The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-04 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY.

The market to-day has again advanced, and price,' have
an upward tendencv. Town Tallow is quoted 42.. 6d. nett
cash; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 435. to 43.. 6d.; Octo-
ber to December, 425. Pd. w 435. ; Janu..ry to March, (18.53),
43e. 6d.

NB ARTS.

THE ART-UNION ENORAVING.—The Art-Union
have this year made their subscribers a present of
an engraving by W. Finden of Hilton's " Cruci-
fixion." The merits of the painting aro too well
known to need enumeration here. Tito engraver's
part has been admirably performed, and altogether
the plate is by far the moat valuable that has issued
from the society, who can scarcely fail to increase
their hat of subscribers when they issue such works of
art as this.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

The official return says :—The mortality of Lon-
don has varied little daring the last three weeks of October.
lu the week that ended last Saturday the deaths from all
causes amounted to 1090. In the ten corresponding weeks
of the years 184241 the average number of deaths regis-
tered was 1161, which if raised, for comparison with the
prcent mortality, according to increase of population,
becomes 1,057. Hence it appears that last week', return
is slightly in exemeofthe eorrected average.
In comparing the results of the tut two weeks a de-
crease is perceptible in the aggregate of mortality from
epidemics, which is principally owing to the continued de-
cline of diarrheas, though it will be seen that scarlatina
shows no abatement, but makes considerable progress, and
last week numbered upwards of 100 deaths. The fatal
cases of this epidemic were in the last three weeks, 73, 92,
104. The Registrars in their notes refer to its runes in
particular house. Influenza is recorded in 4 cases
last week; diarrhea in 17, which is only half the number
of the preceding week. Five children and two adults lied
of small-pox; amongst these was a man, aged 28 years,
who died of confluent small-pox, never having been vacci-
noted, and of whom it is stated that he bore the mark, of
an attack which he had six years before.
A great increase is now observed in deaths referred to
diseases of the respiratory organs, the number in the pre-
vious week having been 209, in the last 262. Bronchitis,
which is the principal complaint, rose from 92 to 124,
and prieumonia from 96 to 109. Aged people have suffered
chiefly.
The following are two deaths from cholera registered in
the week:
In Millbank Prison, a prisoner, aged 63 years, died on
18th August of "English cholera (6 days)" Inquest.
Post awrtem.
In Saint George-in-the-East, at 10, Cannon-street-road,
the wife of a shipowner, aged 61 years, " English cholera
(one week)."
With reference to Bowman's-place North, Islington,
where a death occurred, Mr. Butterfield says—. This street,
which is a new one, is ankle deep with mud and water, and
I shall be much surprised if I have not soon some cues of
typhus here."
Laat week the births of 886 boys and 714 girls, in all 1,400
, children, were registered in London. The average number
in seven corresponding weeks of the years 1845-51 was
1,400.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
I of the barometer in the week was 29.278 in. The mean
temperature of the week was 45.8 deg. The mean daily
t temperature, which was 49.4 deg. on Sunday, fell to 41•6
deg on Wednesday, which is 6.2 deg. below the average,
rose on Thursday to 48 deg., which Is about the ge,
fell on Friday to 41 deg., and again rose on Saturday to
• 52.6 deg., which is about 6 deg. above the average. The
wind blew from the north-west on Thursday, and in the
t same direction on part of the days preceding and following,
and generally from the south-west during the rest of the
• week. The rain that fell in the week amounted to 2.01
• inches.