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      Sanitary Matters. The Report Of The Comm...

      among those engaged in out-door trades in towns . As it has been attempted to explain the mortality by the amount of night duty performed by sentries , a comparison with night printers is made , and it is found that military mortality is still vastly in excess . The police night duty is much more severe than that of soldiers , and yet the mortality in the Line is twice and the mortality in the Guards 2 2-10 that in the police . In comparison even with miners who work underground , and by shifts through day and night , our troops are a most unhealthy body . "The prevalence of pulmonary complaints in the Army is described a 9 most distressing . ' It appears that while in civil life at the soldiers' ages the deaths by pulmonary diseases are 6 . 3 per 1000 , they amount in the Cavalry to 7 . 3 , in the Infantry of the Line to 10 . 2 , and in the Guards to 13 . 8 ; and that of the entire number of deaths from all causes in the Army diseases of the lungs constitute the following proportion—namely , in the Cavalry , 53 . 9 per cent . ; in the Infantry of the Line , 57 . 277 per cent . ; in the Guards , 67 . 683 . ' These revelations seem almost incredible , and they point to but one conclusion—that the barracks , and especially the barracks of the Foot Guards , must be frightfully unhealthy . The ravages caused by pulmonary diseases , says the Keport , ' are to be traced in a great degree to the vitiated atmosphere generated by overcrowding and deficient ventilation , and the absence of proper sewerage in barracks . '" Of the health of London during the week ending last Saturday , we read in the Registrar-General ' s Weekly Return : — " The total number of deaths in London , which in the previous week was 1363 , was in the week that ended February 6 th , 1314 . In the ten years 1848-57 , the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1211 . Nine nonogenarians died last week , all of whom were women except two : one was 91 years of age , one 92 , four were 95 , one 96 , one 97 , and one 98 . Last week , the births of 910 boys and 932 girls , in all 1842 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 , the average number was 1598 .

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      Accidents And Sudden Deaths. An Explosio...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . An explosion has taken place in a manufactory for fireworks at Sheffield . The building was greatly shattered , and the parts which remained whole were set on fire . Three persons were burnt to death , and one seriously injured . The origin of the explosion is unknown . An inquest has been held on the body of Henry Bird , aged thirty-seven , lately a pantaloon at the Standard Theatre . A few nights after ' boxing night , ' he fell through a trap-door , and the men below neglected to catch him . On the 26 th ult ., on returning from the theatre , he complained of severe pain in the abdomen , and he therefore relinquished his engagepient . On the 29 th , he was seized with a fit , and he remained insensible till his death , which took place last Saturday . The white paint which he put on his face had a detrimental effect . The post mortem examination showed congestion of the brain ; and that organ was found to be very large and flattened on the surface . The jury returned an open verdict . An inquest has been held at Guy ' Hospital on the body of Jonathan Trutt . He was a "fireman to the engine attached to the six o ' clock down train on the Brighton Railway , on Monday morning , and was fearfully scalded by an explosion of the boiler , which took place at the Cater ham junction . He died the same day . The locomotive foreman stated that the explosion was caused by the stay heads of the boilor having given way , and let the water into the fire-box . ' The jury returned a verdict of ' Accidental death , ' at the same time expressing a hope that the engines would in future be carefully examined previous to their running .

      Our Civilization. A Strange Story. The R...

      OUR CIVILIZATION . A STRANGE STORY . The Rev . Samuel Smith , M . A ., master of tho Collegiate School , Clifton , is the husband of a lady , who , in her unmarried days , had'been courted by a Mr . Leach , contractor , of Croydon , Surrey . On the match being broken off , the lady married her present husband , and Mr . Leach was united to another lady . Mr . Smith's marriage proved unhappy , and Mr . Loach soon became a widower . About two months back , ho received a letter from Mrs . Smith , informing him that eho was a widow , and inviting him to renew , if he felt so disposed , tho intimacy which formerly existed between them . Mr . Leach had some doubt as to tho accuracy of tho statement ; but , after some correspondence had passed between tho two , in which Mrs , Smith roi tern ted that eho was really a widow , the gentleman consented to meet her on tho platform-of-tlio'Brlstol- 'Btntion-of-tbo-Mltlland' -Railway . r Ho accordingly did so , about aovon o ' clock on tho evening of Wcdnotwluy week . Mra . Smith appeared in deep mourning , And wearing a widow ' s cnp . She auid her husband Iia 4 been dead about six weeks , and that she was atayiug at tho houuo of one of bin relations at Wnploy . While they woro talking , BIr . Loach fancied ho observed Mr . Smith on tho platform ; but tho lady again ftsnortod that ho really was dead . They then wont by tho train to Yato , and , at tho station th « ro , Mr .

