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      Lord Jocelyn's Death Fpom Cholura Last S...

      and was driven to Lord Palmerston ' s ( hia mothers ) house in Carlton Gardens . There fatal symptoms made their appearance ; and notwithstanding the resources of a host of the great doctors the young nobleman died in . a few hours . He died , however , surrounded by his relatives . The cholera is prevalent more or less in all the large towns of England and Ireland ; but there is no getting any statistics . It is -worse in Belfast than in any other town , London excepted . On the Continent it is everywhere . In Paris it is decreasing . At Naples it killed 3317 in six days . " The merchants have all absented themselves from the exchange . "

      776 The Le1dm. [Saturday,

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      The Following Circular Has Been Issued F...

      The following circular has been issued from the new Board of Health : — " General Board of Health , Whitehall , August 12 , 1854 . «< Sir , — -I am directed by the General Board of Health to inform you that it is the anxious desire of the Board to cooperate with the metropolitan boards of guardians in preventing and mitigating , as far as possible , the . visitation of epidemic cholera , which has already made its appearance in many districts of the metropolis ; and while the Board would deprecate any diminution of local responsibility or ; interference with local efforts , it 13 possible that their assistance and advice may be acceptable to boards of guardians , of

      and they are prepared , therefore , to direct one ^ the board ' s medical officers , in company with an inspector from the i ? d « r-iaw Boardj to attend and confer with thV guardians as to the preventive measures already taken or ' to be taken , and the arrangements for dispensary ; accommodation and the treatment of -the sick , iri < accordance with the recommendation in . the . minutoon : preventiveineasuresalready sent . ; I am therefore to lequest that yon will convene a special meeting of . the guardians , for the purpose of ascertaining whether ^ thejr are desirous of receiving the assistance and advice of this board in the manner above indicated , and that you wUl communicate to me the wishes of the guardians in this tespecti .. '¦ " ¦ : . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦¦ . ' ' " " , ' : . : ( Signed ) "T . Taylor , Sec . "

      Mr. Edwin Chad Wick. (From The Glasgow C...

      MR . EDWIN CHAD WICK . ( From the Glasgow Comiitonweaitk . y jLb long ago > as 1828 , when yet a very young man , studying fpr ; the English barj he revealed his constir tutional bent towjirds statistical speculation , and the business of administrative reform by various papers of ; an ¦ important and ; suggestive character . Iii a paper oh 1 'Benefit Societies he was one bf the first to point out the injustice to the public done by the insurance ; offices' at that time , in consequence of their adherence to , the , antiquated ^ ^ Northampton T " able 3 ; and in a paper on Preventive Police , publishQd almost simultaneously with the passing of Sir new Police' Act , he exposed in ; a thorough manner

      the defects of the old police system , and expounded , perhaps better than had ever been done before , the great principle of " prevention as applicable to crime —tlie principle , namely , of dealing with crime , not simply by checking it in the act , but by going back to its preveritible antecedents . These arid other papers had the effect of making Mr . Chad wick known to some men of public eminence at that time , among whom were the famous Jeremy Bentliam and the distinguished political economist , Mr . N . Senior : Bis acquaintance with Bentham ripened into a friendship . It was nob as a mere expounder

      of Benthanism , however , that Mr . Chadwick came before the public . On the appointment , in 1832 , of the Commission of Inquiry into thei operation of the existing Poqr Laws in England and , Wales , he was appointed one of the . assistant-commissioners . The district assigned to him as the field of his inquiries was London and Berkshire ; and bo valuable was his report—so large a . proportion did this one report contain of the whole mass of information acquired by the commission , as well as of the practical suggestions offered along with that information—that the honours of the

