The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-13 00:00:00

MORTALITY in the METUOPOL,

The following are the results of " A Table of MortaAtls;
the Metropolis, ;honing the Number of Deaths from all Oleo
Registered in the week ending Aug. 6, 1842." Ihe Tab
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General :
week!).
Average,
I&3s-9 411
r---"--rur
your I -°-,
Summers YiTo
Epidemic, 1'• ndemie. & Contagious Diseases 198 1_9‘,1 149
Diseases of the brain, Nerves, and Senses 147 I"
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of 019 268
Respiration -
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion
Diseases ut the tildnoys, &c. 7 4 10
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 5 8
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and 31uscles 4 5 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c 3 1 mi
Diseases of Uncertain Seat. ll4 95 In
O'd Age, or Natural Decay 56 54 67
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern-
pet once
Causes not specified '2 6 '
Deaths from all causes
Average Weekly Deaths 846 77p
Fooulation: Average De;in.
enu Weedy 4,
DISTRICTS. meratl Med Deaths ',/,
11,4. -1.
West—Kensington, St. George r ----"-----,
( Hanover-square), Westmin- Four Four .
.
ster, St..llai tin in the Fields, Ye r,lSuminersl3°
St. James
North— St. Mary-le•bone, St 147
Pancras, IslirL ton, Hackney 365,660 162 149 "
CEntral—Sait.t Giles and Saint

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Total.

George, Strand, Clerkenwell,
Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon-
__

don, West Londo'n, City of
London 373,806
East—Shoreditch,Whitechapel,
Bethnal Green, St. George

174 165

in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,49
South—St Saviour, St. °lave,
St. George( Southwark), Bar-
mond,ey, Newington. Lam-
beth, Camberwell, Rother-
hithe, Greenwich .............x,060

19d 20

173
203
890,

Total 1,870,727 912 846 doe
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprise,
or
32 dist”icta herein mentioned, which include the City of'
01
don with and without the wal6' the City and Libertifi,
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mort*lloo,
and the parishes of St. Maryiebone, St. Pancras. !Coollto
Fulham, Hammersmith Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea) N.
oi,
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. LeonaMSP2lii
ley), St. Alary-le-bow, Catnberw.ll, Greenwich, St. Pliet— so
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The populstlgri.lo
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890, and in June 18411 orl
1,870,727. The weekly averege tot 1838, 1839, 184°:,.. Di
1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths ii, the four ye'"
208, and the deaths in the four winter. by 52.
TEMPERATUItE IN THE WEEK.; ENDING
i Jury 30. Aug. 6.
80`) 82'
50 55 . .
63 66 ..
11. 1642.

Highest
Lowest .
Daily Mean .
General Register Office, Aug.

CP
THE " MARCH Or INTELLECT."--_->,n instance
gross superstition occurred at Market Rasen last we's,',.¢,
man named Hadley, a brickmaker, resitting in that
yhe
has been for the last four years in a low state of lwaltll.o,
attributed his affliction to the agency of witchcraft, and of
tually ac,used his own mother, an inoffensive and .11°1 4
womanwomanfilo residing in Rasa], with practising it. The -Jed
absurd and nonsensical remedies were tried the
man and his family to drive away the " spirit of evort'g
horse-shoes were nailed to the door ; a bottle WO //f of
reversed over the fire-place, having the cork stuck fo"d,
pins; and the poor old woman was even cruelly whLPP-$ll
as she states, Radley's wife through the streets, but, he
to no purpose. The man got no better, and at leng"l re.
determined to try the last, and, as he believed, suireid
medy, namely. " to draw blood from the witch." 111,„-,t.,
met his mother in the street on Wednesitty, the 13th -"-be
he accosted her, and, offering his hand, asked hoc sot
was. Surprised at the sudden chaage In his behavic
(for he had not spoken to her for two years hef.l
though living close by), and suspecting some evil ties'
she attempted to pass him without accepting his prle I
hand,. whereupon he seized hold of her, and 10/re.twof
two deep scratches on one of her arms witlythe to tin" fa.
some very sharp instrument, which he had co.nces7Lid;
his hand. The wounds bled profusely .—.Boston .
A medal is to be struck at the Mint in COMlnel.-
r er
ration of the deatn of the Duke of Orleans, o'g the
design of M. Montagny, showing on one side 9,1
bust of the Duke, with this inscription---,, Ferdin:„
Pb. L. C. Duc d'Orleans, Prince Royal, ne le 3 St's:
tembre, 1810, mort le 13 Juillet, 1842 ;" .1
and on the
verse an Urn, surrounded with funereal ornaments, t"to
a wreath, with the following quotation applied by Tael 0
to Germanium :—"lllacrytnablint quondam Florente_ei
et tot bellorum superstitem—etiam (Natio". ignoti.
still unknown will bewail the fate of him who wag 'to
so powerful, and who escaped from so many wars.),
the exergue are placed the words of the Queen—" l'4°
etions trop heureuz et trop fiers de lui ; Dieu not!0 1
enleve."

BIRTHS.
On the 10th inst., at Shaftesbury House, Bayswatert tb°
lady of Thomas Davidson, M D., of a daughter.
On the 10th inst., at Sir William :Ullman's, Bart., Piaoer.
grove, the lady of William Milman, Esq., of a son.
On the 10th inst., at East Villa Lodge-place, Regent r
park, the Lady Louisa Rabett, of a son.
On the Ist inst., at Haverforthrtst, the lady of John &Oh
EN , one of her Majesty's Counsel, of a daughter.
On the 9th inst., in Doughty-street, Mrs. George Addigolh
of a daughter.
On the 10th inst., at Hatton, Middlesex, Lady Pollock, of
a daughter.
On the joth inst., at Muswell.hill, Mrs. P. S. Punnetfr
of a son.

M4RRIED.
On the 17th of May, at the Residency at Owalior,
Charles James Bean, 61st R.giment Bengal Native Infant'!'
to Isabella, third daughter of Licutenant-Colonel Speirs.
dent at the Court of Scindiah.
Lieutt inapt

On Ihe 9:11 inst.,,at Leamington, Hurnphril
DIED.
of Nether-hall, Cumberland. grove,
On the ltith inst., .-pringfield-terraee. Camb"""P"
Emms Sophia. eldest dim ht . f J L. Al. W)att, Esti.
g.r.o J.
- -I
Sent:oust, Esq.,

London Printed ant Published by 31E1111)0 YOUNG, ^'
O. 112, Strand, at The SUR Office, No. 112, Straud,l°
the County of midige,ea, Saturday, August 13, 1d42.