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      be abolished , every parish would be saddled with a cumbrous machinery empowered to bother the residents out of rates , and to bully them if they did not pay . Ministers take a much shorter cut , reviving a still-born bill introduced by the Archbishop of Canterbury last year . He ptfgcosed to continue the assessment '¦{ & * Chu * £ ls £ r&te $ as under the existing law ) biifr -to confer tipoii - ^ he refusal of the parish , if it pfepsevere in that repea l for a certain time , the effect 0 f a definitive yefu % al within the district ; -. In bth&r Words , each parish is

      empowered to setHe the Church-rate question for itself . There can be no question about the result . In the first place , probably , under the proposed act , a majority of parishes in England and Wales will abolish Church-rates ; the example will encourage the Nonconformists hvcrther parishes , and . the number of rate-paying parishes will be diminished , until at last they will altogether disappear from the ecclesiastical map . Virtually , therefore , we may regard the Church-rates as being abolished by the unpietendin g amendment with which Ministers convert Sir William Claris bill into their own .

      plans attempts to ^ cf ^ mj ^ e and managen 4 £ ff | j | ifind | p «^ oi ^ ml the objections levelled at all the plsf ^ p that 3 bav " e * i * one before . Religious teaching in ttagppublic sCbbols to be established under his plai | pjis limited to the . reading of thel&ble . He wai ^ mU use up su bscriptions , endo ^ tte&j ^ and ev ^ ifc | lbrga ! tfen charities , where " they cduld belmade ' available or ^ school-funds ; bftqt where the district is tc $ . { j |> or or too indifFe ^ peht , he'would empower the county magistrates to levy a rate for the district , the district still to appoint the masters and mistresses of the school . A great increase to the inspecting force under the Committee of Education

      } s ! ip beiihe machinery > for ieonpentratinginformatiori upon the means and state of education , and of setting the local powers in motion . Lord John only describes his plan ; the resolutions were brought before the House simply to he recorded in the votes and proceedings , but were not moved and were not to be until after Easter . Plenty of time , therefore , will be afforded for their consideration .

      f ^ p «|| j | ms surveying the flaming and smoking | iiiirojd ^ gg | j ^ tre . The performers and servants Sof |* bse p ^ uSe , ywho commonly minister to the gaieties £ c | f fhe public , are n * w advertised as the burxj . t * o $ r r ^ l p ^ nts of charity . Last week the tow 4 ^ tfafulkaf reports as to the arrangements ^ actuallytmade for opening the Italian Opera , at , Oovent-gtu | den . TJtiis week there is no Covent-^ ardea , but : we are told that the opening of the Opera season is . " certain . " Sp little can human nature learn to Wnow the uncertainty of human certainty !

      The plan professes to be active , but harmless . It "however , is , equally threatened with hostility by those who deprecate the admission of the Bible under any circumstances , and by those who insis , t upbn direct dogmatic teaching . It may be remarked , with regard to the latter , that even under tne Bill -: they could carry out their plans by establishing schools of their own .

      One of the best marks of our progress as inscribed on the register of the weerk in the / fine Roman hand of ^ RANCEg , Marchioness of Londonderiy . The Marchioness has been giving a great party at Chilton Moor , in Durham , on the vast estate that he inherits from her father ' s family . The guests were tbe colliers working in her mines , to the number of nearly 3 > 000 . The very appearance of the

      people showed the progress which has been made under ground , and a still greater progress goes on in the Marchioness ' s collieries . At oae time the little trucks conveying coal from the passages to the lift were dragged by wopiea and children ; they are now dragged by horses and ponies , and they are about to be dragged by steam machinery . The men at table did credit in their toilet to the

      progress of civilisation : they were dressed as for a dinner party ; ' and . one of the number proposed the Marchioness ' s health in a speech that would grace any dinner table in the country ; noting in particular the spread of education and literature amongs this class . The Marchioness addressed them in a speech much above the after-dinner average . It recognised the progress of the age , and proclaimed her fidelity to the principle of religious freedom . She " looks td no man's creed—that is between

      him and his Maker . " Strange times , when Tory Marchionesses utter sentiments lilce these , in speeches delivered to working colliers , and begun with , the trembling voice of genuine emotion ! ffhe destruction which in so many forms man inflicts upon himself has this week taken the awful sjhapc of conflagration , and has swept

