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      The Manchester Tree Public Library has now teen open eleven weeks , and the total number of volumes issued during that time lias been , from the reference library , 19 , 387 ; from the lending library , 19 , 630 : total , 39 , 017 , or a daily average of 591 from both libraries . The University of London has determined on a vigorous effort to obtain one of the now vacant scats in the llouso of Commons , which Mr . Disraeli , notwithstanding his strongly-avowed inclination to an educational franchise , was fain to hand over to agricultural constituencies . A preliminary meeting-, " to concert the necessary operations , " and to appoint a committee to eonduct the movement , is to be held at the Freemason ' s Tavern , on Tuesday next . Mr . James Heywood , M . P ., in the chair .

      The annual meeting of the Association for Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge , is announced to take place at Exeter Hall , on Wednesday next . Douglas Jerrold will take the chair . It is hoped that Mr . Disraeli may , at least to some extent , have anticipated the objects of this meeting in his forthcoming financial revision . Mr . Cole , the general superintendent of the department of Practical Art , opened the session , on Wednesday , with an address on the i ' acilities afforded hy the department to all classes of the community in obtaining education in art . Among other things Mr . Cole stated , that as far as practical on self-supporting principles , tlie department would ende . rvour to encourage and assist , but not supersede , all local efforts to introduce education in the elements of form

      and colour into schools of all kinds ; to promote the establishment of special schools for the practice of advanced studies ; to afford instruction in the specialties of manufacture , so far as they regulated the nature of the art to be applied ; and , lastly , to establish a central museum of arts and manufactures applicable to direct instruction . In all these various objects the principle would bo to give assistance half-way , but no further . The working-classes of Marylebone were invited to attend a meeting at the Princess ' s Concert-room , on Saturday

      evening , at seven o ' clock , by Mr . Oliveira , M . P ., for the purpose of promoting that gentleman ' s scheme for establishing libraries , to which these classes may have gratuitous access . Mr . T . Wilson , a wood carver , was called to the chair . Mr . Oliveira forcibly impressed upon his auditors the importance of assisting an attempt to diffuse a humanising and kindly influence , by drawing together persons of high and low degree in the same room and for the same object—the attainment of useful knowledge . Mr . Oliveira instanced the success of the infant institution

      at Manchester , and the recognition of the value of these libraries by the Common Council of London , and then read extracts from a letter of Lord Brou gham , highly approving the plan , promising to contribute , and suggesting that the management should be placed in the Lands of the working classes themselves . It was also stated that warm encouragement had been expressed in communications from the Earl of Carlisle , the Earl ofHarrowby , and other gentlemen . In conclusion , Mr . Oliveira said a rate of a halfpenny in the pound would bo amply sufficient to maintain in

      efficiency such an institution in Marylebone , and there was every reason to hope that legislative authority would be conferred , as it would be in strict accordance with ( he act already passed upon this subject . Mr . M'tlrcgor , M . P . ; Mr- - Digby Seymour , M . P . ; Mr . < ioldsmilh , and Mr . Withers , delivered addresses of the like tenor , and resolutions were adopted , pledging the meeting to support ( lie establishment of ii free library in . Mui-ylebone , appointing a committee of working-men ( o co-operate with Mr . Oliveini ' s cenimiftoo , and soliciting n penny-subscription in the parish .

      In addition to this , Mr . Oliveira presided over a spirited meeting at the iMurylebone Court-house on ' Wednesday . Among their supporters they now number Prince Albert , the Duke of Portland , the Duke of Newcastle , Lord . lirou / rluiiii , Dr . Spry and ( ho Bishop of London . Among tin ; speakers were ' Mr . Kwiixf , Sir 1 J . II nil , Lord Dudley Stuart ., . Mr . John ' IMucgrcgor , members of Parliament ; and other gentlemen .

