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THE PUBLIC HEALTH. (From the Registrar-G...
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Leader Office, Saturday, January 20. THE...
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, Jampart:30, 1855,] The £35 Am^,. 59
, Jampart : 30 , 1855 , ] THE £ 35 AM ^ ,. 59
The Public Health. (From The Registrar-G...
THE PUBLIC HEALTH . ( From the Registrar-General ' s Report . ' ) The population of London now suffers , as appears from the last returns , a high rate of mortality . Last week the deaths of 1466 persons ( 743 males and 723 females ) ¦ were registered , showing an increase on the previous week , in which the mnrtfcer was 1404 . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years ¦ 1845-54 the average number was 1203 , with which , after it is raised by a tenth part as an allowance for increase of population , the present return may be compared . The deaths Of last week were 143 in excess of the corrected average . Out of 300 deaths from zymotic diseases , 19 are referred to small-pox , 25 to measles , 63 to scarlatina , and 65 to hooping-cough . Influenza is on the increase , and 18 persons died of it in the week . Bronchitis is also fatal , and numbers 178 cases , which are thus distributed over different periods of Hfe—36 occurred under 20 years ; 21 in the period of 20—40 ; 31 in 40—60 years ; 78 in the next 20 years ; and 13 at 80 years of age and upwards . Pneumonia carried off 139 persons , 91 of whomwere less than 20 years old , while consumption carried off 150 , of whom nearly half were 20 years of age and tunder 40 . The annual mortality of London , except in periods of great epidemics , is at the rate of 31 in 1000 among the children and young persons under 20 years of age , 10 in 1000 among men and women of the second age ( 20—40 ) , 23 in 1000 among persons of the third age ( 40—60 ) , 72 in 1000 among persons of the fourth age ( 60—80 ) , and 224 in 1000 among persons of the ago of 80 and upwards . At these rates , the deaths at the five periods of life in London would be 621 , 179 , 197 , 201 , and 42 ; and the numbers as returned last week were 680 ( in the period 0—20 ) , 193 ( 20—40 ) , 226 ( 40—60 ) , 288 ( 60—80 ) , and 63 ( at the age of 80 and upwards ) . It is found , as the result of comparison , that the mortality is in excess at the present time , that this excess runs through all periods of life , but is chiefly remarkable at the more advanced ages . The rates of mortality which form the standard of comparison are derived from the whole year , but the season at which we are now arrived is usually the most fatal in the year , and , as the increase of mortality is chiefly owing to this circumstance , these figures serve to show the influence of winter on the population at different ages .
-Last week the births of 881 boys and 825 girls , xn all 1706 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average number was 1446 . »
•Varieties. Queen Pomam. During The Two ...
• VARIETIES . QUEEN POMAM . During the two or three yeaTS that Admiral Bruat commanded on the station of Oce * anie , Madame Bruat acquired a certain authority over the Queen by her intelligence , her education , and her knowledge of the world , but nevertheless could never prevail on the fantastic sovereign to adopt the use of shoes and stockings . She wore the dresses sent from Paris nnd the handsome head-dresses given her by Madame Bruat , bult ' fiI ^~ waIkTd ''' al } 6 ut ~ the ~' salon ~!} are-footedi A TOUCHING APPEAL . Tn a recent case , Serjeant Wilkins called on the jury , in'most ' touching terms , by their verdict to restore a prisoner to the bosom of his wife and family , and dwelt with , great pathos on the effect the result of the trial would have for happiness or misery on those who are so dear to him . When the learned Serjeant sat down , wiping his forehead after his great effort , he woe a little surprised to learn this touching allusion to wife and children had boon made on behalf of a bachelor . —Sheroorne Mercurjj . THK HERACLEA COAL MINES . A correspondent of the Times says : —These mines hove been since 1850 worked under the superintendence of English mining engineers and with a stuff of English workmen . The supincness of the Turks and Turkish Government has thrown groat difficulties in the way , but 'considerable progress has been made , and , wo may « iy , . a nucleus "formed , around which we may hope that European enterprise will rnlly . It is but too true that the cupidity and chicanery of the Turkish Government present almost insuperable difficulties to obtaining concessions ; but Lord Stratford line ^ accomplished much . "
Miscellaneous. The Court.—Tho Court Has ...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Tho Court has beau nt Windsor during the week . The list of visitors includes tho French Ambassador and tho Countess of Wiilcwski , tho Earl of Cardigan , Prince Erncat of Leiningon , Lord Hardingo , tho Duke of Newcastle , & c .
Cabinet Councils Were Hold On Tiieadn}' ...
Cabinet Councils were hold on Tiieadn } ' and Thursday . Lord John RubhgII has returned from Paris .
