The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-26 00:00:00

Filst Heat.

Messrs. Shirreff and Burgess (London Rowing Club) .. 1
Messrs. Nash and Tyler (West London Rowing Club) 0
Messrs. Wallace and Lloyd .. 0

Second Heat.

Messrs. Bryant and Bucknall (West London Rowing

Club)
Messrs. Raphael and Lack (Kingston Rowing Club) ~ o
Messrs. Stalschmidt (Richmond Rowing Club) and
Chapman (London Rowing Club) 0
Third Heat.

Messrs. Jervis and Wilson (Kingston Rowing Club) 1
Messrs. Head and Coventry (London Rowing Club) 0
MOWN Woodbridge and Norley (Lond9ußowing club) 0

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The Osborne paddle yacht, . ifo:,Kmoaialigis,7
George K. Bower, went. out of Po. Iriloktph--V- aittinci---
on TueSday, and steamed round the Isle-tif Wight eo
try her new boilers and new superheating steam
apparatus, the latter fixed on Mr. Joseph Field's
patent. .EYerthing 'worked well, only, • being
rather short of steam, the highest temperature that
could be obtained by the superheater during the
run was 320 deg. Mr. Field was on board during
the trial. The Osborne will try her speed at the
measured mile as soon as the present high winds
moderate. .
The screw steamship Conqueror, 101, Captain.
Sotheby, C. 8., crossed royal amd - topgallant yards
in Hamosze on 'Tuesday-, got up
.oteatn, slipped her
moorings, took a trial cruise of three hours outside.
the Breakwater, and returned and anchored in Ply-
mouth Sound, where she received her powder. W
Tiv; gunboat Partridge (tender to the Royal Al-
bert), from Portsmouth. arrived at Plymouth 'on
Tuesday, and went into I-lamoaze.
The crew of the screw steam sloop Surprise, 4,
Commander Lord E. Cecil, at Plymouth, were pia
off on Tuesday morning, in the presence- of Rear-
Admiral Sir T. S. Pa.lcy, Superintendent of De-
vonport Dockyard. The men were well conducted.
The crew of the sailing sloop Atalanta, 16, Capt.
Thomas S. Paisley, were paid off at Plymouth on
Tuesday in the presence of Capt. M. J. Williams
(Royal Adelaide), Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral
Sir T. Palley.

Several of the officers of the Russian frigate
Askold, now in Plymouth Sound, visited Devonport
Dockyard on Tuesday morning.
The Chamberlain to the King of the Netherlands
arrived at Devonport on Tuesday for the purpose
of visiting the Government establishments.
The screw steam-ship Hero, 91, Capt. Seymour,
was taken into No. 1 dock at Keyham Steamyard
on Tueiday.
The Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. George D. O'Cal-
laghan, has been paid-_down at Portsmouth, and
her crew granted additional leave.
The Forte, 51, screw, Capt. E. W. Turnour, flag •
ship of Rear-Admiral-Sir H. Keppeli, K.C.B. and
A.C.D., is expected to go out of Portsmouth har-
bour to Spithead to-morrow.
The Duncan, 101, screw two-decker, has been
placed in No. 7 dock at Portsmouth.

The Victoria, 121, screw, got up steam yesterday
in the steam basin. She will go to moorings up the
harbour, as soon as there is water for her to leave
the basin.
The paddle-wheel steam-vessel Vivid, H. IV.
Allen, Master in charge, yesterday returned to Wool-
wich, at 2.30 p.m., having conveyed his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales from Ostend to Dover.
The passage was an exceedingly boisterous one.
After leaving Dover for Woolwich the Vivid expe-
rienced a terrific gale off the coast, but sustained no
damage.
The Rhadamanthus returned yesterday to Wool-
wich, laving completed her second trial trip pre-
paratory to shipping Mr. Wethered's superheating
steam apparatus.
A large number of smiths and artificers belong-
ing to the royal gan factories at Woolwich yester-
day assembled in front of the office of Mr. J. An-
derson, the superintendent, and demanded a higher
rate of pay. In consequence of a refusal to comply
with their request about 50 or 60 struck work, inti-
mating their desire to be discharged, as there was
no scarcity of work elsewhere, and a better remu-
neration for their labour. They thereupon de-
manded their wages and left the service.
The Admiralty order relative to the long antici-
pated augmentation of the Royal Marine force was
yesterday received by the division at Woolwich.
The augmentation is to consist of an additional
company to each division, and one company
to the Royal Marine Artillery. The Light
Infantry companies are to consist of 1 captain, 2
subalterns, 6 sergeants, 6 corporals, 3 drummers
and buglers, and 109 privates ; and the Royal Ma-
rine Artillery companies to consist of 1 captain,
subalterns, 11 sergeants, 9 corporals, 1 bombardier,
3 drummers and buglers, and 132 gunners. The
staff to be composed of 1 deputy adjutant-general,
1 assistant adjutant-general, 5 colonels command.
ant, 5 second colonels commandant (1 Artillery to
each), 20 lieutenant-colonels (4 Artillery), 5 pay-
masters (1 Artillery), 5 barrack-masters (1 Artil-
lery), 5 surgeons (1 Artillery), 9 assistant surgeons
(1 Artillery), 1 laboratory instructor (Artillery) 4
gunnery instructors, 5 musketry instructors, 10 ad-
jutants (2 Artillery), 5 lieutenants and quartermas-
ters (2 Artillery), 5 quartermasters (1 Artillery),
10 sergeants majors (2 Artillery), 5 quartermaster
sergeants (1 Artillery), and 5 barrack sergeants (1
Artillery)—total 106, making the whole establish-
ment of Marine Light Infantry 116 divisional com-
p ivies of 14,723 men, and 17 companies of Artillery
of 3,162 men ; grand total, 18,000. In order to
facilitate the speedy enrolment, their lordships have
reduced the standard height fur recruits to 4 ft et
6 inches for growing lads from the ages of 18 to 20,
and to 5 feet 6 inches for young men from the ages
of 20 to 30 yc ars.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar-General.)
The deaths in London were 1,254 in the week

