The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-22 00:00:00

ITALY.

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A letter from Rome says—" The famous Engard
Gasparoni, who is at present confined in the citadel
of Civita Castellani, will, it is said, shortly be
sent to another prison. He is the man of whom
the illustrious Trappist, Baron Geramb, recounts
such extraordinary exploits. Gasparoni pretends
that he has been shamefully calumniated. It is
alleged,' he says, that I have committed nearly
eighty murders ; but that is an impudent falsehood.
I have only committed thirty-six on my own ac-
count, and I cannot be made answerable for others in
which I may have been engaged. This brigand is
tall, and of rather venerable appearance. He is nearly
sixty years of age; his beard is entirely white, and he
wears the pointed Calabrian hat. The French soldiers
who guard the fort sometimes converse with him. He
amuses them by his jokes and his frightful naiveté.
As he capitulated to the Government, he has not been
brought to trial, neither has his band. His liberty
has several times been offered to him, but he has con-
stantly refused it, unless his family, as he calls his
band, shall also be released."

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED !It
THE WEEK F....NDISG SATURDAY, SEPT. IS, 1852.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagions Diseases ...*278
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 39

Tnbercultur Diseases ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 162
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 74
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 22
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
••• .•• ••• •.. 103
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
o.l.Digestion••• .•• SM. •• • • 0• • •• • 59
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c •• ••. ••• 6
Childbirth, Diseases of the Utcras, &c. -.• 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, wed Muscles ••• 8
Diseases of the Skin, &o, *" ... 3
Malformations...
Premature Birth ••• ••• •••
• ••• •••
Atrophy
••• ••
••• ••• ••• •••
Old Age
Sudden ...
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Causes uoi; spt eitied

... 33
... 56
... 4
... 21
... 9

DEATHS FROM ALL CArraza .. _
• ••• 913
population
Deaths
leratcl, in corm- Deaths
Jlvt
1851. of 1851. sponding .„,,,,,k
in the
Week.
West Districts... 376,427 • • 163
North Districts.. 490,396 .. 206 ...... 133
Central Distriots 393,256 ... 178
... 188
East Districts ... 485,521 ... 234 148
••• 223
south Districts.. 616,635 ••• 316 ••• 221

„„. 1,097

Totals.— 2,362,236
Males ••• •••
Females ...

- 913
... 470
... 443

BIRTHS IN TEE WEEK.

718
...

Males ...
Females ...

720
•••

Total „.. ... ... ... .., 1,438
*ln this number are included 67 by Scarlatina, 36
by Typhus Fever, 106 by Diarrhcea, and 8 by Cholera.

NEW STEAM-DOCKS IN THE BRISTOL

CHANNEL.

Somersetshire is divided upon a nautical question
It is proposed to make new docks for the ocean:
steamers which are now multiplying so rapidly. Al
ready an Australian Company has obtained a survey
of the coast of the Bristol Channel; the people of the
Place are on the alert, and Bristol suddenly awakes to
t.,.t'
une fact that if it do not bestir itself in emulation of
lalVerpo-,,
Glasgow, and Southampton, it may " be
obliterated from the list of important seaports."
Steam-ships of immense size, twice the length of the
Great
Britain, are in process of construction ; and
opinion inclines to anticipate a continuance in the
practice of Ina IA
Ports of
cr
ships much larger than they have
been. of nmesponnic
i size are needed ; and
in a trade so suddenly and rapidly increasing, there is
room for the Severn to
take its share, without de-
frauding the Thames, the
Clyde, the Mersey, or the
Solent. Various plans are on foot; but two may be
said to divide the field; and
they may also be
described, in general terms, as being severally sup-
ported by the merchantmen of 13ristol, and by tee
country gentlemen of the county.
One plan is, to convertP;otaisbhneatdo
, - Bay into a large
anect the new
harbour, by erecting piers
Wstern Rs.th,
port with the Great
Western
near to Bra?. This port
has the advantage of being
is
nsttol. We are
assured that the intended railway
of the abandoned
as at
first might be supposed, a revivalnd
Harbouar n4"ed
project of the Portbury Pier at
on that line,schem brril
that it offers great improvementsoil
d t e.
--a
make a e one by
avoid expensive tunnelings, it will
Ferry ; and his cal-
Pill, Ram Green, and Rownham F .
line and piers,
including that " the whole cost of the
I
including law-charges," will not exceed , 120,0001.
too.
The lad statement--"'including law-charges' !—
looks astounding ; but it is evidently less tangible_ in
its data than the other parts of the plan, and therefore
challenges less exact criticism ; and there is no doubt
that the docks and any needful approaches will be
well worth their cost, whatever that may be. We
are told by a local paper friendly to this plan, that it
4‘ cannot fail to be of the greatest benefit to Bristol,"
as the Corporation of Bristol and the Bristol Charity
Trustees are the greatest owners of the land at For-
tishead, ai in enhancing its value they are increasing
the :uze4,4oirt,:(ouncil and the Trustees."
.7, .- 774-k , , .4 . , starts from the suggestion of Lieu-
1111`',A. i„.4 .. -. . made the Admiralty survey of
-1-'IIV.-•.* 835.
. , II kr. Denham pointed
t :0:4t: t.W.?:.. c. . site
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•. , -: i", . u 1 a port for Ireland,
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