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      attended for the purpose of stating that the man had done hia duty on the occasion . A sergeant-major of the same regiment , who had accompanied the defendant , observed that they were bound by their oath not alone to protect the life of the Queen , but likewise to defend'her crown , her honour , and her dignity , from the assaults of all enemies . They conceived that remaining on the seat and retaining the hat on during the performance of the National Anthem was ? , n . insult to her Majesty , and whe n a person refuse d to rectify the omission which might otherwise have been accidental , the offence became intentional , and they were bound to resent it at all hazards . Mr . Stronge , the magistrate , after hearing the case , said a slight assault had

      unquestionably been committed , ag the fact was not even attem pted to be controverted , but at the same time the amount of provocation was vezy great , and he was happy to say-was hurtful not alone to the defendant , in the present case , but to the great majority of the audience . Mr . Stronge referred to the fact which had been stated by the sergeant-major , namely , that all persons wearin g her Majesty ' s clcth were bound to preserve her from indi gnity , and in so doing observed upon the ver y proper conduct' the defendant under the circumstances , as well as the highly" respectable demeanour and appearance of himself and brother officer , and stated in conclusion that he had no hesitation in dismissing the complaint .

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      DOINGS AT ST . BARNABAS , BELGRAVIA . We find the following interesting letter in the Daily News , addressed to the Lord Bishop of London : — My Lord , —I desire emphatically to direct your attention to the present mode of conducting public worship at the above church . - The events some few years since connected with this and the kindred church , St . Paul ' s , must be fresh in

      your memory . Sufficient time has elapsed to permit , on your part , that admonitory or more direct interference that should remove the scandal . Present at its consecration you cannot be ignorant of the forms and ceremonies there practised , opposed to the purity of . our reformed church , Popish in-their origin , baneful in practice , and a desecration of the sacred objects of the Protestant church . Your lordship must be held personally responsible ; and the intelligence of the middle classes , the great bulwark against the papal tendencies of the day , will know how to fix it upon you .

      I attended there on Sunday morning last , the 4 th of December , and after witnessing the miserable spectacle of the clergy separating themselvea from the laity by rood screens and brass gates , and the absurd practice of turning their backs to the congregation during the delivery of prayers , the genuflexions before the cross , and the mummery by a verger at stated periods bearing a crook surmounted by the figure of '' St . Barnabas , " I was enlightened as to the real tendency of these observances in the sermon then delivered ( and as it was in manuscript can be obtained by your lordship ) , in which the preacher , addressing a protestant congregation ( whose primary duty as such is to uphold the

      right of private judgment ) , warned us that we might read , but must not interpret , the Word of God , told us that wo were to believe all the " church" said , warned us not to " wrangle" with the church , because , Raid he , whatever the church nays , is right . These are but samples of a wily , insidious , Jesuitical sermon , utterly at variance with the reformed protestant church . I have no desire to make this unnecessarily long , but I cannot forbear remarking that the " commandments and Lord ' prayer'' are nowhere to be seen over the table ( not the altar ) , that a " credence" table is art

      appendage which you will admit to be unlawful , that huge candles so filled the eye , that the wimple forms of our church were altogether lost , itn external appearance W ( i « that of a msum-bonne , and from my heart I believe the hearts of the curates and priests internally accorded with it . Tho congregation could not understand a Word of the service , it wan uttered by choristers ( who , as inferior clergy , ordained by 1 ' useyito priests , are permitted to enter within the Hcreon ) , and pries tN , in a N tran ^ i-, unknown tongue ( very artistic , doubtless , but derogating from the simplicity and purity of our mother tongue ) , intoned the beautiful Herviee .

      it ih wrong to . suppose that the paiiHhioncrH approve <> l all thin . It in Htranger . s from afar who hwoII the I'ankH , and encourage by their presence and thoil purne . ' he poor even ntudioji . s ' ly avoid sending their childj-o . u t ; <> Lite boIiooIh ; Mm ; industrial body spurn the popish pr . 'ietieeu , and no threats ( and threats , and per . suahu ; iin , : \ nd bribery are resorted to ) succeed in filling '' inn c hurch , poinpoinily announced : ih built for tho poor .

