The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-08 00:00:00

LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO,
Licensed by Act of Parliament.
ALRGYLL ROOMS, GREAr WINDMILL-
STREET, ST. JAMES'S.
Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, Jun., 57, Brompton-square.)
'OPEN EVERY EVENING,
With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND.
Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Bouleourt.
Doors opon at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence al
inn and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely.
Admission, One Shilling.

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HEALTH of LONDON during the WEEK.
(From the Bevil of the Registrar-General.)
The rate of mortality that now prevails in the
metropolitan population is still higher than from the
experience of late years might be expected at the
beginning of May. The deaths, which in the
previous week bad risen to 1,075, have declined
in the week ending last Saturday to 994; but as
the average of ten corresponding weeks is only 883,
and, if raised in the supposed ratio of increase of popu-
lation, does not exceed 963, it appears that there is still
en access in the mortality of the present time, above
the corrected average, equal, to 31. It will be seen,
from a comparison of corresponding weeks of 1841-50,
that only in one instance, which occurred in 1848, when
smell-pox, scarlatina, and typhus abounded, were the
deaths more numerous than those registered last week.
In the previous week 'the number of young persons
who died undei the age of 15 years was 544, in the last
it was 443. Hence it appears that; though this latter
number is greeter tha❑ usual, the health of the juvenile
part of the population has improved. But the unseason-
able coldness of the weather is more perceptible in its
effects on the old; for in the same period the mortality
of this class has increased, the 'deaths of persons of 60
years and upwards having been in the previous week 216,
in the latter 222.
The zemotic or epidemic class of disorders exhibits
little difference between last week's results and the
average. Fourteen persons, all of whom were children
except one, died of smallpox, A death which occurred
at the Smallpox Hospital is recorded thus:--On 2d
May. a police-constable from Lambeth, aged 2-years,
" smallpox, confluent, unprotected (20 days)! Mr.
Watts, the registrar, 'adds that •` the deceased had been
sent up from Hampshire to be in attendance at the
Exratattion, and with some others of the police was at-
tacked•with the disease and canieyed to the hospital at
Upper Holloway."
Hooping cough is on the decline, though it numbered
last week 57, whilst the corrected tlirt'l age is 45. There
were also 5 deaths from croup. and 11 from it.fluenza.
In the tubercular class there are 8 deaths from scro-
fula, 8 from tahes mesenterica, 145 from consumption,
while he or water in the head, reaches the
unusual number of 50. Cephalitis, or inflammation of
the brain, which stands in the class of diseases of the
nervous system, was also fatal in 19 cases, which is
nearly double the usual number. The 69 deaths from
the two last-mentioned complaints, cephelitis and hydro-
cephalus, occurred, with only three exceptions, among
children, and exceed the corrected average by 24.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails Are sent front the general Post-olice
oy the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.]

When made up in I From what
PLACES. General Post-office port die- When
London. patched. due.
America (by Brit. pkt.) N May 9 .. Liverpool May 20
America (by U.S. pkt.) N May 13 .. Liverpool May 13
America (by CT S. pkt.) 51 allay 21 .. Southampt.
Attica (West coast) N 14th of the month Plymouth May 3
Alexandria* • • ...... N,l9th & 30th of mo. Dover .. May 1$
Belgium •... • . N Daily • • • . Uover .. Laity
Brazil .• • M 9th of the month Southampt. May 12
Buenos Ayres • • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. May 12
CalifornigelaChagres) M,l7th, of month Southampt, Arrived
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month ,Plymouth, May 3
Constantinople* .. N 7th 17th27th of mo'Dover • . May 10
Central America M 1•2.1 & 17th of mon. Southampt. Arrived
Channel Isles • • .. N !Mon., Wed., & Fri.Soutkampt. Ta. Tk.S a
Chili .. • • .. . M 17th of the mouth ISouthampt. May 20
France M & NTwice daily .. Dover .. Twicedaily
Greece* •• • . N 7 th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. May 10
Hamburgh • • .. N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
golland .. • • M Wednes. & Satur. 'London .. MoN.Tkyr
Honduras . N 17th of the menth'SouthamPt. May 20
Ireland .. M & N.Twice daily .. Holyhead • . wicedaily
May 17
India (via Southamp.) 81,20 th of the month Southarapt.. May 28
India (via Marseilles) N th6t. 24th of month,Dover .
Mediterranean .(via 1
Southampton) .. M 20th of the month ISonthfunpt. May 28
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) .. N 7th& 24tk ofmonth Dover .. May 17
Mexico 3F2d of the month.. Southampt. Arrived
\Weirs b 1 9th of the month Southampt. May 12
,„ 17th,17th,19th,27th Dover May 10
Malta* .. • • & 30th of month
Naples* N .sth 15th 25tIloftno.Dover •• May 12
Papal States* Nl5ll 15th 25th of mo. Dover .. May 12
reninsular.. •• Ml7th 17th27thof molSouthampt. May 16
Peru • • Mll7th of the month I.s,outhampt. May 20
Tuscany* .. N sth 15th 25th of moDover .. May 12
1I
1117th of the month Southampt. May 20

