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MISCELLANEOUS. The Queen still remains a...
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We are requested to state that the Coven...
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Some time ago we noticed the freaks of t...
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. In the...
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. O...
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persuaded her to "withdraw her shaves in three railway companies , amounting in value to 1000 L , from the hands of her broker , telling her he eould place them where they would be much more beneficial to her , " besides being more within a focus . " She unfortunately consented to his doing so , and the prisoner wrote a note to her broker , the purport of which was that he should deliver up the shares to him , he promising to place their proceeds , when sold , to Mrs . Stewart's account at the London and WcstminsterBank . This note witness signed , and her sister accompanied the prisoner , who delivered up the shares , and the prisoner informed her that they were to be sold on the 18 th of November . The prisoner also at the same time told her that he expected to be paid 2000 Z . himself , and this sum ho should also pay into the London and Westminster Bank . For the night of the 19 th of November the prisoner obtained three tickets for the dress boxes of the Lyceum
Theatre , and pressed witness and her sister to accompany him there . They did so , and in the course of the performance , the prisoner , addressing them , hoped they would not think it rude his leaving them for a short time , adding that the atmosphere of the theatre was so oppressive as quite to overpower him , and then left the box , since which time , until given in charge at the station-house the night before , she had not seen him . A note which the Captain had considerately left on the table , informed Mrs . Stewart , on her return from the Lyceum , that lie was " off for Brussels in the greatest hurry , " and that , knowing how she always fretted at trifles , he had not told her of his intended trip . Fortunately Brussels only meant Camberwcll , and there the Captain was discovered by 142 p , at a house which ho had furnished in great style , and in which he maintained a dashing female , supposed to bo his wife . A remand till next week closed the first act of this amusing drama .
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Miscellaneous. The Queen Still Remains A...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen still remains at Windsor . She has again been engaged in receiving some of her newly-appointed household . Lord Aberdeen has been at the Castle to wait on her Majesty . The additions to the Ministry , wliicli we were unable to give last week , are as follows : —Lord Hardingo , Commander-in-chief ; Lord Eaglan , Master of the Ordnance ; Sir Thomas- llodiugton , Joint Secretary of the Uoard of Controul ; Mr . James Wilson , Financial
Secretary of the Treasury ; Mr . G . Berkeley , Secretary ot' the Poor-law Board ; Mr . Dens , Solicitor-general for Scotland ; the Marquis of Breadalhane , Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Norfolk , Master of the Horse ; the Marquis of Westminster , Lord Steward ; Earl of Bessborougb , Master of the Buc-khounds ; Viscount Sydney , Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Lord Foley , Captain of the Gentlemen-at-arms ; Lord Alfred Paget , Clerk Marshall . We omitted to state that Captain Dundas retained his post as ' third senior Lord of the Admiralty .
We Are Requested To State That The Coven...
We are requested to state that the Coventry Labourer and Artisans' Society have not purchased oil her the land or the mill in their possession ; they only rent , them . Mr . Haines , Jl . f * . and . 1 ' ivsident of Uie Poor Law Board , promised the Leeds guardians on Wednesday that ho would give tin ; late amended order of Sir John Trollope his best , consideration , villi a view to judging how far it is consistent with the evidence in possession of the Board . The quarterly meeting of tho lioval Dispensary for . Diseases of the K . tr wii .-i held on Wednesday last , at tho Dispensary , Dean-street , Solio-sqiiiire , Dr . Liiiik ; ist < : r in the clmir . Tho chairman look the opportunity of advo-< - ; itiii ' in s ( ronc- terms ( he chums of I he institution on the
public , in affording relief and assislimcn to the indusl noun poor , and alleviating a most , distressing eulamity , and all ' ording opportunities for skilful Ire .-itinciit , which , it Mich un'institution did not . exist , it would be out of I heir power ( o procure without considerable cost . . Mr . llarvcy , Mirgeoii to the institution , staled lo ( he meeting , I . hut during the lust three months , the new admissions of Disc-uses of the Mnr , complicated with ad ' t'ct ions of the head and throat-, nnd . some distressing eases of noises m the head , were . . ' { l . 'i ; cured , 7 !'; relieved , f > . ">; the remainder under I he I real incut of Mr . llarvey . The financial . statement , was read , which was considered untislucloi-y . Votes of I hunks were passed to I lie < -liii . innmi and to M r . 11 arvey , the surgeon and the meet niir ncpara tctl .
