The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-01 00:00:00

ANNIVERSARIES.

The custom of holding anniversary festivals seems
to be going out of fashion, like many other old ways.
Few, however, can have forgotten that one of the
days of the past week—Wednesday, the 23d of
April—was a day to be held in peculiar honour in
England, as the anniversary of the (reputed) birth-
day of Shakspere. Curious that that day should
also be St. George's Day ! The Society of
Antiquaries met to elect their office-bearers for the
ensuing year; and, we dare say, the fact that it was
Shakspere's birthday was not forgotten among the
toasts at their dinner. At other meetings, also, in
many parts of the country, the circumstance must have
been remembered, as well as that, on the same day last
year, Wordsworth died. Cant mingles with all things
—and most dreadfully of all with dinner speeches;
but we like the fashion of keeping anniversaries.
By-the-by, talking of birthdays, does anything
in the character and genius of a man depend on
the month in which he was born? Is there any sig-
nificance in the fact that Shakspere's first in
Pant gaze on the world and on Warwickshire happened
in the sweet and showery " spring month? We don't
know; but it would be difficult inductively to make any-
thing out on the point. Burns was born in January;
Milton in December; Go-the and Napoleon in Au-
gust; Wellington in May; Cromwell—a very different
kind of person fram Shakspere—almost on the same day
in April as Shakspere; in fact, all sorts of men have
been born in all sorts of months. Yet a deep fellow
tni::.ht make something of the subject; and wo advise
some deep fellow to do so.—Leader.

IIEALTII of LONDON during the WEEK.
(From. the Report of the Registrar-General.)
The officiarreport says:—The deaths registered in
the metropolitan districts in the week ending last Sa-
-turday were 1,075. The mortality. which was of
unusual amount throughout March, but in the subse-
quent three weeks of April showed a disposition to ele-
ct:tie, again exhibits a ounaiderable excess above what is
usually experiene,d at this period of the year. Last
wi,elt was the seventeenth et' the year; taking the same
week in each of the 10 years 18.11-50, it appr-ars that
the deaths did not rise in any instarc. ro high as in
hist week; that in they rose to 1,058, but in most
cases scarcely exceeded 960. no average of the 10
corresponding weeks was 904, wbkh, if corrected for
assumed iLcrease of population, becomes 986. Above
this esiimoVid result th►rot was an increase last week
amounting to 39,

Compared with that of the preceding week, when the
dealis were 998, the present return exhibits an increase
in the zymotic or epidemic, and the tubercular class's of
fatal diseases, stud in those diseases which affect the res-
piratory organs. The z3ruotic class numbered 217
deaths in the previous week, and has now risen to 232;
the difference arising almost exclusively from measles,
which has nearly doubled its number of cases within the
fortnight. This complaint carried off 67 children last
week, scarlatina 10, smallpox 8 children and an adult.
Typhus was fatal in 32 cases, charrhcea in 21, influenza
in 7, and booping-cough in 66. Considerably more than
the usual number of children are still d 3 ing from this
last-mentioned complaint, which at this period of the
year does not generally exceed 43 in its weakly measure
of fatality.

Oler diseases which have last week been augmented
in their futtil effects are consumption, which rose in the
taFit two weeks from 168 to 139 (the latter number not
being far from, the average), and pneumonia, or inflam-
mation of the lungs, which rose from 52 to 90. The
increase in this ',Aver disease has been chiefly confined
t -children; and br.)nchitis,
spread more equally over all ages, actually shows a
decrea,:e. the mortality from which is
It is shown by a comparison of deaths at different
periods of life that both the youthful and aged portions
of the community, tut chit fly the former, have latterly
contributed more then the usual amount of mortality,
while the. ranks of the micldl,-atzed supply less than the
avenge number of deaths for this season of the )ear.
The number of persons who died last week under IS
while the average is oily 394; the
}ears was 544,
lur which
increased w
he'admitted to account in some dere
number at 15 years and under 60. was 299, while the
average i. 318; end of persons of 60 years and upwards
numerous;z
Gentlyth er e
havedied 2
b„ at
1,6,
while the average is 188. Births rill
n uts ually a facte
mortality among the young.
In public institutions 147 deaths were •
week, and these are distributed in the f,
B registered last
propor-
tions:—S3 in workhouses, 7 in r; •112 owing
loylums, 40 in hospitals, 7 in lunaticltary and naval
military and naval hospitals, and 3_. asylums, 7 in
in prisons.

STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.
SUNDAY. —The sky was covered with cloud throughout
the day. Heavy rain fell from 3 till Bh. 3em. r }t. Elea-
trioity—positive, and tension strong during the morning.
MONDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the dal;
cirrostratus. Rain tell frequently. Electricit
was shown throughout the day.
morning
TUESDAY.—The sky was overcast during the
'able ;
and; afternoon ; at night the amount of cloud was variable
cirrostratus and haze. Rain fell heavily during ththrmo
uguout
and afternoon. Electricity—Nothing was shown
the day.
covered during
WEDNESDAY.—The sky was three-fourths Y—Nothing
night ;
the morning and afternoon, ant clear and ten.
cumulostrati, and cirrostrati. Electricity—P°'itire'

sion strong during the afternoon.
,ky were covered
TIIURSDAY.—Three-fourths of the
during the afternoon,
during the morning, one-half cover
the afternoon.
and clear at night; cirrocumuli ar.indgedcirrostrati. Electricity
--positive, and tension strong (11.yari, coveredcextunceupiteisotnrsa,tuas•aasnd irr o.
FRIDAY.—The sky, withe zdaig
;••
Ec
01 evcetrrei
dc i —positive,
pith cloud throughout
tYwith cloud
afternoon and evening.
and tension strong during
was
stratus Misty rain fell att
SATunDAY.— The skcytimuji, cumulostrati, and cirrostrati.
throughout the
day
;at 21a. 40m. P.M. Electricity—positive
A shower of rain fell
the afternoon • volleys of ks
, spar - and
and negative during thabbe"tmnoosotlny.
galvanic currents.
of
of a thermometer placed on the main-
The mean read
each day at 9h. A.M., was 51..8° ; and the
mast, and rea oh r at. was 4s•B°
ding at ' • • , ; the mean readings at
mean reading
the noy•al 0
bservatory for the same times were 51.6% and
.vety.
47.6° resPeFti
ding of the barometer decreased from 29115 in. at
The rea
'fining of the week to 29.27 in. by noon on the 22d ;
the i egl ~. •••5 •
increased to -3 . in. by 9 P.M. on the 25th ; and decreased
-to 29.56 in. by the end of the week.

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