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

SHIP NE WS.

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.
HAvan, OCT. 13.—The Esmeralda. from Para, which
was on shore near Honfleur on the 12th inst., arrived
here to-day.
GAVESEND, OCT. 16.—Wind W.S.W., light, fine.
Arrived, the Norf. ,lk Tar, from Riga; the Primrose,
from Gijon; the Batavier, from Rotterdam; the Doro-
thea, from Aarhuus; the Catharine, from Hamburgh;
the Myrtle, frotn 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 D.lntz'c; the Middcott, from Arch-
angel; the Deveron, from Konigsberg; the 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 C.11ao; 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
lieu Diep; the Glenbervie, for Sydney; the Adonis,
for 13remen; the Corkscrew and the John Bull, for
Hamburgh; the Diana and the Roscommon, for Har-
lingen; the Humphrey Purinton, for Cardiff; the Seine,
for Boulogne; the Apollo and the Rainbow, for Hotter.
dam; the Triton, for Ostend; the Flecha, for Ghent;
the Stadt Dordrecht, for Dordt; the Ranger, for Am-
sterdam.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The schooner No 6,748,
second distinguishing pendant, bound for Liverpool, on
the 29th of September, off Lisbon. The brig No. 5,478,
second 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 let. 13 N., long. 26 W. The Glasgow, of Glas-
gow, from Port Philip, on the 27th of August, in lat. 24
N., long. 40 W. The Camena, from Callao, on the 23d
of September, in let. 29 N. The Baron of Bramber,
from Rio Janeiro, on the 25th of September, in lat. 53
N. The James Gibb, from Plymouth for Adelaide,
South Australia, on the 30th of August, in let. 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 United, from Valparaiso for Swansea, on the 30th
of September. The barque Nu, 6,024, second distin-
guishing pendant, from Uio Janeiro, with unaintopgal-
lantmast carried away, on the :2d of September iu let.
13 N., long. 25 W. The barque No. 6,915, second dis-
tinguishing pendant, steering south. The Charlotte,
from Newcastle for San Franciico, on the sth of Sep-
tember, in lat. 17 N., long. 27 W. The Petchellie, from
Liverpool fur 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 1114
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. corresponding Weeks
(184 C-9).
459
297

From birth to 15 years... 365
15 to 60 years

60 and upwards lB7

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 hooping-cough,
prevail much less fa tally than usual. Fever, how-
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 subdistrict, 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 cf 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 from
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 3d 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-
rhoea (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, where the drainage is very bad." Also at 3,
Caroline-court, on 4th October, the son of a labourer,
aged nine months, died of "chronic diarrbcea." "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 last 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
diaracea. 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 wedis), sanguineous apoplexy (3
hours)." Post mortem.
The son of a carpenter, aged 14 months, died of
" tabes mesenterica, purpura (7 weeks)."
A daughter of a wood-carver, aged 17 years, died
of" purpura hmmorrhagica (3 days)."
A daughter of a scale-maker, aged 18 years, died of
" purpura (3 months), haemorrhage, epiataxis (8
days), meltena (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.