The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-02 00:00:00

THE HEALtH OP LO.VDON.

It apreare from the weekly return of the Retie.
trar•Gonerol Hirt the mess temperature of the air in the
lett week of October was 17 dee. lower than that of the
recaai werk in the month; and the returns of mortality
show the tffect of incremed cold in ea increase of deaths.
which row from 902 to I,OiS the letter number being re.
gorse' f, the week that ended last Saturday.
In the correepondine weeks of ten years 1849-58 the
average number of death. was 1,0/3 ; but as the deaths re-
turned for lost week occurred is an iserearted population.
they should be compered with the averkge mho' in
Linn to the inmate., namely, with 1,12.5. The coin=
chows that the deitho in the pm/eat return are lees by 77
than they would have bean If toe average rate of mortality
had rule!. _

The deaths from bronchitis and pneumtnia, which wire in
the previous week respectively 41 sad 32, r.se lest week to
66 and 43. Plvhisie or oon.unipli.au rose from 139 to 166;
heaping, 'ugh from 4to 16. Scurlatina cantina's Mel, Ma
discovers little fluctastion; it was f.tal last week in 91 oases,
diphtbeiis in 11. Tbs Registrar of St. Leonard, Shoreditc.k,
mentions s house, 10, Kiussland•roed, where tour children
have died frau stirlstins within six weeks. Twenty-two
deaths ore reterieU to sinallAx._
_ .

Mr. Wi!qnt. the Registrar of Ft. John Marylctione, who
regiwered a death from smallpox butt week at 47, Princess-.
street, thus writes:—" About rix weeks ago a gardener
living at 48, Princess-street, Po/man-market, wee attacked
by smallpox of a severe character, but recovered. The
Aimee rpreed, and on 29th September the daughter of a rail-
way pony r. sged 8 year., on the 6th October a con of the
✓ains railway porter, std 16 mouthy', and on the 10th
October the me of a jot:trillium t lumber., aged 18 mc
died of it, all in the same bowie (Nu. 48). It then app=
In the sett rouse (No. 47).e/brie the child of a jotuneytmaA
bricklayer, who was ettyweed on 131 h October, died on 26th
October; and the father of the came child, whole out of
work from the present stoke in the building bade, was taken
ill of smallpox on the 1811 y, and ti' still uuder the attack. It
will thus b tern, that in rather lies than a mouth smallpox
of • viral-nt character attacked r's persons in two adjoining
hensee, of whom the tour children died. Sarno other came,
although no: of a fa/ I eheraotcr, bore appeared in soother
part of soy ebb-diets c 4 It shoal Ibe added that arms of the
enildren whom deaths are t • eotitel bed been very ituterfectly
• d, some not at all, sod octala only atter tze appear-
ance of :to epidemic."
Two cti:mon died in the week from moves. A young
girl died from coup de et lel ice. teed three months ago. An
infant died of peniphlgna ; a wash*: woman of elephantiasis;
a hawker, aged 40 y ens, at 6, Ctooki/I Billet•yard, from
starration. '1 here person., egad rrepectivoly 18, 96, end 98
yeas, died iu the week; also a centenarian (a widow), whose
age is B' stet to be 101 years 9 months, and who died at 12.
tiuti-yav, Aldgate.
List week the births of 823 boys and 822 girls, in all
1,643 children, were registered in London. In toe ten ear-
reepooling weeks of the years 1849 68 the average number
woe 1,564.

Last night a conversazieme was held at the Man•
elon-bortee, to meet the Coune'l of the " Evangelical Ala
Hence•' nil other* lntereared in the union of English sad
continental Christiana. Among those preteut were:-8h
Jobs Lawrence and Lady Lswrerue, Bir Henry Haveledr.,
Professor Lorimer, neva. T. Eicney, E. Audit!, C. Ma..
neanz, G. Hall, and Wm. Goot!o, Proteator Hoppus,
The ebief ealtjtct of discussion arrows to have he the
Irleh revivals'. In the canna of the ovaries the Mewing
letter wee read .—" Kill•on Cus•l Tens, Oat. 29, 1959.
Sir,—l hare the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the :let Inat., rd Aire to a protest in counsel signs.
tare, regariing the case of the Mortara child. In that letter
which you propoco to reed at a public meeting on the let
November, y on sek me to send you an answer, which It is you
Intention to make üblic at the MU. time. Although
the senior Iri-h peer professing the Catholic religion, I have
no authority to speak the sentiments of the Catholic Man
nor Asa I undertake to become the expos:est of Catboat.
opinion on the qutaatann referred tt, or ■ny other. Actin
simply Vs myself, I dentine to silt any aignetare to the pre-
test .tt .inel in the Votes of the 19th October, of which
you have pent me a otpy.—l have the beim, to be year
obelirat bumble servant,—(Sizatat)—FlN(...%l.l..-134 Cab
ling R. Smiley, Bart. -•