The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-07 00:00:00

THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY.
The annual meeting of the Thames Tunnel Company
was held yssterd y, at Dudley's Hotel, Bridge-street;
Mr. Hawf 3, jun., in the chair.
The statement of accounts repreient, d that the re-
ceipts oF the past year amount( d lo 5,4931., and the ex-
penditure 04,951/. is., leaving 541/. 19s. in hand. The
amount paid to Government for the same period way
8491. 2s. 81, being 5331. is. 4d. more than was paid last
year.
The accounts were agreed to, and the meeting termi-
nated with the customary vote of thanks to the Chairman.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1548.
• Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*3lO
Diseases of Uncertain Scat ... •.• 42
Turbercular Diseases... ••• ••• 174
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 134
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 46
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... 204
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion...
• Diseases of the Kidnejs, &c.
• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, 8
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 8
Diseases of the Skin, &e. ••• ••• 9
Malformations... ... 5
Premature Birth ... •••
Atrophy ..• •.• ••• ••• ••• ••• 20
Old Age
Sudden
Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance „, 35
Causes not specified ... „, 2

DEATHS FRO3I ALL CAUSES ...

. Population Average weekly Deaths
Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-8. in tha
1841 Five Winters. Week.
West Districts... 300,711 . . 170 „. 181
. North Districts.. 375,971 .. 218 ... 179
Central Distr:zts 373,653 ... 211 ... 195
• East Districts ... 392,444 ... 252 ... 298
South Districts .. 501,190 ... 319 ... 285

..... 1,948,369
Alalea ... ...
Females ...

". 1,169

_. 1,138

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ...
Females ...

788
759

Total ... 1,547
*ln this number are included 35 cases of death by
Cholera, 57 by Scarlltina, and 44 by Typhus Fever.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 3, 1349.
The following promotions have this day taken place,
consf Tient upon the death of Vice-Admiral Charles B.
11. Ross, C.B.:—
. Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Hon. George Elliot
C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Archibald Duff, to be Vice-
Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Sir William Augustus
Montagu, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Charles Juhn Austin, C. 8.,
to be Rear-Admiral of the White.

Captain Sir Andrew Pellet Green, K.C.11., to be Rear-
, Admiral of the Blue.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Kent.
Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant,
Feb. 21. _ .

vv Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire.
- The Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomany Ca•-
valry—John Coutts Antrobus, Gent., to be Cornet,
vice Pearson, resigned, Feb. 5.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lord
Nif.,,01 Kennedy to be Cornet, vice Archibald Culling-
• hame, promoted. F••b. 27.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 6.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto Elugh
Henry kise, Esq., a Lieutenant. Colonel in the Army,
and Compa•iion of the Most Honourable Order
of the Bath, her Majesty's Consul-General in
Syria, her royal license and permission, that
he may accept and wear the Cross of the
Prus.ian Order of St. John of Jerusalem, which

his Majesty the King of Prus,ia hath been pleased
to confer upon him, in .approbation of the services
rendered by that officer in the course of the
campaign in Syria, in the year 1841, and par-
ticularly for his distinguished conduct in the en
gagement which took place near Mejdel on the
15th day of January in that year : provided,
nevertheless, that this license and permission doth not
authorize the assumption of any style, appellation, rank,
precedence, or privilege, appertaining unto a Knight
Bachelor of these realms; and also to command, that
this her Majesty's concession and especial mark of her
Royal favour be registered, together with the relative
documents, in the College of Arms.
l'E HALL, FEB. 22.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Hunt
ThursfiAd, of Wednesbury, in the county of Stafford,
Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court
of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 1.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Edward
Colvill Husb Ind, of Rhyl, in the county of Flint, Gent.
to be a Master Extraordinary in the high Court oi
Chancery.