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London, England, 1867-03-27 00:00:00

Pe -avian 5 per Cent., 1865
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Do 41 per Cent., 1865
Do 41 per Cont. (llribarren)
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
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P )rtuguese3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 411 1
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B7*
Do 4/ por Cent. 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 p.n Cent., 1859 —
Do es por Cent., 1862 BB i
Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 9l
D Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid BBl
Do. do. £25 paid — pin
Aardinian 5 per Cent
Sp wish 3 per Cent
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Do New Deferred —
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Passive 1)o 21.1 1
Do Ace, ant —
Spanish Curt. of Coup not funded l3l
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S ,vedish 4 por Cent. —
Do. 41 per Cont. 1861
Do. Scrip, £6O paid
L'arkish 6 per Cont. 1851 761
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Do 6 per Cont. 1358
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Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cont. 1862
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Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cont., 1863 —
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
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Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 —
Do. 4 per Ceut. Guaranteed —
Venezuela, 3 per Cont.., —
lio. 6 per Cent, 1864 3Ol
Ditto 11 per Cent. —
Dividends on the above payable in Loudon.
Austrian, o par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2/ per ('.nt. Ex. 12 Guil
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
Italia), 3 per Cent. 1831,.Ex. 25f. —
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HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, March 23, the
births registered in London and 12 other large towns
of the United Kingdom were 4,458 ; the deaths re-
gisteied 3,628. The annual rate of mortality was 31
per 1,000 persons living.
In London thebirths of 1,147 boys and 1,077 girls,
in all 2,224 children, were registered in the week.
In the corresponding weeks of 10 years 1857-66 the
average number, corrected for increase of popula-
tion, is 2,187.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,731. It was the twelfth week of the year;
and the average number of deaths for the week is,
with a correction for increase of popUlation, 1,546.
The deaths in the present return emceed the esti-
mated number by 185.
The mortality in the metropolis was greater last
week than in any week since that which ended 26th
of January, when 1,880 deaths were recorded ;
after that date the temperature rose, and the num-
bers decreased until the minimum (1,295) was
reached in the week which ended the 2d of March.
In the following week, owing to colder weather, the
deaths were 1,425, and in the week which ended the
16th of March, 1,572.

Forty deaths from smallpox were registered last
week, 6 in Kensington, 3 in Whitechapel, 2 in
Stepney, sin Poplar, 2in Bermondsey, 4in Lam-
beth, 3 in Greenwich, and 15 in other districts.
Typhus was fatal to 49 persons, 4 of whom died in
Kensington, Q in Pancras, 4 in Clerkenwell, 2 iu
Shoreditch, 2 in Poplar, 2 in Bermondsey, 5 in
Lambeth, 3 in Lewisham, and 21 in other districts.
Deaths in the Smallpox and London Fever Hospi-
tals are referred to the districts from which the
patients were brought. Seventy-three children died
from whooping-cou-gh, and 24 children and one
adult from scarlatina. Eleven deaths occurred from
diarrhoea ; 1 from cholera.
The deaths from phthisis were 206, from bron-
chitis, 271, and from pneumonia 107.

A charwoman, aged 58 years ; a lady's maid,
aged 48 years ; the son of a painter, age I 10 years ;
the daughter and two sons of a messenger, aged 2
years, 5 years, and 5 months respectively, were found
dead on March 11, at 30, Bryanstone-street, Mary-
lebone, from suffocation by fumes from a fire.
Hackney.—At 5, Anderson's-road, Homerton, on
March 20, a domestic servant, aged 21, years, cho-
lera (18th to 20th). St. George, Hanover square,
Belgrave.—Near St. George's Hospital, on March
17, a male, aged apparently about 35 years, bronchi-
tis, accelerated by cold and starvation ; found in a
state of intoxication, and died suddenly when being
removed by police-constables. Post mortem (in-
quest). Whitechapel, Mile-end New-town.—At
32, Prince's-street, on March 12, a labourer at a
tea warehouse, aged 56 years, found dead ; aneurism
of aorta, accelerated by privation and exposure to
cold. Post mortem (inquest). Greenwich, East.
—ln union workhouse, on March 21, a shoemaker,
aged 45 years, destitution.
The deaths of four persons who were killed by
horses or carriages in the streets were registered :
A butcher, aged 38 years, fell from a cart ; died on
March 42 in St. George's Hospital. Post mortem
(inquest). A carman, aged 67 years, run over by
a cart, died on March 12 in St. George's Hospital
(inquest). A carter, aged 65 years, thrown from a
cart ; died on March 14 in Piccadilly, near St.
George's Hospital (inquest). A turner, aged 56
years, run over ; died on Feb. 25, in the German
Hospital, Dalston.

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The annual rate of mortality last week was 29 per
1,000 in London, 28 in Edinburgh, 35 in Dublin,
23 in Bristol, 26 in Birmingham, 36 in Liver-
pool, 34 in Manchester, 36 in Salford, 31. in Shef-
field, 29 in Leeds, 23 in Hull, 36 in Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, and 35 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was
31 per 1,000 during the week ending the 16th inst.,
when the mean temperature was 2.2 deg. Fahrenheit
higher than in the same week in London, where the
rate was 27.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.481 in.
The barometrical reading decreased from 29.87 in.
on Sunday to 29.15 in. on Tuesday. The mean tem-
perature of the air in the week. was 35.3 deg., which
is 6.6 deg. below the average of the same week in
50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The
highest day temperature was 55.1 deg. on Saturday.
The lowest night temperature was 26.1 deg. on Sun-
day. The entire range of temperature in the week
was, therefore, 29.0 deg. The mean of the highest
temperatures of the water of the Thames was 37.0
deg.; that of the lowest was 34.2 deg. The difference
between the mean dew-point temperature and air
temperature was 4.0 deg. The mean degree of
humidity of the air was 86, complete saturation be-
ing represented by 100. Rain and melted snow were
measured to the amount of 0.50 in.. The general
direction of the wind was N.E. On Tuesday snow
fell at Bristol to the depth of 12in., which yielded
water to the amount of 0.82 in. According to a
return furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan
Board of Works, the average daily quantity of
sewage pumped into the river Thames at the
southern outfall works, Crossness, was 58,363,807
gallons, or 265,169 cubic Metres, equivalent to
about as many tons by weight.

Clerical Reading.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—•Nothing can be worse than the reading
which we have to submit to every Sunday, except
the preaching. With the latter I have at present
nothing to do, but I earnestly implore you to help
us to some improvement in the former. Will you
ask those Cambridge gentlemen to reconsider their
decision. Our curate, a B.A. of their university,
drops his voice at the end of every sentence, lays a
false emphasis on all his little words, talks of obtain
and forgive, calls her Majesty " Victoriar our Queen,7,
and reads the Lessons in the dreariest monotony, as
if he wished to lull us to repose. Now, if the uni-
versities are supposed to send us our clergymen,
why don't they give us men that know their busi-
ness ? Why don't the bishops insist upon it ?

AN INDIGNANT CHURCIIWOIUN.

THE MURDER AT ABERDARE.—The convict Ben-
jamin Jones, who was sentenced to death at the last
Glamorganshire assizes, held at Swansea, has been respited
during hor Majesty's pleasure.
The Musical Standard says Mdlle. Marie Krebs,
a young pianist well known to Loudon audiences, has
made a very successful first appearance in l'aris.