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726 THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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OUR CIVILISATION. Jin. cakden's v^ooing ...
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HEAL ESTATE CHARGES BILL . In goiog into committee on this bill in the lords , on Monday , Lord St . I / eonabemj objected to tlte rueasere that it was the first step towards tlie abolition aof / primogeniture . The Uarl of FoaarasauJs : defended the measure thus : — " So far from its beiug directed . against the law of primogeniture , ± ie heli » v « d it -would tend , to strengthen that law , andincreaso . 5 ts popularity , by depriving it of much of its hardship and injustice . The noble earl proceeded to jeite eases to show the hardship of the present state of tthe law . One was that of a man in humble
life who raised 1400 / . by mortgage on real property . Dying -suddenly and intestate , -when he had paid off 700 / . . of the mortgage , Ms personalty was absorbed to clear the remainder , leaving seven , younger children w & olly unprovided for . Another was that of a man vrho left the whole of lais personal property to an . only daughter , the real estate being heavily mortgaged . At his death the incumbrances on the real property were paid out of the personal , and the lady was deprived of the greater portion of her lights . Having cited one or t * vo similar eases , the noble earl concluded by moving the . second reading ofthe ^ m . "
'The IjOkd Chakgeixor supported the measure , saying .: The bill had certainly not been introduced ¦ under ( the sanction of Government , but tie would take u-pon himself to say that the first clause -would be prodoetav-e -of runmixed good , while it would not in . -the slightest degree approach tiie la \ v of primogeniture . ItB effect would Bimply be , thai when a . man died intestateihis property would be divided in the w » y in which in 99 cases out of 100 he would have devised , it had he made a wilL True , it would be . utterly impossible to fi : anie a law dn ' . which cases of hardship would not be found on both sides of 4 ; he line ; but here the hai'dship lay in the present state of the Jaw . " Qn a division , 26 were for going on ; 23 against ; and the bill was accordingly -passed through committee .
THE BRIBEBr BILL . This "bill finally got out of the Commons last night weelt , -at the last moment mischievously altered , the " Declaration clause" ( requiring members to make a . declaration , on their honours , of having gone through a pure election ) being struck out . The bill was read a first time in the Lords on Monday ,: not without some opposition , suggested on technical ^ grounds by X » ord Redesdale , supported for party seasons by "tord Derby , because their
lordships had passed a spiteful resolution not to take any Commons bill sent up after the 25 th of July . The Government's defence for neglecting this resolution \ va , 5 that the bill was very important , & c . & c ,, not appearing very earnest in the entreaties . The second / reading of the Mil ( on Thursday ) , was nofc ^ permitted without a division : Lord s Redesdale and "Derby again leading the Opposition . The Government carried their point : 41 voting with them , and only 33 with Xord Derby . No debate , however , took place on the merits of the bill
N & yv 2 iA-jaoNAi , Galleby . —On Tuesday in answer to a . question the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that a . vote of ; mQnej -would be asked in order to defray the expenflee of erecting a new gallery for the reception of the national . collection of pictures , "lhe plans for the new edifice wew , however , not sufficiently matured to enable hinv to give any details of its construction , but the right hon . gentleman intimated that the Royal Academy were not-for the present to be disturbed in their ocoupanoy of the building ia Trafdlga & tsauiiEG . " 'J 5 cokqhiy"of tub Governing Class . —On Tuesday Mr . ^ WmuiAMS moved fox returns of the numb « r of cavalry officers-and < men employed in tlie East . Tlio object of lii ' a motion ho'Stated , 'Was to-satisf y the public apprehension that anmnduo jpropoution of superior officers and staff were
cam-5 vised among . the ihubish cavalry iforcu now . cm . service in ' wibey ,. The . fisoRJsTAjiijr at Wai * ; admitted that » n appnrent , ct ) ifi ) rqpa # t , ion now existed ia the ratio af officers and mun , ua the , caw > lry , porvicc 3 as compared with the infantry . Tiio ( reason wae t «« t the rogimontfl had been allowed duriiig pqacp to fbvancjlo into moro skeletons for the suko of economy , and itho raiiks 'woro not yet filled up . With x-et ^ pect to the paperaajikodifor . 'hopwittod out some practical inconveniences which Tritglit Wiao'Mrom producing them . The motion , after eom . 0 iixtmwx discussion , was -negatived by consent . T « e BMtMxnamAM Gaoi , Gru ^ ties . —JLord ( PAt-. Mnmstojn hae -announced -that ho lias ordered a ¦ proBooutioa fflgainat Ttlfo 'governor and snrg « on ( Austin . and giloumV ) of the ( Birmingham prison , . reported Against . for - jcrudtioa by the 'Coinmieeion , 3 tf » o announcement w « a « eueiyed jn Hie House of GomtnonB with cheers .
