The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-01 00:00:00

CALUMNY AND INTRII

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CALUMNY AND INTRIGUE.
A correspondent says : " In the south of England
there melee a Mary of very high rank. The lady is a
baroness in her own Tithe, a:,d a marchioness by marrieee. I
She was left a widow when yes sir, and ehe married *timidly
lan amiable and accomplished 2roceena, a nephew of an
Irish duke, and who on his marriage adopted the name of
wile's wasters. The n this. lady and her husband took
up their residence where the former (oho had been lett an
orphan when an infani) had resided in her yruth. Hers
they have lived in a elle soltable to their rank, sr d have
beta highly d toting unhe d furtheir cheeky and hospitality. Pas-
sionately tond of music, they gave a s ,rise of musical roirles to
the neighbouri g nobility and gattry, at which muscat ama-
teurs, even nt ducal rank were performers. Although the
family are liberal. almost'ultra Lberal, in politics, this was
not of course thought of while dispensing hospitality, and
the whole of the tory families of suitable rank in the neigh-
bourhood participated in that hospitality. Prom the in-
fluence which the family naturally acquired in the neigh •
booting town, by means of their kindness and wealth, the
husband was solicit. d by the inksOitants a few months age
to become their representative in parliament. This he de-
alined, but he recommended an intimate friend professing
similar politics as himself, who was after a desperate
contest, elected. In this ccatest both the noble lady
and her husband took an active and comp none
part. Now, the represettoticn of this town had el-
ways been in the hanCe of the tery families in the
neighbourhood, sad they were emoted beyond description
to find it taken from them. They studied what Malta and
slights they could safely ea is the family that had sup-
planted them, so as to arty aod drive them from the
neiehl»urhcod. It appears 'hat an ettacAr of one of the
most diatieguished foreign embattles in London, and who is
intimately related to • pmcceiy temily, had been introduced
to the lady by her husband', uncle as an eminent =usual
amateur' and One who was cotoetent and woul.t be willing
to assist her ladyship in getting up her musical parties. He
was of course truoed with the utmost kinuness by the
family, and became a convert guest. Abut two menthe
since he, presuming on the noble lily's frank and unsuspect-
ing disposition, offered her a ,rasa nod unmistakeable insult.
A.tontsbed at the outrage, the summoned her husband
who was in a distant part of the how, to bee protection,
and he immediately knorbed the scoundrel down and kicked
him ignominiously from the mansion. The lady's political
enemies have fabricated shameful insinuations from this cir-
cumstance, but with such teenios as proves that their
cowardice equals their maliontty, and they have just now
had the audacity to exclude the lady's name from amongst
tee list of peroteares to a public hall. The peel' spite
bell, as it is o toted, was to come off last night. In the
meantime the inhabitants of the neighbouring town have _
taken the matter up, and, ens evening lest week, when the
noble lady (n•ible by birth and by many gifts and virtues)
entered the Polytechnic lnsti 'alien in the town, en institu.
tion of which ehe is a munificent patroness, the auditing
rime en masse, greeted her wiilz toe most entheorastic t heer-
leg, and spoke unmistakeably what they thought of her
enemies."
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.
The offi2ial report stye: " The return for the week
ending last Saturday shows 'hat I, deaths were registered
in the me•ropelitan daunts : in the first three week, of Drs
cember they were 1,004, 1,000, sad 1,166. This increase is
c-nsiderable, and must be attrimool in tart to the character
of the weather, which has hien unfavourable to the public
health ; but, as in the pievieue week, it is sloe due to some
, coroners' returns, which were not completed, as regards re-
gistratioe, when the inquests were held, but have been
accumulatine till the and of the quarter. Ice the ten
corresponding weeks of the 1 1111 1840.9, the returns varied
, from 910 laths in 1815, at ac' teod of rather higher than
average temperature, to 1,4u3 in 1948. when scarlatina and
typhus were rife, and cholera had begun, these epidemics
, having succeeded to the infion.Sl of the former year. The
I following comparative stakaaat of deaths et particular
. ages shows that while the in..; tality of the young was not
greater than usual in the Lit week, there was an excess
I above the average among prices 01 middle age:
Aurae° of ten weeks.
Last Week. (1840 49).
, From birth to 15 years 412 .. 514
From 15 Team to 60
At 60 and upwards "'2 .. 260
Amongst thildren, however, hoot ing cough, diarrhea, and
small pox appear on the increase. The deaths (rem the first •
i of these conodaints were 61, from diarrithe (princip illy
amuoget [Mute) 31; whim 2/ children, and 6 adults, died
of small pox. This diseases ifi prevails severely in Limon-
-1 grove, when it was again fatal in 7 cases between the 20:11
. read 25th of December. Only one of the suffinere, six girls
. and one boy, has appatently been vaccinated. With refe-
rence to a death from smell pax, without vaccination, which
occurred to a boy in Hign-et:eet, Shatiwell, Mr. Ross
I observes that "four other cliheireu are suffering tram the
seme complaint in the family; the father refuses to give his
. children the promotion of cow.pea, and such is the remelt;
. but the mischief does not end hero, for the deadly poison,
r diamiaineted through the neighbourhood." Another death
. from small-pox without vaccieadou is recorded by the
• same enterer in a house at Elm row, filtedwell, and I
• here also " four other children are elatell2g under smell-
s pox, the father entertaining olject•cns to voecinittion." The
a registrar of Haggerstone Welt =entities a family at Buxton,
, in which the wile, son, daughter, end servant died of scarlet
fever, all within a short period. A child in Chapel-street,
- Woolwich, reed, according to the medical euuticate, of
" miasmatic ',neatest."
