The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-23 00:00:00

From the doctrine of deposing of a king,
From the Directory, or any such thing,
From a fine new marriage, without a ring,
Libera,

From a city that yields at the first summons,
From plundering goods, either man or woman's,
Or having to do with the House of Commons,
Libera, &e.

From one that cares not what he saith,
From trusting one that never payeth,
From a private preacher and a public faith,
Libera, &c.
From a vapouring horse and a Roundhead in buff,
From roaring Jack Cavee, with money little enough,
From beads and such idolatrous stuff,
Libera, &C.

From holydays, and all that's holy,
From May-poles and fiddlers, and all that's jolly,
From Latin or learning, since that is folly,
Libera, &c.

And now to make an end of all,
I wish the Roundheads had a fall,
Or else were hanged in Goldsmiths' Hall, Amen.
Benedicat Dominus."

THE TRIMMER.

Pray lend me your ear, if you've any to spare,
You that love Commonwealth as you hate Common Fray'r,
Which can in a breath, pray, dissemble, and swear;
Which nobody can deny, deny,
Which nobody can deny.
I'm first on the wrong side, and then on the right,
To-day I'm a Jack, and to-morrow a mite,
I for either King pray, but for neither dare fight ;
Which, &o.
Sometimes I'm a rebel, sometimes I'm a saint;
Sometimes I can preach, and at other times cant ;
There is nothing but grace I thank God that I want ;
Which, &c.

Old Babylon's whore, I cannot endure her;
I'm a sanctified saint, there's none can be purer,
For swearing I hate like any non-juror ;
Which, &o.
Of our gracious King William I am a great lover,
Yet I side with a party that prays for another;
I'd drink the King's health, take it one way or Vother ;1
Which, &c.

Precisely I creep like a snail to the Meeting,
Where sighing I sit ; and such sorrowful greeting
Makes me bate a long prayer and two hours' prating ;
Which, &c.

And then I sing psalms as if never weary,
Yet I must confess when I'm frolic and merry.
More music I find in A Boat to the Ferry;

Which, &c.
I can pledge ev'ry health my companions drink round ;
I can say "Heaven bless," or " the Devil confound;"
I can hold with the hare and run with the hound ;
Which, &c.
I can pray for a bishop, and curse an archdeacon ;
I can seem very sorry that Charleroi's taken;
I can say anything to save my own bacon;
Which, &c.
Sometimes for a good Commonwealth I am wishing-
-0 Oliver, Oliver, give us thy blessing S
For in troubled waters now I love fishing ;
Which, &c.

The times are co ticklish I vow and profess,
I know not which party or cause to embrace,
I'll side with those to be sure that are least in distress;
Which, &c.
With the Jacks I rejoice that Savoy's defeated ;
With the Whigs I seem pleased he so bravely retreated;
Friends and foes are by me both equally treated ;
Which, &e.
Each party, you see, is thus full of great hope,
There are some for the Devil and some for the Pope,
And I'm for anything—but for a rope;
Which nobody can deny.
A BALLAD ON THE TAXES.
Good people, what will you of all be bereft—
Will you never learn wit while a penny is left?
You are all like the dog in the fable betray'd,
To let go the substance and snatch at the shade ;
With specious pretences, and Foreign expenses,
We war for Religion, and waste all our chink,
'Tis nipt, and 'tis clipt, 'tis lent, and 'tis spent,
Till 'tis gone, 'tie gone to the Devil I think.
We pay for our new-born, we pay for our dead,
We pay if we're single, we pay if we're wed ;
To show that our merciful senate don't fail,
They begin at the head and tax down to the tail.
We pay through the nose by subjecting foes,
Yet for all onr expenses get nothing but blows;
At home we are cheated, abroad we're defeated,
But the end on' t, the end on't—the Lord above knows

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)

Last week the mortality of London was very
high. Cold weather of a few weeks' duration will
kill many persons at the period of its greatest
rigour, and afterwards its fatal effects are not
lessened, but appear to accumulate. In the last
five weeks the mean weekly temperature has not
been higher than 32.4 deg., nor lower than 25.9
deg. ; in this period the two coldest weeks were the
second and the fourth, and the numbers of the
deaths were successively 1,269, 1,407, 1,707, 1,707,
and (in the week that ended last Saturday) 1,926.
The average number of deaths as obtained from
the returns of corresponding weeks in ten previous
friars 1851-60, and corrected for increase of popu-
lation, is 1,341. The actual number of deaths

1,927) in last week exceeds the estimated number
ly 585.

Pulmonary complaints, exclusive of phthisis, car-
ried off in the week 702 nerserm, while the corrected
average for corresponding weeks is only 301. The
deaths from bronchitis are included under the
above general head, and number 471, the average
being 164 ; those from pneumonia are 165, against
94 ; those from asthma, 57, against 23. Of the 471
persons who died from bronchitis 204 were in the
period of life 60-80 years. The deaths of 183 per-
sons are assigned to phthisis, the average being
157. Whooping-cough rose to 83.
Forty-four deaths were caused by apoplexy, the
average being 30 ; 43 by paralysis, against an ave-
rage of 27. Heart diseases were fatal in 119 cases,
while the average is only 53.
Of 120 persons who died at the age of 80 years
and upwards 12 were nonagenarians, all women
except four. The oldest was a widow aged 99 years
and 10 months. Besides these a centenarian is
recorded, who is stated to have died at the age of
101 years. She was the widow of a chairmaker,
and her death occurred on the 15th inst., at 30,
Cleveland-street.

A shoemaker, aged 60, died at 10, Robin Hood-
court, Shoe-lane, on January 10, of " disease of the
lungs, accelerated by want of proper nourishment,
and by exposure to cold ;" and the wife of a soldier,
aged 25, died on the 12th of January, in Camden-
court, St. Luke, from disease of the lungs,
accelerated by want of necessaries ; found dead."
Inquests were held in both cases.

Last week the births of 939 boys and 920 girls—
in all 1,859 children--were registered in London.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1851-60
the average number was 1,693.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29936 in.
On the last four days the mean daily reading was
above 30 in. The readings rose from 29.57 in. on
Sunday to 3016 in. on Friday. On an average of
79 years the third week of January is the coldest
of the year. Thereafter the temperature rises. It
may be hoped therefore that the weather will now
be milder.