that ended last Saturday, and exhibited a decreaso
on the number of the previous week, which was
1,407. In the ten years 1850-9 the average number
of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last
week was 1,073; but, as the deaths in the present
return occurred in an increased population, they
should be compared with the average raised iu
proportion to the increase—namely, with 1,180.
The comparison shows that the deaths of last week
were more numerous by 104 than they would have
been if the average rate of mortality for the middle
of April had prevailed. Though the mean tempera-
ture of the air was rather higher than that of the
previous week, the weather continued cold, and
was remarkably cold on the last three days.
In the last two weeks bronchitis has declined

'rom 208 deaths to 157; pneumonia from 116 to

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73 ; but phthisis continued fatal last week, the
deaths from it being 181, while the corrected ave-
rage is 154. Whooping-cough was fatal to 51 chil-
dren, the corrected average being 60. The deaths
from scarlatina were 26; those from diphtheria 11,
of which 3 occurred in the sub-district of Plumstead.
Those from measles rose to 33.

Smallpox was returned in 20 cases, 14 of which
occurred to children, 6to adults. Medical infor-
mants are requested to return in all cases the pri-
mary as well as the secondary disease. Thus,
when smallpox is followed by a secondary disease,
the smallpox should be returned as the primary
cause.

Of 13 deaths from suffocation returned last
week, 11 were those of infants suffocated in the
bedclothes. Three infants were murdered, or died

from neglect. Seven deaths were from burns. Of
six persons who died from their clothes taking
fire, one was a spinster, aged 22 years ; another war;
man who had ben a banker's clerk, aged 80
years ; a third, the son of a mason's labourer,
aged 4 years ; a fourth, the son of a leather finisher,
aged 2 years ; a fifth, the daughter of a solicitor,
10 years; and a sixth, the son of a soldier, aged 6
years. Also a child was scalded by upsetting a
saucepan. A photographic artist poisoned himself
with cyanide of potassium, an instrument of death
to which persons of that profession with suicidal in-
tentions seem not seldom to resort.
Last week the births of 923 boys and 834 girls,
in all 1,757 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-
59 the average number was 1,685.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29 926 in.
The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on the
first three days. The highest reading was 30.18 in.,
and occurred on Monday. The mean temperature
of the air in the week was 42.3 deg., which is 4 deg.
below the average of the same week in 43 years (as
determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily tem-
perature was below the average on every day ex-
cept Monday, and the air became so cold towards
the end of the week that on the last three days the
depression below the average was from 7 deg. to 9
deg. The thermometer in the shade attained its
highest point, 6P2 deg., ma Monday, and it fell to
its lowest, 30.8 deg., on Saturday. The range in
the week was therefore 30.4 deg. ; the mean daily
range was 18.7 deg. On Saturday the thermometer
on the grass fell as low as 23 deg. On Monday and
t wo following days the thermometer in the sun rose
to 102 deg. and 104 dug. The mc au tonperature ef
the water of the Thames way; 45.5 deg. The differ-
ence between the mean dew-point tetnperatu; e aid
air temperature was 7.4 deg., showin,, the dryness
of the air.

DOCKYARD SUPPLIES.—The Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty yesterday accepted the tenders of Messrs.
Baxter Brothers, Dundee; Messrs. Corsar Brothers, Dun-
dee ; and Messrs. S. Whetham and Sons, Bridport arid
London, for the supply of 26,000 bolts canvas to her
Majesty's dockyards at Deptford, Portsmouth, and
Plymouth.
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