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      consequence of the anticipated approach of cholera , jfc b-comes necessary , as a precautionary measure , for this board to appoint a committee , for the purpose of investiffatin" the sanitary condition of the workhouse , more particularly with reference fo its classification , diet , ventilation , drainage , &c . ; and also to consider the most iudicious and efficient mode of treating and protecting the ' inhabitants of the parish , and to make- such suggestions from time to time as circumstances may render expedient . "

      A meeting was held on Monday evening , at the League Booms , Manchester , to take into consideration the propriety of obtaining ( he repeal of the taxes on knowledge ; Sir E . Armitage in the chair . Mr . Collet , to illustrate the difficulties created by the existence of the paper duty , remarked that the proprietors of the Morning Tost were some time ago unable to meet their engagements , and that that newspaper was consequently given up to the papermaker , to whom ' , 0007 . was owing . The paper-maker , however , had found that he had made a very bad bargain of it . and notwithstanding that he had reduced his establishment to the utmost , by bringing in Scotch compositors , &c , he had recently been obliged to amalgamate the Tost with the Sun . In America , eleven millions of advertisements were inserted in the newspapers annually ; in this country , however , there were only two millions .

      Were the duty abolished , the number of advertisements here might be ' expected at least to equal the number inserted in the American papers ; and if each advertisement elicited six letters by post in reply , which was not an immoderate calculation , the loss by the repeal of the advertisement duty would be made up to the revenue by the increase in the post-oHice returns . Mr . J . Kershaw , M . P ., said he had always voted for the repeal of these duties , and he thought this a very proper time to commence a movement for that object , lie moved—" That the taxes upon the manufacture of paper , the stamp upon newspapers , and the duty upon advertisements , arc , in the opinion of this meeting , repressive of industry , prevent literary effort , and seriously hinder educational progress . " llev . William Gaskell seconded the motion , and it was carried unanimously .

      From a statistical return just published by tae Prussian government , it appears that there now exist in that country 2 , 207 spinning mills ; 5 , 188 manufactories , dye works , and cotton printing establishments ; 39 , 253 mills of different kinds ; 12 , 960 large metal works ; 17 . 18-5 breweries and distilleries ; and 4 , 535 other manufactories of different kinds , making a total of 81 , 30 S establishments , occupying 515 , 551 workmen .

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      Mrs . Chisholm , Mr . William Shaw Lindsay , and Mr . Robert Lowe , attended a meeting of intending emigrants at Clapham , on Tuesday . Amongst recent emigrants to Australia are a son of the Bishop ol' Exeter , who is gone out as a settler near Melbourne ; and the J Ton . and Ivev . Baptist Noel ' s son , who is gone out to practise at the Australian bar . In furtherance of their intention to emigrate , Mr . Alexander Campbell , Secretary of the Canadian Land and Railway Association , explained to a meeting of engineers , on Wednesday , ( . he plan of the association . The emigration committee agreed to lay -Mr . Campbell ' h plan before their constituents .

      Twelve hundred emigrants , described as the " most healthy and stalwart" of the population of Waterford , left that port recently in two steamers . Immigration , which was so strongly recommended three years ago , is now called a '' mania , ' and deprecated ! Two hundred emigrants , hand-loom weavers , left . Paisley for ( Glasgow on Tuesday week . They were ; preceded to the station by a flag bearing the following inscriptions : — " Paisley emigrants- Scotland for ever ! Advance Australia Kxlni Scolium Scoli Agentis- ( iod bless the Queen !"

      The slcainer Aim , which formerly convoyed the English mails between . Alexandria and the eastern const of the Mediterranean , in now at Southampton , preparatory to its again proceeding to < lie Mediterranean (<» take . iq > i ( , n station between Malta and Tripoli . The easlern Hiirhary . slates are rapidly improving , and their trade is increasing . During t . lie last three or four years , it , has been grow ing greatly in importance . The e \ porls are chiefly the linest kinds of oils , fruit ., silk , Ajc . The Australian MitiK loin pan v , established to carry ( lie himorit lily m ml to our A ill i ]> oden , have hi I her ! o been nn vt lung but fortunate in I be public est i mat ion oft heir career . Loud con i p in in Is have been made by passengers on bonrd I heir first 1 wo vessels , t In- . \ nsl niliidi and I be Si / i / iici / . Their t bird , I he

