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      covered the bodies and the journals . He has written a full account thereof to his commanding officer , Admiral Maresby , and from that we have gathered the above particulars . Mr . Maidment ' s body was found in the cavern , and Captain Gardiner ' s lying beside the boat which he had apparently left , and , jxiing too weak to climb into it aginii had died by the . side of if . The bodies were buried with all due formality b y the Captain and crew of the Dido .

      We may remark that the stores expected by the wretched Victims of mistaken zeal were left at the Falkland Islands , upon , the chance of a ship calling there and risking her insurance , by taking them on to the missionaries . No pains , whatever , were taken by the Society , at home , to succour the brave fellows whom they had persuaded to sail towards all but certain destruction . '

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      ELECTION INTELLIGENCE . Mb . Henet Vikcent will start for York in the Radical interest . A local Liberal alderman ( Mr . Leeman , ) will represent the " Liberals ; " and Mr . George Smythe is said to be the Conservative candidate . The Alderman is reported a , s safe , and the pinch will b ^ between "Historic Fancies" and Evangelical Radicalism . Mr . Carter has been elected for Tavistock , in the room of Mr . Trelawney . Mr . Kaley ( Radical ) , has passed through the ordeal of a Scotch cross-examination on his religious legislative intentions , at Paisley , with success . Mr . Hastie must look to his own .

      Mr . Walter has addressed the men of Nottingham amid great opposition . Mr . Laslett , a Free-trader , lias been elected for Worcester , without opposition , in the room of Mr . Francis llufford , who accepted the Ciiiltern Hundreds . Admiral Napier and Mr . Torrens M'Cullagh , the ousted Protestant member of the Irish Brigade , arc the Liberal favourites for Yarmouth . Altogether , election matters have beenrather duH this week , us far as appearances goes ; bnt , in reality , active operations are going on everywhere .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen and Prince Albert went to the Lyceum Theatre on Tuesday . The Earl of Mansfield has- been appointed Lord -High Commissioner of Scotland . The Scotsman eulogises the regal hospitality of the Marquis of Bute , late High Commissioner , and broadly hints that Lord Mansfield will do well to imitate him . General Rosas landed at Plymouth on Monday . He was received by the authorities , and officially waited on by the Port-Admiral , Sir John Ommaney . Tlio Kight Hon . Sir Stratford Canning , ambassador at Constantinople , has been raised to the peerage by the title of Viscount Stratford do Jicdcliffe , of Redcliffe , in tho

      county of Somerset . Count d ^/ fauila , the brother of the King of Naples , visited tho Woolwich and Deptford Dockyards , and Greenwich Hospital , on Tuesday . Wo understand that INI ajor-General Henderson will succeed Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey , K . C . B ., aa Colonel of tho 50 thItegiment . —Chronicle . Tho case of Luinley v . Wagnor stands over for tho present . Admiral Parker arrived at Spithoad from the Mediterranean station in tho Queen , 110 , on Tuesday . Ho was accompanied by the Hercules , 72 . The Sjpithead fleet ia thus increased by two men-of-war .

      Tho Earl of Grosvenor and Lady Constanco Gowor were married on Wednesday , at tho Royal Chapel of St . James ' s , by tho Bishop of London , in tho presence of tho Queen , Prince Albert , tho JJuchoss of Kent , and a great company of tho highest . members of tho peerage . The aceno was ono of great ; brilliance , and thero was a great crowd of " highly rospectablo persons , " says Jenkins , outsido tho chapel . A meeting was hold on Wednesday at tho Foreign-office , at which wo ' ro present the Foreign Secretary and tho roprcsontativcH of all « ho States parties to tho London protocol of 18 i » 0 , respecting tho Punish question—namely , Denmark , Russia , Austria , Franco , Sweden , and Norway . The Prussian arntijumador was also present . The object oi tho meeting was to discuss the question of the succession to tho throne of Denmark . A second mooting will bo hold shortly on tho Bamo subject .

