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Leader (1850-1860), 10th February 1855, Edition 1 of 2, Page 130, Untitled Article

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      - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ " ' ' cgs . — - 'The magistrates -appear deterthe police . An officer just returned amusing himself yi the Haymarket ,. ^ as > , an " officer of ' the blues *»"' changed him ' ' with being drunk . There was evidently some skirmish r ing , during which the soldier hit the policeman a blow on the arm , " which he felt for an hour . " The very excessive fine of 3 ? . was imposed . - Refusing to Serve . — A Life Guardsman went with two ladies " to the Divan of Yousef Ben Ibrahim , in the Haymarket . The Mussulman refused to serve them , so the Guardsman broke a quantity of china , value 21 . 4 s ., and a pier-glass , valued at 68 / . He was ordered to pay 50 s . / or the assault , and the value of the china ; but the plaintiff was referred to the County Court for the glass . This is a mysterious interpretation of the law .

      Cutting and Wounding th . e Police . —George Willis was creating a disturbance . A policeman interfered , when Mr . Willis gave him a-severe cut across the hand with a clasp-knife . He was committed for trial . Popular Interpretation of the Sacrament of Matrimony . —During an investigation of some window breaking , at the Thames Police Court , two or three prisoners and witnesses admitted the fact that they liad on the average two or three husbands or wives each , as the case might be .

      Assaultin g a . Little Girl . —Richard Marshall , a footman , forgot the dignity of his order . He disgraced his magnificent -uniform by savagely assaulting a little girl ten years of age . He tore her clothes to bits , kicked her , &c , in the most finished manner . The remainder of his manly energy he bestowed upon the police . He will be imprisoned for four months . A Publican and Sinner- — -George Wilton , a prosperous licensed victualler , has been sent to trial for killing a labourer . Jane Copping , the wife , of Samuel Copping , a wood chopper , said that on the night of Saturday , the 16 th of December , she was in defendant ' s house , with herxhusband , and three other men . The deceased made a chirruping noise with his mouth . Mrs . Wilton told tiini to leave off , and not insult her customers ; when deceased said to her , "Go to Heaven : and if you

      don ' t like that , go-to Hackney . " He used no other language . Wilton ( the accused ) then told the deceased not to wink his eye at him ; if he did , he would knock his two eyes , into one , so that he- should not- see for a month . The accused then came round in front of the bar , and told deceased to go put . - He caught hold of Mr . Wilton ' s collar , and , said , "If you put me out , you must come with me . " Mr . "Wilton then seized hold of deceased by the shoulders and shoved him backwards towards the door , which was half-open , and he fell backwards on the pavement down three steps with great force . She immediately went out and lifted up the head of the deceased , but Mr . Wilton rendered no assistance whatever . As soon as the deceased was thrown down , his feet remained on the door-step , when the defendant kicked them off and shut the door . The deceased was quite sober .

      Amiable Choice . —A wretched-looking paralysed womairwos assisted-into the Glerkenwell Court by ~ her daughter . She had to complain of the constant savageness of the gentleman to whom " she should be a crown " —her husband . Plenty of evidence was given , but imprisonment presented the prospect of ruin to the wife and daughter . He' was therefore asked if he would promise not to do so again , or bo sent to prison ( the only alternative ) . The rufHan could not exercise self-denial , and chose the two months with hard labour .

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      THE PUBLIC HEALTH . ( JFVom the Registrar-General's RepotU ~ ) The mortality of London is still excessive ,. and the number of deaths , as now returned , exhibits but a small decrease on that of the previous week . In the last five weeks the deaths were—1404 , 1466 , 1549 , 1630 , and 1604 . The mean temperature in each of the same weeks was—45 ' 5 deg ., 89-ddeg ., 28 * 9 deg ., 29 * 8 deg ., and 29 * 8 deg . Throughout December the temperature was about 41 deg . ; and the deaths in a week were about 1800 . The weather became colder by 12 deg ., and produced an Increase of 800 in the deaths .

      In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average number of deaths was 1108 , which may bo compared with the last week ' s return , after raising the former . by a tenth part for increase of population . It appears that 891 persons died last week above the calculated amount . Taking the fifth week of each of the 10 years , the average temperature was 40 * 9 deg . ; and there is no instance within this range of comparison in - which the moan temperature was so low as that of last -week .