      Smith was again seen . Nevertheless , Mr . Leach and Mrs . Smith started together across the common for their place of destination . The stationmaster , after vainly endeavouring to dissuade them from going that way in so dark a night , lighted them to the edge of the common , put them in the right path , and left them . Mrs . Smith then became the guide , but Mr . Leach , finding she did not make any satisfactory progress , suggested that they should go back and take the high road . Mrs . Smith , however , said that she was feeling for the hedge , _ and that as soon as she had found it they would be all right . Shortly afterwards , Mr . Leach heard footsteps , as of a person tracking them , and he was turning round , when Mrs . Smith called out , " I have lost my way . " A man's voice immediately rejoined , " And I have lost mine ; " and at the same moment Mr . Leach received a desperate blow across the forehead from some heavy instrument , followed by a second across the back of the head . Blood flowed copiously ; a struggle followed , and Mr . Leach brought down his assailant , who proved to be Mr . Smith . Some of the workmen at the railway hearing the conflict , assistance was soon on the spot , and the two gentlemen were separated . Mr . Smith , observing , " Oh , he ' s a villain , and I'll have no more to do with him , " walked off with his wife , and Mr . Leach was taken to the Railway Hotel , where his wounds were dressed . These were so extensive as to require sewing up . On the following day , Mr . and Mrs . Smith were arrested at Clifton on a charge of highway robbery and attempted murder . On their track from the common , a -widow ' s cap and a six-barrel revolver pistol , loaded and capped , were picked up ; and at Mr . Smith ' s place of residence , a parcel containing some clothes belonging to Mr . Leach was found by the police . The prisoners were brought before the Clifton magistrate yesterday week ; but , as Mr . Leach was unable then to attend , the inquiry was adjourned to the following Thursday . In the meanwhile , bail was accepted . On Thursday morning , Mr . and Mrs . Smith surrendered to their bail , and were brought before the magistrates at Lawford ' s Gate , Bristol . Mr . Leach was well enough to attend ; but his head was bound up . From his evidence it appeared that he had been in the employ of Swan and Edgar , the silk-mercers of London , with whom Mrs . Smith , who was then unmarried , lived as domestic servant . Leach was originally her suitor , but was supplanted by Mr . Smith . Both the accused were ommitted for trial , and bail w as refused .

      Attempted Murder And Suicide.—A Horrible...

      Attempted Murder and Suicide . —A horrible tragedy has occurred at the Clarendon Hotel , Birmingham . A man , between thirty and forty years of age , and a woman of about twenty , arrived about a fortnight ago at the hotel , having previously hired a sitting-room and hedroom . It was supposed by Mr . Harrison , the proprietor of the house , that the man was a commercial traveller and that the woman was his wife . On Friday week , a report of fire-arms was heard , followed by another , and accompanied by shrieks and cries of " Murder I" The servants rushed up-stairs , and saw the woman , partially dressed , standing outside the bedroom door , with blood streaming from a wound in her neck . She exclaimed , " He has killed me ! " and several tunes repeated the word "jealousy . " The man waa lying on tho bed , grasping a pistol in his hand . A second pistol lay on the floor . Medical aid was called in , but the man , was insensible and died in a few minutes . The woman was seriously wounded in the head ; but the ball was extracted at the hospital . According to her account , she was in the act of getting out of bed , when tho man told her to lift up a handkerchief lying on tho counterpane . She did so , and saw two pistols . In reply to her question as to what was meant by them , he replied , " Oh , nothing ; but there ' s one for you , and one for me , " adding that she need not be afraid , and that she might go to sleep again . Sho returned to bed , when he snatched up ono of ^ he pistols and shot her ; and , as aho rushed wounded from tho room , he discharged the second pistol at himself . The woman was not married to him ; but ho appears to have had cause for his jealousy . Execution . —Christian Sattler , tho man who , murdered the detective officer Thain , was hung in front of Newgate on Monday morning . At tho time of tho commission of the act , ho professed himself a Doiat ; but during his imprisonment ho adopted tho principles of Christianity , nt tho earnest exhortation of tho gaol chaplain . Ho exhibited considerable religious fervour for some days boforo tho fatal Monday , and ho died with groat firmness . On reaching tho Bcaffold , ho bowed twice , to tho right and to the loft ; and roquoslted that ho might bo allowed to dio with his face uncovered . This was so far granted that tho drop wfta suffered to fall without tho cap being pulled down | but , immediately aftorwarda , Calomft covered tho features of tho dying man . There was an unuaually small attendance . o £ . H | mcEatorfl _ to . aecthc . cxecu . tiqi > . , , ,,, ,, Tun Lath Bvrouautc nkak J 3 aknsuov . —Fivo men have been arrested and committed for trial on a charge of being concerned in tho recent burglary ut tho farmhouse of Mr , Clarkaon , an agod gontlcmau living near Bftrnsloy , Yorkshire . Seven men woro employed iu tho robbory . •• Ckukivty to a Skhvant Gnu-. —Mra . Augueta Lalgh , a lodging-house keeper , residing in Purk-place , Livorrtool-road , lias been examined at tho Clorkonwell