LixouxHUKwatAx . oic xiin Gawwanok , —A * ow . —1 » Jditi Hqmso pf . Cpuimone , on Wednesday . Mr . h . Voimon n & kcd ¦ why Sir It . JJohs has been appointed to tho oflico of Lieut . - < 3 (« PA'uJ Of fcho ( PxdMa . noc ovor tho houd of lib sojiior . ollicor flir . J « Lin BHrgoy « e ? It w « m j \ departure from cstahlitthod millVflrj- rillo ,, lind l » ad disgiiBtcd tlio army . Mr . Mannull rOlurk "to rtue Orilnnnco' ) turcw tho reaponsiliility on Lord Iti ^ glun ; but Air . Gludotono , lblloiv'in ^ , aand that Lord Kaplan wue only Tceponafblo for lutving ndviaed tho Governmtmt , tho Owvernment dtuolf wno rcniioiiHiblu for tho i » j > j ) ointjaciit ; for wvbioh Jw eflSored no juatiilealiona , lprohably boeauao ho knew none ; merely throwing out tin ) hiut that iiir J . Ifar agOYflfl wa # ( inmiiciwg hMua « llt ' , in allowiiifj Jjiia frioudu to nn » k « . tjuoli tu i » u )» lio oomplnint . VariuJiB inof « ber , a j >» j « l l » l * h compH »» i » t 3 * o £ iU' Johu , ^ . uu 4 tU « aw ljjoiot . UroimoO ,
726 The Leader. [Saturday,
726 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
Our Civilisation. Jin. Cakden's V^Ooing ...
OUR CIVILISATION . Jin . cakden ' s v ^ ooing . The trial of Mr . Carden for the " abduction" of Miss Eleanor Arbuthnofc came off at the Gkmmel . Assizes yesterday week . " The case excited great intereat ;" " the court was filled -with ladies . " Miss E . Arbuthnot's evidence was : — " We had got about half way from the church when my sister , I . aura Arbuthnot , saiid , ' Mr . Carden is coming . ' I then saw Mr . CaTden . He passed from the direction of Kiithronan on liorseliack a few yards , when he turned his horse and followed us quite close to the car . He did not say anything . When close totlie lodge-gate the car stopped suddenly . It vyae not stopped by any orders from those in the ear . 1 did not see Mr . Carden at the moment the car stopped . The nest time I saw him was at the door of the
car , which he opened , and put in his hand across Miss Lyndon , and caught hold of my arm . He pulled me very violently . My sister , Miss Arbuthnot , held nae and prevented Mr . Carden from pulling me out . Wiss Lyndon , who remained in the car , struck him on the face with her closed hand . I saw Jitin bleeding . Mr . Carden then let me go , and jmlled Miss Lyndon out of the car . I saw her dragged out By Mr . Carden on the road . Mrs . Gougli "w . then in the car , but she left it soon afterwards . I saw her get out of it . I and my sister , Miss Arbuthnot , were in the car . I was in -the place behind the coachman , my sister opposite . Mr . Carden caught my sister and pulled hereout . I did not see distinctly how lie caught iold of Jifir . She resisted liim with all her strength .. ' After hex removal I was alone in the car . Mr . Carden came to the * car again . He caught hold of both my wrists . He endeavoured , to . pull me out of the ear . I resisted him by lidding on by a strap which was attached to the window . 1 caught it to prevent myself from being
taken out ; the strap broke at the moment Mr . Carden bad a hold of my wrists . The strap was broken by the force with ¦ wliicli "Mr . Carden 'pulledme . When the strap gave way I was pulled down from-where I was sitting to the door ^ f the car , out of the seat on which I had been sitting . I was raised ofif'tlie seat amd . pulled over to the door of dhe car . Mr . Carden , wlio was on the step , was still holding , the upper part of mybody , whici-was out of the car . I \ vas leaning out over , the edge . of ilse car . My legs and the remainder of my tody were in the ear . My feet at that time had been drawn nearer the door than they were when 1 was sitting at the recess . They were drawn close to the door . They had been close to the other end . The length ofthe car is , as I think , three or ; four-feet . 1 think nry feet had been removed about
twe feet- ; the retnamder -of my body more than' that—I think about three feet ^ i mean by : tha t the portion of my body that was outside the door . The car at the back had loose leather curtaws ^ the & ont and sides are solid . It was over the doorway 1 was pulled ; I think-1 was about a foot froni the doorway . I recovered my / position just as I was losing rny balance from having put my foot against the opposite side of the car . I did it to save myself from being pulled out . I was at the time on my side . I did not get back to where I had been sitting , 'but succeeded- in getting a seat at the bottom of the car , the place where Miss Lyndon had been sitting . I made every resistance I could , I kicked Mr . Carden in the chest vvitli one of my feet . 1 was then in -the car . Mr . ' Carden was below me on the
