The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-17 00:00:00

HEALTH OF THE CITE OF LONDON.—Yaatord•y s
wort cf the City C.iaatisioa of Sewers was bold, Mr.
Deputy Pessoak in the chair. Dr. Letheby pr• seated •
report of the mortality rioters. for the lut week, from which
it ppeared that 'ha prcpertios of deaths for that period is
sotae•hat as the teems*, the total somber of deaths is
the mares being 76. (tithes. 27 are attributed to dims, •
of the respiratory grease, sad 11 to weideot aid seivide.l
Th. &widest. are chiefly fractures, sad are the raturas of
thews...en' ieqeiries daring the last three moths. The
hastens were to al probability seamioned by the ollppery
sow. of the petite ways daring the few days of severe frost
*bleb marred at the begisming of the eiceth. Of the 27
deaths which are refer ml to discus of the respiratory
erases, 16 ewe due to broachitle, aid 6 to swesompties.
1 be ewer,. after treassotiog some ()Misery rostias bushiest,
adjoined•
PENNY RECEIPT STAMM—Tun kw been in
Melees* from receipt stamps la the we salad Marsh of Ow
ea et 267,014

gasellatka was am pet ken dr risk gag tarard
wramissway amidst grata ebrasiggh whish was garawad
witk bgelawai know, Ile whole audimss almsdhe sad
*planks, wakeareatly kr lam mints&
Oa Oa CHAIRMAN Calil/1 MIDS Dr. IO Mars's
then,

Tit; Rev. Dr. brut:throe them ree te address the
neetirg, sad was revived with lead she
rush He said the very rad inpoirises irtr=B:l
bad bra greeted by the chairman sad the Mews* speakers
quite °pressed kiss, berme width be wished to receive
thole sapreesioas with proper seethed', he felt pretty
stroogly that he did sot dosser then. He felt himself to
be fa what he believed they tailed • dilemma. (Laughter.)
His rupees there pat his is sled of sa "ardor of ems-
thing that oonarral whoa George the Fourth rout to
Scotland. Berland had eat bra visited before by • kisg
for a great last! of tire, aed whin Dregs the Fourth
west then the people sheer west rad about him. A
father held up his child erre the brae of the crowd,
thiekieg, perhaps, that he would He an • rag eget.,
sod said to his, " De pea see him 1, de yes see hit ?"
" Why," reittiftl the .b.ld. " be is only • maa—he I.
oily a mum. (Laughter) He suspected that those
who bad Hared to the Mad taperers which bad
bra red trivia bisaself, oa stelae his perm,
sad heeling his 'perk would be fathead to say, " Wty,
after all, he is salt' arr." He barred wader the disad-
natal" of bares a erre Airier language for the
but stains years. eig din time be did ace study to.
Reglish ragas, sed be knot snob of its phraseology, aid
be sew felt mere Whoa to speak the Attire idiom the
the Raglieb. (Legalese.) They cart kiadly his with
him. (Peer) It IPOli very dilicalt to wary es serrate
idea by nip lasessias Natives, of a heels 'essay. Is
Arras be -easeedlegly diScalt to ram sa thee of
what Begird was to the astir laitabitaar Although be
spoke their leaguers pretty well, red could describe to them
anything baloagiag to Akita, it was Imporible for his to
deseribe to them latelligibly what Replied wan or what a
ambles was. He would defy say see to envoy
to a native African as idea of • atathitt. Aid
sow thous who horrid Wm with their presto
occupied a ser•what rallar peallise to that of Cr
natives of Africa. They could form bat • faint Idea
of what Africa rally was, and et what missionary
labour rally was. Titre was ray little of this sacitemeot
there. (Laughter.)
