The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-10 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.
The Arabia, which touched at Queenstown yes-
terday, has arrived.
..

Vice-President Hamlin on the 23d sent a letter
to the Senate, announcing that it was his inten-
tion to be absent during the remainder of the
Session, and asking that a President pro tem. be
appointed. Mr. Foot, of Vermont, was accor-
dingly unanimously elected, and Mr. Hamlin was
duly notified of the fact. Mr. Foot, on taking the
chair, delivered a short address of thanks.
In the Senate on the 25th a resolution was
passed requesting the President to communicate to
the Senate the despatches from Major Anderson to
the War Department during the time he has been
in command of Fort Sumter. Mr. Howe, of Wis-
consin, made a further reply to Mr. Douglas's
speech, opposing the amendment to the Constitu-
tion which the former had suggested, also the
recognition of the seceded States ; and as to war,
declared the issue is made between the loyal
citizens and those who defy the authority of the
United States. He contended that the Unionists
in the seceded States were borne down by tyranny
from which they should be relieved. The debate
was then taken up by Mr. Douglas, who wanted
to know positively whether there was to be peace
or war. The discussion was then continued in a
colloquial siyle at some length between the
senators from Wisconsin and Illinois, Mr. Clark,
of New Hampshire, also taking part therein:
Mr. Douglas, among other things, charges the
Republicans with desiring civil war for the pur-
pose of perpetually separating the North and the
South, so that there can be no resuscitation of the
Union. The discussimi was quite protracted. Mr.
Breckinridge wished to reply to Douglas, but after
an Executive session the Senate adjourned. On
the 26th, the subject under discussion being Mr.
Douglas's resolution calling for information rela-
tive to the forts and other public property in the
seceded States, Mr. Breckinridge proceeded to
make a speech in which he attempted to con-
trovert the arguments of Mr. Douglas re-
lative to the position now occupied by the
South in the Territories. He was followed
by Mr. Douglas, who reiterated his former argu-
ments, and still further enforced them. At the con-
clusion of his speech a vote was taken upon a mo-
tion to lay the resolution upon the table, and it was
so disposed of, by a vote of 23 to 11. Mr. Breck-
inridge then asked leave to offer a resolution recom-
mending the withdrawal of the Federal troops from
the Southern States, and pressed for a vote upon it,
but it was objected to. Mr. Clingman, of
North Carolina, offered a similar resolution, with
the addition of a recommendation that no attempt
be made to collect the revenue in the Confederate
States. That also was laid over, and the Senate
went into Executive session.

Washington advices state that there was every
reason to suppose that Fort Sumter would be eva-
cuated immediately, and that a similar step would
be taken at Fort Pickens in about 30 days.

