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may be itemporsry , not that superior and permanent condition of health ,-which only measures'tbat . promote the moral and physical well-being of a populous ¦ corn Smmity caa effect . " The Weekly Return states : — " In the week that ended on Saturday , the deaths of 1497 persons— = viz , 761 males and 736 females—were "registered in London . In the first "week of the year , during the period 1847-56 , the average number of deaths was 1321 , and if this is raised in proportion to increase of population , for comparison-with the number in the present return , it becomes 1453 . The deaths now recorded exhibit an excess of 44 over the corrected average .
" The number of deaths registered last-week is augmented to a very considerable extent by deaths in reference to which inquests had been held having been entered in the Tegister-books in more than their just ¦ weekly proportion . Many of such cases -were not registered till the end of the quarter , though they had occurred and been investigated by the coroner at earlier dates . 25 deaths were referred last week to burns and scalds , 16 to hanging and suffocation , 29 to drowning , 48 to fractures , 7 to wounds . 45 deaths were returned of persons ' found dead , ' or who died suddenly from an unknown'or unstated cause . . Under these heads , and a few others , the excess will chiefly be found .
^ Last week , the births of 1025 boys and 948 girlsin all 1973 children—were registered m London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 , the average number was 1598 . "
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STATE OF TRADE . The trade reports for the opening week of the year are all of a steady and satisfactory character . At , Manchester , the manufacturers bold extensive orders , -and the market altogether has a healthy appearance , the rapid rise in the staple at Liverpool constituting the only cause of anxiety . At Birmingham , where the possibility of-a reduction this quarter in the priceof iron was-recently contemplated , the question now is as to the expediency of an advance- For the present , however , it has been resolved to abstain from any alteration . In the general occupations of the place there is full employment , especia ll y ha connexion , with the home and the
Australian demand . Bice , Harris , and Son , glass manufacturers , have been declared bankrupts ; but the fact that this , - Kke most of the other failures of the period , has arisen , not from temporary , but from longstanding : causes , is indicated by the report that there are scarcely any assets to meet the liabilities , which are estimated at 20 , 000 £ The Nottingham advices state that the lace and hosiery trades have been interfered with by the holidays . Meanwhile , orders are accumulating , and prices are extreniely firm . In the woollen districts there has been no change . Stocks are below an average , and- confidence is general . —Times .
The Stock Exchange committee met on Friday week , on the question of confirming their recent resolution regarding the Great Northern Railway Company , and resolved that it should be discharged , the committee being duly informed that the Great Northern Eailway Company has at length registered certain transfers of Great Northern and East Lincolnshire Railway stocks , the registration of which , according to indubitable evidence received by this committee , - was refused by the secretary of the Great Northern Railway Company , although there were no valid grounds for supposing that the holders of such stock were parties to any frauds committed by the company ' s servants .
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IRELAND . The Case op Mr . Knighting . —The inquiry respecting the property of James Montgomery Knighting , recently employed as transfer clerk by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company , and convicted and sentenced to six years' penal servitude for extensive frauds and forgery , has been brought to a close , the jury bringing in a special finding , which extended over several skins of parchment , and which set forth all the property , real or personal , of the convict . It stated that the property in Bishop-street , Aahe-street , Parkgate-atrcet , North Lotta , and in the counties of Meath and Longford , belonged to J . M . Knighting at the time he committed the offence of which ho was convicted . The finding atatod , as to the personal property , that all the bonds , judgments , bills , promissory notes , aud I O U ' s , representing about 12 , 000 £ T belonged to the convict at the time of his conviction . These documents will not , it ia stated , realize
anything like the amount appearing on the face of them . It was not for the jury to give any finding as to the value . The crown , it is understood , will surrender to tho railway company its right to Knighting ' s personal property , which , however , is not oxpected to real ize anything like tho sum stated abovo ; but , if tho convict survives his few years of penal servitude , ho w ill como out to enjoy his fee-simple and freehold estates , producing Bomo iJOOJ . a year or upwards , in tho possession of which the company , who had been plundered by him of that and , much moro boaidos , will bo imnblo to disturb him . — Daily £ fetos . Tine Family ok this LA / rn Mk . Littmc . —A highly influential meeting wus held on Monday at tho Mansion Houbc , Dublin , for tho purpoHe of expressing sympathy With the berctivod mother and eiatcr of tuo Into Mr . Samuel
George little . The I > ord Mayor presided , . and the gist of the resolutions was that the funds collected should be applied to the purchase of an annuity of at least 1001 a year for tie benefit of Mrs . little for her life , with remainder to her daughter in the event of surviving her mother . —Superintendent Grey , of the detective police , has i ndignantly denied the statement that the police authorities had recourse to clairvoyance to discover the murderer of Mr . Little . Govekbtbeent Patronage . — The Lord-Lieutenant has appointed Mr . Kernan to the office of Clerk of the Crown for the county of Leitrim , in the room of the late Mr . Kernan , uncle to the new official . The Evening Mail sarcastically remarks that " it is scarcely necessary to say that the newly appointed clerk is sl Roman Catholic . There is nothing like beginning the new year well . "
