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246 THE LE APE R. [SATtriiDAY,
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Tho compass of tho Groat Britain was adj...
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. In- th...
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ins- the flames , but not without suffering severely in the attempt . The unfortunate young lady was so severely burned , that , notwithstanding the constant attendance of Mr . Francis Baker , surgeon , of Hampton Court , she lingered in great agony until four o ' clock on Monday morning , when she expired , The Jury , after hearing the evidence , returned , without hesitation , a verdict of Accidental t ) eath .- Lady Henry Gordon is an invalid , and suffers severely from . the effects of her courageous exertion to save her child .
Xast week , the wife of a poor man , out of employ , named Frederick Shaw , gave birth to a still-born child ; husband and wife were nearly starving , and the woman , during her confinement , and after it , had been lying on the bare floor . Mr . Ingham , the magistrate at the Thames Police Court , on being informed of this appalling distress by a gentleman , gave Shaw ten shillings from the poor-box , and directed Wittleton , an officer of the Court , to make inquiries , who found that the story was by no means overcharged . Shaw expended the money presented to him in procuring a few necessaries , and saved his wife from perishing . Previous to the application to the magistrate , the relieving officer , Sargeant , had granted Shaw and his wife one quartern loaf , two ounces of , tea , and a half-pound
of sugar , to support them for a Aveek . Shaw applied again to Mr . Sargeant on Saturday last , and was told that he must pick three pounds of oakum before any more relief could be granted . As he was himself in a very weak state , and could not leave his wife without any one to attend her , Shaw went again to Mr . Ingham , who sent him back to Sargeant , with a message to the effect that relief ought to bo given him without his being compelled to leave his wife for oakum-picking . Wittleton , the constable , having exerted himself with the Guardians of the Stepney Union , the poor fellow and his wife were relieved with meat and other necessaries . During the day Mr . Ingham received subscriptions to the amount of 101 . for Shaw and his wife , and on Monday Mr . Yardley , at the same Court , acknowledged the receipt of some additional sums for them .
On Friday week , a little before eleven o clock in the morning , on that part of the line of the North "Western Eailway winch runs parallel with a lane leading to the Kcnsal-green Cemetery , and just opposite to the dep 6 t of the Clay-Gross collieries , five men were employed in platelaying . A down-train and an up-train approached at the same time , both sounding their whistles . It is supposed that the men could not distinguish that there were two whistles , for their attention was directed solely to the downtraiin ; the up-train came on , and before they could jump off the line , three of them , were knocked down by the engin ^ , run over by its wheels , and by those of some of the carriages . Two escaped unhurt , and assisted to convey
the dead bodies of their comrades to the Kilburn Station , to await the coroner ' s inquest . The namej of the : meri who were killed are George Chapman , Itichard Fenwick , and William Rowley ; they were young men , fresh from the country , and only began work in London three days before their death . The inquest was held on Monday at the Bell Tavern , Kilburn , and the iury returned a verdict of " Accidental death , " with the following recommendation : —" That , in order to prevent the recurrence of any catastrophe of the kind , the directors of the Company , or the contractors of any works upon this line of railway , should station a person or superintendent over every gang of mon , to give them sufficient intimation of the approach of the trains . "
A curious case of " family jara" was tried beforo Lord Campbell and a special jury on Thursday week , at Bedford . Mowbray , a butcher , and a stout Churchman , of Luton , in Bedfordshire , lived happily enough with his dissenting wife , until he unluckily consented to admit her dissenting aunt under his roof . This lady was given to Srosol ytism , and having revived the languid zoal of Mrs . lowbray , tho two ladies sought to starve and " worrit " the orthodox butcher into unanimity , by taking their meals nlono , and in his absence , and leaving liim to cater for himself . Occasionally ( and no wonder !) Mowbray was hoard to swear at his wife , and onco ho threatened to knock her head off . At last , on the 23 rd of November last , having boon told by his wife to " go and get his breakfast wherever ho liked , " ho was provoked to box hie wife ' s oars , ami about an hour after this , Brayldon , tho superintendent
pf police at Luton , and defendant in this action , walked into tho shop , and inquired , " What tho row was about ?" Being told by Mrs . Mowbray that hor husband had threatened her , tho guardian of tho public peace determined to put a slop to this private squabblo , marched tho persecuted butcher off to u cold coll , and " lockod him up with a folon . " When taken bofbro a mag istrate ho was at onco discharged , had a violent ( it of rheumatism , reconciled hiinsoll' with Ilia wife , and gave tho aunt notice to quit . Tho matter excited much ' intorost at Luton , nnd tho manner of tho Theatre Itoyal , " regardless of oxponso , " dramatized it ; , under tho title of " The Butcher ' s Breakfast ; " Mowbray and his wife being typified as " Mr . and Mrs . JTannloHs , '' and tho aunt us " Mrs . Cantwell ,. a serious
lady . " Mowbray ouito entered inlo tho fun of tho thing ; lent tho identical blue frock in which ho was clothed when he slapped Imh wife , and witnessed tho performance himself . Lord Campboll , in Humming up tho evidence , said that although tho plaintiff , Mowbray , might have suffered Homo inconvenience from the affair , ho did not soein always to havo taken a , norioun viow of it , or ho would not havo lent , his " property" to tho manager , or have attondod at tho performance Tho jury giWo a verdict , for tho dei ' ondnnt , and Lord Campboll , in answor to a quoHtion from Mr . O'Malloy , tho counsol for Mowbray , said ho thought " the notion was a very disgraceful ono , and ought not to hayo boon brought . "
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246 THE LE APE R . [ SATtriiDAY ,
Tho Compass Of Tho Groat Britain Was Adj...
