The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-13 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

The following is the weekly return by the Registrar-.
General of births and deaths in London and thirteen other
large towns of the United Kingdom :
In the week that ended on Saturday, May 9, 4,805
births and 2,903 deaths were registered in London and in
thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom. The
annual rate of mortlliti-WaS 24 per tOO6 perions
The annual rate of mortality last week was 22 per 1,060
in London, 22 in Edinburgh, and 26 in Dublin ; 26 in
Dr:stol, 20 in B:rmingham, 25 in Liverpool, 28 in Man•
chester, 24 in Salford, 23 in Sheffield, 25 in Bradford, 22
in Leeds, 19 in Hull, 20 in Newcastle•upon-Tyne, and 30,
in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 31 per 1,000 during
the week ending the 2nd inst., when the mean tempera.
ture was 0.4 deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the same week
in London, where the rate was 23.

In London the births of 1,154 boys and 1,102 girls, in at,
2,256 children, were registered in the week. In the corre.,
sponding weeks of ten years, 1858-67, the average number,
corrected for increase of population, is 2,100. The deaths
registered in London during the week were 1,340. It
was the nineteenth week of the year, and the aver.
age number of deaths for that week is, with a correc•
tion for increase of population, 1,377. The deaths in the
present return are less by 37 than the estimated number.
The annual rate of mortality was 21 per 1,000 in West
London, 21 in North London, 23 in Central London, 27 in
East London, and 21 in South London.

During the month of April 94,800,016 gallons, or
430,720 cubic metres of water (equal to about as many
tuns by measure, tons by weight), were supplied daily by
the water companies in the metropolis, or 957 litres,
rather less than a ton by weight, to each house, and 138
litres (=30.3 gallons) to each person. It maybe estimated
that about 77,910,600 gallons were probably used for
domestic purposes, or about 24.9 gallons per day for each
inhabitant. 43,652,645 gallons of the water supplied
daily were taken from the Thames, and 46,147,371 gallons
from the Lea and other sources. The return for April as
compared with that for March shews an increase of 425
houses, and an increase of 1,702,025 gallons of water sup-
plied daily.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29-816 in. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 53.3 deg., which
is 1.9 deg. above the average of the same week in fifty
years (as determined by Mr. Glaishez). The highest day
temperature was 82.3 deg., on Sunday, the 3rd of May.
The lowest night temperature was 33.9 deg., on Thursday,
the 7th of May. The entire range of temperature in the
week was, therefore, 48.4 deg.

Prince Charles of Roumania has shewn himself open to
conviction. In consequence of the strong representations
made to him by Austria and some other Powers, he has
been induced to examine for himself.into the reported cases
of persecution of the Jews. They had been officially
denied by his Ministers, but he finds that they were true,
and he has severely punished the authors of these atroci-
ties. It is to be hoped that the drastic treatment which
he has adopted may purge out the leaven of intolerance.
A shocking and fatal accident has occurred to an
artilleryman named George Rowley, a private in the B
battery or ',he 4th brigade. The battery was on the march
from Mansfield to Nottingham, and having ridden on
one of the waggons for two or three miles, Rowley at-
tempted to get off for the purpose of walking. In doing
this his spur caught the drag chain and threw him on the
ground, and the wheel passed over his chest. The poor
fellow survived the accident only an hour and a half.
Mr. G. F. Train has delivered a lecture in the
long room of the Rotundo to a larger audience than
attended any of his previous lectures in, Dublin. He
declared his intention of lecturing iu Manchester for the
benefit of the families of the men executed for the murder
of Sergeant Brett. An elderly lady stood up from amongst
the audience and dramatically presented him with 10s. fur
the same purpose. At the conclusion of the lecture the
audience, who left the Rotundo in a turbulent mob,
cheer. 1 through a portion of Sackville•street, but a force
of police making their appearance the crowd separated,
without any further disturbance.

We have to announce the death of Lady Annaly,
which took place on Tuesday afternoon at the family resi-
dence in Grosvenor-place, after a short and severe illness.
This greatly respected and lamented lady was a daughter
of Mr. W. S. Dempster, of Skibo Castle, county Suther-
land ; and married, in 1829, Colonel Henry White, of
Woodlands, county Dublin, by whom she leaves a family.
The youngest is Captain the Hon. Charles White, M.P.
for county Tipperary, and a daughter is married to Cap-
tain the Hon. Robert W. Grosvenor, M.P. for West-
minster.

THE LATE LORD BROUGHAM—The information-
respecting the burial of the late Lord Brougham was pre.
mature, in so far as it was stated that his remains would
be placed in the same grave as his mother, near Brougham
Hall, Westmoreland. We are informed on the best autho-
rity that Lord Brougham was buried on Sunday afternoon
at the Protestant church at West Cannes, only a short dis-
tance from the noble lord's villa. The funeral was, we
understand, at the request of the local authorities, a
public one.—Post.

VISIT OF PRINCE ARTHUR TO SOUTHEND.—This
pretty watering-place is to have the advantage of the pre-
Bence of royalty this week in the person of Prince Arthur,
who, it appears, is coming down to Shoeburyness for pro-
fessional purposes, and will make a stay of a week. The
prince has come down with the cadets, so that he will go
to Shoeburyness every day. The suite of rooms occupied
by his Royal Highness in the Royal Hotel are delightfully
situated, overlooking the shrubbery and the pier, Sheer-
ness, the Nore, &e.—Essex Herald.

FATAL I3OILER EXPLOSION IN HULL. —On Tues-
day afternoon a boiler explosion took place on the pre.
raises of Mr. Hall, builder, Dansom-lane, which has
resulted in the immediate death of the son of that gentle.
man, whilst another man named Cherry and two boys
have received injuries which, in the case of the former,
must prove fatal. It appears that the boiler had just been
fixed, and steam was got up for the purpose of trying it,
when the boiler burst with a dreadful noise, shattering the
building in which it was erected, and shaking the adjoin-
ing houses to a frightful extent. No cause is Assigned foi
the explosion.—Eastern Morning News.

SCIENCE AND ART IN IRELAND.—IICT Majesty's
Government, with a view of constituting a separate de-
partment of science and art for Ireland, analogous in its
constitution to the existing science and art department
in London, and of amalgamating as far as possible all
existing institutions in Ireland receiving
State grants for
science or art, have appointed a commission to report
on the best means of carrying out this object. The com-
mission will be composed of the following gentlemen :
The Marquis of Kildare, the Rev. Dr. Haugton, Fellow
of Trinity College, Dublin ; the Very Rev. Dr. Russell,
President of Maynooth ; Colonel Laffarn, Royal Engineers;
Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Secretary to Treasury ; Professor
Huxley, F.R.S.
; and Captain Donnelly, Royal Engineers,
who will alio act as secretary.
SUICIDE OF THE GOVERNOR OF AYR GAOL.—Mr.
Robert Sutherland, a gentleman about 4a years of age,
governor of Ayr Gaul, committed suicide in a beershop in
London on Sunday. The dec.:ased told his wife and
children, who resided with him in the gaol, that he was
going to Edinburgh, and left them on Saturday. He
came direct to London, and took lodgings at the Hand-in.
Hand beershop, Duke-street, near London Bridge.
About midday on Sunday, as he had not appeared, his
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door was broken open, when he was found dead on the
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floor. A razor stained with blood was near him. There
was a sum of £37 10s. found in his pockets. On a table
were some letters, from which it is surmised that the un.
fortunate gentleman mue, have been suffering
from mentai
aberration at the tirn Qt

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