The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-18 00:00:00

IN:iOLVENT PETITIONERS.

Thomas Short, Birmingham, malleable iron fours ler—
J. P. Bond, Birmingham, curate—C. Winter, son., Bir-
mingham, gun implement maker—H. Walkinshaw, Bir-
mingham, engraver—J. Wellman, Birmingham, out of
business—S. Pound, Birmingham, boot maker—G. J.
Green, Birmingham, out of business—L. C. Egaszy, Bir-
mingham, doctor of .medicine—A. Friend, Birmingham,
dealer in jet ornaments—J. Gough, Birmingham, brass.
founder—G. Whitworth, Small-bridge, Lancashire, out of
business—J. Stott, Pippin-bank, Lancashire, stone mason
-A. Pollard, Southampton, merchant's clink —.T. Clay,
Stockingford, Warwickshire, wood turner —J. Cocker,
Spaw in Royton, Lancashire, post-office messenger—G. D.
Banes, Gillingham, Kent—J. Williams, Chapman End,
Hertford, carpenter—G. Croxall, Coventry, draftsman—
W. Barrett, Coventry, trimming manufacturer—W. Grif-
fin, Greadon Underwood, Buckinghamshire, corn dealer—
J. F. Dean, Charing, Kent, butcher —D. Foster, 12,
Grosvenor-place, Pimlico, house-carpenter—J. Darley,
Luton, grocer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
S. Baker and A. Stole. 147, Leadentrall-street—G. Mar-
shall and J. J. Panl, 26, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden,
drawing-mounters—Ann Batten, Wm. Batten, and T. J.
Batten, Holsworthy, Devonshire, drapers Cromwell,
Williams, and Co., New York and Manchester —T. Wadey
and J. NN aiey, Hursterpoint, Sussex, builders—D. Wal-
lace and G. C. Christie, Queen's-buildings, Knightsbridge,
drapers—J. Hayward and W. Durant, 35, St. Martin's-
lane, woollen-drapers—W. S. Francis, J. Rickaby, and G 1
F. Dunn, 84, Gray's-inn-lane, revolving-shutter-makers (as
far as regards J. Rickaby)—G. Bono and W. W. Hill,
Bury, Lancashire, manufacturing chemists—E Butter.
worth and W. H. Butterworth, Leeds, music-sellers—A.
Lockwood and D. Scott, Cheater, builders—A. Devy and
E. Einstein, 73, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street, silk mer-
cers—H. Milvain and G. HarforJ, Gateshead, sailcloth
manufacturers—R. Humphreys and T. Rymer, Wrexham,
attorneys—J. Gates an T. Glover, Tring, grocors—.T.
Lewis and R. Lewis, Northwich, linendrapers— W. Cook
and T. Turner, Bristol, sailmakers.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
James FL ming, innkeeper, Coupar-Angns.
Charles Crichton, surgeon, Fort William, Inverness.
Elijah Slack, manufacturing chemist, Glasgow.
David Room, laceman, Sauchiehall-street, Glasgow.
John Coupland, hairdresser, Dumfries.

REALM OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(b.em, the Report of the Registrar-General. )
The total number of deaths regist-red in London,
which in the previous week was 1,175, was in the
week that ended last Saturday 1,156, showin(4 again
a decrease. which has been maintained during the
last five week., and which in e'reurnstanoes as fa-
vourable as those of the present time is to be ex-
pected towards the end of the first quarter of the
year. In the tea years 1847-56 the average num-
ber of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last
week was 1,199. If this is raised in proportion to
increase of population it becomes 1,319, and repre-
sents the number of deaths which the average rate
of mortality would produce at the present time ;
and it is shown by a reduction in the altual num-
ber to the extent of 163 that the public health is at
present decidedly better than usual.
The number of births exceeded the number of
deaths by 488. Of the 1,156 persons who died 573
were mates and 583 females.

The deaths from zymotic diseases w,re la,t week
214 ; the correctid average of corresponding
weeks is 245. Five children and a person of mid-
dle age died of smallpox, 1.1 children of croup; 24
of scarlatina, 27 of measles, 28 of typhus and com-
mon fever, 72 of whooping-cough. The de4hs
from diarrhoea declined to 9. The southern divi-
sion, namely, all that part of London which lies on
the south side of the river, is at present unusually
free from epidemics. No deaths occurred in it last
week from smallpox, only 1 from measles, 4 from
scarlatina, 10 from whooping-cough, 2 fi orn diar-
rhoea. and 8 from typhus ; the total number on the
south side from these six diseases was 25, being the
seventh part of the total number in the metropolis,
though the population of the, former is to that of
the latter nearly as one to four. The Registrar of
Somers-town states that there are some cases of
smallpox in the neighbourhood of Pancras-square.
Bronchitis was fatal last week in 135 cases ; pneu-
monia in 100 ; the mortality froth the lat•er disea,e
now becoming greater relatively t..) that of the for-
mer. A woman died in the Greenwich Workhouse
from mortiti. ation, the effect of frost two months
ago. Only one nonagonariah died last week—viz.,
the widow of a coachman in Clerkeuwell, who had
attained the age of 96 years.

List week he births of 858 boys and 786 girls,
in all 1,644 children, were registered in London.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1847 56
the average number was 1,606.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.607 in.
The highest reading in- the week was 29.92 in. on
Thursday. The mean temperature of the week was
37.2 deg., which is 3.3 deg. below Vie average of
the same week in 43 years, as determined by Mr.
Glaisher. On Wednesday the mean temperature
was oily 33.3 deg., which is 7 deg. below the ave-
rage. The lowest temperature occurred on. Tuesday,
and was 28 deg.; the highest was 56.6 deg., and
occurred on Saturday, the only day on which the
mean temperature was above the average. The
entire range of the week was 28.7 deg. The mean
dew-point temperature was 31.9 deg., and the dif-
ference between this and the mean temperature of
the air was 5.3 dog. The wind, which was gonerally
in the N. and N.N. E. at the beginning of ihe week,
blew afterwards from the S. W. Rain or hail fell to
the amount of 0.33 in. Heavy hail storms occurred
on Sunday, the Bth inst. During one storm the
temperature fell 9 deg. in five minutes, and in ano-
ther the balls were unusually large, and measured
in some instances 3 inches round at their base.
MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS

NUMBER OF DEATHS mom ALL CAUSES HEM:STEWED

IN THE WEER ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 14.

Zymotie Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat - 55
Tubercular 'Diseases .. 194
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 53
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 263
Diseases-of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.

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