The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-17 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

GIBRALTAR, OCT. 6.—The Fanny and Jane, from
Leghorn for Queenstown, which was ashore between
Tetuan and Ceuta, prior to September 18, has been con-
demned, and will be sold.
LOWESTOFT, OCT. 14.—A French brig, laden, is on
the Newcombe.

ANTWERP, OCT. 13.—The Gowlands, from Stettin
for London, was abandoned during a heavy gale on the
7th inst., in lat. 55, long. 3 E., being in a sinking state,
and with pumps choked; crew picked up by the Ver-
trauen and landed here. 14th. The Helena, from Sun-
derland for Amsterdam, was lost on Ameland in the
night of the Bth inst.; master, mate, a Texel pilot, and
two passengers drowned; four men saved.

HANRE, OCT. 13.—The Esmeralda, from Para, which
was on shore near Honfieur on the 12th inst., arrived
here to-day.
GAVESEND, OCT. 16.—Wind W.S.W., light, fine.
Arrived, the Norfolk Tar, from Riga; the Primrose,
from Gijon; the Batavier, from Rotterdam; the Doro-
thea, from Aarhuus; the Catharine, from Hambureh;
the Myrtle, from Stettin; the Johanna. from Emden;
the Albion, from Boulogne; the Sir E. Banks, from
Ostend; the City of Rotterdam, from Dunkirk ; the
Light and Sign, from Dantzic; the Middcott, from Arch-
angel; the Deveron, from Koniroberg; tho Metta Mar-
garetha, from the Baltic; the Cleaver and the Emma.
from St. Petersburgh; the Venus, from Oporto; the
Carolina, from Alexandria; the Seppings. the William
Watson, and the James T. Foord, from Callao; the St.
Leonard, from Antwerp ; the Agnes, from Riga; the
Centaur, from Algoa Bay; the Henriette Royen, from
St. Domingo; the Soflid, from Quebec. Sailed, the
American Eagle, for New York; the William Simpson,

for Batavia; the Nautilus, for Antwerp; the Ann, for
Nieu Diep; the Glenbervie, for Sydney; the Adonis,
for Bremen; the Corkscrew and the John Bull, for
Hamburgh; the Diana and the Roscommon, for Har-
lingen; the Humphrey Purinton, for Cardiff; the Seine,
b for Boulogne; the Apollo and the Thtinbow, for Rotter-
dam; the Triton, Kr Ostend; the Flecha, for Ghent;
the Stadt Dordrecht, for Dordt; the Ranger, for Am-
sterdam.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—Tho schooner No 6,748,
second distinguishing pendant, bound for Liverpool, on
the 29th of September, off Lisbon. The brig No. 5,478,
amend distinguishing pendant, outward bound, on the
3d inst., off Cape Finisterre. The schooner Vestal, out-
ward bound, on the 7th inst., in lat 43 N., long. 10 W,
The Southampton, outward bound, on the 17th of Au-
gust, in lat. 13 N., long. 26 W. The Gla3gow, of Glas-
gow, from Port Philip, on the 2711 of August, in lat. 24
N., long. 40 W. The Camena, from Callao, on the 23d
of September, in lat. 29 N. The Baron pf Bramber,
from Rio Janeiro, on the 25th of September, in lat. 53
N. The James Gibb, from Plymouth for Adelaide,
South Australis, on the 30th of August, in lat. 19 S.,
long. 29 W. The barque Syrian, standing to the.east,
on the 2d of September, in lat. 11 S., long. 29 W. The
brig Ueited, from Valparaiso for Swansea, on the 30th
of September. The barque No, 6,024, second distin-
guishing pendant, from Itio Janeiro, with maintopgal-
lantmast carried away, on the of September in lat.
13 N., long. 25 W. The barque No. 6,915, second dis-
tinguishing pendant. steering south. The Charlotte,
from Newcastle for San Francisco, on the sth of Sep-
tember, in lat. 17 N., long. 27 W. The Petchellie, from
Liverpool for Calcutta on the sth of September, which
had spoken the London, from Liverpool for Valparaiso,
on the 29th of August.

