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March 6, 1852.] THE LEADER. 223
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MISCELLANEOUS. The Chancellor of the Exc...
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Mr.Oxborry, t ho comodian, son of the co...
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The fiidependence of Brussels states, th...
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Dr. Travers Twiss succeeds Sir John Dods...
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Tho last West India steamer brought no n...
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A farmer in Wales is charged with the mu...
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A Water Revolution. V Many Hundreds Of T...
I .. * conffreffated j and were requesting that the gate might SfopeaS- ^ with a stick in his hand , and with some ^ dogs , « nSuck Emma Williams to the ground , kicked her , " hissed on" the dogs , ordered a fire-engme to be brought , Jd squirted water in heavy showers on ¦ the women and fiSs for more than an hour , throwing theni into a state of great terror , and drenching them to the skin , when many of them had miles to waft : home . Mr . Ayre , who appeared for the complainants ,, proved- by ^ evidence 22 ^ nar row wicket , only fourteen or fifteen inches wide , it a Z » n fifit ud for the wome n to pass through on leaving
the factory , whereby they were much inconvenienced and delayed . On the day of the tumult they refused to leave the premises unless the gate was opened , and Mr . Ashwnrth resorted to these violent measures to compel them togo through the wicket . On the part of the manager , it was denied that he struck or kicked the girls , or " hissed on" the dogs , or that he poured water on them from the eneine « to any very great extent . " Evidence was called to show that the girls had injured the machinery by stoDDinff their looms without warning or leave , and also , that large numbers of stones had been thrown , by which windows were broken , and the manager and several men struck ; some of the men were said to be severely iniured by stones weighing several pounds . The balance of testimony , however , was , that this occurred after the fire-eneine had begun playing . The magistrates , af ter carefully reviewing all the facts , considered that an unbeen committea
iustifiable assault had oymr . Asawown , the manager , whom they convicted in a ^ penalty ot nve pounds . The crowds without the council-house received the intelligence of this decision with the loudest demonstrations of joy . '
March 6, 1852.] The Leader. 223
March 6 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 223
Miscellaneous. The Chancellor Of The Exc...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Mr . Thomas Peregrine C ourtenay to be his Private Secretary . Sir Edward * Sugden , the Lord Chancellor , has been raised to the peerage by the title of Baron St . Leonards . This little wa tering place has for many years been a favourite retreat of the learned lord . : It is stated that Mr . Ramshay is about to resume practice on the Northern Circuit . The election of Lord Rector of Marischal College , Aberdeen , took place on Monday * when the Earl of Eglinton was re-elected , although Lord Glenelg was brought forward as " the friend of our Church , our colonies , and our literature . " Lord Eglinton ' s appointment to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland will probably prevent his addressing the students personally . Mr . Layard ' s short tenure of office as Under Secretary if State for Foreign Affairs under Lord Granville , has just been prolonged , at the request of Lord Derby , until Lord Stanley ' s return from his tour in India . The salary of the office is 1500 ? . a-year . The value of Mr . Layard's antiquarian and historical researches has thus been gracefully recognised by two Ministries . The fourth annual soiree , to commemorate the founding of the Whittington Club , took place on Wednesday evening , when Mr . Monckton Mimes , M . P ., the President , took the chair . Mr . Mowatt , M . P ., Mr . Wyld , M . P ., and several other friends of the institution were present . The attendance of members and their friends was very numerous .
The fourth lecture to working men was delivered on Monday last , at the Museum of Practical Geology , Jermyustreet , by A . C . Ramsay , FJ 1 . S ., " On the Utility of Geological ftiaps . " The lecture was illustrated by maps , showing the various strata of different parts of England and Wales ; and the lecturer explained to a large and attentive audience the formation and extent of the layers of the numerous coal-bods with which this country abounds . On Tuesday , Prince Albert made a private visit to the evening classes for young men at Crosby Hall . The Rev .