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clause in the general consolidated , orders of the Poor jLaw Commissioners , issued in 1847 , by which masters of workhouses are . required to admit such cases as that of the unfortunate seaman , John Williams , who died . of neglect in the Himalaya , without an order from the relieving oflicer . The Wae Department .- —An ?' English -Officer " writing to the Time * , says : "Onthe 9 th of January , I went to the Duke of Newcastle's office in WMtehallgardens , to ascertain for an officer of a Swiss regiment the particulars under which his application must be made for entry in £ o the British service under the Foreign Enlistment Act , I explained my business to the very respectable hall-keeper , and requested to be shown to
the clerk in whose department my business lay . The answer I received was in so many words : — - There have been many applications , but nothing is settled yet . It is not yet decided whether this office or the Secretaryat-War will take the business ; but , if you will write the particulars you want , and address the letter to this office , it will be received , and answered when the question is settled . ' Now , sir , this act passed about the 23 rd of December , under a statement from the Duke of Newcastle that it was a matter of urgent necessity , and to be acted on at once ; so much bo that the country was not consulted about it . Yet , on the 9 th of January , sixteen days after authority had been obtained for action , it is not even decided which branch of the Government shall acton it , andno details are settled !"
King ' s Pamphlets . —e-The : frequenters of the readingrooms of the British Museum were gratified , at the reopening of the library this week , by the appearance of nine huge folio volumes labelled " King ' s Pamphlets . " This is not a catalogue , however , of the splendid collection of pamphlets , about 40 , 000 in number , which generally pass under this name , " themost valuable set of documents , " says Thomas Carlyle , " connected with English history . " The collection contains all the most important pamphlets written during the reign of George III . on trade , commerce ^ finance , administration , and politics generally . It embraces also an immense number of tracts , placards , statutes , & c , in Dutch and French , having reference to Spanish rule in the Netherlands . To Mr . Panizzi ' s energy the public is indebted for the banquet thus set before it .
General de Lacy 12 vans . — A meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster has been held , to consider what steps should be taken for doing some honour to Sir de Lacy Evans on his return from the Crimea . A congratulatory address will , most probably , be moved . The Blue Riband . —We . understand that it is the intention , of her Majesty to confer the vacant Blue Riband upon the Earl of Aberdeen . —Globe . Liberal Offer . — The Governors of the Middlesex Hospital have made an offer to the Government to receive into that establishment forty of the sick and wounded from the seat of war . Diiudeens for toe Crimea . —Mr . Leonard Sedgwick , pipemaker , of Barnsley , despatched , a day or two ago , 5000 pipes of his own manufacture to the Crimea , for the British forces there .
Death of General Sir Andrew Barnard . —The colonelcy of a battalion of the Rifle Brigade has becom vacant by the " death" of General" Sir Andrew Barnard , G . C . B ., and G . C . H . The gallant colonel was also lieutenant-governor of Chelsea Hospital , where lie expired on Wednesday morning . Sir-Andrew Barnard was one of the most gallant soldiers in the British army , and a noble personification of " an officer and a gentleman . " Military Arranoesients . —It is stated in military ciToles that immediately on the reassembling of Parliament , the strength of all regiments serving in the Crimea , Greece , the Ionian Islands , Malta , and Gibraltar , is to be further increased in the following manner , viz ., Cavalry regiments ' to have eight troops of 100
men each , exclusive of trumpeters and farriers . Infantry regiments to muster 1600 , instead of 1400 , as previously arranged . Tho , Rifle Brigade , and the 1 st Regiment of Foot , will have a 8 rd battalion , consisting of 1000 men each . A 8 rd battalion is now being raised for the 60 th Rifles , which , as soon as it is organised and disciplined , will proceed to tho Beat of war . Four more infantry regiments will proceed to the Crimoa early in the spring , us soon ns tho militia now embodied tako garrison duty . Tho cavalry regiments spoken of as about to bo sent to the seat of war , are the 2 nd , 6 th , . and 7 . th Dragoon Guards , and tho 7 th Hussars and 16 th Lancers . Tho 15 th Hussars , which have recently returned from India are not to bo sent . The 10 th Hussars are on their way from India to tho Crimea .
The Black Sea Admirals . —Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart becomes Bocond in command of Sir Edmund Lyons' fleet in tho Black Sea , and Renr-Admirnl Montagu Stopford will succeed him as admiral-euporintondont at Malta . Dkatii op Miss Mitford . —After a long period of decline nnd helpless suffering , cheerfully borne , the author of " Our Villngo" died at Swallo-wiiold Cottage , near" Reading , last week , aged , as a memorandum furnished by herself some years ago assures ub , 67 years . Mb . Hlaokktt , M . P .- —Wo nre glad to be able to stato that Mr . J . B . Blackett , M . P ., who has boon for some time in precarious hoalth , ia now convalescent .
