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    The body of a fine infant, which seems t...

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    BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS BIRTHS. On...

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    Messieurs. Gratiolet And S. Cloez Have D...

    that a vehicle in attempting to pass over , broke in , with severe injury to the horse and driver . Several persons standing in a passage were struck by the lig htning , one of them being killed and the rest severely injured . The electricity passed over two persons standing at the door without doing them any injury . Some days ago a strange looking object was observed on the stone banks in Mill Bay , near Harwich harbour . On closer inspection it was found to be a fish , which spurted

    up a stream of water to thc height of twelve feet . The creature was attacked by means of a knife fastened to a pole , and the wounds inflicted on it weakened it so far as to enable the men to pass a rope round its tail and so to haul it up upon the beach . A scythe was then brought , and with this they inflicted a mortal wound , but the dying struggles of the monster were so violent as to drive back the crowd of spectators . It is supposed to be a fin-backed or rock whale , and measures twenty-one feet in length and fifteen in girth .

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    The body of a fine infant , which seems to have met its death from violence , was found on Wednesday night on the roof of a stable in Salisbury Wharf , Adelp hi . Mr . William Cooper Robinson , an attorney of Hull , has been charged with forging anIOU for 1000 Z ., Mr . Pritchetfc , by whom the document purported to be signed , denying all knowledge of it . Three women were brought before Mr . Henry on Tuesday , charged with attempting to destroy themselves . They seem all to have been more or less drunk . They were all remanded . On the arrival of her Majesty ' s yacht at Osborne , from . Antwerp , on account of some information g iven to the revenue officers , it was searched , and about eighty pounds of tobacco were found there . Considerable quantities were found on board the other yachts of the Royal Squadron .

    Above two tons of contraband tobacco was found on board the cutter Elizabeth , belonging to Yarmouth . She was captured off _Tdbury , having apparently nothing but bloaters on board . The tobacco was concealed under a second deck , beneath the ballast . Two prisoners in Appleby gaol , named Moor and Thexton , attacked the turnkey on the morning of Thursday week , when he came to open the doors of their sleeping cells , and threatened to murder him , if he refused to g ive up the keys . The cries of the turnkey brought assistance , but not before he was seriousl y injured .

    Thomas Jones and William Williams were tried at Liverpool on Saturday , before Mr . Bliss , Q . C ., for obtaining money under false pretences from persons intending to emigrate . It was proved that tbey had received 14 _£ . from a man named Pridham , and 201 . from another named Mills , on the pretence of findin g them a passage on board a vessel . Thc jury found them guilty , and they were sentenced to six months' imprisonment , with hard labour . Two Irishwomen appeared before the Lord Mayor on Wednesday to dispute thc maternity of a baby nine months

    old . The complainant , Mrs . Toohy , stated that her baby had been stolen from ber in February , when in the charge of her little girl . The daughter recognised Mrs . Mooney as the woman who had stolen tbe child , and Mrs . Tooh y was sure it was her baby . On the other hand the prisoner declared it was her baby , and had been born and baptized in Cork . Alderman Challis said he was in a difficult position and remanded tho case in the hopes that the police would throw some light on it . It seems he had not sufficient confidence in Solomon ' s mode of treating such _.- / JS . _'S .

    Mr . Gardiner , fhe landlord of the George Tavern in Fencliurch-street , of which house he bos been in possession for above nine years , having observed that the drain beneath the cellar had been choked for some days , had the sewer opened . It was found that the obstruction was caused b a metal case , about the size of an ordinary housepail , which was hermetically closed . This singular receptacle was opened , and in it were found the lower parts of the body of a woman . The origin of this strange deposit i . s altogether mysterious , but it is believed to have remained there for several years .

    Three , bouses were broken into on Sunday , in the neighbourhood of _SturmiiiKfer Newton . 'Tho house of Mr . Thomas Rowe , brick-maker , wa . s taken during the morning service , the famil y being at church , and a considerable quantity of plate was carried off . Another house was attacked during the afternoon service , and two others were disposed of during the evening service . Some strange and auspicious persons , who were seen lurking about at the time of the robberies , bave been captured at , the house of William Ifohhs , a tailor of Sherborne , having in their possession various housebreaking implements , but none of the articles stolen on the occasions specified above . Some circumstances have been discovered which alford a clue to the identification of some of lho prisoners .

