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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . Twe health of London exhibits some improvement . Tho ii aths which yere 1 J . 24 in the first week , have fallen to inQl in the second week of August Diarrhoea and summer holera are still fatal ; of 16 deaths from cholera 11 occurred n children under the age of 15 , and 4 in old people of the Zsre of 80 and upwards ; 4 only of the deaths occurred-on fhe south , while 11 occurred on the north side of the Barnes 201 persons were destroyed by diarrhoea , 174 wprTchildren , 15 were of the age of 15-60 , and 12 were of the aee of 60 and upwards . The total deaths from all !« ,, qfiq under the age of 15 were 611 ; between the age of 15 and 60 , 303 ; at the age of 60 and upwards , 171 . The deaths of-females ( 555 ) exceeded the deaths of males ( 536 ) hv 10 a change in the proportions which was observed in
7 £ o rvvrrpaDondinff week of 1849 , when cholera was epidemic , tilt ? wi ^ xjtJtf ^ r * . t tj _¦ _ i " ¦ and 1116 males , 1114 females died . 16 persons died of small-pox , 14 of measles , 47 of scarlatina 47 of typhus , 182 of consumption , 29 of apoplexy . The deaths referred to apoplexy occurred at all ages , and in undue proportion under the age of 15 . Disease of the heart and arteries was fatal in 36 instances , bronchitis in 29 and pneumonia in 31 . Child-bearing was fatal to 7 mothers , 3 of whom died from metria . 20 deaths from violence ' recorded , including 4 by poison . 160 persons died in the public institutions of London , 106 in the workhouses , 31 in the hospitals , 7 in lunatic aayhims , 3 in military and naval asylums , 3 in military and naval hosp itals , none in prisons . Last week the births of 771 boys and 694 girls , in all 1465 children , were registered in London . The average number in seven corresponding weeks of the years 1845-51
At the EoyaJ Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer last week was so low as 29-380 in . The mean temperature of the week was 59-7 deg ., which is 1-7 deg . lower than the average of the same week in ten years The wind during the week was chiefly from the south-west , and blew at the average of 140 miles a day . Nearly l | in . of rain fell . The mean temperature of the Thames declined from about 69-66 deg . on Sunday to 66-62 deg . on Saturday . In the nig ht it is still much warmer than the air .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On tho 13 th inst ., the Countess of Clarendon : a son . On Friday , the 6 th instant , at Brandsby Lodge , the wife of Henry Cholmeley , Esq . : a daughter . On the 12 th inst ., at Hazlewood Castle , Yorkshire , the Hon . Mrs . Vavasour : a daughter . At Lugmount , near Edinburgh , on the 12 th inst ., the Countess of Kjntore : a son and hejr . On the 25 th of June , at Madras , the wife of James Law Luahington , Esq ., Madras Civil Service : a son . On the 13 th inst ., in Carlton-terrace , the Countess of Arundel and Surrey : a daughter . On the 15 th inst ., at 32 , Grosvenor-place , the Hon . Mrs . Bateeon : a daughter . On the 16 th inst ., at No . 20 , Portland-place , the Lady Susan Vcrnon Harcourt : a son . MARRIAGES . On the 12 th inet ., at the parish church of Whimple Devon , Montague , eldest son of Montague Baker Bore , Esq ., of Morebath House , in the county of Devon , to Cecil Henrietta , second daughter of Captain Wentworth Buller , K . N ., of Strete-Ealeigh , in the same county . On tho 12 th inst ., at tho parish church , Shawbury , Salop , Edward Holmes Baldock , Esq ., M . P ., of Hyde-park-p lace , to Elizabeth Mary , eldest daughter of Sir Andrew V . Corbetfc , Bart ., of Acton Reynald . At Balcaslde , N . B ., on the 12 th inst ., Alexander Kinloch , Esq ., Grenadier