, The class of diseases of the respiratory organs," com-
• prices laryngitis, bronchitis, plcutisy, pneumonia, asthma
,t end other &nexus of the lung., exclusive of pliehisie, and
~, numb. tan this return 264 deaths, which is more than the
W. rage. From blenched, there were 120 ; from pneumonia
• 90; the former showing an inumee on the previous week,
toe letter a decrease.
u Term deaths are ascribed to privation of food or clothing,
11 amongst children to want of breast milk, two to neglect,
, and two to intemperance. The death of a girl aged 7 yeah
o Ls reported by the medical attendant, as unseal by " hydro-
o pericardium—fright produced .by a boy wearing it mw le."
e The births of 6.53 boys and al.l girb, La all 1,370 children
if were registered in the week. Tte averaged five correspond-
. log weeks in 1846 9, was 1,228.
At the keys.' Observatory, Greenwich, the mesa daily
reading of the barometer was above 30 in. on every day, ea-
• cept Wednesday : on Monday it rose to 30464 in., and the
• mean of the week was 30192 in. The mean temperature of
o the week was 38° 3, which Is nearly the average of the same
week hi seven years. On the first three days of the week,
ti e mean temperature was below the average; during the
re mainder it was above it. The wind was principally it/ the
south west.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE HIGHLANDS.
n On Friday afternoon, a preliminary meeting of gen.
e Outten interested in the improvement of the Highlands,
was held in Dowell % RIOTaI, George-street, Bainbureh, to
d torus an asiocietion for that object
A series of three resolution' were passed, by the first
f of which the meeting resolve.: themselves into a era-
- visional ceismittee for eetabl'shing and organising an •
8 emaciation, to be called " The Society for the Improvement
of the Coluatim of the Highlands and Islands of Scotlaod."
I'be second resolution declared it to be no part of the duties
le of the society to raise any eleemosynary fund, or to 'dint-
s nister direct relief; and the third was in favour of the ape
pointment of a sue-committee to prepare the draft of a con-
4 stitution and regulations for the proposed society, to com-
f municate with other bodies, and to annunon a public meeting
or at as early a day as possible.
I OPENING OF THE BRIGHTON PAVILION.--ThePavii-
o lion will be epee ed by • ball whelk. will take place in the second
; week of Januory. Beery effort is being made to place the
•• building in a perfect state of preparation. Some idea may
be formed of the extent of the rooms when it is stated that
they are 300 feet in length, and will accommodate 2,000
gusts. The following ladies have accepted the tffice of
lady patronesses :—The Duchers of Norfolk, the Countess of
Sheffield, Lady Willoughby d'Leahy, Lady Clete, Ltely de
' Tabley, the Baroness Witham, Lady Alfred Meaty, the
Han. Lady Bratsk@ Peahen, Lady WeetpleaL
to CANADA COMPANT.—Yesterday the annual meeting
:5t oiletiehaitre-ValseP:,liwshaOr hgealtde•aattreteht!toc''coaeldmpanyer's thh°eussueti,jienetElotf.
I, the dividend to be declared. Charles Franks, Ecqq , the
O governor, lock the chair, and the Secretary (Mr. Perry
caving read the notice convening the meeting, the Chairman
• epoannayrdatualriLted thtehepat.ctraypreiurt.connoenstthwitatithrosiptettitse idhezr,comid
to
D the 12th of December, 1850, was 11,095 acres, at 13e. 4d. per
n acre average ; leased, do., 110,493 ; toed, 121,638 acres; ex-
e &fairs the amount disposed of to the game period of 1849
1- by 39,500 uses- The receipts is Caned& to the 12th of Di-
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amber were 46,2031. le. led , exceediog the amount collected
• to the same period in 1849 by 21,000/. The Chairman toa-
d eluded by seal- g that the dlrecton recommended the de- •
t• (bastion of a dividend for the half year at the rate of 6 par
e cent, per aonutn.-11r. Hibbert spoke in favour of the clivi-
d dead.—Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Blsckett, and other proprietor',
rl made some obeervatiuns in respect to the propriety of ply ng
O an increased dividend.—The Chairman could not see the
d propriety of paying an Increased dividend whilst they had
▪ 130,0001. of debentures to pt rid cf.—Mr. Alderman Carden
(a &tutor) thought the proprietors ought not to be alarmed
le at the amount of debentures. Independently of the means
D of the compacy to liquidate them by instalments, they would
have a sum of 290,0001. to look forward to in 1859, which
might be applied for that puree—The dividend was then
• adopted unanimously.—A vote of thanks was paned to the
t chairman and directors, and the meeting adjourned.
THE LATE ME. RAPHAEL, The Dublin
• Evening Neil contains the foil ming The late member
i for St. Albans died without signing the dad transferring the
new churches at Kingston sad St. Albans, as well as Prior-
; cearelc.,:n.euar.ilathy, ticihteheLCArardlint
objecting'lhe deletyaisx.ridßO:phheaveel
naming tha clergyman, and the resu that ha has lout
• about 70,0001. was th of property. Mr. Raphael's si.ter died
on Sunday, so that hie nephew comes in for all. The per-
, song property has been sworn at 250,0001., and the landed
• property, alienated at a larger figure.
I Loss OP Lin BY FlRM—This morning, an inquest
was held by Mr. Bedford, at fit. George'ehospital, on the
• body of Anse Maria Taylor, aged 6, vrho resided with her
t mother, in the Kee-road; and on Carutmu-day, at apr y,
one of the children threw a lighted piece of paper on the
I deceased's frock, eilieb, being of muslin, soon ignited, and
I in a few ecoude ad her clothes were burnt from her. Ste
• was dreadfully lrjured about the face, neck, brew, and
arms; and, being taken to the above hospital, died %heaths
next day.
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