The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-08 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The private correspondence of the Union of Paris
serenest' the question of the holy places as being in
a mast unsatisfactory state. The pretensions of the
Latins are completely repudiated by the Turkish go-
vernment, and the Emperor of Russia has signified
his intention not to sanction any concession on the
part of the Greek church. This, however, does not
agree with the letter from Jerusalem lately published
by the Augsburg Garotte, essording to which the
Greeks were disposed to make Nome concessions, but
having inquired of the catholic if they would re-
Immo every ulterior pretension, If. Bott said that,
as the catholic church considered as heretics all
ehusehes separated from it, it would always pretend
to the exclusive possession of the sanctuaries. To
that it was replied that since such wee the cam the
Greeks would keep what they had.

HEALTH OP LONDON DOMINO THE WISI.-441et
week the mortality of London experienced an therms ; the
deaths, which in the two previous weeks had been 922 and
947 roes to 1,042. In the ten corresponding weeks of
1842 61 the average number wee 1,178, which, if raised in
proportion to increase of population, gives a mortality of
1,296 for the present time. This avenge is augmented by
influenza, which in the corresponding week of 1847 was
2,464 persona; nevertheless the last week's ntura com-
pared with these facts, stiil indicates a favourable state of
the public health fora population in which a rate of mor-
tality, considerably higher than the avenge rate of Eng-
land, always prevails. With reference to the causes of
death, the results of last week correspond nearly with those
of the grevions return in the two principal classes, namely,
epidemics and diseases of the respiratory organs ; but in
.most of the other classes there is an increase, especially in
"disease, of the nervous system," which rose from 96 to
134. Taking particular epidemics, measles has increased
from 16 to 24, while scarlatina has declined from 72 to 59.
Typhus was fatal is 47 eases, diarrheas in 21 ;
there were none of cholera and only 4 of small-pox.
Last week the births of 851 boys and 788 girls, in all
1,839 children, wen registered in London. The average
number in seven corresponding weeks of 1845.61 was 1,398.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading of
the barometer in the week wee 29.710 in. The mean tens
perature of the week was 42.4 deg., which is rather below
the pof the same week in ten years. The mean
daily temperature was below the average on three days,
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and on the rut was
above it. On Monday it was 6.9 deg. below the average;
on Saturday it was 9.7 deg. above it. On Monday and Tues-
day the wind was in the north ; during the rest of the week
generally in the south-west. The rain to the week was
0.33 in.

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DELIBERATE MURDER AT PENTONVILLL—Last
night the neighbourhood of Pentonville was thrown into
ounsternstion by the committal of • cold-blooded murder in
Suffolls•plare, Chapetstreet, Pentonville. The murdored
man was named Downes, and occupied a small house, in
which his assassin, named Toole, resided as a lodger.
Ihmnes, who was a dog-fancier, had gone to the back yard
to attend to his dogs, according to his custom, and whilst
there Toole suddenly rushed out and wounded him in the
throat with a razor. The poor man expired in a few
minutes. llis body was immediately conveyed to Clerk's-
well workhouse, to await the coroner's inquest. The mur-
derer, who made no attempt to escape, was imovellatoly
muted, and takes to the Mullen polio, 'tattoo.