The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-24 00:00:00

THE FORESTERS' PETE YESTERDAY AT THE
CRYSTAL PALACE.

The committee had made most extensive preparations for
the amusement of the large mess of people expected to m-
umble, and amoopt the special attractions announced
were the exhibition of the sew lifeboat, built for ad
presented to the National Lifeboat Institution by the
order of Forestay ; a grand proonsion of the odious sad
brethren of the order, in full regalia, through the exteasith
Sunda• • display of the whole eerie. of fountains; and a
balloon 'anent by Mr. CoxwelL The lifeboat was
there, end proved a great scarce of attraction.
The Umatilla won played twice daring the day,
but owing to the saturated sad sloppy state of the
grounds, consequent upon the 0001iiIII101/ rains, the pro-
otanon wth abandoned, and an apology was also made for
the nonoscent of the balloon, owing to the bad state of
the weather. This disepointmeat was borne with the
utmost pod humour. Out-door dewing. " Ice. in the ring,"
picnic partite, Sc., which usually form • prominent feature
in the amusements of • "Forester.' day,' had also to be
abandoned ; but to make up for theft cheappointroents the
committee arranged for a large addition to the musical pre.
pimme within the building, and an amateur theatrical per-
fermium in the tarp ooneert-room ; also for extra perform-
' snoes by the company of equestrians espied at the Hip-
podrome, now stationed in the grenade, and in addition
stationed the various bands which had been en-
gaged for dancing in various paste of the building, where
they played for several hours costinsously. There was
therefore so leek of amusement, and all appeareddetennined
to make the best they could of the dnappointniset resulting
from the bad weather. Several impromptu dancing sad
Ringing parties were also got up is the corridors and lower
pacts of the building. The Palms itself wee of counts most
thoenveniently full, and free locomotion was almost neat-
namable anti' after the departure of the sumeroos visitors
who had cense up in thoursices Iroise from the country.
The Palsos was lighted up at dusk sad large numbers of
people lingered in it until a late hour, it beta' near midnight
beb • the last trains of visiting left for Loadori....

FO;sZniTigti;rtaMo of the weather, thejets may be
takes as a sumem,although the Widow and Orphan Fnadof
the London Districton aid al which the Ma was beld,will not
basalt to the same menet as bet year, when the net
profit was MOW. The directors of the Palace informed
the committee that they would admit all mimed Forester',
tickets free on Moodey next.
The members preempt were—by paymeat, 44,742 ; by
season tickets, 1,916; total, 46,727.

