The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-14 00:00:00

HAMBURGH MAIL.

TREVES, OCT. 30.—Several parish priests in our
diocese positively refused, during the exhibition of
the Holy Garment, to accompany parishioners to see
it, and in a very sensible manner dissuaded them from
undertaking this pilgrimage. By this conduct those
priests have, it seems, drawn upon themselves the
anger of the Bishops, and may expect to be shortly
accused of Hermesianism. The inhabitants of the
Rhenish provinces are too clear-sighted for such
measures to be carried into effect. Even the mani-
festo of the Romish priest, Rouge, against the absurd
exhibition of the Holy Garment at Treves, is more and
more approved, though it severely censures the clergy
of the diocese of Treves, calls Bishop Arnold the
Fetzel of the 19th century.
FROM THE VESTULA, OCT. 30.—The new military
law respecting the Jews, published on the 26th of
September last year, induced the elders of the Jewish
community at Warsaw to send a deputation to St.
Petersburgh, in order to petition his Majesty the
Emperor to place the civil condition of the Jews on
the same footing as that of the Christians, in reference
to the law of 1817. In the imperial decree issued at
that time, it is said that the adherents of the Mosaic
faith residing in the kingdom may be exempt from
the military conscription and military service so long
as they are not admitted to civil rights, and pay to
the Polish Treasury 105,299 silver roubles annually.
It was intimated to the deputation that they should
receive an answer at Warsaw from the Governor-
General of the Kingdom. This answer has now been
given, but it by no means corresponds with the de-
sires of the petitioners. They are told that they are
not to appeal to the law of 7th January, 1817, be-
cause the grant of civil rights was an act of imperial
favour ; but, with regard to the money paid for
exemption from military service, it was ordered to
cease on the introduction of the military conscrip-
tion, according to the literal tenor of the law; but
that for the present the fixed sum must continue to be
paid, " because the Jews, by their temperance in the use
of highly-taxed liquors, brandy, for instance, dimi-
nished the public revenue."—Hamburgh Papers.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company
have given the necessary notices that they intend to
apply to Parliament next session for powers to effect
the following objects :
To alter, extend, and enlarge the present passenger
station in Lime-street, Liverpool, the present goods
station at Wapping, and the old station at Crown-
street, Edge-hill.
To purchase land and make another branch and
tunnel between the goods tunnel to Wapping and the
passenger tunnel to Smithdown-lane.
To make another tunnel from Edge-hill to Water-
loo-road, at the north end of the town.
To make a branch from Barton-on-Irwell, in the
parish of Eccles,` hrough Worsley, Pendlebury, and
Clifton, to join the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale
Railway.
To make a branch from some point of the Liver-
pool and Manchester line, between Newton and Park-
side,_ to communicate with the North Union line.
To make a railway, with tunnels, from Barrow-
nook Moss, in the township of Rainford (there to com-
municate with the St. Helens and Runcorn Railway),
to the north end of the town of Liverpool.
To authorise the Liverpool and Manchester Com-
pany to purchase the Bolton and Leigh and Bolton
and Kenyon Railway ; and
To make a line from the Runcorn and St. Helens
Railway to Rufford.

PROPOSED BRANCHES OF THE GRAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
It appears from the Parliamentary notices of the
Grand Junction Railway Company, that the Com-
pany intends to apply next session for powers to
make the following branches to the main line :-
1. A branch from Kekewich, in Cheshire, to
Huvton in this county. In constructing this branch,
it will be necessary to build an immense bridge across
the Mersey, either at Runcorn or Fiddler's Ferry.
The formation of this branch will enable the Com-
pany to effect a saving of several miles, and will
render the line between Liverpool and Birmingham
as straight as it is possible to make it.
2. A branch or branches to Stoke-upon-Trent and
the populous district of the Potteries.
3. A line from Friar's Wood, West Bromwich, to
the heart of the mineral district at Dudley ; and
4. A line which will serve as a branch of the
Grand Junction from Wednesbury, near Wolver-
hampton, to Shrewsbury.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes registered in the 'Week ending Saturday, the
9th of November, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:—

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Weekly
Total. Average of
Five-Years

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 214 178
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat 95 111
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 147 157
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 32 21
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion ..
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 9 5
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ll 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles l4 6
Diseases of the Skin, ... 2 1
Old Age, or Natural Decay 6l 71
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance • 30 26
Causes specified 9BB 942
Deaths from all Causes 989 946

DEATHS FROM TIIR PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UND.
THE ABOVE HEADS.

West
North
Central
East 2ls 207
South 285 242

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Total •••• 00000 0 0 •••• ••• • • 989 946

Total. Weekly Average
of Five Years
Consumption
Scarlatina
Pneumonia
Dropsy .. ... .. .. ...........
Hooping Cough .... ....... ..
Typhus
Small Pox 42 15
Disease of the Heart
Measles
Apoplexy
Diseases of the Brain .... 9 9
Diarrhoea.. - ........ ..••• 11 12
Sudden Deaths ..... .... 11 15
DISTRICTS.

TWO HOUSES BLOWN DOWN IN THE LONDON•ROAD.
—Among the mischiefs occasioned by the storm may be
mentioned the blowing down of two houses in the London-
road. Southwark—one of the most crowded thoroughfares
in the metropolis—yet, miraculous as it may seem, without
the loss of any lives. Fortunately the catastrophe occurred
at half-past eight yesterday, and the houses—one, a
china and chrystal establishment ; the other, occupied
by a furniture broker—being very old, gave such ample
warning of their approaching dissolution, that the indi-
viduals in the shops had time to run out into the street,
before the whole came to the ground. In the upper
floor there were two children in bed, who were fortu-
nately protected by a portion of the roof which adhered
to the side wall. They were rescued, from their perilous
situation by a gentleman, who with considerable heroism
rushed up the ruins before they were well settled,
and had the pleasure of placing the children in the arms
of their frightened mother. The stock in both shops is
of course totally destroyed. A number of labourers are
now busily employed in clearing off the ruins.