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      Miscellaxeous. Board Of Tradk Returns Fo...

      for the Colonies in the Belgrave sub-district , at the age , cf % riy-five , is referred to " gastric fever audjow pento--nitik" Two inen died from peritonitis in St . George ' s Hospital , which is in the same sub-district ; a baker , aged twenty-sixth , from Cheyne-walk , Chelsea , and a gilder , aged thirty-one , from Thomas-Street , Oxfordstreet . The ravages of scarlatina in St . Pancras , where It has caused thirteen deaths , require investigation . The seven cases of death from cholera demanjl unusual attention . The deaths from diarrhoea have fallen from 154 weekly in August to 51 , 44 , 41 in October , and in the last week to 27 . Eighteen persons died of cancer , 116 of consumption , 54 of apoplexy and paralysis , 35 of diseases of heart , and 19 of dropsy ; 105 of bronchitis and

      pneumonia ; 9 women died in childbirth . Twenty-seven violent deaths were registered . In the week , the births of 737 boys and 790 girls , in alt 1 , 527 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 , the average number was 1 , 411 . — From theRegistrar- Generals Weekly Return . » Quarterly Returns of Births , Marriages , and Deaths . — The Registrar -General ' s Quarterly Return ( marriages , April , May , June , 1855 ; births and deaths , July , August , September , 1855 ) has been published during the present week . From this document we learn that 38 , 454 marriages were registered in the qu trter ending June 30 ib , or less by 1 , 935 than the number in the corresponding quarter of the previous year , when the marriages were considerably above the average . 154 , 834 births were registered in the quarter that ended on September 30 th . The deaths were 87 , 934 . The natural

      increase of the population of England and Wales in the quarter , is 66 , 900 , -which makes the gain of people in nine months , in that part of the empire , 157 , 147 . The number of emigrants from the United Kingdom , which was 109 , 236 in the summer quarter of 1852 , has fallen to 44 , 698 ; thus showing that the births , which are generally found simply to counterbalance the emigration , are this quarter greatly ahead of ir . The deaths in London during the quarter , were 13 , 084 ; and , generally , the health of towns exhibits improvement . This is variously attributed to fine weather , active employment in the harvest , with good wages , frugality , and temperance , . promoted by the hi # h price of provisions , the removal of portions of the population by war , and improved sanatory arrangements . The question of the state of the population as influenced by the war we have considered in a separate paper in our leading columns .

      Funeral of thk late Sib . William Moles-¦ WORTH . —The remains of Sir William Molesworth were on Saturday last interred in Kensal-green , in a grave near that of the late Duke of Sussex . Six mourning coaches followed the hearse . A deputation from Southwark attended to the grave the remains of -heir representative , and the carriages of Lord Palmerston , Lord Panmure , the Duke of Somerset , Lord John Russell , Sir Charles Wood , and other political and private friends of the deceased , closed the procession . In deference to the expressed wish of Sir William , the funeral was of the most private character . The Jersey Refugees . — All the refugees who signed the declaration which we printed last week have been expelled from Jersey by order of Sir George Grey . Several of the exiles have arrived at Guernsey ; and Victor Hugo is expected there , if by this time he have not reached that island .

      Two Literary Claimants . —Mr . Walter Savage Lander has written to the Times to urge on the public notice the claims to relief of James Defoe , a descendant of the immortal author of Robinson . Crusoe . James , who is the great-grandson of Daniel , is now living in the utmost penury , Another claimant on the goodfeeling of the nation is Miss Lowe , the daughter of Mauritius Lowe , a painter , and friend of Dr . Johnson , who , with her sister , is still living at an advanced age , and in poverty , which threatens to deepen into pauperism . Miss Lowe was a godchild of the doctor . A

      gift of 1002 . has been made to her from some fund by Lor 4 Palmerston , who was appealed to by a body of gentlemen , including Mr . Hallum , Air . Thomas Carlyle , Mr . Dickens , Mr . Dyce , Mr . Proctor , Mr . Macaulay , Mr . Thackeray , Mr . Tennyson , Mr . Albany Fofltblanqqe , Mr . Disraeli , Sir Charles Eustluke , Dean Milman , Professor Owen , & c . But this gift will soon be consumed j and an appeal is therefore made to those whdhave a heart and intellect to comprehend its sacredness . Subscriptions will be received by Messrs . Coutts . We are sure that neither this nor the preceding application will be matle in vain .

