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London, England, 1842-06-03 00:00:00

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SUX-OFFIC'E, Seven o'Cloeh.

PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK,-ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c.
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INininioer Dividend LONDON, FRIDA y, JUNE 3.
of per PriceCANALS. per
Shares. Annum.
Paid. Shire.
4,766 7 pet cen Litehton& Oktham...Aecrage97l.lBs.sh. 94
1,43:2 4/, Ashby.de.le-Zouch Arcrage 1131.5 h. 71
4160 ......... Basingstoke 100/.s h.
1,014
1.,C00 I. Brecknock and Abergavenny —l5O/. sh. 92
16th. 101. Birmingham, 1-16th share & 711, V •
4.000 Ditto & Liverpool Junct.lve/1. sh.lor-
-609 00 31. Bridgewater and aunton.lool. "
AGI 51. Chvirner and Blackwater
O 32/. Coventry ..... .......
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2,060 51. .....
Os, Dudle-
Croydon...—.
600 191.
21,000 4 pnr

MORTALITY. in the METROPOLIS.
The following ar? the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, shooing the Number of Deaths from all Cause,
Registered in the week ending May 28, 1842." The Table, it I
issued from the Office of the Regtstrar-General ; '

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Epidem •
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AWvet,.,..,.l;glYe .
of the Brain, Nerveg' and S es 147 Ica ' 190
r-..........--,
the Lungs
ic, EneAdues:::: CI): tall ltiOr - -.ohms P"tal.
sit;A:9.llY.F4:a-rii
. .., Senses I.f.tt
Diseases
aP.d other Organs
Diseases of
Respiration . 147 149
iisease - -
n . ..,.
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-41 the Neat and 810, •
~..el3O Of the Stomael'.: "
..a-vesselsandoth.e.r
Organs of Dig" . , Liver,
51 56 61
,„ ~., - Kidneys,
i'resbes ~, the Kidneys, &e. -
1 Cerldbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 9 9 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 3 6 6
Diseases of the Skin, Ike o 1 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
o'.d Age, or Natural Decay 62 63 69
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intem-
perance
Causes nc.t specified 2 6 7
Deaths from all causes
Average Weekly Deaths
Population
elm.
DISTRICTS. merated
Ibil.

West—Kensington, St. George
( Hanover-square ), Westmin-
ster, St. Martin in the Fields,

871 912
Average Death
NVeekly in
Deaths the
1839.-4:-.1 -1. Week.
Four Four
Ye rd.' Springs.

St. James
North—St. Mary-le Alone, St
Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 15(> 153
Central—Saint Giles and Saint
George, Strand, Clerkenwell,
Ilolbgrn, St. Luke, East Lon-
don, West London, City of
London '373,806 188 179 169
East—Shoreditch,Whitechapel,
Bethnal Green, St. George
in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392;496 206 190 165
South—St Saviour, St. Olave,
St. George( Southwark ),Ber-
monchey, Newington. Lam-
beth, . Camberw.ll, Bother-
hitke, Greenwich .... —.438,060 221 210 198

Total 1,870,727 912

It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Balls of Mortality—.
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras. Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom-
ley), SL Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was
1,870,727. The weekly averege for 1838, 1839, 1840, and
1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by
208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52.
TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
• May 21. May 28.
700 753
46 48
5; 69
2, 1842.

Highest
Lowest
Daily Mean .
General Register Office, June

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

POE SUN, LONDO

4th Foot—Car. E. C. Thompson, from half pay Unat-
'(ftched, to be Captain, vice Joseph Davies, On exchanges,
June 3.

75th Foot—Cart. E. Hickey, from the 86th Foot, to be
Captain, vice-Lucas, who exchange:, June 3.
66th Foot—Copt. W. Lucas, from the 75th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Hickey, who exchanges. June 3.
90th Foot—C. Dowson, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Morley, promoted in the 40th Foot, June 3. .
95th FOot—Ensign H. J. Baines to be Lieutenant, by pur.
chase, vice Godby, vho retires; J. G. Eddington, Gent.,- to
be Ensign, by purchase; vide"Baines' June 3.
99th Foot—Staff-Snrgeon of the Second Class A. West,
M.D., to be Surgeon, vice W. Williams, who retires upon
half-pay, June 3.
Rifle Brigade—Second Lieutenant. C. J. Woodford to be
First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peel, appointed to the 6th
Dragoons ; R. D'Arcy Thoroton Hildyard, Gent. to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woodford, June 3.
HOSPITAL STAFF—Assistatit-Surgeon T. Beavan, from the
7th Light Dragoons, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class,
vice Anglin, deceased, June 3.

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BR.EVF.T— Captain R. Ellis' of the 27th Foot, to be Major
in the Army, July 22, 1830; Captain H. Wainwright, of the
42d Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23, 1841.
' MEMORANDUM.

The commission of Mr. W. Young, as Deputy Assistant
Commissary General, dated 24th. December, 1841, has been
cancelled. . .

The name of the Cokur Searjeant, who was appointed, in the
Gazette of the 27th May, 1842, an Ensign in the 41st Regi-
ment of Foot, wit Lout purchase, is Thomas Horan, and not
Thomas Horam.

The names and title of the Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel,
of the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, whose corn-
niision is dated 28th September, 1830, are Sir J. 0. llotay-
man, Bart.

The date of the commission of Lieut. Medwin R. PiFold, in
the 2d Foot, to be 12th May, 1838, Army rink to remain as at
present;yiz., 16th March, 1834.

The Christian names of Ensign Pethebridge, of the 20th Foot,
are Thomas John Oliver Jerm}n.
The Christian names of Ensign Neame, of the 47th Foot, are
Charles Covell.