The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-22 00:00:00

General Garibadi,

The following translation oft letter has been
sent to us for publication :

TO THE DIRECTOR OP THE '' MOVIMENTO."

In the supplement to No. 137 of ycur newspaper, under
the head of " England," you quota an article of the
Morning Post, to which I feel myself called upon to reply
as follows :--

"Political associates and intimate friends,—You would
do me a most signal favour if you wotld have the goodness
to share with me the deep gratitude that I feel and that I
owe to all those Englishmen whom I met and with whom I
associated in their noble country, frot the honest sons of
labour to the illustrious men who preside over its Govern.
went.

" Know, then, that I decided uponvisiting England in
order to pay her a sacred debt of gratitude, and that I with-
drew when I thought proper to do so, withrJut any instiga-
tion whatever.

"As to those under whose roof I was an honoured
guest, it never be possible fos me to thank them
sufficiently for the exceeding courtesy which they
so splen-
didly lavished on me."

Be so good as to publish the preceding, and consider me,
yours, &e,, G. GARIBALDI.
Caprere, May 22.

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Register-Genera's .Report.)
The total number of deaths in London in the week that
ended last Saturday was 1,296, The average number for
the 24th week in ten years, 1854-63 is, with a correction for
increase of population, 1,173. The excess in the present
return above the estimated number is considerable—ft
amounts to 123.

Measles continues to be the most prevalent in the epidemic
class of diseases. It was fatal in the week
in 85 cases. In

the second week of May there were 50 deaths from it; in
the following week they rose to 87, and since that time the
weekly mortality has been of neatly the same amount.
Measles prevails ch:efly in the East districts. Six deaths
from it were recorded in the Shoreditch district, Tin Bethnal-
green, 6 in \V hitechapel, 7 in St. George •in-the-East, 9 in
Mile-end Old•town, and 4in the Poplar district. Five
children died of the same disease in the Goswell•street sub-
district.

Three children of a dock labourer, aged respectively 6
months, 9 years, and 12 years, died of measles at 84, Hare-
street, Bethnal-green, and three other children in the suns
family are lying dangerously ill with the same complaint.

Diarrlicel now discovers a' slight increase.
The widow of a warehou3emen, aged 63 years, died on the
14th inst., at 47, Northampton-road, Cierkenwell, of pulmo-
nary consumption, accelerated by the want of the necessaries
of life.

The son of a shipwright, aged 8 months, died on the 11th
inst., at 231, High-street, Wapping, from bronchitis, acce-
lerated by want of nourishment through poverty.
A labourer in an oilcloth factory was suffocated when
sleeping in a heated room used for drying floorcloths. A boy
died from inflammation of the brain caused by a pea lodging
in his ear. A commercial traveller, aged 33 years, died
from drinking a bottle of French braudy at a draught. A
girl, aged 6 years, died of abscess of the windpipe from
swallowing a piece of ivory.
Last week the births of 912 boys and 864 girls, in al,
1,776 children, were registered in London. In the 10 cor-
responding weeks of the years 1854 63 the average number
(corrected) was 1,856.

GRAND NIGHT FETE IN THE PARK OF VER•
SAILLES.—On the evening of Sunday, July 3d,
will be held at the large Basin of Neptune, in the tenni&
cent park of Versailles, the splendid night fete, which has
excited very much interest in former years. The beautiful
fountains flying in the electric light, the majestic alleys
abundantly illuminated with lamps of various colours, an
ample display of all sorts of fireworks in the air, and also
on the waters, such as to create a magis, unparalleled
spectacle which every foreigner visiting Paris sh9uld make
a point of seeing.