_Try (the measures) were sailed
*athwart,. He orefessed that he was ea estreisst. But
bla seamier' respired hard work to sutra it—(her,
bear)—ors had to go through • great deal to keep up the
retrials's". (Renewed laughter.) The eabsiouary cause
suffered • Sale frees this,—that math more was tapered
tbs. could be gives. It woe 'spored that whoa the gospel
we presebed to the heath's they would liars to it, sad
either believe or rejest it. But the fast was that these to
whom the repel was meshed Immediately begaa to judge
the siseleueries by their owe motives. They inegieed
that with all this fair spears there was sone-
thing bottled, sone other eau is view which
would be discovered by sad bye. The rolteleearlea omit
labour to do good to their belie; they men eadrvour to
mars their tempter sdratege, la order thereby to
acquire • good mane, sad cowry the idea that they were
really 'arose to promote their welfare ; sad thee, and then
only, word the Airier. borer attest,, to the cousins
of their sore. The satire Africa= were very slow is the
emotions of their elide—they were sot at all I he the
South See Menden. Use eerie bred of • whole tribe or
potpie is Africa at oar riberiag the gospel, as bad bra
the ease is the South Sas bisade. The habits of
stied of the two keels ef people were totally differeat
The Ides owasatilead by beets Christie". at home,
hat the Affirms magi balm converted all at oar, bad
'another" retreaded bin of an "emotes of the Airier'
chieftain Mihail. When Hisbell first purred that h. was
easier that his people abssid believe the gospel, he said
to his, " Do Tee verb losolas that then e will seer
believe the geepal I don't tom?" ( hter.) He
(Dr. Livingston) NOW that 'savories geld net car
by neer of ebe she. Wen, you don't Mow thole pew
pth," odd " sr you want them to believe, bat
they row Inner rains I tale the sanbsk aad beet
them." (Roareei isreghter.) la like lamer, It would
sheet appear that 'Easy Christlaus is this ethistry heeled
that it was pee fre to beat belief, as ft were, tato the
Africsa new As meet el Are, petite" ware
&war, be reasethed with Behalf for • somber of
years, sad, whoa the alseloaary flutes was de-'
staved by as attack of the Been. while be was
Iplug sorb se Gaylen the sew country, he saw plaiaty
what word fellow. To' year Usse Wads of the people had
boss ibirsibei by him el ma Wadi. Bs law that this

attack would 'dually eon % ae3 'kiloton WWI to lin°
andie to the with; hot heft. P.. be net his fail, to
Es eat He heal that the sawhed Media tko tribe
nearned off a gnat steam ed the *Wins end ffloodolo°
his kola of eenythkg le einliinsf. (Hear, hese.) " Oh,"
said to me. easier •I de sea wish to nuke a pitiful waU
before you; foe this sollond M mainly of all semen fee
what was babied." (Lighter.) hard Shaftesbury
Mood the high setholee la whits the ease of the
nation wto hell abroad. Me weld here Ws se
illoatration of the ellietithe t. wlidi the ease et her
Majesty was hold le Atria at the time of which he was
speaking. He net ashen arms Enenea, nod ;sand him
when be wee gobs. He said, HI ma 'slag to Queen Vie.
toria." He endononsin to diem& Wm sottiep oat,
telling hiss that he would hare xi am to lereepeoll Mr
" Well," said he, "if I doge to the Quinn will she an
Mee to me " He replied that be NOMA NM mead do
ee. " Ten," gad p.'" NAM ease a lbesind
miles down to the Ceps with titevlow d Ras ilf Bien&
sad was obliged to Mara because be Neil set sleek •
rXr. Thic showed the high setiaterkeht obi* the
It bye sad the Jades el this Moll& eatfca
were held the natives of Afries.(Cbseas.) Oa poem/ding
to the north he west Ant meet the peeves who wen called
the Makololo. Them were Beoltuasms. They lived la
former times le what wee sailed the EOM solitary, sad
wen driven to the meth by the M.M.as Throe pep l
(the Makololo) ousel the path, and be (Dr. Liviogstios)
followed in their footsteps many roan after. A largeipor-
ton of the land is the intense was then, mad was in
their bands, "Wadley all the taiellary Ilis wighbourhiced
of the Zambesi. This Bons bed datesesised that no Eag-
hoboes should penetrate, if they scald Lip It, northward,
because they wished all the trade to minis in their own
heads; bet he on the enemy, determined that the costar,
in the Warier should be opined. When they shut
ase olds be demeaned le ono soother, sad, as
it Weed out, he bad °reed up two paths late the
Wiener of the African inutiaeat. The directors of
the Leaden Nississary Soden said that as le kasw
more of the slot. of the country, sad of what wee neseesary
foe it,thss they did, they would give him a free commimion
to sadeavour to opea up a path for the spread of the pe
pal. (Cheers.) He wend here remark that Use direness
had almis treated him with the realest kindness. Some
times M Africa ha had beard distal gritashbage. Sash
things Vent ponliar to the English people. (Laughter.)
