The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-02 00:00:00

/leo seertidity, whale is the S9OIIIIOT of 1846 was execs-
si,v2iL high in Sheffield, iiaddersfield, Halifax, Bradford,
sad Hull, was little above the average of preceding
yeas 1848. The deaths in Leeds and Hamlet, daring
the three wormer quarters of 1846-8, were 1,368, 1,326,
and 1,168 .• in Hull, 488, 401, and 336. Barth= and
dysentery leave been prevalent and fatal in Leeds. The
deaths in Myton (Hull) were 218 ; of which 61 were by
armed@ diseases, Including 39 cams of diarrecea, 4 of cho-
hria,4_of inalittsst fever, 3of typhus. The mortality, which
to IMM wee to high in Bandeeland, Gateshead, Tynemouth,
Newerestle4a-Tyne, Cuba' and Cockennouth, fell to a
=near the averse' of the yeah preceding 1846. The
in the mummer quarters of 1846.7-8 were 2,988, 2,291
sad 1,812.
The deaths in the Walsh districts have been nearly sta-
tionary slim 1846. In Merthyr Tydfil the deaths were 374,
436, and 310 in the summer quarters of 1846 7.8.
The premiere of mortality has slightly increased in London.
though it has abated in the country. 'While the. deaths of
the four summer quartet" 1845 8 in the country districts
were 25,152, Num, 36,292, and 29,942, the deaths in Lon-
don were 10,987, 12,001, 13,187, end 13,503. Influenza, it
will be recollected, was meat more fatal in London than is
the cosatry. The increased mortality of London is princi-
pally owing to the deaths from dames of teesymotie elms,
increasing in the four summers 1845-8 from 2,437 to 5,162.
Scarlatina has been more fatal in the last than in any pre-
vious summer quarter since the new tables commenced. It
destroyed 1.660 lives in 13 weeks, or 1,079 more than the
avenge. The epidemic presented this singularity, that the
deaths in the summer quarters 1841.4 were 193, 392, 648,
1,020 ; and again 194, '5OB, 316, 1,660, in the summer
quarters 1845 8-• which justifies the hope that the mortality
from this *lleum; next year will not be considerable. Small-
pox. notwithstanding the facilities for vaccination, was fatal
to 436 persona—children chiefly' who had
sated. Typhus destroyed 882 lives in London; the epidermis
has prevailed since 1846, and is but slowly declining. 128
persona died of erysipelas; 62 women of metric, and 67 of
other accidents in child-bearing. 166 persons died in the 13
weeks of fractures and contusions ; 26 of gunshot, and other
wounds; 116 by drowning ; 36 by hanging; 31 of burns
and scalds ; 15 of poison. The deaths of 15 persons WIMP
arerihod directly to intemperance ; of 33 to delirium acmes
—a diseasegenerally causedby Intemperance. Only 2 death;
were directly referred to privation ; 4 deaths were ascribed
to neglect; 69 to the want of the mother's milk. It is gra-
tifying to observe that there has been no death from hydro-
phalli in London during the last fire summers, a result
which may be fairly ascribed to judicious police regulations.
Consumption, the enemy of mature life, carried off 1,534
victims. The fatality. of this end of other diseases of the
tubercular clue remains ahead invariable, allowing for dif-
ferences of nomenclature; the deaths in the eight various
slimmers of 1841.8 were 2,400, 2,511, 2,428, 2,275, 2,199,
2,659, 2,370, 2,221.
Dysentery was rather more fatal than in previous year.
Every summer there have been many death+ from diarrhcoe ;
in the samoners of 1816-7-8 &mattes was epidemic, and fatal
to 1,649, 1,196, and 1.048 lives; cholera was fatal in the
same season to 197, 98, and 153 lives. The mortality from
these diseases for the last 9 years is shown in the annexed
tables.

Deaths tram Diarrhea la each of
the fear <marten cl tbe yews
1640-4 L

Doan' from Cholas In man d
Me fourkn quartos of tie rad
1840—

1 1,117(1 Mar. Jam Sopa Die.
116441 1 14 I
1
WU .. 7 106 13
1843 6 8 80 14
1844 4 9 47 6
1846 4 1 26 11
19441 1 94
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11
I 1816 9 17 143 ..

