The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-05 00:00:00

at Little Vauxhall, the water-cress grounds in th e
Wandsworth-road, and on Monday night he at-
tended as usual, when he was called to the entrance
where there was a star, and he found four or five of
the lamps destroyed. The damage was about is.
Mr•. James Evans, the proprietor of the grounds,
said he happened to be near the entrance on Mon-
day night, and hearing bad language used, he went
to the spot and saw the prisoners jumping up at
the star and pulling down the lamps.
The prisoners, in &fence, said they were only
hard-working chaps.
Mr. Ingham said the witness Leckett was a hard-
working chap, and he was not to have his lamps
broken.

The complainant st.id he had had upwards of 150
lamps broken in this way.
Mr. Ewens said it was the practice for the boys.
to come there and have what they called a lark, by
breaking the lamps.
Mr. Ingham ordered them to pay ls. each for the
damage done, together with a fine of 55., or seven
days' imprisonment with hard labour. Ile cau-
tioned them if the breaking of the lamps were re-
peated the punishment would be much more severe.

IIEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(From the•Registrar-Generql' s Weekly Return.)
The deaths in London declined to 937 in the
week that ended August 25; they rose•to 1,018 in
the week that ended last Saturday. If 1,287 deaths
from cholera, that occurred in the 35th week of

1854, are withdrawn from the returns to be com-
pared, it will be found that the average number of
deaths in the weeks corresponding
with last week
of the years 1850-9 was 1,045 ; and this average,
corrected for increase of population, becomes 1,149.
Hence it appears that the public health is now
comparatively good ; for the deaths were fewer by
131 than they would have been under the average
rate of mortality as calculated for the end of

August.
The births last week exceeded the deaths in the
same time by 831.
Smallpox continues to exhibit a low mortality ;
last week the deaths from it were seven, which is
the average cumber for the last six weeks. Diar-
rhcoa was fatal in 91 cases ; the average of corre-
sponding weeks in the last 10 years, corrected for
increase of populatidn, is 173 ; of the 91 all except
seven occurred to children. There were also five

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deaths from cholera or choleraic diarrhoea, all,
with one exception, among infants. A gardener,
aged 51 years, died at 17, Lavender-road, Battersea,
of cholera (six days), consecutive fever (five days).
The deaths from measles were 43, of which three
occurred in St. Mary, Paddington, three in Belgrave
sub-district, three in the Hackney-road sub-district,
three in St, Mary (St. George-in-the-East), and
three in Bow. Scarlatina was fatal in 37 cases, six
of which were in Poplar. A boy, aged eight months,
died of acute eczema ; a young womaa of chlorosis.
A laundress died in the Paddington workhouse of
fever and diarrhoea following cold and destitution.
A widow died at the age of 94 years. A child was
scalded by overturning a can of hot water. Three
infants were suffocated in bed. A labourer, aged
42 years, was suffocated in the cabin of a barge in
the London Docks. A boy died at the age of 15
weeks of idiotcy from birth—atrophy. He was one
of 10 children born of healthy parents in the coun-
try ; six of these died of brain disease in infancy ;
three, of whom two survive, grew up idiots; one is
quite healthy.
Last week the births of 944 boys and 905 girls,
in all 1,849 children, were registered in London.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1850-
59 the average number was 1,586.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of'the barometer in the week was 29.537 in.
The reading fell from 29.75 in on Monday to 29.19
in on Thursday. The mean temperature of the air
in the week was 58.0 deg, whic)a is 1.3 deg below
the average of the same week in 43 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). The thermometer in the
shade rose to 70 deg on Sunday, and fell to 46.7 deg
on ' Saturday. The range of temperature in the
week was therefore 23.3 deg. The mean daily
range was 174 deg. The difference between the
mean dew-point 'temperature and air temperature
was 5.9 deg, showing the amount of dryness in the
air. The mean degree of humidity was 82, com-
plete saturation being represented by 100. The
wind blew from the south-west. Rain fell to the
amount of 0.81 in, most of it on Monday and Tues-
day. It fell on every day except Friday ; heavily
for 35 minutes on the evening of Saturday, when
there was considerable electrical disturbance. The
mean temperature of the water of the Thames was
60'4 deg.

A dull business passing in wheat to-day, owing to the
fine weather. Prices were 2s per qr. decline on last week.
Beans, maize, barley, and oats very light in stock, and in-
quired after at extreme rates.

The slow report from Mark-lane, together with the most
delightful change of weather, has a depressing influence
on the trade to-day. The business doing in wheat is still
on a small scale, and prices 3s per qr. lower. Barley un-
altered. Beans, oats, and other articles held for former
rates.