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The obelisk known as Cleopatra ' s needle , long since pre-Pnted to England , and so long lying neglected in the nds at Alexandria , is at length to be removed , and Sfl ted in the grounds of the New Crystal Palace , upon dition that the Government may _ hereafter reclaim it on C ent of a n expenses incurred in the transit Abbas ?> acha a s tedfast friend to England , promises every isfca ' nce at Alexandria , in shipping the obelisk ; and it is 11 oDed thai other monuments from Luxor and Karnak will ^ . company " Cleopatra ' s needle" from Egypt .
It is rumoured that the report of the Commissioners reco mmends the establishment of five hew professorships , whose salaries are to be paid out of a fund created by the abstraction of 30 per cent , from the incomes of all the fellowshi ps in the University . We understand that great dissatisfaction has been expressed at this recommendation ; and we think justly so , for to take 601 . away from junior fellows who have only 2001 ., would , indeed to a hardship , and one they will not , we think , very easily submit to . — Cambridge Chronicle .
From a return lately presented to the Canadian Parliament , we draw the following statement of the way in which the income of the Clergy Reserve Fund is at present disposed of : — Church of England , Upper Canada , 12 64 : 61 . Is . lid . ; Church of England , Lower Canada , 2 . 173 Z . 17 s- 6 d . ; Church of Scotland , Upper Canada , 7 1147 . 17 s . 2 d . ; Church of Scotland , Lower Canada 1 0 S 61 . 18 s . 9 d . ; United Synod of the Presbyterian Church , Upper Canada , 565 Z . 13 s . ; Roman Catholic Church of Upper Canada , 1 , 666 ? . 13 s . 4 d . ; Wesleyan Methodists , Upper Canada , 777 Z . 15 s . 6 d . ; total , 26 , 032 ? . 3 s . 2 d .
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At a recent meeting of the Society for the Amendment of the Law , the following resolutions were passed : — " 1 . That the present state of the law relating to the transfer of land is highly unsatisfactory . " 2 . That a cheaper , simpler , more expeditious , and more accurate system is exceedingly desirable . : " 3 . That to effect this object the transfer of land should , as far as possible , be assimilated to the transfer of stock . " 4 . That , in particular , purchasers and mortgagees should be relieved , from the necessity of inquiring into equitable interests in land . " 5 . That the power to shorten the present practice as to titles to land should , be conferred on a competent tribunal . " 6 . That it is absolutely necessary to control , tax , and moderate more effectually than at present the expenses connected with the transfer of land . "
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It is reported by the Quebec journals that some large lumps of gold have been found near that town , on the river St . Lawrence . An efficient line of steam communication with Australia * by means of large and powerful vessels , is about to be commenced by the General Screw Steam Shipping Company . The increase of trade between England and our Australian colonies renders the establishment of steam communication absolutely necessary in these days of rapid progress , and there can be no doubt of the success attending this and other undertakings of a like'kind .
An American ship , the Mount Vcrnon , wan discovered n wreck in the Gulf of Mexico by the O . rcfea . Tho captain succeeded in taking oil' six unfortunate creatures , who for nix days had been exposed to the most terrible amount of suffering . They were almost starved to death , having been clinging to tho sides of tho wreck for six entire days without the least provisions or water . They learnt , from tho poor fellows that tho remainder of the crew , with some passengers , in all 12 , had perished . Tho six survivors were put on board the t itiperior , which wan hound for America , and which would convoy them to their native country .
Some slight , intelligence has arrived from tho Capo of ''ood Hope by a nailing vessel : but . it only iimountH to tins , that , the iinned police , instituted by General Cnfhcarf , Imve been very active in following up tho Kafirs and other 'imrauderH ; and that lor the rest " the wnr was at a stand Hli" - " Tho latest , ( Into , was September 11 Mi .