Guards , eldest son of Sir David Kinloch , Bart ., of Gilmorton . N . B ., to Lucy Charlotte , eldest daughter to Sir Ralph' A . Anstruthor , Bart ., of Balcaskie . On the 12 th inst ., at Longhopo , Gloucestershire , Kingsmill Mauley Power , of tho Hill-court , Ross , Esq ., late Captain in the loth Lancers , second son of tho lato Lieutenant-General Sir Manloy Power , K . C . B . and K . T . S ., to Anna Eliza TManch , only daughter of John Probyn , Esq ., of tho Manor-house , Longhopo . and of Nowland , in the county of Gloucester . On the 12 th ipet ., at St . Mary ' s , IJryanston-sguare , Bernard Dietz , Esq ., of Port Elizabeth , South Africa , and Hiirewoods quaro , Regent ' s-park , to Melvilla Catherine , youngest daug hter of the late Xieutonant-Colonel George Ruauell Deare , of her Majesty ' ^ 8 th Huaaars . DEATHS . On the 29 th of Juno , at George-town , Domerara , in tho 72 nd year of his ago , JeilVey Hart Bent , Chief Justice of British Guiana . The deceased hold tho commission of Judgo under four Sovereigns , his llrst appointment to tho bench of Now South WaloH bearing date in 1814 . Ho was Bulmequontly in Huoeession , Chief Justice of Grenada , of St . Lucia , first puiano Judge of Trinidad , and for tho last ten yours Chief Justice of British Guiaiui . He Horvod in tho Wo » t Indies for !« voiiru . On Wednesday , the 4 th inst ., at Bushey , Hertfordshire , on his birth-day , aged Wl , Mr . John Smith , formerly a soldier in tho British unay , and as such woh present at tho buttle oi Bunkor'sliill , Juno 17 th , 1775 . This action , it is well known , was one of the eurlioHt of tho provincials witli tho mother country . On Friday , tho Oth inst ., itged SI , Nicholas Edmund Yarburgh , E « q ., of Itenliugton Hall , formerly a Major in tho 2 nd Wont York 1 tagini « nt of Militia , and aflorwardH liolding tho same rank in tlio Hid Jtcgimont of Provisional Militia . Major Yarburgh v / iw High Hhpriilof tho county in 1 H 30 . On Saturday , tho 7 th inst ,, at Howroydo Hall , at an advunced Hgo , Ludy Mary Morton , relict of Thos . Morton , Esq ., of How-><> . y < lo Hall , in tho county of York , and youngest daughter of Gcorgo , third Karl of Aberdeen . On tho II th iriHt ., at 4 . York-torraoo , Cheltenham , Colonol ^ Villium Croker , C . U ., lato Lieutonant-Ooloiiel oommanding tho 17 th roi'iimmt , ngod ( 14 . On tho lath inst ., at Kippnx-liall , Harry Wyndham , infant Hon of Francia Houtings Modhurst , Esq . On tho night of Friday , the 13 | h inst ., at Hotliloy Tonjplo . '' oiocstorsh ' , tho Vice-chancellor Sir . lumen I ' arkor , « god On tho 13 th inst ., at his roaidonoo , Upton , Essex , Sir John ilonry ( Vll y ^ Bart ., t' \ H . H ., iwjod 76 , formerly Govornor of tho Hank of England . On tho 15 th im » t ., at St . John ' s-hill , Wiiiidsworth , agod 30 , Hobort JJruco Norton , Lioutonant 35 th Uegimonfc L . I ., TJoiigul -Army , third surviving son of tho lato Sir John David Norton , ono of the Judges of tho Supromo Court at Madruu .
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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . letters on " The Dublin Mechanics' Institute , " "The Eecent Cooperative Conference , " " Von Beck at Birmingham / ' in type . " " W . M . D ., " received .
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Satttbdat , August 21 . Yesterday being the day on which the writs for the assembling of a new parliament were made returnable , the House of Lords was opened shortly before two o ' clock , for the purpose of proroging parliament , by royal commission , to Thursday , the 21 st of October next , in conformity with the command of the Queen in Council , and the official notice of which was published in a supplement to Tuesday ' s Gazette .
