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an . excess off 82 above the corrected average . The increase on the previous -weeks of this month arises almost entirely from diseases of the respiratory oigans . In connexion with this subject , it may be stated that the mean temperature of the air "was on every day from the 2 nd inst . till the 20 th below the average , and often so much as 7 deg . below ; it , while fogs , more or less dense , were frequent . Last week , the births of 811 boys and 767 girls , in all 1578 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the year 1846-55 , the average number was 1440 . —From , the Registrar- General's Weekly Return . Huddebsfield Mechanics' Ikstitutk . —The
anniversary proceedings of this institution commenced on Wednesday evening , with a public distribution of prizes to the students in its classes ; the annual soiree of the members and supporters having been fixed for Thursday . Both , of these events were to take place in the Hvddersneld Philosophical Hall , under the presidency of Viscount Goderich , the member for the borough , assisted by the presence of several eminent promoters of popular education . On Wednesday evening , there were on the
platform , besides Lord Goderich , the Right Hon . Sir J . S . Pakirigton , Mr . J . S . Pakington , the Rev . Dr . Booth ( of the Society of Arts ) , Mr . Edw . Baines , Mr . Eastwood ( President of the Institution ) , Mr . J . Hope Shaw , M > . W . - "Williams , Dr . Cameron , and many other influential residents in the district . The hall was well filled , there being upwards of a thousand persona present , among whom were many ladies . Several speeches were delivered , and the proceedings passed off with much enthusiasm .
A New Fkakkxjn Expedition . —A meeting of the Royal Geographical Society was held on Monday , when Lieutenant Pirn read an " outlineof a plan for a further search after the missing expedition under Sir John Franklin . " He looked for the solution of the mystery to the locality of King William Land . Lieutenant Pim ascribed the failure of the last expedition , sent out by the Hudson Bay Company to follow up the traces of Franklin discovered by Dr . Eae ^ to various causes , but chiefly to the lateness of tho period of the j'ear when they started and to the absence of an interpreter ; and he denied the existence of any evidence proving that the party had perished , since no vestige of human remains had been found , -which would otherwise have been the case . The scheme he proposed was comprehensive . A
acrew steamer , with a complement of twenty men , was to penetrate as far down Peel Sound as possible , take up winter quarters , and , assisted by teams of dogs , purchased at the Danish settlements of Greenland , extend the search , down both sides of the sound . Another screw steamer was to push through Behring Strait and -winter at King William Land ; a third party -was to descend the Great Fish Eiver . Lieutenant Pirn particularly desired the use of small steamers , supplied with dogs for ¦ travelling purposes . Some discussion ensued , and a few opinions adverse to the scheme vrere expressed by Dr . liae and Mr . John Brown ; but Sir Roderick Murchisoh and others approved of the suggestion , and Sir Roderick intimated that he had reason to believe that Lord Palmerston looked with a favourable eye on another expedition .
Preaching at a Fair . —The Revs . James Moorhouse and W . Wilkinson preached in the open air a few days ago at the Sheffield cheese fair . The oratory vas acc . oinpanied by singing , and tracts were afterwards distributed . Explosion ov a Boiler . —A tremendous explosion took place on Wednesday afternoon on board the Parana steamer , in the Southampton Docks , owing to the steam-chest having been blown by the pressure of steam from the shell of the boiler . Four men belonging to tho fire department were 6 calded to death , and the same number were seriously injured . An inquest has been opened , but is not yet concluded . No defect in the metal has been noticed .
