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102 THE LEADER. [No. 306, Saturday,
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OUE CIVILISATION. The Cash of Alleged Sw...
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OBITUARY. John Laxooi,Esq.—Tliis gentlem...
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NATAL AND MILITARY NEWS. Courts Maktiax ...
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THE ROMANCE OF "THE TIMES." [Under this ...
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THE KARENS. (From n Private Corresponden...
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had , been made to Admiral Grey , from Halil Pacha that the Telegraph , "which is in course of construction irom ' K . \ iluli to Soutari , "was carried through his harem gardens , and harem . " The ladies refuse to sleep in the house , and they last night left it en masse , and men were placed in it to keep guard ; the ladies having r an idea that it will tell of -the proceedings in the harem ! It is supposed that the wires will have to make a detour round the premises in consequence . " A deputation from a council of the Protestants of [ London , Berlin , Paris , and America , held last
November in . Paris , went to Constantinople , and waited on the Grand Vizir , -with a memorial praying for liberty of conscience in religious matters for Turkish subjects . The Vizir sent theoa to the Minister of Foreign Affairs The deputation waited on him day after day without being able to see him ; and when at length they obtained an audience , the Minister evaded any direct answer . The attempt on the part of the deputation has caused a disagreeable sensation ; but , when it is considered that a Mahometan who embraces Christianity is liable to death , it must be admitted that it is time for the public opinion of Europe to interfere .
102 The Leader. [No. 306, Saturday,
102 THE LEADER . [ No . 306 , Saturday ,
Oue Civilisation. The Cash Of Alleged Sw...
OUE CIVILISATION . The Cash of Alleged Swutdun g by Foreigners . —Ernest Theophile Guignet and Woog Javal , the two men charged at Guildhall with being connected with a . gang of foreign swindlers , were last Saturday discharged on their re-examination , for want of sufficient evidence to proceed with the case . Alderman Magnew , however , expressed his strong-suspicion of boihi . John THOMPS 0 K , * a fellow who , a few days ago , snatched a cheque for £ 25 from thelband of a . gentleman in Mansion-houserplace , was sentenced to imprisonment for three months as a rogue and vagabond ; Chjld Murder at Sheffield . —An inquest respecting a child named Wilfred Deakin , who was killed by his uncle , James Hill , was held at Sheffield on Saturday . Hill surrendered himself to the police on Thursday , and was present at the inquest . The evidence showed that Hill left his work about halfpast five o ' clock in the afternoon , went direct to the house of his bz'pther-in-law , and invited his nephew to go out with hiin ' for a walk ; that he took the child to a ¦ - brick-yard within one b undred yards of . the house of its parents , and there , with a razor , almost severed the head from the body . The jury returned a unanimous verdict of Wilful Murder against James Hill , and he was committed for tidal at the ensuing assizes . It . is understood that evidence will be brought forward to show that on several occasions he has manifested symptoms of insanity .
The Rtjg elet Poisohings . —Thebody of Mr . Cook has been exhumed , in ordex that certain parts of the corpse , which were not analysed by Drs . Taylor and R ees , should be examined . Mr . George Palmer intimated that it was his intention tp secure the presence at the examination of a medical man who should watch the proceedings in tlie interest of the accused . The Manchester Poisonings . —James Monaghan and George Baz-ry have been again examined on the charge of poisoning the father of the former , and are still under remand . In connexion with this case , two men , named Terence M'JLaughlin and James Keefe , have been charged with forging . a will purporting to be the will of the late John Monaghan , the person sup-Ppeed to have been poisoned . These men also were remanded .
