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October 23, 1852.] T HE LEADER. 101g_
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. The de...
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IHItTIIS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIETIIS...
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Saturday, October 1G. MEETING OF PAELIAM...
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The ceremony of conferring degrees award...
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Two Old Persons, Brother And Sister, Hav...
c veral skeletons have been lately discovered below the 7 of the soil near Knaresborough . It is conjectured S i + thev were banditti ; that the spot where they were f A was a cavern ; and that having been discovered , the entrance to their cave of refuge hadjbeen stopped up . TVf Tr eloar , of Ludg atc-hill , the cocoa-nut fibre manut rtatcr has published an interesting pamphlet , showing 1 6 s ' to which the various parts of the cocoa-nut tree " plied . The purposes of utility to which this tree may f ° irut are Very numerous . The Cingalese have a saying , « Tl at it has ninety-nine uses , and the hundredth cannot discovered . " From the full-grown leaves are formed its carpets , baskets , sails , tents , and liquid measures . The cocoa-nut oil yearly imported into England is valued t 100 000 ? . By means of mechanical processes secured i tent the value of cocoa-nut fibre has been much ^ in-® yf ^ ' jk } jas been found suited for the production of " ticles ' of great utility and elegance of workmanship . A r t Exhibition prize medal was awarded to Mr . Treloar fT ^ the ' best specimens of matting , mats , brushes , mattresses and other articles made of cocoa-nut fibre .
Among the wonders of the day a company is announced , railed the " Pantagrap hic Cutting and Engraving Comv " They have patented a machine ; and allege that P - g | Applicable to architectural carving , in wood and stone , rarviuff in ivory , bone , pearl , and metals , seal engraving , wood and metal cutting , engraving on wood and type , et'il blocks for paper-stainers , calico and handkerchief winters , oak carving for churches , and gothic furniture , open tracery for p ianoforte-makers , engravings in brass , copper , and ' zinc . The machine is also adapted to cut and carve ornamental stone work , which may be multiplied with unerring fidelity . It will also copy carvings in basrelief , in wood , stone , or metal .
October 23, 1852.] T He Leader. 101g_
October 23 , 1852 . ] T HE LEADER . 101 g _
Health Of London During The Week. The De...
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . The deaths in London , which in the previous week were 981 rose in the week ending last Saturday to 1093 . In the ' corresponding weeks of the ten years 1842-51 the average number was 926 , which for comparison with last week ' s ret urn may be raised in proportion to increase of population , when it becomes 1019 . The present mortality tliereibrc exceeds the corrected average by 74 . Last week the deaths of 536 children , 355 men and women between 15 and 60 years of age , and 188 persons at 60 years and upwards , were registered . The increase seems to arise amongst the younger part of the population . Fatal cases of epidemics rose in the last two weeks from . 21 ( 5 to 254 ; those resulting from bronchitis , pneumonia , and other pulmonary complaints , rose from 144 to 195 ; while phthisis , which is not included in the latter class , destroyed 111 and . 131 persons
In tho epidemic class the deaths of 7 children and 4 adults arc referred to smallpox ; only 4 children died of measles , 22 of hooping-cough , 14 of croup , while 69 children , with 4 adults , were carried ofF by scarlatina . Fiftyone persons died of diarrhoea and dysentery , 3 of influenza , and 2 of purpura ; no death occurred from cholera in . the week . Typhus , common fever , & c , were fatal in 54 cases ; remittent fever in one , rheumatic fovcr in 2 , erysipelas in ( I . At tlio Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer on Sunday ( the 10 th ) was 29-876 , and on each of the six following days it was above . 50 in . ; tho menu of the week was 30-108 in . Tho mean temperature
of the week was 48-2 ° , which is 2 ° below the average of tlio same week in ten years . Tho mean dail y temperature uas below tho average more or less on every day of the week . Tho wind blew generally from tho north-east .
Ihittiis, Marriages, And Deaths. Bietiis...
