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      + he average number of deaths was 961 , which if raised , for comparison with the present mortality , according to increase of population , becomes 1057- Hence it appears that last week ' s return is slightly in excess of the corrected average . In comparing the results of the last two weeks a decrease is perceptible in the aggregate of mortality from epidemics , which is principally owing to the continued deline of diarrhoea , though it will be seen that scarlatina shows no abatement , but makes considerable progress , and

      last week numbered upwards of 100 deaths . The fatal cases of this epidemic were in the last three weeks ^ 73 , 92 , 104 . The Registrars in their notes refer to its ravages in particular houses . Influenza is recorded in 4 cases last yreek ; diarrhoea in 17 , which is only half the number of the preceding week . Five children and two adults died of small-pox ; amongst these was a man , aged 28 years , who died of confluent small-pox , never having been vaccinated , and of whom it is stated that he bore the marks of an attack which he had 6 years before

      last week the births of 686 boys and 714 girls , in all 1400 children , were registered in London . The average number in seven corresponding weeks of the years 1846-51 was 1400 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 * 278 in . The mean temperature of the week was 45-6 deg . The mean daily temperature , which was 49 * 4 deg . on Sunday , fell to 41 * 6 deg . on Wednesday , which is 6 * 2 deg . below the average , rose on Thursday to 46 deg ., which is about the average , fell on [ Friday to 41 deg ., and again rose on Saturday to 52 * 6 deg ., which is about 6 deg . above the average . The wind blew from the north-west on Thursday , and in the same direction on part of the days preceding and following , and generally from the south-west during the rest of the week . The rain that fell in the week amounted to 2 * 01 inches .

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 29 th of October , at 81 , Eaton-square , the Countess de IMoreUa : a daughter . On the 29 th , at Eton , the wife of the Kev . Charles O . Goodford : a daughter . On the 29 th , at Ealing , Middlesex , the wife of Samuel Lover , Esq .: a daughter , stillborn . On the 31 st , at Weavering , Maidstone , the Lady North : a son . On the 1 st of November , the wife of Frederick Mayhew , Esq ., of 14 , Chalcot-villas , Haverstock-hill , and of Grav's-inn : a daughter . MARRIAGES . On the 28 th of Ootober , at Framfleld , Sussex , the Bishop of Sierra Leone , to Anne Adelaide , fourth daughter of the Rev . H . Hoare , Vicar of Framfleld . On the 28 th , at St . Peter ' s Church , Everton , the Rev . C . A . Svrainson , M . A ., Fellow and late Tutor of Christ ' s College , Cambridge , eon of A . Swajnson , Esq ., Liverpool , to Elizabeth , daughter of Charles Inman , Esq ., Everton . On the 4 th of November , at St . Mary ' s , Bryanstone-square , IMr . George Walker Strachan , of Hitchin , Herts , to Anne , daughter of Mr . Miohael Chapman , of the same place . DEATHS . On the 25 th of October , at his residonce , Sydney , near Plympton , Devon , in the eighty-third year of his age , Zachary Mudgo , Esq ., Admiral of the White . On the 28 th , at Gogroagog-hills , Cambridge , the Lady Godolphin , in her fifty-third year . On the 29 th , Frederick , infant son of the Rev . C . F . Newell ; and on the 30 th , of pleurisy , Anne Elizabeth , wife of the Rev . C . F . Newell , inoumbent of Broadstaira , and . daughter of the Right Hon . S . M . Lushington . On the 30 < h , at Streto Raleigh , Whimplo , Devonshire , after three months' illness , Thomas Wentworth Butler , Esq ., corainander , R . N ., and one of Her Majesty ' s Tithe and Enclosure Com missioners for England and Wales , aged sixty . Ori tho 31 st , at Buokland Rectory , Surrey , in the aevnntyninth year of her ago , Mary , relict of Edward Berkeley Portn » in , Esq ., M . P ., of Bryannton , in the county of Dorset , eldest "nuRhter of the late Sir Edward IIulso , Bart ., of Ureamore"ouse , in the count of Hants . On the 31 st , at Woolley-hall , Berks , Jano Elizabeth , wife of nulmatia n Hmith , Esq ., of 1 , Connaught-plaoo West . On the 31 st , at Kensington , in his thirtieth year , beloved by all who know him , Vincent , youngest Hon of Mr . Leigh Hunt . <> n the 1 st of November , at Streatham , in tlio Hoventy-ninth year of his ttgo , John Henry Capper , Esq ., formerly of the ^ rotary of Ntuto ' H-ofllco , Whitehall , having been in the Homo iwpurtment , fift y-three years . Ko Nerved under seventeen mie-< - <» mnivo Beorotanes of Stato , and hold the appointment ofSuper""¦ eudont of Convicts for thirty years .