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      In the gum ' son church at Berlin , a funeral service for ( lie Hake of Wellinglon was performed on the IKth . The royal famil y were present , and great numbers of soldiers . Thanks for ( heir admirable conduct , on the lHlh , have been addressed ( o ( . he Army in a . << rner ; il Order by l , onl ihirdinge ; and lo tin ; Police by Air . Walpole . Neither omit , lo mention the good conduct , of the people . A gniliiil y of one nliilliii | r has been given to I he troops . SI ,. 1 ' aul ' s has , this week , been opened to ( . lie public illulniniilcd as at , the Duke ' s funeral ; hul . I bet arrangements for granting ; tickets of admission have been no bad that numerous complaints have appeared in the daily journals . One person went , three successne diiv . s , Monday , Tuesday ' , and Wednesday , anil could not , procure tickets , while riigiiinulliiiM vi-vc . selling them at , linlf-a-crown and < -iirliteen-pcnce each in St . Paul ' s churchyard .

      Accounts continue to lie received from I lie conn I ies <>( the success of the !\ 1 Hit iu Act , ; and Iliednshin ;; appearance of the volunteers . II , is clear fh . il . the . >() , OO <> men are in noine Norl . select : ami , although only five feet two and upwards , likely to become ; roo < l and lir . ive soldiers . More ( ban one of I he Prefects and Mayors of Louis Nnpoleon , in urging ( lie electors to vote , reminds Iliemol Ih / i Ire . ities of IKIf > , to be avenged , and ( be di . ' . aslcr of Waterloo lo he cxpiuft'd . Tim •/ oiiriml itis Ui'lxits has at . length accepted the Kinpirc not , however , before if bud become n question of life or death with I Ik proprietors of tlinf distinguished jourmil . Whether ! VI . [\ 1 ichel Chevalier , an old contributor to the l >< 'hals , and a Nennlor , may Im v < i bad any share in elleclin ^ Ibis conversion , wo cannot Mii . y ; but . we should think I he accession of such a supporter would seriou . sly allecl , flic condition of I he more strictly Honnpnrfist ,

      orgiias . The remains of l , he Abhi ' i << ioberti have arrived at Turin . Tlie restored " paternal" ( Jovernnienl , of flio Urund J-hiko nf i ' loronco hnt » re-ostubliwJunl the guillotine for

      crimes against religion , of public violence against the Government , premeditated homicide , and robbery with violence , Abd-el-Kader , we are told , expressed his desire to be allowed to vote in the election of the Emperor . Accordingly the Emir and all his suite at Amboise were provided with a balloting urri , in which they deposited their contributions to the degradation of the French people . Verily , Abd-el-Kader , as he dropped his bulletin of Oui into the urn , must have felt himself avenged ! The obnoxious law presented by the Belgian Ministry to the Chamber , in compliance with the wishes of the French Emperor , to restrict the press from , speaking freely of foreign powers , has been considerably shorn of its uglier portions in its passage through the committee appointed to examine its provisions . When it again reaches the Chamber , it will be scarcely recognizable by its authors .

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      The discovery of gold in South Australia is now an authenticated fact . Large quantities of surface gold have been discovered in the district of Onkaparinga , fifteen miles east of Adelaide . The auriferous district is supposed to be sixty miles in extent . These facts are confirmed by the reports of the colonial secretary and the laud

      commis-. The Forerunner was dismasted , it appears , in a gale on the 4 th . After refitting at Gibraltar , she set out for Plymouth , where she arrived on the 21 st . The passengers had come home previously in the Tiber . At Gibraltar some of the passengers presented Captain Atkins , before leaving , with a letter of thanks for his kindness during the voyage , and coolness and discretion during the gale of the 4 th instant . They further stated that their reason for leaving the ship was not from any want of confideace in him , or doubt as to the seaworthiness of the Forerunner .

