The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-15 00:00:00

L IVA Y RE IC URNS

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Jan. 8, 1842." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:—

Weekly
Total... Average

CAUSES OF JOBATif.

1838-94.0-
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 139 190
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 143 149
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heaq and Blood-vessels 25 18
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of
_Dir9on 73 61

Diseases of the ..idnoys &c. ... ........ ...., 5 4
Childbed, Disesies of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Diseases of Uncertain Seat l4O 104
Old Age, or Natural Decay 72 (39
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 40 . 25
Causes not specified 4 7 ,
Deaths from all causes 971 ---
Average Weekly Deaths .. 912
Average Population Deaths
_Weekly run- in ,
Deaths rncrated the
IE-3P-9-4C-1. Iml. Week.
West Districts—Kensington, Saint
George( Hanover-square ), West-
minster St. Martin in the Fields,
,

St. James
North Districts—St. Mary-le•bone
St. Pancras, Islington, Hackney 162 365,660 174
Central Districts—St. Giles and St.
George, Strand, Holborn, Clerk.
enwell, St. Luke, East London,
West London, City of London
East Districts—Shoreditch, Bethnal
Green, Whitechapel, St. George
in the East, Stepney, Poplar 206 392;491 223
South Districts—St Saviour, St.
Olave, Bermondsey, St. George,
Southwark, Newington.Lambeth,
Camberwell, Rotherhithe, Green-

wich

—....—
Total 912 1,570,727 971
It is slated that under the term Metropolis art comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Woitininster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—.
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Haintnersmitli(Chapelry), St. Luke (Ch elsea), Pad-
dington,,lSt. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brun
ley), 4iit.trdarr4e-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and •SS,t. Ratut(Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in. 11831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was
1,870,727. T'.- weekly average for 1838,1839, and 1840,
was 'obtained by dividing the deaths in the three years by 156.
TEMFERATUKE IN THE WEEKS ENDIN9 ••
,
Jan. 1.
`t' 41°
5.
47° , 41°
31 ' 28 '
39 34 '
13, 1842.

Highest
Lowest
Daily Mean . •••
General Register Office, Jan.

DRATH
lIIt .SKATING.---A fine young man,
mined Edward Balch, an apprentice to a carpenter at
Pickwick, near Corsham, was on Monday last drowned
whilst skating on the sheet of water in Lord Methuen's
park: The accident, it was stated, is wholly attributable)
to the ittpru.denee of a man named Hughes, who over-
looks-the grounds, and who, by drawing a water hatch
on Saturday, lowered the water seven or eight inches,
and thereby made the ice particularly dangerous.
Hughes had previously intimated to some young men of
the town who were skating that he would stop their
sport, and his carrying his intimation into effect has been
the cause of the fatal accident alluded to, besides some
narrow escapes. Verdict—" Accidental death." Hughes
was very closely examined at the inquest, and severely
reprimanded for his breach of authority. Lord Methuen;
so far from desiring to prohibit the amusement, had
always taken a pleasure, when at Corsham House, in
witnessing the numerous parties of skaters and sliders,
who are in the habit of congregating on that splendid
sheet of water during the hard weather.—Devizes Gazette.
COUNTY VOTERS.—We beg to remind Liberal
gentlemen who-intend to qualify themselves as county
voters at the next registration, that they must complete
their title to the property which they intend to qualify
them, on or before the thirtieth of this month, (January)
as -the'Reforin Act requires that the claimant who has
purchased his property, shall have been in possession of
his qualification for six months prior to the 31st July.
Such persona, therefore, have no time to lose. But in cases
where parties have come into possession of property that
will qualify them as, county electors, by devise, bequest,
marriage, marriage settlement, or promotion to a bene-
fice, even so late as the 19th of July, in any year, they
may claim to bo registered not later than the 20th of
that month, and will be entitled to be inserted.
DETENTION OF THE' MAlLS.—Yesterday
morning the mail trains on the London and Birmingham
Railway, and also those of the Great Western, which
should have arrived at six o'clock, did not, on account of
the heavy fall of snow, arrive until half-past seven. Tho
Worcester and Portsmouth mails did not arrive until
eleven, and at twelve o'clock there were upwards of a
dozen mails of the eastern and northern counties which
had not arrived at the General Post-office in St. Mar-
tin's-le-Grand. Some of the guards of the-mails which
have arrived, state that the roads in many places were
from five to six feet deep in snow, and in others drifted
to a great depth.—Railway Times.
POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.—In order
_ _

