The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-03 00:00:00

'OVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

By the India mail intelligence has been received
of the arrival at Bombay, on the 2'3th Dec., of the
European and American Company's steamship Cal-
cutta with troops. The Hydaspes has been re-char-
tered by the Indian Government for a short period
foremployment in troop service on the India sta-
tion. The Golden Fleece left Calcutta for England
on the 24th Dec., with passengers and cargo, and
the Lady Jocelyn was to follow about the 15th Jan.

A Malta letter of the 29th Jan. says :
" Her Majesty's screw steam transport Urgent
arrived from Gibraltar on the 25th, having on
board board one private of the 14th and one
not
Dt
21st ; Lieutenant Heaton,
y, Derby-
glassi R.N. ; Messrs. Seigdon,d
swig
to R.N., Lieutieen.a
shire, Shearn, Ross, Parrelltn R.N.,
ships in the
to join their respective
Mediter-
ranean ;- Ensign Hall, of the 48th, and 50
fon to Cou in the
pri-
rates of the 91st, who
Centaur steam-frigate
Desperatecall
to the Pirwus
Messina to order the
of Athens to relieve the Swallow on that station ;
and for Alexandria, on their w
Col. Atherton, Lieut.-Colonel to India via Suez,
Lockhart, Major
Sutherland, Capts. Hamilton, Macbean,
ean,Cameron,
Bethune, Barker, Holmes, and Wallace ; Liente.
Gooell, Gordon, Hughes, Mnrhead, Best, Kitoet,
.lutton, Humphrey, Roberts, and Mason ; Ensigns
alkylell, Carruthers, Esmet, and Huks ; Adju-
tant St. George, Surgeon Somerville ; Assistant-
-surgeons Roe, Rinnie, and Sandell ; Quartermaster
)ervoe, and 793 non-commissioned officers and pri
Tates of the 92d, who proceeded on the 29th.
" Her Majesty's steam frigate Vulture and her
Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Prin-
cess Royal, after landing the 71st at Alexandria,
returned to Malta, the former on the 27th, and the
latter on the 29th.
" His .• Netherland Majesty's frigate Admiral
Wassanner arrived atMaltafrom Mahon on the 23d
and left for the Piraeus of Athens (under steam) on
the 26th, to convey thence to Nauplia (di Romania)
the Netherlands Minister at the Court of Greece,
to-a.zsist at the anniversary of the coronation. The
Prussian frigate Thetis, which was proceeding east-
ward on a like mission, remained at Malta on the ,
29th ofJanuary."
The paddlewheel steamer Vivid, Master-Com-
mander Allen, was ordered up to Woolwich from
Gravesend, on Monday evening, to embark the
baggage of her Royal Highness the Princess Frede-
rick William, and sailed again yesterday morning at
6 o'clock to rejoin the Royal squadron. The pad-
dlewheel stain vessel Princess Alice, bearing the
pennant of Commodore Shepherd, Superintendent
of Woolwich dockyard, sa;lel from Woolwich yes-
terday morning at 10 for Gravesend, in the service
of the Lords of th Admiralty ; and the steamer
Bustler left about the same hour, having on board
about 150 of the workmen of the dockyard and
their families, to witness the Royal embarkation.
The Lords of the Admiralty have permitted Cap-
tain T. P. Casey, of the Woolwich division of Royal
Marines, to retire from the service on half-pay.
Captain Casey has been for some time an inmate of
Melville Hospital, Chatham. Captain R. Farmer,
Chatham division, has also been allowed to retire
upon half-pay.
The David Malcolm, 600 tons burden, E. Stewart
commander, has been taken up by the Hon. East
India. Company for the conveyance of reinforce-
ments to India, and will embark the troops under
orders to proceed from Chatham to Kutrachee.
The Bacchante, old 42-gun frigate, has been en-
tirely broken up at Chatham dockyard.
Among the improvements which have recently
been adopted in Woolwich Arsenal are smoke-burn-
ing furnaces, erected by Mr. Armstrong, civil en-
gineer, many years in the employ of Government.
One of these, termed a reverberative forge furnace,
has been for some months past in use in the Royal
carriage department smithery, experimentally, so
as to test its power and efficiency in remedying the
smoke nuisance, now become so formidable in con-
sequence of the newly-erected establishments hav-
ing commenced operations. Proof being given of
its favourable results in materially diminishing the J
amount of smoke in accordance with the clause
contained in the Act of Parliament, it was at the
same time ascertained that an economy of about 4
per cent. in the use of fuel was an additional advan-
tage. A second furnace on the same principle has
been ordered to be constructed in the Royal gun
factory department, and will be ready for trial on
Monday next. The system of consuming the smoke
is carried out by means of an ordinary brick fur-
nace, supplied with small valves, or air channels,
_ by which the air is introduced into a series of heated
tubes along the roof. By this expedient the smoke
becomes inflamed, and little more than a mere
vapour appears at the top of the chimney. Unlike,
however, the ordinary furnace, the fire is fed from
a door near the r 'of. A second furnace patet.te..
by Major Vandeleur, R.A., has also been erected
in the same department, having similar pretensions
to the above, but constructed with certain internal
arrangements so as to cause the smoke to.redmend
from the roof, and pass through the body of the
fire.

