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THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

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the Constantinople news appeared to create more
interest than the dancing, or even the supper, the
Ministers and people in office expressed themselves
confident that there was no danger of war ; while
almost all the diplomatists and others were seriously
alarmed. Among those who seemed most uneasy
was M. de Morny. At the Bourse yesterday there
was a complete panic—a panic produced fully as
much by what was feared as by what was actually
known. In general the opinion seems to be that
let the worst come to the worst—let the Czar carry
his threats even as far as the invasion of the Mol-
davian provinces—the affair will be settled without
the intervention of the fleets of France and Eng-
land. Everything must depend on the.will or the
caprice of the Autocrat ; and his intentions are
hitherto inscrutable. It seems difficult to imagine
that he will brave all Europe on such a question ;
and still it is almost equally difficult to imagine
that he will give way. For years past he has been
endeavouring to establish his influence over the
Turkish provinces on the Black Sea. The moment
has arrived when he sees a chance of effecting his
Meet. For that purpose he has drawn together an
army of 200,000 men, within a few hours' march of
the Turkish frontier, he has gone to enormous expense
in preparing a fleet for the embarkation ; and, more-
over .he has sent. an-exixaaixlinow#ob6.%o*:to
Constantinople,.who' only
views, but who has -treated the Sultan with suet
di-
respect as has never been done before towards'an
independent Sovereign, excepting in cases where
there was an intention to make war. A reculade
at the present moment would be the destruction of
the labour of years, for every one knows that with
the Orientals, any withdrawal, however justified
by circumstances, is equivalent to defeat. It is
this fact that alarms politicians, and makes them
doubt if the Czar will withdraw his pretensions,
even although he might risk a general war by per-
severing in them. _

The -Russian Ambassador in Paris, while en-
deavouring to intimidate the public by threats that
the Emperor will not recede, even if he were forced
to take Constantinople in opposition to the navies
of England and France, is very active his en-
deavours to impress Louis Napoleon and the mem-
bers of the Cabinet with the moderation of the
views of the Emperor Nicholas.
M. His de Butenval has received orders to claim
from Belgium a sum of 50 millions, as 6, zeimburse-
ment of the cost of the expedition to Antwerp in
the early part of Louis Philippe's reign. This de-
mand may be considered as an answer to the
marriage of the Duke de Brabant with an Arch-
duchess of Austria.

It is in contemplation to establish 21 Lyons a
camp of observation, which will make the third in
France—the other two being at St. Omer and
Satory.

M.Chreptow;tz, Minister of Russia at Brussels,
left Paris yesterday to return to his post.
The members of the commission which had been
organised at Lyons, to present General Oudinot, in
the name of that city, with a sword of honour, i•i
remembrance of the expedition to Rome, arrived
yesterday in Paris. The sword, which is exceedingly
handsome, was to be presented to the general yes-
terday evening.
_ _

AccorcEng to the Augsincrg Gazette, a fi man has
been sent both to the French and English admirals,
authorising the passage of the two fleets through
the straits of the Dardanelles.

The steamer Ajaccio is reported to have arrived
at Toulon from Constantinople.
The Itioni(!eur declares that the Government v:11
not, as has bean mentioned on 'Change, sanction
the amalgamation of the Orleans aid Lyons Rail-
way Companies.

'the MOnitenr Alggrein states that the expedition 1
under the command of the Governor-General in-
vaded the territory of the Diermonna on the 19th
of May. On that very day the village the
vicinity of Oned-Berd surrender; l to Gene',al
McMahon, and on the 21st that general occupied
, Coel Ain Sitallont.

In answer to the cono•uuu;catiou made by the
French Government, of its intention to have a uni-
versal exhibition of the produce of industry at
Pai;s, in 1853, the Governments of England, Bel-
gium, Sweden, Bavaria, Saxony, Baden, Hanover,
Nassau, Flan kfort, and Berne have int:mated their
readiness to glve encouragement and assistance to
those of their countrymen who wish to contribute
to the exhibition.

A considerable decline occurred yesterday in the
public securities, combined with but little activity
in business, the Three per Cents. being again the
description of stock which underwent the greatest
depreciation, to the extent of If. in the quotation
for cash, and if. sc. in that for the account. The
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., both for the term and
for money, fell 80c. ; Bank of France Shares de-
clined sf. The final quotations were :—For cash :
Three per Cents., 78f. 30c. ; Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 101 f. 50c. For the end of the month :
Three per Cents., 78f. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
101 f. 50c. ; Bank Stock, 2,692 f. 50c. A decline of
Of. occurred in the shares of the Mortgage Bank,
which closed at 830 f. ; in those of the Societe Mo-
biller° there was a fall of 30f., the last quotation
being 815 f. The Railway Share Market also parti-
cipated in the general depression experienced by
other descriptions of public securities, a decline of
32f. having taken place in Paris and Strasbourg
shares at the termination of business ; in Paris and
Orleans of 30f. ; in Paris and Rouen of 25f. ; in
Paris and Lyons of 20f. ; in Northern of 15f. ; and
of 52. in Lyons to the Mediterranean shares.
Final quotations :—Northerns, ; Paris and
Orleans, 1,045 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 880 f. 50c. ;
Paris and Lyons, 915 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,075 f. ;
Lyons to the Mediterranean, 7502.

