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The consecration of Dr. Singer took plac...
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One of the jury.—We are not unanimous in...
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Mr. Howson, a fellow of Christ's College...
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Two shocks of an earthquake had been exp...
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK The wee...
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BIKTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIETHS. O...
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A Prize Of Hhh)F. Him Been Oifered By Th...
society that an unlimited supply of the manure at a price not exceeding 51 . per ton will at all times be within the reach of the agriculturists of the United Kingdom . A Birmingham house has obtained one portion of the contract for making the copper coinage of the French Empire . Five thousand tons of copper will be required for the first issue of the metallic currency , nearly seven hundred tons of which will be used by the Birmingham firm ; and the work will probably take four yean to complete it . —Morning Chronicle .
Colonel Colt , the inventor of the celebrated repeating pistols , or revolvers , and other fire-arms , which attracted so much public attention in the Crystal Palace , in the American department of the Great Exhibition of 1851 , has found his arms to be so greatly in request in this country , not onl y for the private use of individuals , but also for officers in both departments of her Majesty ' s service in Great Britain , and likewise in the various British possessions abroad , that he has deemed it expedient to make arrangements for establishing a place for the manufacture of thorn in London . With this intrmtinn tho eolnrifil has
recently arrived in this country from the United States , and has imported a large quantity of machinery and the necessary implements for the purpose .
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The Consecration Of Dr. Singer Took Plac...
The consecration of Dr . Singer took place yesterday , m the college chapel , after morning service . The officiating prelates were the Lord Primate , and the Bishops of Killaloe and Tuam . The guardians of the Tuam union have just been put in receipt of an " imperative order" for the stoppage of the instalment of the consolidated annuities out of the rates in process of collection . Ireland has not been without its share of the rain which has incessantly poured down of late . At a meeting of the Royal Dublin Society , held on Friday week , Mr . Moore , curator of the Botanic-garden at Glasnevin , stated the
results obtained from the registry of the rain-gauge in that garden during the last six weeks . They were as follow : — The quantity which fell during twenty-six days was six inches and a half , being one fourth of the amount which falls annually in this locality . The greatest quantity which fell in a single day was on the 11 th of November , when the amount was almost an inch and a half ; on the 12 th of November it rained nearly a quarter of an inch , on the 13 th more than half an inch , and on the 14 th nearly three quarters of an inch . An old gentleman , having lived seventy-one years , bearing the name of Wreford , was last Thursday week found drowned in a canal near Exeter . The facts that
have come out at the inquest bear witness to frightful immorality . Wreford , it appears , was accustomed to send for a young woman named Slee , through her mother , to come and stay with him through the night . He did soon Thursday week . Slee , the mother , took Maria , her daughter , to Mr . Wreford , and " delivered the girl to him" in the market-place . Thence , the girl followed Wreford at a distance , until they came to ( he canal . Here Maria Slee says he " fell in , " she saw him fall in , and called murder . Wreford was taken out and found to be dead ; and carried to an inn near ; the girl following him . Soon after she ¦ went away . Then it Avas that Wreford ' s money was found to be wanting . Suspicion fell on the girl ; she was arrested ; it was thought she had pushed him into the canal . But as the evidence against her was not sufficient , the jury returned an open verdict of " Found drowned . "
Mr . Goode , tobacconist , was charged at the instance of the Solely for tho Suppression of Vice , with exhibiting in the windows of his shops on Ludgate-hill and the Strand , pipes , indecently illustrated—especially one pourtraying the loves of Loda and the Swan . Mr . Goodo had been warned by tho Society ; but it was . said took no heed of the warning . Mr . Lewis , who appeared for him , explained that the shopman had disobeyed orders . On the other hand it was alleged that Mr . ( -Joode had pledged himself not to sell the pipes , and had broken tho pledge . In defence Mr . Lewis contended that the pipes were not more indecent , than the illustrations of the sumo incident in tho British Museum . Mr . Henry , tho magistrate at Bowstreet , indignantly repelled tlii . s kind of defence . As
judgment was not , pressed , the summons was adjourned for two mont hs , in order that M r . Goodo might , have time to amend . Another man named Oldburn , was similarly charged . Ho had exhibited a partly nude figure of a woman , in ivory , as a tobacetiN-Htoppur , wearing a enllegiiui's cap and gown , thrown hack in front ,. The sumo defence was sot up . Hut ; Mr . Henry very HciiHihly mud it , was absurd and idle to compare such indecent productions , which were especially intended to bo o ( I ' ennive , with such works of art , as 1 ' ower ' s Greek Slave and oLliers which were rather suggestive of modesty than the rover . se . It , was a mistake to mippoau
that nakedness was the test of indecency . Hut , it whs neither necessary nor convenient to define ( lie limits ol ouch things in a crowded court ; but every right-minded person needed not , be told the distinction between a graceful mid beautiful Htatue and a figure designed by its attire and attitude 4 ) 1 ' an offensive purpose . He uliiiuld grant , the . same indulgence in this case as the last , but , with the HRino punishment if the offence were repeated —viz ., three months imprisonment . After some further discussion , Mr . Goodo was ordered to pay f >/ . f > . f ., him 1 * 21 . IO . v . the price of the pipes ; and M r . Oldburii was adjudged to pay 57 . o . v . Both the defendants to pay costs .