Charles Mackenzie , the originator of the classes ; the Rev . M . W . Lusignan , and the Rev . T . P . Dale , received the Prinee at the front entrance , and conducted him round the building . The Prince inspected tho throno-room , now used as a large class-room ; tho reading-room , whore some of tho young mon woro assembled ; and tho groat hall . Prince Albert asked many questions regarding the modo of instruction adopted ; and expressed himself as highly gratified with all that he had seen . The Lord Mayor , Sir Robert Harry Inglis , tho Rev . Dr . Russell , ana many gentlemen of influence in the city , wore present .
lho Committee appointed by tho Lords of tho Treasury to consider the question of tho Crystal Palaco and its flostmy , consistin g of Sir William Cubitt , Dr . Lindley , and Uml Soymour , have reported , in substanco , that 200 , 000 ? . would bo required to render tho building pormanont ; that " a portion of it woro to bo removed to Kow it would cost at hiast 80 , 000 ? . ; that a transposition to BattorHoa was not worthy of consideration ; and that a structure bettor 'Muiptoa for a wintor-gardon , or for a repository of arts » nd manufactures , could bo constructed for a loss sum Han -00 000 ? . Tho Committeo . howovor . trivos no nositivo
opinion as to tho rotontion or removal of tho building , winch , it ; muHt bo romombored , lios at prosont under scnoneo oi ( loath . Parliamont has suspended the execution ™ j no Hontonco until its pleasure bo tako ' n on tho subject , n . n « no ono can prodict what the result will bo . Tho inormr of tho building has boon partiall y aocossiblo to tho 1 , ) i . io , ft ' or a long interval , by tho sale of cataloguos of " » o interior fittings , the property of Fox and Honclorwon , wju (! h- aro being sold by auction ; tho pUroliasrt of a oataoguo , price Hixpenco , secures tho entree . Throo or four iiiouflnnd people havo visitod tho building ovory day this
Mr.Oxborry, T Ho Comodian, Son Of The Co...
Mr . Oxborry , t ho comodian , son of the colpbratod Oxborry , f wV U 8 at ' « < lay last , somewhat unexpectedly . Ho was nuuuuig an engagement nt Madamo VcHtria ' e Lycoiuu
Theatre , and performed in the Game of Speculation and the Prince of Sappy Land up to the time of his decease . Mr . Oxberry had written several successful dramas . The funeral of M . Merle , the dramatic author , took place at Paris on Sunday . Amongst the mourners were" General Magnan , Baron Taylor , M . Jules Janin , M . Camille Doucet , Mr .- Poole , the English comic author ; Mdlle . Georges , Mdlle . Rachel , and several other persons connected with thedranja and with literature .. An address was delivered by M . Jules Janin over the grave .
The Fiidependence Of Brussels States, Th...
The fiidependence of Brussels states , that M . Duvergier de Hauranne has passed through that city from England on his way to Switzerland and Italy . It is reported that the Duke de Leuchtenberg , son-inlaw of the Emperor of Russia , has within the iast few days , invested 500 , 000 f . in the Belgian funds . The Emperor of Austria left Vienna on the 25 th ult ., for Trieste , for the purpose of proceeding to Venice , to greet the Grand Prince of Russia . He was at Laybach at nine on the morning of the 26 th ult . His departure was unexpected and private .
The JEeraldo of Madrid states that the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier were to embark at Barcelona on the 1 st of March , for the Balearic Isles and Genoa , and after a short residence in Italy , they would p roceed to England " on a visit to their relations , " of the Orleans family . The King of Denmark is childless . The Cabinet wishes to propose the Prince of Gliicksburg , as Crown Prince , about whom the Danes know little , and care less . The Fcedrelandet , a Copenhagen paper , an advocate of Danish nationality , and an opponent of all " Germanisation , " conr tained , on the 28 th ult ., a strong leading article on the intimate connexions of race and sympathy between England and Denmark , and proposes a younger son of Queqn Victoria , as the Crown Prince of Denmark .
Dr. Travers Twiss Succeeds Sir John Dods...
