The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-21 00:00:00

1866 1869

1869

It has since been remarked by another of our
contemporaries, that in "The Prisoner of Ham," by
F. T. Briffault (Newby, 1846), at page 353, there
appears the following :

A curious calculation has been made with respect
to three great political events—the fall of Robe-
spierre, that of Napoleon
_ _ _

Fall of Robespierre - 1794

Fall of Bonaparte
In like manner,—

and that of Charles X. :
1815
1
8

Any one elected in Dec. 1848

---
Fall of Charles X lB3O

Ends in

Or if chosen in January 1853
1

Ends in

If so, says a correspondent of the Times, who
signs himself Zadkiel, Junior—" Then from 1848
to 1869 would be exactly 21 years—a period just
equal to 1794 to 1815 ; in other words, the rise and
fall of Napoleon I. and 111. would be included ill
that ordinary term of years, a 21 years' lease."

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS.

(From the Registrar-General's IVeekly Report.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, March 17,
the births registered in London and 12 other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 4,582; the
deaths registered, 3,983. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 34 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,140 boys and 1,078
girls, in all 2,218 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years-
-1856-65—the average number, corrected for in-
crease of population, was 2,174.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,738. It was the 11th week of the year ; and
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,511. The
mortality of the week was heavy, for it exceeded the
computed number by 227 deaths. But though the
deaths are very numerous, they exhibit a decrease
of nearly 100 on those of the previous week, ill
which the number rose to 1,829. Phthisis was re-
turned in 219 cases, the corrected average being
183 ; bronchitis in 267 cases against an average of
181 ; pneumonia in 111 cases against an average Of
106. The deaths at 60 years of age and upwards
were 417, almost the same number as that of the
previous week ; while the deaths of young persons
showed a decline. It is evident from these facts that
the late change of temperature had an unfavourable
effect on the public health, especially among adults
suffering under pulmonary complaints.
Fatal cases of smallpox and measles rose in the
week ; the former to 28, the latter to GO.

A boy, aged 17 years, died on the 2d inst., at 9,
Bates-terrace, Wandsworth-road, from cold and
exposure and want of food acting on a diseased con-
dition of body and brain.
A labourer, aged 30 years, died in the workhouse,
Lambeth, from tzenia ; phthisis.
The widow of a ground labourer died on March
11, at 30, Salisbury-street, Marylebone, of diseased
heart, dropsy, at the age (as registered) of 106
years. Mr. Wilson, the registrar, writes as fol-
lows ;—" This woman was a Creole, a native of
Jamaica. The informant had always during 20
years heard her state her age in accordance with
that now recorded. There appears, however, to be
no written evidence, and her relations are all dead."
The following three deaths by carriage accidents
in the streets were registered in the week :—The son
of a stationer's porter, aged six years, run over by 3
horse and cart ; killed instantly in Princes-street,
Lambeth. A tailor, aged 30 years, fell from a dog-
cart ; died, on March 13, in the German Hospital•
The daughter of a carpenter, aged two years, run
over by a van; died, March 6, in Winchester-street,
Clerkenwell.

The annual rate of mortality last week was 80
per 1,000 in London, 38 in Edinburgh, and 31 in
Dublin ; 40 in Bristol, 30 in Birmingham, 57 ill
Liverpool, 39 in Manchester, 30 in Salford, 37 111
Sheffield, 38 in Leeds, 31 in Hull, 26 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 35 in Glasgow. The rate
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Vienna was 37 per 1,000 during the week ending
the 10th inst., when the temperature was 5.8 deg'
Fahrenheit higher than iu the same week in London,
where the rate was 31 per 1,000.
The continued excessive mortality in Liverpool
calls for special remark; the annual rate of mortality
which in the previous week had been 55 per I,oo°'
rose last week to 57. During the past eleven weeks
of the present year the rate has averaged 45. The
530 deaths returned last week, which exceeded the
corrected average weekly number by 249, include'
132 from zymotic diseases, of which 45 were re-
ferred to typhus, 36 to whooping-cough, and 12 to
scarlatina. 206 of the deaths resulted from diseases
of the lungs, including phthisis.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the vie°
height of the barometer in the week was 29.3961°'
The barometric pressure was 30.93 in. on Stindai,
and it3jfell to 28.97 in. on Saturday. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 30.3 deg;
which is 2.2 deg. below the average of the sail;
week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisber):
The moan daily temperature was below the average
.
on the first five days, and on Wednesday the defeci:
was equal to 9.4 deg. The thermometer fell below
the freezing point of water on three nights.
difference between the mean dew-point temperatT_
and air temperature was 64 deg. The mean n,
gree of humidity of the air was 78, complete saturae
tion being represented by 100. The rain measur e
was 0.17 in., all of which fell on Saturday
thermometer on the
grass gave a reading as 10i518.5 deg. on Wednesday, on which day the tenVe
rature of the air fell to 25.7 deg.

AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.---We have reason to be'
Have that the telegraphic news published yesterday, to tb()
effect that, since Sunday, declarations of a reassuring c"-
ratter have been received from Berlin by the Austrian
Government, and that the apprehensions of war between
the great German Powers have been removed, is totally
incorrect. The relations between the two Powers CO
tinue, on tho contrary to be very critical.—