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On Tuesday and 'Wednesday evenings , a public , discun niom on Christianity urul Secularism took place between M / - . I . l <\ Winks , l , i Leicester , and Mr . (« .- » . Holyonke , ° ) l-oiulon , Mr . Winks having undertaken to prove thai , ' liri . sliunil y was moro fnvourablo to Mio welfuro of mini Mian any other Hystcin which has ever been propounded . Mr . . 1 . ltiddlo presided . Tho new hall was crowded to ex' ' ' « m ( and we eonmiend the fuel , to tho notice of 1 . 11 oho who Ilr considered (| l 0 . spiritual guides of tho people ) from ( ''hl'l . to biilf-pasl , ten I ho first , evening , and lo ii quarter I'ast , eleven tho second evening , by mi audience chielly ( 'jiinponi ( l of working men , who testified to the interest , , ll ( i . Y felt , on the Nuhioet , by the attention with which ( hoy
'Relied , mill || u , [\([ r piny they . showed , to both . speakers J ' " ¦ Winks opened tho discussion by quoting about one "' "died () f I ] ,,. , nonii ppc-epin ,,,, various Hiilijrcls with which the |\(( . Testament abounds ; and tho evening was " I'oiil , in t , | 1 ( , discussion of theso subjects . Mr . Winks did ""'• introduce Iho ivligiouH doctrine ' s of ( Mirisl iimit y , and ' I , very sli g htly | . ,. | u ., l < m ( J ,,, bin ( , orical and external ( ' v' < l (! iiee of it . s IJ-ufliH and its adaptation to Mid wants of ' !""• On Mm neeon < l ovening , Mr . 1 lolyonko propounded " Pnneiples , which were in substance , i . liut Mie order , and 01 Hie origin O | - nni ,,,,., ^ W ( IH || 1 ( , ( -h ioi" subjcrl . for the ( . y <> f man , and that ., an another world wart all iineor-, J " . " y . 't was man ' s Kpoeiul businesH to make I lio host , of n ( without hindrance by ( bo spiritual re <| iiirmnonlM of ° . "' hie ) , and I ,, , rivn hinim . lf lo the oaiiso of humanity
nil i I" "<) la " '" k of tho equality of all men . Never , wo inp a uk > WUM a ( li « u conducted with hotter Icelk < At tho olo « o a voto of thanks was pasaodto tho
chuirman for his impartiality , on tho motion of Mr . James Plant , seconded by Mr . Holyoake , and supported by Mr . Winks . —Leicester Hfercury .
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Miss Anne Campbell has been committed to take her trial by Mr . Broughton . An effigy , crowned with "Beresford and no bribery , " was burnt at Braintree on the 5 th of November . Cannon , the wild beast of "VYahvortli , will be transported for life . Mr . J . Bayliss , inventor of the fire-escape , has hung himself in the hall of the Middle Temple . Four convicts escaped from the Warrior hulk afc Woolwich , on Tuesday . They bored a hole through the side ; got out into the mud at low tide ; seized a boat and rowed over to the Essex shore . In the passage one was drowned ; and another afterwards surrendered .
Mr . Pemberton , a law student at Liverpool , and his wife , have beo * committed for trial on the charge of illtreating theiv female servant , an orphan . They are said to have beaten her with a knotted rope , a poker , and a constable's staff ; and also to have shut her up in a damp cellar . # The plaintiffs in the late trial respecting the alleged illtreatment of the girl Griffiths , in the nunnery at Norwood , applied on Monday to the judges of the Court of Common
Pleas for a new trial ; ' which was refused . Two tradesmen have been charged with conspiring to defraud an emigrant at Liverpool . Richard Gardner , from Lincolnshire , about to emigrate , paid two men , named Marks and Fairburn , the sum of 305 Z ., and received in exchange a draft on a New York banker for 1 , 025 dollars ; about 100 ? . short of the correct sum . The transaction was admitted ; and as the attendant circumstances were looked on as suspicious , the magistrate committed Marks and Fairburn for trial .
Jullien ' s first night is generally chosen by the fast men and gents of the town for a row . Monday was no exception ; and three of the delinquents were arrested . Of these , two were fined 5 ? . ; but a third , calling himself Kemp , and saving he was the son of a general , who had been " drinking slightly , " and who treated the whole affair as a kind of practical light facetia , in which it was becoming in the sons of generals to indulge , was not let off so easily . To the consternation of himself and many like him in court , he was ordered to be imprisoned for fourteen days . Captain James Sargeant , deputy-governor of the Jpcfencc , convict hulk , stationed at Woolwich , fell down from the middle to the lower deck and broke his thigh , and sustained other injuries so severe that he died on Saturday last .
Some ' warehouses at Hull , belonging- to the York and North Midland Railway Company , were destroyed by fire on Saturday . One man was killed by falling into tho Humber . Three men were buried under a huge mass of earth and timber by the fall of a railway embankment , at Sheffield , on Friday week . Efforts were instantly made to extricate them by their fellow-workmen , who worked night and day for this purpose . The first who was dug out , died immediately ; tho second Buffered a like fate after the most strenuous exertions to save him ; the third had been smashed with a stone .
