The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-19 00:00:00

TEE TEA TRADE.

The following statement of the quantities of tea taken
into consumption during the past quarter, as compared
with the corresponding period of 1853, has just been
made up. It shows a falling off of 1,517,1031 b., but
this is solely attributable to the suspension of purchases
pending the large reduction of duty which took place at
the beginning of the present month. From the date of
that reduction up to the 12th inst. duty was paid upon
3,143,0471 b., representing an amount of 250,728/., which
has since been considerably augmented :

Official account of tea for the three months ending
sth March :

1854. 1853.
Duty paid in lb. lb.
Loudon . • 4,111,792 5,074,840

Liverpool
899,477 1,066,76 g
Bristol

Hull

32,532

36,321

,
All other English ports 482396 617,707
Leith ' '180,683 24'1,,845
Glasgow '
All other Scotch ports
Dahlia
Belfast - 178,204 - 234,085

71;437

137,301

All other Irish ports

Total quantity; duty paid 7,234,266 8,920,256
Exported and for stores 758,122 , 589,235,

Total home consumption and
exports 7. 99.2,388 9,509,491
Sent coastwise in bond :
From London . 2,047,370 2,321,239
From Liverpool 1,10 ),818 1,013,817
From Bristol

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE TVEEK.

(From the _Report of the Regi-strar-General. )

In the week ending Saturday last, as the Registrar-
General's report informs us, the deaths registered in
I,,iidon showed a decrease un tile returns of preceding
weeks. The number was 1,037 ; in the previous week
it was 1,149. In the ten weeks corresponding to last
week of the years 1844 —53 the aversge number was
1,013, which if raised in proportion to increase of popu•
latiou becomes 1,114. ' The actual result therefore differs
little from the estimated ameuLt. _ _ _

Diseases affecting the organs of respiration have de-
clined in the aggregate number of their fatal cases from
219 to 179 in the last two weeks. They have now fallen
below the average of corresponding weeks, which is 211.
Bronchitis decreased from 112 in the previous-return to
77 in the last ; pneumonia is More stationary, and num-
bered in the respective periods 72 and 76
Diseases of the zymotic or epidemic class were fatal in
254`cases, while the corrected average is 218. Typhus
and continued fever appear to,increase, having risen in
two.weeks -from 47 to- 59. I{ooping-cough continued
rather fatal and. carried off G 3 children. Measles and
scarlatina carried off 34 and 39-respectively. There were
5 deaths from small-pox. 18 occurred from diarrikea;
and two from cholera—one at 15, Hardin's-lane, in the
sub-district of Woolwich Arsenal, and the other 'at 5,
Pr,spect-place, in the sub-district of Whitecross-street.
Last week the births of 795 boys and 778 girls, all
1,573 children, were registered in London. In the nine
corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average
number was 1,393.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 30-060 in. The
mean daily reading was above 30 in. on the first five
days. The highest mean occurred on Wednesday, and
was 30-219 in, The barometer rose to 30:24 in. at 9h.
a.m. on Thursday. The mean temperature of the week
was 48.0 deg., which is 2.7 deg. above the average of
the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature
was above the average on every day of the week, except
Monday. The highest temperature of the week was
68.8 deg., and occurred on Saturday ; the lowest was
33.1 deg., and occurred on Friday. The mean dew-point
temperature was 40.3 deg., the difference between that
and the mean air temperature being 7'7 deg. The wind
blew generaily from the north-east. No rain fell except
on Thursday, when the amount was only 0.03 in.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF REAMS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 15.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain. Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ' 46
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration ..
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion - 49
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. .r• •• • 11
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles . 10
Diseases of the Skin, &C.
Malformations ..................... . ....... .
Premature Birth and Debility 32
Atrophy 4B
Old Age ........ ..... .
Sudden
,2
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance • l7
Causes not specified .................. ................... .

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,087
Population Deaths tu corm- Deaths
Enumerated. spouting week in the
0118,3. Week.
West Districts ...... 376,427
North Districts 490.396
Central Districts..... 393,256 259 ...... 172
East Districts 485,522 .••.. 300 ...... 320
South Districts . ... .• 616,635

Totals
Males
Females