The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-02 00:00:00

THE HEALTH OP LONDON.

The returns published by authority of the Regis- I
tear-General Mate that ia the week that *Maio* Saturday,
July 29, the births in Loadoe sad tea other large LOOM of '
the United Kingdom wore 3 810 ; the dealt,, 3,001. The
annual rate of mortality is the week ie these Moves toms ,
WWI 1113 per 1,000 persoes Ibrisg. Loam tie Myths el
1,065 boys and 942 gird, is ail 1.947 children, dam rests- ' ,
tared is the week. Is the ocerespsediag reeks if tea years,
185584, the average amber,eaructoll for increase of
pupilage', was 1.900. The deaths regidared is Ludes
during the week were 1.414. it was the thirtieth week of
the year, aad Messing, camber foe that week was, with a
correction for teem= of laudation, 1,345. The pressed
mown is is exam of the estimated number by 69. The
deaths from diarrheas were 161, spinet • enemata& avenge
of 202. The mord% from this disease is stall
high, bin it is to find that it Ms
sot shown any farther teams° aims the Heel weeks:U:l
Twenty-three deathasre also teemed to cholera or
diarrUes ;20 of which eseemed to Whims. Diarrhea*
was fatal in 18 oases in Xeryieboae. The registrar of the
eabdiediet of St. Mary in that district retnraed 6 deaths
Is the week. all of which were from dianboaa. There were
23 deeds Irma it is Pommes, and 18 in Islington. There
were 8 is tbe subdistrict of Todenhanrcourt-rud, sad tbe
same amber that of Si, Gibs South ; 9in the et&
district of St. Peter. Wslwortb, 6 to that of St. Peal.
Deptford. Chd of 44 deaths from typhus, 15 °centred is
the Mast districts.
At the Moral Observatory. Greenwich, the mesa height
of the barmaids, is the week was 30.039 is. The mean
daily readies was above 30 in. cm five days. At the be-
ginning of the week the barometrical pressure wu 29.63 les.,
and it dm to 30.20 in. oa Wednesday. The mean tem-
perature of the air in the week wes 66 deg., which is 4.1
deg. above the average of the manse week is 50 years as
determined by Mr. Cileielser). The thermometer is abe
shads attideed its higbest poiet. SI deg., on Thursday ;
its
lowest was 51.4 deg. os Saturday. The nage in the week
was, therefore, 33.6 deg. TM mean daily range pea 23.8
deg. The thermometer in the sun role to 149 deg. es
I Wednesday. The mean degree of humidity of the air was
n, coopktosaturatios being wursesated by 100. ' The air
was calm in great part if the week; other times the
' direction of the wind was variable. The rain-fall was 016
L in., all of which wended on Madsy.

The One he CoLONEL Dierina. —We under-
shied that the motions which Colonel Dawkins has men-
zoomed sgaiast the Duke of Ow:bridge and Lord Bokeby
will not be tried at Bristol am the 12th instant as was ex-
ported, they having obtained an ceder to change the venue
te Middlesex, oe the grated that the ream of astioe some
there, and that it would be ineonvenhist kw the Doke of
Cambridge, Lord Rokisby, nd others to aWand at Bride&
The actions. therefore, moot be tried until November.
Dietz or Ma. W. B. Sturm —The founder of
the weli-keown firm W. 11. Smith and On., newspaper
spate and peblishers, died at Waimea House, Bonier
mouth, at the advanced age of 73, ea Friday last. The de-
ceased commenced the busbis ts of newsagent in • eons.
peratively humble way some 50 years ago, mid had retired
about severs years. leaving to his sere, Yr. W. H. Smith, the
entire menappent.
GRANT Winne' PAWL—This Iret7 popular tete
—the tenth given In old of the Great Western Railway
Widows' sad Orphans' Feed—took place yesterday at
Wokerlall-park, sear Reading, tie seat of Mr. Robert
Allhey. The heavy ranee as the previous day deterred
many perms• from bong preeset, mad had a pareeptibie
inners upon the number of passengers travailing by the
special trains, which the direetaes kindly irritated, from
Chelteshans, Gloucester, Oxford. Loudon, Beading, limier
stoke. sad other places. Still the attendance was quite ea
large as meld have been exceeded ander the circumstances,
sad not less than 7,000 or 8,000 persons visited the park.
The last train reached its destimitioo shortly before 2 o'„Asa,
sad almost immediately the eceoonnes of people had eel-
looted in front of the stage erected near the madam to
Wee to the performances of Stead. "the Cure,* and the
other ertiates of note who were engaged, the Isis demanded
is torrents sod scattered the andianse in all direstiorse, the
majority taking shelter under the marquees, of which them
were serge or eight. However, the mate of the weather
improved, and afterw.eds interfered int little with the
sinammente of the day. The vocalism, acrobat4ci
kept togethi r • numerous assemblage, while
was kept up with unflagging spirit, the
being
the Paddington Eisen and the Great Westera
from Reading ; Mr. Barebam, of Leaden,
?S ainting ee 11. C. The ether sports eoemsted of wham
Aunt daily,* he., end sr intereetieg Waft of the
gathering wee a fano; bemar, at which the Nimes Baker,
daughters of Mr. Baker (the indefoßgabie esoretary to the
fund) presided. The magi' postrAlles brought is a antis.
factory sum. Delia( the day Major Sir Pant hunter mid
party, the Right Has. J. V. If owbray, Omit&
Allfrey, Captain Gould, Mr. Gary Montego, Mr. P. A.
Belfry, and other (nary visited the park. The mould
trains rennin between 8 gad 9 dela*, sad the bseetNel
grounds were shared. The committee canted out the ar-
reageweeta of the day in •mry astiefsatery meaner.
The Jockey Club (eye Graipearti) has just lost
one of its most amiable 110111111111,4 A. Alexandre Beesiest.
The following ansolote is related ad him :—"P
one day. atter • heavy fall el refm• wiry *ell=
young woman standieg at the edge et the side penmen of
the • Benign* sad *vides* mesh perplexed. se to the
best method ml unseeing the we all mend beige her, he
t 7 adveTtlir 84" k hew up his wag d curled
ris= dry shut. The lady made as in the
mode of transit, ben, es being mil dew, impinged her v..
Made as follows : 'sir, yea em an busiest lo f'
Thereupon IL Besehet bargain* ospired Val wfelpm w
again transporting hes, with the seem possanagne. the
wow not where be bad Int ant lass. sad leek bin ken
wish s patella iialsess?

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