The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-26 00:00:00

ROSS-SHIRE.

The Easter Ross Farmers' Club and the commu-
nity of Tain have bestirred themselves with such
good success that a company of volunteer riflemen
has been raised and sanctioned in this fir-off corner
of the north. The volunteers have all provided
their own arms and uniform, either personally or
by substitute, and have chosen Mr. M'Leod, of
Cadboll, captain ; Mr. Worms, of Allan, lieutenant ;
and Bailie Murray, ensign. Already 80 men have
undergone a fortnight's training, and the company
is to re-assemble for drill at the end of this month.

It is to be hoped that their spirited example will
be generally followed in the county, as it has already
been in Sutherlandshire, where, under the command
of the Marquis of Stafford, a very excellent corps is
in progress of formation. The Ross-shire regiment
is 38th on the list, and the Easter Ross Company is
No. 1. At Inverness the movement has also much
progressed, a company being in course of formation,
and drilling going on.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WERE

(Fran the Report of the Registrar-General.)

The weekly report issued by the Registrar-Gene-
ral, ('ct. 21, 1859, states, that the London returns
for the week that ended last Saturday exhibit a

iow-rate of mortality as compared with the average
rate obtained from the returns of corresponding
weeks in previous years. The deaths in last week
were 910, a number which is nearly the same as
that of the previous week, but which is less (if
allowance is made for increase of population) by
about 200, than the average number of deaths that
occurred in the third week of October in the ien

years 1849.58.
The mean temperature of the air last week was
10 degs. lower than that of the former half of the
present month ; but the remarkable depression of
temperature that was experienced last week
occurred on Friday and Saturday, and was too late
to affect much the present return of mortality.
There were 29 deaths from small pox in the week,
6 of which were those of persons between the ages
of 20 and 40 years, and' three-fourths of the whole
number occurred in the East and South districts. A
young man, a member of the medical profession who
is amongst those recorded as having died of the
disease, is supposed to have caught the infection
when attending cases in Newington. Eighty-five
deaths from scarlatina and 14 from diphtheria are
returned ; three of those from the latter disease
occurred in the sub-district of Camberwell. Till ee
deaths from scarlatina occurred in each of the fol-
lowing sub-districts :—Kentish Town, Islington
West, St. Clement Danes, St. Mary (St. George-in-
the-East), Mile-end Old Town West. and East,
Christchurch (Southwark), and Lambeth Church,
second part. There were 31 fatal cases of diarrhoea ;
2 of cholera; one of intermittent fever; 7 of
syphillis, all amongst infants ; and besides a case of
delirium tremens, the deaths of five persons are
stated as directly caused by intemperance.
Of bricklayers one died in the week, of brick-
layers' children, 8 ; of carpenters 3 died in the
week, of carpenters' wives, 2, of carpenters children,
14; of masons 1 died in the week, of masons' wives
1, of masons' children, 2 ; of painters 2 died in the
week, of painters' wives, 2, of painters' children, 9 ;
of plasterers' children 3 died.
Last week the births of 872 boys and 918 girls,
in all 1,790 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58
the average number was 1,533.
At the Itoyal Observatory, Greenwich the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.490 in.
The readings fell from 29.86 in. on Tuesday, to 2914
on Friday, being respectively the highest and lowest
in the week. The mean temperature of the air in
the week was 48.3 deg., which is less by 0.8 deg.
than the average of the same week in 43 years (as
determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily
range of temperature was 13.5 deg. ; the entire
range in the week was great, namely, 36.5 deg., the
difference between 64.5 deg., the highest reading in
the shade, which occurred on Sunday, and 28 deg.,
the lowest point (4 deg. below the freezing point of
water) to which the thermometer fell on Saturday.
The mean daily temperature was more than 6 deg.
above the average on Sunday and Monday, and was
more than 12 deg. below it on Friday and Satur-
day. The mean temperature of the water of the
Thames was 58.6 deg. The difference between the
mean dew-point temperature and air temperature
was 3.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the
air was 88 ; on Tuesday the humidity reached 100,
which represents complete saturation. Till the
afternoon of Thursday the wind blew from the
south-west ; on Friday it was in the north, and on
Saturday in the west and south-west. Rain fell to
the amount of 0.53 in., the greater part of it on
Sunday and Monday. Lightning was frequent in
the evening of Saturday. The minimum tempera-
ture of Saturday, 28 degs , was lower by 53 degs.
than the maximum of the 4th inst., and the mean
temperature of Saturday, 36.3 degs., was 30.5 (legs.
below that of the 4th inst., which was 66.8 degs,
Tuesday, the 4th, is distinguished as being the hot•
test day in October for a period of more than 44
years.

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