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* Aldermen , antecedently to the act in question , many ffwScrc ' ausesbad been inserted in the act The A bv-law required every Bteamboat to have a T I e ^ reSng the number of persons ii should be llCe Sed rS ? y , such number to be legibly painted rtte padaebox , according to the plan of informing the pubHc on the doors of omnibuses of the fares and numbers according to the travelling regulations of these S under the penalty of 61 . for every trip in which ^ offence should be committed . The third by-law fixed the space which each passenger should have-™ melv four superficial feet of the deck , to be measured "Thhfthe gunwales , and the master or manager was
compilable to pay a fine of Ms . for every passenger ovTr and above the number specified . The eighth section regulated the speed at the rate of six miles per hour with the tide , and four mUes an hour against it . Bv the ninth section it was provided that any person navigating a vessel at a furious and dangerous rate of Led , or wilfully , negligently , or carelessly causing in-Sy to any person or property , should forfeit 101 Now , with such ' an act and such by-laws , and with the support and assistance of his brother magistrates , be had no fear if they would grant the motion of which he h ad given notice , of the abatement of so intolerable a nuisance . ( Hear . ) _
Sir P . Laurie said he had much pleasure in seconding the motion , the object of which was of such palpable use as not to require discussion . The Lord Mayor thanked Alderman Wilson for having brought forward so important a question , and for having given such strong assurances of applying himself to the correction of the dangerous evil . The mot ion was then carried unanimously , and Alderman Wilson said that he would call the committee into active business forthwith .
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THE DANGER OF BATHING . As long as we can remember , the Serpentine hasbeenknown as a dangerous bathing-place . Yet nothing has been done , always excepting the admirable arrangements ot the Humane Society to prevent drowning . The following story is only one among many illustrative of the fact above 6 \ n inquest was held on Tuesday , by Mr . Bedford , at the Malpas Arms , Charles-street , Grosvenor-square , on the body of Timothy Conner , aged 34 , who was drowned on Sunday morning in the Serpentine . The witnesses proved that Conner had swam half-way across when he suddenly called for help , and went down into the deep mud beneath . It was nearly twenty minutes before he could be got up by the Royal Humane Society ' s men . Mr . Williams , the superintendent of the Society , stated that , observing the drags were out , he instantly got a hot bath in readiness ; when the body was brought in , it was black with the mud over the head ' to the waist , where he had been fixed . He was quite . dead . Three boats were on the river , and there were about ] 2 , 000 persons in the water . The Juror : Then three boats are not sufficient P—Mr . Williams : JMo , nor would six be . It is impossible for the boatman to seo what is going on . The Coroner : The Serpentine , I have understood , is a most dangerous place to bathe in ? Mr . Williams replied it was the most dangerous in the world . There were holes thirty feet dcop . and then twelve feet ot mud , out of which the best swimmer could never got . There were cold springs , too , in all parts . —The jury returned n verdict of accidentally drowned .
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MISCELLANKOU S . Lord John Itusscll arrived in Edinburgh from London on Monday night , and left tho next morning for Mmtohouse , Jtoxburghshire . —Scotsman . Mr . Oardwell , according to the Tjiverpool Times , intends to recruit his health on tho Continent . Mademoiselle CIiiukh , tho now famous pianist , played before tho Queen atOsborno House yesterday—an honour nlie well deserved . Two other aspirants i > immortality , fired by tho doings of Mr . Albert Hmith , have ascended Mont Jilanc . They arc named respectively Mr . J . \) . 11 " . Jirowno , and Mr . -Alfred ( joodall , " of tho Engineers . "
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The price ofadmiHnion to tho Cork National Inhibition being now reduced to < id ., it in visited daily by an average concourse of ;! $ (><)( ) pernona . A societ y hau been formed at Newcantle-on-Tyno of coal ownei-H , viewers , and others interested in collieries , to meet at fixed times to discuss the moans for the ventilation of collieries , lor preventing iiefiideiitn , and for general purposes connected with the winning and working of collieries . The vacation at the Schools of . Practical Art commenced on the lf > th of July ; they will end on the . 'Jlst of August . When ( . ho session re-opens , several new special eliis . seH will commence their courses at Marlborough-honse ; and among them will bo clauses for china painting , chrouiolithography , and perhaps chasing of metals . Tho Muhouui of Ornamental Manufactures will also re-open , both to th o . public and « n ii phtco <» f nl , udy , on certain days of the week .