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THE OEIENT . CHINA . A gbeat many documents , extending . to very considerable length , and having reference to the dispute with the Chinese authorities at Canton , were published in the Gazette of Tuesday evening . Several of thesemore especially the despatches of Admiral Seymour—go over the same ground as those previously published , The more important parts refer to the discussion between Commissioner Yen and the English authorities with respect to our right to object to the boarding of the lorcha by the Chinese . Yeh , in answer to a letter of Mr Consul Parkes , writes : — "It is clear that the officers had good reasons for seizing these men , amongst whom there are several great offenders . Woo-Agin ,
LeMingtae , and Leeang-Keenfoo , must be again very strictly examined ; but I have directed that the Assistant Magistrate Hen take the remaining mine , namely , Leang-Apaon , Leang-Meike , Leang-Atae , Leang-Agew , Leaon Aow , Ho-A-pih , Yuen Ake , Leang-Kingjen , and Tang-A-Kee , and return them to their vessel . As to what ( "the Consul ) states relative to the lorcha being reimbursed the expenses consequent on her detention , I find that as the lorcha was built by Loo-Aching , " who obtained a register for her through Polo ( Mr . Block ) , "to whom he paid one thousand dollars , she is not a foreign vessel ( lorcha ) , and it is useless , therefore , to enter into any discussion respecting her . " In a letter from Sir John Bowring to Mr . Parkes , Sir John says : —" The = question contains two important inquiries : nrst , the
rights of the vessel in question ; and , second , the conduct of the Chinese authorities . It appears , on examination , that the Arrow had no right to hoist the British flag ; the license to do so having expired on the 27 th September , from which period she has not b « en entitled to protection . You will send back the register to be delivered to the Colonial Office . But the Chinese had no knowledge of the expiry of the license ; nor do they profess that they had any other grounds for interference than the supposition that the owner is not a British subject . You will inform the Imperial Commissioner that I require an apology for what bas taken place , and an assurance that the British , flag shall in future be respected ; that forty-eight hours are allowed for this communication , which being passed , you are instructed to call on the naval authorities to
assist you in enforcing redress . If these representations fail , the senior naval oflicer will be authorized to seize and keep in his possession one of the imperial junks , which he will hold until redress be obtained . " Writing to Mr . Parkes , Commissioner Yeh says : —• " It had been ascertained by the previous examination , that this lorcha is not the property of a foreigner , and at the time when the naval officers seized the twelve men , and brought them to my yamun , I directed that they also should be examined as to the matter , and they stated that when they went to the lorcha to seize tli « men , the } - saw no foreigner on board ; that at that time no flag had yet been hoisted on board the lorcha ; that they heard that the flag was stowed away below , but
they themselves saw nothing ; of it . Therefore tliey seized the men and brought them away . Hereafter , Chinese officers w ill on no account , without reason , seize and take into custody the people belonging to foreign lorchas ; but when Chinese subjects build for themselves vessels , foreigners should not sell registers to them , for if this bo done , it will occasion confusion between nativo nnd foreign ships , and rendor it difficult to distinguish between them . " In another communication to the saino correspondent , Yeh writes : — " Hereaftor , if any lawless characters conceal thonisclvcs on board foreign lorchaa .
you , the said consul , shall of course bo informed of tli-e same by declaration ( from tho Imperial Commissioner ) , j in order that you may act in conjunction ( with the Chinese authorities ) , in tho management of such affaire . Nino of the twelve men who were seized on tho 10 th day ( 8 th October ) were returned on tho 12 th day ( 10 th October ) to you tho said consul , but you refused to receive them . * At the nre . seut moment , tho examinations of ten of these men have been taken and completed , nud thoso men ahull be immediately given over to you , the naiil consul , if you arc contout to receive them . " Teh alao states that thoy " have dear proof that , whon llic
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AMEBICA . The news from the United States still has reference to the intended negro- insurrection , and we continue to read of arrests , executions , and floggings to death . In . Congress , the discussion on the President ' s message ha 3 been continued and adjourned . The application to tha President by the gentlemen connected with the Atlantic telegraph to solicit his patronage to the scheme , has been crowned with succeBS . The President has issued an order for the arrest of Cornelius K . Garrison , Charles Morgan , and General William Walker ( the Nicaraguaii Walker ) , to answer the Accessory Transit Company in a plea of trespass for converting and disposing- of the
goods and chattels of the company to tne value of 1 , 000 , 000 dollars , and also a further sum of 1 , 000 , 000 dollars damages for interrupting their business . Thera has been » large meeting in New York for the purpose of devising the proper manner and seeking the means "to > send material aid to Walker . Contributions of food have been sent to his army , wnksh is in a wretched condition of famine and semi-nakedness . One thousand rifles haTe also been sent . At tho earnest -request ot Walker ' a discarded envoy , Goiccuria , Mr . Roberts , of tho United States Steamship Company , has consented to ' r « t one of Ma steamers call at Grey town , to relieve the Filibuflfcerfl .
Tho steamship Knoxville , of the Savannah line , has been destroyed by fire at N « w York while lying at tlic pier . In the New York money-market , tho demand continued aetive and tho supply adequate at 9 to 10 per cent , fox" first claws thirty to sixty days' paper , 12 to 15 per cent , for second class . A caao is pending between the Foreign-office and tl « ( Brazilian , Government ( says the Times City article ol Tuesday ) regarding nn illegal arrest and imprisonment of Mr . IS . G . Swann , a British subject , while prosecuting a voyage in a private schooner to tho Upper Amazon and the intermediate ports and districts . Tho event took pluco at Brovea , in tho provinco of Para , where upon Mr . . Swjuin refusing to haul down tlio British flag his vessel wan seized , and he was consigned to tho prison of tho nlacu by Souor Lacerda , the chief municipal aii-
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loreha was boarded , her colours were -not flying . How , then , could they have been -taken thrwn ?" The last document given in these despatches is a ropy of a summons sent to a Mandarin coramandingtiie Bogoe Forts , on the 12 th of November , and signed by Admiral Seymour . It runs : — " The British Admiral wishes to spare life , and is not at war with the Chinese ; and as it is necessary for him to hold possession of the Bogue Forts until the conduct of the Viceroy Yeh can be referred to the Emperor at Pekin , one hour will be given
for the purpose of clearing out ; if this offer is at once accepted , boats will be permitted to pass to and from the main land and the Wantungs . In this case , the forts will remain uninjured , ready to be returned in the 8 ame state to the Chinese when , these differences are over ; and the rebels will neither be allowed to . pass'the Bogue Forts , nor to enter them whilst in our possession . " At the expiration of an hour , the answer came : — "The Admiral commanding the Bogae Torts cannot give them ¦ up , as he would lose . hia head ^ and he must therefore nght . " PERSIA . The subjoined is published as a correct version of the Ultimatum proposed by Lord Stratford de JEtadcliffe to the Persian Ambassador , winch consisted of three ( points only : —The . present Grand Vizier was to he dismissed , and the new Vizier , with a deputation from the Court , were to conduct Mr . Murray to his residence -aa . bis . return in great state , and then the Vizier was io retract all that bad been written to the Ambassador on the Hashim aiEair . Herat was to be immediately -evacuated , by the Persian troops , and compensation paid to the inhabitants . Persia was to cede a portion of its coast to the Imaum of Muscat , and , until that wer e done , England would occupy Bender-Akbar and
Bender-AbassL—* It is asserted , on our side that tho men scut back wero not the men . Roi / . ed , and that , r . t any rate , they were not sent in the manner demanded .
M . Gopcevich , of Trieste , has contracted to furnish the English army operating in Persia with all its supp li es of grain . The Kurds have offered to Mr . Murray , tie "late British Minister at Te&eran , to make war upon Persia . —The official Gazette Of Teheran publishes an article , accusing Mr . Stevens , our consul , of taking hurried flight from Bendor Buschir on account of his inability to face his creditors . " He was afraid , " says the Persian , editor , " that , had he officia ll y announced his departure , his creditors would have thrown impediments in . his way . ' The debts , it seems , were contracted by Mr . Stevens ' s brother ; but the consul made himself answerable for them . " The editor , " continues the Persian Gazette , " ventures to assert that if Mr . Stevens had announced
his departure officially , the Government of the Shah had rather been itself his security with his creditors than to let him dishonour himself on account of a question of money , and to permit that the British consul should become the object of a great humiliation . The Government of tie Shah has never seen anything else in him , but a constant source of intrigues and disorders . Ho has never enjoyed great esteem at Teheran . We believe that he was informed of the state to which Herat was reduced , for he had always entertained secret relations with Issa Khan and the defenders of Herat . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 10, 1857, page 27, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2175/page/3/
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