The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-29 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.

Sut,—The exhibition now open in this town, and which
includes various curiosities from Finland, Norway, Den-
mark, and Sweden, quite deserves a few visits. I have
availed myself of a return-ticket by steamer to Gottenburg
—the average time from London for the voyage being 50
hours; and from that city I came here by one of the well"
managed canal boats, which touch at various interesting
places on the route, including the falls of Frohlatton, the
town of Wadstend, so renowned for its historical assoein'
tions and ancient relics, and the town of Matala, where
the celebrated ironworks are shown. These works We°
established in 1822, under the management of an English-
man, and the whole of the machinery is worked by one
water-wheel, 16 feet in diameter, the water for which is
conducted by a pipe from the canal, 40 yards distant.
Iron machinery connected with the Monitor is now making
at this manufactory, and part of it is to be seen at the
Stockholm Exhibition.

The passengers by this canal now visit the celebrated
Wreta Cloister church, oonsecrated in 1829 to " God and
the Mother of God." A part of the old wall remain°•
Hero were buried various notable persons, who were con"
netted with the history of Sweden; and the Counts of
Douglas have their mausoleum here.

'AtNorkoping, nearer Stockholm, are several large sit".
nufactories, which entitle this place to be called the gall-
chester of Sweden; while still nearer to Stockholm is the
ancient town of Sodertelga, where there is a Druidical
cromlech. At Stockholm, besides the exhibition, the
Palace and its gorgeous contents may be seal
as well as various statues and objects of in-
terest in the city. Excursions may easily be made to
Upsala, famous for its old University, and to the pic-
turesque Castle of Gripsholm, with its historical portraits
and quaint furniture.
Travelling and residence here are easy and cheap ; the
weather delightful. By means of the railway the return
to Gothenburg may be made by way of Copenhagen and
Helsingaora, the burial-place of Hamlet, Prince of Den-
mark, six miles distant. Thus, within a fortnight, at 5
moderate expense, this pleasant and instructive tour mai
be made. The public exhibition will close on the 15th of
September.—l am, Sir, yours faithfully,

CIIR. COOKE.

Stockholm, August 21, 1866.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

The following is the weekly return of the Re-
gistrar-Gencral of births and deaths in London and
in 12 other large towns of the United K;ngdam
General Register-office, Somerset-house, Aug. 27.
In the week that ended on Saturday, August 25/
the births registered in London and 12 other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 4,107 ; the
deaths registered 3,175. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 27 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,050 boys and 992 girls'
in all 2,042 children, were registered in the week,*
In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1856-65'
the average number, corrected for increase of perl-
lation, was 1,916.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,477. It was the, 34th week of the year ;
and the average number of deaths for that week iO,
with a correction for increase of population, 1/304'
The deaths in the present return exceed the esti-
mated number by 173.
The mortality from cholera and diarrhoea is de-
clining. 265 deaths from cholera and 129 from dial'
rho° were registered last week. In the five preced-
ing weeks the deaths from cholera were 346, 964'
1,053, 781, 455 ; the deaths from diarrhoea in tbLe
same periods were 221, 349, 354, 264, 194. 0014°
deaths registered last week from cholera and diar-
rhoea, 198 persons died from cholera and 41 from
diarrhoea in the East districts, 3 from cholera an,
15 from diarrhoea in the West, 12 from cholera an
21 from diarrhoea in the North, 13 from cholera
and 13 from diarrhoea in the Central, 39 fr°l3l
cholera and 39 from diarrhoea in the South districts.
One hundred and fifteen young persons under 20
years of age died from cholera, and 115 from diet'
rhcea ; at the age of 20 and upwards, 150 cleat"
occurred from cholera and 14 from diarrhoea.
The annual rate of mortality last week wag
per 1,000 in London, 23 in Edinburgh, and 20 .0
Dublin ; 18 in Bristol, 21 in Birmingham, 54 iu
Liverpool, 29 in Manchester, 20 in Salford, 26,1
Sheffield, 34 in Leeds, 19 in Hull, 32 in Newcastle'
upon-Tyne, and 23 in Glasgow. 00l
The 503 deaths returned last week in Livery
°°
a decline of 15 upon those of the previ°
week, although still 200 above the corrected aversgr
number in the corresponding week of the ten Ye°o
1856-65. Of the 503 deaths 288 were the result
diseases of the zymotic class, of which 146 were ra
ferred to cholera, 69 to diarrhoea, 23 to searlati.%;
and 16 each to typhus and whooping-cough. Dilr/4110
the past eight weeks the deaths from cholera in
,6,
town have been respectively 4, 19, 45, 87, 101,i" tho
157, and 146. The annual rate of mortality itt
borough during the 34 weeks of the present Yea
er
r,
which ended last Saturday, has averaged 43'4 11320 t
1,000, whereas in the ten years to 1851-60 did
exceed 30.0.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, then; 7!
height of the barometer in the week was 29.77 ,
The barometrical reading increased from 29.5'100
on Monday to 29.94 in. on Saturday. The 13Ser.,
temperature of the air in the week was 61.2 31110
which is 0.5 deg. above the average of the 5
. her.)
week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glais
The highest day temperature was 74.3
Thursday. The lowest night temperatur!
tear
45.0 deg., on Sunday. The entire range °I The
perature in the week was, therefore, 29.3 deg* oies
mean of the highest temperatures of the 7h
de g.
was 61.5 deg. ; that of the lowest was 60.0 t'ear.
The difference between the mean dew-point be
perature and air temperature was 4.2 deg;
coy.
mean degree of humidity of the air was 86, Rain
plcte saturation being represented by
t,as
fell to the amount of 0.32 in. The blue oday
observed in various degrees of density eve*.

except Thursday. the
The Registrar-General has to acknowledge yo
courtesy of the London Water Companies wheih3of
furnished him with the average daily suPP4
water for the month of July ; 467,696 metric to
of water were supplied daily ; or 1,076 litres toes ft,
house, and 152 litres (or 33.6 gallons) to
it''

persou.