The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-09 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

ROBBERIFS IN TUE FOG. —Wllain Pretty, a young
man, was chargel with committing two impudent rob-
beries of tradesmen in the fog yesterday.
Mr. Wiliam Pile, of the firm of Dennis and Pile,
clothiers and outfitters, 20, Qleen's-row, Pimlico, stat d
that when the fog was at its densest last evening, l• Faw
the prig inerVitring ai,out the door in a most suspicic us
manner. He watched him and saw him go to another
clo' bier P, and attempt to steal a coat, where he was
prevented succeeding by the tradesman coming out and
driving him away. Prisoner then returned to
witness's door, when the clothier went out, and,
handing him a card, told him he could buy as cheap a coat
there as a man c uid desire, if he wished to purchase one,
but if he wished to steal one he might depend
upon it he would be sent to prison. Then the pri-
soner seemed dissomfitsd and walked away, butreturned
in an hour when be advanced two or three feet into the
shop and endeavoured to puil down a great coat, when
finding it secured by the button-hole, he cut the latter
open, and was about to leave with his booty, when
witness secured him and gave him into custody.
A policemen said, that on searching the prisoner he
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Queen-street, said that kingsttabliushp
about five last evening, he
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heard the snap of a string which fastened goods at the
door, and on his hastening there be found the three pair
of socks now produced stolen. He Saw a man running,
but ho was lost the next moment in the fog.
Prisoner admitted his guilt.
lie was committed for trial on both cbarges.

HEALTH OP LONDON DUR INO VIE WEEI.

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(From the Report of the Registrar General.)
The mortality of London continued high last
week, and even showed a tendency further to in-
crease. In the two previous weeks the deaths were
in d, the number of deaths iu the weeks
average for compari-
son about 1,380 ; in the week that ended last Saturday
(December 5) they rose to 1,428. In the ten years
1847-56 the
hasaverage creae corresponding with last week was 1,318. But, as
population
must be raised proportionably to the increase,
in which case it will become 1,450. Hence it ap-
peais that the deaths of last week were rather less
than tLe corrected average ' • but onreference to the
return for the first week of December in 1847 it
will be seen that in consequence of influenza being
epidemic the deaths from all causes then rose to
the extraordinary number of 2 454, and the ave-
rage which embraces that period is higher than
would have been obtained if only ordinary causes
bad been in operation.

It may ba stated that at least a hundred persons
died last week who would have survived if the sea-
son had not been in more than a usual degree un-
favourable to health. These deaths are the result
of influenza, terminating,
as the medical practi-
tioners believe, in bronchitis.
The number of deaths referred in the present re-
turns to pulmonary disease (exclusive of phthisis
and wheopingcough) is 415, which is not much less
than a third part of the total number returned in
the week. In the nine years 1848-56 the deaths
from the same class of complaints ranged from 171
to 379. The deaths caused by bronchitis continue
to increase, fur in the two previous weeks they were
respectively 227 and 217 ' • last week they Were 242,
the corrected average for last week is 158. The
table shows the greatest number of deaths from
bronchitis during that period of life which extends
from 60 to 80 years, 92 persons having died in that
interval. Beyond 80 years the number falls to
20, the disease then finding a much reduced
number of living subjects for its attacks.
unee. z a is specially
Pneumonia, which carries off chiefly the young, is
far from being so fatal during, the present period
of sickness ; for the deaths
from it, which were
in two previous weeks 127 and 143, fell last week
to 129, which is hardly equal to the average. The
number o
mof
were
men-
tioned is 22. Nino nonagenarians are returned, all
o
Besides a fatal case of " infantile cholera" the
f whom
cases
n women
death of a seaman from " cholera, pneumonia," is
recorded. He died on Nov. 24 OR board the Dread-
nought exceptwhich
on
Hospital ship. Three children died of scar-
latina within four days in a family in George-street,
Somers-town, and two in another family in Ex-
mouth-street, in the same sub-district. In the
family last referred to the mother, and another of
her children died also of the same disease in
November.
Last week the births of 938 boy 3 and 874 girls—
in all 1,812 children—were registered in London.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56
the average number was 1,504.

jolifg' success, haput up again. He has
ASHTON-UNDER-LIMB ELECTION.—(By Electric Tele-
grapb.)—Sergeant Shee waited on Mr. Gibson's com-
mittee this morning to resign the contest. Mr. Mason,
antotterthfeOrrMemaloly t e vHARWICH ELECTION.—(By Electric Telegraph.)—Mr.
Bagshaw was returned this day by a large majority over
his opponent, Mr. Arcedeckne.
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LONDON AND EASTERN BANKING COMPANY.-011
Monday James Edward Stephens appeared before Mr.
Sheriff Substitute Hallard, at Edinburgh, to undergo a
judicial examination in bankruptcy according to the forms
of Scotch law. The examination lasted from 12 till
nearly 5, and was adjourned till next day (Tuesday) at
Ao'olock.