The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-06 00:00:00

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tiO re all English audience. The success which attended
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4440YD's SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.)
Lo •
cloud,, °N, SEPT. 6.—Wind southerly, light breezes, and
Foster, SEPT. 5.--Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Sarah,
,ter. Matanzas.
Ruevini ARTMOUTH, SEPT. s.—Arrd. Finland, Cadiz for
lia,gfors, with bows stove and considerable damage,
4411 g been in contact with a large ship last night, Port-
bearing W. I N., distant about eight miles.
Lll PEXZANCE.—Volunteer, Mauritius ;May 25).
b:1,1111POOL, SEPT. s.—Wind E.S.E., fresh.—Arrd.
doev:l:lPwt, Parry Bombay Iligginson, Hogg, Barba-
after being, ashore for an hour, but without ap-
lejl:llist damage. Sld. Lady Lilford and Sir Peregrine,
; Agnes, Bahia ; John Cuming, Savannah ;
Atliner, Warsaw, and Providence, New York • Eliza
Co!el and her Majesty's ship Alcyon, St. John's,
Ltirgiirt(, SEPT. 3.—Arrd. Fiita, Bayley, Cuba, for Ham-
kleta,R°;°4llA.VEN, SEPT. 2.—Arrd. Frankland, Christie,
W,''a• Off, Ennerdale, Boodle, Calcutta.
.sTr.ortT, SEPT. 2.—Sld. Victoria, Quebec.
ZLUST, SEPT. 3.—Arrd. Emulous, Barbadoes.
CI Pl' SEPT. 4.—The Christiana, Pitcairn, from the
)144e to Demerara, went on the rocks N. of Lady Isle,
SETroon, this morning, but is expected off next tide.
/ieE4T°l4l BAY, AXMOUTH, AUG. 31. Arrd. Alert,
Port, leaky, and must discharge.
Vgastlt\VlCH, SEPT. s.—Arrd. Caroline, Behrendt
, Very leaky, and sails damaged.

The in the METROPOLIS
4tte f
t, (Mowing are the results of 4, A Table of Mortality
kit 6. Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
ZlstAtlses registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
th:
Rest,
1844." The Table is issued from the Office
• AegistrarGeneral

Weekly

Total. Average of
E • Five years.
Dpl deki ;Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 225 178
0tt.,2 of variable or uncertain seat B5 111
oigi;7s Of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses ll9 157
It'" of the Lungs, and other Organs of
"Piration 196 286
ile7,+ of the Heart and Blood-vessels 23 21
0r73. of the Stomach, Liver, and other
bistB 113,0 f Diction 65 69
5

CAUSES OF DEATH.

eiiiiiii,.:4 of the . Adneys, &c 6
bin.--"lth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 8 10
bisi-Lies of the Joints Bones, and Muscles 6 6
OirsA es of the Skin, &c 0 1
liy v4,g!, or Natural. Decay 39 71
Coience, Privation, or Intemperance
81)ecified. .
L4,1,...77-rora all Causes 798 946
rEOI.I THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER
THE ABOVE HEADS.

Total.
.... 116

Consumption
Scarlatina
Pneumonia .
Dropsy 12
Tooping Cough l2
Yphus 22
36
titan Pox
21
Disease of the Heart
keasles 2l
„.(Poplexy
7
suiseases of the Brain
Marrlicea..
sudden Deaths

Weekly Average
of Five Years.
147
34
79

DISTRICTS.

