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December 3, 1853] THE tEADEE, U^
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A "NICE" STEAMER. Several actions are pe...
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C It I M I K A L If, 15 O O It I)..•WiJi...
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M I S O E L L A N E O IT S. Tins Court i...
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,1 lie Runt-nan corvette, Navan-n, twent...
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The ceremony of consecrating the bishops...
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Two county divisions—East Gloucestershir...
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Journal Ol? It/Yilway A<Xtii>Knts. Hatit...
lines a fast train approached , at a speed of twenty miles an hour , although , warned by-fog ' signals , the driver had slackened speed . Into the Patricroft train , however , he went , broke the break van , dashed against a carriage , and severely injured its occupants . Tuesday . —Accident from a fall of earth on the South Wales Rail way . Going-through a cutting in the- night , the engine and tender suddenly turned over . A great quantity of earth had fallen on the line . Driver killed , stoker escaped . Passengers carriages did not go over , and no one was injured . Wednesday . — " Spindle rod connected with the valve snapt in the centre , " bringing a heavy luggage train to a stand at Methley station , on the Midland Railway , tip came coal trains , but were -warned in time , and fortunately no further accident happened .
Thursday . —Accident owing to axle breaking . Official report : — -On Thursday morning a serious accident occurred on this line near Berkhamstead . The engine of the . train leaving Euston station at 9 a . m ., owing to' the breaking of an axle , was thrown off the line , together with the leading guard's-van and the two following carriages . The rear guard immediately adopted the necessary precautions , and stopped all the trains following from London , but the upexpress train from Birmingham , which was passing at the moment , struck the guard ' s-van of the disabled train , killing the guard , William Blaney . Several passengers suffered contusions from the shock , but all , with the exception of one lady , ail invalid , continued their journey . The line was clear in about three hours .
December 3, 1853] The Teadee, U^
December 3 , 1853 ] THE tEADEE , U ^
A "Nice" Steamer. Several Actions Are Pe...
A "NICE" STEAMER . Several actions are pending against the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company for breach of contract . It is alleged that the passengers brought home by the notorious Melbourne , in her last trip , were supplied with- provisions which could not be eaten , and with accommodation of the worst kind . One action , brought by a Mr . George Smith , has been partly tried in the Court of Common Pleas . Mr . Smith took a second-class passage from Australia to England in the Melbourne , for which he paid 4 : 21 . 10 s . But as soon as he got on board with his luggage Ms troubles , began . In the first place he was taken into the steerage among the third-class passengers , some sixty in number , and there and throughout the voyage he greatly endured .
" The pigsties were close to the forecastle and one of the skylights , and the soil was continually tumbling down into the room , and on to tho table ,- and one of the pigs fell down on the table . There were two waterclosets , which , from neglect or misconstruction , over / lowed the deck , and he had to tread in it to get to Ins cabin . He complained of it many times . He was obliged to go to tho waterclosets in the second-class once , as it was blowing hard and lie could not go where the sailors did , at tho heads , without danger of being washed ovei-bonrd , when a midshipman came , threw up the Venetian blind , and put a bull ' s-eye- in his lace , saying , " Come out of that ; you know you ' have business there will to the
no ; I report you captain . " He insisted on being taken to tho captain , and complained of the condition of the waterclosets—that he could not go to them—and the captain said , " Do you expect mo to clean them up ? " Tho pigsties and scullery stank abominably , lie could not sleep in his 'bunk' in the forecastle—a plaeo for him like a coffin—because there were millions and millions of bugs in it . He slept under a form several nights , till ho was no cramped he could not boar it any longer . The floor was covered with passengers , and ho had to step over them , till mixed together , lie could not , sleep there , and slept several nights in tho boat on deck . Ho complained about it so often he was at lust considered n .
