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It is said that the shock of an earthquake was distinctly felt in Swansea last Tuesday week , about half-past seven in the morning . The effect was sufficient to . bring some persons out of their beds to see what was going on . The bells in one place were set ringings and the windows shook violently . The shock seems to have extended over a line of 26 miles . / . . , . ,-,, The workmen engaged m repairing / a house in O-lasgow had been in the practice of jumping through the front windows , finding this more convenient than the ordinary entrance . This habit was so strong upon one of the men that he bounded through after the window had been dazed , clearine awav about 157 . worth of plate-glass .
Two officers of the " Royal First Devon Yeomanry Cavalry , quartered in the town of Teignmouth , who had quarrelled over the bottle , determined upon deciding the matter "honourably . " Their seconds , however , provided that the pistols should be harmless , and to improve the j oke , explained the state of things to one of the combatants , arranging that he should fall as if mortally wounded , while the other should be hurried away to Prance . The affair accordingly came off a few days ago , at three o ' clock in the morning , but , unfortunately , as the unhappy man was about to fly the consequences of his supposed crime , the preventive officers appeared , drawn by the reports , and disarranged the plot . ,
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . A thousand deaths were registered in the Metropolis in the week that ended last Saturday , showing an important increase on the previous week , in which the number was only 883 . In connexion with this result it Will be remarked that the mean weekly temperature fell from 52 * 7 ° and 55-6 ° in the second and third week of May to 50-8 ° in the fourth , whilst last week it was 52-5 ° , having been during the last fortnight about 6 degrees below the average , to which atmospheric change the increase of mortality is probably to be attributed . In the four Weeks now mentioned the rain that fell amounted to 2 * 21 in ., though in the previous twelve weeks the entire amount was less than one inch . _ "
In the ten ' weeks corresponding to last week in the years 1842-51 the average number of deaths was 877 , which , if raised in proportion to the increase Of population , becomes 965 ; the present number , therefore , exhibits an excess of 35 above the estimated amount . In the present Heturn the number of cases in which small-pox was fatal amounts to 40 ; those of 32 children , and 8 persons of fifteen years of age and upwards . Five of the sufferers are rep orted to have been previously vaccinated : their ages were 6 months , and 5 , 15 , 16 , and 35 years .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 3 rd inst ., in Grosvenor-street , Lady Edward Pitzalan Howard : a son . ,..,,,., On the 4 th inst ., at Malahide Castle , Lady Talbot de Malahide a son . On the 5 th inst ., at Holuwell House , tho seat of Colonel Komeys Tynte , the wife of Captain Kemeys Tynte : a son and heir . On the 6 th inst ., at ' Wilatoad Vicarage , Beds , the wife of tho Itev . Frederick C . Gk Passy : a son . On the 8 th inst ., at 70 , Chester-square , tho wife of Charles M'CulIoch , Esq .: a daughter . On tho 8 th inst ., at Weybridgc , Mrs . W . II . Mwrtinoau : a daughter . MARRIAGES . On Wednesday , tho lOth . ult ., at Boston , U . S ., the Hon . Edward T . B . Tvvisloton , to Miss TSHen Dwicht , daughter oi tho late Hon . Edmund Dwipht , of tho State of MaBsaehuBotts . On the 4 th inst ., at 28 , Drummond-placo , Edinburgh , James Tait , second son of Adam Black , Esq ., to Charlotte , third daughter of Maurice Lothian , Esq ., Procurator Fiscal for tho county of Edinburgh . ,,, , . On the 6 th inst ., at Walcot Church , Bath , Thomas Kitchinfimau Staveley , Esq ., of Old SloninRford and Stainloy Halls , Yorkshire , to Ann Elizabeth , onl y daughter of tho late Michael Androw Burmostor , Esq ., M . B ., Surgeon to the Forces . On tho 5 th inHfc ., at 8 t ; . Nicholas ' s , Brighton , George Leslie . Esq ., H . M . ' s 77 th Kogiment , older son ol Maior-Genoral Leslie , K . H ., to Elizabeth , daughter of tho luto William Boebe , of Grovo House , Ham , Esq . On the 7 th inst ,, at St . Goorgo ' s , Hanover-square , Goorgo Owstoii Newton , Esq ., of Croxion Park , Cambridgeshire , to Mary , eldest daughter of Wyndham Berkeley Portman , Esq ., of Hiiro Park , in tho samo county . On tho 8 th hint ., at Math , William John Sands , Esq ., oldest son of Warren Hastings Sands , Enq ., of tho Itoyal-oiroiis , Edmbnrgli , to Augusta Sophia , second daughter of Major-Gonoral Woniyea , O . B ., of Green Park , Bath .
