The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-17 00:00:00

THE PORZIGN MAILS.

INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN, ♦ND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.
MRssINA, APRIL 111.—The Ripon passed Messina at
midnight. All well.

INRA,_CHINA, JAPAN, AND AUSTRALIAN (HEAVY)
XAILII.-MALTA, APRIL 111.—The Bangalore leaves at noon
to-day. She my be expected at Southampton about the
Ideit
OUTWARD INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN MAILS

OP 4TR APILIL.—MALTA, APRIL' 16.—The Poonah, from
Southampton 4th inst., arrived at 3 p.a. on the 12th, and
left at noon on the 13th for Alexandria.
OUTWARD BOMBAY MALL. —GIBRALTAR, APRIL
15.—The Pere, from Southampton 11th inst., arrived at
4 p.m. to-day, and leaves at 9 am. to-morrow for Alexan-
dria. She experienoed fine weather.
BRLST, APRIL 16. —The Tranaatlantic Company's
steamer Europe, which sailed from New York on the 4th
dolsinst., arrived here to-day with 97 passengers and 370,000

Qualarwrowx, APRIL 16.—The National Steam-
ship Company's steamer Louliiana arrived kers at 5 p.m.
to-day. Site embarked winners, aad proceeded for New
York at 6 p.m. All well.
_ _ _

Quvaii.Mewx, APRIL IG.—The Inman Royal
Mail steamer City of Baltimore arrived here at 11 o'clock
this morning. She embarked mails and passengers, and
proceeded at 4.30 p.m. for New York. All well.
The Diamond Steam Navigation Company's
steamship Katraria, Captain Starks, arrived at Falmouth
on Wednesday night from the Cape of Good Hope. Her
data are—from Algoa Bay, March 2 ; Table Bay, March
7 ; St. Helena, March 17 ; Madeira, April 7. She is only
three days later from the Cape than the mail steamship
Manama), that arrived at Plymouth on the Oh inst., and
brings no news of importance.

SANITARY REPORT OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARY-
LEBONE.—The report of Dr. Whitmore states—" During
the four weeks which terminated on the 28th ultimo, the
number of births is the parish was 442, of which 241 were
males, and 201 females. In the same period 276 deaths
were registered, of which 143 were males, and L 33 females ;
the consecutive weekly numbers being 65, 70, 64, and 77.
The annual death rate for the month was 22 per 1,000 of
the population, showing a very favourable state of the
health of the parish, especially if the period of the year
be taken into consideration. One eery satisfactory feature
in the mortality returns of the mouth is to be found in the
greatly reduced death rate from symotio diseases.
Measles, which in the month of November last destroyed
41 children, was fatal in only seven cases. Scarlatina,
which had also destroyed a largo number of children in
the last quarter of last year, was fatal in only three cases ;
and whooping-cough, which may now be considered as the
most prevalent of contagious affections was fatal in only
nine cases. But one death from small-pox has occurred
daring the present year, and only 16 new oases of sickness
from the same disease have been returned to me from the
charitable institution of the parehduring theasme period.
For many years past St. hitu7lebone has not been so free
from this loathsome malady as at the present time, and if
I were to attempt any explanation as to the cause of our
present immunity I should say that in a greet degree
it is attributable to the increased number of
vaccinations during the lurk few months, and
in a lemur degree to the measurer of diainfeotion
which are carried out by the suitor, inspectors under my
directions whenever and wherever the disease is known to
exist. Referring to the Richness table we find that
diarrhoea is becoming prevalent amongst young children ;
at present it is not fatal, but if the earlier symptoms are
neglected, and the temperature increases, it will moot
assuredly become so, Of the four deaths registered from
fever, two were described as gastric, and two others as
typhoid, these latter occurring in large houses inhabited
by wealthy persona The deaths from diphtheria, fever,
and other oontagious disesaes which occur not unfrs-
quently in some of the best houses in the parish, have
induced me to look a little below the surface in order to
find, if possible, a cause for their existence in places so
apparently protected by the beat and most perfect
measures of sanitary precaution, and I have dia.
coveredenough to satisfy me that many of the finest houses
in our moat aristocratic streets are but whitened
sepulchres. A few mouths since a gentleman of position,
occupying a handsome and luxuriantly furnished dwelling,
complained to me of the ill health of his wife and other
members of his family, which be believed was occasioned
by some hidden nuisance. Considerable time and trouble
were expended in searching for the cause ; at length two
large cesspools were discovered in the basement of the ad-
joining house, from which an opening had been made by
the rats into the basement of his own, and through which
the poisonous gases from the cesupoole found free vent.
These cesspools were of course abolished, and as a = n
consequence the health of the family was
Within the put fortnight one of the sanitary inspectors
has been engaged in a house-to-house inspection in a most
respectable duet, so respectable, indeed, that it seemed
almost an Welt to the occupants to investigate their sani-
tary condition; and yet. strange to say, in the rear of the
houses in this street be discovered five cesspool., the exist-
ence of which had never been suspected. One of these
cesspools I saw—it measured 19 feet in circumference, and
in depth 12 feet ; it was one-third filled with soil, which,
when disturbed and exposed to the air, emitted the most
horrible effluvia. With a knowledge of these facts we may
cease to wonder that even in our meet aristocratic man-
sions, fatal cases of fever and diphtheria will sometimes
emu."

