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848 THE LEADER. [No. 389, September 5, 1...
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OUR CIVILIZATION. HOMICIDAL WOMEN. Anne ...
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Continental Sotes. France. After A Brief...
there one day . He will then join the Empress at Darmstadt , ana , during bis stay in . . Germany , will meet Louis Napoleon . A few days since , several illustrious personages met at a . little place called St . Gilgen , ou the road from Iscbl to Salzburg . The Empress Caroline Augusta ( the widow of the late Emperor Francis I . ) , King Louis of Bavaria , the Duchess of . Modena , and the Princess Alexandra of Bavaria , drove over from Salzburg to St . Gilgen , and were there met by the Archduke Francis Charles and the Archduchess Sophia , who were on . their way from the sh » ne at Mariazell to Ischl . —Times Vienna Correspondent . BELGIUM * A large building , situated in the Grande Place at Bruges , opposite to the Government House , and known as the Cercle du Commerce , was partially burnt down last Saturday night , owing to the carelessness of a tobacconist -who occupied a portion of the premises , and who , after striking a lucifer match to light a candle , asiue wimuuu oAuiiguiouiu v
tnrew it b .. - — -r---communicated with some tobacco , and the flames rapidly spread . All the inmates escaped , and the soldiers and police saved the greater portion of the furniture . TURKEY . Lord Stratford de Redcliffe ( says a despatch from Trieste ) has applied for the consent of the Porte to the transport of British troops across the Isthmus of Suez , and has met with a refusal . Herr von Prokesch , the Austrian Internuncio , has proposed a collective demand , to reat
to be addressed by all the European powers ^ Britain , to r estore the island of Perita . SWEDEN . By the advice of his physicians , the King has made his will . An extensive fire has broken out in that part of the town and suburbs of Stockholm called Soedermalm . Thirty houses have been destroyed . AUSTRIA . The Emperor made his public entry into Presburg on ' -the 25 th . tilt , at nine at night .
THE DASUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES . M . Vaillant communicates to the Courrier de Paints an account of the circumstances which led to the suicide of Prince Gregory Ghika . A committee , he states , was appointed by the Kaimakan Balsche to demand from him an account of the public money during the time he was in office . This gave him great pain ; but he contrived to procure the dissolution of the committee and the cessation of all proceedings against him . " Some time after this , a libel appeared which dragged to the bar of public opinion Prince Ghika , for having touched the arrears of the civil list , not in virtue of the authorization that reached him later , but of the quasi-official letter in which he was authorized previously by his agent at Constantinople , Priuce Vogorides , father of the present Kaimakan of Moldavia . This perfidious libel , added to the . deep wounds he had already received within less than a year , inflicted the death-blow upon the Prince . " He shot himself while M . Vaillant was in the house .
848 The Leader. [No. 389, September 5, 1...
848 THE LEADER . [ No . 389 , September 5 , 1857 . — ¦ - — " ' ' — —_
Our Civilization. Homicidal Women. Anne ...
OUR CIVILIZATION . HOMICIDAL WOMEN . Anne Burke , a woman residing in Haverstock-street , City-road , has attempted to poison her sister Helen . She had several times threatened to do so , and , on the evening of Thursday week , she almost succeeded in her desiffn . Helen sent her out for some beer and rum , tnen hihiui du ^
• which she fetched . Anne maae ner . « rum-and-water , which Helen drank , and complained of its strange taste , and of its having had a bad effect on her . She at once went to bed , and became very ill . Last Wednesday , Anne confessed that she had endeavoured to poison her sister with laudanum , and asserted that she would obtain a larger quantity and repeat the doso . She was then given into custody , and was examined before the Clerkenwell magistrate , by whom she was remanded . She exunvi t t * * 3
police-court , where she seemed much affected , and . continually during the proceedings . She was remanded .