The following appointments were made at the
Admiralty yesterday :
Captain F. Warden, C. 8., to the Good Service Pen-
■ion, vice Captain Milne, promoted to Qag.
Lientenants—john 11. M. Calcraft, Arthur IL J.
Johnstone, Charles D. Inglis, Loftus F. Jones, and
Thomas K. Mackenzie, to the Marlborough.
Masters—James Borlie to the Marlborough ; Edward
Wise to the Curlew.
Paymaster—William Shanks to the Valorous.
Mr. James N. G. Brown to be Secretary to Sir S.
Lushie gton.

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING TEE WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar General.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, Jan. 30,
the total number of deaths registered in London
was 1,363, showing a small increase on the rather
high mortality of the previous week. In the 10
years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in the
weeks corresponding with last week was 1,171 ; but
as the deaths in the present return occurred in an
increased population, they should be compared
with the average raised in proportion to the in-
crease, when the comparison will show that the
number of persons who died last week exceeded
by 75 the number who would have died if only the
average rate of mortality had prevailed.
Of the 1,363 deaths, 248 are referred to the
zymotic class of diseases; 260 to the constitutional;
650 to, the local ; 164 to the developmental ; 19 to
violence. The remaining 22 are sudden and
_ other deaths, the causes of which are not stated,
oresoi defined sufficiently for classification. The 19
violent deaths include one by suicide.
The deaths referred to the miasmatic order of
diseases number 222, while the corrected average is
269. This reduction of mortality indicates a sat-
isfactory state of health among children, who are
the chief sufferers by the diseases of which this order
is composed. Only 5 cases of diarrhoea were fatal,
and the mortality of small pox continues low, not
more than 2 fatal cases being returned last week.
Hooping-cough, which carried off 54 children, was
more fatal than any other miasmatic disease—three
children died of it within a week in a family in
Euston-road; measles was fatal in 50 cases, scarla•
thus in 42.
On the other hand, the deaths due to diseases of
the organs of respiration numbered 380, while the
corrected average of corresponding weeks dues not
exceed 284. The excess is caused by bronchitis.
whichdeth is fatal much beyond its usual amount ; 227
are the results of this complaint, 104 of
pneumonia, 32 of asthma • only 4 are returned
under the specific designation of influenza. The
two oldest persons when©
W omen, aged repectivi.:l3° deaths are recorded were
and 92.
Last week the births of 3; 9
8180. boys and 870 girls, in
all 1,750 children, wereregiestfetred in London. In
the 10 corresponding weeks
average number was 1,611. he years 1847-57 the
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the weekw a3O -104 in.
The mean temperature of the week was
which is near the average of
the 37-5 dew
same week in 43
years. On Saturday, the 30th, the temperature
to 51 deg., which was the highest in the week. rose Monday, the 25th, the temperature fell to 21.4 de:,l
having ranged 21 deg. in the 24 hours. The meal
daily range was 13.9 deg. The difference between
the mean dew point temperature and air tempera-
ture was 4.4 deg. The mean degree of humidity was
82. The mean temperature of the water of the
Thames was 38 deg., slightly exceeding that of the
lair. The wind was vari‘ble, but chiefly from the
south and. south-west. The rain-fall measured was
0.22 in., which occurred on Saturday.

THE MAILS, &O.—SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 2 --The Royal
Mail Company's steam-ship La Plata' Captain C. G.
Weller, took her departure to-day, with the West India,
Mexican, and Pacific mails, 88 passengers (among whom
are Baron de Tranquille, Rev. G. Mitchell, and Rev. J.
Morgan), 1,7201. in specie, jewellery value 13,600/., and
a full cargo. The Magdalena, Capt. Abbott, with the
homeward mails from the same quarter, is now due, and
her arrival is looked for hourly. The Tamar, Captain
Jellicoe, with the heavy portion of the Australian mails,
is expected on Sunday. The next mails from New York
to this port are due on Thursday, and will be brought,
we believe, by the Northern Light steamer, the Ariel
having broken down and returned to Cork. The Penin•
solar and Oriental Company's steamer Pere, with the
lolls and China mails, leaves on Thursday ; and the
Dane steamer, belonging to the Union• Screw Company,
on the same day, calling at Plymouth for the Cape
mail,.