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834* T H E IjEAPEB. Po» 284, Batotepay,
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A REVEREND MAGISTRATE. Dubing the last f...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS. The Cueragh.—Th...
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OBITUARY. Major-General Sir Arthur Wklle...
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MISCELLANEODS. India and China.— Intelli...
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An Actress's Revenge.—Miss Theresa Greig...
he would whip back the coin , which he was thus enabled to retain , together with the change . He has sometimes offered the same coin twice over at the same shop for two separate articles , receiving double change for it , and keeping it after all . . . Garotte Robbery .-+-Thomas Jones , a notorious bad character , is under remand at the Southwark Police Court , charged with assisting two other men , not in custody , in a garotte robbery in High-street , Southwark , late at night . A watch and chain were taken from Mr . John Bagley , the prosecutor ; and he was severely hurt by the grip on his throat .
Escape of a Convict . —George Woodcock , a convict , witi . a great number of aliases , has escaped from Dartmoor prison . No trace has yet been heard of him . A Jovial Invalid . —Falkland Northouse , a commercial traveller in the service of Messrs . Wolff and Co ., pencil manufacturers of Spitalfields , was sent by his employers on a journey to the north of Eng land and Scotland . After an interval of some days , he wrote from Manchester the following extraordinary letter to his employer : —" Monday morning—Dear Sir , —I have to report myself drunk and incapable , spending an infernal lot of tin , without paying attention to your
business ; come to Manchester , if you can , at your earliest convenience ; we had better square the accounts up . Yours truly , F . Nobthouse . " The very next day to that on which this communication was received , the jovial traveller appeared at Mr . Wolff ' s counting-house , and , after making up his accounts , confessed to a deficiency of about 351 , which he said he had squandered in drink , alleging that his medical man bad ordered him to take stimulants for some internal complaint . He was given into custody , and has appeared twice at the Worship Street police-court . The second examination terminated in another remand ; but the prisoner was
released on bail . Fobged Bank-notes . —William Barnett , a person apparently living in the position of a gentleman at Harrington-street North , Mornington-crescent , has been committed for trial on a charge of uttering several forged Bank of England notes . The Women in Cranmore Place . —A gentleman waited on the Lambeth magistrate , to complain of the disreputable houses in Cranmore-place , near the Waterloo-road , where " the unfortunate women sit at the open windows in an unseemly state of semi-nudity , . using all sorts of allurements to induce the passers-by to go into the houses . " The magistrate said the parish authorities were bound to indict , at the sessions .
A Bot Ruffian . —Alfred Cox , a boy , was on Thursday , at Guildhall , sentenced to twenty-one days' hard labour for throwing a handful of lime into the face of a girL His mother in vain interceded for him , and he was removed , crying bitterly .
834* T H E Ijeapeb. Po» 284, Batotepay,
834 * T H E IjEAPEB . Po » 284 , Batotepay ,
A Reverend Magistrate. Dubing The Last F...
A REVEREND MAGISTRATE . Dubing the last few days , a correspondent of the Times has related a case of great hardship occurring in Essex , in which we are at once presented with a singular specimen of the feudal spirit yet lingering in our agrarian laws , and an edifying example of the blessing of having those laws administered by Christian clergymen . The facts are thus summarised in a leading article of the Times , an article nobly distinguished by the boldness and humanity of its spirit : — " Thomas and George Collin , brothers , labourers in the employ of a Mr . Joseph Brown , a small farmer of Roydon hamlet , gave notice to their employer ' s foreman on the evening of Saturday ,
August 4 , that they should want a half-holiday on the ensuing Monday to witness the review of the Essex corps of Yeomanry , Artillery , and Cavalry . To this proposition the foreman neither assented nor refused . The brothers , together with their father , went to work on the Monday morning at half-past four o ' clock , being an hour and a half before the usual time , as they were anxious to get their work forward . At one o ' clock , a largo concourse of people having collected at Nazingmead , the spot selected for the review , and the foreman having told them * to leave off mowing , Thomas Collin proceeded at once to the review-ground , and George followed at two o ' clock . Two days passed , during which the brothers went to their work as usual : but on
the Thursday morning they were sent for by their employer , and on obeying the order found a policeman in attendance .. They were taken into custody under a warrant from the Rev . George Hemming , of Little Parndon , by whom they were committed to Chelmsford Gaol for fourteen days , with hard labour . " In commenting on these facts , the Times observes : — " The Rov . G . Hemming may have acted according to hia peculiar notions of duty ; but he will not lose by learning that there is a public whose opinion may differ from his own , while the world in general will not unprofltably notice that the judgments of a Christian minister set in temporal authority may surprise all men for their rocklessneas and severity . "
Mr . Hemming has written to the Txme $ , enclosing a copy of a letter sent by him to Mr . Waddington , of the Home Department , in which , in Answer to a request of that gentleman , he makes some observations on the case . From this it appears that a man and a boy who
joined the Collins in committing the " offence , " were let off by the reverend magistrate , the one with a fine of 4 a . 6 d « and the other with a reprimand , in consideration of having expressed contrition for their wickedness ; while the Collins , being stubborn , were condemned to fourteen days' hard labour . It is thus made manifest that the punishment was actually inflicted , not for the offence against Mr . Brown , but for that against Mr . Hemming himself—for the crime of not humbling themselves in the reverend gentleman ' s confessional ! Sir George Grey , we are sorry to see , has refused to interfere ; but subscriptions for the poor men are being received , and so far their oppression will be lightened .
