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Mur «4 > 1851.] ©#!> ILeaUet. 485
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According to an Imperial rescript issued...
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"Notes to the People," by Ernest Jones, ...
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IlKALTII OF LONDON DURING TIIK WJKKK. (F...
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Miscellaneous. Mr. Hutt And Mr. Adderley...
Bentmck , Esq ., to offer themselves as candicates for West Norfolk whenever a dissolution may take place . Dr . Nicholl will not retire from the representation of the Cardiff borough ; and Mr . Coffin declares that he will give the electors an opportunity of asserting the rights conferred by the Reform Bill . It is said that the electors of Kendal on the Liberal interest h « . ve resolved to return Mr . George Carr Glyn , their present member , free of all expense , if he will allow himself to be again noimmated upon the dissolution of the present Parilamenl "The Royal Agricultural Society of England held their general May meeting on Thursdnyyat the society ' s house in Hanover-squaire * nits € rtrfcce tihe Dake tof Richmond in the chair . The" cbuhVfy meeting of the present year will be held in the Home-park . Windsor . A great meeting of the National Temperance Association was held on Chnfsclayt at Exeter S * U . Mr . Horace Greeley addressetlit , as did also a 1 » anttf < eoloTa »\"
Mr . Goldswottfty Ourney hl « # tfcWe % 3 « a ift extinguishing the " burning waste of Clackmannan , " a coalfield which has treeh en fire for thirty years , ever an area of seven miles , by * ' foremg in a stream of carbonic acid gas . " The title of femtgratfan fty > m Irtlafed is flowing oh this spring as rapiflly -and largely * a in any previous year . The quays of the principal seaport towns are crowded with emigrants , and the departures from Dublin last ¦ w eek fat citctfe'defl those oft any other week during the spiring . The partisan * t > f the GroVetfhHieht * itd of the CuStoimhouse have been tin able to prevent Mr . Mitehell ' s committee on Custom * Reform , from entering systematically into the whole of the questions which have been raised
by the reiuent persecution oF the dock companies . It seems to have been the intention of the Chancellor tj'f the Exchequer &»« of tire Conirhfssiofeets of Customs to advance the fact -of certain legal proceedings being still pending in the Court of Exchequer * as a conclusive reason why no inquiries should be instituted by fl £ r . Mitchell's comniittee into We transactions out of which those proceedings torose . This ^ ea was deemed perfectly inadmissabre . The consequence has ! bteen that the party opposed to a thorough investigation have been defeated ; and there js now every probability that Mr . Mitchell will be enabled to render the inquiry he has undertaken of the greatest possible service in its results to the com mercial comteunity , both of the metropolis and the outport * .
The sixteenth report of the inspectors appointed to visit the different prisons of Great Britain , which has just been presented to both Houses of Parliament , refers to the northern and eastern district . Mr . F . Hill , the inspector , states that efforts have been made to introduce useful labour into the prisons , and enlarged provisions have been made for instruction in reading and writing at several prisons . If the princi ple of using each prison solely for the confinement of male or of female prisoners were adopted , he supposes that , with a slight modification of the law , upwards of fourteen prisons might be at once wholly given up . The difficulty of guarding against escapes of prisoners employed in agriculture is reported to have been greatly over-estimated . The num her of prisoners in the district in 1850 was less by 235 than in 1849 , but the number of prisoners in confinement at the end of 1850 was considerably greater than at the end of
1849 . By the official Customs returns for the ports of Scotland , we find that the gross amount of duties collected during the year ending January 5 , 1850 , amounted to £ 1 , 963 , 480 , against £ 2 , 038 , 886 in 1849 , and £ 1 , 710 , 016 in 1846 . As regatds the foreign trade during thfc same period , it appears that the British tonnage engaged both ways in 1849-50 amounted to 971 , 920 , against 875 , 349 for 1845 6 . The foreign trade for similar periods stood thus : — 323 , « 63 , against 225 , 724 . The past week has been one of great excitement at Holyhead , and a serious riot has taken place at the harbour works . For some time past the Welshmen engaged at the works have entertained very hostile feelings towards their fellow labourers , the Irish , on account of their prejudice against the country of the
latter . On Saturday evening last an Irishman stabbed a Welshman in a drunken brawl with a knife . The latter narfowly escaped with his life , having received a dangerous wound in the neck . On the circumstance becoming generally known on Monday morning , a party of Welsh , engaged on the mountain , made u . furious attack on a number of the Irish , and with much cheering forced fifteen of the pow men on board the Irish JOxpiess packet , leaving their wives and children behind . On Tuesday the excitement becamt : still greater , business was fcunp < nded , and the shops were closed . AH pullichouscH were ordered to be shut up ami no liquor to be sold . A great number of workmen perambulated the Btrefcts all night . On Thtirsday , after much persuasimi , the men returned work , and it in hoped that the a-ftiay has i < nck > d .
