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The Week.
cess Louise , and attended by tbe Marchioness of Ely , Lieut .-General the Hon . C . Grey , and Major-General Seymour , was present at Divine service at the parish church of Crathie on Sunday last . Dr . N . Macleod officiated , and in the evening had the honour of dining with her Majesty . GENKKAI , HOME NEAVS . —The births in London and ten other large towns of the kingdom last week exceeded the
deaths by nearly twelve hundred , and in London alone by over six hundred ; yet the actual exceeds the estimated death rate by 82 , the number of deaths being 1 , 261 during the week . Diarrhcea , however , which took on an average 87 victims during the preceding six weeks , was content with 54 , so that the public will now have one more argument against the alarmists
about cholera . Six deaths are reported from accidents in the streets . London was healthier than any other great city of tbe kingdom , except Bristol , which was one per thousand less , Dublin coming next in salubrity , notwithstanding the awful smells from the Lifley . Liverpool was the highest , being 36 per 1 , 000 against Bristol ' s 21 . Tlie Eldon Club of Norwich held
their anniversary dinner on A \ ednesday evening , the 11 th inst . when Mr . Chester AVaters , the Conservative candidate at the late election , was present , and met with an enthusiastic reception . Lord Iienry Thynne , M . P ., Captain Peel , and other distinguished persons were present , and expressed their high respect for Mr . Waters , and their conviction that if he had
been chosen at the last election , Norwich would have reason to be proud of her representative . A public school for the instruction of the sous of the middle classes has been erected at Cranley , in Surrey , and was opened wifch some ceremony on the 12 th inst . There was a public meeting , at which the High Sheriff of Surrey presided , and which was addressed by the Bishop of AVinehester , the Earl of Carnarvon , Mr . C . Buxton ,
M . P ., aud several other gentlemen . The object of the school is to impart a sound plain education , on the public school system , and according to the principles of the Church of England . The school is calculated to accommodate 150 boys , and a considerable number have already joined . -A Court of Common Council was held on the 12 th inst ., afc which the
principal subject of discussion was the propriety of keeping Southwark Bridge toll free . The stipulated period for the removal of tho toll expires next month , and Alderman Salomons moved a resolution that arrangements be made for keeping it open for another twelve months with tbe option of purchasing the bridge altogether . The motion was strenuously opposed ,
not from any doubt as to the convenience afforded by the bridge boing free , for that was admitted on all hands , but because tbe motion pointed to the chance of the corporation purchasing it altogether , for which it was said there were no funds forthcoming . The motion was , however , carried by a small majority . A meeting of the Middlesex magistrates was held on the
12 th inst . at which reports were made on the state of the various prisons under their control , and discussions also took place on the propriety of having the Industrial School at Feltliam placed on the same footing with other reformatories , bufc the matter was postponed for twelve months . It was brought to the notice of the magistrates that the Indian Government was now in the
habit of sending home lunatics , some of whom were left to wander about the country , and the matter was deemed so serious to the county of Middlesex that a deputation was appointed to wait upon the Secretary of State for India upon that subject . ——The execution of John Currie , for the murder of Major De Vere , at Chatham , took placo afc Maidstone , on the 12 th inst . There was an intention to have the sentence carried out in Chatham barrack-yard , on the scene of the murder , but other views prevailed , and the execution was ordered at the
usual place . The prisoner is said to have been very penitant , and to have confessed thafc he had no reasonable ground of animosity against his victim . This is so far satisfactory , as it disproves the charge insinuated at the time of the murder , that the major's harshness to his men had provoked the crime A curious and rather amusing episode occurred at the Rei gate revision of the voters for East Surrey . Mr . Burt , one of the
Liberal agents , brought a charge against the Reigate overseers that they had framed their list with a Conservative bias . The revising barrister at once proceeded to investigate the charge , when it turned out that the overseers were Liberals , and their bias , if any , must have been on the other side . It is due to Mr . Curtis , another Liberal agent , to say that he protested against
the charge . A meeting of tbe Sanitarium Commission ofthe City was held on the 12 th inst ., when Mr . Gibbins , the chairman , stated that he , as chairman of fche markets committee of fche corporation , had been examined before the Koyal Commission on the cattle plague , but that no question was put to him on the subject of providing a sanitarium for cattle ; and ifc was not
till the close of his examination that be volunteered his opinion in favour of the curability of the disease . Several members of the committee were of the same opinion , and stated several facts within their own knowledge where diseased cattle had been cured . It was then resolved that si deputation should go from the committee to enforce these views on the commission .
