The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-05 00:00:00

OPENING OF APSLEY HOUSE TO THE
PUBLIS.

The Duke of Wellington liberally proposes to
open the principal apartments of Apsley House to the
public during the present mouth of January, on Tues-
days, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from tan till three
o'clock. Admission tickets ate to be issued by Mr.
Mitchell, 93, Old Bond-street, in answer to written applica-
tions, with name and address. Visitors are requested to ob-
serve the regulations made by the attendants and the police.
From &small catalogue just issued we take the following
particulars relative to the Mansion :
" Apeley-house was built by Henry Bathurst, Baron
Apeley, Earl Bathurst ; it was purchased by the late Duke
of Wellington in the year 1820, and was subsequently
greatly enlarged by him. From the Entrance-hall visitors
peen to a room, upon the right hand, used as
" The Waiting room, in which there are marble busts of
the late duke, by Steele, of Edinburgh ; Lord Castlereagh,
Mr. Percival, Colonel Garwood, Colonel Ponsonby,
Ike., &e.
At the Foot of the Staircase, stands a Colossal statue of
Napoleon, by Canova, presented to the late duke by the
allied sovereigns of Europe. Entering the
" Piccadilly Drawing-room, are several admirable paint-
' ings • those agog worthy of mention, are—. A portrait of
Jolui, Duke of Marlborough,' over the mantel-piece,
• The Chelsea Pensioners,' by Wilkie ; the companion
painting, ' The Greenwich Pensioners,' by Burnet : Van
Amburgh in the Cape with Wild easta,' by Sir Edwin
Landeser; and several cabinet specimens of the Dutch
school. Proceeding to the adjoining
" Drawing-room, over the door, on entering, is a portrait
of Marshal Soult ; and a fine portrait of Pope Pius VII.
This room also contains the original painting of ' The Mel-
ton Hunt,' by Francis Grant, Esq., R.A.; and copies
from Raffaelle, by Bonnemanon, of the four celebrated
works known as ' 'The Spasimo • • La Madonna del Peace,'
' The Pearl,' and • The Visitation.' Over the door, lead-
ing to an inner room, le a • Portrait of Mr. Pitt,' and
another of the late • Mr. Arbuthnot,' by Gambardella.
Opposite the pier glasses, stand a pair of vases, porcelaine
de Rims, presented-to the duke by Louis XVIII.
" The Picture Gallery.—lt was in this apartment that the
annual banquet on the 18th if Jane was held ; the late
duke occupied a chair fronting the large central fireplace
The gallery contains numerous admirable specimens of
celebrated painters, the name of each artist appearing on
the frame. The candelabras, of Russian Porphyry, in the
centre of the room, were presented by the- Emperor
Nicholas, and the vases, of Porphyry from Sweden, at the
side of the apartment, by the late King of Sweden.
"The small Drawing Room.—Upon the table, near the
door, a Malachite vase, presented by the Emperor Alex-
ander; above it is a portrait of the present Duchess of Wel-
lington, by Gambardella; open the right-hand side a full-
length portrait of William IV., by %Vilkie • and upon a
table are 'laced two services of very handsome Falvres
china: one resented by Louis XVIII., the ocher, for-
merly belongitia to Joseph, King of Spain.
" The stn Drawing Room.—The meet interesting
paintings in t is apartment are : The Battle of Waterloo,
by Sir Wm. Allen (taken from Napoleon's bead quarter.)
portraits of Lord Beresford, Lord Lynedoeh, Lord Angle-
sea, and Lady Wellesley—by dir Thos. Lawrence; Lord
Nelson, by Sir Wm. Beechey ; Lady Charlotte Greville, by
' Hoppner; Sir George Murray ; and over the door, por-
traits of Marshal Blucher, and the late Lord Cowley—by
Hoppner. Paring through this room, visitors deseend the
back staircase, and are conducted to
. _ _

"The Chin; Hoom, in which are portions of services of
Prussian and Saxon china, presented by the Emperor of
Austria, the King of Prussia, and Louis XVIII., con-
, tained in glass MIL The silver plateau, in cases, on each
side of the mantel-piece, was presented by the egent of
Portugal, for services during the peninsular war, from 1808
to 1811. Opposite the entrance, is placed the Wellington
shield, manufactured from designs by Btothard, and pre-
seated by the merchants and bankers in London, in the
year 1872. Upon the cases are some remarkable bests, in
bronze, of the Marquis of Wellesley, Henri Quatro, the
Prince de Condi, Louis XIV., and Marshal Turman,.
" From this room visitors pass through the Secretary's
Room, the Duke's Private Room, and the Doke's Bed
Room (in the arrangement of which, not the slightest alters-
tion has been made sines they were last used,) and thence'
into the garden by an outlet constructed as a private com-
munication
with the mansion, and habitually used by the
late illustrious duke."