The first report from the Australian Steam Navigation Committee , now Hitting , in looked for with considerable interest by the particn connected with the AuHtral . au colonies . Tht ; committee have examined a great , number of witnesses , and-have imcceeded in collecting together a large tmount of evidence bearing upon qucblioiiH relative to Australian trivttp-and navigation . The preponderance of testimony is in favour of the Cape line ux t ! ie main routte between this country and Australia . Tie flint -report will b ' c ready early i « June . Tho probtible loss has t « tried by Sir II . H . Brure , in thu destruction of 'Jtownhill HouM ' , l ) o « Pn » hUe , on Hwtutduy lnnt , will be about £ 50 , 000 . An investigation into the factH connected with the calamity wan held by the district magiBtrutcH on Monday , and they cam *; to the oonclua . oii that the firt ; was the worker ah Incendiary .
The accidents on the Defrby tta . y Wftfe « erioTih . 'flforgt Jackson , aged twenty-aix , was returning frbtti the rtH «« in company with neveral friends , when the o » rt in which
they were riding tame in contact with a pleasure-van , whereby those in the former vehicle were thrown out on to the roadway . Jackson sustained a severe scalp wound and fractured ribs . A party of gentlemen in a dog-cart wore proceeding at a rapid speed towards town , when they drove the vehicle on to an embankment , near Ewell , which capsized all of them , when one gentleman , named Tomlinson , was so much injured that he expired on the way home to Southampton-street , Camberwell . Charles Palmer , aged 42 , cabman , was engaged by Jemmy Welsh , Barnash , and other pugilists , to convev
them to Epsom and back . When near Sutton , Palmer was knocked off his seat , the wheel of a carriage passing over his left arm , seriously injuring his head and inflicting various contusions on his body . Faint hopes are entertained of his recovery . Several other accidents happened near the Elephant and Castle , where many thousand persons had assembled to witness the return of the company from the races . William Harcourt , aged forty , standing in the roadway near the Obelisk , was knocked down by a phaeton and four horses , and before the driver could stop , the off-wheels passed over his legs , causing compound fractures of both limbs .
In two instances within the week juries in the county of Limerick have found a verdict of " death from starvation and destitution . " The Evening Mail states that it is credibly assured " the bull for the suppression of the Queen ' s Colleges is actually in I reland . "
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Mur « 4 > 1851 . ] © # !> ILeaUet . 485
According To An Imperial Rescript Issued...
According to an Imperial rescript issued on the 18 th , the Austrian Government paper money in circulation is restricted to 200 , 000 f . The National Bank will not be licensed to issue more notes than will suffice for the wants of the state . The measures for the gradual withdrawal of the Government notes will be expedited as much as possible . Duke Saldanha published on the 9 th an address to the " People of Lisbon , " recommending calmness . He says : —" Let us reform the constitutional charter ; let us have really free elections , in order that we may be enabled to have a truly national representation , and justice , liberty , morality , and economy , in the place of the immorality , corruption , and robbery that have been proclaimed as the theory of Government . " The troops beean embarking for Lisbon on the 9 th .
