The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-10 00:00:00

BIALTH 07 LONDON.

Thu return of births and deaths in London, issued
by authority of the Ragistrar•Gessral, for the week
ending Satarday, August 6, states that the lest report
'bowed a decrease ou the high mortality of the third week of
July, and it is matiefeetery to And that the proem' returns
rahibit• further reduction. In the two previous weeks the
deaths In Loudon were 1.606 and 1.419; in the week ending
lost Saturday they were 1,397. Within the last four weeks
the town weekly temperature bee fallen by a:Gummi de-
erten from 71 deg. to 63 8 deg.
. . .

In tiagenyeZre 1849-58 the ember of death. in
the weeks oorrespondhtg with last week was 1,138 ; bat as
the deaths contained in the present return occurred M a
population that has 'screwy', they can only be compared
with the average raised in proportion to the haorsere, namely,
with 1,306. The retool mortality has therefore so nearly
returned to its ordinary limits, which, however, are capable '
of peat sod permanent -cootraction, that the deaths ex-
ceeded by rely 31 the number obtained from former upri-
ser, in tits Mt week of August.
The births of last week exceeded the deaths in the same
period by 381.
The deaths ceased by diarrboaa, which roe* in the third ,
week of July to 416. fell In the following week to 382, and
hat week to 312. The corrected evenle of ten weeks (in
1849.68) corresponding with last week is 170.
A girl, egad 14 months, died on the 29th ult., of coop-de-
aoleil, and on the day following a widow, egad 83 years,
' died of oteabral oongeoion from exposure to Intense sun-
light."
LW week Seel:gram of 860 boys and 858 glrla, In all 1,718
children, WINO registered in London. In the tea correspond-
tug weeks of the years 1849-68 the average number was
1,530.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of tho barometer in the week wee 29.803 in. The barometer
rem Orem 2961 in. on Sunday to 2996 jn on Saturday, them
befog empeerlvely the lowest and highest pointa in the week.
The mem %Imperatore of the sir is the week was 03 8 deg.,
whit% Is 14 dog above the average of the same week in 43
years (as determined by Mr. Glialsher). The thermometer
in the shade rose to 141 highest polo, 80 deg. on Wednes-
day, and hll to Its lowest 48.9 dig. ea Saturday.

Tun 2IEXT LORD MAYOR OP LONDON.—The li
HOMO Secretary batting withdraws hie bill for the reform of
the corporation of the City of London, the election of the
Lord Mayor will take place next month, to accordance with
ancient custom. The livery will return two aldermen, but It
is not quite clear whether the, will return the two senior
aldermen, inasmuch se Iset year they pared over Alderman
Comer, who was owed la seniority, end reunited Alderman
Cubitt, M.P., with the gement Lord Mayor. Thus year
Alderman Carter sad Alderman Cabitt see the two seniors
taloa the chair, sad if the livery saws them the Court of
Aldermen will doubtless select Alderman Carter, who steads
Bret ; bat If the livery take the caw coarse this year which
they adopted Yet, and par over Aldermen Carter, they will
return Althemen Cabltt and Aidenasa Sir Henry Mugge-
ridge, in which case Alderman COW, M.P., will be Lord
Mayor of London for the next year. The livery can make
thew choice of the following aldermen, all of whom are
allgible —Mr. Carter, Ms. Cubitt, Sir H. M ge,
Rose, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Hale, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Medd,
or they cam, it they please, return the present Lord Mayor
for re-eleation. _ _

