The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-18 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Florence of the 10th, in the Opinion
the Augs-
burg of Turin, states that the Austrian troops in that
but set at
country are about to be diminished by 2,000 men.
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slip of paper, containing a passage from Proudhon's
last work upon French affairs, which slip :had been
given him but a few minutes before by a person who
had entered into conversation with him
while enjoy-
ing, from a balcony on the Corse, the spectacle of the
Carnival.

THE POWDER MAGAZINEin HYDE-PARK.
c a tAi o ncorrespondent
e rofl matters the o
proposes a folio or part of a sheet for them, it occurs to
me to say that many of our sex living even more remote
from the dread mine of danger called the powder magazine
in Hyde-park, may, at moments of nervous excitement,
feel as poignantly the terrors of a dreadful explosion as
Buildtr says--As your publi-
cation i▪
nterest to ladies, and
myself, who' am but 300 pacesdi▪
stant from the fulmi-
nating deposit. In the American explosion at Boston, it
is said that only 150 barrels, of gunpowder caused an
eruption like Heels. It awes me to reflect whether
there be not ten times that quantity sleeping in the mine,
under the guard of two sentinels, at the corner of Ken-
sington-gardens, 500 paces from the Crystal Palace. If
in America 150 barrels spread devastation three miles,
how awful is it to contemplate the ruin effected by such
a calamity in a population compacted within that radius
from such a centre! Ilyde.park-gardens, and the con-
comitant tquares—Grosvenor, Belgravia, Mayfair, and
even Kensington, with her palace—are there no nervous
spirits amongst you to sympathise with me in quailing
under so dread a prognostic? Liverpool, with calcu-
lating precaution for the soul of commerce (her teeming
stores, warehouses, and ship.), has devised and insisted
on the removal of powder m igazines from her precincts.

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT TO A
GRENADIER GUARD.
A melancholy accident occurred shortly after mid-
night on Tuesday to Frederick Parkes, of the Ist Gre-
nadier Guards, stationed at St. John's-wood Barracks.
It appears that Mr„. Howel Morgan, a member of the
Royal College of Surgeons, and lately connected with
University Collfge Hospital, was passing along Baker-
Parr, little after twelve o'clock on
l'ur
;hen his attention was attracted by a
s teeet,37 night,mgentleman's
13rtnn
carriage, which was approaching him at a
furious rate. As the carriage passed him he turned for
a moment or two to watch its progress, and then pro-
ceeded on his way. He had not advanced many steps
in the middle of the road,
and before
on hett
isea approachingwe:a:l.l aagne lying
ira
found that he had been run
over by
which bad just passed, and was
perfectly insensible. Mr. Morgan removed him on to
pavement, and on examining him found that he was
feuffering from a dislocation of the foot, that his leg was
Userious injuries. Mr. Morgan reduced the dislocation,
a
afterwards removed the poor fellow to
University College Hospital, where, in conjunction with
Mr. Turk, the house surgeon, he proceeded with the
rnad e t
immediatelyr d l n
necessary treatment. When Parkes regained his con-
sciousness ho requested Mr. Morgan to acquaint Cap-
tain Ellison, of the regiment to which he belonged, with
the circumstance!, as he had been by permission to
Astley's Theatre, and was to be at the barracks by one
o'clock. With this request Mr. Morgan at once com-
plied, and added that the unfortunate man was perfectly
sober at the time the accident happened. Had it not
been for Mr. M9rgan's humane interposition, Parkes
might have remained in the road, as the night was very
cloudy, and other vehicles might have passed over him.
He remains at present at University College, where he
has received every attention from Mr. Ericbsen. and the
other medical gentlemen connected with the institution,
but there appears some doubts whether he will ever
again be fit for active service.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
TEE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCO. 13, 1852.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*197
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 63
Tubercular Diseases 237
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 129
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 59
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ••• • ... 251
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ••• •••• ••• ••• 61
Diseases of the Kidneys, &e,, , ••• 14
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... 5
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and guacloa ••• 6
Diseases of the Skin, &Q:'
_-••• ••• ••• 1
MalfOrMatiOnS•• • ••• ••• ;•• ••• •• • 2
Premature Birth ... ... 26
Atrophy
••• ••• ••• 21
Old Age
••• ••• ••• ••• 11" 58
Sudden ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 14
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 83
Causes not specified •.• •.• ••• 5

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,232
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week in the
1851. of 1851. Week.
West Districts... 376,427 .. 220 ... 222
North Districts.. 490,396 ~. 293 ... 222
Central Districts 393,256 ... 251 ... 237
East Districts ... 485,522 ... 281 ... 255
South Districts.. 616,635 ... 356 ... 296

Totals... .... 27362,236
••• 1,401 ••• 1,232
Males ... 636 ••• ••• ... •••
Females ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 596

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males ... ... ... ... ... 841
Females ... ... ... ... ... 806

Total ••• ...1,647
*ln this number are included 18 by Scarlatina, 47
by Typhus Fever, 11 by Diarrhcea, and 1 by Cholera.

COD
LIVER Om—Cod liver oil bas recently come
that i
into great repute in Enand as a medicine in the relief
and cure of pulmonary consumption; and the statistics of
some of the large institutions for this disease, as well as the
experience d private practice, certainly tend to show
discovered proved beneficial in
for consumption. It has also
various other diseases in which what are called tonic and al-
terativebeneficial
medicines have been hitherto used, especially in the
case of children. The most recent observations, however,
lead to the belief that these medicinal virtues are not con-
fined to oil extracted from the cod's liver, but are equally
shared by all fish oils, including whale oil. A number of
i chi
nu
eman economyamongst
thes i n .
medical officers in India have reported most favourab;y upon
con-
firms ositlhoze
opinion
fromthat
allth efilsihv eorilosf
exert
tseae r
is over
very tie
I.
remarkableeral diseased
thatconditionsa p oula ro theoffmedlt
ghalese for unhealthy children, is the liver and intestines of
the kellawalla (thynnus vuaris) made into curry,— Colombo
Observer.