NEW YORK, MARCH 26.
The mail closes so early to-morrow morning that
I am obliged to write without the morning mails. I
apprehend, however, that this will not be of much
consequence, as all parties—at lean, in the Northern
States—are lying idle on their oars and watching
the drift of the ship of State. The attempt to unite
the Administration upon a policy contemplating the
eventual recognition of Southern independence as a
necessity, if the people desire it, having failed,
owing to various circumstances, an attempt was
next made to find some line of policy promising
peace on which all the Cabinet could agree ; but the
discordant materials composing it were so far apart
that it was found impossible to do more than agree
that the laws should be enforced only so far as Con-
gress should place power in the hands of the Pre-
sident; and, as Congress has failed to pass any
law placing extraordinary powers in the hands of
the President—has left Charleston, Mobile, Savan-
nah, and New Orleans ports of entry, but with-
out custom-house, customs' officers, and machi-
nery for collecting the revenue—has left the Ware-
housing Act unrepealed on the Statute Book, by
which every importer has a right to have his
goods warehoused—has made no additions to the
army and navy, and granted no unusual supplies,
and vested the President with no extraordinary
powers over the militia, it is:fair to presume, as the
country has presumed, that, however divided the
Cabinet may be on other matters, on one point—the
preservation of peace—they were agreed., No one
was surprised, therefore, when the evacuation of
Fort Sumter was agreed on ; nor will any one be
surprised should it be announced by-and-by that it
has been determined to withdraw thp garrison from
Fort Pickens. Both President Lincoln and:Presi-
dent Davis wish to avoid the appeal to arms, which
by all logical rules would seem inevitable. The
Southern chief has, however, this advantage over
his Northern brother, if we may believe reports—
that his Cabinet is not divided, and reflects his own
sentiments, thus giving his Administration vigour
in any emergency that may arise.
At present it is not determined to evacuate Fort
Pickens, but that it must be done, unless the fort is
soon reinforced, is plain. Troops under command
of experienced officers are surrounding it with a
cordon of batteries more powerful than itself, just
as Fort Sumter was shut in by the Carolina troops.
When the line is completed, reinforcement will be
impracticable except at great loss of life and ex-
pense, and then the same questions will be pre-
sented that were presented at Charleston. Although
the future is not so plain, I am advised that Fort
Pickens will not be reinforced, from which I draw
the conclusion that the Administration is more
peaceable than it dares avow itself. Although Mr.
Seward was obliged to succumb, and yield the posi-
tive parts of his plan of conciliation, in his negative
non-residence he is in the ascendancy. You may
observe even a coincidence in dates in the order for
evacuating Fort Sumter and the election of a suc-
cessor to Mr. Chase's seat in the Senate, by which
the door of retreat is shut to him. And it is pro-
bable that the new Secretary of the Treasury, in
view of the embarrassed condition of his depart.
ment, may recognise the propriety of the steps
taken, although he did not do so at the outset.
The diplomatic appointments are hurried up, in
order to counteract any supposed efforts of the
Southern Commissioners. In addition to those re-
ported last week, Mr. Sanford, formerly charge at
Paris, gets the mission to Belgium ; Mr. Burlin-
game, of Boston, the mission to Vienna; and the
mission to Turkey goes begging, Mr. Watson
Webb. the editor of the Courier and Enquirer, hav-
ing declined it. I understand that the appointment
of Mr. Burlingame gives offence to the Austrian
Minister, as the mission to Italy was created by
Congress on the motion of Mr. Burlingame when he
was a member of the House of Representatives.
.Mr. Wilson, of Chicago, the editor of the Chicago
Journal, gets the secretaryship of the London Lega-
tion. He was an applicant for the local Post-office,
loaing which, the Government, to compensate him,
Teske a diplomatist of him. Mr. Rufus King, of
Wisconsin, is treated in the same way. He wanted
the
the p Milwaukee post-office, and got the mission to
°P
. It is not easy to see the connection be-
tween the two offi
T.Bigoio ces, except that both pay. Col.
w Laurence, formerly attache at London,
gets the con
that M Winter
at Florence, and it is supposed
to Russia Davis, of Baltimore, will be sent
ing the coreieZister, As a whole, notwithstand-
lections appear tPori
have,
on which some of the se-
-better, ave. been made, the appointments
are good
than have been made for
many years Pethatts,
The American eiaith.lri
against Paraguay have
belen sustained by PresideaZa
ttoreoln, as they were
by President Buchanan, in
.aPPt.te to annul
Mx. Johnson's award. The
ektlent has sent, the
recommendation that the Senate' anal the award
to Mr. Seward, who is giving Whit attettion
.0
pri r
to sending it to that body. By. the terms
of the
Com mtissioner,,,
tr eaty Mr. Johnson, as vetted
to decide upon the amount, not upon the chatut
d
or the validity, of the claims. These had been a er.
mi*:tted by Paraguay in its offer to pay about 300,000.
dc eels. The Commissioner has, b towever, decided that
Mr. Lin.
tboare was noloundation for th 0 claims'

coin concurs with Mr. Buchanan in saying that the
award ought to be annulled.
The Government, as well, as 'the people of
the North, are waking up to the idea that
the Morrill Tariff was an act of insanity
towards friendly European nations, and also an
act of folly to mere matter of revenue. The
means by which to neutralise the operation of
the low duties of the Southern Confederacy have not
yet been determined. The question is one of great
embarrassment. Without recognising the indepen-
dence of the Southern Confederacy it will be impos-
sible to establish Custom-houses and impose duties
along the Northern frontier of the seceded States.
Their low tariff goes into effect on the Ist of May
and already the North-Western States are pro.
mising to supply themselves with foreign goods
through Southern ports. I think that the Adminis-
tration will be obliged to call an extra Session of
Congress, when, I think, the indignation against
the Morrill Tariff will make itself heard in unmis-
' takable tones that will compel a repeal.
I have received from the Census Department the
following official table, just published, showing the
population of the United States and Territories,
according to the Seventh Census (1850), and the
Eighth Census (1860), respectively :

States.

