The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-07 00:00:00

A DINIIII 701 1113 7001.

William Fox, of Nottingham. w. a member of
the Society of Friend*, end he was ass at the tree old school
of Fronds. His sympathy hr the poor was deeply excited
by serving the office of overseer. sad, eethag how poor some
were who bad to pay the poor-ruse, ha resolved to renenties
the pariah Nada, and thus purr their miseries as much as
ris
It was the custom thee be roomy perishes far the
oversaw, sad the committee who tittered the weekly per
meats of the paupers to have a pod dinner at the du of
their day's labour, sad this was paid fur out of the pr-
estos; but se It was a manifest abuse, he dritaird to put
an end to the purer. He, therefore, hastesed away biro
the clue of the weekly pa”nent to the dining-roes, sad
thus addressed the master of the workhouse the
ready ? " "Yee, sir." " The bring it in." " Ars the gen-
tlemen reedy, Mr?" "Never mind the guitars hay
bring it in." And was dose. rtow_, cell .11 the
poor people, dr, now cell the poor people. Dust thou not
beer whet I say,air "This Maser fie foe the gentlemen."
"Pee the paths= • eh! who pays foe It then, do the pa-
tram ?" The worlthous-marer, staring most amazingly,
said, " Why no, sir, I reckon mot; it's paid for out of the
poor-rase." "Oat of the poor-rsoes ; to be sum it I. thou
art right. The rates are for the poor man, and not for the
patierea. Poor•tates, eh ! I think we have no genticmas'a
err, se htch in the poor at can and look quick." The
workhouse meta rat, and William Fox went too to see
that he did se be was ordered, sad not to give the alarm to
the patleara, sad in a few strode was hurried to a whole
host of hungry paupers who bad not for years set eyes
on sash • her is that. They did not wait for a second
invited= to place themselves at table, and William
Fan beds them help thoureives, and at once there was
aMr of eetivity that toe the time It holed justified the
arm of the hems. It was a workhouse, indeed. William
Pad ell the time stood cutting and carving
_end handing good
rare of pudding and meat to rick as mot get seats ;
is • few minute, tree wee • thorough charm of the table.
durcely had William Fox diemired his delighted company
whom another company prorated themeelves, and these were
the 'oarsmen, who stood in amesemaet. "Why," ex-
claimed they, what" is this, why is the table in this state,
when is the dinner?" ' I Land a very good dinner ready,
end se 1 know that was hat the poor had a right to dine out
of the parish heads, I have wend it out to the poor accord-
ingly; but if any of you is in want of a dinner, he may come
home with me end I will give him one." The gentlemen
knew well the character they had to deal with, and never at-
tempted to ream the practice of dining at the public charge
daring William Fox's year of office.

EXALTS OP LONDON.

(From the

&pert.)

The health of London is improving,and the mor-
tality is below the average of the 'season. In each of the
oomiaponding weeks of 1849 and 1864 between two end three
thousand of the population died ; to the week that ended ow
September 3, 1869, the registered deaths amounted to 1,047,
After excluding the years of epidemic cholera, this Is 76 lam
tbmetlan average number (1,123), corrected for Monate of

popolation.
The earth underwent great magnetic commotiots during
the week; auroral lights were seen, thunder end bghtning
were observed, acid rata fell on three days (0.33); but the
most direct muse of the decease.) of death was the fell of
mesa temperature to 67.6 dere; or to 69 dem daily as the
mean highest, and 60.2 dews, me the mem lowest. The mesa
temperature of the Thames was 66.4 dogs.; and it varied
little. The barometer was low, 29.600 the dew point
wee 48.1 dews.; tutelages of the air with moisten being
100, the humidity was re td by 72; so the air was
dry gloomily. The wind, blowing from the south-west,
weed over Greenwieh at the oats of (4 8) nearly five miles
sn hour; and on Monday and Tuesday the average velocity
was eight miles an hour.
Diarrient, which d-ponds to a conaiderable extent upon
teeeperature, declined as the, temperature fell ; the deaths by
the dimwit were, however, 166. The deaths by cholera were
6. Breall.poz, chiefly thr mak the eeglect of vaccination by
parents, destroyed 27 lives. 16 deaths were referred to
meals., 66 to scarlatim, 13 to diphtheria, 3to weep, 16 to
wboeAug-crierth. Fever was fatal to 49 persona; 21 wider
wad 25 abme 20 years of age.
BM &alma died of eyOills, 3 persons tiled of delirium
was, 2of disease, induced by bum:pentane. These ere
rah • fur of the deaths awed by vice.
Of orasemption 73 persons died in the prime of life (20.
Mg. and 68 et other Agee.
Twenty-are portions died by sec:Manta; bet It le well
Immo that while some deaths are rosily seellestal, the
=put of them arise from the negligent* of the prime
we, or of others, sad many seek deaths may, there-
fore. te prevented. One murder or manslaughter was mile-
twee, and four suicides.
WW.s 40 daatbe of till people were regletwed st the ego of
80 aad apwerde, 201 Wan,• died la London under one yew
of age; .study, Bof small-pan, 83 of Star/hats, 14 et lobes,
eof vans nu the brats. 29 of convolaloss, 17 a yirematem
birth, and .51 of atrophy and debility. But ',bat was the
comae time &swam? All may well inquire, for all pray
that the lives of " young childrea ' may be preserved.
The births of 1,711 children, 878 boys and 833 girls. were
regirtseed &Drift the week.