The English were very Mid of grandribig • they were
keens tal net the said as delightiag la having • grumble.
(Great laughter.) Now, homes, Mars mien grumble
agalest the Marton of the laadoit Missionary Society, ha
must say they had always supported him acoerdleg to Mar
ability; they were always kind to him, and be had sever
bad • aegis word of diffusing with them during the last
Mines years. Will, es be was remarking, he promoded to
the north, and he would shortly describe what Ise met with.
They had all hand of " Afric's busing nada." That ea
premien was quits cornet, so far as the country south of
20 degrees wee oomosreed. The south was dry, and the
popalatioa comparatively small. Bat when they got
beyoud 20 degrees they oases to • totally different °onto
sad a totally different people. Toe people were the tree
seen Melly, sad their many was the country from which
we eon derived our slam, and from which the Brasilia's
and the Cuban still obtained theirs. In the whole of the
centre of this country he loud the people ezesediagly civil
Ind kind, but there was a triage of population rood about
which always pnvested sommeree Meg interim law the
interior. The Africsas is the interior wen food of cow
none. This he learnt from the auger MASCOT is whin
they entered into his project of forming a path. His objet
is that 'talkie" was to promote enamors. sad ChrisUanisa.
Lion; sad the satins were immedistaly delighted with the
idea of having • path to the sea, by mesa of which they
might trade with the whits men. He did sot wish it to be
understood that the had any desire for the gospel. Some-
times ls' when they beard the natives
spekea2leas Meg willing to receive white Nee,
that they wen willies le receive Chrietisoity.
Every one of these tribes is the antral portion
of the many would he delighted at the proems
of a while ma, regarding it es a seet of protection to then.
A wissfamsy wee la their opines a thing that was aot to
be killsob—Claughter)—thay were deigned to have him
moons, them, bet sot bccaue they wished to kaow the
g apel—that desire mime after, wins they lied Mesas
sequidalloi with his chariots. A wooderfn effect was
poodeeed wpm those who waist down with him to Loads
ill the Alpe of war. As they were posing through the
nibs= on their way to the coast they were told
QM
the white ma WY going to wheedle them
se baud the shin, sad that when they came there they
wield be fattened sad stn. They partly believed this.
Li
said to them " Well, dyes like to believe that, you son
ravrkg ; Nat alma did you net km of as Englishmaa
a elan, or buying or selling one ?" No, truly,"
they said ; but still their melons were not entirely re.
OHM& When he took awes on board the ships of war,
sad all the sailors gave them bread sad Neat end talked to
them, though they could sot at/demand a word of what
they said to sash other—(lasghter)—they were estremely
delighted. Every moans then nabbed. They afterwude
treated hi. is Use kindest maser—they Must worshipped
him. If he headed them singling they would go down on
their hues to renive it uatil he told thus not to dose, gad
simply from nein the pews, of the English, they believed
that the religion of Mee who wan ebbs to snake each things
se they had beheld mut be true. Oa returning to the
notary el Sicheli. In Mod it so well watered that it was
impossible to have a mina path. Some of the diffinltimi
whin ha had to neuter were motioned by one of the
patlesse who bad Mitered the meeting. Those he should
not um late. He was iacliaed to keep NI them stories
nail he bad got late his dotage (laughter)—ad
when he Mame garrulous, he would relate the.
to his children. (Lunar) At present be had not a
angle seta of triumph, sad be felt • sett of opprossioa when
be thought of what was to be dm. He Nee, there wee to
be bard work in the future, se there had bees in the pest.