      Cpventgarden Theatre from the public hm \ dings of the metropolis . Qn Tuesday evening London went to sleep with the satisfactory conviction that the great bal masqiufo f ; Professor AnoIsrsonj in winding up his monster entertainment , was proceeding with all the splendour and fervour of such profane amusements ; and the fervour indeed vvaa sufficient

      to'tnnke those concerned forget the lawa by which this earth of ours is governed . Fire , which is a noble slavo , wns allowed to break its bonds and become the mriStor ; anil just before dawn the flames burst into the middle ( jf the theatre , scared away the lingering ; maskers with a terrible sermon on the idleness of human pur-r qutya . The manager , who liail hoyed { to close (^ doubtful season with a . great indraft of revenue ,

      , They haye not . taken such effectual steps to abolish the purchase system in the army , probably because they care . naoxe _ to ; retain / or a certain class the privilege , qf . buy nig commissions , than they care for the tribute to ^ he' GJEmrdh . General Evans * npyed for ^ select conqjmittee to consider the system with a view to its abolition j it was quite evident that he had , a strong support from an increased number of members on bbfch sides of the

      Hottse ; but Ministers drew a herring across the trail : they offered a commission iristead off a committee—a board 6 t * inquiry ^ composed of inen under their own orders , instead of a Board selected by ¦ flie Souse of Cdthmdns . it is probable that the instructions to the Commissioners also will less definitively point to the purpose of abolition , and rather to ' amendment . "' The officials want to safe ias ' much of thd system as they can ; But they have been compelled to take the Erst step towards ^ cutting iit up . ' .. ' *¦' .. *' : ' i&mpng the movements in Parliament which have

      iio tefereiice to " party politics is Lord Stanhope ' s proposal for a national portrait gallery . It met , no fc with acquiescence , but welcome ; and it maybe said that the House of Lords and the Government at once identified themselves with the scheme . Lord Stanhope proposed that a sum of money shall annually be set ; apart to purchase the portraits fof eminent Then that abound in this country , in order to bring theni together "in' one gallery ; ' Lord

      EllknboKough originated rather an amusing episodci-by -raising tne ' question , whether the terms Tdsifedby Lord Stanhope * ' honourably mentioned in the history of the country" would riot exclude some of our eminent men , such for example as MAntBORUGH ,- Wolsev , Jiacon , Cromtoeil , 41 and irihnjr others . " It was agreed , therefore , "to sink thepoin'tof honour and ' substitute " eminence j " so that Mrl Oliveu Cromwklu ' stands a chance of ' appearing among the eimijieiit persons of tlie country . ' " ¦ ' '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦'

      . 'Xibtfd John has ' again talc en'hiastahd as head of the 0 f < 3 er of Preceptors . His language hus been , of a lundto mark almost so'hTctbingtndre than coldness towards his noble cfrid hbn ' oiirablo fr'Wtlds ; and in the ' edhfcation 'debate , wBichhc opened himself with Te ' sbltitlons desenbiri ^ a ncwplan , he let it be plainly ^ riJ ^ fcn ^ ^ tended t 6 lccep education as his o-vvn ;| W 4 ^ jr ! f ; Wia tfot ' t 6 'feripec ' t the difficulties of any SMJ ^^ n ^ a in office . ^ Htfmadc cotrimon cause l ^^ f ^« f % ^ " ? Aii ) t ^ OT 6 N'an d the Liberal Conu ^ i ^ W # ^^ H ^ St ^ ig ( h Tories , TJltra-Raaicnla , or ^ ^ i ^ S&lp' ^^^ ^' ^ '« e *«« Anally ab < uv ; SiipW | WW' devoid the ^ ' ^ •^ m ^^^ Wmti&M ^ Ws ' OTaer . 31 i 9