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. —A fatal railway
collision took place at the Torquay station on Wednesday
afternoon. An engine bad been sent to the dation to
assist in conveying the extra passengers consequent on the
Torquay races, 'The engine we. left en the down rails,
the points above the station being in the charge of •
porter. About one o'clock • goods train came from
Newton, and the signal being all right it ran into the
station at the usual rate. The driver saw ten late that
the engine stood on the same line of rails, and before he
could check the speed of his train a terrific) collision took
place. The driver of the Newton train (Marsh) was killed
on the spot, and the stoker (Kermen) had his skull frac-
tured, and is in a dangerous state. There does not seem
to have been any one is charge of the extra engine. The
only other pongee in the train were the two guards
one of whom was seriously injured, but the other rape
unhurt, although the carriage in which he was eroding
was mail shattered. Several tracks were broken to pieces,
and the line was blocked up.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO UPSET • RAILWAY Tient.
—By ale publication of a notion offering a reward of 101.
for the discovery of the miscreants concerned, it hes trans-
pired that on Sunday night a deliberate attempt was made
to upset a train on the shrewsbury and Webbl Bail-.
way. It appears that as the 8.40 p.m. train frompooWelsh-
pool was appraising; Shrewubnry the driver felt a shock
which nearly threw the engine off the line, but it managed
t keep the rails and after proceeding some little distance
of clear of the obstacle that impeded ha course. On pull-
up end returning to the spot. the driver found that a
pair of holly wheels had been placed grove one of the up-
lines over which the train was passing. Fortunately the
life-guard of the engine had mnAt the wheels acmes the
axle, and after shoving the slag for • distance of 90
yards, snapped the sale is two and broke one of the
wheels, the engine itself sustaining no more serious injury
than a bend in the life-guard. From certain circumstances
connected with the carrying out of the plot, it is believed
that it was not the work of children, and the police are
not without hope of bringing the offenders to.justice.
RAILWAY COLLISION AT LIM:Ia.—An accident
occurred au the North Latent Railway, at Leeds, yearn
day. A train from Harrogate, due in Leeds at 9.2
a.m. was being backed into die Wellington Station,
Las, when it was met at • crossincgaglie Midland train
going to Bradford. A amnpaite of the North
was struck sidewam and 10 or I first and second
Glass pessmigers injured. Thee no ease of broken
bones, but • few of the passengers complained of severe
shocks. The worst case-a that of Mr. Tremble' paper
manufaefarer of Leeds, who was removed to the Queen's
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