Mr . Long , of JVlurylobono police-court , linn made a decision tho reverse of Mr . A'lfeekol . t ' s , respecting the question whether a railway station in it enb-stund . lie holds that the station is private property , and that cabs standing there are not , plying- for hire within the meaning of the Act of Parliament . ( Jcorgo Roberts was found guilty , on Monday , before Mr . Serjeant Adams , of robbing Inn employer . In giving in the verdict tho foreman miimJ , — " We add n . recommendation to mercy on account of his long service . " Tim Assistant-Judge .- -Did tboy think that because n man had boon robbing bis employer i ' oruix yoai'fl bo was to bo recommended to mercy P
One Of The Jury.—We Are Not Unanimous In...
One of the jury . —We are not unanimous in the recommendation . The Assistant-Judge was glad to hear it . He thought that offenders like this man ought to be made very strong examples of , for the warning of others in the services of large companies and firms . Roberts was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for one year . The judge added— " I hope this will be punishment enough to deter others ; if not , the next man
who comes here shall be transported . " Mary Broome , wife of John Broome , hag brought an action agains . fc John Samp , the plaintiff in the famous Brighton card-cheating case , and his friend , the Reverend Mr . Probert , and another person , for conspiring to defraud her of 400 ? ., which he obtained , by promising not to prosecute John Broome in the cheating business . The jury have returned a verdict against Hamp and Probert , but recommended them to mercy on the ground that " they were the victims of a base and infamous conspiracy . "
Miss Anne Campbell was tried at the Middlesex Sessions on Wednesday , and acquitted of any intent to stealj in taking possession of the jewels belonging to Mrs . Phillips . Three English swindlers have been arrested at New York .
Mr. Howson, A Fellow Of Christ's College...
Mr . Howson , a fellow of Christ ' s College , Cambridge , was out riding on Tuesday , when his horse ran away just as he had started , and Mr . Howson dashed against a tree , and fell insensible . It is feared he has suffered concussion of the brain . A land-slip on the North Western Railway near Hayton , overthrew the express on Thursday night , and the driver and stoker were killed on the spot . Mr . James Longshaw , a rent-collector , was standing between two stationary trains at the Pendleton station , on" the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on Tuesday . A cry was raised of " look out . " Thinking it had reference to some movement of the stationary trains , Mr . Longshaw stepped on to the other line . The express at that moment came up and killed him . Had he received no warning he would not have lost his life .
Last Friday week a train from Birmingham to London , vastly behind its tune , came up to Heyford , a station on the Great Western Railway . While here the express from Oxford was pretty nearly due ; nevertheless , the stationmaster ordered the driver of the passenger-train to cross the down line and take up some goods-trucks from a shed there . The train was being backed ; half of Or had got over , when the alarm was raised that the express was coming . The driver did all he could to get off the mainline ; the station master turned on the danger signal ; it was too late ; the express driver and fireman had the moment before seen the white light ; when they saw the red they were close on , coming down with great , though diminished power . Just before the crash the driver of the express jumped off and was killed . Two passengerB were injured by the collision . An inquest was begun on Saturday and adjourned .
Two large factories in the West Riding , one near Huddersfield , the other near Bradford , have been destroyed by fire . During a heavy gale last week two colliers went ashore near Aberdcon , and the master and men of one of them perished , except one , who was saved by the daring exertions of a crew of carpenters in a life-boat . Tho captain of the other boat was saved on a spar , but six men were drowned . At Montrose a schooner was wrecked ; a brig foundered off Catterliue . Nottingham and Shrewsbury have again suffered severely from inundations : and the waters were out in tho early part of tho week , on all tho low-lying lands mentioned in the previous accounts . At Oxford six lives have been lost . The damage to property is enormous . A Scotchman fell into a pig-stye at Kingussio ; hn was stunned by tho fall ; and the two hogs began to eat him . When rescued he was mangled and dead .
Two Shocks Of An Earthquake Had Been Exp...
