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988 THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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Mrs. Chisholm, Mr. William Shaw Lindsay,...
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It is stated that upwards of 250,000 per...
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Mr. Craigie has accepted a challenge put...
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" An enlerjirisin^- sot me'ii" loi'e'e'e...
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. In the...
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. O...
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Preliminary Steps Are Being Taken For Th...
consequence of the anticipated approach of cholera , it becomes necessary , as a precautionary measure , for this board to appoint a committee , for the purpose of investigating the sanitary condition of the workhouse , more particularly with reference to its classification , diet , -ventilation , drainage , & c . ; and also to consider the most judicious and efficient mode of treating and protecting the inhabitants of the parish , and to make such suggestions from time to time as circumstances may render expedient . " . ' A meeting was held on Monday evening , at the League Rooms , Manchester , to take into consideration the propriety of obtaining fire repeal of the taxes on knowledge ; Sir E . Armitage in the chair . Mr . Collet , to illustrate the
difficulties created by the existence of the paper duty , remarked that the proprietors of the Horning Post were some time ago unable to meet their engagements , and that that newspaper was consequently given up to the papermaker , to whom 20 , 000 / . was owing . The paper-maker , however , had found that he had made a very bad bargain of it . and notwithstanding that he had reduced his establishment to the utmost , by bringing in Scotch compositors , & c , he had recently been obliged to amalgamate the Post with the Sun . In America , eleven millions of advertisements were inserted in the newspapers aim ually ; in this country , however , there were only two millions . Were the duty abolished , the number of advertisements here rnight be expected at least to equal the number
inserted in the American papers ; and if each advertisement elicited six letters by post in reply , which was not an immoderate calculation , the loss by the repeal of the advertisement duty would be made up to the revenue by the increase in the post-ofiiee returns . Mr . J . Kershaw , tl . V . said he had always voted for the repeal of these duties , and be thought this a very proper time to commence a movement for that object . He moved— " That the taxes upon the manufacture of paper , the stamp upon newspapers , and the duty upon advertisements , are , in the opinion of this meeting , repressive of industry , prevent literary effort , and seriously hinder educational progress . " Hev . William Gaskell seconded the motion , and it was carried unanimously .
From a statistical return just published by the Prussian government , it appeal's that there now exist in that country 2 , 207 spinning mills ; 5 , 188 manufactories , dye works , and cotton printing establishments ; 39 , 253 mills of different kinds ; 12 , 960 large metal works ; 17 , 165 breweries and distilleries ; and 4 , 535 other manufactories of different kinds , making a total of 81 , 308 establishments , occupying 515 , 551 workmen .
988 The Leader. [Saturday,
988 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
Mrs. Chisholm, Mr. William Shaw Lindsay,...
Mrs . Chisholm , Mr . William Shaw Lindsay , and Mr . Robert Lowe , attended a meeting of intending emigrants at Ciapham , on Tuesday . Amongst recent emigrants to Australia are a son of the Bishop of Exeter , who is gone out as a settler near Melbourne ; and the lion , and Rev . Baptist Noel ' s son , who is gone out to practise at the Australian bar . In furtherance of their intention to emigrate , Mr . Alexander Campbell , Secretary of the Canadian Land and Railway Association , explained to a meeting of engineers , on Wednesday , the plan of the association . The emigration commit toe agreed to lay Mr . Campbell ' s plan before their constituents .
Twelvo hundred emigrants , described an the " most healthy and stalwart . " of the population of Waterford , left that port recently in two steamers . Emigration , ¦ which was so strongly recommended three years ago , is now called a " mania , " and deprecated ! Two hundred emigrants , hand-loom weavers , left Paisley for ( JJiisgow on Tuesday week . They wore preceded to the , ( station by a Hug bearing the following inscriptions : — '' Paisley emigrants- —Scotland for over ! Advance ; Australia -- I'Jxtni Scotium iSooti Agentis—( joei bless the Queen !"