IHItTIIS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIETIIS . On tlio 15 ( h of Roptcmbor , at , Colombo , Ceylon , tho wilb of <« . Vane , linn ., Controller of II . M . Customs : a son . On Hi ,, ion , of O ,. ( , ob ,, , : ifc Lisbon , tbo wifo of W . It . Ward , I'lHq ., Kiicrolm-y to H . M . ' h Legation : a son . On tlio ] M-li , at <) xlbrd-torrn < ' ( % Claphani-road , tbo wilV of Mm Ki'v , ( JluirlcH Hpoimor , M . A ., tuinit . o of Christ , Clnuvli , - N itw ^ al . e-Mll '< lt > t , : II hod . O" Ilio 17 lli , at tho Lotlgo , Corpus Christ i Oollegu , Caiiihridgo , "" ' "i loofllK , Ht-v . JiuncM Pulling , H . l > . : ii hoii . . ° ' » tlio 17 th , ul , 42 , lIiM-Ubril-otreet , Miiyfair , tlio 'Ltul y Ade > - liuil o C ! ii (|( , fr , ln ; ( l ( lau . 'htcr .
MAltltlAOKR . On Uio lHlh of October , at tlio iJritish Embassy , Paris , by tlio l ! l < v - T . Muln , D . D ., chaplain , . Augusta Hopliin , widow of Hid J ; lln IiinidH Hill Albony , of 4 , HI ,. ( li-orgc ' s-pbii-o , I lydo-purk' ¦ '"• 'icr , London , to TiionniH Norton , Ksq ., barrinlcr-at-la \ v , "" incljiim Chief . limtico of Newfoundland . O" Urn 1 Mb , at Trinity Church , Maryh'bono , Otbo Williiun iiwlrcy Hamilton , Khcj ., of . lumoB-st ri-ct , HI .. JMiiios ' s-pnrU , to ''" i-ollica Ij uirii , fourUi < lawglit . fr of tlio Into llonry Ht . Urorgo iii-Iifi- . l < :. s ,,.,,, r |' oi-l . liUHl- |) ln « : o . On I ! ,,, |<)( 1 | ( a ( K , Ht . ifphiiu ' s , near HI .. Allmn ' H , Hrrl . H , by Ilio ( c 'v . Miin-UH Noiitliwi'll , vwtur , Kdwaril Kii ^ ohhoii Knalclibull' ¦ U KCKHni , | tJH (| ., oldcnl , hoii of tho Into Ilig lil , Hon . Hir Kilwiuil 'y ujcliliull , Itai-I ., and lli . i Downgur l ; ii < ly Kimtilibiill , ( o Anna M ' n-ia Uli / . ubflh , younger daughter of tlio Kov . Mari-im
Houth-1 ) 10 ATM H . ° » Ilin Mlh ,, f Soptoinbor , at UuoniHoy , CIku-Ioh l !< -lh < -ll Cod' , ! ' ! ' '"" . IOmij ., H ( - < um < l hoii of tlio lal , o Kir C . II . Coitrington , Hurl ,., ' ¦ ""ilmnlon , uiul brothor of Hir C . William Codringtoii , Jdirt ., ' ¦ I "" ' Kimt . Uloucostoi-nhirn . I , " "In ) Ctlli of Oittolior , at , Orino-wriinro , . Major llorborl , Oliver , , r Mm Vif | , | , Itoginiont M . N . l ., lnl . o Deput y 1 ' ayinantor" 'irii , | ,, f , | U ) N , ) r | , | 1 ( , Division MailraH i ' roHid . nry , aged '" ' ¦ I . V-HIX . N Hi" 151 Ii , at . lliiHHOi ) , tho Jtiglil . 'I '" - l r' -anoin Marl of 'iiwlmi- ^ l ,. l ' ,. ° " " »» Kllli , ii | , Ht . Leoiinrd ' H-on-Hiiii , MrH . Li > nndiil <> , tho wifo ., '" Hio Kill ,, a | , Karli-n- < ioiirl ., Old llroinplun , Itoberl , ( Junior , ¦ '' ¦• "K « ilMixlv-niii .,
,. j , ' ' ¦''" IVlli , at Italli , tho Itnv . lOdwnnl Miing i " , M . A ., Mgo < l () i ii 1 ' " " l " y of Until , in tho « lioi ! OHn of Killaloo , Iroland . Wiirl ' r " 17 lll > ll '' '"" « iHi « loii (! o , 1 > , KenHiiig Lon-parli-villaH , l' !« l-L'huiii , |) iM > > Km ' ' ro'i'MHoi- <> f ManufiieturiiiK Arl , and Muut « t Km ' Oolloge , Jjondon . in liiu » ixl , y-tlard yoar .
To Readers And Correspondents. It Is Imp...
TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . No notice can be taken of anonymous communications . Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of tho writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of his good faith . "We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London . Communications should always be legibly writ ton , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them .
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Saturday, October 1g. Meeting Of Paeliam...