      Abbas Pacha , viceroy of Egypt , has had a steam frigate yacht built for him in the Thames . Her dimensions arelength 283 feet , with a great breadth of beam . She is of 2217 tons burden , old measurement , with paddle-wheels 42 feet in diameter , the largest ever made . There are two engines of 400 horse-power each , manufactured by Maudslay , Son , and Field . She is called the Faid QiJiaad , or " Favour of War . " She left the Thames on Thursday week , and anchored in Southampton-water on Friday—a capital run for new machinery . She is a magnificent little craft , splendidly fitted tip , and runs 15 knots an hour . A banquet was given on board on Saturday .

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      According to a recent decision in the Court of Exchequer , the rule which had been obtained by Mr . Gye for leave to demur to the declaration of Mr . Lurnley in the Wagner case , was made absolute . Probably the trial will come on next week . Sir Charles Napier has brought an action against Mr . John Murray , the publisher of the Quarterly Review , for libel . The offending passages were contained in an article on the Ameers of Scincle , charging Sir Charles with disgraceful conduct in his civil and military career in Scinde . This was rebutted by an affidavit stating that t he facts , as alleged in the article , were untrue . Tlie case was tried in tlie Court of Queen ' s Bench on Tuesday . Lord

      Campbell held that there was nothing m the article to show an intention to calumniate Sir Charles . It was written upon a disputed passage in history as to whether he had treated the Ameers with harshness or generosity . Believing the allidavit of Sir Charles , Lord Campbell still thought that it ; would be encroaching on the liberty of the press to grant a criminn . 1 information . Whatever might take place elsewhere , be ( rusted -we should always have ; a free press . It was no libel to impute incompetence to a high public functionary . Sir Charles JMupier was one of the most gallant , most meritorious , and most , distinguished generals who bad ever led a British army in the Held . Jit ; could not grant , a rule for the tiling of a . criminal information .

      Lord Campbell has refused flieapplicafion made by Mr . II uddlestone , that , Burfheleiny and Morny , participants in the lute duel , should be admitted to bail . The Lord Chief . 1 usl ice of Ireland delivered judgment on the motion of the Attorncy- ( General to quash the proceedings of the coroner's inquest in the Six-mile Hridge all ' air . There was no precedent , to guide the decision of the Heneh ; and in the absence of precedent , hi ; could not underinke to quash those proceedings ; therefore , without , expressing any opinion whatsoever upon the merits of the finding of the jury , he fell , hound ( o rel ' uso the rule . Two other persons , named liurlon and I ' oareo , have died from the ell ' eefs of ( -ho squeezing in the crowd at , the lyiiif * in state . Henry IMuclihiirn , or Blnckbund , has been commit led on a , clnii-ge of murderiu < r his fill her and mother , tlie old couple whose bodies were found half burned and dreadfully unit . dated in a . cottage near SlnH ' onl . A light haired , thin-faced person , with bushy whiskers , mid an cU ' eniiniile voice , bus been ereul in ; . ^ a sensa ! ion in Manchester by uflcrin ; y forged notes of t ho Hank of I'lni 1 In ml .

      Two young women , both domestic servants , have been acquitted this week of charges , one of killing her illegitimate child ; I he other of concealing the birth . Khzabelh Karwuker , bad been suspected hy her fellow servants ; on I he HI , h of No \ ember certain indiciit ions were visible about the bouse ; a noiso like the crying of a , cut , in ( IimI r <; ss * vus heard in a , cupboard ; Kurwuker went into ( he room and llin cry ( teased . Subsequently a . child's body was found ( h'nd in the yard . The other cane was similar . Itridgef I > o \ vling denied lu > r condition ; nenrcli was made , proofs of delivery wire found ; and the body of a child in the dustbin wrapped in enrpet .

