The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-24 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

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Part Prie?

CItISTMAS PRESENTS. —At this festive
period of the YOU, the following unrivalled diecenries for the
betel are called tato lataomsod ngalrtiea, namely, ILOWLINDS'
'MACASSAR OIL, for casabas and a luxuriant heed a f
lair; Rocloods. Kalydor, for rendering tho_ skin eat,
fife, of
Moran/ ; Rowlands' °Mato, or Pearl DenUfrlce, for travertine •
pent.in emseseas to the teeth; sad Rowlands. Aqua Mho. a Ira.
pant and oviritonur perfume, In emends' enomtanbeent to places of
pubic amusement and needed assemblies. The pgronage 01 rots:ty
*fawned Europe, and the high approdation by rank und
with the bra-',Down infallible .Map of then articles, etre them •
etietrity unfundleled, and reeler them • peatauly elegant tr.d ma.
insabie prevent. Beware of spurious imitatioes. The 011;y gebtlibe
of nth btu. the muss of " Rowland?" encoding that of the article
urn Insister or I .bbl.—Rolal by A. ILO WY u ad SONS, 20, flat.
IS.trarden, L.:olbn, bail by challista and perfumers.

NOTIIER CURE of 15 YEARS' ASTHMA
Dr. Locoms ruvosic WAtilitg.—"Oentrib-etor.
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bant.b L Gentle nee.,—rat s big IS MIMI Illy RLs ha. been
ste.tird with owe asthma. wed ?re thse ha OMR face atle
to obtain more Wra than p•'ray sedl heist nue the bee t...ken
two bow. of die wane ber sr* helm ma W biwathlwa to
auw a. tree se she eeehl EINTIIOIIOO. laSide• Wakes
rive Inetbst relief rol a vapid me et ledielek 40000 t aid 6n OR'
or Ws et the twee* re hugs. They hew a meet mom tote.
Prue la. I a Is. 011 sad Ita per has. Peip•wd by DA SILVA sad
Co., 1, Itriel•lsite, Iftest•street, Lamb.. TM tof druiTiaft.

with hie Moe ea eddems.
J. B. t•WAISEIWIS • Lew method of tapping mike. summated to
ONO' elltehe gee It, and euprhee wholesale red retail hi. NEW
Ve.NTED TAP Wan EIZo (to bupersede the bowling method
or wog per packet. 1134 trade supplied.
N.B. It Iffi the Oteet Behdutlon, Section 22, No. Mil

DIPLOMATIC CUANCE.—We (Morning Herol
have reason to believe that the Marquis of Istormanby is
about to leave Paris, and that Sir H. Ilulwer is likely to re-
place him as our minister in France. We hear, also, that
Count Flahaut will shortly arrive in England as minister
from the French Republic, in the place of Count Walewski,
who is about to retura to France.

Ltarr. l'ut, R.N., arrived at St. Petersburg on
the 13th inst. lie purposes proceeding to the mouth of the
Sol ma Miser, rid Irkutsk and Jakutks, in Siberia.
TUE LATE DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT HUDDEES-
riaLn.—Dr.Atai or ANUTIIIia UP Ella SErlallatia.—The
mother of the children whose deaths by the late accident
were recorded in Monday's Erpress died on Sunday morn-
ing, making the fifth life sacrificed by the occurrence. In-
quests were held ou Saturday on the bodies of the children,
suil on Monday on that of the mother, when, the facts
already detailed having Wen Riven in evidence, verdicts of
"Accidental death" were returned. A subscription has
Una set on foot for Barry, whn has lost, with his wife and
fear children, the few articles of furniture of which he was
possessed.
TilE GUY'S DOSFITAL