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      Dklays tn this Court op Chancery . —Tlio now jut "' p Amend the Practice and Course of Proceeding 111 tlio High . ( , \ , urt ofj Chancery" will remove several < 'iui . scK of dolay which liavo hitherto obstructed suits in ' ; 'l"i t , y , especiall y with regard to having all parties be'J'ti th « Court , and also ais to bills of revivor and sup-I'toinenfcal bills on the death , marriage , & . < :., of any of '' . " Pities . Iiy til € , r )] Ht Hection of tlio 15 th and lflth 'florin , c . HO , the Court may decide between some of ¦ ' « parUeH without making others interested parties to ' » Huit . In cnH 0 of abatement ( by anothor provision ) , > v umrriiigo or otherwise , the Court may niako an nr which shall have tlio same effect m a bill of

      pivivor or supplemental bill . The order so made is to I'lvo the j . jj ; .,. ^ of making fc ] 10 porsons named parties to ! Miit without the delay of a supplemental bill . There J . s 'U 1 ° ther clause to prevent supplemental bills . New < t ( 8 , after the commencement of a suit , need not bo 'itixl in * supplemental bill , but may bo introduced «» amendmontfl /

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      Sattteday , November 6 . Both Houses of Parliament met , yesterday . The Speaker , according to custom , presented himself to the Lords Commissioners in the House of Lords , to ask the Queen ' s approbation of his election ; which , together with the confirmation of the privileges of Parliament , was of course granted . He returned to the Commons , and acquainted them with what had taken place . He was then first sworn in himself , and he afterwards administered the oaths to such members as were present . Both Houses were engaged in oathtaking until four o ' clock . As this is the first new Parliament since the Leader was established , our readers may like to see the form of asking for the Queen ' s approval , and claiming privileges . It is as follows : —

      The Speakee , addressing the Royal , Commissioners , said : —My lords , I have to acquaint your lordships that , in obedience to her Majesty ' s Royal command , and in the exercise of their undoubted privilege , her Majesty ' s faithful Commons have proceeded to the election of a Speaker , and that their choice has fallen upon mo . Deeply impressed with my own unworthiness , I now submit myself for her Majesty ' s Royal approbation . The Lord Chancelxor then said;—Mr . Shaw Lefevre , we are commanded by her Majesty to assure you that her Majesty is satisfied of" your ample sufficiency to discharge the important duties which her faithful Commons have elected you to execute , and that her Majesty most fully approves and gives her sanction to their choice .

      The Speakeb . : —I bow with all humility to her Majesty's roval will and pleasure ; and it now becomes my duty , in the name and on the behalf of the Commons of the United Kingdom , to lay claim , by humble petition to her Majesty , to aft their ancient and undoubted rights and privileges ; more especially thoso of freedom o * f debate , freedom from arrest for themselves and their servants , and free access to her Majesty whenever occasion may require ; and to pray that her Majesty will be pleased to place the most favourable construction upon all their proceedings . For myself , I humbly intreat that if any error ' should arise it maybe imputed to me alone , and not to her Majesty's faithful Commons .

      The Lokd Chanckllok . : —Mr . Speakor—We have- it further in command to inform you that her Majesty most readily confirms all the rights and privileges which have over been granted to her faithful Commons , either by her Majesty or by any of her royal predecessors ; and that with respect to yourself , although not standing in need of any such indulgence , her Majesty willovor put the moat favourable construction on your words and actions . Tho Speakor then bowed and withdrew .

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      The convocations , both of Canterbury and \ ork , met yesterday ; the first , in St . Paul's , London ; the second , in the Chapter-house , York . The London meeting was adjourned until Friday next . Some proceedings took place at York . Petitions were presented , but the heads only allowed to be road . The Reverend Canon Hawkins presided as commissioner for the bishop . The meeting was prorogued to the 18 th of May .

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      The following is the message from the President of tho Republic read in the Senate yesterday : — " SormtorH . —The nation has clearly manifested its wish for the ro establishment of the Kinpiro . Confident in your patriotism and your intelligence , I have convoked you for the purpose- of legally deliberating on that grave question , and of oiitrusting you with the regulation of tho new order of things . li you should adopt , it , you will think , no doubt , as 1 do , that 1 . 1 io constitution of lH . > 2 ought to be maintained , and then the modifications recognised' as indispensable will in no way touch its fundamental basis .

      " Tho ohango which is in preparation will bear chiefly on the form , unu yet tho resumption of the Imperial system is for Franco of immense signification . In fact , in tho ro -establishment of tho ICmpiro , the people find a guarantee for its interests , and a nutisfaction lor its just pride : that re-establishment guarantees the interests of the people , by insuring the future , by closing tho era of rcvolutionn , and , b y again consecrating tho conquests of ' 81 ) . It satisfies its just ? prido , bocauso in restoring with liberty and rofloction JJiat which tlurty-soveu years ugo tho ontiro

      of Europe had overturned by the force of arms , in the midst of the disasters of the country , the people nobly avenges its reverses without making victims , without threatening any independence , and without troubling tho peace of the world . " I do not dissimulate , nevertheless , all that is redoubtable in at this day accepting and placing on one ' s head the crown of Napoleon ; but my apprehensions diminish with the idea that , representing as I do , by so many titles , tho cause of the people and the national will , it will be the natfcm which , in elevating me to the throne , will herself crown me . " Given at the Palace of St . Cloud , Nov . 4 , 1852 . "

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      At length , by the leave of the Earl Marshall , the official programme of the funeral of the Duke of Wellington has been published . Having carefully compared it with that printed in our Postscript last week , the genuineness of which was denied , we can state , that it differs from its predecessor only in minor points—as that Lord Malmesbury will precede the Earl of Derby ; and Prince Albert go in a coach-and-six instead of on horseback . The funeral is positively fixed for the 18 th of Xovember .

