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920 THE LE A D E R. [Saturday,
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THE PUBLIC HEALTH.—THE CHOLERA. The chol...
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A case has occurred in which some striki...
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There has been an increase of cases of c...
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The total number of deaths from cholera ...
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The cholera has broken out over the whol...
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LAW REFORMS IN ACTION. On and after tho ...
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Under tho now Common Law Procedure Act, ...
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ASSAULTS ON WOMEN. The working of the re...
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At Worship-stTeet, John Murcott Acas imp...
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At Lambeth, Henry Perry, a bricklayer, w...
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THE SABBATEI AT DOVER. A correspondent h...
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A NATIONAL PARTY VIA THE COALITION. The ...
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OUR CIVILISATION. Margaret Giluelani>, o...
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At Hammersmith Police«court, James Wilso...
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Michael Keating was a Dyke watchman, at ...
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At Haverfprdwest, the Rev. Patrick Kelly...
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ULTRA-PROTESTANTISM IN IRELAND. Thkke is...
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ELECTIONS. I'nOME. TiiKitii is to bo a c...
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920 The Le A D E R. [Saturday,
920 THE LE A D E R . [ Saturday ,
The Public Health.—The Cholera. The Chol...
THE PUBLIC HEALTH . —THE CHOLERA . The cholera has not subsided so rapidly as -was expected . It appears from the Registrar-General ' s report—that it is slowly retreating from London ; but it destroyed last week 1284 lives , and 19 persons died from the allied disease , diarrhoea . The deaths from all causes in the three weeks ending September 23 , have been 3411 , 2836 , and 2504 , including the 2050 , 1549 , and 1284 deaths from , cholera . The deaths by cholera in the ten weeks of this eruptioa have been 8593 ; the eruption of 1849 broke out earlier , and by the same date , nearly , had destroyed 12 , 664 of the inhabitant * of London .
The Board of Health fights under the same disadvantages in London as a War Minister -would if he could only oppose the invasion of an active enemy by the force which every parish and public company would vote and consent to bring into the field ; y « t we may hope , now that the local machinery is , under due supervision , set in motion , and judicious precautions are issued , to see the mortality decline at an accelerated rate .
A Case Has Occurred In Which Some Striki...
A case has occurred in which some striking facts in relation to the sanitary condition of Clerkenwell , have been brought to light . An inquest has been held on a cliild called James Hinckley , who died of cholera , at N " o . 3 , Allen-street , Clerkenwell . The street in question is one of the filthiest hi that filthy district . On either side of it are two yards which are used by tripe-dressers and preparers of dogs' and cats ' meat . The effluvia arising from these places is enough to kill any person who has not become acclimatised . Offal and other foetid matter are permitted to be collected until the maggots literally crawl about the neighbourhood . The privies , drains , and gutters are in a most disgraceful state . Fever is scarcely ever absent from the locality , and , an short , the only wonder is that human beings can live in it .
The evidence showed great neglect on the part of the parochial authorities , notwithstanding the pressure put on them by the Board of Health . The jury , no doubt believing that the « holera was gone , delivered the following verdict : —> " " We find that the child died of cholera ; but still we find that the guardians are not responsible in this case , firmly believing that the Board of Guardians had acted as well as tliey could up to the present time . Like-wise that the Board of Health had done their duty . But we still recommend the guardians to act -with promptness with the Board of Health in . removing nuisances . We consider that the nuisance in Bailey ' s-yard should be forth-• vyith removed 5 and that thanks should be given to Mr . Goacher for his prompt attention in the case , and to Mr . Goddard for the way in which he has acted in the matter . "
There Has Been An Increase Of Cases Of C...
There has been an increase of cases of cholera in Edinburgh , and it continues to rage in Liverpool . It is declining at Belfast , and ha 3 almost disappeared in Dublin .
The Total Number Of Deaths From Cholera ...
The total number of deaths from cholera in all France amounted , up to the date of the last accounts , to 88 , 626 .
The Cholera Has Broken Out Over The Whol...
The cholera has broken out over the whole of Bavaria . Twenty victims fall daily in Munich itself .
Law Reforms In Action. On And After Tho ...
LAW REFORMS IN ACTION . On and after tho 24 th October an important alteration will take place with respect to new trials in the superior courts . No new trial is to be granted by reason of tho ruling of any judge that the stamp upon any document is sufficient , or that the document does not require a stamp . In every rule nisi for a now trial 3 or to enter a verdict or nonsuit the grounds upon which such rule is granted shall bo shortly stated therein . This is a decided improvement , aa parties will know tho gronnda on which tho rules are obtained , and the plaintiffs will have to confines themselves to tho points sot forth . In all cases of rules to alter a verdict or no-nsuit , upon a point reserved ftt the trial , if the rule to show cause be refused or granted , and then discharged or inado absolute , tho party decided against may appeal . No Appeal ia to bo allowed unless notice be given in writing within four days of tho decision , or auch further time « a may bo allowed . Notice of appeal ia to bo a stay of execution , provided baijl bo given to pay tho sum recovered and costs in like manner , as bail in Error , within eight days of tho decision complained of , or before execution ia delivered to tho sheriff . Tho Court of Appeal ia to have power to adjudge the payment of costs , and to order restitution , and to hare tho same powers as tho Court of Error . Tho Court of Error , the Exchequer Chamber , and tho Houho of Lords , are to be tho Court of Appeal under the act .
