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      Westminster and Begeafi-street , and Regent ' s Park district , 1 , Greek-street , Sohc * Office hours , 9 o ' clock a . m . to 4 cfelQck-p . UK " Branch office For . portions of the Ranelagh Counters Creek and Fulham and Hammersmith districts , 22 , Inver-Eess-road , Bayswafcer . Office hours , 10 o ' clock aan . to 12 o ' clock at noon . " Branch office for portions of the Eanelagh Counters Creek and Fulham and Hammersmith districts , 45 , Groveplace , BromgtoTU Offiwliours ,. iOo ' cioofc sum . to 12 o ' clock at noon . " Branch office for the whole of the district south of the river Thames , 64 , Borough Boad . Office hours , from 9 o ' clock a . in . to 4 pjn . " " SHORT RECOMMENDATIONS TO GUARDIANS IS TIMES OB CHOLERAIC DISEASE . ( iS EXECUTION OF EHE POWBftS TX&KtVJSti'FRO'&t THE REGOXATIOKS AND DIRECTIONS OF

      IBEGESERAE BOAKD OF HEALTH , ISSUED UNDER O « S BBER rtX COUNCIL . ) 11 lw Divide your union among , committees : of the- guardians . ¦** 2 . Give your medical officers assistance , if yon find they recpaireifc . " 3 . Direct youi ? chief attention to places where epidemic diseases most . prevail . ;—Your medical and ; relieving officers know these places . , :. ¦¦ ** 4 . Look to the cleansing of roads , streets , and courts , aiwt . see that sttryeyors > paving atid improvement commissioners , and ottets , having by la-w power to cleanse ^ cavrj * ont their po ^ rsi ; : ' - -: ' - ' \ , . " : ¦' . ' /¦ ¦¦¦ . ¦ ' " ¦ ¦' - .: ¦ ¦ : ' ' . ' ' : > ' 5 . r lnfthteir ^ Jfefatilt ^ or 'tfh . en they have ito power , youTs 4 ve * gee : to tlje eleansing of sa . cb streets , roads , arid eonrto ** 6 « A % 6 © iirf : " a coinimtfeeefor the ; receipt of complaints of

      nuisances , and see that tne jroper officer attends to such conaplaint % apftiep <> rt 8-what Tiedoestherein . ^' - ^ . '¦'¦ ¦¦ : ,. : ' . '*• ' 7 . Iii tfll cleansing operations , where fopl ' : sinel ! smspr alisej let" dfeinftwitaittfe , Such as fresh , earthy quick lime ; , peat , charcoal , chteride of lime , oraincj be used * ¦ ' " 8 ^ Filthyihqases shouldIre limewashed . ¦ ' ** S * Birect your ' medical officers to report to yon atty iiQuBual-prevaleiice of bowel complaint or diarrhoea : , and aay cas&of choferayiai their respective districts . *^ 10 i On the « krliest appearance-of choleraic diseaBe , asseinble yorn ? medical officers ; and . carry out , as far as-rhay seSireneeessary , tiie minutes ofinstractura of the General ' Board bf Health as to preventive measures , dispensaries , aiufc medical aid , Which minutes Have already been supplied to you by that board . .

      *' 11 . . Makeknown your arrangements for relief by plain land-bills , freely circulated . i " 1-2 . Give warning , by hand-bilisi _ of the importance of applying , on the Jrst symptoms of diarrhoea ,-to your medical officers , for' . advice and medicine , and that the . same will be . given gratuitously . ^ August , 18 & 1 . "

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      DOMESTIC ; POLICE SPIES , At the Liverpool Assizes , this week , an action for criminal conversation reye&led a nevy and detestable system of espionage . The p laintiff and defendant were severally named Evans and Robinson , and tlie action wns one for damages sued for by the husband , Evans . The plaintiff is a magistrate : of the county of Gloucester , living at Cheltenham ; the defendant is a gentleman of wealth , residing also at Cheltenham , aged about 5 Q . The plaintiff married a Miss Carringtoiv , whose father also resides at Cheltenham . The pJttintJlftan'd his- wife were married at tlie close of the year 18 ^ , w ^ en shortl y after their marriage unhappy differences arose between them , and they agreed to separate . A deed of separation was drawn up , tha plaintiff allowing his wife an annuity of 250 Z . a-year . Sbe went to reside witli her father . The defendant was an old friend of her father's family , and used , to visit there constantl y : * The plaintiff ' s wife , ia 1853 j . came to London , and lodged at 13 , Eqgewareroad , the . defendant taking the lodgings for her , and visiting

