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Apbii. 7,1855.] THE I1ADE1, M9
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OUR CIVILISATION. A Mother Starving her ...
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ASSIZE CASES. A DISPUTED WILL.— THE EARL...
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Manifesto Of The " Know-Kotiungs." A Hkm...
fully acknowledged- The « The Know-Nothings , however , are resolved to oppose , though only m a lawful manner , the exorbitant pretensions and unwarrantable political action of the Boinan Catholics . The manifesto says : — " The instinctive sense of the nation , brought into dc ' tive resolve by this emergency , has proclaimed the necessity for a great American party . In obedience to that call , the party has already come forth , and has entered upon the theatre of its duty . It comes to silence the clamour of faction , to check the career of pernicious innovations , to rebuke the busy intrigues of selfish politicians . Its great purpose is to recal the government
to its time-honoured and approved principles of administration , and to express the authentic voice of the American people in favour of a thorough American policy . We mean , that henceforth , in the face of all opposition and all combinations , Americans shall govern their own country , and that every genuine American interest shall take its paramount place in the counsels and thoughts of those to whom the management of the public affairs shall be entrusted . We desire to see our internal resources improved , our labour rewarded , our genius ftstered , our agriculture , manufactures , and commerce guarded and sustained , by an intelligent American statesmanship .
" We desire to see the children of our Republic educated m American sentiment and principle , and fortified bv the wisdom of that sacred book from whicli our ancestors drew their inspiration of the moral and religious freedom which they infused into our civil
institutions . " We desire to see the right of suffrage consecrated in the veneration-of the people as the bulwark of liberty , and protected by laws which shall for ever preserve it as the peculiar medium through which none but genuine American opinions and sympathies shall find expression in the functions of government . " We desire to see the federal constitution faithfully administered in strict accordance with the views of its founders , all usurpations of power checked , all encroachments upon the rights of the States rebuked , all forced constructions disavowed . "
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Apbii . 7 , 1855 . ] THE I 1 ADE 1 , M 9
Our Civilisation. A Mother Starving Her ...
OUR CIVILISATION . A Mother Starving her Infant . —An inquest has been heldjon the body of an infant about three months old , the illegitimate offspring of a woman in the workhouse of St . Mary , Newington . The mother , it appeared , had taken an unnatural dislike to her child ; had been heard to say " she wished the little devil was dead ; " and had not only refused to suckle it , but had beaten it with great violence . A verdict of Wilful Murder has been returned against the woman .
Superstition and Brutality . —During an affiliation case recently heard at the Hull police-court , it -came out that the young woman who made the application had cau sed a toad to be r oasted alive , in ¦ order that she might pound it into a powder and mix it with her seducer ' s food , which she believed would have the effect of making him love her . Dbj ^ th from"Iel-teeatmknt : —Samuel-Kelland , ¦ captain of the schooner Caroline , and Hugh Dunlop , the mate of the same vessel , which trades between ZiOndon and Demerora , were charged at the . Southwark police-court on Saturday with causing the death of Samuel Sullock , the cabin boy . The chief evidence wa » that of the cook and steward of the
vessel , a German named Karl Henry Kuofr , who gave his testimony through the medium of an interpreter . He stated that the captain and mate beat the boy , sometimes with a rope and sometimes with a stick . A great deal of work had to be done owing to one hand being short ; but , although the boy did all he could , the captain was not satisfied , but on one occasion broke a broomstick over him , and afterwards beat him with the handle a shovel over the Jiead , until blood flowed from his nose and ears , and his head was shockingly swollen , KuofT interfered , and said , " Don't beat the poor lad like that ; . you'll murder him . " Dunlop then came up , kicked the boy , and threw him on the deck . When the boy le the ship on its arriving at London , he was covered with bruises , and reeled like a drunken man . Prom the other evidence it appeared tlvat he was
admitted into Guy ' s Hospital , and died after a few days . The prisoners were remanded until after the inquost , afc which a verdict of Manslaughter was returned against thorn , and they wore committed to Newgate . It come out on the inquest that tho lad had slept , in very severe weather , on a box in the forecastle , whore , however , it appeared there was a fire . Thoro was no bed for him ; mid he hud but one suit of clothes , which he never changed . Notwithstanding this evidence , the surgeon of Guy ' a Hospital said ho thought tho boy had not receivod any injuries from which he might not have recovered . Ho attributed the death to bronchitis ; but admitted that tho'injuries might have rendered the disease more dangerous .- —On the re-examination of the prisoners before tho magistrate , their legal advisor contended that the boy bad only received proper
