The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-19 00:00:00

THE SILZ TRADE AND THE FRENCH
TREATY.

Yesterday afternoon, a meeting of the silk ma-
nufacturers wen held at the Clarence Hotel, Manchester, to
terminate the business of the trade committee appointed
last spring in reference to the French treaty. Mr. H.
Winkworth took she chair. Mr. E. It. Leasure moved the
following resointion :—" That this meeting cannot separate
without expressing theirsatisfactioa with the arraugernente ,
under which Eng Lab silks can enter France accenting to
the supqlemental treaty lately concluded. They
also desire to express their obligations to Mr.
Cobden for the efforts be has made to obtain
this desirable result, u well as for hi attention and war '
tesy to the deputation from the silk trade of this city."
Mr. C. Hilton seconded the resolution, which was mud-
piously adopted.

90131M1T TOR IMPROVING TUN OONDMON OF FMB 1
Burnt—The annual meeting of the Sosiety for Improving
the Social Condition of the Blind, Milton.house, Wal-
worth.reed, was held on Monday evening, at the Horns,
Kennington ; Mr. Fred. Douhon in the chair ; there being
also present Mr. Bagwell, M.P., the Revs. W. Barker, W.
H. Bonner, J. 'Monne! Hussey, J. Kirkman, F. Statham, '
W. P. Tidily, and several other clergymen and laymen. A
oompreheasave report was read, which stated that the ob-
ject of the institution was to act as a general religious and
secular missionary undertakitg for the blind, irrespective of
age, sex, creed, condition, or locality. It organises eye.
terns of regular visitation to the houses of the 'died, and
provides education, trade employment, and rational amuse-
ment for this suffering elms. It also supplies hired guides,
to enable the blind to attend places of worship, classes sad
lectures. de. These advantages have been extended to up-
wards of ninety persons during the first eighteen mouths of
Its operations. All the ofSoal appointments are hooorary.
Mr. 1.). Counolly, • blind gentleman, and superinteedent of
the educational department, in seconding a vote of thanks
to Mr. Roupell, deputy-chairman of the meeting and trea-
surer to the society, urged the necessity of sound education
fur the blind. Many compliments were paned upon Mr.
Alexander Mitchell, the honorary secretary, himself blind,
sod the perusal of an may entitled " The Blind ; their
Capabilities, e'ondition, and Claims," written by the same
gentleman, and published on the present occasion, was
*trough, recommended. A bazaar and concert took place in
the early part of the evening.
1:11A1.TH or LONDON.—TiIe return of the Regis-
trar-General state* that the London returns of deaths for
the two weeks of December exhibit • decrease on that foe
the last week of November. In three successive weeks the
numbers were 1,275, 1,240, and (last week) 1,208. The ave-
rage number of deaths, as derived from returns of weeks
corresponding with last week, in the ten years 1850.9, sad
corrected
return is therefore less than the result obtained by calcula-
tion by 163; sod the population, it may be Inferred, nom.
paratived free from fatal illness The deaths from pub.
rnonary dtasasss, exclusive of phthisis, have declined from
291 in the previous week to 261 last week. The corrected
ca=g7nt 7=97drenniciar fweekl4 Tin Bronchitis
h.BB da-
; pneuruouta was
fatal in the same periods in RS and 97 cases. Phthisis
decreased from 150 to 119 deaths, about half of which
bitter °finned in the period of life 20 to 40 years.
Three deaths occurred from small-pox in the week, 55 from
measles, 52 from scarlatina, 14 from diphtheria, 43 from
whooping.cough, sad 31 from typhus. Five children died
from whooping .cough iu the east sub-district of leliegton.
Four died from mendeig to the Haggerstone west sub-
district ; 8 in Ballard-green. Six deaths from scarlatina
were recoeded is Bow. Five persona were the victims of
intemperance. Four infanta were murdered; 5 died from
suffocation in bed. The widow of a labourer aged 66 years,
and the daughter of • tailor aged one year, died by their
clothes taking lire. A gtrl, • domestic servant, aged 17
years, was wielded to death by falling into a copper of hot
water. A hey, aged three years, died at 138, Cowell-street,
from diphtheris,whieb was considered asunquestionably doe
toe foul smell arising from • pipe that communicated with
the sewer. A Chinese niendiotot died from starvation.
Last week the births of 1,052 boys and 918 girls, in all
1,970 children, were registered in London, In the tea cor-
responding weeks of the years 1850-59, the average number
was 1,850.
Sun's HOWZOTATIEIC COCOA. —HO delicious
swiss, grateful smoothness. and invigorating power have pro-
cured its {MINTS' adoption as a breakfast leverage. klb.,
ilk, and Ilk packets. at Is. 6d. per lb., by the peincipal grocers
labelled "James Epps,. Monacsopathlo ttemlat, London.' —lAd
varttsmissal