The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-20 00:00:00

THE MEETING.

A telegraphic despatch, dated Dublin. Tuesday
evening, li o'clock, says: The Groat Aggregate
Meeting of Rattan eatholics commenced beton)
eleven o'clock, and has just concluded. The
Rotunda was thronged to excess. Immense
mobs till the street. The Rev. T. D. Gregg was
refused admission. The windows of the Priests
Protection Society have been broken by the
mob. Although great excitement exists, no other
breach of the peace has as vet occurred. The
chair was taken by Dr. tullen, who made
a rather moderate speech. The other sneakers
were " Archbishop" " Archbishop Slat-
tery," Bishop" " Bishop" l'ilathornc. Messrs.
Saalcir, Keogh, M. Moore. M.l'., Rey-
nolds, M. P., J. F. Maguire. Seticant Shee, Mishap
Darry, Scully, M.P.,&c. lm Arundel was not
present, the only rd
Irish nobleman being Lord Gor-
manston.
The day was observed as a strict holiday, and all
the quay-porters and working men paraded the
streets from an early hour in the morning.
The Rev. Mr. Gregg, attended by some friends,
arrived at the Rotund') m a close carriage, and de-
mandol admittance, but being refused lie was es-
corted ht safety by the mounted police beyond the
reach of the mob.

EALTII OF LONDON DURING 'Pill: WEEK.

(Item the ReitstrAr enerat't Rettlen.)

The return for the wtyk ending last Saturday in-
dicates a further and considerable increase in the mortality.
In the Viird week of J uly the deaths in London wf re only 87:,;
in the three following they were 916, 1,019, 1,0:K and last
week tiny rose to 1,1161. The last number must he con-
sidered to represent a high mortality even 1.3. r London,
where the conditions of health are not the most fivour.thle,
and at a period of the year which experience has air. ady
shown to be extremely fatal to the young. The deaths of
last week were more titan in any of the corresponding
weeks of the ten years 1811-50, with the exception of that
of 18/7, when they were 1,108, and that of 1819, when
cholera raised the total deaths to 2,230.
The classification of ages shows that the present increase
of mortality ariws from complaints amongst the young: Far
of the 1,061 persons who died last week, 463, or more than
one half, were not older than 14 years.
On referring to the table of fatal causes, it is at once per-
ceived that the epidemic class contributes in the largest pro-
portion to the returns of the week, :112 ease., or nearly one-
third of the total number, being enumerated under this
head ; and that diarrhum, which was fatal in 156 eases, is
the predominant disease amongst epidemics. The progress
of diarrhoea, dysentery, and cholera, is shown by the fol-
lowing numbers registered under tie -so three heads in the
last six weeks, namely, 62, 74, 97, 14.8, 162, and Just week)

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190.
In the Rorough-road sub-district, at 2, Taylor's.place,
William-street, on the 13th August, the dauAter 01 a
journeyman fur-cutter, aged 5 years, died of '• scarlatina
maligns, coma." With reference to this and a former ease,
Mr. Elliott, tho registrar, makes the following remarks:
"'Taylor's-place comprises three small houses in a yard,
the entrance to which is in William-street ; hut there is no
thoroughfare. A hey aged 7 years, brotherof the deceased,
died in the same house on 2nd August, of remittent fever
and pneumonia. The statement of the mother, when
giving information on Friday, regarding nal-mesa by
which the occupiers have repeatedly Well annoyed,
appeared so extraordinary, that I requested that it should
be made in writing."
With the increase of diarrluca, there has been also during
the last Fix weeks an increase of cases of the mere virulent
farm of the complaint under the designation "cleilera," the
progress of which is shown by its weekly numbers, viz. 9,
8, 12, 12, 16, awl (itt the week ending last Saturday) 28.
There also appears an increase of cases amongst persons of
mature years, four men having died of cholera at 45 year
and upwards, and four women ut 05 years and upwards.
Time births of 771 boys and 726 girls, in all 1,560 children,
were registered in the week. The average number in silt
corresponding weeks of 18 45-40 was 1,308.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.862 in. 'lite mean
temperature was 61.6 deg., which is 3 degrees above the
average of the sante week in ten years. the mean daily
temperature was about 8 degrees above the average sit
• Tuesday and Wednesday, and was id-o above it on every
day of the week except Sunday and Monday.

BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STopit
VALLEY RAlLWAY.—Captain .Moorsorn and Mr. Benson,
directors of the London and North-Western Company, ac-
companied by Captain !Wish, general manager, the engi-
neers, Mr. Branson, and other contractors, yesterday passed
along the Stour Valley Hallway from its junction with the
joN ionftt h
stationW or nf
then Ihlrtied.dtsbs tor
yn -
ar onwd ,
Birmingham r ingh dt o the
t ot: er
Valley line in Wolverhampton. The train, which is the
first that has run on this railway (through the heart of Bir-
mingham), consisted of two first-class carriages End a break,
and on its way through the iron and mining districts of
South Staffordshire—calling at the Smethwick, Oldbury,
Tipton, Billiton, and other stations—excited considerable
interest and commotion among the inhabitants. Consider-
able work is yet required to be done before the line is com-
pleted, but it is uudentood that the opening for passenger
traffic will take place in the month of October.
f ADULTERATION Or GREEN TEA . The result
of the Lancet investigations respecting the adulteration
of black tea, which was lately published, and the con-
elusion arrived at was, that the great bulk of black tea
reached the consumer in a pure state, and particularly
eongou and souchong ; the result of the inquiries respect-
ing green tea, however lead to a more unsatisfactory con-
clusion, for there is a very strong reason to believe, not-
withstanding the evidence to the contrary, that there really
' exists no such thing as " genuine green tea." Thirty sam-
ples of green, on importation from China, were clammed,
and there was not a single leaf in any of these simples
which had not received its green colour by artificial means,
and the materials used in the colouring process were shown
to consist of Prussian blue, mineral green, verdigris, arse-
nice of copper, l)utch pink, chromate of potash, be.-chro-
mate of potash, chrome yellow, chalk, gypsum. and soap-
stone or French chalk, some of which are calculated to
have an highly injurious effect upon the human frame, and
some of a poisonous nature. This state of things would
best be remedied by the reduction of the duty on tea.
TILE GLENGARRY BONNET.—An order has lately
been issued by the military authorities that the 42nd, 7th,
79th, 92nd, and 93rd Highland regiments, which wear the
kilt, are in future to wear the Glengarry lionnet instead
of the forage cap hitherto worn ; but the 71st, 72nd, and
74th Highland regiments, which wear the trew, or trowsers,
arc to continue to use the old pattern forage cap.