    Dr . Dodd has at , length a rival . The Reverend J . Nisbett , who was summoned before the magistrates at Worcester sonic weeks ago , on a charge of forging a bill of _exelinnge , was again brought before Mr . Sidchottom on Monday . One of the signatures to ( he bill purported to be that _, of Richard Mitchell , who was stated b y Mr . Nisbett to be a chirk in the goods department at the Nine _Khiis station of the South Western Company . It was proved on this occasion by Mr . _

    Mr . ( _J eorge Frederick Carden , the banister , who has become notorious for his vexatious complain Is against policemen , charged Benjamin Bayl ey , at the Middlesex _Hohhious , with stealing a quantity of printed paper and prints . Tho stolen _floods consisted of old numbers of the

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    Court and Ladies Magazine , of which Mr . Carden was the editor and proprietor , which had been sold by Bayley as waste paper . A good deal of altercation took p lace between Mr . Carden , who conducted his own case , and Mr . Parry , who appeared for the prisoner . Mr . Carden admitted , on cross-examination , that a confectioner ' s business was carried on on his account in his house in Rathboneplace , where he left Mrs . Bayley and three other young women to conduct the business , although , as he said , there was little or nothing for them to do . There seemed some doubt whether the charge had not been made on account of Bayley ' s having accused Mr . Carden of improper familiarity with his wife . The jury returned a verdict of acquittal . Two Irishwomen , named Margaret Mills and Mary Madden , were brought before the Lord Mayor on Wednesday , by Horsford , an officer of the Mendicity Society . It was stated that they had followed Mr . Solly , whose

    charitable disposition seems to have rendered him a ready victim to importunate beggars , from Great Ormond-street to the city , speculating in an omnibus fare in order to obtain alms from him . On his leaving the omnibus at the Mansion-house they had followed him to the Union fire office , such a crowd of beggars collecting around him that the police were obliged to interfere in order to clear the road . The elder woman , Madden , was stated to he an expert and experienced beggar . Storey ( the detective officer ) said it was actually the fact that a dozen beggar-women have gone into an omnibus the moment Mr . Solly has entered it , and it was a common practice of beggars of all kinds to ride on the top of his omnibus wherever he was going . . He said that the beggar-women follow Mr . Solly in Lombard-street like a flock of sheep , and it is impossible to prevent it . The women were discharged , as it was not proved that they had solicited Mr . Soll y for alms .

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    As an express tram was passing Carnegie park , near Port Glasgow , on Saturday morning , a man was observed a little in advance about to cross the line with a little girl . The girl ran across at once , but the man hesitated , as in doubt whether he could cross safely . At last he made a rush for it , and had cleared the width of the engine within one inch , when the edge of the buffer caught him and dashed him off the line . He was found to be quite dead . Shortly before three o ' clock on Thursday morning , a terrible conflagration broke out in the East-end Assembl y Rooms , Mile-end-road . In less than half an hour seven of thc Brigade and West of England engines had reached the spot . Notwithstanding all this powerful aid , the Assembly Rooms were doomed to destruction ; and the firemen then directed their efforts to the adjoining tavern , also belonging to Mr . Phillips , and were partially successful .

    James Dcvcrcll Gibbon , seventy-four years of age , who in his earlier days was a popular singer , but has now for some time been an inmate of the Lambeth workhouse , fell , on Saturday , from a fli ght of stairs upon a pavement sixteen feet below . He seems to have lost his balance in leaning over the rails which were three feet high . His head first struck the stones , and the concussion is described by a bystander as resembling tho " breaking of a cocoa-nut with a hammer . " He died in about ei ght hours . Mr . Edward Pratt , paymaster of the 99 th Regiment , was found dead , floating in Kingstown Harbour , on Monday morning , his feet as well as his wrists were tightly tied together , and a rope bound his neck to his feet , so that his bod y was completely doubled up . His servant girl stated that his conduct had been such as to lead to the belief that he was not in his ri ght mind . It was believed that ho had lost a sum of 800 / . He had several times said thut ho could not live any longer .

    A man named Parker attempted to cross the York and North Midland Railway , with a horse and cart , on the afternoon of Wodnesday week , in the nei ghbourhood of York , as a train was approaching . Ho miscalculated , however , upon the speed of the train , and the engine caught the front of the cart , crushing the horse and shafts aud throwing the man , who was sitting at the back of the cart , to some distance . He was much injured , but is expected to recover . A cab was driving down tho Waterloo-road from tho bridge , when the bit broke-, and the horse set off at , full

    gallop . After going some distance , the horse took fright , and turned upon tho pavement , and ran along the footway , till he came to the shop of Mr . Tough , a grocer . He here rushed at the shop-window , and drove bis head through tho glass , at the same time breaking tho near shaft . Ho then turned round and kicked till his hind legs went through the window and stuck fast there . Tho driver was thrown from his seat , and his head was cut open . An old gentleman was inside the cab , but ho escaped uninjured . The horse was drawn out of the window b y means of the ropes of a brewer ' s dray which was passing at , the moment . Tin ; horse was terribly cut .