      -Of the -total number of persons who died , 808 were males and 801 females . There died under 20 years of age 718 ; at 20 years and under 40 , 207 ; in the next period ( 40-60 ) , 265 ; in the fourth ( 60-80 ) , 800 ; and "from among tho living who have attained , the age of . 80 years or upwards , 74 sank under their infirmities . In '•* his dftsa were two centenarians . Tho numbers of very © W persona who have died in the last three weeks—viz ., those , 1 who , were' 8 fr years old or more , discover a remarkable uniformity ; they were 75 , 77 , and 74 . Tho same observation holds with regard to tho young ( under 20 years ) , the numbers of those in tho same weeks having

      been" , 711 , and 718 . According to the rate of mortality that prevailed in 1838-44 ( without distinction of seasons ) , the deaths of persons between 60 and 80 years would be 201 , the actual number was 300 ; of octogenarians the- number would be 42 , " while the true number , as stated above , was 74-The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs are 419—nearly the same as in the previous week . Bronchitis was fatal in 226 cases , pneumonia in 139 . In the epidemic class . 35 cases are referred to smallpox , 26 to measles , 64 to scarlatina , 66 to hooping-cough , 15 to croup , and 7 to influenza . Nine deaths from smallpox were registered in Islington West , 7 of which occurred in the Smallpox Hospital .

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      RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF INKERMAN . It is said in Berlin that Duke George of Strelitz has communicated some interesting details to military men , relative to the disaster of Inkerman . According to this , the plan of attack , long discussed and minutely prearranged , was so admirable that the Anglo-French army was regarded as foredoomed , had it not been for utter misconstruction , amounting to disobedience of orders . Thus , false or reserved attacks were inopportunely converted into foremost action , and foremost assaults retarded or carried out in wrong directions . The brunt was to have been

      directed upon the extreme French right , so as to separate it from the English , in lieu , as matters turned out , of the former being enabled to throw themselves on the assailants' flank , cut them off from the fortress , and force them back on the Ichernaya . Liprandi , also , with his twenty-one battalions and twenty-four squadrons , might have converted his demonstration into a vigorous assault as a diversion at the moment of crisis . In a word , the whole plan was deranged , and executed with great confusion and negligence , or a perversion of preconcerted orders .

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      THE TIMES ON THE ARISTOCRACY . In an article on the Ministry and the War , the Times thus comments on the extraordinary aristocratic tendencies which appear to be destroying all the good done by the-middle classes and the people : — " There is too much of this sort of thing . The army is governed by clubs . Our mess-rooms are convivial clubs . We are informed on very good authority that the headquarters of the British army in the Crimea are just the pleasantest place in the world , ' a jolly sort of club , ' ' the dinners excellent , but plain ; ' and the talk , we have no doubt , about everything but war , which is as much banished from the table as the day ' s run from a dinner of modern foxhunters . But if the government of

      the country , and , what comes to the same thing just now , the interest of this country in the government of the whole world , are to be conducted on the rules of good society , one of the first of which is the exclusion of all serious subjects , it is high time for the people of this country— -the stern , severe , uncompromising-people—to supply the deficiency . Are they prepared to leave their country , their fortunes , their honour , in the hands of men who meet only to interchange civilities , and to hide what they mean in generalities and inuendos ? After all , this cannot last long . Should our worst fears be realisedshould that noble army crumble wholly away , or survive

      only under French protection—should our utter failure even compromise our allies , and render us both more beholden to Austria than we desire , England will not always look on with her present idle stare . Surely there is speculation' ink her eyes , and she is watching Parliaments and Cabinets to some real purpose . The only interpretation we can put on tho times is , that the deep passions that everywhere showed themselves last year cannot long be dormant , but will soon break out stronger than ever . It is tho custom of the English to trust and to wait ; but the longer they wait the more they expect , and the deeper will bo their disappointment , * the wilder their retribution . We shall have" either

      victory to our arms abroad or a victory of the people at home . The aristocracy have undertaken the management of our wars , and to save their monopoly we throw away the inestimable experience of our Indian officers , the aid of men of business at home , and tho unpolished energy of the middle classes . If the aristocracy will do the work it undertakes , we'll and good ; if not , tho people will soon step in and do its own work . "

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      THE SOUTH-SEA HOUSE . This well-known edifice jn Threndneedle-street , with its Doric portico , its quadrangle with Tuscan colonnade and fountain , and extensive vnultod cellars , is to be brought to tho hammer , the Conservative Lnnd Society having been already in the field to negotiate for the purchase by prlvnte contract ; in which mode , it appears , " the Directors aro not empowered to roII . The South Sea Company was originated by Harley , Enrl , of Oxford , in 1711 , for iho discharge of nearly ten millions of public debt , and in 1853-4 tho South Sea Stock was converted or paid off . Tho building occupies more than half an acre of ground , and its value for building purposes is of course enormous .