Perhaps the largest amount of profit obtained under any <> nn patent is that derived from the . famous American " Woodworth" p laning machine . During the twenty-four ye / n-H the patcnthaHhcon in ex i . 4 tonce , oneof tho partners has received 'i' 2 ( l , iir > 0 / ., another nearly the same amount , and a third a very large sum . The first mimed is now in recei p t , of one . dollar per one thousand feet , p inned in one hundred mills , each of which turns out ten thousand feet per day . Thn Atknurum understands that iirranirornontH are in i ) r o ^ rv . <« a fur oxtoudiiiir tho privilege of Moudlnjj booliH ,
magazines , and pamphlets by post , at the low rates adopted for inland carriage of these articles , to the settlements of Australia . This would be a considerable boon both to English authors and to their colonial readers , and would tena to strengthen the intellectual ties which connect the fortunes of the mighty continent with those of the little island .
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Count Cavour , ex-Minister of Finance in Sardinia , has been in Brussels , On his way to London . The King and Queen of Sweden were expected to arrive at Berlin in the course of the week , on their way to the baths of Kissengen . The cholera is reported to be raging not only at Kalisch and Sieradz , but in the districts ly ing at the mouths of the Vistula in Russia . In some of the villages on the Prussian frontier also this terrible malady has appeared .
Whilst the King of Prussia and the Empress of Russia were at Coblentz , a butcher presented them with a sausage thirteen feet long , containing all sorts of sausage meat , and terminated with a pig's head . Their Majesties laughed heartily at the strangeness of the gift , but kindly accepted it . The Emperor of Austria left Pesth on the 6 th , by the railroad , for Waitzen , from which place he would continue his iourney by the common road to Vienna , where he will receive the King and Queen of Saxony , after which he will return to Hungary .
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The Liverpool Albion says that the election for that city cost the Derbyitcs 23 , 000 ? . and the Free-traders 4000 Z . ! A labouring man was killed on Friday last by a sunstroke , while working in a nursery-ground at Wandsworth . A policeman named Slaney has been found guilty of " wilful murder" by a coroner ' s jury at Liverpool . He is accused of having beaten a woman until she died . An attempt is now being made to raise the Dictfiess of Kent sunk in the collision with the Bavensboume . There have been two collisions on the river . The Star , doing duty for the Duchess of Kent , was fouled by a brig , btlt no lives were lost . A steamer ran down a shallop near Blackfriars-bridge , and three lives were lost .
Some boys were playing on the barges near Southwarkbridge on Sunday . One , named Monkhouse , a little fellow , slipped into the river . Instantly James Smith , one of his companions , only ten years old , gallantly leaped in after him ; but the current carried him under the barges and he was drowned . A boatman saved Monkhouse . Two cases of men given into custody on charges of having personated voters at the polling booths were heard by Mr . Maude , at the Borough € ourt , Manchester , on Saturday . As in the two cases heard on Wednesday and Thursday , the accusers were unable to produce sufficient evidence , and the persona who directed tho arrest had to pay 5 Z . to the accused .