the dominion of the Sublime Porte, and would
approve of all ordinary steps that would secure to
these populations generally that full and safe en-
joyment of religious practices, which every man
who has resided at Constantinople and in large
Turkish cities well knows they do enjoy in such
cities. It may be safely affirmed, nevertheless, that
the Prussian Cabinet is not likely to approve
of any steps or measures which, under the pre-
text of religious protection or Christian secu-,
rity, would abstract some millions of Turkish
subjects from the jurisdiction of their lawful Sove-
reign—infringe those international rights that no
independent nation can or will abandon with-
out a struggle or degradation—and, finally, rob the
Porte of the last vestige of control over that portion
of its people which is leagued in purpose and faith
with the only power in Europe that can benefit :by
the downfall of the Turkish Empire. Disbelief in
matters being carried to extremes has therefore
prevented the money market at this place from be-
ing affected by the sinister reports current within
the last forty-eight hours.

PIEDMONT.
TURIN, May 28.—The Senate has sanctioned the
Lombard Refugee Loan Bill and the Victor Emma-
nuel Railway Bill.

SPAIN.
MADRID, May 26.—Dr. Thomas Del Coralz, the
celebrated professor of medicine and surgery, has
been commanded to repair to Araltjuez, where he
will have to watch over the Queen's health.
No exchange was held on the 2Gth May. ,

BELGIMVI.
The proposed marriage of the Duke of Brabant
with the Archduchess of Austria has been officially
announced to the Chambers. It is said that the
ceremony will take place at Brussels in the month
of August.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

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The returns oortality do not yetindicate that im-
provement is the, public =health which may have bin
anticipated from the more &von-I
-able character of the
weather. The following- are the deaths registered in
London in each week of May--1,159, 1,099, 1,098, and
(in the week that ended last'Saturday) 1,128, showing a
small increase in the present, the two preceding re-
turns. The mean weekly tehiperatures of the month
have been 47.9 deg., 45'3 deg., 55.2'deg., and 59.7 deg.
In the ten weeks, 'oi-respoding to last week, of the
years 1842-52 the average number of deaths was 890,
which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, -',
will give a mortality for last week of 979. The actual
result is therefore in excess of the estimated amount by
149.

Diseases of the nervous system appear to have sup-
plied more than ordinary contingent ; 'for 155 cases are
found in this class, while the average is 120. Taking
some particular diseases, cephalitis --was fatal in the
last three weeks in 14, 11, and. •16 cases succes-
sively ; apoplexy, 25, 23, 24 ; paralysis, 17,. 23, 33 ;
delirium tremens, 3,2, 4; epilepsy 3,9, 13; convulsions,
40, 35, 43. Pneumonia shows a decided decrease, the
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deaths from it having fallen to 57 ; hooping-cough also
is not quite so fatal, while diarrhoea slightly inc.rea.seFt.l
The last-mentioned complaint numbers in the last. three
returns 18, 28, 32.
In the sub-district of the Woolwich Arsenal, at. 52,
William-street, on 10th May, the daughter of a pen-
sioner, ...
Royal Artillery, aged &years, died of " tabes
mesenterica from birth." Mr. Richardson the medical
attendant of this case, writes on his-certificate-`t An
enormous number of children die in this town from
scrofulous disease, and from other maladies of a similar
character that appear to be preventible."
At the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, three
deaths were registered from typhus: With reference to ,
one which occurred on the 14th May, that of a female
servant, aged 36 years, brought from Baldwin's-gardens,
Saint Andrew's Parish, the surgeon of the hospital
makes the following statement :---." This woman lived at,
16, Baldwin's-gardens, where her sister died of fever •,.,
her brother also died in the Fever Hospital ; her sister's
husband and daughter were attacked, but have recovered,
and her husband is now ill ; consequently out of a
family of eight, six were attacked by fever, three of
whom died ; two children alone escaped ; 18 people
were living in this house, which consists of eight rooms."
At 4, North-terrace, South-street, May-fair, on 23d
May, the son of a lodging-house keeper, aged 15 months,
died of " teething (6 months), hooping-cough (one
week), convulsions (12 hours)." Dr. Walsh, the Re-
gistrar, says :—" Another child in this house has hoop-
mg-cough with typhoid fever. A. cesspool opposite the
door is much complained of. The court is narrow, but
well paved, clean, and respectably inhabited."
In the sub-district, Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, at 8,
Matthew-street, on 22d May, a watch-case maker, aged.
34 years, died of " typhus (7 days)." Mr. Yarrow, the
Registrar, adds :—" The father of the deceased informs
me that he was one of 4 men employed at the same
manufactory • all were takeil it with-the samediserder,
and 3 are dead. The oilier be supposed could notlive.
The workshop he stated to be in Banner-street, Saint
Luke's."
At 13, Seven-step-alley, Aldgate, on 24th May, the
daughter of a shoemaker, aged one year, died of " pneu-
monitis, asphyxia," The parish surgeon adds on his
certificate—" This is the fourth death from preventible
causes in this long-condemned locality within as many
weeks. Are these deaths a proof of the vigilance of the
City Commission of Sewers, when this place was pro-
nounced unfit for human habitation four years ago by
their own officer of health ?"

