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• were very dull . Several of the Antigua rioters have been convicted and sentenced—twenty-five to two years * imprisonment each , and others to various terms of imprisonment , with fines . Ijtjbraby Pjension . —The Earl of Derby has shown his regard for the interests of learning by bestowing a pension of 1 Q 0 L a year on Mr . W . Desborough Cooley , a literary labourer of long standing , now visited by infirmity . The act of his Lordship is the more gracious , inasmucfa as the favoured individual has never courted patronage or popularity , but toiled incessantl y the unattractive and uphill road of erudition . —Athenceum . Thb National . Gallbry . —The Observer believes there is no longer any- doubt respecting the appropriation of the entire building in . Trafalgar-square to the purposes of a National Gallery .
Hotv to Make Soldiers . —We understand that the High Sheriff , Mr . Thomas Smith , in his address to the grand jury at Winchester Assizes , on his health being proposed , after alluding ; to the entire want of military ardouT in the lower orders in comparison with other nations , suggested to the magistrates whether it would not be desirable thnt a system of drilling the children in all the parish schools , by teaching them to march in line , be adopted , which would , at all events , improve them , audit might also instil into them and into the minds of their elder brothers some military spirit . Andin order
, to carry out this throughout the kingdom without expense and loss of time , he suggested that the police should be allowed to devote about six hours during one year « ooly--that is , half an hour in each month , in teaching . the children to march , in line , after which thev would do : it for their own amusement in preference to ' any other ; and one of the eldest boys would be able and w ' illing to attend to them , especially if he received a trifling present occasionall y . These suggestions were favourably received and responded to by someof--the magistrates . — Berkshire Chronicle .
Tbe AjRCHiTEctiraAL MtiSKUsr . —The sixth annual conversazione of the Architectural Museum was held at the South Kensington Museum on . the 15 th inst ., the President in the chair . The report ( which was read by Mr . Scott , the treasurer ) called attention to the fact that the present funds will not permit the society to follow top , with the activity demanded , the noble objects which they had in view 5 and it earnestly exhorted all lovers of art io aid" the institution with the requisite means . Several speeches were delivered before the meeting Separated .
The " Chamber •» of Losdon .- —The moneys received by the Chamberlain of the City of London in the year 1857 on account of the duty * on coals was 141 . 792 J . ; from the duty on wine , 7199 / . ; and for one year ' s charge on the revenue of the corporation , 11 , 500 / . On this account ( " duties and payments" } there was a surplus of 136 , 1307 . over the payments out of it . Thb Ministekiai , Whitebait Dinner will take place at the Ship , Greenwich , to-day ( Saturday ) . Parliament , therefore , -will probably be prorogued early in August .
The Moors . —The Ayr Advertiser is of opinion that the sport this season will be better than for some years past . Lady Bclwek Lytton . —According to a letter in iffae daily papers from Mr . Robert B . Lytton , son of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton , Lady Lytton has been liberated ' ¦ 'from restraint , and is about to take a tour on the Continent in company with her son and a female relation . She was never placed in any asylum , bat was merely kept for a time in the house of a medical friend . Mr .
Lytton states that his father directed him to act with the utmost kindness and consideration to his mother , so that she " should not be subject to restraint for one moment longer than was strictly justifiable . " Dr . Conolly , the physician appointed by Sir Edward , was or opinion that the course taken was perfectly proper ; while Dr . lorbea Winslow , who was consulted l > y her Lady ship ' s legal advisers , conceived that it would not be right to detain her , though he expressly declines to condemn Sir Edward for the atop to which lie had recourse .
The ArrcANTio Telegraph . —The Atlantic Cable squadron again left Queenatown , for a third attempt to effect the great object , ort Sunday morning . —The United States steam-frigate Niagara was off Cape Clear on the 18 th instant , at four a . m ., and her Majesty ' s steamer Agamemnon was off Kinsale at eleven a . m ., on the sumo day , with the cable . A Russian Peohibition . —A . notice from the Board of Trade appears in the Gazette stating that a despatch has been received from her Majesty ' Charge * d'Affuircs at St . Petersburg , announcing that the importation of various " medicinal substances" into Itussia has been prohibited . Among the excluded articles ore Morison ' a Pills and Revalenta Arablca .
Trne Earl of Carlisle ix A New CHAnAcnrren . — The Earl of Carlisle ( says a contemporary ) has been employing his time , sinoe he resigned the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland , in the consideration of theological subjects , and tho result has been the production of a work , entitled " The Second Vision of Daniel . " Tho work is a paraphrase of the prophetical writings , and is likely to create some excitement amongnt theologians . A Clkricai , Athlkte . —A good deal of talk hns been caused at Rochester by the performances of tho Rov .
