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OUR CIVILISATION. MANSi-ATJOHTrcn and Mu...
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (jpj-o...
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STATE OF TRADE, LABOUR, AND THE POOR. Th...
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Testimonial To The Late Lord Dudley Stua...
Istence ; but that- object ? - he was never able to- carry put . ; . ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ; Two resolutions , expressive of regret at the loss of his lordship , and admiration of . his virtues , liayitjg . been put to . the meeting , and . Lord Ebrington ^ Messrs . Farcer , Josephs , Zaba ( a Pole ) , Mitchell , and Nicolay , haying spoken' in favour of them , M . Kossuth . rose amidst much applause , and said : — " They all knew that animals , by natural instinct , very often perceived a physical danger which no human philosophy could see . Just so , mankind was endowed by the Creator with natural instinct . of a higher order ; and some men marked out from the rest saw the results
of oppression and dangerous governments more clearly and more wisely than all the wisdom of wily politicians and all the secrecy of cunning diplomatists enabled them to detect . This latter class were sometimes disposed to think that events directly affecting the freedom and national existence of a particular people did not necessarily influence the condition of other nations . These miserable votaries of a miserable expediency shrugged their shoulders with indifference , being under the influence of a self-conceited conscience , exclaiming , ' What are these things to us ? We are not our brother ' s keeper . ' There was a community in nations , and liberty was the common good of the great human family . Whenever that received any detriment , a shock was given to every member of that family , and the liberty of every one became less in amount , or deficient in security . However isolated
nations might appear , there were always two principles struggling in every political storm—namely , freedom and oppression—and what was gained by one principle was lost by the other . Hence they saw that whenever a gallant people had fallen down victims to oppression , the agony of their falling - brethren struck like a thunderbolt at the heart of good men . Directly a nation fell , a shout of indignation arose from the best part of humanity , a yell of horror from the noblest of human hearts , because a sense of the imminent danger was brought home to ^ the instinct of self-preservation . There was a universal cry of sympathy and horror at the tidings of the fall of Poland and Hungary ; for the danger resulting therefrom was not one of ordinary dimensions . There was _ an agglomeration of slumbering lava in the womb of that volcano , and the cry that
had been raised at the fall of those nations was a cry attested by inspired prophecy . How slow was the progress of the logic of events ? TheTSteps of history completely baffled the expectations of the measurers by the yard . Poland and Hungary fell ; andj because the heavens did not break down instantly— -because the stars did not fall from their accustomed spheres , and because the earth continued to go round—the horror subsided and universal sympathy went away . He did not complain of that , for such was the nature of man . But whilst such an experience attested the general weakness of human nature , a bountiful Providence chose some special instruments , and the men so selected were raised above the ordinary level of man ' s nobility . With those
few characters success did not excuse crime . They had not two sets of measures—one for ragged robbers-in . the highway , and another for robbers set over them in purple —one punishment for a briber at a borough election , and another for a royal robber who might obtain the sympathy of a nation . Those few characters knew that morality was not excluded from politics ; they had compassion for the unfortunate , sympathy for the suffering , and a sentiment of fraternity towards all who were oppressed . With such characters those were not passing emotions caused by sudden emergencies , but principles of their whole lives . One of the noblest and purest of those characters was the man whoso memory they had that night assembled to honour . "
M . Kossuth concluded by remarking that some philanthropic institution , such as the chairman had suggested , would be more in accordance with the benevolent nature of Lord Dudley Stuart than any mere statue . The two resolutions already adverted to were carried unanimously , and also one appointing a committeo to carry out the object of the meeting . A subscription was then opened , the chairman heading- it with fifty guineas ; and'the proceedings terminated .
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Our Civilisation. Mansi-Atjohtrcn And Mu...
OUR CIVILISATION . MANSi-ATJOHTrcn and Muiu > Kiu > u 8 Assault . —Tho two following cases wore heard on tho samo day at Bowstrcct : —William Denn was charged witli killing Joseph William Hart . Tho deceased was a carpenter nt the Olympic Theatre , and lived in Prury-lano with a young woman named Elizabeth Rowson , who pnHspd n « Inn nrifa ; and tho prisoner occupied an adjoining room in tho eamo house . Coining homo between twelve and one o ' clock on tho night of tho 2 nd of April , tho deceased liad reason to suspect that ho had interrupted an improper intimacy between the prisonor and tho woman itowHon . Ho accordingly dragged tho prisoner into his iwn room to accuse him before tho womun ' H face , and then struck him a violent blow . A savngo altercation then ensued between tho two men , during which tho deceased was struck on tho temple with some instrument , which inflicted a terrible wound , and loft him insensible
buthe . grpund .- Harfwas . conveyed' at once to King ' s College Hospital , where the . wound was . dressed ; but erysipelas ensued a few days aft £ r ,. and th £ un . fortuna . man : died on the 8 th . The " only _ witness to the assault : was the woman Rowson ; and , although she denied that , there had been any ground for the jealousy of the deceased , she gave her evidence against the pr isoner with evident reluctance . The prisoner , however , had admitted to Inspector Mitchell that he struck the deceased with the heel of a boot ; but the house surgeon considered that the wound must have been caused by some
more formidable instrument . The prisoner said he should reserve his defence . On a later day , he was committed for trial . —Ann Brennan was charged with throwing a brickbat at the head of George Wilson , and causing him serious injury . The woman , who lodged in a room opposite the complainant ' s residence in Half-moon-court , Clare-market , deliberately threw down the brick from an upper window , and laid open his head in a frightful manner . The prisoner , who said her sleeve caught the brick as she was shaking her fist at him , was fined 5 L , or six weeks' imprisonment in default .
