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The military 1 commission of the (Jerman...
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HEALTH OiP LONDON' DURING THE WEEK. The ...
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The Leicestershire Papers Say, That So M...
Lady Morgan has addressed a ] e | ter . tq _ one of the auditors of tfce ' Eenevolent Society of St . Tatnqt ,. l > ropos-SSat a iubnumeit to Moore should be nawed in the Soft ' s natiw ^ ity . She ears : < 'The nam * of Irelands Seatest poet suggest an i ^ ei * which perhaps . m already Sore ably alitacipa ^ thatwme wonument 4 te 3 timo ^ to Ss honour should be raised in ; Sfc . Patrick ' s Cathedral , Dublin for Westminster might well deny such a distinction to ' the ffcish bard as wasreftraed to the remains of England ' s greatest jwet since the tinte of Shakspeare and MiUiort—B ^ Tdn . Nowhere could the monument of Moore be more appropriately placed than near that of Swift . "
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The Military 1 Commission Of The (Jerman...
The military 1 commission of the ( Jermanic Diet has granted the sum of 40 , 000 florins to Professors Schonbein , of Basle , and Bottger , of Frankfort , as a reward for their invention of gun cotton ; Rio de Janeiro will shortly be lighted with gaa by an English company . The gas pipes for the purpose will be shipped from Liverpool in a few days , and a gentleman proceeds to Rio * by the next Brazilian mail packet from Southampton , to superintend the iarrangements . The Palace of Rheinardsbrunn , the property of theJDuke of Seine Cpburg Ghotha , Prince Albert ' s brother , was burned to the ground on the night of the 14 th inst . The edifice occupied the site of an ancient monastery in the Thu * ringian forest , and was not long since rebuilt in the old German style . . ¦¦;¦ .
The Austrian Ambassador presented Mr * Stephens , superintendent of the Birmingham police , -with a gold snutf bo ; £ , mounted with diamonds , and valued at 250 ? ., as an acknowledgment by the Emperor of Austria _ of his services in effecting the apprehension and conviction of Hill for extensive forgeries on the : Bank of Vienna . He also presented Mr , Minty , a merchant , with a ^ diamond ring for his assistance as interpreter on that occasion ; and Mr . Iieadbitter , late a Bow-street officer , with a ring mounted with an amethyst and brilliants , for his exertions to
in bringing Hill , and another . man named Moltini , justice , for forgeries on the Austrian Gtovernmerik Austria seems to have a- '' charming , taste" for giving presents and testimonials : the Spectator ofVienna , pubhshes a proposition for a subscription to purchase a testimonial for presentation to the hostess of the inn in which Marshal Haynau took refuge when driven out of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins' brewery * The Spectator dwells withmuch feeling upon the . kind behaviour of the landlady andL suggests that-Austrian patriotism should endow lier with a neck ornament , with the portrait of the marshal in eriamftl . ' ¦
On Sunday Night, Shortly After Nine O'Cl...
On Sunday night , shortly after nine o ' clock , some of the inhabitants of CJrown-street , Soho-square , were alarmed by seeing a glare of light over the tops of the houses occupied by Mr . James , a wheelwright , arid Messrs . Puddicomb and Townsend , cowkeepers , and in a few minutes flames burst out from several parts of the premises . At this time Mr . and Mrs . James were in bed and asleep , and a great number of cows and horses were in the adjoining buildings . Mr . James and his wife were aroused with great difficulty , arid were pulled out of the hoiise , nearly stifled with smoke * One cow and one horse were burnt to death , the remainder were extricated , most of them uninjured . The exertions of the firemen overcame the fire at about twelve . o ' clock at night ; but the entire range of buildings waa destroyed , expending from Crow » -8 treet to Star-court , Compton-street . A fire occurred on Wednesday morning , in
Surreystreet , in the centre of Croydon , which at one time seemed formidable . Fortunately for the inhabitants , however , the waterworks of the Croydon local board of healthare in bo forward d state that by means of the street fire-plugs , a strong leather hose , and copper jet pipes , a complete torrent of water , which rose to a height of 60 feet , was poured over the burning houses . In spite of some little delay which took place from the novelty of the duty to the men employed , so admirable was the effect produced on the fire that tho assembled inhabitants could not rofrain from loudly cheering' tho performance of the waterworks . It was , in fact , solely owing to the heavy column of wator thrown over the burning houses , that the brewery of Mr . Overton , tho flour mills , and tho gas works , wore saved from destruction ; as it was , tho , fire was confined to the destruction of two houses , that of Mr . Burt , a corochandler , and tho adjoining house , occupied by a patten-manufacturer . . ' . .. ¦
On Friday, The 12th Inst., The Bevorond ...