Tho compass of tho Groat Britain was adjusted on Monday by tho operation technically called " swinging ;" tho huffo ' ship was swung to ovory point of the compass , and , notwithstanding tlxo grout local attraction , hov noodles woro found correct .
The electric telegraph was opened as far as Doneaster on the Great Northern Eailway on Tuesday . At Mr . Smith ' s building-yards on the Tyne , preparations are going on for building a screw steamrfrigate of 50 guns and 2500 tons , for the Sardinian government . She will be much the largest vessel ever \ launcjied on that river . Smithyyardg are replete with the best modern machinery for his trade , except block , which they make by hand ; and his sheds for building under are very large , and " well
contrived with staircases and gangways , and very superior to those at Portsmouth . The works of the railway from St . Petersburgh to Warsaw are being carried on with extraordinary activity . The number of workmen at present exceeds 10 , 000 , and . they work during part of the night . All the rails necessary tor this immense line are to be delivered by the end of July , and the contracts for the supply of locomotives have just been signed .
The churchwardens of St . Paul ' Church , Covent-garden . have resolved to erect memorial tablets for two well-known poets whose remains rest within their precincts—Butler , the author of " Hudibras / ' and Dr . Walcott , the noted Peter Pindar . Our readers will remembe r the scandal about Xord Ranelagh and the officers of the Greenwich Railway . It has been compromised by each party withdrawing tho evidence , and agreeing to consider that , there was " some mistake . " Mr . Herbert , the distinguished artist , has , wo re gret to hoar , resigned his appointment in connexion with the School of Design at Somerset-house , having several days acrrt taken farewell of the students .
The Hungarian Musical Company , who have performed before one emperor , four kings , and two dukes , are giving a series of six concerts at St . James ' s Theatre , and will during tho series perform many of their national airs , and selections from the most celebrated European composers . Mr . William Wells Brown , a fugitive slave , is about to publish a book , entitled " Three Years in Great Britain ; or , Places I have Seen , and People I have Met . " If a sufficient number of subscribers can be obtained , the book will appear on the 1 st of June . Mr . Brown ' s address is 22 , Cecil Street , Strand .
The fine old forest of Burnham Beeches , near Wimbledon , was , on Sunday evening last , in imminent danger of destruction by a conflagration , which had its commencement in a large tract of underwood , gorse , and heath , immediately adjoining the forest boundary . For two or threo hours the fire extended with fearful rapidity , attracting hundreds of spectators to the spot , who afforded much valuable aid with praiseworthy alacrity , in arresting tho progress of the flames , which object was happily attained , but not until nearly twenty acres of underwood had been consumed , and considerable damage done to that of larger growth . The fire crept out into the Beeches at one point , but the damage done to them was very inconsiderable . The fire is not satisfactorily known to havo arisen by accident .
The League subscription up to Thursday night amounted to nearly 50 , 000 ? . Tip to Thursday , the subscriptions for tho relief of tho sufferers by tho Holmfirth catastrophe amounted to 4 , 7 , 6501 ., but largo as this sum is , it is not probable that the persons who havo suffered will receivo anything to compare with tho pecuniary losses they have sustained . A parliamentary paper has just been published , showing that on tho 20 th November , 1850 , thoro wero 1 , 092 , 581
individual depositors in savings banks , whoso deposits , with interest , amounted to 27 , 198 , 563 Z . There were 12 , 912 charitable institutions depositing with savings , banks , amounting to 655 , 0931 ., and 7506 friendly societies to 1 , 077 , 320 ? . Tho total depositors numbered 1 , 112 , 999 , and tho amount , with intorost , 28 , 930 , 982 ? . Thoro wero besides 580 friendly societies in direct account with tho Commissioners of the National Debt , and tho amount deposited was 2 , 277 , 3402 .
