The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-08 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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CHASTER MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)

ENTRY FOR THE MEMBERS' PLATE. Seven furlongs.
Loraloitor, Raab. and Twilight are hero.
THE TRADESMAN'S PLATE. About two miles sod •
quarter.
Wallace, Weatherbound, Faultless, Light, Umpire,
r Ben
Webster, Finn Lord, Satellite, Mao at Arms, timist,
The Brewer, Feodoroirna, Millionaire, Scarrow Hawk (,'here
aiere
AWN, Binuingham, Jealousy. South Australian, Satinatoce,
York Minster, Bridegroom, Jacinths, Saecutter, Pancake,
Spanish Fly, Waterwitch, Bluestone, Shephenlem, Herne,
and Flirtodas are born

PatrTioureTi..:ll;reee, Defender, Butterfly, Simple
Sireoe, Tune Deer, Pit,-Avon. loduetriona, Pounce, Crom-
well, Vancouver, Neyerbeer, Sycophant, and Wombat.
ENTRY FOR THE QUEEN'S PLATE. Three miles.
Lupus.
All traderheed, Ben Webster, Bons and Sawnthir.
an hen.

LATERT BETTING.
caw= OUP.
3 to 1 eget Chin Ando Or
11 to 2 liloaet-Arma (t)
6to 1 W.llew (t)
7 to 1 Bea Webster (I)
18 to 1 Tito Homo (i)
20 to 1 The Optima* (t)
10 to 1 Satellite (t)
10 to 1 Flirtation (t)
25 to 1 Ligbtßrew (t)
35 to 1 The er (t)
100 to 3 Predictor (1)
35 to 1 Ililliomaro (t)
THE DERBY.
7 to 2 eget Dundee (t)
20 to 1 Dictator (t)
50 to 1 Bombardier (t)

HEALTH OF LONDON.
—Asp—

/Its weekly return of births and deaths in Lon-
don, leased by authority of the WiMer•Geoerisl, states that
the deaths in London registered in Me week that ended
last Saturday were more than have twee shown ia any pre-
vious return since the Meet week of Nara. They reels to
1,151. The average ber derived from the returns of
=Mg weeks i tin previous 'eon 185110,sad cor-
o6rdincreue of population. is 1,210. The number of
poems who died lass week therefore monde the estimated
mortality by 41. The births in the week mended the
deaths in the saampairiod by 747.
The incomes in tie seertality is due chiedy to whooping-
congli, whisk carried off 124 children, two-third of whom
had not completed their second year. Thirteen also died
from croup. In April whoopiaccough was fatal on au
average in 84 cases weekly. It was most fatal last week is
the districts on the south side of the river, in which 47 out
of the 124 deaths occurred. No In than 9 were recorded
in the sub-district of Leethermarket, Bermondsey ; 4 in
that of London-mad ; 7 in Westminster ; 5 in the sub-dis-
trict of Bt. James, Clerkenwell. Eight deaths from meal-
pox were returned, 30 from measles, 25 from scarlatina, 8
from diphtheria. There were 166 from With isis, the corrected
aof corresponding weeks being 166 ; and 124 from
lale
crstitis, the average being 107.
The deaths of two centenarians were registered :—A
female died on the 27th ultimo at Windmill.hill, Ramp.
deed, at the age of 100 yews ; and the widow of a labourer
on the 29th at 3, Fortstreet, Old Artillery-ground, at the
sgsef 102 years. The age of the latter seems to be well
asteetained, and her daughter is now living at the age of 81
years. A wetter died from "apoplexy following lead
P4BY."
Last week the births of 951 boys and 1,057 girls, in an
2,008 children, were registered in Landau. In the ten cor-
respowling weeks of the years 1881-60 the avenge member
was 1,717.

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