DEATHS . On tho lOfch of September hist , whilst bathing at Bhooj , India , in tho 22 nd year of hi » ago , Edward Tracy , of tho Bombay Artillery , eldest sou of the Into Martin Tracy , Eaq ,, of Stoke Newington , groat grandson of the Hon . Kobort Traoy , deeply lamented by bin family and frionda . On the illat of Maroh , at Barbadoon , m hor 81 th yoar , Keturali Shophard , wile of William Murray , Esq ., late of H . M . ' m Civil SorVioo , grauddauglitor of tho Might lion . Janieu Bruce , of Gartlot ,, county of Clackmannan , N . B ., and grandnieoo of David Bruoo , Eaq ., of Koniiut , in tho mtinn oounty , an ostato poBSOBBod by the family since tho timo of King Moborfc
At Sierra Loono , on tho 16 th of April . Captain Jolin JuHuh MaoDonnoll , comma nding her Majost . y ' n brig Crane , second hoii of tho late Colonel MaoDonnoll , and graiidBon of tho lato Sir John Johnson , Bart . „ , . ,, „„ „ , On tho 2 nd inut ,, ftt tho house ot lus mother , 82 , Burton-Btreet , Eaton-squaro , Henry Hay Darling , aged 21 , youngest won of tho lato Miijor-Genoral Jlonry Charles Darlaig , Liout .-Govornor of Tobago . „ _ , On tho 3 rd innE , at JPoylo Park , oounty of Londonderry , m his 62 nd year , Lesley Alexander , Esq ., U . L . and J , l » , for the said county , deeply and deservedly regretted .
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Saturday , June 12 . Lobd Maimesbtjbt again brought forward his extraordinary bill respecting the surrender of Frenchmen charged w ith criminal acts , last nights Since the preceding "discussion , he had somewhat modified its provisions , but they are still of a very suspicious nature . He had one arrangement to propose , which he hoped would meet the "jealous fear" of noble lords , " to the liberty of the subject . "
" At first , it was proposed to surrender a prisoner immediately after his arrest , if the magistrates were satisfied with his identity . Instead of this , he would propose that the Secretary of State should not issue a warrant for detention until there was reasonable cause to be satisfied of the identity of the accused , and that on no account should he be surrendered to the French Government without having first the piece d ' accusation or mise ^ en accusation with a certificate from the Juge d'lnstruction—that officer being a judge independent of the executive . He was promised bv the French Ambassador that a law exactly analogous hear
to this should be passed m France . ( Hear , . ) J ± e saw a noble ea rl smile ; but , if . they did not believe in the honour of a gentleman nothing could be done—they could make no convention at all . Governments must have faith in one another . At all events , Her Majesty ' s Government had this hold over the Government with which it entered into a conven tion , that the convention could not be put in motion until both parties were agreed . If , therefore , the provisions and stipulations of the French Government were not fulfilled , the convention could not be put in force . "
Lord Campbell thought the proposition less inconvenient than that originally proposed . " If the Jugo d'lnstruction were notremovable , that would make the proposition less objectionable , but still he should feel some hesitation in giving entire credence to what that judge might say , He thought the convention would bo unobjectionable , ' it were required that reasonable proof should be given to the Secretary of State that the person accused was really guilty and ought to be given up ; but if Parliament agreed to what amounted -4 o giving the executive power to deliver up without such reasonable proof any French citizen in this country , then England would no longer bo that asylum which it hitherto had been . ( Hear , hear . )" Lord Bkottgham concurred in looking upon the
mise en accusation with suspicion , until he know its effect . If the Juge d'lnstruction only looked at the pieces a " accusation , and reported on them , then his certificate would bo very unsatisfactory ground to proceed upon . Upon which Lord MAiiMESUUBY observed that it was the result of a judicial inquiry before judges of a superior order to the Jugo d'lnstruction . Lord Abekdeen renewed his opposition . He wanted to know what prevented tho French government now from furnishing tho mise en accusation ' ! to which ho received no reply .
"If tho production of tho mise en accusation were sufficient proof , then no chango in tho terms of tho existing convention would bo required . Ha thought it would bo a dangerous proceeding to depart from tho principlo of insisting upon sufficient proof of guilt being afforded as would warrant tho arrest and trial of the person accused , if thooflonce had boon committed in this country . Hitherto tho laws of this country had afforded to foreigners tho same protection as to natives , and now it was proposed to make an entirely now provision m respected foreigners . If howover , tho misa on accusation of tho Jugo d'lnstruotion afforded that Hulliciont proof which was at prosont required , ho should have no objection to tho proposal of tho noblo earl . "
Tho Loitl > Ciianckixor mentioned that tho propo-Bition now made had been approved of by tho late Government ; but it was neither tho desire of tho present nor of tho lato Government , to deliver up French subject without proper cause , or to abandon the duty of hospitality to refugees of all nation h under proper rules and rogulatiorm . Lord Gba-NVIIXE supported tho bill . With respect to tho protection which ought to bo given to political rofngcoH , there was a clauso in tho convention providing for that ; nnd , if further Hecurity could bo suggested , ho would willingly agree to ita adoption .