Since the dissolution , the only alteration or addition which appears to have taken place in the house , is the placing of three statues on three of the pedestals between the windows on the west side of the house . The benches on which the peers sit were uncovered , as well as the throne , and the seats of the Prince of Wales on the right and Prince Albert on the left of the throne . No one was permitted to sit in the body of the house , as on ordinary occasion of formal prorogations , but there were a great number of ladies and gentlemen permitted to stand below the bar . The Duke of Northumberland and Lord Howard de Walden , who were the only peers present , entered the house a few minutes before two o ' clock , and Mr . Shaw Lefevre , the Deputy Clerk of
parliament , took his place at the table before the business commenced . At two o ' clock precisely , the Lord Chancellor entered the house , and , standing before the throne , said—My lords , her Majesty has been pleased , under her writ , sent under the great seal , to prorogue parliament -until Thursday , the 21 st of October next . Mr . Pulman , Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod , having gone for the Commons , he shortly appeared at the bar , accompanied by Win . Ley , Esq ., the assistant clerk of the House of Commons , attended by several other officers of that house , when Mr . Shaw Lefevre read her Majesty ' s writ . The Lord Chancellor then bowed ; and Mr . Ley and the other officers , who represented the Commons , withdrew ; and the proceeding , which did not occupy five minutes , terminated .
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The Queen and Prince Albert , with the youthful members of the royal family , will leave Osborne for the north on the 30 th instant . Her Majesty will proceed from Osborne to Basingstoke , and thence by the Great Western Railway to Reading and Gloucester . At the latter city the royal party will take the Midland Railway , and travel the same day to Derby , remaining for the night at Cuff ' s Midland Railway Hotel . On the following day the Queen will proceed by York , Newcastle , and Berwick-upon-Tweed , to Edinburgh , resting for the night at the Royal Palace of Holyrood . On the morning of the 1 st proximo her Majesty will proceed northward to Balmoral . —Morning Herald .
Mr . Cornewall Lewis addressed the electors of Peterborough yesterday , as a candidate for the borough ; but his opinions displeased tho gentlemen present , who agreed to the following resolution : — " That this meeting , being of opinion that the political views of Mr . Cornewall Lewis are not in accordance with those entertained by the constituency , do not consider him entitled to the support of tho Liberal electors . " Nevertheless , Mr . Lewis does not withdraw his candidature .
A noble statue to tho memory of Sir Robert Peel was yesterday inaugurated in the borough of Leeds . Tens of thousands assembled to witness tho spectacle , and hear tho inaugural address , which was delivered by Mr . William Beckett , M . P . A formal transfer of tho statue from tho committee to tho Leeds corporation was then made ; and Mr . J . H . Sliaw , in acknowledging the gift , delivered a brief but felicitous eulogy on tho great statesman . The proceedings lasted from twelve till two o ' clock . Tho majority of the shops was closed . The subscriptions for tho Leeds testimonial to Sir Robert Pool amounted to about 1 , 750 / ., of which , it is said , 1 , 500 / . has been paid to Mr . Behnes , sculptor in ordinnry to the Queen , who has succeeded in producing a
Htatuc of tho illustrious statesman at onco classic in design and faithful in portraiture Sir Robert is represented us addressing tho House of Commons , his loft arm resting on his hip , and his right liolding a roll of pupor . Tho figure is 8 ft . ( 5 in . high , and was cost in ono uolid picco at tho works of Mr . F . Robinson , in Pimlico . It in the first instance in which so largo a pieco of workmanship hus been moulded in ono entire inna . s , and tho experiment has l > eeii highly successful The basement of tho pedestal on which tho statuo is phiccd in of grey Aberdeen granite , and tho shaft mid mouldings of red Aberdeen granite finely dressed , but not polished . The only inscription is tho word " Pool , " engraved in simple characters on tho shaft . Tho summit of tho pedestal is 11 it . 0 in . in height , and has been
erected upon a foundation of 6 ft . of concrete and 2 ft » 6 in . of ordinary masonry . The area of the base is 12 ft . by 10 ft . 6 in . The weight of the masonry is 27 § tons , and of the statue , 2 tons , the total measurement of solid masonry being 275 cubic feet .
