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Common Lodghng-hottse 8 : ^ 4 lni > Modbx * LopsxsrpH ? hottsbs ,= — A report ^ by Mr . ' Gettrge Glover , superintending medical inspector of the General Board of Health , on the' -common * and model lodging-houses of London , addressed to Sir Benjamin . Hall , fhas just . been , presented to Parliament . From this it appears that there , are 10 , 284 common lodging-houses more or less under the superintendence of the police , the . number of persons inhabiting the registered houses being estimated at 32 , 000 , and the number inhabiting the unregistered at 50 , 000 . In all these houses , registered and , unregistered , there were in the first nine months of last year 72 cases of cholera and 61 deaths—an amount of sickness , all things considered , " astonishingly small . " The mortality from
cholerain 13 -weeks of 1854 , in every 10 , 000 of the population , in the r common lodging-houses under the superintendence of the police , thus amounted to seven only , whereas the lowest proportion in other districts of the superintendent-registrars was never less , than 12 ( Hampstead ) , while the mortality was as high as 162 in Bermondsey . The model lodging-houses ha-ve enjoyed all but complete exemption from the cholera , the mortality among the inmates having been only in the ratio of about 26 in 10 , 000 ( taking all the deaths in the buildings of the two societies together ) , whereas the mortality from cholera in the Potteries , Kensington , was in the ratio of 259 in every 10 , 000 ; and in Bermondsey 162 in 10 , 000 .
John Cakdbx . — John Carden has refused the conditional release culpably offered to him , alleging , it is affirmed , that the conditions " tied him up too much ;" that is to say , we- suppose , gave . him too-poor an opportunity of renewing . his . attempt upon i Miss- Arbuthnot . Carden , we are told , ' will die if he is . not set at large-It therefore remains to be seen whether the Government will still further extend its civility , and let the " gentleman" go without any conditions whatever . The Forest-place Murder . * -Luigi Buranelli was again brought up at Marlborough-street on Tuesday for
final examination . Mrs . Jeanes , with whom the murdered man cohabited , was sufficiently reepvered to attend and give her evidence , which was to the same effect as that of previous witnesses . An assistant to a pawnbroker in Tottenham-court-road-having deposed that , he sold » , a pair of ( pistols to the _ prisoner , who said that he wanted them to take to Australia , Buranelli , who reserved his defence , was committed for trial . Australian Subscriptions to the Patriotic Fi £ st > . —The Lord . Mayor of London has ^ received from -the Mayor of Geelong . a draft for 1311 ? . l * 8 s ., money collected in aid of the Patriotic Fund .
A Desperate Ciiixajian . —At the Marlboroughstreet Police-court , on Monday , a young Chinaman was accused of" begging , and was sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment . On hearing this , he . pulled out a clasp knife , cut his throat , and fell bleeding in the dock . He still continued to hack at his throat even while efforts were being made to wrest the knife from his hand ; and after the wounds were sewed and bandaged , he endeavoured to tear them open again , but Avas prevented . Narrow Escape of the Loud Chancelloii . —As his ~ Lordship-was delivering j udgment on -Tuesday in the House of Lords , an immense stone , which was being hauled up to- the ventilator tower , over the House , fell upon the roof , almost immediately , above his
Lordship-India . —The last overland mail brings no news- of importance . From the Bombay Titttas of February ICth , we learn that perfect tranquillity prevails throughout India , with every prospect of its continuing . A Itussian force had arrived within some daj-s march of Khiva , but no Russian agent , had been within reach of that town . The Shah of Persia has been strenuously endeavouring to effect an alliance with Dost Mahomed ; to which end he promises to restore nil the territory wrested from Cabul . Such an alliance would in fact bo an alliance -with RuBsin , and the Dost seems more inclined to enter into relations with England . —Tlic Oude territories arc still in a state-of civil war , and the Ranee has obtained some signal successes over the King ' s troops . — The Bombay subscriptions to the Patriotic Fund amount to upwards of 10 , 000 / . ; and nil over British India the subscriptions have been exceedingly liberal .