      TIioho are a . ll tho fruits of Mr . Tieiinetl / n practices , ^ i'd tho responsibility of your lordship in tho greater , « Mien w iih your opportunity to have trodden out ; the ll l > roach you failed . inunt now no urge you , that thin time wo require nun you ample penance for past niiiH of omission . St . ''¦" I a and St . J ' arimb / uf occupy a broad Hpaee in tho ^ . V < o | lMinoyisni ; they are ( he ImromotorH of . PuHoyimn , ; "i if a wealth y laity have pandered to their foiblo . s , Jl "d a weak bi . shop ban thrown his h ! u « 1 < 1 ovorthorn , wo "" Ht with zeal and alacrit y fcojioh tho laity fchnir duty , 1 ( 1 1 I 1 H 1 Bt on you poiformiW youiH .

      I have to ask your lordship for an assurance that your veto will , be put at once and for ever on these observances , so foreign to the rubric and the spirit of our reformed church , and that you , recognising the glorious spirit of our religious reformers , will yet stand out in your character of metropolitan bishop , as the open friend and defender of that Protestant Church whose revenues flow into improper channels unless in you such a defender is found . I have been induced thus to speak because I am a plain speaker , and because I have other facts which perhaps the " " press " will whisper in your ear , and which betoken a war with Puseyism and its Jesuit preachers . —My lord , I am , your obedient servant , J . Bkal . 9 , Jfewland-street , Chester-square , Dec . 1853 . ' .

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      THE PUBLIC HEALTH . ( From tlie-Registrar-General ' s Report . ) ¦ The rate of mortality in the metropolis continues to advance , and in the week that ended on Saturday the number of deat hs rose to 1 , 414 . In five weeks that have elapsed since the 29 th of October the numbers havebeen 1 , 112 , 1 , 192 , 1 , 162 , 1 , 339 , and 1 , 414 . Concurrent with these weekly numbers there has been an almost constan t fall in the mean temperature , which has been as follows—48 " 9 degs ., 45 " 7 degs ., 38-5 deers , 367 degs ,, and 40-0 degs . In the temweeks corresponding to last week of the years 1843-52 the average number of deaths was 1200 , which , if raised in proportion to increase of population , becomes 1320 . The excess in the present return above the calculated amount is nearly 100 . Last week 620 children died under 15 years of age , 481 men and women , between 15 and 60 years , and 306 at 60 years and upwards . From , phthisis ( or consumption ) , there died 175 persons ; from bronchitis , 178 ; from pneumonia ( inflammation of the lungs ) , 143 . Fatal cases of these diseases have become more numtrous , and the two former exhibit a mortality considerably above the average . Old persons , and those particularly who are subject to pulmonary complaints , suffer from the coldness of the Aveather ; and the high price of fuel at this time renders th e poor less able to contend with it , besides abridging their means of ob- ' taining bread , which is also dear , as well as the other

      necessaries of life . Cholera is veiy much diminished , and will probably , as in the previous epidemic , nearl y disappear for a time . Only 28 deaths from cholera were registered last week , 7 of which occurred in the west districts , 4 in the north , 5 in the east , and 12 in the south districts . Last week the births of 840 boys and S 37 girls , in all 1077 children , were registered in London . The average number in eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 was 142 ( i .

      At the Eoyal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 2 !) -954 in . The mean temperature was 40 " 0 degs ., which is 1 * 7 degs . below the average of the same week in 38 years . The mean daily temperature was below the average of the same day on every day of the week except Wednenday , when it rose 6 " 8 degs . above it . The mean dewpoint temperature Avas 38 ' 7 degs . The highest temperature of the air 51 ' 9 ( legs , on Wednesday , aud the lowest 29 * 4 degs . on . Saturday .

