic matters required it.
" What wonder that God should have bestowed on one
who so practised the first of virtues an abundance of other
graces ; that his faith in life should have been truly living,
manifested by the fulfilment of all other commandments,
and, by the practice of every religious duty; that his hope
in death should have been bright and firm.
" The day may come when, without wounding the deli-
cacy of domestic affection, the thousand beautiful things
which he said and did may be brought to edify the piety of
the faithful. For the present, suffice it to say that so.peace-
ful, so sweet, so like a slumber in God's arms was
.his pas-
sage from this world that no one who hears these lines may
fear to hope that his own.` transit may be su.ch.
"And yet the eye of God may see blemishes where re we
find only excellence, and His searching sight may discover
alloy to purge cut where we
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shielded him by her prayers
wrath, however mitigated by mercy, yet to come.
"We feel that such an office of piety, however
it may
have been privately discharged, ig due from us all, on behalf
of our charities and of our poor.
"We, therefore, invite you, dearly beloved brethren and
children in Christ, to arisist at the solemn obsequies which
we intend to celebrate on, Wednesday next, the sth of
December, at 11 a.m., at' .our pro-cathedral of St. Mary%

From the Quarterly Return of the Registrar General.)
The mortality of London has constantly increased
during the last five weeks, and in the week that
ended last Saturdiy the deaths were 1,275. The
average number of deaths deduced from the re-
turns of weeks corresponding with last week in the
ten years 1850.59, and for the purpose of com-
parison corrected for increase of population, is
1,397. Hence it will be seen that though the cold
and damp air of November has swelled the weekly
list, the deaths in the present return are still less
by 122 than they would have been if the average
rate of mortality had prevailed. In the correspond-
ing week of 1858 scarlatina, bronchitis, and pneu-
monia raised the deaths nearly 500 above the
mortality of last week.
Fatal cases of measles have risen from 41 in the
previous week to 50 last week, scarlatina from 401
to 45. The latter disease appear* to be common in
the west districts, where it carried off many more
children than in the other metropolitan divisions.
Four deaths from scarlatina occurred in the sub-
district of St Mary, Paddington, and four in
Che Thea North-East, 4 in other parts of the
Chelsea district, and 3 in St. John, Westminster.
Three children died of measles in the sub-
district of St. Paul, Hammersmith, 4 in Fulham, 3
in St. Giles, South, 3 in Hoxton New Town, and
3 in Plumstead. The deaths from phthisis last
week were 166; the same number from bronchitis,
and 126 from pneumonia ; which numbers do not
differ materially from the corrected averages.
Five persons died in consequence cf their clothes
taking fire—viz., the widow of an upholsterer aged
71 years, the daughter of a coal-porter aged lour
years, the son of a dock labourer aged five years, the
son of a piano forte key cutter aged five years, and
the son of a sawyer aged three years. A girl was
burnt in a house which took fire, and a child was
burnt on the chest by a hot mussel falling inside
her dress. Four infants were suffocated in bed,
and 2 were murdered. A boy, aged 12 years, was
killed by brandy.
Two twin children of a shoemaker were, accord-
ing to the coroners return, "poisoned by effluvia
from bad drainage of the house," 72, Boston street,
Hackney-road, in which they lived. They both
died on the 18th of November. The daughter of
a blacksmith, aged 18 years, in New-park-road,
Brixton, died from diphtheria, which was caused
by bad drainage. All the members of the family
have been ill, and two, including the daughter just
mentioned, have died.
Last week the birth of 870 boys and 826 girls, in
all 1,696 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the Years 1850-59
the average number was 1,662.
METROPOLITAN WATERS, NOVEMBER, 1860.
The waters of London, according to the analyses
of Dr. Robert Dundas Thomson, F.R.S., are rather
more impure than in the previous month. Their
variable compositions affords unfavourable contrast
with that of the Glasgow and Manchester waters,
which may be considered the types of a wholesome
town supply, while it may be favourably compared
with that of a city well containing sewage, which
was originally sunk for the purpose of watering
the streets, but has been too long used by the neigh-
bourhood for drinking purposes in consequence of
the pump handles not beiug properly secured by
the parochial authorities.

Total impurity Organic im
pPr gallon. purity.
gre. or deg. grs. or deg.
0.0 013

Distilled Water
Loch Katrine water, new supply
to Glasgow
Manchester Water Supply 4.32
Well, Great Titchfield-street, St.
Mar ylebone
THAMES COMPANIES

16.88

Chelsea
Southwark
Lambeth
Grand Junction
West Middlesex

2112
20.68
20'36
19.94
21.88

I'l2
118
116
l'oB
1.68

OTHER COMPANIES.
New River
East London
Kent
The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the
gallon 3.10 degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution, of
which .00 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal origin.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.474 inose
The readings fell to 29.25 in. on Monday, and r
to 29.71 in. on Wednesday. The mean temperature
of the air in the week was 41.6 deg., which is 0.3
deg. above the average of the same
The \seek in r
43 years
(as determined by Mr. Glaisher). ai became
warmer on the last two days. The d rose to
thermometer in
the shade fell to 35.3 deg. on Sunday, an
and deg. on Friday, being respectively the lowest
and highest points in the week. The extreme range
of temperature in the week was therefore 14M
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de
The mean daily range was 8 deg. On ay
and Wednesday the range was only about 5 deg.
The difference between the mean dew-point tem-
perature and air temperature was only 11 deg.
The mean degree of humidity of the air was so
high as 96, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100, which point was attained on Thurs-
day ; on Monday and Friday the humidity was 99.
Indeed, throughout the week the atmosphere was
loaded with moisture. The wind blew from the
north-east on the first three days, and then from
the east and south-east, and afterwards from the
south-west. Rain fell to the amount of 0.81 in.
The mean temperature of the water of the Thames
was 42.1 deg. •

The Preston Guardian says that Christopher
Charleston, shoemaker, Blackburn,, married Betty Rams-
bottom, beerhouse -keeper, four months ago, and left her
the next day ; that they were brought together at a public
house on Mom:ay, when mediation failed to reconcile them ;
that he then determined, with her consent, to sell her lay
auction; and that she was "knocked down" by a veteri-
nary surgeon to a baker for lid. and two five-shilling bowls
of wh'sky punch. A formal memorandum of the sale was
drawn up, and "the wife," it is said, " was pleased with
the change."
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