step , or on the ground . That occurred at thfi moment J recovered my position . He was at the time holding me with both his hands by the wrists . He' pulled me very hu « l indeed . My . wrist ? were bruised from the effects of the dragging . I don ' t know where my sister , Miss Arbuthnot , was at that tirne . As soon as I recovered my position I saw her strike him on 'the back of the head wltli her closed hand . She was behind Mr . Carden on tho road at tho time . While I was in the car , after-the other ladies had left it , Mr . Carden said , ' Eleanor , it is you I want . ' -lie repeated my ( name frequently . I heard him say to any Bister , Mrs .. Gougli , lhat he should lie hanged . Ho . said that only . onco . I saw -thr « e or four men about the car . One of them was at tho ¦ back of the oar , and tried to pull my sister , Miss Atbuthuot ,
out . He did nab succeed , that man tried to pull her out . before Mr . Cuixien trio , d io do so . Tho other tlwcc men were at the back of tho car . I licard Mr . Carden speak to a tall man who was some way from tho car , after he had tried to > pull mo out . He said to that man , ' Pull her out , ' pointing to me , und don't mind tho others , ' Mr . Garden wtis then about three or four yards from the car . That man enma ovw and ^ caught hold of my clothes , imd tried ; to pull xao out of tho oar . » ly < elotb . es , outer and under , were very much : torn . I ffeaiuted tho « ttemp . t 3 of that m « n , Mr . Oardwk w . a , s an th ^ j'aad , at the 'time , about two or throo yards from , tfeq oar . Juafc before I w , m Bfcrucrelinc with tho tall man
I Baw tho-coacjimnn , James Dwyer ,, close to ^ , he back « f the car . Ho was . trying to defend mo . Ho hud placed himsolf there for that purpose . ' I did not see anything further tlono . J Tlio car proceeded through tho gnto of Etrthronan . 1 die ! ' not floo what became of Mx . Ourdqn or thetnll man . Nono of 'the ladioB Imd got into the -car until a-fter it had got through ( the g « kc . I had a « em Mr . Oardonon tho Thuraday bofoto at . tho 4 Iow * r ahow of Olonmel . JIo uoid -to mo , * Howdp-you do ? ' j . jbowed to him , Wo aakod me Jjqw my » iatw was . J Buid , ' Very well , ' aud tunwd from Jum . I tlank tha , t was ubout four o ' clock . 1 romaincd till flvc , and wsturned homo . I did not again bco Mr . Onrdon till Sunday , I never encouraged tho uddfiCBses of Mr , Card « n .
" OroBB-exumincd by Mr . Mnrtloy , Q , G . —I luvvo known Mr . Cardon for about two yoara as an acquaintance . I know him nrat at MivliagwollV . 1 hud been staying at the houae . On tho 2 nd of July I ueaialed Mr . Cttrdon us muvl » uh 1 could . I did so with uucccaa . I mm not inovod at nil until iifujr Miaa Lyndon and my aiator luul bo «» tukon out . Ah tho ufcmp brolto I -was pullud down to the end of tho cur , whore Jl . was then , Htiuidii | g . I m \ n nc ^ r bulling out . I recovered witli . one foot « ad kicked hirn witU th « other . J ¦ wan never altogether ranovud iVoia tho co . i . "
Tho ovidonoo of tlw pthor Indies jcuarked the aomo fact , tltnt ihoy iwdnM / ouyhl like uwiuzous , ChloroXonn wua fouwil w jUUp « un'ittise providoJ . by
Mr . Carden to carry off his prize . A Di . Forsyth luad supplied this ; this being his evidence and examination : — " I -was in the garden of my house when Mr . Carden came to see me one day . We were talking of various matters , when , on passing through my surgery , lie asked me the best tbhig for a lady subject to hysterics ; I said chloroform . He said lie knew a lady subject to them . I asked him were they accompanied \> y spasms , and he said they were . I then said , ' Give her from 10 to 20 drops of chloroform in a Jittle water . ' " Oross-examirwa" by the Attorney-General . —How many drops does one of the foottles contain?—180 . Ten drops at a time was what you rocommend & d ?—From 10 to 20 . " Then each of the bottles contains from 10 to 18 doses ? —Yes . " You gave the second "bottle ?—Yeg ; when lie saw one bottle -fit'st , he said ithat was ¦& small quantity .