Lord Kglinlon left- Ireland on Wednesday morning ; and in Mm afternoon the Lords Justices were sworn in lo act until the arrival of Lord St . Germans . The . lilfhddr , sailed from Plymouth on Monday . Previously fo her departure she made an experimental I rip round ' Mil ! I ' . 'ddyslone Lig hthouse , which was successful ; lier . speed against n head wind n ^ id heavy swell reaching fen l > not ; i an hour . Letters from Vienna , of the 'Jnd , stale thr . t our able mid fortunate count ryiiia . ii , Huron Ward , first minister of the Duke of Parma , was at Unit dale dangerously ill , and had so been for several days . According lo tin ; Doi'rr Chronicle the sea . is making jn-eat inroads on Mm beach ; threatening ( he shingle and hat liiii ; r -niachnicM !
George Slepheiisou wm : i the father of rail ways , ami il must he ailmilleil that no man of science over had a . liuei progeny . M r . Hailey is about to sculp ture a colossal stal u < of him ten let , high , which will bo erected in the groal hall of the station at- I'hiHton-nquare . Mr . llealil is not , ilrowneil : the report to that elleet win untrue . lie arrived safely » tl . Cudiz ill bin yacht . Lord Auckland wati riding ' along beside a farmer on Tuesday hist-, when II ,,- fanner ' s horse suddenly p lunged anil kicked his lordshi p ' s leg , cm using a compound fracture , lie kept the saddle until he ' reaclied ' jliH cuixillgo wlu'JTO hit ) wil ' o wan . J loin fait recovering .
Mr . Nasmyth has sent tho Times an account of a new floating mortar and touch-and-go-off-shell of his invention , which on coming in contact with the side of a ship would ear a hole in her side as wide " as a church door . " " The result to the enemy , " he quaintly says , "I leave to imagination to picture . " Meantime the crew of the vessel carrying the mortar is snug out of harm ' s way in a bomb-proof covering . They are . told "it would be as well to reverse tho engine" before contact , " so as to back off and leave tho enemy to his well-merited fate . " British boatmen are generally forward in saving life .
We thought the characteristic was universal , but it ; appears there are exceptions . Starcross is on the south coast of Devon . Last week a young man set out in a sailing-boat , for Exmouth , alone . Shortly after , cries for help were heard from the river . A good fellow , named Tanewell , a policeman , at once- ran to rouse the boatmen . The first "had no boat , " and would not move . The second two refused point blank . The third was " sitting in his boat , " yet he would not stir . A gallant fellow , a carpenter , named Babjohns , offered to go , if only one boatman would go with him . They would not , and so the man was drowned .
Tigers may be tamed , but caging them does not effect that result . ' Tell this to sight-seers and possibly nine out of ten will laugh at you . Yet the warning is not wholly ¦ unnecessary . The other day , for instance , at Huddersficld , in Batty ' s menagerie , a young woman stupidly sauntered close to the tiger ' s den , whereupon , true to its instinct , one of the beasts clutched her by the knot of her back hair ; and , had it not been for the " resolute exertions of a little woman , who clung to the waist of the girl , and pulled until the comb fell out and the hair unrolled itself , the girl would have been seriously injured . As it was , she escaped with the loss of a pawful of hair .
A Greek vessel was wrecked in Bannow Bar , Waterford , last week—hundreds looking on ; not one able , though all were willing , to help in saving the crew . The wind blew awfully , and the sea dashed round the doomed ship in pyramids of foam . By twos and threes the crew tried to save themselves , but their boats swamped . Five were seen clinging to the foremast—tho ship parted—the foremast fell . The men were swept into eternity . On the North Western Hailway the following Notice has been for some weeks prominently posted : — " The public is requested to take notice that the company do not undertake to guarantee that the trains shall start or arrive at the time specified in the bills ; neither will they be accountable for any loss , inconvenience , or injury which may arise from delay or detention . "
No fewer than twenty-eight ships , convoying 8 , 200 passengers , left Liverpool during the past month for Australia . There was an enormous chimney near Warrington , containing 3 , 500 , 000 bricks , weighing 3500 tons , and erected at a cost of 70001 . It was 406 feet high ; 46 feet in diameter at the base , and 17 at the top ; and used in connexion with chemical works . The owners having no more use for it , resolved to bring it to the ground by the use of gunpowder ; and accordingly charges were inserted under the base , and lived ; at the tenth explosion the structure fell into a hill of bricks .
Some Time Ago We Noticed The Freaks Of T...