(Hsu.) It was not by greed means., floe speechify-
lag, sad mush eseitement, that outing great was to he
done; no, it me by hard waking, working is gain,
working under a nose of God's rowan everywhere, sad
working without an espectatioa of seeing the traits. Ise
part of the interior of which he had last spoken was so fell
of rinds that In had occasion to carry water for atingle
day ; whereas is the mai, sad when he went in search of
the Leke Nieto' with Mr. Oswald, they wanted muir for
four days, sad only found it Is wells. The country was
well peopled, being the sleve.prodining country. The
people woes remarkably free from Mean, sad wen very
penile. About 20 years ago, the mall pox sad the measles
visited them, and a great many of them died ; but they had
never enure dear Then wee no consumption, no ecrofols,
en Isrlsopbobla, and there was not Inch modem, though
SW. des sematines nese. Many diseases which prevailed
is gSasggle.d were quite minims smog the negro family.
Notweadiag all the well and nU the kidnappiag, they
were still a numerous race; ad he had no doubt, km hie
enervation, that they were ea nisch pre eeeee d for par•
posse .f only as were God's anima people, the Jews.
(Hear, hear.) He was more astosished by the estimation
la which the ladies were held ammo them than by soy
thing else in the country. They were often made chieftains.
If • divorce happened, it wee g Ily the woman who
divorced therms, sad she took the children away with her.
If • young mu married gyms, wean residing is another
village, be was obliged to lean his own village sod go and
live with his wife sad his mother la-law—(e Imieh)—wboat
he had to ni ply with wood, which was men only obtaina-
ble eta considerable disuses. Is nosing down the Zambesi
river particularly, In observed that this ansegment was
minded with emiderable toil sad trouble. If • man were
caked to do • pine of work, his reply would he, titer leani-
ng bow mob he was to gat for it—. 1 will go and sensalt
my wife." (A. laugh.) If she consented, the work
would be done • bat if elm did sot, nothing would
induce to husband to perform it. (Another laugh.)
teeing greatly surprised at this, he asked the Portagesee
trader, if they bad Mandl the same thing, and was told
that it had alwen been tie we. When he sane down
from the sort' with his see, all hi goods having bees es-
I pined before he mashed the Makalolo country, the people
supplied all his wants without fee or reward. Ha mos
wore delighted with Use journey to the nut, taller; that
they had been to the end of the world. " The ancients," they
said, " have always told us that the world has no end; but
we have been to the end of it. We west marchiag on with
oar father, believing what the nekton told us to be tree ;
but all it one the world said to us, • I em teished—then is

as more of me.' It was all en is treat." He afterwards
proneded to the eastward, and at length struck the Zambesi.
That was • very large river; is fact, the principal rivet
is the country—•dl the others running into it. Its
ease, the Zambesi, incest "the river." He attempted
to stake a path by the Zambesi to the sea.
The Zambesi Inas river navigable for at least 300 soilts,sad
that without a single rapid. Is ■ss, parts it was broader
than the Thames at Westminster-bridge. It had bees
supposed by toes that it disappeared wider the soil and
was loot ; but any one who saw it would immediately feel
that there was so such thing as losing that river. (Laugh-
ter.) It na /needle with to the south, then tuned away
to the eastward, and passed throsgh a gorge, cleft, or 2..
sure. It was Isaias say other waterfall is the world, sad
be tinsels' the word trough " would neon a better
idea of it than any other. It was about a thossaad yards
wide at the hills, sad it fell over tato the trough, which go-
nadal from bank to bask. The Amen was made in •
bard !mashie rock ; and at the bottom, which was not so
wide as the lips of the trough, the rivet was only about 20
yards broad, and the fall, resisted the most beautiful
sight he bad ever wen is hie life. The river afterwards
peered for a ooselderatils Conine along the ',eters
ridge, going N.N.B. then E., and then 8.8.8.
dews to the tee. He believed ibis river would be
a permaseat path into that snotty. The eeeetry
Itself wee eztresuely fertile, sad this climate perfectly
Maltby. Ti 'khakis, beset in that past, and tin Mow