The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-02 00:00:00

EI4LTH OP LONDON.

The deaths registered in London in the week that
Ladd on Saturday (Amnon 29) were 1,177; they exhibit an
increass nn the number of the prvions week, which was
1.091. la the 10 years 1817-88 the average number of
deat . in the weer eorremnediag with lest week was 1,645,
Udell if it be raised for coamariens with the deaths of last
wank to remade of population, will beooree
b itlt the avenge is swelled beyond ordinary limits by
le the epidemic 3cran 1819 sad 18it ; and if this dim-
butte( rarer be withdrawn from the calculation, it will
be furl that gond* of mortality in last week exceeds, but
osly be a sera) utast, the average rate at the end of
Alma&
The suably of children born in the week exceeded the
number of pertly. of all ages who dad by 479.
The toW snort-slily of last week exceeded that of the week
which preelelol it, as has bees rated above, but the Mercer
dose as anse f no diseases of the synedic character taken in
the aggregre, for though typliaa (with common fever) erns fatal
ie triremes, the number having riern from 41 to 66, amiantus'
and diarrbom shooed a dense.. The fatal cuss vldearrbesa
in the last three weekA were 241, 216, and 1911; time re.
(erred to n cholera" in the same periods 21, 12, and 16. The
sob-districts of St. John, klaryletimes, and St. Pad, Depl-
eted, mourned more deaths last week from diarrhoea than any
other of the eniorepelitan sub-districts ; there were 7 in St.
John, and Bin St. PAUL Eight fetal rases of small. por.are
recorded, 3 of which occurred in the Small-pre lloapttal.
Three permit.. died of intemperance, • child from "destitu-
tion, 0 12 infante from want of breast-milk, 13 women from
diseases incidental to child-bearing. Six persona or. returned
who, before they died, had attained the see of 91 years or
more ; of these only or was a man, who died at the age
At at Lee ; the rut were widows, at ages varying from 91
to 9.9, the oldest having died at Deptford.
Last week the births et 847 boys and 799 girls, in all
LIM children, were registered In London. In the ten ror-
vesposd7ng weeks of tlis years 1847-66 the average number
was 1,40.

°TEEING OF THE NEW LANDING-STAGE. AT
TURADAT.—Tbe new landing
slaps remstly meted by corpoestion of Limrpool, at •
met of 150,0001., was dey opesed by Citadel! Turner,
Itaq., crimes of the Dock Estee The stage is LOCO feet
lass, sad moored off rho Princes Pier. Its appalss are
four teat inn bridges of great strength, planed at equal Ma-
tron from seek ether. The material of which the stage le
moot:rusted is of the border wood prosurabk, and from its
being elevated slightly is the rell,FC, and being grooved
every three inch.% no water mar renriin no the nurser. At
met, mid arrangements ars mule for Leading and unloading
mall steamers with greater facilities than are at resent
remised at the different pier.. The whole ha. been coo.
strutted from the designs( Sir William Cubitt, and built
by Name. Thome. Verona sad Sr*, of this pert. It is
misstated that it will moommodate the emir* oar mods of
tbey,t.
CCRIOCS THEATRICAL. ATTNACTIOX.—The day-
-1111, of Ms Royal Deptdvd Theatre Ricenesd) yesterday
•11311111M01 that is the events& Is additive to the pert. ewes.
at " The Art Day " and " Lard Deruley, or the K tar tithe
Preebeceses," three settee would be given ...ay, eta ,to a.
brae, • M. aiseakier of mottos ; to the pit, a lee of motes;
sad to the phrry. a hand of pork. It we further reed
!het this wee no emomrsted puff, far the • would be
*Orly asd hinseurobly eietsihsted ; the draw to tale yam
et the termination of the feet piece, by ewe re selected by
the sentenee from their ems body.