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Leader Office , Saturday , January 20 . THE BRITISH ARMY 1 ST THE CRIMEA . The Paris correspondent of the Tndependance Bei ge makes the following extraordinary statement , which we give under all reserve , and -with no disposition to consider It authentic . Unforfconatery , ft is too like truth : it confirms the tenour at too many private letters from the camp , received within , the last few days , to be dismissed as altogether unworthy of notice . After mentioning the arrival in Paris of M . Faubert de Genlis , Aide-de-camp of General Canrobert , with despatches for the Emperor , the correspondent adds : — " The following version of the contents of these despatches has transpired . This Aide-de-camp was entrusted with a long memoir justifying General Canrobert against the frequent charges of indecision , if not of incapacity . The General explains , it is said , all the difficulties which have prevented the fall of Sebastopol , and adds that if the city were ours , or at least that part of it which can be taken , our position would be worse than it is , since it would be more difficult to maintain an exposed position in the midst of the ruins of the city than , in our present encampment . On the other hand , the want of cavalry and other horses ( three thousand are required for the artillery , en rase campagne ) has made it impossible to offer battle to Prince Menschikoff as soon as had been desired . General Canrobert proceeds to report that he finds himself compelled to throw part of the responsibility of these difficulties upon the British army , whose courage is above all doubt , but which , badly provisioned , -wanting in vigilance , slow in its manoeuvres , unskilful in its siege works , has been often rather an embarrassment than an assistance to the
French troops . " Private letters from Tienna say that Prince Gortschakoff has instructions to- accept everything , and accede to all the Allies may demand , except the reduction < f the Russian fleet and the occupation of the Russian territory . A letter from Bucharest , in the presseof Vienna , says : — " The English Consul has remitted to Prince Stirbey a note , calling upon him to repudiate the Russian protectorate by a public act . The French Consul will send the Hospodar a similar note . " A letter from Berlin says" that the gossips of the place hope for peace because their excellencies the ladies of the British and Muscovite Ministers were seen , or said to have been seen , embracing each other " with effusion , " in the ante-room at Baron von Manteuffel ' s laat Tuesday ' s party .
The wounded soldiers at Liverpool tell some amusing stories , and , moreover , give much information . Whenever the DuHe of Cambridge is mentioned they say , " Plucky fellow tliat . " Here is a very humourous hit : — " It was hard bayonet work at Inkerman , " was remarked to a corporal of the Grenadier Guards , who had received a bayonet thrust in the chest . " No , we didn't use the bayonets so much as you think . We knocked the Russians down with the butt-end of the musket . The little fellows wouldn't stand the bayonet charge at all , and we were forced to humour them and keep them , from-running away by , knocking Jthem about with our muskets . " A private of the 7 th Light Dragoons , whose arm haa been amputated , was one of the gallant survivors of tho cavalry charge at Balaklava .
" How . did you feel when you got the order to advance ? " inquired a gentleman sitting on the bed beside him . " Why , Sir , I felt as if I could jump from the saddle with ecstacy . We dashed on at a beautiful pace down the hill , and left not a moment for a countermand of orders . It was one splendid flourish of sabres . " Lord Raglan . —It is due to the Commander-in-Chief to mention that very many of the wounded soldier * testify to his good qualities , his undaunted bravery , and close attention to his work and to his men .
" Tho treaty to which Sardinia has just given its adhesion , " says a letter from Turin , "is not that of the 2 nd of December , but the treaty concluded on the 10 th of April between France , England , and Turkey . The 15 , 000 Sardinian soldiers to be sent to the Crimea will form part of tho army of Lord Raglan . The expense of conveying them to tho scene of war will be defrayed by tho Western Powers , but from the moment of their landing in the Crimea they will bo at the charge of Sardinia . A loan of fifty millions of france / Jn Three per Cents ., is guaranteed by England . The embarkation Of these 15 , 000 men will tako placo very shortly from Genoa , mis corps will form three divisions of 5000 men each , composed of cavalry , infantry , and artillery , an < 1 will bo under tho command of Generals Durando , Delia Marmora , and Trotti . Colonels Potito and Pottmengo will bo at tho head of tho staff . " _ _
. . The Omnionc of tho 15 th atates that General Dftbormida , after having resigned tho portfolio of * OTCign Affairs , has been appointed Liontonant-Genoral of Artillery Many rumonrs are afloat as to tne departure of I'icitinontcfo troops for tho East ; it ia believed by some tlint it will tako place on tho 28 th of February . M . Cibnirlo iu spoken of as tho futuro "Minister of Finance . . «
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 20, 1855, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20011855/page/11/
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