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      lower their tone considerably , if they expect to make money from the exhibition . Had the Great Eastern come at the time fixed last summer , when curiosity was at fever heat , many would Have seen her at any price ; but now , unless those who have the matter in charge take a lesson from their late experience in coining into harbour , by catching the tide at the full , they will get caught on the bar . The fac ! t 18 > 25 c * is our traditional price for seeing everything , unless—to perpetrate a bull—first-class concerts and operas be excepted , and it is difficult to get more than that out of us . The number of visitors yesterday ¦ would have been three times as great as it was , had the price of admission been x-educed one-half . Of one

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      676 The Saturday Analyst : mid Leader . [ J uly 21 , 1860 .

      Record Of The Week. Home And Colonial.

      RECORD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COLONIAL .

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      Our obituary of Saturday contained the name of a gentleman , which , though now comparatively forgotten , was once familiar to the ear ot the public as well as to the legal profession , when he was Attorney-General and M . P . for M * ylebone- Sir William Home , whcvdied at his residence , in Harley-street , on Friday last , at the age of 87 . The deceased gentleman was the son of humble , but respectable parents , and was born in 1773 or 1774 . He was called to the bar at Lincoln sinn in 1798 , became a King ' s Counsel in 1818 , and was Attorney-General to Queen Adelaide for a short time in 1830 . In 18 dl He entered Parliament as M . P . for the borough of Newton , and was one of the first representatives chosen by the electors of Marylebone upon the erection of that parish into an electoral constituency after _ tne passing of the Beform Bill . He was Solicitor-Gen 0 ral under Jiarl Grey ' s Ministry , and succeeded Lord Denman as Attorney-General m 1832 . This he resigned in i 834 , declining a seat on the bench as one of the Barons of the Exchequer , and gave place to the present Lord Campbell / Eventually he was appointed to a Mastership in Chancery , but resigned that office in 1853 . The deceased knight , who to » » bencher of Lincoln ' s-inn , married in 1800 Miss Hesse , by whom ( who died in 1849 ) he has left .. a numerous family . —Times . _ _ The city of Coventry continues to feel great anxiety and uncertainty , arising out of the difference between the manufacturers and their workpeople ^ Great distress pr evails among the poor weavers , and numerous instances might be cited of women and children suffering the utmost pangs of want and hunger . A case is given on creditable testimony ot a famishing mother removing some " pluck" front a butcher s stall , and when pursued by the tradesman , in company , with a policeman , she-was found with her children eating the meat in its raw _ state . The butcher , however , was-too much affected by the wretchedness of the scene and the famished children to give themother into the custody of the poliosman , but gave her some pecuniary assistance . The board of guardians is unable to afford relief to the large number of applicants who come before them , and a committee has been appointed for the management , of a relief fund . Sir J . Paxton has just sent a check for £ 50 , and the Sight Hon . E . Ellice one for a similar ' amount . Thomas Dixon was committed to Durham gaol on Thursday last , on a charge of -wilful murder at : Barnardcastle . The victim was Mary Ann Wilson , a young woman with whom he cohabited . It appears that they quarrelled on Sunday morning last , both of thenv being at the time the worse for liquor , and that he repeatedly struck her m the moat brutal manner . On finding that she was dead he absconded , but was apprehended in the course of a few hours at Greta-bridge . A coroner ' s inquest was held on the body at the Barnardcastle workhouse - ¦ — orrW ^ dnTsUa ^ aTrdTltrth ^ in and asked if he had any statement to make . He said , that he was drunk at the time when the crime was ommitted , and did not know what he was doing . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder . He will be tried at the Durham Assizes in the course of next week or the week after . j i During the month of June the total quantity of coal and coke exported from the various ^ coal ports ofj Great Britain was , of coal 637 , 207 tons , and of coke 19 , 191 tpns . Of this quantity , whiph shows a considerable falling off from the exports of the preceding month . Newcastle exported 169 , 124 tons of coals , and 5 , 975 tons of coke ; Blyth , 9 , 591 tons of coal ; Sunderland , 107 , 505 tons of coal , and 1 , 434 tons of coke ; Hartlepool and West Hartlepool , 57 , 862 tons of coal , and 3 , 903 tons , of coke : Middleaborough , 12 , 193 tons of coals , and 2 , 352 tons of coke ; HuH , 13 , 701 tons of coal ; Liverpool , 73 , 666 tons of coal , and 2 , 921 tons of coke ; Cardiff , 76 , 801 tons of coal , and 292 tons of coke ; Swansea , 24 , 882 tons of coals , and 112 tons of coke ; Llanelly , 6 , 875 tons of coal , and 1 , 463 tons of coke ; Grangemoutb , 6 , 442 tons of coal , and 64 tons of coke ; Alloa , 4 , 881 tons of coal ; Oharleatown , 6 , 946 tons , and Troon 10 , 190 tons of coal . The quantity of coal and eoke shipped to London and other ports in the United Kingdom during tho month was 827 , 692 tons of coals , and 6 , 039 tons of coke : of which Newcastle shipped 188 , 867 tons of coal , and 1 , 5 BB tons of eoke ; Sunderland , 150 , 146 tons of coals ; Seaham Harbour , 57 , 585 tons of coal ; Hartlepool and West Hartlepool , 106 , 438 tons of coal , and 231 tons of coke ; Middlesborough , 20 , 18 « tons of coal ; Swansea , 13 , 281 torn of coal , and 4 , 290 tons of culm ; Cardiff , 64 , 347 tons of coal , and 1 , 193 tons of coke ; Newport , 45 , 191 tons of coal , and 27 tons of coke ; Troon , 59 , 900 tons of coal ; Maryport , 34 , 325 tons of coal ; and Whitehaven , 16 , 878 tons of coals , and 167 tons of culm . The number of vessels engaged in the trade was 7 , 282 , ot . _ „ which . 4 , 672 were engagedin . theborne ,. *» AJAlQ _ iSL . ^^ I » 2 ?! L ^?* . L _ " jL'he Registrar-General reports that tho mortality thia year , no far as it has gone , has exoeeded that of any of the last five years , the only period Tor which we havo any certain mortality statistics for Scotland . The deaths in the eight principal towns in June were 1 , 916 in a . population estimated to have increased to 908 , 140 , the births , 2 , 928 ; the marriaaes , 1 , 006 ; bo that the number of persona who married was more than the number of persona who died in a month of ^ e ^ thani tho usual mortality ; but June whs a marrying month , and 618 more couples were united than in May . In the eight towns eight ootagonariana died in tho month , one at 98 ; one person died from intemporance and five from delirium tromens . Smallpox and its accessor ,

