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      Captain Shepheard Is Now Likely To Be De...

      a- heek hands at keeping guinea pigs , and such like , as ver seen ; and , being a poor man wishing to get his vSnl _hT the monkey , he applied to have it cheap . Well r 7 this understandmg , although not wishing to part U the monkey , he sent word as he shouldn ' t mind { ¦ him have it for 35 s . The monkey was sold , and It voune man paid him 35 * ., but a few days after he _re-Sd a letter from Mr . P . Pigou , a gentleman living at 11 Albert-terrace , Kmghtsbndge , saying that he gave 51 . * _ihn monkey to the young man , although he had heard _to uei

      + 1 nt tho latter only paw _*"*> " _» _oo um . _« o o uo w » o 1 lv robbed of 31 . 15 s . His servant had also sold a hawk f I ?/ _anfl had on _^ _pa" _* _^ m _^* " _* n _^ act ' _^ _^ _^ _^ _tribW robbed , there was no doubt about it ; and now the j ?• s had come to light , the fellow had made a bolt of it . Mr Henry said he would be happy to assist him if he uid trace the young man ' s whereabouts ; but they could rto nothing without . The applicant said he would keep a sharp look out for him , and give him into custody if he turned up .

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      An Old Woman Died At Shenfield, A Few Da...

      An old woman died at Shenfield , a few days since , who had been receiving parochial relief for many years . At her decease it was found she had property by her to the amount of nearly 10001 . —Essex Herald . The old well from which Holywell-street takes its names has lately been exami ned and cleared of the rubbish with which it has long been filled . It is on the premises of a public-house in Holy well-street . The well is of great depth , and the walls are in good condition . The springs have not been reached , but they are in action in the neighbourhood , as the old Roman baths and the well in Strand-lane are still supplied from them . — -Gentleman's Magazine .

      A lady was travelling in the parliamentary train on the Chelmsford Railway , on Friday week , who gave singular evidences of insanity . She was noticed to throw out of the window , first her gold watch and guard , and afterwards a purse , containing twenty or thirty pound . The articles were picked up and restored to the owner at Ipswich , when she seemed to have a better appreciation of their value . According to the log of the Tropic , just arrived in the Downs , an earthquake was felt at sea off Jamaica , on the 17 th of July . "The ship had lost her way , and the watch below , running out of the forecastle , declaring the iron tanks ( each containing 400 gallons of water ) were dancing in the 'tween decks . While the horrid _rnmbling noise continued going along under the bottom , the sensation on deck was that of a ship tearing over rocks at a violent rate . In a few minutes the ship was quietly gliding through the water at three miles per hour . "

      An Englishman who had been lost in the mountains on the shores of the Rhine , opposite Bonn , finally made his way to the banks of that river , where there is a " flying brid ge" of boats . As he could not wake the ferrymen , he undid tho fastenings , and with true English insolence set about ferrying himself over . But he found the bridge too much for his skill ; the cables snapped , and ho was set floating down the stream . At length he was overtaken b y boatmen , arrested , and only liberated by tho Bonn authorities on the payment of tho damage done to the bridge Inflammable coke is formed in moulds , of shapes calculated to allow of tho free passage of air when ignited

      m tho grate , thereby occasioning perfect combustion and tho absence of all smoke , and , in lieu thereof , a bri g ht flamo . Each piece of coke , bo it round , oval , hexagonal , octagonal , or other shape , has a cell in its centre , filled with waste coal , or other inflammable substance or compound , secured by moans of coke male and femalo scrows , and is rendered slightly porous . As many substances—such as email pieces of wood , coal-dust , & c . —are vory cheap , because useless for fuel in their existing form , and as tbey can bo rendered by this invention more available for fuel than tho most expensive coal , at a very much less cost , it is reasonable to _supposo that tbo patont inflammable coke will supersede tho use of other fuel . —Mining Journal .

      Disastrous accounts of inundations aro givon in tho Savoy _papors . Tho Arvo continues to devastate tho country . A waterspout burst over the province of Chiableso on tho 19 th , and detached such a quantity of largo stones from tbo mountains in tho vicinity of tho village of Locum that tho bridgo of tho Thonon road was half destroyed by thorn . Tho road itself ia impassablo . Tho village of _Buttos , in tho territory of _Clusos _, has boon entirely inundated . Letters from Switzerland of tho 25 th _stato that alarm was felt lest tho Rhino should overflow . An inundation was threatening in tho cantort of Uri . Snow had begun to fall , and that caused tho rivors to rise . In the canton of Lucorne tho continual rains had made tbo

      _nvers overflow , and the lake had risen a foot . Sonous lossos had been sustained by the inundations in tho villages at the foot of the Jura , the _Gros de Vana , and in tho val leys of tho Alps . Tho Courrior de V ' Isbre states that tho lihono has _wasnod away _ujiwards of forty houses in ono of the communes .