troublesome follow . " " The elieeso was some of it good , hut short in quantity . There was good butter on board , but tho second-class passengers were not allowed to have it . They could not touch what they bad . The . saino dish came on tho table day after day untouched . _ There was good rice on board , bul . ' it was ho badly cooked it was almost uneatable . They complained to the cook , and ho was very abusive . The preserved potatoes they never had . The" ( ripe stank , most awfully . Ho thought , the preserved meats stank , but they were nothing to tho ( ripe . The hams were , delivered out , short . Tlin oatmeal was alive . _ lie wauled . some gruel , but could not ea , t i ( , . [( ,,, complained to tho cook , who said there was no ° ther . They had preserved milk for ( lie / irst month---"one afterwards . Ho had millercd in bin health ever since . "
Mr . Deighton , ; i passenger Hiniiljirly aittiatori , com-Pbiinod to the steward that tho beef h ; id tho hair on it , and he wan told it wan buffalo hump and they ought w > charge for ifc . If the biweuits wore plaeed on the table they KM tho mark of their form on it in m ; iggof , n ; Ui < l WoavelM , which tumbled out of little holes in them . J-liey could not , eat , them . I our other witnesses , two men and their wives , con-> nnml themi Htatementa . The trial in not yet concluded .
C It I M I K A L If, 15 O O It I)..•Wiji...
C It I M I K A L If , 15 O O It I ) . . WiJit ' ni . jit , which appears to have been the product of " -ink , I ' runitive jyielliodium , loose habits and passion , ban p ui committed , at , Heath and Reach , a village near J- 'Oiglil . o ,, Huzxard . Abel Hurrows , a married agricultural ^ umuror of bad eharactor , returned homo from Watford , wnere l ( o had beon living ( , | m past , week , in clmnkonnesH / : ' l ]' . <) ni K ' " . V . ' . <> his wife at Heath and Koueh . Homo . "" ui j . or he had gone to bed Ijo began to ill-use his wife , her ' A Il ! Hl '»' " . 'K !»<»¦ by the throat , attempted I . OHlxwiglo lino , r a v ' > lent struggle nIio escaped from his gnmp , r ril "''«< l almost naked out of the Iiouho to his father ' .- ) , wo .. / ' I ' - ' " " ' tf wbal , had taken nlueo , go I , up and wu to bw uou U ) try and pacify him , in which for u time
he succeeded ; the two lying down : on the bed together Suddenly , however , the son began to abuse him , and , pushing him violently off the bed , swearing he would kill him , beat the poor old man ' s head upon the floor till he was insensible . He then sallied out in pursuit of his wife , expressing his determination , to do , for her , but she , hearing him approach , slipped unperceived out of the house and took" shelter in a-passage close by- It was now about four o ' clock in the morning . Not finding his wife at home , the villain began to wreak his vengeance on his mother—an old woman -who had been confined to her bed with illness
for six months—and having brutally ill-treated her , sat down to breakfast in her house . Whilst he was eating , a poor old cripple who lodges in his mother ' s house , ventured to make some remark of pity for his wife , when the savage broke out into a storm of passion , and seizing hold of a stone-breaking hammer , aimed a blow at the poor creature ' s head . So great was the old woman ' terror , that she rushed , unassisted by her crutch , out of the house in the dark up . into the bedroom of a man named , Adams , and lo ? ked the door . Burrows rushed up after her , knocked the dqoirxlown . with his hammer , and while the poor old creature was in Adams ' s arms literally beat out her brains with three tremendous blows , which killed her instantaneously . He then turned upon Adams , and aimed a blow
at his skull , which the latter providentially avoided , and rushed past him down stairs , and out into the street . Burrows followed still , again striking at Adams with the hammer , and some of the neighbours coming up , he brandished tho hammer at them , swearing that he would have his wife ' s life yet , and threatening any one with instant death who approached Mm ; At length three working men came upon him from behind , threw him down , and bound him with a strong rope ; and presently a constable arrived , and secured him in hand-cuffs and leg-irons ; the wretched man ' making a variety of grimaces , and affecting to be
insane . The poor old woman they found where she fellj quite dead , and surrounded by such a pool of blood , that it seemed that it had all oozed from her body . She was a widow , and leaves several grown-up children . It is supposed that the prisoner had . a premeditated intention to murder his wife , he having lately run away w ith a woman who had supposed him to be a single man ; and , it is said , he met this woman on the night of tho murder . The inquest on the body of the murdered woman , whose name is Charity Glenistor , was held on Monday , and a verdict of " Wilful murder , " without hesitation , returned against Abel Burrows .