      her . ver ; y frequently . This . came to the plaintiff * a eara , and excited his suspicions . In June last the plaintiff ' s 'wife again came to London , the defendant accompanying her , and the defendant took lodgings for her at Ivo . 2 , Bryanston-BtTeet . Tlie plaintiff hearing of this engaged Field , the detective ofnccr _ , to watch his wife ' s proceedings , She was constantly ^ visrted b y the defendant . By the- aavico of Field , a hole ioaa tyred wilfi a g imlet in the drawing-room door , through which the cook in the house , when the dfcfendant caUed ? . Watched the defendant and the p laintiff 'a wife . On otto occasion she saw tho plaintiff's ¦ wif e sitting across the defendant ' s knees , he , Bitting on the sofa , in a position which loft ijo doubt as to what wtia taking place , tbhe culled twa other . worimn , spxvants ,. who were in the house , and they also looked through , the gimlet hole and saw the transaction This cook , . Grocotkby natno , had been engaged by Field ta do tliedir . ^ bu siness . Hie jury did > not bolievo tho ovidonco « f the cook and her cbmates in pooping through gimlet holes , and returned a verdict for the dofondant .

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      HEALTH OF LONDON . Turn "weekly report on tho ]> ealth of London , published by tho authority of tho Registrar-Qonoral , states that tho number © f deathS from nil causes returned for the week tilnt ended last SfttUrtay-, waa 1883 , Hint of tho provioua week was 1832 . Brtt the ten weeks corresponding to lrtet week of tho ycura 184 ' 4-flft tho ayerago number was 1118 , "which , if raised in proportion' to- < incrcaso of population , becomoa 1224 . Tiro present return oxlubita an excosu of O' 0 !>( ibovo tho estimated amotrnt . Cholera w « 3 fatal last vteok to 729 poraon » , of whom 214 were children under J 5 years of ago , i % 6 wore 15 years and xmfltr 6 (\ « n < d 88 were flO yearB ol 4 aud upwards . Dnring the-oHotorn Qpjdttmio ofj" 349 tho total dontlis regiatcrod in tUowcek that ended August 18 , wore 2230 , nnd tlioso from euoletw -were 1230 . In tho six weeks of ita proscnt appour-¦ tocov the ' aeiitha from cliolorn have boon successively $ 20 ,

      133 ,, 399 ,. 644 , and 729 . The deaths from diarrhoea last week were 192 . In comparing the- mortality from cholera in London with the < 3 eatl ) 8 from the disease in other places , tlie population and vast extent of the metropolis must oe taken into account . The _ subjoined figures show that cholera has prevailed with great irregularity over London , and that in several subt-diBtricts the ravages of the epidemic are inconsiderable . Imperfect drainage ,, proximity to the dirtiest parts of the Thames ,, had wetter , and . poverty , are still , as they were ; in 1849 , the chief circumstances tbat make cholera ratal . It is on the-banks-of tie polluted Thames , in the lower parts of feh& ILondon basin ^ that the people die in lttrga numoers ; for oa gtound not on an average 10 feet above the Trinity higb > wtkter mark , 1212 of the deaths from cholera have happened : out of 595 , 14 £ peopkj , wJiilein the next terrace of

      10 * 98 * ,. and ; under 40 ieet of elevation , 493 in 648 j 619 have died ;; andonitbe higher prounds above St . James's-square and tlie Strand ^ only 2-13 , have died : of cholera out of 1 , 070 , 372 inhabitaixts . The mortality at the three'elevations , commencing at the lowest ^ has been at the rate of 204 and 78 > and ? 20 toewery 10 O ; 00 <> 6 iffhabitants . The people on fclielovF grounds lmve suffered ten times as much ; as the peoole living on the gi'ottnds * of a moderate elevation ; lhe 729 deaths irom cholerai in the week now reported were distributed' according to districts thus : —West districts ,, ekvatron aboVe Trinity high-irater mark , 28 feet > popa&tioa int 1851 , 37 < 5 j 427 ; d < atb 8 i 184 . North districts ^ elevatiorc , 135 feet ; populHtica .- * flO 896 ; *» attis , 38 . Genstral districtsv- eleva 1 iion 49 feet ; population ^ 393 , 296-deaths , 32 . East districts , elevation , 26 feet- ; -population , i 4 R 3 j 522 : ; ' deaths-, 305 * South distracts , elevation ,. 6 feet- ; population , 616 : 685 ; deaths ; 374

