The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-11 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

NIAVGATE AND LEADZIVIIIALIip.
These markets wero tolerably well, bat not to say
heavily, supplied with Meat. All kinds met a dull
inquiry, at barely the late decline in the quotations.
Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d;
Lamb, 5s 6d to 65 6d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork,
3s 10d to 55 per 81bs, by the carcase.
MEAT MARKETS.

MiYan d%,l,h.lch3ms e2td a t
odull
4s;at
4 s :to drooping
currencies.ss;
10.—Our market was fairly supplied
SouTHALL,
with fat stock,
inquiry,
Al u t Mutton, n,
the offal.
d
I
Lamb, 5s 6dßetoef6sfr4odm; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork 4s
to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink
IlomFono, MAY 10.—Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs move
Sibs. In Calves and Pigs very
in some instances, 4rl per r
39 to 4s; Mutton, 4s to
off heavily, at a decline in the quotations of from 2d to,
little was doing. Beef from
5s 2d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d; Veal, 4$ to 4s 8d; and
Quarter-old store Pigs, 18s to 245; a
Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. Suckling CaLldvesm,
iliScshtoco24rrs9;,
with their small Calf, 151 to 181 each.
IlAnsitAx, MAY 10.—Our market was heavy this
supported. Beef, from
tnorning, and prices were not
6s 4d; Vcal,Pork, 2d to 45 6d per
as
44dn. tr:),E4. stL2,
dmiyM9ut.ton, 4s to 5s 2d; Lamb, 5s 4d to
4s to 4s 8d; and 4s
albs.
sale, at drooping currencies. Beef, from 3s 6d to
Mutton, 4s 4d to c 4s 2d
-%i; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 2d; Veal,
--Most kinds of stock were a 4
as slow
to 4- 6,1; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 6,1 per 81bs.
toICISTR M
Beef, from 4s to -4:41 10.-_W©
had
of fat
6s to 6s 4d; and NreBadl,;
ithBlbthse;
Y. Which sold at drooping prices.
3asndBdMith3 sc lOdows
,p
we r
4A14
4udttoton,44:6Bddpotroisisbss
;25dfa;
tt Lamb,
a plentiful supply
Couples, 42s to 455. irSuemekallilnograC4alloesitolols4ltoeselBhs
i;

EAT MANLETS.
ostrrimELD.--Meadow Bay, 31 to 31 15s ; Clover
ditty, 4/ to 41 14s; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 lis per load.
Triple dull, Pit barely stationery prices.
CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31 16s; Clover
ditto, 3/ 18s to 41195; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lls per
load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 15s ; Clover
ditto, 41 to 4/ 18s; and Straw, 11 7s to 11 lOs per load.
Supply moderately good, and trade dull.

1 COAL DIARKE'
Bate's West Hartley 14s Od
Davison's Westriartley 14s Od
Dean's Primrose l3s 3d
Hasting's Hartley l4s Od
Holywell Main
New Tanfield l2s 6d
Ord's Redheugh
Tanfield Moor ....
Tanfield Moor Butes l2s Gd
Townley' l3s 6d
West Hartley
Framwell Gate .....
Washington
Lambton Primrose
_ _

Wall's End, &c. - --
—1
Belmont lss 6d

; T. -YESTERMT.

I Bell
I Haswell l6s 6d
I Hetton
Lambton
Russell's Hetton
Stewart's
Hartlepool l6s 6d
Heugh Hall
Seymour Tees
West Hetton l4s 6d
Derwentwater Hartley 14s Od
Howard's W. H. Neal l4s Od
Sidney's Hartley
Ships at market 162.

STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
IN THE FIRST QUARTER of the YEAR 1848.

(From the Report of the Registrar - General.)
The quarterly returns are obtained from 117
districts, sub-divided into 582 sub-districts. Thirty-
six district 3 are in the metropolis, and the remaining
81 comprise, with some agricultural districts, the
principal towns and cities of England. The popula-
tion was 6,612,958 in 1841.

