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58 THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK. The to...
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58 The Leader. [Saturday,
58 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
Health Op London During The Week. The To...
HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK . The total number of deaths registered in the metropolitan districts in the week that tended last Saturday was 965 . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number was 1145 , which , if raised in proportion to the increase of population during these years , gives a mortality of 1260 for the present time . Therefore the deaths returned last week exhibit a reduction of 295 on the estimated amount . The present return shows that 487 males and 478 females died last week , and of these deaths 432 occurred under 15 years of age , 319 at 15 and under 60 years , and 209 at 60 years and upwards . As regards the causes to which the 965 cases are assigned , the epidemic class numbers the falls below the
largest proportion , namely 206 , though this average of corresponding weeks ; and the next _ in numerical results are " diseases of the organs of respiration , " to which only 174 deaths were referred last week . The mortality of the latter class is lower than in any corresponding week since 1840 , the numbers in this period ranging from 183 to 429 , and is less than the corrected average of the ton corresponding weeks by 124 . The 174 deaths are thus distributed : to laryngitis 4 , bronchitis 93 , pleurisy 5 , pneumonia 52 , asthma 11 , other diseases of the respiratory organs 9 . Phthisis , which stands in the tubercular class , also exhibits a comparatively low mortality , there being 101 . deaths ascribed to it ( all of which , except 9 , occurred between 15 and 60 years ) , while the corrected average for the week is 147 .
At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-485 in . The mean temperature of the week was 45 \ 3 deg ., which is 9 ' 7 deg . above the average of the same week in 38 years . The mean daily temperature was much above the average on every day of the week . It was highest on Sunday , when it was 48-9 deg ., or 12-6 deg . above the average , and on the following days the excess was successively 7 ' 7 , 11 * 3 , 9-7 , 7-2 , 11-4 , and 8-3 deg . The wind blew from the south or south-west . The amount of rain that fell in the week was 0-71 in . The difference between the dew point temperature and air temperature was 5 ' 8 .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Bikths. O...
BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIKTHS . On the 22 nd of JSTovember , 1852 , at Nassau , the wife of the Eov . Henry MacDougall , chaplain to H . M . Forces : a son . On the 21 th of December , at Gibraltar , the wife of Captain the Hon . George Grey , R . N . : a son . On the 2 nd of January , at Glen Stuart , the Viscountess Drtimlanrig ' , prematurely : a son , who survived only a few hours . On the 6 th , at Bournemouth , Hants , the wife of Captain E . B . Watson , C . B ., IT . M . S . Imperieuse : a daughter . On the 8 th , at Field-place , Compton , Guildford , the wife of Edward George Hartnell , Esq ., prematurely : a daughter , who survived her birth hut a few hours . On the 11 th , in Chcshani-strect , the Countess of Desart : a son . MARRIAGES . On the 28 th of December , at Tlmrso , Caithness , John Ramsay , Captain Bombay Fusiliers ( Brevet Mnjor ) , son of the late Lieutenant -General' the Hon . John Rainaay , to Kate Sinclair , daughter of the late David Laing , F . aq ., Thurso , and granddaughter of the late Lieutenant-General Sinclair , of Lybster . On thr -lt . il of January , at ltisby , near Bury St . Edmund's , Robert Wooilhouse , Esq ., of 17 , Wilton-street , Grosvenor-}) lace , barrister-at-lavv , son of I lie late Robert Woodhouue , Esq ., Professor of Astronomy in Hie University of Cambridge , to Ellen Hurry , daughter of the Rev . S . H . Alderson , and nieeo of the IFon . Mr . Baron Alderwon . On ( ho fith , at Hassaleg Chureh , David Robertson Williamson , I'jsq ., of Lawer . s , 'Perl h . shire , to Relina Maria , Heeond daughter of Sir Charles Morgan , Bart , ., of Tredegai--park , Monmoiil lishire . On the Gill , at , Chiines , neiir Worcester , Major Joseph Robert-Ron Younger , late , Deputy . Judge Advocate General , Bengal Army , to . luliii Ann Willis , daughter of the . lalo Lancelot Blachetl , Km ) ., of Hullon , and youngest sinter of Mr . L . F . Bla < : !; etl , merchant , of Ileadingloy , near Leeds .