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By accounts received this morning , it appears that , subsequent to the handing-in of the verdict , which consighed eight of the military to the custody of- the gaoler of the county prison , the legal indenture of inquisition and verdict—which renders necessary the interposition of a grand jury—was perfected in tho matter of each death ; and , the twelve jurors having attached their names , the foreman handed to the coroner the following resolution , adopted by them during their deliberations :-
—" In delivering our verdict , we feel bound to express our strong disapprobation of the practice which commits to magistrates ( members of a committee of any candidate at a contested election , or in any other matter connected with rival candidates ) the conduct or control of an armed force ; and we strongly recommend that when such a measure shall in future be deemed necessary , the guidance of troops shall be only intrusted to stipendiary magistrates , directly responsible to the Government and the public for their acts . " Dated at Six-mile Bridge , this 18 th day of August ,
1852 . " The correspondent of the Freeman ' s Journal thus sums up the finale : — " The warrant of committal was then made out by the coroner , and intrusted to Sub-Inspector O'Donovan , of Newmarket-on-Fergus , for execution . The necessary preliminaries having been perfected , the eight accused soldiers were deprived of their fire and side-arms , and handed over to the civil power . At this time an order was given in camp to strike the tents , and before twenty minutes bad passed scarce a vestige remained of that which during the last fortnight had attracted so much curiosity in the district ; and at half-past seven o'dock the troops in camp , with the exception of those told off for the escort , marched to Limerick : and it was a subject of remark , and looked that the small
upon as somewhat defiant to the people , party of the 31 st were placed in advance of the line , followed by the 92 nd Highlanders , and brought up in tho rear by the three companies of the 47 tb . The constabulary , too , took their departure at once , and evinced no small delight at leaving a station the only things to recommend which were hardships and privations . Immediately on tho finding of the jury being proclaimed , a Dragoon orderlywas despatched with messages to the Governor of Ennis gaol , and that gentleman had , accordingly , all necessary arrangements made for the reception of the prisoners . At half-past twelve o ' clock , Inspector O'Donovan delivered u j > his charge , the military escort was disposed of by " billet , ' and the crowds separated , gratified , but thoroughly peaceable . "
The Dublin Express , which is looked upon as an organ of the Government , assures us that proceedings will be taken against the Rev . Father Bourke , and others , as ringleaders of the populace in the proceedings which led to the unfortunate loss of life at Six-mile Bridge . The informations for that purpose have , it is added , been either already sworn , or will be drawn up immediately . The Lord Lieutenant , accompanied by the Countess of Eglinton , the Lord Chancellor , the Earl of Mayo , and other persons of distinction , paid a visit on Thursday to the Queen ' s College at Gal way ; and appeared much pleased witli tho various departments of the institution . Their excellencies proceeded finally to the Examination Hall , wlicro an address was presented to them .
Lord and Lady Palmerston have been for some days at Lissadell , on a visit with Sir Robert and Lady Goro Booth . Tho Down banquet to Mr . Sharman Crawford hag been fixed for the 30 th instant . The banquet to bo given to tho tenant-right leader in Dublin will tako placo during tho conference- to bo held here sit the beginning of next month . The Cork Reporter mentions an nlllicting report , that at two o ' clock yesterday morning , Limiiore , Castle , tho princely sent of the Duke of Devonshire , whh burned to the ground . Fortunately the records , &c ., of the family were saved . The ( ho is supposed to have originated in the servants' hall . It is also stated that tho man who was in charge of tho Castle has been burned to death .
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We learn from a correspondent , who lias this week visited tho largo agricultural district oi' Kant Gloucestershire , West Worcestershire , and Htirofonlsliiro , tho prospects of the harvest in that district . Tho quantity of rain which has fallen in tho district during the last eight days has excited tho fearn j , ) f ^ ttfe agriculturists nt » to tho produce of the harvest uluiOH ^ tft a . panic ; tho consequence haw boon an extraordinary .. advances in prices , and those who have made sides Wt tbfi high rates of tho last few days have been very lucky , for there in littlo doubt that , notwithstanding tho udvojrsQ weather , the proKont prices cannot b « sustained . 'Iflio crops are K unornlly very heavy , and , although thor . o » 8 n good deal of wheat partially spoilt by inildqw and spirting ,
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Apgpst 81 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER , 799
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1852, page 799, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1948/page/11/
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