Savagk Attacks by Militiamen-. —John Tahan , belonging to the City of- "London Militia , was brought up at Clerkenwell , on Monday , charged with a murderous attack on James Neville , a policeman . The prisoner had been seen by a constable , in the dead of the night , lurking in a dark place . Upon the officer turning his light upon him , he endeavoured to pick a quarrel , and significantly touched the hilt of his bayonet ; but the police having received orders to avoid , if possible , any collision with the militia , he was not then taken into custody . About twenty minutes after this , the policeman , Neville , passed by , when the prisoner , with a very foul expression , said , "I am waiting for you ; I have got a bit of cold steel for you . " He then rushed at the
constable with his bayonet , and stabbed at him , the thrusts taking effect on the fingers , palm , and thumb of the left hand , and on the right ear and the upper lip . Neville called for assistance , and the prisoner ran away , but was stopped and secured by another constable . In his flight , he threw away his bayonet , and , on being taken to the station-house , he said'he did not mean the attack for Neville ; he meant it for another policeman . Before the magistrate , he said he had been drinking ; but he was committed for trial . The magistrate ' made some severe but just comments on the fact © f such men being allowed to carry their bayonets , a liberty which is not even allowed to the household troops . —At Worshipstreet , on the same day , another private in the City of
London Militia was charged with a dreadful outrage upon Joseph Towers , a potman . The occasion of the quarrel did not appear ; but a witness deposed to seeing Harrington , the accused , strike Towers two frightful blows in the face . The injured man fell to the ground , and struck his head against a piece of granite in the carriage way . Blood streamed forth in profusion , and he was conveyed insensible to the hospital . The magistrate , hearing that Towers was in a hig hly dangerous state , said it would be necessary to take his deposition ; but a policeman , having made inquiry at the hospital , returned ' , and said , " " The surgeon- expresses his- belief that it would be quite useless attempting to take the man s deposition in his present condition . I saw his
face ; and his eyes , which are filled with a yellow fluid , emitting blood , appear to be quite gone . By speaking loudly at his ear , he seemed to understand , but uttered only indistinct sounds . " The prisoner appealed for a character to his sergeant . That officer , however , said that Harrington was one of the worst characters in the regiment . He was remanded for a week . —Assaults by militiamen have latterly become very frequent . The dregs of London , in fact , are swept into the metropolitan regiments ; and to arm such dangerous characters with a deadly weapon is a scandalous outrage upon the public safety . It does not appear that in tho latter case the bayonet was used ; but it was in tho former , and in some other instances which have recently come before
tho public . Brutality to a Wife . — George Bliss , a master painter , was sentenced on Tuesday , nt Worship-street , to six months' imprisonment and hard labour for an assault upon his wife . Coining home drunk about one o ' clock in tho morning , he was not admitted as soon as he desired , his Avifo being at the top of tho hou . se . He , therefore , dragged her down stairs by tho hair of tho head , and kicked her about the face . At tho same time , he swore he would kill her , saying ho should get off as Mrs . Ramsbothom did . She was rescued at length by a policeman . Tho prisoner snid ho had found his wife on tho stairn with a young man ; but thi . s was emphatically denied . Ho wan , therefore , committed .
