The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-26 00:00:00

chants, and business is good in the warehouses, both
for the home and shipping trade.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY by MISTAKE

The following singular adventure is related in the
French journals :—A party of gentlemen met a few
did s since for a day's shooting in the neighbourhood
of Montereau. The house in which the sportsmen
spent the night was situate half-way up a declivity
overlooking the high road. At about two o'clock in
the morning one of the inmates hearing a noise, raised
a cry that their vehicle was being stolen. The party
were soon astir, and hearing a noise of wheels as
of a coach going off, seized their weapons and rushed
out in pursuit of the thieves, whom they soon suc-
ceeded in coming up with, thanks to a cross cut.
The first of the party on the spot immediately seized
the horses' heads and stopped the carriage short. The
people inside the carriage upon this immediately be-
gan to cry'' Thieves !"—adegreeof audacity at which
our sportsmen grew exaeperuted, and cocking their
guns they levelled them at the driver. The latter per-
:onage, together with the individuals inside the car-
riage, were seized with terror at this demonstration,
and precipitating themselves from their seats,
rushed off into a neighbouring coppice, where they
were presently lost sight of. Congratulating them-
selves on the recovery of their carriage, the sports-
men returned with it in triumph dead beaten, but
swelling with pride at their exploit. It was now
determined the carriage should be safely secured in
the coachhouse, but what was their surprise at finding
the place already occupied by their own carriage,
which the servant had placed there the night before
without their knowledge. The cry of " thieves,"
which they had considered as the height of audacity
on the part of the travellers, was now accounted fur,
and the gentlemen thus interrupted in their journey
were the bona fide owners of the carriage which they
h,d been but too glad to abandon, in order to save
their lives threatened by a band of armed ruffians.
The affair was serious, and in order to avoid the accu-
sation of robbery on the Republic's highway, accom-
panied with violence and other aggravating circum-
stances, it was deemed expedient before retiring to
rest to knock up the authorities and apprise them of
the circutmtanccs on which they relied for their
defence.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGIS CERES) IN

'IIIE WEEK ENDING} SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 150.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases —.196
Diseases of Uncertain Seat 40
TuLercular Diseases ... ... ... ... ... 162
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 118
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 28
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ... ••• ... •• • ••• 88
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... ... 44
Diseases of' the Kidney s, &c. • • ... ... 11
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, ezc. 8
Diseases of the Joints, BOnes, and Muscles ... 7
Diseases of the Skin, &c. 3
Malformations... ... 4

Premature Birth ... ... .. ... ... 30
Atrcphy ... ... ... ... ... ... 24
Old Age ... ... ... ... ... ... 43
Sudden ... ... ... ... ... ... 11

Vio'.ence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 3G
Causes not specified ... ... ... ... 5

DEATHS FRON ALL CAUSES ... 858
Population Deaths In cone- Deaths
Enumerated, hpoLdinz wcel in the
1841. of 1849. Week.
West District's._ 301,189 . . 215 ... 119
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 277 ... 167
Central Districts 374,199 ... 271 ... 132
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 449 ... 213
South Districts.. 503,346 ... 769 ... 227

Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,981 ... 858
Males ... 460
Females 398