      measles , still prevail . Smallpox was introduced into Perth through au Sn ^ ccinated inhabitant catching it from a feUpw-traveller in a ra ^ waycarriage , and there were five deaths in June thus caused . Of the births in the eight towns in June , 8-7 per cent , were illegitimate ; so that 1 in 11-4 of fhe children was illegitimate . In Perth the per centage was only 2-2 ; in Greenock , 5 ' 6 ; in Glasgow , 7 ; m Dundee ,. 13 ; in AberdeenVie ^ . Mr . J . B . Morell , the Inspector of Roman ^ Cathohc Schools in Scotland , in Ins report ofthis year , claims for ^ the Boman CathoUc religion , on the ground of the attention given to the religious instruction of females in that communion , the ^ g ^^ S ^' Greenock and Glasgow , of which , he says , about a third of the population is Irish . In Perth , 7-15 inches of rain fell in June ; mEdmburgh , only 2-45 . Taking six of the towns , with a mean position of 56 dei 13 min . North latitude , and height of 144 feet aboje sea-level , the mean temperature of June was 54 ' 4 , or 35 less than the average ^^^^ S ^^ e man Thomas Winslow , who is charged with the murder of four persons , by administering poison ( antimony ) To them ! was again brought before Mr . Baffles ,, the magistrate at the police-court to-day- Mr . Asp inall , barrister , who appeared for the prosecution , requested that a further remand of the prisoner should take place , as it had been found necessary to perform a large number of analyses , and as the results of these investigations—which were being conducted by Dr . Taylor and other eminent scientific gentlemen local and metropolitan—had not yet been comp letely determined . It had been found impossible to perfect the analyses in time for the present adjournment , and , as it was desirable to have them completed before the inquiry took place , he applied for a further remand of a week , more particularly as the delay did not affect the prisoner ' s liberty , he being at present incarcerated under the warrant of the borough coroner . Winslow was then remanded for seven days , Mr . Cobb , who appeared for the prisoner , consenting to the postponement . Mr . Aspinall observed that he would not guarantee that they would be ready to proceed with the case even at that period . , . . . The amount of money in the hands of the Emigration Commissioners , applicable to emigration to the colony of Vi <* Q ™ , on the 1 st . of January last , was about 50 , 000 ? . ; to New South Wales , 25 , 000 * . ;; to South AustraUa , 9 , 000 Z . ; to Queensland , 5 , 000 ? . ; and to the Cape of Good Hope , 50 , 0007 . . , - , , . It may perhaps excite some surprise when ^ it is ^ steted that during the last 15 years—thatis to say , since 1845—9 , 178 * 621 births , 6 , 163 , 403 deaths , and 2 , 285 , 520 marriages have been officially registered in . England and Wales . The population ,, which amounted to about lb , 7 ^ o , ouu in-1845 , was estimated ^ about 19 , 740 , 000 ml 850 , benig an increase of about 1806 per cent ., or 1-20 per cent . annuaUy . . This increase , it should be remembered , has taken place notwithstanding a considerable emigration and several wars of more or less magnitude .- In France , the population , notwithstanding a comparatively feeble emigration , has only increased in the same period from 3 to 4 per cent . . _ iNTEBNATiONAt EXHIBITION pi" 1862 .