      "inquiry-were' felt ; to belong to Mr . Chadwjck . While the inquiry was still going on , he was mode a chief commissioner ; and the fatuous l ^ oor-law Amendment Act , which resulted from the inquiry in 1834 , was little else ] than an embodiment of Mr , Chadwick ' a recommendations . Whether one approves of that act or not , one must acknowledge' the public importance of ( v man whose prodigious activity enabled him thus , at the age of little more , than thirty , to stamp his individuality on one of the most extensive legislative enactments of his time and country . While the act was still pending , Mr ; Chadwick , as one of

      the royal commissioners for inquiring iato tho treatment of children in factories , had carried his energies with similar effect into another department of investigation . From 1834 to 1847 , Mr . Chudwick wae attached to the first Now I ' oor-law Commission in the capacity of paid secretary . It was while in this situation that , led by his genius for excursive enquiry to impose upon himself other duties than those required by tho mere routine of office , he opened up many of those tracks of important practical investigation' . In which , both ' ho and the public have > einuu gowtt forward with such Interest , ** «?** t )^ all tho proyentible causes of pauperism , the most *

      gigantic , as Mr . Chadwick . found , was disease preventible by sanitary regulation . Grappling with this subject with all his strengtta- * -8 tarting -with the notion that disease was preventible to a much larger extent than had been supposed , and pushing this notion out into its details—he published , in 1842 , his " Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain , " a work which may be said to have initiated the great sanitary movement which for some ten years has been increasingly occupying the attention of this country . This was followed by a " Report on the practice of interment in towns , " and by fresh reports on the sanitary question .

      Having thus made the sanitary question his own , it was natural that , on the appointment of the Board of Health in 1848 , Mr . Chadwick should be placed at the head of it . His connexion with the Poor Law Board had ceased in the previous year , when , in consequence of a crisis in the management of that Board , occasioned , it was believed , chiefly l > y differences between Mr . Chadwick , as secretary , and some of the commissioners , as to the mode of administering the law—the Board was broken up and reconstituted Tinder a new form . Since 1848 , accordingly , Mr . Chadwick has virtually been minister of public health for England and Wales ;

      From this brief survey of Mr . Chadwick ' s public life , it will be evident that his "withdrawal from the public service is really an impjortant everifc . Altogether , it seems to iis that we must be in a . had way ¦ when we . eannpt contrive to place a man of such singular , such almost unique powers and aims as Mr . Chadwiclcjin a position where , -even were his faults as great as his worst enemies represent them , they would be : sufficiently counterpoised by the' checks and circumstantials of the position itself , aid at , the same time all his spl endid positive qualifications utilised for the public .

      Testimonial To Mk. Hume 11! •Y ¦' ,>.; ¦...

      TESTIMONIAL TO MK . HUME 11 ! y ¦' , > . ; ¦ ^ ' .: ' - . BY Air . otDiiEFOKBiER ; .: ¦'¦ ¦ ¦¦¦' ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ' •¦ ' .. . ¦ ( . From the lieicestefshire Mercury , August \ Zb \\ r \& 54 :. ) WflA ^ a strange , queers fanciful ^ cqnucal , eccentric jade is dame Fortune ! And what an odd people we are , and in what odd times we live ! W . ell , so ' it is . But amidst all oiir perilsj trials , and taxes , we have still plenty of food for , amusement left to : us , and have notonly lots Of ' the ridiculous ^^ tqlaugh'atjtxit , thank lieaven ! have still strength and . ' . health , to enjoy the laugh ^ ith a moat hearty gusto . But to our point . Our readershave probably heard of Mr . Joseph Hume ; - He is now seventy-seven years of age , and has beert in the House of Commons , with very short

      intervals , for the space of forty-three years , and , from first to last , he has heeri . an honest , ; upright , consistent , and unflinching i ? efonheiv He took up the cause , to which he has eyer ^ adhered . at atiTnewhena Parliamentary iieifbrmer had no bed of roses to rest upon iri the House of Commons . For many a long and weary year ho had to encounter obloquy and scorn , to face the frowns of a powerful ministry and an overwhelming party . But still , " like the thundercloud streaming against the wind , " he struggled on , and . would , neither be ' terrifled nor silenced by . the audacity and insolence of faction . . At times it might be said of him , ; -. ¦¦ ..-" Faithful found ,