Two shocks of an earthquake had been experienced on the morning of tho 8 th inst ., at Roggio , in Sicily . Two shocks were felt the following day at Cosenza . Fortunately no damage was sustained . Opinion in Home is well known not to bo bo enlightened ns it is elsewhere , even on the most trivial matters ; but we were not prepared for such astounding ignorance as is disclosed in the following passage extracted from a lotter from the Eternal City : — " A short , time since a disciple of M " . Robin was in Rome , and , among his conjuring tricks , lie bandaged bis wife's eyen , placed her in another part of the theatre , and asked her what ho had in his hand , where
it was made , and other questions . This trick , no common in Knghutd , was thought ho wonderful in Home , that when the Pope's Vienr heard of it ho suspended the performance , although'tho announcement bad been stuck all over tho eitv . The conjuror was called before his Imminence , charged with being in league with tho black gentleman below , and threatened with all sorts of things . The ; poor man , to get himself out , of tho scrape , was obliged to divulge the secret of the trick ; after which tho poriorinunco was allowed to be continued . I mention thin that , you may judge of tho intellectual wtute of the Eternal City !"
A most singular instance of the fulfilment ; of a dream has transpired at Newent , Gloucestershire . An inquest was held at that place on Monday , before Mr . Lovegrovo , one of the coroners for Gloucestershire , on the body of a man mimed Mark Lane , who had been found drowned under most remarkable oircwuiHtaneos . Tho evidence of tho deceased ' s brother was ' to the following effect : Ho was informed on 1 ' Yiday nig ht , that his brother Mark wiih missing ; he immediately replied , " Then lie is drowned , for I dreamt hint , night that he was drowned , and that , I was up to my armpits in water , endeavouring to get him out . " That very same night tho man dro / unt again thai , his brother wrh drowned near tho locks at Oxoniiall , and that there wns a trout by him . Next morning ho wont to Oxenhall with another brother , and there bo saw li . trout in the wutor . Mo foil , convinced that tho body of his
brother was near ; and , in fact , the body was found near f * the spot The deceased , it appeared , was addicted to < H ? ing , ^ and on attempting to pass home along the ra » A which was flooded , he was carried away by the stream otj drowned . The verdict of the jury was < 4 und £ o 7 ne 2
According To A Return Obtained By Mr. Wi...
According to a return obtained by Mr . William William M . P ., the deduction in the year ending the 5 th of JanumS last from the public revenue for costs of collection X and of amounts received by public departments otW than Parliamentary grants , & c , were 6 , 072 , 15 U 9 S M expended in 1851 , which never reached the Exchequer
Health Of London During The Week The Wee...
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK The weekly Return continues to exhibit a comparativelv favourable condition of the public health . In the week that ended last Saturday thte deaths were 947 , a number which differs not much from that of the preceding week In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842-51 the average number was 1087 , which , if a correction is made for increase of population , gives a mortality for the preseat time of 1196 . Compared with this estimated amount the deaths actually returned last week show a reduction , of 249 . In the last week of October the mean temperature fell to 44 * 6 degs . ; this was followed in the next week by an increase of mortality , which rose to 1101 . Under the influence of a higher temperature the mortality in the last three weeks declined , and was as follows : 1022 , 922 947 . In the four weeks of November the mean temperature has been 64 * 2 degs ., 51 * 2 degs ., 49 * 3 degs ., and 45 * 7 degs ., which , one with another , is 5 degs . above the average . The ' amount of rain that has fallen in each of the same weeks is 0-84 in ., 1 * 30 in ., 1 * 77 in ., and 1-46 in . Last week an inch of rain fell on Friday alone . It may be supposed that excessive rains by thoroughly washing the drains and carrying off injurious matters tend to promote the public health , and it is not till they have ceased that the effect of increased evaporation begins to be observed in an increase of sickness and death . Last week the births of 855 boys , and 816 girls , in all 1671 children , were registered in London . The average number in seven corresponding weeks of the years 1845-51 was 1346 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer last week was 29 ' 369 in . The mean temperature was 45-7 degs ., which is 2 - 3 degs . above the average . The mean daily temperature was highest on Sunday and Friday , when it rose to 50 * 8 degs . and 52 degs ., or 7 degs . and 9 degs . above the average . The wind blew generally from the north in the beginning of the week , and from tho south-west on Friday and Saturday .
Bikths, Marriages, And Deaths. Bieths. O...
BIKTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIETHS . On the 26 th of November , at Tunbridge--well 8 , Mrs . Henry Broad wood : a daughter . On the 29 th , the Viscountess Folkestone : a son . On the 30 th , at the residence of her father , Lieutenant-General De la Motte , C . B ., 15 , Westbourne-terrace , tho wife of Major Faudee : a daughter . On tho 30 th , at Chew Magna , Somerset , the wife of tho Eev . Edward A . Ommanney : a son . On tho 30 th , at the Manor-house , Chiswick , tho wife of Harrington . Tuke , M . D . : a son . MAEEIAGES . On tho 19 th of May , at Otaki Church , New Zealand , theVen . Archdeacon Octavius Hadfield , to Kate , third daughter of tho Ven . Archdeacon Henry Williams . On tho 30 th of June , at St . Peter ' s , Church , TCast Maitland , New South Wales , by the Eight Itov . the Lord Hishop of Nowcastle , Arthur Edward , fourth son of the Itev . Townshcnd Selwyn , Canon of Gloucester , to Boso Elizabeth , youngest daughter of tho Itov . G . K . Itusden , M . A . On the 8 th of November , at St . Oswald ' s Church , Chester , Neville Parry , Esq ., only hoii of John Hillingrtlcy Puny , Koq ., Q . C ., to Caroline , eldest daughter of tho late Itoar-Admiral Hir ThpmiiH UHsher , O . K ., K . G . ll . ... At St . MicluuM'H , Choator-Hquaro , by tho Itov . J . II . Kami ton . M . A ., Ellen , only daughter of tho lal . o Lieutenant-Colonel George , H . E . I . C . 8 ., to F . S . Tremlett , Lieutenant It . IN ., only son isf Vice-Admiral Tremlett . On the 24 U > , at Wollaton , Nott ; inghamHhiro , Captain flnorgo Thompmm Wade , Thirteenth ( Prince Albert . ^) Light Inlautry , youngest son of tho Into Colonel Hamlet Wade , C \ H ., olUio Killo Hrigmle . to Caroline , Louwu IlonneU . ii , wUlwt daughter m Duncan Davidson , Ksq ., of Tulloeh Castle , fl . H ., and griiuadaughter of tho lat . o Lord Alacdonald . . { On the 26 th , at St . Jhuhih ' h Church , by tho Lord IJihIioj > o Oxford , the Lord do Ulaqnmro to Eleanor Amelia , < 'l < io » i daughter of Sir William G . II . Jollillo , Hurt ., M . P . . On the : tOt , h , at the I'Yontih Catholic Chapel , and af . erwarUH at Hi . Janiiia ' H , Paddington , Alfonso Henliii , Um } ., » N "!"" , '' und of Connaugbl-square , London , to OiulioWa Uonlelia Hmnu * , only daughter of the lal . o l ' oiupey Anichini , Uaq ., <> ' U I'I Montii . giie-nf . poel , Moiilagu < --H (| uare . -.. On the itOth , Major II . W . Hunliury , third sun of Sir IK ""* ISunhiiry , Hart ., to '[ VI itw Cecilia . Napier , daughter of Lieiitoniuii .-Gcncral ( Sir ( Jeorge Napier , K . Cii . "DKATIIH . On the HlfJi of November , at hin house on the Royal * <> ' - orescent , Cliflun , OiiiiiH de Winl . oii , Km \ ., aged H " '' !' , y , ' , ' an magistrate and Ueputy-liuutiMiiuit , for UieuouutieHol ( ilamoif , mid HonierHi'l .. . . t ij On the Ultrd , at Perry-vide , Hydenham , Augunlm . ¦ ; Creu / , 0 , Km . ) ., K . K . H ., principal surveyor to " Lloyd '» Itegisu . r , atf ^ ed fi fty-two . . i ? .. On the 25 l . li , at , Hrompt . nii-croHcent , ( loorgn "'""' ,.. ' . " , ' " Nuneriutoiident of Mie Mail Department ,, Gunenil I "" V" , , ' On the litlt . li , at , . DowlaiH-hoiiHH , ( JlaiiiorgaiiHlure , mi " ' John OuchI , llart ,, M . P ., for Mortliyr Ty . lvil , i » " " " ""* eighth year of bin age . . , u ,..,,.,-n , . <) ,, the 27 th , nl . No . 7 , W . » hU ) oiii-iio- |) Ii « ' .., I « uI . » I » -h < I ' / ' ' Charlotte KwneeH , the beloved wife of John ''"" I . "; ' ' ' formerly Kirn «; I ' uimio Judge of Itrilish Guiana , "geil '"" jY- , On tho Mill , at No . « , UrmUJuinherland-p laoe , in «¦ J' , f ) f Nnventh year of her age , AiiguntaAda , wilool vVUl'an Lovelace , and only < lai . ght . er of George ( Jor . lon JN <>< " " lho aHth , at his residence , 13 , I ) l > rHI >( Hll '< H \'' N . ' | uliari bridge-road , James J . Harrison , Into boikocpor ai , ^ n ' llio : «) t . h , at Cumberland-lodge , W indM <> r-Piw . <' . ''" . '"'/^"" t , ClonoraJ WoinyuH , Colonel of tho Niiio < y-Uurd It <> g » w «
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 4, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04121852/page/8/
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