The * steamer Ann , which formerly conveyed the English mails liefwecii Alexandria an < J the ; eastern const , of ( lie Mediterranean , is now at . Southampton , preparatory to its aim in proceeding to the JV 1 cditei'raiican to take U ]> its station between Malta and Tripoli . The ; eastern Harbary states are rapidly improving , and their trade ! in increasing . Ouring the last three or four years , it . has been growing greatly in importance . Tlio expori ;; are chie / ly the tincsl , kinds of oils , fruit , silk , & , o . Tim Australian AliiilCoinpaiiy , established to carry the bimonthly mail to our Antipodes , have hitherto befii anything but . fortunate in t he public ch ( imatiem of t heir career . Loud
com pi flints have been made by passengers on hoard t hoi Hirst two vessels , the slrtsf . rtil . iini and t he Sj / t /> n \ i / . 'Choir third , the JMtlhuurmu ( lid not . arrive at , Plymouth until theHlh hint ., pist one week ufler the day appointed for her to sail from that , j » orl ; and then she was so damaged by the gulo she ! bad encountered in the channel , that live days worn . spent in repairing her . Slio bad lost , her main and mi / en topgallant , masts find her deck spars ; her gun-declt wiu deeply under water for twenty-four hours ; her cni ; inoenink shaft-bearings got heated , and the wooden reign ol one ) <>( ' the . wheels out of order . The mime gale which thus crippled her , was only sullicielil . to detain the Hiimller Irish isloanier for some hoiri's . Tim passengers wlio were
awaiting the 9 frf // onru << on the . 'in ! , have been put . to much expense as well as inconvenience , being obliged to live ) for irn days in hotols , before . Hie ship wan in a lit htato lor their roception . Sonm of them complain , ( do , that . part , of their baggage has been left behind for want ol room , nl though tlio steamer has lawn loaded wit li goo < ln on freight . Tho IMMourno is well-known at . Hid Uoveuiporl docky ard , having , as II . M . steam-vessel ( Inu-uork , been repeatedly in tho hands of I ho nrti / an for " doctoring . " She was built by contract for t he government . ; hut condemned , after many ( rials , an unlit lor service , in eemHoeiuoiieo of bur depth in tho water . f <| H < tho clni |< l < r of iM ! ci < h ) ntM was not coinpK'te . TJio l \ 1 cfl >< iur » ti , having mado fc'ooil her defects , wuu to Jmvo Bailed oh Wednesday ,
for her destination , but in getting under way in Hamoaze with the ebb tide , she ran between two bou ^ s , and fouled one of them . She carried away her jibboom , catheads , and anchor , let her chain cable run out , broke the boa davits , and did otUer damage , which , will cause further detention to the ship . The company , we understand , have agreed to make an allowance of eight shillings per day to the first-class passengers . Bills of health being required in Sweden from all travellers from Copenhagen , the Danish steamers between the latter city and Bornholm have ceased stopping at the Swedish town of Ystadt , which has caused some considerable inconvenience to persons in business .
It Is Stated That Upwards Of 250,000 Per...
It is stated that upwards of 250 , 000 persons have visited Ireland during the last year , through the cheap excursions by railway . The heights commanding St . Catherine's Bay , in the island of Jersey , and Gallow's-hill , commanding the Bay of St . Holier , in the same island , are to be fortified . We understand that the International Postage Association has requested its honorary secretary , Don Manuel de Ysasi , to proceed to the seats of government of the principal countries on the Continent , including Turkey and Egypt , with a view to collect information as to the difficulties which may stand in the way of carrying out the views of the association . ,
The Craig telescope , lately erected at Wandsworthcommon , of two feet aperture and eighty feet focal length , was brought to bear upon the planet Saturn on the first favourable evening after its erection ; and the instant result has proved that the satellite has a third ring . The telescope has brought out this third ring beautifully . It is of a bright slate colour ; and one of the Fellows of the Royal Society is preparing a regular drawing , made to a scale , of the planet Saturn , exhibiting it with its rings , as now palpably defined through the noble telescope .
Mr. Craigie Has Accepted A Challenge Put...
Mr . Craigie has accepted a challenge put forth by Lord de Blaquiere to sail the Volante against the America for 500 / ., under certain conditions . The yacht America , beat the Swedish yacht Scveridrje , on Tuesday , in a race from off Ryde-pier , the course being thence to the JS ab , light-vessel , and round a steamer placed twenty miles to the south of the latter . The America won by twenty minutes . Both vessels are of the same build . The New York Courier says : —The first locomotive used on this continent was imported from Liverpool , and is still in existence ; it has isecently been repaired , and is now running on the Little Schuylkill Railroad . Its antiquity , and the singular arrangement of its machinery , make it a great curiosity .
Colo , the successful champion of the Thames , who won the honour from liobert Coombes , gave the latter his revenge ' on Thursday . The weather was very fine , and tho river smooth . Tlie men rowed in outriggers ; but such whs the decided superiority of Cole , that he won the race by 1 . 00 yards . It . was rowed over the usual course between Putney and Mortlake . Colo is a Chelsea man , 27 years old ; bis veteran opponent is 44 . Cole ' s style is highly spoken of .
