The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-28 00:00:00

HEALTH OA LONDON.

It appears from the weekly return of the
ltegistrwr•Genenl that the deaths in London in the week
that ended on Saturday were 1,246. The average number
in ten corresponding weeks (viz., the forty-third in each of
the years 1853-69) is, with a correction for increase of
population, 1,188. The actual return exceeds by 58 the
result obtained by calculation. There were 24 deaths from
email-pox, which continues slowly to decline. In two uses
it was stated that the persons who suffered hail been pre.
'Made vaccinated. Thirteen of the 24 oases occurred in
the north district*, but of that another 5 were in the Sala.
pox Hospital. Scirlativa was fatal in 1.16 cases ;of which
5 were in the rectory sub-district Marylebone, 4 in Kentish-
town. 9 in Islington, 6 in West London, 8 in Bethnal.
green, 4 in Limehome, 4 in Mile-end Old.town East, and 7
in Bow. Out of re death• registered in the week in the
subdistrict of St. John, Westruirster, 7 were rom scarlet' ea,
3 from whoopiog•cough, and 2 from measles ; about half of
the total number having been from those epidemic*.
Several houses have suffered severely from scarlatina. A
female died at the age of 92 ears ; two widows at 90 years ;
a third at 96 ; a fourth at 98, and a fifth at 100 veers of
age. The centenariao bad lived at Chaltonotreet, Somers-
town. Her hither died when he was 90 years old ; her sister
at 98. She was born near Somerset House on the Bth
October, 1763. . . . .

Lot week the Liths of 1,003 bop; and 918 girls, in all
1.9:il children, were registered in London. In the tea cor-
responding weeks of the sears:W:4.62 the average nutuler
corrected) was 1,889.

ROBBERY OF MONEY AND JEWELLERY PROM
A TOMB.

Yesterday afternoon Charles Bird, a young men,
formerly a draper's assistant, was charged before Mr.
Bodies Q.C., and a foil 'peach of magistrates, in quarter
sessions, at Bury St. Edmund's, with baying broken open
and entered • tomb on or about the 30th of June last, in the
parish of MildeoLall, and stolen therefrom a quantity of
jewellery. coins, and money buried therein with the body of
Mr. Jonathan Cbilderstoue. Mr. Buliver was counsel for
the prosecutiosi, and the prisoner was undefended. It
appeared that Mr. Jonathan Childerstone, a wealthy evident
in the outlying district of Mildenball, was buried last
January in the cemetery of that place, in a leaden coffin.
The body was attired in a suit of black, and before the
coffin lid was fastened on his widow sew deposited by the
side of the remains of her husband 40/. in gold, some
watches, chains, rings, scarf pins sod other jewsllay, and
other articles of trifling value, consisting of a corkscrew, •
comb, do shaving boxes, br. All this property bad been
that of the sou of Mr. Childerstooe, to whom that
gentleman and Mrs. Childeratooe bad been passionately
attached, and who died in the year 1859. The parent. re.
solved that no one else in the world should possess the
property of their lost son, and they agreed that all that be-
longed to him should be buried by the side of whichever
of them died tint. It was in sccordsoce with this singular
arrangement that the money end jewellery were deposited
with the remains of Mr. Childerstone in the family vault.
In the mood' of July, from some expressions dropped by
the prisoner, it became rumoured that the tomb had been
forcibly entered, and all the property carried off. Superin-
tendent Gluier had the tomb examined, and it was found
that the brickwork bail been pulled down at the aide, and
part of it was lyiog on the door of the tomb. The lid of the
coffin was found wrenched off, and the inner leaden coffin
nut with • chisel and knife from end to end, leaving the
body of Mr. Childerstoue exposed to view. The sleeve of
his black coat had been torn off, and was found lying on the
flogs. All the money and valuable. were gone, but on
digging is the rubbish on the floor were found some articles
of trifling worth, amongst others • box with the numes
" Louisa sod Jonathan Childerstone" scratched on it with
a pin. A storanausom named William King, met
the prisoner Bird, and taxed him with tb• rob-
bery. Bird at first denied all knowledge of the
affair, but sot-sequel:tidy he admitted that he and a man
named Graham had got into the vault, end they found
" what very well answered their purpose." He said that
the bailiff Docking remained outside while they were is-
side. He stated that our Monday in June he " felt very
bail, as he had got no money," and Charles Docking, the
county-court bailiff, and the sexton, paid for some beer for I
him, and proposed th .t he should be one of a partite break
into IL vault. He assented, and they passed William
Graham planting some trees, and sated bins to join. They
than went in the night and broke into the vault. The
prisoner told another per,ou that he found 434 is gold, •
quantity of old coins, some watches and jewellery, tyke(
betides Mr. Childeratone'a corpse. He said that Mules .
Docking took the gold watch, coin., and jewellery. up
to London, to sell them. He also complained that Docking
had not behaved fairly in diviiiieg the mooey. When these
facts became knowu Charles booking and the man Graham
immediately absconded, and though remote were issued
for their apprehension they have hitherto contrived to I
bathe all attempte on the part of the police to tram them.
Superintendent Cinder apprehended the primmer Binl, who
did not dy, and the rase was deer against him. The
worn pleaded guilty. The chairman said that the crime was
• most eerioua and unusual one, and be should take time to
consider what sent's.. be should pass on the prisoner.
The sentence was therefore deferred.

A WAR Ilya—Thirty-seven hundred coffins
bays bete .old is Pitts Mid, lisrealliesetis.—Asiersoss
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MITROPOLITAII Fizi HONTrAL, DZTONBIIRte
AQUALE, CITY.—The aggregate ember of petiewie relieved
during the week ending Oct. 24 mui—wediad, 279; sur-
gical, 634 ; toeJ, 1,613; of 'kick 531 won am cam.