The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-09 00:00:00

Vbc Court.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princess Hoist and the Princess Alice, took a drive in an
open landau and four ye-terday afternoon. The Equerries
in Waiting, Colonel Bouverie and Captain the Hon. Dud-
:ey de Hos. attended on horseback.
Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning,
attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de Hos.
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by
Mr. Gibbs, visited the United Service Institution, Scot-
land-yard. yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princess Adelaide of Ilohenluhe, and attended by the
Countess of Charlemont, the Hon. Eieanor Stanley, the
Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Bouverie, and Capt. the lion.
Dudley de Ros, honoured the Princess's Theatre with their
presence last evening.
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance at the
Palace on Monday eveuing, and performed the following
compositions:
Ovel We, D doe Blanche " aoleidieu.
Pot ?oath, curearo " Peplum..
Selection... Heyde,"
Pee Redouble
The Countess of Charlemont has relieved the Countess of
Desert in her duties as Lady-in-Waiting to her Majesty.
The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Ade-
laide of Hohenlohe, visited the Duchess of Cambridge yes-
terday, at her residence at Kt w.
The Countess of Lichfield was prevented by indisposition
from dining with the Queen at Buckingham Palace on
Monday.

A deputation from the Hyde Commissioners, with respect
to the application of the l'ublic Health Act to Ityde, had
an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health,
at their office, Whitehall. The deputation were introduced
by Colonel Vernon llarcourt, M.P., and consisted of
Mews. Dashwood, Stephens, H. Stephens, J. Dash-
! wood, G. Rendidl, and J. A. Hearn.
A deputation from the town council of Portsmouth also
had an interview with the General Board of Health. The
deputation consisted of the Mayor of Portsmouth (Mr.
Sti,ant), Mr. Alderman Bramble, Mr. Ford, and Mr.
Howard, town clerk.
Mr. Archihald Hastie, M.P. fur Paisley, had an inter-
view with the Right lion. E. Cardwell yesterday, at the
Solid of Trade.

A deputation consisting of Messrs. Gurney, Hindley, Jae.
Bell, G. Huelay, Sir Edward Buxton, and M. Charuerov-
row, had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yester-
day at the Colonial-office.
A deputation front the Commissioners of Portsmouth,
from the guardiatis, nal from a public meeting of the inha-
bitants, had an interview yesterday with the General Board
of Health. The deputation consisted of the Mayor of
Portsmouth, Messrs. D. Levy, John Edwards, M. Solomon,
H. F. Gauntlett, W. H. Dere, and Dr. Blundell.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday
from the Governors of Gibraltar and Malta, the Lord High
Commissioner of the lonian lshuids, the Governor of New
Zealand, and the Governor of South Australia.

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Despatches were sent yesterday to the Governors of Cey-
lon and Hong Kong.

(TROY LAST NIGHT'S OLZITTIL)
LORD CIIAMBERLAIN'g OFFICE, MARCH B.—Order,
for the Court's going into mourning on Thursday nest, the
10th inst., tot his late Royal Highness the Grand Duke of
Oldenburg, : The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or
plain linen, white gloves, necklaces, ear-rings, black or
white shoes, fans, and tippets. The gentlemen to wear
black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords,
and buckles. The cuurt to change the mourning on Sun-
day next, the 13th inst., viz.: The ladies to wear black
silk of velvet, coloured ribbons, fans, and tippets, or plain
white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with
black ribbons. The gentlemen to wear black coats, and
black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver
stud' waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles.
And un Thursday, the 17th inst., the court to go uut of
mourning.

LORI) CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 17.—Notice
is hereby given that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will,
by the desire of her Majesty, hold a levee at St. James's
Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednesday, the 9th of
March next, at two o'clock. It is her Majesty's pleasure
that presentations to his Royal Highness ut the levee shall
be considered equivalent to pre•.entation to the Queen.
Addresses to the Queen may either be forwarded to her
Majesty through the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, or may be reserved until her Majesty shall hold
• levee.

FORIsIGN-OFFICE, Msacn 4.—The Queen has been
pleased to approve of Mr. Nathaniel Solomon ar Consul at
St. Helena for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
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DOWNING-STREET, MASCR 7.—The Queen has
been pleased to appoint Robert Charles Chester Eardley-
Wilmot, Esq., to be Clerk of the Executive Council, and
Lieutenant Andrew Clarke, R.E., to he a Member of the
Legislative Council, of the Island of Van Diemen's Land ;
also been pleased to appoint William Allcot Radcliffe, Esq.,
to be Crown Surveyor for the Turks and Caicos Islands;
also been pleased to appoint Lieutenant Christopher
Sayers to be Deputy Commissary General for the Island of
Ceylon ; her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint
James Christopher Davidson, Esq., to be Clerk of the Peace
for the district of George, Cape of Guod Rope.

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BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MARCH B.—Ria Royal
Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to appoint Colonel
the Hon. A. N. Hood to be Clerk Marshal to his Royal
Highness, vice Lisutenaat•tleneral Wemyss, dect.ased.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

The official report says :—Though the weather has
itely assumed a milder character, the high mortality that
prevailed throughout last month discovers no abatement;
on the contrary, it exhibits a great increase. The deaths
in London were 1,011 in the last week of January; since
that time they have steadily increased till the number
registered in the week ending lot Saturday amounts to
1,427. The present return shows an increase of 83 above
that of the week immediately preceding. Persons of all
ages have suffered; of the 1,427 who died, 573 were children
under 15 years, 460 had attained that age, but were under
60, and 37J were 60 years old and upwards.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the
average number of deaths was 1,045, which, if raised in
proportion to increase of population, gives a mortality
of 1,150 for last week. The actual number, therefore, ex-
ceeds the estimated amount by 277. Taking the same three
periods of life as above, it appears that the mortality of the
young is 13 per cent., of the middle-aged 22 per cent., and
of the old 41 per cent. above the corrected average.
In comparing the present results with those of the pre-
vious week an increase is apparent both in zymotic diseases
and those of the respiratory organs, but principally in the •
former. Fatal cases of typhus rose from 46 to 69 ; of
measles from Bto 16; of pneumonia, from 93 to 108; of
phthisis (or consumption),from 147 to 160; while the num-
ber of persons carried off by bronchitis was in both weeks
the same,namely,2l2. Twenty-twocasee occurred from diure-
tic!' in the week, which is more than usual at this period,
and one, that of a boy, aged 10 months, at 10, Arbour-
street West, Mile-and, is returned as "choleraic diarrhoea
(6 hours)."
Last wedr the births of 861 boys and 810 girls, in all
1,671 children, were registered in London. The average
number in eight corresponding weeks (1845-52) was 1,469.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.663 in. The mean
temperature of the week was 35.3 deg., which is 4.6 deg.
below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean
daily temperature, which was 31.6 deg. on Tuesday, when
it was lowest, and was 8-4 deg. below the average, rose to
43.9 deg. on Saturday, or 4.1 deg. above the average. It
was below the average on every day except Saturday. The
mean dew point temperature was 29•'2 deg. The wind,
which blew from the north or north-east at the beginning
of the week, changed on Tuesday to south-west; on Thurs-
day it again blew from north-cast, and at the end of the
week returned to south-west.