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      Tho Princo of Lippo l )< stmold married , a fow days ago , tit Riuloldstadt , tho Princess Elizabeth of Schwarzburg-KudolHtadt . M . Tosto , tho ox-MiniHtor , ono of thoso convicted of corruption in tho last ; days of Louis Philippo , died on Sunday at Chuillot , after an illnonn of three days . A nuinbor of snuff-boxes , tho property of . tho lato King of Jliinover , and intended as memorials , to bo distributed among hia relatives and friends , havo boon broughtovorto this country by Dr . Jell ' . By a telegraphic dispatch from Trieste wo have news from Bombay to tho 3 rd of April . Tho Burmese expedition , undor tJoneral Gpdwin , had « ct sail , and was expected to arrive at Moulmain on tho 4 th of tho present month . It is reported that Thomas Mcaghor , tho Irish oxilo , has oscnped from Van Piemen ' s Land .

      Tho oast wind has at length ceased . The change took place on Wednesday , and a steady soft rain foil all night . 1852 has boon tho driosfc year einco 1844 . U . ho wind bringing ruin blow from tho south-west ,

      The terrace on the river front of the now Parhament Houses is being covered with a variegated pavement , and the windows in the basement story are to bo ornamented , and protected with zinc railings and grating . The promenade w ill shortly be opened to the public . Tho first stone of a building at Brixton , intended for the education and maintenance of the orphan children of freemen , of the City of London , was laid by the ^ Lord Mayor ; attended by the Sheriffs , Messrs . Cotterell and Swift , Aldermen Musgrove , Challis , and Salomons , and the members of tho committee , on Tuesday .

      It was discovered , on Friday , at the Royal Military College , Chelsea , that the eagle which was captured by the 87 tli Fusiliers from the French at the battle of Barrosa , was Btolen from the chapel of that establishment . The culprit must have been well acquainted with the approaches , for he entered through the trap-door in the roof over the chapel , and descended the belfry stairs ; he then obtained access to the organ-loft , and appears to have hooked up the staff and sawed off the eagle . He must have been disturbed in his operations , for he left his boots behind him , and threw the greater part of the flag-staff into the field , only retaining the eagle .

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      Within the last six months , upwards of 1600 miles of telegraphic wire have been strung up in England . Efforts are being made in London to assist the unfortunate inhabitants of the Isle of Skye to emigrate to Australia . There are 400 families , or nearly 2000 persons , who are in a state of chronic starvation . Superstition in our dockyards has been increased by the wreck of the Birlccniiead and the burning of the Amazon , for both sailed ona Friday . A new vessel , the Aflameninon , ninety guns , was to be launched from Woolwich on the 20 th of May , but as that will be Holy'Thursday , -the

      operation is postponed by the Admiralty , after considerable discussion , until the next day , Friday , the 21 st . Captain Penny and Mr . Sutherland , late surgeon in the Arctic Expedition , have written to the journals to show the , probability that the ships alleged to have been seen imbedded in icebergs were optical illusions common in polar regions . The Athenaeum recounts a story told by Mr . Goodsir , of a similar phenomenon appearing to him when he went out in search of his brother . He distinctly saw a . flag-staff , with the flag flying , which , however , resolved itself into a block of hummocky ice .

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      A committee of Ribandmcn , with all their papers and pass-words , have been captured in Longford . There is a proposition on foot to have a National Exhibition for all Ireland , at Cork , in the summer . Lord Campbell has been evicting . six families from his estate without complying with the conditions of the Act of Parliament . The Galway board of guardians have instructed thoir solicitor to proceed against the great offender .

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      Ten men and boys were killed , and eight severely injured , by a colliery explosion , near Wigan , on Friday week . One of the boys is supposed to have removed the top from a Daw lump , and as the mine was a dangerous one , the foul air immediately exploded . The dry heaths of Prescott , Biekorstaff , Rainford , and 6 ' rnoskirk " , belonging'to tho Earl of Derby , has lately been on fire for several days . They are chiefly game preserves ; but it is said Lord Derby will lose several thousand pounds . at Salfordwhile

      A cotton mill caught firo on Saturday , , tho bands were on the premises , which , being lire-proof , sustained little damage . Less fortunate was the fate of a Bilk factory , near SI e , ) ton Mallet , on Thursday week , where not only the faitwy , but a laxge inn , and fine houso abutting on it , wore destroyed , and many persons injured . The largo village of Harwell , near Didcot , suffered severely from firo on Saturdav . A rick was sot on fire , and the wind speedily sent the flames among tho thatched cottages . A tramp ' , who had been repulsed from door to door , and who begged lucifors , is supposed to have boon the incendiary . The mosses near Manchester have also been on firo .

