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      last two weeks have decreased from 1 , 605 to , 188 , but they still exceed by nearly 200 the -weekly deaths in June . Last week there were registered in London the births of 917 boys and 864 girls , in all 1 , 781 children . Elections . —There were two election contests on Saturday—for Hull , between Mr ; Somes ^ Conservative , and Mr . Lewis , Liberal , the former being returned by a majority of 489 ; and for Berwick , between Mr . Hodgson , Conservative , and Mr . Marjoribanks , the latter gaining the seat by a majority of oira . Mr . Osborne was returned for iiskeard without opposition . Tuesday ' s Gazette publishes the names of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the existence of corrupt practices at elections in the city of Gloucester and the borough of Wakefield . For the former they are Mr . J . Vaughan , Mr . L . H . Fitzgerald , and Mr . B . G . Welford , and for the latterSerjeants Willes and Slade .

      coffee , wines , spirits , firaits , and spices having all been largely taken . Freedom of Election ; - —A meeting has been held at Carnarvon * in Merionethshire , to express the popular feeling on a subject arising out of the late general election . Certain tenants of a Mr . Price , who voted against the candidate favoured by that gentleman , were in consequence -turned out of their holdings , and-, have , under the lead , apparently , of their dissenting ministers , met , and indignantly denounced this interference with the freedom of election . - * ' ¦ • a rfV . * ^^ fc ¦ % ___ ^ _ . ^_ , w . ^_ hbm ^^^ a « d ^^ 1

      , Vattxhaix . —On Monday the " royal property ;" was brought to the hammer , the sale taking place in the gardens and attracting a numerous concourse of purchasers and visitors to take a last glance at this once popular place ; Many of the lots bought as relics realised extremely high prices . The clearing of the ground for building purposes commences forthwith . A Disgraceful Bka-wxing nr a Church . — -A * the now notorious church of St . George-in-the-East a worse row than usual took place last Sunday . The vestry have appointed a " low church" afternoon preacher , who week by week propounds doctrines of the evangelical" and Calvinistic description , and

      piously alludes to the backslidings of the rector * the Rev . Bryan King , who is what is called " extremely high church . " On Sunday last the Rev . Hugh Allen lectured , as usual , and proceeded to allude to " clergymen who did not preach the GdspeV' and also to that unhappy Pope whom it would be so much better , if Christian love and Christian charity are at all desiderata among Christian men , to leave alone , at least in the pulpit . At the close of this service the . churchwardens endeavoured to clear the church in order that preparations might be made for the ordinary-four o ' clock service , but upwards of one hundred persons refused to leave and crowded round the altar . At five

      minutes before four o ' clock the doors of the . church were thrown open , and an excited and riotous mob rushed in , shrieking and howling , towards the altar . In a few moments afterwards a clergyman entered accompanied by six or eight choristers . The clergyman was the Rev . Mr . Jennings , curate of Stepney . As soon as he appeared in the church there was a great uproar , cries of " Oh , oh , " and hisses . The reverend gentleman , who appeared to be quite unmoved , proceeded with his choristers to the front of the altar ,-where they all knelt with their backs to the congregation .- The Litany was intoned by the priest , and the responses were made by the choristers , while a set of people vociferated

      remarks which are not to be found in the Liturgy , and jeered the clergyman . At the close of the Litany service the : clergy man rose and retired , at which time nearly the whole of the congregation hissed , yelled , and indulged In the most hideous noises . The Bishop of . London has addressed a letter to the churchwardens ( Messrs . Thompson and Doriset ) pointing out to them that they are the persons upon whom devolves the duty of preventing such disturbances . Notice has been served upon them at the instance of the rector , intimating that if they do not maintain order during his afternoon service , they will be proceeded against in the Ecclesiastical Court .