Oil the 1 Itli , at . Asliby-de-la-Zoueh , Leicestershire , the Rev . Montagu Webster , third son of . JoMcph Webster , Esq ., of IYiiiim , WnrwiclcNhire , to Frances Barbara , second daughter of the Kev . MarniaduKe Vavasour , vieiir of AKhl > y-de-la-Zoueh , ruml dcim , ami honorary raiion of Peterborough Cathedral . On Hie 1 Kb , jit the parish church of If . slie , M ' oiiiuout lishire , M . Digby Wyntt , Ks <| ., of ( Juilford-. st reet , London , to Mary , HcriMid ' ( iniighlcr of Illyd Nicholl , Ksq ., of Utike , Moumoutii-Hhiro . and the Hani , ( Jhiniorgiinsliire .
DKATIIH . On the 2 nd of December , at llnrbacloes , of the prevailing fever , . St . George ( , ' . H . Davis , of II . M . H . Dauntless , noil of tho lain Commander G . 10 . Davis , R . N . On Hie 1 1 tli , at liiirbadocH , of yellow fever , George Gordon Busliby , Ksq ., of II . M . M . Dauntless , necoi » d hoii of . Jomc |> Ii Unshliy , Ksq ., of llalkin-stieel , Gconvenor-place , and HI . Croix , West lndicH . In Houth Australia , by neeideiilal drowning , Hugh I ' roby , third son of Admiral the Moil . («' . L . I'roby , in t lie I nenly-foiirlh year of hi . s age . On the 1 st of January , suddenly , of apoplexy , at- the Army anil Navy ( , 'lub , Lieutenant William . James , K . N ., of NowtouhoiiHC , in Cornwall . On Ilio , 'frd , Aubrey I'Yedeiiclr Jani (> s Iteauclerk , I'Nq ., formerly u captain in Ilio ( Seventh Royal KusilierH , mid youngest hoii ill" the late Right , Hon . and Kev . Lord Frederick lieauclerk , of \ V inclilicldllanlti .
, On llm Mh , al Alnwiclc , Norl huniberland , Lieutenant- ( general Itin-rcll , C . It ., Colonel of the Thirty-ninth Regiment . On the ( ith , at Ih ' . h residence , No . 28 , Itryanston-Hc | uare , in the Heveiily-nintli year of liin age , I'Yuncis Warden , Mmij ., late an lOiitit India . Director , and for inliny yearn a di . sl inguitihed civil Hcrvant of the Hon . the ICait 1 ndia . Company . On the 71 h , at . ' ! , Kensington I ' lilace-gardenH , from the ell'ccf . H of lever conl . iacted on t he coast of China , Lieutenant Percy W . Coventry , Royal Nnvy , aged thirty-live , hoii of the late Thomas Dmliy Coventry , Khc | ., oi' < I re ciiIimhIm , Iliicks . On the H | h , at fi , tipper IOccIchI on- ; ilr < •<>! ., in the Hov < mty-nei ! oii < l year ofb .-r age , Mrs . Watson-Taylor , relict of the Into ( Jeor |;< i VVution-T . iylor , I < : m <| ., of Krlrnf olio-pink , Wilts , eldest daughter of ( lie lute Hir . li > lm Taylor , Hart ., and licirenH of her brother , llui late Hir Hinion R . It . ' Taylor , Marl .
On Mi" Hlli , at Itipon , in Ium seventy-third year , . Joseph Iteevei'H Terry , Kmij ., haulier , of t . lie (> ld iju ' nli , Ripon . On tho Hlli , at liin i-esitleiieo , liiiwii-terrneo , Dawlish , Lieut .-OoiKiml George Meyricli , at the advanced ago of oigllty-llvo youi'H .
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Satitbday , January 8 . Mr . Gladstone regained yesterday the ground he had lost by the Carlton Club surprise . By half-past eleven he had a majority of 5 , which increased every hour , and left the relative numbers thus at the end of the day : Gladstone 468 Perceval 412 It is quite clear that the exposure of the shameful manoeuvres of the opposition has weakened their cause . Mr . Gladstone has written a letter to Mr . Greswell and another to Sir W . Heathcote , jn which he states his true position . He had been asked the questions referred to .
