The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

SLUTS 07 LORDON DURING THE WEBS.

The weekly return of births and deaths in London
famed by authority of the Registrar-General for the week
ending Saturday, February 6, states that the London re.
tarns famish satisfactory indications of improvemeot of the
public hr aith, The deaths in the metr..politan district",
which were 1,429 in the emend wek of January, have
shown a constant decrease daring the three subroiment
weeks. In the week that ended lad Saturday they were
r 3! la the len yens 1849— ISIS the weep swim ;
411nlia 1119 Awessra raw with lad
Ilea ins I,IW - se fn the ;fewest eeisoa
matured in a impulatitn which has inereased, they
can only be compared with the average raised is pro-
proton to that Mame, namely 1,314. The comparson
shows that the deaths of last seek wee law by 71 than the
mamba which would have been retutntd under the average
rate of mortality
Thu deaths from scarlatina fantod week Letter 100, after
herby ranged above that po.nr, and for tic most part to a
cmsldarableestent above it, since the end of August. The
number referred to this head in the table for lea week 1. 92,
which lector'. s 16 from diphtheria. The t cwhs from
diphtheria °warred la the fit:lowing sub-di-phis ; 1 in
Selman, 3 in Orers.ina-lase, lin Sonnora town, 3in
Islington Wet, 1 in St. George Blcomehury, 1 In St.
James, Cleekmwell. 1 in Kent-road, 1 in St. Peter, Wel-
worth, lin 'Minna, 1 in Streatham, 1 to Peckham, end 1
in Woolwich dockyard. Besides these, a death seamed
from measles and diphtheria" in Kentish-!own. Sic
death, amorist from scarlatina in the district of Poplar, and
5 from the same disesse in the sub-district of St. Paul. Dept-
ford. Smallpox was fatal in 11 secs. Seven Jamie end
an 'dolt died from syphilis; one person from interaprance,
besides 3 from delirium Imams. -Eleven women Teed from
diseases incidental to childbearing. Two pereons distil from
carbuncle. Thirty-four persona died from Warier scot-
dental or othorwhe, and amongst throe sees infanta who hail
been touricml, end two mesons who bad tx mmittld suicide.
The deaths of 2 person. resulted from want. A man and a
woman died at the advanced age of 90 years, en I a widow at
the age of 96 years.
Last week toe births. of 939 boys and 933 girls, in all

1,922 children, were regintorel in Losieon. In the trit cor-
responding weeks of the years 1819-68 the average number
was 1,848.

THIS HEALTH OF BalOttTOW.—The prosperity of
our tome depen is on its reparation for salebrity. We regret,
therefore to dad is the rrealtrar-generars quarterly return
the following weep, The mortality in Foment of the
towns bat been escresively high, and this has teen notably
the awe in Brighton, Reading, Windsor. Exeter, kr., ko.
The deaths, 386,
.mosedel the birth., 375, in fit.
Brighton; the registrar enameastes the prevailing cyanotic
diseases, end thee (Amerces The iuhabban's of .tur sab-
diatrlet are chitty artiness, mechmicv, tied the labouring
poor. In Many of their dwellings • very insufil-
c lent supply of water has been available to them; owmg
to the d,:fte.a of the weather in the Sent portion
of the quarter, the water in the wells in Mss having
been very low. There Is no effectual drainage mtsched
to their de/allege, and the ceaspoel rystriu is in scram/
use." We may abut our eyes and ears to such farts; but
we cannot amoral them from other people. The sten meat
had already give the round of the newspaper.. We ought
therefore to look three feet. ateadfairly in the flee and unite
our exeetons to rem me them. We hate every facil ty gar
this porpote, mad have sirendy incurred a largo expense to
keep the town clean and supply it abundantly with water.
We moat conant dwellioga with the syetein of drein. Fre sad
enable the tchabitanta at all masons to have plenty of water.
The authorities have taken the matter lute their heads, end
they are bound to do this parr of their day carefully and
efleauelly.—Brophluer Guardia.,
ACCOMMODATION BILL TRANSACTIONS.—In the
Manchester Court of Bankruptcy on Mondry, John Bradley.
ma insurance agent and starch dealer, applied for hie med.
Beate, but wan oppoded by Mews. Boyd, creditors for 1,0004
on a bill of exchange. It appeared that the bankrupt was
the agent of the London Victoria Bauch Company, who had
endeavoured to establish themselves in Manchester, but the
speculition did not take ice that market. In the meantime
the bankrupt accepted Ulla to the extent of 9,6001., drawn
by the direetommilhout having any 'meta to meet them, and
con.rivei to got them diserunted. Mr. Comminamser
Garnett condemned the bankrupt's conduct in the etroagent
terms, and inspesded the grant of a ihrd elms certificate for
12 iaonths, refusing protection in the =anthem

NEW STEAM ENoria.—The Marquis of Stafford
is in possesala of a new kind of steam engine for running
on the read. It weighs little mote flown too, end ie cip able
of Vat-offing at how fourteen to sateen miles pa hour. It
erruilsar" aon ebvr"eloewipeheedel.l' anltdtsilortwodelst byra pot wh:mr,dealediins ilftottendt
with a seat in trout citable of holdng four passinge
including the driver. The Marquis, Lord Gr. svelter, Lm4
Blantyre, and another, rode through Newport from Lill, shall-
hall on Friday, en croft which caused no small eurimity
among thy inhabitants. It appear', however, to be ROMP*
what unwieldy, f. r is turning Into the workysed of Mr.
Niamey the engine came in contact with the well, elightlp
injuring one of the whorls. However, it proceeded, And
parsed through the town spin in about balms hoar. It is
rather noisy in its program., and the eteern may protably be
Implement to the pmeengore, the tante, bring rinse s, their
becks. The scheme appears to be a novel use in the. &striae,
and will no doubt be the mewls of opening a fill fur further
inventions of the kind.— IVolrerhompton Chronicle.
FIRE AT EXETER COLLEGE.IIALL.—The members
of Ese'er College, Oxford, were ye,terday
about 4 o'clock, aroused trim their plumb:is by theLteledsel
fire, which it spfseszed had broken out in their new hall dote
ackens.n'm ooffes-bou,e), opposite the colt ge. The dreg
which was fortunately contload to tto top story, broke out in
the rooms of one of the underpays:es, and •as s &nerd by
the igniting eta beam is connexion with the arc-place, arhid,
was 'opposed to have been some time Muting. A gcod
supply of water sate extinguished the Are, and bat little
damage wer emotional.