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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE;
OF TUESDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.

THE HEALTH OF LONDON.
(From the weekly return of the Registrar-General.)
It is satisfactory to observe that the public health,
as compared with that of former periods, is in a
favourable state. Last week the mortality in London
continued to decline, and the deaths were only
938; showing a decrease of 19 on those of the former
week, and of 159 on those of the weekly average of last
January. In the corresponding weeks of 10 previous
years (1840-9) the average was 1,0414, which, if cor-
rected for increased populat;on, becomes 1,136 ; the
present decrease of mortality, as compared with
former years, is therefore 198. In the epidemic
or zymotic class of diseases the deaths last week were
144 ' • in the corresponding weeks of the years 1840 9
theyfluctilated between 129 and 333; the corrected ave-
rage is 209. From phthisis (or consumption) the
deaths last week were 113 ; at the same period of pre-
vious years they ranged from 115 to 170. From other
diseases that affect the respiratory organs (exclusive
of hooping cough) the deaths were 199 ; in previous
years, at this time, they ranged from 115 to 330.
To take particular diseases :—smallpox was fatal to
6 persons, less than one-third of its former mortality ;
scarlatina to 13, while the average is 34 ; hooping-
cough to 31, the average being 46 ; typhus to 29,
the average being 36. The deaths from measles were
91, a mortality which is about the usual amount.
From asthma and bronchitis there were 110 deaths,
the average is 100 ; from pneumonia there were
76, whilst 96 forms the average. Diarrhoea was
fatal to 18 persons, which exceeds the average by
7, though the number who died of this complaint
in the same week of last ye ar was 27. The wife of
a journeyman larnprnaker, eiged 60, died in St. John
the Evangelist's, Westminster, of debility, which was
the result of an attack of Asiatic cholera six months
before. Four nonagenarians died during the week,
of whom three were women ; one man died in the
Goswell-street sub-district, at the advanced age of 99
years.
The mean height of the barometer at the Royal
Observatory, Greenwich, during the week
29 754 in. The mean temperature was 49 deg.
8 min., and exceeded the average of the same week in
seven years by 6 deg. 9 min. ; on Sunday it was
9 deg., and on Friday 14 d'sg. 9 min. above the ave-
rage. Oa Wednesday, when the mean temperature
was 35 deg. 1 min., it was sliightly below the average
of that day.
The following extracts are made from the regis-
trars' reports :
"At the Potteries, liensinzton, a boy, a month old,
son of a journeyman baker, died of ' convulsions. The
locality (says Mr. Gorham) is extremely dirty and badly
drained.
"In Somers-town, at 3, Steven's-place, the wife of a
carpenter, aged 56, died of rheumatism and disease of
the heart.' Mr. Matthews states that this place is
situated at the commencement of Brill-row; it is damp
and very unhealthy. It consists of 12 houses, some
containing two rooms, some ahree, and others four, all
in front. There are no back- rooms, yards, or water-
closets; water is not laid on in. any of the houses, but is
supplied from a pump, and there is only one privy for
the whole of the inhabitants.' He registered also the
death of a labourer's daughter, aged eight months, from
hooping-cough (seven months), at 11, Hampton-court,
which he describes as very crowded, and, in his opinion,
not healthy. A child of the same family, aged three
years, died of the same complaint on the 7th inst.
"In Camden-torn, at 7, Thornley-place, a shoemaker,
of 65 years of age, sliel of ' bronchitis' (three months'
illness). Mr. Hull states that 'this is a close confined
court, in a thickly popula•ed neighbourhood, and most
unhealthy."
" In Camden-town, at 10, Lower Edmund-street, ee
son and daughter of a carman, aged respectively 5 years '
and 8 months, died on the 13th and 14th of February
of small-pox (after 14 days' illness), vaccination not
having been performed in either case.' The house stands
in a more open part of a crowded neighbourhood, and
is near the Smallpox Hospital. The children had not
been vaccinated, because a death had occurred some time
ago to a member of the same family on whom vaccina-
tion had been performed. Another child is now dan-
gerously ill of the same disorder.
"In Islington, at 9, Adelaide-square, the daughter of
a toothbrush-maker, a twin, died of ‘diarrho3s. Mr.
Butterfield calls it a badly ventilated place, and a
square only in name.'
"In St. Clement Danes. at 9, Little Shire-lane, the
wife of a shoemaker, of 48 years, died of bronchitis'
(many years). This is stated by Mr. Jones to be a
close densely-peopled and dirty neighbourhood.' in the
same sub-district, at 5, Yeats-court, the daughter of a
bricklayer deceased, of 3 yearn old, died of fever after
a month's illness.' Mr. Jones adds that 'this court,
which adjoins the worst part of St. Clement's-lane, is
very unhealthy; the houses are very close, and contain
six or seven rooms each, with a family of four or five
persons in,each room. Here fever and diarrhoea (as
cholera was last year) are nearly always present in one
or other of the tenements. The drains smell dread-
hlly.'
"In Hackney-road, Bethnal-green, at 16, Colling-
wood-street, the daughter of as cordwainer, aged five
years, died of water on the brain (three weeks), con-
vulsions (three days).' The houses (says:Mr. Murray)
are remarkably crowded, the custom being to let, not by
tenements, but by rooms.' Also, at 7, Virginia-row, the
wife of a cordwainer, aged 59 years, died of paralysis
(24 hours).' The houses are capacious and are built on
the French model, in flats, with common staircases.
The street is crowded and ill-cleansed.

