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MISCELLANEOUS. HEALTH OF THE LARGE TOWNS.—Last W IFAE births registered in London and twelve other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,309 the deaths reg- istered, 2,580. The annual rate of mortality was 19 per 1,000 in London, 29 inEdinburgh, and23 inDub- lin 20 in Bristol, 20 in Birmingham, 25 in Liver- pool, 26 in Manchester, 22 in Salford, 16 in Sheffield, 25 in Leeds, 23 in Hull, 26 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 33 in Glasgow. The Journal du Havre affirms, and with perfect seriousness, that the Emperor of China, having been invited by an autograph letter from Napoleon III. Will leave his own country towards the middle of July, embark in a steamer of the Messageries Imperiales, pass by the Isthmus of Suez, and land at Marseilles near the end of the second week in August. The Chinese Sovereign, the same journal affirms, will be lodged and entertained during his stay in Paris at the expense of the Emperor of the French. We shall believe all this story (says Galignani) IV hen the Emperor of China arrives. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.—The official return for the four months ending 30th April last was issued on Thursday. The total value of British exports was in January, 912,786,842 in February, E14,446,072 March, £ 15,148,707; and in April, £ 13,804,908. This exhibits a considerable decrease as compared with the corresponding period of last year, as in January, 1866, the exports amounted to £ 14,354,748; February, £ 15,116,063 March, zE17,520,334 and in April, £ 15,366,414. The total value of imports in January of the present year was zC9,452,759 in February, F,14,828,289 and in March, 917,183,770 whereas the imports in January, 1866, were zCO,847,564 Feb- ruary, f;16,610,159 and March, 91938912204. In 1865 the exports in the four months ending 30th April amounted to £ 47,706,818 and in the three months ending March of the same year the imports were £ 32,295,568. A SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN CHELSEA.—At about five o'clock onThursday morning Mrs. Sadler,late barmaid to Mr. Brookbank, licensed victualler, attempted self- murder by cutting her throat. Mrs. Sadler had re- cently married, and was considered to be the hand- somest barmaid in London. Her employer had placed the unfortunate lady, with her husband, as manage- ress of the Roebuck Tavern, Leader-street, Chelsea, and which they only opened last Saturday, in a stylo seldom witnessed in Chelsea. A band of music was engaged, the house was illuminated, and 1,200 jugs were given away. This excitement, it is thought, was too much for the unfortunate woman's brain, and get- ting out of bed she attempted self-destruction with her husband's razor; and it need not be said what the horrified man suffered when he made the discovery. The neighbours were alarmed, and Dr. Wrench being called in, he had the sufferer removed to St. George's Hospital in a cab; but we regret to say that the poor creature attempted to re-open the wound closed by the surgeon, and not the slightest hopes of her recovery are entertained. ANOTHER ENGLISH STEAMER FIRED AT BY A SPANISH GUNBOAT.—Another English steamer has been fired at by a Spanish gunboat. The following is an extract from a letter dated Gibraltar, May 23 The British steamer Peninsula, belonging to London—a regular trader between Gibraltar, Cadiz, and England, and Well known to every Spanish guarda-costa for twenty years—was steaming quietly along her usual course from Gibraltar yesterday afternoon-she was some distance to the north of Cape Trafalgar, and fully five miles from the shore-when she was approached by the Spanish gunboat Prosperidad, and a shot was fired at her without warning. The captain of the Peninsula immediately hoisted the British ensign; but in spite of this, another gun was fired at the Peninsula after the ensign was hoisted. The crew of the Peninsula cannot swear whether the guus Were shotted or not, but fortunately no shot struck 'the Peninsula, which vessel was stopped, and a Spa- nish officer came on board with a sailor who spoke broken English, and he demanded the name of the Steamer. Then he said, 'Why did you not hoist your colours ?' and then added, 'You are too near the shore; you have no right to be so near shore.' The captain of the Peninsula then replied, 'I hoisted my British ensign the moment you fired your first shot, and we are on our usual course between Trafalgar and Cadiz, all steamers keep th iscourse or even inside it.' The Spanish officer then made off, and the Prosperi- dad steamed away. The Peninsula is now in Cadiz bay In quarantine." MEETINGS IN ROYAL PARKS.—The Bill introduced into the House of Lords by Lord Redesdale enacts The parks, gardens, and possessions to which this Act applies shall not on any occasion be used, without the permission of Her Majesty, for the purposes of political ■or any other meetings, nor for open-air preaching, nor for the celebration of the anniversaries or other re- Unions of clubs or benefit societies. A*iy person con- vening, or aiding, or assisting in convening anymeeting to be held in contravention of this Act, and any person knowingly joining or taking part in any such meeting contrary to the provisions of this Act, on being convicted before any magistrate sitting in any police-court within the metroplis shall, on such conviction, either be liable to a penalty not exceeding £ 5,. or in the discretion of the magistrate, may be imprisoned for any term not ex- ceeding one calendar month. Nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed to prejudice or affect any prerogative or other right of Her Majesty, her heirs or successors in respect of the said parks, gardens, and possessions." To-morrow presents its easy pillows" in vain to ,those who believe in the tremendous importance of to-day, and are aware of the possibility of not succeed- ing to-morrow. But those who are allowed to see the sun of the morrow will look in vain for that resisting iplace which fancy offered to their indolent humour. When to-day has become yesterday, and to-morrow has settled into to-day, we shall not find that pillow very easy which is crowded with the postponed duties of so many yesterdays. THE FATE OF DR. LIVINGSTONE.