The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-22 00:00:00

HOLLAND.
A letter from Amsterdam, lgth, states that a general
meeting of the Royal Institute had been held, and an
address voted to the King, praying him to dissolve
that body. The address is drawn up in the most re-
spectful terms, and stated that the grounds of the ap-
plication are, that the sum of 10,000 fl. (9.0,000 fr.)
a year allowed by the State to the Institute is in-
sufficient to cover its most indispensable expenses,
and that all its applications for an increase to the
grant have been ineffectual. This step on the part
of the first scientific body of the kingdom had caused
a very profound sensation.

THE LADY OF MANY WILLS.
A lady, of considerable beauty and still young,
died a few weeks ago, says the Constitutionnel, at
the Batignolles. As she had lived alone, the juge
de paix of the district took possession of her furni-
ture and her effects on behalf of the heirs. Amongst
other things was a rather large collection of richly
bound books. On opening one of the volumes, the
uge de paix found a will : in a second there was a
second will, and in nearly all the others there were
others. Each of these wills was of a different date,
These
each constituted a different person universal legatee.
These legatees were all young men—officers of the
army, advocates, shopmen, artists, actors, students,
architects, physicians—in short of every profession,
and of almost every class of society. Enquiries
having been instituted, it was ascertained that the
lady had married eight or ten years before, but,
being of a romantic disposition, had soon vio-
lated her fidelity to her husband, and having aban-
doned him, bad
,indulged openly is intrigues with
every young man who struck her fancy. Her re-
lations with each were, however, of short duration,
owing to the fickleness of her disposition ; but
having, it appears, a sort of monomania for making
wills, she regularly drew up one in favour of every
new lover. Each will thus set aside that which
preceded it; but the last of all was valid. The juge
de paix caused the person named in this last one to
be sought for, and he turned out to be a young artist
without fortune. He was warmly congratulated on
his good luck, and calculated on being placed in com-
fortable circumstances for life—the lady having an
income of 30,000 f. a year. But a few days ago the
husband presented himself, and destroyed all the ar-
tist's hopes by producing his marriage contract, which
established him inheritor of all his wife might leave
at her death.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
WILTSHIRE CHAMPION COURSING MEETING.

TUESDAY.
The Great Western Cup.
Mr. Powney's Beau bt Mr. Miller's Magic.
Mr. Fowle's Impudence bt Sir J. Boswell's Magic.
Mr. Etwall's Experiment bt Major Clowes's Cashoo.
Mr. Parkinson's Sambo bt Mr. Bigg's Bonfire.
Mr. Riley's Royalty bt Mr. W. Long's Lady Melnotte.
Mr. Jebb's Lalius bt Mr. Rondall's Comanche.
Mr. Etwall's Exhibitor bt Mr. Hole's Eagle.
Mr. Walsh's Whipcord bt Mr. Reed's Run-on.
Mr. Longman's Lazengro bt Capt. Wyndham's Woralia.
Mr. Penn's Prowess bt Mr. Randall's Rachel.
Sir J. Boswell's Lily bt Mr. Holmes's Motley.
Mr. Randall's Rhode bt Mr. Morant's Merry Boy.
Mr. Holmes's Mopsons bt Captain Wyndham's Vivid.
Mr. Besant's Busybody bt Mr. Paxley's Beware.
Mr. Hole's Dauntless bt Mr. Riley's Scholar.
Mr. Biggs's Bonnie Belle bt Mr. Morant's Miriam.
Druid Cup.
Mr. Loder's Sal bt Captain Wyndham's Weed.
Sir J. Boswell's Puzzle-'em bt Mr. Walsh's Weazel.
Mr. Lawrence's Lobster bt Mr. Barnard's Backward.
Sir J. Bosville's Somerville bt Mr. Miller's Cobra.
Captain Wyndham's Whiff bt Mr.Rendall's Six Shooter.
Mr. Holmes's Mrs. Kitty Brown bt Mr. Reed's Rushlight.
Mr. Holmes's Mocking Bird bt Mr. Powney's Fan.
Mr. Lawrence's Lopez bt Mr. Bowles's Cashmere.
Mr. Barnett's Be True bt Mr. Longman's Lion.
Captain Besant's Betty Martin bt Major Clowes's;Courier.
Mr. Fowley's Factotum bt Major Clowes's Compact.
Mr. Etwall's Egypt bt Mr. Randall's Gift.
Mr. Jebb's Uncertainty bt Mr. Loder's Lady.
Mr. Long's Lizzie beat Mr. Bowles's Falsetto.
Mr. Miller'sMerryLass bt Capt.Wyndham'sWhite Rose.
Mr. Penn's Well-I-sever bt Mr. Riley's Reaction.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDDIG SATURDAY, OCT. 18, 1851.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*229
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... 39

Tubercular Diseases ... ... 199
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 97
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 36
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of

. _
Respiration ... ...
... ... 129
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
__

of Digestion... ••• ••• -•• •••
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• •••
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterue, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations... •••
Premature Birth ...
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• •••
Old Age •••
Sudden ... ••• ••• •••
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified ...