C. Weth erilt, Down-street, Piccadilly, ironmonger,
March 12, at eleven—H. Good, Bishopsgate-street
Without, ists tioner. March 14. at one—A. Morocroft,
Marlborough, Wiltshire, draper, March 14, at twslve.
In the Country.
W. J. Boboll, Gloucester, ship and boat builder, March
14, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—H. Cocker, Hather-
sage, Derbyshire, needle manufacturer, March' 15, at
twelve, at the Court, Manchester—S. Stocks anciM. L.
Tait, Matic.hester, and Heaton Mersey, Lancashire,
bleachers fund finishers, March 14, at twelve, at the
Court, Me.r chester —T. Collett and J. Smith, Ossetr,
near Wait ad eld, Yorkshire, cotton spinners, Match 14,
at eleven, al the Court, Leeds.
:PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

Elizabeth Aydon and T. W. Ferguson, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne. grocers and tea dealers, 2s. 2d., on Saturday.
Feb. 23, or any following Saturday, between ten and
three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne.
J. Hinclicliffe, Wakefield, Yorkshire; carrier, 4s. 10d.,
on Tueiday; Feb. 19, or any subsequent Tuesday. be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope,
Leeds.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
11. Blain. :and C. T. Pearce, Vauxhall, wine•merchants
March ,13,, at two—J. Darby, ' Dorset-mews, Dorset-
square, horse-dealer, March 13, at eleven—EL Smith,
jun., South Ockendon, Essex, farmer, March 13, at
eleven—J. Charter, Grimstone, Norfolk, grocer and
draper, March 21, at two—J. Bowler, Crescent, South-
wark-bridge-road, hat manufacturer, March 12, at
one.

In the Country.
E. Cock ?.r, Manchester, cotton-manufacturer, March
14, at el* yen, at the Cuurt, Manchester—G. Davey,
Gwinear, Oornwall, miller, March 12, at eleven, at the
Court, Exeter.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
W. AndTersoo, Nelson-street, City-road, and ; Nor-
man's-buildtings, Middlesex, engineer, certificate of the
second class--T. Richbell, Cold Harbour-lane, Brixton,
and Woolwich, rocket and shell-manufacturer, certifi-
cate of the second class—G. Gillingham. Church-street,
Chelsea, veterinary surgeon, farrier, and horse-dealer—
Elizabeth Rust, Fouchers, -Essex, brickmaker, certifi-
cate of the second class—P. Millard, Steeple Ashton,
Wiltshire, grocer, certificate of the first class—S. Hip-
kins, Sedgluy, Staffordshire, grocer, certificate of the
first class—G. Andrews, King's Lynn, Norfolk, grocer,
March 12-71% Wheeler. Liverpool, fruit merchant, after
twenty-one days from Feb. 15.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