      Among the fafthlessV faitufulonly ho . " But still he persevered in spite of every storm and hurricane , and fought on for a cause-whi « h seemed hopeless , only that the seeds ojf hope were preserved by his perseverance . Ai 4 ength " a change comes o ' er the spirit of pur < dream > " 'JChe , ' ^ 5 St randed" whale of Toryism went Ashore , and vrasj ^ brokon up . Reform triumphed , f > JTheii , Mr ^ HUme ^ 'hi ^ a his reward ! To be sure lieHha 3 , ^ s flor as virtue ijiits own reward . The" Whigs usfed him da the fax in : 'th ^ fiible used the goat when , climbing onj . its shoulders , it leaped out of the well , leaving Us friend still at the bottonii . No Mr . Humowasin the flrat ; J ^ iberaf Ministry of wluch he had been so long the pioneer and forlorn hope .

      No Mr . Hume haa been in . any Liberal Ministry since . We never heard ., that place wi \ g offered to him in any form w ^ hape . Bui ; at ( hist a sudden thought comes on The long oblivious' party and , its leaders . Mr . Hume is thought of , and is to be presented with jeus Picture . And by the gliost of Joo Miller and Tom Hood and everybody facetious and funny since the deluge and boforo it , lord John Russell had face enough to play the po-rtof High . I ' riest in the revelries of Mom as and Coinua held on this occasion . And what did he say in his address to Mrs , Hume ? , OJ rnany fluttering , and . pleasant

      ( things . We wore excqssivoly tickled with the grand finale of his oration . It took the breath oat of ' us , and almost threw 1 us into an apoplexy of laughter . [ Lord John , be it recollected , Uaa been for rn « ny years lonjoying the eweejts pf offlqo won , for him by Mr . Hurno ' s oxertjlons . Ho , has bpon Preinior and wo know not what bolides , anxl presently , when past work , will have ' a < i 6 hfifortal ) lo TTenBioh fcorotirc upon . Arid yet , with tho knowledge of all this , ho could , with

      Monday" Mr . Hume has laboured long , with perseverance , with courage , with energy , to change this state of our laws and of our Legislasture . More especially in the cause of economy and retrenchment his untiring eiforts have been conspicuous and successful . The voice of the people has encouraged his efforts , and a , spotless refutation is a jtart of his reward . The consciousness that he has served hit country as an honest and disinterested patriot will , we all trust , Iriffhten his remaining course , and after the heat of the day give calmness and serenity to the evening of his honourable life . " ~ This was either a bad joke or worse seriousness . We have seen many things opposed to the fitness of things in our day and time , and this i s not the l east of them . We have seen Lord Aberdeen Prime

      Minister , one Lord Auckland Governor-General of India , and another made Bishop of Bath and Wells ; we have seen that eminent trifler and fiddler , Lord Westmoreland , Ambassador at "Vienna , and Mr . Lawley pitched upon to work out the destinies of Australia , and a variety of other escapades as startling and extraordinary . Horace Powys , the Tractarian brother of Lord Luford , has just been made Bishop of Sodor and Mann , and Gerald

      Weilesley placed at the tead of the apostolical dandy Chapter of Windsor ; What had the Whigs then left to testify their gratitude for the veteran , champion and parliamentary father of Reform ? They had kept the substance for themselves , but they could give him the shadow :. They had divided the fuet and the fire and all its watmth among their own familiesi and friends ^ butt they ; could honour him with the smpke . And so . they did . They PHESisNTEr HIM WITH HIS PlGTDIBES . -

      Miscellaneoxjs. Scarcrrr Of Tkoops For H...