Tukft hy a Bank Clkuic . —Percy Burt , a clerk in tho Bank of England , was charged at Southwark with stealing a gold watch from a woman of tho town . The prisoner said tho watch was lent to him , nnd that ho fully meant to return it , but was called into the country on business , nnd on coining back could not nee tho womnn . lie was arrested at tho Holborn Casino . After Iiih examination at tho police olHcc , ho wrote to his mother for tho watch which waa then nt hia house ; and Mr . Solomon , his counsel , said , upon his being again brought beforo tho magistrate , that it woh ready to bo given up . Ho was remnnded , however ; but tho
magistrate consentediq , tak , e , bail . Ou . TnuTsday . he was aeain brought up , when , one of . the . ofljeers ., ofr the , Bank of England came forward and said ih , ere .. w « s * no such nam * asBur ^ among ^ the eight . hundred . clerks of that establishment . Upon _ this , the young . . n > an , admitted that he had told a falsehood ,, and that he was a clerk in " National Provincial , Bank , of England . " After a good deal of fencing , . with the . prisoner's counsel , it cam e out that . Burt had pledged the , watch . for 21 . 10 a ., and that his mother , upon receipt of his note , redeemed it . The magistrate , having , some doubt whether the prisoner could be convicted of stealing the watch , convicted him of unlawfuily pledging , it , and fined him 5 L
An Odd Case . —Mr . William Bishop , gunmaker of New Broad-street , was brought up at Mariborough-street , charged with unlawfully receiving the sum of 41 . for the restoration of a dog which was in the possession of a man who was not the owner . The curious part of the case was that the prisoner was charged under the very act which he was mainly instrumental in procuring some years ago in consequence of the systematic robberies of dogs by dog-stealers , and the large sums of money they sometimes succeeded in obtaining from the owners . —Evidence of the fact having been given , Mr . Bishop entered into recognizances to appear again next Tuesday . More Miljtia Bkutality . —At Hammersmith , on Wednesday , two men belonging to the West Middlesex Militia were committed for trial on a charge of violating a girl sixteen years of age .
Health Of London During The Week. (Jpj-O...
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( jpj-om the Registrar-General's Report . ) Ix the week that ended last Saturday , the deaths of 1347 persons ( 715 males and 682 females ) were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 , the average number was 1035 , which , if raised by a tenth part for increase of population , becomes 1138 . Hence it appears that a high rate of mortality still prevails , the excess of deaths in the present return over the estimated number being 209 . Of the total number of last week ' s deaths 638 , or nearly a half , occurred under 20 years of age ; and of these 2 G 2 were the deaths of children who had not completed their first year . Sixty persons died who had attained the age of 80 years and- upwards ; during the 15 weeks of this year , the greatest number of octogenarians who died in any week was 95 , when the mean temperature , which has now risen to 47 * 2 deg ., was at 30 deg . The weekly number of deaths from bronchitis observes a remarkable uniformity ; in the last five weeks it has been successively 163 , 146 , 149 , 155 , and 153 . Pneumonia is less regular in . its effect , the cases in which it was fatal in the same weeks having been 135 , ffti , 11 . 3 , 98 , and 92 . There is now a decrease in the mortality of hooping-cough . From six zymotic diseases
—small-pox , measles , scarlatina , hooping-cough , diarrhoea , and typhus—there were altogether 191 deaths last week , of which only 18 occurred in the central districts , 29 in the western , 42 in the northern , the same number in the eastern , and in the southern districts GU , 17 of which were caused by scarlatina . Four deaths from scarlatina -were in-the sub ^ district-of St . Paul , Deptford , and 3 in that of Woolwich Arsenal . Out of 13 deaths from , diarrhoea , 8 occurred in the southern districts—viz ., those lying on the southern side of the river , tho population of which is more than a fourth of the entire population of London .
Last week the births of 912 boys and 80 G girls , in nil 1718 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 , the average number was 1411 .
State Of Trade, Labour, And The Poor. Th...
STATE OF TRADE , LABOUR , AND THE POOR . The condition of the chief manufacturing districts continues , on the whole , satisfactory . From Manchester , under date of April 19 , we hear that tho market is quite firm , though the fabrics suited to the Eastern markets are not much in request . Soino of tho American houses nro doing rather more business . In the lace trade of Nottingham there lias boon a atill further improvement , principally in tho homo market , for the foreign orders come in slowly . Tho prices of silk materials lmvo »<> t rallied much ; but the hosiery trade lias decidedly improved , both homo and American buyers acting with increased spirit . The labour market is consequently mure active . There is a fair seasonable demand for cloth m tho markets of Leeds ; and the sales of wool at Liverpool
have been brisk , with nn unusually largo attendance ol foreign buyers . For East India wools there was considerable competition and improved prices . The lentlier trade of Bristol has exhibited considerable activity . Reports from tho North of Ireland state that the demand for cotton is dull ; but that In thu salon of luiuu , ilux , and flax-seed , there bun been a great iniprovenmiit . From these comparatively cheerful accounts , we nun with pain to the gloomy condition of the iron and nuiuiifc districts . The quarterly meetings of tho iromnu .-, t < - * hiivo boon hold , and tho tone of business w by no >»«{ " » favourablo . Several of tho first makers refuse to win n lower figure than tho 20 « . decline ; but the lower < tcriptions of iron havo dipped considerably un . r . . ' ' price . Indeed , in many instances tho soiling prlcu w "
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Leader (1850-1860), April 21, 1855, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21041855/page/10/
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