At the meeting of the Board of AVorks a report was read from Dr . Letheby disclosing a new danger to health from the admission into the public sewers of the refuse of certain manufactures . The question of an increase of salary to the engineers of the board was again brought up , and after a good deal of discus-Ion , aud the rejection of several amendments , ifc was agreed to increase Mr . Bazalgette ' s salary to £ 2 , 000 , and his assistants to
£ 800 each . The colliers of Cramlington , a pit village in the north , have been on strike for several weeks ; and as there was no sign of the pitmen returning to work their employers resolved to evict them from their cottages , which , as is generally tbe case in tire north , aro bald by the y >\ tmen rent free , as part of their remuneration . It happened , unfortunately , that the
days selected for the evictions were wet and stormy , and as the pitmen made no preparation to go elsewhere the turning them and their families out of doors in the drenching rain added to the excitement and indignation which was felt by their fellow-workmen ttvrougb . tbe district . On the 12 th inst . tho evictions were resumed till one ofthe pitmen ,
more clever than his neighbours , barricaded bis door , and , as tho evietors had no warrant to force it open , the proceedings were suspended . A murder was committed in Great Yarmouth on Thursday night , the 12 th inst . A Dutch sailor was dancing in a low beer-shop , when tbe captain and one of his comrades tried to induce him to go on board . He refused , and
unsheathing a knife , stabbed his comrade to tbe heart . With a brutal levity , which we should hope is not often paralleled , the other inmates proceeded with their dancing as if nothing had happened , till fche police interfered and stopped them . It will be remembered that at Plymouth a few days ago a . woman named Brown was charged on suspicion of having
intended to bury her husband alive , and on her first examination it was stated that the poor man had been put in his coffin . This , however , seems to have been incorrect , but what is true is bad enough . While Brown lay in a helpless state his wife sent for the undertaker , who measured bim for his coffin , and did not discover that he was living , partly on account of the
readiness with which the woman explained a gurgling sound which he heard , and partly because the patient , although conscious , Avas unable to speak . The man ' s life was insured for
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
cess Louise , and attended by tbe Marchioness of Ely , Lieut .-General the Hon . C . Grey , and Major-General Seymour , was present at Divine service at the parish church of Crathie on Sunday last . Dr . N . Macleod officiated , and in the evening had the honour of dining with her Majesty . GENKKAI , HOME NEAVS . —The births in London and ten other large towns of the kingdom last week exceeded the
deaths by nearly twelve hundred , and in London alone by over six hundred ; yet the actual exceeds the estimated death rate by 82 , the number of deaths being 1 , 261 during the week . Diarrhcea , however , which took on an average 87 victims during the preceding six weeks , was content with 54 , so that the public will now have one more argument against the alarmists
about cholera . Six deaths are reported from accidents in the streets . London was healthier than any other great city of tbe kingdom , except Bristol , which was one per thousand less , Dublin coming next in salubrity , notwithstanding the awful smells from the Lifley . Liverpool was the highest , being 36 per 1 , 000 against Bristol ' s 21 . Tlie Eldon Club of Norwich held
their anniversary dinner on A \ ednesday evening , the 11 th inst . when Mr . Chester AVaters , the Conservative candidate at the late election , was present , and met with an enthusiastic reception . Lord Iienry Thynne , M . P ., Captain Peel , and other distinguished persons were present , and expressed their high respect for Mr . Waters , and their conviction that if he had
been chosen at the last election , Norwich would have reason to be proud of her representative . A public school for the instruction of the sous of the middle classes has been erected at Cranley , in Surrey , and was opened wifch some ceremony on the 12 th inst . There was a public meeting , at which the High Sheriff of Surrey presided , and which was addressed by the Bishop of AVinehester , the Earl of Carnarvon , Mr . C . Buxton ,
M . P ., aud several other gentlemen . The object of the school is to impart a sound plain education , on the public school system , and according to the principles of the Church of England . The school is calculated to accommodate 150 boys , and a considerable number have already joined . -A Court of Common Council was held on the 12 th inst ., afc which the
principal subject of discussion was the propriety of keeping Southwark Bridge toll free . The stipulated period for the removal of tho toll expires next month , and Alderman Salomons moved a resolution that arrangements be made for keeping it open for another twelve months with tbe option of purchasing the bridge altogether . The motion was strenuously opposed ,