      MISCELLANEOXJS . ScARcrrr of Tkoops for Home Service . —Yesterday morning , in obedience to -orders ; issued from the Hope Guards , the JjSast Esses : liifle Regiment of Militia , which corps has ddlie garrison duty in : the Tower , since the : departure of the 19 th Kegiinent of I * oot for the East , marched ¦ from that fortress , under the- command of Major Skippey , and preceded by the excellent brass land , of the regiment , to the terminus of the South-eastern Railway ^ from whence they were conveyed by special train to Canterbury , to reliete the 18 th ( IJdyal IfisH ) Regiment of Foot , which ias been ordered to Windsdri to replace the 46 tli Foot , ordered tp join the . expeditionary army in Turkey . Oa Monday ^ evening , detachments of the depot companies of the 28 th , 38 th , 77 tli , 93 rd ( Highlanders ) , and 95 th Regiments of Footi numberins 50 ranl < and tile , inarched into the Tower from the

      Magazine Barracks , . Hy-de . Park , and relieved the several guards furnished by the Essex Rifles , and yesterday ^ fternoori , the depot companies of the 23 rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers , mustering 60 rank and file , arrived from Winchester to augment the garrisbh , thus making only a total of llQ bayonets where at least 400 are required , the main guard alone taking 42 men , besides riori-coininissioned officers . To remedy this paucity in'thc numerical strength of the military , a number of sentries on the Royal Mint guard and the main guard had to be dispensed . with , and 100 extra constables of the Metropolitan Police are doing duty in tho interior of the Tower , at the ordnanca stores , jewel-tooin , armoury , & c . ; The guard for the British Museum , which has hitherto been found by the fine regiment quartered in the Tower , will , until farther orders , be supplied by . the

      Household ¦ JProops ,. but it is exxweted that the military guard over that public building is to be discontinued , and that the duties will bo performed by police constables . — Morning Advertiser . The annual general meeting , of tlio " Eagle Insurance Company , " was held at Radley ' s Hotel , lilackfriars , this week . It appeared tliab the premiums on Assurances effected during the year amounted to 9 , 5952 . lls . 6 d . Tho gross receipts for the year were 130 , 005 / .. and tho whole payments 111 , 718 / . The total surplus , after making allowance for every claim , is 18 , 287 / . The annual average of these several items since the valuation and division of surplus in L 852 is—now premiums , 8 , 95 G / . ; claims , 70 , 800 / . ; exponaea , 5 , $ 6 Ll , ; surplus , 81 , 7801 , At tho lasc meeting tho balance of the surplus fund was stated to be 8 d 5 to

      198 , 211 ^ 18 s . . This s now increasod 21 G , 4 i ) 8 £ % 9 » . Cd ., whicti amount is subject , of course to such ohanges us may be found , to arise when a re-valuation of the company ' s assets and liabilities shall be made Tho chairman \ R . A . (* ray ) , in moving tho adoption of the report , expressed a belief that there would bo an additional income next year of 10 , 000 / , Tho proprietors wore awaro that recently those persona who were connectod with the Poat-ofiico oatablisl ) .-mont had had inducements held oat to them to effect insurances on their lives ; and it waa gratifying to state that the , <( Eagle" was orto of tho companies which had been selected by tho I ' ostma'Jtor-Gencnil and tho JLord . i of tho Treasury , —ji good proof of the ostimution in wliioh tho society was hold . This S » , "ixALiriBH > 'a Dippxouixv . —The liand-loom vulvct-wotivera—doinauding an iuorojiao of individual wages

      from 12 s . to Itts , Gd . porweok—aro atul " outj "—the « inyloyera still deQlining to corno into their terms . AhcicriNO qii < Lao / c-Majcicus . —Last evening a second mooting of tho hice-malcors wuu hold ut tho Club-house , in Now-atrcot , Oovcnt garden , Mr . Montgomery in tuo chuir . JLt wilt bo recollected tliat , at tho lu » t mooting , resolutions weru unanimously adopted condemning the proposed change in military uniform , on the gronnd that it would deprive of employment n vast number of poraonu , inuhiding many fbinulea , and that it would , almost entirely annihilate tho luco trade . From atatemonta made by Mr . D'Eloho . Mr . B ' m , and othero , it appeared that ainoo tho Imt mooting n . reply had been racoivod to n petition . luMrosaod to tlw 1 ' rinco Oonaort . ' Tlio letter wuh dated froia the Koyal yacht , and waa written by Col . A'hippa , Jd < inoi-uly roterwd tho poti-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 19, 1854, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19081854/page/8/