The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-05 00:00:00

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AI.L CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 28
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat - 5l
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Biood-vessels 59
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations . 4
Premature Birth and Debility 32
Atrophy
Old Ago
sudden 7
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 4l
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week in the
1851. of 1556. Weet.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396 ...... 212
Central Districts 393,256 ...... 136
East Districts 485,522 ...... 238
South Districts

Totals
1,216
. _
Males 624
Females 592
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females

Total ..

925
896

..-... 1,821

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Traftle
return for the week coding March 1, 1857 X 55,732 0 0
Corresponding week last year
GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the
week ending Feb, 22, 1857 £21,756 13 11
Corresponding week last year 20,019 15 4
CHESTERAND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Tragic return for
the week ending March 1, 1857 £4,884 0 0
Corresponding week last year 4,227 0 0

Increase in 1857 .
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffie re-
turn for the week ending March 1, 1857 ..... £22,537 14 4
Corresponding week last year 20728 19 6
CORK AND 'BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week
ending Feb. 28, 1857
06 '5 10
2 Corresponding week last year £
26: 11 10
GREAT LIJAEIVII3OURg RAILwAY.--Traffic return for the
week ending March 1, 1857 £B62 5 8
Corresponding week last year
LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUSCOMPANY.—Traffic re-
turns for the week ending Feb. 28, 1857 ...... £10,618 7 1,

THE MAN FOR THE FOREIGN-Oa.---If even the
Manchester party should get into power, Mr. Cobden; of
course, will he the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Of
all
Fore'gn Secretaries that Old England has ever seen the
hon. member for the West Riding would be the most
Thoroughly foreign.—Punch,

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The first division of the 2d and 3d Dragoon Guards
embarked at Dublin on Tuesday, on the route to Can•
terbury, where both regiments will assemble previous to
leaving for India. Each of the regiments is 700 strong,
and arranged in three divisions. At 10 o'clock the regi-
ments were drawn up on the esplanade of the Royal
Barracks, and inspected by Gen. Lord Seaton, attended
by his staff. The troops afterwards proceeded to the
North•wall, the bands of both regiments playing before
them along the quays as far as Carlisle-bridge. The divi-
sion which left was under the command of Capt. Keene.
Yesterday the troops quartered at Chatham garrison,
to the number of 4,000 men of all ranks, consisting of
the regiments of the Line comprising the Provisional
Battalion, the Royal Engineers, and the Royal Marine
Light Infantry, were marched to Chatham Lines for the
purpose of going through the evolutions of a field-day.
The troops of the Line, divided into two battalions under
the respective commands of Colonel H. Jervis and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel R. N. Phillips, took up their position in
the centre of the columns with the corps of the Royal
Engineers on their right, and the Royal Marines, corn-
mended by Colonel E. Rea, on their left. The whole
brigade was then put through a variety of manoeuvres by
Col. W. H. Eden, in command of Chatham garrison, which
were performed by the troops in a satisfactory manner.
Yesterday morning a mounted detachment of the 11th
(Prince Albert's) Hussars, consisting of 110 non•commis-
sioned officers and men, under the command of Captain
J. Miller, arrived at Chatham from Canterbury under
orders to proceed to Hounslow Barracks. The follow-
ing officers of the 11th Hussars arrived with the detach•
ment : —Lieutenat R. O'B. Jameson, Cornet A. B.
Bingham, and Cornet R. D. Napier.
The Clara convict ship, Captain Peachey, Dr. Cald-
well in medical charge, arrived at Spithead on Monday
to embark convicts from Portsmouth Prison for Swan
River. She takes out others from Chatham, Portland,
and Dartmoor, and left Spithead yesterday to embark
the latter.

The Dauntless, 33, screw frigate, Capt. Ryder, went
into Portsmouth harbour on Monday afternoon to be paid
off. She was previously officially inspected at Spithead
by Captain Sir T. Maitland, C. 8., for the port admiral,
and passed a creditable muster.
The Retribution, 28, paddlewheel frigate, Capt. Bar-
ker, ordered for foreign service, left Portsmouth on Mon-
day afternoon ; her destination is reported to be China.
The Iris, 26, sailing frigate, is expected to carry out
troops, if she can, to the same destination.
Gunner and Driver Wm. Gibson, of the 13th Brigade
Royal Horse Artillery, was tried at Woolwich on the
27th ult., by a general court-martial (Lieut.-Col. Faddy,
R.A., president), for stealing a post-office order, value
10s., the property of a comrade, and appropriating the
proceeds to his own use. He was sentenced to un-
dergo the punishment of 50 lashes and 112 days' im-
prisonment. The corporal punishment was inflicte&on
Monday, after the usual manner, in the Riding-school,
in the presence of the entire brigade to which the man
belongs, with the whole of the prisoners under temporary
confinement at head-quarters, and 20 men from each of
the brigades and battalions forming the garrison, under
the chief command of Lieut.-Col. Montresor. The cul-
prit bad been convicted a short time ago by the civil
authorities of stealing a watch, for which crime he had
suffered a month's imprisonment, and was about to he
dismissed. He will be dismissed with ignominy from the
service. _ _

The screw steam corvette Scout bas been removed
from dock at Woolwich to give place to the stea►xm yacht
Imperador, ordered to be completed, forthwith. The
Scout has received a portioti of her copper only, and has
the whole of her machinery fitted.