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    KR9 ne HE LEA BE It. [Saturdays,

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    HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From ...

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    NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS. The Camp on the...

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    MISCELLANEO US. More than two hundred me...

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    Our Civilisation. A Romanois Ok Ricat, L...

    who was herself of very bad character . On Monday night deceased , was in her house , and -with her two men and two women ( street-walkers ) . The prisoner , who appeared to be mad drunk , rushed in , in a violent passion , and attacked one of the men , whom he threw from the-top of a flight of stairs to the bottom . He then 'furiously assaulted the two women , and , on the deceased interfering , hfi struck her violently on the bosom with his fiat , and also kicked her . She fell to the ground groaning heavily . The prisoner afterwards continued his ill-usage , kicking the woman until she was nearly insensible . The result was that she died a few hours afterwards . —The prisoner was remanded until

    to-Wilmam : Winchelsea Bevan , lately a clerk in the Deposit and General Life Assurance Company , has been acquitted at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of stealing certain orders for the payment of money . It appeared probable that an implied authority had been given to the prisoner to deal with the moneys of the company as his own , and that he had paid the accounts in . question , although , not at the time expected . Several other indictments were brought forward , to all of which the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty ; and he was retained in custody , in order to give the prosecutors time to consider whether or not they would proceed with the charges .

    Kr9 Ne He Lea Be It. [Saturdays,

    KR 9 ne HE LEA BE It . [ Saturdays ,

    Health Of London During The Week. (From ...

    HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From the Registrar- GeneraVs Weekly Return . ') The mortality of London is still higher than it should be in the beginning of June , a month which is usually the healthiest in the year ; but the returns of the last two weeks prove that the public health is approaching a more satisfactory state . Last week , 1087 persons , of whom 565 were males , and 522 females , died . In the ten corresponding - weeks of the years 1845-54 , the average number -was 931 , and , if this be raised in a certain proportion as allowance for increase of . population , it becomes 1024 . There was an excess in the deaths of last week of 63 above the estimated amount . Of the 1087 deaths , 515 , or nearly half , occurred under 20 years of age ; only 25 occurred at 80 years and upwards . Of 235 deaths , which are ascribed to diseases of the zymotic class , 186 were amongst young persons not more than 20 years old , 25 occurred at the agea 20—40 , 12 at 40—60 , 11 at 60—80 , and one at a more advanced age . Of diseases in that class , scarlatina , which was fatal in 53 cases , is at present the most prevalent . Next in the number of cases referred to them are typhus and hooping-cough ; from each of these , 43 deaths have been registered . Small-pox numbers 22 , diarrhoea 16 , and measles 10 . Three deaths from scarlatina occurred in the sub-district of Gray ' s Inn-lane , and 3 in that of Poplar . The deaths of 2 persons are returned as caused l > y intemperance .

    Last week , the births of 870 boys and 840 girls , in all 1710 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845—54 , the average number was 1414 .

    Naval And Military News. The Camp On The...

    NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS . The Camp on the Cubbagh of Bold are progresses rapidly . There is now accommodation for more than 3500 men . Two streets , each forty feet wide , extend a distance of about three-quarters of an English mile ; and there are also two cross-streets , about fifteen or eighteen feet in -width , with a square in the centre . The huts are plainly but neatly furnished ; those of tho officers being divided into small apartments , the size and number of which are determined by the rank of the occupants . The streets are to be macadamised , and some , as well as a portion of the huts , will bo supplied with gas . Altogether , tho encampment will have quite the aspect of a little town ; and its appearance will no doubt be , as a writer in a daily contemporary observes , " magnificent . " The buildings will extend over about two miles in length .

    Sergeant-Majob Thomas Lawrence , of the 51 at King ' s Own Light Infantry , has been presented with a sword by the non-commissioned officers of that regiment as a mark of thoir esteem . The ceremony took place at Salford Barracks , where tho regiment ia now quartered . On presenting tho sword , an appropriate address was made by Quartermuietor-Sorgeant John B . Hide . Sergoant Lawrence , in returning thanks , suid that , although ho had been twenty-two yearn in tho service , and might claim a ponsion , yet , as his regiment was ordered to tho Crimea , he should go out with it . Tho declaration was much cheered . BjuNFOitoifiMENra continue to bo sent off to tho Crimea .

