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prison for twenty-one days , and he hoped the officers on duty would take notice of any disturbance or other nuisance arising from the soup-kitchen , and make a report of it to the proper quarter .
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MISCELLANEOUS . Queen Victoria presided over a Chapter of the Garter , on Wednesday . All the Knights Companions wore their collars and mantles . The prelate of the Order , the Bishop of Winchester , and the Chancellor , the Bishop of Oxford , were present ; and the Companions were the Marquis of Exeter , the Marquis of Salisbury , the Duke of Cleveland , the Marquis of Camden , the Duke of Bedford , the Earl of Clarendon , and Earl Fitzwilliam . Then , with all due ceremony , the Duke of Northumberland and the Marquess of Londonderry were severally introduced to the Queen , by Lords Clarendon and Earl Fitzwilliam , and elected Knights of the Order . The Garters were buckled on by the Queen and Prince Albert , and the broad blue Riband and George thrown over the shoulders of the new Knights by the Royal hands . The Knights , the Prelate , and the Chancellor afterwards dined with the Queen . Prince Albert shoots considerably with the Prince of Leiningen , who is making a long stay at court . The Duchess of Kent makes frequent visits to her daughter . The Queen takes no kind of out-door exorcise—at least the Court Newsman records neither walk nor drive .
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The Marquis of Breadalbane is Lord Chamberlain after all . Mr . Villiors Stuart is appointed Under Secretary of Ireland . The Duke of "Wellington is said to be about to visit the scenes of his illustrious father ' s triumphs in Spain and Portugal . [ What will her Majesty do for lack of her Master of the Horse ?] The Earl of Carlisle , Mr . Adderley , M . P ., Mr . Cole , and other gentlemen , attended the sixth , annual meeting of the Potteries School of Design , held at Burslem , on Tuesday . We have authority for stating that there is no truth whatever in the report that Mr . Disraeli is about to go abroad for two years . The right hon . gentleman was never in better health , and had never less intention of absenting himself from his Parliamentary duties . —Times , Thursday .
It is understood that , through ill-health , Major-Gcneral Sir John Iiolt has resigned the office of Commandcr-in-Chief of the Western District , and that he will be succeeded by Sir Harry Smith , the hero of Aliwall and Sobraon , who was expected at Devonport on Wednesday . Professor David Masson , the newly elected successor to Professor Clough in tbo Chair of English Literature at the University of London , delivered a brilliant , inaugural lecture on the 13 th inst ., before a large auditory . The lecture was an eloquent vindication of the dignity of the literary profession . The Professor was introduced by Mr . John Taylor , F . R . S ., Treasurer of the University .
As considerable misapprehension appears to exist regarding Lord John Russell ' s position in the present Government , and as it lias oven been stated , in quarters usually bolter informed , that failing heaKH would probably before long oblige him to give up the duliea of the office which ho now holdn , both bis private friends and political supporters will be glad to learn the true facts of the ease , which wo can give from authority . The permanent arrangement made on the formation of ( he present Government , and one made ; on public , not private grounds , was that , Lord John
. Russell should lead the House ; of Commons , and have a Seat in ( he Cabinet without office , find that Lord Clarendon should be the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; but , Hubjeet to thin arrangement , Lord John , at the earnest Solicitation of sonic of his colleagues , agreed to take ( he Heal . s of ( lie foreign oflice till ( he meeting of Parliament , at which time Ik ; would hand them over to Lord Clarendon . No chango has wince been made , and Lord John will , accordingly , in the course of a month , give up bin temporary pout to bin successor .- ( llobe .