ANOTHER GAROTTE ROBBERY NEAR NOTTLNO-
HAit.—Nottinghom, Monday.—A most daring garotte rob-
bery wee committed last night, as early as eta o'clock, on
Snenton-road, within half a mile of the town. It appears
that at the time in question, a young man, of the name of
liennett, s printer, was proceeding up Snenton-road to the
village church, when be was forcibly dragged into a pu-
sage by two ruffians, one of whom strangled him, whilst
the other unbuttoned his clothes and took from him his
watch, &c. The robbers then succeeded in making their
escape. The robbery is of the most daring character, the
hoar being an early, and the road a well-frequented one.

THE MANCHESTER WATER WORMS.—We stated
last week that the Manchester corporation had effected a
loan of 350,0001. from the Bank of England, wherewith to
pay the shareholders of the company from whom they
bought the old water works. The corporation were paying
at the rate of 5 per cent. for the money, but they effect a
saving to the extent of one per cent. upon 200,0001. of the
money borrowed, and one and a half per cent. upon the re-
Ruining 150,0001. The old Water Works Company had •
meeting yesterday, to consider what steps should be taken,
the money having become due from the corporation, and
' that body having given notice that they were in • position
to pay it on the Ist instant. Mr. Alexander Kay took the
chair, and after some discussion, the corporation haying ab-
solute power to pay them off the money, the proceedings
resulted in a series of resolutions to regulate the payment
of the money, and to place the shareholders in • position to
give the corporation a legal discharge upon its receipt. It
was determined that the company should be fermally dis-
solved on the 2nd May next.

TUE DINNER TO MR. INGERSOLL.—At the ap-
proaching dinner to the Hon. Mr. Ingersoll, the American
minister, which is to take place at Manchester on Friday, it
is expected that the Manchester Commercial Association
will present an address to his Excellency. The Bishop of
Manchester is to be present, and the mayors of Manchester,
Liverisool, Bolton, Wigan, Warrington, Stockport, Ashton,
and Preston.

TIIE CRYPT or GERARD'S HALL has been care-
fully taken to pieces, and each atone marked; and there is
• probability that it may be re-erected in the grounds of the
Crystal Palace at Sydenhem very appropriate locality,
where it could be seen to greater advantage than ever, and
would have its uses among the instructive wonders to be
gathered there from all quarters of the globe. The company
of directors have applied to the City, and their decision is
favourable. It would be curious if Temple-bar should some
day And • home there also: it would be no ungraceful addi-
tion to a public gat ilen.—.Art-Jairnal.

HEAI/TH OF LONDON DURING THE WEER.

The official report says :—ln the week that ended
last Saturday 1,388 deaths were registered is London. In
the tea corresponding weeks of the years 184342 the
average number was 1,218, which, with a correction for in•
crease of population, becomes 1,340. The deaths returned
for last week differ little, therefore, from the estimated
monist.

Alibi end of a quarter, as has been shown on former
amulets, the weekly account is swelled by more than the
just proportion of coroners' cases, a number of which oc-
curred at prior dates, but were not formally registered till
last week. These consist principally of deaths by poison,
burns and scalds, hanging and suffocation, diowning, frac-
tures and wounds ; and in this class 15,5 eases are enume-
rated in the present return. Sud.:en deaths also, com-
prising emus in which perspits have been " (cued dead,"
where coroners' juries have been unable to ascertain the
cause of death, or where it has been improperly omitted to
be recorded, amount this week to 43.
There was an increase last week in the mortality both
of epidemic diseases and of diseases of the respiratory
organs. Fatal cases of scarlatina rose again to 67, and
those of typhus to 61. The following three cases of cholera
occurred in the week :
On 27th December, in the workhouse, Islington, a needle-
woman, aged 70 years, died of " cholera Anglica, exhaus-
tion." On the same day, at 11, Type-court, Finsbury, •
female servant, aged 33 years, " cholera (14 days)." This
court is thickly populated by poor families. On 26th Ms-
camber, in Hales-street (St. Paul's, Deptford), the son of •
labourer, aged one year and nine months, " cholera (12
hours)."
On 29th December, at 3, Prlnting•house-lane, in the
South-west sub-district of City of London, :he daughter of
a coachman, aged 3 years, died of small-pox. Mr. Arnott,
the registrar, states that " of five children in the family,
two that had been vaccinated have escaped the small-pox,
but the tbree others, not vaccinated, have had it severely,
and one, as is seen above, fatally." Another child, aged
6 weeks, died on 26th December, at No. 12, in the same
lane, of the same disease.

