The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-21 00:00:00

ALGIERS.

The accounts from Algiers are of the 15th instant.
On the Bth, the new Attorney-General, M. La-
grange, was installed with great solemnity in the
room of M. Achille Marrast, brother of the former
member of the Provisional Government. A Te Deum
was chanted on the 11th, in the Cathedral of
Algiers. Public rejoicings occupied the remainder of
the day, which was terminated by a firework on the
Government square. On the 13th, another file took
place in the Grand Mosque, when the native popu-
lation assembled to assist at the distribution
of prizes to the pupils of the French Arab School.
Those prizes consisted in books and articles of dress,
which were distributed by the Governor-General and
the principal public functionaries. Clothes, given as
prizes, appear at first something strange, and never-
theless it is the sort of recompense that flatters most
the Arabs, who appreciate presents for their material
value. A great number of native chiefs assisted
at the ceremonv. M. Lautour Mezeray, Prefect of
Algiers, delivered on the occasion a speech, which was
immediately translated into the Arabian language
by a native. The Prefect exemplified the solicitude
of the French Government for the Mussulman popu-
lation of Algeria by the new institutions with which
the colony has been blessed, such as primary schools,
public lectures, regular tribunals, horse races, encou-
ragements to agriculture, charitable offices, hospitals,
lectures on midwifery for native midwives, registry of
births, marriages, and deaths, &c. This speech
elicited warm marks of approbation. The colony was
tranquil, and field labours were favoured by a fine sun
and a very mild temperature.

KOSSUTH IN AMERICA.
(From the Morning Post.)
It would appear, by the intelligence from America,
that our late versatile and brilliant visitor, Louis
Kossuth, is likely to find American calculation even
less productive in practical fruits than English enthu-
"Jinni. His reception by the authorities at Washing-
ton has, it seems, been of the most cautious possible
character. The Senate did not trust itself
to the effect of the illustrious Magyar's eloquence.
The Ministers threw cold water on his
most glowing plans and favourite prospects. The
President is understood to have defined non-inter-
vention with a precision utterly destructive to the
sense in which the self-constituted Regenerator of
Hungary would have it received and acted on.
Domestic politics, moreover, in America, are full of
rocks and shoals, among which a foreign orator
.must pass, and through which he seldom succeeds
In steering his course without more or less
of damage. Slavery and abolitionism—the great
antagonism of North and South—present themselves
as lions in the path of the stranger no less inevitably,
glare upon him no less formidably, than they do in the
case of the native politician, whether he be active for
'the sacred rights of free men to wallop their own
Diggers, or is tarred and feathered as a lesson of
common sense against his noble ambition to over-
turn the gigantic existing system of the Southern
States. And see what will come of it. We apprehend
that the peculiar character which we showed to be the
distinguishing mark of M. Kossuth's harangues among
ourselves would be very transparent to the keen eyes
of our Transatlantic cousins. A country where every-
thing is so rapidly canvassed—where public discussion
is so general—where public news is spread so
fast and so wide—must be an unfavourable theatre
for playing ...the character of " All Things to all
Men." TWre is something definite and practical
too, in the American temper whenever dollars come
into the question which must sorely interfere with
the somewhat vague magnificence of the Regene-
rator's projects. Taking steps to vindicate the
violated law of nations—showing the deep sympathy
and acknowledging the universal brotherhood of
free citizens all over the world—are very pretty
phrases to tickle the ears of the groundlings
in New York, but they neither touch the clear
heads of the senators at Washington, nor lighten the
`vell-buttoned pockets of Americans anywhere. As
to any political consequences, or pecuniary results, we
apprehend that the visit of Kossuth to America will
be as utterly barren as his most determined opponents
could have anticipated or desired. In spite of the din-
ners—the speeches—the self-glorifications which our
hospitable but very long-winded cousins delight to in-
flict on th • • their visitors the
attraction, the rival of career of the latest great
C' Powers eternal Jenny Lind and Lola Montes
very evidently no suchbette names mingled"),
.has been
conclusion to all the r than a lame and impotent
of hope with which great flourishes of promise and
he Started. The fact is, that our
excellent friend
have a pretty considtheartiblmust be admitted to
have been thaself.
ing himself talk about weakness weakness for hear-
all, seems to Kossuth, after
amiable peculiarity, very littlembette
r than a conduit
, through the
to drain off the overflowing greatness
the most advanced people in the world and glory of
The unhappy
orator went to be heard, and is conde
to hear. His mission was to lecturraned eternally
e on Hungary
and her misfortunes; his destiny is toe lectured
without end on America and her grandeur. There
f
is something drolly appropriate in such a
With the most wonderful talent for
forfo
such a man.r
self-exhibition, we find him reduced by American
ingenuity to ministering merely to the magnifying of
others. With the most singular tact, and the most
xnfailing flow of oratory, he is yet no match for
American audacity and perseverance. His most fer-
vent appeal and most glowing periods have no chance
against the enthusiasm of American vanity. Truly
that must be a great nation in whose school for De-
mocrats Louis Kossuth must be content to learn
-ather than lecture !