Caw of cholera have been every year registered in Lon-
don, Tee deaths in the eight summer quartets of 1840 8
were 53, 23, 106,60, 47. 26, 197, 98, 153 ; the deaths in the
same seasons from diarrluct were 279, 228, 480, 455, 414,
449, 1,549, 1,196, 1,048. Both these disease were fatal to
adults between the sees of 15-60, and to old people ; but
the great majority of the cases occurred in children. In the
13 weeks of the present year ending September 30, the
deaths of 90 children under 15, 37 men and women of the age
of 15-60, and 30 of the age of Wand upwards, were referred
to cholera. The duration of the attack in adults varied from
16 hours to several days.
So far as the returns to the end of September go, I may
repeat, what I stated three months since, that " there is no
trace of the epidemic of cholera In Eogland." Tee subse-
t quent weekly returns for L,ndon justify the suspicion then
expressed, that the epidemic might, as in 1831, reach Eng-
land in October.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Nov. 1.
It is confidently stated in an evening paper that a
very great alteration in the jurisdicti^n of the Exche-
quer Court is about to be effected. That court hitherto
has had an equity as well as common law juriodio-
Um. Circumstances, to which it is unnecessary to
advert, have contributed for several years to throw
into that court, and at the equity bide, causes which
ought more regularly to have been brought it to
the exclusively equity courts. The retinis
moved for last section, showing th ) extent of pro-
perty in Ireland over which the Equity Exchequer
exercises jurisdiction, will show this at a glance. The
result has been an accumulation of the common law
business of the Exchequer, which has been attended
with great public inconvenience. It is now said to
be determined to shoal& the equity jurisdiction of
the Exchequer, and confine that court to common law
business. Tha equity powers will be transferred to
the Court of Chancery. A vice-chancellor and ad-
ditional masters will be named—the former office
being probably filled by Baron Pennefather.
Of late years some symptoms have been manifested
in the north of Ireland of a return to a less sectarian
feeling, and among the many " good old customs" per-
mitted to fall into desuetude, has been the special ser-
vice for the 6th November. Dr. Meant, Bishop of
Down, Connor, and Dromore, seems anxious to revive
the ancient spirit. His lordship, in reply to an inquby
from one of his clergy, whether the special service
or that of the Sunday should be read on the ensuing
6th, replies that he has known proclamation to be
made commanding that service to be read, as well at
the coronation of the good old Ring George as at
those of his successors, and that he thinks it ought to
continue. He intimates that he would publish this
reply for the information of his clergy, and he has
done eo; with what effect remains to be seen.
The trial of Mr. O'Doherty has not yet concluded.
The report of the proceedings presents no features of
interest beyond those which ordinarily attend Irish
political trials—the personal contentions of the coun-
sel at both sides. The Solicitor-General, nettled at
the nee made of political tipples by Mr. But, in his
address to the jury yesterday, attacked him in turn ;
Mr. Butt is supposed to have considerable influence
with that clue of protestant conservatives of which
the present jury is exclusively composed, and the
Solicitor warned them lest predilections of that sort
should warp their better judgments. The result was
a most indecorous exhibition in court. Both parties
however apologised to the court before it rose.

SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGH, OCT. 31.
The cholera still continues to select its victims from
the came localities and from amongst the same class
of individuals that ordinarily are the subjects of
typhus in large towns. The old town is its strong-
hold, and it can scarcely be said to have manifested
itself in the new town. It thus teaches an impressive
military lesson which it were well to improve. The
general belief is that the epidemic is milder than it
was in 1832: but this is a mistake. In 1832 the first
month tarnished only 42 cases ; whilst in 1848, from
Oct.l 4 to 24, being the first twenty days of its preva-
lence, the cases were 80. In 1832, the disease
broke out on 22d February, and did not finally leave
the town till 16th December, during which pried the
cues amounted to 1,886, and the deaths to 1,065.
The authorities are taking credit to themselves for
their activity about remedial measures, bat their ex-
ertions
are not making much impression out of doors.
Swineries have been put down, and large accumula-
tions of filth removed, but the closes and narrow
streets retain their wonted unwholesome odour, and
till disinfectants are used largely there is little pros-
t of improvement in this respect. The great want of
house accommodation for the lower classes is a formi-
dable obstruction to sanitary:treasures. From thelarge
number of railway and other works which have been
going
.on for some years, there has been an influx of
labounng men ; but, instead of their introduction
' being followed by an increase of dwellings of an
' humbler description, that class of domiciles has been
very considerably diminished by the demolition of

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