      Two young men , residing in I . ho neighbourhood of I ) roil , \\ ich , WorcoMlorshire , named John Sinilh nnd Clnirles Cook , have been i-oiiiniil Ic < l to Worcester (! ounl y- ;; nol , on u chuiM-e of attempt in f . r to murder one of Sir . loin i I'll king-Ion ' s ^ auiekoopei'ii , by shooting it . I , him . I (¦ appears Mint the keepers had found Unit on Sunday iiiorningH poaching wan carried on in ( he preserves , imd accordingly on

      Sunday , the 7 th inst ., the underkeeper and two watchers W in wait for them . About five o ' clock in the mornW th " « prisoners made their appearance , and Smith was seized for one of the watchers , named Nott . Upon this both men attacked JNott , who received a violent blow on the head and also had an arm broken with a gun-barrel . Smith also called to Cook to blow out Nott ' brains , upon which Cook put a percussion cap on his gun , and pulled the trigger . The cap exploded , but not the charge in the gun or Nott must have been a dead man . Both prisoners were afterwards taken into custody . The Thames and rivers running into it between London and Oxford , has again overflowed its banks this week damaging property at Heading and Maidenhead , and stopping the trains on the lines from Oxford . The Fromo has risen again and covered the country between Bristol and Clevedori . Nottingham has also suffered .

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      HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEE K During the three weeks that have passed of this month the deaths show a decrease , having been successively 1101 1022 , and 922 . In the ten weeks corresponding' to the week that ended last Saturday the average number was 1016 , which , if corrected for increase of population , becomes 1118 , than which amount last week ' s mortality is less by 196 . These facts are evidence that the public health lias not suffered lately , notwithstanding the unusual and prolonged wetness of the weather .

      A decrease is also observed in the mortality of zymotic diseases , which have declined from 228 in the preceding week to 181 in the last , while in the same time diseases of the respiratory organs ( exclusive of phthisis ) have decreased from 192 to 167 . Scarlatina has fallen from 88 to 59 ; and with respect to other epidemics the numbers referred to them last week are as follow : —Small-pox , 4 ; measles , 8 ; hooping-cough , 17 ; croup , 4 ; thrush , 4 ; diarrhoea , 16 ; dysentery , 1 ; influenza , 3 ; purpura , 1 ; ague , 1 ; infantile and remittent fever , 2 ; typhus , 50 ; puerperal fever , 6 ( besides other five deaths that occurred in child-bearing ); erysipelas , 5 : syphilis , 1 . Last week the births of 770 boys and 720 girls , in all 1490 children , ¦ were registered in London . In the seven corresponding weeks of the years 1845-51 the average number was 1337 .

      At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer in the week was 29 ' 159 in . The mean temperature of the week was 49 * 3 deg ., which is 5-2 deg . above the average of the same week in ten years . The mean daily temperature was above the average on every day of the week , and the excess was more than 8 deg . on Monday and Tuesday , and 6 deg . on Wednesday and Saturday . The wind blew generally from the south-west The rain in the week amounted to 1 * 77 in .