Saturday , October 1 G . MEETING OF PAELIAMENT . A Cabinet Council was held yesterday . This morning the Herald says : — " We are enabled to state on undoubted authority that the day fixed for the meeting of Parliament , for the despatch of business , is Thursday , the 4 th of November . "
The Ceremony Of Conferring Degrees Award...
The ceremony of conferring degrees awarded by the Senate of the Queen ' s University at the examination of the students of the Colleges of Belfast , Cork , and Galway , which has just terminated , took place on Thursday in St . Patrick ' s-hall , Dublin Castle , in the presence of their Excellencies the Earl and Countess of Eglinton , and a brilliant assembly . In reply to the Vice-Chancellor , Lord Eglinton added another to the many testimonials of his high opinion of the Queen ' s Colleges : — " It is most satisfactory to hear the statements which have been made by the Vice-Chancellor to-day as to the success which has attended the Queen ' s Colleges—a success which , under the difficulties that surround every new undertaking , and amid tho dangers that particularly beset these institutions , I will not say has been complete , but which I consider to have been great , if we , measure it with tho success that has attended other institutions of the same sort within a like period of their existence . You have rightly said , Mr . Vice-Cnancellor , that I have been a personal witness of the state of these three colleges ; for during the short time that I have been in Ireland I have had the opportunity of visiting the three establishments , or branches that constitute the Queen ' s University , and which , as it were , arcs the tln-ee limbs to which this University supplies vitality . It gives me much pleasure to state that all the arrangements relative fo them , with which I was made acquainted , excited my admiration , and mot my entire approbation . "
Mr. Hume Lms Addressed Tlio Following Le...
Mr . Hume lms addressed tlio following letter to Mr . C . IX Collctt : — " Burnley Hall , Oct . 10 , 1852 . "Dear Sir , —Your lofk : r of the 7 th instant onl y reached me yesterday , and I hasten to answer your question . " In the first place , y ou are rig ht in using your best efforts to increase tho number of associations for removal of the ( axes on knowledge , and I think tho question becomes daily more and more approved of by all persons excf . pt Uic ' Whit / s and Tories--both these ; parties oppose , as they consider government ami its profits theirs alone ; and that tho spread of knowledge endangers their monopoly of power and profit .
" When I look back to the deputation that attended l ' iord John . Russell , of which . you were one , and heard his ( Juelaml ion that lie considered tho repeal of these laves only as a question of revenue , and yet , afler tho evidence before- the committee on Hint siihjeet , refused to do anything towards the objects which the association have in view , when lie had the power , I must protest ull . ogHher against the association demeaning themselves to ask Lord John ' s assistance , now that lie is out of power , and cannot rlo anything to aid us in the struggle . lie will now make professions , I daresay , but I should consider them hollow jukI valueless .
" 1 consider Lord John aB tint sincere , as a lvelonner both civil and relig ions : and , afler the speech on my motion for reform in lHf > 0 , and his ilo-nol , liing policy afterwards , when he could have acted and could have kept , tho Itel ' orinerH together , and have kept I lie Tories out of power , I would not pay him the compliment that you propose . I wish I could look on his speech at , l'erlh an Inmost ami Hincere -which 1 do not : anil I therefore object to the association demeaning i I self by the course you propose . Wo . shall certainly succeed biii , it will he against both the Wh ' ufa and Tories ; anil I would hold both parlies cheap in regard to their assist mice . "All the Wliign deprecate in words the fettering of the ] > riiNH ; and yet , with power in their hands , Ihei / Imve j \ crliuaeiousl // ' rvfused to knock o / f anif oho link of tlio cuslan ' uijf chain thai , prevents the spread of knowledge and the education of the nation .
" I hope that TY 1 r . CoImIcii and oilier members will agree with mi ' , and that , you will keep a high hand , and sot . Iho two great oppressing parlies at a distance . " I remain , your olicdicnl . Hervant , "To Mr . ( ' ! . I ) . Collell . " ' "Johki'ii IIumk . " Letters and p apers by the Marseilles route , in anficip atioii of the Overland Mn . il , were received yesterday . Tlu ) dales are—IJonibay , > Sopt . \\<; ( . ' ulcutlii , tSepL 7 ; Hoiilj Konir , Aui < unli UK
Since the last despatches , the Governor-General ' s orders for the brigading of the army of Ava have appeared in the Government Gazette of Fort William and Fort St . George , and such of the troops in orders as have not already sailed are now hastening towards the points of embarkation . The reinforcements for the troops in Eunnah are on a scale altogether unexpected , and will swell General Godwin's force to five brigades of infantry , each composed of one European
and two native regiments , making , with the Sappers and three battei'ies of Artillery , a land force of about 16 , 000 men . In addition to these , the iiofcilhi musters about 3000 fighting men , with the most powerful ai * - tillery ever yet employed in land or river warfare . No cavalry has been as yet provided , the nature of the country having been supposed to preclude the use of that arm . It is , however , considered likely that this omission will be rectified by the despatch of a small quota of native cavalry .