Out of three truck loads of cattle on tho Great Western . Railway , two of the animals were struck dead by lightning , on Monday afternoon , not very far from Swindon . What renders it remarkable is , that one animal only in each ot two trucks was struck , and five or six animals in each escaped uninjured . The animal killed in one of the trucks was a hull , the cows escaping injury ; and in the other truck it was a bull or an ox that was killed . A poor man was killed a few days ago by tho falling of a balcony attached to a newly-built houso in Denbighattention to
place , Pimlico . Wo have before now drawn the dangerous state in which balconies are often left . It is desirable that stono bottoms for balconies should have cantilevers , however sufficient the tailing in may bo , for fear of flaws in tho stone . Many of tho iron balconies that are put up are little better than nailed to a brick wall . The paragraph it ) from tho Builder , and desorvea attention . Tho body of a young woman was found in the Thames , near tho West India Docks , on Monday . In tho pocket of her dross was tho following lottor : — " Dear Aunt , —Will you go and tell Bill Barret ho was tho cause of it . I > o for " God sake , and ask him if ho did not takes his oath that ho would rrmrry me . Uivo my lovo to the boy , and tell him that he is awaro what Barret has done to me . Remember mo to mother and father , and tell them i am no more . Farewell aunt and uncle , iiir I am gone away and fast
asleep . It was had company that ; caused mo to bo hero . Aunt , keep this letter , and do not forget me , for 1 will como to you but do not be afraid of me . l ' ray tell Drake 1 will tioino to him , and also that I did not forget tho hand and word . 1 loved him , but ho did not love me , lor his heart was false . Farewell aunt and . Fanny too , for 1 am no more . It is in the deep that you will find me . No more for ever—no more— -no more . Aunt , aunt , my heart A unt , remember mo , and think , when 1 urn fast nulce . ) and the fishes are watching round the body of Hannah Roach of Kilhaven town . Remember me to all my companions , that I may be a warning to young g irls never to love an Knglisl . man an 1 have done . Farewell . " An inquest was held on Tuesday ; but no clu <> to her friends could be found The coroner said , the probability was tho deceased had destroyed herself , but thorn wan i «> evidence how she came into the water . The jury returned a verdict ot found drowned . The deceased was pregnant .
A return to tho IIoiiho of Commons , which ban been printed , ntat . ru that 7 vessels conveying emigrants , both unassisted and in < lovcrrnnonl . ships , nailed Irom the Dinted Kingdom for New South Wales in tho 7 months ending April the : 10 th , IH 4 H ; 214 in the same period in IH 41 >; M in 18 f > 0 , ("> in lHol , and 27 in the « months ending . 'list March ' lHf . ii . Nino ' muled for Victoria during the same months in 1848 , ytl in 1 H 4 H , iM in lHfiO , II in 1851 , 27 in lHf > 2 . For South Australia , H in 1 H 47 , 0 m 1 H 4 H , : M . m lH 4 J > j . 11 in IHfiO , 17 in 1 H 51 , and 11 ) in IHfi'J . Tho balance of thoHimiH in the hands of tho Immigration Commissioners from New South Wales amounts to 111 , 000 / . ; from Victoria , to 127 , 200 / .. ; from South Australia , to M , MHH . Two lottcru iuo appended to thy return from Ciintoiu tituwloy
Carr to the Colonial Secretary , describing tho effects of the gold discoveries upon the colony . Great excitement existed on Monday the 28 th of June , in New York , in consequence of the decision to be given by Commissioner Bridgman , iu tho United States Court , in which Thomas Kain was claimed under the Extradition Treaty by England , on the charge of having attempted to murder a farmer in Ireland . A rescue had been threatened , and the court rooms and neig hbourhood were crowded with Irishmen . The commissioner was not to be
intimidated , however , and ho decided that Kain should be given Up — decision subject to the power of tho Secretary of State to issue his warrant of extradition . The prisoner was not brought into court , and his counsel addressed the multitude of Irish , telling them that the law must be obeyed ; they were ready to do all that could be done for their client , and iu case the decision was adverse to him , they would sue out a habeas corpus , but that if there was the slightest disturbance made they would abandon the case altogether .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIKTHS . On tho Oth inst ., at Holly-grove , Windsor-park , Ilio Lady Emily Seymour : a daughter . .- . , , ,, On the 10 th instant , at Kirkby-Mallory , Leicestershire , tho Hon . Mrs . Colvilo : a son . On tho 11 th instant , tho Viscountess Jocelyn : : i son . MAItKIAGES . On tho <> th inst ., tho Rev . Henry C ' adwalliider Adams , fellow of Magdiilon College , Oxford , hoii of Mr . Serjeant Adaum , to JBhUhu- Poll , second daughter of tho Into Kev . Itichard iulinonds , rector of Woodleigh , Devon . ,-, ¦ ,-,, . r ¦ t On Hio 10 th hint ., at Trinity Church , Padduigton , Lewis . ! . Serjeant , ISmo . ., to J < : li / . abeth Sealey , youngest daughter ot i'hilii ) Humes , 'Ksq ., of Norwich . , - ,. On tho lUth innt ., at St . 