The mortality has been high in the quarter
ending March 31, 1848, but rather lower than in the
previous quarter; and, taking the increase of popula-
tion into account, higher than in the corresponding
quarter of the year 1847. The deaths returned were
57,710 in the last, and 57,925 in the previous quarter.
The deaths in the corresponding quarter of 1847
were 56,105.
The smallest number of deaths returned in the ten
last winter quarters was 42,410 in 1839. The mor-
tality was below the average in the winters of 1839,
1842, 1843, and 1844 ; in the severe winter of 1845
it was 49,906, which is considerably above the ave.
rage. In the mild winter of 1846 it was much below
the average. The rest of the year was unfavourable
to health ; some of the diseases of hot climates set
in ; the potato crop failed in England and Ireland,
with disastrous effects. In 1847, scurvy, typhus,
and other zymotic diseases prevailed; and at the end
of the year influenza broke out. Its raYages ex-
tended over the country, and continued in some dis-
tricts through the month of January, 1848.
In London 16,455 deaths were registered in the
first 13 weeks of 1848, and 15,289 in the first 13
weeks of 1847. The deaths in the winter of 1846
were only 12,518 ; in 1845, however, they had been
114,686. The mortality was high during the first
five weeks of the present year. In the week ending
February 5, 1,453 were returned exclusive of deaths
by violence, and sudden deaths ; in the next week the
deaths were 1,296. The temperature rose; and in the
week ending Feb. 19, the deaths were 1,102 ; in
the five following weeks the deaths only varied from
1,090 in the first, to 1,054 in the last week but one
of the quarter ending April 1. Typhus is still
epidemic in London, and destroys the lives of from
60 to 80 persons weekly. Small. pox, measles,
scarlatina, and hooping cough were fatal to many.
The deaths ascribed to influenza in the 13 were 102,
102, 89, 56, 59, 47, 27, 33, 18, 11, 10, 16, 8. Pul-
monary diseases (exclusive of consumption) were
little more than half as fatal at the end as they were
at the beginning of the quarter. A great difference
may be observed in the causes of death in 1847 and
1848, although the mortality was high in both
winters. In the winter of 1847 the deaths from dis-
eases of the lungs were 4,056; in 1848 they were
3,257 ; on the other hand, zymotic diseases were
more than twice as fatal in 1848 as they were in
1847.

In the districts of the kingdom generally, exclusive
of London, the deaths in the winters of the five years
1844-8, were 32,494, 35,313, 31,332, 40,816, and
41,255. The deaths in the districts of Lancashire
and Cheshire in the five winters were 11,168, 12,896,
11,928, 15,557, and 15,444, and nearly equal in the
last two years to the deaths in London, although the
population was only 1,530,460 in 1841, when the po-
pulation of London was 1,948,369.
Typhus, scarlatina, hooping cough, and small-pox
were epidemic in many parts of the country. The
mortality of Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool
still remains excessively high. The deaths in Bir-
mingham were 1,660; the population was 138,18 T
in 1841.
In Nottingham the mortality was high, but not so
high as in the winter of 1840.
The mortality in Liverpool and Manchester is still
excessively high, but not so high as in the winter of
1847. There is a manifest improvement in Hud-
dersfield, Halifax, Bradford, and Leeds. In Shef-
field and York the mortality was higher in 1848
than in 1847.

