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Proceedings Aga I Nst Archdeacon ¦¦- ' ;...
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THfc EMPEROR A $ t > THE IMPERIAI , GUAKD . The Emperor on Tuesday reviewed several detach * jneats of the-Imperial Guard preparatory to their departure for the Crimea . His Majesty was loudly cheered . Hcaddressed to them the following speech , which was eo effective that many of tha soldiers , in their ^ emotion , shed tears : — " ¦ The French nation , by its Sovereign will , has resuscitated many things which were thought for ever dead , and to-day the Empire is reconstituted ; intimate alliance exists with our ancient enemies ; the flag of France waves with honour on those distant shores where
the bold flight of our Eagles had not before ventured ; the Imperial Guard , the heroic representation of military glory and honour , is now before me , surrounding the Emperor as formerly , wearing the same uniform , carrying the saihe flag , and having , especially , in their hearts the satire sentiments of devotion , to their country . Receive , then , these flagsj which will lead you to victory as they led your fathers , as they have just led your comrades . Go , and take your share of what still remains of danger to be overcome and glory to be earned ; you will-soon have received the noble baptism which is your ambition , and you will have lent your assistance to plant our Eagles upon the walls of Sebastopol . "
Metropolitan Commission Of Sewers. Mr.'F...
METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS . Mr . 'F . O . Ward has given notice of the following irnpbrtarit motion for the next Committee of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers : — ^ Whereas a large proportion of the houses ravaged by cholera and typhus in the Metropolitan Sewers District are cesspool houses situate within reach of existing Sewers "; ~ " And whereas experience has shown that , by pr ivate improvements , consisting mainly in the abolition of cesspools , open privies , and untrapped sinks , and the substitution of tubular house drains , trapped waterclosets , and trapped sinks with water duly laid on , such houses may be freed from the ravages of cholera and typhus , and of other allied forms of sickness and mortality ; And whereas , notwithstanding the great advantage and small cost of such improvements , experience has further shown that the owners and occupants of such houses , sometimes because of poverty or ignorance , sometimes because of the shortness of their term of occupancy , sometimes on account of divided or disputed ownership , and from a variety of other causes , are unwilling or unable themsslves to execute such improvementsT ~ " ~ ~ ~~ " ~ ' "
" And whereas , considering the limited means at the disposal of this Commission , and the length of time which must necessarily elapse before large works of arterial drainage can be broxight to completion , the execution of such private house' improvements on an extended scale appears to be the course by which this Commission may effect the most rapid and considerable abatement of sickness and mortality , and may most immediately and completely put districts heretofore ravaged by cholera in a state of defence against future invasions of that pestilence , and may effect the largest reduction of the pecuniary burdens imposed on the rate-payers of the London parishes by preventib ' le sickness and premature deaths , and by the excess of orphanage'and widowhood thereby entailed ;
"• Arid , whereas a heavy responsibility will rest on this Commission if , in presence of the fact that districts in ¦ which such improvements have been extensively carried out , enjoyed , during the late cholera epidemic , a largo abatement of the mortality they had suffered during previous cholera ' epidemics Tjeforo such improvements had been teffected , this Commission should , nevertheless , neglect to cxerds * Sts'poweW , under the Act , of extending like improvements throughout the metropolis ; " And whereas it'appears that the borrowing powers of this Commission for the Aforesaid purposes are insufficient , partly by reason of Ohio security of the private Improvement rates being held technically defectivo in the money-market , and partly by reason of the Commission having already borrowed nearly to ' the full limit fixed in tho Act '
" That , therefore , application bo made by this Commission to Parliament , immediately on its meeting , - for such extension of Its borrowing powers , and snch amendment of the technical defects in the security of the private improvement , rates as nhall be uteceeHnry to enable ft to rafae the money requisite for forthwith , executing private ftnprovements in 20 , 000 ccsNnool houses , situate withfn rtach of existing sewers ; , " That immediately on tho acquisition of the reqnislto