1 ' huI ' h , KnightHbridgo , the Kighfc Hon . Henry Labouehero , M . I ' ., to Lady Mary Howard , daughter oftho late , and sinter of the present . Karl of Ciirlinle . On this lBth hint ., at , St . . Tamen ' H , I'iccadilly , by the Hon . and Kev . Lutimer Neville , the lion and Hev . Arthur Havilc , youngest hon ' of the Karl of Mcxborough , to tho Hon . Lucy < Jei > rgina . Neville , third daughter of Lord Braybrooko . DEATHS . On tho 22 nd of April , at Kangoon , in India , from tho eiVeefu of cholera , in hiH Utilh year , John Willoiighby Jtatenmn , Knq ., Lieutenant in Her Majenty ' H 51 st Itcginiciit of Light Infantry , third mm of Kiclmrd Tlioman Ituteinan , ICsc ) ., of llartiiigton-hall , Derbyshire . On ' the 'ilith nit .., at Utiea , in the HUto of" New Voiif , nllor » very few hours illneHH , whilo on a tour to the KiiIIh of Niagara , accompanied l > y Iuh family , Keiu " -Admiral Kulph Randolph Wonneley , nged <)< i . Admiral Worme . ley nerved under t /' oilingwood , Nir Kdwiird Pellevv , and Admiral 1 ' urven . On tlici lnt iiiHt ., tho Hev . lOdward Murray , vicar of Norlholt , Middlesex , hccoihI hoii of the lato Lord (" Jeorgo Alurray , anil grandson of tho Duke of Atholl . On the 7 tli hint ., at South Wraxall-houne , Will . H , in her Wtli year , Anne , widow of the late M . Charles Ii ' i-iiucoin l tho tir ^ t Karl Cianwilliam . ... , , . On tho llth hint ., at New-place , Hi . John H-wood , m hm HOth year , Sir Krednrick Heilby Walmm , K . U . N ., and K . 0 . 11 ., fornierly MaHter of the HoiiHcliold to their MajeHtien Ucorgo IV ., William IV ., and her prcHcnt Ma / eHly On the llth hint ., at Hcri-cluirch-hii . ll , Sir ( leorge Henry Smyth , Hart ., aged »> H , formerly M . I ' , tor Oolehenter . On the Ilith innt ., in Juriiiyu-atroot , Licutouwnt-Colonel J . 'ij > oii , KM ... uireU ( iy ,
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it seems reasonable to draw the inference , that a sudden increase of heat above the average , to the amount oi 9 degrees , has shortened the lives of more than 100 persons . Still , comparing the facts of the last two weeks , it appears that there is an increase in the epidemic class , arising partly from scarlatina , and partly from a greater prevalence of diarrhoea ; that diseases of the brain and nervous system numbered in both returns 131 , while those of the digestive organs rose from 59 to 74 , and those of the respiratory organs from 91 to 122 . This important increase in the last-mentioned class is due to a greater fatality ot bronchitis and inflammation of the lungs among children , for while only 39 of the young died in the previous week g
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . The week that ended last Saturday brought a considerable accession to the mortality of London , which rose higher than it had been in the 11 weeks preceding . In the week ending July 3 , with a mean temperature of 59 . 7 deg . the deaths registered were 987 ; in last week , ending July 10 , with a mean temperature of 70 . 9 deg ., they were 1 , 080 , showing an increase of nearly 100 . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842-ol , the avcrago number of deaths was 889 , which , with a correction for increase of population , will be 978 . The present return , therefore , shows a mortality greater than the estimated amount by 102 . The average temperature of the correspondinweeks was 62 deg . From these facts
of those diseases , they carried off 63 m the last . In the York-road , on the 5 th . of July , the son ot a xrardener , aged 7 years , died of " ascites and albummuria supervening on scarlatina . " Three fatal cases of scarlatina have occurred in this family , and another member of it is not expected to live . " On making inquiry ( says Mr . Child ) respecting the drainage , I iind that the cesspools empty themselves into the front of the houses , and there the refuse lies for want of a proper sewer to carry it away . Having had an interview with tho landlord upon the subieet , I am told that be has made several applications to the Commissioners of Sewers , and has paid heavy rates since they have have had the matter m their hands , yet he
cannot get assistance m any way . Twenty-four deaths occurred last week from small-pox ; two of these in the Smallpox Hospital .
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Jew 17 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 679
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Leader (1850-1860), July 17, 1852, page 679, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1943/page/11/
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