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      Coal-Mming Accidents, Of Late So Frequen...

      was putting tho barrel in his pocket , when the percussion cap which he had imprudently placed on the nipple , exploded , sending the charge through his heart . A venomous snake was found in Queen-street , Cheapside under a pile of window sashes . How it camo there ia not known . Edward Dunn , a private of the 30 th foot , who appears to have been somewhat deranged , jumped off Shaksperc ' s cliff on Monday week , and was killed . James Lewes and Thomas Cookson , old heroes in Thames sculling matches , both died last week ; thc first by drowning , thc second in a kind of apoplectic fit . Another man has died from wounds received at Sixmilc-bridge ; and two other persons havo been arrested on the information of the soldiers , for being concerned in the riot .

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      Health Of London During The Week. In The...

      HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . In the week ending last Saturday , 966 deaths were registered in the metropolitan districts , showing a considerable decrease on the mortality of August . In the ten corresponding weeks of thc years 18-42—51 , the average number of deaths was 1113 , which , with a correction for increase of population , becomes 1257 . In comparing tbe deaths of last week with this average , it is proper to bear in mind that the latter is much increased by the cholera that prevailed at this season in 1849 . In the epidemic class of diseases it will be perceived that small-pox has become much less fatal in London than it was at an earlier period of the year . Twelve cases were registered last week , and amongst these is recorded the death of a labourer , at the age of forty-five years , in Upper Holloway , who had caught the disease from one of his children who land not been vaccinated . It is omitted to be

      stated whether vaccination had been performed m his case . Last week , diarrhoea carried off 89 children , and 1 G persons of more advanced age ; cholera Avas fatal to 8 persons , 4 of whom were adults . It is satisfactory to observe that these complaints , usually so fatal among children during the summer months , are now on the decline . The Registrar of Fulham , however , calls attention to the great prevalence of _diarrhoea at the present time in part of his district , and also to the bad sanatory condition of tbe locality . Fifty-three deaths arc returned as caused by scarlatina . In Hoxton , Old Town , at 8 , Old Ivy-street , the three sons of a spectacle-maker , aged respectively 7 months , 2 years , and 4 years , died of scarlatina maligna , each after five days' illness . Two of thc deaths occurred on the 1 st of September , one on the 2 nd . Mr . Pcarce , the Registrar , remarks in reference to these oases : " f n this house there

      are frequently very offensive smells , arising from imperfect drainage , and having a tendency to produce infectious disease . Tbe above cases were in a state of collapse when the medical attendant was lirst called in . The fatal results might have been prevented by proper attention to cleanliness and seasonable medical aid . " Last week the births of 785 boys and 739 girls , in all 1524 children , were registered in London . Thc average number in seven corresponding weeks of the yours 1845-51 was At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday . Thc mean of the week was 2 S ) -f ) 7 l ) in . The mean temperature of the week was ( . 2 * 4 deg ., which is 2 \ S ( leg . above the average of tho same week in ten years .

      Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Kiittii.S...

      BIRTHS , _MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . KIItTII _. S . On ( lie 1 st hint ., at Vixton-park , ( lie Lady Mary Hood : a daughter . On ( he llrd insf ., ut Brunswick-square , _Brighton , the wife of ( he Itev . William Montgomery Hcrcsford , of Mcllifont ( Jlebc , county of Louth , Ireland : a daughter . On ( he ; _ird inst ., at _, 'fl , Lower . Brook-street , the Lady Wodeliouse : a daughter . On the -till inst ., nt No . 5 , Upper Hurley-street , Ihe Lady Caroline ( _Jarnier : a daughter . On lho ltli inst ... at Kield-houso , in tho county of Durham , Lady lirackonbiiry , of ' _Hkcndlcliy-hikll , iu Ilio county of Lincoln :

