The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-07 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar General.)
The deaths registered in London, which had
been 1,092 in the previous week, were 1,241 in the
week ending Saturday, July 3. In the ten years
1848-57 the avezage number of deaths in the weeks
corresponding with last week was 1,111 ; but as
the deaths of last week occurred in an increased
population, theyshould be compared with the ave-
rage after the latter is raised in proportion to the
increase, a correction which will make it 1,222.
The comparison shows that the mortality as re-
turned for last week is rather in excess cf the eve-
rage .as calculated for the end of June.
The deaths itz London during the week would
have amounted at the healthy rate to 799 ; the
deaths in excess of this number are 442. The vio-
dew hs proiuced by evident mechanical, chemical,
rn i physical c Loses are 108, they are registered in
more than their due weekly proportion, as is usual
at the end of the quarter, and they constitute part
of the excess ; but a large majority of the ,442
deaths are unnatural, and caused by impure air and
other imperfect sanitary conditions.' The cesspools,
sewers, and gullyholes, the dirt in the streets, 'and
the dirt iu the Thames are the chief sources of the
poison in the atmosphere, which might be main-
tained cimparatively pure by arrangements tide-
quate to the occasion.
The progress of diarrheas is seen in the deaths
from this disease during the last four weeks; They
were successively 18, 31, 54, and (last week) 94.
This last number has hot been attained in pre-
vious years so early in the season, for the
average of corresponding week-4 is 34. The present
r•tur contains also 11 deaths from cholera,
only 4of which occurred am,ngst adults. One of
these cases is returned as " cholera gravior,"•and
occurred in the Christchurch sub-district of Mary,
lebobe ; another as Asiatic cholera in Holloway.
Scarlatina, including diphtheria,and "malignant sore
throat," WAS fatal in 61 cases, al except 4 amopgst
children. The disease has attacked with great
sevei ity the family of an unbeneficed clergyman in
Gloucester-terrace, Pimlico, whose wife arid four
children have fallen under its violence. The deaths
-of three-Of the children were re-corded in the'pre-
vitals week.

The following note is from Mr. Croft, assiritank
surgeon of the Dreadnought hospital ship :—"The
two cases of fever reported by me on the 19th as
having occurred on b tard rapidly recovered, and
no fresh cas, has arisen. The health of the
patitnts g-nerally is very satisfactory. how-
ever, I learn from res.deots on board, and others
passing a large portion of each day on the water,
that they are affected at times with nausea, loss of
appetite, and inclination to diarrhoea, though none
of them have been so severely affected as to require
moles' aid."

Since the 15th ult. four persons have died in
London from sunstroke.

Toe deaths of two men, aged respectively 94 and
96 years, and of two women aged 95 and 96, were
registered last week. _

-Last week the births of 828 boys and 775 girls,
in all 1,603 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57
the average number was 1,605.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
heght of the barometer the week was 29v954 in.
The barometrical readings rose from 29.85 in. at
the beginning of the week to 30'07 in. at the end
of it. The mean temperature of the week was
58.6 deg., which is 2.8 deg. below the average of
the Fame week in 43 yews (as determined by. Mr.
Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below
the average on every day except Wednesday, and
on the last two days it was 6 deg. below
the average. The highest points in the sun and
the shade were attained on Wednesday,.. the
former 104.5 deg., the latter 79 deg. ;• tLe
lowest point 45.3 deg. on Monday. The range
of temperature iu the • shade was therefore 33.7
deg. The mean daily rangq. w%:l-, 2: ,7; Thu
mean teiiirr!Au:e water of the Thames was
66 u utg., which exceeds the mean temperature of
the air by so much as 8 deg. The difference be-
tween the mean dew point temperature and air
temperature was alto great, viz , 13.5 deg. ; it
shows the dryness of the air. The mean degree of
humidity of. the air. was 62; on Monday the
humidity was only 54, complete saturation being
represented by 100. On five days the wind was
generally in the north-west ; on the last two it
blow from the north. No rain was measured by the
gunge, though a few drops fell on Friday and
Saturday.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

REDUCTION OF TUE NATIONAL DEBT.

The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction
of the National Debt that there was no surplus of Actual
Revenue over the Actual Expenditure of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland for the year ended the
31st day of March, 1838;
The Corninissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice that no sum willbe applied by them
on account of the Sinking Fund under the provisions of
the Act 10 Geo. IV., cap. 27, between the Ist day of July.
1:58, and the 30th day of Sept , 1858.

A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General.
National Debt-office, July 2, 1858.

WAR-OFFICE, JULY C.
Tho Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointwent of Major-General Sir Hugh Henry Rose,
K. C. 8., to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Divi-
sion of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross, of the
Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; and of his Highness
the Maharajah Jung Babadoor Koonwar Banajee, Com-
mander-in. Chief of the Goorkha Troops lately acting with
the British Army in the Field in India, to be an Honorary
Member of the Military Division of the First Class, or
Knights Grand Cross, of the said Most Honourable Order.
WHITEHALL, JULY G.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Robert
Kirke to the church and united parishes of Hutton and
Fhlwick, in the presbytery of Ctriru.ide and county of
Berwick, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Edgar.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev.
Robert Leitch to the church and parish of Abernyte, in
the presbytery of Dundee, and county of Perth, vacant by
the transportation of the Rev. Robert Graham, late Minis-
ter thereof, to the church of Errol.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 6.
Notice is hereby given, that the Earl of Maltnesbury has
appointed B. M. Bradbeer, Esq., to be agent at Lowestoft
fur the issue of Foreign-office Passports.
CONIMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.

Light Infimtry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—
Stewart Paxton Maijoribanks, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Henry Edmund Stanley, appointed to the '2.3d Regiment.
Royal Radnor Rifles—Adjutant Edward Rawlings Han-
n= (late Paymaster 2d Battalion GOth Rifles) to serve
with the rank of Captain from the let day of December,
1858.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of .Militia— Mae.
George Norris, Gent., to be Ensign, viicionl,Vl,erlolsul,
orteesdig.ned.
2:1 Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—John Frederick
Nest YGoerukt'ittifoL.:3leteEgnisinigynn't voirMilViiiti a —Lieut. Jas. Lees
Harwarto be Captain, vice Pollock, resigned ; Ensign Wm.
Mouro to be Lieutenant. vice Harwar, promoted.
3.1 Regiment (Light Infantry) of Vest York Militia—
Joe Drzry Bottouilcy to bo Liimtcnant, vice W. G.
; Wm. Parkin 13..0wn, Gout., to be En-
s i vice
B .itg
teto mi t
of ceyn , promoted.
Westlst Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—
igeeadr:l Bury, Gi,nt , to be Cornet, vice James Bury, re-

ItEMORANDIJ3I.—West York Rifle Regiment of Militia
—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the
resignation of the Commission held in this Regiment by
Ensign Edmund Bowyer.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.

Department of the Accountant-General of
the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-11mm,
July 1, 1858.

Notice is hereriy given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of tonnage bounty arising from the brigantine
Adam's Gray, captured on the IGth April, 1837, by her
Majesty's ship Prometheus.
Agents or other in ;sons having any just and legal demand
unliquidated against the said proceeds, are required to
transmit the pal tieuhrs of any such demand to the Regis-
trar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that iptEcer,
and pail under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court.
Agents and all other persons holding powers of Attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the
share belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little
delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by
the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Depart-
ment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admi-
ralty, Somerset-house."
Dne notice will be given, by future advertisements in the
! London Ca:dtc of the date proposed for the commencement
of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an
individual's share in the respective classes will be an-
nounced.