CENSUS or 18.50.

Free.

Slave.

Total.

Alabama 428,779 .. 342,844 a.. 771,623
Arkansas 162,797 .. 47,100 .. 209,897
California 92,597 .. *-- .. 92,597
Connecticut 370,792 .. - .. 370,792
Delaware 89,242 .. 2,290 .. 91,532
Florida
Georgia
Illinois - .. 851,470
Indiana 988,416 .. - Ili 988,416
lowa - .. 192,214
Kansas .' - .. ---..-
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine 583,169 .. - .. 583,169
Maryland
Massachus 994,514 .. = .. 994,514

- -
Mississippi 296,648 .. 309,878 .. 606,526
Missouri 594,622 .. 87,422 .. 682,044
Michigan 397,654 .. - .. 397,654
Minnesota 6,077 .. - .. 6,077
New Hump 317,976 .. - .. 317,976
New Jersey 489,319 .. 326 .. 489,555
New York 3,097,394 .. - .. 3,097,394
N. Carolina 580,491 .. 288,548 .. 869,039
Ohio 1,980,322 .. - .. 1,980,329
Oregon 13,294 .. - .. 13,294
Pennsylvan 2,311,786 .. - .. 2,311,786
Rhodelsland 147,545 .. - ~ 147,545
S. Carolina .. 283,523 .. 384,984 .. 668,507
Tennessee 763,258 .. 239,459 .. 1,002,717
Texas 154,431 .. 58,161 .. 212,592
Virginia 949,133 .. 472,528 .. 1,421,661
Vermont - .. 314,120
Wisconsin 305,391 .. - .. 305,391

10,866,662 .. 3,200,600 .. 23,067,262

Territories.
Colorado ... .. ..
Dakotah.... .. ..
Nebraska .. .. ..
Nevada .... .. -- • .
New Mexico 61,547 .. .. 61,547
Utah .. 11,354 .. 26 .. 11,380
Washington ..
Die. of Col. 48,000 .. 3,687 .. 51,687

19,987,563 .. 3,204,313 .. 23,191,876

CENSUS of 1860.

States. Free. Slave. Total.
Alabama.... 529,164 .. 435,132 .. 964,296
Arkansas 324,323 .. 111,104 .. 435,427
California 380,015 .. - .. 380,015
Connecticut . 460,151 .. - .. 460,151
Delaware .. 110,420 .. 1,798 .. 112,218
Florida 78,686 .. 61,753 .. 140,439
Georgia 595,027 ~ 462,230 .. 1,057,327
Illinois 1,711,753 .. - .. 1,711,753
Indiana 1,350,479 .. - .. 1,350,479
lowa - .. 674,948
Kansas - .. 107,110
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine 628,276 .. - • • 628,276
Maryland
Massauchus 1,231,065 .. - .. 1,231,065
Mississippi 354,699 .. 436,696 .. 791,395
Missouri 1,058,352 .. 114,965 .. 1,173,317
Michigan - .. 749,112
Minnesota - .. 162,022
New Hamp 326,072 .. - .. 326,072
New Jersey 672,031 .. -- • • 672,031
New York 3,887,542 .. - .. 3,887,542
N. Carolina . 661,586 .. 331,021 .. 992,667
Ohio 2,339,599 .. -. .. 2,339,599.
Oregon - • • 52,464
Pennsylvan 2,906,470 .. - .. 2,906,470
Rhodelsland 174,621 .. - .. 174,621
S. Carolina 301,271 .. 402,641 .. 703,812
Tennessee .. 834,063 .. 275,784 .. 1,109,847
Texas 420,651 .. 180,388 .. 601,039
Virginia 1,105,196 .. 490,887 .. 1,596,083
Vermont - .. 315,116
Wisconsin 775,873 .. - .. 775,873

27,185,109 .. 3,949,557 ~ 31,134,666

Territories. .
Colors& 34,197 34,197
Dakotah 4,839 .. .. 4,839
Nebraska 28,832 .. 10 .. 28,842
Nevada 6,857 .. .. 6,857
New Mexico
.93,517 . 24 .. 93,541
Utah 40,266 .. 29 .. 40,295
Washington 11,578 11,578
Dis.of Colnm. 71,895 .. 3,181 .. 75,076