powers and funds , the District Engineering Inspectors oif this Commission be instructed to prepare plans , and the Secretary to serve notices , for the immediate improvement , as aforesaid , J 6 tf 2 » , O 0 O ^« es 8 pooI towises , euch houses ibfiittg chosen Itt'ftir i * tfp 6 rtftmB « p « b - * au > ng tite wosst houses of ^ he several ifirtea districts , precedence ¦ fceStig'in each dfetridt givea ' to ' stteh housesas can toe dealt with In . grdups or'blocfcs , andike ce # fs feeing d & trfb * ited iu , ewe * case over a term not exceeding thirty yetofc "
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rEHE PUBIJC hTSAXTH . { From Ihe Reg istrar-General ' s Return . } Lv the first week Of ffre yea * Vhe deaths of 1404 persons , namely 671 inales and 753 females , were registered in the metropolis . In the ten corresponding ' weeks of "the years 1845-54 the average number of deaths was 11 * 13 . With a correction for increase of population , necessary for the purpose of comparison , this average becomes 1444 , a result which differs to no great extent from the number of deaths as returned last week . Of the 1404 deaths , 692 ^ occurred under ' 20 years of age , 193 at 20 years and under 40 , 213 at 40 and under 60 , and 246 at 60 years and under 80 , and 60 were deaths of octogenarians . Of 335 which were caused by zymotic diseases , 265 occurred in the'first vicenniad ; of 36 referred to small-pox ,- 6 were those of persons who had attained their twentieth year . Of 140 cases in which phthisis " ( consumption ) was fatal , 19 occurred under 20 years of age , 76 in the period 20-40 , 37 far the period 40-60 , and the remaining 8 under 80 years 6 f age . The return of this week contains two new tables .
The first table exhibits for the first time the occupations of the males who died in London at the four vicennialperiods 20-40 , 40-60 , 60-80 , and 80 and upwards , in juxtaposition with the numbers of the living enumerated at the last census ( 1851 ) . The investigations , of which this is an example , will assist in determining tie influence of occupation on life and longevity . The second table shows the distribution of smallpox , measles , scarlatina , hooping-cough , diarrhoea , and typhus over the several sub-districts of London ; 'thus , it will be observed that small-pox has been chiefly fatal in the north , east , and south districts , while no death from small-pox occurred in the west districts . Measles prevails chiefly in Bethnal-green and St . George-in-the-East . Scarlatina is widely diffused , and proved fatal in 85 instances . Hooping-cough was fatal in 64 cases ; The west , north , and south districts suffered from diarrhoea ; the east and south districts from typhus ^
Last week the births of 908 boys and 879 girls , iri all 1787 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 , the average number was 1646 .
Loss Oe The Canning With Ninety Passenge...
LOSS OE THE CANNING WITH NINETY PASSENGERS . By the arrival of the General Steam Navigation Company's mail steamer John Bull , in the river , from Hamburg , we aTe apprised of a most lamentable fatal shipwreck—that of the George Canning , a fine ship , 700-tons burden , one of theHamburgand-New . York packets , with every soul' on board , at the mouth of the Elbe , during an awful storm which Visited that coast on New YearVday .
The unfortunate ship was lost on the south side of the entrance to the Elbe , on what is called the Scarhorn ( a sand similar to the Maplin , at the mouth of the River Thames ) . She sailed from New York for Hamburg , on the 3 rd of December , with a cargo of sundry merchandise , and , it is reported , above fifty passengers . She had a favourable run across , and arrived off 'Heligoland on the evening of the aist of December , all well , when the outtranrst of the gale compelled her captain ( Mr . Jacobs ) to heave to , and await ft more favourable opportunity of running into the Elbe . Up to nine o ' clock that evening , the storm continued with all possible fury . Several .
ships that were lying in the river wore driven ashore and wrecked . One vessel , a brig , called the Rytham , belonging to London , in ballast , was blown at the top of the high tide over the bank of the river into a field , from which it will be impossible to extricate her . Another English vessel , a schooner , the Stately , Captain Whiting , from London for Brake , with a cargo" of tar oil , wns totally lost near Neuwreck , and upwards of sixty vessels lost their anchors . The melancholy fate of tho George Canning was first brought to light on Tuesday morning last ,
by a quantity of wreck being washed up near Cuxhaven , with the name of tho vessel on the fragments ; and litter in the day a tin box , with the wholo of the papers therein , was found on the beach , as also portions of her cabins , sundry-merchandise , indiarubber shoes , ehoc-nails , and passengers' baggage , & c , leaving little doubt that tho vessel must have quickly gone to pieces , and that all belonging to her , about ninety persons in number , perished . Pilots l \ avo s , inco gone out to discover tho wreck , but have been unable to do eo , in consequence of tho heavy sea still running . Several bodies have been washed ashore .
