The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-23 00:00:00

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the. Number of Deaths &ore
all Causes registered in the 'Week ending Saturday, the
17th of August, 1844." Tho Table is issued from the Oil
of the Registrar-General:

WeeklY
Total. Average in
Five You'll'
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 251 178
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat lOO 111
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l5B 157
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration 216 288
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3l 21
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 8 5
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 6 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 7 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c .. 1 1
Old Age, or Natural Decay 4l 71
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance
Causes specified
Deaths from all Causes 932 94°
DEATHS FROM TIIE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED vordits

THE ABOVE HEADS.
Total.
Consumption
Scarlatina 6B
Pneumonia . .. . ... 52
Dropsy ..... .. ..
Hooping Cough .... ....... ..
Typhus ...
Small Pox
Disease of the Heart
Measles ... 2l
Apoplexy
Diseases of the Brain ......
Diarrlicea.. .. ... 40
Sudden Deaths
DISTRICTS.

Weekly Average
of lelYe Years•
147
34
79
35
33
31
15
20
28
18
9
12
15

West ....
North....
Central
East ... .
South...

.. 147 138
.. 161 171
.. 177 188
, . 223 207
.. 224 242

Total 000000 • •••••• ••• •• 932

ANNOYANCE JURY.—We see the Inspectors ji
Weights and Measures were very busy last week. IY6
wish they had paid a visit to Sir Robert Peel to test hi.
measures of last session ; for we are sure they would hire
found them not only false and hollow, but many of theta °
no weight at all. The Qui 7'am and Commons' inclosug
measures, we are confident, ought to have been smash
longago.—Puneh.

[ADVERTISEMENT.] —THE TURN OF LOP;
CURE EXTRAORDINARY BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.
respectable woman, aged forty-seven, named Grab
residing in Scotland-road, Liverpool, was in the most
critical and dangerous state for nine months, being soma;
times almost choked with phlegm, with shortness e!,
breath, palpitation of the heart, together with a genenPr
derangement and debility of the whole system. Ile
s
life was in the greatest danger, when she cominene7
the use of these miraculous pills, which restored hee,,
the highest state of health in five weeks. They ere
finest medicine in the world for females of all atel'
Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holi(r
way's establishment, 224, Strand] (where advice mat bog/
had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors
'medicine throughout the civilised world.
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ILLICIT DISTILLERIES.—For some time past suss
cions have been entertained by the excise authori:ihe'
that an illegal distillery of whisky existed in the neigh
bourhood of Cockermouth ; but so careful were the dale
quents, that no clue could be obtained to their hillL„./3'
At length Mr. Robinson, the supervisor of exers,
determined upon a personal inspection of the localil4°-
in the district. Having obtained the aid of Mr. Brow%
superintendent of the Derwent police, and of Sande!'
police-officer, he proceeded on his search, and hal
come to some high hills near Corton, they perceo.o
some smoke curling through the tops of some trees
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the neighbourhood of which there was no house, ILA
being satisfied their quest was successful, they arras "e
the plan of their attack. They crept adroitly round wto
fell until within a short distance of the spot, so as
approach it unperceived, when they made a sudden Ore
to the place where the fire was, and there they found the
parties stripped to their shirt, and busily engagedio
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their illicit manufacture, at a place called Mere Gill. "a
moment the distillers perceived they were discover,
they made a rapid retreat. One, an old man, took to;
water, but after a severe struggle was captured by
Robinson ; another, a boy, after a long chase, was Oa;
by policeman Sancton ; a third, named Burns, l's
s
caught by Mr. Brown; and the fourth was taken by
kept
exciseman. The excise officers remained, and ker
custody of the still, &c., which they found in full °pee;
tion. There were four tin water pails, a spade, an 12s r
an iron scope, a furnace, flour sacks, a valuable copte,
worm sixteen feet long, a large mash tub, a fermerdl;
tub, an eighteen gallon cask, a four gallon cask, an, °h
long tin vessel, calculated to hold about ten gabeio
fitted to be carried on a person's back, and used to 1111oc
whisky through the country; the still, which was 15;ii
enough to hold eighty gallons; nine gallons of spirit
had been " run" the first time, and about one hued
and fifty gallons of wash ready' for distillation.
v.
prisoners were taken before the magistrates, the $e
E. Fawcett, M.A., and Mr. John Watson, on grumig
and gave their names Patrick M'Culloch, aged 53;
all from
his son, aged 13; Patrick Gibbons, aged 55—rnaouth,
the Emerald Isle; and Francis Burns, of Cocke- for
aged 29. They were committed to Carlisle gat)l
threo months, with hard labour. in default of psY27
the penalty under the statute, namely, 30/. Wu.
Carlisle Paper.
PUBLIC OPINION.—If we wanted a proof how lithe
the temper of public bodies and the language held
public meetings are indicative of the opinion, and rie;
present the feelings, of the general population cleb
country, we have an instance in the meeting will o,
assembled on Wednesday last at Exeter Hall, Lon:1
and which was convened by the Directors of theo
London Missionary Suciety, to consider the steps t',
should be taken regarding the late outrage at Otabslll,
The speeches there delivered by the different 130
senting ministers were but little in agreement el tho
with their own calling or with the feelings of bll
people of England, for had the meeting been an assenblees
of soldiers, the tone of defiance could not have
cis
louder or fiercer. Such proceedings, reported in Fran.„,
might very naturally lead to a false conclusion ton it
the opinions and views of Englishmen; particularly 10
would be reasonable to infer that, when religious auTlos
appear in such a character, they fairly represent the
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tional feeling. And, yet, how manifestly erroneous wet.
this conclusion be. The only sensation which that 123.bst
ing has produced in the minds of all impartial men is Li,
of regret that it should ever have been held ; they' 170(
ing that individuals whose peculiar duties are those to
quietude and peace, ought, instead of being the 04'0
have been the last to move in the matter ; espeeialy j.
the question at issue was, and now is, emphatic*]
the hands of the responsible Government. We are'soest
pily, living in days far different to those when 11:14„
grievances were redressed by men who held the Bible
one hand and a pistol in the other.—Derby ilferCiltbe
ARTFUL TRICK.—In the course of last wee:ljug
booksellers of this city were visited by a fellow ha by
an appearance of respectability, who favoured the
ordering in some cases six, and others eight, dosee:s
pamphlet published in London. having
reference, the name of a clergyman in this city, 11." tbs
picion was excited, and the goods were ordered 112 blot
regular way of business. The copies of the Pate.„P did
arrived in due course, but the person ordering the""oiell
not, and the booksellers found themselves in posaie"noid
of a bundle of thorough trash, for which they hall re if
the cash. From what has since transpired, there)
reason to believe that the party ordering the geode dos
the author of the pamphlet (who had hit on this ingel2.o/
but not very creditable mode of disposing of his liteti-of
labours), for on application being made to the neljet
!edged author, living in Wales, he readily gave 112 ° pin
for the repayment of the money This appeared fer in
matters to right, but lo ! on application, the publish joie
London refused to refund, unless the booksellers in out
tol would take legal measures against the author•
scot
fellow-citizens must thus either submit to their pre at
loss, or call in the aid of the law. Some of them !Nis'
to think that " the cure would be worse than t 11"
ease."—Bristol Mercury. theWe cannot close this account of the races (said is.
Boulogne Gazette) without expressing our disgust 1109
dignation against all who joined in the truly bar"- tatted
occupation of throwing at a poor cock, who was fo
bird.
to a stake behind the booths. One of these saes fully
had both wings and one leg broken, his head dread the
wounded, and there be was standing on one leg'
other hanging down broken, while monsters in the
ttft°
of men were flinging at the poor bird with all the d. It
of savages. This should not have been tolerate
created unmitigated disgust. after *
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Seguin, the vocalists,
to, ore
few years' profitable residence in the United St, led
fleet
in town on a visit. Having, previous to leaving 0-i-od to
made various engagements, they have been elp,_.:l2t2encess't,
refuse good offers at Drury Lane and the rr;r ]dew
They leave us again, in the Hendrick Hudson, ;hen re'
York, on the 9th September, for one year. and 0 their
turn to resume their position in the profession
own country.

