The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-13 00:00:00

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IRELAND.

DUSTIN. MAT it
The first visitation of the Queen's College, Cork,
was held yesterday in the Examination Hall of that
institution. Archbishop Whately presided.
After some preliminaries, Sir Robert Kane
stated, for the information of the visitors, that the
general conduct of the students bad been on the
whole highly satisfactory ; all the protessorishoig,
founded by her Majesty, were filled up, and the -
son were all engaged in the discharge of their unto,
with the exception of the medical professor, whom
maim bad (dosed.
The Mon. O. C. Mostyn, son of Lord Vans, of
Harrowden, has addressed the electors of Westmeath,
on detente association principles.
The Northers Whig publishes a summery of some
letters which are stated to have passed between Lord
Londonderry and Mr. Ker, respecting the rupreeen-
teflon of this county, loom which it would appear
that Lord Londonderry, dimatisfied with his eon's,
Lord Castlereagh's. opinions and independence,
offered the Pt at to Mr. Ker, as his nominee and de-
pendent member, and that Mr. Ka se aseeptedi the
offer; that Mr. Ker thereupon mimosa tbeentrayi
and then took occasion to assume, in regard to LNG
Londonderry, an independent position. 'his vast&
lowed by the noble marquis starting \lr. J. V. Stewart
as his candidate : and both these gentlemen. relatives
of Lord Londonderry, are now before the county,
Mr. Ker es an independent conservative-liberal, Mr.
Stewart as the nominee of the marquis. The other
candidates are Lord E. Hill and Mr. S. Crawford.
The opening of the National Exhibition at Cork
will be inaugurated by the Lord-Lieutenant on the
10th of next mouth.

HEALTH OF LONDON DUELNO THE WEEK.
:—la official report ways the week that ended
tad Saturday the cumber of deaths registered in the metro-
politan districts was 972. In the ten corresponding weeks
of 1842 51 the average namber of deaths was 896, which, if
rained In proportion to increase of population, become:9BB.
The rate of mortality now prevailing, therefore, dilfen little
from the average amount.
'lite gradual deelme of mortality which at this season
accompanies an jai-reeling temperature is shown as follows:
to the third week of March the deaths rose to 1,206; in
the %nod week of April they fell to 1,051 ; and in the first
week of May to 972. The mean weekly temperatures that
marked these several periods wen 40•3 deg., 44V deg., and
481 deg.
Of thelit72 penese numerated in Ik. present return, 496
were males and 474 Masks; 451 died ender 15 years of age,
339.115 yews sad under 60, and 176 at 69 years and up-
weeds. As magma with the melts Mr the previous
week, there is a decrease both in the deaths caused by epi-
demics takes slngether, and these be diseases of the respi-
ratory gegen*, the loaner Meng declined
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from 732 to 193.
the latter hum 187 to 168. la ththertneetiv• werkBs.:
was fatal to 17 and 14 persons, calmer to 18 and 22, 2 els
le 9 sad 13, takes 11111•111illiell to lb sad 17, phthisis to 131
sad 130, liresebitis to 66 sad 74, pantmonia to 67 sad 62.
Last week 6 women died of puerperal fever. besides 12
others who seat under other dimness iacidental to child-
bearing.
tienaP-pea, to July from its weekly mortality, seems to
mead ia London to about the sans extent that it has sow
done foe a lengthened period.
last week the births of 810 Do's and 6.50 girls, in all
1,690 children, were registered in Loudon. The average
muster of seven corresponding weeks in the years 11141
was 1,371.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. the mean daily
fsodlsg of the bermaster was above 30 is. es Tuesday,
Wrisseday. sad Thursday; the men of the week wee
29.995 la. The mesa temperature of the week wee 46.1
SIR.. Of 3.6 don. below Use average of the same week in tea
years. The highest daily temper
was 30.9 deg. as
Sunday, sad 73 degrees on Saturday. The mean daily tem-
pensive was only 41.3 deg. on Sunday, or 9.4 deg. below
the avenge of the some day in ten years; it eons to 44.1
der. ea Monday, which is 7 der. below the average ; to
46 1 deg. on Tuesday. er 6.3 deg. below the average ; to
48 9 deg. on Wednesday, or 1.11 der. below the average; to
47.4 deg. ea Monday, et 4.0 deg. below the avenge ;
33 des. es Frisky, which is 0.7 der above the average ; sad
to 59 deg. es Iteterday, which is 8.5 deg. above it. The
wind blew gesnally from the north-east till Friday, when
It cheesed te south-west.