The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-20 00:00:00

WltoTnAm.—The bine in this parish is looking
very healthy and growing fast, but the grounds which
were cut up last year are looking weak. At present
we are tolerably free from vermin.
HADLOW.—The hops are doing very well, though
not quite free from vermin. IVe find two or three
fly on a leaf in some grounds.
HORSMONDEN.—The hop bines in this parish are in
a very flourishing state, and are quite clear of vermin.
MEREWORTEL—The hop bine in this parish is
looking promising, although there are some backward.
The sprinkle of fly continues. The late few cold
days and nights have given the leaves rather a yellow
tinge. There are some difficulties for them to en-
counter yet, the mould having made its appearance.
WATERINDUIT AND TESTON.—The hops in these
parishes are looking extremely well, are very free
from vermin, and the bine grows extremely luxuri-
antly.

LIOLLINGDOURNE.-Our hops are looking very
healthy. A few fly have made their appearance.
'WITHAM AND SEAL.—The bine in this district is
looking healthy and growing fast, with scarcely any
fly ; not more than one being found on a leaf in the
most sheltered situations.

ROLVENDEN.—The bines in this parish are growing
very fast. We have a little fly, but none to hurt at
present. A good crop is anticipated.
TENTERDEN.—The hops are looking remarkably
has as yet well,appeared.
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space, and very little, if any, fly
W ELL9.—The bine grows vigorously,
in most grounds topping the poles. We have little
or no fly at present.

EDENBRIDGE.—The bine grows very fast at pre-
sent, and in general has a very favourable appearance.
FARNIIAM, ALTON,
.—The is growi very
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THE HEALTH OF LONDON.
(From the Return of the Registrar-General.)
In
inthe week ending last Saturday the deaths regis-
tered the metropolitan districts were 800. Taking
the 10 corresponding weeks of 1840-9, it appears that
the deaths were never lower than 750, which occurred
in 1841, when the population was less than at pre-
sent; and that they rose in 1848 to 1,000. The
average of the 10 weeks is 851, or, raised iu propor-
tion toincrease of population, 928 ; there was, there-
fore, a
.decrease last week on the corrected average
amounting to 128. In the symotic or epidemic class
of diseases the deaths enumerated were 167 ; and of
special complaints which it comprises, small-pox was
fatal to 9 children, and scarlatina to 19, both still
considerably ug.
under the average ; measles was fatal to
cough to 30, both of which are near
the usual amount. Typhus, on the other hand, seems
to prevail more fatally ; in the last three weeks it car-
ried off successively 26, 39, and 43 persons, and has now
risen rather above the average of the 10 corresponding i
weeks, n which it varied from 17 to 69. One person
died of ague and 2 of remittent fever ; 2 of influenza
and lof purpura. On the sth of June, at 13, Tys-
sen-street, Bethnal- green, the son of a comb-maker,
aged 2 years, died of cholera after 53 hours' illness.
Diarrhcsa and dysentery were fatal to 18 persons, all
except 5 having been children ; this is not quite equal
to the number registered in the same week of 1847-9;
in the corresponding week of last year 38 deaths
occurred from the two complaints, and at the same
time 42 were caused by cholera. Last week 10
women died after childbirth, in 6of which cases
puerperal fever was the cause of death. Diseases' of
the respiratory organs, exclusive of consumption,
were fatal in 92 cases ; their gradual decline as the
temperature increases is shown by the numbers re-
turned in the last five weeks, namely, 145, 138, 105,
94, and 92. The mortality of consumption is still
below the average ; the number of fatal cases last
week was 129. Five women were registered last
week who had reached 90 years of age or upwards.
On the 10th of June, at 5, Britannia-gardens, St.
Mary, Marylebone, the widow of a labourer died from
"decay of nature," after having lived, if such state.
ments, without the corroboration of registers of births
or baptisms, can be credited, to the extraordinary age
of 110 years and 5 months. Her name was Catherine
O'Flaherty ; she was a native of Claymorris, of the
county of Mayo, in Ireland, and " continued," adds
i Mr. Martin, the registrar, " n full possession of her
faculties, and two days before her death could thread
a needle without the aid of spectacles." Her son, who
made this statement to him, is a labourer, and is 67
years old. A woman, aged 40, died in the London
Hospital, to which she had been brought from Bow, of
" inflammation of the arm from the sting of a bee."
A young woman was found dead in a dust bin, from
suffocation produced by a fall under the influence of
what the coroner's jury describe as an "alcoholic
fluid." Four children were suffocated in bed.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED Ili
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1850.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *167
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• ••• ••• 36
Tubercular Diseases ... ... ..• ••• ..• 163
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 94
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 39
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ••• ••• •.• ••• •.. 92
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ••• ... .•• ••• ••• 55
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
•• , ••• ••• 11
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... ... 15
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Malformations Diseases of
. .
Skin,&..c. :.. .. .....• .... ::::•
Premature Birth ... ...
..
...
... 29
Atrophy
... 9
Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 35
Sudden ... ... ... ...
••• ... ... .. 13
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance . 32
Causes not specified .., „.
...
••• ••• 1