China . —The renewal of an assault on the city of Shanghae haa been daily expected since January 2 () th , when a few shots wcro fired into it by the French , whereby it was reported that about twenty insurgents were killed . This morning , at about half-past six o ' clock , a cannonade was commenced from the French battery in front of the French consulate , and within an hour / i practical broach was made in tho north city wall , below the Josh-Iiouso that was destroyed by tho bombardment on tho 9 th ult . At this place wo hear that 1500 Imperialists and 250 French marines imd Bailors
ascended tho . breach , and scaled the walla , when a furioua contest cmucd—tho French frigate Ln tfcanno d'Arc and steamer Colbert also firing into tho city , to protect tho attacking column . Tho inmirgcntrt maintained their ground with groat determination , and hurlod tho Imperiuliata from tho walla us , fast as > thoy ascended , for boiuo time . Tho French behaved with tfrpul coolness and bravery , ' but Lieut . Durun , was killed , and Ensign Piacry .-wounded , on the flrat attack . Thto French found thoir native allies u . hcWi « , ami * woro obliged to retire within their linea . — Qoerlwid , Friend of China .
Joseph Cleawt , , the boy ^ argediWita . robbwgi t his master , whose case we mentioned last weak , . has been committed for three months to the House of Correction at Holloway . The Mountg-akret Peerage , ; CASE . nrAt the : ; Kilkenny . Assizes , the jury haxe , returned a . verdict in favour of Lord Mountgarret .,
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . NEW WRIT . A new writ was moved for the borough of Wilton , in the room of Mr . A'Court , who has accepted the office of a commissioner of income tax .
TOE MITVITI . V . In answer to Colonel Clifford , Sir G . Grey stated that it was the opinion of the law officers of the Crown that militiamen enlisted under tho act of 1852 were liable to be embodied uuder the act of 1854 . THE SARDINIAN LOAN . Lord Pat ^ merston brought up a message from the Crown with reference to .. the Sardinian loan , which was in tlio samo terms as that to tho .., Lords . lie moved that it bo taken into consideration on Monday , next . Mr . Bowver inquired whether the Government had intended , before bringing on the question of the loan of 2 , 000 , 000 / . to Sardinia , to lay papers before the House showing the condition of the finances of that country ?
Lord Falmkkhton said ho could nffofd » no information ns to the general state of the finances of Sardinia , but ho had no . doubt that , that country could pay the interest on tho sum about to be , lent to her . TUB FAST-DAY SBnMOJT . On tho motion of Lord Pawieiiston ' , seconded by Mr . Disuakj . i , a voto of thanks was passed to tho Uev . Mr . Melvill fur his sermon preached before tho House on tho Fust-day , and it was ordered to bo printed . THIS NEWSPAPER STAMP . Mtv . DuiiQKa ga , ve notice that on tho motion for the second reading , of tho Newspaper Stamp Bill he should move us an amendment , that tho second readr ing bo postponed Until after the Budget'had been brought forward .
EDUCATION ITS -8 COTUUSD . The Lord Advocate moved-for leave to bring in a bill to provide for . the education of the people of Scotland ., He proposed- * to-orgaaaise a corps of ihspeetors , who were . to-examine ¦ and'reporfrttpon the educational wants of every , district-. in Scotland , andthe best means of supplying them . ; , Public , education to be . compulsory , but at thessaine time not under the exclusive superintendence of the Established Church . Religious instruetion was * however , -to he given in all the schools , with the proviso that attendance of the scholars should be left to the discretion of their parents . He proposed to improve the condition of he parish schools , and to raise the salaries of the schoolmasters .
Mr . Baxter ( the new member for Montrose ) , in a maiden speech , expressed his warm approval of the Lord Advocate ' s Bill . Some remarks upon the details of the measure were made by the Scotch representatives , and leave was given to bring in thel bill .
THE TRANSPORT SERVICE . On the motion for going into committee of supply , Mr . Lindsay called attention to the administrative system of the Government , as exhibited in the arrangements for the transport service . More than eight millions , he remarked , had been voted for transport , and vessels engaged of greater aggregate burden than 250 , 000 tons , of which 150 , 000 were in steamers . The money spent and number of vessels employed were large beyond all proportion to the amount of services required or rendered . The fault arose from the continued delays and the want of a well regulated system of management . Two millions , he computed , had been wasted solely through the unnecessary detention of vessels . artment f
Sir J . Graham , so far as the naval dep o administration was concerned , vindicated both the system and the functionaries by whom it was worked . If the expenses appeared comparatively large , the cause was attributable partly to the peculiar exigencies of the services , and partly to the inevitable haste in which , under a pressing emergency , the vast transport fleet had been called into operation . The subject then dropped . Mr . AicocK commented upon the state and conduct ~ bf the-war in the Crimea . •_ ¦ The discussion on the transport service was renewed by Sir S . Northcote , and carried on by several members , and was , closed by Sir C . Woon , who vindicated both the public departments and individual functionaries from the censures which had been cast on them in the course of the debate . The other orders of the day were disposed of , and the House adjourned at ten minutes past one o clock .
