The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-06 00:00:00

Mr. Thomas Hyde, who manages the business in
Leicester-square for the prosecutor, identified the pro-
perty, and stet they had been robbed several times
within the last month by girls about the age of the pri-
soner. The way they managed to effect the robberies
betrayed considerable duplicity : for instance, one girl
would take a ticket from a pile of goods and come into
the shop and divert the attention of the shopmen, while
her companion, seeing the coast clear, would seize hold
of anything she fancied, and generally got off before the
robbery was detected.
Committed for trial.
OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT UPON A LICENSED VICTUAL-
LER.—John Jefferi,s, a stout-built young fAlow, was
brought haul.° Mr. Bingham, charged with assaulting
Mr. Charles Payne, landlord of the Feathers Tavern,
Warren-street, Fitzroy-square. The complainant stated
that about six o'clock on the previous evening the pri-
soner came into his house, and attempted to force his
way nit) the parlour; seeing that he was much the
worse for liquor, he refused to allow him to enter, and
civilly requested him to have the house. He refused,
and seizing hold of witness's throat swore he would
strangle him. He followed up this threat by striking
him with great force about the face and body. Witness
called fir assistance, and the barman ran and f.tched in
the police, who, after a deal of resistance on the part of
the prisoner, succeeded in ejecting him from the house,
and conveying him to the station.
The prisoner, who pleaded drunkenness in extenua-
tion of his offence, was committed t, the House of Cor-
rection for two months, with hard labour.

THE HEALTH OF LONDON.
(From the Registrar-General's Return.)
In the week ending last Saturday the deaths regis-
tered in the metropolitan districts were 1,094, and ex-
hibit an increase of 6tl on those of the previous week,
and likewise an increase of almost the same amount on
the average of the corresponding weeks of the ten pre-
vious years (1840-9), the mortality of these weeks
having ranged from 780 deaths in 1843 to 1,478 in 1348.
But if a correction is made for increase of population,
the estimated average becomes 1,126, and the deaths now
returaed are less than this number by 32. The causes
cf death prevailing at the present time are found in by
far the largest proportion in that class of diseases which
affect the organs of respiration. In this class, of
which the most importznt are phthisis (or con-
sumption), bronchitis, pneumonia (or inflammation
of the lungs), and asthma, there are now enu-
merated the deaths of 384 persons, or more than
one-third of all who died in the week ; the cor-
rected average of ten corresponding weeks is 376. On
the other hand, the deaths from the zymotic or epidemic
class of diseases were only 168, the corrected average
being 216. A girl of 5 years died of " Asiatic cholera,"
after 14 hours' illness, in Portman-place, near the Edge-
ware-road; and in Fenchurch-3treet, a boy of 9 months
died of " cholera, hooping-cough, teething, and convul-
sions," after a month's illness. Diarrhcera is the only
epedimic which exceeds the average; it was fatal to 11
children and 10 adults; the average of this period is not
more than 9; the fatality of measles is of the usual
amount; and small-pux, scarlatina, hooping-cough, and
typhus continues to show a decrease, which, however,
is most considerable as regards the first two of these
epidemics. Four children and a man died of small-pox;
13 children of scarlatina. Consumpt on was fatal to
137 persons, about the average; bronchitis and asthma
to 159, or more by 52 than the average; and pneumonia.
to 75, or 30 less than the average. Toro persons died of
privation.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
TIIE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 2, 1520.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *l6B
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 46
übercular Diseases ... 179
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses,.. ... 138
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 45
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration •.8 •• • •• • •• • •• • 247
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... 64
Diseases of the Kidneys, Sce.... •• ... ... 20

Childbirth, Diseases Of the Uterus, &e. ... ... 9
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 9
Diseases of the Skin, &e. ... ... ... ... 2
Malformations... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Premature Birth ... ... .. ... ... 20

Atrophy ••• ..• ••• ••• ••• ... 23
Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 68
Sudden ... ... ••• ••• .., ••• ... 18
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 25
Causes not specified ... ••• ••• ••• 12

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ...

••• 1,094

Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week In the
1811. of 1849. Week.
West Districts... 301,189 . . 213 ... 149
North DiAricts.. 376,568 .. 192 ... 198
Central Districts 374,199 ... 189 ... 191
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 215 ... 255
South Districts .. 503,346 ... 323 ... 301