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      Health Of London During The Week. (From ...

      HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From the Registrar-General ' s Returns . ) A considerable decrease is observed in the mortality of the week ending last Saturday . The total deaths , registered in the metropolitan districts , which in the previous veek rose to 1124 , were last week only 893 , whereas the average derived from deaths in ten corresponding weeks of 1840-9 , and raised in proportion to increased population , is 1001 , and in the last three corresponding weeks , namely , those of 1847-9 , the deaths rose to about 1050 and upward * . In last week , as compared with that immediately preceding , the deaths classed as having been caused by zymotic or epidemic diseases , are almost return tnere io /

      exactly of the same amount : in this are , of which 7 were from smallpox , 15 from measles , 18 from scarlatina , 35 from hooping-cough , 4 from influenza , all of which diseases are at present less fatal than usual : there are also 37 from typhus , which is about the average ; and 13 from diarrhoea , 6 from remittent fever , 5 from rheumatic fever ( besides 3 from rheumatism ) , and 8 from erysipelas , from which diseases the mortality is rather above the average . But diseases of the respiratory organs still exhibit a small increase on the average , though compared with the mortality of this class in the previous week they show a reduction . Bronchitis , pneumonia , asthma , and other complaints affecting the organs of respiration ( with the exception of hooping-cough and conlumDtion ) number 174 , the average being 164 ; their

      progress during the last six weeks may be traced in the following numbers—171 , 182 , 231 , 252 , 253 , and 174 , these fluctuations being nearly coincident with rise and fall of temperature . Phthisis ( or consumption ) was fatal to 108 persons last week , an unusually small number ; the year 1843 affords the only example of a corresponding week in which the mortality from this disease was so low ; the average ia about 160 . On the 6 th of April , in the Marylebone workhouse , a widow died , whose age is reported to have been 103 years—she sunk by 41 natural decay . " On the 28 th of March , in Ferry-street , Poplar , the daughter of a labourer , aged 3 years , died of privation , or , according to the return made by the corodeath accelerated want

      ner ' s jury , from " natural by . Two men and two women are registered as the victims of intemperance . In workhouses 77 deaths were registered in the week , and in hospitals 58 , of which 35 were in general hospitals , 8 in naval and military , and 8 in lunatic asylums . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29425 in . The mean daily reading of the thermometer was highest on Sunday , when it was 544 deg ., and lowest on Saturday , when it was 46 * 2 deg . ; the mean temperature of the week was 49-5 deg ., 5 dog . higher than the average of the same week in 7 years . The mean temperature was throughout the week higher than ihe average , and on Sunday was higher by 9 5 deg ., and on Monday by 85 deg .

      KesultK of the Rrgistrar-General ' s return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last . The first column of figures gives the aggregate number of deaths in the corresponding weeks of the ten previous years : — ^^ Wcefc 3 Wcek of 1839-49 . of 1 X 50 . Zymotic Diseases .. •• •• 1734 .... 157 Dropsy , Cancer , and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat .. . •• «> i 0 3 ° Tubercular Diseases 19- *> -- ! ' >•» Diseases of the Brain , Spinal Marrow , Nerves , and Senses .. .. .. 117 !) .... 118 Disease * of the Heart and Blood-vessels .. 293 .... 37 Diseaief of the Lungs and of the other Orjjans ot lti' 8 |> ii ° ulion .. .. 14 J 6 ... » 174 Disease * of the Stomach , Liver , and other Organs of Digestion .. .. . 580 .... 61 Diseases of the Kidneys , & c . .. .. 73 .... 6 ' Childbirth , diseases of tlie Uterus , & c . .. 80 .... 7 Rheumatism , discuses of the bones , Joints , Sec ; 74 .... 6 Diseases of the Skin , Cellular Tissue , & c . .. 0 .... 2 Malformations .. .. 23 .... 2 Premature Birth and Debility .. .. 175 .... 21 Atrophy 12 K .... 23 Age « i 3 . » .... 48 8 udcJcn 107 .... 4 "Violence , Privation , Cold , nnd Intemperance 208 .... 24 Total ( including : unspecified causes ) .. 9 l 7 . > 893

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      Money Market And City Intelligence. Flud...

      MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . FlUDAY . There have been slight fluctuations in the English Funds during the week . The market opened firmly on Monday , and prices of Consols were fully £ per cent , better than they had been on Saturday , with a good deal of business doing . On Tuesday a marked depression took place , which was attributed to the combined influences of unfavourable accounts from Paris , and the defeat of our own Government in the House of Commons —Consols falling about } percent . On Wednesday the Conaol market evinced from the opening a decided improvement—some considerable transactions took place , Erinci pally on foreign account—and , at the close of usinesn , the market had a firm appearance . This improvement was fully maintained at the opening yesterday , and as the day advanced , Consols rose from & to J per cent ., closing At 95 J to J for money , and 96 for account . The general feeling shown throughout the afternoon gave a decided tendency to continued firmness , though * the transactions were not extensive . The highest price of Consols has been 95 J for the account , nnd 95 f for immediate delivery . The Three per CentB . Reduced have been at from 944 to J ; Thrce * and •• Quarter per Cents ., 968 t 0 3 » Bunk . Stock , 205 4 to 207 ; India Stock , 266 to 2 G 8 ; Long Annuities , tij to 3-16 : South Sea Old Annuities , 038 to 94 4

      Exchequer Bills, In The Early Part Of Th...

      Exchequer Bills , in the early part of the week , were done as high as 71 s . prem . ; but they declined to 70 s . as the highest price , and were done , in some instances , to as low as 68 s ., which was accounted for by a slight increase in the demand for money having taken place . There was great depression in the French Funds at the close of last , and the beginning of the present week , owing to the excitement respecting the approaching Paris election ; but there has since been a sensible improvementconfidence appearing to be becoming

      , gradually restored . At the other Bourses of the Continent there has been greater firmness . # There has not been much change in Foreign Securities on our own 'Change , if we except a continued and still more decided advance in Peruvian Bonds , which have been done as high as 71 ; Deferred ditto , 29 J to 30 |; Mexican , 28 * to 29 * Venezuela , 34 ; Portuguese Five per Cents , converted , 32 J 33 ; ditto Four per Cents , J & khi Spanish Fives , 184 to S ; ditto Passives , ii ; Danish Fives , 96 : ditto Threes , 71 £ ; ditto Scrip , 4 | * prem . the Stock

      A principal object of attention on Exchange on Wednesday , was a meeting of Spanish bondholders . The ostensible purpose of the meeting was the appointment of a new committee j but occasion was taken to discuss the present position of the Spanish Exchequer , with reference more especially to the state and prospects of the foreign debt , which were considered upon the whole to present a somewhat more hopeful appearance . Baron Rothschild was appointed a member ot the new committee , and will probably be its chairman . Under the Baron ' s direction it is expected that the situation of the bondholders may be improved . The price of gold in Paris has remained 10 per cent , dearer than in London . In Hamburgh gold has become 0 23 r centcheaper than in London .

      pe , The Railway Share Market was exceedingly heavy at the beginning of the week , and the prices of a great many lines declined considerably , including some of the principal lines . Great Western again fell £ 1 per share ; Northern and Easterns , £ 1 ; Great North of England , £ 1 ; Hull and Selby , £ 1 ; Southwestern , £ 1 ; Midland , £ 5 ; Bristol and Birmingham , £ 1 ; and Leeds and Bradford as much as £ 3 per share . On Wednesday , however , there was a partial reaction ; though the actual improvement was but of small amount ; but yesterday the improvement became still more decided and extensive . Great Westerns were done at 484 ; London and

      North Westerns , 102 to 103 ; South Westerns , 564 ; Midlands , 32 J , 1 \; Eastern Counties , 7 ; Caledonians , 6 | to 7 § . The Committee of the Stock Exchange have adopted a measure for the better regulation of share dealings , which provides that purchasers should be permitted to buy in at any price , should the shares not be delivered on the settling day immediately following that for which they were bought , at the risk of the broker selling . The plan is calculated to check Bearing operations materially , which are considered to have hitherto had a greater effect in depreciating railway property than anything else besides . The settlement in Railway Shares was on Monday , and passed off well . sensible

      The produce market has not undergone any alteration . Improvement was confidently expected , but it has not taken place . The corn market has continued very heavy . The arrivals of foreign wheat and flour are still large , which , with the prospects now presented of there being abundant crops , must of necessity have a depressing effect . The price of wheat has in consequence suffered a further decline of 2 s . per quarter . The manufacturing markets have been tolerably good . In Manchester there has been a steady demand for various kinds of goods , the stocks of which are generally low , and producers of several descriptions of both cloth and yarn are now waiting to order principally , if not wholly , for the foreign trade , and , in a majority of instances , for India and China . The Yorkshire woollen trade has been pretty brisk , both in deliveries of cloth , from the halls and in business at the warehouses . The shipping houses are the busiest , and their stocks are said to be reduced unusually low for this season of the year .

