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      Ffebotary 21,1857] The Leadb». 179

      ffEBOTARY 21 , 1857 ] THE LEADB » . 179

      Miscellaneous. Dsath Os? Aaae Earl, Op E...

      MISCELLANEOUS . Dsath OS ? aaae Earl , op Eltjesmere . —Literature and tbe artB hwtve Io 3 t a sincere admirer and patron in the Earl of Eliesmere , K . GL , who died at Biidgewater House on Wednesday , having but recently attained his fiftyseventh year . In 1828 , he was Chief Secretary to Lord Anglesey , then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; and in 1830 , under the administration of the Duke of Wellington , he was Secretary at War . His political opinions were always liberal ; but his tastes led him chiefly in the direction of the fine arts—a tendency -which may have been fostered by the knowledge that lie was descended from that Earl of Bridgewater who produced at Ludlow Castle Milton ' s masque of Comus . To the same family , also , belonged that Lord Bridge-water who projected the celebrated canal wbich bears his name . The deceased Earl was the author of some poems ; his collection of pictures wa 3 celebrated for its splendour ; and to this tlie public have always found ready admission . His eldest son , Viscount Bracklev , succeeds to the title .

      The Late Mr , Joseph Haydn . —The orphan son of fhe late author of the Dictionary of Bates has been elected into the St . Ann ' s School . One lady alone subscribed 50 ? . towards the attainment of the object . The Sailors' Home and the Destitute Sailors Asylum . —The monthly meeting of the directors of these institutions was held in Well-street , on the 12 th instant ; Tice-Admiral W . Bowles , C . B ., in the chair . The secretary presented the accounts , by which it appeared the average daily number of boarders during 2856 was 224 ; the total amount paid for board being 30 , 262 ? . 10 s . lOd . During the same period , 40 , 363 / . 12 s . lid . was remitted to the friends of sailors living in the country ; and since the establishment , last October , of . the Seaman ' s Savings Bank , under the management of the Board of Trade , 2564 ? . 4 s . lias been deposited therein . The institution contains beds for tlie

      accommodation of upwards of 300 boarders , and on several occasions within tlie last twelve months the whole of these have been occupied , so that a great many sailors were unable to obtain admission . The report also showed a large increase in the number of inmates of the Destitute Sailors' Asylum . Preferment . —The Lord Chancellor has appointed the Hon . and Rev . S . " Waldegrave to the Salisbury Canonry , vacated by the elevation of the Rev . Dr . Bickersteth to the Bishopric of Ripon . Mr . Waldegrave is the second son of Admiral the Earl of Waldegrave , O . B ., whose eldest son , Viscount Chewton , died at Scutari , in 1854 , from the effects of -wounds received at the battle of the Alma .

      Western Australia . —A dinner was given last Saturday , at the London Tavern , by a number of gentlemen interested in the prosperity of Western Australia , and desirous of presenting a testimonial given , by the colonists to Captain Fitzgerald , R .. NT ., C . B ., the late Governor . The cliair was taken by Mr . Mangles , M . P . ; and the guest of the evening , in addressing the company after dinner , spolce of the adaptability of Western Australia to the purposes of a convict settlement . Corporation Reform . — The Court of Common Council has been discussing the propositions for reform agreed to by the Corporation Inquiry Committee , and submitted for its ratification . Some of these it has accepted , others rejected ; and the subject has been referred back to the Committee , the members of which are instructed to confer with the Government , and to report to the Court .

      The Parks . —Tarious works arc in progress in the parks . The lake in St . James ' s Park has been temporarily drained , and the bottom spread with concrete . A new suspension bridge is in course of erection ; but all the works will probably be completed by next May . In Hyde Park , a new path , planted with shrubs , is being made from the Marble Arcli to Victoria Gate ; and a new illuminated clock has been set up at Hyde Parkcorner . It has been made on a new principle , so as to secure greater clearness at night . This , if successful , will be adopted with the monster clock at the new Houses of Parliament . Baron Martin has been added to the Itoyal Commission for Inquiry into the Statute and Common Law Courts , and the Courts of Assize , in the room of Baron Aldorson , deceased . The Cask of Mrh . Allsoi \—With rp . f \> renca to > tho

      case of the -widow Allsop , who recently brought her alleged distresses before the Murjlobono police court , and who asserted that she had been nfu . sed relief by Prince Albert , though she had lost live sous in the army , Mr . Broughton , the magistrate , has written to the Times to say that the woman is an impostor , and a notorious begging-letter writer . Ho therefore conceives that Prince Albert was quite right in refusing to send her money ; and he speaks somewhat severely of the " attacks" which have been made by sonic of ( lie papers on his Royal Highness , on account of that refusal . Mr . Broughton also intimates that lie shall withhold the subscriptions until tho case is concluded . —On Tuesday Mrs . Alison appeared again before Mr . Broughton , when , after a long , examination , tho magistrate clisniisued her as unworthy of credence .