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 800
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week in the
1841. of 1849. Week
West Districts... 301,189 . . 153
... 126.
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 158 ..• 175
Central Districts 374,199 ... , 163 ... 115
East Districts ... 3113,067 '... 181 ' ... 166
south Districts.. 503,346 ... 257 ... 218

Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 912 ... 800
Males ••• ••• ... 405
Females
... 395

Burrns IN THE WEEK.
Males ... 688
Females 572

Total ..• 1,260
*ln this number are included 19 by Scarlatina, 43
by Typhus Fever, 17 by Diarrhcea, and 1 by Cholera.

CEREMONY OF LAYING THE FOUNDATION-
STONE OF THE CHAPEL AND SCHOOL AT
GELLYGAER. -
TO THE EDITOR OF THE CARNARVON HERALD.
Sir,—The accession of Dr. 011ivant to the Bishopric
of Llandaff occurred at a period when several interest-
ing events awaited the presence of the Lord Bishop for
their successful completion. It took place, also, at a
juncture when the clergy and laity were earnestly dis-
cussing the necessity of some one being elevated to the
prelacy acquainted with the language chiefly spoken in
the diocese.

"At half-past ten o'clock, Divine service was read in
Welsh, in the parish church, by the rector; after which
the Bishop preached in Welsh, from the Ist and 2d
'verses of the 127th Psalm. _ .

"Mr. George Thomas read an address in Welsh to the
Bishop, earnestly thanking his Lordship for the part be
had taken in that day's service.
" His Lordship expressing himself too diffident as to
his acquaintance with the Welsh language yet to at-
tempt an impromptu address in that tongue, acknow-
ledged the compliment which had been paid him in
English ! !"
The above extract from the Alonmouthshire Merlin,
and Merthyr Guardian South Wales papers, will best
prove that the New bishop of Llandaff is net " master
,
of the Welsh language," which was so positively as-
serted when the Premier determined to have him ele-
vated to the . bishopric of Llandaff, and so flatly
contradicted in these columns, by those who, it appears,
were well informed on the subject. We leave it to our
readers to devise how it is possible for the Bishop of
Llandaff, or any other man, to compose and write a
sermon which ho read himself, and yet be unable to
reply to a simple Welsh address, which he honestly
confessed he was totally unable to do. What would
be said in England of the appointment of a bishop, or
any other divine, who, after preiching an English set- 1
mon from the 'pulpit, declared he would only answer
an English address in Welsh? But it appears where
Wales is Concerned,
any qualification will do, no matter
how well known the deficiency, or how public the
failure. It will now be seen the letter addressed to
the Archbishop of Canterbury, which first appeared in
The Sun, before the Bishop of Llandaff's consecra-
tion, to protest against his being installed without exa-
mination as to the truth of his being " master of the
Welsh language,"
was written with reason ; but, of
course, the • suggestion was not attended to, because it
would have proved that the great boon Lord J. Russell
was affecting to give Wales, and which some of our
simple-hearted countrymen were about to thank him fur
on trust, was a mere hoax, and a trial of their credulity.
We sub,oin Mr. Thomas's address in Welsh, to which
the Bishop, after preaching a Welsh sermon, professed
his inability to reply:—
" EY'ra Arglwydd Esgob, brodyr parchedig,
pl wy filion yn gyffiedin,—Mae genym ni echos i
lud yn ddiolcbgar, ac i lawenhatt fod yr eraser
wedi dyfod, a'r acblysur wedi digwydd i ni gael
y fraint i wraudo ein Esgob yn Ilefaru yn eglwys
ein plwyf yn yr iaith Gymraeg. NIA ydwyf
fi yn un o'r Thai sydd yn meddwl fod yr
iaith Gymraeg yn un o'r pethau mwyaf angen-
rheidiol i beri Esgob fod yn addas i gyllawni ei swydd
bwysfawr yn effeithiol. Ond os cair Esgob yn ddeaslus
ac yn ddysgedig yn holl ieithoedd gwreiddiol yr y,_
grythyrau, yr ydwyf yn cyfrif fod gwybodaeth o'r iaith
Gymraeg yn serchus ac yn dra oymeradwy gyda ni y
Cymry.
" EY'lin Arglwydd Esgob,—Yn enw yr edrychwyr
o'r elusondeb, ac
yn enw y plwyf yn gyfiredie, yr
ydwyf yn cymeryd arnaf, yu oseyngedig, i roddi mawr