The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-11 00:00:00

THE SUN,

Tenant Right been advanced ? This much—it has
been hunted from the hustings—it has been aban-
doned by every man of name and respectability who
ever joined it—and lastly, it has been deserted by
its paid disciples. The Tenant-ight of the League
has been adjourned for the season. We are now to
go on the instalment principle. Sharman Crawford's
Bill is in future to be the hope of Ireland, and the
pompous resolutions of the last twelve months are put
off till the accession of our grand-children.
It is at least creditable to the people that the im-
posture never took much root. The acceptance of
such a glaring fraud would have proved incurable
public idiotey. From the very outset, it was
marked mercenary in every stage and step. It
was farmed out to hotel-keepers, to candidate
aspirants after Parliamentary honours, and to
journalists who throve by its advocacy. Can
it be denied that young men were sent from
newspaper offices to transact the business
of their papers at the expense of subscribers to the
League Fund ? Can it be denied that the reports of
the committee were kept from the public during the
week that they might enhance the sale of the favoured
journals on Saturday ? Will it be denied that both
the practice and the motive were openly avowed by
those high in authority in the League ? We are
now done with the swindle, but we shall watch for
the revival of the trading firm under its new de-
signation.

HEALTHOF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.
(From the Rep ,rt of the Registrar-General.)
The mortality of London continues to be of greater
amount than from past experience in the first week of
June might have been anticipated. In the ten weeks
of 1841.50, which correspond to the week ending
last Saturday, the average number of deaths was 864,
and with one exception, the mortality did not in aoy
case exceed 941 ; but the present return shows that
961 deaths were registered last week, making an
excess of 97 above the actual average, and of 18 above
the average corrected for increase of population.
As compared with the results of the preceding
week (ending May 31) the present return shows a
small decrease in the total number of cases produced
by epidemic diseases, but an increase in those arising
from affections of the respiratory organs. In the
former class the principal complaints are measles,
which carried off 39 children in the week, hooping-
cough, which was fatal in 47 cases, scarlatina in 15,
and typhus in 46 These epidemics show rather
more than the usual amount of fatality, with the
exception of scarlatina, which does not seem
to have been prevailing much of late. The number
of deaths assigned to small-pox is 16, nearly all
of these having occurred under three years of age.
This is not more than the average mortality from
small-pox in the metropolis generally; but it will be
seen that Mr. Hems, a registrar of Whitechapel, re-
ports that the disease is exceedingly prevalent and
fatal in Charlotte-court, situated in his sub-district—
that "five children have died there during the last
three weeks, and many others are now suffering."
The registrars also mention cases of typhus and scarlet
fever, that have occurred during the week in various
localities where over-crowding, inadequate drainage,
and noxious smells are complained of'.
In the previous week the number of fatal cases
arising from diseases of the organs of respiration was
136, in the last week 161 ; this latter number being
considerably in excess of the corrected average, which
is 106. This class comprises laryngitis and laryn-
gismus stridulus, which number 7 cases; bronchitis,
which was fatal to 64 persons, pleurisy to 6, pneu-
monia to 'r 1, and asthma to 9. From phthisis, or
consumption, there were 146 deaths, an amount of
mortality which much preponderates relatively to that
produced by other causes, but is not greater than is
usually observed in the weekly account to arise from
this disease.
This week the deaths of two centenarians are re-
turned ; the particulars in either case ase registered
as follows:
At 103, Heath-street, Mile-end Old Town, on
June 4, a superannuated officer of Customs, died of
" old age," at the age of 103 years.
At Weavera' Almshouses, Old-street-road, Shore-
ditch, on June 1, the widow of a salesman, died of
" natural decay," at the age of 100 years.