cried mother had fastened to the bed-post , and was pulling- with all ber strength- The other woman loosened the cord as quickly as possible , and Mrs . Downs then said that she had intended first to destroy her child and afterwards herself . She had been drinking . The child , -wrho is only eight months old , was severely injured by the attempted strangulation , the cord having made a deep mark in its throat , and it likewise bled profusely at the nose from the effects of the pressure . It was taken at once to the hospital , and afterwards to the workhouse , and the mother was given into custody . She was subsetiuentlv brought up and examined at the Westminster
was believed until lately to be her husband , but who deserted her about a week previous to the attempted murder of her child , leaving her very much in debt . This circumstance appaared to prey greatly on her mind . Between eight and nine o ' clock last Saturday evening , the landlady of the house where she lodged was startled by hearing the loud screams of the child . She immediately proceeded to the room occupied by Mrs . Downs , and there saw the child with its throat bound up tightly with a niece of stronsc cord , the other end of which the
lllDllCOl t ^ rmili icvfttj , *\;» *»« v > vv »» -. •— —^ o-A dissipated woman of thirty , named Mary Ann Hope , has caused the death of her female child , about two years old , by systematic neglect of it . On her being brought before the Worship-street magistrate , a policeman said : — " I was on duty at ton on Tuesday night in Somerset-p lace , Hoxton , when I heard a cry of * Oh , my God ! my child is dead . ' I turned round and found there the prisoner with a child in her arms , and she repeated what she hnd said . I took the child from her , leaving her standing near mo , drunk . She said , ' Givo mo my child ; ' but , as I saw it was dead , I refused to do so , and took it to tho house of Mr . Coward , tho divisional surgeon , tho prisoner following me . Tho surgeon pronounced tho child to bo dead , and I therefore took tlie body to the workhouse and lodged the prisoner in Robert-street station . I afterwards wont to her lodging , in Bundl ' s-buildinga , Kingsland , and found it to bo a back room on tho top floor . It was in a most filthy state , had no furniture at all in it but part of an old mattress , and utank shockingly . A lodger in tho
house told me the prisoner was in the habit of corning home intoxicated with the child at all hours of the night , that this was the only child she had , and that her husband is a sailor , whose pay she was receiving . " The constable also stated that the child had the appearance of having been starved to death . Jane Mason , a married -woman , said : —" About the time referred to-, I saw the prisoner at a brewery-tap . She had the child with her , and was singing and dancing about . I spoke to c about her child , and she said , ' I think it is dying , 1 looked at it , and at once saw that that was the case . A parish officer proved that the woman received xehef , but refused to go into the workhouse . The neighbours frequently told her the child was starving ; but she never heeded them . She was remanded , tHat an inquest may be held . _ A young woman , named Rachel Downs , has attempted to strangle her infant daughter by passing a piece of cord round its neck . The woman had been lodging for the last twelve months at a house in Littk Svmond ' s-street , Chelsea , in company with a man whe
And Co., Of Bradford, Yorkshire. Embezzl...
and Co ., of Bradford , Yorkshire . Embezzlement . - John Llewellyn Griffiths was charged at Guildhall on Thursday with embezzling various sums of money belonging to Messrs . Foster , Porter and Co ., of Wood-street , Chcapside , his employers He had been in their service for a considerable period , and evidence was given of the payment to him of a number of sums amounting to about 150 / . during the Diesent year . Ho had only accounted for portions of JV , n « , . nnu . Unon the completion of tho depositions ,
Manslaughter . —An inquest has been held at Bath on the body of Sarah Ann Morris , a young woman of twenty-, who was beaten to death by William Bedford , a man with whom she lived . A verdict of manslaughter was returned . , The Last Action fob Crim . Con . —Some proceedings took place in the Sheriffs' Court on Thursday , based on a writ of inquiry in an action for crim . con ., tie defendant having suffered judgment to go by default . There was nothing remarkable in the facts , and the case would hardly be worth noticing but for an observation of the counsel for the plaintiff , to the effect thattliat , in all probability , would be the last action for crim . con . Tho iury assessed the damages at 50 J . _ False Prktencks . —Jean Baptiste Vavasseur has been committed for trial on the charge of conspiring with one Riviere ( not in custody ) to obtain goods to the value « f noarlv 50 / .. with intent to defraud Messrs . Milligan
Griffiths was asked if he had anything to say , when he renlied " I plead Guilty , and throw myself upon the mercy of tho Court . " He was committed for trial . Executions . — John Blagg , the man convicted , on very imperfect circumstantial evidence , of murdering John Bebbington , a gamekeeper , was hung on Ir . day week on the summit of Chester Castle . Great efforts had been made by several gentlemen to obtain a commutation of the punishment ; and in tho meanwhile his . -wife buoyed tho culprit up with hopes of success . Sir to
George Grey , however , with Ins usual indisposition Imlk tho gibbet of its prey , refused to listen to these prayers ; and , when Blagg heard that his fat « was inevitable , he became very much depressed . He never confessed tho crime ¦ with which he was charged , nor did ho directly deny it , though he disputed the truth of certain portions of tho evidence . A large crowd of persons witnessed the execution . —On the following day , Edward Hardinan , convicted of tho murder of his wife , was hung In front of Lancaster Castle . Ho appeared to suffer great apprehension ; but ho died speedily , probably owing to the physical depression to which lie was alrcndy rethicod when brought on to tho scaffold . Tine Munoicu w the IIa . mpstbai > -koaj > . — An inquest was held last Saturday on tho body of the Italian youth , Bcnsonolli , who was killed on the previous Sunday morning by Cornelius Denny , a smith . A verdict of Wilful Murder was returned . Cuukliv to a Cat . —Two scoundrels , named Dean and Cuohvay , both cabinet-makers , havo been sentenced