THE HEALTH or LortoON.—lt appears from the
return issued by authority of the Registrar-Geomal that
the incetahty I. London kisa been muse lower is the last
two weeks than it was towards the sod of July, and in the
early pert of the present month. The Meal number of
deaths in the week that ended last Saturday was 1,45 L
The deaths of young persona (vlr., trader SO years) have
declined from 981 in the first week of August, to 824 last
I week. The fall of the temperature has checked the high
I rate of mortality ; the moue temperature of the last three
weeks having been 659 dep., 642 dap, and 591 dep.,
successively. The average number of deaths in the thirty-
third week of the ten years 154-63 is, with • correction for
increase of population, 1,364. There is en poem of 87 in
the actual return over the number estimated for the third
week of August. In the two previous weeks the deaths
Mil diarrhoea were 286 and 238 ; and last week they were
fa Of them last 211 were amongst children. There were
shelf eras returned in the week u *bolero ; allor mast of
them probably the common ssinmer cholera. But two
ems were registered as follows:--A man, aged 76 years, In
the workhouse, Mount-street, on the 10th August, " diar-
rleces (2 days). Asiatic cholera (1 day) ;" sad at 8, Robert-
street, Rageoffe-park, on the 14th August, • pianoforte
maker, aged 37 years, " cholera Asiatics (78 hours)." At
11, Wimbours-street, New North-rod, a boy, aged 10
week', died of "exhaustion from destitution." And at 15,
Half Nichol-street, Bethealgreeo, a boy, egad 8 years, of
" convolsioes for want of aoarishmsnt." A child, aged two
months, died of diarrhoea from the administration of a very
small deem of opium ; and Pother child, aged five weeks,
from as overdose of morphia. A woman died at the great
Tarcid 96 years. Then were 17 deaths from dientices in
is 12 Islington, 14 to Hackney, 15 in Mom
ditc,
dite , and 20 in Bethnal-green. Last week the births of
1,048 beyy.s and 903 gels, s •111,951 obUdeen, were registered
in l.osdoo. In the is corresponding weeks of the
years 1854-5 the average number (oorrersied) wee 1,849,
At the Royal Observatory' Greenwich, the mean height of
the barometer the week was 29928 in. The MOM daily
reading was above 30 in, on the first three days. The read-
ing roes to 30'29 in. on Sunday, and it fell to 2910 to ea
Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was
591 deg., which is 11 bedew the average of the same week
is 43 years (as determioed by Mr. °Weber). The highest
day temperature in the week was 78'1 deg., which was
observed on Monday. The lowest night temperature wss
421 dot, and occurred on Thursday. The range of tempo.
nen» is the week was amordiegly 331 deg. The AMA
daily raw was 251 deg. The differpoe between the mesa
' dew-point temperature and air temperate» was 111 deg.
The mess degree of humidity of the sir yea 67, ample%
motivation being represent by 100. Oa three days the
humidity was under or not above 60. The wind was gene-
rally in the north and north-mat. Therewas no rain in the
week. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water
of the Theme was 63"2 deegg. ; that of the lowest was 631
deg. The births registred to Dublin duties the week
ending 20th August were 143, and the deaths were 100, in
a populates of 254,808 (is 1861), spread over an are of
3,808 statute acre& The webers are kindly furnished by
the Borderer Osereal of Ireland.
NOILTHIJAN RAILWAY or BV 7308
directors, in submitting to the shareholders the second annual
statement of samonts, have mush pleasure in cellist their
attention to the fact that the lice was opened for traffic
throughout the entire length on the 6th of February last,
being five mootbs earlier than the period bred by thecontract.
It will be observed that up to the 31st March a profit has
bees made, the earnings of the railway having considerably
exceeded the working exprowis, Seeing that up to February
last the line was in course of construction, and had at the
above date bees open for traffic only two mooths, this result
must be taken se satisfactory and prowling for the future.
By the keen which are received from the resident
agent, it appears that be is confident that so soon
as the railway shall have been more folly supplied
with carriages and engines the traffic will be very large,
and be has coliaequently made urgent application that
the quantity of rollingetock *ritually estimated to be
sufficient be increased. In compliaoce with this request,
the directors have mot out additional carriages, and have
ordered further locomotives, which are now in the hands of
the maaufacturers. It is imposAible at this early stage of
the opening of the line for the directors to speak with cer-
tainty of the results ebich may be realised. It will be
more satisfacto» to the shareholders to know that the
opinion of the company's officers on the spot is very favour-
able—an opinion which is fully shared by our gnawers ia
this country, whose report is ed. The line being now
all opts foe the conveyance of puseagers and goods, the
agent is taking steps to secure the payment of the guaran-
teed interest from the government ; sad from the advioss
just received, it apposes that a committee has been
appointed by the government, and the agent ex-
pected that the qte.,tioo would shortly be settled.
The engineer's report states that the agent of the com-
pany has also applied to the government for • guarantee
of 7 per cent upon such a sum as would be eofficient to
effect • most important prolongation of the Ilse. The
directors will lose no tine in bringing this matter under
the consideration of the shareholders, sa woe as they
shall be in • position to do so. The directors refer with
much gratibcaticia to the increasing prosperity of the
State of Buenos Ayres, and to the attention shows by the
goretareeet so We development of its respites, eeporially
in connexion with railway »teepee*. The directors who
retire by rotation are Andrew Lawrie, Req., sad Freewill'
, Flarrison,a-
Esq., who, being eligible, offer themselves for
rell!etic

SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE
RAILWAY WWII:DOM TEN SODTH YOZEBIDAZ RAILWAY
AND RIVEN Dcis COMPANY).—The total expenses of this
emnpany's inrlnding recta, tolls, duty, he., from
July Ist to August 14th, 1964, amounted to 47,7231. magainot
m 51.sa for Um oorrespooding period of 1863. no pro.
palace of the South Junction recapts soeruing be this
company from July Ist to August 14th amounted to 4,5481.
as aphid 4,8411. for this correspoading period of 180, gad
the expenses to 2,046/ as opium 1,7961.
BOYER AUSTRALIAN STATINTICIL—The population
of South Australia is now 140,416. It ^OOB
Donee, 226,166 horsed cattle, sad 3. 642 altesP• It
produced last year 4,691,918 bnahols of wheat, and 006,366
of wins. Its export' amounted to 2,738.27e1.. sad
ptriwileotrote to 2.061144,41.
6i 3,0001.
n.eatle al th• *okay ia ex.