" The first , whether I conceive that the interests of the Church are as safe under the Administration of Lord Aberdeen as they were under that of Lord Derby . And the second , whether in accepting office under Lord Aberdeen I have compromised or changed the principles which I have hitherto held , and on the faith of which the University has twice returned me to Parliament . With respect to the first , my answer is as follows r- ^ Unless I had had a full and clear conviction that the interests of the Church , whether as relates to the legislative functions of Parliament or the impartial and wise recommendation of fit persons to her Majesty for high ecclesiastical offices , were at least
as safe in the hands of Lord Aberdeen as in those of Lord Derby ( though I would on no account dispamge Lord Derby ' s personal sentiments towards the Church ; , I should not have accepted office under Lord Aberdeen . As regards the second , if it be thought that during twenty years of public life , or that during the latter part of them , I have failed to give guarantees of attachment to the interests of the Church , to such as so think I can offer neither apology nor pledge . To those who think otherwise , I tender the assurance that I have not by my recent assumption of office made any change whatever in that particular , or in my principles relating to it . "
Dr . Hook ,, of Leeds , has written an excellent reply to Archdeacon Denison , which he winds up as follows : — " I do not myself agree with Mr . Gladstone in all his opinions . I disapproved of the course he took in regard to the Papal Aggression , and spoke my mind to him with freedom . But if I could convince you as clearly as I feel convinced myself , that he is a patriot devoted to the best interests of his country , a philanthropist desirous of promoting the welfare of the working classes , a Christian illustrating the principles of Christianity in an unblemished life , and a Churchman who loves the Church of England , urfd desires to maintain her in that via -media in which she has providentially been placed , you will vote , as I have voted , heartily for Mr . Gladstone . " The Record draws by no means a flattering picture of Mr . Denison in his new character as a coalitionist .
We expected that his Low Church friends would estimate his conversion at its proper value . Tn last Thursday ' s impression of the above-named journal , we find the following complimentary allusions to Mr . Denison : — " Mr . ' Perceval suffers much by being afflicted with Archdeacon Denison ' s patronage . There are many clergymen , who dislike Mr . Gladstone , at this moment hesitating whether it can be worth while , to go to Oxford merely to vote for a candidate recommended by the Venerable G . A . Denison . "
" It is a strange sight , on entering Afr . Perceval ' s committee-room , to see Mjr . Georgy Anthony Denison , formerly the most strenuous of Mr . Gladstone ' s committee , now taking the load on the side of his opponent , and still more to hear him openly maintaining that he supports him on no-Popery grounds . It is most amusing to see him seated in tho midst of the lowest of Low Churchmen , adopting towards them tho most conciliatory language and demeanour . ' Think not , ' ho Hays , ' that we wish to drive you gentlemen out of tho Church ; wo want to combine with you against tho common enemy , Popery ; when we eome to be moro thrown together , wo shall be hotter
friends . ' I deem it right to mention this , with the , view of apprising your readers of the ground on which the Archdeacon openly professes to support Mr . Perceval , as it is to lie feared nothing will tend moro to damp the ardour ol the Protestant electors and deter them from coining forward . . Hence , such a nomination as the Vicar of . Kant Hrent ' s . Let them remember that the question is ' now or never . ' . If they make a vigorous effort now , they Avill certainly oust Mr . Gladstone , and obtain in his stead a moderate High Churchman ( if , is true ) , but u Protestant , an a . nti-latitiidinariaii , and a member of the National Club . "
Tho Queen Gave Yesterday The First Of A ...
Tho Queen gave yesterday the first of a series of dramatic representations , 'commencing with King Ilcnrg If . ( I ' art II . ) Among the performers were Mr . I'helps , Mr . Alfred Wig ' , Mr . Hartley , Mr . Henry Marston , Mr . 11 arley , Miss Kate Terry , and Mrs . W . Daly . Sir 'Charles Wood , President of ( Jit ) Hoard of Control for the affairs of India , transacted business yesterday , for tbo first , time , at the Hoard of Control . The Prussian Minister presented his credentials on Thursday . Haron Prokesch Oslen is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary and I ' resident of tho Germanic Confederation .