Naval And Military News. The Cueragh.—Th...
NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS . The Cueragh . —The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , on Friday week , reviewed the troops encamped on the Curragh of Kildare . Huts fob the Crimea— About sixty-five huts for the Crimea have been delivered in the dockyard of Portsmouth for shipment by Mr . Cammell , who has contracted to supply three hundred . They will be made up as far as possible in framework , and not sent out in planks , as they were last year . the invention of
A New Explosive Powder , Mr . Alexander Parkes , has been tested on the sea-sands at Pembrey , Carmarthenshire . Portions of a thirteen-inch shell , charged with twelve pounds and a half of powder , entered the roof of a cottage a mile and a half off . This and other results appear to justify the inventor in his statement that his powder has three times the explosive force of common powder ; and it is also said that damp will not affect its properties . The invention has been brought under the notice of Government—which will in all probability reject it .
Lord Dundonald has published the following letter from Sir Charles Fox : — " My Lord , —Having received from your Lordship a full explanation of your proposed plan of warfare , and having given the subject the most serious consideration , I am of opinion that , if your suggestions were vigorously carried out under the protection of a naval or military force , a few hours would suffice to reduce a fortification which , under'the usual system , would occupy a much longer period , and that this result would be attained with a comparatively small loss of life to the attacking party . —I have the honour to be your Lordship ' s obedient servant , Charles Fox . " The Bull Advertiser states that it feels no hesitation in publishing what it knows to be a fact , viz ., that Lord Dundonald's plan consists in destroying the enemy by blasts of poisoned air .
Lieutenant Perry , not having succeeded in obtaining a commission in the . T urkish Legion , is about to leave England for Australia . The sum of 2000 Z ., subscribed for his defence , has been paid over to the Messrs . M'Gregor , army agents , for transmission to that colony . Death in " the Stocks . "—A soldier in the country has literally died from strangulation produced by the tightness of his military stock . Sergeant Bbodie , well known for his interference in the attempted duel between Cornet Baumgarten and his chief persecutor , has been discharged from the service ; while Adjutant Webster , who ordered his men to " knock the sergeant down with the butt-ends of their carbines , " has been promoted to a captainship in the Turkish Contingent .
Mr BaicEWell . —A correspondence between the father of Mr . Bakewell , the author of the celebrated letter in the Times relative to the treatment of the wounded on the 18 th of June , and Mr . Frederick Peel , has been published . Mr . Bakewell , sen ., demands justice for his son , on account of his not being present on the investigation of the case against him : Mr . Peel replies that General Simpson ' s decision has the full concurrence of Lord Panmure . The Medical Department , he adds , was in fact the accused party , and not Mr . Bakowell , jun . Phillips ' s Fire Annihilators have been tried at the Royal Arsenal , Woolwich , and have proved a failure .
Supposed Murder of a Ship ' s Crew . —The Janotte , Danish brig , drifted into Acklius , Bahamas , July 14 , with all her crew dead , and her sails loose . It is supposed the crew wore murdered the day before , as the brig wob seen with a schooner alongside on that day , and it is supposed the Janette was that brig .
Obituary. Major-General Sir Arthur Wklle...
OBITUARY . Major-General Sir Arthur Wklleslky Torrens , K . C . B ., British Military Commissioner in Franco , died at Paris on Friday week , after a short illness , tho fatal termination of which was accelerated by grief at tho death of . a sister , and by the effects of a severe wound received by him at Inkerman . Ho was in his fortyseventh year . Mr . J . Carter .- —We regret to hoar of the death of Mr . J . Carter , the engraver of Mr . E . M . Ward's " Scone in Change Alley , during tho agitation of tho South Sea Bubble . " Mr . Carter died suddenly last week , having only just completed an engraving of " West ' s First Effort in Art , " from Mr . E . M . Ward ' a picture . Tho deceased was a man of rare accomplishment in hie beautiful art , and of singular modesty of character . Ho has left a lurge family and a numerous circle of Mends to mourn his loss .
