The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN.

Dutch Rhenish .. •• • .........
Maria Antonia • . ••. • • • •
Montereau and Troyes
Namur and Liege ...... •
Northern of France • ..............
Orleans and Central ...............
Paris and Lyons .... •.••.. • • .• •
Paris and Rouen. • • • • • • •• .........
Paris and Strasburgh .............
Rouen and Havre .. • • • • • • • . • • • • •• •
Western of France .. •• ..

237
1,035

1,208
21,594
16,333

22,656

LONGEVITY AT COCKERMOUTH.--Among the per
sons who died in Cockermouth, and were buried in the
churchyard of that town, in the year terminating on the
31st of May last, were 31 individuals, whose united ages
amounted to 2,571 years, being an average of nearly 83
years each. The oldest of the 31 was a man named Joseph
Clementson, who reached 11;0 The others were James
Scott, 82 ; Mary Harrison, 77 ; Joseph Campbell,Ag7n7e I
Richard White, 79 • Eleanor Hastings, 78 ; John Williamson,
80 ; Ann Scott, 7'7; Grace Donkiu, 89 ; John Smith, 85 ,
George Edgar, 78; William Musgrave, 82; Ann Nixon, 92:
William Britton, 77; Jane Wilkinson, 84; Jane Quail, 80;
Mary Saneton, 89 ; Catherine Fleming, 82 ; John Watson
79 ; Mary Moncrief, 88 ; Deborah Swinb urn, 91 ;
Walker, 79 ; Jane Brown, 87 ; Jane Hewetson, 88 ; Thomas
Barton, 89 ; Sarah Burny•eat, 82 ; Daniel Barnes, 79 • Isabella
Nean, 79; Isabella Townsley, 78. The ages of
10 others
varied from 70 to 76, viz.:—Jane Thursbv, 72; Jane Bowes,
70; Benjamin Largur, 71; Ann Wallas, 75; Isabella Crone,
70 ; Ruth Grey, 75 ; Robert Moor, 71 ; Frances Robinson,
72 ; John Unthank, 70 ; and Dockeray Marsden, 76. Of the
above 31 aged persons it will be observed that 13 ranged
between 76 and 80 years, 15 between 80 and 90, and two be-
tween 90 and 100.
TUB CHOLERA...--.METROPOLITA.N COMMISSION or
SENTERL—The following resolution was passed at the last
meeting of the Metropolitan Commissio a of Sew
courters .
that--ic Re_
solved, that inasmuch as it appeas to the the
cholera is rapidly approaching this country and metropolis
and it is urgently necessary for the public health that foul
open sewers and ditches should be coverod over, and other
aggravated nuisances removed ; and, inasmuch as the Com-
missioners have failed in their endeavours, under the existing
law, to raise the sums required for the 'execution of such
works by loan on the security of the sew ers-rates, it is, in
the opinion of this court, expedient and n ecessary that im-
mediate application be made to her Majeaty's Government
for a temporary advance of such sum as will enable the
Commissioners to execute the works of urgent necessity
above adverted to ; and it is ordered that it be referred to a
committee of the entire body of Commission ers to consider
and determine the most convenient mode of bringing the
subject to the notice of her Majesty's Government, and that
such committee be authorised and empowered to communi-
cate with the Government for such purpose; and ordered
further that the committee be summoned for Tireaday next,
the 14th inst., at eleven o'clock A.M., at this office, for the
consideration of the said matters."
ELECTRIC ILLUMINATION.--It is stated that Mr.
Page, the Government architect, contemplates the employ-
ment of electricity in lighting up the suspension bridge now
in progress at Chelsea—four elegant towers intended to re-
ceive the lamps appearing in the design. Some late experi-
ments have tended to adapt the principle of the electric lamp
1 to WO purposes 9f illumination.