The Sun. — 1865-02-09 (London, England)

THE MURDERER'S DAUGHTER AND HER PARAMOUR.— Roger Scanhtn, an Irishman, aged 53, and formerly a seaman's boarding-house keeper, in good circumstances, but now reduced to poverty by dissipation and strong drinks, and Mary Sophia Mullins, 30, daughter of an Irishman named Mullins, who was hanged in front of Newgate four years ago for the murder and robbery of an old widow lady named Elmsley, were brought up on a charge of being drunk, disorderly, and annoying Mr. Thomas Crafford, a refreshment-house keeper, of No. 20, King-street, Towerhill.  The prisoners have been frequently in this court, and are a most disgraceful couple. The woman Mullins, whose extraordinary likeness to her late father was noticed by many in the court, is a person of notoriously bad character, and has been living in a state of concubinage with Scanlan for some time past. lie preferred a charge against his daughter, a Mrs. Murphy, a few days ago, for stealing silver spoons, which he had given to her on the day of her marriage. Mr. Paget dismissed the charge with.indignation, and said Scanlan ought to be prosecuted. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor for Mrs. Murphy, said that he would certainly bring an action against her father if he was worth powder and shot. _ _ -  Payne, a police constable, No. 94 11, said that Mr. Crafford, in whose refreshment house the prisoners had misconducted themselves, was not in attendance. The prisoners were discharged and hastly left the court. Mr. Crafford arrived a few minutes afterwards, and was ♦ery much annoyed on hearing the prisoners were at liberty. He said they had committed a serious outrage in his house, and he had been a great sufferer by them.  The mortality of the week ending Saturday last is higher than it was in the ten cities of the kingdom. The births were 4,196 ; the deaths were 3,557 in the week; and the average rate of mortality was 34 per 1,000. The rate was 31 in London, 33 in Edinburgh, and 37 in Dublin, 42 in Liverpool, 35 in Manchester, 31 in Salford, 30 in Birmingham, 38 in Leeds, 30 in Bristol, 44 in Glasgow. A highrate of mortality consequent on the late inclement weather prevails in London. In the week that ended on Saturday last the deaths of 1773 persons were registered ; in the previous week the number was 1747. In the corresponding weeks of 10 years, 1855-64, the average numbei of deaths is, with a correction for increase of population, 1530. The deaths in the present return, therefore, exceed by 243 the estimated number.  Three hundred and seventy deaths occurred last week from zymotic diseases, the corrected average number being 324. Typhus was fatal to 95 persons, a number considerably above the average, which is 52. Whooping cough destroyed the lives of 86 children ; 6 of these cases were registered in the sub-district of St. Paul, St. George's-inthe-East, and 4 in that of St. George-the-Martyr, Holborn. Sixteen deaths occurred from small-pox, 28 from measles, 46 from scarlatina, and 5 from diphtheria.  Five hundred persons died from diseases of tho respiratory organs (exclusive of phthisis), the corrected average number being 381. Bronchitis proved fatal to 339 persons, of whom 163 were above sixty years of ago. One hundred and two deaths occurred from pneumonia, 180 from phthisis, 78 from disease of the heait, and 178 from diseases of the brain and nervous system.  Thirty-two deaths were caused by accidents. Eleven persons died from fractures or contusions, 10 from burns or sbalds, and 7 from suffocation. Four persons committed suicide. A needlewoman, aged 37 years, died on the 30th January, at 15A, Skidmore-street, Mile-end, from suffocation produced by food entering the windpipe. A tobacconist, aged 55 years, was found dead on the 17th January, at 11, Braithwaite-place, Kensington, from pneumonia, accelerated by his denying himself the necessaries of life. A dock labourer, aged 56 years, died on the 24th January, in the Rhodeswell-road, Stepney, from exposure to cold. Two persons were killed by vehicles in the streets.  The deaths of seven nonagenarians were recorded; the eldest was a men who had attained the age of 97 years. Last week the births of 1,175 boys and 1,102 girls, in all 2,277 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1855-6 the average number (corrected) was 2,115.  At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.144 in. The barometrical reading was 29.85 in. at the beginning of the week, and decreased to 28.75 in. on Wednesday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 39.3 deg., which is 1.3 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 52.1 deg. on Thursday. The lowest night temperature was 19.9 deg. on Sunday. The entire range of temperature in the week was therefore 32.2 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 36.4 deg. ; that of the lowest was 34.8 deg. The differencer between the mean dew-point temperature humidity iat temperature was 2.5 deg. The mean degree of h of the air was 91, complete saturation being_ represented by by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.43 in., which whield blew' valent to a fall of 44 tons of rain per acres. rain-fall ranged in the chiefly from S.W. and S,S.E. 10 cities from 30 tons per acre lin'heEradlin-burgh to 215 tons per acre in Glasgow.