Immediately alter the Governor-General ' s return from llangoon , some of the Madras regiments that had been placed in orders for Bunna . li 071 General Godwin ' s original requisition were countermanded ; and from this circumstance it was presumed that the Marquis of Dalhousie ' s views regarding General Godwin ' s requisition coincided with the opinion generally entertained in India on the subject , namely , that the force demanded was out of all proportion to any resistance which the Burmese could possibly oiler to our arms ; but it appears that the retrenchment that was anticipated has not gone further than the keeping back of
one out of the three Madras brigades originally indented for . The magnitude of the force in orders , together with the organization of a steam flotilla for the Irrawady , composed of drafts from the steamers on the Ganges , is considered an evident provision for tlio permanent occupation of the country ; this latter measure alone , in the opinion of the JBombai / Times , " leaves no doubt as to the fact of proposed annexation , though the area to be annexed may he still a subject for consideration . " The preparations which I mentioned in my liisi " , for an immediate advance on Promo by the Irrawady , are now nearly completed . The steamers ,
with flat-bottomed boats m tow , are immediatel y to take up 2000 men , and " to return for a . detachment of similar strength and so on , as long as the river is practicable . " Captain Tarleton's flotilla , consisting of the Medusa , JPhler / ethon , JPluto , Proserpine , Nemesis , and Mahanuddt / , with the boats of the Fo . r , Mozu ff er , and Spliynx , are still stationed up the Irrawady , near Pronie . It completely commands the river , and intercepts all water communication between Ava and the lower country . In -all the
country above Prome , the price of nee is reported to have risen in consequence of this blockade to fifteen times its usual rate . Though this will of necessit y greatly embarrass tlio Burmese in their military preparations , it must also ( as the inhabitants of the upper provinces subsist almost exclusively upon rice ) occasion a lamentable amount of misery to more than a million of non-combatants . , Hy the latest accounts , Commander Tnrlrfon has been relieved in the command of tin ; flotilla by Captain Shadwell , of the tinfxnix .
Lord Dalhousio was at ( .. ulcuf fa , with his eye on Imrmali . Sir VV . Goimn was at Chenee , in the Himalayas . Lord Falkland was a ! , l ' oonah . His lordshi p has improved in health . His term of ofliee expires in April , but it is rumoured that he is to continue ; imon < . > - us a year longer . The chief justice , Sir Krskino IVrry , retires in November . In the last Overland paper it was stated that , . some seventeen criminals had lieen handed over to the Chinese : government , convicted , at , a court held on hoard flu ; United Slates steam-shi p tS / is (/ i ( i / i ( n /) ia / i , of hnviii" - been principals in Ihi ! murder of Captain ISryson and
others , and in the jurat leal capture of the American shi p Holier ! Hroiniic . The princ ' i pal evidence against those men was that of the American seamen ; but this t he Cunl . on judges would take no note of ; consequently , on the second trial , onl y siillieienf Chinese evidence could he obtained to bring I lie crime home fo one , who lias received a , sentence ol' decapitation accordingly . The rest , , if , in said , will be scut hack to Kokieii , and released . Whether ( lie United Staf . es Government , will bo disposed to sit quietl y under this mode of dealing with a violent outrage on the persons and properly of its citizens remains to be seen .
The Following Is An Extract From A Lette...
The following is an extract from a letter addressed by Count de Montiilembcrt , to JVI . Leopold do ( Jailbird , the uut . lior of I ' otiticul Letters on . Kivitzfrlttud , which are to appear on tint HOIli of f his month : " I predii'l . rd in I he < 'liiimhi'i'of I'i'erii in IH 1 H , nix wi'oltH hcfitro I ho oilnstrophr of I'Vltruury , that tin ? defeat , of Iho Son < lrrl ) un < l would lie ( bit ni ^ nnl throughout I'lurojte for a ni'W invasion of hiirbnriiuiH ; and I milled that it , would not l » o either properly or government , but libert y which
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 23, 1852, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23101852/page/9/
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