The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-04 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON.

The weekly return of births and deaths in Lon-
don, issued by the Registrar-General, states that the deaths
in London registered In the week that ended last Saturday
were 1,424, which is Dearly the same number as that re-
turned in the previous week. The mortality reels at the
begiouitig of November, and showed a further increase in the
middle of the month, but during the greater part of last
week the weather has been warmer, aid to this circumstanoe
it is probably due that the present return is nut heavier than
that which immediately reward it.
Ihe rate of mortality to last week exhibits a tolerably
close approximation to that which is obtained by calcula-
tion frees the returns of cortespooding weeks in ten pre-
vious years.
The deaths from bronchitis now returned are 198, while
the corrected average is 114 these from pneumonia am $7,
the oorrected average being 128. Scarlatina was fatal in 81
cases, diphtheria in 18. typhus in 51. Soulatios was re-
tained in 4 moss In St. theorget Illoomsbury, 3 iu FA.
Clement DONIS fall at which were in Lower Serle's.place), 6
iu the two Waterloo-road sub-districts.
Mr. Upjohn, the registrar of Pentonville, reports that the
mortality in his sub-district has been very high daring
November, and in tbe last week of that math it was doubt;
the average. The increase is mused chiefly by acerbities,
which is very prevalent, and was fatal last week M 7 casm,
4 of which occurred in two families.

A boy in Paddington and a man in Bermondsey were
bitten by dogs ; the former died in consequence of fright,
the Litter from the wound. A maker of Inciter matches
died from broacho.poeumouia, caused by iehaliog noxious
fumes in the course of bin occupation. A men. aged 7G
laears, died of pemphigns, after seven months' Wotan. A
bourer, aged 50 years, died on November' sth of exkisue-
Jima from exposure. Two persons died at the age of 93
years; and aDM at 253, King's-road, Chelsea, at the age
of 101 years. He was formerly • nurseryman.
Last week the births of 880 boys and 911 girls, in all
1,791 children, were registered in London. In the ten our-
responding weeks of the years 18411-80 the average number
was 1,484.

Comic PROM Q r REss LAND. —Ou Mon day even in g,
Mr. Henry Jordan, commissioner from Queeushod, de-
livered a lecture at Liverpool on Queensland and the adapta-
tion of the nokey for the cultivation of cotton. He showed
DEATRUCTION or A RECTORY HOUSE BY FIRE.-- ! bow England, so far front relying on Altleliel, for a supply
of cotton, could, by the highly rennu.sratme labour of
A telegraphic despatch arrived ors Monday at the residence i hundreds of thousands of her own sun!, cultivate the cotton
fataity.....wit.4:"°rge J. I)uPtobauis' at Et" College, tin of off thh: tot in Queensland, and so dral duath blow to slavery.
wers, a together, the mold .1 Orient,. cotton was found
e said that iu countries where the two kinds of cotton
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In the asegaing, who saw the Armes issuing from the draw- i tZarzr_2l"uced-7, equally wen, and variety
tt
than would be a Rood payiug profit from this variety to sell
Jag "ass' Isamathata liana was lit"' and prompt assist. feting ther' yield of this at :"ArUlha. to the acre, be showed
anew rendered, but the flames spread with such rapidity that .
every effort to stop their progress proved ineffectual, and ag yit. per lb., including Id. for freight to England.
the residence. with the plate, furniture, and effects, was ;
consumed. We understand that although an insurance hie I CRtaTAL PALACE. On; SUILLINO DAT.
ban sleeted en the house and its contents, it will not sower TUEIDAT, DiC. 3.—Admissions on paymeat, 571; ditto
the swim ter anotained. by amnia tickets, 696 ; total visitors, 1,161.