-The cx-

tensive new buildings at Guy's Hospital are progressing
very fan towards completion, covering an immense piece of
ground at the rear of that ancient institution, extending
from the middle of Maze Pond, St. Thomas'estreet, to '
King-street, Snow's-fields. The estimated cost is :10,0001.,
and is being constructed by the Messrs. Piper and Co., '
builders and contractors, of Great Tower-street, City. The
noble building is being erected on patent preciples, with
immense iron rafters and girders, and when completed will
he (avail,: of accnnmodating 300 additional iu-door patients.
'the lower part of the building will form the new library,
the museum, reading-roonb, lecture-room., anatomical
theatre, lie.
Toe MODU.N JACK SICIEPPARD.—A letter from '
New York states that there can be no doubt of the identity
of the notorious Liiroev Hackett with the person who on
the 27th of Jane last broke Into the atom of 81r.
of Newark, New Jersey, and stole from thence watches and
jewellery to the valise of 5,000 doilars. He was subse-
quently arrested in • house in New York, known as the
!'ire Points, in company with smother Englishman, and all
On stolen property found to hie peseessioss. The thieves,
who pawed wider the 10111111t4 of Shields and Thomas, made
a desperate resistance, wounding the officers severely with
clubs, but were ultimately secured, and committed to pri-
son. Here Hackett made a most daring attempt to es-
cane, and astonished the turnkey., by the never-ending
sepply of tiles he seemed to have in his possession. It was
found necessary. to remove him to a new cell every day, so
frequent and ingenious were his attempts to break from
prison. On being brought up for trial he pleaded guilty of
the burglary, and was sentenced to 10 years imprirooment
in the State Prison, and two more fur the attempt
to escape. On bearing his scut( nee he coolly requested the
judge to "put on the other eight, so as to make the even
twenty." His accomplice was sentenced to eleven years,
and both me now, writes our correspondent, in "snug
quarter.." which the Gaoler garantecs will "hold them to
eternity, if necessary."
Nollril LONDON JUNCTION RAlLWAY.—Yetter-
.l3y the Master in Chancery, Brougham, adjudicatedllon the
let of contributories liable to discharge the outstanding
debts brought in by Mr James, the official manager, and
plated thereon, as liable, the 16 gentlemen who acted es
members of the managing committee, on the ground that
they attended meetings and gave orders in promotion of the
measure, besides taking shares and paying the deposit. Mr.
B. then, one of the committee, and who also acted as solici-
tor to the directors, was discharged from liability on the
ground that he officiated as a servant of the company, and
only nominally as a managing director. A number of solicitors
were in attendance, and the evidence consisted of the mi-
nute, allotment, attendance: books, ite. The Master then gave ,
dirictions that Mr. Bagshawe, M.P., one of the members of
the committee of management, and petitioner to the court
to have the company wound up, should endeavour to esta-
blish his claim, amounting to about 1,0001., against the
cotamivee of management. The claim consists of arrears
of root sad expenses incurred for the company's establish-
ment, which was taken at 8, Finsbury place ; and at a
01'. tine of the directors in 184.5, Mr.-Bagshawe and Mr.
Alderman Hughes were requested, as trustees on behalf of
the company, to execute a lease of the premises for three
nr four years, with an indemnity ; but, under pressure of
thrrLtenrd ctionr, Mr. Bagshowe has been compelled to
toy the above sum by way of settlement and compromise to
the owner of the premises, who has surrendered the um:-
meld term of lease. Mr. Bagshewe now seeks to be recona-
P and by his co-contributories.