Dr . Travers Twiss succeeds Sir John Dodson as Vicar General of the province of Canterbury . A series of ceremonies took place at St . John ' s , Islington , on Sunday last . After the Vespers , the Hon . Mrs . Law , widow of the Recorder of London , made her public profession of the Catholic faith , and shortly afterwards assisted at the reception of her daughter , Miss Law ( formerly of Mr . Bennett ' s congregation , ) into the Third Order of St . Francis . ~ "His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster" is delivering a course of lectures , on Sunday evenings , in Southwark Cathedral , on " Protestant Objections to Catholic Doctrines . " The hour of Vespers is halfpast six o ' clock . The subject of the first lecture ( on Sexagesima Sunday ) was " Almost Catholics , " and the text , " Almost tJioupersuadest me to become a Christian "
The commission of assize was opened , at Aylesbury , on Monday , by Mr . Justice Crompton , and the High Sheriff , Mr . R . Scott Murray , went to meet tho / judge , accompanied by a Roman Catholic chaplain , the Rev . John Morris . Both Mr . ' Murray and Mr . Morris seceded to the church of Rome , and both of those conversions created some interest . Mr . Murray was one of the representatives for the county at the time , and Mr . Morris was well known at Oxford . Tho chapl a in , on Monday , in tho full robes of his order , took his seat in the carriage with the judge , and attended the hall when the commission was opened . Afterwards , tho High Sheriff attended service at the Roman Catholic chapel , and his chaplain preached a
sermon . The commotion in the town was very great , as no such occurrence ) had taken place hero since tho Reformation , and tho Rev . Mr . Prctyman , vicar of Aylesbury , refused to do anything more than read prayers in tho presenco of the judge . When tho court opened on Tuesday , tho High Sheriff was not accompanied by his chaplain when ho escorted tho Judges to tho Court , and the Chief Justico , Lord Campbell , in tho course of his chargo to tho Grand Jury , administered a grave , but courteous and modorato , rebuke to Mr . Scott Murray ; summing up his view of tho case in theso wordsv— " tho High Sheriff's chaplain becomes tho chaplain of the Judges , and tho Protestant religion is tho religion of tho Judges of this country . " Mr . Scott Murray howod at tho termination of Lord Campbell ' s address ; and tho Grand Jury unanimously oxprossod thoir concurrence .
Tho Last West India Steamer Brought No N...
Tho last West India steamer brought no news of tho crow and passengers of tho Amazon . The barquo supposed to bo near the burning ship , was spoken two days after tho catastrophe , and communicated no intelligence . Thus vanishes the last vestige of hope that any more aro saved , Tho Amazon fund now amounts to upwards of 0500 ? . The Amoriean mails of tho wook aro gonorally uninteresting . Kossuth and Kinkol woro in Ohio , and tho greatest excitement ; provailod . Tho papers say that Kossuth has contracted for 40 , 000 inuskots , at two dollars
each . Jenny Lind and Lola Monies aro still objects ol public curiosity . About eovonty senators and representati v es called on' Lola " during her stay at Washington ! A fow days ago , a ( loaf and dumb couplo , who . had bocomo acquainted with ono another in an institution for tho doaf and dumb at -Prague , were marrjjod in one of tho churches of that city . Tho ceremony waft performed in porfoot silence ; tho quostions were handed to each , written on slips of paper , and tho answers woro returned by nods or shakos or tho head .
Mr . William Coddington , when coachman to Mr . Bonoon , of Uttorby , in tho county of Lincoln , was in tho habit of paying marked attentions to Miss Agonora Standaloft , tho lady ' s maid in tho same family ; and wlion lie loft Mr . Boneon in 1837 , and wont into General FuUorton ' fl » orvioo .
in London , he still kept up a correspondence j indeed , it appeared from some of his letters , which were read in the Assize Court at Lincoln on Monday last , that Mr . Coddington repeatedly declared his intention of marrying Miss Standaloftf But , alas ! from the day of their parting m Lincolnshire , Agenora never saw her Coddington , andjp the year 184 G his letters entirely ceased . . , in me meantime , was prospering , left General Fullerton s service in 1847 , took a public-house , and married in the ^ saine year a young woman " in his own station in life . " The brave , high principled Coddington ! Mr . Macaulay , on the part of Coddington , acknowledged Miss Standaloft ' s virtues , but on account of the four years she had allowed to pass witnout complaint , in which time Mr . Coddington had acquired a small family , he hoped the jury would not give largd damages . The jury , taking pity on Coddington , and his " small family , " returned a verdict for the plaintiff , with forty shillings damages .