Nearly three days have been occupied in the Third Court at the- Old Bailey , in dealing with what are called " Mint cases , "—in other words , the uttering of forged coin . Some of the base coin are of very beautiful workmanship . The sentences in some instances have been heavy , such as " four years' penal servitude , " and " two years' hard labour . " Grinney , tho man who used three knives in three separate attempts to murder his wife , was tried on Wednesday . The evidence adduced was the same as that wo have already reported ; and the jury found a verdict of " guilty of wouuding with intent to murder . " In passing sentence , Mr . Justice Talfourd said that there was no doubt the deed had been committed " in a moment of brutal passion , consequent upon a delusion as to his wife ' s infidelity ; " he should therefore only record a sentence of death against Grinney ; tho facts would all be taken into consideration in tho proper quarter .
A clever burglary was perpetrated at Leighton Buzzard last week . The shop of a jeweller , named Matthews , situate in one of the most public ; thoroughfares , was entered from the first-floor front window and robbed of goods worth 1 O 0 OI . Tho thieves lit up the shop and proceeded with a business-like promptitude . . Early in tho week Mr . Matt hews came to London to look after his property , and in a whop in tho Barbican he mot a man , a jew , selling some of it . Tho man is in custody . Cases of wife-beating havo again been brought beforo the police-courts ; but , they are not sufficiently distinctive in character from . thoao already reported to need recount . ing .
Winter brings tho garotto again into play . . Last avoi ^ c , a clergyman going- home with bin stipend in his pocket ' was garotted , and a great part of his money taken from him ; a gentleman a I ; M anchostor was atlaokod by fivo men on Saturday , half strangled , and robbed . incendiary liren are beginning to attract attention . A short , time ago we noticed two near Tivorton , in . " Devon . Another has since occurred in 1 , 1 le same locality .
M I S O E L L A N E O It S. Tins Court I...
M I S O E L L A N E O IT S . Tins Court ia now at Osbonio , whither it removed on Saturday , Parliament whb prorogued in due form , on TucHday , by Ivoyal Cowmiasion , until the ttrd of January , 1854 . In like manner the Convocation of the province of Canterbury , wan , on Wednesday , prorogued until fcho 1 th of . January .
,1 Lie Runt-Nan Corvette, Navan-N, Twent...
, 1 lie Runt-nan corvette , Navan-n , twenty-two gun « , was t ; o have been docked , at ; Portsmouth , on Tluuwliiy , and all was rciuly , when a telegraphic meHHago came down , . " K , unni ; vn corvette not to bo docked . " Tho Narartn was then making five inches of water per day . Mr . James Wyhl , of Oharing-croHH , ban published an admirable ; ui < l cheap map of the neat of war , both in Europe and Ahiji , and its relations to Hurroundin . 'f coiindricH . One of the chief ]> oint , H of intercut , on thin map will be found in the fact , that the dn , toH of tho KuHHMin aoquinilionH of territory are marked . Tho HtrikcH fiooin coming to a cIoho , and trade hcoiuh growing worse at . tho tmino time . There are indioaiioiiH that the I ' roHton mow must ; noon givo way , although they got ; 2000 / . laHf ; week . Several milln in othor iiowiiM are working four < layH a ,-week . Tho paper war huLwoou maiiturH and mon goow on vigoroiiHly .
In consequence of mobbings at B lackburn , and the general semi-riotous state of the town , lord P almerston , complying with-the demands of the manufacturers , has permitted a company of the Thirty-fourth from Preston to be quartered in that borough . Some Preston hands had gono there recently to mob the masters . ¦¦ - ;
The Ceremony Of Consecrating The Bishops...
The ceremony of consecrating the bishops appointed to the newly-constituted sees of Natal and Graham ' s Town took place , on Wednesday , in St . Mary ' s , Lambeth . The officiating pi-elates were the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Bishop of London , and the Bishop of Oxford . The church was crowded , although admission was obtained only by tickets . Long before tho hour appointed for the ceremony the church bells rang a peal , and the church organ played appropriate music . The reverend divines elevated were the Reverend Dr . John William Colcnso , of St . John ' s ,
Cambridge , and the Reverend Dr . John Armstrong , of Lincoln College , Oxford ; the former nominated to the bishopric of Natal , and the latter to the bishopric of Graham ' s Town . Divine service was performed by the Reverend Charles Dalton , tho rector , assisted by the Reverend Messrs .. James , Ensom , and Gregory ; after which the Bishop of Oxford ascended the pulpit , and delivered an impressive sermon . After the service , the new bishops were duly admitted to their sacred office by the imposition of hands . The proceedings occupied several hours .