      Mr. Taylor, A Gentleman Residing In Hano...

      Mr . Taylor , a gentleman residing in Hanover-square , hung _hiniHolf on Sunday night . Meek , a tailor , who lived Ju Green Arbour-court , cut "ih throat in | , ho street , opposite tho Old Bailey on Tuesday ; _<' _iuiho unknown . Warwick Phillips , a policeman , was committed for trial <> n Saturday , charged with indecently iu . Hault . innr two Women . Ill . /' ' ° _fr ° ° » t in tho ship-yard of Messrs . Wigram , of aekwall , on Wednesday , destroying the greater portion " 1 ho store-houses , a portion of tho mast-house , a consider-11 quantit y of timber and stores , and seriously injuring t . _no » JHm-muchinory .

      Mr. Taylor, A Gentleman Residing In Hano...

      John Arone , a foreigner , considered himself ill used by foreign consuls in several places , notably in ' Syria . He Could get no redress in his own estimation , from the Foreign Office ; and so he sent threatening letters to the Earl of Malmesbury , hinting at the fate of Percival , who was shot by Bellingham . John Aron _6 was brought before Mr . Henrjr on Saturday on this charge ; and as he could not find bail when ordered , he was committed in default . ' . Thomas Philip Butler , a clerk at the Post Office , was committed for trial by Mr . Henry at Bow-street , on Tuesday , on the charge of having plundered letters containing cash and jewellery . Butler , who is " well-connected "_ appears to have robbed letters to an immense extent . He was caught in the fact at last , by Mr . Sculthorpe , one of the presidents of the London district post , and Mr . Cole , inspector of letter-carriers . It ia astonishing how people will , in spite of numberless warnings , confide money and jewels to . the care of the Post Office .

      Mr . ; Clough , a Bradford solicitor , living at Bolton Grange , near that town , was dining late on Monday evening , when he was alarmed by a loud scream . He went up stairs to the bedroom of his children , but found them all quiet . Returning down stairs he was met by a servant who told him he was wanted in the kitchen . Thither he went , but on his entrance he was knocked down by ono of seven men wearing masks . They lifted him up , forced him into his bed-room , and compelled him to lie still while they plundered his plate-chest . Meanwhile a detachment from the gang took all they could find in the house ; locked all the family and servants in the cellar , and turned loose all the horses in the stable . Altogether they captured property worth about 300 _Z .

      Several Of The Betting-Shop Gentry Are U...

      Several of the betting-shop gentry are usually in league together , and they refer to one another , and have so plausible a story that parties take them as tenants without suspicion , and then so defective are our laws that there is the greatest difficulty in getting them out and avoiding serious loss . We have a case before us to illustrate it . An owner had the misfortune to let a house some time ago to a nest of swindlers of this description . It is now shut up , has been so for months , possession of it denied him , and a scoundrel pettifogger in league with them coolly tells him , " You can do nothing till November , and unless you give us a sum of money ( besides losing all the rent due ) we shall keep you out as long as possible . " The rent being just above 501 . a year the County Court is not available ; but the owner intends to see what the laws against conspiracy may do to punish such vagabonds , and we mention the circumstance as a warning to others . Some of our legal readers may be able to give him a useful hint . —The Puilder .

      The Belgian Government Has Just Publishe...

      The Belgian Government has just published returns , from which it appears that the total population of Belgium on the 31 st of December , 1860 , was 4 , 407 , 241 . In the course of the year tho number of births was 131 , 416 , and of deaths 92 , 909 . From a Parliamentary paper just published , it appears that tho receipts received on account of the several county and borough lunatic asylums in the year ending the 31 st of December last in _England and Wales , amounted to 236 , 724 . " . 4 s . 2 _$ d . ; the expenditure was 207 , 017 * . 18 s . 6 _kd . Tho balance in tho hand of tho treasurer at the end of the year was 33 , 584 _* . 3 s . 8 _\ d ., and there was due to tho treasurer , 3 , 877 * . 18 s .