      Board of Trade Retuknb . —The returns for the month of July show an augmentation in our commerce , although to a less extent than , most of the preceding returns of the present year ; In the declared value of our cxportations there was an excess of 391 , 4542 . compared with July , 1858 . Compared , however , with : the corresponding' month of 1857 , when the reckless operations which led to the panic in the autumn of that year were at their height , they present a falling off of 910 , 081 ? . Still , the entire returns thus far for the present year , viz ., for the seven months from January to July , exhibit an increase even over the same months of 1857 , when the export trade of the country reached a

      height nevor before attained . Owing to the demand for the East , cotton goods continue to figure for the heaviest increase , but the shipments of linens have also been nuusually large . The aggregate value of our exports during the first seven months of the year has been 74 , 288 , 610 / ., against 64 , 461 , 8012 . in the corresponding period' of 1353 , shoving an increase of 9 , 82 Q , 809 Z . or more than 15 per cent ,. Compared with 1857 there has been an increase on the seven months of 1 , 260 , 6977 ,, or rather more than lj per cent * , With regard to imported goods , it appears tnat ounlow prices of grain and flour hare at length cwMcd ft-dlmlnution ln > the arrivals of each desorTpwon . Who consumption of other articles of : food and luxury snows an aiwoBt general increase , tea , sugar ,

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      THE NAVIES OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE The following remarks of a well-informed correspondent of a contemporary are worthy of consideration . He remarks that " The influence which Mr Cobden exercises over public opinion is sufficient to make it of some moment to correct the erroneous inferences deducible from his recent observations at Rochdale respecting the navies of England and France . Mr . Cobden states that ' for every vessel France has added to her navy in the last seven years we have added ten ; ' but if he had looked into the matter a little deeper he would have seen that

      while the numerical addition to the English navy in the seven years amounted to . , no fewer than 161 were gunboats , and 85 ( sailing ) mortar vessels and mortar floats , ;—total 246 ; while during the same period the additions to the French navy of these small and exceptional descriptions of vessels amounted to only 28 ; and everybody must know , except Mr . Cobden and his " highest scientific nautical men in Europe and America , " that these small craft , of light draught of water , were built expressly , for operations against Crohstadt , and are inapplicable to the general purposes of naval warfare .

      space , . vessel was pierced with twenty ports on a side , and I presume would be classed as a 44-gun frigate although she is stated to carry no guns on the upl per deck . The iron plates for sheathing her sides were lying about , having just been brought in . They appeared to be of rolled iron , 4 6-8 in . in ' thickness , 3 ft . 7 in . wide , by 4 ft . 6 in . long . This would make the weight of each plate nearl y l ton 6 cwt . The plates are to be bolted to the frigate ' s sides from the line of flotation up to a level with the upper deck , and their weight , I should imagine , must make her enormously topheavy . The rivetholes in the plates had not yet been drilled . Besides the side plates , the frigate is to have her upper deck covered with iron plates 6-8 ths of an inch in thickness . They are to be bolted between two decks or horizontal layers of timber , with a view to making her bomb-proof . This additional weight must tend to increase heir topheaviness .

      " The invariable policy of this country for 200 years , until the * craze' consequent on the long peace , which led certain wiseacres to the conclusion that wars had become impossible , was to maintain a navy twice as large as that of France ; but what were the relative proportions of the two navies in effective sea-going ships of war at the beginning of this year , when the blue-book was laid before Pariiament , ^ -andthe term ' effective' of necessity limits the comparison to steam-vessels only ? England had afloat 33 line-of-battle ships ; France had 31 ;

      and , if Parliament had not sanctioned the extraordinary estimates , the number of French line-ofbattle ships would actually have exceeded the number of English by the end of the year . England had afloat 28 frigates ; France , 37 . England had afloat 126 corvettes , sloops , and other smaller vessels of war , exclusive of gunboats ; France , 101 . Thus , even according to Mr . Cobden ' s own . admission , we had at the commencement of the year a deficiency > comparing the navy of England with that of France , of 13 line-of-battle ships , of 27 frigates , and of 25 smaller vessels of war .

      * ' Contrast the naval force we possessed at the beginning of the year with that which Are not only possessed but were compelled to call into requisition in the maritime wars which have occurred during the last 100 . years . In the year 1760 , in addition to a crowd of sloops and smaller vessels , we had actually in commission 113 line-of-battle ships and 101 frigates . In 1783 we had in commission 126 line-ofbattle ships and 112 frigates . In 1799 we had in commission 120 line-of-battle ships and 145 frigates . In 1809 we had 113 Iine-of-battlo ships in commission and 155 frigates . forces could of at