HEALTH of LONDON DURING the WEEK,
(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
In the week ending last Saturday the deaths regis-
tered in the metropolitan districts were 839. Taking
for comparison the ten weeks of 1840 9, it appears
that the lowest number occurred in the corresponding
week of 1845, and was 786, the highest in that of
1849, when it wes 1,075 ; the average of the ten
weeks is 925, which, if augmented in the ratio of
assumed increase of population, becomes 1,009. This
last number exhibits a high average mortality for
autumn, and places the present state of the
public health in an advantageous point of view. The
deaths from the epidemic class of diseases were last
week 207 ; in the three previous years (1847 9),
taking the same week in each, the deaths from epide-
mics were respectively 327, 448, and 372. But it is
an important fact to be observed, that the present de-
crease of mortality is almost entirely confined to the
juvenile part of the population ; in no corresponding
week of the previous ten years have the deaths of
young persons under fifteen years been so few as in
last week, for the lowest number, which occurred in
1841, was 390, and the highest, which occurred in
1848, was 531. The following statement shows the
deaths in three periods of life :

Average of Ten
Last Week. correspouding Weeks
(184 C-9).
From birth to 15 years... 365 459
15 to 60 years -
60 and upwards lB7 168
Whence it appears, further, that whilst the rate of
mortality now prevailing approaches the average
amongst persons of middle age, it actually exceeds the
average with sexagenarians and others at an advanced
period of life. The diseases which attack the young,
small-pox, measles, scarlatina, and pooping-ceugh,
prevail much less fatally than usual. Fever, hoc; -
ever, seems to increase. Last week it carried off 55
persons; in the previous week the number was only
36, and the average is about 40. Four of the cases
now registered occurred in the London Fever Hos-
pital. Diarrhcea and dysentery were fatal in 57
cases, which rather exceeds the average. The only
instance in which cholera is mentioned is recorded in
the following terms :—ln Bethnal green, Hackney-
road sub-district, at 23, Ann's-place, on the 10th of
October, the widow of a sergeant in the army, aged
81 years, died from bilious calculi in the gall-bladder
causing diarrhoea and cholera (inquest). A woman of
60 years, who had been brought from Edward-street,
Barnsbury-road, to St. George's Hospital, died on the
12th of September of " fever from want and expo.
sure (six weeks), erysipelas (three days)." Four
deaths are ascribed to purpura, an unusual number
for this disease.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, :the mean
reading of the barometer was above 30 in. on Satur-
day • the mean of the week was 29.738. The mean
reading of the thermometer in the shade was 49 3 in.,
showing a further fall on previovs weeks, and a tem-
perature rather lower than the average of the same
week in seven years. The temperature fell towards
the end of the week. The wind, which was generally
in the S.W. in the early part of the week, blew frurn
the N. and N.N.W. on the last three days.
' The following selections are made from the regis-
trars' reports :
In Marylebone, All Souls' sub-district, at 40,
Foley-street, on the Bth of October, the son of a
cabinet-maker, aged 12 years, died of "dysentery."
The medical attendant adds that "the drainage of the
house is excessively neglected ; the stench rises to every
apartment, and several cases of dysentery have oc-
curred in the house." _