Mr . Walter Scott Lock hart Scott , of Alibolsford , the only Hon of Mr . Lockhnrt , and grandson of Sir Walter Scott , died unmarried , on ( lie lOtli ' mutant , at the early age of twenty-seven . When Sir W niter died he left , two . sons mid a . grandson to perpetuate the lineage of his house ; and it , is difficult , to conceive- that even a . chance thought , could have crossed bin mind ( hat , all t hre « i should die childless mid abroad in the short space of twenty years . The only grandchild of the great novelist now alive is Mr . Lorkhart ' s only mirvivingchild , !\ 1 rs . Hope . 11 was but a month ago that , wo word called on to chronicle the death , ill . thirt y-seven , of the closest link in blood to Scott's great contemporary , Hyron ; iind hero are we now recording ( he deal b , at twenl y-seven , of the closest link in blood to Hymn ' s great , contemporary , Mir Walter Scott ,. It seems as if it wen' ( ft'diiiiicd ( bat , tbo children of the hr / iin shall be the sole creations of great authors destined to endure . A t hcntciini ¦
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Lord Campbell lias made ; the rule for u new ( . rial , in the enmt of Constant . Derm do Ulnmdii against Dawson and others , absolute ; no that Mid famous Von Heck case will ugn . i » i come before Mm public . The York anil North Midland Railway Company have brought tui action against , Mr . George- Hudson for the recovery of certain prolit . t upon shares Hold by him , which it ih alleged !> , i illKfrnlly allotted to himself , and sold in the Tvamn ofotlmr person ;) , appropriating I he large premium . ! , to Hi ., iiuioiiiiUf mwonil tlu . u-, ukIs of pound * . The Master <> l flic , . Kollrf | i , tuliou tii , . to consider mid tf ivojudgjnoiiv ,
There was an amusing case tried before Mr . Baron Platt , in the Court of Exchequer , on Wednesday . Some time ago , a woman , who had been living with Mr . Avis , an undertaker , as his wife , died ; and her husband , a Mr . Tecs , tailor , who had himself married again , demanded the personal effects and property of Mrs . Tees from the man Avis . This gave rise to the action . It appears that Tees married Dinah Wales , a great beauty , in 1836 . For two years they lived in peace , and then there came a Mr . Taylor , of Bond-street , a tailor , who was frantic for Mrs . Tees ; and did not long remain unhappy . Mrs . Tees went to live in Bond-street . Mr . Taylor was prodigal of
valuable presents ; and she was as comfortable as a woman m her situation well could be . But Mr . Taylor could not keep this redoubtable charmer of hearts . He happened to employ a Mr . Avis , who coveted Mrs . Tees , and finally abstracted her from Bond-street , and took her to his home . At this time Avis had four grown-up daughters . There was no question as to the facts . For the defence , while admitting that the action was maintainable according to the strict letter of the law , Mr . Chambers put in the plea that it was an unfair and unjust action on the part of the plaintiff who had himself broken the law . But the jury thought otherwise , and adjudged that Mr . Avis should pay 85 ? . damages .
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Another fever-ship from the West Indies , the Parana , reached Southampton on Tuesday . Five persons on board had died . She appears to have taken the fever at St . Thomas ' s on her outward voyage . The latest death having occurred on the 12 th of January , the Parana was ordered into quarantine until Saturday , the 22 nd instant . The city of Acapulco was shaken down by an earthquake on the 4 th of December . A correspondent of the Panama Star , writing from the scene of the catastrophe , says;—" The Avhole population now sleep in the streets or in the courtyards ; and processions , with images of the Virgin and Christ , perambulate the streets with solemn strains of music , ringing , and muffled drums , imploring God for mercy . As I write to-day , Dec . 9 , at noon , I have constantly to spring from my desk , as shock after shock is repeated , for fear of falling tiles and walls . Writing under such circumstances is rather an uncomfortable business ; so having given you the main facts I will close . "
We have heard a report to the effect that Mr . Napier , the eminent shipbuilder of the Clyde , recently received an order to build six first-class steam frigates . Discovering on inquiry that the order had emanated from the French Government , he thought it necessary to communicate the fact to the Admiralty , leaving it to them to decide whether he should decline or accept the order . He was advised by the Admiralty not to do so , and as a quid pro quo for the loss of the order , received a commission to build six similar vessels to those ordered by the French Government . — Liverpool Albion . The Government emigration depot at Southampton is now completed . The first batch of emigrants was installed on Monday . A fleet of nearly four hundred sail of merchant vessels have been for some time windbound inside the Isle of
Wight , and which have weighed anchor since the springing up within the last twenty-four hours of north-easterly winds . A fleet of about fifty colliers from Wales are now also on their way , bound for Southampton . —Shipping Gazette .
