The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-29 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

Mrs. Man, from Nelson's Portland Hotel, for the Isle
of Wight.; A. Onslow, Esq., from ditto ; J. Knyvett,
Esq., from ditto ; George Barker, Esq., and Mrs. Barker,
from ditto ; Mrs. Cookes and family, and Lieut. Cookcs,
from the Gloucester Hotel Piccadilly, for Dover ; Capt.
Purvis, from ditto ; Cavendish Hall, Esq., from ditto ;
Mr. J. B. Osborn, son of Sir John Osborn, from Liver-
pool, for New York.
CHANGES.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Warner and family, from Walsing-
ham Abbey, Norfolk, to Tiberton•court, llerefordshire.

CHURCH-RATES.

On Friday, pursuant to notice, a vestry meeting was
held in St. John's Church, for the purpose of passing
the churchwardens' accounts, and to make a rate for the
ensuing year. At eleven o'clock the Rev. T. Sheep-
shanks, Rector, took the Chair. The opponents of the
rate had previously issued a handbill, calling upon the
parishioners to attend and oppose the making of a rate—
a call which was responded to in a spirited manner. The
churchwardens proceeded to read over the accounts of the
last year, some of the items of which were vehemently
denounced. The item of 2/. is. for wine for the sacra-
ment being read, Mr. E. Goode recommended that those
who partook of the sacrament at church should follow the
practice of the Dissenters, and pay for the wine them-
selves. He said it must be painful for the Rev. Chair-
man, when officiating at the administration of the Holy
Sacrament, to think that he and his friends brought
down upon themselves the curse of those poor rate-
payers, who had been distressed to provide the bread
and wine of which they partook.
A poer man, named CHARLES SMITH, then related
the circumstances under which he had been served with
a warrant of distress for the payment of the rate. He
had a wife and seven children, and, in consequence of
bad trade and affliction, was left without a shilling to
purchase bread for his family; and, to save his furniture,
had pledged his best coat to pay the rate. This state-
ment drew forth a strong expression of feeling from the
meeting.

Mr. T. KIRBY asked what amount of money was ne-
cessary for the purpoies of the ensuing year ? When
Mr. AKROYD, builder, read the estimate, from which
it appeared thot upwards of 3001. would be wanted.
11r. H. K. ROTHERHAM moved, and Mr. T. ROTHER-
HAM seconded, that a rate of 6d. in the pound be made
for the service and repairs of the church for the ensuing
year.
Mr. E. GOODE moved an amendment, that the meeting
be adjourned for twelve months.

Mr. W. HILL seconded the amendment, which was
carried with acclamation.

Messrs. R. K. and T. Rotherham demanded a poll, of
which the following is the resit :
Tor the Rate 173
Against it

Majority against the Rate —62
The contest acquired importance from the fact, that
this is the first contest in the parish of St. John, in the
memory of the present generation.—Coventry Herald.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Nov. 20, 1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General :

Weekly
Total._ Average

CAUSES OF DEATH.

1838-940
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 155 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l2O 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heat and Blood-vessels lB 18
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion 63 60
D:- ;he IC

Diseases of the Ridnoys &c.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 4 9
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
o',d Age, or Natural Decay 6O 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 14 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes...
800 -
Average Weekly Deaths .. 926
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths,lB3B-9-40
Western Districts ... 124 ...... 139
North Districts
Central Districts 132 ..... 190
East Districts l7B ...... 211
South Districts ... ......

Total BOO 926
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—.
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith (Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea),'Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camber veil, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890. The weekly average for
1838, 1839, and 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.
TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
Nov. 13. Nov. 20.
56°
,40 28
49 33

Highest

Lo—west .

Daily Mean . .
General Register Office, Nov.

'25, 1841.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Times).
MaNcirEsTEß.—The state of the market this week
has not at all improved, and, from various causes, the
flatness and stagnation experienced for some time have
increased. An extensive failure, that of Messrs. Gis-
borne and Wilsons, calico-printers, which occurred at
the beginning of the week, has caused a considerable
sensation amongst the printing-houses, and has had the
effect of lessening the demand for printing cloth. The
liabilities of-this house are upwards of 100,000/., and
since the stoppoge two suspensions of payment have
taken place in consequence. The yarn market is very
flat ; the German and Russian houses ate doing nothing,
and other descriptions of buyers but little.Torheer_sptihne!
ners and manufacturers are daily becoming po
banks are restricting their accommodation—and every
thing appears to favour the bad that the dark days
of winter" will be more dark than ever in a commercial
point
of view. More employment and more food say
the working men ; extended rnarkits say the masters.
Both requests are refused, and the result we see and
feel but too plainly.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING
Arrivals—Bella Marina, Wickham,
from. China, in
the Downs, sailed 2d June, St. Helena 28th September ;
Florist, Huggup, Bombay, off Falmouth, sailed 7th July,
St. Helena 28th September.
Arrival at Mauritius—Queen, Thomas, Aug. 17, from
Marseilles.
Arrival at Berbice—Amphitrite, Kerr, Oct. 12, from
Calcutta.
St. Helena, Oct. 6,---Vibilia, Terry, from Newcastle
and Liverpool, to Aden, was lost on a coral-reef Aug. 9,.
about twelve or fourteen miles S.W. of the Island o
Mayotte, one of the Comoro Islands, 3fozarnbignet
Channel. Crew saved, and arrived at St. Helena.
Downs,
Whalers reported—Margaret, arrived
_in t3irea
with 2,350 barrels of oil ; Walmer, Robins,
Marshal
China Sea. out 38 months, with 800 brls.
1,000
Bennett, Hunter, in the China Sea, months,in the
c. 3, in the
China Sea,
brls. ; Merope of S idney, 131axle,,,,ionns
, 16th June, in
14 months, 1,100 brls. ; Unffin' Parsons, brls. ; Kitty, the Molucca Passage, 23 months, b
Ben-
son, in July, 35 months, 1,650 brls.,jat Copang.

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DISTRESS IN LANCASTER.—We are truly
sorry to hear that the labouring population of this town
are in a state of distress, which exceeds anything they
have previously felt, though it is as yet trifling, when
compared with the suffering which prevails in our larger
towns. At the appeal day last Tuesday, no less than
120 persons appealed against the rate on account of
poverty, besides a number who had previously appealed,
and the many who are expected to do so at the next ap-
peal day, in about a fortnight. We understand that
the Poor-rate for the next year will have to be almost
double the usual amount. We hope that some well-de-
vised means of relief will be speedily adopted.--Lancas-
ter Guardian.