The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-07 00:00:00

MR. SPURGEON'S NEW TABERNACLE

This edifice is now very nearly finished. During
the last mouth the friends of the Rev. C. H. Spur-
geon, as well as the rev. gentleman himself, have
been using every exertion to raise the sum required
for completing the building. The efforts made have
been singularly successful, and no doubt is now
entertained that by the 26th March next the doors
will be thrown open for Divine worship, entirely
free of debt and without encumbrance of any kind.
It is estimated that above a million persons have
contributed towards rearing this gigantic edifice.
The into spent will have been £30,000. Already
£28,000 has been raised, and the remaining £2,000
there is every prospect of obtaining. The " last
effort" is now being made. On Monday evening
last a meeting was held in the Tabernacle, at
which there were about 4,000 persons present, on
which occasion the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., pre-
sided. The hon. gentleman said he was truly
happy in testifying by his presence the heartfelt
sympathy he had with Mr, Spurgeon in the com-
pletion of this great enterprise. The accommoda-
tion afforded to so vast a congregation and the
scientific manner in which the entire building was
constructed reflected great credit both on the
architect and the builder. It was so admirably
adapted for sound that a voice of less volume than
the rev, gentleman's,if ordinarily modulated, might
reach the ears of the entire mass. Mr. Spurgeon
said that when he first broached the idea of erecting
a place of worship on so gigantic a scale it was
pronounced as absurd ; it might be a great idea,
but at the same time it was a great absurdity, said
many who were now alive to see its completion.
He predicted that in a few years this " absurd
idea" of his would be imitated by more than one
of those who had pooh-poohed the present under-
taking. He wished the greatest success might
attend any future effort of the kind, for he could
with all sincerity pray that many such buildings
might be erected in the metropolis. In return for
the kind feeling evinced towards him by his
brethren of other sections of the christian church
than that to which he belonged, he would say that
they were welcome to hold their annual meetings
in the New Tabernacle without any charge what-
ever, a feeling which was warmly reciprocated by
the whole assembly. Several gentlemen addressed
the meeting, after which a collection was made,
and the result of the last month's efforts showed
that nearly £9OO had been collected. Opening
services by the different denominations, and a
bazaar presided over by Mrs. Spurgeon, will occupy
the next month. It is a fact worthy of note that
not a single accident to life or limb has taken
place during the whole of the erection of this truly
magnificent structure.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)
The deaths in London were 1,544 in the week
that ended last Saturday; they show, as from the
favourable change of the weather might have been
anticipated, a clear decrease on the heavy returns
of the two previous weeks, when 1,926 and 1,783
deaths successively were registered. In the last
fortnight the mean temperature of the air has been
13 deg. higher than that of the previous fortnight.
The average number of deaths as obtained from
the returns of corresponding weeks in ten previous
years, and corrected for increase of population, is
1,358. The mortality of last week was still high,
for the actual number of deaths exceeded the esti-
mated number by 186.
The deaths arising from pulmonary complaints,
exclusive of phthisis, in the week were 447, whilst
the average number of corresponding weeks, cor-
rected for increase of population, is 308. Bronchitis
has decreased from 354 in the previous week to 289
last week ; pneumonia from 117 to 110 ; asthma
from 46 to 24; whooping-cough from 108 to 91.
The deaths from phthisis last week were 142.
Of 12 deaths from burns and scalds 8 occurred in
consequence of the clothes taking fire. Five infants
were suffocated in bed. Five infants died from

syphilitic disease. Three were murdered.
On 10th January a cabinet-maker, aged 42 years,
died at the workhouse, Bethnal-green, from " ex-
posure and want of food and necessaries." (Inquest.)
And on 25th January, at 9, Digby-walk, Bethnal-
green, a bricklayer, aged 78 years, died from " dis-
ease of the lungs accelerated by want of food and
by exposure." (Inquest.)
A girl, aged 17 years, died of idiopathic ptyalism ;
and a harness-maker, aged 22 years, died of glan-
ders. A police officer, aged 36 years, died in
Threadneedle-street, of smallpox. A man, aged 49
years, died of " syncope, brought on by excitement
from being attacked by several boys." (Post
mortem inquest.) He died instantly.
Last week the births of 1,049 boys and 1,001
girls—in all, 2,050 children—were registered in
London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the
years 1851.60 the average number was 1,739.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 30'126 in.
The mean daily readings rose above 30 in. on Satur-
day, the 26th January, and continued above it dur-
ing the whole of last week. The barometer fell to
29.96 in. on Tuesday, and rose to 30.54 in. on Satur-
day, which is higher than any point attained since
10th December, 1859, when the reading was 30.59
in. The mean temperature of the air in the week
was 42.3 deg., which is higher by 4.6 deg. than the
average of the same week in 43 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily tempera-
ture was above the average throughout the week ;
on Sunday and Friday it was about 9 deg. above
the average. The highest point attained by a ther-
mometer in the shade was 55 deg. on Sunday and
Tuesday ; the lowest point in the week was 29.5
deg. on Tuesday. The range of temperature in the
week was therefore 25.5 deg. The mean daily
range was 14.7 deg. The difference between the
mean dew-point temperature and air temperature
was 2.7 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the
air was 90, complete saturation being represented
by 100. On Wednesday the humidity was 98.
Till Friday evening the wind blew from the south-
west—it then changed to north-west. There was
no rain in the week. The mean temperature of the
water of the Thames was 40.9 deg. The magnetic
disturbance, which had been almost continuous
since Tuesday, January 22, ceased at 10 p.m. on
Sunday.

BIRTHS.

HART.—On the Gth inst., at Wanstead, Mrs. Lemon Hart,.

of a son.
KEKEwicit.—On the 6th inst., at 1, Ulster-terrace, Re-
gent's-park, the wifo of Arthur Kekewieh, Esq., barrio-
ter-at-law, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.

ITCOAT—HAMMOND.—On the Gth inst., at St. Mary's,
Islington, Alfred Jeffcoat, Esq., c.f Bayswater, to Amelia,
only daughter of the late Mr. W. Hammond, of nol-
loway.

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