The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-07 00:00:00

No. 2. Osprey, cutter, 59 tons, Colonel R. W. Huey.
. .

No. 3. Brunette, cutter, 70 tons, Mr. A. H. Davenport.
They were despatched on their course to the eastward at
half-past 10, and at 10 45 made their appearance, as viewed
from Ryde Pierhead, in a cluster round Old Castle point,
the Arrow drawing a head, and soon taking a decided lead.
The wind, a nice summer breeze, was west by north, and
the contending craft came merrily along with their balloon
jibs and large gaff topsails, passing Ryde Pier thus :

H. m. s.
Arrow .. „ „ , 11 45 10
Brunette 11 46 14
Osprey „ „
•• •• •• 11 46 45
with Brunette in the inside berth, Arrow well off, and
Osprey amidships. In running along the edge of the Ryde
sand the Brunette shifted her topsail in readiness for
turning back on rounding the Warner Lightship. On
passing the buoy of the sandhead the Arrow took the in-
side berth, and the Noman was passed in the following
time and order :

H. m. s.
Arrow • . 12 22 16
Osprey 12 22 45
Brunette .. 12 26 9

The breeze freshened as they run down to the Warner
Light from the Noman, the Osprey striking her topsail in
a very snart manner and getting up another for turning to
windward, and also shifting her big jib for a working one.
Arrow aloe shifted jib at the same time as Osprey, but kept
her large topsail set, and carrying afterwards in reaching
back to the Calsbot Light. Each vessel jibbed over and
rounded the Warner, this being about the most interesting
point of the race hitherto, from not only the small difference
of time between the Arrow and Osprey, but also from the
very superior manner in which both vessels were being
handled. The vessels then stood thus :

H. m. s.
Arrow • • • . • . .. 12 42 25
Osprey .. • . 12 43 0
Brunette .. .. .. 12 45 31
All three close hauled now came along at a spanking pace
on their return to the westward, aided by a strong west-
going tide, each fetching the Calshot Light, and passing it,
our observation being still taken from Ryde Pierhead as
follows :
m. s,
Arrow. 1 41 15

Osprey .. 1 46 42
Brunette.. 1 51 10
Thew was now a fine whole sail breeze as much as each
conk stagger under with their large sails, and the match at
this point promised to become an exceedingly close one be-
tweet the Arrow and Osprey. The first round completed,
the v:ssels again opened Old Castle Point as follows :
H. in. s.
Lrrow .. • . 2 3S 0
Osprey . 2 45 0
lrunette.. 2 51 0
Still continuing a glorious sailing breeze, a little south of
west. Hyde Pier was pas-ed on their second run to the
Warna. by—

•
A-row .. H. 3
5 3m. 80.
Osprey • • • • 3 14 40
Thanette.. • . : .. 3 19 15
And de Warner jibed round at by—.

H. m. s.
Avow • • .. 3 28 50
Osprey .. • • • • .. 3 39 25
Brviette.. .. • • .. 3 45 0
Balloorers were again shifted for working jibs. The old
Arrow low was doing her work in a wonderful style, as was
also the little Osprey, whose achievements hitherto prove
her to an exceedingly fast vessel, but in contending
against -he Arrow she was endeavouring to beat, as a cut-
ter, the ' wonder of the age."

COWES, AuG. 6.

The Arrow won the Prince Consort's Cup by 6 minutes
30 seconds, after allowing the Osprey 9 minutes 45 seconds.

HEALTH OF LONDON DUBLIN THE WEEK.
(From the I?egtstrar-General's Weekly Return.)
The weekly return-of births-and deaths in Lon-
don, issued by authority of the Registrar-General,
states that the deaths in London in the week that
ended last Saturday were 1,225. The mortality has
been increasing during the last month, but the in-
crease in the present return, over that which pre-
ceded it is very small. The average number of
deaths derived from the returns of corresponding
weeks in ten previous years, 1851.60, and corrected
for increase of population, is 1,251. The deaths in
last week are not equal to the estimated number,
but are less by 26.
The increase in diar:hcea that has been observed
since the middle of June was not maintained last
week. The deaths frog it rose to 200 in the week
that ended July 27; in the present return the num-
ber is 195. Of this latter number, 138 occurred to
children less than a year old. Besides the deaths
assigned to diarrhoea, 13 were stated to be caused
by cholera or choleraic diarrhoea, all of which, ex-
cept one, occurred to inlants. The wife of a carman,
aged 60, died at 3, Leve-lane-square, Ratcliff, of
choleraic diarrhoea, after two days' illness. From
diarrhoea there were 21 deaths in the district of
Marylebone, 7 of which were in the sub-district of
St. John ; 18 in Fancies, 10 of which were in
Somers town ; only 1 in Kentish-town, and none in
the Regent's park sub-district. Of 11 in Lambeth,
1 was in Kennington, fist part ; there were none in
Kennington, second part Brixton, orNorwood. The
in Somers-town should not
escape mortality
notice.
Twodiar reechildren in a family at 47 Royal
Mint-street, Aldgate, died of typhus. A child, aged
2 weeks, died of " erythema of trunk and legs (three
days)," and another child
of psoriasis. A fireman
aged 37, on board of an
Aberdeen steamboat, died
from the excessive heat of the fire-room. Small-pox
was not recorded in a single case in the week, and
with the exception of ,thooping cough, which is
average, end of diarrhoea, the mor-
tality till
abfroovme thezy motic
diseases is not high. The waters supplied by the different London com-
panies according to tle analyses of Dr. R. D.
Thomson, F.R.S., have reached or are rapidly at-
taining their greatest degree of purity during the
dry season of the year. from the evaporation and
diminished supply of fresh water to the river, the
sea water at high tide, to shown by analysis, reaches
s
the metropolis, and should hot weather supervene
will tend to augment the putrid odours produced by
the action of the sewage.

Total impurity Organic im-
per gallon. purity.
Gll
Distilled
atrin water,Water n. .e.w. s. n. p. .p. fi grs.°°.l de g . grs. or deg.
Loch 01)
Manchester Water Supply (March) 3.33 605
.680
Thames, high-water, London
Bridge
toasgow (Marcu) ....... 0 3i
........ G 0•16 5.52
THAMES COMPANIES.
West Middlesex 18.86 0•80
Southwark
Grand Junction I7•2S 0.68
Chelsea
Lambeth
OTHER COMPANIES.
East London
New River

Kent
The table is read thus—Loch Kttrine water contains in the
f 2,11. matter in solution, of
vegetable or animal
which 605
2 .630,5 degreesdegree so or
rgragri nasmost faer;e iOl
origi
Greenwich, the mean
barometerrva
inory,
the
week was 29.780 in.
The barometrical readings rose to 29 94 in. on the
Ist inst., Thursday, and fell to 29.54 in. on Friday.
height At
t th
oef Royal
the
The mean temperature of the air in the week was
61 deg., which is 1.4 deg. below the average of the
same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). The thermometer in the shade fell to
48.8 deg. on Monday, the lowest point in the week,
and rose to 80 deg., its highest on Friday. The
extreme range in the week I,vas therefore 31.2 deg.
The mean daily range was 21.5 deg. The difference
between the mean dew-point temperature and air
temperature was 8 deg. The mean degree of hu-
midity of the air was T 7, complete saturation being
represented by 100. The air was dry ; and the
whole amount of rain measured was the tenth of an
inch, which fell on. Sunday and Friday. After
Sunday the wind blev almost constantly from the
south-west. The thermometer in the sun attained
its highest point on Riday, when it was 127 deg
The mean temperature of the water of the Thames
was 65 deg.

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