John Levett beat Jackson , the American Deer , in a running match for 100 / ., at Copenhagen-fields , on Monday . The distance run was ten miles . Jackson gained and kept the load , of about , three ; or four yards , until within a . couple of hundred yards from home . Mere Levett put out his strength , caught his man , and after running shoulder and shoulder together for a short distance " , passed him , and ran in a winner by a yard and a half . Tho time was for the fen miles rather under the fifty-two minutes .
Some now omnibuses , called " Tho Pattern Omnibuses of Hie Grand Junction Omnibus Company , " were taken to Scotland-yard and Guildhall on Tuesday , when ; they wen ; inspected by several aldermen mid gentlemen , and also by Mr . Yard ley , on the part of tho Commissioners of Police . The inside passenger can enter without stooping , and go out . without , jostling , there being a hand-rail at each side over-bead . The seats are broader and longer than general . The outside passenger can ascend easily by a side step-ladder , and tho heightening of the roof ' accommodates the outside , passenger also by
elevating his seat . There is a bell outside , by which tho conductor warns the coachman when to stop , and ono inside , bv which tho passenger acquaints tho conductor of his wish to get out . A patent break , also under the control of the coachman himself , affords tho means of stopping the vehicle" instantaneously . The' plan to be . adopted by this new company in regard to fare's is Hud , of a penny a mile throughout ; and they are ) to have ! stations anel waiting-rooms for their customers ; aeleling a ! se > to Hie ! usual business of currying pussongi'rs , tlio ronveyanco anel delivery eif parcels to every part , of London .
" An Enlerjirisin^- Sot Me'ii" Loi'e'E'E...
" An enlerjirisin ^ - sot me'ii" loi'e'e'el thei back window of the bouse of M r . Joiins , watchmaker , in I ho SI ranel , and robbed the- ihe . p of properly entiinateel at . H ()()/ ., e » n I ' ritluy week . Thompson , a . convict , who semio t imii nincei suve'd thei livoi of Ihre'e men at Weiolwie-h , who bnel imprudentl y M'liturcil into a , elisuse-el boih-r full of'foul air , has been liberated miel pardone-el . Mo fornicl y Imlon / jfcil to the K ' oyul Artillery , and was under sontcncei of transportation for " rovon yea ' r ^ fo r elewrliiifC anel rcnisliu / f his Hiiperior ollie-er » . 'i ' iic weirknicn i » i tho fai-t . ory maelo up a purno ainon ^ Ihonisi'lvos , ainounl in /^ to lxitwciMi •!¦/ . and T )/ ., and it was ]) roi ; iMife : el to him i > rcviouidy to bis leaving tlio eliick yard .
manufacturer of patent cordage . A lad was passins bv a gaslight , when his cap touched the burner , and in an in stant ignited . The boy threw the blazing cap upon th floor , but falling upon a heap of hemp , a fearful bWo ensued ; and the tar-house , the hemp-lofts , the etore rooms , the counting-house under , and also the building " used as rope-walks adjoining , were destroyed . ° A letter in the Trieste Gazette , dated 27 th ultimo re cords a strange scene at Athena : — " The murderer of ' " minister Korfiolakia has been executed . He had written ° letter "to tho widow of his victim , to entreat her to implore the clemency of the Queen , as the real authors of the mur . der at The refused
were liberty . Queen , and the executio n was fixed for Sunday last . Another murderer was executed before him , and when his turn came he advanced boldly towards the scaffold , and attempted to read a paper to the crowd , but was prevented . He then drew forth a lon e knife , and was about to stab the executioner , when the latter struck him a blow on the head . He then raised his knife again , but the executioner with his knife stabbed him and he fell to the ground . An assistant executioner then stabbed him in tho back , and the executioner repeated his blows , inflicting seventeen wounds on the whole . When he was dead the form of execution was proceeded with on the dead body .
Two lire's occurred em Tuesday , ono in <« oldeii . lano , tho either at Sfe-pncy . The ) former did e-omparalivedy little ( Inningc ; tlio hit tor ( IcHtruycii u great < Uiidttl' property . It occurn el em proinim-H beloiigiiiir to Mr . J'Yodorick hlliott
Health Of London During The Week. In The...
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . In the week that ended last Saturday , 984 deaths were registered in London . In the corresponding weeks of tho ten years ] 842-51 , the average number of deaths was 936 , which , with an addition for increase of population , and for the sake of comparison with the present return , will be 1030 . The present state of the public health is , therefore , not ; unfavourable , for though scarlatina is prevalent in some parts , the mortality from other epidemics is much diminished .