Thk Bankruptcy ov William James RonsoN . — The bankrupt -was an antimony smelter , of Bowlinggreen-mews , Kennington , but is better known for his forgeries of Crystal Palace scrip . He was brought up in custody on Thursday to pnss his last examination . The curiosity to see a person who has Tendered himself so notorious was great , and the court was crowded at an early hour . Robson being removed from the open court , after the lapse of a few minutes , to a private room , many remained to a late hour to witness his departure , By the kindness of ah officer of the court the bankrupt was permitted to see his wife—tho last time , it was said , that h « would bo enabled to do so during tlie twenty years over which his sentence of transportation extends . The case waa adjourned to the 8 th of next January ,
Sin Alexander Cockburn's Fahewtell . —The nc-w Chief Justice of the Common Pleas has tuken leave ef his constituents in Southampton ( by whom he has been six times elected to represent them in Parliament ) in an . address which contains the subjoined paasngos : — " Hail I followed my own wishes- and inclination , I should till have remained member fur Southampton . To ho the Attorney-General of England , nnd to represent you in Parliament , was tho utmost object of my ambition , and loft mo nothing to desire . But I have become conscious that I am less able than heretofore , in point of health and strength , to meet the calls of a position which combined Parliamentary and official with professional
duties , and I have yielded to the advice of friends interested in my welfare , and exchanged these cares for duties -which , though arduous and laborious , are of a less exacting and exciting character than those which I have hitherto sustained . . . . Permit me to bid you , one and all , a hearty and affectionate farewell , and while I return to my numerous friends my grateful thanks for their unwearying kindness , let me pray my political foes ( and I trust I have none other among you . ) to bury in . oblivion the remembrance of all past animosity , and to think of me only as one who » has sought to represent you honestly according to his -views , and to whom your entire community will ever be an object of the most chexished remembrance and regard . "
Sunken War Vessels at Sebastofoi , to be raised » t ait American . —A Mr . John E . Cowen , of Boston , " U . S ., who is now in Russia , has just entered into a contract with the Russian Government to raise the ships of war and other vessels , fifty-two in number , suit in the harbour of Sebastopol at the time of the siege . The Fotjnduho Hospital . —A statue to the memory of the founder of this hospital , Captain Coram , has been jlaced on . the stone structure in . the centre of the entrance gates . The work is by Mr . William Calder Marshall , It . A ., and the expense has been defrayed by private subscription .
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Thk Great Northkku Railway FrjVtjds . —Leopold Kedpath and James Charles Comyn Kent -were again examined at Clerkenwcll yesterday . After evidence of a formal character had been received , the prisoners were again remanded . Tub Italian Lkgion . —Joseph Maroki , one of the recent Italian Legion , was found Guilty yesterday at the Court of Queen ' s Bench of an attempt to stab a policeman with a bowie-knife . He wns sentenced to hard labour for six . montha . Francois Bosstfe , also an Italian , though with a French name , and likewise one of the disbanded corps , was found Guilty on the previous day of stabbing and wounding John Flynn . Sentence—transportation for fourteon years .
The Main Drainage Sohkmk , —Jivo deputations , one from Erith , headed by Sir Culling Eardloy , the other from Cravesend , led by tlie Mayor , had nn interview with Lord Palmorston at his privato residence , yesterday ( Friday ) morning , with a view to > beseeching his protection against the proposed scheme for carrying tho main drainage of the metropolis to within three-quarters of a mile of Erith church . Tho Premier said he would give tho subject hia best consideration . The Koval Dkitish Bank . —The petition to Mr . Commissioner Holroyd to annul tho bankruptcy of this company has bcon ordered to stand over for tho present .
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THE LULL . A lull haa settled down upon , politics , abroad and at home . It -would be a mischievous fallacy to suppose that it is the precursor of a general settlement of public interests and relations . It is merely a pause , betraying imcertaiaty , suspicion , want o ? foresight on the part of the several Governments . Russia refuses to abandon her pretensions to Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents , and claims the privilege of arguing her case at a new Congress . She assented to the peace , indeed , with the design of retaininotliat of which the Allies were resolved to
deprive hec—an opening to the Danube , and a position ! at its mouth . Great Britain , at the same time , adheres to her own interpretation of the tieaty , and France to hers , the recent show of amity having been purchased , it would seem , by a postponement of tlie difficult points under discussion . Of course , the object of the JR-ussiau Groverament is , to convene a second Congress , at which her bad
faith , assisted by French fickleness , may receive the sanction of a diplomatic titledeed . In that case , Great Britain could no longer protest , which she may under present circumstances continue to do , even though the cession of Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents be not enforced by arms . However , tliere is no sign of Lord LiYons ' s withdrawal from the Black Sea , or of an Austrian . retirement from the Principalities .