Lord Elgin At Liverpool. Lobd El»In Has ...
LORD ELGIN AT LIVERPOOL . Lobd El » in has juat arrived at tLiverpool from Canada . He was received by the Mayor , & c with much respect . After visiting St . George ! s Hall , they proceeded to the Town Hall , where the members of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce , and those of the American Chamber of Commerce , -presented addresses of congratulation . ( Lord Elgin , in responding to the compHniettfc paid iam , said : — . ' " They would all understand the feelings of . pleasure and gratification with which he had received those 'addresses—particularly as they had been received by one who had been engaged in the service of his country
for several years in such a remote part of the 'Empirefrom bodies filling so high , a position as those who now hottotrred him with , congratulations . The tale of his administration , of affairs in America was very simply and easily told . He went out iu January , 1847 ,. with , two objects in view . In the first place it had been his earnest endeavour to place the colonists in such , a position politically and economically as would leave them nothing to envy in the condition of other people on earth , not excepting that of their neighbours and prosperous citizens in the United States . He might say , without egotism , that in undertaking this task , he considered it of no ordinary difficulty and magnitude . In the report of Lord Durham on Canadian affairs , the
respective « onditions of the territories lying on opposite sides of the boundary line separating title United States and . the British Provinces was contrasted , and even if later evidence were required of the hopeless entanglement of Canadian affairs , it would be found in the recently published pamphlet of his distinguished and immediate predecessor . He felt , however , great as was tie task , it was his duty to undertake it , because he felt confident that upon no other condition than its fulfilmemteould the connexion between England and the Canadas be permanently maintained . The other view was not of inferior importance . It was to place the commercial relations of the United States and the British Provinces on
such a footing that they should not , if possible , at any future period , furnish occasion to'estrangement or alienation between those two kindred nations ; and he thought that both of those objects he had , to-someeacten * ** least , accomplished . Indeed , he imagined he might say that nine-tenths of the people of Canada were now of opinion that their condition in connexion with England contrasted favourably with that of any other people in the civilised - world , and he believed also that the intunate commercial relationsMp which would spring up between the United States and Canada-when the Reciprocity Treaty-came into full operation , would render Canada in its affairs , not a barrier or a severance , but a link that would unite the kindred people of the United States and EnglandJI
His lordship concluded his address by cordially acknowledging the kindness with which he had been received , and resumed his seat amid loud cheering .
American News. By The Arrival Of The Pac...
AMERICAN NEWS . By the arrival of the Pacific we hare American news to the 28 th ultimo . Among the passengers was Lord Elgin , who , previous to his departure ^ was presented with an address by thejQuebec Council . Sir Edmund Head , the new Governor of Canada , "Had been sworn in . In the House of Representatives the Committee of Foreign Affairs had concluded a resolution requesting the President to tender to the Powers engaged in the present war the mediation of the United States in such a manner as in his judgment may seem most likely to lead to a pacification . Mr . Chase , a senator , had stated his intention to bring in a bill to abolish African slavery in all the territories belonging to the United States .
The news from the gold mines was of a satisfactory character , and a lump of quartz gold , weighing 160 ilb ., had been found . The Russian ship Kamtschatka had arrived at San Francisco , after having escaped the ship 3 of tho allies . The affairs in Central America , says the Times correspondent , arc again occupying public jittention , in consequence of tho Central American Land and Mining Company's scheme . Tho story of this new speculation is briefly this : —
" The former King of Mosquito , in a drunken fit , m 1838 or 1839 , made a grant of a largo portion ( or it may be tho whole ) of hid dominions , amounting in nil to about 30 , 000 , 000 acres , to an Englishman , named Kennick , ond three Jamaica traders , named biimuel Shepherd , Peter Shepherd , and S . T . H » ly , out ° * which grow in those days a specie * of scrip « n < l paper titles , and other things , winch were ^ "J ^ T ^ Jamaica , and even in Threadneedlc-strcct . But ; In ^ duo sxr ^^^ ^ FSS have nothing to roiffn over ; and when the first C « l « brninns crossed the Isthmus tho Shepherds were at Uroytown , hawking about th « ir worthless paper title * . ApurchaJorwaH at length found , » nd a flUibiwteniig company has been organised for emigrating- to Unit
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 13, 1855, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13011855/page/11/
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