      According to a return to the House of Commons just printed , the annual value of property assessed to tho poorrate in England and Wales and Ireland , in 1842 , was 75 , 894 , 575 * . ; in 1847 , 80 , 616 , 413 * . ; and in 1851 , 79 , 280 , 671 * . For tho poor rate and county rate in 1861 thero was voted by Parliament , or otherwiso paid out of the public funds , tho sum of 391 , 500 * . ' Tho county _rafce is paid out of tho poor rato . A return to Parliament has just boon issued showing tho number of houses valued at 20 * . and upwards , tho number of those which pay house-tax at sixpence and ninoponco in tho pound , with other information on tho same

      subjoct . In England and Wales thero aro 179 , 234 houses charged at sixpence ; and in Scotland , 0 , 377 . Tho amount of duty in England and Wales is 200 , 182 * . 10 s . 2 d . ; and in Scotland , 5 , 288 * . lis . Qd . ; making 205 , 471 * . 10 s . lid . at . _sixpenco ; whilo at ninoponco in tho pound there aro 252 , 213 houses in England and Wales producing 463 , 204 * . 4 s . 8 c * . ; and in Scotland , 24 , 095 houses at 38 , 340 * . 17 s . Id . ; making tho ninoponco duty 501 , 645 * . Is . Od . The total amount of duty is stated at 707 , 016 * . 12 s . Bd . The return , which was obtained by Mr . Goulburn , contains tlib number of houses in somo of tho principal towns rated at 10 * . and other sums .

      Health Of London During The Week. Thm Mo...

      HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . Thm mortalit y has declined in London , and 080 deaths have been registored in Ijlio fourth week of August . This number is loss by 104 than the number _registorod in tho previous week , and less . by 144 than the numbers registered in the first week of August . Of the 080 persons who died , 508 wore males , 472 _femal ' _oB ; 658 wore children um ] or tho age of 16 ; 277 wero adults of middle ago , und 144 wero people who had attained tiio ago of ( 50 and , upwards . 701 of the deaths occurred in tho districts north , 270 in the districts south of the Thames . 12 () of the deaths took p lace in public institutions , _, namely _, 80 in workhouses , 28 iu hospitals , 4 in lunatic asylums , ' 4 , in military and naval asylums , 2 in tho Dreadnought ,, and 2 in tho _Woutminster House of Correction . No death was registored in any _otjwir prison .

      Health Of London During The Week. Thm Mo...

      Scarlatina is still prevalent ; it has destroyed the lives of 51 children . Fever was fatal to 32 adults and 16 children . Diarrhoea was fatal to 107 children , 8 persons in the middle of life , and 10 of the age of 60 and upwards . It is gratifying to observe the sudden decline of tho deaths from diarrhoea from 208 to 125 ; 15 deaths from cholera aro registered ; including 11 children and 4 adults . Ten males and 5 females died of the disease , 12 on the north and 3 on the south side of thc Thames . The death of tho labourer ' s " wife , aged 34 years , in Eotherhithe , after IS hours illness , is the most remarkable of the cases .

      In tho interval between the two great _epidemics of Asiatic cholera in tho years 1832 and 1849 , on tho continent , a partial outbreak occurred , which did not reach England , and we may hope that on the present occasion this country may enjoy the like immunity : _~ At the same time all the measures contemplated for purifying the earth , air , and water of London , and other cities should bo accelerated . Last week tho births of 763 boys and 746 girls , in all 1499 children , were registered in London . The average number in seven corresponding weeks of the years 1845-51 was 1331 .

      Marriages. On The 12th Ult., At The Span...

      MARRIAGES . On the 12 th ult ., at the Spanish Legation , Washington , U . S ., by prosy , the ceremony performed by the Right Eev . Bishop _M'Gill , of Virginia , alggrapina Zaggrewsky MacLeod , daughter of Alexander N . MacLeod , of Harris , to Jose Maria Magallon , second son of the Marquis de San Adrien . His Excellency Don Angel Calderon de la Barca , her Catholic Majesty's Minister to the United States , stood as proxy . On the 21 th ult ., at Stonor , in the county of Oxford , Henry Charles Silvertop , Esq ., of Minster Acres , in the county of Northumberland , to the Hon . Eliza Stonor , third daughter of the Right Hon . Lord and Lady Camoys . On the 24 th ult ., at Brompton , Yorkshire , Whitehall Dod , Esq ., late of the 6 th Dragoons , only son of J . W . Dod , Esq ., M . P ., of Cloverley , Shropshire , and cousin to C . R . Dod , Esq ., Author of " The Parliamentary Companion , " " The Peerage , " & c _, _toTEmma Matilda , daughter of tho late Lieutenant-General Sir H . M . Vavasour , Bart ., of Melbourne and Spaldington , Yorkshire .

      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , _4-ND DEATHS BIRTHS . On the 22 nd ult ., at Stebbing , Essex , the wife of the Rev . Roger Dawson Duffield : a son . On the 24 th ult ., at Kilkenny Castle , Ireland , tho Marchioness of Ormonde : a son . On the 24 th ult ., at Bracondale , the Lady Henrietta Harvey : a daughter . On the 25 th ult ., tho Hon . Mrs . Parnell , of 13 , _Bryanstcnsquare : a son . On the 25 th ult ., at Bloomsbury Rectory , the Hon . Mrs . Montagu Villiers : a daughter . On the 29 th ult ., at the Lawn , the lady of A . L . Goddard , Esq ., M . P .: a son . On the 30 th ult ., at 24 , Cavendish-road , St . John ' s-wood , the widow of the late T . C . Granger , Esq ., M . P . : a son . On the 31 st ult ., at Ladbrook House , Kensington Park , the wife of W . Downing Bruce , Esq ., K . C . S ., F . S . A ., of the Middle Temple , and 9 , Victoria-square , Pimlico : a son .