      Suicide uy Strychnine . —A painful nensation wan created in Newport last week { Bixyn the Uuntx Adnrtixcr ) , by tho report of tho death of Sir . William CJiunniow from strychnin * , administered by his own . hands ; and

      the fatal act is of importance to tTie world on account of the distressing symptoms which , exhibited themselves for some five hours previously to his death . Oir proceeding to view the body , the coroner ' s jury found , deceased in the same position , in bed , in which he died , and he presented a most fearful sight : His eyeballs seemed ready to burst from their sockets ; his teeth were tightly closed ; the features drawn and contracted , and the whole countenance frightfully distorted ; bis fists , too , were firmly clenched ; his feet forced out beyond the foot of the bed , and his limbs in a state of fixed rigidity . The poison was bought by the servant of the

      suicide . The druggist recollected the latter coming to his shop and asking for arsenic to kill rats . He gave him three grains of strychnine . " I have sold the same , " said the druggist , " for killing rats for four or five years to many persons . I write the word ' Poison ' on my packages , and have not a printed label . " The coroner and jury observed it would be much better to have a printed label . The deceased took the whole three grains . Half a grain is enough to destroy life . — A servant at PetersQeld , Sussex , has killed herself by the same means . The strychnine was contained in " a powder vended as " vermin-killer . "

      Suicide . —Mr . Phillip Alford , an elderly gentleman of property , residing at Sunbury , Middlesex , has committed suicide by placing the muzzle of a pistol in his mouth and discharging it . He purchased and built several houses , and latterly became possessed with an idea that his agent was conspiring" with some other persons to wrest his property from him and reduce him to absolute want . There was no foundation for such a belief , and various attempts were made to set him light , but to no effect . : Fires . —A fire broke out last Saturday night on the premises belonging to Mr . Zoucado , a general merchant , St . Mary-axe , Leadenball-street , whose stock received

      considerable damage . Mr . Zoucado was insured- The origin of the fire is not known . —A second fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Kaufman , boot and shoe maker , Oulston-street , Whitechapel . Nearly the whole of the stock-in-trade was destroyed , and the premises werre considerably burnt . —A third fire look place on the premises of Messrs . Allen , manufacturing chemists , Upper Heathstreet , Bow-common , Bromley . Considerable damage was done to the stock , machinery , and buildings . —Other fires have taken place in the Kiugsland-road , Shoreditch ; the Commercial- road East ; th e Haymaiket ; and Drummond-crescent , Euston-square . The two first were serious ; the two latter but slight .

      Juvenile Vagrancy . —A general meeting of the joint members of the Law Amendment Society and the National Reformatory Union was held at No . 3 , "Waterloo-pluce , on Monday evening , to consider the bill recently brought before Parliament for the suppression of juvenile vagrancy . Lord Brougham presided , and among others present were the Bishop of London , Sir Stafford Northcote , H . P ., Lord Robert Cecil , M . P ., the Lord Mayor , the Hon . Mr . Liddell , M . P ., the Rev . Sidney Turner , and a deputation was also present from the Birmingham Educational Association . Th 6 Bishop of London moved , "That in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable that a . measure for the suppression of juvenile vagrancy , which , is a fertile source of crime , should be enacted . " This waa carried unanimously , and considerable discussion ensued , in tho course of which Sir Stafford Northcote modified some of the details" of his

      bill . Aged Poor Society . —The anniversary festival of this society , established as early as tho close of tho 17 th century , was held at the Albion Tavern on Monday evening . His Eminence Cardinal Wiseman presided , supported by the Right Rev . Dr . Grant , the Right Rev . Dr . Morris , Mr . Swift , M . P ., & c . Large subscriptions were collected before the close of tlie proceedings , and the company were entertained by the performances of Signor Picco , tho blind Sardinian , and other musicians . DEPUTATION OV SlHPOWNEttSTO LORI ) PaLMKHBTON .

      —A deputation of shipowners hud an interview o > n Saturday with Lord Palmorston , to press upon Government the necessity of amending those parts of the Merchant Shipping Act by which persons are enabled to recover damages against Hhipowners , for loss of life or injury , to a larger amount than tlie statutory amount iixed ( namely , 30 / . in each case of death or injury ) ; and by which , besides , shipowners are made liable to tho extent and value of the sliip and freight ; the value of such ship and freight being taken at 1 ft / . per register ton as a minimum . The deputation -was well received .

      Death ok tub Uican oi' Caktkkhuuy . —I'lio Rev . William Kowo Lyell , D . D . ^ Dean of Canterbury , died on Tuesday morning of paralysis , from which he had been suffering for some ; mouths . IjOHd linovoiiAM has left England for his scut near Cannes , in tlie south of J'Vjmce , in order to avoid the cold winda of this and the following month . Equalization ok this 1 ' ook ' h Kates . —A meeting of delegates from various pumhes took place , at the Vestry-hall , St . Aiidrcw ' s-cuurt , lIolLorn-hill , on Tuesday evening , to take into consideration the beat steps to bo adopted for promoting tho equalization of the poor ' s r . 'ites throughout the metropolitan districts ; Mr . Gilbert , ( if the parish of Kensington , in the chair . It was uuully resolved that an association be formed for cfuKillng the desired object .

