The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-04 00:00:00


It is stated in a letter from Ancona that King
Charles Albert has just sent, as assistance, a sum of
5.50,000 livres to Venice.

In a letter from Rome of the 14th ult. it is stated
that the Archduke John had addressed a letter to the
Pope, expressing great respect, and announcing to
him that the Austrian Cabinet intends to make Lom-
bardy and Venetia quite independent as regards ad-
ministrative and judicial relations.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 1848.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 395
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ...
.„ .., 54
Turbercular Diseases... ... 151
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses,.. ... 135
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 43
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organ: of
Respiration ... 120
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion...
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations...
Premature Birth
Atrophy
Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• •I
Sudden ...
Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance
Causes not specified ...

DEATHS FROM ALI. CADRES ...

Population
Enumerated.
1841
West Districts... 300,711
North Districts.. 375,971
Central Districts 373,653
East Districts ... 392,444
South Districts.. 501,190

Average weekly Deaths
Deaths, 1843-7. in the
Five Slimmers. Week.
142
' ..• 156
. 182 • .• 236
. 178
"41 194
• 219 ... 268
. 251 .•• 403

Totals... ..... 1,948,369
Males
Females ..: ---

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

COLLISION IN THE MERSEY.—On Sunday another
serious collision occurred at the mouth of the river.
About one o'clock, as the Ayrshire Lassie steamer was
towing two foreign brigs, the Ariadne and the Pomona,
outward bound, down the Channel, when near the Rock
she was met by the Anglo-American, an American ship,
coming up the Crosby Channel ; a strong:ebb tide was
running at the time. As there was a strong breeze in
favour of the Anglo-American it is computed she was
running at the rate of six miles an hour. When the
vessels arrived opposite the Rock the steamer, appre-
hending danger, let go the hawsers of the two brigs she
had in tow, and steered clear herself. The result was,
that the brig Ariadne was struck by the Anglo-Ameri-
can on the starboard side, carrying away all before her,
leaving the vessel a complete wreck. As the Anglo-
American came stem on, she had her jib-boom carried
away, and her cutwater materially damaged. The
Ariadne had her foremast and bulwarks carried away,
and the whole of her rigging stripped. Fortunately four
steamers came to her aid, and she was towed into the
Prince's Dock basin, with eight feet of water in her hold
—Liverpool Mercury.
THE STABBING CASE AT CHATEAM.—James Wil-
kins, a seaman belonging to the Fortitude, of Bridge-
water, charged with stabbing Edward Sin gar, a private
in the 17th Regiment, was brought before the county
magistrates at Rochester on Monday for further exami•
cation. A medical certificate was banded to the Court,
from which it appeared that the life of the wounded man
is in imminent danger, and the prisoner was again re-
manded for one week, the chairman (Captain Baker)
reminding Assistant-Surgeon Effingham of the necessity
of watching the progress of the unfortunate man, in order
to communicate with the magistrates should his disso-
lution appear inevitable, so that time might be allowed
for *Ong his deposition.