      . Mi / f / oimie , did not arrive at . I'lynioulli until IheKth inst ., just one week nfler the dnv appointed lor her to s ; ul from that port . ; and then she wn .-t c . k damaged by the gale she bad encountered in the channel , that live duv . s were spent in repairing her . She had lost her mam anil inizen lopfnlliint . ninsls nml her deek npni'M ; her gmi-rlecli was deeply under water for I weiif . y-l'our Iioiiim ; her cn ;; ineornnlj nlmft-beiiniig . H got Incited , and the wooden cogs o ( one of the wheels out of order . The Mime gale which ( bus cripp led her , was only Muflicicnl . to detain ( he Minnller J ri . sh Nt «! ii . iner for some hours . The | m : ; Neii ;>; ers who were nwaitiii" - the ¦/ IIr //> onnie <> u the . "frd , have been put . to

      much expense us well hm inconvenience , lieing obliged lo live for ten dnvH in hotels , before the ship was in a fit ntn . to tor Mieir ' reception . Some of 'hrni complain , loo . Mini part , of I heir baggnge bus been left behind for wa . nl- of room , although the steamer bus been loaded with goods on freiiHit . The Melbourne is well-known at the Devonport dock yard , having , ns II M . sl . emn-vessel < ^ ' r , < nioc / , ; been repeatedly in the bunds of I be art i / itn for " doctoring . " She was built by contract for I lie government . ; hut condemned , nfler niiin y t rifils , as unlit- for service , in consequence of her depth ' in I he wafer . Hut I he cluq . tcr of accidents was not complete . The Melbourne , having inadu tfood hor defects , wnu to havo ouilud on Wednesday ,

      for her destination , but in getting under way in Hamoaze with the ebb tide , she ran between two huUvf .-, and touled one of them . She carried away her jibboom , catheads , and anchor , let her chain cable run out , broke the boa davits , and did other damage , which will cause further detention to the ship . The company , we understand , have agreed to make an allowance of eight shillings per day to the first-class passengers . Bills of health being required in Sweden from all travellers from Copenhagen , the Danish steamers between the latter city and Bornholm have ceased stopping at the Swedish town of Ystadt , which has caused some considerable inconvenience to persons in business .

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      It is stated that upwards of 250 , 000 persons have visited Ireland during the last year , through the cheap excursions by railway . The heights commanding St . Catherine's Bay , in the island of Jersey , and Gallow's-hill , commanding the Bay of St . Helicr , in the same island , are to be fortified . We understand that the International Postage Association has requested its honorary secretary , Don Manuel do Ysasi , to proceed to the seats of government of the principal countries on the Continent , including Turkey and Egypt , with a view to collect information as to the difficulties which may stand in the way of carrying out the views of the association . The Craig telescope , lately erected at Wandsworthcommon , of two feet aperture and eighty feet focal length , was brought to bear upon the planet Saturn on the first favourable evening after its erection ; and the instant result has proved that the satellite has a third ring . The telescope has brought out this third ring beautifully . It is of a bright slate colour ; and one of the Fellows of the Royal Society is preparing a regular drawing , made to a scale , of the planet Saturn , exhibiting it with its rings , as now palpably defined through the noble telescope .

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      Mr . Craigic has accepted a challenge put forth by Lord do Blaquiere to sail the Volante against the America for 5 CO 7 ., under certain conditions . The yacht America , beat- the Swedish yacht Severidge , on Tuesday ,-in a race from off Hyde-pier , the course being thence to the 2 ? ab , light-vessel , and round a steamer placed twenty miles to the south of the latter . The America won by twenty minutes . Both vessels are of the same build . The wind was light , and the weather foggy . The JS cw York Courier says : —The first locomotive used on this continent was imported from Liverpool , and is still in existence ; it has recently been repaired , and is now running on the Little Schuyikill Eailroad . Its antiquity , and the singular arrangement of its machinery , make ' it a great curiosity .