At the close of last week Mr . Dowling , the head constable of tho Liverpool police force , was suspended on a charge of having tampered with a report relative to a disturbance which took place at a Roman-catholic chapel in the town . Mi \ Dowling , it appeared , had ordered a report reflecting on the police to be abstracted from the report-book , and a more favourable one substituted . This circumstance transpired on an inquiry into the circumstances of the disturbance which took place before the magistrates . Other officers were also implicated , and they have been suspended . The magistrates were to meet on Thursday to adjudicate upon the whole case ; but , in the meantime , the townhave th
council , which met on Wednesday , accepted e resignation of -Mr .- Dowling , and awarded him a retiring pension of 200 ? . per annum . Mr . Dowling , it was alleged , acted under the influence of opium , of which he had partaken in medicine to cure a painful disease under which he laboured . The decision come to by the council will frustrate the intention of the magistrates , who , we believe , were prepared to meet Mr . Dowling ' s offence with dismissal , and , in that case , he would not have been entitled to a retiring pension . Mr . Dowling has held the office of head constable of Liverpool upwards of twenty years ; but , having recently suffered from ill-health , he had before this occurrence intended to retire . It is said he will be indicted , at the instance of the magistrates , for conspiracy .
A Farmer In Wales Is Charged With The Mu...
A farmer in Wales is charged with the murder of his illegitimate child by throwing it alive to a sow , who eat it up . On Sunday nig ht two large barns , two stables , and a cart-shed , were destroyed by an incendiary fire , on the farm premises of Mr . William Winder , near Windsor . No clue to the criminal has yet been found . About eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , the homestead of Mr . G . Rampley , Brampton Lodge , near Huntingdon , was discovered to be on fire . The whole farm-yard , in which was a great quantity of straw , loose and in sacks ,
was in a blaze . Several barns , although brick-built and tiled , were soon destroyed . Before the cattle and a flock of ewes could bo rescued from the straw yard , the fire was upon them , and two fine cows , three heifers , six weaned calves , twenty-two pigs , and about fifty sheep , were burned to death , besides twonty-six so much injured as to render it necessary to kill them in tho morning . The sceno ^ is described as being of the most harrowing appearance . The magistrates of the county are actively investigating tho matter , as there is no doubt tho firo was wilfully occasioned .
In tho roar of Osbome-strect , Whitccliapel , stood ft building of immense proportions , about 250 foot in length and eight stories in height , occupied by Messrs . Thorpe , papor-stainers and dealers . A firo broke out in this large warehouse at about eight o ' clock on Tuesday night , and burnt with great fury until long after midnight . The wall on tho north-east sido fell very soon , and partially destroyed an adjoining houso belonging to tho samo ownors . Tho immense exertions and activity of tho firemen , with a copious supply of water , put an end to all fears of an extension of tho firo by thrco or four o ' clock on Wednesday morning , but tho warohousos aro entirely destroyed , ana all tho innor walls havo fallen . Tho whole is insured . Tho property destroyed is valued at 27 , 000 ? .
On Tuesday , as Mr . Frcdorick Fry , scene painter of tho Colosseum , was painting a scono for tho Oyclorama , ho stoppod back , after tho mannor of artists , to regard his work , and fell from the Bcaffold , a distanco of 30 feet . His skull was hopelessly fractured , and his collar-bono broken . Ho was removed to University Collogo Hospital . Mr . Wakloy , M . P ., resumed and concluded , at tho Phoenix , North-street , St John ' s Wood , on Tuesday oyeninp , tho adjourned inquest upon Emma Styles , tho wife of William Stylos , a stableman , who wan murdoral on tho 15 th ult ., in the brutal manner already described in former numbers . Tho jury , having doliboratod half-an-hour , roturnod tho following vordict : —" The deceased , Emma Styles , was brutally and wilfully murdered by somo person or persons unknown . "
Tho two won named Eyro and Komish , who woro charged with drowning Sofi ' t , tho carrier , near Roinsoy , on tho 13 th of November , wore fohnil guilty bef ' oro Mr . Juritico Talfourd ,, on Thursday . Ono of the . girlw , Mary Anno SiminH , who had boon drinking a \\ day with thorn , who hud followed Sofft , and soon him first robbed , then murdered , confessed lo the wholo villany . She had boon throe timos knocked down while interceding fur tlio life of Soift . Mr , Sponcor SuthorH , a cotton-sp innor and manufacturer , residing at Oldha m , wont to a coal mino nonr tho town , belonging to Messrs . EvaiiH , Burkor , and Co ., at about olovon o ' olook on Saturday morning hint , and deliberately throw himself into the mine , which iw a hundred and forty-, iivo yardo deep , Thoro wore four luon tit tho bottom ot
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Leader (1850-1860), March 6, 1852, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06031852/page/11/
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