Three gentlemen were out on the Tsis in a dingy last week , when as the wind began to freshen , they resolved to put up a sail . In doing this , one named Howe fell overboard ; the dingy capsized , and sunk . Two swam ashore , and were surprised to see Howe struggling in the stream . Kendall immediately swam off ; Howe grasped him ; both sank ; but Kendall rose again and swam ashore . Howe was drowned . A ( icnriaii , residing in Paris , a hatter , lost his reason from grief at the death of his wifo , and fancied himself made of glass . Ho was accustomed to tell the people not to approach him too near lest they should break him ; and for the samo fear he scarcely moved , and could with difficulty bo persuaded to oat . Last week bo hanged himself . A letter left ; on the table . slated that he bad voluntarily put , an end to his existence to avoid being broken to pieces . t
Patrick Lowe , a pensioner from ( lie 52 nd Regimen , of Light , Infantry , ( which corps formed part of the Light , Mrigade during Mm Peninsular War , ) expired on ( he 3 rd inst ., aged H 4 , at , his residence , SI rand-street , Knniskillon , aft or a few minutes' illness , of disease of the heart . lie was in overy respect a lino old soldier , and was present , at every baffle and siogo during the lalo war , under tho Duke of Wellington . He formed one of the " forlorn hope" at Hadnjoz , where ! bo per . sonn . lly captured the governor of thai . lorlrcN . s , and for which he obtained a . largo reward ; he was a . Iho present at Waterloo , and bad a modal with thirteen clasps , which lie novel' wore , as ho considered himself wrontred in not getting- a fourteenth .
In Mio Times of last week appeared the following advertisement : — " H . k \ vahi » l'oit . Tin : Dihcovkuy ok a ^ oiitii . Supposed to have sailed from Liverpool lor tho United States or California , on or nin < -n Iho 2 < ilh of October , a youth , nearly 17 yearn of ago , f > foot (> inches high , broad shouldered , ' well knit net ivo frame , slouching soanian-liko gait , sunburnt complexion , dark , expressive eyes and eyebrows , thick black wavy hair , hands long , and slightly tattood with rod cross and other small hlack marks , on
tho insido of one wrist a . small permanent swelling from a hurt , nails bitten , deep voice , slow art iculution ; presumed to have shipped an a Honnuui . Whoover will give information to William Ital . lihono , Ksq ., of < I ivon-bank , Liverpool , so n . H the said youth may lie discovered , shall bo handsomely rewarded . ' Tho fugitive , who is said to bo Iho oldest , son of Lord and Liidy Lovelace , bus nineo heen discovered in tho town by Mio police , and on Monday he was dcn |> atehed back lo London - According to tho youth's statement ,, ho had left bin homo with tho intention of engaging himself as cabinboy on board a . vohho ! nailing from this port ,, to avoid being
put on board a man-of-war . The fugitive , who is a finelooking youth , did not appear , as far as cleanliness went , to have derived much advantage from his excursion . Fifty-eight more persons have renounced Popery in St . Paul's , Bermondsey , since the last published account , viz ., loth September last . Several of these last converts arc well educated persons : amongst them were two ladiesone had been a pervert to Popery . It may be added that great numbers more are meditating their withdrawal from the Popish communion . —Record . During last month the number of emigrant vessels which sailed from the port of Liverpool was 12 , containing 17 , 243 souls . In October , 1851 , tho vessels numbered 53 , souls 20 , 318 .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On tho 3 rd of September , at Mauritius , the wife of the TTon . "Rawson W . Kawson , Esq ., Treasurer and Paymaster-General of that , colony : a son . On tho 3 rd of November , at DastwoU-park , the Countess of "VVinehilsi'iL : a son . On the U , h , at , Patshull , Rtafl'ordMhire , Viscountess Lewisham : a son . On tho 7 th , at , Casewiclv , Lincolnshire , "Lady Trollopo : a son . On tho 7 th , at Charinij-oross , Mrs Complou : a son . On tho Hlh , at 40 , Dover-street , I lie Countess of Airlie : a daughter .