H . F . Phillips , curate of St . Margaret ' s Church , who , at ajete given to several hundred school children , jumped and ran a race in a sack , amidst great applause and shouts of laughter . The rev . gentleman came in the winner , and many of his competitors were completely knocked up . Fire —A fire broke out last Saturday on the premises of Madame Paninska , artificial flower-maker , Mountstreet , Grosvenor-square . A Madame Sappas , one of the inmates , was so severely burnt that sh e was conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital in a very dangerous state . The firemen recovered from the ruins property to the amount of 13 , 000 ? ., belonging to the Countess Millelague , who lived in the house .
Testimoniax to Mb . George William Buidgeman . —Mr . George William Bridgeman , the medical officer of the sixth district of the parish of Marylebone , having lately thrown up his appointme nt , the poor people who had been under his care determine * to , present him with a small token of the high esteem they felt for him both in his public and private capacity , and of their regret at losing his services . Each person , on the average , gave one penny , and there were between four and five hundred subscribers . With the amount thus collected : a very handsome Bible , magnificently bound , was purchased , and the presentation took place on Tuesday evening at Clergy House , Portla . nd-road , when the Rev . James Amos , after a feeling speech , handed the Bible to Mr . Bridgeman . That gentleman made a reply , in which he expressed his appreciation of
hold stock in the concern , has ended in a very laree « , jonty m favour of so opening the building . A centi ^ " man favourable to Sunday opening lias also been trilm phantly elected to the post of director . JKotesixthe Sun and Aw .-In the ordinary li ^ t which exists between the brightest sunshine and dark ness , the atmosphere seems , so far as appearance croea " pure and harmless . When the sun shines , however through narrow channels , into this seeming void the motes in the sunbeam show that the atmosphere is ' anv thing but transparent : countless myriads of minute atoms of matter are constantl y floating in the atmo sphere , and entering the lungs of young and old He-e then , is palpable evidence of the necessity for sanitirv care . The semi-opaque nature of the air we breathe is
evident ; and far smaller particles , which the eye cannot see , are constantly rising from the surface and floating around . In ill-paved streets , and back yards in similar condition , on which waste water is allowed to remain and saturate the soil , when the drainage from cesspools also further pollutes the earth , exhalations fill the air and poison the system of those wlvo are unfortunately obliged to inhale this important necessary of life -when so adulterated . Those who , in the cleanest and best ventilated houses of the metropolis , have noticed the thick layer of dust which in one day covers tables , books , and the surface of every other object , can for m an idea of the laTge quantity off these floating atoms -which enters the mouth , both during day and nigbt , at every respiration . If the dust on the walls and floor of a
the deep value of " such a demonstration . The company then separated . Amongst those present were the Rev . Mr . Gray and the Rev . Mr . Stafford , together with several ladies and gentlemen who had greatly interested themselves in the matter . —The following inscription appeared in a fly-leaf of the Bible : —" This copy of the Sacred Scriptures , purchased froni small contribution ? , was presented to George William Bridgernan , Esq ., late Medical Officer of the Parish of St . Marylebone , as a token of the high sense with which they have been led to regard his professional skill , and of the most sincere gratitude for his unvaried kindness , ready selfdenial , and generous sympathy , by some of his : poor patients . July , 1858 . —' They cannot recompense thee , but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just . '—Luke xiv . 14 . "
room in winch , tobacco has been smoked be swept up , and then carefully packed away , on examination , after some time , it will be found that the tobacco fumes ar e still perceptible to the smell . Window hangings , carpets , and other fabrics , will absorb the gases thrown off by tobacco , sulphur , and similar matter . In the same way tlie bad gase 3 arising from overcrowded sleeping-iooms , bad drains , & c , pervade and lodge themselves to a considerable extent on all surrounding objects , and poisou those motes which are made evident to us by the sunbeam ; and which , when the bright sunlight does not make them visible , are still surely performing the neverceasing work . . Although in ships at sea , oh mountain topsy on moors and marshes , the motes , showing the never-ceasing operations of nature , glisten in the sunshine , there is a difference between the wholesomeness of
A Novel Equipment ov Constabplaut . — -A useful addition to the equipment of the Berwickshire constabulary has just been made , at the suggestion of " Mr . Gilford , the chief constable . The addition is a -very powerful field glass , about tbree inches in diameter , with one slide . It is conveniently worn by the constables at the left side , slung with a strap over the right shoulder , and is capable of commanding- a clear view of an object at a distance of twenty miles . Berwickshire is the first county in the kingdom that has adopted the use of this auxiliary in the art of thief-catching . —North British Moil , . . . '¦ ¦ Church Bates . —After three days' contest , a proposition for a church "rate at Portsmouth has for the first time , been rejected by 208 to-196 .
such dust and that which rises in the houses of polluted courts , in the neighbourhood of crowded graveyards , in ill-ventilated assembly-rooms , over-crowded barracks , and other places . The particles of dust loaded with fever aiid contagion are readily borne upon the breeze from ill-conditioned and hidden places to those adjoining , and of course , to a certain extent , adulterate the better conditions of the atmosphere . Dangerous nuisances are floated on the air , and this circumstance , together with the sight of the motes in the sunbeam , ought to be a lesson to us that large masses of the poor cannot be neglected with impunity , and should teach ua that it is necessary to preserve the atmosphere from pollution . It is a ready medium for subtler matters than those we have been pointing to , whether in the country or the town . — The Builder ,
The Parish of St . Clemknt Danes . —A rather stormy special vestry meeting was held on Friday "week , in the parish of St . Clement Danes , in consequence of some' statements made by the rector before a Committee of the House of Lords , to the effect that the inhabitants of the entire parish are " infidels and Socinians . " ' The rector was in the chair at the meeting , and denied that he meant to stigmatize the whole parish - Still , he added , vice and infidelity prevail to an alarming extent hi St . Clement Danes , and the people inhabiting the streets in the neighbourhood of Clare-market are of a most lawless character . He was once nearly murdered by some -women there . . After some discussion it was agreed that the rector should offer an explanation in writing to the satisfaction of the parishioners . At tho same meeting-, attention was called to the infamous dons in Wych-street . It was determined that an attempt should be made to abate tlie evil .
The Statr op the Thames . —The Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to consider Mr . Goldsworthy Gurney ' s . plan of purifying the Thames , have reported the result of tlieir deliberations . They are indisposed to recommend tlie adoption of Mr . Gurney ' s plan , which is , to curry the sewers so far into the river that they would discharge their contents below low-water mark ; and they remark , in conclusion , that " it is their decided opinion that no plan ought to be adopted in regard to the sewage of the metropolis that does not provide for one of two things—either that the sewngo shall bo carried down to some point in the river sufficiently far from the metropolis to prevent the sewage from being brought back in an offensive state by the flowing tide , or else that the sewage shall be deodorised , and that only the purified liquid part of it shall bo discharged into the river . "
Mr . Aucumutv Gi . ovrcn ok Parliamkntary Rkform . —The deposed member for Beverley addressed a large assembly at tho Literary Institution , Soutliwark , on Monday night , on Parliamentary Reform . One of the jury who convicted him took the chair , and expreBsed liis great regret that tho evidence which now exonerated Mr . Glover from the cbnrge of tetuTniug a false property qualification had not been submitted ut the trial . Much nympatliy for the ex-member woa expressed l > y the meeting . Errata . —Our renders must have been puzzled last
Ar . Mcor . u Suicide . —Ono of the Galway pilots committed for trial for running the Indian Empire steamer on the St . Marguerite liock , in Gal way Bay , has apparently committed suicide . Ho was found rigid , but still wiirm , and the belief is that ho took strychnine . Tlie Crown solicitor is engayed in nn inquiry , and as yet nothing certain is known . Tho man was an Englishman , named Burgess . Suicides . —An inquest has been hold at Kew on tlio body of Thomas Cannon , aged sixty-four , tho onco celebrated pugilist and ox-champion of England , who hud committed suicide by shooting himself throug h tho head ,
week at an announcement in our Miscellaneous columns that " Mrs . London , the authoress , was . dead . " They must have thought that hero indeed was" an illustrious unknown ; " but the truth in tha . t n had been substituted for » in tho first syllable . Tho Indy in question was Mrs . Loudou , the wife of the late Mr . Loudon , the horticultural writer , and herself tho author of some works of mark . —In the lost paragraph of the 14 Gatherings from tho Law and Police Courts" ( 20 th lino ) , for " thinking that aho would be about to return , " read " obliged to return . "
under circumstances of great destitution and misery . The jury returned a verdict of insanity . —Jane Nightingale , tho wife of a man who hud been employed as a cellnrman at a tavern in North Woolwich , has drowned herself in a Ut of despair caused by poverty . Her husband was out of work , and tho family was reduced to much distress . A few dnys ago , tho wife dressed lier children in their beat clothos , and , having bid good-by to each , threw herself into tho river , and wa a drowned Tho husband , on hearing of tho act , indicted a sevorc wound on his throat with a razor . His life , however , was saved , and ho was loft in tho caro of the police . — Charles Gurney , butler in tho family of Mr .
Wilkinson-Thk Crystal Pai . ack . —The poll of subscribers , which was demanded on the question whether tho Crystal Palace should bo opened on Sundays to all who
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Leader (1850-1860), July 24, 1858, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24071858/page/12/
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