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    HKALTII OF LONDON DURING TIIE WEKK . Tiik health of London is still depressed by the prevailing epidemic , and _IOH-1 deaths have been registered in the third week of August . In the corresponding week , three years ago , _Hir . _fJ of the inhabitants died , while in other years the deaths ranged from H 42 to I 0 o 7 , and were , after correcting for increase of population , lOl _. 'l on an average . ' 20 H deaths were referred to diarrlnea , IH to cholera ; of the latter 1 ( 5 , „ f U „ , f ( , rme ' r 17 ( 1 , were children under the ago of _ir > . Two old people died of cholera , 19 of diarrlnea , which was also fatal to Ll persons of the middle age of life Scnrlalina , that enemy of the young child , was fatal lo 157 boys and yy < , j , | _H ) _,, /• ' liinn _/„„) W ( _.,. „ ir > -y <> , twenty-two were 4 and under 10 years of age . Forty persons , ' comprising 25 adults , died of t yphus , 4 onl y ot measles , 13 of _hooiiing-eough , U of small-pox . Within the lust threo weeks small-pox has declined . In the week no death from

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    influenza , scurvy , or ague was registered , and only 2 from infantile remittent fever . Consumption destroyed 14 ft lives , tabes 29 , hydrocephalus 37 ; 41 persons died _Trf disease of the heart , 41 of pneumonia , 21 of bronchitis 22 of cancer , 29 of violence—namel y , 2 b burns or scalds 5 by hanging or suffocation , 4 by drowning , 16 b y _fractals and contusions , one by wounds , and one by other violence Of childbearing 8 mothers died . ' 681 males and 503 females—606 children under the aee of 15 , 316 men and women under , and 162 above , thc _aee of 60—died in London in the week from all cause ' s , out of about 2 , 420 , 000 living . This mortality is much below that experienced in the other large cities of the world , but the untimely age at death , as well as a comparison with other p laces in England , shows that in this cit y there is still a great waste of life , health , and energy , which may be saved by draining London , and by other hygienic arran gements

    _Whde cnolera is in Warsaw those measures should be carried out which experience has shown cannot bo attempted when the epidemic is in London . Last week the births of 850 boys and 789 girls , in all 1639 children , were registered in London . The average number in seven corresponding weeks of the years 1845-51 was 1306 .

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    BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS BIRTHS . On the 14 th of June , at Portland , Cape-town , tho Hon . Mrs . Henry Barrington : a son . On the 27 th of June , at Kirkee , the wife of J . Percy Smith Esq ., Lieutenant and Adjutant , 10 th Royal Hussars : a daughter . On the 18 th inst ., the wife of William Shaen , Esq ., of 8 , Bedford-row : a daughter . On the 18 th inst ., at Southill , Beds , the wife of Commander Hon . Mark Kerr : a son . On the 21 st inst ., at 9 , Eaton-terrace , Eaton-square , the lady of the Hon . Sir Arthur Bidler : a daughter . On the 23 rd inst ., at 18 , Savile-row , Burlington-garden , the wife of Joseph Toynbee , Esq ., F . R . S . : a son .

    MARRIAGES . On the 17 th inst ., at Walmer , Kent , the Bev . C . E . Fewtrel Wylde , of the Uplands , Bridgenorth , Shropshire , to Cecilia Elizabeth , only child of Captain Charles AV . Bell ( II . E . I . C . 8 . ) , of Richmond , Surrey , and granddaughter of the late Sir Thos . Bell , of Cranford , Middlesex . On the 17 th inst ., at the parish chnreh of Chesterfield , James Brotlierton , Esq ., of the Middle Temple , barrister-at-Iawy Receiver-General of Her Majesty ' s Inland Revenue , and only son of Joseph Brotherton , Esq ., M . P ., to Mary Hannah , eldest daughter of John Roberts , Esq ., R . N ., of Chesterfield , _Derbyshire

    On the 17 th inst ., at Brighton , Henry Elliot Bayly , Esq ., of Her Majesty ' s 54 th Regiment , second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Bayly , K . H ., of Burly-villa , Lyme Regis , to Thomnsine Charlotte , eldest daughter of tho late Thomas Oliver Esq ., of the Royal-crescent , Bath . On the 17 th inst ., ' at Christchureh , Baker Smith , Esq ., solicitor , eldest son of Peter Baker Smith , Esq ., of the Middle Temple , to Caroline Elizabeth , only daughter of E . _Porkins , Esq ., of Camberwell . On tho 17 th inst ., at Thenford , Chas . Henry Rouse Bougliton , Esq ., eldest son of Sir W . Rouse Boughton , Bart ., to Maiy Caroline , second daughter of J . M . Severne , Esq ., of Thenford , Northamptonshire , and Wallop-hall , Salop . On tho 18 th inst ., at Leamington , Frederick Shelton _, Esq ., Captain in the 93 rd Highlanders , to Jane , ilaughter of the V eu . John Timbrill , D . D ., Archdeacon of Gloucester . , __ , John