rWest
.
N-orth..."
Central '''
48t.
Betttli . •

~ 129 138
~ 158 171
.. 132 188
.. 174 207
„ 205 242

Total .............».. 798 946

Paluvn()°,l)cocii.s.—A few days ago, the proprietor of
4talCuill, C. P. Airston, Esq., received by an Edin•
Khoo Coach, from his estate in Stirlingshire, a box o
kb'frand upon the top of it, what is exceedingly rare
a beautiful woodcock, the best of the three
the--a described by Latham. The stranger so early
1a.041 season must either have returned to Scotland
at hottturelY, or have been of a brood that remained
orlon rn,e over winter. In the books it is stated truly
the 44 that the woodcock is migratory, and during
katees_Yele of the seasons visits a vast variety of
• ti; Generally, it leaves the countries bordering.
Wiste Baltic, late in autumn, on the appearance of
to at rs-arriving not in flocks, but dropping in singly,
*lltl tort in pairs, from the middle of October till the
st:becernber. It is a great mistake, however,
Ileitrrse, as Bewick does, " that they do not remain
40tott'‘e shores to take their rest longer than a day, but
11 ;„(41,1Y find themselves sufficiently recruited to pro-
ttliezZtand to the same haunts they left the preceding
stance So far from this, woodcocks in the first in-
/Pell betake themselves to the hills and moors, where
th tve
Itt it repeatedly seen them in so exhausted a state
its ,would be easy to seize one by placing a bat over
iligh,4" Torpidity, or an approach to it aft so long a
rowrontinues nearly a week ; rest is then the git
h %neat, although something may be got from pick-
of
sza4rPrhel2ation
either bushes • and it is not until after this period
that Woodcocks wing their way to the
iavnty-ataan, d b_osky dells below, situated at some ten or
1, lies distance.—Duinfries Courier.
tOiltrol LATE JOSEPH BONAPARTE.--The Debat.s
ot,A -diets, on the authority of a letter from Italy, the
%kJ:tient that Prince Joseph Bonaporte had bequeathed
wooor. to his brother Jerome ex-lUng of Westphalia.
ge left him simply a sn ff b
tir4l u ox, as a mark of his affec-
z , and another to Prince Louis. The fortune of
sseph, the letter says, is far from being so considerable
▪ Was stated.
tka, Cetintous FREAK.--As a gentleman was some
Passing through Tyndall's Park, about the
e of the day, he saw a shoemaker's lad coolly milk-
lior: -cow into a new pair of boots, which he was taking
T°llto a customer at Clifton.—Bristol Gazette.
the , DUTIES ON BOOKS AND ENGRAVINGS.—On
ih ult. an Act came into force, entitled " An Act
thle-,e, under certain circumstances, the duties pay-
Ilia 'Pon books and engravings." The object of this
to etltgt is to enable her Majesty, by Orders in Council,
tithlttrq out the Act of last year on international. copy-
tigT; to declare that the authors, inventors, designers,
of -"erS, or makers of any books, prints, or other works
the rt first published in any foreign country, shall have
IkehPrivilege of copyright therein, then and in every
ties ease it shall be- lawful for her Majesty, by any Or-
lio4:1' Orders in Council, to declare that in respect of
"nd prints, or either of them, published in and
toZted from such foreign country, the duties of Cuss
tes,ll,e,w' payable on the importation of books and printsltek
shall, from and after a time to be named
Orders, altogether cease and determine, and that in
tisk thereof there shall be payable on such books or
fortil& respectively such duties of Customs as are set
1:14)1,1,,,the schedule annexed to the Act. Her Majesty
Nisi-Trice the duties on books and prints in favour of
th
IN. Les with which her Majesty has treaties of reci-
e prod Les
The Orders in Council are to be published in
11t1;"(lon Gazette. By the schedule, the duty on works
,orka
language of the country of export, or on original
Corks that country in the dead languages, or on other
tieso,"ll the dead languages, with original commenta-
otvhreduced in that country, to be 15s. the cwt.; on
kV works published in the country of export, if
to ell
the year 1801, to be 20s. the cwt.; if printed in
Illtire 1801, 50s. the cwt. On prints and drawings,
Neil Or coloured, the duty on each to be one halfpenny
eo'4," on bound and sewed three halfpence the dozen.
q OrC'lSlos BETWEEN STEAMERS. —On Thursday
ttvelis_g, about eight o' clock, a dangerous, and might
isueen fatal, collision took place in our river, near
Pre, wder House, between the Severn iron steamer,
,by LIM by the screw, and the Usk, which is propelled
104',dles. It appears that the two vessels, which be.
list'o rival companies, and trade between Newport and
iji 4°, left their several ports early on Thursday morn-
litiviu,e Severn (screw steamer) having left Newport for
aloe t'it between six and seven o'clock, with between fifty
411rists,„:11...tY passengers ; and the Usk the basin, at the
40 km' ttotwells, with about seventy-nine passengers on
the b, at twenty minutes after seven, in company with
sZresford, bound for Swansea. On the Usk arriving
point Mills reach, the Severn came suddenly round the
eats;'; and struck the Usk about the larboard gangway,
las'it`tig away the whole of the upper works, &c., of her
'he tXr, and forcing the frame work into her cabin
the -eek is described as having been a most fearful one,
,el'aseTarO iron bow of the Severn tearing away and
Itir„--'og the bulwarks and timbers of the Usk like a
UeQt although much alarmed, no acci-
sk Loccurred to the passengers ; and the injury to the
,(0n1,,,""1ng confined to the upper works, she was enabled
• s'eed on her voyage. The Severn was compara-
to 4,uninjured. It would be idle in us to speculate as
thleh party was to blame in the matter, which may
utie„t subject of closer investigation before a legal tri-
i\r•--Bristol Gazette.
cty fkil.ts.—Extract of a recent letter from this
1147-" There are several English families residing at
Perielaniara, the marine resort of the fashion at this
Ilooltkl„ • Lord and Lady Brabazon have just sustained a
be-„stic bereavement by the death of their eldest child,
f ;11t1ful boy in the sixth year of his age. It is only
I,Wheo n weeks back that Lord and Lady Thomas Hay,
.e•itst-nre located there, lost their two eldest sons. The
tatel s'lld Countess of Meath are expected here next
sLady',,,to meet Lord and Lady Brabazon. Lord and
alpole have lately arrived, as also the llon.
base ?ellew. Lady Walpole was confined a few days
ilert:,l4 your readers may be interested to know that
ably. '`'.,ahip and infant are both progressing favour-
ticath "'Ord and Lady Holland came from Florence last
1'1%4' and her Ladyship is gradually improving in
bet •t-- The King and Queen are still at Castellamara,
lestil-'s rumoured in the court circles that their Ma-
v4iiee; Contemplate shortly to visit the Emperor and
Atepn-e,ss of Austria at Vienna, after the return of their
80t4r`cal Majesties from Trieste. There is certainly
tatio-,'°undation for this Royal movement, as prepa-
bekt;„B
_are about to be made fur a journey the middle of
-4"Rth.
, FRAMEWORK-KNITTERS' COMMISSION.— R.
og tre,rulge, the Commissioner, has now been to most
cites .principal places in the county, but the inquiry ex-
eolerdwe or no attention. Twenty years since such a
taanui.ssion of investigation would have caused the whole
/vorl:ctuting interest to be in motion, but now, the
4Lti-en, dispirited with so many disappointments and
lost sole
attempts to obtain relief from Government, have
"ate I"ufidence in the upper classes of society.
.This
h °f
feeling is so revalent, that the Commissioner
att,,e'd recourse to summonses in compelling persons to
G- to give evidence.—Nottingham Reiew.
411" SUOOTING EXTRAORDINARY.—On
20th inst , near Longford, Henry Montford,
Nvect: eldest son of iienry Montfort, Esq., of Middletown,
444 out to shoot on his father's grounds at six o.'clock.
per'' and returned at half-past four, having in that
Cork Ss:Zt ern: Eleespsorttehrtin forty-two pair of grouse.—