.I.EALT fl OF I. ONDON DUREVG THE WEEK.
(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
In the week ending last Saturday 1,096 deaths were
registered in London. In ten corresponding weeks of
the years 1842-51 the average was 1,139, and if
this be raised in proportion to the increase of popula-
tion, it becomes 1,253 ;
compared with which the
mortality of last week exhibits a decrease of 157.
As compared with the results of the previous return
(for week ending Jan. 10), the present table shows a
small improvement in the mortality from some epi-
demic diseases, from diseases of the respiratory organs,
fr-au diseases of the nervous system, and those of the
digestive organs; while there is an increase in the
tubercular class and diseases of the heart. The deaths
from consumption in the preceding week were 108,
last week they rose to 123. On the other band the
mortality from bronchitis has declined from 121 to
105: and that from pneumonia has fallen from 86 to 70.
Amongst epidemics the mortality from typhus re-
Inaina nearly stationary, and amounted last week to
45 deaths Small-pox carried of 20 children and
three •
personsof 20
ence to four years or upwards. 'With refer.
are stated res e •
Persons who died of it, and whose ages
is d .. P ctively as 6, 14, 28, and 29 years,. it
recor ea tladt they Oa the IGth of had been previously vaccinated.
street, north- January, at 8, Lower Symons-
east sub-nistr. an errand-
boy, aged 14 years, '• ict of Chelsea,
~
days) after vaccination:' of
!attendant that this lad .•,, " variola confluens (10
It is stated by the medical
age ; only as vaccinated at two years of
faintly. " I have not
"e eicatri3zeenw,a,s observable, and that
In he adds, " many worse 1
cases of confluent variola unprotected persons.
In the sub-district of St, fa es's-square, both at 1,
Angel-court, Great Windmill
pectivsetrleet, on and 15th of January res the 16th
- Jolif and the wife of
months, died of " variola years, voy,, a girl, aged 7
a bootmaker, aged 28
" varicola (11
dais)." On application at the house the registrar
bscertained that the infant had not been vacci-
nated, and that in the case of the oman vaccination
two years old.
had been performed when she was
IQ consequence of these deaths from small-pox and