On Friday , the 12 th inst ., the Bevorond Godfroy Kingslord , dnaplain to the convict establishment at ( Gibraltar , destroyed himself by cutting his thrpat with a knife . Tho coroners jury gave a verdict of " temporary Insanity . " He was a zealous preacher , and much esteemed by all claasos at Gibraltar / On Monday , a deaf old labouror namod Scotfc , sovontylour years old , trespassed on the Jino of the Brighton and x ortBmouth Railway , and he was soon by tlio engine-driver pi a train , to Portsmouth near tho Rustington Brook , cross-!» i u b ° y ° nd tho Angmering station . Ho immediately "sort tho steam whistle , and continued to sound it , besides putting on all the breaks , but the old man being stono "out remained on the lino , and was dashed to nieces bv tho
w t £ n ln < l * wa 8 ll 0 Jd on Tuosday , at Leominstor , potoro Mr . J . Lutman Ellis , tho coroner for Wosfc Sussex , ana Avordiot roturn ' od of « Accidental death . " rW iW ,. tUo Mftrylobono County Court on Saturday lifI ni i ! . * Proprietor named Bowtoll should pay jra . r . Ulutterbuck tho value of a box placed in ono of his oaua at the Paddinttton station , and wliich waa not forthcoming Whon Mr # Olutterbuck arrived at hi « roBidonco at iinrli ! \ < Bowt ° N contended that cab proprietors only um ortook to convoy passengers , and wore not liable for ! , & 5 gP' wlu ^ U WftS takon gratuitously . Mr . Amos , tho w »? ' l ^ JT ®* ifc w ™ evident that Mr . Oluttorbuck wftaentitled to recover , and tho jury took tho eamo viow on , iiecaee , Tho decision ia important .
The execution of Kemish and Ayres , who were condemned to death for drowning Mr * Soflfc in the canal at Romsey after robbing him , was fixed for last Saturday , but they have both received , a respite for a fortnight , to give time for further inquiry , . Sarah Ann French , who poisoned her husband with arsenic at Chiddihgleyi arid passed the night afterc the fiineral wjth a young man narried , Hickman , her sister sleeping , in the same bed , and her little son in a bed by her side , was tried at LeweSj on Friday the 19 th inst ., before Mr . Baron Parke . She was lifted intrf the dock by the turnkeys , for she has been subject to fits , and in prison became partially paralyzed . She was stated in the calendar
to be twenty-seven years of age , but she is described as having all the appearance of a woman of forty , with a most repulsive countenance . During the greater part of the trial she sat in a sort of stupor , and did not appear to pay any attention to the proceedings , but when her son , a boy of eight years old , was introduced as a witness , she turned her head , looked at him for a . moment , and burst into team The boy ' s evidence , however , was not taken , as the Judge , after a few preliminary questions had been put , did not consider that he understood suf & ciently the moral obligation of an oath . The boy had said that "he did not know what happened to people who took an oath to tell the truth and told a lie . It was a wicked thing to tell a
lie . He was aware that something would be done to ¦ vt feked people who told lies , after they were dead ; but he did not know what it was . " Sarah French was found " Guilty" by the jury , and sentence of death was passed . Hickman was in court , and heard his wretched paramour ordered for execution without betraying the least emotion . The surviving officers of the British ship Victory have written to thedowners , Messrs . Cook and Wilson , confirming the detafls already given of the horrible massacre committed by theChinese emigrant coolies . The names of the murdered men are , Mr . Wm- Lennox Mullens , the commander ; Watt
the second mate , Mr . James Aransons j Henry , a seaman ; and the cook , E dward Bailey , who has left a widow and five children , at Cambridge . By the last advices the authorities of Singapore had forwarded several of the crew to the Admiral on the China station , who in all probability would send a steamer in search of the pirates ; and , as the native chief of the locality where they landed is < m friendly terms , great hopes are entertained that they will all be captured . The object of the coolies in massacreing the ciftptain and others of the crew was no doubt plunder , and it is now believed that they went on board with an impression that ; thei Victory- was freig hted with a valuable cargo . " Captain Mullens also has left a widow and a large family .