correction for certain dirty habits which he had ; but they were committed for trial . The Case ov Mks . RAMSBOTHrAM .- ^ This lady ( who was bailed out o prison on Friday week , a medical certificate having been obtained , stating that her health would be endangered by further confinement ) was re-examined on Monday . After a little bickering between the magistrate and Mr . Ballantine , Mrs . Ramsbotham ' counsel , as to whether the accused should be allowed to sit with her veil down , the shopman who had served her gave evidence to the same effect as the preceding witnesses . In the course of his examination , the fact wa » extorted from him that the handkerchiefs , though described as " French cambric , " were not in reality so ; In
crossexamination , Mr . Ballantine endeavoured , but ineffectually , to make it appear that Mrs . Ranisbotham had said to the shopman , " Make out a bill for what I have had ; " and in his address to the magistrate he besought that she might not be sent to trial . Mr . Broughton ( the magistrate ) observed that he had received a letter " n which the writer mentioned that he was a friend of Lord Palmerston , and threatened Mr . Broughton with some vague punishment if lie sent the case for trial . Mr . Moule had also received several letters from persons stating that they should cease to deal with him if he went on with the prosecution . Nevertheless , the magistrate felt it his duty to commit Mrs . Ramsbotham for trial ; but he accepted the same bail as before . whose brutal treat
John Manly , the shoemaker , - ment of his apprentice we noticed some weeks back , has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the Middlesex Sessions . The indentures were cancelled . Alleged Entrapping op a French Girl . —A handsome French girl appeared at Marlboroughstreet on Tuesday , to complain that she had been induced to come to London under the pretence of a situation being found for her , and had been taken to a notorious house in Newman-street , from which , upon discovering its trae character , she contrived to make her escape . The magistrate feared that , as the girl had not received personal contamination , he could not do anything in the matter ; but , upon the complainant stating that the lady who brought her to England had rudely exposed her bosom , he said that he would grant a warrant against the woman . Euphrosyne Croissey , otherwise Madame la Comtesse de Groissey , was accordingly brought up on Wednesday ; and Madeleine Atnuret , the complainant , gave a detailed account of the exposure of her bosom and o other parts of her person , and repeated the indecent comments by which the act was accompanied . Her evidence was supported by a Frenchwoman who accompanied her . Upon being crossexamined , however , it appeared that the girl had waited for a week after the assault before complaining to the magistrate—a delay which she accounted for by saying that she . was a stranger and did not know the laws . It also came out that she had by herse lf visited a man whom she knew at his lodgings ; but she denied that anything improper had * taken place . Under these circumstances , the magistrate thought-thatno jury ;_ would convict i £ he sent the case for trial ; and helih ' eief 6 re * liis ^ liarg ^ d "'' Ma "dtfme " de Croissey . The Case of Mr , Pirnr / flp Herring . —It will be remembered that a Mr . Herringwas recently brought before the magistrate at Marylebone , charged with cutting the throat of a woman with whom he lived ; and that , as there was a strong presumption of the woman ' s insanity , it was thought necessary to make an inquiry . The result of this has been that the woman has been found of a disordered intellect , and that she will shortly be removed to n proper asylum . Assaults . —On Tuesday , several cases of aasault came before the police magistrates . At Westminster , an Irish labourer was committed to tho House of Correction , for three months , for kicking and biting a policeman while drunk . —Joseph Smith , a private in the Middlesex Militia , was committed for trial at Bow-street for stabbing a man with a- bayonet . He was also drunk . — Charles Meredith , a " respectable" man , likewise drunk , was committed to prison for a month , for a savage and unprovoked attack upon a policeman . — William Smith , also " respectable , " was brought op at Marlborough-strcet , and remanded for a week , on a charge of shooting at a woman of tho town in a house of ill-fame . He , too , wa 9 drunk . —At Worshipstreot , William Ball , a glass-blower , was sentenced to four months' imprisonment , with hard labour , for beating his wife with a crutch until she was covered with bruises . —Various other cases of assault and woman-beating have been heard during the week . Barbarity uy a Lady . —Miss Emilio Frances , a young lady , stated to bo the daughter of a Scotch baronet , was summoned beforo tho petty sessions , at Kingsclere , Hampshire , for torturing a pony . It appears that , tho pony not going fast enough to suit her caprice , she boat the nnimal with a thick stick , and thrust the end into its month and up its nostrils ; that she tied it to r gate in deep snow , and loft it thoro for a couple of hours withoat any covering ;
that she afterwards took a fcntfe ami stabbed the pony Beveral times ; and that , upon returning home , she desired the stable-boy to hold ItB- head while she drew a clasp-knife , and "jobbedf' it into the animal ' s mouth and nostrils , causing the Wood' to flaw profusely . Miss Gordon , in extenuation ^ declared that her pony being a confirmed "jib / ' she had been toftl of two cures : the one was to apply a ho * iron to the animal ' s hocks , and the other to cut the animal slightly near the flank , and apply a little turpentine 1
to the wouHds . She admittedshe had cut the pony , and that it was her intention to apply some turpentine next day ! If it was wrong she was sorry , and would undertake not to do so again . She concluded byremarking that she was prepared to pay any fine that might be inflicted upon her . A fine of 5 / . was imposed ;* and the accused , throwing down a 10 ^ .-note , took the change up jauntily , and left the court . That is to say , this "lady" received no punishment whatever .