to provide accommodation for the numerous parties ap-
plying at the General Post-office for money-orders and
their payment, a commodious temporary wooden erection
was put up yesterday, which will remain there during
the winter months, for the purpose of affording shelter
and protection to persons who in consequence of the
great accession of business in this department, aro some-
times detained a long time.
'RAILWAYS IN IRELAND.—The Railway
Times states that it is in contemplation to impose an: ad-
ditional halfpenny on the postage of all Irish letters, for
the purpose of forming a fund to guarantee four per cent.
interest to the capitalists who have proposed to construct
railways in Ireland, under the terms specified in a Bill
lately introduced into Parliament, but not passed. It is
said that the original plan of mortgaging the county
rates has been found unpalatable, if not impracticable. .
SHOCKING DEATH OF AN AGED FEMALE
BY FlRE.—Yesterday forenoon an inquisition was taken
before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Marylebone Workhouse
Infirmary, on the body of Elizabeth Connold, aged 66,
who was burned to death. Maurice Eligott, of No. 4,
Highworth-street, Lisson-grove, stated that on Monday
evening last, about five o'clock, he was passing through
Stafford-street, which was near to his own dwelling,
when he observed a very strong light in the kitchen of
of No. 6, and on looking through the window, saw the
deceased standing at the sink, enveloped in flames, with
both arms raised above her head. He immediately
knocked at the doer, and on. its being opened raised an
alarm, when, rushing down stairs, he caught hold of the
hearth rug, which ho threw round deceased,_ and with
some difficulty succeeded in extinguishing the fire. She
was in Comfortable circumstances, and, was the:widow of
a servant of the Earl of Hare wood.--" Accidental death."
THE LAST FALL OF A DRUNKARD.--Last
evening- Mr. Payne held au.inquest:at Guy's Hospital,
on the body of Maria Hayward, aged 52. George Hay-
ward, husband of, deceased, said that about nine o'clock
on Thursday evening last he came home, and being the
worse for liquor, he lay down on his bed. His wife, with
her bonnet and shawl on, was sitting singing on a chair
before the fire. She was intoxicated, and had been so
ever since " boxing-day." He fell asleep and awoke at
eleven, and his wife was still sitting on the chair singing.
He asked her to come to bed, and she replied, " No, I
shan't." He again fell asleep, and did not awake until
four o'clock next morning. He call deceased, not finding
her in bed, and receiving no answer, ho got up, and
found her with her legs doubled under her, and her head,
face downwards, under the grate. She was dead. She
was addicted to gin drinking, and having had her head '
fractured whilst a girl, a little liquor had a great effect
upon her, and would make her fall head foremost. Ver-
dict, " Natural death."

ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BER.
MONDBEY.—Last night about half-past eight o'clock, a
most destructive fire broke out at the paper-mills of Mr.
Hunt, in the Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey. The fire
was first observed by one of the neighbours, who resided
in a cottage adjoining, and the flames appeared suddenly
to break lorth from the centre of the mill. An alarm
was immediately given, and several inhabitants residing
near the spot hastened thither, aad endeavoured to ex-
tinguish the flames, but the fire had taken such a firm
hold of the interior of the building, that all their efforts
were fruitless. In the meantime from the inflammable
nature of the buildings and stock, the flames shot up to
a eat height; and illuminated the atmosphere for a con-
siderable distance ; and the firemen from the various
stations, having been attracted by the strong glare of
light, hastened in that direction ; but, such was the ra-
pidity with which it burnt, that, before they could arrive,
the whole of the mill, with the machinery and contents,
was nearly consumed. The damage done is very con-
siderable, but it could not be ascertained whether Mr.
Huai is. insured.

We extract 'from the Railway Magazine the sums
received on the principal RailVvays of Great Britain
for.the.week ending on the day of the month prefixed
to each. _The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
chandise :
Week
ended

Name of Railway. Miles Total. Opened. £. s. d.
... Birmingham & Derby Junct 384. No returns
Jan. 7 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,383 5 8
2 Brandling Junction 25 729 1 7
8 Chester and Birkenhead ..
.. Dundee and Arbroath
9 Eastern Counties
8 Glasgow and Ayr .. ..... ••• 4O 1,040 2 10
8 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 224 785 6 10
1 Grand Junct , Chester &Crewe 1034 .6,559 13 5
.. Great North of England 45 No returns
9 Great Western
8 Hull and Selby
8 Lancaster & Preston Junction 204 440 2 11
7 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,090 2 1
8 London and Birmingham.— 1124 11,988 4 6
13 London and Blackwall 34 509 10 3
8 London and Brighton
8 Ditto Shoreham Branch ...••• 54 98 19 5
11 London and Croydon
13 London and Greenwich 34 751 11 3
8 London and South Western
7 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 701 3 104
10 Manchester & Birmingham
8 Manchester and Leeds
8 Midland Counties ... 57 2,064 12 6
... Newcastle and Carlisle ......
9 Northern and Eastern
8 North Midland
7 North Union
8 Preston and Wyre 194 197 11 9
10 Sheffield and Manchester 7 207 18 5
9 Ulster ...
8 York and North Midland 23 1,208 11 6