THE ADVERTISING COLTJMN NUISANCE.—Mr.
Cowpres bill to put down these suieeness has been printed.
The preamble states that the present leer is insufficient to
pretest obstructions occasioned by advertisements in the
public thoroughfare.. Clouts one in in these words i—tt No
advertisement, placard, or notice .hell be sexed to or exhi-
bited on any post, column, or lamp in any highway, or on
any other erection whatever in the crossing of any carriage-
way in the metropolitan police district; and any perms
attain, or exhibition any snob advertisement, placard, or
notice, contrary to this provision, shall be liable to a pawky
of not more than 40 shillings; and all the prowleiona of the
said act shall extend and apply to tie person so offending."
The set-aid clause say..—" This act shall not extend to the
affixing or exhibiting by any public authority of any notice
relating to public matters for the convenience or direction of
the public, in respect of the affixing or extdbitien of which
no psymost is required, nor to the affixing or exhibiting of
any ado rtiseomnt, placard, or notice to or on sty post,
esturon, or lamp forming part of or affixed to any anon,
house, or building, with the consent of the owner or or
captor of each shop, house, or building."
GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN Or IRELAND
RAILIVAT.—IIie report of the directors for the halt-year
eedins 10th Jun% shows the met surplu revenue to be
90,8661. Is. 7d., am of which the director. recommend that a
dividend at the rale of 6 per coet per annum be paid to the
proprieSors of the enesolidared stock of the company, which
will leave a Wane* of 11,8841. le. 9d. to be curled to the
credit of the next half-year', e.ooount. The returns exhibit
a satiefacf=incresee of traffic in every department, particu-
larly In on which there bas been a considerable in-
crease o tames% in distriet4 where this orsupauy has not
been subject to oppositit.n. The works on tba line between
Tullamore and Athlone are now birt):l7 nearly to a char,
and will be reedy to benopened for traffic the lot September.
The line to Forney will it is ex be completed by
the end of the jeer, which will Seidl all the extomiona for
which parliamentary powers have bees obtained. The rail-
way to Tralee was opined for traffic on the 18th of July
end Nona bet prove beneficial to both this and the Hu-
lousy Conipeny.
A TOWN IN GERMANY DIBTROTED ST FIRE.—
The coutitiastel journals have of late frequently contained
accounts of most destructive firm in various ports of Borah°,
wed in a great measure by the drought and excessive
had that have prevailed. The latest immense of the kind
essorded is the deetructiort of the town of Klosterle, in which, '
sooording to the Prague Gazelle, a feerfal fire broke out on
the afternoon of July 23, end in a short time, in compeq•eses
of a high wiled, no less than 166 houaes weie reduced to
ashes and several permss burned to death. Others are
whetter, and ere support* to be sofkmated in tie came.
All efforts to exdagende the flames were useless, in wow
cosmos of the big" erlatil,the narrowness of the streets, sod the
circumstance that so see, of the houses were bellt of
wood; beekir which, severel of the Ire engine*,
_white had
been too sear the endlegratise, were obliged to be
end were senesced. listltaw of Ulelababileate
saved any of their goods, sad were at tad obliged to
By to sere their Um. About 1,000 persons are thus'
without a reef, without neerishmet, and without chits.
Of the whole town but vary few home resin unbent;
sad even the sew terre-lieuee, which wee built as fire-proof,
bee bees destroyed, the Awes hoMag towed their trey Into
it through the cornier. in the turret. The entire toe n yes
dairy* by Ors ti 1782.

tab intrilignue.
COURT OF BARERUPTCY.—Avourr 9.
(Base M. Commissioner Fostiimmes)
IN 11 W. TINILI/L.-TIN ,A3NDON AND NORODOM STRAIN

The beskrupt wee isleiliZTedsp deal monde
twee of Nuristan Causeway, end of Melasher2ll% nit
was the exaanustles wastlag. It appeared that the bask-
rupt having wok rod desl of mosey Is hi owl betas,
held ettenepted to same ft Into •a common, of kited lisbihty
seder the dde of . the Landes end Boeusgb Show Wheel
•°=7l," to white he held 1442 shares of the mousiest
61. sack. The belaace-shast, prepared by Xmas.
Palmer sad tailny, sites& owe upwards,/ two yore, and
*hews 4,5661. dee to uneestned ore& 1,11661. b dew
holding security, and 2.2604 of ILboidlm. The meets
sae represented by still lee tier forse—geed debts,
6,2604 ; property, 43684 • ditto, held es sesurtty,
4,8561. ; also 1,662 shares In the Steam Wheel
Coo pot down at 15,5201. The capital of
the fa 1256 Is stand at upwards of 22,0001.
Of the Its of 2,13601., 2,0021. are in respect of
blue seeepted by the bankrupt on soaount of the company.
Thews are also balease-akeets of the company, and of • sub-
tesst area, Veber, Sterne, and Co., which show further
Ilabllltise of abost 1,7001.
The bankrupt paned unopposed.
11 C. A. CLASS.

Tha bankrupt, Coilsbort ;:nti;a4Fla, la described as a
foreign warehousemen, ink laireissat, and commission agent,
of Newgsts•shest and at Liverpool. Thia was ths esesolos-
lion rassUng. To meet the dams of creditors of 4,8 W.,
there Ere meets of 7601. The gainclpel creditor is M. Basile
,d Pena, who claims 4,6001. against the estate for
sold, for which the hsakrapt hedgiven his scosptanote;
tba beeltrept alleges that the pooh were only consigsed
to him. Looses of 3.0001. in the coarse of a twelnanocith are
ascribed to depreciation in the value of the goods in which
the beskrapt dealt.
The bankrupt pasted.