      Cole , the successful champion of the Thames , who won the honour from Robert Coornbes , gave tho latter his revenge on Thursday . The weather was very fine , and the river smooth . Tlie men rowed in outriggers ; but such was the decided superiority of Cole , that he won the race by ]()() yards . It was rowed over the usual course between ' Putney and Mortlake . Cole is a Chelsea man , 27 years old ; his veteran opponent is 41 . Cole ' s style is highly spoken of . John Levef . t beat Jackson , the American Deer , in a running match for 1007 ., at Copenhagen-fields , on Monday . The distance run was ten miles . Jackson gained and kept f he lead , of about three or four yards , until wit bin a couple of hundred yards from home . Here Levott put out his strength , caught his man , and after running shoulder and shoulder together for a short distmice , passed him , and ran in a winner by a yard and a half . The time was for the ten miles rather under the fifty-two minutes . Nome new omnibuses , culled "The Pattern Omnibuses of the ( J rand Junction ( hnnibus Company , " were taken to Scotland-yard mid Guildhall on Tuesday , where they wvrv inspected by . several aldermen arid gentlemen , and also by Mr . Yard ley , on the part of the Commissioners of Police . The inside passenger can enter without stooping , and go out without jostling , there being : i band-rail at each side over-head . The seals are broader and longer tlnui general . The , outside passenger can ascend easily by a side step-ladder , and the heightening of the roof ' accommodates the oulsido passenger also by elevating hi .-: . sent . There is n bell outside , by which the conductor warns ( lie coachman when to stop , ami one inside , bv which the passenger acquaints the conductor of bis wi : -b lo gel . out . A patent break , also under I be control of ! lie coiiclmiiin himself , a Morels the menus of stopping the vehicle iii . sliinliineously . The plan lo be adopted by Ibis new coiupnny in regard lo fares is flint , of a . penny a mile throughout ¦ and they are lo have stations and waiting-rooms for their customers ; lidding also lo ( he usual business of currying passengers , the conveyance and delivery of parcels lo c \ cry part of London . " A n enterprising set of men" forced the back window of ( be house of Mr . Jones , watchmaker , in the SI rimd , and robbed I he shop of properly estimated n . l , SOU / ., on I'Yidny Week . Thompson , a convict , who nonce time since saved tho lives of three men at , Woolwich , who hud imprudently ventured into n disused boiler full of foul air , has been liberated and . pardoned . Me lorinely belonged to the lk ' o > al Artillery , mid was under sentence of transportation for seven yearn lor deserting and resisting bis superior ollicei's . The workmen in the lncl . ory made up a purse among I heinseh < in , iiinoiint . iiig lo bid , ween 4 / . and 57 ., and i ! was prcHcnlnl to him previously lo bis leaving the dock \ nil I . Two fires occurred on Tuesday , ono in ( Jolden . luno , the other at Slepimy . The former did comparatively little damage ; the hitler < IohI royed a great deal of property . It , occurred on picmioctj belonging to Mr . IVccferick jlllioM

      manufacturer of patent cordage . A lad -was passing by a gaslight , when his cap touched the burner , and in an mstant ignited . The boy threw the blazing cap upon the floor , but falling upon a heap of hemp , a fearful blaze ensued ; and the tar-house , the hemp-lofts , the storerooms , the counting-house under , and also tho buildings used as rope-walks adjoining , were destroyed . A letter in the Trieste Qazette , dated 27 th ultimo records a , strange scene at Athens : — " The murderer of ' the minister Korflolakia has been executed . He had written a letter to the widow of his victim , to entreat her to implore the clemency of the Queen , as the real authors of the murder were at iiberty . The Queen refused , and the execution

      ¦ was fixed for Sunday last . Another murdererwas executed before him , and when his turn came he advanced boldly towards the scaffold , and attempted to read a paper to the crowd , but was prevented . He then drew forth a long knife , and was about to stab the executioner , when the latter struck him a blow on the head . He tlien raised his knife again , but the executioner with his knife stabbed him and he fell to the ground . An assistant executioner then stabbed him in the back , and the executioner repeated his blows , inflicting seventeen wounds on the whole . "When he was dead the form of execution was proceeded with on the dead body .

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . Biimrs . On the 8 ( , h inst ., at No 18 , Easex-steot , Strand , Mrs . E . Benham : a di ; nirh ( ei \ . „ , , On tho 01 li inst ., at Edinburgh , tho wife of Lieutenant-Colonel D . Ewart : a daughter . . , On the 12 th insl ., tho wife of Frank Dillon , Esq ., Montagueplace , ltuRHt'll-. sqiiuro : a daughter . - <¦ rr > TT T ?<>™ i-h On the 12 th inst ,, in Lansdown-road , the wifoof C . H . Kogois Harrison , Esq ., I'Mt . C . K . : a daughter .

      MA 14 HIA ( 3 KS . On the Ct . li insl ., at St . L ' aneras Church , New-road , Trcclijnck Mortimer , Esq ., of Cnduit-sl . vet ., Bond Hlreot , to Unra , youngest-daughter of William Sherwood , Ewq ., of Stanliopo Htrect , ( JlonecHter-pjito , KeKonf ' H parli . wi .-hl On tho ( ill . insl ,., at Ohristehurch , Handown , Mo « lW ; Mr . Win . JSViit .-, of Marlboro .. ^ , to MnriiHi , tho youngest daughter « f JMr . Jonah Keeve , Axhohne-villa , Miirto . K Oi . . he lail , inst ., tho Kov . A . lSen-Ol , ; l , to M . hs II . « £ Lewis , youngest dimeter of Hen . jn . niin Lewis , Lsq ., ol J » " ™ « : <>( . In" •<• , ( . ' old Harbour-lime , O . iniberwell .