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The Lords of the Treasury have , on the application of the Secretary to the Department of Practical Art , sanctioned the delivery unopened at Marlborough-houso , of casts , and other fragile examples of ornamental art from the continent , and imported for the use of the schools under the superintendence of the Department of Practical Art , Alarlborough-house . A poll has been taken in the parish of St . Mary , Islington , on the proposal made in the vestry last Thursday for adopting the Baths and Wash-houses Act in the- parish . At the close of the poll last evening , the numbers wens—¦ Kor the motion , 5 (>(> ; against it , 452 . As the act . requires a majority of two to one , in order to give effect to its provisions , ( he motion is lost .
A Parliamentary paper has just boon printed respecting the Tewkesbury Union . The board of guardians carried resolutions to reduce ; the salaries of the several officers , on account of Mie " cheapness of provisions . " The ofliccrH appealed to the Poor Law Hoard , and the readout ) were required from the guardians that , induced them to pass tbo resolutions . They urged thai , the value of Agricultural produce had been diminished at . least . 'JO percent ,., that , ( lie rates bad decreased , and that , food was cheap . The Poor Law Hoard replied , that , they bad " never recognised the
principle that , the price of the articles and of l , ho produce referred to are to be the criterion by which tho nmoiint of salaries ought , to be estimated and regulated , or that such mihiricH should be liable to vary as tbo pried of food fluctuates . " The Poor Law Hoard thought that no suflieicnt reason had been assigned for the reduction , declaring that , the fixed salaries of the medical officers remunerated them only for their ordinary duties , and the board did not see thul , sufficient grounds bad been adduced for diminishing Ilio salaries of cither of the oflicers referred to in Mm resolutions of tin ! guardians .
Two " accidents , " resulting from negligence , have occurred near Chorley , on the Lancashire and 'Yorkshire Railway . A signal wan not turned on , and a coal train ran into a goods train standing at the station . An oxprenn , tho same afternoon , overtook and dashed into a cattld train . The latter had not , sufficient steam power to get up a Hfeop gradient . Some of theciittlo wore killed . None of the / ir . it-vhxnH passengers were injured , but a second-class puswiijrei- wiim beaten about , 1 ho head . Mssendiim is on l . hd Great Northern Railway . The- late * rains baui greatly damaged the embankment . Micro ; but . no ojio occmti to luivo taken ji noto of it . Of wura > an
" accident" registered the fact . On Monday a goods train passing by , the earth under the rails gave way and lef t the rails without support . Soon after a heavy engine runmnff along at a quick pace over the spot , drove the rails out of the line , and after running a short distance further sank in the space between the lines of rails . Fortunately the driver and stoker were comparatively uninjured . Dr . Rice , Head Master of Christ ' s Hospital , hung himself to the rail of his bed on Thursday morning . The body was discovered and cut down by Mrs . Rice . For some time past Dr . Rice has been low-spirited ; and caution had been given to Mrs . Rice to remove dangerous instruments out of his way . She left him . asleep on Thursday morning ; and shortly after found him a corpse . The jury had no difficulty in arriving at a verdict of mental derangement .
Templeton , a young soldier of the 2 nd Dragoon Guards , shot himself at Birmingham on Tuesday Week . He was disappointed in love . A large mass of cliff overhanging a part of Dover has fallen . Fortunately the house-dwellers in the neighbourhood had full notice . No life has been lost ; but a great deal of property is destroyed . •> The daughter of the lato Mr . H . Hall , of Bridge Bottleworks , Sunderland , has recently waited upon her father ' 3 creditors , and paid them 20 s . in the pound , twenty-five years having elapsed since the bankruptcy . —Sheffield Independent .