    On the 19 th inst ., at Richmond , Yorkshire , Edmund _Jonines , of the Inner Temple , to Elizabeth Janet , second daughter of tho late Rev . William Plucs , formerly Head Muster of tho Royal Grammar School of Philip nnd Mary , Ripon . On the l » th inst ., at St . George ' s , Hanover-square , Captain Lloyd , Grenadier Guards , of Aston-hall , Shropshire , and oi Chigwell , Essex , to the Lady Frances Hay , third daughter oi the Earl and Countess of Kinnoul . . On the 19 th inst ., at _Scotscraig-house , Fifeshirc , Margaret Dougall , second daughter of tho late William Stark _Uouga" . Esq ., of _Scotscraig , to Captain Henry John Cartels , of H . m . 37 th Regiment , youngest son of the late Edward _Curteis _, _iisq-. of Glenburne , county of Antrim . .. On tho 19 th inst ., at St . Mary ' s , Cheltenham , Robert _llciuy , Captain in Her Majesty ' s 62 nd Regiment , eldest son oi _t ' _""" Hedley , Esq ., of Long Benton , Northumberland , to Charlotte Emma Catherine Coote , daughter of tho late Charles Cooie Esq ., of Bellamont Forest , county of Cavnn , and niece ol m _« Into T _. ord _Oromnrno _.

    DEATHS . On tho 9 th of Juno , at Vellore , Madras Presidency , in { " _" . _^ " [ _l year , Ensign Alexander Egerton dimming , of tho . ! Nt . n J < J . nicnt M . N . I ., oldest son of tho late Colonel Alexander cumming , H . E . I . O . S . _li'iiiMi On tho 4 th inBt ., at _Athol-strcot , Douglas , Isle of Ma " , *'"' ' the beloved wife of H . II . Pricluird , Esq ., lato _LieutenM'v Colonel commanding Her Majesty ' s 60 th Heg iment , aged i- On the 12 th inst ., at , _Fosbury-houso , Wilts , Elinor J _' . lizn " > _Johnnon _, relict of Colonel John M'Combo , CM ., late ol n ltth Regiment , in her 82 nd year . . . .. . _> p im . ii ln . giuniii ,, in nor _iuuu jem . . . ., ty onneti

    On the Mt . h inst ., at Burrow-lodgo , Ufracombe , H ,, _a Boweii , daughter of tbe lato Renr-Admiral James Jiow _« > nged 51 . ii On the 15 th inst ., at Bad-Weilbacb , near Alnyoneo , oni . Rhine , Dr . Herbert Mayo , formerly Senior Surgeon to »"' _dlesex Hospital , and Professor of Physiology at King « _^> _utk ' London . . . | , On tbe 15 th inst ., nt . Bangor , in tho 57 th yen _* <> ' . ' ! V ll kf' _,,. Rov . John Warren , M . A . and F . R . H _., chancellor of l " ° " of Ibingor and rector of Gravely , Cambrid geshire . „ . _,.. i (( o On the Kith inst ., at Wrontham Rectory , nged 54 , i n '" Matilda , wife of tbo Rov . Stephen _Olissold , and second da g ., of the lato Sir Thomas Goocb , of Bonaore-hiill , in the _eoim'j Suffolk , Hart . . . i .. niefl On the I 7 th inst ., at Uamsgnto , nged 10 , Cap tain David . n _^ Ward , one of tho Elder Brethren of tbe _Trin ,, _> 7 . _< " nVsl >» U Hooond son of the lato Rev . James Ward , D . D ., ot _»<> hall , in tin- county of Norfolk . ... Mary , On the 17 th iiiHt ., at Fiilham , aftor a protruded _^ illness ,, j . wife of J . Evan Thomas , Esq ., F . 8 . A ., of Lower Helgrnvo-i ' _J'indieo . . ,,. : |> io-On ( ho 18 th iiiHt ., at 8 , _Eccleston-square , Kdwanl J' . ivi theroo , V . r _. a ., aged 51 , formerly M . f . for Halifax , and

    Iho Krcord (' oinmiani <>) H'i'H . . .. v j _]) ., On tint lM . h iimt ., at _Edinburgh , John _Kirm'H . ' •' J- . " „ K . R . H . K ., and Deputy Inspector-General of _JloHpUaw . r >» th year of bin age . „ _,., _n-...,- liolloi'h _. At Barbados , Dorothy Griffith , daughter of Will """ ft" orBi _Esn .. and widow of _Iwaac Skinner , Esq ., brother oi Itymnl Hkinner .

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 28, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28081852/page/10/