      British Funds For The Past Week. (Closin...

      BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Prices . ) f

      Satur. Mond. Tues. Jvedn. Thurs Lnd. Ban...

      Satur . Mond . Tues . JVedn . Thurs lnd . Bank Stock 207 206 209 2004 206 3 per Cent . Reduced .. ! M $ 04 J 94 § 94 g 9 j 3 perCent . Cons . Anns . 95 § 95 * 90- } 9 ;> g 95 jJ 3 per Cent . Anna . 1720 . —— ¦¦ 31 per Cent . Anns . .. 9 GJ 90 | 90 J 9 GJ 9 GJ New 5 per Cents .. .. —— —— —~ ——Long Annuities , I 860 .. 8 J 8 J 8 J 8 8 | IndiaStocklOipercent 208 208 206 260 Ditto Bonds 92 p 94 p 93 p 95 p — 3 per Ct . Cons ., for Ace . 95 } 951 & H 95 J yr > 3 Ex . Bills , 1000 / . June 2 70 p 71 p 71 p 70 p 68 p Ditto , 500 * 71 p 71 p 70 p 68 p Ditto , Small .. .. 71 p 71 p 71 |» 70 p 68 p

      Foreign Funds. (Last Official Quotation ...

      FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Thursday Evening . ) Austrian 5 per Cents . •• •• •• •• 75 A Belgian Bonds , 4 $ per Cent . .. 8 \ W Brazilian 5 per Cents . .. .. •• .. 87 $ Buenos Ayres 0 per Cents 53 oxd Chilian 6 per Cents 96 | Equador Bonds .. .. . 34 Danish 3 per Cents 70 Dutch 24 per Cents . .. .. •• •• .. 50 4 per Cents . .. .. .. .. .. .. 85 } French 5 per Cents . An . at Paris 89 . 35 3 per Cents ., March 28 .. 55 . 65 Mexican 5 per Cent . Bonds .. 20 i Small 28 { Neapolitan 5 per Cents — Peruvian 4 per Cents .. .. 71 Portuguese 5 per Cent 85 J ' 4 per Cents . .. 33 f . Annuities .. .. .. .. ,. 33 ^ Russian , 1822 , . 0 per Cents 107 Spanish Activos , 0 per Cents 18 $ Passive 3 J ———— Deferred .. •• ¦• .. .. 37

      Shares. Last Official Quotation During T...

      SHARES . Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Thnrsday Evening . ) Railways—Caledonian 7 £ Edinburgh and Glasgow 26 * Eastern Counties .. .. •• •• •• 7 | Great Northern .. •• •¦• •• •• 54 Great North of England .. 218 Great Southern and Western ( Ireland ) .. .. 26 Great Western .. •« •• •¦ 50 Hulland Selby - .. 96 Lancashire and Yorkshire .. .. .. .. 31 Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. > .. .. 52 London , Brighton , and South Coast 79 London and Black wall .. .. •• .. 3 J London and North-Western .. 102 ^ Midland 324 North British ~ i { South-Eastern and Dover .. •• •• 13 South-Western .. .. . » •• •• 58 York , Newcastle , and Berwick 11 § York and North Midland 14 § Docks—East and West India .. •• •• •• 142 London .. •• •• •• •• •• * £ "i St . Katherine .. •• •• •• •• ° 1 Banks—Australasian .. .. . *• •• •• •• 24 £ British North American 42 Colonial ... .. . •• •• •• •• 8 Commercial of London .. .. •• •• — London and Westminster 25 ^ London Joint Stock .. .. •• •• 16 | National of Ireland .. .. .. •• 17 $ National Provincial .. .. •• •• — Provincial of Ireland 424 Union of Australia .. .. .. .. •• 30 Union of London .. .. .. • •• •• 16 J Mines—Uolanos .. ^ .. .. •• •• •• — Brazilian Imperial .. .. .. .. •• — Ditto , St . John del liey .. 14 Cobre Copper .. .. .. .. •• — Miscellaneous—Australian Agricultural .. .. .. .. • 1 >> Canada a J > General Steam .. .. .. •• •• •• * 7 $ Peninsular and Oriental Steam .. .. .. ° p ltoyal Mail Steam .. .. .. .. •• 52 South Australian -- 19

      Grain, Mark-Lane, April 17. Wheat, R. Ne...