not from any doubt as to the convenience afforded by the bridge boing free , for that was admitted on all hands , but because tbe motion pointed to the chance of the corporation purchasing it altogether , for which it was said there were no funds forthcoming . The motion was , however , carried by a small majority . A meeting of the Middlesex magistrates was held on the
12 th inst . at which reports were made on the state of the various prisons under their control , and discussions also took place on the propriety of having the Industrial School at Feltliam placed on the same footing with other reformatories , bufc the matter was postponed for twelve months . It was brought to the notice of the magistrates that the Indian Government was now in the
habit of sending home lunatics , some of whom were left to wander about the country , and the matter was deemed so serious to the county of Middlesex that a deputation was appointed to wait upon the Secretary of State for India upon that subject . ——The execution of John Currie , for the murder of Major De Vere , at Chatham , took placo afc Maidstone , on the 12 th inst . There was an intention to have the sentence carried out in Chatham barrack-yard , on the scene of the murder , but other views prevailed , and the execution was ordered at the
usual place . The prisoner is said to have been very penitant , and to have confessed thafc he had no reasonable ground of animosity against his victim . This is so far satisfactory , as it disproves the charge insinuated at the time of the murder , that the major's harshness to his men had provoked the crime A curious and rather amusing episode occurred at the Rei gate revision of the voters for East Surrey . Mr . Burt , one of the
Liberal agents , brought a charge against the Reigate overseers that they had framed their list with a Conservative bias . The revising barrister at once proceeded to investigate the charge , when it turned out that the overseers were Liberals , and their bias , if any , must have been on the other side . It is due to Mr . Curtis , another Liberal agent , to say that he protested against
the charge . A meeting of tbe Sanitarium Commission ofthe City was held on the 12 th inst ., when Mr . Gibbins , the chairman , stated that he , as chairman of fche markets committee of fche corporation , had been examined before the Koyal Commission on the cattle plague , but that no question was put to him on the subject of providing a sanitarium for cattle ; and ifc was not
till the close of his examination that be volunteered his opinion in favour of the curability of the disease . Several members of the committee were of the same opinion , and stated several facts within their own knowledge where diseased cattle had been cured . It was then resolved that si deputation should go from the committee to enforce these views on the commission .
At the meeting of the Board of AVorks a report was read from Dr . Letheby disclosing a new danger to health from the admission into the public sewers of the refuse of certain manufactures . The question of an increase of salary to the engineers of the board was again brought up , and after a good deal of discus-Ion , aud the rejection of several amendments , ifc was agreed to increase Mr . Bazalgette ' s salary to £ 2 , 000 , and his assistants to
£ 800 each . The colliers of Cramlington , a pit village in the north , have been on strike for several weeks ; and as there was no sign of the pitmen returning to work their employers resolved to evict them from their cottages , which , as is generally tbe case in tire north , aro bald by the y >\ tmen rent free , as part of their remuneration . It happened , unfortunately , that the
days selected for the evictions were wet and stormy , and as the pitmen made no preparation to go elsewhere the turning them and their families out of doors in the drenching rain added to the excitement and indignation which was felt by their fellow-workmen ttvrougb . tbe district . On the 12 th inst . tho evictions were resumed till one ofthe pitmen ,
more clever than his neighbours , barricaded bis door , and , as tho evietors had no warrant to force it open , the proceedings were suspended . A murder was committed in Great Yarmouth on Thursday night , the 12 th inst . A Dutch sailor was dancing in a low beer-shop , when tbe captain and one of his comrades tried to induce him to go on board . He refused , and
unsheathing a knife , stabbed his comrade to tbe heart . With a brutal levity , which we should hope is not often paralleled , the other inmates proceeded with their dancing as if nothing had happened , till fche police interfered and stopped them . It will be remembered that at Plymouth a few days ago a . woman named Brown was charged on suspicion of having
intended to bury her husband alive , and on her first examination it was stated that the poor man had been put in his coffin . This , however , seems to have been incorrect , but what is true is bad enough . While Brown lay in a helpless state his wife sent for the undertaker , who measured bim for his coffin , and did not discover that he was living , partly on account of the
readiness with which the woman explained a gurgling sound which he heard , and partly because the patient , although conscious , Avas unable to speak . The man ' s life was insured for