Health Oip London' During The Week. The ...
HEALTH OiP LONDON' DURING THE WEEK . The official report says : — -A high rate of mortality continues to prevail in the nietropous . In the last week of February the deaths were 1069 j in the first two yreeks of Marcb . they rose successively to 1128 and 1232 ; and in the week that ended last Saturday they were 1208 , In ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842-51 the average number or deaths was 1061 , wliich , if raised in a certain proportion according to i ncrease of population , w ill be 1156 . The number returned for hist week , therefore , exceeds the corrected average by 62 .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. O...
BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 18 th inst ., in Inverness-terrace , Bays water , the wife of George Vulliamy , Esq .: a daughter . On the 20 th inst ., at No . 8 , Chester-street , Mrs . 'Philip Pleydell Bouverie : a daughter . ' On the 20 th inst ., in Dorset-place , the Lady Louisa Babett : a daughter . On the 21 st inst ., at 10 , Upper Groavenor-street , the lady of J 3 ir Edward North Buxtoh , Bart ., M . P .: a daughter . On the 22 nd ihst y at 3 , Norfolk-street , Park-lane , the wife of Frederic Weber , M . P .: a daughter . MABRIAGBS . On the 28 th of January , at Bellary , Lieut . C . S . B . Bivar , 1 st Madras Light Cavalry , to Matilda Emma , daughter of the late Colonel John Hunter . On the 20 th insfc ., at St . Panqras , by hia brother , the Rev . Riohard Whittington , M . A ., JohnWhittmgton , Esq ., of Dublin , third son of Benjamin Whittington , Esq ., of Dean-street , Fineibury-aquare , to Frances Louisa , eldest daughter of Riohard Norton , Esq ., of Liverpool-street , Argyle-square , London . On the 23 rd inst ., at St . John ' s , Hackney , b y the Rev , Mr . Gordon , Lieut . J . W . Lane , R . N ., of Carahalton . Surrey , to Louisa Caroline , relict of the lute Captain W , B . Prioo , of Homerton , Middlesex . On Saturday , the 20 th inat ., at St . George ' s , Camberwell , William Frederiok Measer , Eaq ., of Carlton-lodge , Now-oross , to Cordelia Townaend , second daughter of James Smith , Esq ., of the Grand Surrey Canal Docks , Hotherhithe , Surrey .
DEATHS . On tho 8 th inst ., in tho 71 st year of his age , John Harry , Esq ., M . D ., who was formerly private phyaioian to Her Imperial Highness tho Grand Duchess of Oldonbourg , and afterwards private physician to her sister , Her Majesty the present Queon-Mothor of the Netherlands . On the 13 th inst ., at Southsea , Commander Goorgo Martin Hunter , R . N ., fourth son of tho late General Sir Martin Huntor . On Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., at St . John ' s-wopd , London , John Hindo Polly , Esq ., late of the Bombay Civil Service ,
aged 60 . On tho 19 th inst ., at Broome , Bedfordshire , Elizabeth , relict of tho lato Walter Gullifer , Esq ., of Witham , Essex , in tho 00 th year of her ago . ¦ . ' . On the 21 st inat ., at St . James's Falaoe , in tho 74 th year of hia acto , Major-Gcneral Sir Henry Whoutloy , Bart ., O . B ., ' K . G . fty lato Privy Purse to His Majesty William , the Fourth , and" to Her Majesty Queen Victoria . ' , On the 22 nd inst ., at his rosidenoo , 23 , Argyll-street , Sir Charles Fergusson Forbes , M . D ., K . O . H ., and Doputy Inspootof-General of Army Hospitals , agod ' 73 . On tho 22 nd inat ., aged 80 , Sarah , wife of John Finohin , Esq ., oi'ForosUane , West Ham , Essex , and New-road , St . Goorgo flin-tho-EiiHt ,
At Buoknell , Oxfordshire , on tho 23 rd inst ., T . T . Drake , of Shardeloes , Esq ., aged 09 . On the 28 rd inst ., at No . 0 , New Burlington-streot , Charles Foloy Wilrnot , Eaq ., second son of tlio lato aic Robert Wihnot , B « rt of Oflmarton , lu the county of Derby , ftgod 04 ,
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TO REAPERS AND CGRRESPGNPENTS . ItisimpossMetoacJmowledge the mass of letters we ^ ceive . Their insertion i 8 often delayed , owing to a press < rf . ™»«^* and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . . tow No notice can be taken of anonymons commumcabona . Whatever is intended for insertion must be authentacated . by ujo name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of hia good faith . . . ¦ .. - . ¦ We cannot undertake to return rejected eonmj ^ 0 ^ ?!; - ¦ - All letters fo * the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellington" Street , Strand , London . • , „_ Communications should always be legibly written , and on on © side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty ot finding space for them .