The relations between the ~ vVestei'u Cabinets and JN " aples have come to a dead stop . The lull is here the leisure of perplexity . The French Minister has left Naples ; the Neapolitan Minister is to leave Paris—what next ? The King is firm , being the client of a great Power ; the Allied Governments are firm also . But what is their firmness to come to ? The process is repeated in Copenhagen . Austria and Prussia have joined in certain deomnds "with reference to the Duchy of
Schleswig-Holstein ; and , though , they hrive not threatened to withdraw their representatives , their attitude is said to he very firm . Their firmness , however , is equnlled by that of the King of Denmark :, who , being like his brother of Napxes , the client of the Czar , asserts hid independent prerogative , and awaits the result . Similar hesitation is observable in tlie policy of Prussia towards the federated cantons- Prussia affirms her sovex'eign rights in Noiifchatel , and demands the pardon of
the nidividunls implicated in . the recent royalist outbreak . The Federal Government replies that it will take its own course witli respecb to offences committed within its own territory , and so the affair rests until , on one side or another , the representative men ar < bold enough to take auother step . At Con stnntinople , tho Sultan 13 embarrassec between tho rival influences of England France , and llussia—and the Principalities Bolgrad , the Isle of Serpents , and the fiun evacuation of tho Ottoman territories , ar <
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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . AsacrRANCEFOKAssuitEfis . —Laissez-Tairo next week . ' No notice eau be taken of anonymous correspondence "Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a cruarantee of his good faith .
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Leader Off ice , Saturday , November 2 S . CONVICTION OF MAULEY . Robert Market , alias Jenkins , was tried yesterday at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of Richard Cope . The evidence must be so fresh In the recollection of our readers that it need not here be repeated . The defence ( which , at the instance of the sheriffs , was conducted by Mr . Sleigh ) turned upon the possibility- of mistaken identity , and upon , the fact , brought out in evidence , that Cope bad some degree of internal disease , and that therefore the cause of deatli was not certain . The result , however , was clear from the first . Marley was found GUILTY , and "was condemned to death . He was exceedingly composed during the trial , and , when asked if he had anything to say why he should not receive sentence , answered , in a quick , sharp tone , "I have nothing to say . " At the conclusion of the sentence , he bowed Ms head , and walked trippingly from the dock . Mr . Bodkin then informed the couit that the witness Lerigo had , in consequence of having to attend the various examinations in cbnnexion with this case , lost his situation . Baron Alderson said lie greatly regretted such a circumstance ; but , if the recommendation of the judges would be of any service in getting him another , he should have it . He also directed that Lerigo should be presented with 20 £ At this , there were suppressed murmurs of approbation . LATEST FROM THE CONTINENT . On the morning of the 24 tb , General Dufour arrived at Berne on his return from his mission at Paris . According to the rumours current at Berne , the General has brought with him proposals of an arrangement , which the council immediately took Into consideration . The New Prussian Gazette of the 23 rd says : — " It is now certain that England has consented to the meeting of the second Congress , whicli will definitively settle the question of the frontiers of Bessarabia . " " Letters from St . Petersburg , " says tlie Corrierc Itallano of Tienna , " announce that the Russian Government is adopting very extensive measures for the reorganization of its southern provinces , particularly the Crimea and the countries on the shores of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azof . "
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There is nothing so revolutionary , because there ' nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when . all the world is by the very Law of its creationin eternal progress . —DE . AjsifbiD . ? ¦ ¦ . . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ : -
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 29, 1856, page 1137, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2169/page/9/
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