Lord CjtANWOJtTH made a critical speech , pointing out how ft judicial examination in this country , tho production of witnesses . &c ., would entail oxpenuo , and
render the . cohyention ihoperative . Still somethine analogous to the evidence required by English law ought to be demanded . He could not say whether the mise en accusation would meet that demand . Lord Beaumontobserved , th § £ by the new convention the President of France was to issue his decree for the surrender of Englishmen charged twth crime , "ifhe found due causej" and . he thought the same discretion . ought be iven to the
to g English Government . He trusted the present bill would not be proceeded with but the Duke of Abgksxl thought that tho security which all were anxious to obtain with regard to political offenders would be gained to a certain extent if the Secretary of State were mtrusted with a discre . tionary power ; and he thought it a matter of pripaary importance that the Secretary of State should have such a power .
After this the House went into committee . The Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Beaumont thought that before the House proceeded , they ought to know how the bill really stood , as the proposed amendments were not yet printed * Lord Debby replied , that one of the amendments would be to enable the contracting parties to make the convention consonant with the act ; further alleging , that the convention had been drawn up by some of the ablest lawyers of both countries ; and pettishly insinuating that if half-a-dozen conventions were
framed , there would be objections to every one . The Earl of Abeedeen > somewhat nettled , retorted that the existing convention , had been drawn up hymen quite as able as they who had drawn up the new one ; arid yet it had failed . As to the amendments , he must see them before he could judge of them , it was something new in legislation , what had no existence , and to say that their lordships must either approve or disapprove of that with respect to which they had no means of judging . ( Hear . )
The Lobd Ghanceijcoe explained ^ that their lordships were called upon to decide the extent to which they would give effect to a treaty which had actually been made by her Majesty , by the advice of her servants , and what was proposed by the proviso was , that if a supplementary treaty should be agreed to in order to bring the principal ^ treaty within the limits which their lordships had agreed upon , it should be taken to be part arid portion of the said treaty . It would bo perfectly optional both with her Majesty and the French Government to concur or not in the proposed supplementary treaty . ( Hear , hear . ) The ttpshot of the discussion was , that the Bill passed through committee with Lord Malmesbury ' s amendments !
Note . —The correspondent of theJDaily Netos , writing from Paris on Thursday , furnishes the following important paragraph : — " I observe in the English papers arrived to-day , a feature in the debate of tho Lords , on Tuesday night , which needs some comment from this side of the Channel . In reply to Lord Brougham ' s description of the law just passed by the Corps Legislatif , Lord Malmesbury staterf that Lord Brougham was quite mistaken , and that the bill just passed was confined entirely to Frenchmen . Now , tho fact is , that the mistake lies with tho foreign secretary , and not with Lord Brougham , whose account ot the bin in
was perfectly accurate . In effect , you will nna w » Moniteur of to-day , a report of the debate in the Lorjw Legislatif , which took place on tho 4 th of Juno ; for hero the debates are published commonly a week after they are hold . Now , tho « th articlo of tho law ia as follows : — Every foreigner who , out of the French territory hofl been guilty of a crime either against tho public weal o France , or against a Frenchman , may , if ho come to France , bo thoro arrested , and judged according to mo French laws . , .. ti ^ In respect to misdemeanours ( dtlits ) . the P ™ g ^ will only tako place in the case and under the comliUoiw flatorminad between Franco and tho foreign powers oy u .
plomatic treaties . , , , . i > . n It is of tho highest importance that this should w rightly understood ; and possibly Lord Malmosbury . w > ; when bettor informed , give somo explanation tondinfe iJ correct his mistake , which is tho loss oxcusablo , ns iio ro preaches Lord Broug ham roundly wit , h a b under mm the latter hod given an excellent and faithful description of tho law .
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Tho House of Commons hold a morning Bitting yt terday . After nominating a select committee top paro tho militia estimates , Mr . Sidney , talcing »« v tago of tho order for going into committee ) ot Bupj i > movod ^ for tho last time , that a department f ^ "J committee , or unpaid commission , bo appointed to sidor , suggost , and roport from timo to tune , pr tivo and romodial measures to bonoflt tho bocmu tionoftho working classes . Ho urged with m oarnoBtnoas tho noccHsity of a plan like tlmt ' «" posed , tor tho remedy of evils which were y 0 " ™^ - ^ coming more and inoro aggravated , and tor pr J . tho education and preserving tho health of «» 0 ^ . , £ classoB , nnd tujsisting thoir industrial offortfl . **»
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It appears from a Parliamentary paper that the expenses incurred in the removal of the marble arch , and in the recent alterations of the grounds of St .. James ' s-Palace , and the buildings connected with it , as well as those of Buckingham Palace , amount to 11 , 000 ? ., which has been already voted , with an addition of 2283 Z ., not comprised in the estimate submitted to Parliament .
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TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . _ It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to e press of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communicatibn . . _^ No notice can be taken of anonymous communications . _ Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; no ^ 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 . ,, ' ¦ ... '' j ComniUnications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1852, page 560, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1939/page/12/
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