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Satttbday, March 20. We Have Now Some Di...
Satttbday , March 20 . We have now some distinct pledges from ministers in both Houses to a dissolution-Soon after the House of Commons met last night , Lord John Russell distinctly enquired whether Ministers were prepared to advise the Crown to dissolve Parliament and summon a new one with the least possible delay ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer
said that was an " unprecedented" question , nevertheless he would answer it . Parliament would be dissolved , and-a new one assembled in time to take a decision upon the question of confidence in the administration during " . the present year /* But a far more decided reply was given by Lord Derby to a similar question asked by the Duke of Newcastle , on presenting a free-trade petition from the Manchester Commercial Association . Lord Derby was not so artistic as Mr .
Disraeli , but he was far more frank and explicit . " I am as anxious as possible , " he said , " that at the earliest period , consistent with that which I deem to be for the welfare and good of the country—the country should have an opportunity of expressing its opinion upon the principles upon which and the men by whom the Government of this country shall henceforth be conducted . I will go a step further , and say , that I think the next autumn ought not to be allowed to pass over , not only without the country havinghad the opportunity of coming to a decision , but without Parliament having had the opportunity of pronouncing definitively and finally its opinion
and its judgment on the course of policy that ought to be adopted on the part of the Government . I will give no pledge as to time , whether in April , in May , or in June , that an appeal shall be made to the country ; but I admit that an appeal ought to be made to the country before the ordinary tune of commencing the next session of Parliament ; and that the great question in issue should be decided and adjudicated upon by Parliament at an earlier period , so that the ordinary and current business of tho next session should not be interfered with" by a protracted discussion on the commercial and financial pokey of tho country . Further than that I am not prepared to givo any assurance . "
Some distrust waa created by a speech from Lord Redesdale , as to how far the words of Lord Derby might be taken as a pledge . To remove this , the Earl of Aberdeen , again professing emphatically his adherence to the free trade policy , said" I understood him ( Lord Derby ) to say , that consistently with such measures as were of urgent and primary importance being passed—a matter which must always bo
one of degree (' near , ' from tho Earl of Derby)—ho may attach greater importance to some than I may , but it is for him , of course , to decide ( hear)—such measures as ho thinks of primary importance ( hear)—that ho would then advise her Majesty to dissolve Parliament . ( Hear . ) But tho important part of tho declaration is this , that , bo it sooner or be it later , a new Parliament w ill be called to decide that groat question to which I have referred in tho course of tho autumn . " ( ' Hoar , ' from the Earl of Derby . ) The House of Commons resolved itsolf into a Committee of Supply last night . Major Borcsford moved the nrmy estimates , substantially those prepared by tho late government . They asked for 101 , 987 men , an increaso of 33 , 223 over tho number voted last year j and for a vote of 3 , 602 , 067 £ , boing an increase of 80 , 997 / . A few words ft-om Mr . William Williams followed tho statement of tho secretary , and nothing more wan said about tho estimates . There was far othor work afoot . Mr . Osborno , leaving tho estimates on ono side , made a dualling attack on Ministers . Ho described thorn as seeking to conceal tho cloven foot of protection \ inder tlio smock frock of official rosorvo ;" ho taunted them with thimble-rigging , and said tho public , as usualj " were to bo plundered , whilo tho noblo lord and his confoderatea in smock frocks wore" plnying tho game ; " ho said they were making a wniting-raco of it , and ho was distrustful when ho hhw " tho ttuporf ; of Debate" adopt tho tactics of " Fabius Cunctutor . " In this stylo ho proceeded . Ho savagely alluded to Lord Derby ' s " disloyal and treacherous ancestor , " who betrayed Richard III . at Bosworth , and asked whether tho farmers woro to bo thrown ovor " for such things were in tho Wood nml would como out ! Ho
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Leader (1850-1860), March 27, 1852, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27031852/page/11/
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