The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-07 00:00:00

BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

The entire increase of births, to deaths, in Eng-
land and Wales in 1859 was about 55 per cent, ; and
there are 20 districts in which the increase was 100
per cent. and upwards ; while there were some dis-
tricts in which the increase was less than 5 per cent.
The 20 places where 100 per cent. was reached in
1859 are :—Farnham, Surrey ; Fakeham, Sussex ;
Alresford, Droxford, and Catherington, Hants ;
Ongar and Epping, Essex; Leighton Buzzard,
Bedford ; Caxton and Linton, Cambridge ; Hoxne,
Suffolk ; St. Faith's, Norfolk ; Liskeard and St.
Columb, Cornwall; Ormskirk, Lancashire; Picker-
ing, Yorkshire; Easington and Hartlepool, Dur-
ham; Rothbury, Northumberland; Rhayader, Red
norshire.

No district of the metropolis reached the standard
but Bermondsey, where the births were 2,361, and
the deaths 1,140—a surplus of 1,190 in this manu-
facturing district to the national strength. Canter-
bury registered but 478 births to 354 deaths, and
in 1858 the births fell short of the deaths by 15.
Chichegter and Exeter are scarcely less dormant.
So in various degrees are the other cathedral
cities. Peterborough alone is prominent as ap-
proaching the healthy standard (1,208 births to 660
deaths). Liverpool is bad, and the returns are de-
pressing-8,968 births to 8,146 deaths in 1859;
while in 1858 the deaths outnumbered the births by
735.

There are two towns in Middlesex—Staines and
Barnet--nearly equal in population and acreage,
where the widest difference prevails as regards the
preponderance of births and deaths.

Barnet had in 1859 a population of 14,619, in a
district of 25,689 acres; i❑ that year the deaths
were 431 and the births 349. In 1858 the births
were 481 to 429 deaths—in the two years an increase
of 70 to its population. Staines had in 1859 a popu-
lation of 13.973, in an area of 24,861 acres. In
1858 the births were 501 to 296 deaths, and in
1859, 484 to 285 deaths--a surplus of 404 in the
two years.

SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF THE REMAINS OF
ADOLPHE KROHN.—The police authorities of the county
of Surrey have received information which leads them to
believe that the remains of Adolphe Krohn, one of the sus-
pected murderers of Mrs. Halliday, of Kingswood, were
discovered a few days ago at High Leigh, near Warring-
ton, Cheshire. The dead body of a young man, apparently
a foreigner, between 25 and 30 years old, was found in a
field adjoining the high road from the south to Liverpool.
Decomposition had proceeded so far that no trace of features
could bo discerned, but in dress, height, and every other
ascertainable particular the body corresponded with the
published description of Adolphe Krohn. No marks of
violence were discovered ; nothing whatever was found in
the pockets of deceased's clothing, and it is supposed that
the man must have lain down in the field and died from ex-
haustion shortly after the Kingswood murder was com-
mitted.

DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM.—An inquest waa
held on Wednesday evening at the Infirmary, Newcastle,
before Mr. J. T. Hoyle, coroner, on the body of a man
named John Cassnach, who had died on Wednesday in that
institution while undergoing an operation. It appeared
from the evidence that Cassnach was admitted into the
infirmary on Aug. 15, under Mr. Annandale. He was in
a weak condition, and labouring under scrofulous disease of
the left knee joint. Amputation of the limb was proposed
as the only means of prolonging his life, and to that opera-
tion he consented. ,On Tuesday morning, being operation-
day, ho was prepared with others, for operation ; but, being
in a state of great trepidation, he was ordered brandy prior
to being removed to the operating theatre. On being placed
on the operating table he was still labouring under consi-
derable alarm. Mr. Bolton, the house surgeon, in the pre-
sence of Sir John Fife, Mr. Annandale, and other gentle•
men, administered chloroform, and the patient was soon
under its influence, less chleroform than usual ;being re-
quired to produce the effect. A tourniqust was about to be
applied to the limb, when a sudden change was observed in
the patient. There was relaxation of the sphincters, a quiver
of the lips, and he was dead. Galvanism and other mea-
sures were at once resorted to, but without avail. The
heart had ceased to beat, and the breathing continued but
a few seconds longer, Mr. Bolton made a post mortem
examination, and found the right side of the heart dis-
tended with fluid blood. Further than might be expected
in a scrofulous subject there was no evidence of disease in
any of the internal organs, and Mr. Bolton attributed
death of paralysis of the heart, induced by fear, debility,
and chloroform combined. The verdict was in accordance
with the medical testimony.—Newcastle Journal.
INDIARUBBER VARNISH.—That indiarubber
dis-
solved in various liquids yields a good varnish is well
known; but in general they are too viscid for delicate pur-
poses, and are only good for making stuffs waterproof.
Indiarubber liquified by heat, dissolved in oil of coal-tar,
or drying linseed .oil, does not give a varnish of sufficient
fluency, or free from smell. Moreover, a considerable quan-
tity of indiarubber remains undissolved in a gelatinous
state, suspended in the liquid, so that the solution is never
clear. Dr. Bolley has recently published some remarks on
this subject which may be useful. If indiarubber be cut
into small pieces and digested in sulphuret of carbon, ajelly
will be formed ; this must be treated with benzine, and
thus a much greater proportion of caoutchouc will be dis-
solved than would be done by any other method. The
liquid must bo strained through a woollen cloth, and the
sulphuret of carbon be drawn off by evaporation in a water
bath; after which the remaining liquid may be diluted at
will with benzine, by which means a transparent, but still
yellowish liquid will be obtained. A more colourless solu-
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straining, and
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solu-
tion may be prepared by digesting. indiarubber
. cut into
small pieces for many days benzine, and frequently
shaking the bottle Nalvhaiyclibecosne
will partly dissolve, 3, ielding
.which is thicker. than
benzine, and may be obtained very clear by filtration and
fruesrtn.ishThaen residueeeellent waterproof composition. As for the
liquid itself, it incorporates easily with all fixed or volatile
oils. It dries very fast, and does not shine, unless mixed
with resinous varnishes. It is extremely flexible, may be
spread in very thin layers, and remain unaltered under the
influence of air and light. It may be employed to varnish
geographical maps or prints, because it does not effect the
whiteness of the paper, does not reflect light disagreeably
as resinous varnishes do, and is not subject to crack or come
off in scales. It may be used to fix black chalk or pencil
drawings ; and unsized paper, when covered with this
varnish, way be written on with ink.—Galignani.

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