    The Case oir Cornet Baumqarticn . —Tho Commander-iu-Chief has communicated to the regimental Authorities his decision in this well-known cuse . Cornet Evans , of the < ith Inniskillinga , ia to be cashiered . Lieutenant Webster , of tho 1 st Koyals , in to retire from tho service by the salo of his commission . Lieut . Hartop ia most severely reprimanded , and his conduct is . to be roportod every three months by hiu commanding ofllcer , for tho information of tho Coinmandor-in-Chief . Lord Hardingo considers Sergeant Brodio ' s conduct in preventing the < Uu > i most pjcaisoworthy ; but it would

    have been better if he had reported his apprehensions to his commanding officer the previous night- Gounet B & ttmgarten is directed to-be more on his guard * for the futui-ej and his attention is called to certain sections m the Articles of War . Captain Fitewygram ? s name is not mentioned . —A letter from General Yorke to Lord Seaton , commanding the forces in Ireland , haa bee » published . It has reference to the analogous case of Ensigns Sanders -and , Neville of the 30 th Regiment , and . states that Lord Hardinge could not think of reconvmendmg those officers to her Majesty for promotion on of the 30 th iment

    the occasion of two lieutenancies - Reg being about to be filled up . The . two " frolicking ensigns" are likewise informed that , u until their conduct may have been favourably reported upon for at least two successive quarters , they need not look for any promotion ; but as it is not just that the other ensigns junior to them should suffer for their misconduct , these will successively pasa over them whenever vacant lieutenancies may be filled up in the regiment till the period of probation as above laid down shall have expired . I am further to add , that it is his Lordship ' s determination to take this course in every similar case

    that may not appear to require a still more severe proceeding . " Wreck of a Londonderry Steamer . —The Londonderry steamer , Maiden City , on her passage from Liverpool , struck on the rocks inside of Maughold Head , Isle of Man , during a thick fog , on the night of Wednesday ¦ week , about eleven o ' clock , and speedily filled .. No lives were lost . The steamer had a full cargo of guano , Indian corn , and other merchandise . A Reverend Old Collier . — The Conference , of : N " orth Shields , captured and burnt by the Riff pirates , was one of the oldest collier brigs belonging to the Tyne . She was employed as a transport at the siege of Quebec , and has been in use ever since .

    Miscellaneo Us. More Than Two Hundred Me...

    MISCELLANEO US . More than two hundred members of the House of Commons have signed a memorial , recommending a public monument at the national expense to be erected to Hume . Stoppage of Messrs . Strahan , Paol , and Co . ' s Bank . —The Morning Chronicle announces the stoppage of this old-established firm . On Monday morning , checks drawn upon them were returned , marked " Cannot be paid . " Later in the day , a commission in bankruptcy ¦ was opened by Mr . Commissioner Fane against " William Strahan , Sir John Dean Paul , Bart ., and Robert Makin Bates , of 217 , Strand , bankers ; and navy agents , of 41 , Norfolk-street , Strand , trading under the style of TTalford and Co . " The cause of the failure is thus set

    forth by the Morning Chronicle : — " The firm of Messrs . Strahan , Paul , and Co . have unfortunately become involved in railway speculations . The house some time back became connected with a firm which undertook contracts for the construction of railways in Italy . The latter firm had previously failed in the provinces , but soon afterwards recommenced business with scarcely any capital . Their place of business being at the west-end of London , they kept a banking account at Messrs .

    Strahan , Paul , and Co . ' s . Their operations in tune involved a loss to the latter of 1500 / . In order to recover this small sum the house very unwisely , and unfortunately , as it has turned out , themselves ' went in ' very extensively into the Italian railway contract business . Various heavy bills were drawn upon them from abroad , and finally in London , until tho ' acceptances' of Messrs . Strahan , Paul , and Co . were very freely current in the City . " The firm was one of the oldest in London , having been established nearly two hundred years .

    An Election Agent . —Political Mprality . — the Court of Common Pleas , on Wednesday week , an action was brought by Mr . Grant , a parliamentary agent , to recover 140 / . 15 a . 3 d . for work done and money paid for Mr . Guinness , one of the members for Barnstaple , as his agent during his election . Tho defendant pleaded never indebted , and that the plaintiff had not sent off his account within a month , according to the terms of tho Corrupt Practices at Elections Act . Mr . Grant having stated his own case , the upshot of which is contained in tho above allegation , Mr . John Laurie , who was elected for Barnstaple at the same time as Mr . Guinness , and afterwards unseated , gave the following unblushing evidence , at which ( of course ) their was " much laughter : " — " He had paid 1600 / . to Mr . Carnsow ( a lawyer and

    election agent ) without being- aware that there was anything wrong in doing so . Witness understood it was the amount of tho expenses of the commission , and tho aoli-i citor ' s bill . Witness was introduced to Grunt throe or four weeks before the election . Witnosn employed Mr Curnaew , but could not say whether ho employed Grant . Grant made himself very effiidtive , and witnees was returned at tho head of tho poll . He was so wannly received that he must go there again . ( A laugh . ) ft was true , he had paid . 1 , 500 / . ; but nothing in done without paying in this world . ( A laugh . ) Mr . Guinnosa kept his seat , and witness lost his—moat unexpectedly . ( A laugh . ) Me did not spend any money himself ' at BamHtaple , except thutr-he made aorne pwcha & ea ; . one vwnt . patronise one ' s aonatittutnts . " ( A laugh . ) Mr . Guinness denied Mr . Grant ' s statements , and tho validity of hie claim ; but