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others in places not far from his district, and also
many other cases of the disease which have not been
fatal, Mr. Roberts states his intention to apply to his
superintendent-registrar for printed circulars, which
will be furnished to him for distribution in his dis-
trict, showing the necessity of vaccination, and giv-
ing directions with reference to the medical men who
are appointed to vaccinate gratuitously in the parish.
In the Town sub-district of Bethnal-green, at 4,
Cross-street, Nelson-street, on the 11th January, the
son of a cordwainer deceased, aged 4 years, died of
" small-pox (two weeks), not vaccinated., ' Mr. Gre-
gory adds, " I am informed that in this case the
father objected to vaccination in consequence of the
deceased having an uncle who has been, and continues
to be, a great sufferer from vaccination." In the
sub-district of Borough-road, at 16, Grotto-place, on
the 11th of January, a workman in the brewery,
aged 29 years, died of " small-pox (9 days)." Mr.
Elliott states that " deceased had been vaccinated
when about 8 years of age. He had recently spent a
few days in the country, and on his return visited a
friend afflicted with small-pox, and was shortly after-
wards seized with the complaint." In the sub-dis-
trict of St. George, Camberwell, at 9, Neate- street,
on 11th January, the daughter of a labourer, aged 2
years, died of " small-pox confluent (13 days)." It
is mentioned that the child was not vaccinated because
she was suffering from diseased eyes.
In the sub-district of Camden Town, at 9, Cam-
bridge-crescent, Agar Town, on 7th January, a man,
aged 70 years, died of "bronchitis (5 days)." Mr.
801 l states that "deceased was a labourer, residing at
Greenwich, who came to town to be present at the
marriage of a daughter. The house mentioned above,
in which he died, and where his wife and family re-
side, consists of two rooms, and is so damp that they
can scrape the water from the walls, and the bed-
clothes and wearing apparel of the previous day must
be dried before they can be used again. There are 20
or 30 of these miserable hovels, composing the greater
portion of Cambridge-crescent, which are in the same
fearful state ; the rents average about 4s. 6d. per
week. The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's are about
to resume the land, when it is to be hoped a better
state of things will prevail."
At 11, Catherine-wheel-alley, Bishopsgate, on
2d January, a labourer, aged 45 years, died of
"chronic disease of the lungs (2 months), acute
bronchitis (7 days)." Mr. Spencer reports that
" this house is in a most filthy and dilapidated
state, entirely let out in separate tenements ; a
small yard is at the back, containing a great quantity
of dirt and offensive matter, and the privy in a
most filthy condition. The room where the person
died is small, and has a sloping roof, being situated
at the top of the house ; and here were a widow, who
rented the room, her four sons, a female lodger, and
the deceased labourer with his two daughters. Nine
persons all lived and slept in the same apartment."
At 10, Union-court, Saffron-hill, on 12th January,
the wife of a labourer, aged 32 years, died of " con-
tinued fever." Mr. Cover states that " this house is
situated in a narrow court, the room being very
small and badly ventilated." In the sub-district of
Kent-road, at 15, Maypole-alley, on 12th January,
the son of a labourer, aged 5 months, died of " maras-
mus." " This alley," adds Mr. Fitch, "a court lead-
ing out of the High-street, is inhabited by the lowest
class of Irish ; it is the most filthy place I was ever in."
In the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, 11 pensioners
died between the 9th of January and 15th inclusive ;
the youngest was 60 years of age, and the oldest
87 ; and the ages of all averaged 75 years. One
aged 79 years died of " cholera (the attack six
months before death), diarrhoea, atrophia progressive."
Four women also died in the workhouse, the oldest
of whom was 94 years, and whose ages averaged
nearly 80 years.
The particulars of some cases recorded last week
may be subjoined :—On the 11th of January, at 31,
Henry-street, Kent-road, the son of a bricklayer,
aged ten years, died of " phrenitis (7 days), suc-
ceeded by effusion and convulsions (24 hours). The
deceased was one of the boys of St. George's paro-
chial schools." " The only cause that can be as-
signed for his illness and death is over-exertion
at school to gain a prize of new clothes." In
Battersea a boy, aged two years and eight months,
died from " the accidental impaction of a pea
in the larynx" (post mortem). It was shown in the
previous week that four persons died of carbuncle
(an unusual occurrence); last week the death of a
female servant, aged 34 years, was registered, who
died on the 14th of January of " carbuncle, febris."
She died at Marylebone workhouse, to which she had
been brought from 23, Carlisle-street. On the 10th
of January, in St. Katharine's Docks, a mariner,
aged 28 years, on board the Hamilla Mitchell,
died of " scurvy (6 weeks)." In Somers Town a
girl died of " disease of mesenteric glands ; the child,
though 11 months old, did not weigh more than 51b. ;
it had been dry-nursed" (post mortem, inquest). At
8, Caroline-plaee, St. James, Clerkenweli, a mendi-
cant died on the 15th of December of diseased heart
and foul air of his room" (post mortem, inquest).
Two persons died of intemperance.

STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.
SUNDAY.—The amount of cloud was very variable till
night, when the sky became clear. Frequent showers of rain.
MoNDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day.
Rain fell generally.
TunsnAv.—The sky was overcast. Heavy rain fell
throughout the day.
WEDNKSDAY.—The sky, with slight exceptions, was
overcast throughout the day.
TuunsDAT.---The clouds were broken near noon, otherwise
the sky was overcast. Rain fell generally during the evening.
FRIDAY.—The' sky was generally three-fourths covered
with cloud throughout the day.
SATURDAY.—Three-fourths of the sky were covered with
cloud till the evening, and the sky was clear at night.
ELECTRICITY.—NO electricity has been shown during the
week.
The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M. was 47'0° ; and the mean
reading at 9h. p.m. was 45.8° ; the mean readings at the
Royal Observatory for the same times were 45.78 and 44.9 Q
respectively.
The reading of the barometer decreased from 29.45 in.
at the beginning of the week to 28'95 in. by 10h. AM. on
the 11th ; increased to 29.15 in. by 9h. A.m, on the 12th ;
decreased to 29.10 in. by noon, and to 28.92 in. by 3h. p.m.,
began to increase rapidly after sh. rom. ; was 29.22 in, at
9h. ; and increased to 29'64 in. by 9h. P.M. on the 14th ;
decreased to 29.41 in. by 911. P.M. on the 15th ; and in-
creased to 30.10 in. by the end of the week. The rapid
changes of readings on Sunday and Monday are remarkable.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
Is UMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 17, 1552.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*207
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 45
Tubercular Diseases
... 187
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 117
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 60
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration 218
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other• Organs
of Digestion... 63
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
•• ." ••• 10
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 11
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 10
Diseases of the Skin, &o. 2
Malformations... 2
Premature Birth ... 42
Atrophy
Old Age

Sudden ... ... ..• ... ...
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 30
Causes not specified ... ... ... ... ~,,,,„ 9

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,096
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week in the
1851. of 1851. Week.
west Districts... 376,427 . . 134 ... 163
North Districts.. 490,396 .. 218 ... 226
Central Districts 393,256 ... 187 ... 165
East Districts ... 485,522 ... 198 ... 249
South Districts.. 616,635 ... 300 ... 293

Totals...
-__
..... 2,362,236 •• • 1,037 ... 1,096
-
Males
. ... 540
Females ::: "' " . 556

Males BIRTUS IX TELE WEEK' 762
...
••• Females ... ::: :::
:::
... 727

Total ...
1,489
b *ln this number are included 29 by Scarlatiaal 45
y Typhus Fever, 22 by Diarrhcea, and by Cholera.

persones°
CLEVER DETECTION OF c7RNERs.
hn considerable
r:ebelne
For some time past there has b
quantity of base coin in circulation I':
information which
within the last twelve months several nisT:ttingham, and
convicted of uttering it. Prom infer
Caine to the knowledge of the police the;
railway from London to a man named trans-
mitted that packages of counterfeit coin weerree led to
Railway'
in the lower part of the town. On Satu dil-
fimeiltdt,edlivbiyng
morning last a small parcel, directed for ~ w! ay.
Dixon, at Mr. Litchfield's, Cherry-place, compit_lane
Nottingham," was received at the Nottingham
station, from London, and between three and four o'clock
in the afternoon it was taken by a porter to the suspected
man's house, where he found Litchfield and his wife.
,
He told them he had a parcel for " Mr. Dixon," and the
woman relied "lie's up stairs; call him down;" but
her husband exclaimed, " Oh, it's all right; I've been
expecting this." He took possession of the parcel, paid the
carriage, 9d., and then went up stairs. The porter left
the house, when Inspector Raynor and two other officers,
who had been watching, entered; and on going up stairs
i they found Litchfield and another man, who gave his
name as Thomas Walker, standing against a table,
on which was an unopened brown paper,pereel. They
apprehended the two men, and took the parcel to the
i superintendent, who found it to contain 25 counter-
feit halfcrowns and 40 counterfeit shillings, the former
bearing date 1844 and the latter 1846. They were
taken before the mayor yesterday, when the depositions
of the witnesses were taken and ordered to be forwarded
to the Solicitor of the Mint previously to their committal
for trial at the as sizes. In his evidence the porter stated
that on the 7th inst. he delivered a similar parcel, with
the same handwriting, at the house of the prisoner Litch-
field. The men declined to say anything in answer to
the charge,
reserving their defence for a Nry,