      Equity and Law Life Assurance Society . —The annual meeting was held last Thursday , G . L . RusselL , Esq ., iu the chair . During the year 1856 , 161 policies were issued , insuring 162 , 745 / ., and producing in new premiums 5004 / . 2 s . 7 d . This exhibits an increase of 17 percent , upon the new premiums of last year . Since the society was established , 1703 policies have been issued , amounting to 1 , 602 , 538 / . ; of these , 539 h * * lapsed from vaeious causes , leaving in force 1164 policies , assuring 1 , 148 , 680 / . The total premium income is now 35 , 204 / . 10 s . lid ., and that from other sources , 8 , 448 / . 15 s . 4 d . The balance of assets , Dec . 1855 , was 168 , 848 / . 17 a . 2 d ., making a total of 212 , 502 / . 3 s . 5 d . On the other side are : —Claims and surrendered policies , 12 . 7 GC / . 14 s . Gd . ; annuities , 943 / . 9 s . 10 d , ; reassurances , 3259 / . 2 s . 2 d . ; proprietors' dividend , 2750 Z . ^ expenses , & c , 3 , 345 / . 10 s . 8 d . ; commission , 1553 / . 9 s . lid . ; other items , income-tax , & c , 644 / . 4 s . 9 d . ; making the total expenditure , 25 , 262 / . 11 s . 10 d ., out of an income of 43 , 653 / . 6 s . 3 d . ; leaving 18 , 390 / . 14 s . 5 d . to add to the realized assets of the society . ¦ Health : of London . —The deaths registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday were 1264 , and exhibit a decrease on those of the preceding" week , when they were 1368 . In the ten years 1847-56 , the average number of deaths in weeks corresponding' with last week was 1135 . But , as the deaths in the present return occurred in an increased population , it is necessary for comparison that the average should be raised iu proportion , to the increase , in which case it will become 12-19 . The rate of mortality last week was therefore very near the average rate in the second week of February . The decrease on the previous weak , amounting to about 10 O deaths , is referable in a principal degree to a diminished mortality from pulmonary diseases . —Last week , tlte births of . 9-47 boys and 904 girls , in all 1851 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 , the average number was 1550 . —From theRegistrar-General-s Weekly Return . The Registrar- Gekeual ' s Quarterly IlETunNi—From the Quarterly return , recently published of Mar . riages , Births , and Deaths , in England ( Marriages , July , August , and September , 1856 ; Births ^ nd Deaths , October , November , and December , 1856 ) , we learn that 78 , 304 persons married in the quarter , and that " this number exceeds hy 4002 the number of persons who married in the summer quarter of 185 5 . The marriages rose from 37 , 151 to 39 , 152 . An increase of the marriages is observable in every division . " This is partly attributable to the return of soldiers and sailors- from the war . — " Tbe births of 157 , 615 children were registered iu the last quarter of 185 P . They exceed by 8762 the births in tlie last quarter of the preceding year . In some districts , this in ascribed to tbe return of men from the war . Westmoreland is the only county in which there is a decrease of births . The deaths of 96 , 521 persons were registered in the last quarter of the year 1856 . —In the same quarter , 39 , 0 G 3 emigrants sailed from the ports of tbe Uhited . Kingdom ; " and for once , there was an excess of English over Irish ! Tho num . * ber of Scotch was but small . A Muitr > EKER . ' s Knife . — The Icnifc wiih which " Peppermint Billy" committed tho murder at Thorpe toll-bar , near Melton Mowbray , was found a few days ago in a ditch near the bar . It is a butcher ' s knife , about five inches long in the blade and four and a half inches long in the handle . It is nearly rusted through , but the marks of tho blood are quite perceptible ; and it is a little bent as if hy violence . The field is situated on the opposite side of tlie road to the toll-house , near Melton , and is doubtless the one Brown went up after committing the murder , asit is in thedirect line he tookfortlio Scalford dyke , where it is supposed he washed the clothes he had on when he commuted the murder . The knife is iu Iho possession of Mr . W . Condon , superintendent of police , Melton-Mowbray . —Stamford Mercury .

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      Lkadkk Okhtck , Saturday , February 21 . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . JlOUSIi : OF LORDS . Thk House sat for but a nhort time . The only business done was the passing of a resolution of Earl Stanhoi'ic , appointing a select committee to inquire into the system of keeping the minutes and records of tho llou » o ; and a . Btuteincrit of the Earl of Hakkowuy , that the subject oC making a general proviniuri for retiring Bishops , and ttifc division of tho S < so of London , was under consideration .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . 1 HJI / WIC 11 COL 1 . IC ( IIC . In answer to Mr . Dunoi . miuc , Mr . IJainks said it wia the inieiil . ion of the ( jovRriiimsnt to bring iu a bill to rcguhitu Uuhvich College . this vicToniA citoss . In Answer ta Captain Scoiticu ,, Lord Palmkiujxon Btuted that tho Hut for the jmvy oi" thoso who were U >

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1857, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21021857/page/11/