      a sou . _JUAKIUAt . K . S . Ou ( If ' 20 th of . Inly , ut _I'YcdcricUuii _, New Brunswick , I _' aliiiuiiiI Cornwall l . ogh , I'lsq ., 1 ) 71 li Regiment , to Julia , second daughter of the lion . N ev ill .- , l ' urkcr , Master of the Rolls of ( bat . province . On the Hist , ult .., at Hursl Oliurcli , Berks , Frederick Lewis Herymgeour Wcddci-hiirn , Ksq ., of Wcddci-buru , Forfarshire , ami Itirkliill , Fife , toSelina . Alary , second daughter of tint lute Captain _( _Jarl _. h , It . N ., of 11 aines-hill , Berks . On Ihe' _2 nd inst ., al I _' cart ice green Church , near . Southampton , Charles Oarner , son of the late . Sir Henry Kichardson , of Ohehsel , Hants , to Caroline ( Seaborne , second daughter of the Kev . C . \ V . Davy , of I leal hfield Bilterne , and niece of Lieutenant- ( iencial Sir Win . < L Davy , ( J . It ., K . C . M ., of Tracy-park , near Bath .

      On the ¦ h nisi ., at Trimly Church , _liromplou , Alalhevv Barker , I ' . mi ., son of the lute Win . l ' urkcr , Ksq ., < ' _tilliani , Berks , lo Nevillia Kmilia Donnelly , only daughter of the late Tlioiinih Cunning , Fsq ., I iiMpeclor-Ueiioral Army Alcdieal Department , of Brompfon-crcHceiit . At Ilio Jlrilir . li J , egu ( ion , Brussels , Kirli _. inl _( _luiiiness Hill , ol Hlillorgiui , iu the eoiuily of Duliliu , Fsq ., lo Amy << eoigina Burdett , youngest daughter of the late William Jones Burdcll ICsq ., of Hlowcy-housc , Somersetshire , and Twickenham , Middlesex , and niece id ' the late Sir Francis _llioalell , Barf . DIOATIIS . Af her residence , Brainford-hall , Suffolk , Lady Al iddleton , widow ol' Sir W . Aliddlolou , Bart ., of _Sliriiblaud-jiark , in the JIHlli year of her age . On Iho _22 nd ult ., at Oiluallar , aged 7 ( i , Thomas Power , Fsq ., during ninny years Russian Consul al , lhat port , and senior surviving pail ncr in l \\ o house of Arclibold , Johnson , and Powers . On ( he : _tlsl , ult ., af _I'laialovv , F : isex , aged f > . ' » , Kd ward Stock , late of Poplar , Fsq ., one of llcr Majesty's . Justices of the Peace lor the county of Middlesex . On the 2 nd hud ,., af Olaysmoro , Fnlleld , Alerelinu , wife of I . W . _BosaiKpiet _, Ksq ., and only daughter of lho lato Itigbt lion . . Lord Ohicl Justice Tiiidul , aged : I 7 . On the 2 nd inst ., at _Tonhridge-wells , Ooorgo Richardson . Porter , ICsq ., Joint Secretary to tho Hoard of Trade .

      \The Following Appeared In Our Second Edition Of Last Week.]

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      Satubdat, September 4. Nearly The Same S...

      Satubdat , September 4 . Nearly the same speakers addressed a public meeting on Thursday evening , in the Free Library at Manchester , as had spoken in the morning at the opening ceremony . Sir John Potter was ia the chair . Tbe names of the Bishop of Manchester , Lord Shaftesbury , Mr . Thackeray , and Mr . Bright ; Dr . Vaughan and Mr . Brotherton , Mr . Monckton Milnes and Dr . Watts will give some idea of the character of the meeting . Tbe resolutions expressed the conviction of the meeting that the institution would be of the highest benefit to the working classes ; that their large subscriptions did them honour ; and that the late triumphant poll was very gratifying . We append two of the addresses . Dr . Vaughan said : —

      " I have had , perhaps more than any other person , to do with selecting the books that constitute here what wc call British history . Of course that is a department in which I am supposed to have some peculiar knowledge or judgment . Now , I conceive there are youths present who are not without an interest in history , and in that department especially I would just say to them , if you would make a wise use of the volumes there placed within your reach , try to do it upon some system . Endeavour to group it , as it were , into different sections—the various parts that go to make up the whole of what we call history . Have a plan ; no one of our English histories will do for you , taken alone ; not even those of them that are most nearly descriptive of what my views arc , as to what English