27,477,090 .. 3,952,801 .. 31,429,891
I would again reiterate my opinion that the Ad-
ministration desire peace, and mean to have and
keep it if possible. Peace is dictated as a financial
necessity, if nothing more, and is manifested by all
the acts of the President thus far. Where there is " a
will there is generally a way ;" but exactly how
the difficulties are to be met, and yet a collision
avoided, is more than the Government, which is
feeling its way, can yet say. While the tone of the
" inaugural" and of all the acts of the Administra-
tion is peaceful, the news from Texas continues to
look threatening. General Houston, who has been
deposed by the Convention, refuses to submit, and

threatens to make armed resistance. Parties are

more divided in that State than in any other. Com-
plete anarchy of opinion seems to reign there.
Seine want independence—some to remain in the
present Union—some to join the Southern Confede-
racy—and what is more remarkable, they seem to
have a representative everywhere—two Govern-
ments at home, a senator at Washington, and a
senator at Montgomery. Out of this state of

anarchy there threatens to come bloodshed.

The rival Confederacies are in the market each
For a loan. The South ask 15,000,000 dols. upon

bonds issued under the following Act, to be issued
after April 17 in sums from 50 dole, to 1,000 dols.
at the option of the purchaser, bearing interest at
the rate of 8 per cent., and secured by an export
duty on cotton as named in the Act :

AN ACT TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE
GOVERNMENT AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEFENCE
OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.

" Sec. 1. The Confederate States of America do enact,—
That the President of the Confederate States be, and he is
hereby, authorised, at any time within 12 months after the
passage of this Act, to borrow, on the credit of the Confe-
derate States, a sum not exceeding fifteen millions of dols.,
or as much thereof as in his opinion the exigencies of the
public service may require, to be applied to the payment of
appropriations made by law for the support of the Govern-
ment and for the defence of the Confederate States.
" The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorised, by
the consent of the President of the Confederate States to
cause to be prepared certificates of stock or bonds, in such
sums as are hereinafter mentioned, for the amount to be
borrowed as aforesaid, to be signed by the Registrar of the
Treasury, and sealed with the seal of the Treasury; and
the said certificates of stock or bonds shall be made payable
at the expiration of tan years from the lat day of September
next; and the interest thereon shall be paid semi-annually,
at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, at the Treasury and '
such other place as the Secretary of the Treasury may de-
signate. And to the bonds which shall be issued as afore-
said shall be attached coupons for the semi-annual interest
which shall accrue, which coupons may be signed by officers
to be appointed for the purpose by the Secretary of the
Treasury. And the faith of the Confederate States ishere-
by pledged for the due payment of the principal and interest
of the said stock and bonds.

1 "3. At the expiration of five years from the Ist day of
' September next, the Confederate States may pay up any
portion of the bonds or stocks upon giving three months'
previous public notice at the seat of Government of the par-
ticular stocks or bondS to be paid, and the time and place
of payment ; and from and after the time so appointed no
further interest shall be paid on said stock or bonds.
"4. The certificates of stocks and bonds shall be issued in
such form and for such amounts as may be determined by
the Secretary of the Treasury, and may be assigned or de-
livered under such regulation as he may establish. But
none of them shall be for a less sum than 50 dols. ; and he
shall report to Congress at its next session a statement in
detail of his proceedings, and the rate at which the loans
may have been made, and all expenses attending the same.
"5. From and after the Ist day of August, 1861, there
shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty of one-eighth of
ane cent. per pound on all cotton in the raw state exported
from Il",- ^onfederate States, which duty ishereby specially
pledged to the th.... vavment of interest and principal of the
loan, provided for in this Act, a... 4 the Secretar3r ofthe Trea-
sury is hereby authorised and reqnirea 4.....timbh a sink-
ing
fund to carry into effect the provisions of this setki,
'Provided, however, that the interest coupons, issued under
t,!.18 second section of this Act, when due, shall be receivable
inthaVtarn Whoa
ent of the export duty on cotton ; provided, also. '
, the debt and interest thereon herein authorised
to PO totif,..„.._
14% 4411 btt citiustliphed, or. tho pjaing fund
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provided for that purpose shall be adequate to that end,
the said export duty shall cease and determine,
"HOWELL COBB, President of the Congress.
"Approved Feb. 28, 1861.

