The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-16 00:00:00

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. L. Pike and G. Hammersmith, tailors—T.
Inkersole and J. Innersole, Matching, Essex, farmers—
B. Dobson, J. Metcalfe, and R. Reeve, Bolton, Lanca-
shire, cotton spinners—R. Booth and J. Baxter, Has-
lingden, Lancashire, brewers —P. Pierce and J. A.
Pierce, Liverpool, grocers—W. Bastard and J. A.
Speakman, Cheltenham, tailors—W. Helmer, J. Martyr,
and W. Jones, Southwark, ironmongers (as far as re-
gards W. Holmer)—G. Boultor, T. Nowell, and J.
Nowell, Thornton, Yorkshire, contractors—N. Ring, J.
Vickess, J. Vickess, jun., and J. Vickess, Liverpool.
sugar refiners—H. Harris and D. Griffiths, Carmar-
then, cabinet makers—J. Dennison and J. Dennison,
Lee-bridge, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturers —J.
Murphie and J. Brown, York, stock and share broke-s
—C. F. Weber and W. Brown, London, merchants—F,
C ark and J. Foxall, Birmingham and London, jewellers
—J. Jackson and E. Pinder, King's Lynn, Norfolk,
slate and hair merchants —J. Lane and W. Penny,
Chancery-lane, lithographers—W. Brier and S. Parker,
Castle-street, Saffron-hill, horn and bone merchants—
W. E. Musgrove and. H. Collins, Park-street, Camden-
town, chemists—H. Lovett and A. Banks, jun., Liver-
pool, brokers—R. Welham and H. Weiham, Dies, Nor-
folk, bricklayers—J. Newlands and T. Ayre, Low
Elswich, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, farmers —T. Collins
and 11. Collins, Sandhurst, Kent, farmers—F. Taylor and
J. M. Llewellen, Upper Thames street, tea dealers—
S. Bottomley, W. Wilkinson, and E. Atkinson, Brad-
ford, worsted spinners (as far as regards E. Atkinson)
—H. Stubbs and N. Stubbs, New Alreaford, Southamp-
tonshire, buten:hi—J. Wicst, den., N. West, W. West, J.
West, jun., R. Clarke, and G. Clarke, Leicei ter, iron and
brass founders and engineers (so far as regards R. Clarke
and G. Clarke).

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Thomas Gibson, Beverley, Yorkshire, journeyman wheel-
wright.
John Hurd, Cockermouth, Cumberland, tinman.

William Lincoln, peeping St. Jameo, Lincolnshire,
market gardener.
Arthur Motley, Laughor, Glamorganshire, agent to the
Spitty Copper Company.
George Holden, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, clogger.
Walt,u. Carter, Bristol, general commission agent.
John Edwards, Hanley, Staffordshire, bricklayer.
John Carr, Woodbridge, Suffolk, baker.
John Bathelor, Rotherham, Yorkshire, licensed vic-
tualler.
John Unwin, jun., Shelton, Staffordshire, cabinet
maker.
John Betteley, Shelton, Staffordshire, appraiser.
Edmund Pepper, Dover, butcher.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Todd, gen., Glasgow, blacksmith and gasfitter, to
meet within Peter Barr's Oak Tavern, Glasgow, Jan. 17
and Feb. 7, at one.

W. Baird, Glasgow, baker, to meet within the Globe
Hotel, Glasgow, Jan. 22 and Feb. 12, at two.

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the WEEK.
HEALTH
In the week ending last Saturday 1,065 deaths were
registered in the metropolitan districts ; for the second
(1840-9) the average,
corrected for increase of population, is 1,260, the
deaths having ranged in that week from 929 in 1844
week of ten previous
to 1,457 in 1848, at which latter period the mortality
was much increased by influenza, then on the decline.
The deaths in the present return are, therefore, less
than the average by 195. The mortality from small-
pox, though it shows a tendency to increase, is still
less than half the average, Scarlatina and hooping-
cough also cause less than the usual number of deaths,
only 11 having occurred last week from the
farmer epidemic, though the corrected average is
37 ; in the corresponding week of last year the deaths
from scarlatina rose to 63. No death from cholera
occurred during the
week ; there were ;24 from
diarrhoea and dysentery. From typhus, which ranged
in the same week of ten previous years from 22 to
83, the deaths returned last week were 33, or rather
less than the average ; but the mortality from
measles is at present rather above it. The only
complaint which is now fatal to a considerable extent
is bronchitis, from which 25 children under 15 years,
31 persons between 15 and 60, and 64 at 60 years
arid upwards, died in the week ; its increasing fatality
during the last three weeks, in which the weekly mean
temperature had been successively 33 deg., 35 deg.,
and 30 deg., is marked by the numbers returned,
namely, 78, 103, and in the last week 120. Pneu-
monia was fatal to 83 persons, one-half of whom were
children. The latter disease is now less than the
average, whilst the former is in excess. Of the 1,065
deaths 303 were those of persons of 60 years old or
upwards. A few facts are selected from the reports
made by the registrars. A child died of measles,
followed by dropsy, at Prince's-steet, Aldgate, in a
small room which is " very dirty, and has two fami-
lies, composed of eight persons, living and sleeping
in it. Air. Spencer adds, that " the deceased had
been lately under the care of the medical officer for
scald head ; the mother afterwards applied for
relief, but refused to enter the workhouse, and
neglected to take the child for further medical
advice." Mr. Bowring states that " the widow of
a grocer, aged 47, who died in the workhouse,
Kingsland-road, of diarrhcoa, was found by the me-
dical officer at 14, Glocester-street, Curtain-road, in
a very bad state, from the accumulation of filth in
different parts of her room, while her body, of which
the only covering was an old shirt, swarmed with
vermin." Mr. Matthews states that " a child died
of hooping-cough at 1, Tom's-buildings, Somers.
town, in a house consisting of two rooms, one of
which contained a privy, only separated by a par-
tition, no yard belonging to the premises. Ten per-
sons and sometimes more occupied the apartments,
and slept in four beds indiscriminately, and without
regard to age or sex." A child at Fulham died of
"debility," having been born prematurely in conse-
quence of the father being suddenly sent to prison.
Lincoln-court, in St. Giles's-in-the-fields, is reported
as " ill-cleansed and having much destitution." A
house, 21, Church-lane, is described by Mr. Simpson
as " overcrowded, ill-cleansed, and badly ventilated,"
and 12, Prospect-place, Stoke Newington, by Mr.
Yardley, as "overcrowded and unhealthy."
The mean daily height of the barometer was above
30 in. on Tuesday and Wednesday ; the mean was
29.821 in. The highest temperature was 38 deg. on
Sunday; the mean was never higher than 31.8 deg.
The lowest mean temperature occurred on Saturday,
when it was 28.7 deg., and lower by 7 deg. than the
average of the same day in seven years. On every
day the temperature was lower than the average.
, The mean of the week was 30.3 deg.