The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-14 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, Jaw. 13.
Tan BURNEY Puss—This prize, instituted by
the late Richard Barney, Esq., ILA., of Christ College to
be awarded to the 8.A., in hie first year of standing, who
shall compose the beet English easy "on some moral or
metaphysical subject, on the existence, nature, and attri-
butes of God, or on the truth and evidence of the Christian
religion," has been this day adjudged for the present year to
William Bliseard, 8.A., Emmanuel College. Subject—
" The obligations of religions worship considered ss a means
of preserving on our minds a sense of the moral government
of God, and securing our obedieoes to it."

CITY SEWERS COIOSISSION.—The Commissioners
of flowers met yesterday at Guildhall for the first time since
the adjournment ; Mr. Ds Jriswn presided as usual. Most
of the proceedings were of little or no public interest, being
merely routine business. Dr. Letbeby, the medical officer
of health, presented his report, from which it appeared that
381 houses had been impacted since the last meeting, and
be submitted a list of 87 places for sanitary improvement in
various particulars. He also reported that the markets and
slaughterhouses bad been inspected, and the officers had
seized 13,9541b5. of meat as unlit for human food ; 11,43511 u.
were diseased, 1,607 were putrid, and the rest war front
animals that had died from natural causes. It con.
listed of 53 sheep, 32 pigs, 8 calm, 81 quarters of beef,
and 201 joints, dcc. The whole of it has been destroyed.
The mortality returns for the month he reported as nearly
the average for the ameoe, 237 deaths having been regis-
tered during the last four weeks, the average number for
the corresponding period of the last seven years being 234 ;
87 of the deaths were among children of lees than five years
of ue, and 51 were among persons of 60 and upwards. The
shied causes of death were as follows :—Phthisis, 30 ;
useeenteric disease, 15 ; pneumonia, 8 ; bronchitis, 33;
whooping cough, 7 ; croup, 2 ; continued fever, 13; *owlet
fever, 9 ; dysentery, 1 ; small-pox, 1 ; measles, 9 ; making
together 45 deaths from tubercular diseases, 44 from intim-
matay affections of the lunge, and 42 from diseases of •
zymotio clam.
HIALTH or LONDON .—lt appears from the weekly
return issued by the Registrar-General, that the deaths in
London in the week that ended oe Batiorday were 1,535, and
IMO nearly the same in number as those of the previous
week. The average number of deaths in the second week
of ten years, 1853.62, is, with • oorrection for increasing
population, 1,492 ; and the deaths in last week were there-
fore more by 43 than they would have bees if the average
rate of mortality had prevailed. The births in last week
exceeded the deaths in the name period by 419. There
were 24 deaths from smallpox in the week. The complaint
appears to prevail chiefly ia the East districts. Measles
was fatal in 61 eases, 6 of which were in the Belgrave sub-
district,
6 in Pan and 6 in Islington. Eighty-two deaths
were referred to and 13 to diphtheria. Scala-
tins is comma* in Marylebone, where 11 deaths from it were
returned in the week. It caused 5 deaths in the sub-district
of Hackney. Nearly • half of the deaths from typhus,
viz., 28 out of 62, occurred in the East district., The
most fatal of all the diereses in the list was bronchitis, the
deaths from which rose to 194 ; phthisis was fatal in the
next degree, and rose to 174. An interpreter, aged ISO years,
who bad been brought from 13j, Queen's-road, Chelsea, to
George's Hospital, is stated to have,thed on the last day
of 1862 from " starvation." The son of • widow, aged 3
months, died from want, at 27, Cambridgeetreet, Camden
Town. A boy, aged one year, died of " acrofnla, caused by
impure vacciaation." A family at 1, Gloucester-row, Horton
Old Town, ham suffered very severely from typhoid fever.
Of eight nonagenarian, whose deaths are recorded, the
oldest was • widow, aged 96 years. Last week the births
of 1,024 boys and 930 girls, in all 1,954 children, were regis-
tered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the
years 1852.61 the average number (corrected) was 1,946.
EMIGRATION REGULATIONS.—An order of her
Majesty In Council having referentse to the supply of huh
water to be carried on board emigrant vessels, is published
in last night's Gazette.
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