,c JEFFERSON DAVIS."

There are some considerations that tend to de-
stroy confidence in these bonds as investments. The
Southern Confederacy is founded upon the right of
disintegration. In theory there is no obligation
in any member to continue a member of the
Federation beyond its own pleasure. Who, then,
is to pay this debt when it matures, or who is to
pay the interest, should the component parts of the
Federation dissolve ? What is to become of the
part due from Florida or Mississippi, both of which
are repudiating States for millions of dollars ? Or of
the part due from Texas, a State hopelessly insol-
vent, that cannot by taxation raise the re-
venue necessary for its ordinary expenditure ?
Whatever favour the loan may meet at home—and
the Southern papers speak most hopefully of suc-
cess—it has nothing to recommend it to European
consideration; and as I understand that one object
of the Commissioners in going to Europe is to bor-
row money, I feel it my duty to call attention to
these points.
On the other hand, the Government of the United
States are also in the market for a loan of 8,000,000
dols. ; and although they make no efforts beyond
Wall-street, where they will, doubtless, get what
they want, it is worth English notice that until
the Morrill Tariff is repealed, and trade made freer
than it was before its enactment, there is no pro-
bability that the receipts of this Government will
equal its expenditure: Mr. Chase's proposals are
as follows :

" Treasury Department, March 22.

" Sealed proposals will be received at this department
until 12 o'clock at noon on Tuesday, the 2d day of April
next, for 8,000,000 dots. of the stock of the United States, to
be issued under the Act of Congress of the Bth of February
last.

" This stock will bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent.
per annum, payable semi-annually, ou the Ist day of Feb-
ruary and July in each year, and will be reimbursable in
20 years from the Ist day of January last.
" The proposal should be endorsed on the envelope,
' Proposals for loan of 1861,' and be addressed, To the
Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C.' They will
be opened and decided at the time above stated. No offer
can be accepted for any fraction of 1,000 dols., nor will any
offer be considered unless 1 per centum of its amount is
deposited with any depositary of the United States, subject
to the order of the Secretary of the Treasury. The certifi-
cate of such deposit must accompany each proposal.

" All offers for stock under this notice must be uncondi-
tional, and contain no reference to any other offer. The
offers must state the sum offered for each 100 dols, of the
stock.

" Bidders for this stock, whose offers shall be accepted,
must deposit the amount offered and accepted with the
Treasurer of the United States, or with the assistant-trea-
surers at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, or St. Louis, or
with the depositary at Cincinnati, on or Wore the 15th of
April next. Should any successful bidder desire to deposit
at any other point, his request to that effect will be duly
considered.

" Upon receipt, at this department, of certificates of de-
posit with the depositaries above-mentioned, certificates of
inscribed stock will be issued to the successful bidders, or
their assigns, in sums of 1,000 dols., 5,000 dole., and 10,000
dole., at their option. Inscribed stock so issued will crrry
interest from the date of the deposit of the money, as above
stated, and will be transferable on the books of the Treasury
agreeably to the regulations of the department.
" Should any successful bidders desire certificates of
stock, with coupons of the semi-annual interest thereon at-
tached to each certificate, they will be issued iu sums of
1,000 dots. each, with attached coupons for interest from
the Ist day of July next, and such coupon stock, instead of
being transferable on the books of the Treasury, may be
assigned and transferred by the mere delivery of such cer-
tificates. The interest on such coupon stock from the date
of the deposit of the money, therefore, until the Ist day of
July will be paid on that day to the accepted bidder or his
attorney by the depositary with whom the principal was
deposited.
" The preliminary deposit of 1 per centum required from
all bidders under this notice will be included in the final
deposit of principal of successful bidders, and will be di-
rected to be immediately returned to unsuccessful bidders.
" S. P. CHASE, Secretary to the Treasury."