MITROPOITTAX FREE HOSPITAL, DETOWSIITIM
actoAß., CreT.—The sip:mate flambee of patients relieved
dude; the week aiding Sept. 3 wee: Medical, 610, /if.
'kW, 829.; tota, 939; of 'blab 319 win ase ales.

The strike hue entered on s sew phase. At s
mega( of the iilkattell Oommtttes of the Muter.' Moo-
t:Utica, held at dm Premaamea' Tavern yedteda), a report
wee made that Hawn. Trollops sad &as had resumed their

woke, and is mesesasnee it hr bees announced, es will
wear by as eivertiessent in mother coining, that "
establiahownie of ell the members of the aotociation will be
fully rsopmsd on Mon*, next, on the bade of the deals-
radon ea &rectal at the meeting of the tat of An;
yam" Pram thia it win be own that though the arms avid
odds the drilla woe originally directed, gad, indeed, the
day Om whom totitioggs ban streak, boa now red
opentlins, thin Is as yet no roved of the tendadice of
ti do oxbow/ Welk The maim Witt ages the " declara-
tion," farm the man team it, " the odious dogmatist," end
the ass awed le be as dwanalost r www tidy wore sat to
aotwadte la

Yolegisii at Yr astalsi et the =Mo. two &p leaders
stieniel gbh desseelde. • Owe of them depeeetirse wee
km the hdhhnf foresees, appdated at a meeting of that
body hed ht the Adelaide Gallery, Lowther Arced% on
estozday, Lot ; end the other we from the matt-etriks exa-
minee, otsainteg of foremen and am-matt: wan.. The

npronatation nt fail is both memorials war; math to the
own purport, manly, to roan the demand r decinithet
beer .d Oa Ware ononat Ink ask lam, bat to
modify it to far as that a verbal want to It sinald
be soaloisat, thereby simply making It a shop rule,
end dispaidag with the number, counterfoU, sad books.
Both depotations were told by Mr. Wales and Mr. Sidney
Indth, the neretarirs of the Blanes' Association, that the
sonsiatice Wong Y starting adopted it es a striding rule
not to receive dipatatiosson the pawn that if any work-
bad any omplalat to amke they ought to maks it to
their employes sad not to the sasodation, the committee
could not, within the nactles of the association mad the re-
manding of that role, missive either of the depotatkma. They
would, however, rendre thin respootive memorials, to which
they would one sway sandesnkm.
The manna was st Ns dam adjounted suss die, sad as
the more prominat mann' of it quitted the lama they
woo maned with bonny Ind hisses by the men who bed
aseenbled In the Greet,

It is rid, that the nosressisty men who have agreed to
ceedkem to the dealarstiou at the anti-strike committee's
rooms wow number about 600, upwards of 70 haying given in
Oar adhesion yesterday, the great majority of whom were
skilled workmen.

MINTU4O OF TBADZS. DILKOLTES.

An adjourned =snag of the nada delegates was bald
Ira night l the Shaftebary Hall, Alderjat►etteet ; Mr
Ptaransu. Is the chair. _ _

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The Cw•Taisarr said that their dispute still ranamd =-
matador the avatars bad ropadatad all attempts at sada-
dos oa tat part of ths am, bat in addition to this tare
had saw op what we. wailed an anti-striae committee,
which appeared to consist solely of • Mr. Ballard, foramen
Omahas at Messrs. Cilia's, who took upon himself to

WARM questhus.
Mr. Nous gave a steamiest of the expenditure of the
temaittee, the details of which will be found below. The
onat of 2101. W. ed. bad but received from the country alms
the last meeting.
Subectiptions from ruins trades (including 2001. from the
empasitors), to the emoted of 5721. were handed in. B.
dim this, 2001. was promised from the Philanihropk Society
of peeper, and an sancomment was made that there
wall robs* be • subscription of 1,0001. from the Arica-
pmelsi
TIER MOVEDIZIFT AT DOLTON TOR AN ADVANCE OF WAORS.
WO listed that a movement was an foot by the operative
eaten manners of Bolton to cicada an edemas of wages.
What they irked for wu & per mat and gee, which maid
mks the whole equal to 71 pee mat. Dialog the pest week
the emeisted maw, rememmtieg mast of the bigot mills
la the asighboarbood, bad agreed to mord* to the remest
of the ogles, se far ae not chorale( them for gee, sad
else to *m hare en is few holm bobbles, • eye-
lets whoa hem mei emplateed of, bat beyond that
they ranee to mks any timber &drams. The proposal
wee Mid before the Mame' committee, and on Thursday
amass a Mega . emahmr wee cased, at which seventy mills
ware represented, mad they unaalmously 'greed to accept the
terms proposed for the present, @spec log, if trade continued
good, that at no distant date they would be able to *bias •
farther advance ; so that for the pelmet thee is no appear-
me of any acentke of labour, the men looking upon the
matter with Judgmeht, and avoiding the groat evils which
come free Milme.—Yeasherier Oweriten.