The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-21 00:00:00

LADI} MEETING FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF

WOMEN.
A meeting of the ladies of Dublin, called by the Ladies'
Reception Committee, on the subject of the employment of
women, was held at half.past 3 o'clock on Monday, in the
Solicitors'-huildinga Lord Brougham was present during
the proceedings. The body of the hall and the galleries
were filled with ladies. Mr. Hastings, general secretary to
the Social Science Association, said the object of the meet.
ing was to form a committee in connexion with the society
in England for promoting the employment of women.
The chair was takes by the Rev. by. Lulu), S.F., T.C.o.
The Rev. CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been called by
the ladies' Reception Committee for the purpose of giving
an opportunity to those noble-minded and philanthropic
ladies who had given so much of their time and talents to
the great social question of the remunerative employment
of educated women, of stating the result of their labours,
model soliciting the cooperation of the ladies of Dublin in
the same object.
The meeting was addressed by Min Bessie Parkes,
Miss Emily Faithful!, Lord Talbot de Malahide, Mr.
Akroyd, and Lord Brougham when, on the motion of
Lord Albot de Malahide, the following resolution was
carried, "That this meeting. recognising the importance of
the meeting, is willing to assist in forming a branch society
in Dublin, in connexion with that of the London Society,
for promoting the employment of women."

HEALTH OP LONDON.
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The return issued by authority of the Regis-
trar-Genend states that the improvement in the public
health which was noticed in the last return has ni4
been maintained, the deaths, which were then 1,172, having
risen to 1,2.57 in the week ending Saturday last. The high
temperature during the first days of the week, reaching •
maximum of 89.3 dogs. in the shade on Monday, was per.
haps the came of the increase. The mean temperature of
the air during the week was 66.3 dep., being the highest
recorded during the praised year.
If the deaths from cholera in the 33rd week of the
epidemic year 1854 are excluded, it will be found that the
average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with
last week was 1,,107, which corrected for increase of popula-
tion will become 1,218. Bence it appears that the deaths
of last week exceeded the corrected average by 39.
Diarrhoea was fatal in 208 came, including 184 children,
129 of whom were under one year. Cholera or choleraic
diarrhoea caused L 5 deaths, 14 were those of children under
10 years of age. A pensioner, aged 62 years, in the East
Indian army, died at 8, Risbies-ropewalk, Limehouse, of
exhaustion from choleraic diarrhoea. Scarlatina and diph-
theria caused 57 deaths, whooping-cough 45, typhus 34,
plithisis 130, and violence 56. Old age carried off 43 per-
sons,of whom three were widows, aged 90, and one • male,
aged 96. The regietrar of the City-road sub-district of St.
Luke calls attention to • house (No. 29, George's-row) which
is let out in lodgings, and was recently occupied by 7 adult.
and 24 children • 4 of the children died during the last
mouth, 3 by scarlatina, and 1 by teething anddiarrhwa.
Last week the births of 889 boys and 810 girls, in an
1,699 children, were registered in London. In the ten cot-
responding weeks of the years 1851-60 the average number
was 1,621.
Clerkenwell ; Pentonville.—At 13, White Lion-street, on
16th August, the son of a master tin-plate worker, " diph-
theria (6 days), house badly drained."
'it. Luke ; City-road.—At 29, GOOrgell-row, on 7th
Anent, the daughter of • brush-maker, aged 5 years,
"scarlatina (6 days), ensures (3 weeks). Three of the same
family have died here of scarlatina in about 3 weeks."
In same sub-district, and in the same house, on 9th
August, the son of • lournerman bricklayer, aged 1 year,
" teething, diarrhina. "The informant says that in this
house, which is let out in lodgings, there are 7 adults, and
there were 24 children, now however reduced to 20, 4 having
died within a month."

Stepney ; Limehouies.—At 8, Rishies-ropewalk, • pen-
sioner iu the East Indian array, aged 62 years, "exhanation
from choleraic diarrhoea."

CRICKET.
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SURREY v. KENT.

This match was bmught toaoooclusion yester-
day fa favour of Honk by seven wickets. It will he seen
that Julius theist could Dot take the hat in hand, owing to
illness. This county, having beaten Surrey at Maidstone
by nine wickets this season, shows that they are again
working up to their former position. The score was as
follows :