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On ( lie 14 th of November , at Drako ' s-placc , the wifo of the Kev . W . W . i ' ulman , M . A ., vicar of Wellington , Somerset : of a son . On ( ho 17 lh , at 25 , Park-street , Grosvonor-squaro , tho wifo of L ' rotheroe Smith , Esq ., M . D . : a daughter . On I ho 20 l . li , at No . 7 , Chestcr-terraee , Rpgont ' s-park , tho Hon . Lady Pearson : a daughter , On tho Z'iiul , at Hale-house , near Salisbury , tho Lady Adela CJoll ' : a ( laughter . .. On tho 22 nd , at 13 , Charington-streol , Sonicra-lown , the wilo of Uluchcr Thomas Edward J ) ealli , Esq . : a Hon . MARRIAGES . On I ho Kith of November , at Hi ,. Michael ' s Church , Chester , ( he Kev . Henry Cunlilfo , M . A ., \ icar of Khiflnall , Halop , tlnnl won of Lieuteniuit-CJeiieral Sir Robert , Cunliflo , Hart ,., C . H ., <" Aclon-park , Denbighshire , lo Mary Augusta , only daughter ot Sir . lames Riddell , Hart ,., of Htrontian and Ardnamurchan , N . «• On tho Kith , at Heal , AVilliitm Talhol , A gar , E-Hfi ., « ' W " 1-lodge , Caiudeii-lown , to Jessy Harriet , second daughter m HT Alexander Oieht . on , K . S . W ., K . H . A ., K . R . S ., of tho ( Irovo , Heal , near Scvoiioaks . , ¦ On tho 17 lli , at HI . John's Upim-opal Chapel , 'Forms , \> y "io V .-ry Kev . Ihn J Van of JNloray and Ross , John Henry JeiikniHon , N .-ui ' ., youngest , moii of tho lato John Hanks Jrnkinnon , '""'" 't '" St .. David ' s , to Alico Henrietta , third daughter of Sir Y viiwun << onlon Cuinming , itart ., of Altyre . , ¦ On Hie 2 : ir < l , nt All Souls' Church , Langlmm-plaoe , l . apu '" Colin Camphcll , 1 st , Madras Liglit Cavalry , son of tho Into . »<>'"» Ciinmhrll , Ksi | ., of Kinloch , I ' ciMishire , to Amelia , yoiii'f ? '' " ' diiughlor of ( he lato Major- ( Jeneral Sir Archibald ioMovsny , K . C . U . DKATIIH . On tho lOthof June , IM 52 , lit Christelmrcli , Canlcrhury Mettlemmil , Now Zealand , Kimtaco , third son of Conway 1 * . H " <» On tho 151 Ii of November , at Soiilhliorough , the Lady Loiiimh lioyle , off )!) , CamM-idge-lori-Hio , II yde-pard-gardens . The Lady Winston liarron , will- of Sir llonry VVniH "" rroii , Hart ., of Harron-court , count y of Walorlonl , and da »«» ; . iifHir Gregory l ' ago Turner , Hurl ,., of Hal tlondoii-l > ai " » fordsliirr , \ . i :. r y ) mvH . On tho'Jth , at Naples , the Right , Hon . John . Karl ol Miuo » . ( In the 17 th , at his residence , Hiiiiiinoi-limdf ) , Exeter , Liou oimnl-Gonoral Alfred Richards , C . » .. H . KI . C . M : . , On ( ho 17 th , al thn ( Ihatoau do Vaux , Seino-of-Oimo , " '" " ' iijm-. I Mixteen , the daughter of tho Huron Marooliotl l . '( In tho IHth , at Wroxliam , Nnmiii ., idird < la . uglij . orol «"' ,., JnmeH Topping Km ,., M . I ' ., of VV halcieR-hall , Cli « Mlur « . iv » u , ( \> U 11 M <* 1 . - ¦ if iillfW'k . On tho IMlh , nt Himiin-d CiihIIo , Durham , Ludy U" »" widow of Iho lulu Mr . Huron llulloeh . r li'liloii . Ou tho IHI . h , at Hhirle . y-parli , Surrey , the Comi « h « <> l a On Iho : i 0 tli , at . MoiitroHo , Mm . Halfour , r .-lict «> l Ciililuiii I ' . allulir , of lhat town , and HiMl . erof . loHCl > l > J | " " ' Ou ' l . he 2 lHt , at her houso in ( Jur / . oii-Htnuit , . Mi «« l' *' ' 1 ^ ' " the niiK'l ii'lli your of hor ago . / li-nHV 0 »*> * On tho 22 U . I , al , his remdonoo , : ! 4 , . Uro ok-Htrool , ( UOHV < < iuaro , Hanutol Moriiman , M . O ., aged cighty-uno .

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      1134 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

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      A Parliamentary paper published on Wednesday , proves that only one vessel containing negroes landed in June , 1852 on the Brazilian coast , but that the importation of negro slaves into Cuba amounted to 4 , 118 in the period between , the 1 st of January and the 9 th of October of the current year .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 27, 1852, page 1134, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1962/page/10/