u Just so ; lie did not think there was enough . How many drops would produce stupefaction ?—I dare say -50 drops . " Do you generally administer chloroform with a spunge when you administer it externally ?—Yes . " Did you ever see that sponge produced before?—No . v " He told you lie wanted those things for a \ oAy !—Yes . '" I suppose you . -knew he was not a married man ?—I did . " On your oath , did he ever consult you before as for an Jvysterical lady?—1 dou't ( know whether for an hysterical 3 ady . " For a lady "who required remieclies for her nerves ?•—Yes , for epilepsy . " When ?—Two or more years before . " Had you tlie curiosity to ask then who the lady was ?—I did not . " Is at your habit , as a medical man , to prescribe at second hand for ladiea when gentlemen consult you . in . respect of ladies ?—I had riot the most remote idea . "
The evidence being complete , the legal conflict began ; and the judge ( Ball ) suggested that it might be better to tell the jury there was not a removal -sufficient'to constitute the felony , but ' that there was an attempt to comniit a felony . " The ' Attorney-General said lie felt the force of what liis lordship said , and , under the eiircumstauces , he would assent to the course suggested . . " Mr . Martley said , he would also assent to that , and let there be a conviction for the attempt to comniit a felony . " Mr . Justice Ball . —Gentlerheu of the jury , upon the evi - dence . given , I have no hesitation in telling you the prisoner at the bar is guilty of an attempt to comniit a felony , and the only question for you is , « lo you believe the evidence or not ? " Several jurors . —We do . " Judge Bull—Then let the issue paper be sont up . " The Jury immediately found the prisoner " Not . Guilty " of the felony for which he was given in charge , hut " Guilty of an attempt to commit it . "
On Saturday the trial on the second indictment for assault — commenced . The evidence was the same thing over again . The j ury found a verdict of " Not -Guilty " . " The judge was then about to sentence the prisoner on the other indictment —for attempt at abduction—when Mr . Carden asked permission to say a few words . In " a voice tremulous with emotion , " he said : " I wish to make a few observations , my lord , but , in what I have to say I do not by any moans attempt to disclaim or palliate the heinous crime I liavo committed , nor do 1 wish for a moment to attempt by any languuge of mine to influence the Court in the amount of pnuiahment which it may be thought fit to visit upon me . I lmvro a very strong feeling that tlie judges of the land ate just and impartial , and , therefore , prior ' to your lordship commencing those
atneturea—wuicii must bo ot a grave character—I do wiah to impress upon you , under Uie moat solontn asseveration , that three of the positions wliich were made by the Attorney-General in hia opening speech against me , and which no doubt woro briefed to him , are absolutely and positively untrue . Tho first id , that I was influenced in this attempt by any ilegreo of malice either towards tlio young lady herself or any member of her family . Secondly , that I had tlie slightest idea or knowledge in thfl world off the delicate atato . of health of Mra . Uotigh ; And tlio third is . that wliicli 1 would diaoluim with the deopest indignation , that I hud the romotoet intention of uuing any of those drugs whatsoever for the production of stunifying effqets , gr tho production of any oflfoct inconsistent with . the dictates of common Immunity . My . lord « s to
, the iiret , tlio malice and hatred towards Mian lu . Arbuthnot , or nny mejnber of her family- ~~ every pocaon who is ao-( juaintcd with me is aware of tho fueling which I Jiave for Borne time hold towards that young ludy . and it ia hardly necessary i ' w mo now to observe upon it . J ? fot only towards her , . tout with respect to ovory member of her family , I aoloinnly avow that 1 < vti \ n not influonoed by any such fooling ; and ttt thia moment no auoh feeling " Jiua ipoaBeeaion of my mind . It is porfeotly true that « vt onetime , when angry wilih Mi * . Gtjugh , I cxproaaod jnyaolf towwrda liim in tliufc manner ; but 1 now nay thnt the attompt ^—tho criminal attempt—which 1 have inado and failed in , arouc out of no auch motive : and even jriow JL do not blame Mr . iGouch in tho
ullgliteat utigueo : and had I been convicted of tlio crime o ( which , th « iik (* od , I luwo hocu acquitted , I would not entertain acriinoniouo fouling towurda liim or liis fumily . I now luy down till angor at oneo and lor over . Mr . Gaugh oucht to kuow Uutl miilico or hivtcad . iH not congeninl to my mind ; for it in < wvll knawtt that my career huu Cuea « . torriblo one . And I Uo ubtributo it to iliat'otroumutuuoo , > bhttt I never hoar uialico towiudH « ny . person ojiposod to mo . il do boliovu it in uttribiUablo to tluit . Aud now that Ihut ouvoor io brought to a done , Btanaing , as 1 do in thia diqcruoeful -poaition , Jl do tool fchoro iw not u ni » gj « porflou in tlm great . county will exult xn my downfall . ( Sensation . ) With roapeot to Mrw . Gougli [ it Jmd heun ohowu Uiat (* ho who progn «» til I huvo
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 5, 1854, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05081854/page/6/
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