Birmingham was the scene of a n ovel banquet on Thursday . The banquet originated in a combined movement on the part of the Society of Artists , the Fine Arts Prize Fund Association , and the Society ol Arts and School of Design , together with what may be styled the floating literary and artistic element ot trie town of Birmingham , and accordingly it attracted a good deal of local interest . Before the convivial part of the proceedings began , a body of ladies and gentlemen waited on Mr . Charles Dickens , and presented him
with a diamond ring and salver , of Birmingham manufacture , as a testimony of their appreciation of bis writings . About two hundred guests sat down at Dee s Hotel . The chair was occupied by Mr . H . Hawkes , the Mayor of Birmingham , and the duties of vice-president were discharged by Mr . P . Hollins . _ Among the company present were Lord Lyttelton , Sir C . L . Eastlake , P . R . A .,- Mr . Charles Dickens , the Venerable Archdeacon Sandford , Mr . W . Scholefield , M . P .,
Mr . Muntz , M . P ., Mr . Geach , M . P ., Mr . George Dawson , Mr . Ward , the painter of " Charlotte Corday , " the picture which has received the first prize of the exhibition at Birmingham ; Mr . J . Forster , Mr . J . Pye , Mr . D . Roberts , R . A ., Mr . Maclise , R . A ., Mr . S . A . Hart , R . A ., Mr . C . R . Cockerill , R . A ., Mr . Willmore , R . A ., Mr . Pickersgill , R . A ., Mr . Creswick , R . A ., Mr . J . Hollins , A . R . A ., Mr . D . Cox , Mr . J . Leach , Mr . Kenney Meadows , Mr . S . C . Hall , the Rev . Chancellor Law , the Rev . E . H . Gifford , the Rev . A . Vaughan . There were some good speeches by Sir Charles Eastlake , Mr . Dickens , Mr . Scholefield , M . P ., and Lord Lyttelton . Their topics were the condition and the influences of the arts and of literature . .
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Earl St . Germans arrived at Dublin on Thursday . After the oaths of Chief Governor had been administered he took formal possession of his post , and held a Privy Council . He was to have left Dublin again yesterday or to-day .
THE CONVICT KIEWAN . The facts in relation to the following paragraph , which appears in the Evening Pockety have been the subject ( writes the Times correspondent at Cork ) of general conversation for upwards of a week past j but it was understood to be the wish of the authorities that the press should take no notice of the affair until the informations were wholly completed , which it was expected would not be the case until Monday next : — " Yesterday the magistrates of the Head-office of Police were engaged in the preliminary investigation of a charge of a most serious character against the convict Kirwan . We understand that it amounts to murder . An artist named Boyer , who had been on intimate terms with Kirwan , disappeared from Dublin in a most mysterious manner somo years ago . His wife has tendered evidence calculated to criminato this wretched culprit in his disappearance . "
The Freeman ' s Journal adds further particulars : — " The above charge has been the subject of public rumour and gossip ever since tho proceedings were taken on tho part of the Crown to discover and seize tho property of tho convict after his sentence . The story in circulation , whatever bo its accuracy , ran thus : —Mrs . Boyer , who had been receiving an annuity of 401 . per annum from Kirwan for some years , came forward and claimed tho house in which ho had been living , in Merrion-street , together with other houses , and a large portion of the furniture , pictures , and ornaments , on tho ground that Kirwan , who hadbecnaconstant companion of her husband , whose property they were , had obtained possession of them from , him ; that her husband suddenly and mysteriously disappeared ; and that Kirwan had
a deed whereby , as lie alleged , her husband had made over all his property to him , but that ho agreed to pay to Mrs . Hoyor tho sum of ADI . per annum during her life . Sho , not being in a condition to contest the point , was obliged to accept the arrangement ; but when his conviction at onco stopped her annuity , and seized all that wan his at tho time to the use of tho Crown , sho threw herself upon t , ho justice and mercy of tho law-oflieers to regain possession of what was hers b y right . Tho examination into tho truth or falsehood of her strange story has led them step by step to ( lie investigation which is now pending , and , if rumour speaks truly , there will be even further investigations into other mysterious matters connected with tho career of tho culprit . "
J he following is from tin ; Dublin correspondent of the JArnaric / c and Clara JCxaminer : — " Now thai , there no longer exists a doubt of tho commutation of the sentence of this man , there can bo no injustice done him by tho mention of a passage or two in bin previous life , which would not be so appropriate if bis position worn unchanged : —Somo four or live yearn ago Mr . Kirwan induced a young uml inforesling girl , of respooluble connexions here , to abandon her homo and accompany him to Kngland , where they lived for somo timo Ai
together . ' tor tho <;» i < rerneMH of appetite , passed , tho unfortunate eroaturo was abandoned in Liverpool . I liavo not learned what , her fato was Hinco ho returned to Dublin . After his return ho was mot by tho brother of his victim , who attacked him , and gave him a tremendous beating , by which lie was prevented for a considerable timo from , appearing in public . Ho soon as ho had recovered , however , he summoned his assailant beforo tho magistrates , seeking informations for tho assault ,. Tho provocation , however , transpired beforo the ma g istrates , who , lifter a no very com plimentary comment on luu conductdiuinitiacd tho charge . ' *
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 15, 1853, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15011853/page/10/
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