The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-02 00:00:00

PAPER DUTY.

Mr. RICARDO asked the Cnancellnr or the Exche-
quer whether the Government would consider the quep-
tion of granting a drawback of duty on tissue pap.r in
the pottery-tnanufacture,.as .in the case of the Jacquard
loom eardw!••• • • • .
The •CHANCELLOR nf. the EXCHEQUER said
that he had communicated with the Inland Revenue,
and fouorl tbat,tbe_grounds for the drawback i 3 the
Jacquard loom cardsdid not apply to the paper used in
earthenware ma:3l44o'2re, And ,it would not be in Li-
power to recommend. thedrawback asked for..

by the Criminal and Statute Law Commissions, without
t'te consolidation of any branch of the criminal or sta-
tute_ lam, and moved that an bumble address be
presented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty
t) dispense with the present Statute Law Commission.
The bon. and learned gentleman reviewed what had been
dcne towards the consolidation of the statutes, and to
the sum of 10,0001. that had been paid to Mr. B. Ber,
accruinz to the Commissioners for services rendered.

Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion.
Sir F. KELLY communicated to the house what had
been done by the Statute Law Commission since its ap-
pointment. The consolidation of the statutes had for 250
years baffled the efforts of the most eminent jurists
of this country, but the Statute Law Commission bad
succeeded in laying down a single and comprehensive
pin for accr mpltshing that object. The work was ac-
tually commenced, and was in course of successful
ex,,icution by that commission which the honour-
able and learned gentleman oiled upon the
house to censure and dissolve. The right hon. and
learned gentleman (Sir F. Kelley) then referred to the
number of statutes in existence ranging from the time of
Magna Charta to the present day, and enumerated the
ithoUr of the commission in classifying, dividing, and sub-
dividing them for their effectual consolidation. The Corn-
mission had done mucb service to the country in the
work the bad done during the last three years, and he
confidently appealed to the house for their approval of the
conduct. The commission had not attempted the con-
solidati n of the criminal law of Ireland, in consequence
of it differing in many essentials from that of England,
but the commission had put it into the hands of persona
capable of efficiently accomplishing it.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

lIKALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(From, the Report of the Registrar-General. )
The nunal er• of deaths registered in London in
the week that ended on Saturday, June 27, was
1.005. In the ten years 1847-56 the average num-
ber of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last
week was 1,090 ; but, as the deaths of last week
occurred in an increased population, the average
should be raised with a view to comparison propor-
tionally to the increase, in which case it will be-
come 1,199. The deaths now returned were there-
fore less by 194 than would have occurred if the
averaae rate of mortality towards the cad. of June

had prevailed.
The deaths produced by the zymotic or epidemic
class of disea-es were last week 195 ; the corrected
average of co rrespoudin g weeke is 264. The mortalie y
of this class is con.iderably less than usual ; and on
reference to patticuler heads it will be seen that the
reduction is in typhus (including common fever),
scarlatina, and small pox. Four cases of small-
pox and one of varicella (chicken-pox) were
fatal in the week. .Although the heat was excessive,
and the mean temperature of last week higher byB
deg. than thet of the previous three weeks, the
mortality from diatrhcea has not yet shown any
itnpor ant increase, the weekly deaths from this
ccmi laint during June having been 26, 20, 35, and
33. Besides the 33 of la-t week, three de tths of
chllren were registered as caused by "English
ceol- ra" and " cholera infantum." Whooping-
c ugh, which carried off 46 children, and, in the
next place, measles, which carried off 36, are at
present the most fatal diseases of the eyruotic de-
se iw ion. Three deAthy from measles are returned
from each of the following sub-districts :—West
Haeleeey, St. Clemen, Panes, and Mile-end Old-
tewn L weer. Five children died of whooping-cough
in the sub-district of 'St. Leonard, Shot editch.
Three per,ons are recorded as having died of in-
temperance, besides six.cases in which the cau,e
of de tat is stated to be delirium tremens.
A dea h which occurred in May, and on which
au inqu st was held, was caused by star-
vation. The two oldest persons in the returns are,
women, aged re.Tectively 91 and 95 years.
La-t we ek the bir hs of 807 boys and 805 girls,
in all 1,672 children, were re,,,eiwerecl in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-
56 the average nurni er was 1,563.
At, the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
heght of the barometer in the week was 30.058 in.
Tile mean daily reading was above 30 in. on five
dire s ; the higlie,t rea ping attained was 30 25 it).
on Thursday. The mean temperature of the week
was 67.3 deg , which is 61 deg. above the average
of the same week in 4 ; years (as determined by
Mr. Gish er). On fiur days the mean tempera-
ture was from 8 deg. to 10 dere above the average.
The highest temperature in the shade occurred on
Sa urday, and was 88.5 deg. ; the highest in the
sun occurred on the same day, and was 116 deg.
The lowest temperature was 50.7 deg. on Thurs-
day, and the range of the week was 37.8
deg. The mean dew-point temperature was
58.2 deg., and the difference between this and the
mean temperature of the air was 91 deg. The mean
temperature of the water of the Thames was t 5.8
deg. On Saturday the theremometer in the river
rose to 71.7 deg. The air was frequently calm.
Rain fell on Sunday to the amount of 0.21 inches.
None fell during the rest of the week.