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      Health or London . —Tbe total number of deaths registered in London last week was 1 , 029 . Of these 529 were deaths of males , and 500 of females . The return is satisfactory , as tested by experience ; for it is less by 221 than the average number of deaths ( corrected fdr increase of population ) in the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 . Phthisis , as is usually the case , produced a greater number ' of deaths that any other disease , and was fatal in 136 cases . Bronchitis was fatal in the next degree , and carried off 95 persons ; pneumonia numbered' 62 , of whom two-thirds were infants not

      more , than two years old . Hooping cough prevailed to some' extent , and 60 , cMldron died of it . Of 52 deaths fronvty ^ Kus ( including continued fever ) , 17 occurred in tne north , division ,. wMch contains the London Fever hospital , 14 in the east , 9 in the west , 8 in the south ,. ' , and 4- in the central division . Typhus is frequent in Bethnal-green ; theregistrarof the , Church , sab-district recorded three deaths-from it in two days j and one ( that of a rn . au 32 years old , occurred at 7 , Nelson-streefc , Hackney-road , where the fatal disease is attributed by the medical attendant to " fetid smells arising from the liouse-drains . " Hine

      deaths froni typhus , and one from scarlatina , took place in the Fever Hospital . The total deaths from scarlatina were 24 , from measles 17 ,-and from smallpox . 14 ; 3 from rheumatic fever , 10 from rheumatism 17 from cancer , one from intemperance , 2 from delirium tremens . On February the 7 th , at 45 , Parkstreet Marylebone , a man is returned as having died from , want of food . —^ Last week , the births of 1 , 002 boys and 974 girls , in all 1 , 976 children , were x-egistered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 , the average number was 1 , 575 . ^—Prom the Registrar-General ' s Weekly Metwrn .

      Adulteration of Food , &c . —Mr . Scholeneld ' s select committee on this subject is again sitting ; and the evidence received during the last few days is similar in effect to that of the previous session . The majority of the witnesses agree in the prevalence and ¦ the injurious effects of adulteration ; while some few are found to deny or excuse the fact . Mr . Thompson , a member . of the College of Sm-gepns , and an analytical chemist , gave evidence * last Wednesday , and stated that , " generally , he thought that articles

      are sold in such a pure state that no injury occurs to the public health . " He had no doubt that alum is mixed with all the bread sold in the bakers' shops , but it undergoes a chemical change into potash and alumina , and thus ceases to be injurious . He dici not think there would , be any objection to a chemist putting up in his shop , " White bread mixed with alum , "—Mr . W . Bastiok , analytical chemist , said he believed the greater number of English chemists are not able to detect the adulteration introduced

      into the di / ugs they retail . This witness road from a book of recipes the following recipe for making now-old porb wine : — " Cyder , 45 gallons ; brandy , 6 gallons ; good port , 8 gal Ions ; ripe sloes , 2 gallons ; stew thorn in 2 gallons of water—press off the liquor , nud add to the rest ; if the colour is not strong euough , tincture of red sanders . Iu a few dnys , this wine may bo bottled ; add to each bottlo a toaapoonful of powdered catechu , and mix it well ; it will vary noon produce a fino cl'usfcy appeaiMnce . Th . o bottles boiug ' packod on their Bjides as usual , soak the outl . s of the corks iu a strong tlecootion of B ^ a « il wood with alum , which will , with tlio orust , give it the appoarnnco of ugo . "

      Macauim-Y buunt iw Effigy . - - 'The HigUlandorrj of Gleumoro ; in Inv ^ niosfl-ishire ( says the JSlortk Jifitiah I ) ail < y Mail ) , feeling nggriovod nnd mdignimt tit the slanderous oharges brought by Mr . Macaulay against their poedeoesaovtf , in hin last volumo of the " History of EuglaucV aaseinblod together , and , hoadodj by a pipw playing the " Roguo ' a March , " proceeded . to the Black Book , noar Qlonmorta-liouso , and thei'e burnt in effigy ' the distiuguiahed hintorian . TUo assembled ovowd gave Jihroo shouts of oxeoration as the offlgy wns consuming . Macaulay , when in the Higlukmds , resided for a considerable timo » t GlenmoTO-houBo .

      S'A'KAM to Amkrwa .. —Tho ownors of tho United Statoa mail Btoamors uave noticed thnt tho vwsboIh oi tWa line , to avoid tbo datfgbra from ioo , will not oro » n the banks north of 48 degreed , until aftor tho lnt ol AVS ^ ** n © xt .

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      218 ! THE LEADER . [ No . 311 , Saturday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 8, 1856, page 218, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2131/page/2/