The G-azette having published the names of th Indian Law Commission , the Morning Chronicle tells us something about the Commissioners . " The Master of the Rolls ; the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ; tho Right Hon . Sir Edward Ryan , Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Calcuttafrom 1838 to 1842 ; Charles Hay Cameron , Esq ., ( who succeeded Mr . Macaulay and Mr . Amos as foiirth or legal member of the Supreme Council of India , and as President of the Law Commission at Calcutta ) John M'Pherson M'Leod ,. Esq . ( who served as secretary to the government of Madras under Sir Thomas Munro , and as a member of the Law Commission at Calcutta ;) John Abraham Francis Hawkins , Esq . ( who was ten years registrar and two years a judge of the Sudder Court of
Bengal ); Thomas Mower Ellis , Esq ., and Robert Lowe , Esq . ; have been appointed Commissioners to consider and report upon the Reform of the judicial establishments , judicial procedure , and laws of India , under the 28 th sec . of the Government ¦ of India Act . "Frederic Millett , Esq . ( who was employed in 1833 to revise the civil regulations of the Bengal code , and afterwards filled the offices of secretary to the Law Commission at Calcutta , and member ' of the Supremo Council of India ) , has been appointed secretary to the commissioners ; and we understand that the services of Neil B . E . Baillie , Esq ., who has practised for many years in the Sudder Court at Calcutta as vakeel ( a profession which includes the duties of barrister and attorney with us ) , and who is well known as the author of some valuable treaties on Mahomedan law , has been secured as assistant secretary . Mr . James Grant Lurnsden has been appointed provisional member of the Council at Bombay .
Two County Divisions—East Gloucestershir...
Two county divisions—East Gloucestershire and South Staffordshire—are now in want of a member . The Marquis of Worcester becoming Duke of Beaufort by tho death of his lather , leaves vacant the former , and Viscount Lewisliam becoming from a similar cause Earl of Dartmouth , throws open the latter . Liberals and Conservatives are actively engaged in looking up candidates . The Blue Ribbon , vacant hy the death of the Duke of Beaufort , is to bo given to the Karl of Carlisle . We hear that Sir Edward I ' arry is to bo tho Deputy-Governor of Greenwich Hospital . Sir Thomas Bradford and Sir Augustus do Butts , both generals in the British service , died on Monday ; tho former Bovonty-six , the latter eighty-three years of age . The licverend timus
Sep Grover , for forty years fellow of Eton , and until within a i ' cw months Vice-Provost of tho College , rlied on Monday , at the age of eighty-seven , Mr . Rusk in , who is said to dress quite in a clerical fashion , and who almost intones his ' lectures , has been holding forth in Edinburgh against Greek , architecture , and on the favourite ( . homes of Turner and the I're-RaphaelitoH . His condemnation of the Creek architecture was , especially when wo consider that he spoke in Kdinburgh , bold and unsparingly severe . —CUttttt / ow Commonwealth . The Hynod of Lothian and Tweeddale , determined tobavo a day of humiliation , fixed on Tuesday last , . The Churches of Edinburgh were opened , and the law eourtu closed ; bill ; the factories- and workshops and koiiio public oflkra curried on businesa as usual .
A large amount of money ban been subscribed by ( ho MiHNionary- Sociof . y ( , „ hciicI missionaries to China . lie Un-i h of t , ho Admiralty have determined , to take lorwiwith the nuMf ; vigorous measures for improving Ibo military arrangemen ts oftho Royal dorkyurdH . An oilicial "" miry _ has 1 ,,.,.,, or . Jorod at Woolwich u , y a , l ) evonport , to rolloel , information UN In the sunirovS ! ' \ ° 7 ' lmt town > wil , l , n view to oblainin ..- a p . v , H , onal order (<„• applying tho iloalth Ac .,
mZ lor ;;;;; - J in } h r - ' — ' •< ' .- L ; , z < , r ^ : Tc ^^ s ; ritt Do * l ^ merston down upon him . Home iroiiUoinoil of III sented to tho Home Hoerofary , that , Mr W ^ r „ , «" , V"' "' " i W « to whippings rather fr . Sy , and . J &? , ' SlJ ? the cane of a boy named Regan , who , for „ ( ,,-ivial offon , / wan Hentencod ( , » oightom . months' impriw . nnmiit ' ,., ' / loo whipping . Lord PulinorHtott Jmu reinittod tho ' whip
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 3, 1853, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03121853/page/11/
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