      " These wore the we dispose the times when we could bid a haughty defiance to all threats of foreign aggression and foreign combinations ; but if we had assumed such airs with a force of S 3 line-of-battle ships and 28 frigates , Kr . Cobden might indeed have told us that we had made ourselves " the laughing-stock of the [ newspaper press , " not only of " America , " but of the world . " It may not be out of place hereto give a description of the new French iron-cased men-of-war , which are now building at Loulon . A French correspondent says : —The Gloire and Invincible steamfrigates , cased in iron- ^ r / hega teg blindees' - ^ ot which we have heard so much , are rapidly approaching completion . Little more remains to do than to lay

      the decks and put on a portion of the outer scantling ; As they are sister ships I give the few dimensions I could take of one of thorn . Length 252 ft . j beam , 45 ft . } breadth between ports , 8 ft . ; thickness of sides on the main deck , independently of iron facing plates , 20 6-8 in . The timber * are of tho largest dimensions , such as are used in llrio-ofbettlo ships . The beams for the main dock—the only ones I had an opportunity- of measuring "" were io in . by 17 in . square , and were partly supported by columns of rolled iron , of small diameter , stepped on the kelson . I noticed what appeared to be an experiment . On a portion of the main deck , on tho port side of tho main hatchway , the timber beams-were replac ' od by row girders , with apparently great economy of

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      ; —^ — .. LOTJIS NAPOLEON'S AMNESTY . It appears to be by no means clear to what extent the provisions of this imperial boon will benefit the proscribe dwho are now living in banishment . The " law of public safety " has some ugly provisions which will render a residence in France by no means desirable to some of these injured men . At the Tribunal of Correctional Police , the public prosecutor has announced that he had received instructions to discontinue all political prosecutions

      commenced prior to the amnesty . The Advocate-General stated to the court that it would have been his duty to havegone on with the prosecutions , but that he had ascertained that it was the intention of the Government that the amnesty should apply to all accusations as well as all condemnations . The only favourable inference , therefore , to be drawn from this case is that the Government will , in-all probablity , not press the law of public safety against any of the amnestied , but this yet remains to be officially announced .

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      Pajiis News . —The Emperor " and Empress have arrived at St . Sauvour , in tho Pyrenees , whore they will stay three weeks . A local papor states that two bath-rooms in marble have been constructed lor their Majesties . They , are contiguous to each other , but only communicate by means of an acoustio ana speaking tube , so that the august couple may oxchange ideas while taking their baths . —The French Government has adopted a very economical measure . All the horses and mules of the artillery , except those which are required for its effective force , will be lent out gratuitously to the agricultural population , in order to be serviceable jln farming operations , on condition , however , that they bo well . rod ana taken qare of , and never be ridden or dnvon tor mere pleasure , or e mployed in the postal service . TumFrench " Peach FooTma . "—It continuos to be stated that Marshal Niol is to havo a grand command at Lille , by way of a demonstration in anevvor to tho . fortifications of Antwerp . Tho force' under him will consist of an army of 50 , 000 or 60 , OOOmon . This does appear to bo certain that tho garrison ot Lille is to be augmented immediately . . Vorv considerable works are going on for what is caUoil tno " defence" of tine French coasts . Tho tfrenou Government is dolighted to havo the authortty w Mr . Cobden for turning tho tables upon tho alarm-

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      THE DISARMAMENT . The Moniteur announces that the promised disarmament will commence on the 20 th of September . It appears that only those soldiers will be discharged whose period of service expires in 1859 . Their number is comparatively small . Furloughs of three months only will be granted to those who are entitled to them by the regulations of 1832 ^ and who form a more numerous class than the language of the Moniteur would lead us to suppose . Lastly , the same privilege is accorded to those who can show that they are " indispensable for the support of their families . The disarmament is more apparent than real , It is but temporary for the greater number of the men whom it will affect , and permanent in a small number of cases only where a discharge would have been obtained in the regular course of military service . ' , » , An Imperial decree of the 17 th makes the following appointments : — -Marshal Magnan , to the command of tho 1 st military arrondissement at Paris : Marshal de MacMahon , the 2 nd at Lille ; Marshal Cahroberfc , the 3 rd at Nancy ; Marshal de Castellane , the 4 th at Lyons ; Marshal B&rnguay d ' Hilliers , ' the 5 th at Tours ; Marshal Niel , the 6 tH at Toulouse ; Brigadier General Edm . dq Martimprey , the 7 th at Algiers .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 27, 1859, page 978, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2309/page/6/