      Thj * Bankruptcy of , Joseph Wjndle Cole . —The examination of this bankrupt ( who , it will be remembered , wm mixed up in certain fraudulent transactions with Davidson and Gordon ) boa been Adjourned sine die , with liberty , on the part of , the bankrupt , to apply for a sitting for examination , if lie wished to do so , before tho expiration of his criminal sentence of four years' penal servitude . Mr . Murray , for the assignees , stated that from a cash account which had been obtained since the lait examination , it appeared that in 1852 tho payments of the , bankrupt amounted to £ 1 , 581 , 708 Us . Gd . ; in 181 HJ ; jE 2 ; 000 , 744 0 s . 4 d . ; In 1854 , j £ 770 , 70118 s . Cd . ; snaking a total of upwards of . £ 4 , 800 , 000 . Mtsterious Dkath on a Railway . —William T « ykjr ,, anfght lgjW-m , a «

      Haresfield , w & s found in a dying state on the platform of the Haresfield * station , surrounded by a pool of blood ; and shortly afterwards he died . An inquest has been held , and It appeared ^ rom the evidence , which was very voluminous , that the several trains passing the Haresfleld station were duly signalled by Taylor , or some other per . on , up to about midnight on the 18 th of October . Soon after that time , the signal-man ' s brother , Daniel Taylor , and a man named Oliver , came to the staHon , and , not finding the deceased in his box , searched for him . and found him lying on the platform in a pool of blood . Daniel Taylor at once charged Mr . Fry , the Haresfield station-master , with killing his brother , and

      the down goods train from Gloucester wa 3 stopped by Fry , who said he was afraid Daniel Taylor would murder him . Fry , on the arrival of the goods train , ran and hid himself behind it , and rode in the van with the guard to the next station at Stonehouse , where he obtained medical assistance for the wounded man . Next morning , Daniel Taylor told a person named Copner that he had found on the line an iron bar covered with blood . A guard on the railway stated in his evidence that Daniel Taylor seemed to be quite drunk , and that Fry appeared to have been drinking- The adjourned inquest terminated in a verdict to the effect that the deceased had been killed by a blow on the head , but how or by whom inflicted there was not satisfactory evidence to show .

      America . —The chief news from the United States this week has reference to the difference between the American and the English Governments ; but these details will be found in a seperate article . From California we hear , that Mr . J . Neely Johnson , the Knownothing candidate for Governor , has defeated Governor Bigler by about five thousand majority , and the whole American State « ticket" is elected . The Knownothings have also secured a majority in the State Legislature . Cholera is very rife in various parts of the State ; and the town of Weaverville , as" well as the village of Grass Vallev , have been destroyed by fire . A diplomatic " difficulty " has arisen between the United States and New Grenada , owing to the alleged illegal arrest and detention of an American named Hunter ,

      who was charged with breach of trust . The new constitution of Panama was to be promulgated on the 15 th of October . Colonel Kinney has resigned the Governorship , of San Juan , and a meeting has been called to make a new selection . The English Consul has notified the Colonel that , in the event of his re-election , his authority wonld be recognised by him as the British representative . Advices from Mexico to the 8 th state that the garrison at the capital had sworn allegiance to General Alvarez General Bonde had been appointed Commandant-General in place of La " Vega , removed . Alvarez had formed a new Ministry as follows : —Senor Ocalpo , Minister of Foreign Affairs ; General Comonforr , Minister of War ; Senor Juarez , Minister of Interior and Justice ; Senor Prieto , Minister of Finance .

      Drowned . —Mr . John Tremenhere Johns , a commoner of Pembroke College , Oxford , was drowned a few days ago , in consequence of the upsetting of a canoe , in which he was racing against two friends . He was unable to swim , and soon sunk . A Tragedy of " The Times . "—The following extraordinary advertisement appears in the second column of the Times of Thursday—that mysterious second column which contains so many dusky hints of the " daily " romances of real life : " — " Hope . —By that pure love I have struggled to preserve , with every effort ivenand 1

      of my soul , by that bitter cup you have g , drank to the dregs—by those ties no man can severby promises made to those now no more—I will see you . Be true to yourself and to me . Oh ! M—y ! M—y ! I would save you the pangs of error—God forbid of crime—and though the passion , jealousy , hate , and madness you have excited—be scorned and denied—when the serpent you foster iB wearied—yea , even then—here is your haven , when all forsake . God protect you — D—— . " Immediately above this we find the annexed : — "Hope . —There is time . A letter will be most welcome . Address to D . —Yours , W . "