Accounts from Home of the 14 th , state that the French general had ordered the surrender of all offensive weapons , including sticks , on pain of trial by court-martial . The Roman Minister of War had refused to remove all the Roman troops , but had removed the most turbulent . It was said that the French had demanded that the direction of the police should be placed in their hands . The Treasury of Baden has brought a formal action against the widow of Bohning , one of the leaders of the insurrection , executed in 1849 , to recover a sum of several millions of gulden , with a minimum of one million , as the amount of the damage sustained by the Treasury of the Duchy during the revolt . That the widow can pay any part of it is of course out of the question .
The political laws for Transylvania , and the ordinances relative to the organization of the law courts in that Crown land , have at length been published . The province , which is divided into five circles , will be under the government of a statthalter , who is to reside at Hermannstadt . In addition to this , another favour has been granted to the Saxon race . The president of their circle is to retain his title of " Count of the Saxon Nation . " Clausenburg was formerly considered the principal city in the province . The new laws on the whole differ little from those octroied for the other Crown lands .
The new threepenny uniform postage gives great satisfaction in Canada ; but the colonists complain that they pay more for Atlantic postage than the United States do . The Toronto British Colonist states , that Cur ocean postage they pay Is ., while the United States pay only 8 d ., and that as regards pamphlet and newspaper postiige , the same difference exists . Arrangements are about to be made for the withdrawal of a portion of the troops from Upper Canada . It is said that only one garrison will remain in the province , to be stationed at Kingston . A . similar ariungcincut is to be made with reference to the military posts in Lower Canada , Quebec to be the only garrison town . These posts are to be maintained by tin ; imperial Government us heretofore , while the province in to have the option of keeping up the present military establishments at its own cost .
The cholera has not . entirely left Jamaica . When the lust , packet left it had broken out again , carrying oil' itH victims , which fortunately were , but , veiy few , in about two hours . It is confidently stated that the Cuban expedition is again abandoned , and a huge number of nu'u who hud collected at Jacksonville , in Florida , had dispciNcd , and were returning to their homes . ( Joir / ales , who it . will be remembered , was one of the leaders in the first expedition , wan reported by telegraph to have been arrested in Florida , which nmy in part areouut . for the expedition being given up without even embarking .
The Convention of State Rights Association , numbering over oOO delegates , were in Hemsion at . Clwrle . st . on on the ( Jth instant , and a large inajorit y was in , favour of iinmediiile secession . The temper of the delegates ih Hiieh an ( o have alarmed the ( , 'hm lesion mcrchuiiiK very greatly , and to have induced the general of the United SiutcHarmy to visit all the military posts , und review the troops stationed there . Orders have •>< ' <¦ it despatched by the , war department of the United StaU'n to the oflicor . i tm the frontier , urging them to increiiHetl vigilance and energy in tbe suppression of Indian outrages , in compliance with , the conditiouH of the treaty with Mexico .
A public meeting has been held in Quebec to tuko into consideration the proposal of the British Government to aid iu tlio coiiHtruolion of the Quebec and Halifax
Kail-Letters from Sydney state that Sir Charles Fitz ^ oy intends leaving the colony in August next , but no hint is thrown out as to his probable successor . It is also hinted that his excellency is anxious the Legislative Council should not assemble until after his departure , and that he will consequently endeavour to prevent its sitting befoie that time . A meeting was held on February 3 , at North Adelaide , to consider the propriety of proceeding to Canterbury in New Zealand . Several speakers addressed the meeting in favour of the measure . The discussion terminated in adopting a string of resolutions declaratory of the intention of those present to proceed to Canterbury , and suggesting the cooperation of all who intended proceeding thither .
way . This meeting , from the accounts , was respectable and influential , so much so that it may be said to be the voice of Quebec . A late colonial paper notices that the Irish exiles in Van Diemen ' s Land , wishing to have personal communication with Smith O'Brien , who was stationed at New Norfolk , had requested leave so to do ; failing in obtaining which , M'Manus and O'Meagher took the responsibility on themselves and proceeded to New Norfolk ; while there they were arrested , and each forwarded to his respective district . The magistrates gave them a very severe reprimand , but Sir W " . T . Denison , on being made acquainted with the particulars of the case , ordered them immediately to be confined in barracks .