      policecourt on a charge of cruelly ill-using her servant-girl , whom she had had from the Islington workhouse . Th « poor girl had on several occasions been brutally struck with a poker and a chopper ; and . the injuries received were so serious that she has been for several weeks past in the hospital , and is still very feeble . During this time , Mrs . Laigh has been out on bail ; and the recognizances have been renewed on her being committed for trial . Killing a Wife . —Francis Henry Law was on Tuesday finally examined at Westminster on the charge , already related in these columns , of causing the death of his wife . He was committed for trial . A Fierce Contest . —A quarrel of a very desperate and sanguinary nature , which had nearly terminated fatally , arose a few days ago at Reading , between two men named Robert Clark and Thomas Sellwood , in the service of Mr . Wheble , a gentleman living in that city . Frequent scufflings took place between the men , the first of whom was Mr . Wheble ' s coachman , while the other assisted him in the stable . One day Sellwood complained bitterly of the indignities which Clark had repeatedly heaped upon him , and offered to fight the latter , upon which Clark seized a prong from a corner of the saddle-room and made a thrust with it at Sellwood's breast . Sellwood however ran away , but returned to the saddle-room some time afterwards , and sat down to his dinner , when Clark , who was still there , made some

      sarcastic remarks about his ' stuffing . ' Sellwood nevertheless continued his meal , and lit a fire , which the other man said he would put out . Sellwood stood in front of the chimney-piece to prevent his doing so , and a violent quarrel and fight soon afterwards arose between the two men , in the course of which they both fell to the ground , when Clark inflicted two dangerous wounds . on his adversary ' s breast and temple , and a third near his left ear . An alarm being raised , the men were parted by the gardener , when Sellwood sprang to his feet , and stabbed Clark in the breast , close to his heart , with a prong . Sellwood was afterwards removed to the hospital , and is progiessing towards recovery . Clark was examined before the Reading magistrates , and committed for trial .

      Gatherings From The Law And Police Court...

      GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A"n action , arising out of the injuries received by a boy , last October , from a tiger which had broken loose in Ratcliff Highway , has been tried in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . The lad was for a long time in the hospital ; but the most serious part of the business was' the terrible effect which the accident had had upon the boy ' s nervous system . He is afraid of going about the house at night , and , when asleep , frequently calls out to his father and mother , in tones of the utmost terror , " Save me , save me ! The tiger is coming ! " On returning home from the hospital , he was put into the same bed with his younger brother ; but it was soon found necessary to remove him , as he bit the other boy under the impression , that he was some savage animal . He was then removed into his mother ' s bed , but acted in the same way towards her , exclaiming ?' The tiger ! the tiger ! " The defendant ( a person named Jarnrach , who owned the tiger ) paid 10 / . into court ; but the jury , in giving a verdict for the plaintiff , assessed the damages at 60 / . The appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from the decree of the Court of Arches , pronounced on the 23 rd of April , 1857 , reversing a sentence of deprivation against Archdeacon Denison passed by the Diocesan Court of Bath and Wells , was heard last Saturday . Owing to proceedings instigated by the Rev . Mr . Ditcher , the Diocesan Court , presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury , assisted by Dr . Lushington , required the Archdeacon to recant certain- doctrines which were held to , bo heretical , and , on his refusing to do so , a sentence of deprivation was pronounced . This sentence was reversed by the Court of Arches , on the

      ground that Mr . Ditcher waa barred by the 20 th » cction of the Church Discipline Act , in accordance with which the proceedings had not been commenced within the requisite time after the commission of the alleged offence , The only question now raised was whether the construction put by the Court of Arches on the section was correct . The Lord Justice Knight Bruce , in giving judgment , said it was their Lordships' intention to report to her Majesty that , in their opinion , the present appeal should bo dismissed , but without coats . In ao doing , their Lordships refrained from expressing « ny opinion on the matter of doctrine .

      Some applications have bcori nado during the week to the metropolitan magistrates for pusap * brts to the Continent under the now system . At tho Southwark police-court , Mr . Coomho . told n gentleman that ho could not grunt him the required permit , because ho did not know him personally . In the Court of Bankruptcy liiat Saturday * , Mr . Commi 8 ifoi ^ TCvfl ^~ wWWc ^ two petitions under tho bankruptcy of Mr . Kdward Baldwin , formerly tho proprietor of the Morning JhraM , Standard , and St . James ' s Chronich nowapapura . It appeared that a mortgugo was made i » February , 1858 , to a Mr . Fo « 8 , for 70 O 0 / ., with tho usual clauses for redemption . Baldwin woh in default ; tho petitioner did not promptly enforce hid rightfl | and tho question wua whether tho assignees wore entitled to tho 16 , 000 / . for

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 13, 1858, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13021858/page/9/