The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-28 00:00:00

The survivors of the brig Exchange, of South
Shields, have reached their home; and the account
they give of their gallant rescue by the master and
crew of the Isle of Man schooner the Brilliant, is
alike honourable to the seamanship and humanity
of the master and crew of the latter vessel ; their
noble conduct is much praised by the seafaring pop u-
lation of the Tyne. The Exchange left the Tyne
with a cargo of coals for Kiel, having ten bands—
eight men and two boys—on board. While navi-
gating the Baltic she encountered a fearful gale of
wind, and in the storm her decks were swept of her
boats. She also sprung a leak, and it was only by
the most strenuous exertions of the crew at the
pumps that she was kept afloat. While off the
Isle of Rugea she was found to b 3 in a sinking state,
and the master, Mr. Hogg, hoisted a flag of distress.
The master of the Brilliant observed the brig ahead
with her ensign union down, and, though it was
blowing a gale at the time, he made down to her as-
sistance. As soon as he got within hail the men in
the brig implored him and his crew to endeavour to
take them off, as the vessel was sinking under their
feet. The master of the schooner states that their
condition was most pitiable, and that it brought
tears into the eyes of all those on board his vessel.
They consulted as to what was best to be done, and
two of the men, Patrick Sayle and William Crow,
offered to go in the only boat they had on board
the schooner and endeavour to save them. They
gallantly pulled through the storm alongside the
brig, and had got the two apprentibe lads and three
of the seamen into the boat when the brig unfor-
tunately made a roll and stove the boat, throw-
ing
all that were in her into the water. Four
of them went under the brig's bottom and were
drowned. The two men belonging to the schooner
fortunately got hold pf lines and sprang on
board the brit. The fifth poor fellow floated
away on the boat's bottom, and there seemed no
prospect of saving the poor castaway when the mas-
ter of the schooner made a gallant effort to rescue
him. He ran his vessel down towards the drifting
boat, and made two fruitless attempts to save him ;
but the third time, as the schooner was passing the
poor fellow, a man forward pitched a line upon his
head. He grasped it, was hauled aboard in tri-
umph, and was saved. Mr. Quale then turned his
attention to rescuing the men from the sinking brig.
Telling them to get ready, he ran his vessel under
tae brig's stern, with his yardarm upon their taff-
rail, and was thus enabled to rescue his own two
men. The survivors of the brig were too fatigued
and benumbed t) make such a leap ; but having
got lines roun 1 their waist 4, by cleverly handling
the schooner the ends of those lines were thrown
on board of her, and the poor fellows were dragged
through the sea an I mercifully saved. Every at-
tention was paid to their wants on board the
schooner. The master landed them at Elsinore,
whence they were forwarded to their homes by the
British consul. The names of the drowned seamen
wore William Mail, of Guernsey, and George Mit-
chell, of Dundee, and two lads, Henry Scott ani
George Cartwright.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TilE

WEEK.

(b-oln the Report of the Registrar-General. )
The total number of deaths registered in London
in the week that ended on Saturday (Oct. 21) is
938. In the corresponding weeks of ten previous
years 1847-56 the average number was 1,002. The
same rate of mortality in the present increased po-
pulation would produce 1,102 deaths ; and a com-
parison of the read with the estimated result shows
a difference in favour of last week to the extent of
114.

Whilst the population of the metropolis lost 988
last week, the registration of births shows that 1,582
children were born ; sufficient to supply the places
of the dead, and to increase the number of inhabi-
tants by 594.
The deaths from diarrhoea, which numbered 79
in the first week of October, fell last week to 42,
about the avera;e of former years ; of that number
27 occurred to children under 5 years of age.
Six deaths from cholera and choleraic diarrhoea
were registered hat week. At 19, Asylum-t,. mice,
Chelse k, a boy aged 11 months, died of "cholera
infintum (62 hours)." At 10, Duke-street, Old
Artillery-ground, Whitechapel, a boy, aged 6 years,
died of " choleraic fever (14 day's)." At 3, Nelson's-
court, Limehouse, a boy, aged 9 months, died of
" cholerine (7 thys)." At 2, Mast-house-place,
Millwall, Poplar, a man, aged 77 years, died of
" Asiatic cholera (5 days), collapse (2 days),
secondary fever (3 days) ' At 8, Aldred-street,
Bermondsey-, a min, aged 39 ye tra, died of " cho-
leraic diarrhoea ;,' and at Hill-house, Gordon-road,
Peckham, a girl, aged 8 months, died of "choleraic
diuThcea." Typhus was fatal to 54 persons, 29 of
whom were under 20 years of age ; 21 children died
of measles, 50 of scarlatina, 27 of hooping-cough.
At 17, George-terrace, Brook-street, Upper Clap-
t,m, a man, aged 37 years, died of fever (3 weeks).
The registrar adds, " This is the second death from
typhus fever in Brook-street, and there are 8 or 9
other cases of fever."

Last week the births of 814 boys and 768 girls,
in all 1,532 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years
1847-56 the averag e number_was 1,475.
The registrar of the West Ham sub-district,
which adjoins London, reports : "No fresh case of
cholera or of death has occurred in my district
during the week."
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the weer was 29.638 in.
The highest reading was 29-974 in., which occurred
on Saturday ; the lowest was 29 414 in., which oc-
curred on Sunday. The mean temperature of the
air was 51.5 deg.,. which is 2.7 deg. above the aver-
a,..2:e of the same week in 43 years (as determined by
Mr. Glaisher). The lowest temperature in the
week was 42.7 deg. on Thursday. The wind was
variable during the week ; but the north•e ist winds
prevailed. On Thursday the wind blew from the
north and north north-east, while heavy rain fell
continuously during the whole day, making thp
total fall at 9 p.m. 2.57 in. T►re average an-
nual fall of rain in London during the 17 years
1840-57 was 24 in., consequently more thaa a
tenth part of the average fall of rain in 365 days
full on Thursday last. The fall of rain on an acre
was 58,140 gallons, or rather more by weight than
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if the average rainfall be assumed to be represented
of the drain iga of London is under consideration,
these facts no doubt attract the attention of engi-
neers.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FR.ONI ALL CAUSES REGISTERED

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 24.
Zymotic Diseases
229
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases .. l5B
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Biood-vessels 33
Diseases of , the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration...
173
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases o: the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ...... 7
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
!Nlalformations 1
Premature Birth and Debility 3l
Atrophy
Old Age
C'udden 7
Violence, Privation, 3
Cold, and Intemperance 26
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 9BB
Population Deaths in corro- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the
1851. of 1856. Week.
‘Vest Districts
North Districts 490,396
Cmtral Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals

Males 47G
Fmnales 512
BIRTHS IN TIIE WEEK.

Males
Females..

814
7GB

Total .

1,582

The new petitions in the Encumbered Estates Court
this week are important, and embface property to the
extent of 11,0001. per annum, among which are the
estates of the E►rl of Kenmore, in Carlow, Kilkenny,
mad Queen's County, producing 40001. per annum, and
enonubered to the extent of 11000001.