M'AlfKI'Afirc . S . On the lib of NovciiJici , al , ( lie AVIiini-liouso , TeehloHliiro , James Augustus Krskino , Ksq ., Assistant Oonimissary-tjoiieriil , second surviving son of the laic lion . Henry David KcnNinc , oi Mar , lo ICli / . alicI Ii llofjiK ' , daughter <> C ( icor ^ e Itrodic , Ksq ., advocate , II iKloriofjfriq > her- Itoyid for Scotland . On Hie 4 lh , nl Clnirohill , ICdiiil > iii' ; j ; li , "William Wood , K . sq . iiecoinilaiil , lo Margaret 1 ' arkcr , fourlti daughter of iho Into Kev . ThoniaH Chalmers , D . I ) ., LI ,, I ) . On tliolilb , at XL Mary ' s Church , llrynusfou-sqimrc , Iho Kev . William << riiH ( 'lt Clarke , second son of Hie lnlr Hon . Korstcr Clnrko , Member of Council of llm Lshmd of HnrliadocM , to ICIeauor . June M ichell , olden ! , da tighter of I he liev . . John Mi eh ell , of Lillle Marshall , near Mxelcr . On the lOlli , al St . ( om u ^ i- ' s II a tio \ cr-square , < ' apliun Ilio Hon . Koltort Nci \ ille Law ley , - < l Life ( Jimi'ds , lo ( ico r ^ ianit ICmily , daughter of tho late Lieutenant - ( ienei al Lord Kdward JSoiueiHcl . DKATIIS . On the tltil . h of October , a I N ico , Louisa . Selena , second daughter of the lain Sir (! ulliii ) j ; Smith , ISnrt ,., of I ted well-park , 1 lerln . On Hie lnl of November , at Chireiice-hiwn , Dover , I ho lii ^ hl , Hon . Liidy ( 'harlol ! e < joold , sihter of I be Kail of Keiiiiinrc . Oil theltrd , at No .-2 , Marine-N (| iini-e , Itri ^ hlon , in his eightylifflh year , I ' rnncis ( Jore , Kn <| ., formerly Governor of llrrniiiila and I ! pper (' iinada . On the lid , at New Radnor , in t lie ni \ ly-l hird year of his : i ; : e , after a pro ! met ed iIIuchs , Mr . Nrrjoa at llaleombe , formerly M . I ' , for Dover . On Ihe-Miil , nl Denton Hall , LitirohiMliirc , Sir William Karln Welliy , Hurl ., in t lie ei j ^ lil y-loiirl h yeiir < if his iitfe . On I lie Mil , at . K ippa x-liall , neur Leeds , I ' l'iinci-i I Ih :. Iim / - ' , m MedhuiMt , I ' . mi | ., a ^ 'eil I hirl y-four . On the llh , al Horlii'lil-lianaeliM , iMajor Wilkie , llnri'ackmasler , lain of Hie N incl y-second I li ^; lilinulein On Iho Mil , ill TiimIiiii'mI , Henry Vau /; hau \\ ill in ins , . Student of Christ Chiu-eli , a ;; ed I . wenl y-l hree , i-h lest . ion of I ho Hon . Mr . . limlieo Viiiiclian Williams . On the . '> l Ii , al , Worksop , NoIIm , Susannah llepzhiliah , fonrlli ( laughter of Dr . ( . ' alter , late of Hai | iol <' , Norl haiiiplunnhiie , ion I siater of Mrs . D . N ill I , of U 7 I , SI mini , ii (; .-. l si xle . Ti . On I bo ( IIIi , ill . Woolwich , in consequence of an accident vvliilo in the discharge of hi . i duty on board the Defence eonviel-. shi | i , ofwhieli h (^ was depiily-tfovcrnor ,
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Novekber 13 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 1085
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . The mortality of the metropolitan districts continues to be rather higher than is usunl at the samo period of tho year . The deaths registered in the week that ended last Saturday amounted to 1101 . In the ten corresponding weeks oi' the years 1842-51 , tho average number was 984 , which , if raised in proportion to increase of population , for comparison with the present return , becomes 1082 . The excess of last week ' s number above the corrected average is therefore not considerable .
Fatal cases arising from scarlatina declined from 104 in the preceding' week to 82 in the last . Eight children died of small-pox , 6 of measles , 33 of hooping-cough , 5 of croup , 5 of influenza , 18 persons of diarrhoea , one of purpura , 4-7 of typhus ; 4 children of syphilis . ] S o death from cholera was registered . In tho last two weeks the deaths from , diseases of the respiratory organs ( exclusive of pthisis ) fell from 262 to 234 . Last week the births of 830 hoys and 814 girls , in all 1641 children , were registered in London . The average number in scA'en corresponding weeks of tho years 1845-51 was 1397 .
At the Royal'Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week wns 29-534 in . The mean weeJcli / temperature , which was 5 i-2 degs ., exceeded the average of ten years by 7 * 7 degs . It lias not been so high since the week that ended 2 ot ' September , and since the beginning of October it has not been higher than 49-9 degs-In the last two weeks it has suddenly risen from 45 * 6 degs . to 54-2 deg-s . The mean daily temperature was ol'Odogs . on Sunday , or 79 degs . above the average ; it rose on 3 Ionday to 57-2 ( leg ;^ , declined till Thursday , when it was 50-3 degs ., and rose again on Friday to nearly the same height as on Mondaj' and Tuesday , when it was about 10 degs . above the average . It , was higher than the average throughout the week . Tho wind blew generally from the south-west .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 13, 1852, page 1085, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1960/page/9/
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