The speculation of importing Coolies into the Sandwich Islands from the East Indies is now on foot , and arrangements have been made with captains of English vessels to land them at 50 dollars a head . Another ship has been destroyed by fire in the Hooghly ! The Kurramany , bound to Mauritius with Coolie emigrants , has been burnt to the water ' s edge . The Semaphore reports that the captain , mate , pilot , and twenty-eight others were saved by a steamer , but says nothing of the 348 emigrants . The Sultan seems determined to create difficulties with the Pasha of Egypt . As head of the Mohammedan religion he has raised a claim to all lands and property appertaining to the mosques throughout the country , and which have been disposed of in various ways by Mehemet Ali . Objections are also being made to the railway between Alexandria and Cairo , Which Abbas Pasha had declared his intention of carrying into effect .
It was supposed that the inhabitants of the hills flanking the Khyber Pass had been brought to terms by Lord Dalhousie when he was at Peshawur ; but the supposition appears to have been ill-founded , for two thousand of our best troops have been ordered to enter the pass , to ravage and burn all the crops in the land belonging to the Khyberies , to hang all who are apprehended for theft , and to imprison all hill-men who may be caught within the cantonment . The Deejerat frontier still continues in a disturbed state ; the hill tribes are collected at the mouths of various passes watching an opportunity for a foray , but the arrangements for their reception are so effective that they have not as yet ventured a descent .
It was latel y stated that the Governor-General of Manilla had left that settlement , with a force of about 5000 men , for the Sooloo Islands , in the Eastern Archipelago , for the purpose of destroying the pirates who infested those parts . The last accounts from Manilla state that , on the 28 th of January , an attack had been made by the governor-general on the forts at Sooloo , which resulted in their capture , together with 140 pieces of artillery and other munitions of war . The Sultan and many of the inhabitants had fled to the interior . The loss on their side is not stated ; that of the attacking force was about 120 killed and wounded . The defences of the island have been demolished ., and the surrounding country laid waste .
"Notes To The People," By Ernest Jones, ...
" Notes to the People , " by Ernest Jones , is the word , of an earnest man to his brethren , whieh we ought to have noticed curlier . Three numbers have already issued from the press , and they do credit , as literature , even if they had no other merits , to the democratic eau . se . Poems continuous , a politicul tale whose moral i » very valuable jn . st now , political articles on democracy and the doings of the democratic party , foreign information , and historical t-ketcheH make up the contents of this cheap and useful periodical . It is emphatically Avhat it is called , " Notes for the People , " and ou ^ ht to be read by the people .
Ilkaltii Of London During Tiik Wjkkk. (F...
IlKALTII OF LONDON DURING TIIK WJKKK . ( From the Registiur-Cienend ' . s Report . ) The rate of mortality that now prevails in London shows that scarcely any improvement in the health of the population has taken place dining the last neven weeks ; and il , continues higher than is usually observed in the middle of May . In the week ending lant Saturday the number of deaths registered was 1002 ; in I lie ten corresponding ; weeks of 1 HI 1 -. 00 it . was gi lier . iJIy under !)()() ; iu the three instances in which it exceeded that iiuiiiImt it wits U 7 , S , «)()!) , und lO . 'i . 'S , and the average was onl y 8 S 1 . This average , when uorrcc . t . ed for iiu : i < ase of population , is . H ' A ; compared with which Iheprc . smt return exhibits an excess of 41 . A comparison of the lant , two weeks will nIiow that there is mill an unusual mortality amongst pt > rsoiiM of tender yearn , and Tlmt . though zymotic or epidemic discuses have declined in their aggregate fatality from 2 i . ' ( ileurhs to 15 ) 0 , yet in the same period the class which conipiines the several diseases of the respiratory orguiiN , cxrliiKive of j dithisiH and hooping-cough , lian lisni ( iom lf > 7 to 17 (> . Two deaths were recoided hist week , of which intempei imee is stated to have hern the cause ; besides unothcr ease in which fatal disease h hcen the fruit of habitual drinking . Lust week the births of 7 /> 2 boys , and 716 girls , i « u'l ^ 7 children , were registered . Tho average of nix corresponding weeks iu 1845-00 wu » 13 (>(> .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 24, 1851, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24051851/page/9/
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