Under Tho Now Common Law Procedure Act, ...
Under tho now Common Law Procedure Act , a witness in any cnuso may to questioned an to whether Km has bcon convicted of any felony or iniHdonioiinor , and if ho denies the fact or refuses to answer , the opposite party may prove tho conviction and put in n cortilicato , which upon proof of tho identity of the portion , i » to bo evidence of tho conviction , without proof of the official character of tho poroon nigning It ,
Assaults On Women. The Working Of The Re...
ASSAULTS ON WOMEN . The working of the recent act for the protection has been illustrated by Mr . Hammill , in a letter to the Home-office , on the occasion of his being charged with undue severity in one of bis sentences . He says : — " I announced , immediately on the passing of the act , that I should adopt such a course of severity on the first case being brought before me , and I have since frequently repeated it , thinking that such announcement by means of the press would deter from what 1 must almost characterise the common practice of ill-using women in this district . With regard to women of the town , 1 have continually laid down as to them , that as long as they conduct themselves quietly in the streets they are as much entitled to protection as any other class of her Majesty ' s subjects , which seems to cause astonishment to the people who hear it , so accustomed have the brutal population of this region been to knock down these poor creatures as if they were so many nanepins , and without feeling . Notwithstanding the severity ¦ with which I have administered the act , I regret to say that , such cases are as numerous as ever , and therefore I don't conceive that the time has arrived for me to change the view I have taken of my duty in carrying out the provisions of the act . It can only be , I fear , a remedial measure , until the moral aiuL industrial training of the population is put under a more effectual system than is now permitted . Existing disposition to violence can only be held in check by fear of personal suffering . I assure you , sir , this state of things , daily exhibited before me , has long filled me with anxiety and perplexity , and I don ' t , under the existing system of ^ sv-hat is called education , see much hope of the next generation being better than this . " Wife-beating continues . There have been several cases this week .
At Worship-Stteet, John Murcott Acas Imp...
At Worship-stTeet , John Murcott Acas imprisoned for six weeks for deliberately knocking down his wife with his fist . As usual she was dependent on him , nnd had eight children .
At Lambeth, Henry Perry, A Bricklayer, W...
At Lambeth , Henry Perry , a bricklayer , wa 8 committed , for two months for brutal ill-treatment of his wife . —Both these cases were in one day .
The Sabbatei At Dover. A Correspondent H...
THE SABBATEI AT DOVER . A correspondent has forwarded a bill , which is largely circulated at Dover , which he urges is more likely to cause breaches of the Sabbath , by the propagation of informers , than by the doing of the acts which , it condemns in penalties . The magistrates might at least state the statute under which they issue their proclamation . " Lord ' s Day . —Sunday Trading . —Borough of Dover , in the County of Kent . —No tradesman , artificer , workman , labourer , or other person , shall do or exercise any wordly labour , business , or -work of their ordinary callings , upon the Lord ' s Day , or any part thereon ( works of necessity and charity only excepted ) . And every person being of the age of fourteen years or up-wards , offending in the premises shall , for every such offence , forfeit the sum of five shillings . And no person shall publicly cry , sliow forth , or expose for sale , any wares , merchandize , fruit , herbs , goods , or chattels whatsoever , upon the Lord ' s Day , or any part thereof , upon pain of forfeiting the same . N . B . A portion of penalties may be paid to informers . This caution is put out by order of the mayor and magistrates . —Matthew Kennett , Clerk to the Magistrates . "
A National Party Via The Coalition. The ...
A NATIONAL PARTY VIA THE COALITION . The Glasgow Commonwcahh observes : —¦ " There seoma no doubt that the country is universally tired of the experiment of » coalition government , constructed on the principle of the present—that is , on the principle of combining inon . together so as effectually to destroy the power which they would hjivo as individuals . From all quarters , in nil ' retrospects of the ecssion , ' whether in Whig , Tory , or Radical organs of opinion , wo have had a sentence of condemnation on tho coalition government , and a declaration that tho country ought not to tolerate it any lontrer .
Either , then , tho coalition must change its tactics next session , and find out real public work which its mom bora can harmoniously and energetically carry out j or it must bo dissolved , and its oloincntH rc-arnuigou in now combinationo . Tho flrut ia unlikely 5 wo look for tho second . Tho formation of a utrong liberal party out of tho b « Ht mntoriulu of tho coalition , with suuh other independent materials na Purliument otf ' wt * , in tho want , of ( ho country . Lot tho country perttisfc in it . « clamour for tho formation of such , u put ly T und hhhIhL in preparing tho programme of measures on which mich a party vugUt to incorporate itself . Thin is tho homo-work of the recess ; and , amid all our oxcitomont about Crimea expeditions and tho like , it ought not to bo neglected .