jBUBGiiART m the Evening . —Some men entered the , house of Captain Angell , Birkewtead , about seven o ' clock on Sunday evening , while tlie family were at chapel . The Bervant and a little girl were left in the house , and they were bound together , and intimidated by one of the men , who held a daggor over them . In the meanwhile , the others ransacked the house , and > ultimately , all departed with the greatest composure , Thb Shot Robbery in the BjiLviDisnE-RoAD . William Burns , James W inter , and Isaac Jones . , were re-examined at Lambeth on Wednesday , on the charge ( already detailed in this paper ) of robbing their employers , shot manufacturers , of a large amount of shot . On ,. this occasion , Mr . Homy Smith , the landlord of the King ' s Arms public-houso , Roupel-street , Lambeth , accused of
was having received eoxne of the shot , Knowing it to have been stolen . It also appeared from the evidence that another publican was implicated in receiving the goods . Tho oaso wan again ad-JOtfMted ; Smith and winter being admitted to bail . * , complajot was made against two police sorgoants ^ excess , of duty in connexion with this cubo . They ^¦ S * * o the house of Mr . Daweon , tho fntlior-in-law of rWat >> ' to inquire about a chain belonging to tho employer ^ of ; tho latter j and , although it wa a pointed SSl *^' ¦ ra > $ W * ° ok Mr - DawBQtt into custody , and trS ^ tHo Bt ^ ° » for seven or eight hours . Mr . S hfifiI + w ^ ^ . that the oowp'ftint should bo a fe *^^ ommM 8 ipnor 8 of Police . yet ^ SSSSS ^ * ° « w »—^ young man of p £ an h aH ^ » fftnco , named George Bath
HTiNFaER - Famged . —John' Seaward , a labourer , having a great appearance of destitution , was charged at the Mansion-house with stealing a shoulder of mutton from a butcher ' s stop . He pleaded starvation as an excuse ; and ., as it appeared that his statement was true , he was discharged with a caution not to steal in future , but to go to the workhouse . Drink-Mania . —Angelo Famagalla , an Italian , was charged at Clerkenwell with making a murdei'ous and wholly unprovoked attack on Samuel Goldsmith and
William Davidson . The two men were standing at night in Baldwin ' s-gardens , Gray ' s-inn-lane , when the Italian , who was far gone in drink , came up , struck Goldsmith twice in the face , and then attacked Davidson with a knife or dagger , making several furious thrusts at his heart , and wounding him severely in the left wrist . He -was overpowered with considerable difficulty , and Davidson was taken to the hospital . Famagalla , when before the magistrate , said he was so drunk that he did not know "what he was about . He has been committed for trial .
A Swindles who couxd not do without " his Bible . "—John Marioni , an Italian , having called on Mr . Ambrose Ford , of Great George-street , Westminster , contrived , by a pathetic story of distress , to induce that gentleman to give him money to buy images . He called again , and declined Mr . Ford's offer to send him to his own country , because , lie said , he had become a Protestant , and coxild not reconcile himself to going back to a country where he should be deprived of " his Bible . " He said he was promised a situation , if he could get suitable clothes , and begged Mr . Ford to let him have some money for that purpose . Mr . Ford consented , if he comld be satisfied that Marioni ' s story was true . Subsequent inquiries , however , showed that the pious Italian was an impostei m , and he was given into custody . Mr . Jardine , before whom be was broug-lrt at Bow-street , remanded him .
Obituary. John Laxooi,Esq.—Tliis Gentlem...
OBITUARY . John Laxooi , Esq . —Tliis gentleman , for some years editor of the Morning Chronicle , a reviewer in some of the quarterlies , and -tlie author of an " Essay on Education , " " Money and Morals , " and other works , died on Sunday . He -was a native of Ireland ; originally a Roman Catholic , but afterwards a Protestant . During . his conduct of the Morning Chronicle , he was not unknown to the present Premier .
Natal And Military News. Courts Maktiax ...
NATAL AND MILITARY NEWS . Courts Maktiax have been held on board the flagship Victory , in Portsmouth Harbour , for trying Mr . Robert Trotter , assistant-engineer of the Falcon , on charges of neglect of duty , drunkenness , and insubordination , and Mr . James A . W . Nicholls , assistant-paymaster on board the Dxike of Wellington , for drunkenness , indecorous conduct , and abusiveness towards a stoker . The first prisoner pleaded guilty to the whole of th « j charges ; the second , to the greater part They were dismissed the service ; and Trotter was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Winchester gaol .
The Aldershott Camp . —The internal organisation of the camp now embraces not only schools and churches , "but a post-office , parcel-office , divisional commissariat stores , and corrugated iron prisons . The long tow of huts are divided into battalions , twelve on the south side of tlie Basingstoke Canal , eight on the north , and each distinguished by its own alphabetical letter , —Times . The Na . vy Estimates . —The number of men to be
voted for the fleet in the forthcoming naval estimates is 76 , 000 ( including 10 , 000 boys and 16 , 000 marines ) The number voted last year was a total of 70 , 000 . The increase in this year ' s estimates is 6 , 000 men and officers to complete the compl « ments of the gun and mortar boats , tho expense of whose wages will be about £ 273 , 000 , and about £ 140 , 000 for victualling , making a total increase under this head of the war servioo of about £ 413 , 000 .
The Steam-ship Gueat Britain having boen again taken up by Government , is being refitted and repaired , to bo made availablo for the conveyance of troops . She will sail from Liverpool on the 9 th of February , with about 1 , 100 troops for Malta . Tho screw-steamer Sarah Sands is also being refitted at Liverpool for tho transport service . The Steamer Royal Chaiwisr , on its outward voyage fcp Australia , was obliged to put back to Plymouth . It encountered very heavy weather in tho Bay of Biscay , and , owing to some inadvertency or neglect about the < f water-way /} " and gunwale , and to tho cirounistanco of the ship Imving boon too heavily loaded , tho water poured into the bertha of the aeoond and third close passengers .