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      THE BEARD MOVEMENT . Bkakdm and moustaches are rifling on every side of us , and we Koein in a fair way of being as hairy as our ancestors . . But there seems some reason in tho movement . A commercial traveller has given a capital account of " three months' experience of a beard" in the North . lint ink Daily Mail : — " Three months ago I vend an nrlielo in Ifousrliold Words , headed , 'Why Shave ? ' I was at the time Hull ' ering from n severe attack of rheumatism in the jaws . This

      complaint ; , the writer asserted , would be almost entirely prevented by weaving tho bcuvd . ' If ho , ' said F , 'I will shave no more . ' This wan tho first time that- I , he thought , of wearing my heard had crossed my mind , aud I at once came to the conclusion thai , to shave Ava . s absurd , and therefore resolved forthwith to abandon Mm razor . The question , ' What , will people say r" had to me no terrors ; for I could see at ; a glance a thousand arguments by which objectors to Hie hairy reform could be entirely demolished . So , without : further thought , I walked out , to business inishaved .

      " 1 he first , day my roughness wiih noticed ; the second it , aviih thought I had (> oen at . the count ; I lie third tbo barbers ' rise of prices wiih . spoken of ; ( he fourth 1 boldly announced my resolution . I Mien ( bund , to my surprise , that almo . sl , all thinking men approved of my determination , and only re / jjieltcd that , they had not . courage to follow my example , Avhich they said they certainly would do when hoards ho- * came a little more liiMliionable . Not a . few nIiiwci ' . h whose beards hail two or three days' growlli thought , niy board surely uncomfortable , as they felt theirs quite long onough . To l . heso gentlemen I replied , ' Your beards aro in tho very

      worst stage ; in other throo days that feeling of uiiHhaveii dincomlorl , will give place to uoizey furry sensation , quite unknown to any suvo tho low who havo abandoned the mzor . ' This is really tho oa ; . ; e . My beard fell , uncomfortable for about four days , alter which I felt an improvement ( ivory day ; and now , in the very pleasant fooling of natural warmth over my entire faoo \ am reaping I be reward of having in this matter returned to nature ' s lawn . Since my board has boon throes days old 1 havo never had ono loiu'li of rhouuiiitiHiu in my jawsa disease to which I aviih becoming subject in cold weather . In a word , I feel

      the beard a great impiwem ant , and now would as soon think of shaving my head as my face . A \ need hardl y say , then , that I recommend the general adoption of the beard . . The idea of men , especially in tlm cold weather daily cutting off the natural respirator and muffler , and then , as many do , bandaging their mouths with cloth seems to me so absurd , that I have no patience to argue the question . To all determined shavers I would say , bhavc on , and when in your folly vou laugh o ' c the man with , the beard , endeavour if possible to conceal the . with which

      gold clasps the interior of your mouths are decorated , by your ioolish fashion of removing the natural protection of your teeth . ' I can Pay nothing of how the beard affects the-lungs . I have to ' thank God for a firstrate pair , and therefore am not very sensitive as to what aftects these organs , but as I move about in Glasgow" and ii-dmburgh , and breathe all sorts of air , I fool quite assured that many of the strange compounds that so pointedlv salute the nose , are none the Avorsc of being riddled by the moustache before they puss into anv man ' s lungs , especially those of the delicate . ' "

      " The chief opponents of the beard , I have found , are very ignorant women , avIio are in no wny loth to express their entire disgust at Avhat they arc pleased to call the abominable filthy fashion . Women of cultivation speak n quite a different tone ; they do not quite approve , yet are ready to remember that all the Avorthics of antiquity from Adam to John Knox wore beards , and they do think a bearded man is more manly in appearance ; but Avith a , smite they ask , ' IIoav will you ever manage to kiss your sweetheart p' If this question is answered by a smart practical illustration , almost auy of them avill admit that the beard is not so objectionable " after all . ' •' Although as a whole , my beard has boon popular , I could fill a ' volume Avitli the queer things that have been said to me about it . One friend , avIiosc cautiousness is extreme , asked me how my beard suited Avhen I had bills to discount . To . this I answered , 'I never in ' commercial