W. and- Ciaughton---aJI J. B. Fox, Chesterfield,
wino and Writ merchants—J. Lingard, B. Smith, W.
and H. Clang hton, and J. B. Fox, Chesterfield, chemists
—J. Clayto a, L. Clay ton, G. Clayton, and P. Clayton,
jun. (so Lir at regards J. Clayton), Prestwich, Lanca-
shire, cotton spinners—M. Kendal and J. H. Walker,
Care,-hill, Durham, earthenware manufacturers—J.
Bryant and A. Ellis, Ramsgate, drapers—J. P. Tur-
ton and IL Morris, Liverpool, comm.ssion merchants—
E. B. Collard and H. Sarsfield, Liverpool, metal mer-
chants—T. and J. Holeroft and R. Timmins (so far as
regards J. liolcroft), Deepfield, Staffordshire, cement
manufacturers—J. and F. Tallis, St. John street, Lon-
don, and New York, America, booksellers—J. Edwards
and C. 0. Rismg, Upper St. Martin's-lane—R. Wood and
Co. Ottley, Yorkshire, grocers, drapers, and shopkeepers
—J. Downing and G. Pryce, Bristol, auctioneers—Sa-
rah Shillitto, W. Cattle, and Harriet Cattle, Rotheram,
Yorkshire, staymakers—A. Morrison and P. Walker,
Liverpool, brewers—N. Buchanan and H. S. Prior, Hast-
ings, hairdressers—J. Coleman and J. Jarrom, Leices-
ter, builders—W. Cumming and D. Millward, jun.,
Plymouth, brewers—the Hartley Coal Company (so far
as regards N. G.. Lambert), Northumberland—J. Weir
and W.F. Hunter, Gloucet?r•terrace, New-road, White-
chapel, drapers—W., 1., and T. Roberts, Preston, Lan-
cashire, butchers—J. N. Ferris and Rachael Rose,
Bampton, Oxfordshire, coach proprietors—R. Slingsby
and W. Guy. Lincoln, joiners—A. Broad and W. H.
Evens, jun., Plymouth, wine and spirit merchants—J.
Atherton and W. Stagg, Liverpool, tailors.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

Shrubsole Lawrence, Margate, tea dealer.
Richard Green, Bobbington, Staffordshire, farmer.
Thomas Blower, Wolverhampton, builder.
Thowas Anthony Ladd, Ramsgate, bookseller.
Thorea Jell, sen., Ramsgate, coach proprietor.
Alexander Hunter, Ramsgate, boot and shoemaker.
6tephen iciness, Margate, hair-dresser and perfumer.
Eciward Powell, Ramsgate, clerk.
John Wiseman, Everton, Lancashire, schoolmaster.
Henry Nathan, New Nelson-street, Commercial-road,
general dealer.
William Roger Auster, Birmingham, commercial clerk.
Joseph Catley, Birmingham, brewer.
John Daniel, Birmingham, baker.
Samuel Bradbury, Birmingham, fishmonger.
Joseph Sutton, Crosvlancl, Lincolnshire, grocer and
draper.
William Lee Sumner, Quadring, Lincolnshire, journey-
man grocer.
Thomas Wright Thacker, Donington, Lincolnshire,

farmer.
Thomas Hart, King Stanley, Gloucestershire, cloth-
dresser.
James Worsley, Leicester, publican.
John Pegler, Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire, butcher.
John O'Neill, Liverpool, cabinet maker and upholsterer.
Joseph Cass, Liverpool, clogger.
Edward Crowburst, Wrotham-heath, Kent, grocer.
William Vaughan, Aston, Warwickshire, commercial
clerk.
William Hudson, Owsthorpo, Yorkshire, farmer and la-
bourer.
Edward Grandon,*.llowden, Yorkshire, miller and shop-
keeper.
Henry Graves, Yarm, Yorkshire, incumbent.
William Johnson, Stranton, Durham, cabinetmaker.
James, Cleal, Lime Regis, innkeeper.
Jabez Jones, Saint Mary Bourne, Southampton,
John builder.
Norwich,
Shropshire, brewer. journeyman printer.
Joseph
John o BarhamepHarvey,ates ,
ba r 'J ,
Leicester, cabinet-maker.
Wellington,
Edwin Birch, Wrockwardine, Shropshire, butcher and
farmer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
H. Macbean, Aberdeen, commission-agent and mer-
chant, to meet at the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, Feb. 22,
and March 15, at two.
J. Govan, Galashiels, grocer and spirit-merchant, to
meet within the Salmon Inn, Galashiels, Feb. 25, and
Aug. 14, at twelve.

"In Trinity, Newington, at 27, Adam-street, the son
of a cigar-maker, aged two years, died of 'pertussis.'
Mr. Scagrave states that 'an open and very offensive
sewer runs behind the house.' "

Besides the above, the following were registered :
" Shopman, aged 20, ' fell while running, and died in
about twenty minutes; this took place between ten and
eleven P.M., after shutting up shop; he, with other young
men, went into the park to practise for a race, which
was to take place in a day or two with one of the per-
sons present.'
" Female child, aged 2 months, haemorrhage from
mouth and nose (3 days).'
" Womsn, aged 40, ' cauliflower excrescence of the
uterus (18 months), exhaustion.'
" Male child, aged 4 weeks, congenital fungoid, dis-
ease of the eye.'
" Male child, aged 2'years, oedema glottidis (7 days).' "
The following deaths from cholera, occurred last
year in Lewisham village, but were: not registered
till the week ending Februry 16, 1850 :
" July 5, aged 9, son of a baker, cholera, 14 hours.'
—lnquest. At Southend.
"July 6, aged 45, woman, cholera, 10 hours: —ln-
quest. In Union Workhouse.
"July 6, aged 33, a gardener, cholera, 12 hours:—
Inquest. At Southend.
"July 10, aged 6, son of a shoemaker, ' Asiatic cholera,
12 hours.'—lnquest. In Hanover-street.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1850.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *144
Diseases of Uncertain Seat 41
Tubercular Diseases ... ... ... ... ... 166

Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 119
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 37
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 199
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ••• .• • ••• ••• 62
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• ••• 12
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &v.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 8
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... 1
Malformations.— ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 3
Premature Birth ... •• ••• ••• 27
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 27
Old Ago ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 42
Sudden ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 15
Violence. Privation: Cold, and Intemperance ... 22
Causes not, specified •6* •• • •• • • • •• • 3

DEATHS PAWS ALL CAUSES ...
Population Deaths in cone-
Enumeraled, spoodlng week
1841. of 1849.
West Districts... 301,189 • • 163 ...
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 222 ...
Central Districts 374,199 ... 193
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 299 ...
South Districts .. 503,346 ... 348 ...

938
Deaths
in the
Week.
133
183
153
205
264

Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,225 ... 938
Males ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 483
Females ... ••• ••• ••• ..• 455

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males ... ••• ••• ••• ... 724
Females ... .•• ••• ••• ••• 762

Total ... • • 1,476
*ln this number are included 13 by Scarlatina, 29
by Typhus Fever, and 18 by Diarrhoea.

DUNCES OF DOWNING-STREET.—Ministers are at a
loss what to do with the Ten Hours Factory Bill, which
owing to a defect in its wording, proves inoperative
For the present they had better send it to the dead let-
ter office. Really Parliament must have an edit)r to
prepare its Acts for publication. His salary would cost
the country but little, as a gentleman of moderate lite-
rary attainments would be competent to the employ-
ment. He would only be required to possess the ability,
to write the English language correctly, an art, appa-
rently, beyond the reach of statesmanship. To create
such an office would be giving acme little encouragement
to the profession of the pen. What but faulty compo-
sition can be expected from a Government that neglects
literature.—Punch.
LADY JOHN RUSSELL'S SOMER.—Lady John
.Rus-
sell held her fifth assembly last evening at the private
residence of the Premier, in Chesham-place. The guests
were far more numerous than at any of the previous re.
L unions of the series.

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MALTA, FEB. 13.—DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDI-
TERBANEAN SQUADRON.—In Malta Harbour—The
Ceylon receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Edward Harvey, Superintendent of Malta
Dockyard, and second in command ; Volage, 6, sur-
veying ship, Captain Thomas Graves ; Sharpshooter,
Lieutenant-Commander Bailey ; Scourge, Lord F.
H. Kerr ; Oberon (laid up), troop ship ; Waverley,
Captain J. Morgan ; Locust, in ordinary.
At Gibraltar—The Janus steamer, Lieut. Powell.
At Leghorn—The Spitfire, Lieutenant Gardiner.
At Patras—The Frolic, 16, Captain N. Vansittart ;
Tartarus steam-vessel, Commander Sir G. 'Webster.
At Salonica—The Research surveying tender to
the Volage, Lieutenant Lord John Browne.
At Syra—The Spiteful steam-corvette, Commander
J. Carmichael.

At or near Athens—The Queen, 116, Captain C.
Wise, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W.
Parker, G.C.8., the Commander-in• Chief; the Cale-
donia 120, Captain T. W. Carter; the Howe, 120,
Captain Sir J. Stirling; the Bellerophon, 78, Cap-
tain Robert L. Baynes ; the Powerful, 84, Captain
the Hon. R. S. Dandas ; the Vengeance, 84, Captain
Sir H. M. Blackwood; the Gangee, 84, Captain 11.
Smith ; the Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain T. O.
Knox ; the Bulldog, Commander Key (on a cruise),
the Rosamond, Commander Foote ; the Ardent,
Lieutenant Nowell, steam-sloops ; the Odin, the Hon.
F. Pelham, the Dragon, Captain W. H. Hall, steam •
frigates ; the Porcupine, Lieutenant E. F. Roberts ;
and Auxiliary, surveying tender to Volage, Mate-
Commander J. 11. Gover.

En route from Malta to Gibraltar, Lisbon, and
England—The Hercules, 12, store ship, Captain R.
Fulton ; the Prince Regent, 92, Captain Martin.
En route from Malta to Corfu—The Racer, 12,
Captain Beddoes.
En route from Malta to the Levant—The Growler,
Commander Stoddart.