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BIRTHS. , neld ts",,ed
On the 12th inst., at Berlin, the lady of Leon eon
Professor of History in the University of Berlin, 01 a
heir.
On the 18th inst., at Brecon, the lady of Br. P. Lloyd'
tl E'cl
of Glanseoin, Carmarthenshire, of a daughter. P. Sim.
On the 21st inst., at Newgate-street, bars. George
cox, of a daughter.
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MARRIED. I the Itef'i,
On the 20th inst., at Newington-green Chapel, --eof gig--
Madge, to Eleanor, daughter of J. Bischoff, Esq' - t
bury-terrace.
On the 20th inst., at St. John's Church, iChester,,
Wynne Denton, Esq., M.D., of Denbigh, to Bfargara 1.
only daughter of the late John Colley, Esq. of Liore.t sen
On the 20th inst., at Ringstead WilliamWenry, elc.',..hter
of J. G. La Serre, Esq. of Hackney, to /stay, second dal*
of T. Wilkins, Esq., of Ringstead House, Northamptoony• ince
On the 12th of May, 1844, at Hansi, north-west :medial
establishment, to Frederica Ellen, only
of Bengal, Manby Nightingale, Esq., of the Beng ~ Georg°
P. Hurst, Esq.
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daughter os

DIED.
Accidently drowned, near Kingston, Jamaica, in JllOlO4
Henry Thomas, the fourth son of Lees Shaw, Esq•
On theß3lo9dtthliinwisnetsilt,a.,rta,
sstquE. inchley, B. W. Barkr, Esl;•„ksbire.
WOillniatmhe Summerville
aged 73.
House, Halifax'
l'"
slier
On the 11th inst., at Topsham, Devonshire, .AII.,
otlfrep:,,,,
herd, Esq., late of the India House. .... 'Atoll'
On the 19th inst., at Carlisle, John Borrer,
On the 19th inst., Mary Sophia, the wife of J. Robson, P'''
of Camelford. ---••••-e

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liticlale§ex, Friday, August 2; 1844.