We understand that , in consequence of the disclosures before the committee of the House of Commons , that Mr . Frail was in receipt of a salary of 300 Z . a year from " W . B" the surveyor of taxes for the Shrewsbury district hassurcharged Frailfor income-tax which he has never paid before . Frail ' s friend and patron the Major has thus unearthed a wary fox , which has been bagged by the lynxeyed surveyor of taxes . —Derby and Chesterfield Reporter . The following is rather a singular confirmation of the superstition of sailors respecting : Friday . A cousin of mine
is an officer in the Royal Mail Steamer Melbourne ^ with whose unfortunate disasters the public are fully acquainted . He writes me from Lisbon , saying , — " I joined the ship on Friday ; I procured my register ticket on Friday ; I received my appointment on Friday ; the ship left London on Friday , and she eventually sailed from Plymouth on Friday . " if is singular also , that on leaving Plymouth he should mention , his apprehension at again starting on this apparently ill-omened day , and that his fears should be so soon realized . —Notes and Queries .
The Englishman ( December 4 ) publishes the following amusing episode in the Burmese war : — " The setting sun was gilding the broad waters of the Irrawaddy as the steamer Mbzttffer , with the Calcutta mail , cast her anchor below the Hastings shoal , dreading , at that late hour , to attempt its dangerous passage . But a little time had she lain there when the Mahanuddg , feeling her way , cautiously , yet closely approached her , and a staff-officer from the lastnamed vessel , hailing the JHozuffer , eagerly asked for the latest news . ' The news !—the news ! ' exclaimed he and about fifty persons , officers and privates , clustered round , anxiously awaiting the desired information . * News , ' responded a gruff voice from tho Mozuffcr , — ' ay , there ia
news , and good news too for you military . That old woman , Godwin , has been superseded , and General Cheapo has been appointed to the command in his room . ' General Godwin was himself tho officer who was asking the news ; those around him were his staff , or the troops proceeding to the capture of Pegue ! We will not attempt to describe the scene ; it sufficcth to say that the principal actor in it was furious , immediately stopped tho Mahanuddy , and ordered the oflicer commanding the Mozujf ' er to send him his despatches . Those present tell us that it was difficult to nay which was most amusing , the rage of the general , or tho consternation on board the Mozvjfer , when they learnt tho name and rank of the oflicer to whom they had imparted the interesting intelligence . "
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HEALTH OF LONDON" DURING THE WEEK . A thousand and onr dicatuh wero registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday . In the ten corresponding weeks of tho yearn 1 H 4 M-52 tho average number was 1 K 58 , which , if raised in proportion to the increase of population during these years , given a mortality of 1252 for tho present time . Tho comparison , which shows a reduction in last ; week of ' 251 below tho estimated amount , proven the continuance of that , favourable state of the public health that has for somo time been remarked .
The present . Return , as compared with that of tho former week , exhibits a trifling increase in epidemics , arising chiefly from measles and fever ; the former diseaso bus risen from 11 to 'JO fatal eases , the latter from 4 , $ to 52 . Small-pox numbered last , week < f deaths , scarlatina (( , ' { " hooping-cough . " ») . Thero wero only l . 'HVom diarrlwea and none have been registered from cholera in the last two weeks . Amongst , diseases that , affect the respiratory organs , bronchitis has declined in the last two weeks from SW to (( 7 ; pneumonia shows little fluctuation , having boon fatal in 52 and 58 cuhuh ; while pthisis rose in the same , period from 101 fo 725 . Last , week the births of 755 hoys and 841 girls , in all 15 SMJ children , were registered in London . Tho averugo number in eight , corrresjionding weeks of Mm years 1845-52 was 14 . 'J 2 .
At , the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , thd mean height of the barometer in tho week was W . M 4 H in . The mean temperature of Mm week was 45 ( leg ., which JH IH > do ^ r . above Mi «> average of Mio Hinrid woek in thirty-eight years . Tho mean daily temperature was much above tho averago on every day of tho week ; and on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday , when if , was highest , tho excesrt above- tho average was I li ) deg ., I 0-. J deg ., and 144 ddg . Tho wind bldvv on six days from Mid south-west , Tho moan dow powl tcjiipcruturo was tftf dog ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 22, 1853, page 80, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1970/page/8/
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