Assize Cases. A Disputed Will.— The Earl...
ASSIZE CASES . A DISPUTED WILL . — THE EARL OF SEFTON V . HOPWOOD , AND THE EARL OP DERBY V . HOPWOOD . The first of these cases was an issue directed by "Vice-Chancellor Wood to try the validity of the last will of the late Robert Gregge Hopwood , Esq ., of Hopwood Hall , Lancashire , who died in 18-54 . The second case was an'issue directed by Vice-Chancellor James from the Chancery Court of the County Palatine of Lancaster ; and it had been arranged by consent of all parties that the verdict on the first action should be conclusive on the second case .
The circumstances were very singular as well as very painful . From the introductory statement ( supported by evidence ) of Sir Frederick Tliesiger , the counsel for the prosecution , it appeared that the late Mr . Hopwood was a gentleman of large property , and had made a will , bequeathing oil his estates to his eldest son , and leaving legacies of 5000 / . to each of his younger children . In 1853 he had an attack of paralysis , from which his speech suffered ia some degree , though his mind remained perfectly unimpaired . - Nevertheless , Captain Edward Hopwood , the eldest son , and the defendant in this action , considered that his father was incapable of managing' his own affairs , and therefore
assumed to himself the most absolute control over his parent ' s estates , property , and household , to the extent even of directing the bankers not to pay any cheques of his father ' s without having his ( the captain ' s ) signature . He then took a document to Mr . Hopwoodi sen ., consisting of ah order to the bankers to that effect * and , having read it over in a very hurried and indistinct manner , so that it was impossible that Mr . Hopwood , who wa 3 deaf , could hear , requested him to affix his signature to it . Mr . Hopwood became confused at his son ' s imperative manner , and was about to sign , when Mrs . Harvey Hopwood , the wife of his third son , Colonel Hop * wood , interposed , and said , " You must not sign it
until it is explained to you . Captain Hopwood then became very angry , and quitted the house . Upon -the return-of-Colonei . HppwQotl , _ who _ had been absent , he thought it right to inform his father of his brother ' s conduct ; upon which Mr . Hopwood exhibited great distress , and subsequently forbade Captain Hopwood his house . Through the medium of Mr . Slater , hia solicitor , various communications , with reference to a written apology , took place between them ; and at length , one morning , the wife of Captain Hopwood appeared at the Hall , and went into tho drawing-room with Mr . Hopwood , sen ., and Mr . Frank Hopwood , the second son . A very painful scene then ensued * which is thus detailed by Sir Frederick Thesiger : —
" Mrs . Edward Hopwood , addressing Mr . Hopwood , said that her husband had always been his attached son , as he had been an affectionate father ; that Mr . Hopwood had been deceived ; that tho truth had boon kept from him ; and that he was surrounded by base , yory base , people—looking at Mr . Frank Hopwood and his wife , Lady Eleanor Hopwood ( a daughter of the la to Lord Derby ) . Mr . Hopwood ' a answer was , ' Lot him write tho facts—let him write aa 1 told him . ' Ho becaino extremely distressed at the importunities of Mrs . Edward Hopwood ; for at this timo sho knelt before him , and entreated him to receive her husband . Mr . Hopwood rocked himself on his chair , an if in distress . He put
hishnnd to his head , as if ho felt \ min ; and , upon Mr . Frank Hopwood inquiring if he was in l >« i » , » c told him ho was , upon which tho butler was culled in , nrnl applied n limment usunl upon such occasions when Mr . Hopwood was ailing . After this , Mrs . Edward Hopwood renewed hor importunities ; ami ' Mr . Frank Jlopwoori , npprohonsivo of hin father ' health , immediately Hunt for Mr . Wood , the medical attendant . Some short time after tlurt , Mr . Ilopwood said ho desired to leave tho room . Mr . I' rank Hopwood took him into tho adjoining room , and before long he » nw Captain Hopwood with a friimd of his coming across tho lawn , and inukhig towards the library window . Mr . Frank Ilopwood nuked his father whether he wished lo sou Edward ; and ho said , ' No ; ' upon which
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Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1855, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07041855/page/7/
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