THE PLUNDER OF THE
TUILERIES.
Four persons, named Boutron, alias the Parisian,
18 years of age, an operative shoemaker ; Retel, like-
wise a s hoemaker ; Duclos, a hawker of earthenware ;
and Bersuat, the keeper of a wine shop, were tried
before the Court of Correctional Policein Paris on
Saturday last—the first as the principal, for stealing
some valuable diamonds belonging to the Duchess of
Orleans, from the Palace of the Tuileries, on 24th Feb.
last, and the other three as receivers of stolen goods.
It appeared from the evidence of Citizen Vidron,
a proprietor, residing in the village of Gentilly, near
Paris, that the first three prisoners lived at his house
—the two first as workmen in his employment, and
the third as a lodger. On the 24th of February,
Boutron asked leave of absence of his employer,
which was granted to him; but he did not
return until the day following. His master
then asked him where he had been, to which
he replied that he had done like the rest.
He was then told that there was no more work for
him, to which he replied—" Bahl what do I care
for that." " Why so ?" asked his fellow-workman,
Retel, " Becaut.e," said Boutron, " I have got some-
thing ;" and, being pressed by his master to explain,
he drew forth from beneath his blouse a sprig
mounted with fifteen diamonds, a pearl necklace, and
a silver cloak chain, with a large diamond in the
centre. On being charged by his master with steal-
ing the Crown jewels, he said, "Bahl I did like the
rest," and on being further questioned, he pretended
that he had ibund the articles in the court-yard
of the Tuileries amongst some old papers. Retel
having asked to examine the diamond sprig,
said, when he had it in his possession, "As
you have stolen it, I shall keep it," which
he did. Duclos having joined the others, then pro-
posed to introduce them to a Jew who would pur-
chase the jewels. Not having found the Jew, it ap-
peared that Bersuat stole the diamond sprig from
Retel, and Duclos contrived to steal part of the
plunderfromproved
tht
Boutron.
the diamonds
M we li
eerrio
the property
and
Bsti
jewellers,
of the Duchess of Orleans. The Court, after hearing
counsel for the defence, condemned Boutron as the
principal in the robbery to two months' imprison-
ment, and Retel, Duclos, and Bersuat, to one months'
confinement.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 10.
Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—Luxembourg, 3/4—Namur
and Liege, 334—Orleans and Bordeaux, IX—Paris and
Lyons, 2.

" A DRor."—The 'cute mayor of this town flooded
the walls during the late fair with large red bills, stat-
ing that the cheapest paper-hangings in Boston were to
be had of Mr. J. Noble; to which a 'cuter town coun-
cillor added, in type of the same form and ink of the
same colour, " Except at Edward Tewson's, Bargate."
The worthy knight of the hammer has knocked his wor-
ship down " a decided bargain."—Boston Herald.
BRIGHTON, WEDNESDAY.—ViSCOLInt and Via..
couutess Seaham have taken a house on the Marine
Parade. Sir John and Lady Conroy are staying at the
Bristol Hotel. Sir Charles and Miss Bannerman have
taken a house in Brunswick-terrace. Prince Paul of
Wurtemberg remains in Brighton. His Royal Highness
is staying in Regency-square. Lady Mary Stevens has
arrived at 5, Royal Crescent. The Earl and Countess
of Macclesfield and Lady Louisa Parker are staying on
the Marine Parade. Lady Augusta Whittenham is on
a visit to Prince Paul of Wurtemberg.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—About seven o'clock
on Saturday evening a most melancholy accident occur-
red at Auchinstarry Bridge, on the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Canal. The child of a spirit dealer, of that
place, named Stark, had fallen into the canal, and the
father, attempting to rescue it, in the struggle had
somehow overreached himself, and sank. The child
was got out safe by some persons passing at the time,
but about ten minutes elapsed ere the body of Stark
was recovered. When taken out life still remained, but
he soon after died.—North British Daily Mail.
TEA PARTY IN CELEBRATION OF THE PASSING
OF THE TEN HOURS FACTORY BILL.—A tea party on an
extensive scale will take place in the Free Trade Nall, on
Wednesday, the 7th of Juno. The following gentlemen,
amongst others, have intimated their intention to be
present:—Lord Ashley, M.P.; Mr. Fielden, late M.P.
for Oldham; the Hon. W. Cowper, one of the Lords of
the Admiralty; Mr. Charles Hindley, M.P.; Mr. Brother-
ton, M.P.; and Mr. Oastler.—Manchester Courier.
BOURN.—An incendiary fire took place here on
Wednesday night, on the premises of Mr. Gentle, which
destroyed great part of a stack of wheat. It was effected
by an abandoned female, who, on Thursday morning,
confessed, and stated as her reason that she "wished to
to see another country." Another stack of wheat and a
haystack were saved, the wind being very still. The
exertions of a young man named Moisey were most com-
mendable ; notwithstanding the fire and smoke, he fear-
lessly mounted the burning stack, and effected a saving
of a portion of it.—Boston Herald.