... 68

... 27
... 35
... 44

•;• 25

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 981
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding, week in the
_ .

1Z•51.
We3t Districts... 376,332
North Districts.. 490.441
Central Districts 392,986
East Districts ... 485,336
South Districts .. 616,545

of 1550.
123 ...
148 ...
147 ...
232
210

T0ta15........ 2,361,640
Males ... ...

... 499
... 482

Femalos ...

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ...
Females ...

... 773
... 670

Total ... ._. ... ... ... 1,443
* In this number are included 43 by Scarlatina, 6
by Typhus Foyer, 42 by Diarrhoea, and 1 by Cholera.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The total number of deaths registered in the
metropolitan districts in the week ending last Satur-
day was 981. They exhibit a small increase on those
of the preceding week, when the amount was 953.
Taking for comparison corresponding weeks of the
ten years 1841-50, it appears that the average was
906 ; but if this average be raised in proportion to
the increase of persons now living in London, it be-
comes 997, which differs not much from last week's
mortality.
Last week 425 children died under 15 years of
age, 367 persons who had reached 15 years, but had
not attained to GO, and 184 who were of 60 years and
upwards.
The table of fatal causes shows that 229 persons,
15S of whom were children, were carried off by one
or other of the twenty-one diseases that are classed
as " epidemic." These diseases in the aggregate do
not at present produce a mortality equal to the aver-
age of corresponding weeks ; but under particular
heads, namely typhus and diarrhces, the numbers ex-
ceed the usual amount at this season. Typhus was
fatal in 67 cases last week (the average being 53), and
this disease appears to be on the increase. In the
Church sub-district of Bethnal -green three deaths from
typhus occurred on the 11th, 12th, and 15th October,
at the respective ages of 14, 16, and 23 years ; the
first in Cumberland-place, the second in North-street,
and the third in Trafalgar-place. Mr. Briggs, the
registrar, reports that the occupiers in these loca-
lities complain of the bad state of the drains.

Scarlatina in this return numbers 43 cases, while
the corrected average of corresponding weeks is 58.
Though the mortality, as collected over the whole
metropolis, is not remarkable, the complaint has
fallen severely on particular families. At 3, Lower
Chapman-street, in St. George in the East, the
daughter of a shoemaker died at the age of eight
months from " exhaustion consequent on scarlatina
(12 days)." This (says Mr. Cbatwood) is the second
child that has died in one family within 9 days. The
father attributes the illness of both to noxious effluvia
arising from an uncovered cesspool in the yard of
the house. In Walworth, at Laurel Cottage, Hill-
street, on the 9th and 13th Oct., two daughters of a
a musician,fte
thatr dayags.edmrresTpectively_ 18and3years, died of
scarlatina,i4fou rtmheemfobrm.er after `,l days' illness, the latter
disease since theaennedrds3oodfurf September,
e thepa be r, registrar,th e
first mentionstwo seve-
rally
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iiomu siieyo
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been suffering from it, this family have died of this
of October. Four others have
si
.s,tt.,e, butc_llno f arel now recovering. The
the 2 persons, occupy a small
Portland-street, the sonof same sub-district;at 26,
ajourneyrnan brass-finisher,
aged 3 years, died of 4, scarlatina
the second death in the family from
days)." This is
the same corn. within 6 days, one
plaint,having occurred on the 9th,
and the second on the 15th October. Also in IVal-
worth, at 7, Heri-zocl-Ilicken-lane, two sons of a
warehouseman, aged respectively 3 and 9 years, died,
the former of "scarlatina maligns (7 days), the latter
of " scarlatina (1 montl,), dropsy (7 days)." Of
five children in this; family the two now mentioned
died on the 12th and 15th October, two are convales-
cent, and one is in a doubtful condition. Besides the
above, Mr. Turner in this weekly return reports three
deaths from scarlatina in varieua streets, and adds
that the di=ease is very prevalent throughout the
whole of his district.
Fifteen deaths, only one of which was that of an
adult, were registered last week as caused by small-
pox. Two cases in which it is stated that vaccina-
lon had been '
child a 7 previously performed, occurred to a
reference to months and a man aged 30 years.
With
town, and ti case which proved fatal in Camden-
without effect, it vaccination had been performed
ila the fauailr. Roll states that two other chil-
drens! had been sucoessfully vaccinat4d