Our Civilisation. Margaret Giluelani>, O...
OUR CIVILISATION . Margaret Giluelani > , of "West Rainton , Durham , lived unhappily with her husband . They agreed to separate . She was going to Ireland , and wished to leave her child , a month old , with her husband . She attempted to give it out of the window of the railway carriage to her husband , who pushed it back . She threw it out of the train , and the carriages passed over and killed it . She has * been committed for manslaughter .
At Hammersmith Police«Court, James Wilso...
At Hammersmith Police « court , James Wilson , a smith , was accused of committing a severe assault on his uncle , Thomas Allen , by knocking him down and beating him . The uncle ' s story was that it was done out of revenge for a refusal to lend the nephew money . The nephew recriminated ^ stating that the uncle had seduced his sister , a girl of sixteen . The uncle denied it , and said the only ground for such a suspicion was that he had assisted the girl and her mother , who were in great distress . The prisoner was locked up till he could find sureties to keep the peace .
Michael Keating Was A Dyke Watchman, At ...
Michael Keating was a Dyke watchman , at Mardyke , near Cork . He was found a day or two ago dead , with his throat cut . His head was nearly severed from his body . It was at first supposed thac he had eoniruitted suicide ; but a bloody razor , wrapped in part of a newspaper , was found by his side . Ilis wife was taken into custody on suspicion , as there had been differences between them on account of her intemperate habits , and she often had threatened his life .
At Haverfprdwest, The Rev. Patrick Kelly...
At Haverfprdwest , the Rev . Patrick Kelly , a Roman Gatholic priest , was charged with committing a rape on Mary Sullivan , a girl of fourteen . From the evidence it appeared that he induced her to come to him in the vestry-room of his chapel , under the pretext of sending ; her to buy him some whisky , threw her on the door-mat , and violated her . The offence was strongly denied . The medical evidence was contradictory— -one surgeon being of opinion that there had been recent violation , and another that there had not . The girl's character for veracity was impeached . The magistrates differed equally m opinion , came to no decision , and the prisoner was 1 st free .
Ultra-Protestantism In Ireland. Thkke Is...
ULTRA-PROTESTANTISM IN IRELAND . Thkke is a paper published in Dublin on high Protestant Principles , whose watchfulness over those principles is indicated by its name —the Sentinel There is reading in this journal suggestive and instructive as regards religious feeling in Ireland . It seems that " Dissent" is- not always necessarily true Protestantism , for the Sentinel is not by any means d ' accord with Mr . Miall , whose " New Lights . " do not kindle a sympathising flame in the heart of the Protestant journal . It declares—We have tried the champion of " Independency , " and -we pronounce him wanting—in truthfulness , honesty , and simplicity . He cannot succeed in his object—he never will . He is the creature of circumstances . He has no real depth of view or earnestness in him . If ia hope is based 011 the power of clamour , the zeal of Papists , the prevalence of prejudice , ignorance , and selfishness . In short , good Mr . Miall is nothing more than a pretentious quack ; and the age is just as likely to swoop away the Collego of Physicians and the Surgeons' Hall , and proclaim Professor Holloway the Surgeon-General , or Mr , Moat I'hysician to the State and to tho Quoeii ' a household , ns to swallow the moral nostrtims of the editor of tho Noncortfb ' nnwt . Absolute absurdity—ayo , verily
absurdity , constitutes no small element in tho disquisitions of our philosopher . There arc many Pistols in tho -world besides tho bombastic ranters of fustian and of Gasconade wlio frequent tho hostolries of the Mrs . Quickly or the Doll Tearshuts ; and of these , one ia most certainly tho honourable member for Rochdale and factotum of tho anti-State Church Association . Ho has a lingo different , indeed , in its terminology from that of the ancient horo of tho Poet , but , in point of mouthing and emptiness , quite equivalent to his .
Elections. I'Nome. Tiikitii Is To Bo A C...
ELECTIONS . I'nOME . TiiKitii is to bo a contest in this borough . It appears tliut there is to ho an attempt to get rid of the influence of tho Eurl of Cork . Tho luto Colonol Boyle was personally popular , but ho was a son of tho ICurl of Covlc , and on his death , the first person in tho fluid was Lord Dungarvon , tho grandson of tho oarl . A largo numher of the constituency object to this , and they have entered into communiuat ion with Mr . Sidney , the present Lord Mayor of London . Mr . Wilcoolc , tho Chuncory barrister , who was a candidate at the last election , is nlno announced as a candidate . A member of the Thynne family is spoken of , who will represent tho Marquis of Bath , and tho JUtv . Mr . Bonnet und High Church principles .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 30, 1854, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30091854/page/8/
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