    the jury , after deliberating for an hour and three-quarters , gave . averdiut for the plaintiff for 69 Z . 3 s . 9 d . The Postage of Newspapers and Books . A recent Gazette contains a Treasury warrant , altering the rates of postal transmission for books and other works of literature and art , as they were fixed by the warrant of the 3 d of last January . The following are the new arrangements : —" On- every such , packet , if riot exceeding 4 oz . in weight ,, there shall bo charged and taken one uniform rate-of postage of Id . And ou every such packet , if exceeding 4 oz . and not exceeding 8 oz . ia weight , there shall be charged and taken one uniform rate of postage of 2 d . And , on every such packet , if exceeding ; 8 oz .,. and not exceeding lib . in weight , there shall be charged , and taken one uniform rate of postage of 4 d . And on every such packet , if exceeding lib . and

    not exceeding lib . and . one-half of another pound in weight , there shall be charged and taken one uniform rate of postage of 6 d . And on every such packet , if exceeding lib . and one-half of another pound , and not exceeding 21 b . in weight , there shall be charged and taken one uniform rate of postage of 8 d . And for every additional £ lb . in weight of any such packet above the weight of 2 lb . there shall be charged and taken an additional rate of 2 d . And every fractional part of every such additional £ lb . in weight shall be charged as £ lb . in weight . And we do further order and direct that no such packet which in length or width or depth shall exceed the dimensions of 2 feet shall be forwarded by the post under the provisions aforesaid . " The packets are to be sent open at the ends or sides . This warrant came into operation last Monday .

    Australia . —An open-air meeting was held at Melbourne on the 12 th of March , for the purpose of considering the extraordinary conduct of Government in postponing the trials of the Ballarat rioters . Resolutions condemnatory of the course pursued by Government were passed , and a subscription was entered into for the defence of the remaining prisoners . The insult offered to the jury by the Attorney-General was also censured ; one of the speakers , Mr . Aspinall , stating that it was understood the Attorney-General intended to resign a 3 soon as he was able to pass a measure prohibiting trial by jury . —The Legislative Council of Melbourne are turning their attention to railways . Mr . Deas Thompson , says the Melbourne Morning Herald , has expressed the hope that he shall live to travel by railway from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria . The spring trade in the Sydney markets has been very dull .

    True Protestantism . —The Archbishop of Dublin , in a charge delivered on Thursday week , during his annual visitation in St Patrick ' s Cathedral , Dublin , made the following admirable and conclusive remarks on the subject of the papal " aggression" which threw all England into a fever some four years and a half ago . Their logic is as irresistible as their spirit is large and honest . If Protestantism were always the exponent of similar views , it would be the real aud legitimate antithesis to Papacy—the representative of tolerance and inclusiveness , of genuine " Catholicism , " as the Koman church is the embodiment of bigotry and proscription ; whereas Protestantism is in fact often nothing more than another kind of Papacy , equally denunciatory , secular , and uncandid . The Archbishop observed : — " On a late occasion , I came forward , as you will remember , in

    opposition to the prevailing feeling at that time among my countrymen , to point out of how small consequence are empty ecclesiastical titles , when applying claims not already admitted by the persons concerned . The title for instance , of ' King of France , ' retained for ages by our sovereigns , gave no uneasiness to the French people , and only exposed ourselves to ridicule , till it was , within our own memory , wisely dropped . And the last Stuart Prince who , to the last , called himself ' King of England , excited so little of either fear or resentment , that ho was actually in the enjoyment of a pension from our own royal family ., In like manner , if the people are not Romanists , or inclined to be sttch , in a certain fCnglish or frisk city , the assumption by a Romish Bishop of «• M & from that city will not make them so . And if they we , from other causes , Romanists , the pohibition by law of that titlu will never convert them to the Protestant faith , lu

    the present case also , as there is not , as I can see , any ground for special indignation at the arrogance oi « claim which has been made for many ages by the Konusu Church , to dictate articles of faith to all tho world , so neither is there any ground for alarm at tho recent exercise of that claim , nor any reason for our making n apcciul protest against it . " . The Sunday Beicr Bill . —A meeting was recently held at Halifax , with the design of passing resolutions in favour of tho Sunday Beer Bill . Aftor n very stormy Hcono in tho Market-plnco , where about five or six thousands persons aaHombled , an amendment denunciatory oi tho Act was carried by an immense majority . Dr . Locock has proceeded to Paris , having been telegraphed for by tho Emperor . It acorns that KmnroHs again gives her husband some prospect ol

    uuan . . , a , Three Children aviciim iiurnbd to dicatii Inflt cmturday , in a Iiouho at I-laoknoy . They had boon loouuj into the room by their mother , who hnd loft the ho . ihl for a short time ; and it i * wnppoflcd that ono ol iuki must have played with tho lucifer match « H , and nor , » to , tho bed , under the remains of which thoir bod as vero discovered . Tho loud shricska of tho children n ««

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 16, 1855, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16061855/page/10/