—An Irish paper of Saturday publishes the following extract of a letter from the gunner of I.M.S. Lyra to his wife, residing at Howth, dated Zanzibar, March 28, 1867: "I think I told you in my last letter that Dr. Li-vingstone had been murdered in the interior by the natives. We have just received the news that there is no truth in it, and that he has sent some of his men down to see after his clothes and other articles. I only hope that it is true," WHAT is AN ENCUMBRANCE P—The matter was discus- sed by the Chester Board of Guardians last week. The Board advertised for a porter without encumbrance," and when the applications came in a member asked what an encumbrance was. Of course, there were present those who were ungallant enough to say wives." But here subtle distinctions were made between wives with families and wives without. Mr. Weaver thought a 0 W1^e 01'ie °f the greatest blessings aman had upon earth—a speech which was received withlaughter. The <"< •balt ST° e difficulty by calling encumbran- ces wives who were dependent on a man." Mr. Wad- ley suggested that a mother depending on a man for support mignt be deemed an encumbrance," a statement that was received with a chorus of "noes;" A WEATHER PREDICTION. The People's 3 £ <xqcbzin& pre- dicts that the coming summer will be one of the hottest on record; the deduction being made from the follow- ing axioms established by Dr. KirwanFirst—That When there has been no storm before or after the spring equinox, the ensuing summer is generally dry, at least five times out of six. Secondly TJ" ^hen a storm happens from any easterly point, either on the 19th, 20th, or 21st of March (the equinox), the succeeding Summer is generally dry four — That when a storm arises on the 25th, 26th, or 27th of ilarch, and not before, in any point, the succeeding summer is generally dry four times in five. Fourthly- That if there be a storm from S.W. or W.S.W. on the 19th, 20th, or 22nd of March, the succeeding summer is generally wet five times in six. Some other argu- ments are used, but the principal is that the month of March began with N.E. or N.N.E. winds, [continuing with scarcely a change to the 17th when the wind ad- vanced to a point or so to the south of east, but returned il nn °J1, £ l^th, and so continued to the 21st. On the 22nd there was a twelve-pound pressure of the Wind from S.E., in fact, the weather was stormv from the S.E. from the 20th to the 22nd. It follows accord- ing to Dr. KIrwan s second axiom, that the'ensuing Bummer will be dry. ° RUMOURED MUNIFICENCE OF THE QUEEN.-The London correspondent of the Eastern Morning News says —The Queen is about to perform an act of great munificence During the five years she has remained in retirement nhe has necessarily accumulated a large portion of her privy purse allowances, which under happier circum- stances would have been spent in Royal hospitality both to her own subjects and to foreign princes. Her Majes- ty, desiring it should not be supposed that she had saved this money for parsimonious reasons,has resolved to give no less a sum than half a million sterling for the erection of a convalescent hospital. The matter hitherto nas been kept very quiet, but I have reason to believe moneyhas been already made over to trustees, and Unty before long, be made known offi- CiallY. The new institution will be built more especially in connection with St. Bartholomew's Hospital and the treasurer and other officials of that renowned charity IS • It is proposed to spend about £ 200,000 m purchasing the site and erecting the building, and to keep the reminder of the sum inland convalescent hospital 1 In £ a- a f^Z \e distance from London, so as to give the inmates the advantage of nnre nir The Queen is said to have been moved to thisPact of benevo- the noble examPle of1Mr- Peabodv It is DOS- Bible that a recent action on the part of the Empress of the French may also have been an MDUCINA-MN«^ o TT Majesty has lately given up a beautiful Shateau i £ j Lyons for a purpose similar to that which Queen ria is now promoting.

DR. MARY WALKER'S LECTURE.

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""VARIETIES.

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METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.…

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BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.

i HOP INTELLIGENCE.

WOOL MARKETS.

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IPROMOTION BY PURCHASE.

KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL.

THE RIVER LEA.

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_ LONDON MARKETS.

PROVISION MARKETS.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS.