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An unusual spectacle was seen on Monday and Tuesday by two gentlemen . Mr . Emeric Berkeley , of Wandsfor , Northamptonshire , was returning from skating about twelve o ' clock" on Tuesday , when he saw two parhelia , or mock suns . " In each parhelion the colours were prismatic ; Higher in the heavens , touching the halo , was an arc of an inverted rainbow j and still" higher , with the prismatic colours much more vivid , was another inverted arc . These two inverted arcs were as distinct in colours as the common rainbow , buit not of the same breadth . There were various other circles not well defined . Verging towards the north was a third parhelion , not consisting of prismatic colours , and in which we could not trace the intersecting circles distinctly . The clouds in the north were at the same time tinged with red . The parhelia lasted more than an hour . "
Mr . John Thornton , of Eimbolton , says : — " About a quarter-past 12 p . m . this day , my attention was called by Mr . Valentine Hill , agent to his Grace the Duke of Manchester , to a beautiful appearance of four parhelia , situated at different points of a great circle of bright light , parallel with the horizon , and passing through the sun . The angle formed by this ring with the horizon was apparently 25 deg . 20 min . Around the sun was a vertical circle of white light , in breadth about one third of the diameter of the sun , and at the intersection of this circle with the horizontal one the two most southerly parhelia were situated ; these were very brilliant , of a
fawn colour towards the sun , and of a violet white on the more remote side ; the two more northerly parhelia were much fainter , and . disappeared before their angles could be taken . There was at the same time in the zenith a beautiful circular ring , not very distinct towards the north , but showing brilliant prismatic colours towards the south . The diameter of this ring , which was horizontal , was apparently the same as that of the vertical circle in which the two most southerly parhelia were situated . From further observations taken by Mr . Hill at 2 h . 45 m . p . m ., the angle between the parhelia was 48 deg . 20 min . At the same time , the angle between the sun and the nearest point of the prismatic ring in the zenith was 47 deg . " Let us conclude by noting the effect of the weather of last week on the PUBLIC HEALTH . " In comparing the results of the last ' two weeks , it appears that while cases enumerated under ' zymotic diseases ' have declined from 231 to 212 , those under ' diseases of the respiratory organs' have further increased from 250 to 312 . It is worthy of notice , however , that under one of the heads in this latter class—viz ., pneumonia , there is a decrease . The following figures show the progress of particular diseases during the last five weeks : —Bronchitis was fatal in 67 , 82 , 91 , 110 , and 168 cases ; asthma in 16 , 17 , 18 , 23 , and 42 ; pneumonia ( or inflammation of the lungs ) in 58 , 58 , 71 , 95 , and 87 ; consumption ( in the tubercular class ) in 125 , 134 , 138 , 151 , and 142 ; hoopingcough in 39 , 49 , 40 , 64 , and 53 cases . Measles , which destroyed only 3 children in the previous week , has suddenly increased , and last week carried off 21 . While last week was less fatal to children than the previous week , it was more fatal to persons of riper age . "—Megistrar-General .
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AN EXAMPLE FOR THE GREAT MERCANTILE HOUSES . In the last " report , " presented at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders , of the London and County Joint Stock Banking Company , wo find the following paragraphs : ¦—" Your directors have great gratification in stating that their respected chairman , John Sadleir , Esq ., has laid tho foundation of a Provident Fund , for tho roliof of officers who , from misfortune , sickness , or superannuation , may become incapable of providing for thomsclves and their families . " Your directors have thought that tho most acceptable return they could offer to Mr . Sadleir would bo some general moasuro , by which this provident fund might bo systematically enlarged , for tho benefit of the oflicors . ' [ they havo given to this object their most maturo consideration , and have established a graduated scale of guarantoo among the oflicore , which combines tho advantage of mutual watchfulness and control over their fidelity and good conduct , with a regular contribution by each officer , to tho increase of tho provident fund . Your directors anticipate that tho result of this plan will , in tho courso of a few years , give an extended and ofliciont aid to tho benevolent views of tho chairman . " Now , obviously , although hia political conduct may disontitlehim to tho admiration of tho Tablet and ro-election
by tho enlightened doctors of Athlone , Mr . Sadleir understands thoroughly and in tho highest sense his duty as tho head of a groat trading company , to tho employers of that corporation ; and wo Iiojmi that this act of his will find extensive imitation . JIin present to tho clerlcH , for present it is , amounts to £ 4500 , a sufficiently munificent Hum , it appears to uh , for a man whoso motive in taking ' office under "Lord Aberdeen was referred by Mr . Lucas to his anxiety for tho emoluments of a Lord of tho Treasury .
We , however , will not make our commendation of thin proceeding conditional on Mr . Sadleir being tho munificent man which it alone would . scorn to warrant . Wo hold up to imitation , not his generosity , but his comprehensive notion of the bent methods of currying on business in a Hank . Ho and tho Direcfcorn will gain their money ton times over , in tho increased zeiil and efficiency which will bo
displayed by clerks and officers , who see that their employers look upon them with more care and charity than upon the stools and rulers .
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NAPOLEON'S WILL . ~ Louis Bonapabte is anxious , it appears , to get possession of his uncle ' s will . On Thursday the Queen ' s advocate made an application to the Prerogative Court for the delivery out of the registry of the will and codicils of the late Napoleon Bonaparte , who , he said , died at the island of St . Helena , on the 5 th of May , 1821 . He left property within the jurisdiction of the Court not exceeding 600 ? . The will ( with seven codicils ) was duly proved in this Court in the month of August , 1824 , by one of the executors , Charles Tristan Count de Montholon , power being reserved for the two other executors to prove it afterwards . The will and codicils had remained in the registry up to the present time . There was an affidavit from Lord John Russell , stating that an application had been made by the French Government to the Government of her Majesty for the original will of the late Napoleon Bonaparte , now deposited in the registry of this Court , to be delivered over to the French Government . He further made oath that her Majesty ' s Government considered it advisable , on grounds of public policy , that such application should be complied with , and that the will should be delivered out of the registry to her Majesty ' s principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , in order that the same might be by him forthwith delivered over to the French Government accordingly . The judge , Sir John Dodson , decided that the will should be given up , but not for the purpose of their being delivered to the French Government , because he apprehended that he could not do , but he might order them to be delivered out for the purpose of being : sent to and put
into the custody of the legal authorities in France , or to be recorded in the proper place there . He had no doubt that the Secretary of State , who wished these papers to be given out of the registry , would take care that that was done . He would accordingly direct the registrar to attend on the Secretary of State and deliver the original will and codicils to him , notarial copies having been first made , and to take his receipt for them . But the judge did not know who the legal authorities are . He should therefore direct that the will and codicils be delivered over to the Secretary of State for the purpose of being delivered by him to the legal authorities in France .
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THE FEELINGS OF POVERTY . In" a letter to the Times , the iucumbent of St . Phillip ' s , Bethnal-green , tells an affecting story , illustrating both the state of the locality , and the hatred of the poor for the parish : — * Unable , through indisposition , to go myself , my wife went for mo to see a poor woman who had lost a child and was in want . Soon after her return , and while we wero talking over her pitiful case , tho woman herself came . Her lmsband was in tho hospital sick of rheumatic fever . She herself had had scarlet fever , and her four children , one— ' Oh , such a fino child , sir , —three years old , died nearly a fortnight ago . It is on a shelf , in its little coffin , in tho house . ' She wanted to bury it . Tho undertaker would bury it for 15 s . —five paid down when lie removed the corpse from tho house . To raise this 5 s . before Sunday was her object . Tho rest must be paid Is . a week . ' But , my good woman , it is very wrong . The parish will do this for you . How , with your husband ill and yourself weak , are you to raise this money P Pray how have you lived these two or threo weeks ? ' ' Well , 6 ir , our neighbours helped us , and your tickets ; and they will help us to a littlo to bury her with . ' ' Still it is wrong . Have you applied to tho parish P' ' Yes , and they would bury it , but , ho told me , sir , ' ( bursting into tears , ) ' that ho must take it out of its little coffin , and put it in a shell , and I could not follow it , and the prayers would not bo said over it ; ' and she rocked herself , and covered her loco , and was almost choked with her sobs and her agony ; —' my poor husband , it would break hi « heart whon ho knew of
it ; and tho man spoke so ' bruff , and I had not boon used to it , and I could not , sir—oh ! I could not—some way will bo opened—that would be worso than all our trouble . ' I looked , sir , at Adam Smith and Harriet Mart meanthoy were on tho shelf closo by—and at Mill , who lay on the table , in his two thick volumes ; but it was of no use . Malthus himself would have given way ; and ho would iny friend , who ia bo severe . So I sent nor homo refreshed , most of all with the assurance that her littlo child should bo buried ' in its own little oofltn , ' and that who should follow it , and tho prayers should bo said , and tho fees paid too , and her husband ' h heart should not bo broken ; for I had in my pocket a sovereign which a lady , who HubHcrihcM 'JFariot , ' has Hent me by pout to day for tho nick and noddy' in my district , and I resolved that out of thin Hiiiiifl sovereign I would gladden tho heart of this our sister , sir— -yours and mine . "
This did not happen years au * o m the backwoods or swamps of America , but ou Wednesday , and in the heart of London !
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M I S C K L L A N E O U S . Tii'K < ii ) KKN returned to Buckingham Palace from Windsor on Monday . She received , with ^ rea t . state , the Convocation of tho Clergy on Wednesday , in the proHonct ) of her principal Ministers . She has held two CourtH , one for that purpose , and one to ^ ivo an uudioneo to Count Walewski on bis return from Paris , and to Lord Cowley on bis return to his Embassy . Her Majesty and the I ' rinco havo viiufced tho IVincoHs ' s and the lluymarkot theatres this wcok . I ' rinco Albert prosidod on Tuesday , an Master of tho Trinit y . houso , at a special court of that corporation . ( Sir
James Graham , Admiral Sir Byam Martin , and Sir Charles Adam , were also present . The new schools in connexion with the Church of Sfc . Thomas , Charterhouse , were opened by Earl Granville , the President of the Council , on Thursday . Tho foundation stone was laid in April , 1852 . Sir Thomas Brancker , a well known Liverpool , Conservative and merchant , died on Sunday at Mount Pleasant , near that town . It will rejoice every lover of science , and all who feel a sympathy for the thinker and the worker in matters deeply interesting—though , unfortunately , not always bringing their reward—to know that Robert Grant , many years the respected teacher of Comparative An atomy in University College , and well known for his valuable researches , has lately had presented to him a superb achromatic microscope , and with it an annuity purchased from a fund subscribed by some of his old pupils and admirers .
