The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-18 00:00:00

STATE OF THE `FEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.
SUNDAY.—The amount of cloud was variable until the
evening, when the sky became overcast ; cumuloitratus and
cirrostratus. Electricity—Nothing was shown at any exa-
mination.

MONDAY.—The sky, with very slight exceptions, was
covered with cloud throughout the day; cirrocumuli, cirro-
strati, and loose scud. Electricity—Positive, with very weak
tension during the evening.

TUESDAY.The sky was cloudless throughout the day.
Electricity—Positive, and tension strong during the afternoon.
WEDNESDAY.—The sky was cloudless throughout the day ;
haze prevailed during the morning. Electricity—Positive,
and tension strong during the afternoon.
THURSDAY.—A few lights prevailed at and near noon,
otherwise the sky was cloudless throughout the day ; dense
haze prevailed during the earlier portion of the morning.
Electricity—Positive, and tension variable during the
afternoon.

FRIDAY.—The sky was free from cloud throughout the
day. Thick haze or thin fog prevailed during the morning.
Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate at noon.
SATuaDAY.—Cloudless throughout the day. Thick fog
prevailed during the morning. Electricity—Positive, and
tension strong during the afternoon.
The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast, and read each day at 9h. A.m. was 55.5 Q ; and the mean
reading at 9h. r.m. was 15.1•3° ; the mean readings at the
Royal Observatory for the same times were 57.6 e and 51.5°
respectively.
The reading of the barometer increased from 30 28 in. at
the beginning of the week to 30,10 in. by 9h. A.M. on the
10th; decreased to 30.18 in. by 9h. P.M. on the 12th; and
increased to 30.22 in. by the end of the week.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGIS'CERED 124

THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 13, 1851.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases —4290
Diseases of Uncertain Seat 58
Tubercular Diseases ... 179
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 108
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 34
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ... ... 82
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs

of Digestion... ... ••• ••• •••
Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. •••
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &C. ...
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Hustles
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ••• ••• •••
Malformations... •••
Premature Birth ... ••• ,•• •.•
4.4•. trophy
Old Ago
Sudden ... ••• ••• ..•
Violenco, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Cluses not specified ...

DEATLIS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre-
Enucanrated, sponding week
1851. of 1850.
West Districts... 376,332 .. 133
North Districts.. 490,441 .. 195
Central Districts 392,986 ... 180
East Districts ... 485,336 ... 176
South Districts.. 616,545 ... 245
Totals... ..... 2,361,640

... 68

... 9

Males
Femalca

••• 6

... 28
... 30
... 44

•:• 63

1,026
Denths
in the
Week.
147
217
152
206
304

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

... 1,026
... 535
... 491

Males
Females

... 731

... 695

Total ... 1,429
*ln this number c.re included 27 by Scarlatina, 57
)y Typhus Fever, 101 by Diarrhoea, and 17 by Cholera.

ASCENT OF BEN NV YVIS,

Soon after emerging from this truly wonderful spot,
we crossed the river by a wooden bridge, and, passing
some cottages, directed our steps to the summit of
Ben Wyvis. This we had occasionally seen from on
board the steamer soon after passing Fort George,
and, to our mortification, found it covered with newly-
fallen snow. Showers of snow fell all day on the
mountain, visiting us in rain, so that we could only
get glimpses of the top. These lucid intervals, how-
ever, we made the most of; as, the mountain being a
huge shapeless mass, without taking accurate obser-
vations, we might never have reached the real summit.
Upon asking a shepherd the best mode of ascent, he
told us we could nut reach the " ilionument," as he
termed the Cairn, that day, and that we were sure to
be benighted. This put us to our mettle, and we
never stopped a moment for three or four hours hard
walking over hills, and through bogs, often knee-
deep in heather and peat moss alternately, till we
came to the bottom of the last ascent, which was
fearfully rugged, and the upper part covered with
snow.