Two persons were registered in the week whose lives
had been protracted beyond the ordinary limit of
existence
Ou the 25th May a chair•bottom maker died from
" old age" in the Greenwich Workhouse at the age of
100 years.

Oii the 21st May, at 1, Elder-street, Norton Folgate,
a man, formerly a clock-maker, but latterly out of busi-
ness, died from " old age, a fall a month ago ; exhaus-
tion," at the age of 106 years.
The following additional cases are selected from the
returns : —At 3, Providence-place, Woolwich, on 19th
and 21st May, two sons of an engineer, aged respec-
tively 5 and 2 years, died of " scarlatina maligna
(2 days.)" At 32, aiEgis-terrace, Battersea-fields, two sons
of a bolt-maker, aged 3 and 4 years, died of " scarlatina
(5 days)." And in the same sub-district (Battersea), at
2, Stewart's-lane, on 22d May, a labourer, aged 21
years, died of "typhus (3 days) ;" and on the same day,
at Webb's-cottages, Stewart's-lane, the son of a labourer,
aged 6 years, died of "typhus (19 days)." In Wool-
wich, at 6, New-street, High-sreet, on 22d and 27th
May, the daughter and son of a mason, aged respec-
tively three years and one year, died of scarlatina, the
former after three weeks', the latter after ten days'
illness. Also, in Woolwich, at 2, Gough-yard, High-street,
on May the Bth, a spinster, aged twenty-four years,
died of " small-pox, natural (5 days)." In Somers-town,
at 15, Southampton-street, on the 18th and 26th May,
the daughter and son of an artist, aged respec-
tively 3 and 6 years, died, the former of " pertussis (6
weeks), cerebral congestion and convulsions (4 days) ; "
the latter of " scarlatina (3 weeks), convulsions (2
days)." On the 16th and 20th May, at 18, John-street,
South Hackney, female twins, aged 16 months, died of
" hooping-cough, convulsions." In University College
Hospital, on the 19th May, the daughter of an engineer,
aged 4 months, died of " nmvus of upper lip ;
operation."

Last week the births of 782 boys and 779 girls, in all
1,561 children, were registered in London. The aver-
age number in eight corresponding weeks of the years
1845-52 was 1,371.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwieh, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.696 in. The
reading of the barometer decreased from 29.96 in. at the
beginning of the week to 29.45 in. by noon on 26th, and
Increased to 29.60 in. by the end of the week. The
mean temperature of the week was 591 deg., which is
4.7 deg. above the average of the same week in 38
years. On Thursday and Friday, when the temperature
was highest, the mean was about 64 deg., and 8 or 9 deg.
above the average. The highest temperature was 78.8
deg. on Friday, the lowest 41'6 deg. on Sunday. The
wind blew from the north-east on the first four days, it
was calm on the two following, and on Saturday it blew
from the south-west, the only day on which the mean
temperature was below the average. The mean differ-
ence between the dew point temperature and air tem-
perature was 10'9 deg. ; the greatest was 17'6 deg. on
Sunday and Thursday ; the least at I'l deg. on Friday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 28.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses..
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels.......
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration ................................................
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion .........................
Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. ............
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus Scd. .
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Musel ...
Diseases of the Skin, &e.
.. " •• "
Malformations ..........................................
Premature Birth and 2
Atr0phy...........................................
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p.. .... ....... ...... ....... .............. ..
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Oki Age
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... lntemperance
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80
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229
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................ 235
........ 155
45

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DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES

1,123
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding, week in the
15:51. of 1552. Week.
`Vest Di stricts ...... 376, 427
North Districts ...... 490,396
Central Districts..... 393,255
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals
Males
Females ....................

2,362,236

1,128
574
554