The Stjbamkr Bismuquid , on her voyage from Southampton to New York , sprang a leak , and , after having reached naoro than aevon hundred milos westward of tho Lissard , was obliged to put back to Southampton . Tho emigrants complain of their food and accommodation ; and it i « said thut tho general arrangements of the vessel aro not irt aooordance-with English notions . Applications to tho magistrates have been mude by tho emigrants for compensation for thoir loss of time
and for the means of obtaining lodgings on shore The cases have not yet been decided . Mubdeb on the High Sdas . —John Simmonds Manilla boy , after exhibiting great insubordination on board the ship Owen Williams , from the African coast to Liverpool , struck dead a man who was sent into the shrouds after him . On the following mornine several blank cartridges were fired at him ; but fa these had no effect , a loaded pistol was discharged , which brought him . tumbling down , and in the fall he broke his collar-bone . He is now in custodv at Liverpool . *
The British German Legion . —The second regiment of the British German Legion , on its way to the Crimea on board tie Transit , showed some signs of mutiny . The ship sprang a leak , and it was found necessary to work the troops at the pumps rather hard . One of the men cut the hoses of three of the pumps ; and he was ordered to be flogged . His comrades , however , thought he was about to be shot , and they therefore rusledto arms . On being informed of the real punishment , they exclaimed , " No flogging ! We ' re Germans , not English . " Subsequently , it was discovered that the man ' s arm was hurt ; and , as he expressed contrition , the punishment was postponed , and will no doubt be mitigated . But there is something not very soothing to our national self-love in the exclamation , " No flogging ! We ' re Cfermans , not English . '
The Romance Of "The Times." [Under This ...
THE ROMANCE OF "THE TIMES . " [ Under this head , vre reproduce from week to w « ek the most remarkable of those mysterious advertisements which appear every day at the top of the second column of the Times ' front page . Such materials are worthy of being preserved in some otberform . ] A . H . —Communicate without delay the cause of your anxiety , and leave the issue with Him who " doeth all things well . "—Boyal Navy . BROTHER , Deai-. —1 . have ' not heard from you . Have you forgotten , your sister ? Our dear mother is very ill . You promised to write once a-week , and she is Unhappy at your silence . Pray write . BROTHER , Dear , —Although fate has so cruelly separated us , I still hope we may meet ere long . It
would indeed gladden the heart of our dear mother to see you again . With kind love , believe me , always yours affectionately . M . D . — -I did receive your kind note , my dear sister , and thank you sincerely for it . I fully expected to have done so personally ere this , but cruel fate has separated us . Pray forgive me ; and , with kind love , believe me . yours affectionately , It . A . H . —Indeed ; , you wrong me . Even an angry thought never entered , my head . I feel towards you the same as ever . Pray write more confidentially and kindly , as my anxiety is great . TO ISABEL .- —Your handsome offer is received , but I cannot trespass so far on your unknown generosity . I have no intention of going to the Crimea at present . I thank you for your kind interest in
W . J . G . THE PERSON who , on tho 5 th of December last , addressed an anonymous letter to a lady residing at Wanstead 3 is invited to be more explicit , thero beiug too much reason to fear that tho surmise of -the writer is correct . R . S . —Am much better . Bear with patience . Will write soon . Be happy . PARTHIAN . —Wrote as directed . Nothing received since . Very anxious . Hope prevails . —I . L .
TO G . H . —Ab it is now more than a year and a half since I received any letter or paper from , you , before this is inserted I shall have loft England to se © if I can find you . Write , therefore , to xne at all the places to which yoti wished me to writo to you when you loft Sloane-streot , in Novomber , 1853 . If you require money , writo to your brokers , and if you get home befox-o mo , advortiau on the first of each month in tho Times till you soe me . —November 1 C , 1855 . —W . J . H .
The Karens. (From N Private Corresponden...
THE KARENS . ( From n Private Correspondent in Burmali . ) Thej greater part pf tho agricultural population of the newly-acquired British province of Burmah does not consist of Burmese , properly so called , but of a people called Karens , who speak ft language radically distinct from Burmese , and who possess a religion , manners , and habits , peculiar to themselves . These Karens were tho original possessors of the country- ^ thnt is , of the Sitang Valley , of Pegu proper , of tho Delta of tho Irrnwnddy , and tho district of Hassein . They were conquered by the Burmese of the northern provinces about two hundred yenrs ngo , and have since been kept by them in a state of the most degrading holotngc , neither their lives nor the honour of their women being safe . To these people , ouv annexation of Southern liunnah was ft real bleBsing . They prayed for our success , and even gave us such assistance aa a spirit-broken
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 2, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02021856/page/6/
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