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The latest information from the Crimea leads to the belief that the Russians are making preparations for a colossal blow at the allied position ; and that the design they attempted to carry out on the 5 th of November last , will be shortly undertaken with more foresight , better disposition , " and a far greater force . On the other hand , we have undeniable intelligence ,- from private sources , . that the British force , 18 , 000 strong , is in splendid condition and exto meet
cellent spirits , and therefore quite prepared and return with interest any enterprise of the enemy . We know that General Canrobert places the utmost reliance on the present effective force and indomitable obstinacy of his British allies . It is true that every man—French , English , and Turk—will be needed , whether for operations against Sebii 9 topol , or in the field . 13 ut so far as the British arc concerned , we are sure they ' will be found in the right place at tho right time , and that the enemy will know they are ' there .
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A meeting to promote a testimonial to the late Lord-Dudley Stuart was liekl at Willis ' s llooms yesterday afternoon , the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair . The attendance was not very numerous , but the feeling of the audience was earnest and profound , and there was probiibly not a person in the room who did not mourn for the occasion of his coming as for a private- and personal calamity . Wo have more- than once quoted that noble saying of a French writer , " They who come to us irpin tlie higher ranks should have a double welcome , lor they have a doublo way to come ; we are born into the people ' s cause , " and we never felt its truth more deeply than nou-, when wo nro mourning tno who in ch ot
untimely loss of one , an ., epo public apathy and political discouragement , iorgot the prejudices of hid caste , uiul freed himself from the diHsolvuiff iiilhic . iK . c-s of privileged station to defend the rights of the oppressed with aU tuo strength of u eiucoro awl etedtnst heart , *>\ ery speaker bore personal witness to tho constant chanty of that ¦ iioblo nature , and Lord K > bert-Gwmwr related that in the very last wniior ot his ho , when he tfas already shattered by n di « ease which robbed him of nil Bleep and rest , Lord Dudloy Stuart would . rise ut dead ot night to visit and wliovctho JwuaoluM . outcasts hi ihu streets . . A working man gave a touching and spontaneous expression to the sympathy Df that multitude whoso thunka are blessings .
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Leader < ( Office , Saturday , March 24 . HOUSE OF LORDS . I , O A . X T O SARDINIA . The Lord Chancellor read , a message .-from the Crown , to the effect that her Majesty had , in concert with the Emperor of the French , entered into a treaty with the King of Sardinia , whereby the latter engages to maintain for the 1 purposes of the-war 15 , 000 \ inen , and by th& same convention aec Majesty undertakes , on . the . recommendation < of . Parliament , to advance to the King of Sardinia 1 , 000 , 000 / ., 500 , 000 / . to be paid as soon after the assent of Parliament to the loan had been obtained as possible , and the remainder to be paid six ; months after the first instalment . Her Majesty further engages ^ after the expiration of twelve months , to advance to . the King of Sardinia a like sum . of . 1 , 000 , 0002 ., the Government of Sardinia engaging to pay four per cent , per annum—one per cent , of which was to go to the sinking fund . Her Majesty has directed a copy , of the convention to be placed before their lordships , and she relies upon the House of Lords to make good the engagements which she had contracted . THE SERVICES OF THE BIII / TIIA . A discussion originating with the Earl of Malmes .-bdkt , arose with regard to whether militiamen enrolled under the Act of 1852 were liable to be embodied , without their consent , under the Act of 1854 . Lord Panmuse said that the law officers of the Grown were of opinion that according to the law as it . stood the men so situated were liable to serve , but as an implied engagement _ had been made that they were to . have an option given them as to the embodied service ; he had made arrangements to keep faith with them . CBIMINAL PROCEDURE . Lord Brougham then made a motion , and brought forward certain resolutions with a view to the amendment of procedure under the criminal law . His resolutions went to the enlarging the powers of police magistrates , the establishment , of a uniform police all over the country , the establishment of a greater number of assizes and sessions , in order to prevent persons waiting for trial being kept for long periods in prison , and the establishment of a public prosecutor The Lord Chanoellor objected to some of the details of the resolutions , but they were allowed to be . brought in . The House ' adjou ?^ '~
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Maso ^ 24 i 1855 . ] TaBErE 3 : ' , Ii .-g .-A IgEBBT- 376
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Leader (1850-1860), March 24, 1855, page 275, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2083/page/11/
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