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NEWSPAPER
The screw steam transport Peni;nsnra!-'.;
Monday towed down to W001wic1i4Ar2,...1;:41:1.1*--
Victoria Docks, and yesterday commence& ; :*. y, -tij'4l7
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a cargo of guns for Gibraltar. a.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel storesbiri4hadft
manthus, Master-Commander Sturdee, fronA'Port'sg,
mouth, was yesterday hauled into basin at Woolwich,
in readiness to embark boilers and steam gear for
the 120-gun ship St. George, under construction at
Devonport.
The gunboats Teazer, Minx, and Bann 'ere
yesterday towed up to Deptford yard from Wool-
wich, to be placed in reserve.
The paddlewheel steamer Firefly was yesterday
taken into No. 3 dock at Woolwich to have defects
repaired, and the iron screw steam store•vessel
Supply, under orders for Boudroun Bay to ship
antiquities for the British Museum, was at the
same time hauled out of basin and berthed along-
side the Salsette, in readiness to steam down the
river this morning cn a trial trip of her machinery.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Gorgon was likewise
undocked, and was admitted into the fitting basin.
On Sunday Rear-Admiral T. IL R. t'Hooft, com-
manding his Netherlands Majesty's screw steam
squadron in Plymouth Sound. visited the
screw steam frigate Liffey, 51, Captain Preedy,
which arrived the day before from Port-
land. On Monday Port-Admiral Sir Barrington
Reynolds, K.C.8., went from Devonport in the
Sylph cutter to the screw steam frigate Evertson,
50, Capt. Moore, for the purpose of paying a com-
plimentary visit to Admiral t'Hooft. The build,
equipment, and discipline of the Evertson excited
general admiration. During the day several of the
junior officers belonging to the Dutch ships in-
spected the Devonport dockyard, and in the evening
the Vice-Admiral dined with Sir Barrington Rey-
nolds.

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)

In the week ending last Saturday the deaths
registered in London were 1,175, the number being
almost the same as that of the previous week, which
was 1,174. In the ten years 1849-58 the average
number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with
last week was 1,229; but as the deaths now re-
turned occurred in a population which has increased,
they should be compared with the average raised in
proportion to that inm ease—natnely, with 1,352.
The comparison exhibits results as favourable as
those observed in the previous week's return, for in
each of the last two weeks the number of persons
who have died has been less by 177 than the num-
ber that would have died under a rate of mortality
equal to the average for the earlier half of March.
The number of births last week exceeded the
deaths in the same period by 666.
The number of cases in which small-pox was
fatal is 15, of which 7 occurred in the east dis-
tricts. At 15, High-street, Mile-end Town, a girl,
7 weeks old, died of this disease. The Registrar
reports that four others in the same family are
suffering from it, but are recovering, and that it is
very prevalent all over his district. The mortality
from scarlatina with diphtheria has scarcely
varied during the last three weeks. The deaths
from the two diseases were 81, of which cases
diphtheria was fatal in 15, the number in
the preceding week having been 19. The 15
occurred in sub-districts, as follows :—Chelsea,
North-west, 1; Belgrave, 1 ; All Souls', Marylebone,
1 ; Somers-town, 1 ; Islington, West, 2 ; Hackney,
West, 2; St. George the Martyr, Holborn, 1; Lime-
house, 1 ; Bow, 1 ; Kennington, first part, 2 ; Peck-
ham, 1 ; Plumstead, 1. Diphtheria has attacked
the inmates of a house, No. 8, Commercial-place,
Peckham, which stands near an open sewer, and is
exposed to the effluvium. A young woman who
had not applied for parochial relief died in Bethnal
Green from destitution. Two persons died from
intemperance, two from delirium tremens ; a child
from maligna; a widow died at the age of 90 years,
a man at 94.
Last week the births of 929 boys and 912 girls,
in all 1,841 children, were registered in London.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1849-
58 the average number was 1,692.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.601 in.
The readings varied from 28.94 in. on Tuesday
to 30.21 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of
the week was 47.4 deg., which is 5.8 deg. above the
average of the same week in 43 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). On Sunday the mean
temperature was 11.2 deg. above the average of the
same day ; on Saturday the excess was only I'9
deg. The highest temperature in the week occurred
on Saturday, and was 58 deg.; the lowest was 35.7
deg. on Saturday. The range of the thermometer
in the shade was therefore 22.3 deg. The mean
daily range was 11.9 deg. On Monday the range
was only 4.1 deg. ; on Saturday it was 18.1 deg.
The difference between the mean dew point tem-
perature and air temperature was 5.7 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 82 ; on
Monday it was 94, approaching complete satura-
tion. The mean temperature of the water of the
Thames was 48 deg. The wind blew from a south-
westerly point till Friday afternoon, when it
changed to north-west. The rain-fall of the week
was 0.41 in., about half of which took place on
Monday.

A letter received at Plymouth, written from the
screw steam frigate Euryalus, 51, dated at Alex-
andria, March 2, states that the day before, 'whet'
at sea under studding sails, and running eight
knots, Thomas Childs, an able seaman, fell over-
board. A 28-feet cutter, fitted with Capt. Itynas-
ton's lifeboat hooks, was, with her crew, disengaged
with great facility, although on the weather side,
and the man saved. The circumstance had attracted
the attention of the Pasha of Egypt, who expressed
a particular wish to Capt. Tarleton to witness the
working of the hooks when the weather moderated.
It was blowing a gale from the westward when the
mail closed. _ _ _

The Algiers, 91, screw steamship, Capt. George
W. D. O'Callaghan, sailed yesterday at 3.30 p.m.
from Spithead for Portland.
The Osborne, paddlewheel steam yacht, Master
Commander G. H. K. Bower, has nearly completed
her repairs in No. 5 dock at Portsmouth, and will
be taken out about the 25th inst.

The Rolla, naval apprentices' brig, at Ports-
mouth, Lieutenant Charles G. Nelson, has been
taken out of No. 2 dock, and the Stork gunboat,
tender to the Excellent, gunnery ship at Ports-
mouth, taken in to have some repairs carried out.
The Leopard, 18, Captain James E. B. Wain-
wright, yesterday proceeded to the westward, re-
ported for the Mediterranean.
The following appointments were made y.ester-
day at the Admiralty :—W. H. James, master's
assistant, to the Nile ; J. Edwards, master's as-
sistant, to the Termagant ; Albert Gain, master's
assistant, to the Hero ; Charles Evershed, master's
assistant, to the Hannibal; and W. C. Devereux,
clerk, to the Fisgard.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
6to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken)
9to 1 agst Newcastle (taken)
10 to 1 agst Shafto (offered)
13 to 1 agst Mutineer (offered)
100 to 7 agst Little Agnes (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Drogheda (offered)

DERBY.
100 to 1 agst Newcastle (taken)
Newcastle was backed to win £ll,OOO on Monday night
n this market at 1,000 to 10,