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      t ElEI ^ nJATICXN REPORT . In a . sre ^ ond repo-ft recently issued by tlie Commi'ttee on Batigiretn * Ships the con ^ si ^ ns arrived at from the cvitlenc ' e are ftxlTy detailed , and the committee , mafcfe : sev ^ rat tfeeomme iside ^ blaimppTtanee to pwiiers aii d ch arterers . Their iniiairy : vraa a liaBorioua onei . its difficulty ; being ia creased . by the . absence of anytMrig likeVeomplete re't arias ;¦ , ¦ ¦< & £ - tii& condition ut wliich enaigraut vessels arrive in the po * ts of the IJnited iStatesi and hehTie one oif the reconQrnendation& most urgently insisted lipon is that negotiations should he opened yrith the : Goyerhrneiit at Wasltingtbn for an effective co-piper 4-'tiori in sbtne systevn jfor tlie mutual enforcenient of sound xeginlaatioTisY Among tlie causes of disaster to

      eniigrantrships iron cargoes arethe most serious ,, and more strict general provisions : are conseciuently recptntnended against bad or dangerous stowage . ^ With lespeict to sanitary arrangements , the cppiimittee propose that . the number of passengeTa allovved to be carried without a niedicaL officer should be reduced from 500 to 300 ^ even this extent being regarded as improper , since , as a general rule , all ships ? ¦ with passengers shpufd carry surgeons , and a different practice is only' j . n ' s- ' tifiable by the ^^ difficulty of flnding ' theni . Improved arrawgements are at the same time suggested that might induce competent men to offer . Power is aLso proposed to be given to the Government to prevent

      'emjgrant ships from leaving ports where cholera or other dangerous epidemics prevail , and , in case of any excepi ; ioir -fteihg permitted , the vessel ia at all events' to be required to carry a . surgeon , even though the nunrtber of passengers may T ) e below 3 Q 0 . It is likewise considered that every vessel bringing ¦ emigrants across the Irish Glwmnel for embarkation 'should be compelled to protect' them from tlie weather . At pjresent ,, on board- these boata the cattle and ' lire : stock , are screened , while , tlie deck , passengers are left without shelter of any kind , and often arrive in . a > state that lays tho foundation of permanent disease . Ia reference to space it- isrecommended that no ship should give less than

      number . It . is further considered that it might be an advantage if masters were bound , under penalty , to put back in those cases wher e vessels are found to be unsafe for a long voyage before losing sight of land , and that it should ba rendered compulsory on owners and charterers to resort ia the fullest manner to all the means in use for testing the compasses . Finally , tlie committee make some general observations respecting the regulations necessary with , iregard to lodging-houses , &c , the capacity and readiness of boats and the other appliances for saving fife , and also as to the desirableness of carrying , the r e *' quisite supply of water in metal casks . As- respects the detention-money allowed for the support of emii grants when the sailing of a ship is delayed , an opinion is expressed that it should be Increased from Is . to Is . 6 d . per day .

      fourteen feet in the between decks to each emigrant ^ and the committee likewise refer to the . opinion of Mrs . Ghisholm and others , that tlio practice of * allowing two children under 14 yews of jigo to be counted only as one person should be greatly rqodlft « d . They next toucfc on . various ppinija connectod with yentUntion , cleanliness , * c , and also recommend that an addition should be made ! to the dietary scnle in the JPassengelP ' Act of 18-52 . On the subject of the si / . oand seaworthiness of ships , itho evidence against large ones is general , and it wo , s stilted tluit the Emigration Commissioners have jrcsolved for the-futuro not to charter vessels with two passenger decks , the ground of , objection being the difficulty ; of thorough ventilation . The

      committee recommend that , except in special cases , the number of passengers allowed in one vessel should not exceed 5 QQ , and that all vessels- should be brought within the scope of the tfasaenger Act where tho number carried is in the ratio of two persons to tho 1 O 0 tons ; likewise that tho exemption of steam-vessels carrying mails from tho ojporatSon of the act should bo done away with . In relation to manning , it waa stated that tho Emigration ComrniBBionors insist upon four men to the 100 tons in their vessels ; but groat objections , would bo made to this by private charterers , and the committee limit themselves to tho suggestion that increased vigilance should bo used to ascertain the efficiency of tho crew , apart from tho more question of

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      THE Q 0 EEK AT SEA . The Lighthouse on the Isle of Wight was involuntarily subjected to a siege on Taesday , in presence of her Majesty Queen Victoria * , and the obedient garrison , as became loyal subjects , ssurreadeEed unconditioaally .. We are not joking ; the fact happened as we say , and the uiiespected result : was brought about by the use of the . long , gun of tits ArroWjrOne of the -neir Baltic gunboats . It wassas p » ettya siege asean be iniagincrcl , and the upshot is not . the less pictucesqpie -and entertaining because it was . not intended . . Iii the afternoon of Tuesday a < chamiing , flotill a , started front Spitliead ; and Osborn . e to ; , witness the first -eaploitiof the Arrowy This steamer is one of six built for service- in the Baltic , andrcarries ;¦ . »¦ 68-. po » rtider , ten feet long ,, witban estimated range of 5000 yards- —a ; gun that looks prospeclively ; into some of tlie casemates of the Czar ,, jt was