The deaths referred to measles last week were only 3 , to small-pox 5 , to hooping-cough 16 , to croup 6 , to thrush 4 , to diarrhoea 43 , to dysentery 5 , to influenza 3 , to ague one , to remittent fever one , to rheumatic fever one , to typhus , synochus . & c , 47 , to erysipelas 5 . A boy , aged 9 months , died on 5 th October , at 33 , Prebend-street , Camden New Town , of " cholera infantum ( 3 ^ days ) . " The mortality from scarlatina is still considerable , but not so great as in the two previous weeks . The disease was fatal in tlie last three weeks in 83 , 81 , and 70 cases successively . Last week the births of 697 boys and 653 girls , in all 1350 children , were registered in London . The averago number in corresponding weeks of seven previous years , 1845—51 . was 126 U
At the ' Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 " 534 in . The mean temperature in the week was 46-3 cleg ., which is 6 deg . bele > w the average of the same week in ten years . Tho mean daily temperature was below the average on everyday of the week . Tho air was coldest on Friday , when the mean was only 39-8 deg ., or 12 dog . below the average . Tho wind was in the south-west on the first three days and generally in the north-west afterwards .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. O...
BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 8 th inst ., at No 18 , Essex-stect , Strand , Mrs . E . Benhani : a daughter . „ . , On the 9 tli inst ., at Edinburgh , tho wife of Lieutonant-Colonel D . Ewart : ii daughter . , . On tho 121 Ii inst ., tho wife of Frank Dillon , Esq ., Montagueplace , Kusscll-Hqimro : a daughter . t ? ,- ,,,,, ™ On tho 12 l ! i inst ,., in LanHdown-road , tho wife of C . II . Kogors Harrison , Hsq ., F . lt . C . S . : a daughter .
MARItlAG US . On the 6 th inst ., at St . Pancrus Church , New-road , T ^ doriek Mortimer , Esq ., of Conduit-street , Bond ¦ street , to »' youngest . daughter of William ( Sherwood , Esq ., of bUnliope Htre-et , (• ilemiTHlor-tftil p , Keitfent'H park . rrv » fht On the , ( ill . inst ., at ChriHtchurch , Sundown , Isle of W j Mr . Wm . N . 'Ml .-, of Mnrlboro . ^ h , to JUnr . au , the >< Wbt diuiKlilor or Mr . Jonah Reeve-, Axhol . ni ' -vi In , i \ larlb <> K ><> U On tho 12 . 1 . inst ... the Kov . A . JJ . 'M-Ohel , to M . hh , 11 . m « h Lewis , yoiu . e'Nt daughter of ll . 'ii . ian . in I ^ vvis , Eh . i-, oi Aimoi oottiliMi , Cold llaibolir-laiH " , Oanilierwell .
DEATHS . . On th ,, 21 . th of B « . pt ., 1 HM ) , m , ddenl . y , « t Now Orleans , in | tho Hist year of hi * u .. , K . W . C . Duval , oivd careero £ < ' <^ This announcement , has been de-layed , us it . was no I < ¦« " - the pre-. sent li . no Lh . it I Lin melancholy ov .-nt ! - « ' _^< ' J " ^^ Ou . the * 1 st i . mt ., nt Oliftem-hall , Kir Juekeis ( Irimvillo Ji « , Clifl . on , . Hart .., iitfoel M . m ,,,. wile . e > f On tli .-. 7 th ii . st ., H . l KirliloHH-hall , Vorl < nlnre " , Mm ) , Henry Wiokham \ Vio . hh : nn , Kse ) ., Al . J ' . Ncwbury , Onlhe 71 ) , insl .,. ittlio I ' iii-hoiiiw , Hernn a-e . n ,-.. m J ,, M > r a . lew . lays' illn « HH . the H « v . Wiiller M » .-m > im « . « ' ,, l (;< "or e Sheppurd , Ksei ., e . f l '' ron . e" / iel . l " « '' '' . ' A ( Iin jrill Sir On the 71 h inst ., at No . II , l-: ati ) . i- | . hice ' , Iteui-Aeimi ThomiwTroiibridKo , Hart ., ( M 5 . i ,.,,, rlil (< r of jM "'" " - On Ih . V / th inHt ., at Keiisiiih'to " , Oocile , daiig l . le i and Madamo Anna Thilleai . , ( | Wil-(> nlli .. 7 lli inst , lit . l . 't , Ilan . er-str . 'el New h . 'i | - <> ' , u t limn , ohlcHlHiin ol' Al r . Tl . omaf . Wa . loo .-k , late ol C « i » "
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 16, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16101852/page/8/
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