      DEATHS . On the-tth of Sepr .., 1 H . 10 , ... ddenly , vA , Now Orleans in tho 21 st year of his age , li . VV . O . Dnval , eivil . cMgni . 'or , "i | j Tl . iH ' am . ouneement has been delayed , iih it wan not e .-i t . "" . the pr .-Hent , timo that thin melam .-holy event Inu Ukon |> 1 " << - Oil the l « l . insl ., at Oiifl < iii-h « ll , Hir J iii'l «» OrmiviUo J" « - ^ ( 'lil ' ton , Hart .. n . fj ;« d ^ t- , ,. ,, . .. Ifoot On The 7 lli msl ., at , Kii-Mo . sn-Iiall , YorkHlnn-, Mnry , " »" Henry WieUiiini WieUnim , Kh <| ., M . I ' . N . mliurV , OntlK- 7 tl . inst ,., atth ., l \ . rMona o , 11 ermita-o , nwu N < ' « l )»» i after a few days' illneH :., the Rev . Wall i-r Slieppitrd , M . A ., oHJeor ,. . , " Shopjmnl , Ksq ., of I'Vomolleld ntfed lL . y ; On the 7 lh i ' rnt ., at , No . II . Katon-plaee , Kwir-Admiiai p TIioiiui * Tronliridue , Hurl .., (! . H . r Moiihi " . Oiilheyih insl ,,. Mt Kei . shijilon , C ' ee . le , < l : ui hl , ei ol M <> mill iMadimui Anna Thillon . .,.,,.,, 1 VVil-Onll . « 7 lli iiml , iil . i : » , Harpn-Mlreet , N « -w lvoi ; t- ' «> ' , ) t liam . eldest hoii of M i-. Thomas Ua . de . ocU , lal « ' «> i l ' "" ' "

      Oxford . . . ,, r ( i . „ ,, „ ,. NislK"' - ( >„ tho 10 th insl ,, alte , ' a lon illn .-sM , in Ins - *¦>< '' y > ' ,, . Willouz-hl . v Alnrslnill . only son ol'llm lute . loin Ml " . % ' }" ¦ / , „//•/ , M ,,, ! ,,, ; ,.,, ! . ,, r the K < . . ya 1 " Nav . y , and ll . o a , nlhorol . A /"'"" h ' in / ii / Nil ml llioili'iinhil . .,,., i . ^ ui of On U . «> 1011 . inHl . / at llaelu . ey . Thi . rnaH W . U . n . »' - "ft (> f Woodlionne , IChnI . Hani , Emvx , forniorl . y lM . 1- «»» " ul ° IjdiiiIoii , iii InMoMh year . . . ••; n . ic . i ( "id On lh « - Illl . iiiHl ,. ; iiri « . njn « y . » n . i < r » ( ew . layh HHi « . ( Jiiinli'SMe do Miidrid ile Monlaif do .

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      988 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

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      HEALTH OF LO N DON DURING THE WEEK In" the week that ended last Saturday , 984 deaths were registered in London . In the corresponding weeks of the ten years 1842-51 , the average number of deaths was 936 , which , with an addition for increase of population , and for the sake of comparison with the present return , will be 1030 . The present state of the public health , is , therefore , not ; unfavourable , for though scarlatina is prevalent in some parts , the mortality from other epidemics is much diminished .

      The deaths referred to measles last weeK were only 3 , to small-pox 5 , to hooping-cough 16 , to croup 6 , to thrush ^ to diarrhoea 43 , to dysentery 5 , to influenza 3 , to ague one , to remittent fever one , to rheumatic fever one , to typhus , synochus . &c ., 47 , to erysipelas 5 . A boy , aged 9 months , died on 5 th October , at 33 , Prebend-street , € amden New Town , of " cholera ' infantum ( 3 £ days ) . " The mortality from scarlatina is still considerable , but not so great as in the two previous weeks . The disease was fatal in tue last three weeks in 83 , 81 , and 70 cases successively . last week the births of 697 boys and 653 girls , in all 1350 children , were registered in London . The average number in corresponding weeks of seven provious years , 1845—51 was 1266 .

      , At the Eoyal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-534 in . The mean temperature in the week was 463 deg ., which is 6 deg . below the average of the same week in ten years . The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day of the week . The air was coldest on "Friday , when the mean was only 39-8 deg ., or 12 deg . below the average . Tho wind was in the south-west on tho iirst tlirco ( lays and generally in the north-west afterwards .

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      CniOA .-NMSH . NT . nO ^ OUKT OKCl . ANCi : ^ . IIlUl _ lar .- MimiH have l > r » n dim ^ l for t ) ii n > sNiii } f «»«» " infills filed " niClnuu-ery , in l « , u of wl . id . l » - ' »« - ' n , v to be delivered ; nii . l Uy « mo ofthe nmv !• .. «» "J ^ h - ,, 1 ,,,.,, 1 , 1 ,, reduction is . dlecled . It in ordvwd Urni paynK-nl , ( , <> bo irm . lr by U «> dote . uhii . t ; to «»« l > htf i ; ,, " . ,, ri . it , od copiuH of tho bill or j-hiim . shall Iw ^ rulo of one liaH-nonny per folio . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 16, 1852, page 988, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1956/page/8/