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      ARRIVAL C # VESSELS FROM THE CRIMEA . The Mauritius arrived at Portsmouth this week . The vessel was then ordered-to proceed to Chatham , but , as in a former instance , the crew said their engagement was up * The Horse Guards were obliged to submit , and the wounded were landed . The Harbinger has also arrived , bringing various wounded officers and privates . Amongst them are the following : — " Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Troubridge , of tli ° 7 th Fusiliers , with loss of both feet at Iukerman ; Majo 1 " Gubbins , of the 85 th , wounded in the elbow at Inkerman ; Captain Macdonald , of the 95 th , wounded in seventeen places by the bayonet and one gunshot wound ,

      which brought him down ; Captain Marsh , of the 55 th ; Captain Bush , elbow joint shot away at Inkerman ; Captain Fitzroy , wounded in the knee at Inkerman ; Lieutenant Arquimbad £ » R . N . ; Lietenant P . Cahill , of , the 49 th , wounded in the foot at Inkerman ; Lieutenant Twysden , of the 55 th ; Mr . George Dundas , M . P . ; Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General Thornhill ; Dr . M enzies , Deputj ^ -Inspector of Hospitals at Scutari ; Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Bayfield ; Assistant-Surgeon Flower , of the 63 rd ; Bandmaster Koesll , of the 4 th ; Bandmaster Thomas , of the 77 th ; Captain Curtis , R . A ., from Gibraltar ; Quartermaster McQueen , of the 92 nd Highlanders ; and eighty-one military invalids , four soldier servants , four civilians , and five distressed British

      subjects . The utmost possible attention has been paid , and it is said that all are doing well . The Neptune , 120 , Captain Frederick Hutton , arrived at Spithead on Thursday afternoon from Malta , which , she left on Thursday , the 11 th of January , with 200 military invalids from the hospitals in the Bosphorus , being sick and wounded soldiers from the army before Sevastopol . They are from almost every regiment at the seat of war , several with limbs amputated , and otherwise badly maimed .

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      THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE . We desire to call attention-to the following circular regulating the promotions in the Commissariat . It being one of the Duke of Newcastle ' s latest official acts , we publish it as an illustration of the honest care for the efficiency of the public service which characterised his administration : _ " 'Secretary of State ' s Office , War Department , - " 15 th January , 1855 . " Sir , —Upon the occasion of the transfer of the Commissariat from the Board of Treasury to the department of the Secretary of State for War , the Duke oi Newcastle had . under his special consideration the rules by which the promotion of Commissariat officers is regulated . " These may be thus summed up : —

      " That promotions be conferred only a t the close of each year , _ _ . _ .. , _ ______ _ , " That length of service be calculated according to the period of each officer ' s actual service on full pay . " That seniority be allowed its full weight , but that selections be made dependent upon recorded merits and services . " His Grace is of opinion that these general rules , if carried out in their integrity , are calculated to elevate the Commissariat service , to stimulate exertion , and to ensure a succession of able and zealous officers for the various important duties to be performed .

      " But it appears to his Grace to be of tho last importance that no extraneous influence , cither private or political , should bo allowed tb enter into the consideration of tho comparative claims of officers of tho department , which , when viewed in the double light of seniority ami superior merit , are already , in some cases , so difficult to be decided upon with perfect fairness . " The Duke of Newcastle is at all tunes ready to give his best attention to representations made in official form in favour of officers on the ground of services , but his Grace desires me to express his determination to consider private applications , on other grounds , cither from officers or from friends on their behalf , as furnishingevidence that the merits of such officers are not nlono sufficient to justify their being promoted . " I am , Sir , your most obedient servant , "TIbnry Roberts . " To tho Commissariat Officer in charge . "

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Her Majesty has been at Buckingham Pnlnco during some part of tho week . Tho J ) uko of Cambridge haa been a frequent visitor , and Sir Do Lacy Evans has been to Windsor . A Cabinet Council was held yesterday . On Wednesday tho Queen hold a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter , at Windsor . Tlio Enrl of Aberdeen , tho Earl of Ellesmoro , and tho Karl of Carlisle wore elected , and endowed with tho vacant collars and ribands .

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      Tmc Foreign Legion . —It has been decided that tho Foreign Legion shall assemble for drill and training iit

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 10, 1855, page 130, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2077/page/10/