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      Births, Marriages, And Deaths Births. On...

      Hints to Sew M . P . _' s . By an Experienced « Stranger , " to be continned next week .

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      Since The Dissolution, The Only Alterati...

      Since the dissolution , the only alteration or addition which appears to have taken place in the house , is the p lacing of three statues on three of the pedestals between the windows on the west side of the house . The benches on which the peers sit were uncovered , as well as the throne , and the seats of the Prince of Wales on the right and Prince Albert on the left of the throne . No one was permitted to sit in the body of the house , as on ordinary occasion of formal prorogations , but there were a great number of ladies and gentlemen permitted to stand below the bar . The Duke of Northumberland and Lord Howard de Walden , who were the only peers present , entered the house a few minutes before two o'clock , and Mr . Shaw Lefevre , the Deputy Clerk of

      _SATtTEDAY , August 21 . _YeSTEBD AT being the day on which the writs for the assembling of a new parliament were made returnable , the House of Lords was opened shortly before two o ' clock , for the purpose of proroging parliament , by royal commission , to Thursday , the 21 st of October next , in conformity with the command of the Queen in Council , and the official notice of which was published in a supp lement to Tuesday ' s Gazette .

      parliament , took his place at the table before the business commenced . At two o ' clock precisely , the Lord Chancellor entered the house , and , standing before the throne , said—My lords , her Majesty has been pleased , under her writ , sent under the great seal , to prorogue parliament until Thursday , the 21 st of October next . Mr . Puhnan , Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod , having gone for the Commons , he shortly appeared at the bar , accompanied by Wm . Ley , Esq ., the assistant clerk of the House of Commons , attended by several other officers of that house , when Mr . Shaw Lefevre read her Majesty ' s writ . The Lord Chancellor then bowed ; and Mr . Ley and the other officers , who represented tbe Commons , withdrew ; and the proceeding , which did not occupy five minutes , terminated .

      The Queen And Prince Albert, With The Yo...

      The Queen and Prince Albert , with the youthful members of the royal family , will leave Osborne for the north on the 30 th instant . Her Majesty will proceed from Osborne to Basingstoke , and thence by the Great Western Railway to Reading and Gloucester . At the latter city the royal party will take the Midland Railway , and travel the same day to Derby , remaining for the night at Cuff ' s Midland Railway Hotel . On the following day the Queen will proceed by York , Newcastle , and Berwick-upon-Tweed , to Edinburgh , resting for the night at the Royal Palace of Holyrood . On the morning of the 1 st proximo her Majesty will proceed northward to Balmoral . —Morning _^ Herald . Mr . Cornewall Lewis addressed the electors of

      Peterborough yesterday , as a candidate for the borough ; but his opinions displeased tho gentlemen present , who agreed to the following resolution .- — " That this meeting , being of opinion that the political views of Mr . Coriiewidl Lewis are not in accordance with tliose entertained by tho constituency , do not consider him entitled to tbe support of the Liberal electors . " Nevertheless , Mr . Lewis does not withdraw his candidature . A noble statue to the memory of Sir Robert Peel was yesterday inaugurated in the borough of' Leeds . Tens of thousands assembled to witness the spectacle , and bear the inaugural address , which was delivered by

      Mr . William Beekett , M . P . A formal transfer of tiio statue from tho committee to tho Leeds corporation was then made ; and Mr . J . II . Shaw , in acknowledging tho gift , delivered a brief but felicitous eulogy on the great statesman . The proceedings lasted from twelvo till two o ' clock . The majority of the shops was closed . Hie subscriptions for tbe Leeds testimonial to Sir Robert 1 ' ecl amounted to about 1 , 750 / ., of which , it is said , 1 , 500 / . has been paid to Mr . Belines , sculptor in ordinary to the Queen , who has succeeded in producing h statue of tbe illustrious statesman at once classic in _floni f _^ n and faithful in portraiture . Sir Robert is

      _represented as addressing the House of Commons , his loft arm resting on his hi ]) , and his right holding a roll of paper . The figure is 8 ft . <> in . high , and was cast > 'i : one solid piece at fbo works of Mr .. F . Itobinson , in 1 _iniln-o . it jH the f } rKt _instunco in which so large a piece of workmanship has been moulded in one entire _niiiss , and tho ' experiment has been highly successful . IV basement of the i > ede . stiil on which the statue is placed ih of grey Aberdeen granite , and the shaft and _"oiildiiigH of red Aberdeen granite finely dressed , but »<> t _polished . The only inscription is the ' word " Peel , " _ongmvud in simple characters on the shall . The summit ° f the pcdcutnl in _U it . 0 iu . in height , and has been

      The Queen And Prince Albert, With The Yo...

      erected upon a foundation of 6 ft . of concrete and 2 ft . 6 in . of ordinary masonry . The area of the base is 12 ft . by 10 ft . 6 in . The weight of the masonry is 27 _^ tons , and of the statue , 2 tons , the total measurement of solid masonry being 275 cubic feet .