At 3, Albany-road, Camberwell, on 24th December, the
daughter of a nas-fitter, aged two years, died of •' WATia.
tins (6 days)." Mr. Stevens says This is the third
death that has occurred in this family by the came disease
within the space of 6 days. Reference was made to the
previous eases in last week's return. The house is Ter,
small but thickly inhabited. At the back of the house se
situated a row of stables. The medical attendant has re-
commended the survivors to quit the premises as soon as
P°riblf*". _ _

In Clapham, at Little Manor-street, on 26th December,
a sailor, aged 20 years, died of " debility after fever." Mr.
Frost, the registrar, was informed that " the deceased was
taken ill with fever and left by his esptain in the hospital
at Constantinople ; as soon as he was a little recovered lie
procured a passage home by another ship. The place
allotted him was so close, confined, and dirty, that he was
obliged to sleep on deck the greater part of the way home.
He was only snowed one meal per day. He arrived at
home on the 24th, at nisht, in traits an exhausted state,
and died on the 28th. The medical attendant states that
when he first visited his patient he found him in a meet
wretched state of dirt and vermin."
In Horton New-town, at 11, Parr-street, on Dec. 23, the
daughter of a jeweller, aged 10 years, died of " influenza,
typhoid fever (14 days)." Mr. Ansell, the registrar, says:
I had occasion to remark a previous death in this house
last week from typhoid fever. The cesspool is out of order,
and its contents have penetrated into the area."
In the sub-district of Hackney-road, at 1, Hepworth-
place, on Dec. 22, the daughter of a cordwainer, aged 2
years, died of "typhus." (Inquest.) Mr. Murray, the
registrar, gays:—" This is the third death from typhus in
i the same house' originating in putrid wood taken from a
cesspool and piled against the house, but now removed. A
fourth occurred from peritonitis in an adjoining house,
lacross a narrow court; and a fifth child is ill with typhus,
but with the rest of the family it has been removed by order
of the coroner, at the request of the jury."
In the sub-district of Camden Town, at 2, Georgina-
stree_t on Dec. 22, a woman, aged 24 years, died of phthisis
Mr. Roll, the Registrar, mentions that " at the back of this
and three or four adjoining houses there is a yard which
appears to be a receptacle for filth. It lies completely in a
hole containing a stable or two, the dung, &c., from which
creates an offensive effluvium." Suffolk-street, King's-cross,
in the same sub-district, where a child died of " fever (14
hours), convulsions (2 hours)," is described as " a crowded
and unhealthy neighbourhood." Cambridge-place, where
a child died of hooping-cough, which is said to be prevalent
there, is described as • very damp and unhealthy."
Mr. Faulkner, registrar, of the south sub-district, St.
Giles, makes the following statement :—"I went on the
18th December to 2, Lincoln-court, to register a birth. On
opening.the door of the room I was quite overpowered by
the fearfully sickening and disgusting odour,which surpassed
anything I have experienced,althougla this sort of thing is too
frequent. I was obliged to leave the room, and register on
an open window-sill. If cholera makes its appearance, it
will be undoubtedly in that room, for it is utterly impossi-
ble for human beingsto live in such an atmosphere, as I
felt the ill effects of it for the whole day. I believe white.
washing combined with a powerful deodoriser would be of
great service here."
Oa 28th December a bly, aged 5 years, died of " inflam-
mation of the enembranevf the brain (8 days)." In the
opinion of the medical man the disease was caused by a
frequent habit which the child had of supporting himself
on his head. A woman, aged 65 years, died on 23rd De-
cember of " phlegmonous boil of lower lip (6 days), typhoid
prostration (4 days)." A surgeon's assistant, aged 45 years,
" poisoned himself (on 15th December) by taking chloro-
form (4 hours) ; temporary insanity." Two deaths are
ascribed to privation, 4 to intemperance. Between the
23rd and 30th December the deaths of 8 men in the Royal
Hospital, Greenwich, were registered, whose ages averaged
nearly 77 years.
Last week the births of 987 boys and 924 girls, in all
1,911 children, were registered in London. In the corre-
sponding weeks of the eight years 1845.52 the ge
number was 1,522.
. . .