Naples* Nlsth 15th 25th °fine,
Papal States* .. Nl5ll 15th 25th of mo
eeninsular.. •• Mi7th 17th27thof moI
Peru • • M'l7th of the month
Tuscany* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo
West Indies Mll7th of the month
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) P.l2d of the month ..
* The mails to those countries thus mail
French packet vita. Marseilles
CALIFORNIA. —Mails to and from Californi
are now diospatehsd and due by every Amer

I Soutbampt. !Arrived
Iced (*) ars conveyed by

La, via the United States
lean packet.

DEATH or A NEGRO DT STRANGULATION.—An
inquest was held on Thursday, by T. C. Maynard, E. q., on
the body of William Macdonald, miner, aged 70 years. Mr.
Matthias Dunn, the Government Inspector for Mines, was
present during the examination. From the evidence, it
appeared that on Monday morninc; the deceased descended
the shaft of B pit, Moukwearmouth colliery, and, along with
about sixty other men, mounted on a train of waggons, to
descend an incline of 1,400 yards, to the inner part of the
workings. They were proceeding down the incline, when
the rope suddenly broke, owing to the jerking of the en-
gine on its first starting • into motion, and the waggons
ran amain, but were fortunately stopped by an inge-
nious apparatus termed a " ball, ' which is attached to
the train. On examination the deceased was found to
have been strangled between two of the waggons. A
verdict of accidental death was returned by the jury.
The deceased was formerly a slave in the West Indies, but
about forty years ago, having,met with some English sailors
at Jamaica, he learned that England was a land of freedom,
and resolved to escape from slavery. He accordingly con-
cealed himself on board a vessel bound for London. For
three days he remained below, till he was nearly starved to
death; forced by hunger he at last made his appearance on
deck, to the great astonishment of the sailors, who gave him
food and treated him with kindness. As soon as the vessel
arrived at London his love of liberty was so intense that he
instantly leaped on shore, though imperfectly clothed, with-
out either money or friends, and with an imperfect know-
ledge of the English language. After may vicissitudes he
found his way to Sunderland, and has worked in the neigh-
bouring collieries for a number of years as a coal hewer.
He t. as an industrious man, a member of the Church of
England, and much respected by his neighbours.—Sander-
land Herald.
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UrROCERS AND TEADEALERS' BENEVOLENT PRo-
TEcTioN SOCIETY.--The fourteenth anniversary of this insti-
tution was celebrated at the London Tavern on blonday
evening, when about 150 gentlemen sat down to an excel-
lent dinner, presided over by Mr. John Davis, a highly
esteemed member of the sugar-refining trade. The chair
was well supported by several influential members of the
trade, past and present, including Mr. Henry Kemble, pre-
sident of the society; Mr. S. B. Brooke, ; Mr. W.
Dallas, Mr. Alderman Sidney, 111. P., &c. The Chairman, in
proposing " The trading interests of the country," dwelt
upon the beneficial effects of commerce, and adverted to the
Great Exhibition as showing the position of all countries in
arts and science. In alluding to the charity, the Chairman
dwelt forcibly and eloquently on the duty of the prosperous
in trade to alleviate their unfortunate but honest brethren.
The report showed that the receipts of the past year
amounted to 1,86.: / , of which nearly 900/. were annual sub-
scriptions The amount distributed in pensions was nearly
900/. per annum. The funded capital was 13,200/. In the
course of the evening this Chairman announced the amount
of new contributions to be 620/.
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. Sir M. Barrington and-W.-Jeffers had an- interview
()ulna* with
the Commissioners of Railwar.