The Buffalo and Need York City Railroad, a road
connecting Hornellsville, on the Erie Railway, with
Attica, a town within 30 miles of Buffalo, was sold
last week on foreclosure to the trustees of the Erie
Company for 113,000 dols. The prospect of a
speedy connection of that road with Kingston is
now almost certain.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE FEEL

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)
The weekly return of births and deaths in Lon-
don, issued by authority of the Registrar-General,
states that' in the week that ended last Saturday
the total number of deaths registered in London
was 1,220. The mortality has fluctuated within
very narrow limits during the last six weeks. The
average number of deaths as obtained from the
weeks, corresponding with last week, of ten years
1851-60, and corrected for increase of population, is
1,323, wit t which, when the present return is com-
pared, it e hibits a decrease of 100 deaths.
The deaths from scarlatina declined to 19, and
those from diptheria rose to 15, Three of the deaths
from the latter disease were registered in one
family living at No, 2, The Limes, Brixton ; they
occurred to children aged respectively 2,4, and 6
years, between the 25th March and Ist April inclu-
sive. Of 8/ deaths from whooping-cough, 6 occurred
in the west sub-district of Islington. Of 24 from
measles a Sixth part was in Kentish-town ; 3 in the
sub-district of Saffron-hill. A man died in Shore-
ditch Workhouse at the age of 97. Two deaths were
caused by privation ; one that of a man aged 43 in
the West ffondon Workhouse from serous apoplexy
brought 011 by destitution (inquest) ; the other that
of a girl ' ed 3 months at 1, Butler's-buildings,
lg
Bethnal- g een,who died suddenly from "defect of the
vital powe s from want and medical treatment" (in-
quest). Three infants were murdered. A gasfitter
was killed by an explosion of gas.
Last week the births of 1,012 boys and 988 girls,
in all 2,000 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851-
1860 the average number was 1,642.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29,678 in.
The readings rose from 29.46 in. on the last day of
March to 30.06 in. on April 6th. The mean tem-
perature of the air was 43.5 deg., which is 0.9 deg.
below the average of the sane week in 43 years (as
determined by Mr. Glaisher). The thermometer in
the shade rose to 56.3 deg. on Thursday, and fell
to 30.4 deg. on Saturday. The range in the week
was there ore 25.9 deg. The mean daily range
was 18.1 dg. On Saturday a thermometer in the
sun rose t 103 deg., and one on the grass fell to
22 deg. he difference between the mean dew-
point and ir temperature was 0.9 deg. During the
week the ir was nearly saturated with moisture,

and the man degree was 97. The wind blew gene-
rally from the south-west. There was rain on the
first four ays, and the total quantity was nearly
half an in h.
i
In. the irteen weeks that ended on Saturday,
March 30, the deaths registered in London were i
18,965. I ► the corresponding quarter of the last
-
year the number was 18,814. The high mortality
that distinfuished the first month of the present
year, and ad the registers with 1,700 and 1,900
names in a week; was the result of exceedingly cold
weather. !When the season relaxed its rigour the
deaths decieased, and in each of the last seven
weeks the number was below the average, and
towards the close of the quarter very considerably
below it. 'Notwithstanding the cold January, the
mean temperature of the air in the quarter was
39.7 deg., which rather exceeds the average.
Last quarter zymotic diseases numbered 3,674
deaths, against 3,380 in the winter quarter of 1860.
A comparison of the two periods shows that while
there has been a great decrease in the amount of
fatal small-pox, and also a decrease in scarlatina
and typhus, measles has become more prevalent,
and a very great increase has occurred in whooping
cough and croup. Fatal eases of rheumatism and
rheumatic fever have also been more numerous, On
the other hand influenza was decidedly less fatal
than in the four previous corresponding quarters.
Excluding phthisis from the account, the deaths
tvfhreoermys
ahpmeuael
vmgyouneaaorr put
et
contingent,
complaintsn
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atlast
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iehtai
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tem-
perature s a
i n
was rather lower. Bronchitis raises the
mortality, chiefly by attacking old persons ; pneu-
monia is more confined to the young. It will be
seen in the tables that the deaths, from the former
were 2,925, against 2,966 in the winter of 1860, and
greatly exceeded the average ; but those from the
latter were 1,250, against 1,685 in the sameperioind
of last year, and were less than the average. The
theexcess b ol
tables,
, and
which i s
referredm e mentioned
t it
oonwe
dh whooping cough
above,
furnishes
an explanation of this result. But the cold season '
thinned the ranks, less of those of tender years than
of aged and infirm.

Loss OF THE SHIP DANUBE.--Yesterday Mr.
Raffles, the stipendiary magistrate at Liverpool, received a
letter from.the Board of Trade requesting him to suspend
the certificate of Captain Hensley, of the ship Danube, for
twelve months; and also to severely reprimand R. Roue.
wr, the /pate,