Some time ago we noticed the freaks of the Reverend R . Moscley , the vicar of Kotherham , on a late occasion , who condemned in the pulpit the annual ball about to bo given at that place , and wont so fur as to read out the names of the patrons of the ball as objects of public reprobation . The matter was represented to the Archbishop of York , who disapproved of the proceeding , and the Doncaslev ( iazc . ttc informs us that "Mr . Moseley has judiciously adopted the recommendation of his primate , by candidly avowing that it was an error of judgment in reading tho names of the patrons . Hut at the same time he solemnly declares that no change has taken place in his opinion on
the inconsistency of such amusements with a spiritual and Christian life . As we have no wish to protract a Wihcuhnion on this painful . subject , we are heartily glad that tho good sense ol' the vicar , through the intervention of tho archbishop , ultimately prevailed , and that , he has withdrawn the offensive part of his declamation . At a meeting of tho ball committee , held on Wednesday evening , and after fho vicar's letter had been read , it was unanimously resolved , ¦ —'' That he he informed the hall committed accept IiLh apology , relying upon the admonition which ho has received from the Archbishop of York having the desired elleet of preventing him from using the pulpit of our parish church on any future occasion in such an improper manner . "
Some Enterprising Subjects Of The Queen ...
Some enterprising subjects of the Queen forced an on-I ranee info liavensu orlh (' aslle last week , and carried o (] jewellery , notes , and coin to ( he value of ' 1 . 00 / . Newcastle is obtaining an unenviable distinction for superlative burglaries . Mary Ann Oldham , lafe a . nurse in tho union worlihouso at < < reenwich , was finally examined , charged with perpetrating an act of deliberate cruelty upon a child six yeiirrt of age . The woman , it was staled , had coin pel led the child lo hold a piece of live charcoal in its hand until it was cold . The muscular contraction which has taken place renders it doubtful whether the poor child will ever recover the usu of its hunil .
Sporting extraordinary im , it neenis , carried on under tho metropolis-. Last Saturday , two men , named Gardiner and Hawkins , were brought up before Sir ( Miapmau Marshall , at ( iitildhall , charged with being found unlawfully in the City newem . Poiice-consfablo LI 7 Haiti he na \ v the prisoners coming u ,, through <„ , „ of || 1 O H ) 1 Wrm ' gra-lings in Throgmorton-. slnvf , and , having questioned them an to their object in going info the unworn , ho took them into custody , when he found upon them oighteiiu live rats , and a key with which they opened the grating-SirC Marshall inquired how the prisoner ,- ! got , their living , when Gardiner , who undertook the ollice of spokesman , miid he wan u master ratcatcher , ami flmt . Jack wan Win assistant , lie hail boon at ( hut kind of work , oatohing ratrt for partiou who ( supplied tho ^ porting gonUoiuon at
missioned men in their ratting excursion ,, they wore never interfered with by them . On the present occasion , they entered the sewers at the Custom-house , and made their way all round Whitechapel , and back to Cornhill , when the officer met them coming out In met they knew their way all through London underground Sir C Marshall said , as the Commissioners of Sewers or their men did not complain or interfere with the prisoners in their extraordinary occupation , he should not do so , and therefore discharged them .
he West-end , for a good many years , but Jack had only been nine months in tho profession ; they were , nevertheless , very expert in their hunting expeditions underground , frequently succeeding in capturing as many as from titty to sixty in an hour . When they got into the sowers , they kept on running and catching the rats as they ran up the Avails and put them into a bag all alive , and afterwards sold them at two shillings per dozen to the regular dealers , who retailed them at six shillings ptr dozen , lney never injured the walls , and when they met the com-
Health Of London During The Week. In The...
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . In the week that ended last Saturday 1308 deaths were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number was 1218 , which , with a correction for increase of population , becomes 1340 . The deaths returned for last week differ little therefore from the estimated amount . At the end of a quarter , as has been shown on former occasions , the weekly account is swelled by more than tho
just proportion of Coroners' cases , a number of which occurred at prior dates , but were not formally registered till last week . These consist principally of death by poison , burns and scalds , hanging and suffocation , drowning , fractures and wounds ; and in this class 155 cases are enumerated in the present return . Sudden deaths also , comprising cases in which persons have been " found dead , " where Coroners' juries have been unable to ascertain the cause of death , or where it has been improperly omitted to be recorded , amount this week to 43 .
There was an increase last week in the mortality both of epidemic diseases and of diseases of the respiratory organs . Fatal cases of scarlatina rose again to 67 , and those of typhus to 51 . Last week the births of 987 boys and 924 girls , in all 1911 children , were registered in London . In the corresponding weeks of tho eight years 1845-52 the average number was 1522 . At the Koyal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer on Friday was 3 O 027 in . ; the mean of
the week was 29 - 643 in . The mean temperature of the week was 47 * 5 degs ., which is 10 * 1 degs . above the average of the same week in ten years . The mean daily temperature was above the average throughout the week , and this excess on Sunday was 11 * 2 degs ., on Monday 12-5 degs ., on Tuesday 5 - 7 degs ., on Wednesday 8-1 degs ., on Thursday 12 degs ., on Friday 9-2 degs ., and on Saturday 12 * 2 degs . The wind blew generally from the south-west . The mean difference between the dew point temperaturo and air temperature was 7 " 4 degrees .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. O...
BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On tho 1 st of December , at Damascus , the lady of Richard Wood , Esq ., Her Britannic Majesty's Consul : a daughter . ' On tho 1-lth , at Gibraltar , tho wife of Major Cuudy , H . M . Filly-fifth Regiment : a son . On the 2 !) t . li , at the Rectory , Hcrtingfordbury , tho wife of tho Hon . and Rev . Godolphin Hastings : a daughter . On the . 'list , at Uerne , the wifo of Andrew Buchanan , Esq ., Her Majesty ' s Minister Plenipotentiary to the ( SwissConfederation : a daughter . On the 1 st of January , at Edgehill , Liverpool , tho wife of tho ltcv . J . S . JIowhoii , Principal of the Collegiate Institution : a daughter . On the lnt , at Forest-hill , the wifo of Henry Vansittart , Esq ., Bengal Civil , Servii : e : a hoii . MARRIAGES . On ( lie l ( tt . h of November , at Bombay , William Marwood Miili-M , Esq ., Kirst . European Bombay Fusiliers , to Ellen , only daughter of Captain S . B . Haiiien , Political Agent at . Aden . On the IHIh of . December , at Copenhagen , Eliza , daughter of Joseph Owen , Ksq ., to Walilenuir Baudilz , Ksq ., Groom of tho Heilebamber , andlaleof the Royal Dullish Engineers . On the 2 Stli , at Ifi ^ h Wycombe , Bucks , the Rev . A . II . Wnttislnw , M . A ., I'Yllow and 'Kitorof Christ ' s College , Cambridge , to KraneeM Oertude , second daughter of the late Itev . . 1 C Helm , M . A ., of Wad ham College , Oxford . On the 2 IM . li , at the parish ehureh , I ' restwioli , the Rev . Charles EviuiM , I'YIlow of Trinity College , Cambridge , and one of tho Maulers of Rugby School , to Susannah Sarah , younger iluu ^ hter oftbe Right Rnv . the Lord Itisliop of Manchester . On ( lie 2 !» l , h , at Hradpole , Dorset , ( he Rev . diaries John Down , Heeond hoii of Rear Admiral Down , of llfraconibe , Devon , to Alire Mary , youngest daughter of James Templm- ' lOaq of Bridporl . On ( he 1 st of January , at Ht . Rlarylebone Church , . lumen John Lnnsdale , Mho ., of Lincnln ' H-imi , barrister-at-law , to Jtwuiea Matilda , daughter of the Into Nimiuel James Arnold I'Jmi and widow of the late Dr . Herbert . Mayo , K . R . S . DKATI 1 H . On ( he 1 Itli of December , at l ' aris , William Rmillie Ehii Ailvoente-Geiieral of Mouth Australia . On the . 2-K . h , at Hmnllwood I ' ai-Honnge , Cheshire , Charlotte 11 he wile of | I . e Kev . K O . 'IVcmlow , and youngcMt ihu . ghter of Ra-udln W . lualia . n , ol Itode-hall , Ksq ., in ( lie name county On the 27 ( 1 . .,, Cambridge-street , I lyde-muh , llrli . n Klizu , i-el . el . ol 1 . 1 k , la |« 'I IminiiM Reid David .-mn , # «„« ,.. ,, f ( ho Itengal Civil Herviee , nnd late Resident , at Nagpore , aged flf » y <) i . the 2 IMI . at Li-amm ^ on , ,, » ,., ! twenty-two , Aline , tl . e wifo ol ll . 'iiry lloghto ,,, I ' . m ,, ol Hold , ImncMMhire , and third daughter ol Mir Henry Jervi . MWh . te . h . ivi ,, , |{ lir , of Hally KIIih , eounty ol Wevlord . J On Ihe .-IOth suddenly , Sir Charles Wat-Hon , Hart ., Wrottingjiark , < anibnd ^ cHline , nj ; ed llf ( y- ( , <> . On the : tlMl , lit I ' ecliham , Lieutenant Michael Fitton , K . iS , one ol the Lieutenants of Greonwmh Hospital . On I ho 1 st ol January , at II ,, HtingH , John NeHbitt , Esq ., of 0 , <) xloi < l-M (| uiuc , London , and of Lisniore-boiise , in tin * county of C . aviiu , a Deputy-Lieutenant and Justice of tho Peuoo for that eounl y . On ( be 1 st , ni H , New ( Javendish-Hlreel Portland-plmm , Hir Wathon Waller , Bm-t ., U . C . U ., in tho oighly-iu . irtli your of ¦ im utr' \
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 8, 1853, page 34, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08011853/page/10/
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