The official report says :—The present return
shows that the mortality in London, by which recent weeks
boy. hem distinguished, still maintains a position which in-
MOON en unfavourable state of the public health. Since
ilkandidille of November the weekly deaths have been, in
sossiodes, 1,132, 1,279, 1,316, 1,191, and in the week end-
* hut Saturday 1,208. In the week ending 18th Decem-
UN, 1110, Judaea:a raised the deaths in London to 1,916;
bon if this mortality of that week be excluded from the
InW, it appear that the average number of deaths
eismorresponding weeks of 1811-68 was 1,060, which if
corrected fur increase of population is 1,166. On this cor-
rected average the return of last week shows an excess of
40. It will he seen on inspection of the table of Fatal
Canoes that two classes of disease, the symotie or
epidemic, and that which comprises affections of the respi-
ratory organs (exclusive of phthisis and hooping-cough),
}seduced last week almost the same amount of mortality,
the deaths enumerated iu the former being 251, those in
the latter 252. Bronchitis was fatal in 10.1 cases, pneumonia
11'110 ; in the three corresponding weeks of 1818-50 the
tanner disease ranged from 68 to 110, the latter from 81 to
117. Asthma carried off 18 persons last week. laryngitis and
=us stridulus 6, and pleurisy 5. l'hthisis was re-
_ the cause of death in 160 cases, which is more
r_
the

GREAT BRITAIN AND THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.—
A copy of the treaty of friendship, commerce, and naviga-
tion between Great Britain and the Sandwich Islands,
lisped at Honolulu on the 10th July last, has just been re-
' caved. It is one of entire reciprocal freedom with the ex•
ception, as regards naviastion, of the coasting trade of the
respective countries. British whales. are to enjoy the pri-
vileges lately conceded also to those of the United States of
entering certain pore, in addition to Honolulu and La-
haina, and are to be allowed to trade to the amount of 2JO
dollars without the payment of duties of any kind. They
may also, upon paying the ordivary import or export dutie-,
trade to the further extent of 1,000 dollars before becoming
liable to port charges. A provision is inserted for the sur-
render of naval or military deserters which, in consequence
of the proximity to California, is not without importance ;
and there is also a clause for the residence of a British
packet agent, in case there should at any time be esta-
blished British mail packets touching at a port of the is-
lands. The ratification of the treaty is to take place by the
10th of May next.
FATAL AIIESEMENT.—A Naples letter of the 18th
says : .0n Monday last I witnessed the ceremony of bles-
sing the troops on the Campo di Marte,' and a most im-
posing ceremony it is, when near 40,000 men, under arms,
kneel down at once, and bare their heads to receive the be-
nediction from the archbishop on that splendid site, and
under the canopy of a heavenly sky. The King and Queen,
with most of the royal family, attended, and the troops
passed in review on leaving the spot, under the command
of his Majesty, who returned home with the Queen and
two daughters, in a barouche and four. The King was
much greeted by the troops, and seemed much
pleased with his reception. The following day their
Majesties went to the hunt on Mount Aitroni, where
a royal preserve of game of all sorts is kept for the
special pleasure of the royal family, and the number of
wild boars killed on the occasion is immense. A portion of it
is sent to the nobles of the court as presents near Christmas.

An unfortunate accident occurred yesterday, when a poor
guard, who was doing some work stooping, was mistaken
for one of the wild boars and killed on the spot. Tho King
is much grieved at the accident, as, it is said, it was from
his own gun that the shot came. The King is reported, in
the Comers Mercantile of Genoa, to be leading a retired
life, whilst two days ago he was chasing on the lakes of
Cum*, where wild geese and other birds flock at this sea.
son; and on his return home, the whole way, through Poz-
zuoli, 'lagoon, &c., was illuminated on the occasion.
SANITARY LWS IN ALGIERS. —An nfffintin3
scene has just taken place at Melilla, but which is not
without precedent in countries where the sanitary laws assn
rigorously applied. The sentinels placed on the ramparts
of that pliw, on the side of Campo Moro, a few mornings
since, saw a man running towards the wall, who, notwith-
standing he wore the dross of a native, appeared to be a
Christian. On arriving near the soldiers he stopped, and
told them that he belonged to Alicant ; that he had emi-
grated to Algeria, and had had employment at Oran, but that
having penetrated further into the country in the hope of ob-
taining better wages, he had been taken prisoner by the Arabs,
by whom he had been detained for two years. lle had at
length found means to escape. Anil had come to seek
reluge at Melilla. The unfortunate man was thrown into
the greatest distress, when be was informed that the qua-
rantine laws would not allow him to be admitted into the
place, and that ho must return whence he came. The poor
fugitive, feeling assured that he should be retaken by the
natives and killed, uttered the most piteous lamentations,
and represented, but in vain, the cruel tortures which
awaited him, if he could not enter Melilla. AU that he
could obtain was to have throwu to him from ths walls the
dress worn by the convicts at the presitlio, and the recom-
mendation to pass himself off for a fugitive from the place.
This rigorous conduct is the more to be deplored, as there
now remains no trace of cholera in the country from
, which the man had come, nor would any one think of it,
but for the exaggerated precautions which the Spanish
garrison still continue.—Aabar of Algiers.
Nnw BRIDGE FROM FULHAM TO PUTNEY:—A 00M-