At the Loyil Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading
of the barometer on Frida wee 30.027 in.; the mean of
the week wee 29643 y_ in. The mean temperature of the
week was 47.5 deg., which is 101 deg. above the average of
the same week in ten years. The mean daily temperature
was above the average throughout the week, and this excess
on Sunday was 11.2 deg., on Monday 12.5 deg., on Tuesday
51 dog., on Wednesday 8 1 deg., on Thursday 12 deg., on
Friday 9.2 deg., sad on Saturday 12.2 deg. The wind
blew generally from the south-west. The mean difference
between the dew point temperature and air temperature
was 7.4 deg.

Brancsa.—A parliamentary paper which has
just been issued contains several abstract' from the latest
returns made by the archbishops and bishops in pursuance
of 1 and 2 Vie., c. 166, sec. 63. From these it appears that
the total number of benefices in England and Wales was
11,728 in 1860, sad upon 8,214 of these there was a glebe
house. It oleo appears that 6,182 clergymen were resident
is the respective parsonage house, 661 in the houses ap-
pointed by the bishop in bis license, and 1,218 within the
limits of :he benefice, there being no parsonage house;
making the total number resident 8,077. The total number
exempted from residence was 1,361 ; but of these 329 per-
formed the duties of their parishes. The principal grounds
of exemption are residence in other benefices, official chap-
laincies, and offices and mastership. in the universities and
public schools. The number exempted by license, on the
ground of infirmity and other causes, was 674, of whom 176
were doing duty in their parishes. Number non-resident
without license or exemption 917, of whom 522 were doing
the duties in their parishes. The namher of sequestrations
was 51; and from 357 benefices no return was received.
THE VICAR OF ROTHERHAM ON SOIREES DAN-
SANT/M.—The BAIT. R. Moseley, the vicar of Rother-
ham, on a late occasion spoke from the pulpit in con-
demnateey strains of the annual hall about to be given
at that place, and went so far as to read out the names
of the patrons of the ball as objects of public reproba-
tion. The matter was represented to the Archbishop
of York, who disapproved of the proceeding, and the
Doncaster Gazette informs us that t. Mr. Moseley has
judiciously adopted the recommendation of his primate,
by candidly avowing that it was an error of judgment in
reading the names of the patrons. But at the same time
he solemnly declares that no change has taken place in his
opinion of the inconsistency of such amusements with a spi-
ritual and Christian life. As we have no wish to protract a
discussion on this painful subject, we are heartily glad that
the good sense of the vicar, through the intervention of the
archbishop, ultimately prevailed, and that be has with-
drawn the offensive part of the reverend gentleman's de-
clamation. At a meeting of the ball committee, held on
Wednesday evening, and after the vicar's letter had been
read, it was unanimously resolved—" That he be informed
the ball committee accept his apology, relying upon the ad-
monition which he has received from the Archbishop of
York having the desired effect of preventing him from
using the pulpit of our parish church on any future occa-
sion in such an improper manner."
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT IN FRANCE.—In
the last sitting of the Academy of Sciences an account was
given of a aeries of experiments made by MM. Boussin-
emelt and Lewy for the purpose of ascertaining the quan-
tity of carbonic acid contained in soil. Amongst the re-
sults obtained were these : 1. The air found in a hectare
(nearly 21 English acres) of arable land, immured during
• year contains, to a depth of 35 centimetres (nearly
14 inches) as much carbonic acid gas as 18,000 cubic
yards of atmospheric air—which ordinarily contains
from four to six ten-thousandth parts of its volume. 2.
In the air of a hectare of arable land recently minuted,
the carbonic acid may, in certain circumstances, amount to
that which is contained in 200,000 cubic yards of normal sir.
3. In the loam, sub-soil of a forest, to a depth of 36 centi-
metres, the confined air contains as much carbonic acid
gas as 5,000 cubic yards of atmospheric air. A paper was
read by M. Bobierre on the efficacy of animal charcoal as
naanure. M. Bobierre disiii.guishes two sorts of it in •
practical point of view ; the first is that which has been
used in sugar refining ; it is rich in asote and phosphate
of lime, both these elements existing therein in the most
favourable proportions for agricultural purposes. The
other sort is a gritty subetauce, having undergone several
revivifieations ; it is very advantageously used in manuring
waste land for the first time in order to reader it fit for
cultivation. It contains less mote, but a greater proportion
of phosphate of lime than the former. From these obser-
vations, the author concludes that each of these two sorts
ought to be applied respectively to that purpose which
experience has pointed out as the best, as shove explained.

EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.