Miscellaneods. India And China.— Intelli...
MISCELLANEODS . India and China . — Intelligence ^ has been received from China of an insurrection among the Santals , a migratory race which has been permitted by the British Government to occupy the valley of the R & jmahal hills , which overhang the Ganges . Their number amounts to about eighty thousand ; and , until lately , th » y were remarkable for their peaceful character . It wouTd appear , however , that they have found a prophetic book , in which it is written that they are to set up a king and to conquer the whole of the country . Such , at ltast , is one account : another states that they have been irritated by increased taxation and other grievances . Whatever the cause , it is certain that - they Lave
risen in insurrection , murdered several of the Europeans and spread a complete panic through the district . Troops with artillery have been sent to put down tlie disturbances . —From China , we learn that the insurgents are losing ground in the north . The Overland Friend of China , speaking of the treatment of captured rebels by tbe Imperialists , says : —" The amount of bloodshed at Canton during the last month has been sickening-. At the rate of seven or eight hundred a day , for some time the whole ten thousand , and thousands more , were soon got rid of . Several were skinned alive , and one higher criminal than the rest was cut in twenty-four pieces . " A traffic in female children , to be taken to Cuba for wives to the male bondsmen , has been stopped by the authorities at Hong Kong .
America . —A perfect lull seems at present to prevail in the political world of the United States ; but there is , as usual , no lack of disasters and " rows . " Intelligence has been received of the loss of the ship Erimmesia on a reef west of New Caledonia . She had on board six hundred and fifty coolies from China , and a crew of fifty men , all of whom perished except seven , who were saved in a boat . Five men have been drowned in Niagara Falls . They were rowing a boat , "when one of the oars snapped , leaving them helpless . The boat was carried down the stream into the whirlpool , and broken to pieces . De Bar , at Milwaukie , Wisconsin , has been lynched -on account of his atrocious murder of the Muchr family . The mob overpowered the military and officers , seized
the prisoner , knocked him senseless by striking him on the head with a stone , beat him with clubs , jumped on him , and finally hung him up by the heels to a tree , where he was suffered to remain for hours after life was entirely extinct . The only item of news relating to the Know-nothings is to the effect that the Massachusetts members of that body have discarded their original principles with respect to slavery , and gone over to the abolitionists . —From Mexico , there are several rumours of a very contradictory character with respect to the rebels ; but the probability seems to be that they are advancing rapidly ,- that a large part of the country is already in their hands , and that the situation of Safita Anna is critical . —Accounts from Lower California
exhibit a most anarchical state of things . The commandant of the northern frontier has been shot under suspicion of desiring to sell the country to Lower California ; and Pujol , the new commandant , is committing great excesses . —In American California , great sensation has been caused by the " difficulty" between the French consul and Mr . Hermann . The former had written a despatch to his Government , in which he pointed out the danger Frenchmen incur in sending money to California for investment , on account of tlie unsettled state of the country . Mr . Hermann took offence at this , and , seeking out the consul , struck him . The former was given into custody , but has been merely fined in the nominal sum of twenty-five dollars .
London and Dublin . —The subject of the postal and passenger communication between London and Dublin has been exciting great attention recently in' the latter city . The only mails which leave Dublin for London are at two o ' clock in the day , and eight o ' clock in the evening ; and great inconvenience , is experienced by men of business in not having a more frequent intercourse . A meeting has been held at the Dublin Mansion House ; nnd , on Thursday week , a deputation , headed by tho Duke of Loinster and the Lord Mayor , and including some of the leading mercantile men of Dublin , waited on tho Lord-Lieutenant , who assured them that ho fully concurred in thoir Views , and would lay the subject before Lord Palmcrston . Sir John Dean Paul has at length produced satisfactory bail , nnd is now , together with his lute partners , at large .
The Darlington Slow Poisoning Case . —Mr . J . •? . Woolor has been committed for trial nt tho Durham Asaizcs . Professor Taylor , who has made an analysis of tho viscera , gave evidence to tho effect that ho h « d found arsenic absorbed into the substance of tho lungs , livor , heart , intestines , and rectum ; that the poiaon appeared to have boon udminiutcrcd in a liquiJ foi'H ' i and in small quantities , over a considerable jioriud oi time ; and that tho system had been thus gradually undermined . —Mr . Woolor ' a legal adviser aaid hit client could not JHvo through tho term of imprisonmont wlii < - '" would intervene before tho trial . On the deposit ions being road over , eomo of tho witnesses mado additions to , or explanations of , thoir testimony ; Ann Taylor , tho servant , being ono of theso . Sho otaied that all tvlio wore in tho room on tho certificate of denth being veud
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 1, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01091855/page/6/
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