      history is , would I advise you to read , to the exclusion of the rest . It seems to have been allotted to us , as the result of tbe various conflicts out of which our system in poliey and in religion has taken its complexion , that history shall be everywhere written , more or less , under a party bias . Well , then , trust to no one implicitly . Compare those that are known to write under different influences ; and try to get your impressions from a fair comparison . But that is an extended labour . I have spoken of history as having parts . " Divide and conquer" is the maxim ; ascertain Avhat the parts are . There is what is called military history , there is what is called civil history , there is the history of arts and science , there is the history of _manufactures . Break up all these into those district

      sections , learn what tbe history gives you in relation to these civil matters separately , question yourself when you have read certain portions , — "What have I learned from this relative to the great questions of government , the condition of the people , legislation , and how thc laws are administered , and manufactures , and commerce , and learning ? " Except you do this , my fear is tbat you may read a _large space , and feci that ; , for want of some plan of this kind , you have not gathered the result that is necessary to the encouragement of your efforts . Now , we have histories that arc written considerably upon this plan—Mr . Ilallani ' s History of the Middle Ayes , for instance—whero you have the different parts broken up , each part complete in itself , and all thc parts going to constitute the < Mitire of the history . 1 could mention others ; I could mention the productions of one now present with us , in

      which we find this idea carried out , and the various phases of French History presented in our own language as never before-- ! mean the lectures recently published by the Professor of 11 isfory in the University of Cambridge ( cheers ) than which , I think , no reading more interesting can be found for tho thoughtful young men of Manchester . I make those suggestions , having once had some experience as a Professor of II isfory , though so obscure wero my doings in that way , that , you may not be aware of the fact . I have ascertained bow important it is , in order to enable youths to feel that tbey are making actual progress , that they should proceed on Nome such plan . " Mr . Monckton Milnes took up the same thenic : — '" Don't , think that if i . s such a very easy thing for a man to sit , down and read in this library . If law taken _u great ileal of time to make thc world learn how to read . Some

      dOO years ago fhe art , of printing was invented ; not , such a great , marvel , after all , because it , would al ways have been there if wanted ; the only thing was the invention of the moveable types . In some twenty years after that , time the art , had got lo what you call perfection . If you go to ( he library of an antiquary , hn will show you hooks printed twenty years after the invention of printing , got , up in a most beautiful style of execution , equal to anything which the art ol printing could produce ; yet , how much progress have hooks made since that , lime in tin world ! It is 400 years since Ibis art , was invented , and yol . how small a proportion ol the human race know anything about , books ; and how much smaller the proportion whoever read fhoni ; and how much smaller the propor ! ion who ever remember what , they read ! ( 'Hear , hear , ' and laughter . ) Thero

      aro some countries in Kurope Prussia , for instance - where ( here is what , is called a popular system of education . Scarcely a child of eig ht , yours old is there but can road straight a-head ; but , possibly if you see that child at dO years old , you will lind he has forgotten how to read altogether . And very naturally ho too ; ho ban gone info other _occupations ; ho has had no books ; the political constitution ol his country docs not . allow him newspapers ; and so all this primary instruction is utterly useless . ( Hour , hear . ) The circulation of books has already occupied K >( > yearn , yd , il hUn o „| y | , a . keii f > 0 years for the ' uho of tobacco to go Irom ono end ' of the world to the other . " ( Loud cheorH and laughter . ) fill ' i Here were other speakers , and tbo meeting wits not over until hulf-pust . eleven .

      J'Ho Annual Festival Of The Ancient "Com...

      _J'ho annual festival of the ancient "Company of

      J'Ho Annual Festival Of The Ancient "Com...

      Cutlers of the Lordship of _Hallamshire" took place on Thursday in their elegant ball , Sheffield , under the presidency of Mr . Michael Hunter , tho Master Cutler elect for the ensuing year . In the forenoon the company attended Divine service in the parish church , where the annual sermon was preached by the Rev . E . S . Murphy , chaplain to the incorporation . They afterwards proceeded to the Townhall , where the new officers were sworn in . The morning was ushered in by a merry peal from the parish

      bells , and the ringing was continued at intervals during the day . The guests invited to the feast began to arrive about four o ' clock , and at half-past five they sat down to dinner . The number of persons present was upwards of 200 . On the right of the chair were seated Lord Milton , Sir C . Wood , Captain Minchen , Lord Fitzgibbon , Mr . W . Walker , the Rev . E . S . Murph y ( chaplain ) , Mr . James Wilson , law clerk , the Rev . Thomas Sale , vicar of Sheffield , Major De Salis , Mr . G . W . Chambers , the Rev . Joseph Hunter , and Mr . W

      Jeffcock . On the left were Lord Edward Howard M . P ., Mr . E . B . Denison , M . P ., Mr . G . Hadfield , M . P , ' the Mayors of Wolverhampton and Sheffield , Mr . E . P . V . Burnell , of Beauchief Abbey , and the Mayors of Walsall and Doncaster . The vice-chairs were occupied by Mr . M . Hunter , jun ., Mr . W . A . Matthews , senior warden , and Mr . T . Moulson . It appeared from what was said in the course of the evening , that the Master

      Cutler elect in issuing his invitations was influenced by a desire to bring together such persons as were likely to promote an exhibition x > f metal-work , which it is proposed to hold in Sheffield in the course of 1853 .

      The Northern Whig Of 1 Hursday Supplies ...

      The Northern Whig of 1 hursday supplies us with an account of the doings of the British Association , at Belfast . One of the most striking facts is the appearance of the Earl of Eglinton on the scene , and the becoming delight of the authorities of Belfast . The Viceroy arrived from Dublin on Tuesday afternoon , accompanied by Lord . Naas and the great law officers of Ireland . In the evening , a grand banquet was given in the musichall , Mr . Samuel Fenton , mayor of Belfast , presiding , and Roman-catholic and Protestant gentlemen ranged around . The speaking had . the convivial stamp ; and not a scintilla of political light was shed by the Lord Lieutenant or his law officers .

      The next day the British Association , in general committee , met , for the first time , in the Queen ' s College , vice-president Sir Roderick Murchison in the chair . The report showed a balance of 237 _£ . in band . In the evening , the general meeting of the Association was held in May-street Church . Among the company present , were the Lord Lieutenant , the Prince of Canino , Lord Massereene , the Earl of Roden , the Earl of _Enniskillcn , Lord Dunraven , Lord Wrotthesley , Lord Naas , the Lord Chancellor , Sir David Brewster , Sir IL dc la Bcche , Sir R . Murchison , Archbishop Whately , and an immense number of clergymen of various denominations , and numerous scientific gentlemen , members of tbe Association , whose arrival in town to take part in the proceedings of the body had been previously announced . Sir Roderick Murchison bavins , been moved to the

      chair , said his first duty was to explain why be occupied that position . The distinguished Astronomer Royal , who is the actual president of the British Association , and who ought , if it hud been possible , to have resigned the chair that evening to Colonel Sabine , who is to succeed him , regretted extremely that , owing to a family _alfiiction , be could not , be present on that occasion ; and he had charged him ( Sir li . ) to _express his sorrow that he was unable to be present on so important nn occasion . Sir It . Murchison added , that the

      Astronomer Royal spoke in the highest terms of bis successor , of whom be has said— " The Association is to be represented by one of its most faithfu l friends , who lias long ellicient ' ly conducted the real business of the body , and whose public character so well befit * the public representation of the British Association for the Advancement of Science . " In those sentiments he

      _entirely concurred . Tbe chairman then passed a wiu >» eulogy on the eharacfer and talents of Colonel Sabine , whom be introduced to tbe meeting . C _^ onel Sabine then delivered the usual _inaiigi'ial address , which he . confined to topics drawn chiolly irom mutters which would come beforo the _iiiafheiiiiit"' 11 und physical section , and with which ho was i » or « familiarly acquainted . i Dr . Robinson mid Sir Henry do la Heche moved him seconded a vote of thanks , which wan adopted .

      The meeting then adjourned to Friday . A number of tbe inhabitants of Congleton , frii _« nl « Reform , assembled in Mr . Booth ' s Sc hool-room , Il _< K > j street , to present , a testimonial of respect and <; Htt' "" to Mr . William Rootb . Tbe testimonial consisted oi portrait , painted by Mr . Fox , of Stockport . An "" K tbo persons present , were tbe Reverend W . Filling !"" .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11091852/page/10/