      GRAIN , Mark-lane , April 17 . Wheat , R . New .. 35 s . to 39 s . Maple 23 s . to 25 s Fine 38 —40 White 22 —24 Old 40 —41 Boilers 25 —27 White 40 —45 Beans , Ticks 22 —24 Pine 41 —42 Old 25 —27 Superior New .. 45 — 48 Indian Cora 24 — 27 Rye 20 — 22 Oats , Feed 15 — 16 Barley 19 —22 Fine 16 — 19 Maltinff 22 —25 Poland 16 —18 Malt . Ord 42 —45 Fine 18 —19 j-iue 48 — 53 j Potato 16 —17 Peas , Hog 22 —23 Fine 18 — 19

      General Average Price Of Grain. Week End...

      GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF GRAIN . Week Ending April 17 . . Imperial General Weekly Average . Wheat 38 s . Od . Rye 20 s . 8 d Barley 22 11 Beans 23 8 Oats 15 3 Peas 26 3 Affgreg'ats Average of the Six Weeks . Wheat 38 s . Id . Uye 22 s . 4 d , Barley 23 6 Beans 24 1 Oats .. 15 1 Peas 25 3

      Flour. Town-Made Per Sack 30s. To 35s. S...

      FLOUR . Town-made per sack 30 s . to 35 s . Seconds 35 — 38 Essex and Suffolk , on board ship 20 —28 Norfolk and Stockton 26 — 28 American per barrel 21 — 22 Canadian 21 — 22 Wheaten . Bread , 6 d . to 7 d . the 41 b . loaf . Households 4 to 54 ,

      Provisions. Butter—Best Fresh, 8s. To 12...

      PROVISIONS . Butter—Best Fresh , 8 s . to 12 s . per doz . Carlow , £ ' S 10 s . to £ 3 16 s . per cwt . Bacon , Irish per ewt . 4 Gs .. <*»• 46 s . Cheese , Cheshire . 46 — fi » Derby , Plain .......... 46 —54 Hams , York 60 , —70 Eggs , French , per 120 , 5 a . 3 d . to 6 s . Od .

      Butchers' Meat. Newgate And Leadenhall.*...

      BUTCHERS' MEAT . Newgate and Leadenhall . * Smitjctteld . * b . d . s . d . s . d . a . d . Beef 2 0 to 3 2 3 0 to 3 2 . Mutton 2 4 — 3 G 4 2 — 4 4 Veal 3 0 — 310 3 6 — 310 Pork 3 0 — 4 0 3 8 — 4 0 Lamb 4 6 — 5 8 4 10 — 510 To sink the offal , per 81 b . Head of Cattle at Smithfield . Friday . Monday-Beasts 811 3 , 583 Sheep 5130 20 . 3 JO Calves 203 100 Pigs , 135 240

      Hops. Potatoes. Kent Pockets 135s. To 16...

      HOPS . POTATOES . Kent Pockets 135 s . to 168 s . York Regents per ton 90 s . to 10 ( te ' . Choice ditto .. 147 —232 Wisbeeh Regents ... 70 — 89 Sussex ditto .. 120 —130 Scotch Reds 6 G — 7 * Farnhamdo .. 170 —250 French White * 60 — 70

      Hay And Straw. (Per Load Of 3g Trusses.)...

      HAY AND STRAW . ( Per Load of 3 G Trusses . ) Cumberland . Smitiifield . Whiteghapel . Hay . Good .... 50 s . to 75 48 s . to 73 s 48 s . to 72 s . Inferior .. 50 — 05 .... 0—0 .... 30 —50 New 0—0 .... 0 — 0 .... 0—0 Clover GO — 87 .... 70 —90 .... 60 —90 Wheat Straw .. 22—29 .... 21 —28 .... SI — 88

      Groceries. Tea, Bohea, Fine.... Per Lb.*...

      GROCERIES . Tea , Bohea , fine .... per lb . * 0 s . Id . to 0 a . 3 d . Congou , fine I 3 — 1 9 Souchong , fine 1 3 — 1 6 In Bond—Duty 2 a . Id . per lb . Coffee , fine ( in bond ) per cwt 70 s . to 72 s . Good Ordinary 45—40 6 Sugar , Muscovado , per cwt 32 s . Gd . West India Molasses 14 s . Gd . to 189 , Od .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), April 20, 1850, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20041850/page/22/