      On th _© 25 t . h ult ., at Broadwater Church , Worthing , the Rev . Henry E . Hall , B . A ., late curate of Christ Church , and domestic chaplain to the Earl of _Castlestuart , to Charlotte , only child of John Howell , Esq ., F . R . S ., M . D ., and Deputy Inspector-General of Military Hospitals . On the 25 th ult ., at All Souls' Church , Langham-placo , Commander Rodd , H . M . S . Impregnable , youngest son of the late Rev . Dr . Rodd , Trebartha-hall , to Wilhelmina Mary , youngest daughter of tha late Vice-Admiral Sir J . Tromayno Hodd , K . C . B . On the 25 th ult ., at Salisbury Cathedral , Georgo Alfred Ellisa Wall , Esq ., of Worthy-park , Hampshire , to Katherine , youngest daughter of tho late Sir Henry Rivors , Bart . On the 26 th ult ., at St . Peter ' s , Eaton-squaro , Edward Coplo-Bton Buckland , Esq ., second son of tho Vory Rov . tho Doun of Westminster , to Rose Mary , daughter of the lato John Walter , Esq . On tho 20 th ult ., George Pownos Luttroll , Esq ., oldest son of Prances Fownes Luttroll , Esq ., of Kilvo , Somersetshire , to Anno Elizabeth , youngest daughter of tho lato Sir Alexander Hood , Bart ., ol Wootton , in the same county . On tho Slat ult ., at St . Mary ' s Church , _Bryanston-squaro , Louis Charles , third son of the Right Hon . Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt , of Bayon ' _s Manor , Lincolnshire , to Sophia , youngest daughter of John Ashton Yates , Esq ., of Bryanstonsquaro , uud _Dingleheod , Lancashire DEATHS . On the 22 ndult ,., Aimotte , _Oonntena Dowager of Waldegravo , and wife of A . Hicks , Esq ., ot Sutton-plaoo , Guildford , Surrey , aged 61 ) . On tho 23 rd ult ., at Bnrford , near Tonbury _, Harriot , tho sister of Georgo Rushout , M . P ., and daughter of thc lato Hon . and Rov . Georgo Rushout . Bowles . On tho 23 rd ult ., at Hotlisay , Miss Emilia dimming , daughter of the late Hir Alexander _Pcnroso Gumming Gordon , of Altyro , Baronet , and sinter of O . Jj . Gumming Bruce , Esq ., M . P . On tho 25 th ult ., at . Cant , leora , ig , _Ei-iiiicit . Napier Oarmiohacl , third Hon of tho lato Sir Thomas G . Carmiohael , Bart . On lho 25 th ult ., at _Claroniont , noar _Manchester , . So p hia Anno , tho wife of Hir Benjamin Ileywood , Bart .,, and daughter of Thomas Robinson , Esq ., of Manchester . On tho 25 th ult ., tho Rev . Peter Ewart , Rector of Kirklington , Yorkshire .

      On tho 26 th ult ., Mr . J . W . Allen , tho _celebrated landsoapn painter , at _liin _Iioijho in ( ho Lower Mull , _lltuiinioi-Hinitli , nud ~ donl y , of a _disoaso of tho heart , in tho tilth year of _Iijh ago , leaving a widow mid eight children to lament bin untimely decease . , On tho 27 th ult ., H , Saro _Cobourg-phujo , Edinburgh , Harharn IforbeH , widow of tho lato And row Davidson , _Hhi / ., advocate , _Ahordoon , in the Hltji year of her ago . On tbo 28 th ult ., at . Cheltenham , Lieutenant -Colonel Goorgo Hutchinson , E . R . H ., late Bengal KngineeiM _, aged Ml . On the 2 HI . li ult .., al the Gove , Torquay , _ltili / . ahoth Laura , wifo of Caption Holder , of the Boots _Kusilior ( luurdH , daughter of Colonel and Lady Laura Moyriok , anil granddaughter of tho Duko of Cleveland . On tho 21 ) th ult ., at l > i « mother ' s romdonco , Tyftoltl Manorhouse , Wilts , aged 21 , Ponsonhy . third sou of tho lato _Charloa ponniddooko , Esq ., _barriutor-nt-law .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 4, 1852, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04091852/page/11/