The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-05 00:00:00

THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY.

A general assembly of pro riders was bed yes
terday at Hadley's Hotel, Kr. Winos in amen
chair. Mr. Mason, the clerk, read the financial statement.
from which It appeared that the grow receipts for the yew
sadism Due. M. 1861, had ban 5,6381. 13e. 4d., and the
grow mpauditure 4,133.21. 4a. 641., leaving a balance in bead
of 7211 Bs. 11d. The Chairman, in moving the adoption
of the amounts, said that the tunnel was is good /emir, sat
is a ..s.dansory state. The numbin iiipmenger. poles •
through the tunnel in 1361 had bees 7 201, being • tie.
Breese from 1860, when the number was 2,002, but Minim
the last five years, the y ear 1881 showed mere ties •
the average mamba%

HEALTH OP LONDON.

The return issued by the Registrar-General states
that the deaths in London vex. 1,322 in the week that
ended het Saturday. They exhibit a decrees' oa the mow
ber in the previous week, which was 1,415. The mean tem-
peratute of the air, which had fallen to 36.2 dep. in the
mom& week of Fehreary, TOM in the third to 45.4 dep.,'
and fell again is the last to 37.4 degrees.
There were Warmth' from diphtheria. Fonr deaths from
Zi&Mphtiirri. no.fiev...l 1. Om anhaliatri.o. ••• .11-
Lewfabase, et which Wee leers p one family, the*
of an isakeepor at a place called Southeed. The registrar
adds that dye deaths front diphtheria have occurred in the
same family within a fortnight ; and the mother, who raw
Waal so great a less, had reformed him that about two
months ago part of a large pond near the house had book
emptied ; and that when the rine pond was arranged about
two years ago typhus raged to a frightful extant in South-
end, a hamlet containing 300 pence's, arid as many so
40 in that small population were affected by it,
• needlewoman, aged 27 years. died on the 28th ult. is
14, Ilintetreet, Borousgh•reed, from "privation." Certi-
fied by medical attendant. A child, aged S mouths, died
from an overdose of syrup of poppies.
The two oldest Fergana whose deaths are returned are •
man, aged 96 years, and a widow 96.
Last week the births of 965 boys and 940 girls. in all
1,105 &Wren, were registered in London. In the tea nor-
responding weeks of the years 1852.61 the average netubsr
(cometed) was 1906.

Tin TRACT Pithamie..—lt is stated that thre
long-suspeoded use is likely to be early brought befogs
the Committee of Privileges, in the Roue of Lords, fee
further hearing and final adjudication. The
claimant is Matthew Tracy, Rm., who traces his
from the second marriage of 'Robert, sewed Viscount,
sad Baron Tracy—John, the third viscount, and Berm
Trasy harlot died without male issue. He is the eldest
dative* Sou of Martin Tracy, Esq., of County Mayo,
Ireland, sod seeks to recover possession of the titles, ho-
mers, end dignities of the family estate of Rathroole,
County of Dublin. The claimant's petition to her Majesty
wee referred by the Queen to Sir Richard Bothell, when
ettoreiry-paeral, to report on its merits, and Sir Richert
reported that in his opinion the evidence was sufficient to
justify his referring the petition of the claimant, and the
statements in support thereof, to the House of Lords for
mosidemtion and adjudication.
FIRMS IN THE METEOPOLIB.—The oommittee re-
assembled yesterday, Mr. Hankers in the chair. The Will.
DOWN examined ware Mr. Thomas Henry Slisy, simff-
tendent of the police and Are brigade at the East and Week
India Docks ; Mr. Richard Randall, superintendent of the
Loudon Docks, and Mr. Clemente, who has cheap of the
do brigade ; Mr. Capper. superintendent of the Victuis
Docks; Mr. George Bulhemy, architect to the Met/op/San
Board of Works ; Mr. Newell, clerk in the architects office
of the Board of Works ; Mr. Kipper, surveyor to the Mee-
easels Fire-office. The magnates then adjourned.
THE Comm or Cuexcrar.—The bill to regulate
the prooedue in the High Court of Chancery sad the Coes.
of Chummy of the County Palatine of Lancaster, intro,
duped into the House of Commons by Mr. Rehear' &Alegi'
Cairns, has boeo printed. It provides that the court shall
determine every question of law and fact incident to tbs
relief sought from it, when expense will be thereby saved
issues of fact may be tried at the wise. ; provisions el
Chancery Annedineet Act, 1858, are to apply to this act.
The High Court of Chancery may sit with the assistance
of a common law judge.
FACTORY EfrovinelMl.—A parliamentary return
gives the followiog particulars :—The total number of fu-
turism in the United Kingdom, subject to the Factories Aet,
is 6,378. Of these, 5,682 belong to Keeled and Wales.
168 to Scotland, and 158 to Ireland. Then are 491 !:!
power looms, and 230,564 powerdoom weavers ; while the
thisl number of prams of both sexes employed is the
factories is 775,534. In silk-throwing mills there an em-
ployed 1,442 male and 3,740 female children between the
ages of 11 sad 13 ; 71,3:32 rules betwese 13 mid 18 pared
age, and 413,973 females above 13; the number of make
above 18 being 201,636.
ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN.—At the
general monthly meeting on Monday, March 3, 1882, Wm,
M.A., F. 11.11., treasurer end vioe-preddent, it
the chair, John Birkett, E. e F.R.C.S., F.LS. Jonathan
' Sparrow Crowley, Esq., F. 0.8., Ma or-General Chas. James
Green, Alexander Henderson Macdougall, BK., the Bev.
George Musgrave Meagre, ILA., Oxon, A. C. Brisbane
Neill, M.D., Fracas PirW, Fog., Robert Pryor, Esq., SW
I Joshua Rowe, C. 8., Samuel Scott, ER., Edward Henry
&making, ICD., Oswald Augustus Smith, Ea' q., Alexander
John Sutherland, M.D., F.A.S., James Thomas White,
I req., Herbert George Yatmea, Esq., were elected members
of the Royal Institutive. The thanks of the meeting were
returned to Professor T. H. Huxley, for his disecorie "On
Fossil Remains of Man," on February 7th; to Dr. W.
Odling, for his diamene "On Mr. Graham's Researches on
Dialysis," on February 14111 ; to JamesFortnum. Req.. foe
his "On the Site of the Holy Sepulchre at Jere-
seism," on February 21st ; and to A. E. Durham, Esq., for
hie disowns "On Mospeog and Dreaming." on Feb. ffiltb.
Sala OF 111 DILATERs' A massotism. Yager-
' day the Draped Almshouses, Coopers row, Crotched -friar;
which were founded by Sir John Melbouroe, Knight, A.D.
. 1535, and presested objects of high interest to the anti-
, pastel, were sold by suction, preparatory to being de-
molithed for the purposes of metropolitan improvements.
Guar Nozramut Hoarrraa, Kiro'e-Caose.—
' Ninaler of pethets far the week taffies March 1, 936, et
whisk 349 were row ors.
OZYMIAL FOAM. Own SHILLINO
TOZERAT, MARTZ 4.—Admissions on payment, 581; dithe
by ageism Whets, 011--4etal, 1,060.