      matters go beyond my depth , so I can afford to look queer it I have a mind . ' One old lady hoped I'did not Avear my beard to show that I had a contempt for the ministers of religion . She had heard that the wearing of beards Avas indicative of this contempt . I convinced the worthy woman that I Avas a . regular attender of an orthodox church , and loved and respected mv warm-hearted- pastor . One old Quaker I met thought there was not a little vanity in wearing tho excrescences on the face . To the old Quaker I answered , ' Vanity , or no vanity , I Avill stick to my beard as firmly as thee and thy fathers have stuck to the plain collar , and if I do so . I will no doubt command even thy respect . ' The Quaker shook his head and said , with a smile , ' Thou hast a handsome face , and I Avould think it more so if thou wouldst remove the ' hair . ' I Avas about to reply , Avhen a gentleman , quite a stranger to me , took up my defence . We wore seated at the commercial dinner

      table at the moment . ' Friend , ' said the stranger , ' thou art , wrong , and our young friend is right . God never gave the beard to be cut off every morning ; it Avas no doubt meant to be Avorn , and I think our young friend deserves the thanks of us all for being amongst the first to introduce the very desirable fashion . I for one , ' he . added , ' resolved to follow his example . ' ' Do so , friend , ' said the Quaker , ' but I will shave yet a while . ' I learned that my defender on this occasion was a medical gentleman in the service of tho London Board of Health . I have pleasure in seeing as T now move about , that I am in no Avay singular in the beard reform . All public meetings , I observe , have riOAV a considerable sprinkling of beards ' , "" and I have no doubt avo , who are as yet quite in tin ; minority , will Boon be able to add to our present slock of arguments , one . that , will bo more powerful than all others , and Avhie . h is contained in the brief Houleneo , ' boards are fashionable . '"

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      JOURNAL OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . Tirrc Herkhainstead accident was only prevented from being a fatality of tho lirst class by the presence of mind of tlio . se engaged in if . The train . ' which broke down was on its way to Scotland . It , had , however , few passengers , but among them avo re two Citrons of the Rothschild family going to a " meet" at Asloa Abbotts , with four young Guardsmen , and two ladies nnd their . servant . Whim tho axle broke , the Avheol ran up tho embankment ; through a hedge and into a field ; the engine foil on lotlie bank ; the guard ' s break aviis crushed ; t he carriages wore scattered on tho lino , and thcpaHHcrigcr * got . out . They had extricated a woman from tho mins , and wvro getting out the body of tho guard , when the express was kith coming up the line . It came , howovor , at a comparatively slow puce , and walked , an it , wore , into the debris ; the reason of Lhiii was that a

      gallant and prompt follow , named Page , a farm labourer , seeing what , wustlicinattcr , ran instimtlj'ln stop the exprONK . H o saw it , enter the t nnncl , and no he stood at its mouth , so that , tho moment when it dashed out at it-s forty-niilo an hour speed wan the only moment for him to make a signal . lie seized it , a . fiirmmi saw him , and slackonod speed instantly . Tho train from KiiMlon-. squnro was stopped by detonating signals . Ah it , turned out , that , ( ho guard was killed , mi inquest wns hold , on Saturday , and a verdict , of accidcnlal death was found ; to it , however , tint foreman appended I bin commiMil , " We consider that , the companyis not froo from blaino in sending an engine with a fast train when any doubt , of its cflieienoy existed . " The explanation of which is , that ( bo engine had been repaired tho night before ; tho accident . The cause of tbo diKnster wiiM the stopping of tho oil-holes , m > that , the frict ion melted the axle in two .

      Tho Dublin Court , of Queen ' s Hench and a special jury . wore occupied during Monday and Tuesday Avith the cane of Margaret ; M'Nally ngnm ' sl , the Groat' . Southern and Western Kuihvay Company , in which tho plaintiff sought ooinnoimat ion for injuries nuNtiunod by hornelf and bor children arising ( rum the . death of her lumbnnd , Mr . Charlen M'Nally , a solicitor in extensive practice in this city , who aviis one of tho Hiifl ' iirors in the recent accident , on ( ho Groat ttoutliorn and Western Railway , nt Kt , rufliui

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      . ¦ -i ^ December 10 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER . 1183

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 10, 1853, page 1183, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2016/page/7/