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December 1, 1855.] THE LEADER. , H47 i
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1 According to the Ost Deutsche Post, th...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY. Testimonial to Sir C...
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OUR CIVILISATION. Dishonest Bankrupts.—T...
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December 1, 1855.] The Leader. , H47 I
December 1 , 1855 . ] THE LEADER . , H 47 i
1 According To The Ost Deutsche Post, Th...
1 According to the Ost Deutsche Post , the disgrace of General Kleinmichel is owing to the opposition which he has always made to the railway froin St . Petersburg to Moscow , and to the contemplated line between the latter city and Warsaw ; in consequence of which the troops have been sent , on foot to the Crimea , and have lost enormous numbers in that dreadful journey . The Qrand Dukes Nicholas and Michael returned to St . Petersburg on the 17 th ult . Letters from the neighbourhood of the Prusso-Polish frontier state that all the news they hear there from the interior of Poland is of the most melancholy nature as regards the state of the great bulk of the people . The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa says that it is ihe intention of the Piedmontese Government to meet the exigencies of the State by opening a loan to the amount of 3 O , 0 O 0 , 000 f ., with a sinking fund of one per cent . Messina has been visited by a terrible inundation , occasioned , it is supposed , by a water-spout . The town itself was greatly injured ; the country around was laid under -water ; trees were uprooted , houses thrown down , cattle washed away , and many persons drowned . Palermo and Naples are sufferine from
cholera . The Charge d'Affairs of Greece at Paris has received orders to request the publication in the Moviteur of a statement with xespect to the late visit of the King and Queen of Greece to the Church of St Nicodimos , which , it is alleged , had simply an artistic object in view . No religiouB service , it is added , was performed during the time their Majesties stayed . General Canrobert has arrived in Denmark , and had an audience of the King . Afterwards , a banquet was given at the palace of Christianberg , in honour of the distinguished envoy . There is talk in Constantinople of a change of ministry , which will bring in Eedschid Pacha as Grand Vizier , and Mehemet Ali Pacha as War Minister—Mehemet Rusehdi Pacha ' retiring from the latter post , because , it is said , he will not submit to the searching investigations of the Loan Commission . Ali Pacha was War Minister at the commencement of the war with Russia , and gave great satisfaction by the vigorous and rapid way in which he organised the
. army . Cholera has again made its appearance with great virulence in the English military hospitals at Scutari . The Prussian Chambers have just been opened by a speech from the King , in which he observed : — " The conflict between several European Powers is not yet at an end . Our fatherland , however , continues to be the abode of peace . I trust in God that it will remain so , and that I shall succeed in preserving the honour and standing of Prussia , without inflicting upon our country the heavy sacrifices of war . I am proud to say , that I know of no people bo well prepared for war , or more ready for sacrifices , than my own , whenever its honour or interests are really in danger . This proud consciousness , however , imposes upon me the duty , while abiding faithfully by obligations already contracted , not to enter into further
engagements , the political and military liabilities of which , are not to be estimated beforehand . In the attitude assumed by Prussia , Austria and Germany behold a , valid security for the further maintenance of that independent position which is equally conducive to the attainment of an equitablo and lasting peace , and compatible with sincere good wishes for all . " The Grand Duke Constantino has been . betrothed to the Princess Alexandra , daughter of Peter , Prince of Oldenburg .
Naval And Military. Testimonial To Sir C...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . Testimonial to Sir Colin Campbell . —A meeting of influential persons has been hold in Glasgow , Sheriff Sir Archibald Alison in tho chair , for tho purpose of making arrangements to pay a tribute of rcspoot to Mnjor-Genoral Sir Colin Campbell , who in a native of that city ; and it wast determined to present him with a sword of honour , to bo purchased by subscriptions of one shilling caoh . This Shannon . — Tho scrow steam-frigate , tho Shannon , designed to perpetuate tho memory of the ship which fought tho colcbratod action with tho American vessel , tho Chosapoake , was launched at Portsmouth on Saturday . She i « built from domgn . s b y tho Surveyor of tho Navy , Sir Baldwin Wnlkor ; and , although much larger than tlxo old Shannon , tho number of hor tons being 2 , 061 , with a crow of at least 550 mon , and a broadside of 1 , 200 poundn , whilo the former vos « ol weighed only 1000 tons , with a orow of 300 mon , and a broadaido of 538 pounds , tho modern Shannon has . boon scarcely more than a twolvornonth in building . It in roportod that Captain Yolverton , and tho officers and crow of tho Arrogant , will bo tho firnt to commission hor . The Ballot . —The United Service , ( iazrttc ntatos that it is tho intention of tho Govornmont to ronort nt lost to tho ballot , and that it i » to he carried into offoot , without reference ) to rank , from tlio ago of eighteen to forty . Tho term of service is to bo for fivo yoiu-H , and it is considered that tho mnnuor of mining
oonibbbw «« b « scripts for the French army will be adopted . The fine of £ 5 for not serving will be paid to the Government , who will provide substitutes for those who decline to enter the force . The Admiralty Provision Contract . —The Irish provision market has been favourably acted on by the announcement that the tenders for supplying the navy with beef and pork have been accepted by the Admiralty , and that several of the contractors are Irish merchants . A large portion of the contract will be made up in Dublin . The demand in that city is therefore very great , and , as a natural consequence , prices are high . Fatal Shipwreck . —The brig Robert , of South Shields , bound from Cardiff to London , -with coals , was totally lost on the Tongue Sands on Friday week , during a heavy gale from the east . Two boys , the pilot , and the captain ' s wife , were drowned ; but the other hands were brought off and taken into Margate .