      An official account of the funeral car is subjoined : — "The Lord Chamberlain having requested the Superintendents of the Department of Practical Art to suggest a suitable design for the car , the following are the arrangements which have been approved of by Her Majest y- The leading idea adopted has been to obtain soldier-like simplicity , with grandeur , solemnity , and reality . Whatever thereis—coffin , bier , trophies , andmetal carriage , all are real , and everything in the nature of a sham has been eschewed The dimensions have been controlled by the height and width of Temple Bar , which will not admit anything much higher than seventeen feet . The design of the car , based upon the general idea suggested by the Superintendents , was given by the Art Superintendent ,

      Mr . Redgrave , but its constructive and orpamcntal details have been worked out and superintended by Professor Semper , whilst the details relating to the woven fabrics and heraldry , have been designed by Mr . Octavius Hudson , both being Professors in the Department . The Car with its various equipments , consists of four stages or compartments . 1 . The coffin will be the principal object on t ( ie Car , at the summit uncovered , having simply the usual military accoutrements , cap , sword , &c . upon it . —To shelter the coffin and pall from rain , a small canopy of rich tissue , formed of a pattern suggested by

      Indian embroidery , will be supported by halberds . Tho tissue will consist of silver and silk , woven by Messrs . Keith , of Spitallields ; and at the corners of the halberds will be hung chaplets of real laurel . ( This canopy will not be used if the day is fine . ) The Bier will be covered with a black velvet pall , diapered alternately with tho Duke ' s crest and field marshal ' s batons across , worked in silver , and having rich silver lace fringe of laurel leaves , with tho legend , " Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord . " Tho frieze has been embroidered under Mr . Hudson ' s directions , and worked partly b y students of the female school of ornamental art . The Platform of the Car will be of an

      architectural treatment , gilt , on which will be inscribed the names of the Duke ' s victories . The construction and modeling are executed by Mr . Jackson , of Rathbonoplace . In the centre , at the four sides , are to bo military trophies of modern arms , helmets , guns , flags , and drums , being real implements furnished by the Ordnance . The whole will be placed on u carriage , richly ornamented in bronze , about twent y feet long , and eleven feet wide . Professor Semper has directed this portion . The modelinghas been executed partly by Mr . Whitaker , a scholar , and

      Mr . Wille . s , a student of tho Department , and partly at Messrs . Jackson ' s establishment . The modeling of tho Duke ' s arms bus been entrusted to Mr . Thomas . Tlio castings have been apportioned out as follows : •—Tho wheels to Messrs . Tylers , of Warwick-lane : the corner figures of Fame holding palms to Messrs . Stewart and Smith of Sheffield : tho panels of Katae to Messrs llooles of Sheffield : the lions' heads to Mr . Messenger of Birmingham : and the spandrels , moulding , and Duke ' s arms , to Mr . Robinson , of I'iinlico .

      " The carriage , built ; by Messrs Barker , will bo drawn by twelve horses draped , with tho Duke ' s arms , three abreast , led by sergeants of the Horse Artillery . The superintendence of the whole is entrusted to Messrs Banting . "

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      Tho Court , has remained at Windsor Cast . lo during the week . Her Majesty is visibly not taking so iiiiich out-door exercise as usual , if we may credit , tlio Court Chroniclers . Prince Albert , however , seems determined to keep up bin health by shooting . It has been remarked that . Mr . Disraeli dined at the private dimier-table of the Queen this week . Is not , this the first tiino P There has been a crowd of visitors at the Castle , among whom are the Marquis of Exciter , Lord Shnftesbury , tho Duke do NeniourH , and the Duke of Cambridge . Tho ox-premier has acceded to the request of the commit tee of the Loe < ln Mechanic's I iiNtitute and Literary Societ y to preside at . t . bo next , xoirt'o , which , in compliance with his lordship ' H request , ban been fixed to take place on tho 2 nd of December . Tho amalgamation between the Kout . li-ICast . ern and Brighton Companion is now confidently spoken of as being in process of negotiation and nearly concluded . Mr . Kiunhold , tho member for Yarmouth , received ono of the official circulars issued by Mr . Disraeli to the 1 rttootionistand Dorbyilo momborn of tho now Parliament . Two Tory votoB arc thus to bo reckoned for that borough .

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      TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . No notice can be taken of anonymous communications . Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of his . good faith . We cannot , undertake to return rejected communications . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them .

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      November 6 , 1852 . ] T H E LEADER . 1061

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1852, page 1061, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1959/page/9/