The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-05 00:00:00

have to endure—whatever combats to sustain h— er ulti-
mate success and triumph are placed beyond the pos-
sibility or doubt. We can appeal to the experience of
eighteen centuries. The powers of earth, the wisdom
of Greece and Rome, error, heresy, schism, infidelity,
have been successively leagued against her—like the
Divine Master, she has been placed as a sign to be
contradicted ; hut whilst ail human institutions
have fallen away around her and disappeared, she has
always continued her beneficent career, ever triumphant
over the assaults of her enemies, ever fresh in the vigour
of youth, ever unchanged. How vividly has the royal
prophet predicted her destiny in her great type of the
elder covenant, Often have they fought against
me from my youth, let Israel now say. Often have
they fought against me from my youth, but they
could not prevail over me.'—Pa. 128. And every
day bears testimony to the truth of the fire-touched
lips that said of her—' No weapon that is forged against
her shall prosper, and every tongue that resisteth thee in
judgment thou shalt condemn: The children of them
that afflict thee shall come bowing down to thee, and all
that slandered thee shall worship the steps of thy feet,
and shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Sion of the
Holy One of Israel.'—ls. lx., 14. _ _

"Fortified by those glorious predictions and, still more,
by the most consoling promises of our Divine Redeemer,
that ' the gates of hell shall never prevail against his
Church,' and that' will be with her all days, even to
the consummation of the world,' we exhort you with
the apostle, dearly beloved, to bear your trials with
patience and resignation, and not to lose your confi-
dence, which hath a great reward." Wherefore lift up
the heads which hang down and the feeble knees, and
make straight steps with your feet, that no one halting
may go out of the way, but rather be healed. Follow
peace with all men, and holiness, without which
no man shall see God." But may the God of Peace,
who brought again from the dead the great Pastor of
the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, in the blood of the
everlasting testament, fit you in all goodness, that you
may do his wl, doing in you that which is well pleasing
in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory for
ever and ever. Amen.' Heb. x. xii. xiii.
" f Paul Cullen. " f Nicholas Koran.
" f D. Murray. " f Francis Haly.
" f M. Slattery. " f Thomas Feeny.
" f John, Archbp. of Tuam." f Charles Mac Nally.
" f P. M'Gettigan. " f Laurence O'Donnell.
"t Cornelius Egan. " f E. Walsh.
" Joht Ryan. " t William Delany.
" .1- Patrick M•Nicholas. " f John Derry.
f Edward French. " f J. Murphy.
" t James Browne. " f Francis Kelly.
"f William O'Higgins. " f Milesius Murphy.
" f John Cantwell. " f William Keane.
1. G. S. Browne. "1). Vaughan, Vicar-Capi-
" f Cornelius Denver. tular of Killaloe."
" f Michael Blake.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.
(From the Registrar-General's Return.)
It appears from the return for the week ending last
Saturday, that the mortality of London is now greater
than is generally observed at this period of the year.
The deaths, which, as shown in last report, had risen
frem 1,036 to 1,213, have undergone a not very consider.
able decrease, the total number now being 1,148. In the
ten corresponding weeks of 1841.50 there is no instance
in which -they equalled this amount, the two highest
numbers which nearly approach it having occurred in
1845 and 1849, when they were respectively 1,133 and
1,138. The average of the corresponding weeks was
1,035, which, if corrected for increase of population, be-
comes 1,129; and the 1,148 deaths of last week show an
increase of 19 on this latter result.

A comparative statement of the mortality at different
periods of life shows that the present increase affects
both young and old, but especially persona in the middle
stage of existence:—

Average of
ten corre-
Deaths last Deaths in the sponding
week. previous week, weeks
(1841-30).
From birth to 15 503 501 452
15 to 60 383 413 339
60 and upwards 258 299 241
In the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases, the total
number of deaths enumerated in the present return is
223; whilst the corrected average is 211. Small-pox
was fatal in 19 cases, measles in 36, scarlatina in 19,
pooping-cough, which still predominates in this class,
and considerably exceeds the average, in 66. Diarrhosa
numbers 17; while to fever, which happily has declined,
31 are ascribed. Two children, three persons of middle
age, and three who had turned sixty years, died of in-
fluenza—being more than the usual weekly number at
this season.

Ares.

Of the 19 cases in which small-pox was fatal, 12
occurred ander 15 years of age, and the remaining 7
between 15 and 47. It appears that in four of the cases
recorded vaccination had been performed, and that the
ages of the patients were respectively 13, 21, 36, and 47.
At 4, Cottage-row, on 23d February, the servant of a
brewer, aged 21 years, died of " confluent small-pox (13
days), pneumonia (16 hours)." The registrar adds,
from information given by the brother of the deceased,
that "he had been vaccinated when young, that it took
remarkably well, and the cicatrix was still visible." A
case of " confluent small-pox, unprotected," which
occurred to a female servant, from Poplar-road, of
the age of 22, proved fatal at the Small-pox Hospital,
Holloway.

Amongst the various kinds of diseases, those which
affect the organs of respiration continue to be most con-
spicuous, and they amount in this table to 281; in that
of the previous week to 277; whilst the corrected aver-
age is only 215. The la'ality of bronchitis has increased
from 119 in the preceding week to 131 in the last; that
of pneumonia from 98 to 104. Bronchitis has been much
more fatal than in any corresponding week, baying fluc-
tuated in the last five years between 71 and 112. The
mortality of consumption has beGn also aggravated in
some degree, and amounts to 146, a greater number than
has occurred in any corresponding week since 1845.
The widow of a soldier died in the Charing-cross sub-
district, at the great age of 104 years. She bad been
mirried three times, and bad been a widow 20 years.
The births of 784 boys and 807 girls, iu all 1,591 chil-
dren, were registered in the week. The average of six
corresponding weeks in 1845-50 was 1,479.