A very useful analysis of tho balance-sheets of tho following railway companies , —the London and North Western , Brighton , Great Western , South Western , Lancashire and Yorkshire , Midland , South Eastern , York , Newcastle and Berwick , York and North Midland , Great Northern , Eastern Counties , and East Lancashire , —' is published half-yearly , by Mr . William Wadoson , a sworn broker , and rnombor of tho Stock Exchange , 70 , Old Broad-fitroet . It is printed in a tabular form , on a shoot , ana oxhibits , under numerous distinct heads , tho gross rocoipts , tho roeoipts per inilo , tho working charges , the preferential charges , tho balance applicable to dividend , and tho dividend paid .
In a parliamentary paper ( yesterday printed ) there was given a copy of tho correspondence betwoon tho govornmont , tho Committee of Council on Education , and the Irish Commissioners on National Education on tho subject of tho printing and sale to tho public of tho Irish national school-books sinco tho 17 Ui of May last . Lord John TtuHsoll had brought the subject beforo tho Treasury , and tho committee , with the exception of Uio Archbishop oi Dublin arid Mr . James O'Forrall , who were of opinion that ; tho subject . was ono on which the con ^ missionors , as a body , should " not offer any suggestion ) , proceeded to draw up « i report of a plan lor tho salo of the Irish school-books in England , which report is now given in tho document printed by order of tho Houso of Commons .
A parliamentary paper was published on Tuesday , being a roturn . which waa moved for by Mr . Nowdegato shortly after tho mooting of parliament , from which it appears that of able-bodied paupers relieved in-doors , at tho beginning of 1851 , thoro woro 21 , 822 ; at tho end of it 18 , 800 , a reduction of noarly ono-nevent . li . On tho let of January , 1851 , in out-door relief thoro wove 200 men relieved in ensue of sudden and urgent necessity , and 220 on thy let
of January , 1852 , being the only ease of increase within the year . Of the adult able-bodied women receiving relief out of doors , the following reductions have taken place within the year : —Of " widows , " from 60 , 730 to 47068 being a reduction of eight per cent . ; of " ves of adult males , " ( we presume the husbands also receiving relief in . some one pf the before-mentionedclasses , ) from 26 * to 23 , 004 , being a reduction of seventeen per cent . ; of " single women without children , " from 6387 to 5499 i of " mothers of illegitimate children , " from 3707 to 3453 ; of " wive s relieved on account of husbands being in gaol , & c , " from 1912 to 1911 j of " wives of soldiers , sailors ; and marine s relieved , " from 547 to 461 ; and of " wives of other non resident males , " from 3361 to 3225 .
The Directors of the Railway Passengers' Assurance Company report on increased amount of business during the last half-year , and a satisfactory result in the working of the company . The tickets which have been issue ! during tho six months ending the 31 st December , are as follows : —Periodical tickets , 2227 . Double journey tickets second class , 273 ; third class , 19 , 471 . Single journey tickets , first class , 29 , 520 ; second class , 74 , 016 ; third class , 133 , 468 . The amount received for premiums is 4197 Z . 2 s . 3 d . —showing an increase of 10417 . 6 s . 6 d . upon the previous half-year , and making the total receipts of the year 1851 the sum of 7352 ? . 18 s . The claims upon the company for compensation , which have been made and adjusted during 1 consist f ei t
the post half-year , oght faal case s , and eightyfive cases of personal injury ; and the entire number of claims met by payments since tie formation of the company , consist of ten fatal cases , on which'an aggregate amount of 2580 ? . has been paid , and 184 cases of personal injury , the payments on which , in various sums , hav o amounted to 3209 ? . 3 s . ; making a total paid in compensation on 194 claims , up to the 31 st of December last , of 5789 ? . 3 s ., in addition to the sum of 324 ? . 15 s . Qd . paid for medical expenses . The Directors recommend that the proprietors should receive interest for the half-year on the . amount paid on their shares , at the rate of 4 per cent , per annum , free of income-tax , whict will leave a balance in hand of 1913 Z . 13 s . to be carried over to the next halfyear . ¦ ¦ . . - - . ; "¦ .
Health Of London During The Week. In- Th...
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . In- the second iveek of February , the deaths registered in the metropolis "were 970 ; in the first week of March , which ended last Saturday , they rose tcTll 28 . This latter number is the highest that has -occurred during the nine weeks that have elapsed since the 3 rd of January ; and it deserves also to be noticed that the mean tcipperature of last week was lower than in any other week during the same interval . In the first week of February , when the mean temperature was 47 ° , the deaths were 1016 ; and in laat week , when * the temperature was 36 * 4 ° , the return exhibits an increase of more than a hundred deaths .