pang has been formed for the purpose of obtaining from
par lament authority to construct a neer and commodious
bridge over the Thames, connecting Fu' ..tha and Putney,
in hen of the old and present structure, wilich is dangerous '
to passengen, insufficient for ordinary traffic, and an un-
sightly as well as a perilous and vexatious obstruction to the
navigation of the river. The proposed bridge will consist
of wrought and cast iron, spanning the river with five
arches of 133 feet each, and of sufficient height—viz., twenty
fcvt, the present bridge being only twelve feet—for vessels
to pass under at high water, so that no such impediments as
now interfere with their progress and endanger their safety
will exist.
CHELSEA NEw SUSPENSION BRlDGE.—According
to the Iste report of Woods and Forests, the commissioners
of Public Works are to advance 120,0001. for the new sus-
'pension bridge and Thames embankment at Chelsea.
PAINTINGS IN CHURCHES.—In 1639 the parish-
ioners of Allhallows Barking complained that certain
Odium, &c., had been set over the font of their church.
Thu matter was referred to the chancellor of the diocese,
the celebrated Arthur Duck, who found that most of the
vestry approved of the particulars complained of, and en-
deavoured to mediate between the parties, and at last
"ordered and decreed that all the said pictures above and
as the canopy of the said font should be taken down, and
that the pictures upon the rail of the communion table
should likewise be taken down."—Burn's Eccles. Lou',
Phillimore's Edition, 1 col., 371; Gibson's Codex, 2 rol.,
p. 1,166.
LYONS AND AVIGNON RAILWAY.—A simeial meet-
ing of the claimants of the caution money ormerly de-
posited for this undertaking, was held yesterday at the
London Tavern, Bialtopagata-street, far the purpose of de-
teraduing upon such active measures as may be immedi-
' stet,' necessary for the protection of their rights and
interests. The reason assted for this step, was the fact
of the French government -having postponed the adjudica-
tion of the railway from the 19th inst., to the 3rd of Janu-
ary.—Mr. D. Salomon, M.P., took the chair, and stated
that the business which brought them together would be very
brief. Notwithstanding the ample powers with which he
and the committee were honoured at the last meeting, he
thought it his duty, previously to the deputation proceed-
ing to Paris, to avail himself of an opportunity of consult.
*/ with them as to the measures which might be proposed
*Sgt. lie had written to the Minister of Public Works
sad of Finance, and to the President himself, and had
seteived an answer from the Minister of Public
'Works. The committee, however, looking at the vi ry
@maple powers with which they were already invested, bad
deemed it more prudent, and more politic, and more re-
spectful to the French government, not to propose anything
glaseitic upon the present occasion. lie thought, under en-
Ming circumstances, that the parties interested could not
require or ask for any further information or explana-
tion, but would give the committee credit for not re-
commending a course which they did not deem advan-
tageous to all parties concerned. He had great pleasure in
being enabled to inform theta that, having had frequent
opportunities of consulting with some a the parties en-
gaged in tendering for the line, ho had received satisfac-
tory assurances of their desire to carry out the undertaking.
The clia.rmau concluded by informing the meetins that
the deputation would leave London for Paris on kriday
next. A sl:3ht discussion ensued, and the proceedings ter-
minated.
TONTINE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANT.—Testerday
a Chita for 7301. was brought in on behalf of Mr. Manning,
for services as secretary to the " People's Branch " of this
naanceassful projtet.