--The guarantee / fund ^ subscribed now amounts to JE 335 , 300 . It is understood that the . Royal . .. Commissioners for the Exhibition are _ wilUng to grant the use ^ of a part of their estate at South Kensington for the Exhibition , and that a portion of the buildings to be erected will be permanent , available for luture exhibitions of art and industry . ' . _ . , At the annual meeting of the Commercial Bank of London , held on Tuesday , Mr . Mark Hunter in the chair , a report and balance-sheet was read , showing a net profit of £ 16 , 535 13 s . 4 d ., including £ 1 , 285 4 s . 3 d . brought forward from the last account , allowing for all expenses of management , and making a provision for bad and doubtful debt * . ~ ThV 6 Urectors recommend a dividend or » per cent . peyrrf ^ nrfoT-thehalf-year ending June 30 , which , with the previous dividend , will be 74 per cent , for the entire year . It was slated by the chairman that no losses had been experienced on account of the recent failures in the leather trade , nor was any loss anticipated . The report was adopted , and the retiring directors re-elected . . The ninth half-yearly meeting of the City Bank took place on A ucadav , SirB . W . Garden in the chair , when the secretary read a report , of which an extract is subjoined . The Chairman , in moving the report , expressed the satisfaction of the directors in ebing able to communicate the fact of the increased and increasing prosperity of the banv . The dividend recommended by the directors , 7 i per cent ., was 1 per cent , more than had been divided last year . The report states :-The directors beg leave to submit to the proprietors the ^ statement ° ' liabilities and assets , and profit and loss accounts for the halt-year endinir the 30 th June last , from which it will be seen that , after paying the current expenses of the establishment , making provision lor baa and doubtful debts , and allowing for rebate on bills discounted not jet due , there remains at disposal the sum of £ 21 , 537 17 s . 9 d ., which they have appropriated in tho following manner , viz . :-To the payment ol a dividend at the rate of £ 6 per cent , per annum , . £ 9 , 000 ; to the pay ment of a bonus of 15 s . per snare ( the distribution for the year thereby amounting to . 7 * per cent . ) , £ 4 , 500 ; and tho balance amomj , £ 8 , 037 17 s . 9 d ., the directors carry forward to the credit of the prom and loss account to be dealt with hereafter . Tho directors who now retire from office are Sir Bobert Garden , Mr . John Jones , and Mr . William Maonaughten , all of whom offer themselves for re-election . On Thureday afternoon , the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the London Joint-stock Bank was held in the board-room ot tiw bank , Princes-street , Mansion-house , Sir James Duke presiding , xae report was read by the Secretary ( A . G . Kennedy ) . Several proprietors expressed the fUUoSt ( JOnfldpwco in tho board . - . ^ Ive report was ^ doptQ ^ . ami a vote of thanks was accorded , to the chairman and directois , on the motion of Mr . Borrodailo . A similar compliment having been paid to the late manager , Mr . Pollard , the meeting separated . ¦¦ Thk Eclipse op 5 he Sun , Wednesday , 18 tu of J ^^ tin-38 m . 24 s ., or ten seconds before the calculated tune ol <* ° ™ *™**™ at Bishop ' a Observatory , Bogent ' s Park , the eclipse had eortn nly" ° « . begun . On ( the next view p ? tlie sun , at Hi . 30 m . 11 b ., the indonta tion of the moon upon his disc was very perceptible . A ; 21 . - » n » . there was a perceptive diminution of sunlight , and the blue of ^ tlie sky , in breaks towards tho N . E ,, was certainly deepening . ^ . t " ore p " rsensibly cooler . At 2 h . 34 m . tho decrease in daylight was more per

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 21, 1860, page 676, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2357/page/12/