nt , me woman vvuo reueuuy amcu »»•••• - cork-cutter ' s knife , has exhibited the utmost wretchedness and depression since her imprisonment . She is watched day and night , " lest she should make an attempt , on her life , and she says that she wishes to be hung , as then she will be with her child . . '« . ¦ t . A Murderous Sensuaxist . — Elizabeth Christie , a young woman about seventeen years of age , charged Hermann H * cke , a middle-aged German , at the Wvtshiu-street police-court , last Saturday , with having threatened her life . The girl was a native of Kingston , Jamaica , whence she had been brought to England by her mother on the death of her father . Her mother then went to live with Hacke , by whom she had two children . On her death , she was left without friends in this country , and she consented to remain in Hacke ' s house , to see after the young ones . HacUe at length made dishonourable proposals to her , which she . rejected ; and he then attempted to take advantage of her by force . She escaped , and took refuge in the house of a tradesman > vho protected her . Hacke , however , frequently went to the f j . i ^ . \ aA that « hn frirl should be given , up ucuauiiu ¦/¦¦•«• - ¦*—
by the Worship-street magistrate to a month ' s hard labour for causing some dogs to worry a cat , which wa 3 held by a rope round its neck . The poor animal was thus tortured for more than two hours in the workshop , and was at length killed . The only defence the men could make was that the cat had bitten one of them . Cruelty to a Boy . —Captain John William Doyle , the master of the barque John Ingars , front Ceylon , haa appeared at the Thames police-office , charged with various acts of cruelty to a boy employed on board his ship , and with driving him to commit suicide . The lad , it appears , was frequently flogged , kicked , and knocked about by the captain , until his person was covered with weals , sores , and bruises ; and at length he jumped overboard . The captain was remanded on bail . Cruelty to a Girl . —William Macguire and Josepli O'Brien , labourers in the docks , appeared , at the Man sion House on Tuesday , in answer to a summons chargl ing them with having beaten and otherwise ill-treated an Irish servant girl . Macguire was sentenced to two > months' imprisonment with hard labour , and O'Briea oiuereu to hub iutioumni & ut
was pay a < - » . - ^ o , m ue imprisoned for fourteen days . Mxjcderous Assault . —A labourer , named William Sweeney , was charged at the Westminster police-office on Monday with Laving committed a savage attack on his father . The elder Sweeney lived with his wife and daughter in Durham-street , Chelsea , and his son occasionally lodged in the same house . One night , about a weok ago , Sweeney came home in a very excited state from drink , and began abusing bis mother . This was vioieniaiiucit
ik •¦ — soon followed by a very , u » uer , auu , when her husband interfered , the young man struck him . a heavy blow on liis nose , and knocked "him down . His wife and daughter raised an alarm , and , a policeman entering the house shortly after , the son was taken into custody , but not before he had inflicted further injuries on his father by flinging a chair at his head , which cut open his scalp . His right shoulder was also dislocated in the scuffle . He was removed to the hospital . The magistrate remanded Sweeney for the attendance of his mother and sister . _ , ¦ The Late Child Murder at Lincom * . —Mrs . Woolj % . , « _ ... i . i . i . _ i ,: i 1 / m 1 t *** w lfrFnnf' . * witn ft
nOUSt . UHU ^ u . — o — to him . Failing in this , he assailed the young wornan one day with infamous epithets , and threatened to take her life ; whereupon she obtained a warrant for his apprehension .. He was ordered to find bail for his good ueLaviour during the next six months ; and , not being able to do so , was committed to prison . A Young Gentleman sent to Gxou-Egmont Import , a youth of fifteen , son of the Baron de Ilockejied Larp ' , Mayor of tho Cinque Ports , Dover I as been A ' . , ¦««¦„ « i : n * u » arl »> nwinli maEfistrate . xo jltuui *« v----
condemned Dy mr . , ^ v ..... ^ -,. a fortnight ' s imprisonment for ill-using a horse lie had . been observed at Plumstead ruling on themnind , and . stabbing it with a knife in tho ribs , neck , awl 8 h A V ° iole NT * AMiLV .-Cries of « Help ! ' were ^ 1 about midnight on Monday proceeding f « m ^ JKeo se * c side of the river , near the Westminster New Bndgo works . A watchman employed on the spot rojvtd ^ o waids the source of the cries , and found » bo U £ * S .... -i . i _! :.. „ .:.., » + n tiin wonilworlc imuer ^ i "' tDiit iii b
een years ow , ;» e »»•¦ " ,., r * i , in i into his thixd arch of the old bridge . He hftcd the lad int o 1 ^ boat , and took him ashore , when he said , * ™ ' t hftto done it some time ago . " A policeman took hm t the hospital , and afterwards saw him home Jiracunt tie father to bring him before the ? ow- » tjjt J . gj « tmtoontho following morning . Hushed ... ! , an * i boy then said , as his reason for the act , i «« going to beat me with the strap . " Tbc ™] £ >^ * Lies' shoemaker , living la Peter-strce , Wcb tmi » Btor , I admitted thia to be the truth , and said the boj m b into a passion , and struck his stop-brother . 1 M ^ a y of tho stop-mother was thus excited , a quarrel ensue and the father , as ho himself «*!» " »«^ , S * farnuch temper . A police inapector eaul the jo » n ^ position was ao violent that she had driven her »™ ° to attempt suicide . Tho man hero showed , in ¦ conw ^ tion of this Btatemcnt , a largo scar on ti c , bi head , where he had attempted to dash out his against tho -wall . It appeared , howovor , that bow
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 5, 1857, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05091857/page/8/
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