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Now reedy, pike Oise Shilling iOrne; diseaseri;;gld wornaair°, 07.7a;r7;;;1111;
ST. I)UNSTAN and THE DEVI.L, The True 117. Asthma carried off 18 persons last week. laryngitis and
: showing bow the HORSESHOE became a chum laryngismus stridulus 45, and pleurisy 5. l'hthisis was re-
" 111171111CILtrr. With illostratieris by Gnome Claiinalialin, corded as the cause of death in 150 CAWS, which is more
001001 Vi,j4176: Er.i.o2ese, Larks. tad al loskislies.
D. than has been usual at the came period, the numbers in
eorresponding weeks not having averaged more than 120,
HEN itY MILLS, Diseases of the resriratory organs show collectively a gra-
,,,,, dual decrease during the last three weeks, in which the
" airi 01ibi1.71,1% Kant ig.T7 deaths attributed to them were 333, 281, and 252. On the
W LOND 0 N, re mammas other hand symotic diseases taken together have maintained
his tilehly-eabeed GOLD a more uniform rate of mortality, and are now more fatal
. .. Wart•HEs, of the Hoax- than usual at this time ; the deaths from these in the last
WIN rat. CONSTRUCTION, three weeks were 249, 243, and Zit
..:.,;e7c. I o ~,, , GOLD DIALS, JEWELLED, Last week the births of 783 boys and 672 girls, in all
sr,,, De., at rive Unbar each.
0., e, 1,, ...p,,, c,.,,,,, at Two- 1,466 children, were reps' tend. The average number in
• ' .- -' ' ; meat-Halt Guineas each. silt corresponding weeks of 1815-50 was 1,305.
' .' '' . NEW 11DOW-KOO/48, at At the Royal Observatory, Oreenwich, the mean daily
e , , 4%;`,..;:.. i, 171, inhibit en eztensive reading of the barometer was above 30 in. on every day of
. - s 160 rt% I" the week„ except Saturday. On Sunda it was 30.373 in.,
• *C: ' 4, er , a.. 111%,4111.1e• isireimmi 14 UK listar..
, .
- . . - ' ... . ;, , : • vas 1111.101/.. week was . .
. ls ' Aire %immature a the medic was 41.6 deg.
: •
**,,tirritisk prim. which is near the average of corresponding weeks. The
!,-,;• His IS. grad JEWEL- daily mean was 30 degrees on Thursday (or 4 degrees below
!'•••••..,-.4--#• . ' •"" I. am is "am' the average) ; it rose on the two following days to 47 do. .......... .. variety. lice Gold Guards
from un. each i ale,, At,. grate and 49 degrees (or 7 and 9 degrees above the average).
LEItT Cll4lBB, tram Its. sees. The wind was calm during the early put of the week, and
A Tesiy.l'et, ColltAillilrf OW Lkli Or Priem and Steeliest
4wlll be in the south towards the end.
net per poit, tree, ea Krakatoa ey le.k‘ ; and as call spp Imam.
•.• -olalt,ll.
B'',o the Addmi-171. 171, "4 11% "F°llD-STREET. GREAT BRITAIN AND THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.—
LONDON.
A Ann.., of thn frosts, of fwiantlaitin ersmnsnrwa and ...;.,....-

11 ARLOW'S NEW IN-
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TAP. REQUIRES NO SENT-PEG"
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the top of the plug C (wluelt Am a bole op-
push, the air-tube Ili, a utflatient sir rushee
through it into thecae: to cause the liquor
toff rupou..ooff,efr.ireelc.,y;usrlrear.wsbrit tap is tamed
JAMES BARLOW, 14, Rise WM=
street, 51Ansion-houee. Estehad 1520.
N.B.—None are sessalseezeept stamped