Our Civilisation. Dishonest Bankrupts.—T...
OUR CIVILISATION . Dishonest Bankrupts . —The case of Selby and Norton , lately before the Court of Bankruptcy , presents an instance of dishonesty , in some degree , though on a lesser scale , similar to the recent disclosures in the case of Strahan , Paul , and Bates . In delivering judgment , Mr . Commissioner Evans said : — " This was on an application on the part of the bankrupts for their certificates . No opposition was made to Norton's certificate , but Selby ' s had been objected to on the ground that he had committed a breach of trust in respect of a gentleman of the name of Hodges . It appeared from the evidence that the bankrupt , Thomas Selby , was in partnership with his brother George as attorneys and scriveners . Mr . Hodges was in the habit of conducting his business entirely with Mr . George Selby , and he authorised him to lend ; £ 4 , 000 on the security of a Mrs . Shepherd . This business was conducted by the firm of Thomas and i George Selby , and the draughts were furnished in the partnership names . In the result , it appears that j this . £ 4 , 000 was taken by the bankrupt Thomas Selby , and retained by him -without any security being given by him to Mr . Hodges . For a series of years Mr . I Hodges was paid the interest of this £ 4 , 000 , under ' the name of Shepherd ' s security . In the year 1850 , ! the bankrupt Thomas Selby communicated to Mr . i Hodges that there was no such security as Shepherd ' s , j and that he himself had the , £ 4 , 000 . After this ! conference , Mr . Hodges corresponded in a friendly manner with the bankrupt Thomas Selby . In addi- j , bion to this objection , it appears that , in the year' ; 1844 , Thomas and George Selby owed beyond their
assets £ 20 , 074 . 13 s . 7 d . It also appears that Selby and Norton owed at the same time beyond their assets £ 13 , 759 . 3 a . 5 d . ; in the whole , £ 42 , 833 16 s . Thomas Selby states that he has private property to the amount of £ 8 , 463 15 s . 7 d . ; leaving a deficit of £ 34 , 370 Os . 5 d . Thomas Selby ' s deficiency was £ 1 , 241 8 s . 2 d . Selby and Norton drew out of the firm £ 10 , 273 . Thomas Selby ' s expenditure since 1844 down to the bankruptcy has been 6 , 827 9 s . 8 d . : profits uonA It is difficult to conceive a case more deserving of censure than thin . I shall therefore refuse tho certificate altogether . In tho case of the bankrupt Norton there is no opposition , and he in not personally implicated by evidence in the breach of trust ; but , in the year 1844 , the partnership of Selby
and Norton owed beyond their aasets £ 13 , 7 / 59 3 s . fid . Norton's separate estate wan £ 5 , 393 , leaving an unsecured deficiency of £ 7 , 365 14 s . lid . From 1844 down to tho bankruptcy , he spent £ ll , ( 59 ( i 7 n . 0 d . Although this is not so bad a case as his partiior'H , yet his conduct has boon most improper , and , were it not for Homo Into decisions of tho Court of Appeal , I should rofuso his certificate . Hut , an there \ h no opposition , and an I beliovo hucIi a docinion would saddle the creditors with tho oo . Ht . s of an appeal , 1 shall adjourn tho granting of tho certificate for one voar from tho last examination , to bo of tho second
class when granted . " A Susi'iciouH Cask . —A policeman , while on liin beat near Thornhill Bridge , Islington , about two o ' clock in tho morning , hoard a gurgling ery froin tho Regent ' s Canal . Ho ran down to tho towing-path , and , with tho fiBfiiritunco of another policeman , jiroourod a skifl ' and a drag from tho adjacent lodge , mid , entering tho tunnel , saw a woman sinking . At thin moment a boat approached , and two moil who wore in it got hold of tho woman . Thoy wore not far from tho ontrance to tho tunnel ; but thoy Haiti to tho policeman that thoy could not return , but niuntgo on to the Cityroacl end of tho tunnol—a distance of throo-quai'tors of a inilo . When tho police arrived at that end , they found that tho men had towed tho woman through tho water by inennn of a ropo attached to hoi \ A mirgcon who wan called in wiid that , had nho boon taken at onco into tho boat nnd covered up , who might havo mirvivod ; but tho mon anHortod thai- hIhi wiih dead whon thoy found hor . Thoy worn arroHtod , howovoi \ , and nrp now under rouiand at Clorkonwoll . Foitoi ' . HY . —John Hrinkworth , a carman residing in TJnion-Htroot , Lambeth-walk , waH charged with uttering a forged Hank of England note for £ f > to John
^ ¦ ^ ¦¦ ^ ¦^^^ Bi ^ pi ^^^ B ^^ i Mitchell , carpenter ' s tool manufacturer . The evidence was to the effect that Brinkworth had bought tools of Mr . Mitchell to the amount of £ 4 10 s ., for which he had tendered the noto , and received the change . The note was afterwards found to be forged , and Mr . Mitchell received an anonymous letter , telling him where he might find Brinkworth ; and at that place he was discovered and given into custody , the tools being found at his house . In explanation of the latter circumstance , it was asserted by Brinkworth ' s counsel that the tools had been found by the accused on his timber waggon , and that they were afterwards claimed by a man who offered ten shillings if they were given up to him—an offer which Brinkworth refused . The prisoner was remanded , but admitted to bail . Deserters prom the Swiss Legion . —Francois Betteryaghi , a colour sergeant , and Rodolph Anton , regimental cook to the Swiss Foreign Legion , have been committed to Horseinonger-lane gaol ( there to await the proceedings of the military authorities ) on a charge of desertion . A further charge of robbery was abandoned , there being no evidence in support of
\ it . Doubtful Paternity . —A question- of legitimacy has been recently before the Vice-Chancellor ' s Court , and has given considerable work to the gentlemen of the law . After extending over several days , the Vice-Chancellor delivered judgment on Friday week . The facts were these : —A man named Legge , living in the country , was notorious for his drunken and dissipated habits , and in November , 1844 , when he was five-and-thirty y « ars of age , he wns stricken with paralysis , and remained in a state " of prostration for a week , at the end of which time he recovered , and for several weeks continued to go about his ordinary business , and seemed to be in possession of all his natural powers . In February , 1845 , he had another attack , from which he also recovered ; but in the following June a third blow proved fatal . During tho time of these attacks , it would appear that Mrs . Legge carried on a correspondence with a man named Edmonds , Avhom , after tho death of Lcggc , she married ; and it was contended that a child , born after the decease of her first husband , but before hor marriage with Edmonds , was the result of an adulterous intercourse with the latter . In support of this assumption , the letters between Mrs . Leg ^ e and her future husband , Edmonds , were produced ; and it was furthermore contended that , after + iis first paralytic attack , Legge was physically incapacitated for performing the functions of a husband . On the latter point , the evidence of tho medical men was not conclusive , since they held that : iu attack of paralysis would not absolutely or infalliblv produce such an effect as that imputed ;
and it was shown that tho man had full y recovered his strength and agility after the first visitation of the disease . As for the letters , tho Vice-Chauccllor did not think them admissible , tho hiw boinjj that a mother cannot bastardise licr own child in tho face of proof that she has had intercotir . se with her husband ; and this proof he considered to have been given in tho present case . The legal proceedings were takon by some relations of Legge , who , on the score of tho alleged illegitimacy of the child , claimed certain property held by the Edmondses in right of tin ; child , which was dead ; but , considering all tho oircumstnnces , the Vicc-Clmnccllor diHini . sned the bill with costs .
An Unnatural Father . —A man named J . nnos Itoonoy was charged ah Liverpool with wilfully nutting fire to hi . s hourio for tho purpose of killing hi * throe children . Tho flames and smolco worn observed ) iy « policeman , who rescued tho children . Tho eldest boy stated that hi * futhor came homo drunic , and not firo to the bod ; and ho ridded that for two dayn pro . vioiiHly ho and liin brothei-H had hud no food . Tho brutal father in under remand . Tun Lmi'ostoii Ai . i
An account wiih published , about tho ooimiioncomout of November last , of a " Hliockintf outrage " which was committed upon n woman in tho mii ^ hbourhoort of Hxotor on tho night of the 29 th of October . I . no ciroumHtancoH , an then related , warn these :-Vory early on tho morning of the With of October , hoiiio n .-ihornien , whon oil tho count near IWdorhum CaMtlu , tho neat of tho Earl of Devon , hoard jntooiw crioHon nhor <\ On putting oil" in tl . oir hon « , tl >« y found a woman in a fitate of nudity with lha exception of a hliift . They imme . li , a . > ly tnnk " > to tho hoi . Ho of Lord Dovoii ' h h . mtinan , '"» . policeman of tho district hnvii . ; , ' !»«<•¦¦ "'"' ¦ '" ; "'''' gave an account of I pv hI , « « .,. »« " ; ^ IS nd which hIio Wiw found . him rilit , < <> <• " <¦ Crimea it- fi li ... fi'ir IIK'IIIH IM 1 J | i ! ' ¦ ' I'lll'fl , was a Holdun- in ono of uie i < , mi < . ?»"« - ' t " ! , ; ;; :: ? . - '» ' * ; . !' . " . ^ « % ^* * IVioiirlH m tho » , -r ^ ' ijlllilll ! ll iM thllfc city a ho Hhorlly r . m / in «"'• " / . , „!„ , jv ,. ' , im . l , not having little tin ... will . < "" [ J ' 1 " , „ , „ () f ' , (| iHtanco iil ' n o Sl ' arroMM . It wan while on tl . u road that £ iid «!» ' ¦! «• " - "v . rlulu n by two .. r tlnvu .., « ., who
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 1, 1855, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01121855/page/7/
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