      Mr . Feargus O'Connor arrived at Liverpool on Friday night from London , and put up at tho Queen ' s Hotel . During tho night , ho mado his way in naturo ' a uniform to tho lardor . There he ato raw rump-steak , and drank floods of water . A waiter discovered him , and was at onco hanged over tho face with raw steak . Tho next morning at an early hour Mr . O'Connor loft his hotel , and proceeded on board tho royal mail steam ship Canada , which sailed about ono o ' clock for tho United States . Tho object of his flight to America is said to bo to , avoid tho commission of lunacy which has boon issued against him .

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      Tho Mayor of Southampton , Mr . Andrown , entertained tho Directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company at a grand d inner on Wednesday , in honour ot tho renewal nnu extension of tho company ' s mail contract . Upwards of 200 gues t * wore present , including the borough members , . Sir A . Cockburn and Mr . Willcox . In tho evening there was a grand ball . At tho'unnuol mooting of tho Shakespeare Socioty , on Monday last , Mr . Collior produced his copy of tlio folio edition of our groat poot ' s works , printed in 1632 , with tho manuscript corrections and alterations mado b y Homo owner of the volume not long after its publication . Those wore examined by tho mouthers present , and as they arc of high value , in roforonco to the true loxfc of many important passages , it has boon determined to print them by thonisclvou in un octavo volume , which is now in prcpara * tion .

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      Experiments wore mado on Saturday with Nyo ' s Patent Engines , at tho Hydraulic Works , Surrey Canal , Old Kontroau . Tho firo-onginos of tho West or England Brigado woro tested against Nyo's , which wore worked by fowor men . In several inatanooa Nyo ' u engines wore greatly nuperior .

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      HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK . Some improvement is now perceptible in the public health as indicated by » declining rate of mortality . The deaths registered in London rose each week during nearly the whole of March , above 1 , 200 ; in the last three weeks they have been successively 1051 , 1092 , and 1021 . During tlio former period the mean weekly temperature did not aver , age more than 40 deg . ; in the last three weeks it has been as follows : —41 deg ., 47 deg , i and 46 deg . In the ten cor . responding weeks of the years 1642-51 the average number of deaths was 920 , which if raised in proportion to 1 h * in - crcase of population , becomes 1012 . The 1021 f e fis therefore registered in the week that ended last Satorday differ but to a small extent from the calculated result .

      An improvement on the returns of the previous week is apparent in the numbers ascribed to diseases of the respiratory organs ; for in that week the deaths in this class were . 214 , but they have now fallen to 172 . Bronchitis has declined from " 102 to 71 ; pneumonia from 77 to 61 Complaints of this kind , however , still continue more fatal than is usual at this period ; for the corrected average of corresponding weeks is 155 , on which there was an excess last week of 17 . The epidemic class of diseases exhibits a total number of 204 cases in the present return , whilst the average corrected for increase of population is 11 ) 5 . Small-pox maintains its ground , and was fatal last week to 29 children and nine . person * , whose ages varied froint 15 years to 25 or

      upwards . In six of the 38 coses it is stated that the sufferers had . been vaccinated previously . It appears from the observations of some of the registrars that the disease is getting rife amongst the population . Fatal cases of measles number 16 , of scarlatina 38 , of hooping-cough 35 , and croup 14 . There were 2 caused by influenza , and 1 by purpura ; typhus , remittent , infantile fever , < &c , 40 ; rheumatic fever , 4 . Six persons' died of erysipelas , 3 children of syphilis ; 6 women died of puerperal fever , besides 6 others after childbirth . It is remarkable that diarrhoea was fatal in only one case , though in the previous week the number was 15 , and the average of corresponding weeks is 10 .

      There were two deaths registered from tetanus , apparently diopathic , namely , that of a man , aged 16 years , and that of a woman , 30 , besides a matt who died of lock-jaw produced by an injury received from a crane . At 18 , James-street , Kensington , on 22 nd April , a girl , ag ed three years , died of " variola ( 10 days ); vaccinated without effect « t tho age of three months . ' * Mr . Gorhan adds , that" small-pox prevails much in his sub-district , and It is to be regretted that in mostcases vaccination hasbeen omitted , in consequenco ( so far as the registrar can learn ) of a prejudice existing among the poor that children , are liable , after vaccination , to eruptions of the skin . " In St . Georgo-in-tho-East , at 1 , Pruson ' Island , on the 23 rd April , the son of a labourer , aged nine months , " confluent small-pos , unprotected . " Mr . Terrall states that " tho parents of this child refused to have him vaccinated , though his brother was ill with the disease at the samo time /'

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 19 th ult ., Mrs . James Stanufeld , Jun ., of Bellorue Lodge , Chelsea : a son . , On tho 20 th ult ., at Eaorick-park , prematurely , the . Lady Elknbeth Lawley : a son , who only imrvivod one hour . On tho 21 at ult ., atTalacro , Flintshire , tho Hon . Lady Mostyn : a daughter . , . On the 25 th ult ., at Littleharapton , tho wife of Bichard A . Bethell , Esq .: a eon . , ., . On tho 26 th wit ., at 25 , Albany-street , Kcgent ' s-park , tho wila of Arthur Scratohley , Esq .: a daughter . _ . On tho 25 th ult ., at 00 , Lovrades-Bquare , tho Hon . Mm . Hanio Farquhar : a son . , , , , On the 25 th ult ., at 22 , Norfolk-crcsoont , Hyde-park , Mrs . Goorgo llitohoook : a daughter . MAHBIAOES . On tho 22 nd ult ., at St . George's Church , Hanover-aqn aro , John Hunter Blair , Esq ., third son of Sir David Hunter Blair . Bart ., to Emily Williams , youngest daughter of the lnte Edwara Grant , Esq . n T t . On tho 27 th ult ., at Althorpe , by tho Bov ., W . O . hw * Aapinnll , brother of tho bride , tho Hev . E . J . Hill , reotoro * Panfleld , Essex , eldest 8 on of Edward Hill . Esq ., of the Lawn , South Lambeth , to Emily Anne , youngest daug hter of the Jier . James Aapinall , rector of Althorno , LlncolhBhiro . On tho 27 th ult ., at St . Peter's Church , Pimlioo , the itcj . Edward Gladwin Arnold , to Charlotte Goorgiana , eldcot daugnwr of Lord and Lady Henry Cholmondeley . DEATHS . On the 23 rd ult ., at tho house of Miss Harriet Sothcby , j » , Portumil-street , OroHvenor-oqunre , Mine EUaaboth A ? " ™"''" the 78 th year of her age , having for 87 yearn Wjj Wed , * J npeoted and estoomod , in tho family of the lato William SothoD ) , < B < 3 ii tho 23 rd ult ., at Ventnor , IbIo of Wight , John Dobie , Esq ., of Gray ' s-inn , London , solicitor . , . -. r- n On the 2 » rd ult ., at his retiidenoo , 13 , Thanot-fltrect , air . w . Bishop , in his 72 nd year , after a long « m <* severe iUne 8 Sf , nittm On the 23 rd ult ., at hia houae in Olapton-Bquare , " "" " ^ Hurat Ashpitel , E « q ., one of her Maje 8 ty * a Justioe 6 f the ww ° for the county of Middlesex , in the 76 th j-oar of his age . On tho 2 ftth ult ., at Torquay , Joshua 0 , Narraoott , son ., oi »« firm of Nurrnoott . Brothers , aged 82 . , « fr ( , « t . On tho 26 th ult .. nttor a low dava' illnenfl , at 21 , ?^^ X j n Portman-aquare , Bir Alexander Itamony , Bart ., of Balmain , the county of Kincardine , aged 67 . _ _ ( n o 0 n . On tho 24 tU ult .. at ColdTawrbour , Oroydon , Burrey , in «« iiequencoofafiUl ta his horse , Christopher WUUwd » orr » - dalle , Esq ., in the 20 th year of his ago .

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      According to ... tho estimates just printed , the 6 um of 369 , 3182 . will be required to bo voted for colonial , consular and other foreign services in the current year . In 1851 * the sum voted was 424 , 633 ? ., and in 1850 , 441 , 527 i . On Wednesday a return to the House of Commons was printed , from which it ^ appearethafc lost year dll vessels belohging to the United Kingdom'was wrecked . Of the number * 000 were sailing vessels of 110 , 670 tonnage , and 11 steam vessels , the tonnage of which was 1306 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 1, 1852, page 414, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1933/page/10/