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Orders have been issued to place Tilbury Fort in a good state of defence , and with this view a full company of artillery , consisting of five officers and 134 non-commissioned officers and gunners , are to be quartered there . The pensioner depot for convict guards is to be removed forthwith to make room for the artillery . The fort mounts about ninety guns of heavy ordnance , and has at all times been considered of importance for the protection of the metropolis from a sudden attack . —Naval and Military Gazette . The Severn brings intelligence from Buenos Ayres to the 1 st of Januarv . Matters had become more warlike . On the 1 st of December a revolution broke out in consequence of a dislike to the new governor , Dr . Alsina . It was headed by the Minister of War . Alsina , in order to
conciliate parties opposed to him , immediately resigned , but it soon became evident that their primary object was to levy a heavy contribution on the city , to which very few were willing to accede . The revolutionists immediately marched outside and declared the city in a state of siege , consequently the custom-house is closed , and all business entirely suspended , and provisions of every description are selling at an enormous price . Frequent skirmishes take place in the outskirts of the city , and many lives have been lost . Proffered negotiations with the outside party had been rejected . The existing Government had therefore called upon every resident of the city to take arms for its defence .
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The fate of the old Opera House appears to bo sealed , and the Association that was to have revived its ancient glories with mysterious splendour is no longer mentioned . An advertisement has appeared in the daily papers during the week , offering the properties , &c . of her Majesty ' s Theatre for sale , under instructions of the mortgagee in possession . The six years' battle of the two Houses is over , and Covent Garden wins the day . Great will bo tho responsibilities of the survivor . The accounts of tho state of trade in the manufacturing towns during tbo past week , says the Times , present littlo for remark . At Manchester there has been diminished
activity , but prices have shown steadiness . From Birmingham it appears that the spring hardware trade promises to exceed all former precedent . There lias been a further advance in copper , but , notwithstanding tho uncertainty in the markets for this and other metals , orders accumulate , and manufacturers show an increased indisposition to accept contracts at fixed prices . Tho demand for Australia continues exceedingly heavy . At Nottingham business has been less active than in tho preceding week , although it is still in every respect satisfactory , and from tho woollen districts the report is of a similar character . In the Irish linen market there has been considerable animation .
Manchester was on Saturday placarded with an appeal to tho public from the Havannah weavers of Messrs . J . P . Westhead and Co ., who complain that they have been compelled to strike in consequence of a reduction of wages below what ' aro given in Manchester of 15 per cent . At a recent weekly mooting of tho guardians of the Winslow Union there were but . four cases to bo dealt with . A few years . sinco the business usually occupied four hours . At the last market at Winslow , a number of lamb toga realised 38 s . ( if / ., and fat sheep 48 s . ( 5 . each . Mutton made full F > . s \ per stone . Cows were nolcl at as high figures an 201 . each ; and fat hogs at Us . per ticore .
Tho Birmingham letter-carriers have Kent , up a petition , praying that they may bo placed on a , footing with their metropolitan brethren in respect of pay . It . is but just to theso men to « ny that they are hard-worked and ill-paid at present . It is currently reported that convicts will be again omployod an labourers in those of the royal dockyards where at present the whole of the unskilled work is done by free labour . At tho weekly meeting of the Marylehone Hoard of ( hiardiaiiN on i'Viday , Mr . Menser rend a letter from Catherine Enright , one of twenty-live workliou . se girls wont to Australia in 1 H 1 / J , by the parish , which , niter praiwing their happy change , and thanking tho guardians for it , thus concluded : — " 1 need only add that all tho girls who caino out with mo nro married , and most of thorn got children . 1 have trot a littlo boy . We nro all doing well . "
A novel discovery has recently boon made , which i . s likely to effect a revolution in the milk trade . In eoiiHoquonco of the advnnco in the price <> f olive oil , from 10 / . to 70 / . per ton , a manufacturer of woollen clotlis , in the neighbourhood of ThmlKtoiie , near Peiiisloue , tried whether milk , mixed with oil would not answer tho purpose ! . Tho experiment exceeded his most wuiguiiio expectations , tho mixture being fur better for tho purpose than olivo oil alone . Tho consequence has boon that milk has advanced to Is . 4 , d . per gallon , in tbo neighbourhood ofnonio of tho woollen-cloth inilln , and cows are being bought up in all directions .- -lAvurvoot ( ' / ironich' .
An influential deputation from tho Lancashire , Yorknhiro , and Nottingham unions waited on tho President of the Poor Law Board to ask him to rencindtho prohibitory
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February 19 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER , 181
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1853, page 181, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1974/page/13/
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