In Pancras, Somers-town, at 4, Hampden-street,
on 4th October, a master bricklayer, aged 54, died of
" hydrothorax (1 month)." Mr. Matthews describes
the house as "consisting of three rooms in front only.
The drains are very offensive, and no privy is con-
nected with the house."
In St. Giles-in-the-Fields (south sub-district), at
2, Coal-yard, on the 6th and 10th October respec-
tively, two boys, aged 6 years and 4 years, died, the
former from "scarlatina (2 weeks)," the atter from
"scarlatina (1 week), dropsy (2 weeks)."
In Poplar, at Old Ford, Bow, on 34 and 6th Oc-
tober respectively, the son and daughter of a car-
penter, aged two and four years, died of "scarlatina,"
the former after four days', the latter after five days'
illness. -
In the Strand district, liberty of the Rolls, at 1,
Acorn-court, on 7th October, a master tailor, aged
52, died of " gastritis subacute (many weeks), diar-
rhcea (7 days)..' Mr. Jones states that " this court is
very close and ill-ventilated."
In St. James, Bermondsey, at Providence-build-
ings, on Bth October, the son of a labourer, aged four
months, died of " pneumonia (ten days)." Mr.
Martin describes this as " a close court on Jacob's
Island, whero the drainage is very bad." Also at 3,
Caroline-court, on 4th October, the son of a labourer,
aged nine months, died of "chronic diarrhoea." "This
is a narrow court on Jacob's Island ; the drains over-
flow, and the house is rendered so offensive as to
compel the inmates to keep their door open, though it
is within 4 feet of the privy." It is remarkable (adds
the registrar) that all the seven deaths registered last
week occurred in localities where cholera prevailed
most severely ]fast year.
In Whitechapel, at 9, Dolphin-court, Christchurch,
Spitalfields, on 4th October, the daughter of a coster-
monger, aged 16 months, died of " convulsions after
diarrt.cea.' The house (says Mr. Mason) is dirty
and crowded. Also at 5, Maidenhead-court, Christ-
church, on 10th October, the son of a carpenter, aged
11 months, died of" mesenteric disease (2 months)."
" The house is crowded, and surrounded by soap and
other manufactories."
The following deaths were also recorded during the
last week :
A daughter of a clergyman, aged 11 years, died of
" purpura (3 weeks), sanguineous apoplexy (3
hours)." Post mortem.
The son of a carpenter, aged 14 months, died of
" tithes mesenterica, purpura (7 weeks)."
A daughter of a wood-carver, aged 17 years, died
of " purpura haamorrhagica (3 days)."
A daughter of a scale-maker, aged 18 years, died of
" purpura (3 months), hmmorrhage, epistaxis (8
days), tnelscna (6 days.)"
A daughter of a labourer, aged 10 years, " typhus
(3 weeks), dothin-enteritis (1 week)."
The widow of a tailor, aged 63 years, died of " pa-
ralysis (1 [month)." Post mortem. A needle was
found in the capsule of the kidney.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE BELLEROPHON.—The greatest anxiety is felt
with respect to the Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes,
C.B. She left Malta for England on the Bth Sept.,
and the last dates from Gibraltar, Oct. 6, do not give
her arrival there. It is not unlikely that she went
out to look for the admiral before finally leaving. the
station, and she may have passed Gibraltar and Lisbon
without touching at either of those ports.
Captain-Superintendent Sir John Hill has returned
to Deptford Dock and Victualling Yards from leave
of absence. Mr. Mouchet, storekeeper of Deptford
Dockyard, has also returned from leave of absence,
and has resumed his responsible duties.
Dauntless steam screw-frigate, Captain E. P. Hal-
stead, was inspected at Spithead on Monday, paid
advance on Tuesday, and got under weigh yesterday
at ten o'clock, for Queenstown, with steam, as the
breeze was too light for sails. When Sir Bladen
Capel, the commander-in-chief, inspected this
ship on Monday, ho called Lieutenant Rooke up, and,
after shaking hands and congratulating him on his
being the sole surviving officer of the unfortunate
Avenger, he presented him with a walking-stick
which belonged' to the brother of that gallant Admi, al,
Sir George Rooke, to whom England is indebted for
Gibraltar, the key of the Mediterranean, besides many
other not less considerable services. The stick is a
Malacca cane, with a born handle, having a whistle
in it, encircled by a silver ring, with this inscription
on it—" Edward Rooke. 1681." Lieut. Rooke is
now the only one of the four survivors who t emains
unrewarded, though he never ceased his exertions
until he had provided for the three others in the fol-
lowing manner—viz., Mr. Lnrccm (gunner) promoted
to the highest grade his rank admits; William Will
(steward), a messengership at Somerset House ; Mor-
ley, the boy, entered into the dockyard. Lieut.
Rooke is a descendant of John, third Earl of Lennox,
from whom the Sovereign who now occupies the
Throne is herself descended.

POUTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Birkenhead iron
steam-frigate has been put in commission to-day, to
carry stores and provisions to Ascension.
The Royal Albert Indiaman arrived this morning
from London, to embark passengers and stock for
Calcutta.
A convict belonging to this establishment made his
escape yesterday morning about 11 o'clock. The
gang was at work in the Royal Frederick three-
decker. The convict in question provided himself
with some of the workmen's clothes, and promo:led
up the yard towards the rope-house, where he was
accosted by one of the policemen on duty, whom be
immediately knocked down, and then decamped,
passing through the Admiral's garden, the wall of
which he is supposed to have scaled and got clear off-