      It is to be presumed that the two have a connexion . Iron Paving . —The City Commissioners of Sewers have determined to give a trial to the new iron paving invented by an American , and now in wse at Boston and New York . Mr . Heywood , the engineer to the commission , states that this pavement "is formed of cast iron frames divided into sections , the' divisions being sufficiently close together to prevent the admission of horaes' hoofs ; the runs and divisions are about one inch in width on the top , closely grooved to about an , inch in depth ; the various frames are so designed that to a certain extent there would be a principle of connexion and mutual dependence throughout a paving when composed of thorn . They are laid upon the usual substratum , and in the same manner as granite pavings , being filled in with gravel stones , or concret e ' '

      An English Consul a Slavkholder . —The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society , about a month ago , brought under the notice of Lord Clarendon the fact that Mr . Samuel Vines , our consul at Para , Brazil , was the proprietor of three slaves . The Foreign Secretary accordingly made inquiries , and obtained Mr . Vines' version of the circumstances ; the Anal result

      being that , " although he is convinced that Mr . Vines was actuated in what be did by benevolent and praiseworthy motives , yet , as the lawjdf ^&^ fllnd absolutely prohibits British subjects from # o- # toing or holding slaves , under any circumstances whatgoJSwer , Lord Clarendon lias informed Mir . Vine ! that T » is conduct in this transaction has ; been entirely disapproved . and that , if any similar cause for complaint ^ should arise , it wUl not be again passed over . " The correspondence between the society and Mr . Hammond ^ Lord Clarendon ' s secretary , has just been published . commercial from the

      State of Trade . —The reports provinces for the week ending last Saturday present nothing new , but , looking at the state of the money market , their character is stiil very satisfactory . At Manchester , although , the commencement of the week was marked by increased \ lulness , there was a much better tone towards the close . The Bi mtngham advices describe no alteration , and in the iron-market the effect of the condition of the country seems thus far to havebeen limited to checking a tendency to an undesirable advance in prices . As regards the general trade of the place , some additional encouragement has been imparted by the last accounts from Australia . At Nottingham , the operations have been of a moderate but not unfavourable nature , and the orders from the United States are to a fair extent . In the woollen districts , business continues inactive j but there is confidence as to the prospect of a good winter trade . In th % Irish linen markets , the high rates of discount have entirely stopped the progressof recovery lorries .

      Railway Accident—The morning Scotch mail train , on Monday , ran off the line near Lancaster , and broke into the divisions which rolled over the embankment on each side , and fell into the fields . The guard waa severely injured , the flesh of one of his arms being stripped off to the bone ; and four of the passengers were also seriously hurt . The cause of the accident waa a bale of cotton which had fallen from a goods train that had passed but a short time previously . The catrages wereScompletely smashed to atoms , but no one was killed Boiler Explosion . —A boiler has exploded near Edinburgh , killing three persons , while two others w « reeriously hurt .

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      Leader Office , Saturday , November 3 rd . THE BALTIC . Dantzic , Thursday Evening . The Lightning has arrived , and in to remain here till further orders . The Vulture , with the mail from the fleet is expected to-morrow . The fleet is still at Nargen . The weather continues stormy . Hamburg , November 1 st . The Ajax and Hogue have arrived at Kiel . Other ships are expected from the Baltic .

      Berlin, Thursday Evening. We Have Rumour...

      Berlin , Thursday Evening . We have rumours of enforced changes in the higher ranks of the Russian officials . Count Kleinmichel , the Minister of Roads and Public Works , is to be replaced by General Tchertkine , from the Department of Mines .

      Lord Stanley, M.P. At A Meeting Held At ...

      LORD STANLEY , M . P . At a meeting held at Fakenham . for the promotion of education in the district , the chairman , Captain Townshend , M . P ., read the following letter from Lord Stanloy , M . P .: — " St . James-square , Oct . 21 . " My dear Sir , —I write to express- my deep regret and annoyance at tho inconvenience -which my absence may cause to you and to your friends . " The reason of that absence I cannot at this moment fully explain ; I will do bo when permitted , and in themeantime I must beg you to believe in my assurance tliat it is of a nature to leave me no option whatever as to coming or staying . I go down to Knowaley to-night . 14 Believe me very faithfully yours , •« STANUtr . " I telegraphed to you within half-an-hour of being made acquainted with the circumstances which changed my plans . This is all 1 can say at present . " Sir W . Jonea , Bart . " Having read tho letter , tho chairman remarked that ho euapeoted there waa eome " otate occasion " for tho nobw lord ' s Absence .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 3, 1855, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03111855/page/8/