      intended that the Arrow should firsfc try her destructive qualities ; upon-the ciiffs at : the westera ; end . of tJve I ^ e of Wigli ' tj n . ear tlie ' Needles , , and a great .. corripiiny were- there to see . Out ofSpithead steamed the UlackEaglev with . Sir James Graham on board ; then the Arrow , and following her the Dasher , and Fire Queen . Away they speeded to Qsbornei whei ' e Royalfcyy embarking cu board thei Victoria and Albeitjr . escorted by . the ¦ Sairy and JEin ' % joined the squadron , anil ; they all glided , over the rather roqgh . water to the western end of : live IslanoL Now began tiiie siege . It was intended only to knock down some pieces : . of ,: the cliff ,, the Admiralty proposed ,, but thevlong Lancastefian gun ' . ' disposed ! ' of the iOOIb . shells ^^ committed to its hwrid tube . The ships took up . tlieir positions , and all was _ expectfincy . lhe rough water tossed . the little Arrow about like * ' any cominon weed ; " it % vas impossible to aim . fairty ; but like Efubert , whose father 'Vdrew a good bow at Hastings , " Sir Thomas Maitland " did his best '' -with an

      obstreperous long gun . The spectators , however , were doomed , equally tosurpiise and . disappointment . The two sheik first fired- were badly manufactured , and burst near the mouth of tlie giui . . The third , fourth , andfifth fled on the wings of expanded gunpowder iiO i ne knew whitier , suggesting- ideas of infinite space , into wliicli they might bnvc travelled to " keep company" with some abandoned comet , or light-minded meteor . JJuC lo , tho sJiells liad . not ' piuda . visit to the moon ; the lighthouse was seen to lower flag , ; a pionic party , who deemetl themselves safe , broke up in Confusion ; there <« nne a boat round the Needles , bearing a nag ; of truco . The firing ceased , and up ran the Fairy to learn what news it brought . ¦ TWe boiit was manned by tho attendants of the Iiiglithouse , and the astonisliing message they delivered was- nothing more nor less than this— " The two last sholls have nearly blown down the Lighthouse ! " Think of that , Master Nicholas . Here is the besb of all ultimatums—a . long gun oil tho Lancaster principle , that , willvnillv : carries

      5 Q 0 O yards . A very pretty result , " indeed- —the Queen compelledto capture a Lighthouse-on her own island home , all because Mr . Lancaster ' s gun will send a shell such a tremendous wjay . But tho day was one of pretty incidents . On her way hometlie royal yacht foil in with the Mauritius , screwsteamer , bearing ( ho 84 th Regiment to Corfu , Her Majesty stood on tho paddle-box of her yacht , and as tho cheera of , the soldiera rang out heartily over tho bounding waters , she waved h « r handkerchief in token of farewell . Ot ' coureo , asta trial , the firing experiment failed ; but it is , nevertheless ,. Battafactory . It is something to have proved , that the gunboats have guns which will project a shell nearly three miles ; and tho headstrong pleco in question-ma ? be pardoned for tho will ' ulncsa of ngliting a'ligjithou , se , like u' inarino Don Quixote , for tho sake or tho demonstration , thereby i ' arniahed . of its lengthy cupabilitien . — Glolo .

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      KOSSTJT 1 I AT EATOLEY . M . KoesuTKi addressed a considerablo weeting at Hanley , in tho Pottcriea ^ on Monday ; speaking : unto them after the fashion of his previous speeches ; rating linglaud for joining Austria , accusing England for arresting tho Tuxka in their victorious march last year and this ; commenting sharply on passing politics , and urging tho reconstruction of ? Poland , Wo cut some ostracts from the oration . Hero is M . Kosauth epenking as a military strategist , for which hia Hungarian campaigna no doubt fitted him : —

      On rory rare occasions lmvo I folfc my heart more rovoltod than at Heolng tho disgraceful nttompt to atrip tha Turki h army of tho host part , of its glory , by claiming if share in tho dofcut of tho Kussinns to the dispositions ol tho Weetorn Powors , and oven to tlio troachoroum attitude of thnt Austria which Punch , vritb . a ngblo indignation , branded , in full justice , with the name of tlio vultura preying but on enrcuaos . It w « s already n and view to boo English dlploitiacy nrrosting Omor Tacha from pur-

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      798 THE LEADER- [ Saturday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 26, 1854, page 798, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2053/page/6/