      By Accounts Received This Morning, It Ap...

      By accounts received this morning , it appears that , subsequent to the handing-in of the verdict , which consigned eight of the military to the custody of the gaoler of the county prison , tbe legal indenture of inquisition and verdict—which renders necessary the interposition of a grand jury—was perfected in the matter of each death ; and , the twelve jurors having attached their names , the foreman handed to the coroner the following resolution , adopted by them during their deliberations : —

      " In delivering our verdict , we feel bound to express our strong disapprobation of the practice which commits to magistrates ( members of a committee of any candidate at a contested election , or in any other matter connected with rival candidates ) the conduct or control of an armed forge ; and we strongly recommend that when such a measure shall in future be deemed necessary , the guidance of troops shall be only intrusted to stipendiary magistrates , directly responsible to the Government and the public for their acts . " Dated at Six-mile Bridge , this 18 th day of August , 1852 . " *

      The correspondent of the Freeman , s Journal thus sums up the finale : — " The warrant of committal was then made out by the coroner , and intrusted to Sub-Inspector O'Donovan , of Newmarket-on-Fergus , for execution . The necessary preliminaries having been perfected , the eight accused soldiers were deprived of their fire and side-arms , and handed over to the civil power . At this time an order was given in camp to strike the tents , and before twenty minutes had passed scarce a vestige remained of that which during the last fortnight had attracted so much curiosity in the district ; and at half-past seven o ' clock the troops in camp , with the exception of those told off for the escort , marched to Limerick ; and it was a subject of remark , and looked

      upon as somewhat defiant to the people , that the small party of the 31 st were placed in advance of the line , followed by the 92 nd Highlanders , and brought Up in the rear by the three companies of the 47 th . The constabulary , too , took their departure at once , and evinced no small delight at leaving a station the only things to recommend which were hardships and privations . Immediately on the finding of the jury being proclaimed , a Dragoon orderly was despatched with messages to the Governor of Emus gaol , and that gentlpman had , accordingly , all necessary arrangements made for the reception of the prisoners . At half-past twelve o'clock , Inspector O'Donovan delivered up his charge , the military escort was disposed of by " billet , " and the crowds separated , gratified , but thoroughly peaceable . " .

      The Dublin Express , which is looked upon as an organ of the Government , assures us that proceedings will be taken against the Rev . Father Bourke , and others , as ringleaders of the populace in the proceedings which led to the unfortunate loss of life at Six-mile Bridge . The informations for that purpose have , it is added , been either already sworn , or will be drawn up immediately . The Lord Lieutenant , accompanied by the Countess of Eglinton , the Lord Chancellor , tbe Earl of Mayo , and otber persons of distinction , paid a visit on Thursday to the Queen's College at Galway ; and appeared much pleased with tbo various departments of the institution . Their excellencies proceeded finally to the Examination Hall , where an address was presented to them .

      Lord and Lady Palmerston have been for some days at Lissndell , on a visit with Sir Robert and Lady Gore Booth . Tbe Down banquet to Mr . Sharman Crawford has been fixed for tbo 30 th instant . The banquet to be given io the tenant-right leader in Dublin will take place during tbe conference to be held hero at tbo beginning of next month . The Cork Reporter mentions an afllicting report , that at two o'clock yesterday morning , Lismore Castle , the princely seat of the Duke of Devonshire , was burned to the ground . Fortunately the records , & c ., of the family were saved . Tbe fire is supposed to have ori ginated in the servants' ball . It is also stated that the man who was in charge of the Castle has been burned to death

      We Learn From A Correspondent, Who Has T...

      We learn from a correspondent , who has this week visited the largo agricultural district of East Gloucestershire , West Worcestershire , and Herefordshire , tbe prospects of tbe harvest in that district . Tho quantity of rain which has fallen iu tbe district during the last eig ht , days has excited the fears of the agriculturists as to the produce of the harvest almost to a panic ; the consequence has boon an extraordinary advance in juices , and those who bave made sales at tbo hi gh rates of the last , few days have been very lucky , for there is little doubt , that , notwithstanding tbo adverse weather , tbe present prices cannot be sustained . Tho crops are generally very heavy , and , although thorn is a good deal ot wheat partially spoilt by mildew and spirting ,

      We Learn From A Correspondent, Who Has T...

      which will cause some of tho _gatnples to be inferior in quality , there is reason to believe that the harvest will be an average one , and that , while there will be some wheat spoilt , the loss to the farmer will be remedied by the slightly increased _taltie of the _rCSitfiie . Should the weather , however , prove wet again , the farmers must suffer , as the wheat will then be very inferior , and the foreigner will then come in and successfully compete with the home grower . There is one peculiar feature in the present harvest worthy of note , i .

      present time , and the labourers are doing better than at any time within remembrance . The cost of reaping per acre in Worcestershire has hitherto been Is . ( id . to 85-. 6 d . an acre , and at the commencement of harvest operations this year tbat price was given . It was soon found , however , that men were not to be had ; that , from some cause or other , those who usually visited the agricultund districts at this season to assist in harvesting failed in making their annual appearance . Some of this is doubtless owing to the increase of emigration , while another great eauFe is the abundance of employment in the manufacturing districts . Thc result is that labour is greatly enhanced in value , and farmers in some parts of Worcestershire

      are at this moment giving from 12 s . to 21 s . per . acre for reaping , while many cannot get help at any . pnice , and are obliged to suspend harvesting operatio ; us ,, wihile the ripened corn is dropping from the stalks ... At this juncture the reaping-machine is becoming .. doubly valuable , and in West Worcestershire and East . Gloucestershire it is being brought into extensive _operation , notwithstanding the prejudices entertained against it by the labourers and the _farmqrs of the old . school . The weather maintains its stormy character . There wus another terrific thunder-storm , with deluges of rain , on Tuesday evening along the chain of the Malvernhills forming the division of the counties of Worcester , Hereford , and Gloucester .

      Inspector Reason, The Officer Appointed ...

      Inspector Reason , the officer appointed hy the Commissioners of Police to carry out the provisions of tho Common Lodging-houses Act , attended before Mr . Ingham , at the Thames Police office , yesterday , to sustain a variety of informations he had preferred against the Irish occupants of rooms in houses situate in Rosemary-lane , Derbystreet , Hampshire-court , and other dirty localities , for not registering their houses and conforming to the provisions of the new law . The various parties charged were in the practice of subletting their rooms and cellars to thoir country people , and some frightful details wero given of the filthiness and wretched condition of the apartments in

      which men , women , and children were indiscriminately lodged . In some of the rooms there were no bedsteads at all . In one , the cellar of a house in tho occupation of a man named Jeremiah Sullivan , one of the dirtiest creatures ever seen , some women and boys were found who paid Gd . per week each for tbe wretched accommodation . They wero sleeping on the damp ground . Sullivan paid 6 s . per week for the whole house . In a yard behind it there was a largo accumulation of decomposed vegetable matter . In another tenement which tho inspector visited , no water was laid on , and the cesspool had overflowed tho 3 ard , which was used by the proprietor for carts and vans . In ono small room there wero ten adults of both

      sexes , and one child sleeping on the floor , and somo of them paid f )(/ . and others 1 *' . per week for their lodgings ; others paid 3 d . per night . Police-sergeant Price , -No . 15 Jf . tho inspector of common lodging-nouses in tho Whitechnpel district , had given all the parties a months' notice to register and conform to the law in providing bedsteads , laying on a plentiful supply of water , erecting partitions in tho apartments for the separation of tho sexes , and cleansing their rooms , but all except one had failed ; but thoy had boon to the commissioiicrs _' _-oflico to give notice that they would register , and had received an official notice that their places would be surveyed , and that tho number of lodgers thoy were to receive would bu named under propel" restrictions . These official notices the Irish people affected to believe were complete registers and

      licences to do as tbey pleased . Ono man , producing his notice , with tho seal of the commissioners attached , said , " Here is my register , your honour's wurtchip ; sure I have done every hap ' ortli they tould mo . " It was provod that be had done nothing at all , ( hat his room was sublet , sometimes to twelve , and on other occasions to twenty difibrcnt persons . Some bad the luxury of a bed and bedstead , for a third of which thoy paid Is . ( Id . per week , and others , who had no bedsteads , paid I . i . per week for n . moiety of a " shake down" on the lloor . Bedsteads wero very rare in tho Irish lod g ing-houses , and tho stench in some of them was so horrible that Reason and Price wero obliged to make a precipitate retreat . Mr . 0 . 1 tee ves , surveyor to the commissioners , had experienced much inconvenience in surveying the filthy places , and from ono of them ho " carried home upwards of fiOO industrious fleas . "

      The witnesses said the task of visiting the lodging-houses was very disagreeable and very dangerous . Mr . Ingham lectured the defendants , and said thoy must , comply with the act of Parliament . ' He fined them all in tbo nominal penalty of I . i . and 2 s . coa t * , and mud that ho should lino every ono of them 51 ., and an additional lino of _XOs . por day for every day thoy offended if they did not at , once conform to the regulations . If thoy received another lodger after this notice until their _plucert were cieiuiHcd , properly arranged , and registered , he would inflict the full penalty without any abatement .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 28, 1852, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28081852/page/11/