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842-51 , the average number was 1021 ; if this average is raised in proportion to increase of population , it becomes 1123 , an- amount which nearly coincides with the 1128 deaths registered last week .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. O...
BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On tho 4 th inst ., at Hornsey-lano , Kighgate , Mrs . T . S . Scrimgeour : a son . . „ . ,. On tho 5 th inst ., at Mordon-terrace , the wife of 11 . wtotc , Esq ., surgeon , Blackheath : a son . ., On Friday , tho 5 th inst ., at Brooko Yicarago , near Norwich , tho wife of tho Rev . Dr . Beal : a daughter . On the 8 th inst ., at Ayott St . Lawrence , Lady Emily Cavendish : a daughter . , , On tho 8 th inst ., Lady Armstrong , wife of Sir Andrew Armstrong , Bart ., M . P .: a son .
MARRIAGES . Oa the 12 th of January , at Moerut , East I ndies , II . Tophnm Clements , Esq ., 14 th ( King ' s ) Light Dragoons , to Caroline Surah , youngest daughter of Lieutenunt-Colonel L . II . »"""'» Oth Bengal Light Cuvnlry . , , „ i .., ,. On the 13 th of January . «* St . John ' s Church Calcutta Robert , sou of Major Doran , Into of If . M . 18 th Royal Irish , to Mary Rebecca , daughter of the lato Thomas Bracken , Jisq ., " » Belchamp , St . Paul s , Essex . _ , ,. of On the 1 th inst ., at Amsterdam , Mr . Jonathan Chaplin , ™ 83 , New Bond-street , to Agatho Ocrnrdine Jlrondcoest , cmea daughter of tho lato M . Brondgeest , of tho above city .
DEATHS . .. On tho 1 st of January last , killed in action whilo j ? ' . l £ coding on his troops against tho OuIIroB , on tho ^ ° «\»' -V ' " FiHh River , Cape of Good Hope , Henry Robert EardlovAVjJmo » . Minor Royal Artillery , fifth son of tho lato Sir ^^ - ^ T Wilmot , Bart ., of Bericewoll-hall , in tho county oi Warwiok . On ( ho 3 rd inst ., at Bexloy-hoath , Kent Am cW WW ^ Wright , nged 60 , many years connected with tho L , onuon i On tho 5 th inst ., at Hadley Green , Mr . William Jones Cleaver , bookseller , of -10 , 1 'iooadilly ) aged 61 . „ Tr ( 1 ,, in tho On KVidny , the 61 h inst ., at Hartley WeHtpn , ir . u . tB ^ j ^ Rev . John Kcuite , D . D ., for many youra Head Master oi College , and a Canon of Windsor . „ , . nn | oninl On Saturday , tho ( till hint ., at tho reBi « lonoo of liw V' - d . aunts , TorriantMivenuo , Camdon-town , WiHi « m » JiUIltu ° love , need 20 . , ,, Anna Mifin , On HiUurdny , tho « lh hint ., nt Clapham , aged 30 , An "" ,,,, „ , « the witb of Mr . John Q . Boul-dman , orgninat ol tno v « f-
( jlrainmar Ncltool . •> a ,, avA Nioho *" At l ' aris , alter a prolonged illnofiH , Joan Anuio AinedtWi , Vinoount do Hdgur-Mnnlaigno . . yjoo-Oii Iho ( 111 ! iiiHt ... nt KydP , in tho ( 17 th y « W ° JllH ' ' Admirul Kir WilHiuu A . Montagu , O . D ., K . f . Jl . _ ptt \ . On Urn 7 l . li inHt ., at l ' aris , £ lin Rig ''* Hon . Liuly J » n 0 ryniplo Hamilton , in her 74 th year . T > :,, i , i- iron . l j ( l < 1 y On tho 7 th inHt ., nt 45 Muton-niiioo , tho Kl K ' : ' tho "it " , Margarol , Henrietta Maria Milhanlco , only d ' . l <; ll ! "LCI , (; Harlo " Lord and Lady <» rey of Croby , and Hialor of tho pi choh SLamford nnd Wnrrington , ngod 20 . ., rflS idoi » co of Oh the 8 th inHt ., after threo weoW IllnosB , at thei rosi Io | irj . hifl father , 15 , Camhridgo-Btroot , ¥ « fe ' : ' j » q , I ' Minnrf , . inn ,, lf » q ., oldeflt son of HW «• M " 1 IW > ' q ' i Sicilian Mnjesty ' H Ooimul-Genornl , ngofl W . , <) f wj . 'lit , '' On tho oth innt ., i >< B « lv ( jdorc-hou »« , Hydo , le ^ yT b ltight Hon . Lady Dock's ,
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Leader (1850-1860), March 13, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13031852/page/10/
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